Listening to Pei Yun's introduction to the case, Yang Guang personally walked around the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" and asked Qu Tu Channel: "Are these two sergeants the only ones in charge of monitoring Mei Er?" ”

Qu Tutong replied: "In accordance with the order of the prince, the last general arranged six sergeants in each shift to monitor Mei Er for twelve hours, two of which were monitored at night, and the four sergeants who monitored during the day were divided into two groups, one group was responsible for monitoring Mei Er himself, and the other group was responsible for investigating the details of the people who had contact with Mei Er, and there has never been a single interruption in the past eight years. ”

"In the past eight years, none of the people who have had contact with Mei Er have found a person with a suspicious identity?" Yang Guang focused on inspecting the entrances and exits of the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" and asked about the Qutu passage.

"Lord Wang, because the surveillance of Mei Er was carried out with his own knowledge, it has been difficult to find out the suspicious person from the people who have been in contact with him for eight years." Qu Tutong replied truthfully.

"How often do the sergeants you sent to monitor Mei Er rotate? Do you know their family background and background? Yang Guang carefully inspected the entrances and exits such as the doors and windows, and found no traces of anyone entering and exiting from other places except for the main entrance, so he turned around and asked Qutu Passage.

"Lord Wang, the last general is also worried that as time goes by, the sergeants sent to monitor Mei Er are very easy to slack, so they are ordered to rotate every other month, these sergeants are directly controlled by the last general, and they still know their details."

Yang Guang turned back to the storefront and sat down, shook his head at Pei Yun, and continued to ask Qu Tudao: "What is the situation of the two sergeants who are currently on duty to monitor Mei Er?" ”

Qu Tutong saw that Yang Guang had the posture of personally asking about the case, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and replied with caution: "One of the two sergeants is called Zhao Geng, who has been under the command of the last general since the end of the first year of the Kaihuang Dynasty when he followed the prince to solve the case of Shiwuyuan, and the other person is named Qin Ji, who joined the forbidden army three years ago as a child of the good family in Guanzhong, and followed the last general. ”

"Zhao Geng? Qin Ji? You call these two men, and the king will question them himself. ”

Taking advantage of Qu Tutong's order to summon two sergeants to see Yang Guang, Pei Yun whispered to Yang Guang: "Please pay special attention to Zhao Geng when the prince asks, that is, he claims that he has either seen Mei Er walking around the store in the past three days, or heard him talking to others. ”

"Chongzhi, the murderer should have entered through the main gate of the 'Mei Clan's Tomb Ceremony', and after killing Mei Er, he should also have left through the main gate, are you suspicious of the two sergeants who are in charge of monitoring Mei Er based on this?" Yang Guang asked Pei Yundao tentatively.

Pei Yun nodded and replied: "Due to the presence of General Qu, it is inconvenient for the lower official to remind the prince, according to the investigation of the murder scene, the lower official deduced that it was not the two sergeants who were negligent and slack, so that the murderer took advantage of the loophole and infiltrated the 'Mei family's tomb to assassinate Mei Er, that is, there must be an accomplice of the murderer among the monitors." ”

When Yang Guang heard this, he was secretly taken aback in his heart, and was about to ask Pei Yun what credentials he had to make this inference, when he saw Qu Tutong walking in with two sergeants who had been tied.

At this time, suddenly a scribe from Shangshu Province came in a hurry, claiming that he had been ordered by Gao Ying to invite Pei Yun to go to the government office to see him and discuss important matters. Yang Guang then ordered Pei Yun to follow the visitor to the Shangshu Provincial Government Office to see Gao Ying, leaving Li Jing and Guo Yan with two guards by his side, and Chong Qu Tutong ordered: "Temporarily take Zhao Geng down, and wait for the king to ask Qin Ji and then ask him." ”

As soon as Qin Ji heard that the King of Jin was going to leave him for questioning first, his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak, and he trembled at that time, Guo Yan couldn't get used to his cowardice, so he kicked him hard in his butt and scolded: "Don't kneel down straight and answer the prince's question." ”

As soon as Qu Tutong escorted Zhao Gengcai out, Qin Ji kowtowed to Yang Guang again and again, begging: "There is still a sixty-year-old mother in the small family, please ask the prince to spare his life." ”

Yang Guang ordered Qin Ji to raise his head, looked at him and asked, "Before this king opened his mouth to ask, you begged this king to spare your life, what is the reason?" ”

"The little one committed the crime of dereliction of duty, and he knew that the sin was unforgivable, so he begged the prince to remember the love of the old mother in the small family, and leave the little one alive."

"These words were taught to you by others, otherwise, why wouldn't you even beat you when you say it in front of this king? To tell the truth, this king can spare you this time, if you tell half a lie, today next year will be your death day! Yang Guang accentuated his tone and warned Qin Jidao.

"Lord Wang, how do you know......" Qin Ji didn't expect that he was seen by Yang Guang as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling all over.

"This king doesn't want to spend more time with you, so he will bring the truth as soon as possible!" Yang Guang saw that Ma Wei had received an immediate effect on Qin Ji with a slap from Fang Cai, and took advantage of the situation to urge him.

"Wang, Wang, Xiao, Xiao, Xiao, I have been having stomach trouble for the past two days, so I was lazy and rested for two days......" Qin Ji plucked up the courage to confess frankly.

"According to your words, in the two days that you have been resting at home, only Zhao Geng is monitoring Mei Er." Yang Guang then asked.

"Yes, it was Zhao Tou who saw that I kept going to the hut and asked me to go back and rest out of kindness...... Unexpectedly, Mei Er had an accident...... Little damn ......"

"Just now, in the name of having an old mother in the family, you begged the king to forgive you, and Zhao instigated you to say that?"

Qin Ji nodded again and again: "After the matter came out, Zhao Tou said to the little one, Mei Er was killed, and both of us committed capital crimes, if you want to live, you need a lot of mercy from the lord who begged for the trial......"

"This Zhao Geng is good to you, you had a stomach trouble two days ago, he was on duty for you, after Mei Er was killed, he helped you come up with ideas and begged for forgiveness, Qin Ji, have you thought about it, why did he treat you like this?"

Qin Ji listened to Yang Guang's tone obviously slowed down, and his courage also grew, and he lay on the ground and replied: "Don't dare to deceive the prince, three days ago, that is, when Xiao had a stomach upset on the first day, although Zhao Tou kindly persuaded me to go home and rest, but Xiao Er couldn't rest assured that Mei Er was here, and he only came back after resting at home for a long time, and he vaguely heard a call from the 'Mei Clan's Tomb Ceremony'...... I think maybe it's because of this that Zhao Tou treated me like this. ”

Yang Guang came to his senses, leaned forward and asked: "Although you are timid, your brain is not confused, let me ask you, when exactly did this incident happen three days ago, when did you hear someone call in the 'Mei's Tomb Ceremony', what was your reaction, and what did Zhao Geng do?" ”

Receiving Yang Guang's face-to-face praise, Qin Ji became excited, raised his head and replied: "Three days ago, when the little one returned to the West Market, it was about the end of the year, which should be the most scarce period of time in the West Market, I remember that the little one didn't hear it too seriously, so I asked Zhao Tou if he also heard someone calling, but Zhao Tou pointed to another shop and said I heard it wrong, and the little one didn't ask more......

"And then?"

"Later...... Later, Zhao Tou told me to go home, and I don't have to come again tomorrow or tomorrow, just keep an eye on him alone. ”