Although she proved that the medicine was not poisonous, she could not prove that the medicine was the medicine she had prescribed to the landlord's wife that day.

This is Western medicine, and even if she says the name, no one will know what it is. If you want to prove your innocence, you can only go to the autopsy yourself.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Since these are unconvincing, then go and examine Madame's corpse, and you will know when you see it." ”

The landlord thought she was denying, sneered, and sneered: "Isn't it enough that you killed my wife?" She's dead, and you still want to disturb her? ”

Although Tong Xiang understood the resistance of the ancient people to the autopsy, he still argued with reason: "The autopsy can find out the cause of death, and give the lady a truth, what's wrong?" ”

Then, she added: "Besides, I have no motive for committing the crime, why do you insist that I am the murderer?" ”

Hearing her words, the landlord was even more angry that his neck was thick.

He didn't care about decency, rushed to Tong Xiang, pointed at her nose and scolded: "Don't you know that my wife is the niece of Zhang Matchmaker?" You have a personal enmity with matchmaker Zhang, and when you know the identity of my wife, you drugged and framed her, isn't this a motive? ”

I didn't expect to be able to talk about something so long, Tong Xiang hooked his lips and sneered, and his finger joints gurgled.

The landlord was startled by Tong Xiang's face, suddenly retracted his fingers, and took a step back.

The county grandfather listened to the two arguing endlessly, picked up the teacup and sipped his saliva before slowly speaking.

I saw him hold up a gold-encrusted token, and his face showed the majesty of a county official.

"That's all for today, and the matter will be discussed another day. Come! Lock up Tong Xiang first. ”

When the officers and soldiers heard this, they came over and tried to escort her out, but they were persuaded to retreat by her cold eyes.

Under the eyes of everyone, she obediently followed the officers and soldiers to the prison.

Passing by the crowd and seeing the familiar figure, Tong Xiang hesitated for a moment and stopped.

When the officers and soldiers behind her saw her stop, no one dared to go up and urge.

Chu Xiao squeezed out of the crowd, looked at her calm face, and hesitated for half a second.

"Are you really going?"

Tong Xiang looked at him and showed a wry smile: "Otherwise, what else?" ”

If she doesn't go, she will disobey the government's orders, and she will only be punished more heavily, and her family may be affected.

Thinking of this, Tong Xiang didn't stay long, leaving the last sentence.

"Help me take care of my family, don't let them worry, I'll go back as soon as I go."

Chu Xiao looked at her back, feeling a little lost in his heart.

All the while, she was the one who protected him, and he rarely could help. Now, she is innocent and in prison, but he can only stand by and watch.

The crowd dispersed, but Chu Xiao did not go far and sat down in a nearby teahouse.

After a short time, the county magistrate and the landlord walked out side by side.

The county grandfather had a smile on his face, and asked greedily: "Master Liu, are you satisfied with this judgment?" ”

Landlord Liu looked left and right, but did not find Chu Xiao hiding in the teahouse.

He quietly took out a golden thing from his sleeve and stuffed it into the county commander's arms.

When the county magistrate saw that he had taken the gold, he waved his hand and pretended to refuse, and said politely: "Master Liu, punishing bad people is just a matter within the responsibility of the county officials, where do you need to be so polite." ”

Landlord Liu insisted on stuffing the gold into his arms, took a step back, and saluted with a solemn expression.

"Your Excellency the county magistrate, please punish this person heavily and give my wife justice."

Seeing this, the county magistrate accepted the gold with a smile and put it in his arms, and then came to help him.

"Master Liu, what kind of courtesy? This is what the county magistrate should do. Since you have said so, this county official will definitely work hard to find out the truth and never let go of the murderer! ”

Hearing his assurance, Landlord Liu left with peace of mind.

Before leaving, he said something in the ear of the county commander, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

Chu Xiao saw the transaction between the two, and with force in his hand, he crushed a teacup.

Landlord Liu made up his mind to put Tong Xiang to death, and the county official accepted bribes again, so that Tong Xiang was afraid that he would be more than lucky.

The shards of the cup cut through the fingers, and the blood spread down the palm prints.

He raised his left hand and went into his clothes to touch the medicine that Tong Xiang had prepared for him, but he came across a hard square object.

It was a golden token with the shape of two phoenixes carved with purple paint.

The token had been with him since he had lost his memory. Looking at the carving above, it should be a very important thing.

At this moment, looking at this token, he actually felt a little familiar.

His fingers traced the phoenix pattern on the token, and he suddenly remembered that the token in the county magistrate's hand was in this shape.

It is also a gold border, and it is also a double phoenix pattern, the only difference is the color of the phoenix. The piece in the county commander's hand is green, and the piece in his hand is purple.

In the state of Chu, according to the rank of the officials, the color of the official uniform is also different.

The official uniform of the county official is green, while the purple official uniform is worn by officials of the third rank and above.

It seems that this token should belong to an official above the third grade, and it should be more than enough to use.

Thinking of this, he was busy paying for the tea, and he didn't care about the wounds on his hands, so he rushed to the prison under the scorching sun.

The prison is located to the west of the yamen, in a remote place. The cells were covered with blue bricks and tiles, and there were a lot of weeds growing in the cracks.

There was a guard at the door, who couldn't stand the scorching sun, and was taking turns taking a nap, snoring.

The awake guard saw him coming, and hurriedly raised his hand and shook his companion awake. Two eyes shot at him, looking him up and down.

"Who are you? What do you do in the prison? ”

Chu Xiao's expression changed, and he pretended to be angry and reprimanded: "Bold, I am the person sent by the state pastor to check the unjust cases in various counties, which of you dares to stop it?" ”

With that, he raised the token in his hand and brought it to the two of them.

Those two were just ordinary pawns, and they couldn't tell the truth of the token, and they couldn't make up their minds when they saw that he was dressed like the same as the people in the countryside. So he sent someone to ask the chief of the prison to come over.

A short time later, a man who looked like a little old man walked out of the prison on crutches.

He walked over, squinted, flipped the token in his hand for a long time, then suddenly threw his cane, and knelt tremblingly on the stone slab.

"My lord, what do you command?"

Chu Xiao's mind spun quickly, and he said, "Lord Zhou Mu sent me to secretly check whether there are unjust, false and wrongful cases in the counties.

"This morning, in front of the yamen, I saw your county order to try a case, saying that a landlord whose wife had died after taking the wrong medicine and came to find a doctor to treat the disease. But the doctor has already acquitted himself, so why are you still imprisoning people? ”

When the head of the cell heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Our yamen is derelict in its duties, and I hope your lordship will forgive us." I'm going to register and release the person from prison, and I hope you will bear with me. ”

After that, he will go to the prison and release him.

Seeing that he let him go, Chu Xiao didn't bite it, and pretended to be relieved: "That's it, your county order hasn't convicted her yet, and it's just a trivial matter." As long as you let people go, I won't pursue them. It's just that in the future, you need to be more cautious in judging and arresting people. I'm here in secret, and if I reveal my identity, I'll settle accounts with you in the future! ”

With that, he turned and left, hiding in a corner of the alley.

The chief officer said yes again and again, but he sweated in his heart.

Not long after, Tong Xiang walked out of prison.

Walking around the corner, he saw Chu Xiao and wondered, "Why are you here?" ”

Seeing that his expression was relaxed, he asked again: "Could it be that you rescued me?" ”

Chu Xiao nodded and said, "There are people here, let's go back first, and talk about this matter slowly." ”

While speaking, Tong Xiang held his hand.

"What's wrong?" He looked down at her movements, but felt a pain in his palm.

"Don't move." Tong Xiang sprinkled the medicinal powder on his wound and bandaged it carefully before letting go of his hand.

Looking at the bow tied on the back of his hand, Chu Xiao smiled lightly, and warmth swelled in his heart.

The two found the ox cart that Chu Xiao was sitting in when he came, set up the cart, and went back slowly.

On the country road, there is no one but a few blue swallowtail butterflies, slowly flying under the scorching sun.

Tong Xiang half leaned on the ox cart, nibbling the pancakes he bought, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he sat up suddenly.

"Could it be that you spent money to bribe the county magistrate and the jailer? How much money did you spend in total? ”

Seeing that there were some crumbs at the corners of her mouth, Chu Xiao naturally raised his hand, brushed it off for her, and said with a smile: "No." ”

"So how did you do it? Could it be that your memory has returned? ”

Chu Xiao saw that she kept asking, so he stopped selling Guan Zi and told her the truth of the matter.

"I have a token on me, as if it belonged to some high-ranking official. I took the token and went to the prison, and they will naturally listen to me and let you go. ”

After listening to the whole story, Tong Xiang's face changed, and he pressed his wrist, looking nervous.

"Where's your token?"

In modern times, stealing tokens or forging someone else's identity is a capital offense.

Although he saved her with a token, if he was suspected of being traced, he would inevitably be punished heavily.

Chu Xiao didn't speak, Tong Xiang turned around, thought for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and looked at him with a firm gaze.

"In that case, we had to move somewhere else. When I went back today, I packed my things. Over the mountain, it is the next county. Although the two counties are close to each other, the traffic is blocked, and we may be able to hide for a while. ”

Hearing her say that she was going to take her to run, Chu Xiao laughed out loud.

Suddenly, he felt that if one day, they really encountered this kind of thing, and he and her fled to live in a paradise in another world, and the life should be considered happy.

He turned his head, looked at the ground in front of him, drove the ox cart slowly, and said easily: "I kept the token and it was useless, and it was already thrown into the field." ”

Tong Xianghu stared at him suspiciously, so he raised his hands and said calmly: "If you don't believe it, you can search your body." ”

She turned away and continued to munch on the pancake, ignoring him.

The two rode in an ox cart and finally returned home.

Seeing that the two of them were safe and sound, Li covered his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief.