Xu Xian sneered: "If you still refuse to admit it, then the official will be unkind to you, and the thief Stone should be punished!" Do you want the official to serve the punishment? ”

The people present heard that Xu Xian was going to be tortured, and no one came out to help speak, because now that Xu Xian has found human and physical evidence, Lu Shaotong didn't admit it, but it seems that now Lu Shaotong has nothing to continue to deny.

Xu Xian didn't directly say the torture, but looked at the people present and asked, "Heads of the family and gentry, since you are all watching, it's time to come out and say something, in your opinion, does the official have the right to torture him?" ”

Including Bai Qiyuan and others, who had a very tough attitude towards Xu Xian before, they all looked to the side and did not answer.

Xu Xian said: "Since there is no one to speak for your Lu family, then the official must interrogate carefully, who instructed this person to go out and collude with the thieves in Heifeng Village, if one person is found, it will definitely be killed!" ”

Zhu Xing will be a little embarrassed: "Xu Zhixian, you have to spare people and spare people, even if this slave does something wrong, you can't directly convict the entire Lu family, right?" If you use torture and this person bites indiscriminately, wouldn't everyone present be likely to suffer? ”

"Yes, yes!" Although everyone was echoing Zhu Xing at this time, the tone of their speech was obviously not as tough as before, and Xu Xian obviously took the initiative.

Xu Xian said: "That official can't ignore the affairs of fornication and thieves, and ...... The official also suspected that this person was a thief himself, but he just entered the Lu family under the pretense of being the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, intending to cooperate with the thieves in Heifeng Village, and take the opportunity to capture the entire Yanshan County! ”

Lu Haokun, the head of the Lu family, hurriedly defended: "My lord, you can't spew blood!" ”

"This official is spewing blood? Then you have to interrogate it well, come here, and be punished! As he spoke, Xu Xian was going to ask Huang Chong and the others to carry the torture tools.

That Lu Shaotong saw that he was about to be tortured, and suddenly got up suddenly, and actually broke free from the hands of the two yacha beside him, and rushed directly towards Xu Xian, and Lu Shaotong didn't know when he had an extra dagger in his hand, and he had already cut the ropes, and at a glance, he knew that he was an old Jianghu, not an honest housekeeper.

Seeing that Xu Xian's side was about to be attacked, Xiaoqing was more anxious than Bai Suzhen, and even if she wanted to lower down and subdue the unknown Lu Shaotong, she was directly stopped by Bai Suzhen.

Bai Suzhen said: "We must not show our faces easily, how can such a yellow-haired thief hurt the officials?" ”

Bai Suzhen had confidence in the people around Xu Xian, and sure enough, Lu Shaotong didn't succeed, and before he could rush up two steps, he was subdued by Huang Chong and Du Yong.

Looking at Xu Xian again, at this time, Xu Xian was not bothered by his assassination at all, and he was still sitting there as if nothing had happened.

"Ahh Lu Shaotong was pressed to the ground, and even the knife was put on his neck, and then someone came up to tie Lu Shaotong with all kinds of flowers, and even used iron chains, so that Lu Shaotong could not break free even if he had three heads and six arms.

Xu Xian seemed to have known that Lu Shaotong would intend to assassinate him, and he sneered: "In this way, even if you don't recruit yourself, you actually intend to assassinate this official in front of so many people, do you think this official will let you live?" Someone comes, put this person in the dungeon, and after the detailed interrogation of the official, ask and behead him on the spot! ”

When everyone heard that Xu Xian was not in a hurry to kill at all, they knew that Xu Xian was leaving room for him, if Xu Xian killed Lu Shaotong, although he seemed to be powerful, others would be afraid of Xu Xian.

In this way, Zhu Xing, Bai Qiyuan and others did not dare to criticize.

After Lu Shaotong was escorted down by the yacha, Xu Xian was shocked and shouted: "Lu Haokun, are you guilty?" ”

"Big ...... Adult, the villain doesn't know, the villain doesn't know the origin of this person, he has been in our Lu Mansion for more than three years, and even the surname has followed our Lu family, we don't know what he used to do, please Mingjian! Lu Haokun will directly kowtow and plead guilty, and even the rebuttal looks so pale and weak.

As long as Xu Xian says a word, the Lu family will also suffer the sin.

Xu Xian didn't go back to Lu Haokun, but looked up at Zhu Xing and the others: "Zhu Dangjia, won't there be such a subordinate of unknown origin in your house, after this official brings it up, even you will say that this person has nothing to do with your Zhu family?" ”

Zhu Xing looked unconfident, he swallowed and said, "No." ”

"Will it be, I'm afraid I will only know if I have inquired!" Xu Xian's attitude seemed to be very tough, as if he had settled Zhu Xing and the others.

Xiao Qing, who was watching all this in the sky, looked puzzled, looked at Bai Suzhen, who was silent on the side, and asked, "Sister, are there really such thieves in these families?" ”

Bai Suzhen shook her head and said: "I don't know much about the specific situation, but looking at the posture of the officials, there should be, local thieves have been rampant for many years, those thieves will not only rob and kill the new magistrates along the way, but also try to cooperate with the gentry in the city, most of the land of these gentry is outside the city, if you can't go to the thieves every year to pay homage, how can you ensure that the harvest of the land can be harvested?" ”

"Oh." Xiaoqing nodded and said, "That means that the gentry in the city, cooperating with those thieves is a common thing, not the Lu family's doing?" ”

"Well, it should be like this, the specific things depend on how the officials deal with them!"

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Xu Xian did not kill the Lu family, Xu Xian said: "First put Lu Haokun and others into the cell, and the official will wait for tomorrow to interrogate!" ”

Lu Haokun was immediately mentioned by Huang Chong himself, and then he was sent out of the main gate, and even Zhu Xing and the others could no longer come out to help speak, and they all knew that Lu Haokun was not in charge now, and the county yamen had the right to do so.

Xu Xian stood up, looked at the officials and gentlemen present and said: "Before the official took office, he knew that the thieves in this Yanshan County were wanton, and the official came to exterminate the local bandits. ”

Zhu Xing, Bai Qiyuan and the others had all lowered their momentum before, and now when they heard that Xu Xian was asking for something, they naturally became proud.

Bai Qiyuan said: "Xu Zhi County wants to suppress bandits, that is the matter of the county government and the imperial court, what does it have to do with us local people?" If everyone comes to suppress bandits, and asks us for money and food, then won't every household be wiped out? ”

Zhu Xing looked very polite, arched his hand, and said like an old fox: "The cottages in this place have been rampant for many years, and they have not been quelled, and they can't be leveled within a few days because Xinzhi County is here!" The magistrate wants to quell the robbery, although we support it, but if we say that we can help, we are really powerless. ”