Chen Shuren said sincerely: "I am not talking about the present, but the future!" After you make a county order, whether it is Cheng Qingquan or Chen Qiao, it will inevitably cause chaos for you, and you will definitely not show mercy to their subordinates! So, I hope you can let Chen Qiao go when the time comes! ”

Zhang Bao'er nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "For the sake of your face when you say this today, I promise you that I will let him go once in the future, but only once!" I think you know what I mean! ”

Scribe Chen said again: "I understand, thank you to the county lieutenant!" ”

"Alright, it's time for me to go!" Zhang Bao'er got up and suddenly asked, "What is the relationship between you and Chen Qiao!" ”

"He's my nephew!" Scribe Chen said honestly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Baoer laughed and said: "Chen Qiao is lucky, there is such an uncle as you!" ”

The sky was bright, Zhang Baoer was already dressed neatly, and after breakfast, he took Ji Wen and Uncle Hua to prepare to go to the county office. When I opened the door, I saw a letter placed on the steps.

Zhang Bao'er picked up the letter and said strangely: "Who wrote this letter?" ”

After that, Zhang Bao'er handed the letter to Ji Wen: "Brother Ji, you help me read it!" ”

Ji Wen opened the letter and read softly: "The day before yesterday, Yuan Liu, the widow of Yuan Cheng of Huaishu Village, Wulifang, hanged herself at home. Yuan Liu is young and beautiful, since the death of her husband, there are often people in black who climb over the wall in the middle of the night, and the death of Yuan Liu is suspected to be the victim of the adulterer. However, the family surnamed Yuan reversed black and white, calling it a martyr and dying, and asked the county lieutenant to come to the scene to investigate. ”

"Who wrote this?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"The letter is not signed, it is an anonymous letter!"

"Brother Ji, tell me, should I take care of this?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"Investigating the case is the duty of the county lieutenant, and it should be managed!" Givin suggested.

"That's good!" Zhang Bao'er waved his hand and said, "Then let's go to Huaishu Village to have a look." ”

Ji Wen reminded: "Bao'er, you can't just go, first, we don't know where Huaishu Village is, and second, even if we want to go, we have to bring some catchers and tricks!" ”

Zhang Bao'er nodded and said, "Yes, let's go to the county government first and bring some helpers!" ”

Under the guidance of Luo Lin, Zhang Baoer and his entourage rushed to Huaishu Village at noon. Patriarch Yuan Fei received the report and hurried to greet him, Yuan Fei was in his early fifties, not tall, not short, not fat or thin, his eyes were not big, but he was quite energetic.

Zhang Bao'er explained her intentions, and Yuan Fei's emotions suddenly became very excited: "Lord County Lieutenant, this must be a false accusation by the person in charge." ”

What is the surname? Zhang Bao'er suddenly thought of Guan Shiqi, he looked at Yuan Fei scrutinizing and said, "Why are you so sure?" ”

Yuan Fei softened his tone a little and said: "We only have the second surname of Yuan Guan in Huaishu Village, the surname Yuan is in the east of the village, and the surname is in the west of the village. Yuan Guan and his surnames have always been at odds, and they want to suppress each other in everything. I'm sure it's the guy who's throwing sewage on us. ”

Zhang Baoer listened carefully to his speech, and said seriously: "If the people don't sue, the officials won't be investigated." Since someone is suing, I have to find out. ”

After that, Zhang Baoer asked Yuan Fei to take him to Yuan Liu's house for an inspection.

Yuan Liu has been buried, and the coffin is parked in the hall.

Yuan Fei asked all the people guarding the spirit to withdraw, and then took Zhang Bao'er into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Yuan Fei picked up Yuan Liu's desperate poem from the table and handed it to Zhang Bao'er and said, "After reading this poem, you will know if she is a chaste martyr or not." ”

Zhang Bao'er took it, sniffed it first, he smelled a refreshing aromatic smell unique to pine smoke ink, and he whispered: "Jun has lost his life to go to Huangquan, a good woman does not marry a second husband and a man, and is willing to give up her life for her wife, and reunite in the underworld." ”

Zhang Bao'er frowned and asked, "How can a village woman dance and make ink?" ”

Yuan Fei hurriedly explained: "The county lieutenant doesn't know, this Yuan Liu's mother's family was originally a wealthy and well-read family, and she learned some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when she was a child, but it was only later that the family fell into the middle of the road, and she married into this poor country. ”

Yuan Fei pointed to the four treasures of the study room neatly placed on the table, "Look, after all, it is a scholarly family, no matter how poor you are, you haven't forgotten to accompany these things when your daughter gets married." ”

Zhang Bao'er picked up the ink block, poured some water into the inkstone, studied it for a while, and leaned close to his nose to sniff, but he did not smell the unique aromatic smell of pine smoke ink.

There is no doubt that this desperate poem was not written by Yuan Liu, but someone forged it.

Zhang Bao'er immediately made a decision and instructed Ji Wen: "Open the coffin for an autopsy." ”

The lid of the coffin slowly opened, and Gwen leaned over to observe.

Yuan Liu was lying quietly in the coffin, although she was dead, she could still see her outstanding appearance during her lifetime. Ji Wen first asked the servant to inspect the front and sides of her neck, and then asked the attendant to flip Yuan Liu over and check the back of her neck.

After a while, after the autopsy was completed, Ji Wen attached himself to Zhang Bao'er's ear and told him the results of the autopsy.

Zhang Bao'er listened and nodded quietly.

Yuan Fei came up and said with a sneer: "I have also read the desperate poem, and the corpse has also been examined, so the county lieutenant should believe it, right?" ”

Zhang Bao'er smiled, did not answer Yuan Fei's words, but patted his stomach and said: "Patriarch Yuan, we rushed from the county government early in the morning, and our stomachs are already growling, I don't know if there is a place to eat in Huaishu Village?" ”

Yuan Fei understood and immediately took Zhang Bao'er to his house for dinner.

After all, Yuan Fei is the patriarch, his family is very spacious and wealthy, and there are five altars of soju on the light bar case, and the mouth of the altar is sealed with red paper.

Zhang Baoer hooked her fingers and knocked them one by one like a chime.

Yuan Fei said with a smile: "It's rare for the county lieutenant to come to the humble house, and today we are going to drink all the five jars of wine." ”

In order to show his respect for Zhang Baoer, Yuan Fei also found a few respected elders in the clan to accompany him.

During the banquet, only one jar of wine was opened, and Zhang Baoer and the people who brought it only tasted one bowl each, and Zhang Baoer wanted to use the afternoon to find out all the people in the village who could write, and then see which of them used pine smoke ink.

After the wine and dinner, Yuan Fei said to Zhang Bao'er: "Lord County Lieutenant, you and your subordinates are tired, I will hire a carriage in the afternoon and send you back to the county office." ”

Zhang Bao'er glanced at Yuan Fei, waved his hand and said, "Thank you Patriarch Yuan, we won't go back in the afternoon, we want to stay here, because the Yuan Liu clan is a murderer and not a suicide, I must find the murderer before leaving." ”

Yuan Fei and his clansmen were shocked when they heard this.

Yuan Fei asked: "Why is it murder?" ”

Zhang Bao'er said to Ji Wen: "Brother Ji, you should explain to them!" ”

Givin said to them: "When you hang yourself, the strangulation marks of the rope should be concentrated mainly on the front and sides of the neck and slope upwards, while there should be no strangulation marks directly behind the neck, and even if there is, it should be very slight. However, Yuan Liu's neck had a deep and complete strangulation mark, and it was parallel. In other words, she was first strangled by a rope around her neck and then hung from a beam. ”