"This is the earring that My Highness and I found in the ruined temple." Pei Xia asked the servant to present physical evidence, "There are obvious blood stains on the hook of the earrings, and the maid who served Mrs. Zhou has identified it, and this is Mrs. Zhou's belonging." ”

Mrs. Zhou knelt in the hall and trembled uncontrollably, unable to speak.

Pei Xia ruffled her hair, only to see that the piercing on the lobe of her left ear was torn raw, and the wound was red and swollen, obviously a recent injury.

The people outside the hall were in an uproar.

Pei Xia lifted her sleeves again, only to see that the hands she hid in the sleeves were each wrapped in a thick layer of white cloth, and after unraveling, there was a purple strangulation mark on the outside of each hand, extending to the back of the hand, which was particularly conspicuous on her plain white and soft skin, in addition to several abrasions on her arms, all of which were ground when climbing the dog hole.

"Because Mrs. Zhou's injury is so conspicuous, you have to send her away early the next morning."

No one spoke in the hall for a while, and the people outside were in a mess.

"It's actually her, I really didn't expect that a lady in a deep house would have the courage to kill someone......"

"I heard that Mrs. Zhou is not a very soft character, so Master Zhou is always spending time outside, how could he do such a thing?"

"Sure enough, it is the most poisonous woman's heart, this woman is more terrifying than a man......

"Nonsense, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, this is completely what Master Zhou asked for himself......"

"This, this is also ...... Ay! Isn't it over if you have a little misunderstanding? Du Xiao didn't know what to say, now that so many pairs of eyes have seen this case, and the evidence is conclusive, even if he wants to help his wife and uncle's family, he can't help.

Mrs. Zhou cried and said: "He plays outside on weekdays, and brings people back to play, I can endure it, I can bear it." He used to think of me occasionally, but lately he doesn't even want to see me. I saw him take out the things at home and sell them two days after three days, thinking that he was in some trouble and wanted to help him share his worries, but he said that he wouldn't tell me, and he was very impatient to drive me away......"

"Do you have a brain! My family property is all here, what am I going to do to elope with a prostitute? If only I liked her and married her! Do you need to be so secretive? Zhou Keli scolded this in the broken temple that day, and now he is still very annoyed when he hears Mrs. Zhou mention it, if she hadn't killed someone, this matter would not have been revealed at all.

"Then you mean it!" Mrs. Zhou cried, "If you ask you and you refuse to say, what do you want me to do!" I watched you pawn things day by day, and watched you make an appointment with her outside the city, and I really didn't know what to do...... I can't think of any other reason why you would want to do that......"

"yes, what the hell are you trying to hide from that?" Du Xiao is also very puzzled, even if there is any secret and inconvenient to report to the official, he can tell him in private, why doesn't he know any news?

Zhou Keli looked at his brother-in-law, and he didn't dare to speak, Du Xiao's heart suddenly suddenly, could it be that something related to him?

In the hall, Pei Xia continued to summon the leper beggar to explain the follow-up, and from the side, a palace guard quietly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Mu Changan's ear.

"But according to him, he just left the body outside the inn, so who moved the body inside the inn?" Li Shoufu asked puzzledly, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have made such a fuss that day, offending both the King of Suiyuan and the prefect. Strange to say, however, the man who came to report the crime that day claimed to be an innkeeper, but he never saw the man since he went to the store. Moreover, according to the men he sent to the state city to ask the prefect that day, the king had already set out for the first place when they arrived that day.

The person who did this undoubtedly wanted to frame the king of Suiyuan, and if anyone in this state could benefit from it, it must be Wang Yunsheng...... So could it be that Wang Yunsheng sent someone to do it?

Li Shoufu looked at Mu Changan, only to see that Mu Changan was looking at Wang Yunsheng, obviously thinking of a place with him, so he went to see Wang Yunsheng again.

Wang Yunsheng was furious by the two of them, he had squeezed Mu Changan openly and secretly, and embarrassed Mu Changan, but this thing was really not done by him, and he couldn't do it again. Mu Changan didn't mention it himself, and Li Shoufu wouldn't be stupid enough to ask this question. Wang Yunsheng would rather Li Shoufu be a fool at this time, as long as Li Shoufu asks, Wang Yunsheng can defend himself, but no one asks, he can't take the initiative to explain, so in the eyes of others, isn't there no three hundred taels of silver here?

Wang Yunsheng held back the fire in his stomach and ate this dumb loss.

"Ahem," Li Shoufu cleared his throat, feeling that this question was not appropriate to ask any further, he had already been involved in the matter of Mu Changan and Wang Yunsheng, and neither side was pleased, if there was a lesson, let them fight by themselves, he would not be caught in the middle.

"The beggar Zhang Er, who destroyed the scene and tried to damage the reputation of others, was flogged forty; Zhou Keli, burglary, twenty rods; Zhou's woman Qian, intentional homicide, was taken into custody and imprisoned, and beheaded after the autumn. Li Shoufu threw down the token, and the messenger stepped forward and dragged the three away.

"This sentence is also sentenced, can Miss Pei tell this official what Zhou Keli stole is?" Li Shoufu avoided questions that might offend Mu Changan or Wang Yunsheng, and turned the topic back to this.

As soon as Pei Xia was about to speak, Mu Changan stood up: "The next thing is not to bother Miss Pei, let this king come to it." It was an account book. ”

"Books?" Several people present showed puzzled looks.

"Yes, books. It records some secrets of Lord Du Xiaodu, the official affairs of the Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Department in recent years. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shoufu and Wang Yunsheng both looked at Du Xiao in shock, and Du Xiao's face turned pale.

"How do I, how do I not know what books there are?" Du Xiao forced himself to appear calmer, and his mind was spinning quickly. The Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Department is responsible for supervising the counties of Qiuzhou and the suspicious cases of Qiuzhou Chen, and he has not accepted bribes over the years, and has turned a blind eye to the cases of the rich, but he asked himself if he was careful, how could there be any account books? But Mu Changan is different from Wang Yunsheng, he will not have anything to do to cause a little trouble to people, since he has specifically singled it out this time, there must be conclusive evidence, where is the evidence, and how can it fall into the hands of Zhou Keli?

"The account books flowed out from Zhou Keli, and I have handed them over to Lord Li who inspected the governors of the states this time, and as for where it came from, it will be personally examined by Lord Zuo Li."

As soon as Mu Changan's voice fell, the two officials outside the hall hurriedly walked in: "My lord, Lord Zuo just found some bribe-taking property from Lord Du's mansion, let us escort Lord Du back for trial, and please go back immediately to assist in the trial." ”

Du Xiao's face was like ashes, and he was shackled and escorted away by two people. Wang Yunsheng came back to his senses from the shock, looked at Mu Changan, and exclaimed, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Although Du Xiao and Wang Yunsheng are both officials in Qiuzhou City, Du Xiao and Wang Yunsheng are not subordinate, it is Du Xiao who is problematic in this case, but Mu Changan invited him Wang Yunsheng to come together, making it clear that he is killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

"Lord Wang, don't think too much, this king just wants to recommend a person to Lord Wang." Mu Changan obviously still had the harmless smile of humans and animals in the past, but Wang Yunsheng sensed a certain chill from it for the first time. Accepting bribes is really a matter of strict investigation, and few officials are completely innocent. He asked himself if he didn't receive much, and it was mostly a gesture of effort, but he wasn't sure if Mu Changan also had his evidence, and he didn't dare to take this risk at the juncture of this Qincha inspection.

"Tell me about it." Wang Yunsheng pretended to be calm.

"This investigation, compared to Lord Wang, who has also seen Miss Pei's ability, this King feels that such a talent is really condescending in Daomi County, so he wants to recommend her to the Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Division, what does Lord Wang think?"

According to the regulations of the Yu Dynasty, the chief and deputy governors of the criminal and prison departments of each prefecture were directly appointed by the imperial court, while the minor officials under him were selected and appointed by the chief and the local prefect. Of course, there is no problem at all with Pei Xia's ability to go to the Qiu Zhou Criminal Prison Department on an errand, but the scope of supervision of the Qiu Zhou Criminal Prison Department also includes the cases tried by the Qiu Prefecture Prefect.

Mu Changan helped Pei Xia like this, compared to Pei Xia who had agreed to help Mu Changan, or they were simply a gang. Putting Pei Xia in the Prison Division is equivalent to inserting a pair of eyes next to him Wang Yunsheng!

Wang Yunsheng is one hundred and twenty unwilling, but it is easy to dodge with an open gun, and it is better to promise Mu Changan now than to let Mu Changan go and make some moths again. He glanced at Pei Xia with a cold face and said, "This is natural, this official is also a person who cherishes talents, I hope Miss Pei will not live up to His Royal Highness's high expectations." ”

Pei Xia bowed and saluted, Wang Yunsheng didn't stop any longer, and rushed back to Qiuzhou City with the officials of the government.

Li Shoufu watched this scene and regretted that he was on the wrong team at the beginning, why did he think about helping Wang Yunsheng? I knew that I would sell my favor to Mu Changan at that time. But who would have thought that the soft persimmons that had been kneaded by people in Shenju Jian in Qiuzhou in the past three years suddenly seemed to have changed as a person.

Li Shoufu choked in his heart, and said to Mu Changan with a flattering smile on his face: "It's not early in the day, the lower official asked someone to prepare some wine and food at home, it's not that His Royal Highness is willing to appreciate his face and come to the lower official mansion for a gathering." ”

Mu Changan was amused in his heart, he had come to Qiuzhou for the third year, and he would pass by Linci County several times a year, and Li Shoufu also received him when he passed by Linci County for the first time, and then he just didn't know, and now he wanted to come to slap him again.

"No need." Mu Changan directly refused, "The king of Japan is also tired these days, and he will leave for his back early tomorrow morning, so he won't bother Master Li." ”

This is also what Li Shoufu expected, he smiled wryly, and should be with "don't bother" and "don't bother", but he didn't dare to force him to stay, so he had to let the county government go and ask the post house to entertain the good students.