When Xu Hongfei heard this, he immediately lowered his head and said, "My lord, no need." These were all done by Xiaomin alone, and they have nothing to do with Xiaomin's brother. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Tell me what happened carefully. ”

"Yes!" Cold sweat broke out on Xu Hongfei's forehead, and he said: "Xiaomin strayed into Pang Jiaxiong's house three days ago on the night, and when he saw Pang Jiaxiong's wife beautiful, he wanted to kill her. But the matter did not succeed, but Pang Jiaxiong was beaten all over the place. Xiao Min is angry, but he found Xu Hongguang, Xiao Min's brother. Xu Hongguang persuaded Xiaomin to forget about this matter. But where was Xiaomin willing to agree, so after Xiaomin's many inquiries, he learned that this Pang Jiaxiong had a heart disease, and he was also very afraid of the weakness of snakes, so Xiaomin thought of using a big snake to scare him to death. In this way, even if a small person kills someone, he can also be exempted from the sanctions of the national law. ”

Xu Hongfei said bitterly: "My lord, Xiaomin knows that he is wrong, all this is Xiaomin's own attention, Xiaomin's brother Xu Hongguang is completely unaware. Please judge the small people alone. ”

Song Ruilong said with a calm face: "Although you didn't kill Pang Jiaxiong with your own hands, but you killed Pang Jiaxiong in this way, which is no different from murder." According to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, this county sentenced you to murder, do you accept it? ”

Xu Hongfei suddenly sat down on the chair and said, "Xiaomin accepts the sentence." ”

After interrogating Xu Hongfei, Song Ruilong came to the reception hall.

After Xu Hongguang saw Song Ruilong, he immediately knelt in front of Song Ruilong and said, "My lord, Xiaomin's younger brother was confused for a while, and he played with his life, and I hope that the adult will forgive his sins." also blame the small people for their poor discipline, and ask the adults to surrender their crimes. ”

Xu Hongguang's words made Song Ruilong a little surprised, and said, "How do you know that Xu Hongfei has confessed?" ”

Xu Hongguang said: "Since the adults have discovered the bamboo basket, they have found Gao Tian and Gao Shan brothers. Xiaomin knew that the truth of that case would definitely be revealed. ”

Song Ruilong's face stretched slightly, and said, "Your confession attitude is very good. Your brother has put all the blame on himself, and he says that he did all this and has nothing to do with you. Do you think this case really has nothing to do with you? ”

Xu Hongguang said with some sadness: "It is impossible to say that it doesn't matter. Man dies in the house of the minor, and the serpent is in the house of the minor, besides. Xiaomin also told Xu Hongfei about Pang Jiaxiong's weaknesses, and Xiaomin was also an accomplice, and asked the adults to condemn him. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Although you are an accomplice, but your attitude of admitting guilt is very good, and the county can punish you lightly." The county will fine you with 1,000 taels of silver. Bury Pang Jiaxiong well, and after that, you will spend five years in prison. ”

Xu Hongguang kowtowed and said, "Xiaomin is sentenced." ”

After the case was concluded, two officials escorted Xu Hongguang back to prison.

In the reception hall, Wei Bixiao asked next to Song Ruilong, "My lord." Why do we try this case, then Xu Hongfei just didn't confess, you tried it first, he confessed? Is it because you are the county master, so Xu Hongfei is afraid of you? ”

Song Ruilong didn't answer Wei Bixi's words, he turned his head to look at Tie Chong and said, "Tie Catcher, what do you think?" ”

Tie Chong said very seriously: "My lord." The subordinates felt that the main reason why the subordinates did not let Xu Hongfei confess was that the subordinates did not find ironclad evidence of Xu Hongfei's crime. There is no ironclad evidence. On suspicion alone, he would not confess. ”

Wei Bixiao kept nodding and said, "So that's the case." That's too early for me and the Iron Catcher to arrest someone. We should find all the evidence of Xu Hongguang and Xu Hongfei's crimes before trying the case. ”

Song Ruilong's heart flashed with a hint of relief, and said: "Fortunately, I found out those human and physical evidence in time, otherwise, it would really not be easy for us to make Xu Hongfei admit his crime." ”

The morning glow in the east had just dissipated, and the sun's rays had turned white.

In front of the county yamen of Ping'an County. There was a tall and handsome man, running desperately on the street on two legs. His body knocked many people to the ground, and some vegetable stalls were also knocked apart by the strong man.

The man in front of him stared at the man in a frenzy as if he had seen a wild horse unleashed. Screaming and hiding to the side.

The big man didn't seem to notice the people he bumped into at all, and only the gate of the county government was in his eyes.

The man shouted, "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! I'm going to report it! ”

The strong man gasped, came to the county government's grievance drum, immediately raised the drumstick, picked up his thick arm, and beat the drum with a loud bang.

Tie Chong, the head catcher, took the strong man to the reception hall, and after asking him to rest for a while, he called Song Ruilong over.

Song Ruilong was dressed in white, fanning a fan, and when he walked to the reception hall, he saw a man in his thirties, looking at Song Ruilong very respectfully, and said, "I wonder when your county master will come?" ”

Tie Chong pointed at Song Ruilong and explained, "This fan-fanning boy is our county master. If you have any grievances, you may wish to tell us about them. ”

The strong man was handsome, with a scholarly aura between his eyebrows, and after glancing at Song Ruilong with those sharp eyes, he knelt on the ground on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and saluted Song Ruilong: "Lord Song, Xiaomin is here to report the case." ”

Song Ruilong looked at the strong man's bun and said, "You sit down first and speak slowly." ”

"Master Xie."

After the strong man sat on the chair, Song Ruilong also sat opposite him.

The strong man said: "My lord, Xiaomin's name is Guo Zhitong, and he is the housekeeper of Lu Youcai Lu Yuan, No. 30 Yurun Lane, Pingding Road. This morning, Xiaoxue, the maid who served my young lady Lu Xiuqin, pushed open my young lady's boudoir and found that my young lady had died in her bed. She was stabbed in the neck, and the knife is still there. When my family heard the bad news, they immediately fainted and fell to the ground. The first thing the old man said when he woke up was that he wanted us to report the crime immediately. Xiaomin didn't dare to delay, so he rushed out of Yurun Lane, crossed Pingding Road, and ran all the way until his legs were weak, so he wanted to convey the case to the adults as soon as possible. ”

Song Ruilong closed the fan and said, "The county already knows the case." The county will immediately rush to the scene with the servants and officials to check. ”

Zhang Meixian was in Lu Xiuqin's boudoir at the same time as the autopsy, Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong were interrogating Lu Xiuqin's personal maid Xiaoxue in the west wing.

Xiaoxue knelt in front of Song Ruilong very seriously, and her eyes didn't dare to look at Song Ruilong and Su Xianrong who were sitting on the chair. She seemed to be very frightened, and her whole body had been trembling since she entered the house. (To be continued......)