Night.

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and the night was dark.

The lanes in the county town were empty, only the cold wind was blowing, and the shadows of the trees were shaking in the mist.

"Bang-Bang, Bang, Bang!"

A watchman walked down the empty street with a lantern in his hand.

Passing by the gate of Zhoufu, a cold wind suddenly blew, and the thick fog rolled, and the husband shivered.

"Hiss~ Why is it so cold tonight? That's it, it's already four watches on the left and right, and no one knows whether this Rausch fights or not, so find a shelter to drink two sips of wine. ”

The husband tightened his jacket, brought the lantern closer to him, and quickened his pace.

He didn't know that where he passed, two figures suddenly appeared, vaguely hidden in the fog.

But the husband turned a blind eye and went straight through the two men.

"This is where the good man is?"

Two strange figures looked at the Zhou Mansion next to the alley, and suddenly spoke.

"The martial artist that the general said is here, as if he has cultivated some sword cultivation methods, why don't you just get rid of it?"

"Forget it, there are priorities.

Those two 'eyes' are related to the great affairs of the Divine Monarch, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, the general ordered us to clean up the people who are in the way in the city, and the warriors, what about some small means?

The sword cultivation line has long since declined, even if he is lucky enough to have some luck and learn some means, how much can he learn? But it's just a mortal body, so why worry about it? I think the general is just a heavy responsibility, and he is a little worried.

The old monk is the most important, this little martial artist, but he can be destroyed, before that, don't make any extraneous branches. ”

"Okay, if he's lucky, let him live for two more days, and then send him on his way after he disposes of the monk."

"Don't be careless, that old bald donkey is not easy to deal with, the general meant, just let me wait to drive him away, not let you come nonsense."

The two figures spoke, fading away in the mist.

……

Daytime.

Yazhong, Zichuan County.

"Come on, take Chen to the court."

The county order was shocked, and a young woman was already escorted to the court.

Although this woman is green and high, she is no more than two years old.

Dressed in prison uniforms and shackles, it is still difficult to cover her graceful figure, her face is embarrassed and depressed, and she has obviously been severely punished, but she does not hide her beautiful appearance, but it is even more pitiful.

"Smack!"

The county commander's hand was shocked and fell again.

"Chen, how did Zhu San harm people's lives? But you had an affair with him, and the two of them hooked up and murdered your husband? Recruit from the truth! ”

Chen Shi heard the shouting in the hall, his delicate body trembled, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and tears slid down: "My lord, the folk woman really doesn't know, the folk woman has always been in love with my husband and abides by the way of women, how can she do such a faceless and heartless thing with others?" Ask the adults to be discerning! ”

"And quibble! Come on, go to the punishment! The county order was full of anger, and they no longer shied away from it, and they wanted to punish them in court.

At that moment, there were officials holding down Chen, and another officer took a stick, put a set on Chen's ten fingers, and slowly pulled points left and right.

Chen Shi screamed miserably, hoarsely and sorrowfully, and the hearts of those who heard it trembled.

screamed so much that he couldn't hear it, and the county magistrate sneered, waved his hand and ordered him to retreat left and right.

"Chen, do you recruit or not?"

Chen was lying under the hall, and the ten fingers of his hands, which were originally green onions, had become swollen and ugly, bloodstained, and trembling for a while.

Slightly struggling to raise his head, he lowered his head again, closed his eyes, and looked sad: "I...... Recruit ......"

The county commander Fu Su smiled smugly, nodded and said, "Well, so, you can draw a charge." ”

The Chen family was held on the left and right, and the county order turned to Zhu San, who was kneeling on the side, and said: "Zhu San, the Chen family has confessed, what else do you have to say?" ”

Zhu San had been tortured to the point of dying at this time, and when he heard this, he laughed miserably, and said weakly: "She is just a weak woman, where can she endure this torture?" Well, in that case, why bother to accuse her of unchastity?

I really did it, her husband was killed by me, I wanted to kill her husband and marry her again, she really had nothing to do with it, she didn't know anything about it, it was all done by me. ”

The county magistrate sneered: "What evidence do you say?" ”

Zhu San closed his eyes and smiled miserably: "There is a bloody clothes as evidence, which I wore when I killed people that day." ”

"Oh! Where is the bloody coat? ”

"It's at home."

The county commander was overjoyed and called for the officials to quickly go to Zhu San's house to search for bloody clothes.

After a short time, the official had already rushed back, but reported that Zhu San's family had no bloody clothes.

The county commander was furious, and ordered Zhu San to be tortured left and right.

After Zhu San screamed for a while, he intermittently said that the bloody clothes were at home, and only he could find them, and the county order immediately asked people to escort him to Zhu's house.

When she arrived at Zhu's house, Zhu San's mother cried bitterly when she saw the miserable appearance of her own son, and wanted to pounce, but was stopped.

The county order came with the errand officer, which had already attracted the attention of many people, and this crying made many people around the Zhu family, but they were blocked by the county order.

Although he was dumbfounded, he still knew that what he was doing at this time could not be known to too many people.

In the house, Zhu San cried to his mother: "The child is not filial, please take out the bloody clothes." ”

Mother Zhu, who was sitting on the ground, paused slightly, and the expression on her face suddenly became mournful: "My son! ”

Zhu San smiled miserably: "Mother, now giving me a bloody coat is death, and if you don't give it, it is better to die happily, so as to save yourself from this torture, it is difficult to be relieved." ”

Mother Zhu shook her head sadly, but she turned around and walked into the back room, and after a while, she walked out with an object in her hand, her face was pale, and she handed out the thing: "This is the bloody clothes, you can take it." ”

The county order was overjoyed, so that people could not check, and sure enough, the clothes were stained with blood, and he couldn't help laughing, and brought a group of people and things back to the county office, repeatedly verified Zhu San's confession, and finally made him confess, sentenced him to be beheaded, put him in prison, and executed on a certain day.

……

Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Ning got the news that Zhu Sheng had been sentenced to be beheaded, sighed, and drank himself alone in the courtyard.

"Brother Zhou seems to be worried?"

Hua Kai had just finished pranayama and walked out of the room, wanting to practice martial arts, but he didn't expect to see Zhou Ning who was sighing for a long time.

"Brother Hua."

Although this is Zhou Ning's own mansion, in fact, he himself is rarely able to see Hua Kai, which is quite unexpected.

Then he sighed again, the case of Zhu San had been closed, and he didn't hide it, and told Hua Kai before and after.

As soon as Hua Kai heard it, he knew that it was the murder case that he had heard from Li Bapo's mouth that day, and he thought of the old woman who was full of frost hair and knelt down all the way to pray for incense, and his heart was a little heavy.

couldn't help but say: "Brother Zhou thinks that Zhu San is really a murderer?" ”

Zhou Ning shook his head: "I know what Brother Hua means, the county order is so suspicious of being beaten into a confession, but this is Zhu San's own confession, and there is blood clothes as evidence, the evidence is ironclad, how can it be fake?" ”

Hua Kai laughed a little, just from what Zhou Ning said, he could see that there were flaws everywhere, and he didn't know if it was a problem with the way of handling cases in this era, or a problem with vision, such a case full of loopholes, dare to say that the evidence is ironclad?

Not to mention that the so-called confessions of the two parties were said under heavy punishments, which is not reliable at all, it is the so-called ironclad evidence, and a mere bloody coat can be used as evidence? It can also be decided on this basis, which is too child's play.

This matter has nothing to do with him, and Hua Kai is not interested in playing detective games, but from time to time he thinks of the rickety figure of the old woman kneeling and knocking, but it makes him think.

"I don't know when Zhu San will be executed?"

"It was supposed to be executed after the autumn, but now it's only early spring, and the county order is anxious, so it was set seven days later."

Zhou Ning naturally knew the reason why the county order was so anxious, so he was even more depressed in his heart.

Hua Kai was just about to speak, when his brows suddenly furrowed, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile: "Brother Zhou, I can't see that you are quite popular." ”

"Huh?" Zhou Ning was stunned......