readx;? The first ray of morning light slipped through the iron window into the prison of Baling County, the damp prison seemed to enter the second reincarnation, the gloomy atmosphere was dispelled, looking at the sun, it made people miss the smell of the exposed quilt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Jing rubbed his sore eyes and stretched his waist, and Yang Zhixian next to him was also sluggish, and his face was not good-looking.

The night trial did not go well, no matter what they asked, Zhou Wenfang just kept silent, even though he had already been tortured to the point that he was no longer human.

Although the cell boss and the jailers were already familiar with the road, all kinds of torture tools also appeared one by one, leaving various scars on Zhou Wenfang's body, and the soldering iron had already scalded the skin and flesh on Zhou Wenfang's body into a blur, and he didn't know how many times he woke up with cold water, but this hard bone refused to speak.

The many methods of torture made Yang Jing dazzling but shocking, and he finally understood why there were so many tortured tricks and why there were so many unjust, false and wrongful convictions.

Yang Jing thought that he couldn't bear this level of torture and torture, and if it were him, he might have confessed a long time ago.

I wanted to try my own methods of extorting confessions, but the sky was already bright, he had another important thing to do, and Zhou Wenfang's physical condition deteriorated sharply, and he was afraid that he would not be able to be tortured, so he could only give up temporarily.

After a night of tossing, Yang Zhixian was already very tired, and he was also relieved to hear Yang Jing say that he was going to search Zhou Wenfang's residence, hoping to find some useful clues.

Although there are a lot of fast catches in the county government, they are now assigned tasks, and even the head catcher Wang Dou is guarding Li Wanniang's residence with the officials, and he can't send more people for a while.

After thinking about it, Yang Zhixian asked people to say hello to the county lieutenant, and asked him to transfer a few archers and hand them over to Yang Jing to command the call.

In the Song Dynasty, the county lieutenant was a military attache at the grassroots level, responsible for the local work of eliminating violence and peace, arresting thieves, and guarding against rebellions, and set up 20 archers under his jurisdiction.

This archer is not just an archer, there is a fixed quota, allocated to the inspection department and the anti-theft office.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the number of archers also increased, and the nature of the archers that originally belonged directly to the county lieutenants also changed, and there were even hundreds of archers in some large counties, and the duties of the archers were originally to hunt down thieves and not be used for other purposes, but later, the archers were also used in other places like hand power.

For example, in Baling County, many of the prisoners in the prison are archers, and Wang Dou's catchers are actually archers, and these expenses need to be allocated from the local treasury of the county government, so the archers have become a panacea, and they will go wherever they are sent.

Yang Jing was worried that after the news of Zhou Wenfang's arrest spread, the people behind the scenes would destroy the evidence in advance, and they didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so they took the archers to Zhou Wenfang's residence to collect evidence.

After walking out of the county office, Yang Jing found that the streets were foggy, some flying insects were hovering in the air, buzzing and flying, and the shops on both sides also opened their doors to do business, and the vendors gradually began to go to the streets, exuding the heat and fragrance of food everywhere.

Yang Jing was also really hungry, but after all, he endured it and said to those archers: "Brothers have worked hard, this errand is important, and when the errand is finished, Yang will invite the brothers to eat again." ”

These archers are the same as catching fast, in fact, they are all cheap servants, the kind that are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination within three generations, and they can still shout at ordinary people, but Yang Jing is now the celebrity of the county master, and the uncle and nephew of the county master, how dare they put a score in front of Yang Jing, plus there is another Zhou Wenfang file, the county master took the opportunity to stand up, who would dare to offend Yang Jing at this juncture!

Seeing that the archers didn't complain much, Yang Jing stopped being wordy, and the group quickly walked towards the south of the county seat.

Zhou Wenfang once served as a criminal case pusher, and the Zhou family is also one of the big clans in Baling, although Zhou Wenfang is only a side branch, and some families are in the middle of the road, but they are also surnamed Zhou, and they can go into the yamen as an errand boy, and the family background is still good.

Coupled with a lot of filial piety on weekdays, Zhou Wenfang is not short of money, even if he doesn't live in the county government, he also bought a small house in the south of the county.

Along the way, Yang Jing also learned about Zhou Wenfang's personal situation from these archers, and these archers also knew the situation in the place, and Zhou Wenfang was in charge of the punishment, and they were naturally clear.

After listening, Yang Jing was also a little relieved, this week the study is already in his twenties, but he is not married, it is said that he usually lingers in Fengyue places, and only marries two concubines, does not marry the main room, and has no children.

"It seems that he has been prepared for a long time, for fear that his family will drag him down..."Yang Jing thought so, and he was not very optimistic about this trip.

Zhou Wenfang was so guarded, and wanted to dig out useful clues from his residence, but Yang Jing didn't want to give up easily, if Zhou Wenfang didn't open his mouth, he could only find clues from other ways.

Thinking like this in my heart, I gradually arrived at the south street of the county seat, but at this time, there was a sudden commotion in front of me, pedestrians running back and forth, and thick smoke billowing up!

"It's water! It's water!"

Someone banged on the gong and kept shouting, and the street became more and more lively, Yang Jing couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw the billowing smoke at the end of the street!

"It's not good, everyone, hurry up!" Yang Jing exclaimed, and the group ran over, only to find that it was Zhou Wenfang's residence that caught fire!

The reason why Yang Jing didn't rest and rushed over to collect evidence non-stop was that he was worried that the people behind the scenes would destroy the evidence, but he didn't expect to be a step too late!

Fortunately, Zhou Wenfang's house is not remote, and there are two concubines and a lot of maids and slaves at home, and they found it in time, and the surrounding neighbors are worried about the pond fish, and they are also very hard at fighting the fire.

Looking at the ruins that were still smoking, the two concubines in Zhou Wenfang cried with a disgraced face, and the slaves and maids waited carefully.

This little concubine is also a master of the six gods, and she was about to send a slave to the county government to inform Zhou Wenfang, and when she saw Yang Jing fighting the fire with an archer, she asked Zhou Wenfang if she was on business in the county office.

Yang Jing told the truth about Zhou Wenfang, and the two concubines were immediately dumbfounded, and immediately cried and shouted to go to the county government to theorize, Yang Jing didn't bother to care, anyway, Yang Zhi County dealt with it, and he still concentrated on collecting evidence.

Zhou Wenfang made a mistake, Yang Jing brought archers to collect evidence, and the concubines and slaves of the Zhou family did not dare to stop them.

Although the fire was extinguished, most of the house was also burned, especially the inner courtyard where Zhou Wenfang lived, which was burned to the ground, which should be the fire point.

Yang Jing is also experienced in collecting evidence at the fire scene, but whenever a crime is committed, there will always be traces, it depends on whether you can find it.

Fearing that the scene would be ruined, Yang Jing asked the archers to wait outside and walked into the house by himself.

The burned beams and rubble were everywhere, and Yang Jing also focused on Zhou Wenfang's residence, with Zhou Wenfang's prudence, he was able to deceive the people in the yamen, and these two concubines would definitely not know too much about it.

If these two concubines are insiders, then the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely kill them, and they can live well, which shows that they are not clear about what Zhou Wenfang did, and it is just Zhou Wenfang's imprisonment.

Yang Jing searched Zhou Wenfang's room, and confirmed that this was the fire point according to the burning degree of the scene and the surrounding objects.

If you continue to search this room, it won't make much sense, and Yang Jing couldn't help but walk out dejectedly.

When the two concubines saw Yang Jing come out, they cautiously asked, "Since the search has been completed, can the concubines let people go in and clean up?"

Yang Jing knew that they were going to pick up something valuable, the fire was concentrated in Zhou Wenfang's room, and the other places were not too badly burned, they probably saw Zhou Wenfang in prison, and wanted to roll up the shop and leave, otherwise they would take back all their belongings and fish out Zhou Wenfang.

Yang Jing did not let them in, but took the archers and searched the other places to allow them to clean up.

This search also made Yang Jing confirm a thing, but the two concubines didn't know anything, and they couldn't help but be even more discouraged.

Yang Jing frowned, thinking that he could only hope to pry Zhou Wenfang's mouth open.

Just as he was about to leave, Yang Jing found an old mother walking out of the laundry room with a large pile of clothes.

As soon as his mind moved, Yang Jing stopped the old mother: "This aunt, are your master's clothes still there?"

The old mother was also in a bad mood, after all, if something like this happened, they might have to look for the owner again, but they were all lowly subordinates, where did they dare to offend Yang Jing, plus Yang Jing was not oppressed, but was very polite and modest, so she replied.

"Back to the eldest lord... The laundry room may be a little damp, but it didn't cause too much fire, and the clothes of the old man and grandmother are still there, but... It's just that yesterday's clothes haven't had time to be washed..."

"Didn't wash it? Great!" Yang Jing couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, this week the study room changed his night clothes before going to the county office to assassinate Li Wanniang, if the clothes he changed were not washed, he should be able to find some useful clues!

"Bring all your master's clothes!" Yang Jing instructed the old mother, but quickly changed his words: "No, don't touch those clothes, take me over, I'll see for myself!"

The old mother was also puzzled, what could a big man's clothes look at, it could be seen that Yang Jing was like this, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he immediately took Yang Jing to the laundry room.

Although it is a rough job, but the old mother is also used to doing it in a large family, and the clothes of the old man and grandmother are stored and washed separately, because there was a fire this morning, and yesterday's clothes are stacked on the wooden shelf.

Yang Jing carefully checked and looked through Zhou Wenfang's clothes, and then asked the old mother, "Where are the shoes, socks and hat scarf?"

The old woman pointed to a small bamboo basket in the corner and replied, "The old man's shoes are over there..."

Yang Jing's eyes lit up, he dropped his clothes and walked to the front of the bamboo basket, carefully pinched Zhou Wenfang's shoes, carefully checked them, and then asked the archers and old mothers to go out, closed the door, and then opened the physical evidence investigation box.

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