Retreating to the front of the patio outside the back hall, Yan Liu's pale face was a little better.

"These families all live on the outskirts of Aicheng, there are few people, and there are no other households around, so the murderer dares to commit crimes during the day!"

Aicheng Zhizhou Ma Guan was originally a small local family in Aicheng voiced, although the family is not rich but also rich enough to be rich two words, he is also considered to be angry, after two rush exams in the top three, and then the emperor pointed to Aicheng to make a general judgment, many years of hard work, but also finally mixed with the position of Zhizhou, for the way of the official, he has already pondered through, in front of one is a captain, although there is no real power but it is also a super product, one is from the second grade of Dali Siqing, compared to him from the fifth grade of Zhizhou, The difference is far more than the number between two and five, he has only climbed from the general judgment to the position of Zhizhou for many years, if he wants to enter the capital, but it is indeed illusory and delusional, the last time the eldest prince Ning Cheng came, he tried his best to finally let the eldest prince smoothly handle the case and return to Beijing, and now these two high-ranking officials, but they can't be offended! He also knew that the emperor would take Aicheng as the implementation point of reform, and as long as he could cooperate in handling this case well, there might still be a little hope for entering Beijing in the future, and he would not dare to be careless when it came to promotion.

"Did you find the murder weapon at the scene?" Rao Su had already examined the wounds of the deceased and walked out of the back hall.

"Nope! The scene has been cleaned up, it is very clean, if it is not found by a passing woodcutter, I am afraid that even these corpses will not be able to stay! "The murderer wanted to destroy the corpses by fire after the killing, but if it weren't for the two woodcutters who fought hard to extinguish the fire that had not yet been fully ignited, these corpses would not have been kept so clean.

"The woodcutter who reported the crime is here?" Rao Su's expression was solemn.

"In, in, in! Knowing that the two adults arrived today, the lower officials have already invited him to the mansion! Li Hu, hurry up and bring those two woodcutters! Ma Guan bowed his hand respectfully and flatteringly, and led the two to the two chairs that he had ordered someone to move.

It was really tiring to run all the way, Yan Liu Raosu did not refuse, turned around and sat down.

The two woodcutters were soon arrested and invited by Li Hu, both of them were very thin, dark-skinned, and brothers, at first glance they were simply printed in a mold, and the two saluted while reporting their names and what they had seen and heard that day.

"My lord! The villain's name is Pan Liu, this is my younger brother Pan Xuefei! On that day, our two brothers were carrying 300 catties of dry firewood out of the mountains, and they were very thirsty, so they thought about going to them to ask for a bowl of water to drink, although they did not live there a few families, but they drilled a well, and we would go there to drink water on weekdays! Pan Liu bowed his head to the ground, very nervous.

Such a long story is inconsequential, and Ma Guanzai, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but sigh: "Be concise and to the point, don't talk nonsense!" Let's get straight to the most important thing! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! My lord! Pan Liuben was worried, and was drunk by Ma Guan, and immediately trembled, or Pan Xuefei on the side saw his brother like this, and took the initiative to take over the conversation: "My lord, the grass people brother is very timid, don't be surprised, that day the grass people brothers went to the outside of those houses, only to see the smoke rising, it was not the time to cook the smoke, the grass people brothers walked there many times to drink water and rest, and those families also have friendships, so they shouted twice, and saw that no one replied, so they stepped forward and knocked on the door, who knows or no one answered, The grass people were afraid that something was wrong, so they immediately smashed the door with a long bench outside the house, who knows, as soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw corpses all over the ground, and the house was already burning! Fortunately, the fire was not big, and it was convenient to get water, and when the catchers arrived, the fire had been extinguished by the grass people, and then the grass people transported the corpse back to the government with the catchers, and told Ma what they saw, and then went home! ”

Rao Su nodded with satisfaction: "Did you see anyone else that day?" ”

"When the grass people entered the house, the murderer had already left!" Pan Xuefei kowtowed and replied!

Yan Liu propped up his somewhat heavy head and rubbed his eyebrows: "Master Ma, can these five families have grudges with people on weekdays?" ”

"Lord Yan! Xia Guan has already done an investigation, these five families live outside the city, rarely interact with people, and do not have a grudge with others on weekdays, that is, when they sued Li Feng, they formed a grudge with the Li family! ”

"Li Feng? But is it that distant relative of Li Guogong and Li Xian? ”

"Exactly! This man is now being held in a prison and will be executed as soon as the hour comes! ”

"Bring him!"

"Yes!"

Yan Liu Raosu cooperated tacitly, and there were hints and explanations from the emperor, the details of this case were just a cover for the emperor's reputation, and the city gate was blocked to prevent these rich businessmen from fleeing!

Li Feng was quickly brought up, a man who was only thirty years old, described as withered and unkempt, and could no longer see that this was the wicked man who used Li Guogong to make a fortune in the past! After Li Guogong Li Xian was exiled, the culprit of the invasion of the land has been sentenced to be beheaded in the spring, and the current time is just waiting for death for him!

"My lord, after Li Feng was imprisoned, he also took a few of his subordinates who were fighting for the tiger, I don't know if I want to ............" Ma Guan glanced at Yan Liu Raosu.

"I'll talk about it later!" Yan Liu rubbed his eyebrows and sat up straight. "How is Li Feng's family now?"

"After this case was decided, the Li Mansion, which was originally one of the most wealthy in Aicheng, was scattered, and all the belongings were divided by several concubines of Li Feng, and the old mother in the family was angry to death and no one was buried, and the minions who were loyal to Li Feng in the past also ran away!"

Ma Guanzai said it so carefully, he just wanted to tell Yan Liu Raosu that the current Li Feng has no ability to commit crimes!

Yan Liu saw Ma Guan very thoroughly in this careful thinking, waved his hand, and lowered his head. "Li Feng."

"Sinner Li Feng, I've seen three adults!" Li Fengla shrugged his head, and spoke in a laid-on tone, without the slightest respect from the two woodcutters.

"Li Feng, have you ever maliciously retaliated against these five families for buying murder and murder?"

"My lord! I, Li Feng, have only three months left to live, and Master Ma also said that the family is scattered, what ability do I have to buy murder and murder! Don't slander me, two adults! Li Feng was not kneeling, but kneeling on the ground, and his head was not looking at Yan Liurao, but looking up at the sky.

"Okay, let's just remember that you are already a death row prisoner at the bottom of the ranks, Lord Ma recently implemented land reform in Aicheng, what is the effect?" Yan Liu sneered and sat crookedly.

Seeing that Yan Liu didn't ask Li Feng and asked about the land, Ma Guanzai looked solemn, and hurriedly walked in front of Yan Liu and replied: "The redivision of land has been completed five days ago, Aicheng has a total population of 150,000, of which there are more than 100,000 peasant tenants who make a living by cultivating the land, and there are 50,000 acres of farmland within the scope of Aicheng. ”

"Is there anyone in it who is causing trouble?"

"My lord! Who wants to hand over their fields to the government! Although there are subsidies allocated by the inner treasury, some people still push back three times, but in the end, they still can't bear the pressure of the situation, except for the remaining few wealthy businessmen, they all reached an agreement to hand over! ”

"Where did the remaining families come from, dare to openly disobey the holy decree!" Rao Su patted the armrest and snorted coldly.

"My lord! Although Xiaguan is the governor of Aicheng, he is only from Wupin, these rich businessmen are relatives of some families in the capital, and Xiaguan has been to discuss many times, but they have been forced out! ”

Yan Liu Rao Su is interested in leading this case to this point, so he will naturally follow Ma Guanzai's words and ask!

"My lord, these four households have always been in the same line of advancing and retreating, and in Aicheng, they are also the top of the noble family, one of them is the brother-in-law of Qin Guogong, and the other is the nephew of Lord Yang of the household department! And one ......"

Rao Su stretched out his hand to interrupt: "Summoning them!" ”

"Your Excellency...... It's not ......"

Yan Liu also immediately interrupted Ma Guanzai's words and said: "Although Li Guogong and Li Feng have the motive to commit the crime, they have no ability to commit the crime, and the deceased has no grievances with others in the past!" Obviously, someone is making waves by taking advantage of the land invasion case, and now Aicheng is at a critical time for land reform, and this case may also be someone using this to put pressure on the imperial court! In the event of a murder, the matter of land redivision will be put on hold for the time being! The emperor attaches great importance to this, so he will let me and Lord Rao investigate this case together, do you understand? ”

Ma Guan was in Yiyi, and then nodded and said a few words in a row, the words have already reached this point, how could he not understand, judging from Yan Liu's analysis, it is obvious that the emperor already wants to use this to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkey's prestige! Anyway, having Yan Liu Rao Su to settle these people can save him a lot of trouble, why not do it!

"Li Hu, go and invite the heads of these four households!"

"Yes!"

"Escort Li Feng back to prison!" Bringing Li Feng out for questioning is just a formality, no matter whether Li Feng has the ability to commit a crime or not, this is not the main point they should investigate.

"Yes!"

Li Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, shook his hand and pushed away the catcher who stepped forward to drag, got up, patted his buttocks, squinted at Yan Liurao, pouted and turned away!

Although he is presumptuous, it proves that he is open-minded!

Catch and leave the mansion, many of the people who gathered outside the mansion to watch the lively sun followed these people, and some of them saw that it was impossible to open the hall today, so they dispersed, sitting idle all day long, except for hearing a lot of gossip and gossip that they wanted to hear or not, Du Yiyi was almost thinking nonsense all day, the good weather is the most suitable for doing this kind of boring thing, there are many scholars in this alley, and the topic of conversation is Yan Xinglu is interested, anyway, it is nothing to be idle, Yan Xinglu also got into a group of scholars, listening to them talk about interesting topics from all over the world, and the time of the afternoon passed quickly.