Just when Murong was suspicious, finally, a candle was lit in the lobby, although it was a small wax, and the fire was not bright, but the lobby was finally bright, and this candle was lit in front of Murong Youniu.

As soon as there was light, Murong Youniu immediately looked behind the big case, but he was bright in front of him, it was dark over there, and he couldn't see anything, he could only see vaguely that there was indeed a person sitting behind the big case, and it was probably the county magistrate!

Murong Youniu looked to the side again, and saw that Murong Zhi, the shopkeeper of Murong Lao's shop, was kneeling next to him, smiling at him, his eyes were full of fear, and he was obviously frightened, after all, anyone who was caught in the yamen in the middle of the night had to be afraid.

Murong Youniu was very annoyed in his heart, he was fine, but there was nothing wrong, but now because of this dog, he was pressed to the county government and knelt, if he was remembered by the county commander, would he be able to continue to be the chief in the future, Murong Zhi didn't pit himself!

He glared at Murong Zhi fiercely, and thought to himself: "When this matter passes, see if I don't give you a little color, for the sake of relatives, I have to give you a little more color!" ”

Murong Zhi had a ghost in his heart, and after being glared at by Murong Youniu, he shivered, and was even more scared in his heart, but he also knew at this time that as long as he didn't let go, there would be nothing wrong, he had physical evidence, and he was afraid that Wang Dawan would sue him!

The voice in the hall came out again, and asked: "Now, give you one last chance, say who stole the silver of the king's big bowl, then just return the silver, and then take twenty boards, this case can be closed, if you still don't confess, then after finding out who it is, hit a hundred boards, and fine one hundred taels of silver, hear clearly!" ”

The people kneeling in the hall said that they heard it clearly, but no one would confess, the guests of those old shops were innocently implicated, and they were all annoyed in their hearts, they looked at Murong Zhi together, although they didn't dare to say it, but the look in their eyes clearly showed that if it was Murong Zhi's lack of morality, he quickly admitted it, don't bother everyone kneeling here.

Murong Zhi was quite scared, but he stalked his neck, clenched his back molars, and said that he would not admit anything, he didn't believe that the county order could find out the truth!

Murong Youniu looked at Murong Zhi's appearance, and saw his stubborn expression, although the candle light was too dim to see so clearly, Murong Youniu thought: "It seems that the county magistrate made a mistake, my relative did not steal the silver of the Wang Dawan, that relative, I have to protect him, maybe he will be grateful to Dade in the future and will give me some benefits!" ”

Murong Youniu made up his mind, squeezed out a smile, and said: "Lord County Order, the younger one is also surnamed Murong, and this Murong Zhi is a relative of the family, and the ancestors of the small family are also famous families, how can they ...... for a few dozen taels of silver?"

"What you do has nothing to do with your ancestors, don't climb indiscriminately!" The voice of the man in the hall was very hard, and he directly interrupted Murong Youniu's plea, and he didn't even listen to him.

The man in the hall said: "Now, let the moonlight prodigy write a 'silver' word on your hands, and then you all kneel in the courtyard, open your hands, and let the silver words face the moon, which person is a thief, and the silver word in the hand of the person will disappear, and the moon will determine who is the thief, do you hear clearly?" ”

The people kneeling in the hall are inexplicable, they have never heard of this method of judging cases, what if the moon on the day is not shining well, what if the silver characters in their hands are taken off, then they have become thieves?

Murong Youniu was also surprised, although he was only a lieutenant chief, but he was also a person who could deal with the government, and he had always known that Zheng Gangling, the county commander of this county, was a very thoughtful gentleman and county commander, but what happened tonight, let the moon shine on the silver words in his hand, and then determine who is the thief, isn't this nonsense!

At this time, a child came over, holding an ink cartridge in one hand and a pen in the other, walked up to everyone, and said: "I am the moon prodigy, and now I am going to write silver characters on your hands, see which of you is good-looking, I will write heavier, and if you don't like the eye, I will write lighter, and when the moon shines, you will become thieves!" ”

This moon prodigy was naturally Li Rizhi, who came up with the idea, he carried a pen and wrote silver characters on the hands of the guests of the old store first, and finally came to Murong Zhi and Murong Youniu.

Li Rizhi pointed at Murong Zhi with a pen and said, "This prodigy doesn't like you, the thief is you, and you don't need to write the silver characters......"

"Don't be, let's write, whether the villain is a thief or not, let the moon decide, don't worry about the prodigy!" Murong Zhi said that he didn't believe in karma, nor did he believe in gods and Buddhas, so he absolutely didn't believe in any moon that could shine on silver characters, this kind of deceptive trick.

Li Rizhi hummed, wrote a small silver character on his hand, and then asked Murong Youniu to stretch out his hand, and wrote a big silver character on his hand!

Murong Zhi felt unfair, why is Murong Youniu's silver character so big, and his own is so small, not half the size of Murong Youniu, this is obviously to let his silver character be taken away quickly, this kid is too bad, I don't know whose family.

Murong Youniu looked at Li Rizhi with familiar eyes, and suddenly, he remembered, isn't this the young owner of the Liufen Medical Hall, how did he run to the county government and become a moon prodigy? I had doubts in my heart, but I didn't dare to ask out loud.

And the servant took them into the courtyard, and made them fall to their knees, and stretched out their writing hands, so that the moonlight would shine on the words, and they should not be told to speak, and whoever dared to speak should be beaten with twenty small boards, so that no one dared to squeak.

Seeing that everything was ready here, Zheng Gangling called Li Rizhi to his side and asked in a low voice, "Now you can go and arrest the shopkeeper's wife?" ”

Li Ri knew: "It's okay, but uncle, you have to try her in the second hall, and you can't let her come to the lobby." ”

"Okay, just the eldest nephew, tonight my uncle will listen to you, what you say, let's do it!" Zheng Gangling laughed in a low voice.

The catchers were all ready, and immediately went out again to arrest the shopkeeper lady, back and forth, delaying for half an hour, and the people in the yard were numb in their knees.

Every half a quarter of an hour, Zheng Gangling had to ask the people kneeling in the courtyard, the silver word was still there, sometimes he asked Murong Zhi, sometimes he asked Murong Youniu, sometimes he asked other people, everyone said that there was still a silver word, and the moon didn't shine the word!

The longer he waited, the more scared Murong Zhi became, and now he began to worry, what if the moon shone the silver words away, what would he do?

He will be punished by a hundred boards, and he will be fined a hundred taels of silver, thinking about this, Murong Zhi's flesh hurts tightly, but regret is regretful, and it is absolutely impossible for him to take the initiative to admit it.

However, after a long time, no one in the hall asked questions, and everyone in the courtyard could only kneel honestly, and everyone's knees hurt terribly.

Many of the guests who testified began to regret it, knowing that they should not have waded into troubled waters, who knows if the shopkeeper really has a conscience and stole other people's money, if this is really the case, then they have not become perjury, thinking of making perjury, the guests are even more upset, and several people have begun to curse quietly.

Murong Youniu was also scared, he found that the county magistrate was serious, he asked in a low voice: "You really didn't steal the guest's silver, if you really did this lack of virtue, admit it as soon as possible, but don't embarrass our Murong family!" ”

Murong Zhi gritted his teeth, for forty taels of silver, he could open another shop, and that Wang Dawan had no evidence and no physical evidence, so it was impossible for the silver to be asked to go back anyway, how could he admit it? His name is Murong Zhi, which means that he has wisdom, so he will never admit it!

Murong Zhi shook his head, and before he could speak, an errand servant shouted: "Don't make a sound, whoever makes a sound, you will slap someone's mouth ten times first, if you don't believe it, you can try!" ”

Suddenly, no one in the yard made a sound, quiet, the whole yard was very quiet, so quiet that there was only the rustle of the night wind blowing by!

Suddenly, without warning at all, he heard a loud shout in the hall: "Murong Zhi, is the silver word still there?" ”

This shouting came suddenly, startling all the kneeling people in the courtyard, and Murong Zhi was even more frightened, and he immediately shouted: "Here, here, the silver word is still there!" ”

After he answered this sentence, he lowered his head to look at the silver words on his palm, and sure enough, the moon did not shine this silver word, it seems that the moon is not very good, and he didn't shine the silver word for a long time, and the county order is simply fooling people!

In the lobby, Zheng Gangling slowly walked back to the second hall, closed the door, and then looked at a woman kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "What your husband said, you must have heard it, which of you got the silver, say it clearly, otherwise you will be punished!" ”

The woman sat slumped on the ground, trembling all over, and stammered: "Recruit, all the slaves are recruited, but this thing is really not done by the slave family!" ”

It turned out that this woman was Murong Zhi's wife outside, the fierce lady who was particularly capable of quarreling and spitting on Wang Dawan's face.

Zheng Gangling listened to Li Rizhi's idea and sent two groups of messengers, the first batch of messengers arrested all those people in the courtyard, and the task of the second batch of messengers was very simple, that is, to arrest this fierce lady, and not let Murong Zhi and others know that she was arrested.

Then Zheng Gangling interrogated separately, Murong Zhi and the others knelt in the courtyard, and brought the fierce lady to the second hall, and when the door was closed, only a candle was lit, and the candle was placed in front of the strong lady, causing the strong lady to not see Zheng Gangling clearly, so as to increase the sense of coercion.

The fierce lady first watched her husband being arrested, and she comforted herself at that time, her husband Murong Zhi was a knowledgeable person, and he was stubborn, for that big bag of silver, he would never admit what he had done, which she was very confident in.

But who knows, not long after, another county officer came, and she was also arrested, although she was tough, but it was to treat ordinary guests, to treat officials, she did not have the courage to be tough, on the contrary, she was almost scared to pee her pants, so she was brought to the county office!

Zheng Gangling asked someone to bring her directly into the second hall, and after only saying one word, he scared this sturdy woman into dizziness!