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Shen Liusheng in the crowd shook his head helplessly, and said to himself: "I didn't expect Wang Shichong to have such ability, I really underestimated him." ”

An old voice sounded low in Shen Liusheng's ears: "Liu Sheng, how many times have I sued you, never underestimate your opponent, since he is willing to gamble like this, he must be sure." ”

Shen Liusheng was like being struck by lightning when he heard this, and when he turned his head, the old man wrapped in a black cloak was standing behind him, still covering his face, revealing only a pair of bright and clear eyes outside, flashing from time to time.

Shen Liusheng was surprised, and hurriedly said, "Why are you here?" ”

The old man glanced at Shen Liusheng and walked out of the crowd, and Shen Liusheng also followed closely, the two walked out a few hundred steps before they found a place where no one stopped, and the old man said coldly: "The old man is also very curious about Wang Shichong's methods, and sure enough, he still uses this hand." ”

Shen Liusheng was slightly stunned: "Have there been such cases before?" ”

The old man nodded and said in a low voice: "During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Ju, the commander of Juzhang County, encountered an almost identical case, there was a family, and two old couples lived with their son's family. Later, the house caught fire, only the daughter-in-law escaped, and the strong son died in the fire, and the old couple suspected that the daughter-in-law Hongxing went out of the wall and wanted to murder her husband. At that time, Zhang Ju used the same method to catch the real culprit. ”

When the old man said this, he paused and said, "It seems that although this Wang Shichong does not look good-looking, and even looks like a Hu person, he is by no means without talent. Yanagi. Don't be deceived by his appearance in the future. This man is very talented. Remember! ”

Shen Liusheng replied respectfully "yes", and then asked, "Do you want to go to the state government to watch the next interrogation in a while?" ”

The old man shook his head and said, "No need, we have already seen Wang Shichong's ability to judge the case, even if we lose this bet." You go and make arrangements, five days later, in the evening, Wang Shichong and I will meet in the small courtyard of Xiao Miao. In the past few days, you have stepped up your preparations and cleaned up the yard. The tunnels leading to other places are temporarily blocked. ”

Shen Liusheng was slightly stunned: "Lord, do you really want to see this Wang Shichong?" Isn't that too dangerous, and they're probably not going to agree to see him now? ”

The old man sighed: "Being honest and honest, especially now we also need a strong partner, this time we took the initiative to ask the question, and Wang Shichong took the initiative to take the initiative is so beautiful, if we shirk it again, it will only make people underestimate us, even if we want to cooperate in the future, it is impossible." ”

Shen Liusheng frowned. He whispered, "My lord, but we have already planned it. If we want to bring down Yang Su, a traitor, if Wang Shichong knows about this matter in the future, will he harm our business? If it's a big deal, you still have to think twice, or at least, discuss it with them. ”

The old man shook his head, and a rare resoluteness flashed in his eyes: "Yang Su is Yang Su, Wang Shichong is Wang Shichong, I am fully responsible for this matter, and I will give an explanation to a few of them in the future." Needless to say, do as I tell you. ”

Shen Liusheng knew that it was useless to persuade again, so he made a salute and hurried away, and the old man was deep? looked at Wang Shichong, who had already ridden the jujube red horse and was heading towards the south gate, and muttered: "Wang Shichong, how are you going to get along with us?" ”

An hour later, in the hall of the state government in Yingzhou City, Wang Shichong was sitting precariously, his face was sinking like water, there was a sneer on the corner of Wei Zheng's mouth, and Zhang Jincheng was carrying a waist knife and wearing a thousand cow guard clothes tattooed with a python, standing majestically in front of the big case.

The two classes of officials were full of energy, straightened their waists, held the red and black water and fire sticks in their hands, and stood in the lobby without squinting.

At this time, only the shackled Zhu was left in the hall, and he was paralyzed on the ground in despair, trembling slightly, and a roar and scolding from outside reached his ears, making his heart tremble, and he couldn't wait to find a hole to drill into.

Wang Shichong was shocked, and Zhu was also shocked, and this time he heard Wang Shichong's majestic and slow voice sound: "Prisoner Zhu Shi, what else do you have to say about your murder of your husband Liu Qi?" ”

Zhu's eyes were filled with tears, and he shook his head with a wry smile: "The adult judges the case like a god, and the woman has nothing to say, yes, then Liu Qi was indeed killed by the woman, please execute the woman according to the law." ”

There were four or five thousand people gathered outside the yamen this time, and at least half of the people who were watching the excitement outside the city just now crowded to the entrance of the state ya's lobby, blocking the street from being impassable, and some people climbed a few big trees on the street, leaning on the branches to watch every move in the state yamen.

When the people heard Zhu's words, they shouted and scolded again, this time ten of the ten people wanted Wang Shichong to sentence this poisonous woman to death early and avenge Liu Qi.

After Wang Shichong waited for the noise outside to calm down slightly, he asked: "Zhu, the official knows that Liu Qi died unexpectedly, but now the official needs to ask you, why did you do this?" ”

Zhu's tears flowed down uncontrollably, and they merged into streams on his face, he closed his eyes and said faintly: "My lord, don't ask, just execute the women as soon as possible." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Zhu, do you want to use your life to protect your mother's family now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Shi was struck by lightning, and he suddenly shouted: "No, my lord, this matter has nothing to do with the prisoner's mother's family, it was all done by the prisoner herself, you can only come to me alone." ”

Wang Shichong saw Zhu's reaction, and understood most of his heart, he sighed, and said: "Zhu's, nine times out of ten the murder of husbands in the world is because women do not abide by women's morals, and red apricots go out of the wall, in order to cover up their adultery, they often pull adulterers to murder their husbands. This is not the case with you. ”

"And you are the virtuous helper of Liu Qi's family, over the years, Liu Qiken has given you money and account books for safekeeping, although your husband and wife have no children, they are respectful to each other, husband and wife are beautiful, these are not deliberately pretended by you, it is possible for a person to pretend for three or five months, or even a year or two. But he can't have been pretending for more than ten years in a row. Zhu. Isn't the reason why so many neighbors speak for you in the first place because they believe in you as a person? ”

"And after Liu Qi's death, you cried day and night, it was definitely not disguised, nor was it an ordinary fear or repentance, you still have feelings for Liu Qi, which can also be seen by the official, in order to avenge your deceased husband. Don't you want to tell the real culprit in this case? ”

Hearing these words, Zhu Shi cried like pear blossoms with rain, shook his head, and kept shouting: "Don't say it, don't say it, Wang Tingshi, you are doing well, give the prisoner a good time, the prisoner really doesn't want to live in this world anymore!" ”

Wang Shichong's voice became higher and higher: "You think that if you die, you can wash away the sins on your body? Do you think you'll have the face to see your deceased husband when you die? Zhu, when everyone comes to this world. They all come innocently, even if they die. You should also die a clean death, otherwise let the real murderer get away with it, how can you calm your conscience? ”

Zhu's cry gradually became quieter, and the person also fell to the ground, gradually ceasing to move.

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "Zhu family, this official now reminds you of some things, your maiden Zhu family, originally a medium-sized merchant in Jiangling City, has been running a bronze business for many years, six years ago, your father Zhu Liufeng had a stroke in bed and could not move, and the family's business was taken care of by your eldest brother Zhu Cang." ”

"And your Zhu family, a few years ago, began to change careers to do a more profitable horse business, but unexpectedly, a strong dragon crossed the border, and Shen Liusheng, a wealthy businessman from the north, easily crushed your Zhu family's business, and even made your Zhu family, which was originally known as a rich man in Jiangling, face the danger of closing down."

Zhu stopped crying, raised his head, and said curiously: "How do adults know about these things?" ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "Don't worry, listen to what I say." ”

"Since the end of last year, Zhu Cang has repeatedly taken advantage of Liu Qi's absence at home, taking advantage of the darkness at night to come to you, borrowing money from you to tide over the difficulties, at first you were only willing to borrow a few thousand, but then his appetite became bigger and bigger, and he wanted all of Liu Qi's savings, and said that he was just temporarily tight, as long as it takes two months, he will definitely be able to survive, not only that, but he also took out your sick old father on the couch as an excuse, and finally forced you to comply, isn't it?"

Zhu replied strongly: "My lord, you can't talk nonsense without evidence. ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Although Liu Qi handed over his net worth to you, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything about it, and you lent Liu Qi's hard-earned money for a lifetime to open a store to his mother's family, and he was uneasy, and his gestures showed flaws, and finally let Liu Qi find out about it, he was depressed in his heart, so he had the matter of drinking with Liu San that day." ”

"After more than 20 days, that is, on May 23rd, that day was the day when your eldest brother Zhu Cang agreed with you to repay the money, but after Zhu Cang came at night, he said that he still needed more time, and he couldn't pay the money for a while. Liu Qi couldn't bear it anymore, and threatened to go to the government to denounce your brothers and sisters, and under the dispute, Zhu Cang pulled out his blade, killed Liu Qi, and then set fire to the house to cover up the evidence of his crime. ”

When Wang Shichong said this, his eyes were like lightning, piercing Zhu's eyes, and he said sharply: "Zhu, is what this official just said true?!" ”

Zhu's psychological defense line had been completely broken, and he collapsed on the ground like a mess of mud, and kept saying: "How do you know everything, how do you know everything!" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "If people don't know, unless you don't do it, Zhu, do you know that there are gods three feet above your head, your brothers and sisters have done such evil things, if your father who has had a stroke in bed knows, how sad should he be?" ”

Zhu Shi was speechless for a long time, and finally, he sighed and said: "Well, since Lord Assassin Shi already knows everything, the prisoner doesn't have to hide it anymore, it is true that as the Lord said, those money tickets are also in the hands of my eldest brother, but my father really doesn't know anything about this matter, please let him go." ”

Wang Shichong nodded, turned his head to Zhang Jin and said, "Go and let him sign and draw the charge, put him on death row, and quickly send someone to Jiangling to arrest Zhu Cang." ”

In the eyes of the people outside the yamen who were shocked by the admiration of the heavens, Wang Shichong stepped out of his seat and turned back to the back of the state office.

Taking off his official hat and robe, he plunged into the chaise longue covered with a mat in a small building by the lake, Wang Shichong let out a long breath and closed his eyes slightly. And Wei Zheng, Anjiatuo, Wei Zheng and Wang Renze followed. It's a smile on their faces. Standing in the middle of the small building.

Angata was the first to speak: "Lord, where did you learn this kung fu of judging cases?" To be able to judge in this way whether the corpse was burned before or after death, today Katuo is really an eye-opener. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "The lord is well-read, this trick is modeled after the three kingdoms of Juzhang County Commander Zhang Ju, later generations have also had traitors notice this, poured ashes into the mouth of the deceased, but because the person died, he couldn't breathe." So the ashes are dusty, and they can't be like the pig that burned alive today, and the ashes were congealed into a black paste by saliva. ”

Wang Shichong didn't open his eyes, and smiled slightly: "Xuan Cheng has read more books than mine, as soon as I mentioned this method yesterday, he immediately thought that Zhang Ju had used it back then, and if he replaced Xuan Cheng, he would definitely be able to close this case." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly and said, "This is the method of breaking the prison and performing the autopsy, there is a precedent here, and it is not too strange to break it." But Wei didn't know how the lord dealt with the family affairs of the Liu Qi family. and the affairs of the Zhu family and the Zhu family know so clearly. ”

Wang Shichong opened his eyes, sat up straight, and his eyes fell on the smiling Shan Xiongxin, and said: "I still have to thank Xiongxin for this matter, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have at most concluded that the result of Zhu's murder would be the result, and I wouldn't be able to bring the real murderer to justice." ”

Wei Zheng didn't know about this yet, his face changed slightly, and he let out an "oh".

Wang Shichong smiled and said, "Xuancheng, don't forget that Xiongxin left for Yingzhou ten days before we set off to investigate, just when the Zhu brothers and sisters killed Liu Qi that day, Xiongxin took a look. ”

Shan Xiongxin nodded, his tiger eyes wandered, nodded at Wei Zheng, and said: "At that time, Shan originally wanted to visit Xiao Mo at night, but found that someone entered the city wearing night clothes at night, and his skills were extraordinary, so Shan followed him all the way, and finally saw him enter Liu Qi's courtyard. ”

"Shan has a turtle breath technique, can hide his own traces, hiding behind Liu Qi's courtyard wall, he heard it clearly, at that time I heard that Liu Qi directly asked Zhu Cang to pay back, but that Zhu Cang shirked in every possible way, Liu Qi was angry at the time, saying that this Zhu Cang took advantage of his absence from home to come to Zhu Shi repeatedly to ask for money, but he didn't pay it back, he couldn't bear it, because Liu Qi also wanted to buy a bronze shop in Lei Shimeng's house in Benzhou, and even paid a deposit of 3,000 yuan."

"If Zhu Cang doesn't repay the money on time, then the 3,000 yuan deposit that Liu Qi has already paid will be wasted, so he said at that time that he would go out to report to Lei Shimeng, who was the head catcher in the city, saying that the Zhu brothers and sisters conspired to embezzle his property."

"Originally, I thought this was just an ordinary property dispute, and although Liu Qi said this, he didn't mean to go out, it should just be a momentary anger, but I didn't expect Zhu Cang to sneer, and directly pulled out the weapon on his body and stabbed Liu Qi to death, I didn't even have time to go in to save people."

"And the Zhu family cried loudly, and tried their best to find Zhu Cang, but this person said coldly, saying that it was to protect the Zhu family's family business, so that there was nothing to say."

Zhang Jincheng nodded again and again when he heard this, and when he heard this, he clapped his hands hatefully: "This Zhu Cang is really inferior to a beast, my brother-in-law lent money to me, just because he said a few angry words, he would take someone's life, and I don't want to think that if my brother-in-law really didn't help him, he would have reported to the official a long time ago, do you still have to wait until now?" By the way, Yushin, why didn't you go in and kill this villain at that time? ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "My first instinct was to go in and kill this thief, but at that time, I felt that I had been followed, and even if I could hold Zhu Cang in the case of rash action, I didn't know what the person who was hiding in the shadows and watching me would do." ”

"And at that time, after all, my main task was to find out the inside story of this Yingzhou city for the lord, if Liu Qi was still alive, I would definitely save him, but since the person was dead, I had to complete my task first."

"I witnessed the murder of the Zhu Cang brothers and sisters, and this is a big case that happened a few days before the lord took office, and when the time comes, the lord will solve it himself, which can not only clear Liu Qi's grievances, but also increase the prestige of the lord, which is more certain than when I blindly went in to catch the murderer."

Wang Ren blinked his big eyes and said, "But Brother Xiongxin, the Zhu brothers and sisters were destroyed later, don't you want to stop this?" Or did you know then that your uncle had a way to get the dead to speak, as he did today? ”

Shan Xiongxin shook his head: "Lord, I didn't think about making a fuss from Liu Qi's corpse at that time, I just thought that since the Zhu family stole the money ticket to Zhu Cang, I could make an article from this relationship between them." So I sent someone to Gangneung next. Check out the details of the Zhu family carefully. ”

Wang Ren smiled and said, "Brother Xiongxin is high-minded. Your calmness is really worth learning from me, if it were me, I would have rushed in at that time. ”

Wang Shichong listened to the family routine between the two, and fell into deep thought for a while, and then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Jin Cheng, is the capture sent to Jiangling about to set off?" ”

Zhang Jincheng nodded: "Don't worry, my lord, when I got out of the hall just now." I sent ten capable catchers to Jiangling, and the monks couldn't run away from the temple, and the Zhu family was a big family in Jiangling, so Zhu Cang wouldn't get the news and run away so quickly? ”

Wang Shichong stood up with "Huo", pacing back and forth, the speed was very fast, it seemed that he was restless at this time, he stopped, and sighed: "Alas, it's all my fault for being negligent." only thought about breaking the case first, and didn't consider the possibility of Zhu Cang's escape. This person's heart is like a snake and scorpion, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not send someone to watch nearby, and it is even possible that he himself is here, looking at this frame, he will definitely abandon his father and die in the world. ”

Wang Shichong turned his head, looked at Wang Renze, who was stunned, and said in a deep voice: "Renze, please excuse me, take my order arrow, go to Jiangling now, if Zhu Cang wants to run, take it immediately!" If Zhu Cang is still there, keep an eye on him and cooperate with the officials to arrest him. ”

Wang Ren reacted immediately, clasped his fists with both hands, responded with a "yes", turned around and left cleanly, Wang Shichong glanced at Zhang Jincheng and said: "Jin Cheng, you go and give the arrow to Renze, and if it is convenient, you will also handle the handover today, and leave for Jiangling as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Jincheng said that his face was happy, and he shouted angrily: "Order!" He ran out after Wang Renze's back, shouting as he ran: "Young master, wait for me!" ”

Wang Shichong sighed and turned to An Jiatuo: "Mr. An, how have the accounts been checked in Hu Si Changshi in the past few days?" ”

Anjiatuo bowed his head and said respectfully: "Back to the lord, Lord Husi's accounts have been done clearly, clearly, the villain has been sorted out almost in the past few days, and after it is completely completed, he will give the lord a detailed account." ”

"Oh, by the way, in the future, if the lord wants to run this Yingzhou, in addition to the official account books of the imperial court, he also has to keep a private account book to record the details of our income and expenditure in this Yingzhou City, and the last time you said that the withdrawal of six million money from Wanfu Qian Zhuang was the first record of this account book."

Wang Shichong smiled: "Now the money has not been officially allocated, but I just sent someone to Luoyang three days ago to deliver a letter to my family, and it is not certain when this money will be delivered." We can only use the cash in Wanfu Money Village first, Mr. An, how much money is there now? ”

Angata said: "There is more than 7.43 million cash in the treasury, but if you go to 6 million at once, I am afraid that there will be problems with the repayment after a month. ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand, turned to An Jiatuo, and said: "This is fine, I will definitely be able to transfer the money within a month, Mr. An, then please go to Wanfu Qianzhuang and arrange the six million, I think maybe in a few days, Chen Ling and Xiao Mo will find us separately to ask for money." When the time comes, be prepared and do what you have agreed. ”

Angata said yes, turned and exited the lake.

Wang Shichong's gaze fell on Wei Zheng, who hadn't spoken much, but was contemplative, and said with a smile: "What is Xuan Cheng thinking about?" Isn't Mo preparing for Shen Liusheng's visit? ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "The lord did a really beautiful job during the day today, then the people behind Shen Liusheng should also see this scene clearly, if he doesn't want to be our enemy in the future, he should keep his promise and come to meet us now." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and his eyes became deeper: "This person will not come to the door by himself, he must have asked Shen Liusheng to come and ask us to meet somewhere at night, Xiongxin, when the time comes, prepare secretly, they can't help me, but Xuancheng's safety must be guaranteed." ”

Shan Xiongxin's expression was stern, and he hugged his fists and said, "My lord, please rest assured, the brothers of Chu Tang are ready. ”

Wang Shichong said curiously: "Chu Tang? ”

The expression on Shan Xiongxin's face stretched slightly: "Yes, this is Chu Land, and it is also your territory, this is called Chu Hall, and it is also the first hall that you personally master." ”

Wang Shichong muttered "Chu Tang" twice, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps by the lake, and Zhang Jincheng hurried over and shouted from afar: "Lord, Shen Liusheng is here!" (To be continued......)