"Xianggong, I'll help you rub it." Liqiu sat beside Yuanhang and said softly.

"Alright, go along." Yuanhang lay on the bed and grinned, and said, "You really fight." ”

"It's not your fault, if you don't make it clear, I thought you were laughing at me." Liqiu was embarrassed and lowered his head.

"What kind of intelligence...... "Yuanhang shook his head and muttered. Sleep, sleep. I'm going to hear the case tomorrow. "Yuanhang no longer pays attention to Liqiu and turns over. Liqiu pouted, raised his small fist behind the voyage, and climbed up.

When I got up in the morning, Yuanhang sat on the edge of the bed and closed my eyes, thinking about this case from beginning to end in my mind. Suddenly he opened his eyes, chuckled, and got up and walked towards the lobby.

"Ascension." As soon as Yuanhang slapped the startled wood, the officials on both sides shouted: "Wei ...... Wu ......"

"Take the plaintiff Xie Laohan, the suspect Zhang Butcher, and Du Yue'e to the court." Yuanhang looked at the next hall, and there were still many people standing at the door watching the excitement. coughed lightly and straightened his official hat.

The officials brought the three men to the hall, and the three knelt down in front of the hall.

Yuanhang cleared his throat and said: "Yesterday, a corpse was found in the mainland of Xie Laohan's Courtyard, and Xie Laohan suspected that Butcher Zhang and Du Yue'e conspired to kill Xie Housheng, and they were specially sued. Today, the official was promoted to hear the case, and I also ask all the villagers to testify. After saying that, he stood up and bowed, but his hat slipped down again.

Yuanhang sat down, patted the wood, and shouted: "Butcher Zhang, Du Yue'e, can you two be guilty?" ”

Butcher Zhang knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said, "My lord, the villain is wronged, but the villain has never killed anyone." ”

Yuanhang smiled and said, "Who said that you killed someone, did you confess it yourself?" ”

Butcher Zhang was speechless for a while, and asked in a daze, "Then what else am I guilty of?" ”

"Bold! Isn't it a sin to seduce a woman of a good family? Yuanhang's eyes widened and he shouted angrily.

"This ...... The villain is guilty. Butcher Zhang said with a slump of his head.

Yuanhang snorted coldly and said, "Butcher Zhang knew that Du Yue'e was married, but he seduced a married woman, ignored the royal law, and committed a ...... Hook-up sin. Yuanhang didn't know what crime to be sentenced to, so he gave a crime by the way.

"Du Yue'e is already a wife, but she communicates privately with Zhang Butcher, ignores ethics and family routines, and commits ...... Hooked up. The official sentenced these two people to 20 canes, can they object? ”

At that time, the offence would have been punishable by imprisonment for one year. It's just that the voyage comes from modern times, and I'm not used to it, so I just hit the twenty small precepts.

"The villain is guilty and willing to be punished." Butcher Zhang was happy in his heart, although there was a pain of flesh and skin, it was much better than being imprisoned, so he hurriedly thanked Yuanhang.

"My lord, no." Xie Laohan knelt there and kowtowed and said: "The two of them hooked up and committed adultery and murdered my son, and they should be sentenced to death, how can they be punished with a rod and twenty years to finish." ”

"That's right, this Lord Zhizhou is judging indiscriminately, don't say murder, even adultery, you can't just beat it a few times." A man among the people turned his head and whispered to his companion.

"No, it's probably a foolish official, so it's better to take office." The other man nodded.

"Silence!" Yuanhang patted the shocked wood and said to the court: "Xie Laohan, you said that the evidence of the two of them murdering your son is insufficient. The bones in your courtyard are female, and I can conclude that they are the wife of Butcher Zhang. ”

"Ahh Butcher Zhang knelt on the ground, and suddenly heard Yuanhang's words, and shouted out in shock.

Immediately the people who were listening began to talk about it.

"How is this possible, it's obvious that my son was killed......" Xie Laohan defended with a confused expression.

"Smack." Yuanhang got up and slapped the table, and shouted angrily: "Until now, you still dare to say nothing, it seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin." Yuanhang slowly sat back in his chair, straightened his official hat, and said, "Let me ask you, why did you tell them when you were plowing that there was no need to plow the place where the bones were buried?" ”

"My lord, the little old man wants to set up some tables and stools to cool off in the summer." Xie Laohan raised his head and replied.

"Then why not choose somewhere else?" Yuanhang asked with a sneer.

"It's just a coincidence, who knew that there would be bones buried in the ground." Xie Laohan replied without hurry.

"Oh, what a coincidence." Yuanhang laughed and asked, "There are many free places in the courtyard, why do you put tables and stools between the fields?" ”

"This ...... It is convenient for the little old child to rest when farming. Xie Laohan was a little slow to respond to Yuanhang's questioning.

"My lord, even if the bones are the wife of Butcher Zhang, maybe he has the intention of killing his wife in order to commit adultery with the Du family. Adults should interrogate him, why did he interrogate the little old man? I am the plaintiff, could it be that I killed someone, but I sued myself? After Xie Laohan reacted, he knelt on the ground and stood up and said.

"Haha." Yuanhang laughed and said: "Butcher Zhang killed his wife and buried him in a hidden place, how could he be stupid enough to be buried in your yard?" Moreover, the sharp weapon was stabbed indiscriminately but did not know how to avoid the sternum, injuring the right side of the heart instead of the left side. It can be seen that the killer is not a person who often uses knives like Butcher Zhang. Although you are an accuser, you have more suspicions. Yuanhang glanced at him and said, "If it weren't for Sun Laohan's unintentional digging of the bones, you saw that the matter could not be covered up, how could you report to the official." So the approach of advancing and retreating was adopted, yes and no? ”

"Hehe, my lord is just guessing out of thin air." Xie Laohan sneered disdainfully and said.

"Definitely. Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. Yuanhang also smiled, got up and walked around the big case to the hall and said, "It's really a coincidence that there is no book." Yesterday, the official went to the city tower, and saw you go out of the city once, where did you go? ”

Xie Laohan was startled, knelt on the ground and lowered his head, but did not speak.

"Hehe, you don't say I'll talk about it." Yuanhang walked around the three kneeling on the ground.

"Yesterday you went out of the city thirty miles and went to a place called Haining Village, where there is a family. The man's name is Chen Daohe, and the woman's name is Xie Chunlan. This woman is also your sister, Xie Housheng's aunt. Yuanhang stopped, glanced at Xie Laohan, and was already kneeling on the ground and trembling. continued: "Then Xie Chunlan has confessed, and your father and son lived in her house the year before last. Last year, when you came home alone, you told people that you were going out to look for your son, but in fact, your son has been in Haining Village. Until yesterday, when you saw the bones of the corpse again, you ran to tell Xie Housheng to leave the country......"

"My lord, don't say it again, the little old man has been recruited, and I killed the person." Old Man Xie's face was full of sadness.

"Wow...... I really can't see ......," the people pointed at Old Man Xie and said.

"You killed it?" Yuanhang turned around and walked to the chair and sat up straight, and said to Xie Laohan: "Since you said that you killed it, you will tell me the situation in detail." ”

Xie Laohan stretched out his hand, and his hands were full of the vicissitudes of time. wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I saw the two of them fornicating, and I was unhappy for my son." On that day, when Zhang Wang's family was the only one next door, he tricked her into coming, stabbed her to death with a knife and cut off her head. It's all the little old man who was confused for a while and committed heinous crimes. The little old man does not ask for forgiveness from adults, but only for death. After saying that, he cried out again and knocked his head to the ground.

Yuanhang narrowed his eyes, looked at Xie Laohan for a while, sighed and said, "You know what I mean, but after all, this is a matter of human life, and this official cannot show favoritism." After speaking, he looked at the hall and shouted, "Is there no shadow?" ”

"My lord, my subordinates are here." No shadow answered in the hall.

"Can you hold Xie Housheng?" Yuanhang asked, looking down.

"Not yet, Xie Housheng had already escaped when his subordinates took people there. The subordinate has already flown to the surrounding counties and counties, and they will be arrested within a few days. Shadowless bowed and replied.

"My lord, I killed the person, and it has nothing to do with the welfare of the people, please don't embarrass my son...... " Xie Laohan choked up and said.

"Then let me ask you, where is the head of the deceased now?" Yuanhang looked at Xie Laohan coldly.

"This ......" Xie Laohan was speechless for a while.

The voyage paused for a while and sighed: "Pity the hearts of parents in the world." The wound on the bones was very deep, and the stabbing force was extremely strong. Just ask you, an old man, do you have so much strength to stab the bones? You tried your best to apologize for Xie Housheng, how could this official not know. After speaking, he sat up straight, patted the wood and said: "Butcher Zhang, Du Yue'e and the two of them each have twenty boards, and after the punishment, they will bring back the bones, and when Xie Housheng is caught, he will find the head and bury it." ”

looked at Xie Laohan, who was kneeling below, and said: "Xie San knew that Xie Housheng did not raise his official position after he killed him, but instead helped him escape, committing the crime of covering up. Remembering his old age, he was temporarily exempted from the cane and sent to prison to be convicted after Xie Housheng was arrested. ”

Butcher Zhang and Du Yue'e kowtowed again and again to thank them, but Xie Laohan didn't say anything and was escorted down by the officials. The people who were listening applauded, got up and bowed to the people, put down their official hats, and walked towards the back house.

Back in the study, Yuanhang closed the door, threw his official hat aside, walked to the desk and sat down slowly. Yilan's graceful figure appeared in front of him. If it hadn't been for the murder, I'm afraid the reply would have been delivered to her at this time. As soon as he wrote a few words about Yilan An, Tang Ling's voice came from outside the door. "Young master, young master."

"Come in." Yuanhang shouted, put down his pen and looked at the door.

"Young master, someone is coming to the back hall, and I am here to reward the young master." Tang Ling said happily with a happy face.

"Oh? Who's coming. Yuanhang asked unhurriedly.

"It's Lord Zhan, and there is a lot of grain and grass." Tang Ling replied.

The voyage is a joy, and it is actually the exhibition to protect the relatives. Furrowing his brows, he asked, "Where are you now?" ”

"It's just that I sent someone to report first, and Zhan Daren is still more than 20 miles away from Yizhou." Tang Ling bowed and replied.

"Go and inform Shadowless, gather the dark spirits out of the city to greet you. Then send someone to inform the general of the Qin Dynasty. Yuanhang hurriedly picked up the official hat and put it on his head, which was a reward, so it was naturally more formal.

Yuanhang rode to the Shili Pavilion outside the city, and after waiting for a while, he saw a team heading towards Yizhou. Escorted by several generals, Zhan Hu rode at the front of the team, and led everyone to meet him with a smile.

"Haha, Lord Zhan has worked hard all the way, and the lower officials are here to greet him." Although they were old acquaintances, Yuanhang still bent down and said with a smile.

Zhan Hu was helped off the horse, and he also smiled and walked over to help him sail away, and said: "Sure enough, I was not disappointed, the siege of Yizhou was a battle, and the emperor was very happy." After speaking, he slapped the voyage a few times.

"Ouch." Yuan Hang grinned, and Zhan Hu patted the wound on his left arm.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Hu asked in surprise.

"It's okay, it's just a little injured. My lord, is the emperor okay? Yuanhang asked, holding back the pain.

"Well, everything is fine in the back hall, the emperor ordered me to go to the front of the labor army, and bring a verbal reward to you, and I will come with the grain and grass team." Zhan Hu replied with a smile.

Yuanhang nodded and said, "My lord, come with me into the city." ”

Zhan Hu waved his hand and said, "No, the grain and grass are important, and they must be sent to the front immediately." I'm going to go with the team, and we'll have a few more drinks when I get back. After speaking, he cleared his throat and said: "Yizhou Zhizhou Ye Yuanhang listens to the seal." ”

Yuanhang hurriedly knelt down and said, "Chenye Yuanhang listens to the seal. ”

"In the battle of Yizhou, Ye Qing was far-sighted and defeated the strong with the weak. Protect one side of the water and soil, protect the rivers and mountains for thousands of years. I am very happy, and I specially seal Ye Yuanhang as a third-class boss, with a reward of ten taels of gold, three hundred taels of silver, a horse, and a beauty. Zhan Hu recited Emperor Yinwen's words in frustration.

Yuanhang knelt on the ground and secretly rejoiced, this time it seemed that the emperor's brother was really happy, and he was rewarded with gold. Wait a minute...... How can there be horses and women? I don't like horses, women like it, but there is a divorce at home, and I have to abolish myself.

Seeing that Yuanhang was kneeling on the ground for a long time without moving, Zhan Hu bent over and whispered, "Yuanhang, thank you quickly." ”

"Oh." Yuanhang came to his senses, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the emperor's reward." ”