Xu County's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said to Jiang County: "You must hurry up and arrest these two people and torture them, and you will definitely ask Zou Hai about the fake household registration." ”

"Yes." Jiang County Lieutenant responded, and immediately asked Luo Wu to arrest Scribe Li and Scribe Chi.

The home of the two scribes was in an alley not far from the county office, Luo Wu led people straight to the house of the two scribes, and easily escorted the two scribes to the county office.

On the way, Scribe Li and Scribe Chi asked in a panic: "Luo Yashi, what did the county magistrate let us do at the county office?" We are all good officials who act impartially, not those cool officials who exploit us, and the county magistrate must be aware of it. ”

Since he was arrested and imprisoned, these close confidants and scribes of Zou Xiancheng have been confined to their homes by the county and cannot go anywhere.

They were very worried and wanted to exchange news, but there were officials guarding their doors, and their news could not be sent out at all, and even the officials bought grain, meat and vegetables at home were bought by the officials.

Luo Wu's face had faded from the youthfulness of a young man, and he became resolute, and when he heard this, he said without squinting: "Luo is just a small servant, if the two scribes have any questions, they can ask by themselves when they see the county magistrate later." ”

With these words, Scribe Li and Scribe Chi were eager to strangle him on the spot.

After the tea, Luo Wu escorted the Li scribe and the Chi scribe to the county government torture room.

Scribe Li and Scribe Chi almost fainted in fright, jumped up and said, "Luo Wu, didn't you say that the county magistrate summoned us?" How did you bring us to the torture chamber and what do you want to do? ”

The accompanying officials had already dragged the two scribes Li and Chi into the door of the torture room, and Luo Wu slammed the door of the torture room, turned around and said: "The county commander said that he would torture the two of you, and we were just acting on orders. ”

"Use, torture! The county commander wants to torture us? The scribe Chi was so frightened that his feet were weak, but he pretended to be tough and said: "We are county officials, and we eat the imperial court, you can't torture us casually, this is a violation of the criminal law!" ”

Luo Wu smiled and said to the two: "Scribe Li, Scribe Chi, do you have violated the criminal law of Da Chu, don't you know in your hearts?" ”

After speaking, he said to Jiang Bantou, who had been waiting in the execution room for a long time: "Uncle Jiang, people are here, you can be executed." ”

Jiang Bantou nodded, it was not a word of nonsense, and directly asked the official to tie the two scribes to the torture rack and start the torture.

The punishment in the county government torture room cannot be compared with that in the army, but it is just a small punishment of clamping hands, soldering irons, and smoking salt water whips, but Li Shuzhi and Chi Shushu are literati, and they have been pampered for decades, so they can't stand this kind of punishment at all, for fear that they will die in the torture room, but they can't hold it for half an hour, crying and shouting: "We recruit, we recruit, don't fight......"

If they continue to fight, their lives will be gone.

However, the scribes Li and Chi were quite smart, and they demanded: "We want to see the Xu County Order...... I can't see him...... We don't say anything about death! ”

Luo Wu scoffed at this, and he didn't say anything about death, the punishment in the torture room couldn't be carried before he could use a few of them, it was obvious that they were two people who were afraid of death, and they would rather die than give in.

But he still got up and went to call Xu County Commander and Jiang County Lieutenant.

Also came Zou Jiang, Jiang Qi, Yang Bantou and the Qin family brothers.

There was a strange smell in the torture room, and Xu Xianling covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and said: "This official only asks you one word, do you recognize Zou Hai, the manager of the Zou family?" Does it know that Zou Youlian has done a household registration for him? Which ones are you? ”

He also said: "You are clear about what Zou Youlian has committed, the crime of the Nine Clans, as an accomplice, you yourself will not be able to get better, but as long as you reply honestly, your family may be able to exonerate yourself." ”

The world is afraid of death, and even more afraid of the death of the whole family, the two scribes have sons, and they are both smart people, knowing that they can't do it, why should they leave a queen for their own family.

Li Shuzhi was relatively timid, and when he heard this, he cried directly, and begged Xu County: "My lord, my lord will leave a queen for my family, my Li family has been passed down for two generations, and my son can't be convicted." ”

Xu Xianling said angrily: "What is the howl, this official doesn't have time to listen to you crying, hurry up and explain the matter of Zou Hai's household registration clearly, so that you can be exempted from the crime." ”

Scribe Li hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, this is what I said." ”

But there are too many household registrations they have handled, and they can't say it directly, so they can only look at the thirty-four household registrations.

Fortunately, the two of them have good memories, and after checking the thirty-four household registrations that Zou County's relatives had done several times, they finally drew out three household registrations.

"It seems to be these three, at that time, Zou Xiancheng said that there were a few slaves in the family who wanted to be released and gave them a new household registration, but this kind of rhetoric, everyone understands, is just an excuse." The two scribes have been doing this business for a long time, and they know some things, and many officials and wealthy families like to use this trick to hide some family wealth.

Xu Xianling got the three household registrations, and after seeing that one of them was from the Zhongzhou Kang family, he was overjoyed: "The Zhongzhou Kang family is here, it must be that these three household registrations are right." ”

However, the place of the remaining two is a little far away, and one is even in Jiangnan, at this time, I look for it, I don't know if I can catch someone.

But no matter what, someone must be sent to arrest him, and Zou Hai can't be allowed to escape.

"County Lieutenant Jiang, without further ado, you hurry up and bring someone over to arrest Zou Hai according to the address on the household registration." Xu Xianling said excitedly: "Don't worry, this official will write a letter to Governor Liang and General Guo, and they will help us, and this matter of arresting people will not be hindered." ”

Zou Jiang didn't speak, but frowned and stared at Scrivener Chi...... When Scribe Li confessed, he found that Scribe Chi seemed to be a little wrong, as if he had something to say but was afraid to say.

Qin Sanlang also saw it, directly pulled out the knife, pointed at the neck of the scribe Chi, and asked in a deep voice: "What else do you know?" Say! ”

The scribe Chi was frightened, and subconsciously said: "I, I, I said, the third child of the Tong family in the county once spent money to beg me to open a new household registration, which was done in Baihe Town...... But a few days later, I saw Tong Laosan drinking with a man in Futai Building, which seemed to be about household registration, so I kept an eye on it and asked a few beggars to follow the man, only to find that the man entered the Zou family through the back door of the Zou family! ”

"Now that I think about it, that man should be Zou Hai."

Xu Xianling was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said to Master Tian: "Hurry up and check the booklet, and see where the main family of this household registration has moved to?" ”

It is definitely no longer in Baihe Town, Tianfu County.

Master Tian and Master Yu hurriedly took the scribes to find the household registration book of Baihe Town, and found it in less than an hour.

"The head of the household is called Sun Dazhu, fifty years old, lost his wife, and has a son named Sun Tianxi, three years after settling in Baihe Town, the family moved to the county seat of Yujiang County, and the household registration was also transferred there." Master Yu said with the booklet in his arms.