"Bao Xianggong, I sent three shifts of all the county officials to catch fast, and used two shifts of officials. It's all done. The two guys named Qiulan and Hongjuan were also taken by us, by the way, the one named Qiulan seems to have made a fortune recently, and we have been checking her brother, whose brother actually had money to visit the kiln a while ago. ”

"Okay, Zhang Zhutou, good job, how is the blacksmith shop in the county town?"

Although Zhang Zhutou didn't understand what he meant, he still did it, it turned out that there were only two blacksmith shops in the city, and the situation was very simple, one was called Wu Ji Blacksmith Shop, an old blacksmith had two apprentices, the big apprentice was called Wang Tiezhu, who had been following the old blacksmith for nearly ten years, and the other was a small apprentice, who was only collected last year. There is also a blacksmith shop that only opened this year, and both of them are small blacksmiths and have no apprentices.

"Zhang Zhutou, focus on monitoring the Wuji blacksmith shop, and take down Wang Tiezhu. By the way, notify Zhao Zhixian and let him go to the court to solve the case in half an hour. Bao Qing said confidently.

When this head catcher and Bao Liuwen heard this, they were a little surprised, and hurriedly persuaded: "Do you want to detain these suspects in prison first, and after the questioning, it is more appropriate to say that it is more appropriate to ascend to the court?" ”

Bao Qing shook his hand and asked Zhang Zhutou to inform Zhao Zhixian.

After about half an hour, Zhao Zhixian hurriedly ran over, saw Bao Qing and said, "Ascend to the hall so soon?" Do you know the murderer? ”

"It should be right, although Lord Zhao is promoted, I have the right to be your master and assist from the side." Bao Qing said.

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"The county magistrate has been promoted to ask the case!" The news spread very quickly, and the people of Huairen County still love this Zhao Zhixian, but the recent murders not only made Zhao Zhixian very anxious, but also made the people of the whole city panic. No, when I heard that the county magistrate had been promoted to ask about the case, they all put down their work and went to the yamen to watch.

Seeing so many people watching, Zhao Heng couldn't help but feel a little bottomless in his heart, if he failed to solve the case this time, it would really affect his reputation among the people. He turned his head and looked at Bao Qing who was sitting next to him. Bao Qing smiled at him, signaling that he didn't need to panic.

"Ascension!" Zhao Heng bit his lip and shouted loudly, and the wood in his hand fell with a bang.

"Take the suspect Hongxiang Ji buddy Hongjuan." There was a voice from the officer.

I saw a girl with a gray face and slightly messy hair dragged out from the side of the lobby.

"The hall is Hongxiangji's buddy Hongjuan?" Zhao Heng asked.

"Back to the old man's words, the people's girl Hongjuan."

"This official asks you, do you have an old grudge with the proprietress of Hongxiangji? Why do you want to kill the proprietress and take all the goods? Zhao Heng asked loudly.

"Huh? Wronged, my lord, how dare the people kill and take money! Hongjuan cried.

Zhao Heng just said this, and then he felt that he couldn't continue to ask, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bao Qing.

Bao Qing knew it was time to play on his own. I saw Bao Qing leave his seat in the surprised eyes of everyone, and slowly paced in front of Hongjuan, bowing down and kneeling on the ground Hongjuan, forcing a coercive momentum. Bao Qing stretched out a finger and pointed at Hongjuan and shouted.

"You still don't admit it! We, Lord Zhao, have already made the matter clear after investigation. You don't want to deny it! Bao Qing drank this, and Hong Juan's frightened body leaned back, and her hands tightly grasped the corners of her clothes. Zhao Heng in the hall also solved countless cases, and when he saw this scene, he immediately felt that there was really something wrong with this Hongjuan. Only then did I understand why Bao Qing wanted to leave the table and walk in front of Hongjuan to ask questions, daring to cause psychological pressure to Hongjuan.

"Weak-hearted?"

"No, my lord, you have to make a clear judgment, how can a folk girl kill someone, how can I say that I killed someone without any physical evidence."

"You know my Great Song law, whether you kill someone or not, you consciously don't leave any handle." Bao Qing smiled, "It's true that you didn't kill people, but you definitely can't escape from it, at least you participated." ”

Hongjuan, who was kneeling below, was said in a cold sweat, the death of the proprietress did have something to do with her.

"You are not allowed to answer anything, I will bring one and you will understand."

Bao Qing turned around and arched his hand to Zhao Heng and said, "My lord, please take Wang Tiezhu to the court." ”

"Good! The king of iron pillars went to the court. Zhao Heng shouted.

At this time, I saw Zhu Daniu change into a costume of a servant and escort Wang Tiezhu slowly to the hall, followed by Bao Liuwen's girl. Bao Liuwen winked at Bao Qing and pointed to the front with her finger behind her.

It turned out that Bao Liuwen sprinkled a lot of water and mud dust on the corridor of the cell according to Bao Qing's instructions, and the shoes of Wang Tiezhu and Zhu Daniu were covered with muddy water, and when the two walked into the hall, they left many footprints behind them.

"Hongjuan, look at who he is!" Bao Qing asked loudly.

When Na Hongjuan saw that Wang Tiezhu was escorted up, her face suddenly turned like ashes and she sat down on the ground. That Wang Tiezhu was very tough, and he didn't even look at Hongjuan, pretending not to know.

"Adult, the villain is wronged, and I don't know this woman." Wang Tiezhu said first, and couldn't help but scold this stupid woman in his heart.

Seeing this, Zhao Heng was really angry, this hall saw the situation below clearly, obviously this Hongjuan and Wang Tiezhu knew each other, this kid actually opened his eyes and said nonsense. So, he knocked on the wood and shouted: "So many people outside can see it clearly, this Hongjuan must have met you, so she sat on the ground in fright." You still quibble, do you really think that Benzhi County will not use torture? Come on! Give me a great punishment to serve. ”

"My lord, how can you be so hasty with torture! How to be worthy of being a master of the sky. I'm not convinced! Wang Tiezhu shouted.

A group of officials was just about to snatch it out, but Bao Qing hurriedly turned around and said to the people behind him: "My lord is the master of Qingtian, and it is no harm to torture such a slippery criminal. But just now it was really intimidating the suspect. Wang Tiezhu, the eyes of the people are clear, and you don't need to deny it. But it's okay if you don't admit it. ”

Bao Qing turned to Zhao Heng and said, "My lord, under your leadership, Zhang Zhutou has found a lot of evidence, so please take out the evidence, so that the people in this hall have nothing to say." "Although Bao Qing is more homely, he has more or less seen this sycophant kung fu, and he is naturally not bad at shooting.

Sure enough, Zhao Heng was very useful and instructed the official to submit the evidence.

Bao Qing walked to Wang Tiezhu's side and flipped his wrist open, heh, this fingerprint is exactly the same as the one that was taken at the scene that day, this is ironclad evidence. Fingerprints are the most probative evidence in later generations, but now that this is in the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that it is unconvincing to use fingerprints as evidence. Because no one can prove that everyone's fingerprints are unique and different from others. However, when Bao Qing saw this, he was very sure in his heart, and he was also very afraid of wronging a good person.

The officials successively presented the footprints and palm prints that had been decorated, as well as the testimony of relevant witnesses.

"Wang Tiezhu, you left these footprints!" Bao Qing asked.

"No, this footprint knows at a glance that it is a cripple, how can it be said that I left it." Wang Tiezhu quibbled.

"Don't be so sure, look back at the footprints behind you and see which one is yours."

Bao Qing said this, and everyone noticed that Wang Tiezhu's shoes were covered with mud. Behind him, sure enough, there were some shoe prints.

Zhao Heng stood up in his position, looked down, and saw that the footprints were divided into two rows, one was the uniform footprints left by normal people, and the other was that the left foot seemed to be lame, and the right footprint was relatively clear, which was quite similar to the footprints at the scene of the crime. Could it be that these footprints were not left by a cripple? I think that at the beginning, I arrested and tortured all the people in the county who were a little lame on their left foot.

"The footprints on the left line were left by the officials, so the footprints are normal. The right side is left by Wang Tiezhu, and the footprints of the two feet are uneven, this is because Wang Tiezhu has been engaged in blacksmith work all the year round, and when he is striking iron, he is used to supporting his right foot in front of him, which causes him to have too much force on the ground with his right foot when walking, and the footprints formed are deeper. Bao Qing explained, everyone suddenly realized after listening to it, especially Zhao Zhixian and Zhang Zhutou, who couldn't help but admire Bao Qing very much.

"Just by this footprint, can you say that I killed someone?" Wang Tiezhu asked.

"Then I'll tell you a story!" Bao Qing cleared his throat and said slowly, "Wang Tiezhu is a blacksmith and has been working as a blacksmith for nearly ten years, so he walks with a slight limp. When she is in her thirties, it is difficult to find a daughter-in-law. Until one time I met Hongjuan, Hongjuan was honest and dutiful, and was pursued hard by Wang Tiezhu, and finally the two made a private decision for life. However, the good times did not last long, Hongjuan was originally the personal maid of the proprietress of the Hongxiangji Rouge Gouache Shop, and Hongjuan's parents sold her to the proprietress of the shop. In fact, I blame this proprietress for being greedy for money and forgetting her righteousness. ”

At this time, Hongjuan's eyes were slightly red, as if she was crying, and Wang Tiezhu's eyes were dull.

Bao Qing coughed and continued: "After the proprietress learned that Hongjuan and Wang Tiezhu had made a private agreement for life, she felt that there was money to be made, so she refused to let Wang Tiezhu redeem herself, and kept raising the price, and finally Wang Tiezhu couldn't bear it. On that stormy night, I knocked on the door of the Hongxiang Kee store while the wine was strong. ”

"Wang Tiezhu, you still haven't recruited from the truth, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin." After Zhao Heng listened to Bao Qing's story, he shouted, "Come on, give me a big punishment." ”

Bao Qing didn't stop it this time, two officials came up, pressed Wang Tiezhu, picked up the water and fire stick, and beat him down.

Wang Tiezhu found the proprietress and the two quarreled, Wang Tiezhu was furious and pinched the proprietress with both hands. The bloody handprint on the boss's neck was pinched by Wang Tiezhu. Bao Qing continued.

"Kill him! Shoot him! I don't know who said it, but the people outside the door shouted with Zhen.

"Yes, kill the murderer!"

At this time, Bao Liuwen quietly came to Bao Qing's side and muttered a few words in her ear, and Bao Qing showed a satisfied smile.

"Stop fighting, please stop fighting, we admit it, admit it." Hongjuan on the side suddenly pounced on the iron pillar who was being tortured by the officials, and the staff slammed a stick on Hongjuan.

A terrible scream sounded, Hongjuan was a frail woman after all, and she went down with a stick and went directly to half her life.

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