As soon as Ge Pu's question was raised, Xiong Ersheng was a little confused.

He thought for a moment, and then replied, "The grass people don't know what you're talking about, my lord, and the grass people don't understand." ”

Ge Pu glared at Xiong Ersheng angrily: Don't you have a brain? Pretending to be stupid doesn't pretend to be like this!

Ge Pu slapped the startled wood again and scolded him: "Bold Xiong Ersheng! How dare you pretend to be crazy and stupid with this official! If you don't confess again, this official will punish you! ”

Xiong Ersheng was startled by Ge Pu's words, he stared at Ge Pu with a pair of mouse eyes in confusion and asked, "My lord, the grass people really don't know what you are talking about!" The grass people don't know what kind of trouble you are talking about, what kind of officers and soldiers, the grass people are wronged! ”

Ge Pu really wanted to be stupid to death by him, glared at him fiercely, and stopped talking to him.

Ge Pu asked others, but he didn't expect that none of his subordinates had a bright mind, and they all said that they didn't do anything and couldn't understand anything.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo couldn't help but snicker, and watched Ge Pu and his subordinates act.

But after a long while, Ge Pu still didn't ask anything from these people's mouths, Wan Lin couldn't wait any longer, so he said a few words to Ge Pu.

"Master Ge, do you want to take a sip of tea first, let me and Lord Qi ask them."

Ge Pu nodded embarrassedly, "Then it will trouble Lord Wan and Lord Qi." ”

Wan Lin asked directly: "Xiong Ersheng, you don't have to deny it, the poison dart that your brother shot at my scholar is exactly the same as the poison dart that hit Dai Du's head last night, and the official clearly remembers your appearance." This official is asking you these things now, it is to give you a chance, otherwise the crimes you have committed are enough to punish the nine clans. ”

Xiong Ersheng knew that his quibbly just now was indeed a little lacking, but he didn't know how to quibble.

However, when Xiong Ersheng faced Wan Lin, he was not nervous in the face of Ge Pu, so he confessed a little.

"My lord, if you want to say that you went to Jinping Village to make trouble, this grass folk admitted. It's just that you really don't know about the killing of officers and soldiers! ”

Wan Lin said coldly: "The poison darts on the bodies of those killed officers and soldiers are exactly the same as the poison darts you used, and it is useless for you to quibble." ”

After speaking, Wan Lin didn't need Xiong Ersheng to say anything, and said directly to Qi Hongkuo: "Lord Qi, Your Majesty told us before leaving, we have the right to cut first and then play, right?" ”

Qi Hongkuo nodded and said, "That's right, this is the privilege that His Majesty has given us to Qincha." However, the so-called "first cut and then play" is just a general term. If we encounter a person who has committed a heinous crime in the process of disaster relief, we can still divide the body of the person and punish Ling Chi first, or punish the nine clans of their family before they are listed. ”

Wan Lin said lightly: "The murder of the official and other complicity seems to be punishable by Ling Chi, right?" By the way, it seems to be a sin of the Nine Clans. ”

Qi Hongkuo replied seriously: "Well, what Master Wan said is right. ”

Wan Lin immediately said to Xiong Ersheng: "Xiong Ersheng, you are so strong, I guess you won't be afraid of pain, right?" Anyway, Ling Chi is just a thousand knives, you must be able to stand it. By the way, how many people do you have in your family? How many friends and relatives are there? Is it enough for the Nine Clans? If that's not enough, we'll help you get it together. ”

"Minato...... A pick-up? ”

Xiong Ersheng's legs and stomach are about to cramp.

Who has ever heard that the Nine Clans are not enough for the Nine Clans, and they have to be forced to make up the Nine Clans?

Cold sweat trickled down Xiong Ersheng's head, as he quickly thought of the terrible scene of the sharp blade cutting his flesh piece by piece.

Not only him, but everyone else was scared.

Wan Lin was stunned when he saw Xiong Ersheng, and hurriedly asked "kindly": "Xiong Ersheng, if you can't make up the Nine Clans, we will help you, you must not have any burden." You can also count your distant relatives, since you want to die, it is better for everyone to die together to be neat and lively! You say, don't you? ”

Neat and lively?

Xiong Ersheng's frightened pupils were dilated.

He had always thought that Ge Pu was ruthless, but he didn't know that Wan Lin, who was more handsome than Ge Pu, was the most ruthless!

Now even Ge Pu is frightened by Wan Lin's "cold-bloodedness", are these big officials from the capital just like this "killing people without blinking"?

Qi Hongkuo was holding back a smile again, and he hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to fiddle with the case file in front of him to cover up his laughter.

"Big, my lord, the grass people ask the adults to let the grass people live!" Xiong Ersheng suddenly cried, "If you really have to ask for the life of the grass people, then the grass people will admit it!" But please don't punish the nine clans of the grass people! Don't help the grass people to make up any nine clans! There is a total of one old lady and one younger brother among the grass people, and there are really no nine clans! ”

After Xiong Ersheng finished crying, the others also realized who they had provoked.

Ge Pu is the sky in this small Quanling County, but there is a sky outside the sky, and there are many people who are bigger officials and more powerful people than Ge Pu.

Wan Lin listened to their cries but just wanted to laugh, and forced himself to laugh before saying, "If you don't want to affect your family, then the official will show you a clear way." ”

Xiong Ersheng immediately raised his head and asked, "Please make it clear!" ”

Wan Lin's eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and he looked into his eyes and said, "As long as you confess who instructed you to stop us from digging wells and let you murder the officers and soldiers, this official promises not to implicate your family!" ”

Wan Lin's words immediately lifted the hearts of Xiong Ersheng and the others, but Ge Pu was still sitting here, and Xiong Ersheng and the others couldn't help but hesitate a little as soon as they saw him.

However, when they thought that their family members were going to be implicated by themselves, they didn't care about being afraid of Ge Pu.

"It's Ge Pu who instructed us to do these things!" Xiong Ersheng shouted violently, "He's a vicious and selfish, human-faced and beast-hearted guy!" We have been forced by him to do many bad things, and our conscience has long been troubled! But the grass people have no power and no power, they can only be coerced by him, and the grass people are really helpless! ”

Xiong Ersheng wiped away his tears as he spoke, and the others also rushed to cry.

"Enough! What are you doing here? ”

Ge Pu suddenly yelled.

Xiong Ersheng and the others immediately shut down, and the green tendons on Ge Pu's forehead were so angry that he pointed at them and continued to roar: "Where did this official offend you to be so slandered by you?" You're the ones with the human face and the heart of the beast! ”

After Ge Pu yelled at them, he immediately stood up and bowed to Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo: "Two adults, please don't listen to their false accusations against this official!" I don't know them at all! ”

Wan Lin asked unhurriedly, "Since Lord Ge doesn't know them, then why do they have to slander you?" They're too bold, aren't they? First blocked the Qincha disaster relief, then murdered the officers and soldiers, and now slandered the court officials, can they say that they have any great backstage? ”

Wan Lin looked at Xiong Ersheng as he spoke, "Xiong Ersheng, you said that you were all instructed by Master Ge, do you have any evidence?" ”

Xiong Ersheng immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, yes!" Qi Qi two Qincha lords, the grass people have evidence of being instructed by him! The poison dart used by the grass people was designed by Master Ge, and the poison on it was also prepared by him! You only have to go to his house and search to see that the grass people are not lying! ”

"Good! Since there is such evidence, then we will go to Lord Ge's house to search it, so that we can also check whether you are slandering the imperial court officials! Come on, go to ......"

Wan Lin was just about to call someone, and Ge Pu hurriedly shouted.

"Wait!"

"Master Ge, are you weak-hearted?"

Although Wan Lin didn't look much annoyed, his face sank like water, and a cold light appeared in a pair of deep Danfeng eyes, which made Ge Pu shudder a little.

Ge Pu hurriedly explained: "The lower official is not weak-hearted, the lower official is...... I was worried that they had already prepared to slander the lower officials, so they put those things in the lower officials' homes in advance......"

"Lord Qi, you are an official of the imperial court, is your home so easy to be broken into by outsiders? Well, just go to your house and look it up, and you will know if you have been wronged. ”

Wan Lin no longer gave him a chance to explain, and immediately sent a team of officers and soldiers to Ge Pu's house to search.

Ge Pu had never been so scared, but now he couldn't do anything, so he could only pin his hopes on that person.

While waiting for the results of the search, Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo were not idle.

The two of them took turns asking Xiong Ersheng and others some questions, and in order to reduce their responsibility, they told them all the immoral things that Ge Pu had instructed them to do.

The most infuriating thing is that Ge Pu knew that the drought had made the people miserable, but he did not properly reduce taxes like other county orders, but forced the people to hand over more food.

If you really can't pay the grain, you can use the family's livestock, fields, and so on to deduct taxes.

This kind of harsh governance is really worse than the drought, and many people have been forced to die and be displaced.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo were so angry that their teeth itched, and they pointed to Ge Pu's nose and asked, "Why do you want to force them to hand in life-saving food at this time?" Ge Pu, is your heart and liver really black? ”

Without waiting for Ge Pu to answer, Xiong Ersheng replied: "Lord Qiqi, Ge Pu put all the life-saving food he snatched from the mouths of the people into his granary, he was afraid that he would starve to death, and he didn't care about the lives of the people!" ”

"Bastard!"

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo scolded in unison.

Ge Pu still had an attitude of not admitting his account, and shouted wronged with a bitter face.

"The two Lord Qincha, the lower officials are really going to die unjustly! Xiaguan has been opening warehouses to release grain, how can he rob the people of life-saving food? Please be aware of it! ”

Ge Pu was about to kneel down as he spoke, and a crying female voice suddenly sounded outside the county yamen.

"It's really not a good way to live! Even the county master's home dared to search like this! Is there any royal law? ”