Gu Jingtong had nothing to say.

Lin Boqin sighed, looked at Qian Gao under the hall, and asked, "Did you kill Zeng Hongcai?" ”

"It's not." Qian Gao paused, "But he deserves to die too." ”

Lin Boqin looked at him coldly, waiting for his next step.

Qian Gao said: "I told him to pay him one or two pieces of silver every month, and asked him to help me hide it and keep it a secret." I thought he was my hardest brother, but I didn't expect ...... Oh, what a brother, he doesn't even deserve to be a dog. At the beginning, he received one tael of silver a month, and he was fine. But later, he asked for money in a variety of ways, and once even blackmailed me for ten taels of silver! I do a white thing, I am tired and tired, I can earn a maximum of one or two dollars, at most three white things a month, and sometimes I can't open it for two months. He's like a bottomless pit, asking for too much, I really can't afford it......"

"You're going to kill him?"

"I instigated her wife to kill him!"

Lin Boqin was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Chu Hui, who was standing outside the court, understood that Dr. Xu had said that this person loved to stir up right and wrong, and he must have relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue to make Zeng Hongcai and his great-wife gap with each other.

Sure enough, Qian Gao smiled and said: "I know that Zeng Hongcai's wife is a jealous acute shrew, so I deliberately led Zeng Hongcai to Cuihong Courtyard." After going back and forth, Zeng Hongcai and the girl in Cuihong Courtyard were inseparable, and I took this opportunity to tell my great-wife, and they had a big quarrel that night. When I went to Zeng Hongcai's house, I deliberately sharpened that kitchen knife...... I just wanted Zeng Hongcai to be injured for a while and not come to trouble me, but I didn't expect that Zeng's wife was so powerful that she killed him and prevented me from suffering in the future. ”

Li Zhongyi glanced at Ke Zhixi beside him at this time, and suddenly said, "It's Qian Gao!" It was Qian Gao who deliberately instigated in front of me, saying that you cursed Xiujun for that ingot of silver! He said loudly to Ke Zhixi, "Back then, Qian Gao brought me a witch straw doll with the words Zhu Xiujun written on it!" That handwriting is clearly yours! I am convinced of this, but in order to save you a little face, I have never brought it up to say it! But in the bottom of my heart, I have countless resentments against you! ”

In the Great Yuan Dynasty, men practiced curses, and when they were passed out, they would be ridiculed and ridiculed for a lifetime.

Ke Zhixi was stunned when he heard this, and he also understood: "So...... That's why you scolded me for being blind back then? ”

"I thought you were doing it yourself......"

Ke Zhixi smiled bitterly: "I haven't studied, the handwriting is very ugly, it's difficult to imitate, and the only thing I can write is my own name." I have only written my name in one place, and if the handwriting is really mine, if I guessed correctly, the three words 'Zhu Xiujun' should have been torn off by Qian Gao from the prayer charm. ”

Li Zhongyi asked: "What prayer charm?" ”

"I went to the temple to worship the God of Wealth, and by the way, I asked for a peace charm for your family at Guanyin, and the name of your family should be written on it, and then it was hung on the prayer tree." Speaking of this, Ke Zhixi's voice trembled a little, "And that day, Qian Gao walked with me." ”

When Li Zhongyi heard this, he was moved and saddened at the same time, the two obviously regarded each other as brothers, and thought about each other's good, but because of Ke Zhixi's sowing discord, they had no contact for ten years.

Qian Gao tugged at the corners of his mouth: "What brother, didn't Zeng Hongcai and I turn against each other because of profit?" ”

"Shut up!" Li Zhongyi turned around abruptly and yelled at him, "You are a false person, how can you deserve to have friendship?" ”

Qian Gao sneered: "Yes, I don't have a brotherhood, but I have a relationship with Xiujun." Her toes are deformed, my bones are not long, we are both fallen people from the end of the world, and we have encouraged and supported each other since we were children...... You know this kind of feeling? ”

"You!"

Li Zhongyi pointed at Qian Gao, and his angry lips were trembling.

Ke Zhixi hurriedly stopped him and comforted: "Forget it, Zhong Yi." ”

Li Zhongyi was indignant: "How can it be calculated? He coveted my dead wife, and blinded you, and it is not a pity that he died a thousand times or ten thousand times! ”

"I was blind and I couldn't live anymore. If it weren't for the relationship between Qian Gaotuo, let me go to the Fengshui coffin shop as an apprentice, otherwise I wouldn't be alive now. ”

"That's because he's guilty!"

"Anyway, it helped me." Ke Zhixi touched his sunken eyes and lowered his head, "He won't live long." I still remember that when my mother died of illness, you told me that people should look forward, the difficulties in front of them are only temporary, and the rest of my life is very long...... Zhong Yi, how can you forget what you said yourself? ”

Li Zhongyi hadn't heard the comfort of his old friend for a long time, he looked at Ke Zhixi in front of him, who had thin cheeks and was not a ghost, and said distressedly: "I have never forgotten what I said...... It is a green mountain where bones can be buried, and he is alone in the rain at night. ”

Ke Zhixi said casually: "I am a brother with Jun Shishi, and I have no cause in the next life." ”

"Old Ke ......"

Li Zhongyi burst into tears, took Ke Zhixi's rough and dry hand, and shook it heavily.

Chu Cheng couldn't help but feel relieved when she saw the two of them talking about the past, there was nothing more joyful than misunderstanding and unraveling the previous suspicions of ice release.

Above the court, Lin Boqin asked coldly: "Qian Gao, why did you kill Su Mei?" ”

"I'm afraid she'll leak the news."

Lin Boqin was noncommittal: "Although this official and Li Zhongyi and his party went to Shiliwan, if it weren't for the fact that the grave was split by a coincidence of thunder, this old case would not have been discovered at all. If you kill Samui, there is no silver in this place. ”

This is what Lin Boqin couldn't understand.

He is like this, it is no different from setting himself on fire.

When Qian Gao heard this, he frowned, and his tone was a little frustrated: "...... Su Mei knows everything about me and Xiujun, she and Li Zhongyi have released their suspicions, I am afraid that she will tell Li Zhongyi about this, so as to guess that I am the murderer of the six members of the Zhu family. In addition, Lord Lin, there was a lot of uproar about you re-investigating the old case, so I took advantage of Su Mei's inattention, secretly set up a ladder and turned into her house, and added some ingredients to the jar where she cooked medicine......"

He sighed and shook his head: "Baimi is sparse, I am too stupid in this matter." ”

Lin Boqin didn't expect it to be because he was stupid.

He glanced at Chu Hui, who saw his gaze and was about to show a smile, when he saw his gaze quickly moving away.

Chu Hui: "......"

Su Yu held back his tears, he didn't make a noise in the court, he held Chu Cheng's hand: "Madam, Lord Lin will definitely give my mother justice, right?" ”

Chu Cheng let out a heavy "um".

"Lord Lin, I've recruited everything I should recruit." Qian Gao actually smiled at Lin Boqin, but this smile was weird and looked uncomfortable.

Lin Boqin's expression was calm, and he said: "Qian Gao, you deliberately killed people, the crime is extremely heinous, the means are cruel, and those who kill according to the law will be beheaded." and thou shalt be at large ten years, with thirty lashes and a hundred rods. Do you have any objections to this judgment? ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Qian Gao bowed to the ground, then beckoned to Lin Boqin, and said with a smile, "Lord Lin is here, the grass people have something to tell before they die." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Qian Gao looked around and looked treacherous: "This matter can only be told to adults, and others can't listen to it." ”

Lin Boqin hesitated for a moment, and walked down the hall in the end.

"My lord, be careful of him......" Yang La stepped forward to stop him, but Lin Boqin raised his hand to stop him.

Hu Yu pulled out his knife uneasily, put it on Qian Gao's neck, and threatened: "If you dare to mess around, I will chop you immediately!" ”

Qian Gao smiled indifferently, and raised his hand to dust the back of Hu Yu's knife.

He leaned into Lin Boqin's ear, looked at Gu Jingtong not far away, and whispered: "My lord, not long ago, the grass people saw Mrs. Lin and Gu Xiancheng sitting in the same carriage, kissing me and me. Mrs. Lin also twisted a lychee, carefully peeled the shell, and affectionately sent it to Gu Xiancheng's mouth......"

Lin Boqin's face changed suddenly.

He couldn't help but glance at Chu Cheng outside the public court.

When Chu Cheng saw him looking at herself, she hurriedly jumped up and waved her hand, looking silly.

“……”

Lin Boqin's expression instantly turned from cloudy to sunny.

Even laughed.

Qian Gao was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand why Lin Boqin laughed.

"Your counter-plot won't work against me." Lin Boqin explained, "She only eats things that don't need to be shelled and pitted. Lichee...... Too much trouble for her. ”

Qian Gao was stunned.

Lin Boqin straightened up and waved his hand: "After the execution, he will be sent to the prison, just wait for the government documents to come down, and ask for beheading." ”

Qian Gao was dragged down from the court, and when he passed by Chu Hui's side, he still didn't give up and provoked: "Mrs. Lin, in the past two days that you have been away, Lord Lin and the top brand of Cuihong Courtyard have invited the moon, and they are all right!" ”

Chu Cheng stared at Qian Gao with the eyes of a fool: "You also look up to him too much, if you can really talk to Invite Yue Hu Tianhu, I will praise him." ”

Qian Gao: "......"

After doing it for a long time, this Mrs. Lin is a lazy ghost, and Master Lin has a problem with that, so he took great pains to work in vain!

***

Regarding the old case of the Zhu family and the murder of Su Mei, it is finally over.

When the matter was reported to the government, Chen Zhixian was very pleased, and he also wrote a couplet with his own hands and ordered someone to send a commendation.

Gu Jingtong patted his head and thought of a good way to improve his political performance, which was to vigorously publicize this matter.

Lin Boqin naturally refused when he found out, he frowned and said: "I decided the case to return justice to the deceased, not to advocate political achievements." ”

"But Peizhi, you have to rely on your political achievements to be an official!" Gu Jingtong was simply bitter, "Look at you, don't persuade the class to go to Nongsang, and don't go to the countryside to inspect, I won't help Zhang Luo anymore, and when the imperial court sends the assassin Shi to come over at the end of the year, you will only be stunned." ”

"Wu Guangbi is misbehaving, I'd rather be stunned than sycophant."

Gu Jingtong was desperate.

But for his friends, he couldn't help it, so he simply cut it first and then played it, taking advantage of Lin Boqin's inattention, and asked the people in the yamen to hold the couplet, beat the gong and drum at the same time, and walk the streets and alleys, attracting the people in Qingyuan County to crowd to watch.

Yang La and Hu Yu held the upper couplet "The public heart is on the bamboo silk, and the thousand autumns sing the red gall", and the other held the lower couplet "Zhengzhang is draped in the orchestra, and the people are calling the blue sky", and they walked majestically and high-spirited.

When Mrs. Hong saw it, she hurriedly pulled the aunt next to her in surprise, pointed at the two of them, and coughed: "Look, that's the head catcher in the yamen, and I was invited to drink tea before!" ”

The aunt asked, "Hong Po, do you know them?" ”

Hong Po proudly put on crutches, raised her chin, and pouted at Hu Yunu: "Isn't it, just that little eye, his name is Yang La!" ”

Hu Yu passed by her, and when she heard this, she was so angry that she almost broke down.