Because it is located in the border area and the people are simple, there have always been few crimes in Biguan County, so the county jail is empty on weekdays, and five prisoners have been imprisoned before, which is particularly quiet.

But in the past two days, it has been like an evil collision, and people have been sent in, and Qu San'er, who wants to make money, is the first, but only one day later, someone was sent to prison, and this time he was put into prison Huang Feng, a catcher who had some names in the county government. And today, with a sound of dragging, Yang Chen, who is the fourth master of the county government, actually joined the ranks.

After all, he didn't reveal his identity as Jinyiwei in public, and naturally he wouldn't mention that he was ordered to come here to secretly investigate the case. Because he was worried that once he revealed his true identity, he would make some people hiding in the shadows wary, so it would be even more difficult to catch them. So even though the crime was extremely serious, he endured it for the time being.

I have to mention here that Yang Chen is cautious enough. When he was helplessly arrested at the post station before, he took advantage of everyone's inattention to hide the brocade clothes and guard waist card he was carrying in his shoes early, so that no one could find out. However, the iron ruler of the weapon he carried with him had already been taken away.

Although Yang Chen did not confess his crime, in Zhu Xuan's eyes, there was no doubt that he was the murderer. However, because he still had an official position, it was difficult to deal with it, so he ordered someone to put him in prison first, and only waited for the Taiyuan Mansion to let the superior yamen remove him from his official position before further interrogation.

Escorted by several yacha jailers, Yang Chen dragged the iron chain and staggered straight to the cell of the felon, which was located in the depths of the prison, before someone opened the cell door and pushed him in: "To be honest, this place is not as good as outside, but dare to be presumptuous, we don't care what your previous identity was!" After saying this, the jailers locked the door and left.

And as they left with torches and lanterns, the dark prison suddenly fell into darkness, and only a few rays of light shone from the broken roof of the cell, but it was only enough for one to see the scene in front of them. In addition, the smell in this prison was really unpleasant, coupled with the lack of ventilation, so that Yang Chen, who was in it, only felt that he was about to lose his breath.

With a long sigh, he could only grope and sit down, intending to sort out the doubts in his heart and see if he could find any breakthrough to restore his innocence. Speaking of which, he really had a lot of questions in his heart, such as why those women and children of the Chen family were also poisoned, obviously they were safe before, why did they cause such a catastrophe as soon as he looked for them? Also, why did the other party get his own saber to blame himself? Although he was not used to using knives and left them in his dwelling, how did the other party know this?

Only people who are familiar with themselves in the county government will know this, and judging from the half of the pawn ticket that disappeared, it is really a means for someone in the county government to not want the truth of Chen Zhigao's killing to be found out! So who could this man be?

All kinds of questions came one after another, so that Yang Chen was not puzzled, but he couldn't find the point to cut into, so he could only let out a long sigh again. At this moment, a somewhat faint voice suddenly sounded from the darkness on the other side: "But Lord Yang?" ”

Although the voice trembled a little, Yang Chen immediately heard the identity of the other party: "Huang Zhutou? ”

"It's the subordinate ......" The other party smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect you to be imprisoned in this prison." ”

"What the hell is going on? Why were the women and children of the Chen family killed? Yang Chen subconsciously asked.

However, Huang Feng obviously couldn't give an answer: "My subordinates don't know either." Early yesterday morning, not long after I arrived at the Yamen, someone came to report that there had been another case of wounding there. The little one immediately took someone over, and as a result, he saw Li Gui, who was seriously injured and unconscious. And after rescuing him, he insisted that the two of us were the murderers of the Chen family and seriously injured him......

Immediately afterwards, the county lord accepted this testimony and ordered a heavy punishment to be inflicted on me. Although the little one refused to confess to the crime, they still forcibly put me in custody and put me on death row......"

Hearing what happened to him, Yang Chen could only sigh again. Speaking of which, he was much luckier than him, at least he was not tortured. But then, his heart was tightened again, and the county government forced Huang Fenghua to confess his guilt, I am afraid that it will make his situation even more difficult. For, in his experience, once one of the two convicts who was considered an accomplice was convicted, the remaining one would not be able to escape.

"Why don't I find a chance to get out and leave and find out the truth of this case in secret......" Such a thought suddenly came to his heart, which frightened Yang Chen himself, and then quickly dispelled this rebellious idea.

Seeing that he was silent again, Huang Feng seemed to blame himself a little: "The adults blame the little ones for not taking into account the safety of those people in the Chen family, so that such a result was made. ”

"It's no wonder you, didn't I think of it?" Yang Chen shook his head, comforted the other party, and asked casually, "By the way, do you have any clue about the things I asked you to investigate?" ”

Originally, he mentioned this matter just to change the topic, and he didn't have much expectations, after all, Huang Feng was implicated in this case early yesterday morning and became a prisoner. Unexpectedly, Huang Feng replied: "I forgot if the adults didn't mention it, I found out that Chen Zhigao was providing sand and gravel business for the construction of Guancheng for a period of time before his death, and I heard that he made a lot of money for this...... But now that we know that this is useless, we have all been treated as criminals, how can we investigate the case again. ”

Yang Chen was stunned when he heard this: "Is Chen Zhigao actually providing materials for the construction of the Guancheng?" Is this exact? ”

"You can't go wrong......"

After receiving a confirmed response, his whole spirit quickly lifted, and a bold idea quickly popped up, could it be that Chen Zhigao's death was related to the Guancheng that was being built? Is someone planning to do something out of it, and he is worried that he will leak the news, so he has come to kill people? Also, is this just the thing that I was ordered to investigate here that threatens the safety of the Great Wall here? If that's the case, then it's really a nowhere to get through the iron shoes!

In a moment of thought, he even forgot that he was still a prisoner, and suddenly shouted outside: "Come on, I want to see Lord County!" He felt that he had to go out at once and dig down the trail.

After shouting several times, the cell boss rushed over with an impatient face. When he saw Yang Chen, he scolded him: "What are you yelling about? You said that you are still the fourth master of our county government, and you still want to see the eldest master! Treat me honestly, and if you dare to make trouble, Lao Tzu will let you know the rules here! ”

"You ......" Yang Chen was annoyed in his heart, and then he woke up to his current situation, suppressed his anger again, and stopped talking. At this time, people are knives and I am fish and meat, so it's better not to be tough. Even if the other party refuses to report to the county order now, it doesn't matter, as long as two days pass, the county order will naturally mention himself in court, and it is not too late to reveal his identity and investigate the relevant matters.

Seeing that Yang Chen was a little more honest, the cell boss glared at him and turned to leave. But Huang Feng was surprised at this time: "My lord, but what clues have you seen from it, can we get rid of suspicion?" ”

"This ...... It's hard to say. Yang Chen said vaguely: "But things will always take a turn for the better." ”

Next, Yang Chen simply leaned against the wall of the cell and carefully sorted out the case and clues in his heart. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was likely to have a lot to do with the secret report that had been sent back to the capital earlier, and it should be that someone wanted to use this opportunity to repair the castle to do something on the Great Wall.

Otherwise, I really can't explain why such a vicious murder case suddenly occurred in the small county of Biguan, which has always been peaceful, and in the end, even himself was trapped. It is clear that the other party realized that he might find evidence and clues about their crimes, so he killed people first, and at the same time blamed himself for the crime.

And this person is still in the official mansion, and even in the border army guarding Yuguan City, there may be accomplices of these guys!

At this moment, the sound of footsteps and the sound of dragging heavy objects sounded in the silent cell, which interrupted Yang Chen's train of thought and made him curiously open his eyes and look outside the cell. Immediately, I saw that the cell boss was dragging a wooden basin towards this side, but he had come to put food.

Before I knew it, it was evening, and it was time for dinner.

Since he knew that the next heavy task lay on his shoulders, Yang Chen naturally would not starve himself, so when the cell boss handed in a broken pottery bowl containing only cracked steamed buns and a little pickles from the gap in the cell, he did not refuse, stepped forward to take it, and stuffed it into his mouth without much hesitation.

Although the food is very simple and rough, and even tastes a little strange, there is not much to worry about in order to fill the stomach. In the past two days in prison, he must recuperate enough, otherwise he will not have the energy to quickly devote himself to investigating the case when he goes out.

It's just that this dinner is really a little little, and he ate it clean in only three or two bites, and this is not enough for him to fill his stomach.

However, at this time, the cell boss had already left, and even if Yang Chen wanted to ask for more, it would not be possible. In desperation, I could only sit back in my original position and carefully consider the details.

I don't know if it was because of the continuous running around and the blows suffered before, and soon after, Yang Chen found that he was sleepy, but he couldn't even concentrate. He only felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and finally he couldn't resist the onset of sleepiness and fell into dark sweetness.

Before he completely lost consciousness, Yang Chen suddenly had a warning sign in his heart: "Don't be that there is anything strange in that food, right?" ”