In front of the Yamen of Hanyang County, not long after the Dongting Merchant Gang entered, Qin Bantou suddenly hurriedly dispatched with a group of regular deputy officers of the fast class, and Shao Fang felt that something was a little unusual. However, he is not a local after all, although he has been here for a long time, but most of the time he is in Wuchang Mansion and Hankou Town, and he has not invested much effort in Hanyang City, which has long since lost the status it used to be, let alone the three classes and six rooms of the county government. Moreover, the door in front of the county yamen suddenly did not spread the news in the lobby, which also made him a little vigilant, and after thinking about it, he decided to let an entourage go to Hankou Town with the gang of economic servants to see what was going on.

However, about two quarters of an hour after the people on this side had left, there was a commotion in the yamen. After a while, a black soap Li hurriedly came out, opened his voice and shouted: "The county has an order, this case involves a lot, and then go to Hankou Town to continue the trial, and the Huguang Patrol will also accompany the supervision according to the imperial Shi Lei Servant!" ”

This time, Shao Fang finally felt that something was wrong. He didn't want to leave immediately with his entourage, and when he squeezed out of the county front street from the crowd on the third floor inside and the outer three floors, there was already the sound of gongs opening the way behind him, and it was clear that the people inside had already come out. At this time, the entourage who had been with him for decades led his horse forward and asked in a low voice, "Master Shao, let's go back to the inn in Wuchang Mansion first?" ”

"No, wait a minute."

Shao Fang shook his head, and when he looked at the side of the road for a while, he found that it was not a sedan chair carried by four people, whether it was Zhou Xianzun or Lei Jigu, they were all riding horses, and the Hui Gang and the Dongting Shang Gang were also riding horses, and the feeling of uncertainty in his heart was even deeper. After muttering for a while, he thought that he was still a master and bold after being accustomed to the wind and rain. Finally, he said in a deep voice: "Follow behind those who are watching the excitement." Go to Hankow Town! ”

The Hanyang County Order, which is in charge of Hankou Town, came. The supervision of Huguang came to the imperial history, and for a while, the town of Hankou was full of chickens and dogs, and it was a mess. Even those other merchant gangs who had watched the Hui Gang and the Dongting Merchant Gang fight in full swing before, and secretly gloated, at this moment, a series of orders were issued from the top to the subordinates, ordering them to restrain their subordinates, so as not to poke out any baskets under the noses of the government officials.

And what Zhou Xianzun was most worried about was that Qin Bantou's trip was empty. Therefore, not long after arriving in Hankou Town, the messenger hurriedly came to report that the broker Feng Liu had been caught, and he was relieved. When he turned his head to look at Wang Fulin, he found that the only son of Mr. Qianmenguan was being questioned by Lei Jigu. He himself had tasted the sharp words of the Thunder Plague God, and he couldn't help but sweat for Wang Fulin. But the most important thing is to close the case at this time, and he can only ignore Wang Fulin's situation for the time being, and immediately said in a deep voice: "In this case, I will borrow the Dongting Guild Hall of the Dongting Merchant Gang." This county and Lei Shiyu interrogated this person together! ”

Wang Fulin really realized that he could make corrupt officials frightened and call them plague gods. The people are grateful to the Lei Jigu that Dade called the blue sky, how difficult it is. Lei Jigu has always been questioning him for details, perhaps because the judge is used to it, and the tone of interrogation is not there, and the tendency to induce confessions is obvious. It's just that he can't go too far with this Gao Gong's love for this high arch, after all, Gao Gong is still the first assistant and has not stepped down, not to mention that Lei Jigu may be able to continue to gain a foothold without relying on Gao Gong. Therefore, he could only deal with it patiently, perfunctory, and pretend to be stupid and cute, and use all kinds of tricks, which supported the Dongting Hall.

He breathed a sigh of relief and secretly said that he was finally liberated, but when Lei Jigu followed Zhou Xianzun into the Dongting Hall with his back, why didn't he secretly weigh Wang Fulin's slippery head? However, he didn't care if Wang Fulin meant it or not, and what the purpose was, so he was completely attracted by the business.

But it turned out that at this moment, Feng Liu, a native of Shaoyang, Baoqing Mansion, was escorted to kneel, and then kowtowed like garlic and said that he also listened to the ideas instigated by others. Hearing that all these guys were pushing things on others, this iron-masked plague god, who was known for his judgment of cases like a god and his impartiality, finally couldn't help it.

"Who instigated you? What price do you pay? Where is this man now, and what evidence do you have that he instigated you? All of these things are really recruited by this constitution! ”

Lei Jigu had almost never opened his mouth in public before, and at this time, as soon as he became powerful, that Feng Liuyi thought of Lei Qingtian's great reputation, and then came into contact with the gaze that seemed to be like a sharp arrow, and trembled when he landed, and it took a long time before he stammered: "I don't know that person, but he is definitely not a local, and he has a southeast accent, which is not the same as the Huizhou people." This man gave me ten taels of silver, instigated me, and asked me to find a businessman in the Dongting merchant gang who could speak well and bring up the matter. The small ten taels of silver have not been used yet, it is an ingot of official silver, and the villain can't get other evidence, but what the villain said is true! ”

Hearing this, the short and fat businessman, who had just been beaten ten small boards in the lobby and had a sore butt that he could barely sit down, suddenly became angry, rushed forward, and viciously choked Feng Liu's neck: "Lao Tzu treats you as a person who can speak, how dare you lie to Lao Tzu like this?" Lao Tzu strangled you to eat something outside the grill! ”

The two were scuffling together, but Lei Jigu didn't care about them at all, and suddenly opened his mouth and ordered: "Where was the Tian family girl before?" ”

The two people in the fight were stunned, but Zhou Xianzun did not hesitate, and immediately let people speak. When Ah Ying dodged and came to the court, she only heard Lei Jigu ask bluntly: "Someone instigated you to find Wang Fulin to administer justice, but someone instigated you to chase the real murderer in court?" Without waiting for Ah Ying to admit or deny it, he added sharply, "Just because your mother treats the heir harshly, you are disrespectful to your heir during the filial piety period, and you misbehave, which violates women's morals, this constitution can reprimand your mother and daughter in the name of righteousness, and quickly recruit this constitution from the truth!" ”

Ah Ying relies on her mother's fierce and domineering on weekdays, relying on the powerful mouth she inherited from her mother, plus she is pretty, others can't always worry about her little woman, and everyone in the neighborhood has to let her score three points. I never thought that Wang Fulin would ignore her beautiful appearance, and Lei Jigu was even more violent! She couldn't help but dodge that gaze for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The person who came to me was also a person with a southeastern accent, in fact, ...... The person who told me which inn Wang Xiaoguan was staying in before. And that person. But I've seen him twice. I haven't seen it since. ”

As for the matter of receiving money, she gritted her teeth and closed her mouth and did not mention it.

But Feng Liu frankly confessed that he was in front of receiving people's money, how could Lei Jigu not guess this section, and he became more and more disgusted with the behavior of the Tian family's mother and daughter. However, relying on such Chen Tang's evidence alone was really not enough, he couldn't help frowning, but at this time. A voice came from the hall: "In the Xin'an Guild Hall, there are many people who are proficient in accents from all over the southeast, why not let them come over and let the witnesses distinguish them?" ”

It was Second Master Bao who spoke, but the way he looked at Wang Fulin revealed the person who really came up with the idea. But no matter what, this is at least a clue, when Zhou Xianzun deliberately glanced at Lei Jigu with an inquiring gaze, and saw that he bowed slightly, he immediately ordered Second Master Bao to go to the Xin'an Hall in person to invite someone. This back and forth. It took about two quarters of an hour, but there were seven people with him. Obviously, Second Master Bao was prepared and invited all the people who were proficient in the local dialects in the southeast.

For a while, I only listened to the official words with various dialect accents in the public court, but whether it was Feng Liu or Ah Ying, they always shook their heads in denial. If you don't know that you have tried more than ten or twenty kinds, just when Zhou Xianzun was already a little impatient, Lei Jigu suddenly keenly noticed that after a man who had just been replaced said two sentences, Feng Liu and Ah Ying's faces changed slightly. Before he could ask, Feng Liu immediately said loudly: "That's it, it's official words with this tone." ”

"That's right." Ah Ying saw that Lei Jigu looked at her as if she could cut a piece of flesh from a person's body, and nodded hurriedly, "It's indeed very similar to the tone of this person's speech." ”

Although he was forcibly pulled over by Master Bao Er to testify, the person who spoke was still startled when he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him, and hurriedly explained: "This is official dialect with a Danyang accent!" ”

Sure enough, it's Danyang!

Wang Fulin didn't do this before, because he didn't want to startle the snake, whether it was Feng Liu or Ah Ying, it was easy to have problems if he moved early, so he could only delay it at this juncture to confirm. It turns out that those who can pound will pound wherever they go. If you want to blame Shao Fang, you can only blame Shao Fang for being too big, and she would confide her true identity in front of the person sent by Second Master Bao to keep an eye on. Otherwise, who would have thought of him?

Second Master Bao heard the report from his subordinates that the person who was being followed claimed to be Shao Fang, the hero of Danyang, confirmed his guess at this moment, and he was shocked and angry, but more relieved. Tan Mingfang, He Yun and others also heard Wang Fulin mention Shao Fang, and they also had mixed feelings at this moment.

And Lei Jigu's face was calm, but his heart was full of turbulence.

Because this accent he had just heard yesterday, it was not the accent of the man who sent him the letter on Gao Gong's orders? He heard that Hanyang was rushing back in Xiangyang, and as soon as he came back, he was visited by someone. The person who came claimed to be Danyang Shao Fang, he had heard of the rumors of Gao Gong's reappearance that were quite circulating in Shilin, and knew that it was this Shao Fang, as a common person, who single-handedly manipulated the matter of Gao Gong's reappearance, just because Shao Fang did not talk about favors or other serious matters, he just wanted to go back and write a letter to Gao Gong, and remind this grace minister not to have too deep a relationship with such reckless people.

Who knows, it is likely that this Shao Fang single-handedly provoked this fight between the two major merchant gangs!

"How can it be!"

Hearing Lei Jigu scolding like this, Zhou Xianzun slapped the armrest hard, as if he was furious: "Pass on this constitutional order, immediately take two witnesses, visit Hankou Town, and find out the people!" ”

Lei Jigu knew that Zhou Xianzun was looking for someone like a needle in a haystack, and it was likely that he would not find anything, so he was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Benxian is good at painting, tell the appearance of the traitor who bewitched you, Benxian personally draws it, and when the time comes, he will be wanted immediately in the land of Huguang!" How can such stubborn and despicable people be indulged! ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Fulin was surprised and admired.

He didn't believe that Lei Jigu hadn't tasted it at this time, but this Huguang Inspector was so resolute according to the imperial history, and he was obviously really angry, and he planned to take down people at all costs, even regardless of whether people had an old relationship with Gao Gong!

This is the praise of all the people, the fear of corrupt officials, the thunder and the true nature of the thunder plague! (To be continued......)