Jiang Long immediately ordered the messenger to go to the place where the Qian family was staying and bring those guards to the lobby.

Steward He was not nervous and afraid, it was better for those people to be brought over, and with a partner, his courage was stronger. It's not like now that there is only one person in the lobby, and my heart is a little unsteady. After a while, the messenger brought six Qian family guards.

Six guards knelt down in a line behind Steward He.

"Where did you drink yesterday and what did you do after drinking? What time did you go back at night? Jiang Long glanced at the people kneeling in the hall, either their faces were fierce, or they didn't care, it seemed that they killed two people with extremely cruel means yesterday, and it was not a matter at all.

Only such a person can kill him. In other words, ordinary people told him that he was innocent, and they did not dare to do it.

A few people, one sentence at a time, told the confessions that had been discussed a long time ago. Steward He was relieved after seeing the performance of several people. Several people were calm, and no one panicked.

"Come on, take them to the restaurant they said, and let the restaurant guys identify them." Jiang Long's eyes flickered slightly as he spoke, "Go to the Qian family's place and inquire if they said that they went back late at night and met anyone at the door of the house, it is best to accurately confirm the time." ”

He Dao stepped forward with two of his subordinates and asked Steward He and others to lead the way.

Along the way, Steward He talked and laughed with the six guards, and he didn't take it seriously at all. They did a seamless job last night, there were no flaws, and it was useless to let Jiang Long investigate and judge him. Unless they are in internal turmoil themselves.

But the unexpected happened.

At the restaurant, the guy said the wrong time when they finished drinking and left. Then another guest stood up and said firmly that he had come to drink last night, and saw one of them holding a sack. The faces of Steward He and others turned red.

When they came to the place where the Qian family stayed, He Dao and the others asked, and one of the guards who was in charge of the night vigil of the Qian family yesterday said the time when they really went back. This is because Steward He didn't want too many people to know about it, so he didn't go to say hello, and they returned quietly last night, thinking that they didn't know it.

But I don't want to think about people not knowing, unless I can't do anything, I am still seen by a guard.

Turning back into the lobby again, Jiang Long was already with a straight face, solemn and majestic.

"Steward He, tell me now, why did you lie before you and deliberately deceive the official?" Jiang Long pointed out that there were some details that were different from what Steward He and others had said before.

Although there was an accident, Steward He was not flustered, "Back to my lord, it's not that I deliberately deceived him, but I drank too much wine last night, so I made a mistake, and in addition, the testimony of the guy in the restaurant and the person who said that we had a sack is really not credible." ”

"Since you've drunk too much wine, why are you so sure that the restaurant guy is mistaken?" Jiang Long snorted coldly, "And you all drank too much wine last night, but in the previous confessions, the seven of you all confessed exactly the same?" ”

"This ......," Steward Qian couldn't answer. Seven people drank too much, and if someone asked about it afterwards, it was indeed impossible for everyone to say exactly the same. After all, if you drink too much, you can't remember anything clearly.

"Besides, why do you have to resolutely deny it, saying that you didn't take a sack?"

Jiang Long said again: "It's just a sack, just take it, what's the big deal?" Are you so nervous? ”

Steward He bowed his head and was silent. It's nice to say, what does it mean to take it, it's not a big deal? Last night, they first covered people with sacks, knocked them unconscious, and then carried them to a remote cul-de-sack, and the sack is definitely one of the very important pieces of evidence.

After the killing, they took the two sacks back to their residence and burned them directly.

"Don't speak?" Jiang Long straightened his face again, "Now the testimony is very unfavorable to you, if the time that the guy in the restaurant said is true, then it is exactly in the time period of the crime, and after you killed people in this time period, it corresponds to the time when you returned to your residence late at night."

If someone proves that you took the sack, then the official has reason to suspect that the seven of you did this murder! ”

"Wronged!"

"We are really wronged!"

"I really didn't do it."

The six Qian family guards suddenly howled loudly.

Seeing the appearance of these six scoundrels, Steward He sneered in his heart, look at how you solve the case, you still want to arrest us and kill us with this ability?

"Someone!" At this time, Jiang Long suddenly shouted, "These six people roared in the court, give me a hard beating!" Twenty boards per person! ”

In an instant, the six guards just stopped howling and were dumbfounded.

Steward He was also stunned. In the capital, if someone catches them in the lobby, they don't scream a few times, but no one dares to torture them, so they develop a habit. Now Jiang Long is so unkind.

They were stunned, but the officials of the county government were not stunned, and immediately pounced on the hands and feet of the six people.

In addition, six officials raised their sticks of fire and water and fell heavily.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

It wasn't until there was a burning pain in their butts that the six guards reacted, struggling hard but unable to break free.

"You, you're a trick!" Steward He was finally a little anxious.

"This official only punished them for roaring loudly in court, and it has nothing to do with the case." Jiang Long glanced at Steward He coldly, "You dare to doubt it?" If someone comes, he will also be rewarded with 20 boards. ”

"Yes!"

The two officials pounced on him and held down Steward He's hands and feet.

Steward He has never been beaten since he became a housekeeper in the Qian Mansion, and he struggled instinctively, "I just said casually, you can't beat me!" ”

"This official is not a lowly servant of yours, who can say it at will." Jiang Long, don't overdo it.

"Wait!"

However, when a servant raised the water and fire stick in his hand, a faint voice suddenly sounded, and then he saw Qian Dai in an official robe slowly walking into the lobby, and then looked directly at Jiang Long, "I don't know what happened to them, Lord Jing actually made such a ruthless hand?" ”

"What qualifications do you have to ask?" Jiang Long pursed his lips. The death of the two officials made him very disgusted with everyone in the Qian family, so he was unceremonious.

Qian Dai frowned, "No matter what you say, I am also an official of the imperial court." ”

"It's good that you're an official, but you have to remember clearly what you did when you came to Lingtong County!" Jiang Long said in a cold voice, "Digging rivers and reclaiming wasteland, you are still a little qualified to point fingers, but you are not worthy of interfering in other government affairs in Lingtong County!" ”

"Good, good!" Qian Dai said three good words in a row, glanced at Steward He, and then turned around and exited the lobby.

After crossing the threshold, Qian Dai took a deep breath and his face was gloomy.

At this time, there was also the sound of Steward He slapping and bursts of miserable howls behind him.

The middle-aged scribe stood at the door, glanced at Qian Dai, and lowered his head again. Sometimes Qian Dai's thoughts and plans are also unpredictable. Steward He wanted to retaliate, Qian Dai should have expected it, but he didn't stop it knowing that Jiang Long was not easy to provoke. The result of this inference is that Qian Dai wants to give up Steward He, and killing the two servants can be regarded as telling Jiang Long that he is not easy to mess with.

But since you plan to give it up, why do you want to come to the lobby now to protect Butler He?

The middle-aged scribe pondered and was still elusive.

Qian Dai noticed the middle-aged scribe's face and left in silence.

After a while, after the twenty boards were finished, Steward He and the six guards were already in bloom, and blood seeped out of their thick clothes.

"You, point out which of them took the sack last night!" Jiang Long then pointed to the person who stood up in the restaurant to testify.

This is a simple-looking man, who seems to be frightened by the previous execution in the lobby, tremblingly raised his right hand and pointed at one at random, that is, said in a trembling voice: "It's him." ”

"You talk nonsense!" The pointed guard immediately retorted.

"Did the official let you speak?" Jiang Long lowered his face, "If you dare to say more without permission, the official will let you eat a board again." ”

The guard's face was immediately angry, and his neck was thick.

In the past, he didn't cause much trouble, and after going to court, he just played a scoundrel, and he didn't admit it, and the officials who tried the case had no way at all, and they all complained to him that he was angry enough, and there was nowhere to redress his grievances, and then he finally tasted the same taste.

"Are you sure it's him?"

"That's him!"

Jiang Long looked at the little guy who testified again, "They are drinking, and you can be sure of the time when they left the restaurant?" ”

"Little one is absolutely not mistaken!" Dude guaranteed.

Jiang Long looked at the paperwork and asked him to write it all down carefully.

Until this time, Steward He finally couldn't hold it back, looking at this situation, he wanted to be convicted immediately, and if he didn't speak, he would wait until Jiang Long was sentenced, and it would be over.

"Adult, small wrong!"

With Steward He taking the lead, the remaining six guards also shouted loudly again that they were wronged.

"Hit! Beat them hard until they shut up. Jiang Long ordered without hesitation. These people must be murderers, and the means of killing the two officials are extremely cruel, and now they are beaten to make these people suffer from eating flesh and skin.

When they confess their sins, they can't fight.

Of course, when they are put in prison, the officials in the county government will definitely touch the prison to avenge their comrades.

The heavy board slapped hard on the buttocks, making the guards and Steward He cry in pain. They didn't stop shouting, Jiang Long didn't let them stop, and gradually, these guards panicked. Jiang Long wouldn't really dare to beat them to death in court.

At the same time, I also regret that I shouldn't have helped Steward He yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have suffered like this.

Six guards, each with different thoughts.

I really couldn't bear the pain, so I stopped shouting grievances one by one.

Steward He also couldn't stand it and stopped.

"Why didn't you shout?" Jiang Long got up and slowly walked down from the high platform, his eyes sharp, "I think you are so great when you kill people so fiercely." ”

"The little one is really wronged." Steward He retorted in a low voice.

"That's good!" Jiang Long suddenly looked at the guard who had been framed for taking the sack before, and shouted, "You said that you didn't take the sack, who took it?" ”

"Him!"

The guard was beaten badly, and his mind was forced by Jiang Long's momentum, and he instinctively pointed to a companion.

For a moment, the lobby fell silent, and a pin drop could be heard.