Song Ting's shout, Mo said that others were shocked when they heard this, and even the county magistrate who was sleepy with his eyes closed was completely awakened by him.

"Take it! Take!! Zhixian Wu Ruxiong woke up like a dream, slapped the table and shouted, and the teacups on the table were shaken and clicked.

I only heard a click, and suddenly a white light flashed, and a single knife had been pressed on the shoulder of Liu Blind, the blade pointed at his neck, Cao Bin threw the scabbard to the ground, and shouted to the left and right: "Flail!!" The officials pounced on him and put shackles and shackles on Liu's blind man.

Seeing this scene, the onlookers immediately discussed: "How can this be? Why is Liu Blind a murderer? In the words, I was quite puzzled.

Liu Blind was shackled and shackled, but his face was fearless, he just snorted coldly: "Did you arrest the wrong person?" Liu Mou'er is my virtuous nephew, why should I harm him? ”

Liu Mengshi, who was kneeling on the ground, thought the same, staring at Song Ting suspiciously, with two tear stains on his face, looking sad and pitiful.

Song Ting snorted slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Do you remember what I just told you?" If you say a lie in your mouth, I won't let you get out of this public door! ”

Blind Liu only hummed to himself and did not speak.

Song Ting had expected that he would never admit it, so he shouted: "Good! Today, I will reveal the true face of your murderer to everyone! ”

"Cao Zhutou!" Song Ting sighed, Cao Bin stepped forward two steps, stood up straight, his expression was rough, quite majestic, and said, "Cao is here!" What did Master Song command? ”

Song Ting said in a deep voice: "You tell everyone, where you went, what you investigated, and what you found."

"Yes." Cao Bin turned around and hugged his fists to the audience outside the lobby door, and said unhurriedly: "Fellow villagers, Cao Moufang just received the instructions of Master Song, went to the Twenty-mile Pavilion to go down to the temple Wang Po, and searched the Wang couple's house and Liu's blind man's house respectively. Outcome...... At Liu's blind man's house, we found a large bag of arsenic; However, no arsenic was found in the Wangs' house. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen," Song Ting walked to the door with the butter paper package in his hand and walked around to show the audience who were watching from the outside, before he said, "This bag is arsenic found from Liu's blind man's house." If you don't believe me, we can give it a try. Please come and get tested for drugs. ”

He came over with a small wire cage covered with a black cloth, and when he removed the black cloth, there was a mouse in the cage. He took a little gray powder from the butter paper package, poured it into a porcelain bowl, and placed fried beans in the porcelain bowl and put it in a cage for the mice to eat. After the mouse ate it, it jumped up and down and struggled to die after a while.

Everyone looked carefully, and they were already convinced in their hearts that the butter paper was wrapped in arsenic.

Song Ting turned around and returned to the lobby, pointed at Liu Blind, and said angrily: "Blind Liu! After you deliberately poisoned Liu Mou'er with arsenic, you threw his body into the well in front of the Wang couple's house to blame the Wang couple. Now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you say!? ”

Liu Mengshi, who was kneeling in the plaintiff's seat, looked at him in disbelief, suddenly got up and rushed over, slapped Liu Blind twice in the face, and then sat on the ground and cried: "Why did you poison my poor son...... crying patheticly.

The Wang couple kneeling in the dock were also dumbfounded, glaring at Liu Blind: "It turned out to be your ......"

The blind man Liu was slapped twice in the face, and his face was already red, but he still stubbornly raised his head and defended sharply: "Why did I murder Liu Mou'er?" He's my nephew! Why should I murder him? Can a packet of arsenic convict me? And no one saw me murdering Liu Mou'er with their own eyes...... Is that how unreasonable you are in the office? What sin am I? Don't let me go yet! At last he became agitated, looking indignant, trying to break free from the shackles and shackles.

Song Ting knew that he would deny it, so he looked at him angrily and shouted: "Wang Han's export threatened Liu Meng's family to kill her son, you heard it with your own ears; Liu Mou'er was thrown into the well by the Wang couple, which was also said by you personally; Liu Mou'er died of arsenic, and there is no arsenic in the Wang couple's house, but only in your home...... All the evidence shows that you deliberately killed Liu Mou'er and blamed the Wang couple. Do you still want to deny it? ”

Eighty or ninety percent of the people inside and outside the lobby were already convinced by Song Ting's inference, but the blind man Liu was still unconvinced, and said with a cruel smile: "Liu Mou'er was not killed by me!" You're going to let me go! I'm not a murderer! ”

Seeing this, Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, stood up, slapped the shocking wood, and preached: "Blind Liu will be imprisoned and detained, and he will be sentenced again on a later day, and he will retire!!"

After the official escorted Liu Blind down, Wu Ruxiong walked out of the warm pavilion, stretched his waist, walked to Song Ting, and said with a smile: "Master Song is really powerful, this official really didn't misunderstand you."

Song Ting was full of black lines, and he retired so quickly? Wang Han's board hasn't been played yet...... He hugged Wu Ruxiong slightly, then walked straight to the three-foot platform and slapped the startling wood: "Wang Han's exit threats, twenty rods!" Wang Fugui has no way to manage his wife, and he has ten rods! ”

Now, it was the turn of the officials to be embarrassed, and they stared at the county lord one by one, and they all shouted "retreat", this board ...... To fight or not to fight?

"Hit, hit." Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, raised his hand casually, then patted Song Ting's shoulder with a smile, and whispered: "Master Song really decided the case like a god and avoided a disaster for this official......

Song Ting was puzzled and looked at him suspiciously, at this time the Wang couple were next to the board, and the sound of pain in their ears came and went.

Wu Ruxiong squinted at the punished Wang couple and whispered in Song Ting's ear: "If it weren't for the master to find out the real murderer, this official would have convicted the Wang couple of criminals." If his family members go out and report it, I'm afraid it will be very disadvantageous to the official......"

"Master, two drinks at night?" After Wu Ruxiong finished speaking, he squinted his eyes and asked.

"Lord County, I still have something to do at night, I can't drink, let's ...... another day," Song Ting said with his fists cupped.

At this time, the audience watching outside the door saw that there was no more excitement to see, and they all dispersed; Only a few good deeds remained, still smiling and watching the Wang couple play the board.

"Okay, well, since the master has something to do tonight, then the official will invite the master to ...... another day" Wu Ruxiong finished with a smile, then lifted his robe, took the lead out of the lobby, and left.

After Wu Ruxiong left, Song Ting glanced sympathetically at Liu Mengshi, who was sitting on the ground, and shouted "Cao Zhutou", Cao Bin appeared in front of him, he frowned and said to find two safer officials to send Liu Mengshi back. Cao Bin's brows were knotted, and he personally sent her out of the county office.

Song Ting walked out of the lobby, and several spectators at the door bowed respectfully to him: "Master!" A look of admiration.

He nodded lightly, and returned to the small courtyard in silence all the way, at this time it was late, night came, smoke curled under the small courtyard, he was startled, thought it was on fire, ran over and shouted "Xiaoman!" But I saw Xiaoman cooking on the fire under the eaves, the simple stove, as if it had just been erected, a thick smoke came out of the stove, Xiaoman avoided it, his eyes were smoked, his mouth was choked, and he wiped his eyes with his backhand while coughing......

Seeing this scene, Song Ting couldn't help but stepped forward and took a towel dipped in water and wiped the corners of her eyes, pretending to be angry: "Didn't you say that you would eat outside, what are you doing cooking on the fire?"

Xiao Man's eyes couldn't see at this time, but when he heard Song Ting's voice, he smiled like a lark: "Uncle is back!" Hehe, Xiaoman is cooking on the stove for the first time, and he is not very good at ...... Uncle, you wait a little longer, the meal is ready. Wait until I cook you two dishes......"

Song Ting poured the prepared rice into the swill bucket next to him, turned around and left: "Let's go, eat outside!"

"Uncle, ...... you" Xiao Man looked at this scene blankly, stunned, but soon her eyes brightened, she threw away the spatula, extinguished the fire in the stove, chased behind Song Ting, jumped and jumped, the corners of her skirt were flying, very cute.

The two found a restaurant outside, ordered fish roasted tender tofu, grilled mutton skewers, cut half a catty of beef, ate happily, and walked around the street stalls.

Although there is only one street in Yongtai County, but there are a lot of small stalls and vendors on this street, the crowd is surging, it seems to be more lively than Yangzhou City, there are knives, scissors, groceries on the stalls along the street, there are also those who sell sugar gourds, sell fruits, sell cloth, sell tea...... And so on, of course, the one who sells the most food.

There is a small river that is two feet seven or eight feet wide next to the street, the people here call it "Little Qinhuai River", even at night, there are many boats coming and going, transporting goods, a rainbow-shaped wooden bridge on the river, the bridge head is hung with red lights, there are tourists blowing the evening breeze at the bridge head, into pairs, leaning on each other.

Xiaoman shouted happily for a while, bought this and that for a while, bought some small objects, and the jewelry stall was full of dazzling, her eyes lit up from time to time, and she exclaimed "Wow", just like a city person who went to the countryside for the first time.

On the way back, Xiao Man carefully pulled Song Ting's shirt, plucked up his courage, raised his little face and asked, "Uncle, seeing that you are unhappy all the way, is there anything on your mind?" Do you want to be a princess? ”

Looking at her innocent and watery eyes, Song Ting sighed slightly, shook his head, and then asked her if there was a woman who was only in her twenties, but her husband and only son died one after another, would such a woman be very pitiful.

Xiaoman was stunned, the happy look on her face suddenly disappeared, she lowered her little head, and muttered, "This is too pitiful." Then he asked if it was today's murder.

Song Ting nodded, and the two of them didn't say anything more, and went back to the room to sleep.

…

Cao Bin sent Liu Mengshi back to the temple Wang Po of the Twenty Mile Pavilion, Liu Mengshi lost his soul all the way, and didn't say a word after returning home, Cao Bin looked at the four walls of her home, not even a table and chair, so he touched two taels of silver from his waist, put it at the head of the bed made of straw, and sighed lightly, "Festival mourning and change", saying that this is a little bit of the master's heart, and he took it to prepare for Liu Mou'er's funeral.

Cao Bin wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that she lowered her head and refused to say a word, he knew that she was sad in her heart, so he didn't bother anymore and walked away with his fists.

Who would have thought that Liu Mengshi would hang himself the next day. The two taels of silver were still resting at the head of the bed, and they had not moved.