Seeing Yang Chen put on such a confident appearance, all the people with ghosts, including Wang Ningxian, slammed into their hearts. But now, the words have been spoken, and it can no longer be stopped in front of these many people, otherwise it will only make people completely suspect that they have done something unseemly.

However, Zhengde outside the hall showed an interested look, he was looking forward to Yang Chen's performance next, to see what means he could use to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Yang Chen quickly straightened up again, and arched his hand at Zhu Xuan: "Lord County, if you want to talk about these confusing incidents today, you have to start with the murder of Chen Zhigao. At that time, when this murder occurred, almost everyone thought it was just a simple homicide case, so although the county government paid attention to it, it did not really spend all its efforts to investigate, and only let Huang Feng and Huang Zhutou take a group of officers to investigate and investigate.

But in fact, this Chen Zhigao's identity is far from being as simple as he seems on the surface. On the surface, he was just an ordinary sand and gravel merchant, and he might have some wealth and fame in my partial pass, but that's all. But in fact, he had already colluded with a certain powerful figure in the county government, and through the other party, he began to have contacts with some other greedy officials, and even the military attache in Guanshang, and gradually formed an interest group.

"Relying on their respective identities, they began to sell the lowest amount of stone and sand to the government at a very high price, and then divided the military expenses that should have been used for the construction of the city. In this way, Chen Zhigao, as a businessman, naturally made a lot of money, and others also got a lot of benefits from it, and everyone was really happy. It's just that they never thought that their approach would give me a bias and bury what a terrible hidden danger to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, maybe they also thought about it, but they didn't care about it at all, because in their hearts, there is only their own interests! ”

These words made many people inside and outside the hall change color, and even those county officials who were still eyeing them began to look at the county officials with strange eyes. Obviously, some things have been rumored for a long time, but these people have never thought about it deeply.

Wang Ningxian's face had turned a little pale, but he still said coldly: "Yang Chen, don't slander people for nothing. Do you have any evidence for these claims? ”

"Wang Xiancheng, don't worry, just listen to me slowly." Yang Chen grinned at him and said, "When the time comes, whether it is true or not, justice is at ease in the hearts of the people." ”

Wang Ningxian was squeezed by him like this, so it was not good to say anything, so he could only snort coldly, but his heart was already raised high.

Yang Chen continued: "Since the defeat in the orthodox years, my Ming Dynasty has been quite peaceful, even if there are Tartars who invade my border from time to time, it is only a small fight after all. Therefore, many border generals and officials have become slack, and even began to think of profiting from it. In fact, it's not just me who is biased, it's where other border troops are located, and there are also many people who do shady things.

"But compared to the other places where I just sell some grain to the Tartars in private, this practice in my head is even worse. Because in this way, it is difficult to say that the city is strong, and once a Tartar suddenly attacks, I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians of this city will be killed. And this is not just a matter of one pass and one city, once the head pass is lost, the entire Great Wall defense line will also be broken by the enemy, and at that time, the Central Plains behind him will be exposed to the iron hooves and scimitars of the Tartars! ”

These words are by no means alarmist, even Zhengde, who was still a little cynical, his face became extremely solemn at this time, showing a deep thought. And Zhu Xuan, the person concerned, was even more angry, his face was pale, and his eyes were almost angry staring at the subordinates in front of him, and he couldn't wait to order someone to take them down and torture them now.

After seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Yang Chen changed the conversation again and returned to the case itself: "These profiteers never think about this, they still dream that they can get a lot of benefits from this." As a result, perhaps because Chen Zhigao and them had a difference in interests, or some other reason, in short, he suddenly died in front of his house, which became a murder case that made people in the city look sideways.

Of course, his death is not a great loss for these people, that is, it is more troublesome, and it is necessary to find a suitable merchant. But what they didn't expect was that he actually kept a hand, and actually wrote down all the relevant evidence of his dealings with these officials, and wrote it into an account book. And when these people learned about it through a certain channel, they panicked.

"Especially, when I was invited by Huang Fengzhi to participate in this case, and as the investigation gradually found some clues, they were about to find the account book, they became more and more panicked. For this reason, some people secretly contacted the slaves and maids of the Chen family, hoping to obtain half of the pawn tickets related to this through her, and some people even started early in the morning in the county government and took the half of the pawn tickets left on Chen Zhigao's corpse.

"When I first found these clues, I was a little puzzled, and I couldn't guess who the person who did these things would be. It wasn't until today, when you couldn't hold back anymore and jumped out one after another, that I finally found my goal! As he spoke, his gaze fell on Li Xing and Qiu Yang again.

His solemn gaze made the hearts of these two people beat wildly, and they wanted to refute, but they couldn't speak for a while. And Yang Chen didn't give them a chance to speak, so he first said to Li Xing: "Dian Li, in fact, you have already appeared in front of me. Outside the Chen family that day, that night, you had planned to snatch half of the pawn ticket from the maid's hand. As a result, I happened to collide with Huang Zhu's head. So you struck the killer suddenly, intending to kill the two of us together, but you found out that it was not my opponent, so you fled in a hurry. The sword technique you used that day was the same as when you tried to attack and kill the Qiu Warden just now, I wonder if you have anything to quibble about it? ”

"I ......" Li Xing was exposed by him, and in a panic, he didn't know how to defend himself.

Yang Chen glanced at him, and continued: "You once attacked Huang Zhutou with a knife that day, but I blocked it with an iron ruler, it must be this murder weapon, right?" As he spoke, he pointed to the short knife that had just been snatched away: "As long as you look closely, you can find that there must be a gap on the top that matches my iron ruler." ”

These words immediately reminded Zhu Xuan: "Come on, go to the evidence room and bring Yang Dianshi's iron ruler for inspection." ”

This time, the officers were no longer as silent as before, and immediately one of them came out to receive the order, and hurried out. After a while, he took the iron ruler that originally belonged to Yang Chen and was taken away when he was imprisoned a few days ago.

Immediately, Zhu Xuan ordered someone to take two weapons to inspect them. This is an old man in the county government, and he still has this bit of eyesight, so he only looked at each other for a while, and then replied: "Master Hui, there is indeed a gap on this knife that intersects with the iron ruler, and Yang ...... What Yang Dianshi said is no different. Unconsciously, the title of Yang Chen changed back to his original official position, obviously believing his inference.

Not only this servant, but also the other county officials who looked at Yang Chen at this time also had a little more trust in their eyes, and they no longer treated him as an enemy as before.

In fact, this is also very understandable, although these people have always been under the command of those local officials, and they have long been accustomed to squeezing out officials like Yang Chen and Zhu Xuan who were transferred from abroad with them. But in the final analysis, they are all natives of this remote county, and no one wants anything to happen to their homeland.

Now, it is precisely because of the greed of these people that the bias pass has become fragile, so even the most obedient person will have to draw a line with some silverfish rats.

Zhu Xuan noticed this, his heart was suddenly happy, and he immediately slapped the shocked wood, and shouted at Li Xing, who was already frightened, and asked, "Li Xing, now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?" ”

"I ...... "At this time, how can he still defend himself, he has been waiting for a long time, but he can't say a word.......

And Yang Chen didn't intend to let him go like that, and continued: "It was because of this behavior of Li Dian's painting that I finally found the clue, that is, the half of the pawn ticket that was hidden by the slave maid of the Chen family. However, all this was obviously secretly seen by the Li Dian, who had not gone far, and late that night, I also noticed that someone was snooping outside my room, and it must have been him.

"Of course, with his ability, it is impossible to snatch this crucial half of the pawn ticket from me. And he also guessed that I would go to Taiyuan with this, so as to find more clues left by Chen Zhigao before his death. That wasn't what he, and his accomplices, wanted to see. So, in order to prevent this trouble, they resorted to an even more vicious strategy, simply went on a killing spree, killed all the people of the Chen family, and left my saber at the scene of the murder, so as to blame my head! ”

"I ...... I didn't! I've never done anything like this, your Excellency! Hearing this inference, Li Xing was completely anxious and denied it repeatedly.

"Hmph, do you still want to quibble?" Yang Chen sneered again: "Let me ask, apart from you, who else will attack a few poor women of the Chen family?" Who but you could easily find the saber from my place and throw it at the scene of the murder as irrefutable evidence? My lord, although there is no definite evidence of all these things, they are in accordance with common sense, and as long as they are interrogated strictly, they will definitely be able to confess their guilt and be brought to justice! Yang Chen immediately spoke solemnly, and the other party was completely speechless.