The journey from the prison to the yamen is only one mile, but for Su Lin, it seems to have been a whole day's walk, the strange eyes of the people, and even some people insulted him, if he was not a scholar, otherwise the people along the street would have thrown the items in their hands on their faces.

This is just a suspicion that Su Lin is the murderer, if the case is confirmed, although the law of the Great Song Dynasty is similar to that of the Great Song of that time and space, he has committed a serious crime, and when he is convicted, he will be deprived of his identity as a scholar, and killing will pay for his life, and he will inevitably march along the street before the execution, and the consequences make Su Lin shudder when he thinks about it.

He is not afraid of death, after all, he is a person who has died once, but what Su Lin is afraid of is that before he dies, someone tramples on his dignity.

Yangzhou's yamen is in disrepair, dozens of days of continuous light rain has collapsed part of the wall on one side, fortunately, the impact is not great, those who are tinkering with lime and wood, stone craftsmen have come to work, seeing Su Lin in a group of officials to arrive, can't help but stop the action at hand, pointing at him.

Finally, the destination arrived, and stepping through the gate, Liu Yan was already waiting here for his ascension.

"The murderer Su Lin brought!"

"Ascension!" Liu Zhizhou put down the teacup in his hand, glanced at Su Lin, and said coldly.

"Might-Force-"

"Smack!" The startled voice came into everyone's ears again, and Liu Yan said, "Bring someone to testify!" ”

"Bring a witness—"

After a while, Zhang Yi walked in with a middle-aged man.

"Is there a witness Wu San below?" Liu Yan asked.

Wu San was the one who reported the case back then, and when he heard Zhizhou's question, he didn't dare to slack off: "Grass... The grass people are none other than Wu San. ”

Su Lin glanced at Wu San beside him, this person was tall, his face was full of flesh, and there was a three-point-long scar at the corner of his left eye, which extended to his face, looking quite hideous.

Su Lin sighed lightly, he didn't expect it to be such a good person who cheated Su Xiucai, and also cheated himself, and he couldn't look away!

"Wu San, you will tell the official everything you saw that night, and you must not miss any of it!" Liu Yan said coldly.

"Yes..."Wu San glanced at Su Lin, and when he saw his cowardly look, he couldn't help but become bolder, "Lord Zhizhou, that night, the grass people went out to drink, and when they heard a woman calling for help, they thought it was some kind of vicious bandit, so they ran to report to the official, but they didn't expect it to be a step too late..."

Saying that, Wu San gradually became indignant: "I didn't expect it to be such a scholar, I knew that I was old... The grass people went straight to the rescue of the girl. ”

Liu Yan's eyes flashed, and he said softly: "Okay, you step back first." ”

He turned his gaze to Surin again: "Surin, what else do you have to say?" ”

Su Lin's face was as pale as dirt, he was originally a damned person, he thought that there was really a rebirth against the sky in the world, and he didn't want King Yama to accept his life.

Thinking of the scene on the street just now, Su Lin laughed miserably, his eyes were firm: "Su Lin is worthy of himself, people are watching the sky!" ”

"Stop him!" Liu Yan was shocked, he couldn't have imagined that such a scholar who failed the list would have such a strong personality.

Su Lin still hit the top pillar, but fortunately, Zhang Yi was quick and pulled Su Lin, although he broke his head, it was not a big deal.

Only then did many officials react and subdued Su Lin one after another, lest he do anything stupid.

"Are you going to commit suicide in fear of sin?" Liu Yan sighed lightly, "Look who's coming!" ”

At this time, a middle-aged woman walked in from the outside, and she looked at Su Lin tiredly, ignoring the fact that Lord Zhizhou was in the hall, with tears in her eyes: "Su Wenbang, Su Wenbang, how did you make it, I don't believe that you did this unconscionable thing, and you don't have to do that stupid thing that kills yourself!" ”

After that, she couldn't help but cry, took out a handkerchief from her arms to wipe off the blood on Su Lin's forehead little by little, stroked his cheek with her hand, and sobbed silently: "You just leave like this, after our Su family is broken, how can I be worthy of my eldest brother!" ”

Feeling the hands rubbing against his face, these are a pair of rough but warm hands, these hands, in Su Lin's memory, are soft and lubricated, how did they become like this now?

Looking at the face in front of me, how charming it used to be, how did it age so quickly?

Separated by different time and space, I thought I would never feel this kind of care anymore, Su Xiucai's childhood memories poured out like a flood, and a trace of tears gradually flowed out of the corners of Su Lin's eyes: "Aunt..."

Liu Yan couldn't bear to interrupt the aunt and nephew, but he couldn't help himself, and took the shocked wood again: "Su Lin, you are guilty!" ”

Su Lin struggled to stand up and laughed: "Su Lin will never do such a thing that has lost his conscience, and he is worthy of his ancestors, his parents, and his aunt!" ”

Looking around, Su Lin only felt that all this was so strange, and he shouldn't have belonged here... When his gaze touched the soft-eyed woman who was crying incessantly, Su Lin couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

"Auntie, at this moment, Su Lin's mood is like the lime under the eaves, he has something to say but can't say!"

Pointing to the pile of lime that was about to be watered, Su Lin laughed three times, and walked in front of Wu San step by step: "Thousands of hammers have been chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire is burning if you are idle..."

In this way, he looked at the people outside the yamen without looking back: "Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world!" ”

Then, he turned around, ignored the pain in his head, and smiled at his aunt: "Auntie, Lin Er didn't do it..."

So saying, he fell to the ground, and fainted.

"Lin'er!" Su Shi hurriedly said, "Come on, help, find a doctor!" ”

Liu Yan had not yet recovered from the artistic conception of Su Lin's poem, and was interrupted by Su's crying, and hurriedly asked Su Lin to be sent to the hospital.

The yamen was busy for a while, but Liu Yan took a deep breath, still recalling the sentence "You are not afraid of broken bones, you must leave your innocence in the world", what a grievance this is, so that he can compare himself to a lime who can't speak, so as to create such a gripping sentence!

In fact, from the moment Su Lin committed suicide, Liu Yan completely ruled out the suspicion that he was a murderer, because, Wu Sanfangcai's testimony, the bull's head is not the horse's mouth, originally, Liu Yan just asked symbolically, look at Su Lin's actions, I didn't expect this scholar to be so strong!

And that poem, in response to the situation, all shows that Su Lin is a rare talent, thinking of this, that Wu San almost framed a scholar who was not inferior to the four great talents of Yangzhou, Liu Yan was furious!

"Wu San, you are guilty!"

Because he was so angry, Liu Yan actually smashed the startling wood, and the sawdust was splashed everywhere, and Wu San was so frightened by this sound that he couldn't possess his body.

"Grass... The grass people are not guilty! Wu San still wanted to quibble, "The grass people are the ones who report to the officials!" ”

But Liu Yan had already guessed the cause and effect, and his anger fell like thunder: "Wu San, when you reported the case, you said that the murderer was a scholar, but what you just testified about didn't know who the murderer was. ”

"My lord..."A trace of panic flashed in Wu San's eyes, but he was still unwilling, and he defended himself with a bit of luck, "My lord... The grass people said, I don't know that the scholar is so weak..."

"Bastard!" These two words were not said by Liu Yan, but an old voice, only to see an old figure appear in the mansion, trembling and pointing at Wu San, "You rebel!" I asked you to surrender yesterday, and you even framed a good person, and the crime was added to the crime, how did my old Wu family come up with this thing about you! ”

This person is Wu San's mother, Liu Yan thought that if the trial could not be concluded this time, he asked Wu San's family to see if he could get any clues.

Mother Wu was so angry that her crutches were a little unstable: "Lord Zhizhou, this son has committed such a thing that has lost his conscience, and it is not a pity to die, but the old body actually raised such a rebellious son, it is the fault of the old body, and I hope that Zhizhou will not ask for his life, tattoo him, and send him to the north to fill the army!" ”

The law of the Great Song Dynasty, if it is an ordinary homicide case, as long as it does not involve rebellion, there are generally two options, that is, beheading or sending out to fill the army, the military status of the Song State itself is one level lower, and this kind of soldier is like cannon fodder, after tattooing words on the face, he will be assigned to the army, and then he will be trained as a death squad...

This is no different from death, the only benefit is that you will no longer be scolded after death!

"Mother!" Wu San said with tears in his eyes, "It's not a pity for the child to die, but I'm gone, what should you do, before the eldest brother and second brother left home, they told me to take care of you!" ”

Wu's mother sighed and touched her son's head: "You go, how many years can you live for your mother?!" ”

Liu Yan shook his head, filial piety comes first, no matter whether this Wu San is a vicious person or not, as long as he is a filial son, it proves that his nature is still kind.

Unfortunately, the law does not tolerate mercy.

……

Su Lin slowly opened his eyes and found that he was lying on the bed, but the environment was very different from the place where he woke up for the first time.

"Brother Wen Bang, are you awake?" Just as he was thinking about it, a slightly immature voice sounded, and a young man pushed the door in, "Great, Brother Wen Bang has finally woken up!" ”

Su Lin looked at it, this young man looked three or four years younger than himself, although he looked a little immature and honest, but he was handsome, and under a closer look, he actually gave himself a sense of familiarity.

The young man's eyes are very smart, how similar they are to his aunt's eyes!

"Yi'er... Jade scales? ”

Su Lin touched his head, although the collision yesterday did not shatter the heavenly spirit, but it broke his forehead, fortunately it did not hurt the bones, otherwise I am afraid that I would not be able to wake up now.

"Brother Wen Bang, your head was so swollen yesterday that it took a lot of buckets of cold water for my mother to go down..."The young man cautiously nodded Su Lin's head, "Does it still hurt?" ”

"Hmm." Su Lin asked, "What about my aunt?" What about the case? ”

"The case is over, then Wu San pleaded guilty, as for her mother, she was tired last night, and she is still resting." The young man muttered, his eyes full of hatred, obviously hating that Wu San to the house.