After dealing with Beigang Village indiscriminately for a night, Lu Zhen and the others escorted Qiao Liu and Zhuang, who had long been lost, back to the city. At this time, the bell of Hanshan Temple is ringing by itself, as if to cleanse this person of sins.

However, those government officials did not pay close attention to the bells that they would hear every day, but looked at Lu Zhen quite respectfully, and after enduring it for a long time, Zhao Yi finally asked: "Mr. Lu, where did you find out that there was something wrong with this woman, and she actually ordered Xiao to stay outside her house early in the morning." ”

Qiao Liu, who was originally lifeless, was suddenly shocked, looked at Zhao Yi in surprise, and then looked at Lu Jin. He thought that he hadn't been noticed when he touched the door, but who would have thought that someone was already watching him. What's even more terrifying is that the young man in front of him has already seen the flaws and laid a trap.

Lu Zhen glanced back at Qiao Liu: "You are quite rude and casual on weekdays, right?" ”

"Huh?" Qiao Liu looked at Lu Jin with some puzzlement, not understanding why he said this. And Lu Zhen quickly gave his answer: "When I went to visit the dealer yesterday, I found that the outside of the house had been carefully cleaned - now I think it should be because of a weak heart - but in the hall of his house, there is a mouthful of phlegm stains that have not been eliminated. ”

"Phlegm?" Zhao Yi asked a little strangely, he really couldn't understand what the connection between that thing and the case could be.

"You didn't pay attention, the phlegm stain was a few feet away from the table and chair on the side, if Zhuang sat on the chair, there was no possibility of spitting the phlegm to that position. But if it's a different man, it's not too difficult to do that. Lu Zhen said for a moment, then glanced at the two of them who were becoming more and more ugly and said, "Of course, that phlegm may have been spit out casually when Zhuang was standing in place, so I deceived her." Under the pretext that there are other problems in the case, she only said that she would open the coffin for an autopsy, so that if she really has a man outside, she will inevitably think about it and discuss how to deal with it. This is the truth of being a thief. ”

Zhao Yi and the others were dumbfounded when they heard this, but they really didn't expect Lu Zhen to capture the murderer of Zhuang Qiang's murder overnight with just this mouthful of phlegm.

Of course, the key to Lu Jin's ability to make such a resolute arrangement is that he has long been suspicious. From Ye Dayou's mouth, he had already asked about the strangeness of the night of the crime, and at that time, he had a faint guess in his heart, feeling that it might be his husband who was killed by Zhuang Qiang's wife in collusion with an adulterer. I saw some clues in his home, and everything fell into place.

This explanation went straight to the point that the three officers were happy and convinced, and they really said a lot of respectful words along the way. When they returned to the mansion and Lu Zhen reported everything, the three of them even performed his magic vividly among their colleagues, so Lu Jin, a master who had no official position, had a higher status in the yamen, and no one dared to underestimate him, let alone make irresponsible remarks about him because of the previous rumors.

Kang Sichuan and Li Xianfeng didn't expect that Lu Zhen only went to Beigang Village once, and the case was quickly solved, and even the real murderer was brought back. This made the two even more impressed by him: "Mr. Lu is really clever and admirable." ”

Lu Jin hurriedly bowed his hand and said modestly, and then said: "My lord, since the real murderer has been captured, Ye Dayou, who is in prison, has been wronged, can he be acquitted?" ”

"That's nature. Come on, quickly bring Ye Dayou out of prison, and let the person go. Kang Sichuan immediately ordered from the good. This person was not ordered to be arrested by him, so naturally there would be no embarrassment.

After a while, Ye Dayou, who was removed from the torture equipment, but was still weak and needed someone to support him to walk, was brought to a few people. At this time, he already knew the result of his exoneration, and when he came to the room, he knelt down with some excitement: "The grass people have seen three adults! ”

"Ye Dayou, this official has found out the truth of Zhuang Qiang's murder case, and you were indeed wronged." Kang Sichuan said slowly.

"Thank you...... Master Xie Qingtian is the master of the grass people! Ye Dayou's body trembled, and he slammed his head with some excitement and kowtowed to Kang Zhifu, who was sitting on the top seat. He really came from his heart, because he thought that he would have no hope of being spared this time, and now the government can return his innocence, which is really a great luck.

"That's it. You have also suffered a lot in the county government, so let's do it, the official is in charge, and I will pay you ten taels of silver as the cost of the soup, how about it? Kang Zhifu waved his hand and asked again as if discussing.

How dare Ye Dayou disobey, even if there are many grievances in his heart, he can only endure it at this time: "Lord Xie, the grass people agree." ”

"Well, that's very good. By the way, this time, you were able to settle the wrongs, and it was up to Mr. Lu to investigate the truth of the murder, and you can't forget him. Kang Sichuan didn't forget Lu Jin's credit, and pointed to Lu Jin beside him like a boat.

Lu Zhen was sighing there, if such an unjust case occurred a few hundred years later, the wronged person would definitely ask the relevant unit for huge compensation. But in this era, the government only took ten taels of silver to send people away, and the wronged people have to be grateful to the government.

It wasn't until Ye Dayou turned around and kowtowed to himself that he quickly came back to his senses, and hurriedly stepped forward and bent down to hug him: "Don't be polite, since you are wronged, our government has the responsibility to clear your name." ”

After saying a lot of comforting words, Lu Zhen sent Ye Dayou out of the door. Then, he looked at Kang Sichuan thoughtfully: "The proprietor, I don't know whether to say a sentence in the next sentence." ”

Kang Sichuan had vaguely guessed what he wanted to say, but he still nodded: "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"I think that in this case, the county official Shi Liao's interrogation is really undesirable. In order to give an explanation to the government as soon as possible, he actually convicted people so hastily, the suspect refused to confess, and he even directly tortured him, causing Ye Dayou to be beaten into a confession, and it almost became an unjust case. In such an act, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is careless of human life. ”

"Hmm......" Governor Kang replied noncommittally, but did not express his attitude.

Lu Jin's words are not finished: "In addition, this time I went to Beigang Village, but I was obstructed and opposed by everyone in the village. As far as the villagers are saying, they were also instigated by Liao Xianyan, so they did such a foolish act. ”

"Is that true?" This time, Kang Sichuan's face really changed. He really didn't expect that Na Liao would be so bold as to judge a small county yadian history that he would use such means to obstruct the investigation of the case by the government in order to cover up his mistakes.

Lu Zhen saw that he was already a little angry, so he continued: "My lord, this time I was lucky, I finally found out the truth of the case, so that I could give an explanation to the court and the people of Suzhou. But what about the next time? If Liao Xianyan is allowed to act so recklessly, I am afraid that even our Suzhou government may be implicated by him. I hope that the adults will see it. ”

Lu Jin's thoughts, Kang Sichuan actually knows it. He tried so hard to persuade himself to investigate the case this time, and he went to Liao Zhenyan.

But his words were also quite reasonable, and after this change, Kang Sichuan couldn't help but start worrying about Liao's ability and practice. I can't stand the burden of such a guy, otherwise it will be too unworthy.

After pondering for a long time, Kang Sichuan finally nodded: "The official knows, and I will deal with this matter." ”

"Yes, retire next." Seeing him speak like this, Lu Zhen didn't continue to try to finalize the matter, but just gave up his hand and withdrew.

It was only at this time that Li Xianfeng spoke: "My lord, do you really plan to attack Liao Xianyan according to his wishes?" ”

"This Liao Xianyan has indeed been too bold recently, and he actually made such a fuss. What's more, the impact of this case is not small, and it is indeed necessary to take someone out to block everyone's mouth. Kang Sichuan's face was gloomy.

There is another point, but he didn't say it explicitly, this can be regarded as a reward for Lu Jin. As soon as the case was cracked this time, the credit naturally went to the government office, especially him, the prefect of Suzhou. And as Lu Jin, who contributed the most, he always needs to gain something, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be dissatisfied and leave, and Kang Sichuan still needs to use him.

The idea was set, and the next thing for the government was done very quickly.

In the afternoon of the same day, a yamen official truthfully posted the story and truth of Zhuang Qiang's murder outside the yamen, and preached it to the surrounding people - this is what the yamen will do today, in order to educate the people under their rule and make them not commit acts of being traitors and criminals. And because not many of the people were literate at this time, not only had to post the relevant lists, but also had to send someone to carefully explain to the people under the list.

The truth of the case was revealed, and the people inside and outside Suzhou naturally talked about it endlessly, and they were all cursing the adulterer and the woman who should go to hell, and the yamen also took the opportunity to preach another preach on etiquette, righteousness, honesty and other edifying things.

At the same time, the prefect of Kang wrote to the Nanjing Officials and severely impeached Liao Yanyan of Wu County's Dian Shi - although Kang Sichuan was the prefect of Suzhou, he had no power to decide on the appointment and dismissal of county officials, so he could only give the Nanjing officials a dismissal - saying that he had done evil, ran rampant in the township, and disregarded people's lives...... These charges are detained on the head of such a small Jiupin canon, and they were personally impeached by the Suzhou prefect, so it is naturally impossible for the Nanjing officials to refute the intentions of a four-pin prefect to protect a canonical history.

As a result, it only took about ten days for an order from the Nanjing Ministry to dismiss officials directly to the Wuxian County Ya......

With the dismissal of Liao Xianyan, Lu Rengui's prestige among the clan also greatly decreased. Of course, Lu Zhen would not care about such a trivial matter, because his eyes at this time had been focused on the family that was even bigger and difficult to deal with than the Liao family!