Xu Jie's face was even more suspicious, and he ordered the coachman to say, "Go to the second place of attack and take a look." ”

The wind and dust servants secretly visited, and asked many people involved, and was busy until noon, Xu Jieshi only went back to the house, and the carriage arrived at a temple on the edge of Tianjin Wei under the arch guard of several guards, here, there were already people waiting, Xu Jie changed the official palace in the temple, and then ordered the humanitarian: "Enter the city immediately, just say that the official will enter the city immediately, so that the deputy envoy of the military preparation road, the Tianjin prefect, the relevant people of the patrol ambassador and so on are ready, without further ado, the trial will start today." There are also all the officials of Tianjin Wei, all of whom must be on standby and listen to the summons of the officials at any time. ”

Someone immediately flew into Tianjin Wei, passed on the order of the Qincha, Xu Jie's vigorous and resolute action, but gave a deep impression to the officials up and down Tianjin, everyone has been waiting for a long time, just waiting for today, so there is no ambiguity, the military is on the Yamen side, and the corresponding officials have arrived.

Xu Qian came with Deng Jian, the two of them talked and laughed, it was the first time he met Jiang Xin, Jiang Xin was hesitating whether to step forward to greet him, after all, he was also a member of the officialdom, but seeing that Xu Qian ignored himself, he just sneered and sat aside with the prefect.

Xu Jielai was a little abrupt, and before he had dealt with the people in Tianjin Weili, he immediately started the trial, which gave people the impression that he planned to deal with it impartially, I have to say, this guy is quite smart, such a big case, no matter whether the result of the trial is fair or not, but it is only right to create an impression of partiality.

Xu Qian felt more and more that Xu Jie's person was a little not simple, although this person was young, he was not frivolous, although he was new to officialdom, his scheming was not shallow.

This time he accompanied Deng Jian to the trial, and Xu Qian had his own plans. Since everyone in the world knows that he is shielding Deng Jian, he will simply shield them.

After a while, someone outside reported that it was Qin Messenger, and everyone got up to greet them, but they saw Xu Jiezheng coming in, his face was expressionless, and he said to everyone: "Bearing the emperor's order." Don't dare to get close, you forgive your sins. ”

With that, he drove straight in and sat down firmly in front of the lobby.

Jiang Xin smiled and said, "I have heard for a long time that Lord Xu is honest and honest. When I saw it today, it was really so? ”

Xu Qian said on the side: "Yes, yes, being honest and honest is a matter of course, Lord Jiang praised it falsely." ”

Jiang Xin's eyes widened, and the Lord Xu he was talking about was Xu Jie. What are you here for? A good tout was completely destroyed by Xu Qian, just like a good poem was interrupted by a fart halfway through. Elegance has become vulgarity, and small freshness has turned into a big man with a nose.

Xu Jie glanced at Xu Qian and said, "Xu Shiyu has been a good official recently, and he asked Xu Shiyu to avoid one or two." ”

This is what it means to send off a guest. It surprised Jiang Xin, and Deng Jian looked a little uneasy. Xu Qian's eyebrows sank, so he had to stand up and said, "In this case, the official will leave, and please ask Lord Qincha to judge the case, be careful." He wasn't worried, he went away, and when he got out of the army, a few Jinyi captains were already waiting outside, Xu Qian hooked his hand and commanded them: "Keep an eye on ...... carefully"

Several lieutenants hurriedly responded.

But he said that in the military preparation road, Xu Jie's face turned cold, and then said: "Which one is Deng Jian, the sea patrol ambassador?" ”

Deng Jian immediately appeared and said, "The humble is Deng Jian." ”

Xu Jie glanced at him and said to Jiang Xin: "Is there a case file for this case?" ”

Jiang Xin was already ready, sent a case file, and said, "My lord, please take a look." ”

Xu Jie read according to the case file: "Deng Jian, the ambassador of the sea patrol, forcibly brought people ashore on the ninth day of November, and on this day, the pirates ransacked Tanggu, killed people and set fire, Deng Jian, Bingbei Dao and the prefect's yamen sued you for greedy goods and plunder, do you admit it?" ”

Deng Jian hurriedly said: "I don't admit it." ”

Jiang Xin squinted: "You don't admit it?" However, on the side of Bingbei Road, a lot of evidence has indeed been collected, and I will bring the chief of Dagu with me. ”

This so-called human witness was arranged by the military preparation road, and he had been waiting in the yali for a long time, and after a while, the lieutenant chief came in, knelt on the ground, and said, "The villain has seen the adult." ”

Xu Jie's face was expressionless: "Have you ever experienced the sack of pirates?" ”

Li Chang said: "Yes." ”

Xu Jie said: "Then, you will retell the events of the day, and you can't make things up, you know?" ”

The lieutenant saw that he was an honest man, and said obediently: "That day, I first heard that a group of people forcibly landed on the shore, and the nearby fishing village also saw their boats, and it is said that the waterway inspection was avoided, and the soldiers ran away, so the villains hurriedly closed the door, and more than an hour passed, and everyone said that these people had left and went to Tianjin Wei ......."

Xu Jie frowned and asked, "Is this news accurate?" ”

Li Chang said: "There are indeed people who see them walking away. ”

Jiang Xin said on the side: "This is the power of this group of thieves, if they don't leave, the villagers will be on guard, so they deliberately go away first, and then take a team of men and horses to kill a horse gun, these people must be habitual bandits, the official heard that the ambassador's fleet is outside, and it is also very unclean." ”

Xu Jie nodded, but did not comment, and continued to ask the chief: "How did those thieves rob?" ”

Li Chang said: "Since he killed people and set fires, he did all kinds of evil, and rushed into the village, but all the valuable goods were moved, and those that could not be moved were burned directly." ”

Xu Jiedao: "How much money did they rob?" ”

Li Chang said: "I don't know about this, I can't hide it, the villain is so scared that he was spared by hiding in the cellar." ”

Jiang Xin took the opportunity to say: "My lord, the facts are already very clear, if the bandits are not Deng Jian and his henchmen, who else has the courage to do so on the ground in Tianjin, and besides, they pioneered the waterway inspection department, and then they plundered it, it is also a matter of course." This Deng Jian refused to confess and should be tortured. ”

Deng Jian hurriedly said: "My lord, I was wronged, and after I landed on the shore, I immediately took people to Tianjin Wei, and was taken by Tianjin Wei in the name ......of the chaotic party."

Jiang Xin sneered: "It's right to lead the troops to take it, but who knows that it was another part of your henchmen who went back to loot it, and I heard that you were taken, so I immediately absconded?" ”

Deng Jian was speechless for a while, if Xu Qian was there, it would naturally not be Jiang Xin's turn to mess around, so he had to say: "My lord, I am humbled and wronged." ”

Xu Jie listened to the two bickering silently, but he was indifferent and did not stop it.

Jiang Xin saw that the fire was almost over: "Lord Qincha, the matter has become clear now, since Deng Jian refuses to confess, please ask your Excellency to immediately move the punishment, and under the heavy punishment, he can't help it." ”

Xu Jie glanced at Jiang Xin, but shook his head and said, "Although the facts are clear, there is one thing that the official still doesn't understand." ”

"Oh?" Jiang Xin looked displeased, but he had to bite the bullet: "What other suspicions did the adults find?" ”

Xu Jie said slowly: "The official once went to Tanggu in person, since Deng Jian and these people are for looting, but as far as the official knows, the two places that were looted are remote villages, and nearby, there is a market, but they do not rob the market, but only start in remote villages, which is really puzzling." The official once visited one of the fishing villages, and found that the people there were not rich, most of them were desperate poor households, and the case file kept saying that they were greedy, but if they were really greedy, why did they not go to the market, but instead went the opposite way, and the two places they plundered, I am afraid that the total value of the two places will not exceed the value of one hundred taels, and one hundred taels is certainly expensive, but some people say that there are one or two hundred pirates who plunder, and these two hundred people go to plunder the goods of one hundred taels, but they still have to bear such a great risk, this ...... How so? ”

Jiang Xin was stunned, he couldn't imagine that Xu Jie actually went to Tanggu for an unannounced visit, and the secret visit was not enough, but he also found this mistake, in terms of motives, if it was really a group of pirates to rob the place, it must be to a densely populated and rich place, which is why only the Mongols entered the customs to rob the Han people, but there was no reason for the Han people to rob the Mongols, to put it bluntly, this is because the Mongols are poor, and ordinary people don't even have an iron pot, as long as they can enter the customs once, they can immediately improve their lives. And the Han people went out of the customs to rob, delaying the time, delaying the production, not to mention, in the end may not even be able to grab a hair, the success is too high and the income is too small, this is a loss business, so naturally no one will do it.

The motive proposed by Xu Jie is also the same reason, since they are pirates, the motive must be to ask for money, and no one will kill for no reason, unless he has other purposes, at least the purpose of Deng Jian and these people, in addition to greed, it seems that it is difficult to find any other excuse, since it is greed, they are located in the remote fishing village located seven or eight miles away from the market, and they refuse to go to the market, so what is this motive? Could it be that you say that people are stupid, they just like nature, and they don't go to the market, but they want to go to the fishing village?

This is a hundred secrets, Jiang Xin couldn't help frowning, he arranged people to go just to plant stolen goods, robbery is not the goal, naturally it is to find a good target to rob, the remote fishing village has the least loss, of course, it is aimed at that kind of place, as for the densely populated market, and there are many merchants, merchants tend to hire guards, but they are prone to casualties, so for them, it is not worth it.

He couldn't help but say: "The market is on guard, I'm afraid that the pirates are jealous, so ......"

For his explanation, Xu Jie smiled slightly: "If it is really a pirate, the purpose is to rob, and the amount of looting is the most important thing for them, and the life of the family is secondary." Don't adults even know this? ”

Xu Jie's words are right, this kind of outlaw is willing to rob, and he is doing a desperate and risky deed, could it be that because there will be resistance in the market, he will rob a poor and remote place? It doesn't make sense. If the pirates really have this awareness, then in person, Deng Jian and these people are officers and soldiers, and since they are officers and soldiers, they risk killing their heads to rob for a hundred taels of silver, isn't it an idiot? If they really have such an awareness, they still grab a yarn?