In the front hall of Shuofang County Prison, a felony suspect was brought out by prison officers.

Pang Meng opened his mouth and said, "You wait for criminals-". An old voice replied, "We are all suspects, and I am wronged." ”

Pang Meng didn't want to argue, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, suspects, suspects, all suspects." I'll count you suspects again. ”

The prison guard handed over a roll of lists, and Pang Meng opened it and looked at it. In fact, he has tried all these suspects, but tomorrow he will leave for Chang'an, and he must count them.

Looking around, there were more than ten people standing sparsely, old and young, men and women.

The middle-aged man standing in front of him with a length of seven feet and three inches, sparse eyebrows, and a short beard is named Guo Cong, who is the hero of Maolingyi. Zhao Bai, Xu Xin, Guo Quji, Zhang Xiaoyi and other four people were in a group with him.

Zhao Bai and Xu Xin are Guo Cong's sworn brothers, Guo Quji is Guo Cong's nephew, and Zhang Xiaoyi is a homeless boy he took in. The five were charged with "smuggling military horses and leaving the tomb without permission."

The Han Lingyi system originated from the Han Gaozu.

In the ninth year of Gaozu, in order to prevent the local tyrants from becoming big, Liu Bang accepted the suggestion of Liu Jing in Langzhong, and relocated 2,000 high-ranking officials, wealthy people, heroes and their families in the Kanto region to Guanzhong, served Changling, and built Changling County near the cemetery for the migrants to live. After that, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying built the Anling, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty built the Yangling, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the Maoling, and Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty built the Pingling, and they also competed to follow suit, and successively built the Anlingyi, Yanglingyi, Maolingyi and Pinglingyi near the cemetery, and constantly migrated the nobles here, and Wuling became a place where the rich lived. However, their movements are also somewhat restricted, and they need to report when they go out to prevent them from sneaking back to Gyeonggi.

Guo Cong's grandfather was the nephew of Guo Jie, a great hero in Hanoi during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, Guo Xie was included in the list of migrating Maolingyi, and he was unwilling, so he asked someone to ask the general Wei Qing to intercede with Emperor Wu on his behalf. Emperor Wu originally didn't pay attention to this Guo Jie, but after listening to Wei Qing's words, he refused to let it go, and said with a smile: "Guo Xie is just a cloth coat, and he can make the general speak for him, which shows that his family is not poor." Guo Xie had no choice but to migrate.

Guo Cong's grandfather was young at the time, and his family was poor, so he followed Guo Xie to Maoling, and became a well-known ranger with his influence, so he became a strong man in Maolingyi. Guo Cong inherited his grandfather's mantle.

As for the smuggling of military horses, in fact, the imperial court has always encouraged the trafficking of good horses from outside the Sai into the customs, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli, the general of the second division, to expedition to Dawan twice in order to get the bloody horses.

Guo Cong and other five people have been selling horses into the customs many times before, and there is no hindrance, this time from Shuofang out of the Sai to buy horses, heard that the Han army and the Huns fought, hurriedly came back with more than 20 good horses, just encountered the border battle to seal the customs, even people and horses were detained by the patrol of the border army.

They heard that it was the lieutenant who took a fancy to these good horses, so according to the wartime control, they were charged with "smuggling military horses", and then found out that Guo Cong was a wealthy family in Maolingyi, and then added the crime of leaving Lingyi without permission.

The captain of the border army sent these five people to the county prison, and Ren Xuancai didn't care about it and pushed it to his subordinates.

Jun Cheng looked at the case file and felt that it was a little tricky. Guo Cong couldn't say that he was smuggling horses, but Du Wei insisted that these people were guilty, and the county government could not get involved with the border army, so he approved a "transfer to the court lieutenant".

Pang Meng's gaze swept over the five people, and stopped on the face of Chun Yuji, a border military medical officer with a lonely expression.

Pang Meng looked through his case file and thought that he was the most wronged.

The border garrison and the Monan Xiongnu have been friends for many years, and the two sides have been communicating with each other.

He also heard that the commander of the border army and the chief physician of the nunnery had asked the Taishou dignitaries, but the Taishou refused to let him go, and clearly commented that he would be "transferred to the court lieutenant".

Pang Meng couldn't understand why Taishou ignored the intercession between the commander of the border army and the chief doctor of the nunnery, and insisted on transferring him to the court lieutenant. He thought there must be something strange about it, but he didn't know it yet.

He had dealings with Chun Yu several times, understood him as a person, and was very sympathetic in his heart, but he was helpless at this time. After thinking about it again, it is not a bad thing to go to Chang'an a few times, it is not clear here, but when you arrive at the Tingwei Mansion, you can distinguish right from wrong, and you may be able to clear the charge.

Thinking of this, he smiled at Chun Yuji. Chun Yu was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head slightly, and smiled.

The young man who looked around was Qiu Qian.

Qiu Qian kept shouting injustice, and Pang Meng also expected that it was those soldiers who couldn't blackmail him and deliberately framed him. It's just that the border army accused him of a bigger crime, so he had to be imprisoned.

According to the Han law, stealing weapons from an arsenal is a crime that is so serious that it abandons the market. Fortunately, Qiu Qian was not involved in the arsenal of weapons, but the county prison could not deal with the crime of stealing weapons. All, Qiu Qian must also be escorted to Chang'an, and the court will be judged.

Pang Meng sighed in his heart, an inexplicable side battle implicated these seven people, if it can't be calmed down, I don't know how many people will be harmed.

He looked through the roster again, and there was a person named Zhao Wuxuan, thinking that this person should be from a scholarly family.

In ancient times, there was a royal system, the so-called "princes do not kill cattle for no reason, doctors do not kill sheep for no reason, scholars do not kill dogs and pigs for no reason, and people do not eat treasures for no reason." He pondered to himself, this ancestor surnamed Zhao "for no reason" may belong to "not killing dogs", and at the moment it is "not eating treasures", so he laughed secretly in his heart.

Pang Meng looked around, not knowing which Zhao Wureason was, so he shouted: "Zhao Wureason is here." ”

A white scholar looked up and replied; "Xiaosheng is Zhao Wuxuan."

Before the words fell, an old woman next to her jumped up and shouted: "What a little life, you are a brute, seduce my daughter-in-law and kill my son, you will not die well." ”

Pang Meng was startled by this sudden shout, didn't figure out what was going on, and looked at the emotional old woman in a daze.

Seeing this, the prison guard whispered in his ear: "This is Xu Yu, not a human prisoner." She sued her daughter-in-law, Ling Yue, for adultery with her neighbor Zhao for no reason and killed her son Xu Dalang. Now she comes to the county prison every day, urging her daughter-in-law to be convicted of adultery and murder by her neighbor Xiaosheng. ”

"Have you ever found her son's body?" Pang Meng asked.

"I haven't found any, and I don't have any other witnesses."

Pang Meng shook his head helplessly: "Then it had to be decided by Ting Weiming." ”

Zhao was choked by Xu Yu for no reason, his face turned red, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and stammered: "How did I seduce your daughter-in-law, how did I kill your son." I am a reader, a reader. ”

Xu Yu crossed her waist with one hand, and pointed the other hand to the tip of his nose, and shouted loudly: "You read? What kind of books do you read, wandering around my door all day long, reading what kind of fair lady and gentleman. What a thing, what a thing. As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and pounced on him to beat him.

Zhao raised his arm to protect his face for no reason, and said as he retreated: "I have read Guan Guan Ju Dove at your doorstep, I read Yo You Lu Ming, Yo You Lu Ming, and the Apple of the Wild Food." ”

Zhang Xiaoyi didn't understand, so he asked the person next to him what he was talking about, and everyone just laughed.

He grabbed Chun Yuji, and he must ask for an understanding. Chun Yu said with a few smiles, that Zhao read the "Book of Songs" for no reason, and he also has the love of men and women.

Zhang Xiaoyi didn't seem to understand, but it was funny to see these two people, and they laughed together.

Pang Meng felt some sympathy for Zhao Wuxu in his heart, couldn't help laughing, and persuaded: "Granny Xu, don't scold, they are guilty or not, and Tingwei will judge and understand." Besides, your son's life and death are unknown. ”

Xu Yu was willing to listen and shouted: "What life and death are unknown, they killed them, killed them." My son went to Monan to sell goods, and it was the little whore who plucked it, just to get along with the adulterer. My son has been gone for so long and has not returned, and they have killed him. "Cry and cry.

Ling Yue turned her head away in shame, raised her sleeves to cover her face, and cried aggrievedly.

Pang Meng looked embarrassed, but speechless.

His gaze turned to the old county government clerk Song Bo and the delicate little girl beside Song Bo.