Song Ruilong was still a little sympathetic to Zhao Li, and said: "Zhao Li, this county is very sympathetic to your experience, your sister was ruined, why didn't you report to the official at that time?"

Zhao Li sneered and said, "Report to the official? Does it work? Those who are in power are the same as those bandits and robbers, they are in collusion, and they will not make decisions for the common people at all. That's why I hate those who are in office. ”

Song Ruilong smiled faintly and said, "Zhao Li, I think you also have the courage to say it, but you don't have the courage to do it." Look at this yamen, there are forty or fifty servants, all of them have extraordinary martial arts, just rely on those people under your command to kill a county order, this county really doesn't believe it. ”

Zhao Li's self-esteem seemed to have been hit, and he said angrily: "You say I don't have the ability to kill Guo Yongcai?"

Song Ruilong nodded and said, "Exactly." The reason why you stopped Guo Yongcai's death on yourself is that you are bragging. You are an incompetent person, and it is impossible to cut off Guo Xianling's head with a single knife. ”

Zhao Li wanted to jump up from the chair angrily and said, "Who said I can't do it?" I just took the knife on the table, slipped into Guo Yongcai's room at night, and killed him with one sword. ”

Song Ruilong picked up the knife, glared at Zhao Li angrily, and said, "Zhao Li, do you dare to draw a stake on what you just said?"

"What don't you dare? What is there not to dare to do for a dying man? ”

Song Ruilong took the written confession to Zhao Li and handed him the ink, but Zhao Li didn't even look at it, so he pressed his handprint on the confession.

After Song Ruilong saw the red handprint, his heart was a little soothed.

It turns out that this trial is not a game.

Song Ruilong put away his confession and ordered the two officials behind Zhao Li to put him on death row.

Song Ruilong walked into his room, poured a cup of tea, and before he could drink it, he heard Wei Bixiao shouting in the public court: "My lord, we are back."

Listening to Wei Bixiao's tone, she seemed to be very happy, and it was conceivable that they had found the bones that Zhao Xiaohei said.

Song Ruilong hurriedly drank a cup of tea and walked out of his room, and when he came to the public hall, Wei Bixiao and Su Xianrong were already waiting there.

Song Ruilong looked at the two officials behind Zhao Xiaohei and said, "How are things?"

Wei Bixiao said excitedly: "Lord Song, we followed Zhao Xiaohei's guidance, and sure enough, we found a few bones in the back mountain of Cuihua Mountain, which were identified as the bones of an arm and the bones of the calf. The bones were broken and mutilated, and there were marks of a hungry wolf's bite on the bones. This shows that Zhao Xiaohei is telling the truth, and Zhao Li can be convicted. ”

Song Ruilong handed a piece of paper in his hand to Wei Bixiao and said, "Take a look for yourself!"

After Wei Bixiao saw it, he was even more excited, and said, "It turns out that Zhao Li has already confessed everything. He confessed that he had killed a merchant who sold jujubes, and that he had killed Chen Xiaohong, as well as the killing of the former county magistrate Guo Yongcai, and he confessed. This bastard has finally pleaded guilty. ”

Song Ruilong said with a smile: "In the face of a lot of evidence, even if Zhao Li does not admit guilt, this county can convict him of capital crimes."

Su Xianrong smiled and said, "Brother Song, now that the case of Zhao Li killing Chen Xiaohong is over, we will investigate the cause of Ning Tianxiang's death."

Song Ruilong nodded and said, "Of course!" The cause of Ning Tianxiang's death, I think there will be a result soon. Walk! Check the Yuexiang Inn again. ”

Before Song Ruilong could turn around, he heard someone beating a drum at the door.

Song Ruilong turned around slowly, "The drum is like thunder, and the person who beats the drum must be a person who is tall and has amazing arm strength." Let's go, let's see! ”

After Song Ruilong instructed the two officials to escort Zhao Xiaohei back to the prison, he walked out of the court.

Next to the big drum on the left side of the public hall, there was a tall man who was beating the drum desperately, and when he saw Song Ruilong and the others, he slowly turned around, put down the drumstick in his hand, knelt in front of Song Ruilong, and said, "My lord, the villain is wronged." ”

The man had thick arms, bright eyes, and spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, but also like a good man.

Song Ruilong has always respected such a person, and he immediately said to that person: "Get up and talk back!" ”

"Yes!" The big man slowly stood up, looked at Song Ruilong, and said politely: "The villain's name is Zhao Ping, and he is a steward under Ning Tianxiang, the owner of Yuexiang Inn. The morning before yesterday, my proprietress said goodbye because she had a few words with Ning Tianxiang. The boss Ning Tianxiang thought about it for the sake of the husband and wife, and sent me to find the boss lady in the afternoon. However, the villain searched all the residences of the proprietress and found no trace of the proprietress there. The villain wondered if the proprietress would go back to her hometown in the Northeast, so she crossed Cuihua Mountain and walked all the way to the Northeast. The next day, the villain originally wanted to continue to chase the proprietor, but when he had dinner in the morning, he heard two businessmen say that there were several murders in Ping'an County, and Ning Tianxiang, the owner of Yuexiang Inn, was killed. The villain was very grief-stricken, and there was no horse riding on the road, so he rushed back to Ping'an County this morning. ”

Song Ruilong listened carefully to Zhao Ping's description of his situation, and when he heard this, Song Ruilong asked: "You mean, you hurried to Ping'an County after eating the next morning?" ”

Zhao Ping said confidently: "Exactly! ”

Song Ruilong's face softened a little, and said, "Go on, what did you do after you returned to Ping'an County?" ”

Zhao Ping said angrily: "The boss and the proprietress are as kind to the little one as a mountain, and the small one is not to find out the real murderer if you don't want to do it." ”

Song Ruilong said: "Then you must have asked a lot of people at the Yuexiang Inn." What's the catch? ”

Zhao Ping nodded and said, "After the little one returned to the Yuexiang Inn, he questioned all the people in the inn, and as a result, the little one found a suspicious person. ”

Song Ruilong was a little surprised, and his master Liu Tianxiong's questioning skills were also very skilled, but he asked all the people and found nothing suspicious, but this seemingly ordinary Zhao Ping actually found clues, which cannot but be said, Zhao Ping did have two shots, but it was not clear whether the person he suspected had any evidence.

Song Ruilong looked at Zhao Ping with some surprise and said, "Steward Zhao, tell me who the person you suspect is?" Is there any evidence? ”

Zhao Ping shook his head and said, "No!" However, according to Xiao's understanding, the night before yesterday was indeed the tea sent by Liu Xiaodong, the second shopkeeper, to Chu Tianpeng, and the second shopkeeper was the most suspected of being drugged. Also, since Master Liu finished interrogating the shopkeeper yesterday, the shopkeeper has disappeared, and the chef in the shop, Spicy Jiutian, and a few grooms' money bags are gone, so the little suspect is that the shopkeeper is suspected of killing the boss Ning Tianxiang, and now he is afraid that the matter will be exposed, so he stole other people's money bags and fled for his life. ”