Li Shenshi was stunned by Yang Ying'er's eyes, and stammered, "What...... What's the matter? What do you do...... I...... How would I know? ”

Yang Ying'er howled inexplicably, and cried for a while, before she choked and said: "Master Li, since you have no conscience, then my face will simply be torn!" ”

She knelt two steps forward, kowtowed three times to Qiu Yizhi, and said: "Lord Li is right, I, Yang Ying'er, am a shameless lewd talent, even if I die, I don't have the face to see my parents and husband under Jiuquan......" Then she cried for a while, and suddenly stretched out her left hand, pointed at Li Shenshi and said, "Lord Li, let me ask you, what did you say to me alone in this hall that day?" ”

Li Shenshi was pointed at by Yang Ying'er like this, and his whole body suddenly shrank back, and he was stunned for a moment before saying, "What words?" I...... I don't remember. ”

"You don't remember? I remember! I remember the disgusting look you looked like at the time, even if you turned to ashes! Yang Ying'er said with tears on her face, "You said that I am beautiful, more beautiful than my aunts combined." He said that as long as he is committed to you, he can avenge my husband...... I...... At that time, after I was bent on avenging my husband's grievances, I became a nun and went to serve the Bodhisattva, and I actually agreed to you, a beast! ”

As soon as Yang Ying'er said this, the onlookers were stunned for a moment, and then whispered to each other, and the county hall was noisy for a while.

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly slammed the startling wood and shouted: "Silence! Quiet! ”

Only then did the people quiet down, but they heard Li Shenshi scold in a panicked tone: "You shameless slut! Look at your ugly appearance, how can I look at you? ”

He turned to Qiu Yizhi and said, "Lord Qiu, this is obviously a capital crime for the suspect to be on the verge of dying, and it is already a capital crime, please pay attention to it." After speaking, a fine layer of stinky sweat oozed from the door of his head.

Qiu Yizhi pondered for a moment, ignored Li Shenshi, but said to Yang Ying'er, who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing: "Yang Ying'er, you sued the official with the people, and you are suing the official with the people, and you are suing about the reputation of the official. If there is a half-lie in this matter, you will be convicted of framing the official of the imperial court, and even the official will not be able to cover it up for you. Do you have credentials? ”

Yang Ying'er had already let go and said, "Yes! I remember that at first, I didn't obey at first, and I used my fingernails to pull three blood marks on his back......"

Li Shenshi listened and seemed to relax a little, but said, "Okay, since she said that there is a blood mark, then you can inspect it." If not, you will be condemned for this great crime of framing officials! ”

When Yang Ying'er heard this, she immediately reprimanded: "Master Li, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?" In three months, all kinds of blood marks have been raised, have you read all the books of the saints into the dog's belly? ”

As she spoke, Yang Ying'er suddenly realized and said, "That's right! The two strange moles on Li Shenshi's thing, one large and one small, are connected together, like a gourd! Please examine it carefully, and if I am not right, I am willing to be executed at Ling Chi! ”

This sentence is an ironclad piece of evidence against Li Shenshi, if it really exists, then Li Shenshi is speechless.

So Qiu Yizhi said coldly to Li Shenshi: "Master Li, since Yang Ying'er said so, then please follow me to the back hall to investigate!" If she is indeed falsely accused, this official should clear your grievances! With that, he got up and walked to the back hall.

Li Shenshi was already panicked, and without resistance, he was escorted into the back hall by two personal soldiers under Qiu Yizhi.

As soon as he entered the back hall, Qiu Yizhi raised the teacup, drank the cold water, and said calmly: "Master Li, there are no outsiders here, please take care of yourself, don't waste time." ”

Li Shenshi was sweating profusely, as if he had just taken a bath, and stammered and begged for mercy: "Lord Qiu, why do you have to do this? Why should this be? Please also look at the Slovak style above the ......"

"Humph! Slovakia? Qiu Yizhi put the tea bowl on a few cases and said sharply, "If I don't care about the Swen style, I will pick your pants in the court, let the people of Shanyin take a good look, and see what kind of villain they are hiding dirt behind their decent parents!" If you don't look at the face of the imperial court, why do you want to lead you to the back hall? ”

Li Shenshi was scolded by him, and his heart was broken, and his hands and feet trembled violently without obeying.

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Qiu Yizhi sneered, and said to his two personal soldiers: "Lord Li is not feeling well, why don't you two help him?" ”

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After a meal, Qiu Yizhi slowly walked from the back hall to the trial hall, sorted out the official uniform and hat, and said loudly: "This official has now found out that Yang Ying'er did not murder her husband Bi Xiuwen, and he will be acquitted on the spot!" ”

When Yang Ying'er and Yang Qiao'er heard this, they immediately bowed to the ground, and kept shouting: "Lord Qingtian!" Lord Qingtian! ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and continued: "However, the cause of your husband's death is mysterious, and it is difficult to investigate in detail for a while. Your two sisters are not allowed to leave the county without permission, and the official must ask questions carefully, calmly investigate the cause of death, and return a clean and fair manner. As for Li Shenshi, what he did was detrimental to the dignity of the imperial court, and the official has temporarily detained him, and applied to go to the peak to take away his fame and fame, and then make a trial! ”

At this moment, it was dawn, the sky was already dark, Qiu Yizhi tossed for most of the night, and was already sleepy, after finishing speaking, he walked out of the lobby and went back to sleep in the tsunami-like thanksgiving sound of the mountain and tsunami.

This night, Qiu Yizhi slept until noon that day, hastily ate lunch, and flipped through the documents and archives of Shanyin County over the years, and then remembered that there was a former county official imprisoned in the county jail.

So he called Zhao Chengxiao and went to the prison together.

The Shanyin County Prison is naturally not as good as the prison of the Criminal Department, with a total of seven or eight cells, which are taken care of by a cell head and two old women. Qiu Yizhi met with them for the first time, rewarded each of them with two taels of silver, and gave some instructions, and then asked the cell boss to lead him to visit Li Shenshi.

I saw Li Shenshi alone locked in the innermost cell, with his head drooping, slumped on the stone floor with straw laid indiscriminately, as if he had aged seven or eight years overnight.

Seeing his appearance, Qiu Yizhi didn't feel a little regretful, so he let the cell boss go back, personally pushed open the door of the cell, walked in slowly, and said softly: "Master Li, although the official intends to defend today's matter. However, what you committed is related to the reputation of the imperial court, and under the three punishments and five codes, there is indeed nothing to forgive, and I hope that Master Li will forgive me! ”

After today's turmoil, Li Shenshi was already convinced, and said dejectedly: "What the students do is indeed insulting to Sven, and it is not tolerated by the country's laws and the education of saints. Lord Qiu's disposition is already merciful! ”

Qiu Yizhi deliberately came out of Li Shenshi's mouth, so he sighed: "I have only looked through the archives and canons of Shanyin County within a few years, and Master Li has a lot of laws in governing the county, but I don't know how to be confused for a moment and make such a big mistake?" ”

Li Shenshi shook his head and said very calmly: "It is still a student who is not proficient in his arts, thinking that he has succeeded in self-cultivation by reading the classics of the sages, but he cannot abide by the principle of 'prudence and independence'. The so-called 'false Taoism and real villain' in the world are students. ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded and said, "Since Master Li knows his mistake, then the official will no longer reprimand. It's just that there is something unclear, and I still have to ask for advice. Why did Master Li promise Yang Ying'er to avenge her grievances, but in the end he broke his promise, which led to such a disaster? ”

When Li Shenshi heard this, he couldn't answer, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and then said: "Lord Qiu, don't ask any more questions, the reason for this is not something that a small county like me can say clearly." ”

Qiu Yizhi is also a person who is good at using conspiracy and trickery, and he couldn't guess what Li Shenshi meant by this, so he asked again and again.

Li Shenshi couldn't stand Qiu Yizhi's questioning, and finally said: "Lord Qiu doesn't need to ask more, if you want to know the truth, it's not difficult, you just need to go to the 'Dust Palace' fifty miles west of the city to have a look, and you will know." ”

Qiu Yizhi heard him inexplicably mention a Taoist palace view, and felt more and more strange, so he asked again: "What is the connection between this 'dust palace' and this case?" Please also ask Master Li to give me advice! ”

Li Shenshi just sighed and didn't want to say more.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi expected that he would not be able to ask anything today, so he comforted him a few more words and withdrew from the prison.

Early the next morning, Qiu Yizhi did not delay, got up and had breakfast, changed into a strong suit, and only took Zhao Chengxiao and Wang Lao Wu to the so-called "Dust Palace".

This "dust palace" is built under a hill that is not very tall, and a small stream forms a deep pool here, which is the best feng shui with the green mountains facing the water.

This palace is also very elegantly built, except for the spotless sweep before the closed gate, the corners of the walls are allowed to grow moss and suda vines, showing a natural wild interest - it can be seen that the taste of this palace host is not vulgar.

Seeing that the atmosphere here was so unconventional, Qiu Yi couldn't help but feel a little good in her heart, and she didn't know what the connection between this place and the murder of Bi Xiuwen was, so she stepped forward in person and gently knocked on the door of the "Dust Palace" a few times, wanting to go in and watch.

After a while, a crack opened in the wooden door, and out of it came a little Taoist aunt who was wearing a soap coat and a Taoist crown, but was only a teenager, and bowed to Qiu Yizhi: "I don't know where the donor came from, why did he visit me's 'Dust Palace'?" ”

Qiu Yizhi saw that this little Taoist aunt was neither humble nor arrogant when she spoke, so she said with a straight face: "In the next is the new county magistrate Qiu Yizhi, who has heard the reputation of your palace for a long time, so I came to watch, I don't know if it is convenient?" With that, he took out his famous post and handed it to Xiao Daogu.

Xiao Daogu glanced at it, said "please", and turned around with the name card, forgetting to close the door.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi simply pushed the door in and went in to find out.

But I saw that wisteria was planted all over this palace, and in March and April, it was when the wisteria flowers were in full bloom, dyeing the entire palace into a gorgeous and strange red purple. The wisteria flowers emit a sweet and salty smell, which makes people confused.

Under the wisteria tree, a path paved with green bricks zigzags forward, and all kinds of orchids of unknown colors are planted on the roadside, some of which are already budding and ready to be released, and some of which are just revealing their stems; Because of the humidity in the south, there are occasional clumps of mushroom umbrellas in the soil, which is even more fantastical.

Qiu Yizhi walked a few steps, and was attracted by this strange scene that he had never seen before, and while he was watching, he heard a very clear female voice from the direction of the end of the path, and said: "Lord Qiu is so impatient, did he come in by himself without waiting for the invitation of the poor road?" ”