The blind man held an iron chain in his hand, and the chain was connected to the dog ring, and the dog ring was tied to the old dog's neck, and the old dog stuck out his tongue and gasped, his eyes were demented, and his walking was slow, and he looked like that, and he had lived for at least ten years, like an old man with a dragon clock; But it can bring its owner to the county government like an old horse knows the way, but it is a good dog who is loyal and upright.

The old dog led the blind man forward, and as soon as the blind man approached the door of the hall, the two servants stood up, stopped him with water and fire sticks, and shouted, "In the public court, no beasts are allowed to enter!"

"Who do you say is a brute?" The blind man raised his face and turned his face towards one of the officials, and said angrily.

The official was also annoyed: "No one said you were a brute, we said that this dog was not allowed to enter!"

The old dog seemed to understand human speech, and after listening to the words of the servant, he stood on his four feet and let out a whining cry, like the cry of an old man; On both sides of its eyes, there are two long lines of tears, and it can be seen from its eyes that it is undoubtedly a good dog.

Although the dog was a good dog, the blind man did not have a good face, and although he could not see it, his face was always filled with indignation, as if someone owed him money and did not pay it back. He listened to the words of the officer, threw the chain on the officer, and said angrily: "Then you will hold it for me!" After taking two steps, he muttered: "What a public dog......"

The official was furious when he heard this, and wanted to beat him with a stick, but then Cao Bin walked out of it and drank the officer: "What are you doing!?"

The official said aggrievedly: "Cao Zhutou, he scolded me for being a ......" The last word "dog" finally didn't dare to say it.

"Okay, you will lead him first." Cao Bin shoved the chain into the hands of the officials. Although the official was extremely dissatisfied on his face, and his eyes glared at the blind man, he did not dare to attack again because of Cao Zhutou's face, so he had to lead the dog.

Cao Bin pulled the blind man's clothes into the lobby and asked gently, "Are you going to testify?"

As he walked, the blind man said, "You still have a little conscience, but it's a pity to be the dog of this public family......

Hearing the blind man's disrespectful remarks, Cao Bin couldn't help but change his face, and just wanted to reprimand him, Wu Ruxiong, the county magistrate, had already slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Witness, kneel!"

The blind man poked into the ground on crutches and said proudly: "I just testify, why do I kneel?"

Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and slapped the startled wood: "Someone! Someone! Beat me until he kneels! You Diao Min, are you really against you? How dare you defy the court? ”

Hearing the order of the county lord, two officials with water and fire sticks stepped forward, and one of them hit the blind man with a stick on the leg and knee, and the audience outside was used to seeing this kind of scene, and was not surprised at all, and the blind man, after all, the flesh was mortal, and he couldn't bear the pain, snorted, and knelt on the ground.

Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, saw that the blind man was kneeling, and there was no lack of smugness on his face, and sneered: "I told you to despise the court, believe it or not, the official beat you with dozens of boards."

The blind man still snorted coldly, and his face was unyielding. At this time, Song Ting walked up to the blind man and asked, "Witness, your name and place of origin."

The blind man snorted coldly: "Who doesn't know that I'm blind."

Listening to the blind man's tone, Song Ting's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was also a little angry, this person seemed to be born with an arrogant backbone, not afraid of heaven and earth, and seemed to be born with a hatred for the public.

"Blind Liu?" In the audience, someone whispered: "Isn't he Liu Zhiyuan's brother?" He raised snakes, and he was famous in Twenty Miles, and he was a master of snake breeding......"

Liu Zhiyuan is the dead husband of Liu Meng, which Song Ting already knows. didn't expect that the "blind man Liu" in front of him was actually Liu Zhiyuan's brother of the same clan.

After sneering lightly, Song Ting directly called him "Liu Blind", and then said: "I'll ask you a few questions, and you answer truthfully, there is half a lie, I guarantee that you won't be able to get out of this public door today."

Blind Liu pouted and said: "If you want to ask, just ask, what is so much nonsense, am I Liu Blind a person who is afraid of death?"

"Okay." Song Ting paced two steps, stared at him, and then asked loudly, "Were you present when the Wang couple quarreled with Liu Meng?"

Liu Blind said, "I'm not there."

Song Ting was slightly angry when he heard this, and said coldly: "Since you are not here, why did you hear Wang Hanshi say that?"

Liu Blind said: "Although I was not present, I heard it from the side."

Song Ting walked up to him and said, "Okay, then please tell you what you heard that day in this hall in detail......

Liu Blind recalled for a while, and began to say: "That day I came out of the house, walked to the door of the Wang's house, and felt a pheasant road into the roadside stream, my old dog smelled the smell of game in the creek, maybe a roe deer, or a wild cat or something, the wild cat can also be eaten......

Hearing this, Song Ting felt a little impatient and shouted, "Who wants to listen to you talk about game? You just talk about how you heard Wang Hanshi say that. ”

The blind man Liu turned a deaf ear to Song Ting's words, and continued to take care of himself: "My old dog got into the stream, and I also felt the pheasant and walked to the stream...... At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting on the road: 'Stop me!' Later, I heard Liu Mou'er's voice: 'Wang Hu, what's the matter?' Only then did I know that it was Wang Hu, the eldest son of Wang Fugui's family. ”

Then he said, "My old dog has taken off my hand, and I don't know where it has gone, and I am anxious, so I want to get out of the stream and call it out." At this time, I didn't listen carefully to what the two children said, the stream was too noisy, and I couldn't hear it clearly, and after a while, I heard Wang Hu shouting loudly, saying something like 'I must strangle you today' and 'I have to kill you today'...... I wanted to come out and scold, but then I suddenly heard a 'snap'......"

After a pause, the blind man Liu continued: "That Liu Mou'er is also my virtuous nephew, my brother Zhiyuan is a soldier who eats food for soldiers, and he died in battle two years ago, leaving my brother and daughter-in-law and this child's orphans and widows to live...... When life is difficult, I will also send some game to this orphan and widow ......" Hearing this, Liu Mengshi, who was kneeling on the side, raised his eyes and looked at him gratefully.

"Liu Mou'er is my virtuous nephew, I heard that he is a good reader, I like him very much." Liu Meng's gratitude, Liu Blind naturally couldn't see it, so he continued to look at himself and said: "That 'snap', I thought it was Wang Hu beating my family Mou'er, and I was about to loudly teach him not to bully my family Mou'er." Who knows, he heard the voices of the Wang family and his wife, talking viciously, and then heard the voice of his brother and daughter-in-law, and the two sides quarreled...... I thought in my heart that this 'snap' sound was a slap from my brother and daughter-in-law to Wang Hu. ”

"Later, my brother and daughter-in-law quarreled with the Wang family and his wife, and I heard Wang Hanshi say something cruel: 'Wait, I will definitely kill him'...... At that time, the stream was too noisy and too clear, and I can't remember what it was, but that's what it meant...... At that time, I only thought it was a woman's cruel words...... Who knows that they couple have the heart of the jackal...... I really threw my family into the well and drowned him alive! The poisonous snakes I usually raise can't poison the hearts of this couple! Liu's blind voice was angry, his fingers were bent and clenched into fists, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth.

After listening to him, the Wang couple naturally shouted "wronged", and the county magistrate naturally couldn't help but shout angrily, "Don't make noise" and "might...... The sound of Wu ......", water and fire sticks knocking on the ground...... Wait, the messy scene was naturally staged again. Song Tingzheng was concentrating on analyzing the testimony, but he was upset by these noises.

At this time, a man ran into the hall, and the people in the hall stared at him, and it was suddenly a lot quieter, and Wu Ruxiong, the county magistrate, arched his hand and said: "Lord Yu County, Liu Mou'er's autopsy results are out......"

Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, sat in the chair for a long time, only to feel that his back hurt, so he had already let his subordinates make a cup of kung fu tea, and just opened the lid to take a sip of tea, he saw that he came in to report, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed at Song Ting: "You tell the master......" and then continued to drink his tea.

The man bowed his hand to Song Ting and said, "Liu Mou'er did not fall into the well and drowned, but died of poisoning."

"What? Poisoned to death? Everyone was in an uproar.

"What?" Hearing the news, Song Ting also frowned, lowered his head and muttered to himself, "Poisoned and died......

Liu Mou'er's corpse had white foam in his mouth, his eyes were black, and his internal organs were bleeding...... These signs, which can be seen at a glance, are caused by the extremely toxic arsenic. He replied.

"Arsenic......" Everyone was shocked when they heard the words. Arsenic is the most toxic rat poison, and it used to be sold in pharmacies, but because a family of 15 was poisoned one year, even the imperial court was furious and issued a decree that non-medical treatment should not be bought and sold. Who knows that there are still people who use arsenic to harm people, and it is really scary to think about it.

"Ah...... My son......" When Liu Mengshi heard that his son was poisoned by arsenic, he immediately fell to the ground, crying silently, and his voice was hoarse.

Song Ting understands her pain, if Liu Mou'er just drowns and dies, as long as she faints, she will gradually lose consciousness, and it can be said that there is no pain in dying; But if you are poisoned by arsenic, look at the squeaky rats after being poisoned, and you will know how terrible the pain must be after poisoning before you can die completely......

But now it is important to find out the real culprit, he didn't have time to comfort Liu Mengshi, but just beckoned Cao Bin over. He whispered a few words to Cao Bin, and after listening to his whisper, Cao Bin nodded, and immediately took a few catchers and went out. Even Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, didn't understand what he wanted to do.

Next, Song Ting began to interrogate again and asked Liu Mou'er about some things before and after his death. In the afternoon, as the sun grew older, the crowd gathered at the entrance of the lobby gradually increased, and there were more than 100 people, most of whom came to hold grievances for the orphans and widows......

Then Wu Ruxiong secretly asked Song Ting: When can I retire from the hall and rest. Song Ting said that it would be over as soon as Cao Zhutou came back, and Wu Ruxiong had to sit on a chair and close his eyes and doze off. The audience was also anxious, seeing that there was no excitement to see, and some people were just about to leave...... At this time, Cao Bin came back.

Cao Bin took a few catchers, and as soon as he entered the lobby, he handed Song Ting a bag of things wrapped in butter paper in his hand, and whispered a few words in his ear......

Holding the paper bag given by Cao Bin, Song Ting turned around abruptly, pointed at Liu Blind and shouted: "The murderer is this person!" Take it for me!! ”