One of the middle-aged men with kind eyebrows stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask if this is Mr. Ge, the accountant of the Li Family Restaurant?" ”

Bai Yutoad didn't know why, so he had to nod. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The man's face changed, and he immediately shouted, "Sure enough, it's him!" Brothers, come out and take this strongman, and then go in and see if there are any comrades inside! ”

As soon as the words fell, more than 20 thieves poured out from the corners on both sides, two of them locked the white jade toad with iron chains, and the others poured into the house, tossing and turning for a long time before coming out, and said dejectedly: "He is the only one in this room, and there is no one else." ”

"What about the stolen goods?"

"It's all here, two pieces of silk, no more and no less from the Jinxiu Silk Store in Lin'an Mansion."

Bai Yuchan couldn't understand why he heard it, and was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but he saw the middle-aged man looking him up and down, and said, "Look at the appearance of this young scholar, where can he do this earth-shattering deed!" If you say that there is no party, the ghost will believe it! Hurry up and notify the brothers who are lying in ambush around, and ask if there are any suspects waiting in and out of the alley! ”

The man went for a moment and then ran back, panting and saying, "No! ”

Bai Yu Toad hurriedly said: "This head catcher, why do you want to lock me up?" Even if you are a thief, you have to have an explanation, right? ”

The middle-aged head catcher said: "We were also ordered by the county magistrate to come to get you." If you have anything to say, you can go to the yamen and ask yourself. After finishing speaking, he personally went into the house and searched for a long time, but poor Bai Yuchan was a place where the house was at most the size of a palm, where could he hide the living. He was puzzled in his heart, locked the white jade toad, held two silk horses, and led the crowd to report straight back to the house.

When he arrived at Yamen, the county magistrate surnamed Wenyuan was inexplicable, he was born in Kejia, since he took office as the magistrate of Huizhou County, he has been like a god in judging cases, his sleeves are breezy, he loves the people like a son, and he will not leave any stone in the original place of governance, and he will not close his door at night, and he is a good official.

He slapped the shocked wood and shouted, "Bring the suspect with you!" ”

I only heard the head of the hall shouting: "Huizhou County Donghe Wharf snatched the goods, injured the victim, robbed a hundred horses of silk and satin, three thousand taels of silver, and the thief Ge Changgeng got it!" ”

This white jade toad listened to it in the hall, his feet were weak and sweaty, and he shouted that he was wronged after going to the hall, and the magistrate saw that he was young and young, with a beautiful face, without the slightest ferociousness, so he asked: "How many of your comrades are there in the Donghe Wharf for robbery and murder?" Where is the silver of the stolen goods? It's not really recruited! ”

Bai Yuchan said: "The adults are above, and the students are scholars, and they don't know about the robbery and murder at the East River Wharf. ”

Mo Zhixian said angrily: "You thief is not honest, drag me out left and right and beat me hard!" ”

Bai Yu Toad said: "My lord's anger! The student committee really didn't know that you just beat me to death in the hall, and it was just a trick. ”

Mo Zhixian sneered: "It seems that you are a habitual thief." If you don't know it, why are these two stolen horses in your house? ”

Bai Yuchan told the story of last night as it was.

Mo Zhixian groaned slightly, and ordered someone to call Peng Lianshun, the shopkeeper of the rich silk village in the city. The ship of goods was originally purchased by him from Lin'an Mansion, and he was ordering someone to hand over to the seller at the Donghe Wharf that night, but unexpectedly, a group of strongmen were killed halfway, killing several crew members and three shop men, and only one steward pretended to be dead and escaped.

Mo Zhixian ordered someone to hand him the silk and asked, "Can you take a closer look, is this the cargo in your ship?" ”

Peng Lianshun took a closer look, nodded and said, "It's what Xiao Ke was in the boat that night!" It was the thief who had robbed it. ”

Mo Zhixian asked, "What credentials do you have?" ”

Peng Lianshun hurriedly explained the marks and differences on the goods carefully and clearly, and Mo Zhixian nodded again and again, and in his heart, he became more and more convinced of Bai Yuchan's crime.

Bai Yutoad couldn't tell what he heard, and only said that he picked it up halfway at night.

Mo Zhixian sneered: "Do you have a witness?" ”

Bai Yuchan shook his head and said, "The student was drunk by himself that night, and there was no one to get a license. ”

Mo Zhixian sneered: "You don't, I have one here." Come, bring the witnesses! ”

When Bai Yuchan heard that there were still witnesses, he was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he saw a person brought from the side hall. This person is about thirty-four or five years old, wearing a hanging boy and sharp-beaked monkey gills, and it turns out that he lives in a dilapidated household in the next house, named Zhang Qi.

This Zhang is lazy and lazy, good at gambling, and the neighbors don't look up to him, because he is still a single person at this age. On weekdays, he asked Bai Yuchan to borrow money, and the other party held a grudge when he saw that he was willing to lend him his virtue. One night, Zhang Qi saw Bai Yuchan holding two silk horses in his arms, and came back drunk, recalling the robbery and murder of goods at the Donghe Wharf that he had heard during the day, so he decided to go to the county government to sue him, so that the white account room also knew how powerful he was.

Therefore, before dawn the next day, he got up and went straight to the county office, and asked the head catcher on duty: "This head catcher, can you handle the case of robbery and murder at the Donghe Wharf?" ”

The head catcher said: "No." ”

Zhang Qi said again: "In the room next to me, there is a Jiangyang thief, led by 'Black Wind Knife' Ge Changgeng, and they discussed all night, and what they are talking about is this earth-shattering deed. I got the news, so I came to report it. ”

When the head catcher heard this, he hurriedly took Zhang Qi to see the county master. When Mo Zhixian heard this, he immediately sent the head of the arrest to lead the officials to arrest Bai Yuchan and his comrades.

Saying that Zhang Qi came to the court, Mo Zhixian asked: "Zhang Qi, you said that Ge Changgeng led the crowd to rob and kill people at the Donghe Wharf, do you recognize this person?" ”

Zhang Qi said: "I recognize." When he returned to the adult, he and the gang of strongmen chatted in the house, and they could hear it clearly. ”

Bai Yuchan heard the anger in his heart, and said loudly: "My lord! The student recognizes the person. This man was a house in the city, and he lived next door to me. Because he often asked his students to borrow money, and the students disdained him and refused to give it, he resented it. He holds a grudge and frames good people, and hopes that adults will see it! ”

Mo Zhixian nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I'll torture you." If anyone is recruited, I will do it! ”

That Zhang Qi originally came to avenge this revenge, but he didn't expect to be tortured in the end, and he almost begged for mercy, and Bai Yuchan also cried bitterly when he heard this.

The miscellaneous servants on both sides were about to step forward to torture, but they saw a strange wind blowing at the main entrance of the public hall, blowing sand and rocks in the hall, and pieces of paper flying on the case, but there was no one in sight.

After a while, the wind stopped. Mo Zhixian saw that there was a big white paper on the table, on which was written the word "wronged".

The whole house didn't know where this paper came from, let alone who wrote it.

Mo Zhixian secretly thought that there must be a reason for this, so he ordered the left and right not to torture them for the time being, and escorted the two of them to the prison.

This Zhang Qi didn't expect that this time he would lift a stone and hit his own foot, shouting that he was wronged. I never thought that this head catcher was annoyed in his heart, and gave him three heavy slaps in succession, knocked out a front tooth, and didn't dare to call anymore.

The white jade toad vaguely saw a figure in Taoist clothes sweeping in and out of the court with the strange wind, and he already had a plan in his heart. (To be continued.) )