Feng Manlou came to the second hall, which was the place where several officials in the county government discussed their meetings, and the wing room where everyone worked was also next to each other. The official at the door signaled that Liu Du's first few people could not enter.

Wei Zhongshu had just returned from Xiao Zongxun, and he already had an idea in his heart, and he had communicated with a few people in advance. What Feng Manlou didn't know was that what he had to face was the siege of three people, of course, only verbally.

Wei Zhongshu and the three of them hurriedly got up and saluted Feng Manlou, Feng Manlou hugged his fist, which was regarded as a return salute, and sat down to the main position, this is the position of the county master, marked in this place, it is the owner of this position who has the most power, of course, it is not necessarily that he has the final say.

"I don't know if Lord Wei hurriedly invited this official over, but what official business do you have?" Feng Manlou asked, the atmosphere was so serious, Feng Manlou had no choice but to speak in a businesslike tone.

Wei Zhongshu picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "That's the case, the county originally arrested thieves, patrolled the streets, and inspected the streets, and had the ability to do Xiao Zhang's business, but Lord Xiao had committed suicide. So, therefore, this morning, the clerks in the torture room handed over the matter to Lord Hu. ”

Feng Manlou felt that there seemed to be a murderous aura in the air, as if a knife and axe hand was buried, but Feng Manlou also knew that this was impossible, not to mention anything else, now Sun Hu Wang Ying was outside, as long as he shouted, the two of them could rush in at any time, of course, if they had a good one, these people would also follow the burial. I believe they are not so stupid, although Feng Manlou suspects that Zhang Xiaocai's thief is instigated by one of them, or even by this gang.

Wei Zhongshu's words can be regarded as a start, and it can be regarded as a throwing, after all, in officialdom, everything has rules. People with high official positions have not spoken, so how can it be the turn of people with low official positions to speak? Even if everyone's goal is the same today, Hu Weishan can't steal the limelight from Wei Zhongshu.

Finally it was his turn to speak, Hu Weishan hurriedly said: "In the morning, the master of the torture room, Dai An, told him that the prisoner Zhang Xiaocai died suddenly and violently during the interrogation. Therefore, it is recommended that Liu Jinbao, the head of the capital involved in this matter, arrest Wang Ying and suspend him for investigation! ”

Feng Manlou didn't answer, but turned his head and asked Wei Zhongshu, "What does Lord Wei mean?" ”

Wei Zhongshu hurriedly said: "Master Hu and Master Dai were not present at that time, they may not be familiar with the situation at that time, and the confession of the prisoner has not been found. Therefore, Xia Guan believes that this kind of thing of chasing after the wind and shadows cannot be done. But ......"

Feng Manlou knew that what Wei Zhongshu wanted to say was behind this. Sure enough, I only heard Wei Zhongshu continue: "However, Liu Jinbao, as the head of the capital, arrested Wang Ying quickly, and it is true that the two of them used lynching on people without the permission of the officials, and it is also true that people died in prison cells. Xia Guan thought that the two should be held responsible! ”

Feng Manlou came up with a sullen breath, and he really didn't want to deal with them, but he knew that now was not the time to be silent, and he was prepared to see that he was prepared, so he could only refute it.

"The criminal was captured by Wang Ying himself, and it is understandable to participate in the interrogation, and Liu Jinbao, the head of the capital, is the head of the county, and the task of arresting thieves is also within his responsibility, and their interrogation is with the permission of the county. Why do you have to take responsibility now? The most important thing is that the death of the offender was found out by poisoning, which is another case in itself, so why should he be held responsible? In this case, this person will not be able to be interrogated? ”

Feng Manlou grasped the facts, and could only treat the poisoning of the prisoner as another case, and take out Liu Jinbao and Wang Ying first.

Wei Zhongshu said: "Since there is an adult's permission, this is not considered to be acting beyond his authority, but during the interrogation, he did not pay a little attention, so that the person was killed like this, a crime of dereliction of duty, and he could not escape." If the adults are partial all the way, it is against the law of the country. Even if the criminal was poisoned and died, it should be dealt with in a separate case, but the two of them were next to the prisoner and did not find out, which is also a serious dereliction of duty! ”

Wei Zhongshu had already thought of the rhetoric, where was the room for Feng Manlou to argue, step by step rhetoric, step by step serial sets, and was beginning to put on Feng Manlou's neck.

Of course, Wei Zhongshu didn't think about using this matter to hold Feng Manlou responsible, first, this matter was completely itchy for the magistrate, and even caused no harm at all. Second, after all, his official position is one level lower, and it is impossible to oppress others with his official position, so in terms of the momentum of his speech, he is not so domineering, but he is just unrelenting.

Feng Manlou was so angry that smoke came out of his seven orifices, and these people had just instructed people to assassinate, but the assassination could not be done, so they came to do this. Now that Liu Jinbao has fallen to his side, if he can't defend him, then he will really become a loner in the county government in the future, so Liu Jinbao must be kept no matter what.

Thinking of this, Feng Manlou had no choice but to say: "The situation that night, everyone who was doing it, did not have personal experience, and I don't know what the specific situation was, but the poisoning of the person was personally examined, and it had nothing to do with the two officials. ”

"Besides, the two of them were also personally interrogated by the county, which is also reasonable and legal! Now that Lord Wei is not reluctant, can the county be held jointly and severally responsible? ”

"Lord Hu, although you are in charge of the case in the countryside and patrolling, but the prisoner died in the county office, and the county office is also the place where Lord Hu works, so Lord Hu also has to bear the responsibility for dereliction of duty!"

"Lord Wei, as the official who directly manages the county government, his subordinates are not only derelict in their duties, but also cause the prisoners to be poisoned, so should Lord Wei's responsibility be greater?"

Wei Zhongshu has been preparing for so long, how could it be so easy for Feng Manlou to overthrow? Seeing that Feng Manlou began to implement the strategy of all-out crackdown, he already had a way to deal with it, and said: "It is not impossible for the adults to cross the lower officials and directly arrange personnel for interrogation. But he didn't inform the officials at all. Even if there is no time, or if you are worried about leaking secrets, or if you are worried that the lower officials will interfere indiscriminately, the lower officials will have nothing to say. However, now that the human interrogation arranged by the adults is out, the story is out, but it seems unreasonable to push it to others! ”

"Before the interrogation, the adults did not inform the officials directly under the central government, Lord Xiao Zhangxiao or Lord Hu, and afterwards, they did not inform the officials directly under the central government, which was a dereliction of duty on the part of the adults and the interrogators. Ask him about the crime of dereliction of duty, it is considered light, and the punishment is heavy, but it is collusion with the suspect with the intention of destroying the evidence of the crime, this is a serious crime, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, it is enough to sentence him to be beheaded after the autumn! ”

Feng Manlou was so angry that his teeth itched, this kid was facing him today, thinking of this, he said: "From the point of view of the process, this county can not inform you, because this case has not yet been closed, and the case of the newborn person who was poisoned has not been closed, and the two cases were originally related to each other, and they are still in the process of investigation." When the investigation is clear, the county will naturally explain to the county's elders and the imperial court! ”

Feng Manlou had no choice but to dismiss Wei Zhongshu's point of view on the grounds that he was still investigating.

At this moment, I heard Qian Weilun interject: "Lord Feng, Lord Wei, it stands to reason that Xia Guan was not in charge of the prison, but the two adults were so arguing that they were hurt and angry, and Xia Guan thought that Lord Feng was right." ”

As soon as Qian Weilun called, he was surprised when he said that the wind was all over the building, could it be that this little old man was not from their side? How can you help yourself speak, there is a problem!

Sure enough, there was a problem, Qian Weilun continued: "Since Wang Ying and Liu Dutou are now under the orders of the adults to investigate, whether they are derelict in their duties is still inconclusive, and it cannot be said that the two are derelict in their duties, but it cannot be said that the two are not at fault, and the lower officials think that it is not too late to find out after the case is closed!" ”

Feng Manlou suddenly felt that something was wrong, they knew that this matter could not bring them down, and they could not get rid of Liu Dutou and Wang Ying, but they made a big fuss about this matter, they must have other intentions, but they had come to this point, and they had nothing to say. This Qian Weilun, on the surface, was giving himself a step, but it turned out that he had forced himself into a corner. Even if there is an abyss under this step, I have to go down!

And Hu Weishan also said: "Xia Guan is now the only county lieutenant in this county, it stands to reason that this case, Xia Guan should personally participate in this case, but the Lord has already personally tried this case, and it is inconvenient for Xia Guan to participate, and I hope that the Lord will investigate the truth as soon as possible, and then inform Xia Guan, so as not to be guilty of dereliction of duty!" Therefore, Xia Guan also agrees with Lord Qian! ”

Okay, you people, singing and harmonizing, you have one mouth, but you can't match your three mouths, so let's see what you have in mind?

Feng Manlou said with a smile: "This is the case, this case, this county must investigate it thoroughly!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden flash outside the door, and a person came in, dressed in an official uniform, about forty years old, less than fifty years old, haha laughed: "This mansion has been listening to it outside for a long time, and everyone has a dispute over this matter, and there is no peace in this county office, which is not good for the people of the county." The government can't stand it anymore. Fortunately, Lord Feng is still a person who understands the general situation, since he has stated that he must thoroughly investigate to the end, this government is very supportive! ”

This person kept talking about the house, plus the landscape pattern embroidered on the official uniform. The officials of the Great Song Dynasty wore official uniforms that inherited the Tang Dynasty, the official uniforms of the first and second grades painted dragons, the third, fourth and fifth grades were landscapes, and the following were flowers and birds.

The official clothing of the Song Dynasty was divided into court clothes, sacrificial clothes, official clothes, military clothes, mourning clothes and time clothes. The court dress is red and red, wearing a white Luo medium single, a large belt of Luo material outside, and a crimson Luo material covering the knees, hanging brocade ribbons, jade chuan, and white silk socks and black leather shoes. In addition to the fact that this court dress is a uniform style, the level of official positions is distinguished by the difference in collocation. It is mainly to make level changes on the patterns on the presence or absence of Zen clothes and brocade ribbons. When wearing court clothes, you must wear the "Jinxian crown",

"Diao Chan Crown" is also known as "cage scarf", which is a crown hat made of rattan silk and painted on it, in addition, there is also a hedgehog crown, which is also a category of Jinxian crown.

The above crowns, that is to say, black gauze hats, but the black gauze hats of the Song Dynasty have two long hat wings, which are the invention of Taizu, which was originally to prevent officials from talking to each other when they go to court and affect the court deliberations. If you turn your head and speak, the pair of hat wings will sway non-stop! But when you usually go out, you don't need to wear it, and you usually wear it when you go to court. Of course, in normal business transactions, it is rare to wear it.