However, he said that several of our brothers were taken to the lobby of the Bohai Yamen as suspects by the officials, and that the Xu County Order had already heard the report and sent a servant to conduct an autopsy, and at the same time sat on the court to try the horse theft case that had just occurred in Liu Yuanwai's mansion.

It turned out that at noon, the horse that the four babies let go of was about to give birth, so Liu Yuanwai asked the horse doctor to see how it was, and it turned out that the horse had escaped. Because of the grass seeds and millet left at the scene, Liu Yuanwai thought that there were thieves who stole them, so he sued the official on the one hand, and sent someone to get them, and was taking the group of bad boys gathered near the City God Temple, and their boss Zou Ping found the horse nearby and was caught and revealed, so he took it to the yamen together. Xu County ordered Su to know that Zou Ping was a petty thief on weekdays, and he first gave twenty boards, and Zou Ping couldn't shout when he hit it, and then the other partners also confessed to stealing melons and fruits from Liu Yuanwai's family nearby, but denied stealing horses. As a result, Na Zou Ping confessed guilty, and admitted that he had stolen the mare to be delivered, intending to keep the cubs and then let the mare go back. Xu Xian ordered Zou Ping to be detained at the moment, but because he was young and ignorant, he was only sentenced to three years in prison. At the moment the case was closed, Liu Yuanwai brought the horses back, and a cadre from the Liu Mansion happened to come in, we happened to see Zou Ping arrested and escorted back to the cell, and several idlers nearby said that he was the thief who stole the horse, stole Liu Yuanwai's horse, and is now sentenced to three years. At that moment, a few of our buddies were surprised, obviously we framed him, how could he easily admit it? So we were taken to the hall, and the men of the Liu Mansion were waiting to be summoned outside, and the four of us knelt below, and the young lady of the Liu family and the housekeeper stood aside as witnesses.

Speaking of this Xu County Order, it makes me very unhappy. The reason is because he has a twelve-year-old daughter. His wife fell in love with my eldest brother, who was smart and clever, so she intended to marry my family several times, but my parents and brother rejected it. Not long ago, I had a falling out because of the township test fee, because this Lord Xu wanted to use this matter to promise his family, but the eldest brother refused, and his words did not look like a thirteen-year-old child at all. Needless to say, the meeting in the lobby this time must be waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, so I secretly made a plan.

Syllable! Xu Daren was born in the hall, and after the two sides were powerful, he asked: Who are you and why were you brought here? Xiao Erzi trembled and said: Xiao ...... The kid is the son of He Da, who makes tea in Xiangfu Village, He ...... Why bother! When I heard this, I smiled slightly: The kid is Nie Chenghai, the second son of Nie Yun from the same village! Oh! Xu Xianling smiled slightly: So, Nie Chengyun is your eldest brother? I looked up and said, "Yes!" The four babies immediately bowed their heads and said: Xiao ...... The kid is also from the same village, Wu Xiaosong, the son of Wu Laosan, who drove the car. Oh? Xu Xianling stroked his beard and said: The name is good, but it doesn't look like your father's name? The fourth baby said: Back to ...... Back to the master, it was Nie Chenghai's eldest brother who changed it for me later! I see! What about you? Xu Xianling pointed with his hand, and Ma Dahan sweated all over the ground: Boy...... The kid is Ma Qingyun, the son of the same village.

Well, then how did you get arrested by the people of Liufu?

Back to the master, the housekeeper arched his hand on the side and said: Just because the young lady is missing, our old man asked to take some nurses with him to find the place where the children often play nearby, because the last time the young lady disappeared, it was taken out to play by the children we didn't know, so this time we found the young lady with them when we arrived at the broken house, so we tied them up and went back to let the old man fall!

So what were they doing at the time?

Well, I think I've made a fire, so I'm going to boil some water and cook something! Butler Road.

It's fish! Xiao Erzi said: I accompanied Miss to catch fish by the river today!

Outrageous! If the official doesn't reply to you, don't interject! Xu Xian Ling shouted, and the little second son immediately lowered his head and fell to the ground and trembled. So the county magistrate turned around and asked: What was the situation when you found the body?

The official sent down the station and replied: "Your Excellency! As soon as the villain entered the room, he found that the messy wood and weeds in the corner of the wall were piled up unnaturally, so he went to pick it up, and found that there was a little blood stain inside, and finally found the woman's body at the root of the wall. According to years of experience in handling cases, they died less than half an hour, so they were stopped and brought to trial.

Well, Xu Xianling touched his beard and said: According to what the catcher said, how long have you been in the broken house, but more than half an hour? I immediately replied: Your Excellency! The little people have been playing by the river, Miss Hou is thirsty, so let Wu Xiaosong go to fetch water, and then we came to the broken house, less than two moments Wu Xiaosong took water back, we were just about to start a fire, and we were brought by the people of the Liu family! The master said on the side: It seems that not long after the crime, several children came to the house! Xu Xian Ling hummed and asked, "Then you didn't notice that there was a woman in the corner of the house?" I said: The boys are all concerned about playing with Miss Liu, how can they pay attention to all this? Adults should thoroughly investigate whether there are any witnesses to the suspect in the vicinity of the crime! Xu County Order, huh? said in a loud voice: What do you mean by your kid's words, is it questioning the official's ability to handle cases? I immediately bowed my head and said: Don't dare, kid! Xu Xianling smiled slightly: A few of you do some good things on weekdays, but you don't know when you are an official? Even if it has nothing to do with the dead woman, you dared to abduct Miss Liu at a young age, and this official will punish you now! Come on, put these four boys in prison, and come out tomorrow in the form of corpses for another trial! A cadre of witnesses must be present and leave the court! After that, a few officials came and pulled a few of us down. When the little girl of the Liu family saw that we had been taken away, she cried incessantly, and the housekeeper had to carry her back home in her arms.

In prison, Ma Dahan cried: If my father knew that I was in prison, he would definitely be distressed! Xiao Erzi said: Now the brothers are going to take the tank for others, big brother, you have a good brain, save the brothers! Siwazi said: That horse was obviously stolen by us, how can Zou Ping admit it? No...... He suddenly whispered: It can't be him! It's possible! The little second son patted his thigh and said: The time is just right! I patted Ma Dahan on the shoulder and said: You kid is really useless, why are you crying? We're not murderers yet, we're just slightly suspicious, otherwise how could we be locked up together? Wouldn't that give us an opportunity to confess? Ma Dahan stopped crying when he heard it and said: That's right! Xiao Erzi said: Why does the county lord still lock us up? Siwazi said: Didn't he say it? We must be punished no matter what, that is, we are going to be cut off from abducting Miss Liu? Da Han, how to judge according to the law, do you know? Ma Dahan swiped his tears and said: The abducted girl will be cut off for ten years, ah! The four babies were taken aback. However, Ma Dahan continued: Miss Liu is willing to go with us, so it is not an abduction, even if it is counted, it will be imprisoned for a year, not to mention that we are all children, if we want to be lightly punished, it will probably be a twenty account! Hit the board? Xiao Erzi said: Big brother, you didn't plan this, did you? I smiled slightly: Of course, the plan has been planned, if the Liu family does not come to the door, it will be fine; If it is given to Master Liu for processing, it is probably an apology, and at most a few mouths will be taken down by people; If it alarms the government, it will be twenty boards. But Zou Ping and they were miserable, and the horse theft had to be at least three years in prison, and they had to pay a fine of five taels of silver. Do the math, our buddies don't suffer. So since Zou Ping confessed to stealing horses, he must be a murderer? Siwazi asked. Well, I don't know, there must be ghosts anyway. But our buddies don't have to be afraid, since Zou Ping admits to stealing horses, then as long as our buddies follow along, with Miss Liu's family as a witness, it will be fine! I lay down and said. So the brothers were relieved, and they hastily ate the nest and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, the cell boss woke us up, and it turned out that Ma Dahan's father came to see us, saying that several people had asked him to take a good look. Ma Dahan was naturally overly frightened, and he was extremely excited when he saw his father. But it's not the same with my second son and my fourth child, because we really didn't do anything, so we were more calm. As a result, Daddy Ma whispered: The case you were involved in, I heard that the autopsy results came out, but the deceased person was Zhang Jieyuan's concubine, who was fatally injured in the neck with a knife, and was raped by the corpse after death. So you children, say what you know as soon as possible, if you are entangled in this kind of case, it will be very harmful! We were all surprised, thinking that Zou Ping was only fifteen years old and could do that kind of thing! Seeing that we were all scared enough, Daddy Ma said: Tomorrow the court will open to ask the case, you must know everything, and say everything! Especially you, he pointed at me and said, your eldest brother told me to tell you, no matter what you have done, it is best to say it, otherwise Xu County will go to jail if you do not tell the case if you do not tell the case! I nodded immediately. So Daddy Ma was taken out by the cell boss. We children sat there in a daze, and we didn't say anything all night.

Early the next morning, the gate of the county government was crowded with people, and it turned out that those in the county town who had nothing to do heard that Zhang Jieyuan's concubine had died, so they naturally wanted to come to see the excitement. The families of our four children also ran outside the lobby to watch nervously, and only my eldest brother still went to the construction site outside the city to earn the 120 yuan. So our four little buddies and Na Zou Ping were summoned to the hall, and Miss Liu was held by the housekeeper to stand aside and wait early, and when she saw us coming in, she made a lot of noise, and the housekeeper had to keep comforting her. We were all taken aback when we met Zou Ping, and the little second son said: Isn't your case closed? Zou Ping snorted and ignored us, but kept squinting at us all the way, so we looked at each other unpleasantly, and were pushed to the bottom of the hall by the official and knelt there.

Syllable! Zou Ping! Lord Xu shouted at the moment, Zou Ping was taken aback and immediately fell to the ground and said: The grass people are here! As he spoke, sweat fell to the ground. Master Xu continued: Now that these children have identified you as the murderer of the corpse, you can confess your guilt! When Zou Ping heard this, he raised his head and shouted: Wronged! Adults are wronged! They...... They are pure false accusations! A few of us were taken aback when we heard it, how could we have identified him? As a result, Lord Xu took out a document and said: Last night, Lord Ben guessed that it must not be an accident that these boys appeared in the dilapidated house, so they were in a room and sent someone to listen to them, and sure enough, they confessed that Liu Yuanwai's horse was stolen by them, and thought that you Zou Ping was probably the real murderer! Besides, since you are not the real murderer, how can you admit to the horse theft case? Zou Ping said in a panic: My lord is wronged! I stole the horse myself, so how can I take their word for it? Master Xu smiled and said, "Then how did you steal that horse?" Zou Ping thought for a while: I saw that there was no one around, so I ...... and took it away......

Nonsense! Confess how the horse was stolen by your design! As he spoke, Lord Xu looked at us. When the little second son heard this, his legs weakened and sat on the ground, and the fourth baby and Ma Dahan were also stunned and speechless. So I said: The horse was I hid in the back wall of Liu's house, threw it in with a bundle of grass and millet, led the horse to eat, and after coming out of Liu's house, I pumped its eyes, causing it to run all the way to the City God Temple, but I couldn't catch up, so I had to go back to find my brothers, and went to Liu's house to make trouble, I didn't want to meet Miss Liu, so I was greedy for a while, and then I went to the broken house with everyone...... Zou Ping was shocked when he heard this, because he didn't expect the process to be so complicated. As a result, the county commander of Naxu was shocked and said: Hmph! You kid seems to be righteous, I think you have admitted the horse theft case? I said: Exactly! I stole the horse alone.

Nonsense! My lord! I stole the horse, didn't you try it yesterday? I even suffered from the board, my lord, you can't go back on your word...... Zou Ping sweated and said. Less nonsense! Xu Xianling shouted, since you didn't steal the horse, why did you recognize each other indiscriminately! Could it be that you really committed murder?

No! Adults are not! Brat...... The boy didn't steal a horse, he just ...... I just did something unspeakable, so I ...... Zou Ping Zhiwu said.

What's the matter? Why can't you say it? Xu Xianling asked.

Is that...... Is that...... Zou Ping's face turned pale, and he trembled his hands and said: I took the jade jade pendant and fifty taels of silver from the woman...... He bowed his head and said.

I see, so why don't you come to sue the official? When you saw the wealth, you first pressed it, but now you say, before you see the woman, can there be a suspicious person? Xu Xianling asked.

Be...... It was Zhang Jieyuan, Zou Ping suddenly raised his head and said: I saw Zhang Jieyuan and his concubine come to break the house for a private meeting, and I think it was a secret, so I eavesdropped on one or two, and I didn't want to say that Zhang Jieyuan suddenly pushed the door and ran out. I stayed there for a while and ran in to look, and the woman died in the corner. I was scared at the time, but I found that she had a jade pendant on her, so I took it and took away fifty taels of silver from her, so I was worried that the government would find out, so I covered it with firewood and grass, and then I ran to the temple and found the horse......

Hum! I see that you still missed something, after you searched for your property and found that Zhang Li was beautiful, you were moved, so you insulted the other party despite the fact that the other party had not yet lost his breath, such a vicious act, you think you can hide it from the official! Xu Xianling glared at him angrily, and he immediately fell to the ground and fainted. So Lord Xu asked the official to put a handprint on him, dragged him back to the prison and waited for it to be released. At this time, he was shocked and said: Arrest Zhang Jieyuan immediately and go to the case for retrial! As for the case of the Liu family's horse theft, he looked at me and said: Do you know that Liu Yuanwai's family not only lost the horse, but because the horse was about to give birth, Liu Yuanwai hung a string of agate prayer beads on the horse's neck.

I said: I think the horse passed through Zou Ping's hand, and it should be in Zou Ping's hand......

Hum! This official has already been looked for, and there is no such thing! Since you admit to stealing horses, you will know the whereabouts of the hanging beads!

I panicked: When I stole the horse, I only thought about blaming Zou Ping, but how did I take care of those beads? I think it's halfway to the loss, and I expect the adults to see it!

Even so, the loss of the beads is also because of you, the official asked Liu Yuanwai, the value of the hanging beads is fifty yuan, if you take out fifty yuan, you can not care, if you can't take it out or others on your behalf, the official can't allow it!

How do I get 50 bucks? I think that the hanging bead was stolen by others halfway, and the adults didn't arrest the person who stole the beads, why did they put these silver coins to pressure the kid, and the kid didn't accept it! I straightened up.

Hum! It's clear that you have nothing to do, how can you still need to be verified by the official? If you can't come up with fifty yuan, you will have to eat more lawsuits, and you should think carefully, and I will deal with you tomorrow! Come on, let the other three boys out of the twenty blame, and tell them to be honest people in the future, and stop doing nonsense! As for this kid, take me back to prison, and tomorrow I will be tried together with the case of the Li family, and I will leave the court! With that, he got up and walked into the back hall. So my brothers were dragged out into the street crying and screaming, beaten twenty boards in public, and were taken back by the family, and although I was not beaten by the board, I confessed to the horse theft case, and naturally I could not get out.

That night, Liu Yuanwai rushed to my house, and it happened that the rest of the families were discussing at my house, and Liu Yuanwai got straight to the point: A few rest assured, no matter what you say, this case is exaggerated by the county master. Now that my horse has been recovered, although these boys usually have a lot of complaints about me, the old man will not take the opportunity to retaliate, in short, I have just met Master Xu and withdrawn this case. However, Lord Xu thought that the case of horse theft could not be investigated, but the theft of the beads was a real fifty-pass theft case, and he was the parent official who had to take care of it. Although I don't care about the hanging beads, it seems that Lord Xu is quite dissatisfied with your second boy and intends to make things difficult. Liu Yuanwai had expressed his willingness to pay the fifty yuan before, but the lord said clearly that no one was allowed to pay on his behalf, obviously he had other plans, so the old man came to tell you, I hope you understand that this matter is definitely not the old man and I fell into the ground, it is really that Lord Xu is hindering it.

Big Brother Dao: It seems that the old man deliberately made it difficult for us because of the last incident, how can this be good?

The four babies grinned and said: The conscience of heaven and earth! Oops! When I stole the horse, I saw the bead, but I didn't know that it was fifty times, and I thought it was an ordinary ornament, so I didn't pay attention to it, how do you know...... His father said: Forget it! It's too light for Lord Xu to beat you on the board, if you do that kind of thing again, let the adults beat you for forty boards!

The little second son cried and said: The eldest brother took the charge alone, but now he is suddenly accused of an inexplicable crime, how can it be good? Even if we go together to share the charge of stealing horses, we really can't come up with the fifty yuan!

The eldest brother suddenly patted his head and said: It's better to be like this, like this, what do you think? So Liu Yuanwai said very well, so he did it! After everyone discussed, they went home.

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