Dai Zhutou said: "I know the way, we told him." He was very strange and asked him why his mother had ended up in prison, and hadn't she been traveling the world since she became a monk. We told him about Zhishui's murder. When he heard this, he was very angry, and insulted his mother Zhishui with very vicious words, saying that he was a murderous demon, not his mother, and he would not come to collect the corpse, so let's throw the corpse and feed it to the dogs. ”

Xiao Jiading was stunned, when Zhishui asked him not to tell his son about Zhishui's murder and arrest, Xiao Jiading thought that this son must cherish his mother very much, so Zhishui's mother couldn't bear to let her son carry the burden of thoughts.

Speaking of which, there is only one sentence to describe ,—— pity the hearts of parents all over the world!

Dai Zhutou then introduced their investigation, because after Zhishui became a monk, she had no contact with her family, all news was cut off, and both parents had died, and the son was told that his mother had traveled the world, and he did not know that his mother was in Emei Mountain. So among her relatives, she seems to be a dead person, and there is no correspondence and there is no contradiction and grievance. Therefore, in the peripheral investigation, there are no results.

The second direction of detection, on which Xiao Jiading pinned his hopes, also reached a dead end. There is no way out.

After announcing the adjournment of the meeting, Dai Zhutou followed Xiao Jiading out, and seeing that he looked a little depressed, he whispered with relief: "Don't worry, big brother, we haven't already captured two jailers who delivered food." Have they also confessed their sins? If it doesn't work, just condemn them. The people they are responsible for were poisoned and killed, and even if they are not the real murderers, they cannot escape the blame! I am not wronged by this black cauldron! ”

Xiao Jiading glared at him and said, "Solving the case like this, isn't it easy soon?" Just arrest a few people who should be held responsible and confess their crimes, and the case is over! ”

Dai Zhutou sneered: "This ......, everyone did this. There are also some headless cases, directly find a death row prisoner, and spend money to make him recognize the matter. The case was solved. There is no suitable death row inmate to take the crime. He will arrest a person who has an enmity with him and torture him, and if there is no one who does not confess, he will be convicted of a capital crime, and wait for the death row prisoner to be executed. No one knows whether the Tao is wronged or not. Something like that. The officials above and below all knew the way. It's all well known. ”

Xiao Jiading was stunned, he could imagine the darkness of ancient justice, but he couldn't imagine that it would be so dark. Blatantly fabricating false cases. I can't help but sigh in my heart, it seems that the annual recording of prisoners and redress of grievances is indeed very necessary. In the next step of the prisoner record, I must do my best to redress the wrongs.

On the first day of the Yizhou Poetry Meeting, Xiao Jiading received an invitation from Geng Changshi to attend a family banquet.

Long history, which is equivalent to the current dignified Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, invited the secretary of the secretary of the county party committee to have dinner at home, which sounds jaw-dropping in the current society, but it happened to Xiao Jiading.

He was not surprised when he got the invitation sent by Geng Changshi's servants, because he had already estimated that Geng Changshi should have sent someone to the capital to listen to the news of the amnesty, and besides, this result should be good, and he was a banquet of gratitude.

He was not surprised, but Crazy Mei was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, the so-called husband and wife Rong, although Xiao Jiading was not her husband yet, but in her mind, she had already regarded Xiao Jiading as her husband. Now the dignified governor of the yamen invited his lover to eat and drink, how could she not be happy with such a face-saving thing.

Crazy Mei immediately changed Xiao Jiading into a new robe with a few maids, and Crazy Mei had expected that he would have more such entertainment in the future, so he had already purchased a carriage and hired an old qualified handlebar type, and then let the handlebar type prepare the carriage, Xiao Jiading took the carriage to Geng Changshi's mansion.

The backyard of the yamen of the state capital was originally prepared for the history of the assassin, but there is something special about Yizhou that the history of the assassination was concurrently served by Li Ke, the governor of the capital and the dignified prince of Shu. And Li Ke has his own prince's mansion in Yizhou, so the backyard of the assassination history of this yamen was also given to Pan Beijia to live. In addition, there are two sets of houses in the yamen, which are for Changshi and Sima, Tang Lin is a degraded official and has no place to live in the local area, so he lived in Sima's house, but Geng Changshi did not live in the yamen, he bought an industry in Yizhou, and used the mansion of the state capital yamen as a temporary place to rest at noon. The place of the treat is naturally in the house in Yizhou.

There were no outsiders attending the banquet, only Geng Changshi's wife, two concubines, and sons attended. His wife expressed her gratitude to Xiao Jiading, because Jiang Zhongyuan was her own brother, and now that the Zhilu Dao Imperial Court was about to grant amnesty, his brother's life could be saved, so naturally his heart was full of gratitude to Xiao Jiading.

At the banquet, Geng Changshi also let his two concubines play music and dance, these two concubines looked like they had been specially trained by the teaching workshop, and they were very professional in dancing and playing the piano, especially the youngest concubine, who seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, playing the pipa, guqin, guzheng, etc., were very skilled, no less than Ya Niang and Crazy Mei. Xiao Jiading was greatly admired.

When the two of them were slightly drunk, Geng Changshi waved his hand, his wife and concubines and children withdrew, and the servants followed, leaving only Geng Changshi and Xiao Jiading.

Geng Changshi then said in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, thanks to you for providing the news of a possible amnesty in May, I have already asked the people in the palace to help verify it, and the saint really has this meaning, and he has already started to prepare." This news is very accurate, therefore, tomorrow I will issue an approval document ordering your county government to punish Jiang Yuanzhong, a rabbit cub, as soon as possible and severely in accordance with the criminal law. At the same time, I also want to copy the imperial history of the superintendent, so as to set the record straight! You also have to step up the handling of the case, and strive to report the case to Dali Temple before the amnesty is granted, so that the amnesty will be granted in the future, and it will not matter to me. ”

Xiao Jiading hurriedly agreed. I secretly sighed in my heart, my inference was really accurate, this news didn't even Tang Lin grasp, but it was speculated by myself. This is mainly due to his historical knowledge, Li Zhi, the emperor, is indecisive, and he loves Wu Zetian very much, Mei Niang is a scheming person, and will definitely find a way to use the birth of his first son with the emperor to improve his status, paving the way for the future to seek the status of the prince. Amnesty is one of the best ways to increase your influence. Sure enough, let yourself guess it right.

Now, I have received Geng Changshi's clear instructions, and this instruction is consistent with Tang Lin's requirements.

Speaking of this, Geng Changshi lowered his voice again and said, "The imperial court has been preparing to use troops against Goryeo, so it is now raising armaments. A few days ago, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household jointly issued a letter asking us to buy a number of Shu horses from Shu and send them to the border of Goryeo. Our Shu horses are very suitable for carrying animals in the mountains, and once the war starts, the amount needed will increase exponentially. Brother Xiao is very good at doing things, and I will hand over the task of buying Shu horses to you Shaocheng County Ya, and I will explain to Kang County Commander at that time, saying that you are able to do things and let you undertake this matter, what do you think? Hey, hey, hey. ”

Xiao Jiading immediately understood that this was Geng Changshi doing his own benefit. Changshi's authority is to be responsible for finance and taxation, and it is his authority to hand things over to whomever he does. And the public purchase, in which oil and water are naturally very abundant. Even if you don't embezzle, those gray incomes are enough. If you do it a little bit, you will have a lot of money. It's just that I don't want to make money in this way, and my own rocky mountains, barren slopes, street shops and chili peppers will soon bring me a lot of income. But this is a benefit given by Geng Changshi, and he must also make a grateful appearance. Otherwise, you won't give him face.

Xiao Jiading immediately got up and saluted, and said, "Thank you Geng Changshi for your kindness, I will definitely do my best to handle this matter well." ”

"Hmmm! Sit down, sit down! We're not outsiders anymore, so we don't have to be so restrained. Geng Changshi smiled very proudly, and asked casually: "By the way, how is the investigation progress of the case of the old nun of Emei Mountain who was poisoned and killed in the Yamen prison of our state capital?" ”

"After multiple investigations, the possibility of people inside the prison committing crimes can be basically eliminated, and the possibility of outsiders infiltrating the crime can also be eliminated. It's a tricky case. ”

Geng Changshi nodded and said in a low voice: "We are also a family, I am worried that if you can't detect it, it will affect your career." It really can't be done, so the people below are called to arrest the guards and torture them, as long as he confesses, the case can be closed. Brother, don't take everything too seriously

Xiao Jiading heard him say that it was the usual practice of the imperial court, and knew that he was really giving himself ideas, it seems that this old boy is really grateful to himself, and he said what he wanted. Hurriedly replied, "Now there is only the last clue left." -- Three days ago, Zhong Facao led people to inspect the prison and went to the death row. These are the only ones who haven't investigated. ”

Geng Changshi frowned: "Three days ago? Can arsenic poisoning last for three days? ”

"If you coated the arsenic, maybe you coated it. However, it is unlikely that they did it, because they are all officials of the yamen, and there is really no need to kill an old nun who has already been sentenced to death. However, according to the practice of case detection, all suspected contacts with the deceased must be investigated. So, I'm going to do a survey of these people in the next two days. But I'm a little worried that Zhong Facao will have an opinion. ”

Geng Changshi waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this, investigate the case, and treat everyone equally!" Whoever he is, even if I went to prison, you can also investigate! Don't worry about this matter, I will tell Zhong Facao and let them cooperate with you. If this case really involves these people, no matter who they are, they will be severely punished and will not be tolerated! (To be continued......)