Although Qin Xiong tried his best to hide it, he still couldn't hide his smugness.

He pointed to a burly man next to him and said to the little servant who accompanied him, "Okay, it's time to go in and rescue the adults!" Go, bring that bucket of water! ”

"Wow!" The little guy walked over, took a bucket full of water, and sent it to Master Qin.

Qin Xiong patted his chest: "Splash!" ”

The little guy looked embarrassed: "Master Qin, this ...... It's so cold, it's going to catch a cold! ”

Qin Xiong smiled confidently: "Don't worry!" If you want to splash it, you will splash it! It's better if you catch a cold! Move fast! ”

The little guy lifted the bucket full of water with both hands, looked at Qin Xiong's encouraging gaze, gritted his teeth and poured it directly on Qin Xiong.

The evening autumn night is as cold as water.

Being poured down from top to bottom by such a bucket of water can be imagined as cool as you can imagine.

But Qin Xiong didn't care about this, in order to regain the trust of the county master, he could spare everything.

Thinking of this, he shook his head, wiped his face, took the wet thick quilt from the little guy's hand, turned around and rushed into the fire.

At this time, the county commander Wei Tingkui and his wife were shouting in the bedroom, the fire was burning from outside, and the thick smoke poured in from the outside, choking the throats of the two of them, and their internal organs were about to burst.

Although the two of them shouted hard, there was chaos outside.

In the boiling noise, the messy footsteps, and the crackling sound of the burning fire, they were intertwined, drowning out the cries for help of the two very completely.

"Master, you should think of a way! I don't want to be burned! Master! Mrs. County Commander covered her delicate face with both hands, for fear that she would be destroyed in the next second.

She shuddered with fear at the thought of her muscles twisted and distorted by the fire.

"Don't be afraid, ma'am! Master, I am blessed with a great life, someone will come in and save us! Wei Tingkui pretended to be calm and comforted his wife.

Although he said that he was not afraid, he was actually scared out of his body in his heart.

The fire burned the door to the dormitory, and the fire rushed in from the outside, counting a room of pearwood furniture. The two cried out and hugged each other, closing their eyes in despair in the thick smoke.

"Your Excellency!" In the midst of the panic, a familiar voice sounded in my ears.

Wei Tingkui opened his eyes in a haze and saw his master standing in front of him wearing a plain quilt with an anxious face.

"Master, Master......" Wei Tingkui let out a weak call, struggled to reach out, and passed out.

When I woke up again, it was ugly. He turned his head to look at his wife, who was still lying next to him, still unconscious, her eyes slightly closed, her brows furrowed, and her face still had the tears of last night.

The maid Xiaowan was holding a wet towel and carefully wiping the mottled ashes from her face.

"Where's the master?" Wei Tingkui searched everyone in the room, but he didn't find anyone he wanted to see, so he was a little anxious, and licked his chapped lips and asked.

"My lord, Qin is here!" Hearing the county order calling the master in the house, Qin Xiong pushed the door with a smile on his face.

"Oh!" Wei Tingkui nodded slightly, and then asked, "What about Master Wang?" ”

"My lord, Master Wang, in order to save you and his wife, he got into the fire twice in a row last night, and he was fainted by the thick smoke, and he is still in a coma." Xiao Zhuozi replied cautiously.

"Master, are you okay?" Everyone present could hear that Wei Tingkui's tone was a little worried. Among all of them, Qin Xiong naturally also included.

Seeing that his wishful thinking didn't start, he fulfilled Wang Huizu's eight lambs!

Even if he is lucky enough to make him a ready-made hero, but, the verdict, hum! Thinking of this, Qin Xiong's face couldn't help but show an imperceptible smile.

Last night's fire was originally planned by him, and he originally planned to take the opportunity to rescue the county master and regain his trust, but it didn't come to fruition, but it fulfilled Wang Huizu.

The thought of this made his stomach hurt with anger.

Last night, when he poured a bucket of cold water and rushed into the bedroom to rescue the county master, he found that Wang Huizu didn't know when to rush ahead of him.

After thousands of calculations, Qin Xiong didn't even calculate this step, what a mistake!

He sighed heavily, glanced at Wei Tingkui, who was still on the hospital bed, and pretended to care for a few words, and then left the room with a heavy heart.

As soon as he went out, the masked little guy waiting outside the door nervously came over and whispered in his ear: "Master Qin, as you expected, Master Wang has already sent someone to fence off the prison, I'm afraid, that matter is not easy to handle!" ”

Qin Xiong seemed to have known that this would be the result, and sighed lightly: "Well, everything is expected, let's do it according to the original plan!" ”

"Withdraw?"

"Withdraw!"

A fire made the people up and down the county government panic, and Qin Xiong secretly sent everyone to let out the wind: this fire was very likely that the county order wronged Pudong Sheng, and the heavens were angry.

Otherwise, why don't you burn it early or late, and you have to burn it at this juncture?

This word spread through the house, and soon flew over the high walls and reached the ears of the people outside.

The life of the common people was already tasteless, but now there are such rumors, which immediately aroused their interest, and for a while, the case of Pudong Sheng became the talk of the people after dinner.

The next evening, Wang Huizu, who had been asleep for a whole day, opened his eyes with difficulty.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhuozi, who had just walked into the house, couldn't help but exclaim: "Master Wang, you are finally awake!" can scare little Zhuozi to death! ”

Wang Huizu quipped: "I finally seized the opportunity to sleep more, can I wake up so easily?" ”

Xiao Zhuozi wiped his rosy eyes vigorously: "The county magistrates have said that you have to stay in bed these days, don't get tired." ”

Wang Huizu smiled weakly: "Okay, isn't it just choking on smoke?" As for it? ”

He subconsciously glanced at the drawer on the table, and found that the drawer seemed to have been touched. I couldn't help but ask, "Since I fell asleep, have outsiders been in this house?" ”

Xiao Zhuozi recalled carefully and shook his head: "Except for me and the county magistrate, no one else has come." Then the adult sent his wife's personal maid Xiaowan to deliver a message, but she didn't enter the house, but just said a few words to me outside. What's the matter, Master Wang? ”

Wang Huizu struggled to get up and prepared to get out of bed.

But as soon as my feet hit the ground, I felt like I was on a knife mountain, and the soles of my feet hurt in my heart.

Wang Huizu was a little at a loss to do anything and went back to the bed, and lifted his feet to check carefully: "What's wrong with my feet?" Why does it hurt so much? ”

Seeing Wang Huizu stepping on the ground without hesitation, Xiao Zhuozi suddenly bared his teeth in pain: "Have you forgotten?" After carrying the adult out, you fainted due to physical exhaustion, and as a result, you threw the adult out, but you yourself ......"

Wang Huizu tried his best to recall everything that happened last night, but this bridge seemed to have been erased, without the slightest trace.

Although he was not impressed, he still found a flaw in Xiao Zhuozi's few words: "Even if I fainted, why did I only burn the soles of my feet?" Elsewhere unharmed? It's illogical. ”

"It seems that you really forgot, when you tripped over the threshold and fell directly, your whole body was outside, only two feet did not move out, you were planning to climb out, just in time for a piece of wood to fall and hit directly on the soles of your feet."

"Hey, bad luck!"

Wang Huizu sighed, took out a book from under the pillow, turned the book to page 20, and handed a neatly folded verdict to Xiao Zhuozi: "I am not in good health, you can help me hand it over to the county magistrate in a while, remember, you must hand it over to the lord by hand." Remember? ”

Xiao Zhuozi was a master who couldn't hold words in his heart, and asked curiously: "Master Wang, what is this?" ”

Wang Huizu told him seriously: "This is Pudongsheng's verdict, which is very important, and it must be handed over to the adult in person, and not let a third person see it." ”

Xiao Zhuozi was a little confused: "My lord, didn't you tell me before that the verdict was in the drawer?" What's this ......?"

Wang Huizu glanced at the drawer that had clearly been moved, and sighed: "That copy has been dropped, it's safer to send this one." ”

"Dropped the bag? How can it be? Xiao Zhuozi walked over the letter suspiciously, stretched out his hand to open the drawer, pulled out the verdict inside, and compared it with the copy that Master Wang had just handed him for a long time, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Oops! Master Wang! So you can really pinch it! These two verdicts are really different! ”

Wang Huizu smiled confidently: "Okay, don't get confused." Quickly send it to the magistrate. Remember, don't talk about it to outsiders! ”

"Master Wang, don't worry, Xiao Zhuozi's mouth is tight!"

Xiao Zhuozi quickly walked to the bed, presented the verdict that had been dropped to Wang Huizu, and put the rest in his arms, ready to leave the room and go directly to see the county magistrate.

Wang Huizu took the opportunity to whisper a few words in his ear, Xiao Zhuozi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Master Wang, are you sure you want to take this with you?" ”

Wang Huizu showed an unconcealable smile: "Since someone wants us to hand over this, why don't we make mistakes?" ”

Although Xiao Zhuozi didn't understand these profound truths of Master Wang, there was one thing he was convinced of. That is, everything Master Wang did was right, and since he told him, it would never be wrong to do what he said.

He carefully rolled up the verdict from under his pillow and carefully stuffed it into his arms, held the fake verdict in his hand, pushed open the door and walked out.

The twilight autumn wind exuded a chill, Xiao Zhuozi shivered, wrapped his clothes tightly and lowered his head and hurriedly walked towards the county master's meeting room.

Not far away, Qin Xiong and the masked little guy from last night had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Xiao Zhuozi coming out of the house in a hurry, the masked little guy pointed at his back and was a little excited: "Master Qin, look! Is the verdict in his hand the one we dropped the bag? ”

Qin Xiong patted him on the shoulder expressionlessly and said, "The surname Wang is scheming, it's hard to say whether it's ours now, I'll see when I go to the adult's place later!" ”

The masked little man smiled gloomily: "Master Wang is wise! ”

In the official hall, Wei Tingkui was sipping tea facing out the window. Although there was the verdict that Xiao Zhuozi had just sent in front of him, he didn't even look at it.

First, he knew Master Wang's attitude towards the case. His jealous and hateful personality will never allow Pudong to go unpunished.

Second, he believes in Master Wang's personality. Especially after the disaster last night, he has properly regarded Wang Huizu as a friend of life and death in his heart.

Recalling last night's terrifying "roasting test", he still has palpitations.

glanced casually, cleared his throat and called the family outside: "Little Zhuozi, little Zhuozi!" ”

After calling twice in a row and no one answered, Wei Tingkui was a little annoyed, and was about to get up and go outside the house to reprimand, but as soon as his butt left his seat, he saw Master Qin walking in with a spring breeze on his face.

"My lord, why are you so angry?"

"Oh, Master Qin came just in time, the official was going to have someone present the verdict to it, but no one answered after shouting for a long time! These dog minions are really getting more and more unruly! Hum! ”

Wei Tingkui insinuated his inner dissatisfaction.

The fire last night made him see the group of people in the palace clearly, they looked like dogs on weekdays, and when they saw him, they nodded and looked very deferential, and they all hid away at critical moments!

He self-righteously imagined that the people in the mansion were greedy for life and afraid of death, but he didn't know that in fact, all this was deliberately manipulated by his two masters behind his back.

Master Qin set the fire in order to lure Wang Huizu and most of the guards in the prison over to put out the fire, so that he could fish in troubled waters and secretly rescue Pudongsheng.

This was the first move in his plan.

In case of failure, he has a second move.

It was to drop Wang Huizu's verdict and replace it with his own writing. He exonerated Pudongsheng several times in his verdict in order to save him from heavy punishment.

Obviously, Wang Huizu saw through his first plan, transferred most of the people who were going to save the county order to the prison, and risked his life to personally put out the fire and carry the county lord out.

This trick is so wonderful!

not only saw the dead prisoner and sold miserably, but also made the county magistrate look at him with admiration.

Qin Xiong hated so much that the roots of his teeth itched. was originally a bureau made for himself, but he didn't expect to be surnamed Wang!

Fortunately, the verdict dropped the bag, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

He pretended to be calm and walked over to give a salute, took out a scroll of paintings from his arms, and said with a smile: "My lord, Qin just got a painting, I see that the woman in this painting is a little similar to Wu Niang, my lord, take a look?" ”

After hearing the words Wu Niang, Wei Tingkui immediately came to his senses, put the verdict in his hand on the table next to him, and stretched out his hand to take the picture scroll: "There is such a coincidence? Take a look at the officer! ”

Qin Xiong presented the painting in his hand, and when Wei Tingkui opened it, he quickly flipped through the verdict on the table.

The font is Wang Huizu's, and it looks exactly right.

As for the content!

He read a few sentences carefully, and they were entirely from his pen. In order to be fakely realistic, he can be regarded as having worked hard. The beginning and end are exactly the same as what Wang Huizu wrote, but the crime committed by Pudong Sheng made him change, and the conclusion is completely different.

The handwriting is the same, the beginning and the end are the same, and Wang Huizu was injured again, presumably he will not be suspicious.

You Wang Huizu also have times of negligence!

Qin Xiong raised the corners of his mouth proudly. He seemed to have seen the scene of Pudong Sheng's light fall.

"Master Qin, the woman in this painting is quite beautiful, but it doesn't look like Wu Niang at all! Wu Niang looks so painful! Look at this beauty's bitter gourd face, it's a disappointment! Wei Tingkui, who was in high spirits, was slightly disappointed when he opened the painting.

"Alas, my lord is right, these people in the house will see the wind and rudder! It's also to blame Qin, I heard that it looks like Wu Niang, so I didn't even look at it and sent it directly to you! I'm going back and tidying them up! Qin Xiong took the painting with both hands, turned his head and left.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xiao Zhuozi saluting him in a panic: "Master Qin is good!" ”

Qin Xiong pointed to the house with a smile and said, "Well, little Zhuozi! Where did you go? The county magistrate is looking for you everywhere! ”

Xiao Zhuozi smiled embarrassedly: "The little one just had a stomach upset and went to the toilet!" Master Qin, you didn't lose your temper, did you? ”

Qin Xiong said, "You have to be careful, hurry up and go in!" ”

"Okay! Thank you, little one, Master Qin! ”

"Little Zhuozi, little Zhuozi!" Wei Tingkui's voice came from inside the room again.

Xiao Zhuozi bowed down and walked into the house with a smiling face: "Xiao Zhuozi is here, what do you command?" ”

"The official has already read the verdict, there is no problem, you immediately report this verdict to the prefect!" Wei Tingkui handed over the verdict, Xiao Zhuozi took it with both hands, and took the order.

The moment he walked out of the house, he quickly exchanged the verdict in his hand with the one in his arms, and then jumped on his horse and left.

"The verdict was sent?"

On the thin and narrow bed, Wang Huizu lowered his head slightly, flipping through the thick book in his hand. Hearing the sound of footsteps at the door, he asked directly without raising his head.

"Send it, Master Wang."

Ever since Master Wang directly guessed that he overheard the conversation between the county order and Master Qin and helped him solve it without leaking, all the reactions of Wang Huizu that were different from ordinary people, Xiao Zhuozi would not feel strange.

"Okay, this matter must not be made quiet, let's wait for the result!"

Wang Huizu closed the book and slowly raised his head and said.

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhuozi rubbed his hands, put them to his lips and kept breathing.

"Don't be there, there's hot water on the table, pour it yourself!" Wang Huizu twisted his stiff neck and said,

Xiao Zhuozi was not polite, dragged a chair and sat down, poured a cup of hot water, and blew it gently, and there was suddenly a trace of heat in the cold room.

"Master Wang, are you feeling better?" Xiao Zhuozi took a sip of tea, although the doctor said that it was okay, he was still a little worried.

"Flesh wounds, out of the way. I guess I'll be able to get out of bed tomorrow. Wang Hui Zuyun smiled lightly. Compared with the hardships that Wu Niang and Pu Pu Chen endured in prison, his little injury was not worth mentioning at all.

An autumn rain has accelerated the orderly pace of winter.

A few days later, one morning, Qin Xiong was basking in the sun in front of the table next to his bed, when a bad news about Pudongsheng's case knocked him out completely.

He obviously saw with his own eyes that the verdict in the hands of the county magistrate was written by himself, and there was no mistake, but why, the wind he heard from the prefect's yamen was completely different from what he saw with his own eyes?

What went wrong?

His brows tightened, and the two sparse pale yellow eyebrows involuntarily pressed together.