Chapter 40 Zhang Hao's visit to the prison and the judgment of the court

In the prison, there is no light of day all year round, the yin qi is extremely heavy, and many heinous people have died in it, so there are many evil ghosts.

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu were in prison, but they felt that the prison was gloomy, and they unconsciously raised their vigilance.

"Brother Hao, there won't be ghosts in this prison, right?" Zhu Jiu stared at the surroundings with a pair of round eyes, and said in a trembling voice.

Zhang Hao frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, there is righteousness in heaven and earth, Haoran should last forever, I haven't done anything evil, what the hell are you afraid of!" ”

"Hey, two sons, ghosts are afraid of people, unless they are angry ghosts, there is no need for people to be afraid of them." This jailer may have gained experience from guarding the prison for a long time, and when he saw that Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu were scared, they took money from others, so he reminded him.

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu glanced at each other, and only then did they settle down.

"It's here, Li Yan is in front, the two sons go and come back quickly!" The jailer pointed to the cell in front of him and spoke.

Zhang Hao bowed his hand to the jailer and said, "There is a poor man!" ”

The jailer also arched his hand and said, "Son, please take care of yourself!" So saying, he withdrew.

Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu did not hesitate, walked to the front of the prison, and looked inside, it was Li Yan. It's just that things have changed, and now Li Yan is no longer the same as before, instead of his face full of dirt, unkempt, and empty eyes, he sat on the ground in a daze, not moving.

"Li Yan!" Zhang Hao frowned and shouted.

Someone called his name, Li Yan raised his head, looked at the two of them godlessly, laughed, and said, "It's you two, I am now a heinous sinner, what are you looking for me?" ”

Zhang Hao stared at Li Yan with dead eyes, and said after a while: "I believe you are innocent!" ”

A strange brilliance flashed in Li Yan's eyes, he slowly stood up and said, "You...... Do you really believe me? ”

Zhang Hao looked at Li Yan, the corners of his mouth grinned, revealing his signature smile, and nodded lightly.

Li Yan was overjoyed, and the heavy iron chains on his body did not affect his speed, accompanied by the crisp sound of "jingle bell", Li Yan rushed to the prison and said urgently: "You ......"

Li Yan didn't say anything after all, and finally his eyes were blank again, he shook his head, sat back on the ground, and said, "Alas, what if you believe me, I will be beheaded in three days!" ”

Zhang Hao's soothing brows furrowed again, and said, "Li Yan, are you willing to be a scapegoat, willing to bear the charge of killing the teacher, and willing to be spurned by the world forever?" ”

Li Yan trembled when he heard this, hurriedly got up, and said, "Do you really have a way to help me clear my name?" ”

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled, revealing a confident smile, and said, "Trust me!" ”

Zhang Hao's smile gave people a gentle feeling. Li Yan looked at Zhang Hao's eyes, deep and mysterious, like stars, and couldn't help but nod lightly.

Zhang Hao was overjoyed and said, "Brother Li, if you believe me, tell me what happened that day!" ”

Suddenly suffering such a big blow, Li Yan's body was probably a little unbearable, and he slowly sat back on the ground and said, "In the middle of that day, the master called me to the study after finishing the lecture. It turned out that the master also found out that I and Sister Wanru were truly in love, and promised to marry Sister Wanru to me, I was ecstatic, and went out of the study to find Sister Wanru and told her about this happy event. But...... But I can't think of the master...... Master, he was poisoned! ”

Zhang Hao nodded, touched his chin and said, "Well, in this case, you are indeed innocent, it is impossible for a person to joke about his happiness, it's just ......"

Li Yan was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Just what?" ”

Zhang Hao paused and said, "It's just that Mr. Xie did die in the middle of the corner......

Li Yan was in a hurry and said, "This ...... I don't know what's going on with this, the master really wasn't killed by me, I didn't kill it......"

Zhang Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "By the way, what was wrong with you and Mr. Xie in the study at that time?" ”

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "What does Brother Zhang refer to?" ”

"Moisture! Yin Qi! Particularly heavy moisture! Zhang Hao stared at Li Yan with straight eyes and said in a straight voice.

Li Yan frowned deeply, shook his head for a while, and said, "No, I really didn't find anything abnormal at that time." ”

Zhang Hao nodded lightly, touched his chin and said, "Well, in this way, the time of Mr. Xie's death is not the time of the middle of the corner as Qian Tao said." As he spoke, his eyes grew brighter and brighter, as if he had thought of something.

Immediately, Zhang Hao looked at Li Yan's feet again, which were indeed larger than normal people, and couldn't help frowning, as if he had thought of the key again, and walked straight out of the cell regardless of anything else.

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand in the air and stopped, and finally shook his head helplessly, as if he had accepted his fate, and the look in his eyes gradually dimmed.

said that Zhang Hao ran out and walked straight to Mr. Xie's study, staring at the bloody footprints on the ground for a while, and staring at the ink footprints stepped on by Zhu Jiu, comparing them back and forth......

Zhang Hao stayed in Mr. Xie's room for three days, and saw that Li Yan was about to be beheaded, no matter who called, he really didn't care, he just didn't come out.

In desperation, the two sisters, Xie Wanru and Xie Wanruo, had to rush to the execution ground first......

At this time, the execution ground was already full of people, Li Yan killed the teacher, was full of evil, and was beheaded, what a happy thing!

Among them, there are many people who are jealous of Li Yan, Li Yangui is the first apprentice of Mr. Xie, and it is common to attract jealousy; Of course, there are also people who mourn silently, Li Yan is open-minded, and there are not a few people who have received his favor.

The scene was chaotic for a while, with shouting and crying......

"Silence, silence!" Tie Yuan stood up at the behest of the county lord and said loudly.

This Tie Yuan is still quite prestigious in Baili City, and when he roared in his voice, the scene suddenly fell silent.

The county lord looked at Tie Yuan with satisfaction, and said loudly: "Li Yan, your crime of killing the teacher is extremely heinous, and you are now sentenced to capital punishment and beheading, what else do you have to say before the execution, come quickly, lest you say that the official is disrespectful!" ”

Li Yan looked at the audience, saw Xie Wanru and Xie Wanruo, the two sisters, his heart was miserable, suddenly seemed to think of something, searched around, and finally said dismally: "Didn't come, after all, I still didn't come, you promised to help me, you promised my ......"

Seeing that Li Yan's expression suddenly became crazy, the county lord couldn't help frowning, stood up, took out an arrow, and said loudly: "Cut!" ”

A "chop" word exit, causing the arrow to be thrown to the ground. When the executioner saw it, he swung the butcher knife, grabbed the death penalty card on Li Yan's body, and slashed at Li Yan's neck with a knife.

The executioner shot quickly, and Li Yan was about to die under the executioner's knife. Suddenly, a black light shot out at a rapid pace, and slammed straight into the executioner's butcher knife, which broke less than an inch from Li Yan's neck.

"Bold!" When Tie Yuan saw that someone dared to rob the Dharma field in broad daylight, he was immediately furious, and with a "poof", he pulled out his saber, jumped onto the torture platform, and shouted.

Where Tie Yuan looked, the crowd parted to both sides like a tide, and Zhang Hao, who was wearing a purple robe, slowly walked in with his hands in his hands.

"Zhang Hao, what are you doing? Dare to openly rob the Dharma field, are you impatient? Tie Yuan glared at Zhang Hao angrily and asked loudly.

"Haha, Brother Hao, I knew you would come!" Zhu Jiuyuan's slippery eyes shone brightly, and he greeted Zhang Hao and said excitedly.

Zhang Hao nodded to Zhu Jiu with a smile, looked at Li Yan, and nodded lightly to Li Yan. Li Yan saw that it was Zhang Hao, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

Tie Yuan was perfectly ignored, and he was immediately furious, raised his saber, and said loudly: "Zhang Hao, do you know what you are doing?" ”

Zhang Hao chuckled lightly and said, "You don't distinguish between black and white, reverse yin and yang, and ask me what to do, it's really ridiculous!" ”

The county lord's white beard trembled, pointed at Zhang Hao, and said loudly: "Zhang Hao, you'd better tell the official one two or three today, otherwise the official will sue you for a felony of disturbing the law!" ”

Zhang Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Hmph, first of all, Li Yan has no motive to kill at all, but you insist on imposing it on him, it's really ridiculous!" ”

The county lord's eyelids twitched, and he said angrily: "Zhang Hao, I don't know if the official didn't say it clearly, or if you didn't hear it clearly." Li Yan coveted Mr. Xie's ink jade inkstone, but Mr. Xie didn't allow it, the two had a dispute, and Li Yan mistakenly beat Mr. Xie to death! ”

Zhang Hao looked up to the sky and laughed, and said, "It's ridiculous, do you know what Mr. Xie said when he called Li Yan to the study that day?" ”

The county lord pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly: "Zhang Hao, you say the point, this official only cares about the case, regardless of anything else." ”

Zhang Hao sneered and said, "If you don't know the reason, you don't know, how can you decide the case?" ”

The county old man stood up angrily from the chair and said angrily: "Presumptuous, this official has been judging cases for 40 years, and you still need a hairy boy to teach this official how to judge cases, it's a big joke in the world!" ”

Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Forty years of solving the case? It's a pity that your case is still wrong, and it's a mess! ”

The county lord was choked by Zhang Hao and couldn't speak, pointed at Zhang Hao with one hand, and said along his chest with the other: "You ......"

When Tie Yuan saw it, he was immediately furious, and he raised his knife to take down Zhang Hao. Zhu Jiu smiled and dodged to stop him.

In just a while, a large number of officials surrounded Zhang Hao and Zhu Jiu, and there was a tense atmosphere at the scene.

It took a while for the county lord to regain his breath, and he said loudly: "Stand down, let him speak!" ”

The official was ordered to retreat slowly.

Everyone was stunned, and dared to talk to the county lord like this, and he was half angry.

Zhang Hao slowly walked up to Xie Wanru under the gaze of everyone and said, "Miss Xie, do you know what Mr. Xie said to Li Yan in the study that day?" ”

Xie Wan blushed like a ripe red apple, lowered his head, and couldn't say anything for a long time.

Xie Wanruo saw it in his eyes, and his face changed for a while.

Zhang Hao smiled faintly and said, "Miss Xie, if you don't say it, I won't be able to help Li Yan!" ”

When Xie Wanru heard this, he didn't care about anything else, raised his head, blushed and said loudly: "That day...... That day, my father talked to Senior Brother Li Yan...... Talk about my marriage! ”

The crowd was in an uproar!

This Xie is like a captivating asset, Li Yan is bohemian, but he is a full talent, this talent is a beautiful woman, but I didn't expect it to be in this situation.

Zhang Hao stretched out his hands, and the noisy voice stopped abruptly, and everyone wanted to hear Zhang Hao continue to see how he cleared Li Yan's name.

Zhang Hao turned around, looked at everyone, and said loudly: "I don't think it's possible for Miss Xie to joke about her own name." In this case, then Li Yan will immediately become Mr. Xie's son-in-law, a hundred years after Mr. Xie, his every qiē is not all Li Yan's, why should Li Yan lose his good future for a black jade inkstone! ”

The crowd nodded their heads, thinking it was reasonable.

Although the county lord is pedantic, he is also a sensible person, so he couldn't help but nod.

At this moment, a discordant voice sounded.

"Hmph, this Li Yan is friendly with his sister Wanru, the two of them may have died for life, and she may be willing to excuse him!"

Zhang Hao Huoran turned around, looked at Qian Tao who was speaking, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Hmph, then I'll let you die!" ”

Qian Tao snorted coldly again and said, "Hmph, I want to see what actual evidence you have to prove that the master and his old man were not killed by Li Yan!" ”

Zhang Hao's eyes showed two divine lights, and he said, "As you wish!" ”

Immediately, Zhang Hao turned around, looked at the county lord again, and said: "First of all, Mr. Xie did not die in the middle of the corner, but after the middle of the corner, which means that Li Yan does not meet the time of the crime at all!" ”

Qian Tao's face changed greatly, pointed at Zhang Hao, and said, "You...... What did you say? ”

Zhang Hao looked at Qian Tao and said, "Mr. Xie's study, that is, the scene of the crime, has a lot of moisture, and even has a cold, but? ”

The county lord nodded, stroked his white beard, and said, "This official can be sure that this is indeed the case." ”

Zhang Hao smiled lightly and said, "Let's not talk about the origin of this cold qi, Old Mr. Xie's body is also covered with cold qi, and even the blood flowing from Old Mr. Xie's forehead has coagulated. ”

Everyone nodded yes, and they all saw this qiē in their eyes, which was an indisputable fact.

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth curled, revealing a confident smile of his signature momentum, and said: "This is the key, the murderer used the cold qi to freeze Mr. Xie's corpse, the purpose is to delay the cooling time of Mr. Xie's corpse, so as to mislead the work, and make people think that Mr. Xie died in the middle of the corner, so as to blame Li Yan." ”

The county lord has been judging the case for forty years, and he has encountered such a situation, but this cold atmosphere is not artificial, and he didn't think about it at that time.

Qian Tao's face changed greatly, he looked at Zhang Hao in shock, and was speechless for a while.

Zhang Hao saw this qiē in his eyes, and thought secretly in his heart: "This Qian Tao is jealous of Li Yan, and he is most likely to blame Li Yan, but that cold aura is obviously not something that a mortal like Qian Tao can have." And the water ghost of that day...... Yes, a qiē may be the ghost of the water ghost. It's just that this is a little too appalling, even if you say it, I'm afraid no one will believe it, and you have to be regarded as a madman! ”