Brother Lian glanced at Guan Tongsheng, who was full of excitement, and turned around and walked out of the torture room.

Ye Yanshan saw Guo Er's short sword on the table, so he walked over and picked it up and looked at it carefully.

The next interrogation must be indispensable to torture, and this is the last thing Lian Di wants to see. In her view, evidence is the key to a person's conviction. But in such times and in such an environment, there is nothing she can do.

She sat down against a pillar in the corridor outside the torture cell.

After a while, Ye Yanshan also walked out of the torture room and came to Lian Di's side. The two did not speak, but listened to the movement in the torture chamber together.

Soon Xing Gu came out of the torture room with a frightened face, patted her chest in shock, and walked away quickly with the support of the girl. Then there was the sound of whipping in the torture room, and Guo Er howled a few times like a pig, and then shouted one after another: "I will recruit ...... I'll move!"

Lian Di looked up at the white clouds in the sky, her thoughts drifted back to modern times, and once she asked Duan Duan, do you torture criminal suspects to extract confessions? Duan Duan said: "Of course you have to beat him, but there will be no injuries, many thugs are only afraid of the fierce police, if you don't make him straight, he can climb on your head and." For the sake of the dignity and safety of the police, it is necessary to beat. However, to convict of homicide, the evidence must be closed. ”

The torture room was very quiet, and Guan Tongsheng's questions were vaguely heard, but it was more Guo Er's confession, and it was rare to try a murderer so smoothly.

Ye Yanshan sat opposite her, leaned against another pillar and asked, "Brother Lian, what do you think of Guo Er's murder?"

Lian Di reflexively didn't want to answer, the evidence was obviously insufficient, and what she saw in her eyes was almost all suspicions, but now that they have a confession, they have caught the murderer, and this is the most ideal result.

"Is Guo Er really a murderer? You just asked him what he saw?" Ye Yanshan asked again.

Brother Lian didn't say a word, jumped off the railing, turned around and went to the torture room, the door of the torture room opened, Guan Tongsheng rushed out with a confession, his face was full of excitement, he pointed to the painting and said: "Look! Guo Erzhao has made a move, and he did kill the person." ”

Lian Di took the confession, and the above description of the crime was very detailed, which was completely consistent with what they found at the scene, and the location of the wounds on the corpse was also accurate. The motive is also very clear, Jiang Zhi had originally given up buying the Guo family's old house, but Zhang Mao gave advice to Jiang Zhi and let Guo Er's father, mother, younger brother, wife and daughter kill him, and defrauded his family's old house.

"Did he say this confession himself, or did you write it for him?"

Guan Tongsheng was stunned, "Of course he said it himself, the master in charge of recording hasn't left yet." ”

Ye Yanshan took the confession and read it, but he had nothing to say. Guan Tongsheng said: "Brother Lian, thanks to you, the murderer was caught in just three days, and I finally lived up to the emperor's trust, so I will go to Zuo Xiang to report." With that, he ran out.

Lian Di watched him run out, raised his hand to stop him, but the voice was stuck in his throat and didn't come out. She stood at the door of the torture chamber, took a deep breath, pushed the door open and walked in.

Guo Er had been put down from the torture rack and sat in the corner against the wall, he was not beaten badly, with only a few red marks on his head and face. He couldn't wait to confess, most likely ly, because it was a confession prepared in advance, he wanted to finish it quickly.

When he was asked before the execution if he was responsible for the murder, his chin tilted up slightly, which was an angry expression, and when he saw the blood on the soles of his boots, he showed fear and disgust, which were contrary to the murderer of the Hongxinglou murder. The real murderer kills calmly and unhurriedly in public, and his psychological quality is quite strong, if someone asks about the murder, he will show contempt, and when he sees the blood on the soles of his shoes, he will only show satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment.

Brother Lian walked up to Guo Er, squatted down to look at him, and asked, "Why did you kill Zhang Mao instead of Jiang Zhi?"

Guo Er said: "The heart of the surname Zhang is too vicious, if he hadn't given the surname Jiang Zhi an idea, how could my relatives in my family have passed away one after another?" pursed his lips and swallowed his saliva, he was not sure whether what he said was true or false.

Brother Lian asked again: "Do you think that your relatives were really killed by Zhang Mao?"

"It must be him!" his brow bone was raised, and he knew the answer was not but didn't say.

Brother Lian asked, "What evidence do you have?"

"I heard it with my own ears. "Touch your nose, look directly at your brother and answer, lie!

Brother Lian asked, "What did Zhang Mao tell you personally?"

"Yes. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, thinking that he had hidden the joy of his younger brother. Brother Lian sighed, Guo Er didn't kill anyone.

She asked again, "Why do you want to pretend to be a copper coin hero?"

"I want to be a hero and eliminate harm for the people. He tapped his head and shook his head, ambiguous, uncertain.

Ye Yanshan suddenly asked behind Brother Lian, "Who is the Trojan horse in your yard for?"

Guo Er was stunned, and didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, so he couldn't help but clench his arms and said, "That's not mine, it's left by the original owner." "Lying, nervous, he has people to protect.

He asked her, "Is he lying?"

Ye Yanshan listened to her Q&A with Guo Er behind her before, and in his opinion, there was almost no problem, Guo Er confessed the crime and motives. But some unreasonable things he saw in the courtyard of East Lane, he needed to verify.

Brother Lian stood up, was silent for a moment, and said, "No, he didn't lie. After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the torture cell.

Riding a skinny old horse outside the criminal department, Ye Yanshan rode a horse and followed her, and the two walked forward silently.

Walking and walking, Brother Lian found that the two of them had left the city, the Qingshui River was flowing slowly beside him, how many unjust, false and wrongful cases in the world, and how many truths were covered up, who could tell. Brother Lian sighed and pulled the horse rope to return to the city, but Ye Yanshan grabbed her horse's head. He dismounted, and let his brother dismount as well.

"Brother Lian, Guo Er is not a murderer at all, right?"

"Why are you so sure? He described the murder exactly right, how could he know that he didn't do it?"

"I don't know how he knows, I just know that some of the evidence doesn't match. ”

"Oh, some evidence?" said Lian Di, feeling more and more irritable.

"Yes. ”

"Which ones?"

"First of all, the height is wrong, Aunt Xing said that the murderer is as tall as me, but Guo Er is half a head shorter than me. ”

Brother Lian argued: "It is common for women to be inaccurate when they are panicked, and she also came to see it today and confirmed that he is the murderer." ”

Ye Yanshan said again: "Martial arts are not right, Guo Er only has brute strength, although he uses a short sword, but he has no rules at all, and he doesn't know martial arts at all, and the murderer flies the eaves and walks the wall, and his martial arts must not be weak." ”

Brother Lian clenched his fists, Guo Er was not a practitioner, she noticed it as soon as she made a move.

Ye Yanshan continued: "The murder weapon is wrong, the murderer's short sword is thinner and very sharp, and Guo Er's short sword is not thick and sharp enough, and the wounds caused are completely different. There was blood on the bottom of the boots, but when we first checked the scene, there were no other people's bloody footprints around the place where Zhang Mao was cut for the last time, only his own. ”

Brother Lian said, "Enough!"

"What's wrong with you? Why don't you want to find out the truth? There were children living with Guo Er in Dongxiang, but when we went, he was the only one in his clothes, and there was no fire in the kitchen for two days, so why did he send his family away and come back by himself? He was caught by us on purpose. ”

"If Guo Er is not the murderer, then why did he confess? What will be the result if he confesses? Where did he know the details of the crime? Who gave him the short sword and old military boots?"

Ye Yanshan looked at him, opened his mouth, and was speechless.

"As I said yesterday, interest groups will protect their wings, and this murderer is the most suitable murderer. ”

Ye Yanshan said loudly: "But he is not the real murderer, he was wronged!"

"No one wronged him, he did it willingly. ”

The two glared angrily, there seemed to be a spark ignited in the air, Ye Yanshan's eyes were firm and open, and his brother retreated and contradicted in three points.

Ye Yanshan said: "You are not worthy of being my teacher, even if you know the greatest mind-reading technique in the world? Knowing that there are grievances but letting them go, Guo Er's appearance only shows that the direction we are looking for is correct. ”

Brother Lian was obviously lacking in confidence, "What about the right one? With the other party's power, what will happen to us in a few days?" Have you thought about it?"

"If you are afraid, why don't you let Lieutenant General Guan Lang show everything to the emperor, and the emperor will support him and call the shots, so he can't let us have an accident. ”

Lian Di Hadi sneered, "Do you really not know the current court structure? Is Daxing County a poor and remote place where the news is blocked? The emperor is about to turn 20 this year, and at this juncture, the power struggle is about to break out, do you want to get involved and put your family in danger?"

"You're ...... So are you sure that the emperor will lose? The emperor ...... He had the Praetorian Guard. ”

"Where is the combat strength of the Praetorian Guards? Is it just those squishy sons and daughters who make trouble all day long and do not do their proper work? I can alone rush into the camp of the Praetorian Guards and kill three people in and three out, unscathed! Is it too naïve for the emperor to expect such force to help him seize power? ”

Ye Yanshan stared at her and asked, "Then which side do you want to stand on?" Why is he sad, just because he and he can't be on the same team?

Lian Di said: "I don't stand at anyone, I'm a civilian, I have no power, no money, I just want to hide away, don't be affected by the gods fighting above." ”

Ye Yanshan continued to ask: "If you have the power and money, who will you support?"

"Of course, it is the emperor, it is best for the three auxiliary ministers to return power to the emperor smoothly, and they are still their ministers, distribute their wealth, and no one should move around. ”

Ye Yanshan was stunned when he heard this, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he was delighted, he really wanted to fight side by side with her. He said, "Why do you want to do this? I thought you were optimistic about the virtuous king, and at least you had to follow a master." ”

Lian Di snorted softly, "Whoever is the emperor is the same, for the common people, living every day with their families, having rich goods, and eating three meals a day is the best life, in short, there must be no chaos, let alone war, otherwise, the world will become hell." ”

“......”

"Brother Ye, their plan has been disrupted by the copper coin hero, if you investigate it, on the one hand, our safety is not guaranteed, on the other hand, it has forced them, they act in advance, I am afraid that more innocent people will be harmed. Guan Shudud will tell the emperor what he found that if the emperor is really Mingjun, he will definitely know what to do. ”

Ye Yanshan glanced at her in disappointment, walked to the river with his back to her, and said with vicissitudes in his tone: "The ancestral motto of my Ye family is: live up to what you have learned, and there is no injustice in the world." We are different and do not conspire with each other. Farewell!"

He didn't look at Brother Lian again, turned around and got on his horse, and galloped away. Brother Lian watched his tall back go farther and farther, and reluctantly chased a few steps, but in the end he could only clench his fists and watch him leave.