Qi Gu replied: "My lord, that's just a coincidence, I was in a panic that day, I took my brothers to wander around the street, and I happened to have an accident at Zhou's house, can I be blamed for this?" ”

Duan Fei sneered: "Skynet is restored but not leaked, tomorrow I will go to Suzhou to investigate the case, and then I will investigate it clearly, this matter will be pressed for the time being, Qi Gu, as the head catcher, you will definitely check carefully when you arrive at the scene, you will now tell me in detail about the situation at that time, I want to see if it can match the confession in the case file." ”

Qi Gu breathed a sigh of relief, and told the situation at the scene of the case like a few treasures, and after finishing speaking, Duan Fei smiled coldly at him, Qi Gu only felt that the hairs on his body stood on end, and he didn't know what was wrong, so he only heard Duan Fei shout: "Qi Gu, you lie!" ”

Qi Gu was startled and shouted: "My lord, I have a word of truth, and there is no lie!" Please be enlightened! ”

Duan Fei sneered: "You said that the scene was messy and full of blood, isn't this a lie?" Zhou, you tell him what the scene is like! ”

Zhou said what he had said to Duan Fei that night, Duan Fei took out the sketch he had drawn, asked the official to hand it to Zhou, and asked, "What did you see in the room that day?" ”

After Tang Bohu's retouching, the sketch was already quite delicate and realistic, and Zhou cried again when she saw it, and she choked up and said: "Yes, the situation that day is as depicted in the painting......"

Duan Fei handed the sketch to Qi Gu and shouted, "Qi Gu, as a head catcher, your ability to observe the scene is not as good as a woman, right?" Why is there such a huge difference between what Zhou said and what you said? Why would you want to fake the situation? ”

Qi Gu argued: "My lord, it was Cai Chengzuo who filled in the corpse grid, I just went in and took a look, and after subduing Zhou An, I came out, maybe I don't remember it so clearly, besides, Zhou's confession can't be believed at all, she hates Wang Shiyong to the bone, so it's not surprising to make a false confession." ”

Duan Fei sneered: "You have been a head catcher for a long time, and you can really speak well, but didn't you listen to Wang Shiyong...... Does this official have any evidence left by Cai Yanzuo? It's just that this evidence needs to be used on the blade, the official will let you go for the time being, and after arriving in Suzhou, the official has his own way to find out the facts of the case! Whoever has the power to penetrate the heavens and the earth will never want to shield the murderer, let alone those accomplices! ”

Qi Gu went out, and sneered at each other: "The adults have prejudices and think that we are cheating and framing Zhou An, even if we say it, the adults will not believe it, now the adults are in power, and it is only a matter of one sentence to kill us, I am afraid that everyone in the world will be leisurely, and the adults will not be able to explain to the emperor!" ”

Duan Fei smiled coldly and said, "Is there really nothing you can do about you as an official?" There is evidence in front of him that can prove that Zhou An is definitely not a murderer, hmph. ”

Duan Fei threw the dagger placed on the public case in front of Qi Gu and said, "Qi Gu, do you recognize this knife?" ”

Qi Gu took a serious look at it and sneered: "This is the murder weapon that Zhou An used to kill his brother, is the evidence that the adult said this knife?" ”

Duan Fei shouted: "This official will convince you, Qi Gu, as a fast catcher, don't you know the ability to observe the murder weapon?" This knife is worth a thousand taels of silver, where did Zhou An get so much money to buy a knife? ”

Qi Gu was dumbfounded, he picked up the dagger and looked at it seriously, and said, "My lord, although this knife looks good, it's not worth so much, right?" According to my estimate, it is only about ten taels of silver. ”

Duan Fei sneered: "You guy who has eyes and doesn't know treasures, if you take a closer look at the ornament of the dagger, can you buy something so good for ten taels of silver?" This ornament is the symbol of Bao Daxiang's chief stall hand Zhou Zhe, the pattern conceals the ancient seal Zhou Zhe two words, of course, you people who do not learn and do not know how to see it, you then untie the strap on the dagger handle, there should be three words on the metal grip, Bao Daxiang's name you should have heard of, right? Is the thing that Bao Daxiang came out of only worth ten taels of silver? Is the dagger made by Zhou Zhe, the No. 1 player in the Jiangnan jewelry industry, worth only ten taels of silver? ”

Qi Gu was dumbfounded, holding the dagger at a loss, Duan Fei waited impatiently, and shouted: "Come on, take the dagger to Lord Yang and let Lord Yang uncover the mystery for us!" ”

The dagger was in Yang Shen's hand, he first looked at the ornament, and said: "The word Zhou Zhe is really hidden in the pattern, what Lord Duan said is true......

He untied the strap wrapped around the handle, and the three words Bao Daxiang appeared in front of him, Yang Shen handed the dagger to the official and sent it back to Duan Fei's hand, and said: "Sure enough, there are three words Bao Daxiang, the name of Bao Daxiang I have heard of in the capital, it has always been famous for making jewelry, why did the master make such an inconspicuous dagger this week?" ”

Duan Fei said: "This is only after asking Master Zhou, Bao Daxiang's things have always had accounts to check, maybe we can find a breakthrough from Bao Daxiang's accounts, this dagger is definitely not something Zhou An can afford." ”

Yang Shen said: "Lord Duan observed carefully, and the officials admired. ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, pointed to the hall and said, "Lord Yang praised me for being careful and observing, I don't know if Lord Yang can find out that whenever there is a turn in the case, someone will leave in a hurry, I really want to know what the reason is." ”

Yang Shen looked at the back of the person who had just left, and said suspiciously, "Lord Duan means ......"

Duan Fei smiled bitterly: "I have been reluctant not to reveal the secret of the dagger, just for fear of being known and reacting immediately, Lord Yang is from the capital, I don't know how powerful that person is, if it weren't for Lord Yang to arrive in time, I'm afraid that I will die under the rod today, even if the emperor learns about it afterwards, there is nothing I can do about them, because they will definitely charge me with many crimes, everything will seem seamless, just like Zhou An's case, if I didn't personally go to Suzhou to investigate, Otherwise, I would not have imagined that there are so many evils hidden behind the case. ”

Yang Shen said in confusion: "Why didn't Lord Duan stop them?" If they hurried back to Suzhou, they would still have time to destroy the evidence. ”

Duan Fei laughed, his eyes moved from the people listening to the court to Wei Daxian and the others, and said: "They are all sent by the Wang family to explore the wind, I have already found out where their base camp is, just now I sent Shi Bin to take Hua Ming and them out to arrest people, the target is a secret mansion that Wang Tang bought in Yingtianfu, the arrest operation must have ended, these people are all going to throw themselves into the net, and the others in the house are useless, but there is one person surnamed Mei, who is Mei Chaofeng, the second housekeeper of the Wang family, I already have the evidence of this person's bribery of officials, and I didn't discuss it when I arrested him, I hope he has more evidence there so that I can find out more bribe-taking officials, Lord Wei, Lord Xue, Master Fu, what do you say? ”

Hearing Duan Fei's words, the three of them all secretly complained to themselves, but on the surface, they could only respond again and again, hoping that Mei Chaofeng could escape the catastrophe, or the evidence had already been destroyed.

Duan Fei saw their expressions in his eyes, he smiled slightly, and said: "The three adults are not angry, they must have overworked for this case, but fortunately, now that the case has been handed over to the lower officials, the three adults can have a good rest tonight." ”

Wei Daxian and the others were speechless, they could only sigh gloomily in their hearts, looking at each other sadly, Duan Fei suddenly slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Come on, give me the witnesses Liu Wei and his wife and Liu Qingyun, the young lady of the Liu family, to the court!" ”

The three adults who were not mentally prepared were suddenly taken aback, Duan Fei was rushing towards them, at this time he didn't even look at them, turned his head to Yang Shen and smiled: "Lord Yang, now there is some time, why don't we talk a few words first, Lord Yang is from the capital, I don't know what the situation in the capital is now?" The emperor's grace is vast, how can Duan Fei be virtuous, I really don't understand why the emperor cares so much about me? ”

Yang Shen glanced at him indifferently and said: "I don't understand why the emperor cares so much about Lord Duan, I only know that the emperor's grace is vast, and the emperor must not live up to the emperor's love for the adult, as for the situation in the capital...... Is the lord asking about the court? In order to prevent the emperor from appointing Lord Duan as the governor of Nanzhili, the whole court quarreled, Pang Shangpeng, the imperial envoy of the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, was thrown into the prison, and the scholar Yang Tinghe and more than ten officials were sceptered and Zhishi, and the new Wuyingdian University scholar Wang Shouren Wang suggested that two ministers should be sent to supervise each other, each performing its own responsibilities and supervising each other, which satisfied the emperor's mind and appeased the hearts of hundreds of officials. ”