Chapter Seventy-Six: Overt Investigation and Covert Visits
When he came to the castle tower, he saw that the craftsmen were busy with each other, looked around, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Two rollers are installed here, and the chains are attached here for the lifting of the suspension bridge." Yuanhang said to the Qin Dynasty.
"Well, I got it, my lord." Qin Chao said after him.
"The chains at the suspension bridge below must be fixed, and the hard work is there." Yuanhang lay on the wall, pointed down, and instructed.
Suddenly, Yuanhang saw a figure walking out of the city, and when he left the city, he looked back, and hurried out of the city.
Yuanhang was stunned for a moment, and after pondering, he hurriedly turned his head and shouted, "No shadow." ”
"The subordinates are here." Seeing Yuanhang, Wuying shouted urgently, and rushed over.
Yuantu pointed to the city and glanced at Wuying. Shadowless glanced at it, nodded his head at Yuanhang, and turned to go down the city.
After Yuanhang explained the matter of the drawbridge clearly, he returned to Yamen with Ah Jin. After resting for a while, he walked back into the lobby to interrogate Butcher Zhang.
The official escorted Butcher Zhang to the court. When I looked down from Yuantuan, I really looked like a butcher, five big and three thick, with a beard on my face.
"Why don't you kneel when you see this official?" Yuanhang didn't shoot the shocking wood this time, but picked up the teacup and drank the tea.
"My lord has tied me up, and I don't know what crime I have committed." Butcher Zhang's face was full of anger, but he didn't dare to be too arrogant.
"Don't you know what sin you have committed?" Yuanhang put down the teacup and looked at Butcher Zhang with a cold smile.
"I'm not guilty, can adults still give me a crime." Butcher Zhang snorted coldly and twisted his head to the side.
Yuanhang walked down from the front of the hall after the big case, stood in front of Butcher Zhang, and said: "You are greedy for Du Yue'e's beauty and hooked up with her. Later, when the adultery was revealed, you became murderous to Xie Hou. Yes and no? ”
"Xiaomin doesn't know what the adults are talking about. I admit to meeting her in private, but Xiaomin has never had the intention of killing. Later, Xiaomin's wife and Xie Housheng disappeared one after another, so I married Yue. Butcher Zhang looked at Yuanhang without timidity and said.
"You said your wife was gone. When did it disappear? Yuanhang asked in surprise.
"Also the year before last." Butcher Zhang replied with his head tilted.
Yuanhang narrowed his eyes and looked at Butcher Zhang with a frown. secretly said in his heart: Could it be that the white bone is the wife of Butcher Zhang, and this guy even killed his own wife in order to marry Du Yue? After thinking about it, no, how could he be buried in the Xie family's courtyard when he killed his wife?
"Then let me ask you, when Du Yue'e returned to her parents' house, did Xie Housheng go out to do business." The voyage circled around and sat back down in the lobby.
Butcher Zhang thought sideways for a while, and said, "It should be out." A few days after Yue'e returned to her parents' house, my wife was gone, and Xie Housheng was also gone. At first, I thought they had eloped, so I reported it to the police. ”
Yuanhang took a deep breath and asked again: "Du Yue'e returned to her parents' house, you went to ask her to come back." ”
"Yes." Butcher Zhang nodded and said.
"Xie Housheng is obviously not at home, why did you deceive Du Yue'e back?" Yuanhang asked.
"I ......" Butcher Zhang paused and said, "I just miss her." ”
"You once said to Du Yue'e that if Xie Laohan mistook your good deeds, you would kill him. Is there such a thing? Yuanhang asked as he stared at him with sharp eyes.
"Your Excellency...... That's just the speed of the little people's tongues, if it is true, they will never dare. Butcher Zhang suddenly felt a little scared.
Yuanhang looked at Butcher Zhang for a while, waved his hand and said to the servant: "Open the shackles on his body and bring a stool." ”
Butcher Zhang was stunned, he didn't expect Yuanhang to loosen his ties for himself, so he stood there and didn't move.
"You may be seated." Yuanhang pointed down his stool. Butcher Zhang bowed down and said, "Thank you, sir." With that, he walked over and sat down.
"How long have you been a butcher?" Yuanhang forward, bowed forward, and suddenly asked with a smile.
"Back to my lord, Xiaomin has been doing it for ten years." Butcher Zhang saw that Yuanhang was kind, and his tone softened.
"Oh, so it's not a problem for you to kill cattle." Yuanhang asked, leaning back in his chair.
"That's natural, the business of the small shop is fine, and I will kill a cow in two days." Butcher Zhang replied with a grin.
"Can you kill a cow with a single sword?" Yuanhang asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I'm used to it, just one knife." Butcher Zhang said proudly.
"Oh, I see, whoever does your business either doesn't have a knife, but if he does it, he must have the heart." Yuanhang asked with a smile.
Butcher Zhang didn't know what Yuanhang wanted to ask, and replied, "Let's just say so. ”
"Okay, let's talk about it here today, and the official still needs to wronged you in handling the case." Yuanhang said to the officer: "Take Butcher Zhang down." ”
Butcher Zhang got up and bowed to Yuanhang and said, "I believe that the adults will give Xiaomin a clean slate." ”
Yuanhang nodded, and didn't say anything more. Sitting alone in the lobby, leaning back in a chair and closing his eyes and thinking.
"Your Excellency." Shadowless called softly from the hall.
Yuanhang opened his eyes and looked at Wuying, who stepped forward and said something to Yuanhang.
Yuanhang's eyes lit up, and he turned his head sideways and smiled at Wuying. He said, "Take the officials and bring them back." ”
"Yes, sir." Shadowless led people away in response.
Yuanhang got up and moved his body, and said to the officer, "Go and call Ah Jin." ”
Turned around and looked at the master on the side, walked up and asked with a smile, "Master, it's hard work." Am I asking too much? ”
"Don't dare, sir." The master was so panicked that he hurriedly got up and saluted.
"Sit down quickly, it's okay, you just need to pick the key points and memorize them, it's too tiring to remember so much." Yuanhang smiled and patted the master on the shoulder. The master raised his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.
"Your Excellency." Ah, Kim came in and bowed and said.
"Ah Jin, what about the people who helped Xie Laohan plow the ground?" Yuanhang asked as he moved his neck.
"In prison." Ah Kim replied.
"Huh?" Yuanhang was surprised, stretched out his hand and flicked his head on Ah Jin's head, and said, "They are not suspects, why are they in prison?" ”
"My lord, you said that you brought it back to the Yamen, where is this not in prison?" Ah, Kim rubbed his head and said.
Yuanhang looked at the sky and said, "It's also dinner time, go and invite a few of them to the back house, and I will invite them to dinner." ”
"Invite them to dinner......" Ah Kim looked at him suspiciously.
"Well, go ahead." Yuanhang nodded, turned to the master and said, "You also go with me and write down the key points." ”
In the living room of the back house, Yuanhang sat on the table, and there were a few people bent over around him.
"You guys sit down, you're welcome, please take a seat." Yuanhang said as he looked around.
"My lord, the little people don't dare." An old man bent down and said.
"Hehe, the old man only treats me as an ordinary person, and I have treated a few subordinates slowly today, so I am here to compensate for it. You may be seated. ”
Several old men glanced at each other and sat down tremblingly.
Yuanhang broke the embarrassment, raised a glass to everyone first, chatted casually for a while, and then asked, "A few of you went to help Xie Laohan plow the land this morning, right?" ”
"Yes, sir." One of the old men replied.
"Dare to ask which one is Uncle Sun?" Yuanhang smiled lightly and looked at them.
An old man hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply and said, "Go back to my lord, the little old man's surname is Sun." ”
"Uncle Sun doesn't need to be polite, sit down." Yuanhang said with a pause.
"I heard that the bones in the ground of Old Man Xie this morning were dug up by you, and I asked Uncle Sun to tell me about it." Yuanhang raised his glass and toasted Uncle Sun, and drank it all.
Uncle Sun also raised his glass and drank the wine, smacked his mouth, and said, "No, it's also a little old man's troubles, otherwise...... Alas. ”
"How do you say that?" Seeing that Sun Laohan seemed to have something to say, Yuanhang put down his wine glass and asked.
Sun Laohan shook his head and said: "That land didn't need to be plowed, but it was a pity that I looked at the desertion, so I was kind enough to plow, but who knew that the bones came out, so I found trouble for myself." ”
"Why doesn't the land need a plow?" Yuanhang was puzzled and asked.
"Old man Xie asked us to help plow the land, saying that the land was kept, and tables and stools should be placed there, and I thought that there was still a place in the courtyard, wouldn't it be a waste of land, so I plowed." Sun Laohan had a sad face, and he already regretted it in his heart, and he shouldn't have done much.
"That's the case, when you plough the ground, can Old Man Xie be in the courtyard?" Yuanhang asked with narrowed eyes.
"No, the plowshare on their side was broken at that time, and Old Man Xie went out to borrow the plowshare." Sun Laohan pointed to the old man opposite, and the old man nodded again and again.
"Oh, hehe, come on, old men, let's not talk about it, drink and drink." Yuanhang smiled and picked up his wine glass again and drank with a few old men. Full of wine and food, the voyage ordered people to send a few old men out of the house. Yuanhang stood in front of the gate of the mansion and looked up at the night sky, and silently came up from the side without a shadow, standing beside Yuanhang.
"I'll go, no wonder your name is Wuying, scare me." Yuanhang was startled by the quiet appearance of no shadow.
Shadowless smiled faintly, and came over to say something to Yuanhang.
Yuanhang snorted coldly and said, "I really didn't expect it. Let's go and rest, and talk about it tomorrow. ”
Shadowless turned and retreated. Yuanhang also turned around and went to Liqiu's room.
"Xianggong, where did you go today? How did I not see each other for a day. "Akimi came to his room, stood up and greeted him.
"I'm going to work on the case. Today, I investigated a thousand-year-old bone case. Oh no, it's a three-year white bone case. Yuanhang smiled, stretched out three fingers to gessy, and stepped forward to hug Liqiu.
Liqiu pushed away the voyage with a smile and said with a smile: "Poor mouth again, how is the investigation?" ”
"It should be almost. I ask you, what is the sin of adultery between a man and a woman? Yuanhang took off his coat and threw it to Liqiu, and walked towards the inner room.
Liqiu took the shirt, his face turned red, could it be that he was talking about me? Shyly asked, "How can you ask such a question?" ”
Yuanhang didn't pay attention to Liqiu's face, stretched his waist alone and lay on the bed, and said with a smile: "There is a couple of men and women, and they actually have adulterous affairs in private......
Before he could finish speaking, he saw his clothes fly over and wrap his head in it.
"Ye Yuanhang......" Liqiu scolded angrily: "I fought with you, ......" After speaking, he pounced, pressed on him, and beat him down with an embroidery punch.
"Ah...... What are you going to do with me......" Yuanhang screamed in pain from under Liqiu.