Sun Hu's speed was very fast, and it was too late for Wei Zhongshu to stop him. And it can't be stopped at all, after all, Sun Hu is not an ordinary catcher. On martial arts, Wei Zhongshu can't stop it. In terms of status, although Sun Hu is a fast catcher, he only listens to the wind and is full of buildings, this Wei Zhongshu, the birds are too lazy to bird him!

Soon, Wu Decai dissected the stomach of the corpse and found some food that had not been digested.

Feng Manlou felt a tingling sensation in his throat, and couldn't help vomiting, it seems that he has sore throat again in his life.

A servant had already found a rooster, but he saw the rooster clucking a few times, and when he saw the food, he stepped forward and pecked a few bites. Seeing that everyone was staring at it, it stopped embarrassedly and wanted to run away.

But with ropes tied to his feet, where can he run away. Just clucking and clucking, everyone stared at it one by one, and after a while, the rooster seemed to be tired, and began to lie still in place, and everyone began to try to alarm it, and the rooster began to move its hair. It didn't take long for him to stop moving.

Wu Decai picked up the rooster and looked at it, and said, "It's dead!" ”

It's really poisonous!

Feng Manlou's face changed, this must be murder, since Zhang Xiaocai has confessed that he was instructed by Xiao Zhang, then Xiao Zhang's suspicion is definitely the greatest. It's just why did the murderer know that Zhang Xiaocai had to eat noisily? Why did you know that the jailer who went out to buy things must have bought it for Zhang Xiaocai?

It seems that the current direction of investigation can only start from here. Suddenly, Feng Manlou realized something, could it be that he deliberately delayed time last night, it was a mistake?

Zhang Xiaocai was arrested at that time, and Feng Manlou guessed that someone must have masterminded it, so he deliberately had dinner in Hongbin Building, and he ate for a long time. The purpose is to let the master envoy approach Zhang Xiaocai, of course, in order not to startle the snake and arouse suspicion, Feng Manlou did not send anyone to follow him. Because he believes that this Zhang Xiaocai, as long as he coerces a confession, he will definitely say it.

However, they didn't expect that when Zhang Xiaocai confessed, Wang Ying and Liu Jinbao didn't notify themselves at all, and the confession didn't say anything, obviously the two didn't expect it. It seems that in the future, the task must be clear, and everyone cannot guess. Those who can participate in person must not be lazy, this lesson is still quite profound for Feng Manlou. Now we have to find a way to make up for it.

It seems that one person is short and two people are long, so they want to find an assistant, but now no one dares to use the secretary office of the entire county government, the secretary of the department, who knows if it will be a nail planted by Xiao Zhang and his gang!

Feng Manlou's mind turned, and he suddenly thought of someone coming, it was Li Mubai. Being able to guess in Zhushan that he was helping him shows that this person is cautious and observant. And his later actions showed that he was indeed a person who was upright and knew how to repay his kindness.

It's just that now Li Mubai is going to take the township exam, forget it, let's wait until he finishes the exam, if he really wins, it means that he has no chance with him, if he doesn't win, of course he can invite him over, and he will have more helpers in the future, which should be much better than now.

It's just that he still has to solve the crisis in front of him, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, immediately control the jailer who went out to buy food last night!" This sentence is said to Sun Hu, and now the only person he can trust is Sun Hu.

Sun Hu knew that now adults may be in danger at any time, but thinking of Qingtian Bai, no one should be so bold as to rush into the county yamen to assassinate, but he also has to guard against it. So he hesitated for a moment.

Feng Manlou saw that Sun Hu did not act, and shouted: "Sun Hu, what are you doing, immediately arrest the jailer, and wait for the county to interrogate him personally!" ”

After this toss, the sun has risen early, and it turns out that the time for the government has already arrived.

Wei Zhongshu whispered in Feng Manlou's ear: "My lord, Lord Xiao Zhangxiao committed suicide last night!" ”

"What?" Feng Manlou was taken aback, and said in his mouth: "Why did you kill yourself?" ”

Wei Zhongshu said: "I don't know, when I was in the government just now, Lord Xiao's housekeeper came to report to the official!" ”

Wu Decai is also unlucky today, he has just finished examining a corpse, and now he is going to an autopsy again.

Feng Manlou didn't dare to delay, and now he had no manpower around him, so he had to say to Wei Zhongshu: "Lord Wei, you still sit in the yamen, and the county will personally bring people to check!" ”

Wei Zhongshu seemed to have known that this would be the case, and hurriedly said, "Obey the orders of the official!" ”

Feng Manlou was about to leave, when he suddenly heard someone in the cell shouting for wrongdoing. This voice, as if he was the leader of the singing, he raised his head, and the whole cell cried out for wrongdoing.

The jailers are having a headache now, Li Ermao just bought a meal yesterday, and today he was ordered to take it down by an adult, this adult is not an ordinary easy to mess with.

The jailers took their knives and struck on the wooden fence wall of the cell, shouting: "Shut up, Hugh has disturbed your lordship!" Who doesn't shout wrongs here? ”

But the shouting of the officials did not stop the voices of the prisoners, especially the leader, who shouted the loudest and most miserable.

Feng Manlou really can't help it, even if the jailer says, who doesn't shout wrongs for the people here? But the voice was too miserable.

Therefore, Feng Manlou decided, what kind of person is this person?

Seeing Feng Manlou coming, the man also knew that this person must be an official, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, the villain is wronged, wronged!" ”

Feng Manlou looked at this person, and saw that this person was neither fat nor thin, but he was trained in muscles, and it seemed that he still knew some martial arts. Especially the appearance of the roar, it was very terrifying, and those jailers were too frightened to approach.

A jailer next to him said: "My lord, this person is very murderous, the killing methods are very cruel, and now he is a death row prisoner, just waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded." Or don't go close, so as not to frighten the adults. ”

"Who are you, and why are you crying out?" Feng Manlou asked, not taking the jailer's words to heart at all.

The man hurriedly replied: "Master, the villain's name is Xue Ba, who was falsely accused of murder and was held by the official. In the yamen, the villain was tortured, so he confessed and was questioned as a capital crime. The villain is really wronged! ”

Xue Ba?! Dong Chao?! Dong Chao Xue Ba, aren't these two small characters in the Water Margin, why did they come here.

Of course, Feng Manlou didn't have time to chat with him now, so he just said: "Don't worry, this county is the new magistrate Feng Manlou." He has always acted impartially and will never wronged a good person, but he will not condone a bad person. ”

After saying that, he turned around and left. That Xue Ba still didn't give up, and still shouted injustice, but Feng Manlou had already left with people.

As soon as he came out of the cell, Xiaoyun came over and said that Li Mubai had arrived, and he made an appointment with the young master to go to Hangzhou Mansion together, and he would come to wait for the adults today.

Feng Manlou patted his head: "I forgot now, young master, I'm really too busy, I'll wait two days to meet the prefect." You send him five coils, talk about your heart, and send him one for me! ”

Xiaoyun went to do it.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper of the Xiao family, Feng Manlou took a group of people to Xiao Zhang's house, only to see a white couplet hanging at the door, which said Loyal to the country and hard-hearted.

After entering, I saw the body parked in the courtyard. The market has only been open for a short time, so the coffin has not yet been bought. Feng Manlou also knew the etiquette, and when he arrived in front of the corpse, he put on a stick of incense, and Xiao Zhang's son next to him hurriedly knelt down and returned the salute, Xiao Zhang's son was thirteen or fourteen years old, and when he saw that the person who came was an official, he knew that it was his father's colleague, and his attitude was very respectful. It's just that this one is crying like a tearful person now.

All the people behind followed with a stick of incense, and Xiao Zhang, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old son, was so tired that he couldn't get up for a while, and Mrs. Xiao hurriedly helped her son get up.

Feng Manlou said to Mrs. Xiao: "This official is Feng Manlou of Yuhang Zhi County, and he is a colleague of Lord Xiao. Today, I am here to pay tribute! In addition, there is one more thing to ask for! ”

Mrs. Xiao hurriedly returned the salute and said, "If you have something to say, please speak, the slave family will not hide it!" ”

Feng Manlou asked, "Lord Xiao went home last night, did you have anything wrong?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said, "I haven't seen anything unusual! As usual, after going down, I went back to the study! ”

Feng Manlou asked carefully, "Haven't you eaten at home?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "No, the slave family asked Huzi to invite, but the Xianggong said that he had already eaten outside!" Then he shut himself up in his study, and did not return to his room all night last night. This morning, when it was about to be on duty, I didn't see Xiang Gong come out, so the slave went to call out, but I saw Xiang Gong sitting on a chair, with a knife in his chest, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, and he committed suicide. ”

Feng Manlou asked, "Did a stranger come last night?" ”

Mrs. Xiao hurriedly said, "No! There is a big yellow dog in the yard of the slave house, and if you see a stranger, you will definitely bark wildly. ”

Feng Manlou's face became heavier and heavier, and he didn't believe that Xiao Zhang committed suicide when he killed himself. And when I saw Xiao Zhang yesterday, there was no abnormality at all, and his surname was hearty, so there was really no sign of suicide.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Then Lord Xiao has ever owed money to someone, or offended someone?" ”

Mrs. Xiao cried and said: "Xianggong was originally an official of the imperial court, although the official is low, but there is no shortage of money, and it is more than enough for the family to eat and drink." There is no reason to owe money to anyone. As for the offended people, there are a lot of them, Xianggong is a county lieutenant, and he also manages Yuhang County, there must be people who offend! ”

Indeed, there must be a lot of people who offend, but since Xiao Zhang dares to offend, he is not afraid of retaliation, and no one dares to retaliate against a county lieutenant, what kind of official is the county lieutenant? According to later generations, it was the deputy county magistrate in charge of the Public Security Bureau. If anyone offends him, they are simply looking for death, and it is too late to hide. It's luck not to be troubled by him.

In this way, Xiao Zhang has no possibility of suicide!

Thinking of this, Feng Manlou said: "This county wants to ask for an autopsy, Mrs. Xiao rest assured, this is just a procedure of the yamen!" ”

Mrs. Xiao was embarrassed and said: "Don't hide it from your lord, it's not impossible to conduct an autopsy, but you have to ask the old lady!" ”

Old lady? It should be Xiao Zhang's father.

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