Mu Changan and his entourage left to return to Qiuzhou City the next day, while Pei Xia left for Daomi County that night.

When she arrived in Daomi County, the city gate was closed, and the official guarding the gate recognized Pei Xia and knew that she was on good terms with the county order, so she let her in without much embarrassment.

Pei Xia entered the county seat, Daomi County is different from Linci County, Linci County is crowded and lively, even at night, there are many shops and vendors, and the curfew is like a piece of paper, which cannot be enforced at all. The people in Daomi County are few and poor, and at night, although the curfew is also not strict, no one comes out to do activities.

Pei Xia got out of the car, turned around the alley, and finally came to a small courtyard.

The wooden door of the small courtyard is closed, the courtyard wall is not high, and the two osmanthus trees inside can be seen from the outside. Now it is the season of osmanthus blooming, and you can smell the fragrance of osmanthus through the yard.

Pei Xia was just about to knock on the door, when the courtyard door suddenly opened from the inside.

The door was opened by a man in his forties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, an honest appearance, with many wrinkles on the skin on his face, and rough hands, which looked like he often did rough work.

The man was very happy to see her, and shouted in a low voice, "uh-uh-uhh

"Dumb uncle." Pei Xia called softly, and from the side of the dumb uncle, she saw that the light in the room was still on, "Hasn't Master slept yet?" ”

"Ahh The dumb man nodded.

The dumb man was not dumb before, let alone deaf, and could hear what others said. Pei Xia didn't know what his original name was, only that he was cut off by a thief, and later went to a family to do short-term work, the master's family died, and the real murderer stuffed the evidence into the dumb uncle's room to give it to the dumb uncle, the dumb uncle couldn't speak clearly, and was almost sentenced to death by the government. Since then, the dumb uncle has regarded Pei Qifang as his master, and has always followed Pei Qifang loyally.

Seeing that Pei Xia wanted to go in, the dumb uncle stopped her, with a worried look on his face.

"Master knows everything?" Pei Xia lowered his head. The dumb uncle said in sign language that the master was angry, and asked Pei Xia to go back first, and he persuaded the master in the past two days to let Pei Xia come back after a while.

"Is Pei Xia back? Let her in! A slightly older male voice came from the room. Since Pei Qifang changed Pei Xia's name, he has almost never called her by name and surname, and now he is really angry.

The dumb man stiffened, and hurriedly pushed Pei Xia out.

"Dumb uncle." Pei Xia refused to retreat, and said in a low voice, "Let me in, otherwise the master will be even more angry." ”

"Why, you two wings are stiff, and you don't take me as an old man in your eyes, do you? Even you won't listen to me? This was said to the dumb uncle, and the dumb uncle didn't dare not listen, so he had to let Pei Xia in.

Pei Xia walked through the courtyard and came to the house. Qi Hong and Pei Qifang sat opposite each other in the room, Pei Qifang had a straight face, Qi Hong had never seen Pei Qifang make such a big fire, and felt a little sorry for Pei Xia.

When he was in the post house before, Pei Xia instructed him that Mu Chang'an might send someone to monitor him, and let him stay in the county office with peace of mind after returning to Daomi County, and don't go anywhere, so as not to be implicated. Qi Hong didn't know what Pei Xia was doing, so he stayed in the county office for two days uneasily, thinking that today had reached the deadline set by King Suiyuan for Pei Xia, so he sent someone to inquire about the news, and learned that there would be no more trouble after the case was successfully concluded, but he was still a little uneasy, Pei Xia was not in front of him, so he came to Pei Qifang, and told Pei Qifang the results of this case and his subordinates, who knew that Pei Qifang was furious when he heard it.

Qi Hong didn't know that Pei Xia did this thing without Pei Qifang, and he didn't know why Pei Qifang was angry.

"Brother Pei, the case has been solved, and the King of Suiyuan also recommended Miss Pei to go to the Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Division, which is a good thing! Miss Pei has learned this skill from you, how can she keep her nesting in our small county. ”

"Humph! I don't think she has learned much about her ability to investigate cases, but she is very good at framing and framing. ”

"Brother Pei, how do you say this?" Qi Hong was puzzled, Pei Xia obviously helped King Suiyuan wash away his grievances, and Mrs. Zhou also had conclusive evidence on her, confessing to the murder, how could she say that she was framed?

"King Suiyuan has always been cautious, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to find him and his subordinates stunned when he was lax. If it was really Wang Yunsheng, he finally got such an opportunity, as for such a flawed frame-up drama? It is better to put a dead body in his room than to stuff a forged counter-letter. ”

"This ...... Maybe he was confused for a while, or maybe his subordinates didn't expect it......" Qi Hong consciously stabbed Lou Zi, and wanted to help Pei Xia say good things again.

"You don't have to defend her, let her say it herself." Pei Qifang turned to Pei Xia, "Where did you go on the sixteenth night of this month?" ”

Pei Xia knelt down and replied, "At the Fuyuan Inn in Linci County." ”

Qi Hong was taken aback, he really didn't know, Pei Xia came to him on the afternoon of the seventeenth, and told him that there was a case in Linci County that would come to Daomi County to ask someone to re-examine, and she wanted to go with Qi Hong. Qi Hong was very strange at that time, the case re-examined by Linci County has always been in charge of Liuhe County, how could he come to invite people from Daomi County? Pei Xia told him that the Liuhe Bridge was broken, but how could this good bridge be broken? He guessed that the breaking of Liu Heqiao was mostly related to Pei Xia, but he didn't expect that the female corpse in the Suiyuan royal house was also made by Pei Xia.

"Why are you doing that?" After learning the truth, Qi Hong felt even more afraid, wouldn't it be revealing if Wang Yunsheng and King Suiyuan confronted each other!

"Master also said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and besides, King Suiyuan is now in obscurity, I bet that he will probably not have a head-on conflict with Wang Yunsheng." As long as King Suiyuan doesn't delve into it, Wang Yunsheng has no reason to take the initiative to defend herself, and she can fish in troubled waters.

Pei Xia lowered her head and looked at the floor, these were her inferences, she really didn't have absolute certainty at that time, but since King Suiyuan came to Qiuzhou, he has hardly left home except for going to Qingyan Temple to offer incense. The Suiyuan Royal Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is even more difficult to contact the King of Suiyuan, just this is the only chance, even if she crosses the bottom line, she wants to try.

"You're justified!" After listening to Pei Xia's explanation, Pei Qifang became even more angry, "Let me ask you, according to the laws of this dynasty, deliberately removing the corpse and falsifying the scene, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

"According to the severity of the offense, 30 to 50 flogging; and where the judgment is seriously interfered with, the rod is 10 to 15. ”

"What about framing others?"

"If no serious consequences are caused, twenty to forty lashes; and if serious consequences are caused, the rod shall be thirty to one hundred. ”

A hundred rods is basically a rod death. Qi Hong hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Miss Pei didn't deliberately want to frame the King of Suiyuan in prison, besides, she also explained the case herself, which can be regarded as atonement, why should Brother Pei be so serious?" ”

Pei Qifang ignored Qi Hong, looked at Pei Xia and said sharply: "Today, for the mistakes you made, you will be fined fifty lashes, do you have any objections?" ”

Pei Xia knew that he was wrong, so he didn't dare to argue, so he replied: "The apprentice will be punished." ”

At this time, Qi Hong and the dumb uncle were in a hurry.

"You can't punish Brother Pei! Miss Pei is the blood of the previous king, and she is the only remaining princess of Qiu Heguo! If this is a good fight, how can it be explained like the first king! ”

At the mention of Qiu Heguo, Pei Xia's face sank: "Qiu Heguo has died early, dumb uncle, let's do it." ”

The dumb man had no choice but to find a thorn. He peeked at Pei Qifang and whipped it down.

"After all these years of leaving Dali Temple, you won't even be flogged? If you don't get flogged, you will change your staff! Pei Qifang shouted.

The dumb man was seen through at a glance, and he didn't dare to make any more small moves, so he honestly pumped down on Pei Xia's back.

It hurts to go down with a stick, Rao is Pei Xia has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he was a little unbearable after receiving thirty blows, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he could barely kneel upright.

"Brother Pei! Miss Pei is also a girl no matter what she says, and this didn't cause any big trouble, she really can't fight! Qi Hong was anxious to see from the side, such a person with seven tricks, anyone who saw it would feel distressed.

"Stop."

When the dumb man heard the order, he immediately stopped, and the big man who used to chop wood and carry water, and did all the heavy work, and was tired for a long time, did not breathe, and actually made himself sweat with a few strokes of the stick, and he was really nervous, afraid of breaking people.

Pei Qifang walked up to Pei Xia step by step and said, "Today, you are willful and reckless, and you despise the law, which is also my poor teaching. I will receive the punishment for you with the remaining twenty lashes. ”

As he spoke, he knelt down in front of Pei Xia in front of her, raised his head and said to the dumb uncle, "Give her the thorns." ”

"Master!" Pei Xia was really panicked now, when she moved the body, she thought that she would definitely be punished by the master when she went back, but she didn't expect it to be such a punishment.

"Give her the wattle!" Seeing that the dumb man refused to move, Pei Qifang shouted again. The dumb uncle couldn't resist him, and handed the thorn to Pei Xia, but Pei Xia refused to take it, so the dumb uncle left the thorn at Pei Xia's feet.

"Do it." Pei Qi did not change his color, but Pei Xia was so frightened that she cried, this was the first time she cried since her family and country were in trouble.

"If you don't do it, your and my master-apprentice fate will be over today."

Pei Qifang's words were not as cold as before, but a little gentle, but Pei Xia was too emotional now and didn't notice it. She touched the thorns at her feet with trembling hands, stood up, and wept for the last twenty lashes.

After the execution, Pei Qifang drove Pei Xia back to think about it with a wooden face. As soon as Pei Xia walked on his front foot, Pei Qifang's body shook and he almost fell to the ground.

Qi Hong and the dumb uncle hurriedly helped Pei Qifang to the bed, Pei Qifang waved his hand and sighed: "Old, that girl didn't make much effort, so she can't hold it anymore." ”

Pei Qifang is in his early sixties this year, no younger than Pei Xia, stiffened his body and took twenty strokes, and hurriedly drove Pei Xia away, so as not to be seen by her.

The dumb man took out the ointment and applied it to Pei Qifang, and Qi Hong felt uncomfortable when he looked at Pei Qifang like this.

"Brother Pei, why are you so troubled, the child is still young, you just need to reprimand, why are you so angry."

Pei Xia is not here, and Pei Qifang doesn't need to look like a strict teacher, he sighed and said, "That girl is very talented, and she has studied seriously with me for many years, I can't bear to see her go down the evil path." She is injured on her back, and she is not good at taking medicine, so she has to trouble your wife to go and see her tomorrow. ”

Qi Hong knew that this was Pei Qifang's punishment, and he was distressed again. If you knew this was the case, why bother to do so ruthlessly!