Hearing Ruan Aoyue's shout, Yue Su didn't pay attention to the woman, and rushed into the room with an arrow, and the others followed suit.

At this moment, Ruan Aoyue was standing in front of the window of the upper room, and when she saw Yue Su and the others coming in, she turned over and picked them out, and said, "Come with me, if you are too late, you will run away!" After that, he ignored the crowd and chased the dog.

The others didn't dare to be sure, and they all looked at Yue Su, who didn't have time to see any suspicious signs in the house now, but his intuition told him that Ruan Aoyue was right.

"Chase!" Yue Su was the first to jump out of the window and chased after Ruan Aoyue.

The others saw that Yue Su had chased him out, so how dare they slack off, and jumped out of the window one after another.

This leg rushed, and the strength of everyone was revealed, and the quality of Wuhuai County's catching was obviously not good, and after chasing it out for less than a mile, it was wheezing, and he couldn't run anymore. Jin Cicada, Tie Qiu, Yin Zhu, and the little catcher quickly followed, chasing under a high mountain in one go.

Ruan Aoyue led the dog in front, and several people followed her up the mountain to follow, and when they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they happened to see a young man.

"That's him!" Yin Zhu shouted. When the young man saw Yue Su and the others, he was already panicked, and with this voice, he was even more panicked.

As soon as Ruan Aoyue sent the dog chain, the wolf dog flew up and bit the young man, Yue Su saw this scene, and couldn't help but fall into the memory again, thinking that at the beginning, he cooperated with Li Lan to chase the murderer, Li Lan has always done this, first let the dog bite, and then Yue Su stepped forward to take the person.

When he was stunned, Jin Chan, Tieqiu, and Yin Zhu had already rushed to the young man's side, and with the skills of the three of them, they were not able to catch him, and in the blink of an eye, the young man was knocked to the ground, and then Tieqiu held him down.

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When the prisoner was captured, Yue Su first went to the Wuhuai County Ya to hand over the prisoner, and according to the usual practice, Wuhuai County had to send a messenger to help escort him.

Then he returned to Ruan Mansion with Ruan Aoyue, said goodbye and returned to Yangshuo County, because it was official business, Ruan Zhenmei was inconvenient to stay, so let Yue Su and others stay overnight, prepare some dowry, and send the young couple away. walked with Ruan Aoyue, as well as her personal maid Mei'er. Of course, Xiao Hei also followed.

On the way, Yue Su curiously asked Ruan Aoyue how he found the prisoner jumping out of the window and escaping. Ruan Aoyue said without reservation: "There is a pair of men's socks in that room, and the window is open, so I guess the murderer must have been in too much of a hurry and jumped out of the window to escape before he had time to put on his socks." ”

Her analysis is simple, but it is the most straightforward, similar to the intuition of modern police officers. It was already a luxury to be reborn in the Ming Dynasty and let yourself live another life, and Yue Su never thought that he would be able to see Li Lan again. Now it is not easy to meet a girl who is as smart as Li Lan and has the same interests, Yue Su decided that he must cherish it.

Back in Yangshuo County, Yue Su just asked Jin Chan to lead Ruan Aoyue's master and servant to the back house, and he didn't rest, he went to the back hall to change into official clothes, and immediately promoted to the court and interrogated the criminal.

"Mighty", the young man was escorted to the court, but he was also an acquaintance, and knelt directly on the ground, saying "The grass people knock to see the master".

Yue Su asked loudly: "What is your surname, who is you, and what kind of business have you always made?" ”

"Back to the adult, the villain's surname is Qiu Minghuaili, a person from Huguang and Huangzhou, who has been selling silk since childhood. I said that I would meet a friend in Wuhuai County, and because she was a woman, she went up the mountain to help her chop wood. I don't know why the adults came to arrest him? Suffering from this embarrassment, I was really unwilling, and begged the adults to make it clear. What Qiu Huaili said was neither humble nor arrogant, as if he was on the right track.

Yue Su smiled and said, "You don't have to explain it skillfully, you must know that the evidence is conclusive now, and it is not for you to deceive." You are a businessman, if you don't help each other, why did you kill your partner surnamed Yang in Shilitun, and then seize the vehicle and kill passers-by? The cause of this case is not called quickly! ”

Qiu Huaili wanted to survive, how dare he confess, but he just denied it, "My lord Mingjian!" This is Yin Zhu has a grudge against the villain, and he is involved for no reason. The small number of people is mainly engaged in trade thousands of miles away, and they still think that if there are more villagers, they will take care of them, how can there be a reason for innocent murder. This is the wrongful of the villain, begging the adult to be gracious. ”

"So far, you still want to deny it, the existing Yin Zhu confession is here, the official asks you, why do you ask Yin Zhu to sell silk goods? Where did the descendants who lived with you live in the Confucian store in Shilitun go? Yue Su asked loudly.

"The villain has never entrusted Yin Zhu to sell silk goods. I haven't been to any Shilitun Kong store! ”

"What a bold man, I didn't intend for people to confront you, but I didn't expect you to talk nonsense. Yin Zhu's testimony is put aside for the time being, someone is coming! Will bring me Kong Wanchang from the Kong family store! ”

Seeing that Yue Su was really angry, the messenger didn't look at it past noon, but hurried to Shilitun and brought Kong Wanchang over. At dusk, Kong Wanchang arrived at the hall, Yue Su ascended to the hall again, escorted Qiu Huaili to the court, and then asked: "Kong Wanchang, this official has worked hard for your murder case to arrest the murderer, but he is full of nonsense, does not tell the truth, and it is difficult to conclude the case." You should have seen him when he and a guest surnamed Yang lived in your shop. How old is this man, how long he is, and what are his characteristics, and you will provide for him. ”

When Kong Wanchang heard this, he trembled and said: "This matter has been separated for several days, although I can't remember it very clearly, but I still remember my body shape and appearance." The man was about thirty years old, of medium height, with a long and thin black face. If you talk about the characteristics, that night, when the villain served him wine, under the light, I saw him eating and drinking, and his teeth in his mouth, and his two front teeth were black. ”

Yue Su nodded slightly, and said, "Then let's take a look at the person kneeling beside you, do you know each other?" ”

Kong Wanchang turned his head to look, looked at it slightly, and said loudly: "It's him, it's him......"

So far, Qiu Huaili asked for a heart, and said: "You have never met me, why did you collude with Yin Zhu to enmity me?" ”

Kong Wanchang didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and couldn't help crying loudly, "Guest Qiu, you hurt me so hard!" The old man has opened an inn in Shilitun for more than ten years, and the guests all believe it, and you killed it, and almost gave away his surname. It's not this Qingtian master, where is my way to live. When I first entered the store, you ordered me to take the package, and I had to drink alcohol at night. The next day, give me the house money, you did it alone, and before leaving, you beckoned me to open the door. I don't know that you have a bad heart, and when you go out of the town, you will kill the Yang surnamed Xianggong. One was not enough, and another driver was added. I don't think you have to deny it, this Qingtian lord, I don't know how many doubtful cases have been solved, and if you want to prevaricate, it will be in vain. Then he said: "My lord, the villain just saw that his front teeth were black, please look at it, where else did he confess." ”

When Yue Su heard this, he asked Qiu Huaili's mouth to be opened, and sure enough, his front teeth were black, and he shouted at that time: "Qiu Huaili, what else do you have to say now?" Now that the evidence is conclusive, if it is not truthfully recruited, don't blame the official for using the big punishment! The chain of fire is waiting! ”

The fire chain is the heaviest torture instrument above the public court, and the iron chains are taken from the left and right, burned with coals, and laid on the ground. The four messengers stepped forward and held Qiu Huaili down, and as long as Yue Su gave an order, he would be put on top of the fire chain.

"Are you recruiting or not?" Yue Su shouted again.

Qiu Huaili knew that if he confessed, he would die without doubt, so he closed his eyes and didn't say anything.

"Put him on the rack for me!"

The messenger agreed, lifted Qiu Huaili, dragged him to the fire chain, exposed his knees, and pressed down on the red iron chain. I only heard the sound of "ah", a burst of green smoke, and it was really painful to the bone marrow. Qiu Huaili fell into a coma on the spot, and when he pulled him up again, the skin and flesh of his legs were already scorched, and the smell of fish was everywhere. The messenger took a scoop of cold water and sprayed it on Qiu Huaili's face, Qiu Huaili groaned and slowly woke up. "It hurts......"

"Qiu Huaili! So far, haven't you recruited yet? If you hesitate, there are other punishments for this officer! ”

Facts have proved that there is no character like Sister Jiang among the villains who destroy evil spirits, and after tasting the taste of the chain of fire, Qiu Huaili did not dare to deny it, and said honestly: "The villain has made a living in Huangzhou since he was a child, and then he did some business, went south and north, and he also had a thin family property. Just because I met a widow last year, I spent a lot of money, and after returning to my hometown, I was in debt. This year, there is a descendant surnamed Yang, named Guangqi, who is also a local counterpart, and he made an appointment to buy and sell here. When the villain saw that he had a hundred taels of silver and hundreds of taels of silk, he did not realize that he had a sharp rise in evil intentions, and wanted to put him to death, and got money, and lived and worked in peace with this woman. Although there is this intention along the way, it is just not convenient. This said that passing by the Shilitun place under the rule, I saw that there were still few pedestrians here, so I invested in the Confucian shop. At night, he was drunk with wine, and the next day he set out on the fifth watch, when he had not yet woken up, and reluctantly urged him to walk, and walked out of the town, and slashed him in the back. Just as he was about to take the silver taels from his side, a passing coachman suddenly came by, and he saw it at a glance and said that I was blocking the street and robbing it, and he wanted to make a noise at that time. The villain, fearing that he would alarm the dwelling, hacked him to death, got his vehicle, pushed the parcels, and ran away. Who knew that the more he walked, the more afraid he became, but he happened to meet Yin Zhu halfway, lied to ask him to sell the goods, got him two hundred taels of silver, and pushed the car with him. This is all a villain's real confession, and he knows that the crime is extremely evil, and he only asks for the grace of the adult. I still have an old mother! ”

Yue Su sneered: "Do you remember the old mother, isn't there an old man between Yang Guangqi and the coachman who was hacked to death by you?" Let him draw an offering! ”

After the clerical office asked Qiu Huaili to draw a confession, Yue Su sent him to prison, and after planning to behead him, he applied to the constitution in detail.

As soon as he left the hall, there was a messenger who said that Tong Zhou asked to see him, and Yue Su immediately invited him to the back office to talk. It turned out that before leaving, Yue Su had instructed Tong Zhou to secretly visit Zhou's past behavior, Tong Zhou said that he had found out before, and when he heard that Yue Su was coming back today, he came to report.

The villain was ordered to visit Zhou's neighborhood, and they all said that when Bi Hu was there, Zhou often laughed in front of the street, and there was no reason for a woman, although Bi Hu often restrained, but it was just noisy. On the contrary, after Bi Hu's death, the Zhou family finally said that he could not go out of the gate, and even outsiders refused to see him. At this point, it is very confusing. ”

After hearing this, Yue Su was even more sure that it was an unjust case, but the body was not injured, so it was inconvenient to torture him. After a little pondering, let people invite Yin Zhu.

Yin Zhu entered the door, Yue Su asked him to sit down, and then said: "Yin Zhuang is righteous and Bo Yuntian, Yue Mou was offended a lot before, and the strong man not only ignored the previous suspicions, but also helped solve the case, which really made Yue sweat." With that, Yue Su left the table and walked in front of Yin Zhu, and gave a deep salute, "Please accept Yue's worship." ”

Seeing the county master saluting himself, Yin Zhu was startled, quickly jumped up, bowed and said, "The adult is too polite, this is what the villain should do." ”

Yue Su stretched out his hand to help him, invited him to sit down, and said: "Yue has a reluctant request, I don't know if the strong man is willing to agree." ”

"My lord, please speak, but there is a difference, Yin Zhu is duty-bound." Yin Zhu clenched his fists and said.

"I see that the strong man is strong in martial arts and upright, and I want to ask the strong man to stay in the county government to help Yue support justice and ask for his life for the people." After speaking, Yue Su looked at Yin Zhu with sincere and expectant eyes.

These days, Yin Zhu gets along very well with Jin Chan and Tie Qiu, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, and they are like-minded, of course. He inquired about Yue Su's reputation again, and he was indeed upright and upright and made decisions for the people.

At this moment, I saw Corporal Yue Su Lixian, and sincerely solicited him. Thinking of his friendship with Jin Chan and Tie Qiu, coupled with his own enthusiasm, he just had no way to serve the country, and now the opportunity was in front of him, so he couldn't help but kneel on one knee and said loudly: "Yin Zhu sees the adult, and is willing to serve the adult." ”

Yue Su hurriedly helped him up, and the two sat down again. Yue Su did not shy away from it this time, and told him about Bi Hu's case and his own views.

Although Yin Zhu is a straightforward man, his brain is not stupid, and he immediately heard the taste, "My lord, there must be something greasy in this case, it is likely that the Zhou family murdered her husband with her husband." I wonder what the adults asked me to do? ”

Several subordinates, Jin Chan and Tong Xuan's brains are the most bright, and Tie Qi is more reckless, this Yin Zhu is indeed a thick and fine. Seeing that he could ask this question, Yue Su was very satisfied, nodded and said: "I have come up with a plan to capture and indulge in the past, and I am ready to release the Zhou family back tomorrow. You are a new face, no one in the area of Huangming Town recognizes, I want you to follow Tong Zhutou together, one bright and one dark, if you see someone coming to the door, regardless of men, women and children, all find out the details. ”

"My subordinates understand."

After explaining the matter, Yue Su introduced the two to each other, asking them to familiarize themselves with it first, and said that they would communicate more later. Then let someone arrange a room for Yin Zhu, and leave Tong Xuan to have dinner in the back house tonight.

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The white chopped chicken seems to be a little mushy. Braised fish, why the intestines are still inside, full of fishy smell. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, not to mention the clear yellow, some places are scrambled, and some places are still raw. Stir-fried meat with cucumbers, why do cucumbers turn black......

In the dining room, Yue Su, Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tong Xuan, and Tie Qiu looked at a table of food, staring at each other with big eyes.

"Who fired this?" Yue Su couldn't help but look at the golden cicada.

"It's Madame's maid Mei'er......" Jin Chan said with her head down.

"Oh......" Yue Su nodded helplessly, and then wanted to call Ruan Aoyue and Mei'er over for dinner, but after thinking about it, it was very inappropriate, in that year, the men ate, and the women were not qualified to serve at the table at all. It is expected that the two of them will not starve themselves to the point of starvation, and will definitely be self-reliant

It's just that the dishes on the table are really unpalatable, and just looking at it, my head gets bigger. To tell the truth, in terms of this craft, it is not as good as Yue Su, Jin Chan, and Tie Qiu. There was no way, Yue Su had to ask Tie Qiu to get two more dishes, why didn't he have to fry peanuts and shoot cucumbers.

At this meal, the five people basically drank alcohol, Yue Su was the chief, so it was inconvenient to drink more, and the other four were very happy. Wine is a good thing, the four straightforward men are the more they drink, the deeper their feelings become, a total of three jars of wine, to the first watch, this is the end of the game, each resting.

Yue Su went back to the room alone, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he didn't wait to push the door, he heard a woman's voice from inside, and when he heard the voice, he knew that it was Mei'er. "Miss, how did our lord become an official, I thought you could come over and enjoy the blessings, who knows that there is nothing in the house, this furniture is all old, not to mention, there is not even a subordinate to call, as soon as I come to the door, I will come to cook, it is not good, the one called Tie Qiu is still picky."

Mei'er is Ruan Aoyue's personal maid, the two grew up together, and they have a very good relationship, usually serving the young lady to dress and groom up, and she has never even been in the kitchen. It's no wonder that she complained, Ruan Zhenmei doesn't look like a small school administrator, the principal of the county school, but there are a lot of people in the family. On the other hand, Yue Su, the dignified Qipin County Order, there is no one in the family who does not say anything, and even a decent piece of furniture is not lined up.

The little girl thought that the young lady would complain a few words like her, but Ruan Aoyue glared at Mei'er fiercely, and said with a little anger: "Don't chew your tongue, your lord is a clean official, even if the family is surrounded by walls, as long as I can ask for the people's lives, I will not be in vain." ”

Mei'er didn't expect Miss to get angry, stuck out her tongue, and pouted: "Miss, I won't talk nonsense in the future." But...... But I've never cooked before, so what should I do now? ”

"No, you can't learn, no one is born to cook, I'll cook with you tomorrow." Ruan Aoyue said righteously.

"Then how can you be reluctant, you are a young lady, or the wife of the county magistrate, if you cook in person and spread it, you must not laugh to death. Forget it, I'll cook it myself. ”

Yue Su listened to it funny outside the door, but he still praised Ruan Aoyue's personality, and secretly thought in his heart, he didn't seek fame and fortune, and he didn't love vanity, this surname was indeed the same as Li Lan.

He coughed lightly and pushed the door in. Mei'er was originally sitting next to Ruan Aoyue, but when she saw Yue Su coming in, she hurriedly got up to salute. Yue Su signaled for his exemption and sat down opposite Aoyue. Mei'er was obedient and hurriedly retired.

Although Ruan Aoyue said that she respected Yue Su, she still couldn't share a bed with him, didn't say a word, and went to bed by herself. Yue Su didn't say much, he set up a bunk on the ground and slept on the ground.

When it came to dawn, the first thing Yue Su did was to send people to the street to buy wood, cotton cloth, cotton, and make springs. I was dizzy when I got that officer, and I didn't know what the old man was trying to do.

When the messenger left, Yue Su was promoted to the hall and brought the Zhou family.

Zhou has a kind, as soon as she came to the court, without waiting for Yue Su to speak, she shouted first, "You dog official, what do you want me to do in court, do you want to torture me to extract a confession?" ”

Yue Su slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Be bold and make a woman, don't let it go." Because your mother-in-law was crying bitterly at home, and no one took care of you, so that no one could suffer, so you were brought out, released on bail, and served Aunt Weng well. Later, the main culprit will be arrested, and then you will be brought to the hall to understand each other. ”

"The master is so gracious, how can the little woman be reluctant. But after my husband's death, the murderer has not been found, and the injuries have not been detected, and the little woman really can't afford to murder. If there is such a vague matter, everyone can be wronged, and they will not obey the king's law. If my mother-in-law is at home, suffering from the post-mortem examination after her son's death, and my daughter-in-law is in prison, how can I not cry! This is always born with a hard life, and when I meet you, a dog official, I find such things out of nothing. Before that, the little woman was sitting at home, and the grandfather was going to order someone to bring me for interrogation, and at this time, the little woman was at ease in the case, and she was waiting for the adult to retry the case, and the grandfather let me go back for no reason. This is not the little woman's disobedience, but as soon as the case is not closed, the little woman will not go home. Otherwise, the little woman can't afford this crime, and I'm afraid that my husband will not be reconciled, and he will beg the master to put me in prison. Zhou saw that Yue Su wanted to let himself go, but he didn't let go.

Yue Su was speechless for a long time by her words. But Tong Zhou said loudly: "You woman, I really don't know what to do, my family has always avenged the people, although there is something abrupt this time, but I haven't done anything to you." Now that I know your innocence and release you, you insist on not leaving, do you want to eat prison for the rest of your life? Your mother-in-law thinks about it for a long time, and washes her face with tears at night, don't you have any filial piety at all, and don't plan to reunite with her? ”

Zhou also said it deliberately just now, for fear of arousing suspicion, now that someone has given the steps, there is no reason not to borrow the donkey from the slope, is he really willing to live in prison for the rest of his life. So he said: "As far as the case is concerned, I can't go, and since you say that my mother-in-law is distressed, I can only reluctantly do it." But the grandfather still has to do it according to business. As for the first layer of bail, I have to ask you to go back with me, so that my mother-in-law will draw a bail. ”

Seeing that she agreed, Yue Su immediately released him on the spot, hired a small sedan chair, and ordered Tong Zhou to take someone back with him. And Yin Zhu quietly followed behind.