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Xu Hong hurriedly returned to his house, and saw that his house had been surrounded by water, he had a cabinet to rely on, but he was not afraid of anything, and walked over straightforwardly, and a captain came to investigate, Xu Hong, who heard him, suddenly became nervous, and four or five captains rushed up and escorted him directly in. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Hong was ashamed and angry, but he was also helpless, the captains directly escorted him into his lobby, and saw Liu Chengfeng sitting high in the lobby, looking himself up and down.

Gao Qiang stepped forward and ordered Xu Hong to kneel. This Xu Hong did not kneel, but Liu Chengfeng pressed his hand, and said to Gao Qiang: "Don't Meng Lang, come here, give Lord Xu a seat." ”

Someone moved a chair, Xu Hong's face was full of shame and anger, and he glared at Liu Chengfeng viciously, Liu Chengfeng looked at him with a calm face, and said slowly: "Who is in the hall?" ”

Xu Hong raised his neck and said, "What, is the commander interrogating the prisoner?"

Liu Chengfeng said with a straight face: "I want to make it clear, there are some things that need to be clarified by Lord Xu." Of course, if you think that this official is interrogating you, then you can also understand it in this way, and I will ask you again, who is in the court. ”

Liu Chengfeng is also straightforward enough, if you think this is an interrogation, then it should be an interrogation, since it is an interrogation, especially the interrogation of Jinyiwei, you have to know that it is powerful, if you dare to be stubborn, you will not be too polite next.

Xu Hong said coldly: "Xiaguan Xu Hong." ”

"Xu Hong, where are you from?"

Xu Hong was silent for a moment: "Where is my brother from, where am I naturally from?" He deliberately wanted to lead the topic to Xu Guan, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Liu Chengfeng smiled coldly and said, "This official is asking about you!" ”

Xu Hong glared at Liu Chengfeng, after all, he was a scholar, and Xiucai couldn't explain it clearly when he met a soldier, so he had to say: "A native of Songjiang Mansion." ”

Liu Chengfeng nodded, satisfied with Xu Hong's weakness, and said slowly: "Okay, now you can talk about it." ”

"Say what?"

Liu Chengfeng said: "How did you organize the manpower, how did you premeditate, and how did you arrange the people to assassinate the official." ”

Xu Hong was stunned for a moment, this crime is not small, organizing assassins to attack the court officials, if this crime is convicted, no one can protect him, he hurriedly defended: "The lower official doesn't know what the lord said?" ”

"Don't you know? Do you still want to deny it? Liu Chengfeng sneered again and again, held the case with his hand, and said coldly: "It seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin." ”

Xu Hong looked confused and said, "What do you deny?" ”

Liu Chengfeng didn't want to talk to him, and said, "What is your intention in building that courtyard?" ”

Xu Hong couldn't help but be speechless, as if Liu Chengfeng mentioned the other courtyard and hit his weakness, he said expectantly: "I...... I...... What's wrong with building a separate monastery? ”

Liu Chengfeng sneered: "This official has already asked people to investigate, the courtyard is not connected to the inner house, but a small door has been opened in the small alley, which is hidden, and there are only a few people ......in the huge courtyard" Liu Chengfeng's eyes roamed over Xu Hong, his smile was even colder, and he said word by word: "What's more, the footprints of the assassin have been found in the flower garden of the courtyard, and even ...... Come on, collect evidence. ”

As soon as Liu Chengfeng's voice fell, someone presented something, this is a bow, which was found in the corner of the wall, Liu Chengfeng got up and took the bow, put it in his hand to play, and said slowly: "At that time, the official was attacked by a bow and arrow, and in the corner of the other courtyard, the official's people found this, this bow was checked by the official, and it was very consistent with the arrow that attacked the official, what do you say." ”

Under normal circumstances, different bows will use different arrows, and those arrows are obviously more consistent with this bow, especially the tail of the arrow is very consistent with the bowstring, this kind of longbow dedicated to long-range shooting.

Liu Chengfeng put forward so much evidence, especially when the bow and arrow came out, Xu Hong's forehead was already drenched in cold sweat.

He knew in his heart that Liu Chengfeng's evidence, whether he had wronged him or not, was enough to convict him, and in front of the evidence, even if the cabinet was a guarantee, Jinyiwei still had a reason to put him in prison and torture him overnight.

Xu Hong no longer had the recklessness of Fang Cai at this time, and his attitude softened suddenly, and said: "Xia Guan is wronged, this bow, Xia Guan doesn't know where it came from, and whether this is an assassin's bow or not, it is just a guess, and it may not be conclusive." ”

Liu Chengfeng sneered: "But what's the matter with those footprints?" In the flower garden of the other courtyard, there are many messy footprints, I have inquired in the courtyard, usually no one goes, only a woman and an old woman, but the footprints are all men, from the depth of the footprints, these men are strong men, I have also asked people to carefully investigate, there are dozens of footprints, obviously there are a lot of people, these, what do you explain? You must know that this is not a small case, the assassin actually dared to attack the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and killed four or five people, this is no different from rebellion, you don't make it clear now, there will naturally be a place for you to speak at that time, I just need to take these evidences and hand them to the palace, you also know what the consequences will be, you don't think that you can have nothing to fear if you are in the cabinet on business, Your Majesty has already decreed that these assassins are complicit in rebellion, it is tolerable or unbearable, and the court will definitely punish them severely and will not tolerate them. Xu Hong, this is a big crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, you think about it yourself, if you can't say it clearly, the official won't say anything to you anymore, but this consequence, I'm afraid you can't afford it. ”

Liu Chengfeng's meaning is undoubtedly to warn this Xu Hong, you are finished, this is your last chance to defend yourself, and you will not be so polite later.

Liu Chengfeng paused and continued: "Since you don't say it, then this official will come to say for you, because of this official, your brother committed suicide, and you are not angry in your heart, so you have raised the dead, and because you are in the cabinet office, I learned that I am going to pass through here to visit the house of Nashu Jishi Jiang Bing, so I immediately reported the news, let the dead soldiers prepare, and when the official passed by, he ordered someone to snipe the official, right?" ”

Xu Hong was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and the whole person almost sat down on the chair, judging from various evidence, it was very unfavorable to him, whether it was the motive for committing the crime, or others, it was very consistent with him, if he didn't make it clear at this time, he was afraid that the charge would be confirmed. He was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "This matter...... The lower official actually didn't know about this matter, but the other courtyard had nothing to do with the case of the adult's assassination, and since this matter was very important, the lower official couldn't help but talk about it. Xu Hong took a deep breath and said, "Actually...... The house was built for my mother. ”

Liu Chengfeng's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "Your mother? ”

Xu Hong nodded, sighed, and said: "Yes, my mother and my wife have always been not harmonious, and often argued, so that the chickens and dogs in the family are restless, and my mother has been dizzy recently, so I wanted to find a secluded place to give her a good day, so I built this courtyard." ”

He said that he was raising his mother, but he placed his mother in a courtyard that was not connected to the inner house, and ignored it, but he was embarrassed to say that he was raising his life, but this is a family ugly, this Xu Hong, as a scholar, can't honor his mother, but it is not a big matter, if this matter spreads, I am afraid that this charge of unfilial piety is enough to make him unable to stay in the cabinet.

Xu Hong suddenly said this unspeakable reason, and he really had to grasp this life-saving straw, if he didn't tell the truth, it was a big crime of rebellion, and if he told the truth, at most, he was despised by others and lost his errand.

He said in despair: "My mother is old, and her ears and eyesight are not as good as before, and the wife of the lower official is quite disgusted with my mother, so ...... So I only sent an old woman to take care of my mother, this old woman is not young, the lower officials thought, maybe those assassins did come down from the wall of my courtyard, but they inquired about the situation in the house, so they chose that courtyard, they knew that there was only a pair of old masters and servants in this courtyard, and it was late at night, and their ears were not good, so they had no fear, and they quietly hid in this courtyard first......"

Xu Hong said, the whole person was almost paralyzed, his teeth were still trembling, he told the truth, but after this truth was revealed, although he could avoid the death penalty, but an unfilial hat had been put on his head, from now on, he would no longer be tolerated by the Qing Council, the cabinet would immediately fire him, and all relatives and friends would keep their distance from him.

Xu Hong said frustratedly: "Originally, the lower officials didn't want to make a noise about this matter, but the adults had to ask, and the stakes were very high, and the lower officials knew that they were at fault first, but if they wanted to say that the lower officials were raising the dead, it was really nothing, please be aware of it." ”

Liu Chengfeng listened, and finally understood this Xu Hong's eccentricity, the construction of the courtyard was to isolate him from his mother, and the courtyard was deep, but his wife used to abuse his mother's means, as Xu Hong said, after the assassins investigated, they felt that although the courtyard was inhabited, it was sparsely populated, and they were two old women, so they could choose to hide quietly here, and after hiding for a period of time to avoid the wind, they had to flee without fear.

I thought that the matter had come to light, but there was such a twist and turn, but looking at Xu Hong's appearance, it seemed that he was not lying. He summoned Gao Qiang and ordered him to investigate, and after a stick of incense, Gao Qiang came back and said: "The identities of the two old women in the courtyard have indeed been inquired about, one of them is the mother of Lord Xu, her hearing is indeed very poor, and the old woman is also dizzy, my lord, Lord Xu is not lying." ”

(To be continued)