Volume I, Chapter 15

The county magistrate laughed embarrassedly twice and asked, "I don't know what your orders are when you come to this county in person?"

Jiu drunk paused, raised his tone and said: That's the case, Dali Temple received the verdict of Guixian County on the case of Xue Yu stabbing a forester to death, and felt that there were still doubts in this case, so he specially asked Ben Qin to send over to find out the case.

The county master's face changed suddenly, his legs were weak, and he knelt down and said: My lord, there is no favoritism and fraud in the lower officials!

Jiu Zui looked at him, frowned, and said: What is that, what?

"Xiaguan's surname is Ai, and his name is Hairen." The county magistrate replied verbosely.

"Love hurts?" Nine drunk said with round eyes.

"No, no, no, this official is not the one who loves to hurt people, but the Ai Hairen." Ai Xianling panicked and explained his name.

Jiu Zui waved his hand impatiently and said: Okay, I don't care if you love to hurt people or not, this official came here to investigate this case, not to handle you, what are you afraid of? Hurry up.

Ai Hairen got up tremblingly, hanging his head and not daring to say another word.

Jiu Zui glanced at him and thought it was very funny. Thinking back to the morning, when Xuan Yi asked him to pretend to be Qin Cha to enter the county government to investigate Xue Yu's case, he completely refused, after so much, he Yin Jiu was no longer the person who loved money and loved to play official power, what a lot of money, too much official addiction These ethereal things, for him, but it is useless. Later, as soon as Xuan Yi mentioned that the county magistrate of this county was looking for twelve hairpins for the emperor, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly agreed.

Xuan Yi saw that Jiu was drunk and didn't speak, so he whispered in his ear: Lord Qincha, do the right thing.

Jiu Drunk came back to his senses and said heavily to Ai Hairen: Ai County Order, this official was ordered to investigate Xue Yu's case, but when the two escorts of this official went to the cell to interrogate Xue Yu, they were stopped, saying that no one can see without your hand, so I have to trouble raising your noble hand and giving a handwritten note to my two subordinates.

The county magistrate didn't think about it, and hurriedly replied: Don't bother, the next official will do it.

After a while, Ai Hairen handed the prepared handwritten metaphor to Jiu Zui, who just glanced at it hastily, and then handed it to Xuan Yi and said: You two go and do it.

Xuan Yi and Qi Shan looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: Yes, Lord Qincha.

After Xuan Yi and Qi Shan went out, Jiu Drunk raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Lord Ai, I heard that you have been drafted for the emperor recently?"

Ai Xianling was stunned for a moment, stared at Jiu Drunk's serious expression, and replied respectfully: Yes

"How's it going?" Nine asked pretending to be drunk.

"Uh... Already looking for two or a dozen beauties?" Ai County replied.

"More than a dozen?", Jiu Zui's mind instantly flashed the appearance of one beautiful woman after another, and said with a smile: Can you let the official take a look?

"Of course, I'll order someone to take it to the adults." After Ai County ordered it, he ordered the master to go to the study and bring the portraits of those drafts to Jiu Zui.

Jiu Zui took a stack of portraits from his master with joy, and before he could start looking at them, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. But when the portraits were opened by him, the saliva that he hadn't had time to swallow immediately squirted out, and he angrily threw the stack of portraits to the ground, saying: These are the twelve hairpins you chose for the emperor?

Ai Xian Ling looked at the portraits all over the ground, and said verbosity: Lord Hui, these are already the most beautiful women in Shuncheng.

"You, you... I'm telling you, if you send this garbage to the palace, I promise you'll move your head right away. Nine said drunkenly.

Ai Xian Ling was so frightened that he knelt on his legs: My lord, I, I...

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Jiu Drunk with a smile: My lord, in fact, there is another person, this person is both good looking, even if he doesn't fall into the country, he can also fall into the city. She is our Shuncheng rich party, the daughter of the Lin Mansion, Lin Xian'er...

Jiu Zui's eyes widened, and he said loudly: Who are you talking about, Lin Xian'er, I said Lord Ai, love to hurt people, you really love to hurt people, everyone in Shuncheng knows that this Lin Xian'er is Xue Yu's fiancée. Now that Xue Yu has become a murderer, you give Lin Xian'er to the emperor again, how do you let the people of the world look at the emperor, pick up the rags, right?

Ai Xian Ling was frightened by Jiu's drunken words, and said in a trembling voice: My lord, spare my life, down... Xia Guan really didn't think about it so much, Xia Guan purely thought that this Lin Xian'er was beautiful and sent to the palace, and the emperor would definitely like it.

"Okay," Jiu drunk shook his chicken feather fan and said: Don't worry, fortunately, the official came early, and he can save your little life. Well, I would like to recommend one to you. Jiu Zui said it lightly, but he didn't know that this was the real purpose of his entry into the yamen.

"I don't know who the adults are talking about?", Ai Xian Ling asked with his head held high.

Jiu Zui grabbed Ai Xian Ling's hand from the ground, squinted his eyes and said: What do you say about the girl I followed me?

"You mean Miss Jia?" Ai Xian Ling asked with a pouting face.

"Miss Jia?" Jiu Zui thought that it must be the fake name they used when they came to the yamen yesterday, so he didn't correct it and nodded.

Ai Xian Ling suddenly turned into a flattering look, and said with a greedy smile: Don't hide it, my lord, as soon as I saw Miss Jia yesterday, I already paid attention, you say, Miss Jia is so smart and smart, once she enters the palace, the emperor will definitely love it.

"So that's it?" Nine drunken laughed.

"That's it." Ai Xianling clapped his hands and replied.

The cells were divided into two sides, one for men and one for women. In order to save time, Xuan Yi asked Ji Shan to go to the women's cell to inquire about the maid in the Lin Mansion. And he went directly to the other side to see Xue Yu.

The prison messenger led Xuan Yi to the cell where Xue Yu was staying, only to see him squatting in a corner, burying his head in his knees, and his milky white prison clothes were stained with blood that had long since dried up.

It seems that Mrs. Xue is right, Xue Yu has indeed been whipped. Xuan Yi's eyebrows furrowed, and he thought to himself.

"Xue Yu, someone has come to see you", Yacha opened the door and yelled loudly.

Xue Yu raised his head slightly, and saw that Tian Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his lips moved slightly: Who are you, why did you come to see me?

Xuan Yi walked up to him and chuckled: "My name is Ge Xuanyi, and I am entrusted by Mrs. Xue to visit you.

When Xue Yu heard his mother, his originally empty eyes had a hint of warmth, and asked: Is my father and my mother okay?

Xuanyi shook his head heavily, and said: Your father can't stand the blow because of your business, and his heart disease has recurred, and he is now in danger. And your mother, although she looks fine on the surface, I know that she can't hold on anymore.

Xue Yu hung his head guiltily and blamed himself: It's me who is not filial, I should have been filial in front of the hall, Cheng Huan kneeled, but I didn't expect that now I would ask them to send white-haired people to black-haired people, I really deserve to die.

Xuan Yi sighed deeply, he was not, his parents should have been on his knees, but he didn't expect his mother to die, his father was in exile among the people, his whereabouts were unknown, and he suffered from Liuli.

"Father, do you know that Erchen has been looking for you for three years, where are you?", Xuan Yi secretly shouted in his heart.

"Actually, your case is not without room for change." Xuan Yi was silent for a moment and then said slowly.

Xue Yu smiled sadly, glanced at Xuan Yi, and said lightly: "Gongzi Ge, don't comfort me anymore, I have already confessed to the painting, how can there be room for reversal?"

Xuan Yi looked at him with bottomless eyes, and asked lightly: Xue Gongzi, was Master Lin really killed by you? Or is there something else going on.

Xue Yu sighed and sneered: Whether I killed it or not, there are my handprints on that confession, and you can't escape, Ge Gongzi, don't toss, if you have the heart, I hope to comfort my father and mother.

Xuan Yi's eyes were slightly gloomy, he shook his head, and scolded sharply: How can you blow yourself up so much, and ignore your parents and beloved? I won't tell you the truth, in fact, I am a subordinate of Lord Chincha, who has already arrived at the county government and decided to retry the case, as long as you are wronged, we will definitely return your innocence and not let the real culprit go unpunished.

"Are you Lord Qincha's subordinate?", Xue Yu looked at Xuan Yi in disbelief.

Xuan Yi nodded lightly and said with a smile: Otherwise, do you think I can come in this cell casually?

Xue Yu's faint eyes showed a little light, and he suddenly knelt down in front of Xuan Yi and shouted: My lord, I was wronged, I really didn't kill Master Lin.

Xuan Yi bent over and helped Xue Yu up, and said with relief: Don't worry, I'm here to ask about this, so I have to trouble you to tell you what happened that night word for word.

Xue Yu nodded and said, "Here's the thing, that night, the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion led me to the door of Uncle Lin's room, and then excused himself and said that there was something else to do, so he left in a hurry. I didn't think much of it at the time, so I pushed the door and went in. As soon as I entered, I saw Uncle Lin lying on the ground with his back to me, and I was so anxious that I didn't think about it, so I ran over to help him up, but as soon as I turned over, I saw a short dagger stuck straight into his chest, and my hands were covered with fresh blood. At that time, Uncle Lin was already dying, holding my hand tightly, and kept struggling to say something, but unfortunately in the end he didn't say anything, and he died. At this moment, Lin Xiao led a group of people to rush in, pointed at me and said that I killed his father. Without allowing me to explain, they locked me up in a firewood room, tortured me to extract a confession, and while I was beaten to the point of confusion, he grabbed my hand and drew a confession on which I had already prepared. After that, they tied me up to the county office, and Ai Xiaoren, the foolish administrator, did not allow me to argue in the court, so he sentenced me to behead after the autumn on the basis of their words and the confession. My lord, what I said is the truth, I really didn't kill anyone.

Xuan Yi on the side was already frowning, turned around with his negative hand, and threw the folding fan in his hand on the palm of his hand one by one, as if he was thinking about something?

Xue Yu saw that he didn't speak for a long time, so he asked: Ge Gongzi, do you think I can really wash away my grievances?

Xuan Yi turned his head, glanced at Xue Yu deeply, and firmly said: Yes, you can rest assured...