"Smack!" The county magistrate patted the hall at the beginning, and a bunch of good people outside the hall were instantly quiet, stretching out their heads to see the excitement.

"Wang scoundrel!"

"The grass people are here." Wang Wuli is serious.

"This official asked you, before midnight yesterday, you reported the case outside the city?"

"Back to the adult's words, it's a case reported by the grass people."

"But because of the massacre of Wang Village?"

"Back to the adult's words, exactly! My lord, the grass people were sleeping soundly, and when they heard the commotion outside, they went out to look, only to see the fire blazing, and many officers and soldiers were burning the village. ”

"Are you sure it's an officer or soldier?"

"Back to the adult's words, the grass people can see it clearly, they are all people who look like officers and soldiers, carrying muskets."

"Do you recognize who it is?"

Shake one’s head! Haven't you rehearsed this?

"What else do you see?"

Shake one’s head!

"Pestle!"

"The villain is here!"

"How's the inquest going?"

"Yesterday, at the end of the day, all the people in Wang Village were killed, the gangsters were slaughtered first and then burned, 29 men, women and children with the same surname were killed, and another foreign missionary was killed by accident under the pseudonym Bit."

"Wow~" There was a commotion among the small people outside the hall.

"Wait!" Zhang Huiban interjected, he didn't care about the rules of officialdom: "Wang scoundrel, where were you at that time?" ”

"Go back to the adult's words and sleep in the melon shed."

"Why don't you go back to your own hut and sleep?"

"Hey, hey! Get used to sleeping in the wild. ”

"Stand down!"

“……”

"The next witness."

"Smack! Who's in the hall? ”

"My lord, the slave family is the daughter-in-law of Wang Village's Wang Dana family, a swinger!"

"Swing, let me ask you, what did you hear last night? What do you see? ”

"Master, the slave family only heard the commotion and saw a fire, but nothing else was seen."

"What are you doing when you're not sleeping at home?"

"My lord, the slave family didn't run around, and slept in the melon shed."

"Wow~" The interest of the little people came, the little widow and the bachelor, the melon shed, the windfall.

"You also sleep in a melon shed?" The magistrate was stunned now, but he didn't expect the plot to develop like this.

"Is it the slave's melon shed? Why can't I sleep? ”

The magistrate understands that there must be adultery between men and women in the melon shed, but he can't ask, otherwise Wang Wuran's words will not be true.

But if you don't ask, someone asks!

"With whom?" Zhang Huiban then asked.

“……”

"But Wang Scoundrel?"

"Nope! How can it be ......? ”

"Wow!" The ears of the people outside the hall pricked up.

"Who else?"

"Me!" A young man outside the hall admitted loudly that everyone thought it was a joke, and the boom was a mess.

"Smack! Quiet. ”

"What kind of system? Stand down! The prefect was afraid of losing control, so he scolded him sharply.

“……”

"On the physical evidence." The officer brought the burned musket.

The prefect nodded intentionally or unintentionally, and looked at Zhang Huiban, what can this mean?

"Is it really the work of officers and soldiers?"

“……”

When the case is asked, insinuations, not raw and unripe, abruptly stopped, waiting for the good deeds to ferment, accumulating 'rumors' for the imperial historian to play, let its gossip be full of sky, and it will eventually fall on people's heads, and then the crowd will be angry, and the person who insinuates will be removed from office, wronged? In the officialdom, he only talks about whether he will do things, whether he is wronged or not, Tang Zhixian is old and seeks the country, and he knows this well, and has sinister intentions!

Only three days after the incident, another wave of boosting incidents detonated in the market, and Wang Wuran's body floated on the surface of the Jinhe River, and the pestle was examined, saying that he was hit in the head first and sank to his death.

This is terrible, extinguished? Revenge killing? Annexation of Wangcun property? All kinds of inferences are rampant, a Wang scoundrel is insignificant, the official family is cruel, and the lives of the people are regarded as grass, clouds and clouds are ......, and the killing of public opinion is even more terrifying!

It was boiling, the citizens hid when they saw Lian Yong, there were fewer and fewer people on the Jinwan construction site, and it was deserted in front of the general soldier's yamen.

Ten days later, the political envoy Bai arrived, and there was one with him, Zhang Enbo, the famous Zhejiang envoy, who was all micro-served.

"Zhang Huiban, how can this be?"

"It's hard to ...... words."

"It's a bit big." Zhang Enbo carefully looked at Zhang Huiban, and found that his son was not impetuous or impetuous, and his temperament was calm, so he nodded and said: "A foreigner died, this matter has been spread to the court, and the emperor is concerned. ”

"Forgive me for concealing part of the truth, all because the case is too suspicious, and I will report it truthfully today!"

"Say!"

"There are several doubts in this case, one of which is why the deceased is determined to be a foreigner? Foreigner Bit was not there at all that day. The deceased at the scene was a dumb man who stayed in front of the foreign pastor, who liked to wear foreign robes and hats when he was away, and he was crazy. ”

"What? Foreigners alive? ”

"Living in the backyard, can you ask me?"

"Wait! You tell all your doubts. ”

Second, the eyewitness Wang Wulai claimed that he was sleeping in the melon shed at the time of the crime, but at that time the melon shed had been occupied by a pair of cheating men and women, both of whom confessed to it, and Wang Wuli was not seen at all. Third, it has been verified that the burned musket was assembled at the ironwork just two months ago, a total of 30 pieces, and it has been distributed to Quzhou Lian Yong, it is understood that it is owned by Tan Dusi's personal guards, how could it appear in the fire? ”

"How do you prove the origin and provenance of this gun?"

"The batch number of the steel stamp on the gun is ironclad evidence, and it can be seen when compared with similar guns."

"Hmmm! Keep it confidential first and hand it over to the official for handling. ”

Three days later, it was still in the hall of the county government, and there was a person sitting in the hall, according to the envoy Zhang Enbo, there was a political envoy on the side, and the prefect and the meeting office were all sitting on the next side of the hall.

"Smack!" Zhang Enbo is worthy of being born in an old prison, and he is not angry and arrogant.

"Yuchi County!"

"The lower official is here."

"Let me ask you, on what basis do you think that the deceased is a foreigner?"

"Back to my lord, there is only this dead body in the fire, unrecognizable, and there is no one else."

"What's the pestle?"

"The villain is here!"

"How do you examine the dead?"

"Back to the adult's words, the villain thinks that this person's teeth and mouth in his thirties are not like old foreigners."

"Why did the court claim that the foreigner died accidentally?"

"Return, reply to the adult's words, don't dare to talk nonsense, yes, it was Lord Tang who asked him to say this, and the villain ......."

"Tang Zhixian, there is no evidence, why is it arbitrary?"

"Lord Hui, yes, there is a villager Wang Wugui who reported the case and saw that his person wearing a foreign robe and a foreign hair hat was visiting at the entrance of the village and was chased and killed by officers and soldiers."

"Why don't you ask, where was the scoundrel at that time?"

"Back to my lord, I asked, and Wang Wugui said that he would sleep in the melon shed that night."

"I heard that the melon shed was so lively that day, and a couple of men and women have taken the lead, aren't you interested?"

“……”

"There are many witnesses, it's true, Tang Zhixian only listens to one nonsensical person."

"My lord! Not so. ”

"Tell you, there was a pair of dewy men and women in the melon shed that day, as well as foreigner Bit, both outside the hall, do you want to hear his description?"

"Huh?"

"What is the basis for judging official affairs so arbitrarily and stirring up the court unrest?"

"Plop!" Tang Zhixian suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he immediately knelt down and said in his heart!

"Take it down first, take care of it, and let him reflect slowly." Zhang Ancha turned to the side: "Tan Du Si Ke?" ”

"The lower official is here!"

"Where were you on the day of the crime?"

"Yes, in the camp, no, no, in the hunting, in the camping." It was too sudden, and Tan Dusi sweated on his forehead.

"After verification, this gun is equipped with your personal guard, what is the explanation?"

“………… The lower official went back to investigate strictly, maybe it was lost and unknown? ”

"Smack! Come on, watch the detainee. The envoy turned his head to look at Governor Huang again: "Lord Huang, do you see this?" ”

"The lower official, the lower official is guilty, ......." Huang Zhifu was like sitting on pins and needles, and finally collapsed, fell to the ground, tried to kneel, kowtow like pounding garlic.

“…………。”

The Jinwan case caused the officialdom to be ugly and the lives were devastated, but fortunately, the security envoy made the ...... investigate clearly.

Tang Zhi County, one of the parents, poisoned the people, acted for the tiger, dismissed the official and was imprisoned, and beheaded after the autumn.

Tan Dusi, for the sake of disaster in the township, is like a bandit, and he robs his family and asks for beheading.

Lord Huang, the prefect, for the sake of a grievance, let the housekeeper go, and for the sake of the officialdom, he took away his grade and fame, and escorted him home.

As for the lame butler, he knew his sin and hanged himself.

Afterwards, Tang David was transferred to the general army of Quzhou, and the post of magistrate of Jin County was vacant, and Zhang Huiban acted as the sole agent.