Guo Wei said with a solemn expression: "Sacrifice heaven and earth, burn yellow paper, and drink blood wine...... I'm afraid this is some kind of cult ritual, no wonder those fishermen think it's haunted. ”

Duan Fei didn't expect a cult, he fixed his mind and said, "Look for what else, if it's a cult ritual, there should be some special markers." ”

The two searched again, and even found a hoe to dig a foot into the ground, and successively found all the dishes and chopsticks, wine glasses, incense stems, straw ropes and other things, and the broken porcelain pieces just pieced together four large bowls, but there was no murder weapon at the scene, and I don't know if it was thrown into the lake.

"It seems that there are at least four murderers, they are here to sacrifice heaven and earth, and Lu Lan is the sacrifice of blood......" Duan Fei's heart was a little heavy, whether this was a cult ritual or what Duan Fei thought, it was extremely cruel to Lu Lan, the ferocity of these four murderers aroused the strong anger in Duan Fei's heart, and he was determined to capture them as quickly as possible!

The two of them found a sack, packed up all the evidence, and as soon as they walked out of Long Island, they saw Shi Bin running out of breath and shouted to them: "Brother Fei, Yan Zhutou told you to hurry back to the Yamen, that Lu Da has been caught......"

On the way back to the Yamen, Duan Fei learned about what happened, it turned out that Lu Da somehow suddenly returned to Lu's house, Mrs. Lu, who had just returned from the Yamen, immediately ordered someone to beat him violently, and then tied him up and carried him to the county office.

Duan Fei rushed back to the county government as fast as he could, and when he came to the public court, he saw a strong man in cloth clothes in the hall being tortured with a stick, only to see that his two ankles were sandwiched between three wooden sticks, and he was wrapped with a rope, and two officials stood on each side, holding a rope, and pulling hard to his side like a tug-of-war.

"The splint was moved, it seems that Lord Xu is planning to torture to extract a confession." Yan Zhutou said in a low voice.

"I don't know what the credentials are?" Duan Fei was skeptical.

Yan Zhutou hurriedly said: "No matter what the evidence is, Lu Da can't be allowed to continue to be tortured, once he can't bear it and pleads guilty, it will be difficult to overturn the case!" ”

In the hall, Lord Xu was asking Lord Min for his life, to wake up Lu Da and then start the execution, Yan Zhutou waited for the opportunity to take Duan Fei and the others forward, and reported to Lord Min: "My lord, we found the murder scene on the isolated island in the lake in the northeast corner of the county, and found incense paper, candles, wine glasses, straw ropes and other things, we suspect that there are four murderers, this is not an ordinary homicide case, it may be committed by a gang!" Duan Fei, present the evidence to the adults, please make a clear judgment! ”

A sack of evidence was presented, and Lord Min looked at it dizzily for a while before nodding and said, "Take the straw rope and compare it to the ......, Lord Xu."

Xu Dianshi had already thought of a countermeasure, he stepped forward and said indignantly: "Lord Min, yesterday I suspected that this was a gang killing, and I was denied by Yan Zhutou and Duan Fei at that time, and now they say that it is a gang killing, my lord, this is clearly the evidence that they forged in order to rob the merit and confuse the public when they saw that I had caught the murderer, please check it!"

Yan Zhutou retorted: "Lord Xu, it's a bit inappropriate for you to say that, these evidences all come from there, if you don't believe Lord Min, you can send someone to investigate, we can investigate the case in two ways with the permission of Lord Min, and it is beneficial for everyone to solve the case as soon as possible, why does Lord Xu say that we are robbing the merit?" In my opinion, you are in a hurry to punish Lu, this is to grab the merit! ”

Xu Yu snorted coldly and said: "Yan Zhutou, I asked Lord Min to punish Lu Da, but there is real evidence, there is a fist mark on the chest of Lu Lan's body, this official has already tested it, and it is consistent with Lu Da's fist, Lu Da was arrested with a huge amount of stolen money, he has also admitted that he had a quarrel with the boss, and after injuring the boss, he grabbed the money and fled, the evidence is conclusive, Lu Da is not a murderer, who else!" ”

Duan Fei frowned, clenched his fists and said, "My lord, where did Lu Da confess that he injured Lu Lan?" ”

Xu Yu's face moved slightly, and he said unhappily: "He said that he was outside the city, so he was tortured, and after killing someone like this, he naturally has to try his best to deny it, Duan Fei, you have only been arresting for a few days, and the case is not as simple as you think, you can catch the murderer with a dead pig?" It's really whimsical, don't forget that you still have suspicions that have not been washed away, if the murderer is not Lu Da, is it you? ”

Lord Dianshi's ridiculed tone was extremely obvious, Duan Fei's face couldn't help but change, Shi Bin couldn't help but help: "My lord, it's easy to confirm Lu Da's words, ask the soldiers on duty in the evening in the north of the city to know whether Lu Lan entered the city alone or with Lu Da." ”

Lord Xu shouted angrily: "Shut up, you don't have the right to speak here!" After such a long time, who still remembers so much, it is useless to ask. ”

Yan Zhutou said: "This is not necessarily, Lord Min, I propose to temporarily detain Lu Da to wait for retrial, and I will immediately send someone to the guard to find Niu Baihu to inquire." ”

Duan Fei stepped forward and said, "I don't think I need to, Lu Da is an idiot?" I don't think he dares to come back after robbing money and killing people? Unless he is crazy, Mrs. Lu, it was you who tied up Lu Da, let me ask you, is Lu Da crazy? How the hell did he come back? And why did you come back? ”

Mrs. Lu had been kneeling in the hall for a while, and when she saw that Master Min did not stop her, she replied: "When the housekeeper told me that Lu Da came back, I thought I had heard it wrong, but when I saw that it was really him, I believed that it was true, and at that time he was not much better than a beggar with an unkempt head and a package on his back...... There are a lot of silver ingots in it. ”

"When Lu Da saw me, he cried and said that he knew that he was wrong, it was his disobedience that killed the master, I was angry for a while, so I ordered someone to beat him, and then sent it over, now think about it...... Maybe he didn't kill the husband...... He is a servant brought up by his husband since he was a child, even if he is obsessed with money for a while, he will not kill him after robbing the money, and besides, the money will be brought back by him without moving......"

Mrs. Lu said a little hesitantly, but everyone understood, Lord Xu snorted and said stubbornly: "That's not necessarily, maybe he was obsessed with his mind that day, and he had a storm of epilepsy, but after killing someone, he completely forgot about it." ”

Min Xian Ling twisted his beard, looked at his deputy, and then at Duan Fei and Yan Zhutou, squinted his eyes and thought about it, and said: "Everyone's words have some truth, human life is at stake, we still need to be careful to verify it, Yan arrest the head, you still send someone to the guard to find Niu Baihu to check, for the time being, Lu Da will be imprisoned and withdrawn!" ”

Everyone sent off the county commander, Lord Xu looked at Duan Fei and Yan Zhutou and snorted, brushed his sleeves away, Duan Fei smiled bitterly, and said, "Lord Xu's prejudice against me is really deep." ”

Yan Zhutou pursed his lips and said: "Leave him alone, he is not the one who was beaten on the board, and solving the case is the real ability, what should we do now?" ”

Duan Fei said, "What new clues do you have over there?" ”

Yan Zhutou said: "No, this Lu Lan is really a good man as his wife said, and he would rather lose himself than grudge with others when doing business on weekdays, so that there are more people who are willing to do business with him, and his servants also say that Lu Lan is good, and even some people cry when they say it." ”

Duan Fei sighed and said, "So those murderers deserve to die even more, Lu Lan died so miserably, he was treated as a sacrifice to cut his throat and drink blood...... Previously, he was punished with three stabs and six holes...... These murderers deserve to be killed! ”

"Is it really a cult...... Yan Zhu's eyes are full of worry, the Ming Dynasty has been extremely strict in its control over religion since the founding of the country, among which the White Lotus Sect, Maitreya Sect and various sects derived from it are even more rebellious, the imperial court holds the principle that it is better to kill the wrong than to let go, once it is found that there are traces of the cult, what is often followed is bloody killing, and it is sometimes the case that the case is confirmed to be committed by the cult, I am afraid that Baoying County will not be at peace again.

"I don't think nineteen is it." Duan Fei said with considerable certainty, "Lord Yan doesn't need to worry. ”

Yan Zhutou sighed and said, "It's late, you have to be careful of that Xu Yu, if this is really a cult case, if you can't solve the case in time, I'm afraid that you and I will die without a place to be buried." ”

"Why do you say that?" Duan Fei asked in surprise.

Yan Zhutou said with a sad face: "Xu Yu may be from Dongchang, Dongchang has secret agents in every yamen, and the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt must be reported on weekdays, not to mention the rebellion of the cult...... As long as he mentions in the report that we are related to the cult, we will not die and will have to take off two layers of skin, and Lord Min himself will not be able to protect it. ”

East Factory ...... This is a word that even Chinese in the 21st century are familiar with, Dongchang represents bloody rain and boundless injustice, hearing that Xu Yu may be from Dongchang, Duan Fei was suddenly shocked.