Although the scene where the county magistrate appears most often in books and movies is to judge cases and sentence, in fact, in ancient times, the county yayuan not only had the function of judging cases, but also included officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and almost everything had to be managed.

It is precisely because of the large number of affairs that a rule has been made that as long as you want to file a complaint, you will first beat the killing stick and then state the case, so that those who are vexatious or want to make false accusations must first consider whether it is worth the beating.

The officials on both sides were woken up by Ning Caichen's drums late at night, and they got up and had nowhere to vent their anger.

"Wait!" Ning Caichen shouted anxiously, and stood up at the same time, "The student is from a Xiucai background, and just now I just wanted the adults to quickly send someone to arrest the criminal, so I omitted this section." ”

As a rule, Xiucai can be exempted from kneeling at the county magistrate level, but if he encounters a high-ranking official, he is not exempted.

The county magistrate looked at the man in the hall who was white and clean, and he really looked like a scholar, so he had to ask about his hometown, identity, fame and other information according to the rules, and instructed the master to write them down one by one.

finally finished the process, and then asked impatiently: "Who is the Liu Yidao you mentioned just now?" ”

"Liu Yidao is a wanted criminal, and today I also saw his sea fishing documents on the bulletin board at the city gate, and I want to see him kill a woman in Tsing Yi again tonight." Ning Caichen saw that time was constantly being consumed, and he was no longer in a hurry in his heart, and slowly narrated the process.

The county magistrate motioned to the master on the side to verify the wanted matter, and asked, "How was the killing process?" ”

"Decapitation with a sword!"

Hiss!

It's so vicious!

The county magistrate gasped, and when he was having a headache about the vicious case under his rule, the master came up to him.

The two muttered for a while, and the county official sat upright with a solemn face, and a piece of startling wood was slapped hard.

"Bold! Dare to tease this official! That Liu Yidao was obviously arrested yesterday, so where did the beheading case come from! ”

Ning Caichen was a little flustered at this time, but after thinking about it, he still said firmly: "I saw it with my own eyes, I must have caught the wrong person." ”

The county magistrate thought that he would often catch the wrong thing with the fast urine in his county, so he didn't dare to be too sure, so he only sent someone to bring Liu Yidao in prison to the court first and confront him face to face.

While waiting, another person entered the hall after being reported, and it was Yan Chixia, who was chasing all the way.

Ning Caichen turned his head to look, and was so frightened that he stepped back.

"My lord, he is Liu Yidao! It's the murderer! ”

The county magistrate also flinched a little, and hurriedly waved his hand to let everyone take it down first. Several officials were just about to step forward, but they were swept away by Yan Chixia's angry eyes, and the evil aura on their bodies forced everyone to dare not get close.

The master on the side had been frowning and thinking hard, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked to the hall and said, "What are you doing?" Stand down! This is the famous iron-handed judge Yan Catcher! ”

Yan Chixia glanced at the master, but didn't remember, and said lightly: "I have removed my official position, and now I am just a mountain cloth cloth." ”

Others live in seclusion under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums, and your seclusion is the sword light and blood shadow?

The master looked at Yan Chixia's back with a big sword and a sword box, shook his head with a wry smile, and returned to the county official to report in a whisper.

"It turned out to be a swallow catcher! This official is also a long-admired daimyo! The county magistrate roughly understood Yan Chixia's origin, "But just now, this Ning Xiucai accused you of murder, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Nope." Yan Chixia was concise and to the point, and she didn't explain much arrogantly.

However, he still turned to Ning Caichen and said, "Brother Ning, I didn't kill anyone just now. ”

"I saw it with my own eyes, and the head fell into my arms. You didn't kill anyone? Did you kill a ghost? ”

Yan Chixia said confidently: "Exactly! ”

This reason is overbearing!

There was no one in the hall for a moment.

"Lang Lang Qiankun, where are there so many ghosts and demons! You are just using the name of the haunting of Lanruo Temple to cover up the evil deeds you have done. ”

As the voice sounded, another person walked in through the door, but this time there was no communication from the doorman, and I don't know how he entered.

"Brother Zhang!" Ning Caichen was very relieved to see that the paper figure Zhang was also on the same position as himself.

"Brother Qi, why did you say this?" Yan Chixia was a little stunned for a while.

"My surname is Zhang, and I am the owner of the paper money shop at the west end of this street, and I am nicknamed 'Paper Man Zhang', and many people in this church know me." Qi Zihuan said coldly to Yan Chixia.

The county magistrate listened to it so loudly that he forgot to ask how Qi Zihuan came in for a while, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you have any evidence for what you just said?" ”

"I saw with my own eyes that this bearded man had bad intentions towards a woman in Tsing Yi, and the woman was beheaded by him after she didn't follow, and this scholar was also present at the time." Qi Zihuan said loudly, "I was hiding in the bushes at the time, and I saw him carrying the woman's body away, and I don't know where to hide it." ”

Ning Caichen nodded again and again.

Although Yan Chixia has a rough appearance, after all, she has been a head catcher, and her mind is still relatively active. So at this time, he was falsely accused by Qi Zihuan and did not jump immediately, but frowned calmly.

"This is the head of Yan Zhutou who was famous in the twenty-six provinces back then, Liu Yidao is a murder suspect, how can he be compared...... the master opened his mouth to refute.

"It's true that he is Yan Chixia, but it can also be Liu Yidao." Qi Zihuan was unmoved, and said lightly, "As long as you check the time, you can know that the cases committed by Liu Yidao are all after Yan Chixia resigned." ”

Yan Chixia has resigned for two years, and only came to Lanruo Temple to live in seclusion after traveling all over the world, and Liu Yidao is a new suspect, so it is easy to match the number in time.

"But Liu Yidao has a scar on his face...... "The master is still trying to argue.

"If you premeditate murder, will you show your true colors? Yan Chixia has been walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, and it is not difficult to paste a scar with some small means. ”

Qi Zihuan spoke clearly, and the master had nothing to say for a while.

"Yan has acted well in his life!" Yan Chixia couldn't hold back any longer, and said with anger in her words.

"No one cares if you are worthy of your heart, but if there is anything that violates the law, it will be dealt with in this hall according to the rules."

"I've never broken the law......"

Qi Zihuan didn't wait for him to finish, then waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't talk too much, let me ask you, do you know a swordsman named Xiahou?" ”

"Acquaintance."

"When you first met, did he kill a lot of people?"

"Yes, but those are all evil bandits, and they are innocent of death." Yan Chixia's eyes narrowed.

"Should he be interrogated in court or not, have you ever brought him to justice?"

"Nope."

"Then your martial arts are not as high as his, can't you catch him?"

"It's not."

"In that case, you still say that you have not broken the law?"

Qi Zihuan pressed step by step, bullied Yan Chixia and disdained to lie, leading to such a conclusion.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was tense, someone suddenly came to report at the door.

"Report to your lordship, the offender will be brought with a knife!"

The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Bring it in!" ”

As long as the knife in prison is true, you can retire and sleep peacefully.

Two officials dragged an unconscious prisoner up.

The face is white and bearded.