County office.

Back hall.

The crowd sat down again.

The right attendant of the criminal department still sat on the main seat, after all, the big man from the third rank symbolized the face of the dynasty, even the envoy of the moon altar could not overstep his responsibilities.

Dao Gu sat on the left, the one-eyed middle-aged man on the right, the young man in Jinyi Wei was on the left, and the county magistrate was squeezed to the end and sat on the right.

The dynasty attaches great importance to the etiquette system, and every move, word and deed must conform to the rules.

From the order of several people's seats, you can know the difference in identity.

The right attendant of the Criminal Department looked at the county order, "You first talk about the situation of this case." ”

The county order only used half of his butt to sit on the stool, but he was steady, and he sat like this at first glance.

He smiled humbly and said, "The lower official knows very little about this case, and can only tell what he knows, the day before yesterday, the inspector of Qifeng County of Jingzhao Mansion came to the Yamen, he claimed to be the person in charge of escorting the exiled prisoners ten years ago, and took out the passage documents ten years ago as evidence, the lower officials were extremely surprised at that time, knowing that the matter was serious, and quickly sent someone to report to the above. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, "After that, Xia Guan personally led people to send two hundred and eighteen prisoners to the prison in the county ya, and for the sake of secrecy, no one was allowed to approach, and as for the inspector and sixteen officials, they were arranged to live in the post station, and Xia Guan sent a team of officers and soldiers to guard them, and this is how it happened. ”

After listening, several people were silent, as if they were all thinking.

After a while, the right attendant of the Criminal Department said, "Since that inspector is the person in charge of escorting the prisoners, call that inspector for questioning first." ”

"Wait."

The one-middle-aged man who was contemplating suddenly raised his hand to stop it.

The face of the right attendant of the Criminal Department turned cold, and he always felt that this person from the Demon Eradication Division was against him, "What's the problem?" ”

The one-eyed middle-aged man said, "Although the inspection from the nine grades is miscellaneous, he is also an official, as we all know, officials are good at mud and slippery, it is difficult to ask useful value, I propose to interrogate those exiles first, those exiles themselves have little hope, it is easy to tell the truth, I declare that there is no intention to target officials, just talk about things." ”

The right attendant of the criminal department had accumulated a belly of fire before, and now he couldn't help but explode, and pressed his palm on the table with a "bang", and the peacock phantom around his body rose into the air, mighty, and said angrily, "Are you the chief judge here or the official is the chief judge?" ”

The one-eyed middle-aged man was not frightened by his official authority, and said indifferently, "Don't slap the table with me, it's useless to me, as for the question of who is the chief judge, I haven't received His Majesty's will that you are the chief judge." ”

The right attendant of the Criminal Department had a cold voice, "The Criminal Department is one of the six departments of the imperial court, and it is subject to the name of punishment in the world, and no matter what case it is, it is mainly the Criminal Department!" ”

"Really?"

A crunchy voice sounded, and it turned out to be a young woman behind the one-eyed middle-aged man talking.

She said, "As far as I know, ten years ago, King Qing rebelled against that case, and your criminal department didn't dare to say a word. ”

"Yan'er, don't be rude."

The one-middle-aged man turned around and said, but he couldn't help laughing, "Hitting people doesn't slap their faces, scolding people doesn't expose their shortcomings." ”

The right attendant of the criminal department had a blue face and was extremely embarrassed, and his palm pressed on the table slowly tightened, and his eyes scanned the young woman like a knife.

Zheng Yan'er looked at him without fear, and under the head was a swan-like snow-white slender neck, which added a bit of brightness to the already beautiful and refined appearance.

The one-eyed middle-aged man said lightly, "What do you mean by looking at my daughter with such eyes, I know your address, and I also know that you have two precious sons, if something happens to my daughter, I will definitely kill your whole family." ”

Is this human talk? The corners of the right attendant's mouth twitched, feeling that Xiucai had met a soldier and couldn't communicate.

Seeing that the Demon Eradication Division and the Criminal Department were in a stalemate, the other people reacted differently.

The county order looks at the nose and the nose and the heart, just like a wooden man, who can't see anything and can't hear anything.

Dao Gu held the floating dust in her hand, pinched the trick in front of her with one hand, and the moon shadow behind her was shining, she had already sat quietly, her face had no waves, her eyes had no waves, but her ears listened to the teacher's instructions, the fairy wind and bones, and did not bury herself in the world.

Wei Qianhu, a young man in a bullfighting suit and an embroidered spring knife on his waist, chuckled and played a round, "Everyone is doing things for the imperial court, why do the two adults need to argue about this little detail, and discuss it together." ”

He pondered for a moment, "I think Master Zheng's analysis is reasonable, first interrogate those prisoners, get some useful information, and then call that inspector to interrogate." ”

The one-eyed middle-aged man looked at the young Jinyiwei with appreciation, "The hero sees the same thing, no wonder your father is virtuous and does not avoid relatives, and he promoted you to a thousand households at a young age." ”

Zheng Yan'er couldn't help but look at him twice, and the young brocade Wei Qianhu responded with a slight bow.

The one-eyed middle-aged man said, "The minority obeys the majority, and the prisoner should be interrogated first." ”

The right attendant of the criminal department had a calm face and didn't say more.

Seeing that the dispute had stopped, the county order was resurrected at this time, "There are two hundred and eighteen prisoners, and there are so many of them that it is inconvenient to call them here one by one for interrogation, so please move a few adults to the prison." ”

"It's fine."

The one-middle-aged man was the first to stand up.

So, the county magistrate led the way, and everyone followed them to the prison.

......

The library of the prefectural school.

Bai Yu didn't know the situation in the yamen, and he was a little uneasy.

While he was reading, the corner of his eye was aimed at the gate of the county school.

As long as he found that the yamen sent someone to ask him to question, he would decisively climb over the wall and leave the county school, and then, leaving from the nearest city gate, entering the mountains, changing into a tiger character card, transforming into a tiger, and escaping in the mountains and forests, the farther away the better.

"What a broken book."

He stuffed the book in his hand back into the bookshelf and looked for a picture of how to make his wife pregnant, which calmed his mind a little.

......

In the prison of the Yamen.

Dark, damp, and pervasively rancid.

Everyone's faces did not change, obviously they were used to it, only Dao Gu and Zheng Yan'er frowned.

When I came to the area where the two hundred and eighteen exiles were held, some people in the other areas shouted injustice, some went crazy, and some screamed, but this area was surprisingly quiet, and all the prisoners looked numb, as if they had lost their hearts and had no desires, and they might be cold and hungry on the way to exile, but it was much more comfortable to enter this prison......

The one-eyed middle-aged man has a sharp eye, and at a glance he falls in love with a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man, the older one is too oily, and the younger one doesn't understand anything.

The right attendant of the Criminal Department, who was very active before, watched coldly, because the young Jinyi Wei Qianhu supported the side of the Demon Eradication Division, according to the principle of the minority obeying the majority, he lost in this smokeless power "struggle", and he had lost the leading power in this case, so he simply did not express his thoughts.

The jailer lifted the young man out and sent him to a separate chamber.

The crowd followed them into the chamber and stood in a row, looking at the young men tied to the iron frame.

The one-eyed man stared at the young man, "I ask you to answer, if you tell a lie, I will let the jailer imprint you, understand?" ”

The young man nodded silently.

"Name?"

The one-eyed middle-aged man began to interrogate, he took out a roster from the black robe and opened it, only to see that it was densely filled with small characters, all of which were household registration information, obviously he had made preparations before coming to Fu County, and took the household registration information of these prisoners from the household department.

The young man replied, "Lin Ping'an." ”

"Age?"

"Fourteen."

"Origin?"

"Shiniu Village, Qifeng County, Jingzhao Prefecture."

"On the way to exile, what happened on the road from the Octagonal Pavilion to Linfu County, the more detailed the better."

"When I was about to arrive at the Octagonal Pavilion, it was getting dark, and the official ordered to spend the night in the Octagonal Pavilion...... "......

Lin Ping'an replied while recalling.

Everyone listened silently, their eyes flashing, looking for useful clues.

After listening, the one-eyed middle-aged man pondered for a moment, "Let me summarize, do you see it right?" ”

"It was getting late, and the official ordered to spend the night in the Octagonal Pavilion, and let the two officials be responsible for counting the number of people."

"When the two officials were counting, they found that there were two more prisoners in the ranks, so they reported to the officials."

"The official messenger took out the roster and began to roll out the names one by one, until there were only a few dozen prisoners left, and a tiger demon hidden in these dozens of prisoners was forced to appear and took away the official messenger and the roster."

"After that, the Tiger Demon came back and took one of the prisoners beside you."

"Then, the tiger demon took away dozens of prisoners and servants one after another."

"In the end, the official came back intact, dozens of prisoners and officials also returned, only the prisoner next to you did not come back."

"There are no mistakes or omissions in my summary."

Lin Ping'an opened his mouth a little surprised, he didn't expect this one-man middle-aged man to remember so well, he only said it once, and this one-man middle-aged man remembered all the key points.