Next. The soft sun was brighter than yesterday.

Zhao Hengzhi opened his hazy eyes, he still remembered that he was drinking and drinking happily yesterday, but he didn't expect to be drunk like a bear now, and slept for a day.

"Knock knock!" The familiar sound of drumming sounded. Zhao Hengzhi recognized that this was the sound of the big drum placed at the door of the yamen.

What the hell is going on? Zhao Heng was puzzled, he hurriedly put on his official uniform and ran out of the room.

In the lobby, not only Yao Yuran and them, but also a middle-aged woman kneeling in the lobby, she was wearing a red Luo skirt, her expression was haggard, she knelt on the ground and cried silently.

Zhao Hengzhi didn't care whether to sit or not, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped the man on the ground.

"My lord, the people's woman Ge Honglian, I beg the adults to make the decisions for the people's women and wash away the grievances for my husband!" The woman choked.

Zhao Hengzhi heard it in a fog, and didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask your husband's surname?" ”

Ge Honglian trembled her lips and said, "The husband is Wu Feng, yesterday he said that he was going to come to the Yamen to beat the drum and complain, and he ran home to eat at noon yesterday, and told me that the lord snatched back the land on Xibei Street for us." Who knows, he didn't return last night, and this morning, when I went to the tavern, I saw that my husband had died in the tavern! ”

"Ahh What the? Wu Feng died??? Zhao Hengzhi was shocked.

How can someone who was fine yesterday say that he is dead?!

"Mrs. Wu, take us to have a look! Look at how your husband died. Yao Yuran stood up, the most difficult thing at the moment is to solve the case as soon as possible, and it must be investigated clearly.

Ge Honglian took Zhao Heng and his party to the tavern. The tables and chairs in the tavern were smashed to pieces, but Wu Feng was lying in a pool of blood.

Wu Feng's face had lost its bloody color, his eyes were wide open, and he was slashed by a knife no less than twenty times, but the most fatal was the knife on his throat, Yao Yuran concluded that Wu Feng was killed by excessive blood loss.

When Zhao Hengzhi saw Wu Feng's corpse, his face turned pale. He muttered, "It's my fault, it's my fault......"

He was full of self-blame in his heart, if he hadn't forcibly helped Wu Feng take this tavern yesterday, Wu Feng would not have been poisoned. Zhao Hengzhi hugged his head tightly and squatted on the ground, in pain.

He didn't dare to face Wu Feng's corpse.

"Lord Zhao, it's not your fault, it's Wang Zhongsheng who suffered a thousand cuts, if it weren't for him, Wu Feng wouldn't have died so miserably!" Li Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Zhao Hengzhi.

Yao Yuran could understand Zhao Hengzhi's mood, he originally wanted to lend a hand, but now, he killed a person, which paid a heavy price and could no longer be recovered.

"Hengzhi, what you can do has been done, next, it's time to catch the murderers for Wu Feng and bring them to justice......" Yao Yuran persuaded him with a heavy heart.

"Ahhhh

Ye Junjun held his sword and looked at the two miscellaneous guys in the tavern with a cold gaze. She suddenly drew her sword and pointed it at one of the guys.

"Say! Last night, did the people from the Wang family come to smash the store? Did they kill Wu Feng? Ye Junjun's eyes were sharp.

The man trembled and hurriedly said, "I don't know, I don't know anything." ”

Yao Yuran sighed and said, "Junjun, you can't ask anything like this, they are afraid that Wang Zhongsheng will find trouble for them." ”

"But do you want to let that group of scum continue to be arrogant? The whole rice city was made into a miasma by them......" Ye Junjun began to feel hopeless.

She had never encountered such a thing, in the Taiping capital, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there would never be such a heinous thing.

Chu Xiao rationally inspected the scene of the crime, there was no pretense here, Chu Xiao could only roughly draw some conclusions: "Wu Feng seems to have been cut with a knife, and the neck injury is the most fatal." There was no physical evidence left at the scene, as for whether it was done by the Wang family, unless a witness was found willing to testify! ”

Yao Yuran pursed her thin lips, she remembered that in the 21st century, the police could still extract fingerprints from the scene when they solved the case, but now in this ancient time with backward technology, there is no way to find clues. Coupled with these two witnesses who are greedy for life and afraid of death, it is even more difficult to bring the wicked to justice than to ascend to the sky.

Everyone is in a dilemma where they are at a loss.

Zhao Hengzhi kept squatting on the ground until it was dark, and everyone else returned to the yamen, leaving only Zhao Hengzhi and Yao Yuran. Yao Yuran couldn't help but get angry and kicked Zhao Hengzhi's ass.

"Hey, Zhao Hengzhi, what's wrong with you? Are you so negative? "Yao Yuran hates that iron does not become steel. It was the first time she had seen Zhao Hengzhi look so decadent.

Zhao Hengzhi raised his head suddenly, and he finally stood up from the ground. But he was in a discouraged spirit, with empty eyes, a face like ashes, and a loveless look.

Yao Yuran saw that Zhao Hengzhi's state was not right, and hurriedly followed his footsteps.

Zhao Hengzhi bit his lower lip and didn't say a word, just walked with his head down.

"Zhao Hengzhi! You speak, don't look like you want to die! Yao Yuran suddenly grabbed Zhao Hengzhi's ear, wanting him to cheer up.

Zhao Hengzhi raised his eyes and glanced at Yao Yuran faintly. But he didn't scream in pain like he used to, like a marionette who didn't feel any pain.

"You...... What's wrong with you? Wake up! If you're like this, how can you save the people of these rice cities? Yao Yuran shouted loudly in his ear.

"Zhao Hengzhi, do you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head? Are you going to give up like that? Yao Yuran scolded.

Although Zhao Hengzhi was a prodigal in the past, he had never been so depressed and decadent as he is now, Yao Yuran began to use her three-inch incorruptible tongue, wanting to wake up Zhao Hengzhi.

But no matter what Yao Yuran said, Zhao Hengzhi didn't seem to be able to listen to a word.

Yao Yuran didn't expect Wu Feng's death to hit Zhao Hengzhi so hard. In this way, Zhao Hengzhi's self-confidence was completely crushed.

After returning to the yamen from the tavern, Zhao Hengzhi didn't say a word, shrunk into the room, and hugged himself tightly. It's not just that the water hasn't entered, the whole person is as if they have been stripped of their cocoons.

Yao Yuran had no choice but to hold an internal meeting, and the main people who held the meeting were Chu Xiao, Ye Junjun, Li Zhong, Xie Ling and others.

"What to do? Now that Zhao Hengzhi is like a walking corpse, how can we wake him up? Yao Yuran's expression was solemn.

"If you want me to say, this bell must be tied to the bell......" Chu Xiao said very mysteriously.

Ye Junjun hurriedly interjected and said, "Do you want Wu Feng to give Zhao Hengzhi the bell?" ”

"Ahem, it's not. I mean to make Zhao Hengzhi realize that he is still useful, and awaken his enthusiasm for being an official. Chu Xiao hurriedly explained.

"Alas, in fact, Lord Zhao is really good, Lu Hai and I were still saved by Lord Zhao, if it weren't for Lord Zhao, we would have become sinners and committed the evil of robbery." Lu Tian said beside him.

The reason why he and Lu Hai were willing to follow Zhao Hengzhi was precisely because they were impressed by Zhao Hengzhi's chivalrous courage.

"It's better like this, Lu Hai and Lu Tian, you come to act and cheer up Zhao Hengzhi!" Yao Yuran had a flash of inspiration and had an idea in his heart.

"Okay, as long as we can help Lord Zhao, we buddies will definitely do our best!" Lu Hai's chest slapped loudly.

After a few people deliberated, they began to act.

The first to go out was Ye Junjun, who ran to Zhao Hengzhi's room out of breath and shouted: "It's not good, it's not good!" Lu Hai and Lu Tian are fighting! ”

Zhao Hengzhi's originally dull eyes suddenly had a glimmer of light.

Ye Junjun saw that there was some effect, so he leaned over again, looked flustered, and said: "Brother Hengzhi, you go and take a look at Lu Tian and Lu Hai, they are fighting each other, one says that Lord Zhao is useless and has no way to redress the grievances of the people, and the other says that he wants to believe Lord Zhao......"

"They...... Did they really fight? Zhao Hengzhi made a hoarse voice.

Ever since he saw Wu Feng's death, he couldn't get rid of the shadow of his psychology, and he had lost confidence in himself, but he didn't expect that someone would fight to defend him.

"Woooooooooo......oo Go and check it out, maybe you'll die if it's too late! Ye Junjun said very exaggeratedly. In order to increase Zhao Hengzhi's convincing, she also took out a small handkerchief, wiped a handful of tears, and cried so much that pear blossoms brought rain.

"Where are they, take me to see them!" Zhao Hengzhi finally couldn't sit still, he walked down from the bed and walked out of the door.

"Over there! Walk! Ye Junjun led the way.

Zhao Hengzhi was convinced, and followed Ye Junjun to the lobby of the yamen. I saw that Lu Hai was choking Lu Tian's neck, and Lu Tian was not to be outdone, twisting Lu Hai's arm with one hand. Both of them were full of hatred in their eyes, eager to beat each other to death.

"Stop! Stop it! Zhao Hengzhi shouted.

Lu Hai and Lu Tian turned around, and when they saw that it was Zhao Hengzhi, they let go of their hands and let go of each other.

"What are you doing? Is that how you treat your brothers? Zhao Hengzhi mercilessly accused the two of them of not.

Zhao Hengzhi stared at Lu Tian and said, "Lu Tian, you are the boss, you should have taken care of your younger brother!" ”

When Lu Tian heard this, he still retorted loudly: "Who told him to say that Lord Zhao is mediocre and incompetent, and he will give up when he encounters such a setback...... He also said that he was blind and saw Lord Zhao wrong......"

Zhao Hengzhi turned his head again, and said to Lu Hai in a serious voice: "Lu Hai, Lu Tian is your brother, you should also respect your brother......"

"Hmph, whoever let him have a tendon, Lord Zhao doesn't want to make decisions for the people of Micheng, he still wants to stay here!" Lu Hai also took the opportunity to criticize Zhao Hengzhi.

Zhao Hengzhi's eyes widened and he took a step back, he only cared about accusing the two of them, but he never thought that the mistakes he had made were even greater.