Fan County is not a big county, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, although it is located in a remote area, but the back of the mountains and rivers, the four seasons are like spring, natural disasters are very few, to say that personal disasters, at most it is a neighborhood neighbor to lose cats and steal dogs some trivial things.

But this summer, it has been eventful.

Cases are one after another, one after another, and they are all fatal cases, which are placed in Fan County, which is a big case, and if the government announces it, it will be very easy to cause panic among the people.

Guan Chugang and his catchers finished chirping, and sat in a tea stall by himself, pouring strong tea in large gulps, or to his liking in the tea stalls in the streets and alleys, the so-called tea tasting in those tea houses, he really didn't fit in.

Zhang Jiusheng asked him to wait here, and he didn't tell him to wait for anyone, when to wait, this has been waiting since early in the morning, and he has drunk almost three pots of tea, but he should have waited until he didn't wait, why didn't he let him go?

"Boss, another pot of tea." Guan Chu shook the empty teapot a few times and shouted at the boss who was busy behind.

The boss didn't respond, and after a while, another pot was delivered.

"Master, you've drunk three pots, are you waiting for someone?" The boss wiped the sweat on his face with the white cloth on his shoulder, and asked more.

Guan Chu made a bitter face and shook his head: "I didn't wait." ”

"I said sir, it's early in the morning, it's time for lunch soon, this person hasn't come yet, I'm afraid he won't come." The boss shook the white cloth in his hand and wiped the table neatly.

Guan Chu glanced at the boss, and thought so in his heart, but Zhang Jiusheng didn't let him go, and he didn't dare to go, in case there was really something important, if he didn't meet him when he left like this, wouldn't it be his responsibility? Although Zhang Jiusheng is a little unreliable, even Yunsheng said so, he had to believe it more, just wait.

The boss saw that Guan Chu was still sitting there, and he didn't even move his buttocks, so he didn't say anything more, and sat down to fry tea while humming a little tune.

The location of this tea stall is just a few dozen steps away from the city gate, and looking at it from a distance, the people who come in and out of the city, what they look like, what they carry, can see it clearly, and it is indeed an excellent location.

Guan Chu stared, and suddenly saw a bright red from the crowd.

Yes, it's here.

The man walked in the crowd, as if following the crowd, she also saw Guan Chu, knew that she was waiting for herself, only paused slightly in the crowd, and walked towards Guan Chu, she was wearing a hat on her head, dressed in red, just like when she first came to Fan County ten years ago, she raised the corners of her lips, and seemed to be a young man.

"Waiting for you in the morning, I drank three and a half pots of tea, which is not in vain." Guan Chu was still sitting, looking up at the red bean who was already standing in front of him, the scar on his right cheek, it didn't seem to be very eye-catching at this time, and she could even ignore it completely, she was still the Qin Ji who was so high-spirited in the capital ten years ago that people were willing to spend a lot of money.

"Wait." The red bean is just two words, and he only smiles lightly.

Half of the task she came here is completed, and the next half should be handed over to others to do, she is not worried, nor is she in a hurry, in terms of the country, the family, and thousands of lives, sacrificing two people is already earned.

Hongdou followed Guan Chu to the yamen, without shackles or shackles, not at all like a guilty body, she and Guan Chu stepped into the gate of the official mansion one after another, as if it was just a relative of Guan Chu to see what the place where he worked looked like, all the way like a visit, until Guan Chu locked her in the prison.

"In a while, the adults will open a court to judge you." Guan Chu stood outside the prison door, looking at the red bean with a shallow smile on his lips, he originally thought that how could a woman in a green building be able to ruthlessly behead another person, but now looking at her calm appearance, it seems that she has already been prepared, or she just wanted to send herself into this place.

Hongdou nodded, found a fairly clean piece and sat down: "Thank you Guan for catching the head." ”

Guan Chu didn't say anything to her, Hongdou's emotions were hidden too well, even Guan Chu, who had been in the black and white of the rivers and lakes for many years, couldn't understand the mind of the woman in front of him for a while.

The old rivers and lakes, every word, back and forth, have already figured out the other party.

She is going to go to prison, but what she did before going to prison is not something that Guan Chu can know.

Whether it is Guan Chu, or Zhang Jiusheng, or all the people in this Fan County, they should not be swept away by the wind, this is a paradise, and it should be so calm.

Hongdou closed his eyes, held the red rope tightly in his hand, and waited quietly.

It wasn't until an hour later that a catcher came, and Hongdou heard the sound, wrapped the red rope around his wrist, stood up, stretched out his hand, but saw that the catcher didn't bring anything, only opened the prison door, and said to her: "My lord said that you don't need to wear it, just follow it." ”

Hongdou smiled: "Adults are still a little emotional, I'm a guilty person, or kill people, how can I not wear a flail?" ”

"Your Excellency has always been like this, please." Standing sideways at the door of the cell, he was obviously not surprised by the willfulness of his own adults, not to mention that Hongdou was a good person, although he was a bustard girl in a green building, but his reputation in Fan County before the accident was not bad, not to mention those guests who often went to Hongdoutai, even the Catchers, they couldn't believe that this woman would kill.

Zhang Jiusheng usually tried the case just sitting on the chair, taking the questions written by Yun Sheng and asking them one by one, and after asking, he took a shocking wooden shot to make a final decision, and Yun Sheng finished his confession, and took the prisoner who made the crime, and he should go to jail and be fined. Zhang Jiusheng thought that he might try these small cases like this for a lifetime, but he didn't expect that one day the person who tried it would be an acquaintance, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, how could he shoot the shocking wood in his hand?

"My lord......" Yun Sheng, who was sitting below, saw that Zhang Jiusheng was slow to open the hall, and called softly.

Zhang Jiusheng suddenly came back to his senses: "Ah, what? ”

"It's time to summon the prisoner to court." Yunsheng reminded softly.

Zhang Jiusheng wiped his face, and slapped it heavily: "Pass the prisoner!" ”

Hearing that startled the wood, there was a "pop" sound, Hongdou thought, this movement in her heart was probably able to go around the beam for three days, as she quickly entered the hall, she looked up, looked at Zhang Jiusheng with a mirror hanging above his head, smiled, and bent her legs.

"Prisoner Red Bean, kneel down to see the old man of the blue sky."

Wuyi stood outside the hall, she was wearing extremely inconspicuous clothes today, her face was wiped with something, mixed in the crowd, it seemed that she was just an ordinary onlooker, but when Zhang Jiusheng raised his head and looked outside, he still recognized her at a glance.

With a light sigh in his heart, Zhang Jiusheng looked down at some of the questions that Yun Sheng had written to him, those words were beating in his mind as if he was alive, Zhang Jiusheng was a little irritable, rubbed the paper aside, and asked, "Guilty woman Hongdou, are you guilty?" ”

"Guilty." Red Bean hung his head and replied respectfully.

"Where does sin come from? Answer carefully. Zhang Jiusheng has never seen Hongdou bow his head like this, although the Hongdou he knows is a Qinglou woman, but she always has a high-spirited attitude, as if no one in the whole world can enter her eyes, and no one is worthy of her emotions, let alone anyone worthy of her kneeling.

Hongdou raised his head and looked at Zhang Jiusheng quietly for a while before he said: "The criminal woman Hongdou killed the red-card girl of Hongdoutai without clothes because of some trivial matters and cut off her head. This incident was seen by Zhang Chi, so he asked Zhang Chi to go to the moat in the east of the city, poisoned him, pushed him into the moat, and destroyed the body. ”

"What's the trifle?"

"Originally, the young master of the Wei family wanted to redeem Xuedian, but Wuyi didn't know what means he used in private, which caused the young master of the Wei family to change his mind, Xuedian was already in poor health, so he almost died. I went to Wuyi and persuaded her not to fight with Xuedian, but she said that I didn't help her, not only that, but also insulted me, it was I who picked her up from the beggar pile, I gave her a life, it was I who raised her with hard work, and although I was a Qinglou woman, she is still innocent, I gave her the best, and even thought that after I was a hundred years later, I would give her the red bean platform, and I could do whatever I wanted. Hongdou said this, tears in his eyes, the more he said, the more excited he became, if he didn't know, he was afraid that he would have to believe it.

But she was ungrateful, not only saying that she would redeem herself, but also going out to open another business with me, and I taught her everything, and in the end she turned against me. I was in a hurry, I didn't control the strength in my hand, and strangled her to death, I panicked, in order to cover up the cause of death, I had to cut off her head, and I also put her in front of the surnamed Wei, so that she could see what the half-hearted fate was! Hongdou finished speaking a long list in one breath, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said slowly: "I knew that the government would find out one day, and I didn't think about escaping." ”

"Then where have you been these days?" From beginning to end, Zhang Jiusheng just looked at Hongdou in front of him, sometimes sad and angry, sometimes painful, sometimes relieved, and his heart did not fluctuate, only quietly as a supporting role, and as a person who finally called the end of the case.

He can't control the fate of Hongdou, her life has been written in the book.

Every step is like walking on thin ice and full of calculation.

Wei Man also came, he sat in the back hall, listening to what Hongdou said, and repeatedly wanted to stand up and rush out, wanting to tell the people outside that the truth of the matter was not the case, but every time he was pressed back by Zhang Tong.

Hongdou was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Go and deal with the aftermath." ”

"The criminal woman Hongdou hurt people's lives by mistake first, and had no intention of repenting, and deliberately killed innocent Zhang Chi with the intention of covering up the crime, and according to the law, she should be beheaded. Judgment, autumn decision, can there be objections? Zhang Jiusheng took out the wooden card from the table, Hongdou didn't speak, only knelt, put his hands on the ground, the wooden card landed, Hongdou only glanced at it, Zhang Jiusheng sat on it, couldn't see Hongdou's expression, only felt more and more bored in his heart.

"Draw and take away." He got up, flicked his sleeves, and turned his back with his eyes closed.