The government office.

Faced with the warden's re-inquiry, Jia Youyou said frankly: "I went to the silver shop to get the silver because I wanted to buy a storefront so that I could open a branch. If the official is in doubt, you can go to the tooth shop to ask, or go to Xun Ziyun from Changdeng Street, and they can testify for me......"

Listening to Jia Youyou's words, the warden in charge of the records of the hall took a sketch.

On the side, Wang Jianchun explained a few words to the official beside him, and the official nodded when he heard the words, and walked quickly to the outside of the office.

At this time, Li Yizheng, who had already been interrogated, looked curiously at the layout of the middle hall.

The Yamen Middle Hall, also known as the Sibu Hall, is a place to investigate cases and deal with civil disputes, and also serves as a place for the wardens to take a temporary break from office work and discuss political affairs with their colleagues.

After looking around, Li Yi finally landed his gaze on an inconspicuous small table under the north wall.

At the small table, a middle-aged man with a good face in regular clothes was closing his eyes and recuperating.

Opposite it, there was also a handsome woman with a sword and a pear.

Li Yi looked at the other party's beautiful and fair face, and always felt a little familiar.

Tsing Yi, long sword, and heroic eyebrows......

It's her?

Li Yi immediately remembered the 'kind man' who had given him a pot of sour oranges in front of the gray stone shop.

North wall, under the pine crane figure.

Xie Chan seemed to realize something, and turned her head to look at where Li Yi was.

Looking at each other, Li Yi smiled back.

Although those oranges were not delicious, the other party at least took care of him when his business was miserable.

This is a sentiment, to be remembered.

Xie Chan looked at Li Yi expressionlessly, but the action of peeling pears in her hand did not stop at all.

Blind cutting?

Li Yi's eyes were completely attracted by the pear and sword in the woman's hand.

After Xie Chan peeled the pears and was about to enjoy them, Li Yifang noticed the other party's indifferent face and slightly narrowed eyes.

With a light cough, Li Yi withdrew his gaze.

At this time, more than a dozen people related to the case had gathered in the inland of Zhongtang.

Ji Fu, the shopkeeper of the silver shop.

Ji Fu's nephew Ji Ping.

Xu Sanniang, the owner of the rouge shop next door to the silver shop.

On the day of the loss of silver, Jia Youyou, who took all the deposited silver.

Xun Ziyun, who intends to sell the store to Jia Youyou.

The night patrol husband Li Yi and Sun Cheng.

and Song Bing, a stone bricklayer who repaired the wall of Xu Jiyinpu yesterday.

There were also several other people who had crossed paths with the silver shop waiting in the middle hall, waiting for the warden to ask questions.

In short, as long as the theft had something to do with Xu Ji Yin's shop, they were all 'invited' to the yamen.

At noon, after a circle of questioning and investigation, Wang Jianchun glanced in a certain direction.

At this time, only an idle table remained under the pine crane diagram on the north wall, and the two figures that were originally sitting at the table had disappeared.

......

The government office.

Fu Yin Su Wenshan looked at the file that had just been recorded.

On the side, Fu Cheng Cui Huai asked, "What do you think of this case?" ”

Su Wenshan shook his head and said: "No abnormalities were found at the scene, it should be man-made, if it involves demon worship, what is lost will not be more than three thousand taels of silver." ”

"Do you have eyebrows?"

Hearing this, Su Wenshan handed the file to Cui Huai and said in a deep voice: "Xu Ji Silver Shop is the property of the Xu family in Ying'an Mansion, and the shopkeeper Ji Fu is only managing it on his behalf, so I don't rule out the possibility that he is guarding and stealing from himself." ”

"Ji Fu's nephew Ji Ping works as a silver guy in the silver shop, and he is a gambler by nature and has a motive for stealing silver."

"There is also Li Yi, a guy from Tongyue Restaurant, who is not idle during the day, but he still has to be a husband at night.

The monthly salary of the husband is very low, and most of the old people do it, why does he have to do this thankless job? ”

Cui Huai pondered: "Xu is that he has long been eyeing the silver shop, but due to the curfew in Fucheng, it is difficult to do it, so he pretended to be a husband to facilitate his actions at night." ”

Su Wenshan nodded and said, "This person is also suspicious." ”

After that, Su Wenshan continued: "There is also Song Bing, a stone bricklayer who repaired the wall of the silver shop that day, according to Ji Fu, Song Bing repaired the door wall of the warehouse. ”

His gaze swept over the mansion, the minister, and several officials.

Su Wenshan arched his hand and said solemnly: "The end of autumn is imminent, but the robbery case in the city cannot be solved, and I ask you to spare no effort to assist this official to quell the chaos in the city as soon as possible." ”

......

After a brief interrogation and verification, the warden let everyone go.

However, when leaving, the warden made a special explanation: all those who participated in the interrogation were not allowed to leave the city and go elsewhere.

Li Yi has no opinion on this, he finally has a stable job in Fucheng, how can he leave casually?

After taking the silver shop case as a small episode, Li Yi resumed his fulfilling life of working during the day and working overtime at night.

However, two days later, in the early morning—

Li Yi, who was wiping the table and listening to the guests' chatter, was arrested again and brought to the yamen.

This time it was the public court of the Yamen.

In the public hall, the officials on both sides were holding water and fire sticks, and their eyes looking at Li Yi were as if they had seen a heinous person, extremely cold and hard.

Above the public court, Su Wenshan, who had a solemn face, slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Ascend to the court!" ”

Li Yi's eyebrows jumped, and his gaze fell on Su Wenshan's majestic and cold face.

"Li Yi, you are guilty!"

"Hui Yu, the grass people don't know."

"I don't know!" Su Wenshan said sharply: "You took advantage of the husband's convenience, with evil intentions, and stole a total of more than 3,600 taels of silver from Xu Ji Yinpu three days ago, this matter has already happened, and you still don't admit your guilt!" ”

“......”

Li Yi's eyes widened and looked at Su Wenshan, who had once again knocked on the shocking wood.

"Adults, grass people......"

Without waiting for Li Yi to argue, Su Wenshan shouted again: "Sun Cheng has confessed, what else do you have to say!" ”

According to the statement on the transcript of the torture room, the one who helped Li Yi get rid of suspicion the most was Sun Cheng, who could prove that he had no time to commit the crime.

The two fought together, if the silver thief was Li Yi, then Sun Chengcheng must know about it, or be an accomplice!

Su Wenshan stared at Li Yi's reaction, trying to find a flaw in it.

In the court, Li Yi calmed down at this time.

Just now, he subconsciously thought that Fu Yin was going to take him and Sun Cheng to blame, and wanted to trap him.

But after a little thought, Li Yi shelved this idea.

When he was a junior in the restaurant, he heard a lot about Su Wenshan's name.

He was born in poverty, and when he was a child, he ran away from home due to the lack of family resources and lack of food and clothing for his brothers and sisters.

Even after becoming an official, Su Wenshan has always maintained his childhood virtues, honesty and integrity, and has a good reputation in Taikang Mansion.

Thinking of some of the past of the Fu Yin in front of him, Li Yi looked thoughtful.

"Li Yi, you don't say a word, but you have already pleaded guilty?"

Next, Li Yi shook his head and said, "You don't have to lie to me, the fact of stealing has nothing to do with me." ”

In the present world, when interrogating from prison, the five methods of hearing, the method of wisdom and judgment, as well as the methods of fraud, use and inducement are often used.

At this time, Li Yi had already come back to his senses, and Su Wenshan was obviously using the method of fraud.