There is a big man with eyes like copper bells and a nose like a scalper on Mr. Ye's side, this man has great strength, and with a big stick in his hand, he swept down several officers and soldiers in a row, rushed to the cave, and joined Mr. Ye. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, helping him resist the officers and soldiers, and he rushed directly to the city gate.

The latch of the door with the thickness of the bowl mouth was lifted by him, and he opened the city gate closely.

"Brothers,!" As soon as the city gate opened, the old cow shouted, and the first one ran out of the city.

Mr. Ye was not lazy, and the second one rushed out. The rest of the crowd fled one after another. Everyone knows that those who fall behind and are surrounded by officers and soldiers are certain to die. This time, Mr. Ye's subordinates and Zou Feng's gang were all red-eyed, and everyone moved forward desperately.

Seeing that the other party was red-eyed, the officers and soldiers were a little timid, and let more than 20 people rush out one after another. Han Lian endured her injuries and desperately pulled Zou Feng out of the city with Zimei.

In this world, sometimes he wants to die, but he can't die, and the more he is afraid of death, the easier it is to die. The one who was cut off one of his hands by Tie Qiu thought that he would definitely die, who would have thought that because he was brave enough to move forward, he held a knife in his left hand and opened the way for Zou Gongzi, and he rushed over safe and sound.

The officers and soldiers who rushed to hear the alarm finally arrived, and when they arrived, only a few unlucky people were left behind, and everyone joined forces and slaughtered easily.

In the battle just now, it was only half a pillar of incense, Yue Su was already asleep at that time, and when he heard the news and led the only nearly 100 cavalry to arrive, everyone fled for a long time. Even so, Yue Su also sent Tie Qiu to lead the cavalry to chase after him immediately, and he must be alive.

A total of more than 20 enemies were killed in the city, most of them wore the tokens of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and only five people did not have them, and these five people were naturally Zou Feng's subordinates. Yue Su naturally wouldn't have thought that these were two groups of people, after all, the people of the Dragon Slaying Gang might not necessarily carry the token with them at all times.

Nearly 30 officers and soldiers were killed and more than 30 were wounded, so it can be said that the death of such a small number of people was completely due to the other party's unintentional love of war and the help of archers.

Yue Su inquired about the situation at that time with the general manager of the city, and learned that the enemy could have more than forty numbers, which coincided with the number said by Tie Qiu, and it seemed that all the rebels in the city had fled.

Angry is angry, but this is already the case, and the guards guarding the city gate are not without their best efforts, and it can only be said that the enemy is too strong. In desperation, Yue Su wrote all over the place, so that the soldiers and horses were not used, and the province tossed back and forth.

When it was dawn, Tieqiu returned with the cavalry. He did not scatter the men and horses, but concentrated on chasing, you know, the other party is a bandit, there are not many cavalry, if they are scattered, they encounter the enemy, they don't know who killed whom, and they give the horses to others casually.

Tie Qiu also gained along the way, and caught up with three rebels one after another, but these three people were also tenacious, and all of them fought to the death. Iron Blade searched for Dragon Slayer Tokens on them, and all of them were iron plates. This time, the people in the Dragon Slaying Gang, all the brands searched out were iron cards, which showed that they were the core members of the gang. It's a pity that there is no one alive.

For the soldiers who were killed and wounded in battle, Yue Su gave a good price for the soldiers, and the dead were given fifty taels of silver, and the wounded were given ten taels of silver, and those who had nothing to do were also given two taels each. However, this was limited to the soldiers who guarded the gates, and when the reinforcements arrived, the battle was almost over, and it was time to clean up the battlefield, and what to reward.

The wounded soldiers, holding heavy pieces of silver, grinned. Although adults usually pick the door, when there is something, it is still really rewarded. If you are not injured, you can't wait for why you didn't get a knife, anyway, it's all public-funded medical treatment, and those ten taels of silver are enough to live happily.

Lord Yue is not short of money now, and he has copied so much silver, he can act cheaply, reward meritorious soldiers, and keep an account.

The assassination incident was completely deducted from the head of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and there was nothing going on in the city, Yue Su was ready to cross the Yellow River and continue to distribute winter clothes to the north bank.

But on this day, a guest came from outside the county government and sent a name post, asking to see Zou Jiaren by name.

Zou Jiaren is now in the lobby with Yue Su and Luo Zhenqiang, discussing the matter of crossing the Yellow River, and the official outside the door reported, "Three adults of Qiqi, there is a person who claims to be called Qi Shijiao outside, and he has a name here." ”

Yue Su had never heard of the name of Qi Shijiao, but Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang knew it. Especially Zou Jiaren not only knows each other, but also is an old acquaintance. Qi Shijiao is Fang Congzhe's protégé, the leader of the Qi Party, when Fang Congzhe gained power, Qi Shijiao was hot, and everyone came to stammer. Later, Fang Congzhe fell, and he invited himself in March of the first year of the Apocalypse, so when Yue Su entered Beijing, he was no longer in the imperial court, so he didn't know him.

As a member of the Qi Party, as soon as Zou Jiaren heard that Qi Shijiao was coming, he knew that there must be something important, so he took the name card and went out to greet him in person. Bringing Qi Shijiao into the lobby, Zou Jiaren introduced each other, Yue Su heard that it was an old-timer, and hurriedly greeted each other, and then the two of them retired and went to the back office to talk.

When he arrived at the duty room, closed the door, and sat down, Zou Jiaren said: "Brother Jingchu, you are not in Laiwu's hometown, why did you come here, is something wrong?" ”

Qi poetry teaches the word Jingchu.

"Ted, I can't hide it, I did have one thing to ask for this time." Qi Shijiao said.

Ted is Zou Jiaren's character.

"Between you and me, what do you want or not, there is something but it doesn't hurt to say, as long as the foolish brother does his best, he will definitely do it."

"There is such a case, I think you have heard that it is the case of Zhang Xiang, the son of Zhang Guozhu, the son of Zhenbei Bo, who was poisoned at the Longmen Conference." Qi Shijiao said.

"I was present at the Dragon Gate Meeting, and I remember that there was a student who died in the ring, and the autopsy said that it was a sudden death from heart disease, and I don't know if it was a person."

"That's him. I heard that at the beginning, the autopsy said that it was a sudden death from heart disease, but half an hour later, a corpse mutation occurred, and it was determined that he died of poisoning. Shi Tong, the prefect of Luoyang, tried the case, and it was difficult to find the murderer at first, but he couldn't resist the urging of Zhenbeibo three times and twice, and finally designated Wei Hanming, who was competing with Zhang Xiang on the same stage, as the murderer, saying that he poisoned Zhang Xiang because of jealousy and hatred. Wei Hanming said otherwise, although there was no evidence, how could he bend into a trick, and finally be convicted of a capital crime. This Wei Hanming's father, Wei Rupo, used to be the imperial history of Shandong Province in the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and he was familiar with me and was also a fellow believer. He died in office, and before his death, he entrusted Wan Yinke to take care of his son in the same year, Wan Yinke had just been transferred from Henan to Shandong to serve as a student and politician, and the Wei family went to ask him to intercede before the case was finalized. For this matter, Wan Yinke made a special trip to Luoyang, but who expected that he would not buy it at all, and he was condemned to death. Wan Yinke had no choice, he ran to Laiwu to ask me for help, everyone is the same way, how can there be a reason not to save when you see death. But now, I am idle at home, and it is useless to speak, thinking of your government in Henan, Shi Tong's top boss, I hereby rush here, I hope you can help exonerate and save Wei Hanming's surname. ”

In the final analysis, the problem is very simple, whether it is Wei Hanming's father, or Wan Yinke, Qi Shijiao, including Zou Jiaren, everyone is a member of the Qi Party, and if their own people are in trouble, how can they take a hand.

Zou Jiaren thought for a moment and said: "Brother Jingchu, this Shi Tong is a member of the Donglin family, relying on the support of people in the court, and he has never taken me very seriously. And I don't care about prison, so it's hard to say anything about that. However, this case, I don't know if the evidence is conclusive, if it is really as Brother Jing Chu said, it is a trick to be beaten, I can show Brother Jing Chu a clear way. ”

"Oh?" Qi Shijiao listened to Zou Jiaren's previous words, his expression was a little dim, and he was secretly sighing that people were going to tea and cool, but after listening to the latter words, his eyes lit up, and he said, "What is the clear road?" ”

"Brother Jingchu, didn't you also see it just now, Henan Governor Yue Shaobao was sitting in the hall. Lord Yue is known as the blue sky, and if such a case is sued to him, he will take the lead and retry the case. But the premise is that everything is as Brother Jing Chu said, Wei Hanming is wronged. Zou Jiaren said solemnly.

"This ......" Whether Wei Hanming was wronged or not, Qi Shijiao was not sure, he just listened to what Wan Yinke said. After hesitating for a moment, Qi Shijiao made up his mind and said, "Okay, I'll go to the front to see Yue Shaobao." "Anyway, it's a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and it's better to have a chance than nothing.

Subsequently, Zou Jiaren returned to the main hall with Qi Shijiao, and Qi Shijiao did not beat around the bush, and directly told the whole story of the case. expressed the hope that Yue Su would come forward to help retry the case.

Yue Su had already learned about the general situation of this case from the Zhang family, and he had a doubt in his heart, that is, where did this strange poison come from. Such a rare poison, there is not necessarily a place to buy it.

So, Yue Su immediately agreed and rushed to Luoyang in person to find out the case. As for the distribution of winter clothes on the north bank of the Yellow River, Yue Su asked Zou Jiaren and Luo Zhenqiang to go, and asked Li Haoquan to escort the winter clothes. At the same time, he asked people to open the seal and deliver the letter, and asked Ruan Aoyue to bring Xiao Hei to assist.

'Yue Shaved Head' came to Luoyang again, which made the people in Luoyang City a small sensation, and those corrupt officials and local tyrants and bullies were shocked again.

In a big city like Luoyang, there is a pavilion for high-ranking officials to live when they arrive, and Yue Su temporarily stays here as a governor. As soon as he settled down, he took people to the prefect's yamen, and the prefect Shi Tong had a smiling face, and he wanted to invite Yue Su to the flower hall to serve tea, but Yue Su only said that he was talking about business, and he could go to the second hall.

When he arrived at the second hall, Yue Su took the lead and sat down in the public case, this move made Shi Tong's heart tremble, and he served him carefully.

"Master Shi, I remember that during the Longmen Meeting, the headquarters had seen a scholar die in the ring, and at that time, an autopsy was conducted, and it was determined that it was a sudden death from heart disease. Some time ago, I heard that the scholar did not die of sudden heart disease, but died of poisoning, such a strange poison, the Ministry has never seen it, so I was curious and wanted to see what it was. Tell me what this case is all about. Yue Su sat behind the public case and said flatly.

Shi Tong was beside him, and when he saw Yue Su asking about the case, he hurriedly replied: "If you go back to your lordship, this case has now been concluded, and the murderer is the scholar who competed on the same stage with the deceased Zhang Xiang, named Wei Hanming." Now he has truthfully confessed that he poisoned Zhang Xiang because of jealousy and hatred. ”

"Oh, isn't the poison that poisoned Zhang Xiang what is its name?"

"This poison is called colorless poison, according to Wei Hanming's confession, this poison is extremely rare, and he only has a little bit, and in the ring, he took the opportunity to spill it, causing Zhang Xiang to be poisoned." Shi Tong said.

Colorless and toxic? Yue Su really hadn't heard of this name, maybe he was also lonely. He smiled lightly: "Then where did Wei Hanming get this strange poison?" ”

"This ...... Wei Hanming said that it was accidentally discovered from the wild. At that time, he didn't know the name of this poison, and even the name of colorless poison was given by him later. Shi Tong said.

Yue Su nodded, and doubts suddenly arose in his heart. He had seen Zhang Xiang's corpse, and judging from the smell and decay on the corpse, it must be a kind of cruel poison, this kind of poison is not something that can be discovered by accident, how can there be such a coincidence in the world. Don't say anything else, just say how much you found at the time, how do you know if you have a poisonous surname, and whether you have experimented, besides, Wei Hanming is just a scholar, not Langzhong, and he has nothing to do with what medicine to pick in the wild, which needs to be studied.

"Master Shi, can you show the file of this case to the ministry?"

Yue Su said politely, but with his position, he couldn't help Shi Tong to say no. Shi Tong hurriedly sent someone to call the main book, take the file, and give it to Yue Su.

The dossier was brought, and Yue Su opened it and read it carefully. In addition to the confession drawn by Wei Hanming himself, there is no conclusive physical evidence, and the human evidence only proves that Wei Hanming sent a few sentences of scratch after the hospital examination because he did not get the first place in the examination. As for Wei Hanming's confession, it can't stand scrutiny, how to poison it, he didn't specify it, he just said that he took the opportunity to poison him; Where the poison comes from, it is accidentally found in the wild. Such confessions are really not convincing.

After Yue Su looked at it, he said, "Where is Wei Hanming now?" ”

"Now on death row." Shi Tong replied.

"Bring him up, the headquarters has something to ask him."

"Yes, my lord......" Shi Tong Xianyue Su wanted to see the prisoner, and he agreed, but his heart was full of emotions. Wan Yinke came to him, he thought he was a party of Donglin, and he didn't buy the other party's account, and now Yue Su came to care about the case again, and it was never someone from the Qi party who asked him to help overturn the case. But when I think about it, this case is already an ironclad case, and I am not afraid that you Yue Su will investigate it again. So he ordered the head catcher to go and pick up the people.

After a short time, a young man was brought with him, and the young man was dressed in prison clothes, his face was pale, and he was almost dragged through the door, and when he reached the bottom of the stairs, the officer called the prisoner to bring him, and when he let go of his hand, he could not carry the young man, and the young man fell to the ground. You don't have to guess, you know that the punishment is not light.

Yue Su glanced at it and said, "You are Wei Hanming, the person who poisoned Zhang Xiang?" ”

Zhang Xiang was lying on the ground, and he didn't know if he recognized Yue Su when he entered the door, but he said weakly: "It's ......"

From his voice, it is not difficult to hear that it is lifeless. When people become like this, it can be seen how much torture they have suffered, and they don't even have the instinct to survive, and they become numb.

"Wei Hanming, I don't know why you want to poison Zhang Xiang?" Yue Su asked again.

"It's just because I hate him that he is more talented than me...... I don't ...... convinced," Wei Hanming said numbly.

"Then what kind of poison did you use, and when and how did Zhang Xiang poison him?"

"The name of the poison is colorless poison...... It was when the Longmen Tongtai competed on the stage...... took advantage of the opportunity to ...... poison "Not to mention, it is really the same as the reply given by Shi Tong."

"A good one took the opportunity to poison, then the ministry wants to hear it, what opportunity did you take advantage of the poison, and how did this poison come to Zhang Xiang?"

Wei Hanming didn't answer this question immediately, and after a while, he said weakly: "My lord...... How did you say it fell on him...... That's how sinners get it......"

(To be continued)