Gu Qian has been in office for almost ten days now, and these days he often gathers the officials in the county government to discuss related matters. Because he was a newcomer, he had a lot to ask for advice from these officials.

On this day, as soon as they sat down, Gao Dianshi ran in in a panic, "My lord, it's not good. ”

Zhu Miao's face was full of displeasure, "Don't you see that we are discussing with adults!" What made you so flustered and lost your manners? ”

Zhu Miao immediately regretted this remark, because the position of the county was vacant, and the county had the final say in all matters, so he was unscrupulous. In his heart, Gu Qian was still sitting in front of him and didn't speak, so he reprimanded Gao Dianshi first, which really seemed a little unreasonable.

Seeing Gu Qian's serious expression, Zhu Miao said with some embarrassment: "My lord forgives me, and the lower official has overstepped." ”

"Probably not. Gaodian History, what happened? ”

"Murder!"

Everyone stood up in shock when they heard this, especially Gu Qian. A murder occurred within a few days of taking office, and I can't be surprised if I don't want to.

Gu Qian hurriedly asked, "Who is the deceased?" ”

Gao Dianshi replied: "Lord Hui, the deceased is Liu Rong, the son of the Liu Mansion. ”

As soon as he heard this name, Gu Qian's brows tightened. A few days ago, I saw him and Xinghua having a good time, why did they suddenly say that they were dead.

Gao Dian Shi said: "And they also caught the murderer." ”

"Who is it?"

Gao Dian Shi didn't dare to say, "My lord, you better go to the hall first." ”

Gu Qian came to the hall and found that Liu Yuanwai was holding Liu Rong's corpse and crying, and the defendant kneeling on the other side was actually Xinghua!

As soon as they heard that there had been a murder, and it was the son of Liu Mansion who died, the people ran to the yamen to watch.

Before Gu Qian could ask, Liu Yuanwai shouted, "My lord, I am such a son." You have to get justice for him, you can't let him die so inexplicably. ”

Xinghua was still a little shocked, "It's none of my business, I don't know anything." ”

Liu Yuanwai's eyes were eager to eat him, "You still dare to quibble!" A few days ago, you went to my house to fight Xiao'er, and my son was kind and didn't care about you, but I didn't expect you to kill him now. What kind of hatred does he have with you? ”

Seeing Liu Yuanwai's heartbreaking and grief-stricken words, Gu Qian couldn't bear to reprimand him for roaring in court.

"Liu Yuanwai, although Xinghua did have some conflicts with Liu Gongzi a few days ago, why do you insist that he killed Ling Lang?"

Liu Yuanwai's eyes widened as big as copper bells, beat his chest and said: "When my son died, there were only two of them in the room, who else could he be?" ”

Gu Qian was a little puzzled, the two had broken off contact a few days ago, how could they have a relationship now.

"Xinghua, why are you in Liu Rong's room?"

Xinghua recalled, "Today, the subordinates of the Liu Mansion came to tell me that Liu Rong, who had lost something a few days ago, had helped me find it, and specially asked me to go over and get it." ”

"And then?"

"I was knocked unconscious without saying a word in his room, and when I woke up he was dead. I didn't kill him, I really don't know anything. ”

Gu Qian said to Gao Dianshi: "Bring this Liu Mansion's subordinates up." ”

After a while, Gao Dianshi took Liu An to the court, and at this time, Liu An was also frightened, kneeling on the ground and trembling with his legs.

"Little Liu An, I've seen adults."

"Xinghua said that he was taken to Liu's Mansion by you and was knocked unconscious, but is there such a thing?"

Liu An said: "Back to the adult, it is true that the son asked me to trick the son of Xinghua to the Liu Mansion, and the son ordered me to knock him out." ”

"Why are you doing this?"

Liu An didn't dare to answer for a while, and looked at Liu Yuanwai.

Gu Qian patted the startled wood, and Liu An suddenly trembled with fright, "My lord, my son-in-law has admired Xinghua Gongzi for a long time. Xinghua Gongzi ignored him, so Gongzi wanted to knock him out and cook raw rice into mature rice. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, "I didn't expect this Liu Gongzi to be such a person." ”

When Liu Yuanwai heard this, he was immediately speechless, and Gu Qian was also resentful in his heart.

"The little one has been guarding the door since he knocked out the son of Xinghua, but I didn't expect to wait for the door to open again, only to find that the son had died inside."

After hearing this, Liu Yuanwai directly pounced on Xinghua with his fists and feet, "It's you, it's you who killed my son, I want you to pay for your life today!" ”

Seeing this, the left and right hurriedly pulled away from the two, and Liu Yuanwai was already crying silently.

Gu Qian walked down and looked at Liu Rong's body, only there was a scar on his neck, which was obviously killed by a knife.

"Liu Yuanwai, please mourn. The case is still pending the results of an autopsy. ”

As he spoke, he ordered: "Put Xinghua in prison first, and then try him again at a later date." ”

Xinghua hurriedly shouted: "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone!" ”

"Quit!"

As soon as Gu Qian walked out of the lobby, Lin Zhaowen chased after him in a panic: "My lord, please stay?" ”

"What's the matter with Master Lin?"

Lin Zhaowen said: "The lower officials feel that the adults in this case should be avoided." ”

Gu Qian, who was originally involved in Dao Xinghua, was already unhappy in his heart, and when he heard Master Lin say this, he suddenly lost his face, "Oh? Master Mo Feilin also thinks that this official will favor Xinghua and bend the law for personal gain? ”

Lin Zhaowen was frightened and hurriedly shook his hands, "Of course, Xia Guan believes that the adult is selfless, but he is afraid that someone with a heart will make a big fuss about this matter and be criticized in the future, so he specially came to remind the adult." ”

Gu Qian eased up a little at this time, "Master Lin's kindness, Gu Mou's heart understands." What others think is their business, Gu Mou will definitely find out about this case and give everyone an explanation. ”

After Lin Zhaowen left, Qinghe and Angju came up, and Qinghe asked, "Childe, what are you going to do with this case now?" ”

"Do you also think that Liu Rong was killed by Ah Xing?"

Qinghe whispered: "Although Ah Xing beat Liu Rong last time, but with his character, I still don't believe that he will kill Liu Rong, I think there must be something strange here." ”

Gu Qian's eyes lit up, "Oh? What's wrong with that? ”

"Listening to Liu An's confession, there were only two people in the room at that time, and Ah Xing had already been knocked unconscious, why was Liu Rong killed instead? If Ah Xing woke up in the middle of the way, there would definitely be some movement if he wanted to kill Liu Rong, why couldn't anyone outside hear it? ”

"Since even you feel that there are many doubts in this, then how can I let him suffer unjustly. Let's go to Liu's Mansion to have a look. ”

After the case, Gao Dianshi immediately ordered someone to guard the scene. In addition, what happened was a murder, and the people in Liu's mansion did not dare to approach at will.

After observation, Gu Qian found that Liu Rong's courtyard was located on the west side of Liu's mansion, and it was very clean because of its remote location.

After entering the room, I found that the furnishings inside were very neat, and there was no trace of a fight, but a puddle of water stains on the ground was a little conspicuous.

He called Liu An again and asked, "Did you knock over anything after you brought Xinghua into the room?" ”

Liu An shook his head, "After the little one brought the Xinghua Gongzi in, I didn't see anything knocked over until I went out. ”

"And did this puddle of water on the ground have it before you enter the door?"

Liu An said: "At that time, Xinghua Gongzi fainted here, and the little one remembers very clearly that there were no water stains here when he was helped up. ”

After Liu An went down, Gu Qian squatted down and took a closer look, and inadvertently sent down a piece of broken porcelain scattered under the table.

Gu Qian looked for it again and found that there were no other fragments except this fragment, and he felt that this broken porcelain piece should have something to do with this murder, so he ordered someone to put it away.

When Gu Qian was about to leave, Liu Yuanwai chased after him, "Lord Gu, has there been progress in this case?" ”

Gu Qian shook his head, "There are many suspicious points in this case, and it still needs to be carefully examined. ”

Liu Yuanwai couldn't help but be angry, "What's the doubt!" This is not all obvious, the murderer is Xinghua. What is your point in refusing to hold him accountable? ”

"Liu Yuanwai, don't worry. Gu Moujue will not let go of a bad person, and of course he will never wronged a good person. Gu will definitely find out about this case, and make Lang fair. ”

Liu Yuanwai, who was immersed in the pain of losing his son, could still listen to these words, and directly launched a fire on Gu Qian, and Gu Qian had no choice but to retreat first.

As soon as Liu Fu Qinghe came out, he began to fight unevenly, "Son, you have been busy for this case for a day and haven't eaten a bite of food until now, I didn't expect this Liu Yuanwai to be so ignorant." ”

Gu Qian looked very calm, "He only has such a son outside of Liu Yuan, and now that the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, some emotions are understandable, of course I won't bother with him." ”

By the time he returned to the county office, it was already evening, and he was already waiting in the second hall.

"My lord, after the villain's inspection, Liu Rong had no other injuries on his body, and he was indeed killed by cutting his throat. This technique is quite skillful, and it is fatal with a knife, not like an ordinary person's doing. Then he added: "But what puzzles the villain is that he still has a large amount of sweat medicine in his body. ”

"Oh?"

Gu Qian couldn't figure it out, since Liu Rong wanted to plot against Xinghua, why did he want to drink sweat medicine in a good manner, there must be a hidden reason in this.

He handed the fragment he found from Liu's Mansion to Qi Zuo, "I want to ask you to help you check what the water stains on this fragment are." ”

"The villain will reply to the adult as soon as possible." ”

The prison was dark and damp, and rats would run through from time to time.

Xinghua's eyes appeared with some intermittent images, it seemed to be a prison cell, and the people in front of him fell one after another around him. A moment later the men got up from the ground again, and saw them bleeding from all their knots, and they were approaching them with their teeth and claws.

There are words in his mouth, "Why aren't you dead yet?" ”

"Don't, don't come here!"

Xinghua suddenly woke up from his dream, and for some reason an inexplicable sense of fear hit him, making him feel creepy.

Suddenly, he heard a noise in front of him, and a figure approached him.