"Lord Meng, the lower official will prepare a glass of wine for the adults at the pavilion, and please appreciate it!"

"No, this official set a rule when he left Beijing, and he would not accept any official's invitation to eat along the way." Meng Yan declined and said, "Jiang Xiancheng's kindness is appreciated by the official. ”

Officialdom ushered in the send-off, which is the meaning of the topic, but some people like to be different, which is also helpless.

Meng Yan is the official of the Jinyi Guard, and the emperor's pro-military guard rate is different from others, which is understandable.

Although Yi County is a small county seat, Jiang Rong's rank in this county is only eight grades, and the difference between him and Meng Yan, a fourth-grade Qin, is seven or eight levels.

Above the officialdom, the official level crushed people to death, although this Meng Yan was only a messenger in transit, he did not dare to slack off on this reception.

Yi County also has special significance in Meng Yan's trip, and in the case he investigated, the Datong Inspector Yu Shi Tang Chun, who committed suicide in fear of crime, died in Yi County.

"Yes, since the lord said so, the lower officials will not be reluctant."

"Jiang Xiancheng, do you know where this Datong Inspector Tang Yu committed suicide?"

"According to the lower officials, he is really on death row in this county!"

"On death row, he is a prisoner who is being escorted into Beijing, why should he be put on death row in the county government?" Meng Yan asked puzzled.

"I don't know about it." Jiang Xiancheng smiled.

"Where did the Guo Gong Highway of Datong live when he passed through Yi County?" Meng Yan asked.

"Of course it's a pavilion!"

"Is it the inn where the official stays?"

"How many followers?"

"There will be a lot of followers, two or three hundred."

"They all live in the pavilion?"

"Only some of them, and some of them live in the city inn, and our pavilion is so big, and it can't accommodate so many people."

"What kind of people from the yamen escorted Tang Yushi into Beijing?"

"This subordinate doesn't know."

"Okay, Jiang Xiancheng, I still have to bother you to take Ben Qin to your county jail to have a look." Meng Yan Road.

"Lord Chincha, now?"

"Yes, right now!" Meng Yan nodded and got up.

"Yes, the subordinate obeys the order!" Although Jiang Rong was reluctant in his heart, he still had no way to refuse, the official level crushed people to death, not to mention that this was still a serious Lord Qincha.

The prison cells in the county town have long been in disrepair, and Meng Yan doubts whether it is possible to hold prisoners here.

The prison in charge of the prison, plus the jailers, and the female prisoners, add up to a total of five people, a huge county prison, five people can close a prison?

Meng Yan really beat the drum in his heart, but there were not many prisoners inside, except for the bandits in Mingyue Valley that Meng Yan had captured.

Needless to say, the environment is low and damp, with a musty rancid smell, even wild dogs don't want to live in such a place, let alone people?

The prisoners were all dirty, some of them had no clothes, they were barefoot, skinny, and their eyes were numb.

It is said that Jinyi Prison is the most cruel place in the world, and compared with it, it is really too bad.

Of course, the eighteen torture instruments in Jinyiwei Prison are the most feared things.

"Where is Lord Tang being held?"

"Inside death row, just ahead!"

The so-called death row is actually a single room, which is stronger than ordinary cells, and the rusty iron fence is not a big problem for ordinary death row prisoners.

Of course, with the force of the small county government, if you want to catch those wanted Jiangyang thieves, unless the blind cat meets the dead mouse, the possibility is infinitely close to zero.

So this death row is actually enough.

"Since Lord Tang's accident, this death row has not been locked up with other prisoners, you see, Lord Tang was hanged here, and the hanging belt is still there?"

Meng Yan nodded, on the iron railing of the only wind tunnel leading to the outside in death row, a cyan belt hung on it, and it had faded from the wind and rain.

"Lao Ge!"

"Humble duty!"

"Check it carefully to see if this is the first scene of Lord Tang's death!" Meng Yan ordered.

"Yes, sir!" Ge Tong agreed, took his son, carried the lantern, and carefully inspected it.

"When did Master Tang lock him in, when did he commit suicide in fear of sin, and who found out?" Meng Yan continued to ask.

"On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first month of March, the lower official and the county commander Ma received a report from the officials, saying that the Datong Supervisor Guo Gonggong had returned to Beijing to report on his work, and escorted the Qin prisoner Tang Qin into Beijing, and wanted to stay overnight in this county......

"Did Jiang Xiancheng personally see Guo's subordinates escort Master Tang to the county jail?" Meng Yan listened carefully to Jiang Rong's description.

"Yes, the lower official saw it with his own eyes!"

"According to the rules, prisoners like Tang Qin only need to be detained in the prison car and sent a special person to guard them, and there is no need to detain the county government prison, don't you have any questions?"

"Our Lord Ma naturally disagrees, but what kind of person is Gonggong Guo, saying that the place of the pavilion is small, so he has to let him live under the same roof with a prisoner, besides, it is to borrow the county jail for one night, and his people will guard it, and it has nothing to do with the county, Master Ma can't help it, and in the end he can only agree!"

"So, the people who took care of Master Tang that night were all Guo Gonggong's subordinates?"

"Yes, six of them!"

"Who first found out that Master Tang committed suicide?"

"This subordinate is not clear, in short, he is not from this county." Jiang Rong hurriedly bowed his head and replied.

"Whose identification is the suicide of fear of sin?"

"This county is a servant, and there is a subordinate surnamed Fang under Guo Gonggong."

"Find someone, find this county!" Meng Yan commanded.

"Yes!" As soon as Jiang Rong opened his mouth, a servant immediately understood, and ran to call someone.

"My lord, it is basically certain that this is the first death scene of Lord Tang!" Ge Tong, who had carefully inspected the scene, said.

"Got it, you go ahead and see if there are any other clues to discover!" Meng Yan nodded and commanded.

Ge Tong agreed, and continued to be busy, collecting evidence is a meticulous job, although the scene may have been very damaged, but not let go of any clues.

"Jiang Xiancheng, who is responsible for Lord Tang's diet?"

"I don't know much about that."

"Who knows that?"

"Lord Ma of this county should know." Jiang Xiancheng thought for a moment before he said.

"What about the Ma County Order?"

"Since there was a case like Lord Tang's suicide in fear of crime, Master Ma was suspended by the imperial court to be involved, and he is still living in the county office, but the daily affairs of the county have the authority of the subordinate officials." Jiang Xiancheng explained.

"This prisoner committed suicide in fear of crime, does it have anything to do with the Ma County Order?"

"Xia Guan doesn't know."

"Although this Lord Tang is said to be a prisoner, his crime has not been recognized by the imperial court, and besides, is he a prisoner from your Yi County, and there are people who are escorted and guarded, but he has nothing to do with him but has been suspended, what about those detainees?" Meng Yan asked coldly.

"This, this ......"

"Jiang Xiancheng, this official didn't mean to embarrass you, it's just that if these things are not clarified, this official will not be able to do this investigation of the case, what do you say?"

"Master Meng is right, right." Jiang Xiancheng stretched out his hand and touched the beads of sweat on his forehead, this Lord Meng is young, and he is in a high position, it is not accidental, the momentum of his gestures is too oppressive.

He is a petty official who has been mixed up for decades, and it stands to reason that he has long been well versed in the way of officialdom as an official, but in the face of such a person, he can't say anything.

"Jiang Xiancheng can't answer, so let's find someone who can answer the official's question." Meng Yan Road.

"Yes, sir!"

"You know who this official is talking about, right?"

"I know, I know, the next official will go to the county government to invite Master Ma over." Jiang Xiancheng looked up in astonishment, and finally reacted.

"Well, go ahead, go back quickly!" Meng Yan snorted coldly.

"Look, my lord, what is this?" Ge Tong suddenly exclaimed, pulling Meng Yan out of his thoughts.

On the brick wall beneath the ventilated iron railing, Ge Tong found scratches left by his fingers.

These scratches are not very clear, and in the dim death row, it is really not easy to find if you don't look carefully with a lantern.

"How tall is Master Tang?"

"About five feet and three inches!"

"How high is it from the ground to this vent?"

"About six feet!"

"Find someone about the same height as Master Tang!" Meng Yan raised his head and ordered Yang Hong.

"Yes!"

After a while, a brocade guard who was about the same height as Tang Wei called in!

"Take off your shoes, stand up, and lean against the wall!" Meng Yan ordered.

The brocade guard took off his shoes, walked over barefoot, and stood under the ventilation hole with his toes on tiptoe according to Meng Yan's order.

"My lord, this ......"

"Yes, this hole is only six feet from the ground, and Lord Tang is indeed five feet two inches, if you put your feet up, it is just a little from the ground, this can't be hanged, not to mention, Lord Tang has to buckle his head up!"

"The adult's analysis and reasoning are not bad at all, if Lord Tang hangs himself here, it must be unreasonable, and it is possible for him to kill him." Kudzu channel.

"Looking at the position of his finger again, it is almost the same height as the location of the scratch on the wall, so it can be inferred that the position of Master Tang when he died is about the same as now." Meng Yan Road.

"Not bad!"

"My lord, the Ma County Order has arrived!"

"Xiaguan Yi County suspended the county order Ma Weiran to see the Qincha Datong Inspector Master Meng!" A middle-aged man with a short figure, dark skin, wearing a brown linen robe with a round neck and a square scarf on his head, walked in and knelt down to salute Meng Yan.

"Ma County Order, please get up quickly!" Meng Yan walked over and helped Ma Weiran up from the ground.

Ma Weiran was a little surprised, Qin Cha was so young and so approachable, and what was even more surprising was that Qin Cha did not mean to look down on him in his eyes.

"It's so late, call the Ma County Order, it's really the official who has a few questions to do so, I hope the Ma County Order forgive me!"

"The lower official doesn't dare, the lower official is no longer a county order!" Ma Weiran lowered her head and arched her hand slightly.

"Ma County Order, can you describe this official in detail, the town guard Datong Supervisor Guo Gonggong escorted Datong to inspect the whole process of the Imperial Shi Tang Tang Tang passing through Yi County, this official just heard Jiang County Cheng, this process was received by you throughout the whole process?"

"Yes." Ma Weiran agreed calmly, obviously mentally prepared for Meng Yan to come to him. R1152