The county lord nodded, and also thought that it was reasonable, and with a "snap", he slapped the shocked wood again, and said loudly: "Someone, bring up Mr. Xie's body!" ”

After a while, Mr. Xie's body was carried up and respectfully placed in the court.

The county lord stood up and bowed to Mr. Xie's body tremblingly, and it could be seen that he had great respect for this old gentleman who had cultivated many pillars.

After bowing, the county lord "snapped", slapped the shocked wood again, his white eyebrows trembled, and he said loudly: "Uncover the autopsy!" ”

Then an official uncovered the white cloth covering Mr. Xie, and a trace of cold air came from Mr. Xie's body, which was a cold breath, and the official who uncovered the cloth couldn't help but tremble, but in an instant, a layer of hoarfrost was covered on his hands.

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they saw it.

Zhang Hao saw clearly, his eyes narrowed, and two divine rays burst out. He couldn't be more familiar with this cold qi, exactly the same as the yin qi on the water ghost's body.

"Mr. Xie's body is invited, Qian Tao, what do you have to say, come quickly!" The county lord sat back in his chair and said loudly.

Qian Tao glanced at Li Yan, the corners of his mouth curled, revealing a playful smile, and slowly walked to the side of Mr. Xie's body, first bowed to Mr. Xie, and then leaned over next to Mr. Xie's body and slowly examined it.

"Well, there you have it!" Qian Tao raised his head, looked at the county master, and said confidently.

"Oh? Qian Tao, what have you discovered, tell me quickly! The county lord said urgently.

Qian Tao got up slowly, pointed to Mr. Xie's forehead, and said: "There is a large piece of blood on the forehead of the family teacher, the blood has coagulated at this time, and it is obviously injured by a blunt weapon. ”

The county lord nodded and said: "This investigation pays attention to human evidence, physical evidence, and the motive for the crime, if you can find the murder weapon, that is, the physical evidence, it will be the best." ”

Zhang Hao nodded yes, and secretly thought: "Although this county lord is pedantic, he also has a lot of merits, at least he can do it without deception and be fair and selfless." ”

The county lord stroked his white beard and wondered: "Looking at Mr. Xie's wound, it is indeed a blunt weapon, but what is the murder weapon?" ”

Qian Tao's eyes narrowed, turned his head to look at Li Yan, and then bowed his hand to the county master, and said: "I once carefully inspected the master's study, and found that the master's favorite Moyu inkstone was missing, and now looking at the injury on the master's forehead, I am sure that the murder weapon is the Moyu inkstone." ”

The county lord's cloudy old eyes lit up, and he praised: "Reasonable, in this way, the Moyu inkstone is the murder weapon, but where is the murder weapon now?" ”

The corners of Qian Tao's mouth curled, revealing an intriguing smile, and said: "That ink jade inkstone was given by the senior brother of the first grade university in the court, it is a strange thing, and it is priceless, I think it must be the murderer who stole the ink jade inkstone, and was broken by the master, so the killer hurt and killed the master." Am I right, Li Yan? Speaking of this, Qian Tao suddenly turned around and stared at Li Yan with his eyes.

Li Yan frowned and replied loudly: "Qian Tao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Qian Tao said meaningfully: "You know best what it means!" ”

"You ......" Li Yan was stunned and glared at Qian Tao, but he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Humph!" Qian Tao snorted coldly, looked back at the county master, arched his hand, and said: "County master, has Li Yan coveted Moyu Yan and killed people, just go to his room and search!" ”

The county lord nodded, "snapped", knocked on the startling wood again, and said loudly: "Someone, go to Li Yan's room and search carefully for the official to see if there is a black jade inkstone!" ”

Tie Yuan came out of the queue and arched his hand: "Yes!" So saying, he led the officials and sent them away.

Zhang Hao saw this qiē in his eyes, his eyes narrowed, and he felt as if this qiē was designed, but he couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

The noise of everyone continued to sound, and Zhang Hao listened to it, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

"Here, the Iron Catcher is back!"

When Zhang Hao heard this, he couldn't help but look back, looking at a black inkstone in Tie Yuan's hand, and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

Under the gaze of everyone, Tie Yuan walked to the public hall step by step, respectfully raised the black inkstone in his hand above his head, and said loudly: "My lord, as expected by Mr. Qian, I found this ink jade inkstone in Li Yan's room!" ”

The county lord suddenly bounced up from his seat, glanced at Li Yan incredibly, and finally sighed helplessly, and said, "Tie Catcher, bring the Moyu Yan to the official!" ”

Tie Yuan hurriedly walked a few steps and respectfully handed the black jade inkstone in his hand to the county lord's hand.

The county lord took the black jade inkstone, carefully observed, only to see that the black jade inkstone was completely black, carved with such a large black jade, the sun, moon and stars were carved on the inkstone, the star wonders, lifelike, as if jumping out, worthy of being a priceless treasure.

The county lord finally shook his head helplessly, looked at the conspicuous red blood stain on the right corner of the ink jade inkstone, and said: "Such a rare treasure has finally become a murder weapon!" ”

Li Yan in the hall looked at it, his face was already shocked, and he reacted at this time and shouted: "Master Huiyu County, this is ...... I've never taken this ink jade inkstone, I've never taken it, I didn't kill the master, no! ”

The county lord originally had a trace of expectation for Li Yan, but at this time, he was extremely disappointed, his white eyebrows trembled, and he said angrily: "Li Yan, there are all human and material evidence, and there is also a motive for the killing, you still have to quibble!" ”

Li Yan's face suddenly turned pale, his eyes were blank, he sat on the ground, and muttered: "I didn't kill it, I really didn't kill it......"

Qian Tao glanced at Li Yan with slanted eyes, the corners of his mouth curled, sneered, and then turned his head to look at the county master, arched his hand, and said: "County master, the evidence of Li Yan's murder is conclusive, please make a judgment!" ”

The county lord's white beard trembled, stretched out his right hand and threw an arrow on the ground, and said loudly: "Whoever comes, put Li Yan on death row, take it to the criminal department, and be beheaded in three days!" ”

An official sent an official to listen to the order and escort Li Yan out.

When Xie Wanru and Xie Wanruo saw it, they were in a hurry, and their bodies were paralyzed. Everyone was shocked again, and well-wishers helped to send the two sisters back to Tung Wah Academy.

Zhang Hao frowned deeply, didn't say a word along the way, and walked to his residence.

Zhu Jiu was relieved, went back to the room and had nothing to do, seeing that it was still early, he fell asleep again.

Zhang Hao returned to the room, puzzled, and kept muttering: "Water ghosts, bloody footprints, ink jade inkstones...... What's the connection? ”

"Could Li Yan be the murderer?"

"The evidence is conclusive, the evidence is ironclad, but ......"

"Zhang Gongzi, are you there?" At this time, a pleasant voice sounded.

Zhang Hao raised his eyebrows, stood up, and opened the door with a "squeak", and the two sisters Xie Wanru and Xie Wanruo came into view.

"Zhang Gongzi, you ...... Do you have any good way to save Senior Brother Li Yan! When Xie Wan saw Zhang Hao, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said.

Xie Wanruo also cried and said, "Gongzi Zhang, please save Senior Brother Li Yan, please!" ”

Zhang Hao gently helped the second daughter up and said, "Don't worry, two young ladies, this matter has to be discussed in the long run!" ”

Xie Wanru and Xie Wanruo's two daughters had no backbone at this time, and pinned their hopes on Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao is also under a lot of pressure at this time, Li Yan is about to be beheaded in three days, does he have the ability to save Li Yan?

Finally appeased the second daughter, Zhang Hao didn't dare to delay time, and hurriedly walked in the direction of the prison.

"Stop, the prison is heavy, and no idle people are allowed to enter!" Before Zhang Hao could get closer, two jailers stopped Zhang Hao, and one of the jailers said loudly.

Zhang Hao sighed slightly, stepped forward and said: "Two poor masters, that Li Yan is a friend of the next, please be accommodating!" ”

"Hurry up, hurry up, this Li Yan plotted to kill Mr. Xie, the evidence is conclusive, he was sentenced to death by the county master, he is a death row prisoner, and no idle people are allowed to see him!" The jailer acted viciously, without saying anything about it, and said loudly.

Zhang Hao frowned, knowing that the jailer would definitely not let him in today, so he had to arch his hand and reluctantly paced back and forth outside the prison.

"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, you don't call me Lao Zhu when you run to prison, it's easy to find Lao Zhu!" Just when Zhang Hao didn't pay attention, Zhu Jiu's voice sounded.

When Zhang Hao looked at Zhu Jiu, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, pulled Zhu Jiu over, looked at the jailer behind him, and said softly: "Fatty, do you have any way to let me go to prison?" ”

Zhu Jiu smiled, and was about to pout his buttocks.

Zhang Hao was in a hurry, kicked Zhu Jiu's buttocks, kicked him to the ground, and said angrily: "You can do anything except fart!" ”

Zhu Jiu got up from the ground dissatisfied, looked at Zhang Hao with resentment in his eyes, and said, "Brother Hao, don't let the fart be said earlier, there are many ways." ”

Zhang Hao's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "What else can be done?" ”

Zhu Jiu rubbed his buttocks and said with a wicked smile: "Brother Hao, money can make ghosts grind!" ”

Zhang Hao's face twitched, and he said, "Fatty, you ...... You mean you want me to bribe the jailer? ”

Zhu Jiu smiled and said, "Brother Hao, it's really smart, just a little bit!" ”

Zhang Hao shook his sleeves angrily and said, "Don't do it, how can I bribe people, no, I can't do it, besides, I don't have silver taels!" ”

Zhu Jiu approached Zhang Hao, looked flattering, and said flatteringly: "Oh, Brother Hao is a high-ranking person, so he can't do such bribery things, and everything is handed over to me Lao Zhu, but it's just this silver...... Well, Brother Hao has to figure it out! ”

Zhang Hao pulled down three black lines above his head, and said angrily: "Where can I get so much silver for you for a while?" ”

Zhu Jiuyuan's eyes lit up, he smiled, and said, "Brother Hao, then change, can you turn stones into gold?" ”

When Zhang Hao heard this, he couldn't help choking, his eyes glared at the boss, looked at Zhu Jiu and said: "Don't think about it, although this stone into gold has facilitated us, it is not a desirable way to leave a disaster to future generations." What's more, this technique needs to be at least above the immortal level to be used, and I am only nine turns, that is, I have just reached the valley stage of the mortal realm, how do you want me to make this technique? ”

When Zhu Jiu heard this, he immediately wilted, and his mouth muttered and he didn't know what he was talking about!

Zhang Hao was angry in his heart, close to Zhu Jiu's ear, and said angrily: "Fatty, quickly find a way, this is an illusion, you quickly take out your private money, and it won't really be nothing!" ”

When Zhu Jiu heard this, he smiled: "Oh, I forgot that this is an illusion, private money...... This one...... This old Zhu doesn't have it, no! As he spoke, his eyes dodged, not daring to look at Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao looked at Zhu Jiu's expression, how could he not know his little Jiujiu, stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Jiu's ear, and said angrily: "Fatty, take it out quickly, it's a big deal how much you give, and when you get out of the illusion, I will give you as much as I want, and you don't have any losses, and you can earn money for nothing, why not?" ”

Zhu Jiuyuan's eyes turned back and forth, obviously calculating whether it was cost-effective, and after a while, he smiled and said, "Brother Hao, this brother is in trouble, how can I not help, this ...... My private money is here, a total of one hundred and twenty-five taels, you have to remember! ”

Zhang Hao said angrily: "Okay, let's go and get down to business, write it down!" ”

Zhu Jiu smiled, flipped the money bag in his hand, and said, "Hehe, Brother Hao, wait a minute, look at my old Zhu!" After speaking, Zhu Jiu picked up the money bag and ran to the two jailers.

Zhang Hao saw it clearly, this Zhu Jiu talked to the two jailers in the past, and pointed in his direction from time to time, not knowing what they were whispering about, and finally stuffed a bag of money to the jailer.

After a while, Zhu Jiuxing hurriedly ran back and said, "Brother Hao, it's all done!" ”

Zhang Hao patted Zhu Jiu's shoulder and said, "Yes, fat man, I really have you!" As he spoke, he didn't care about Zhu Jiu, and went straight to the prison.

When Zhu Jiu saw it, he hurriedly caught up and whispered: "One hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-five......"

Zhang Hao paused, glanced at Zhu Jiu, and said angrily: "Okay, I know one hundred and twenty-five taels, isn't it one hundred and twenty-five taels, I have never seen it in my eyes." ”

Zhu Jiu saw that Zhang Hao was leaving, pouted, and muttered: "You were born in a rich family, you have never been short of money, of course you don't know the importance of money, money can make ghosts grind, and money can ...... spirits."

Zhang Hao walked up to the two jailers and arched his hand: "Trouble the two poor masters!" ”

This time, the two jailers did not embarrass Zhang Hao anymore, glanced at each other, and then opened the door of the prison.

Zhang Hao was about to raise his leg to enter, and one of the jailers ordered: "This son, that Li Yan has committed a capital crime, you can stay in it for half an hour at most, and you must come out." This is all our brother risking losing his job to let you in, if you let the county master know, our brother will be finished. ”

Zhang Hao arched his hand again and said, "Thank you for your accommodatingness, it's only half an hour!" As he spoke, without hesitation, he raised his leg and walked to the prison.

Zhu Jiu smiled, nodded to the two jailers, and followed Zhang Hao.