After a short time, the prisoner was brought over, and several arresters were on both sides, and the county order was so simple to raise the case to trial.

"Who's in the hall?"

……

"Why did you steal?"

……

No matter what the Chang'an County Order asked, the other party remained silent, keeping his head down and motionless.

The county commander was puzzled: "This person is dumb? ”

Catch quickly stepped forward and kicked down: "Special mother, hurry up and answer!" Don't pretend to be deaf and dumb here, when you were stealing, you laughed, we all heard it. ”

The arrested shopkeeper Hu couldn't pretend anymore, so he looked up at the Chang'an County Order, and then turned his head to both sides to observe the lobby environment. It seems to be weighing whether to open up or not.

Thinking about it, the new Chang'an County Commander surnamed Lu seems to have a good reputation, and he should not be a person with five surnames and seven hopes.

Shopkeeper Hu boldly said: "Lu County Order, I will only tell you alone." ”

The catcher next to him kicked again, "Hey, mother, Lao Tzu gave you face?" This is the lobby of Chang'an County, the county lord is interrogating you, do you dare to pick and choose and put forward conditions? ”

Stop it!

The county commander Lu Zhiyuan carefully observed the beggar, and always felt that this person's temperament did not look like a real beggar. So why is he pretending? And why did he steal Zhang Butcher's ancestral kitchen knife?

"Someone, bring the bitter butcher to you."

This......

"Back to the county lord, there is no one in Zhang's family, so he went out to visit relatives."

"Oh? No one? ”

"Yes, the neighbor said it hadn't been open for three or four days. If he hadn't known that there was no one in Zhang's house, the thief would not have dared to burglary in broad daylight. ”

The county magistrate nodded and asked casually: "Are you sure you went out to visit relatives?" ”

Forehead......

"I'm not sure, it's just a subordinate's guess. The neighbors didn't know either, it seemed that they had gone overnight, silently, and the Zhang butcher didn't tell anyone. ”

The county magistrate was dissatisfied: "Bastard, who needs three or four days to leave relatives?" And in such a hurry, don't even say hello to your neighbors? Can a case be decided by guesswork? Hurry up and find out! ”

The two catchers immediately ran to find out the news.

At this moment, the county commander already had a bad guess in his heart, Zhang Butcher was a hot figure in the West Market recently, and it was obviously not normal for him to disappear so suddenly.

So...... Who is going to attack Zhang Butcher? Wealth? What money can a butcher have?

Thinking of this, the county magistrate looked at the beggar kneeling on the ground, perhaps, he knew the inside story.

"Stand down!" The county commander waved his hand and ordered all his subordinates to retreat.

This......

"County master, this person's identity is unknown, in case he has bad intentions and assassinates him, ......" Everyone dissuaded.

The county magistrate thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Come on, tie up the person, and carry it to the county study." The county is to interrogate this person secretly. ”

After a short time, the study was arranged, and the officials of the public retreated, and the county commander instructed: "Wait and guard the four directions, and no one is allowed to approach within a hundred steps." ”

In the study, the beggar Hu Shopkeeper who was tied into a dumpling was very calm, and he did not struggle to shout grievances, nor did he make a fuss, although he was lying on the ground, but it was more like waiting for someone.

The county magistrate glanced at it, and his heart was really like this, and he glanced out of the door, and then closed the door with confidence.

Slowly walked up to the beggar, tore off the gag, and helped the man up to sit in a chair.

"Tell me, what's the secret? You don't look like a beggar in this county, who are you? ”

Shopkeeper Hu stared at the county order with shining eyes, and said in a somewhat excited tone: "The grass people have no way to redress their grievances, and they have been hiding for three or four days, and finally met the county master by mistake......"

Before he could explain his identity, he actually cried bitterly, and it could be seen that he had suffered a lot of grievances.

The county commander was puzzled: "Hiding in Tibet? How so? The gate of Chang'an County in this county is open, does anyone dare to stop you? ”

The shopkeeper Hu struggled to plop down and knelt down, but he was tied all over his body, and he didn't kneel well, so he slammed on the ground and cried loudly: "The grass people, the grass people are Hu Sanquan, the shopkeeper of the Hu Ji pawnshop and the Hu Ji pawnshop on the half street of Xishi. ”

Who? Hu Sanquan? Huji pawnshop on half of West Market?

Lu Zhixian is a clean official, and he is a responsible and good official, so he can basically remember seventy or eighty percent of the people under his rule. And the half-cut street Hu Ji pawnshop, he was even more impressed, wasn't this the original fundraising with Zhang Butcher? Of the two hundred taels of silver that Zhang butcher took out, one hundred taels came from this one. Later, it united many small businessmen and contributed money and efforts.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhixian hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the person, put him back on the chair, and then carefully helped him open his hair, and even helped him wipe the stains on his face.

Shopkeeper Hu shook his head again and again: "Don't wipe it, the wicked are powerful, and the grass people don't want people to recognize them." ”

"Shhh...... When you arrived here in this county, you were still scared like this, who were you afraid of? Also, did something happen to that butcher? Lu Zhixian was curious.

Shopkeeper Hu calmed down for a while, and then he said, "Yes, Brother Zhang's family, as well as my family, all had accidents a few days ago, and they had an accident without knowing it......

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After quietly listening to the shopkeeper Hu's narration, Lu Zhixian was shocked, and at the same time hated the root of his teeth, "Good, good five surnames and seven wangs, it is so vicious!" I didn't dare to trouble Hou Ye, so I poured my anger on the two of you, which was a deliberate slap in the face of Hou Ye and the court. ”

"Shopkeeper Hu, you can stay here in this county with peace of mind, and this county has the right to face the saint. Dare to be so careless about people's lives in Chang'an County, this county will enter the palace, Your Majesty Chen Ming, you will be the master of justice! ”

Shopkeeper Hu struggled to kneel down again, but was stopped by Lu Zhixian, "There is no need to do this, although you are businessmen, you are all benevolent and righteous people, and this official also admires you very much." You're right, the other party is powerful and almost pervasive, so in order to protect your safety, I can only temporarily wronged you. ”

"County master, knife, that knife ......"

"Oh? Knife? How? Aren't you looking for a knife to avenge your grievances? ”

"I also asked the county master to help give the knife to Hou Ye, Brother Zhang's family doesn't know whether they are alive or dead, no matter what, I must ask Hou Ye to avenge him!"

Alas......

Lu Zhixian nodded heavily, "Okay, this county will present the knife to Your Majesty." You wait, the county will be back in half a day. ”

After arranging for his cronies to protect the shopkeeper Hu, the county ordered Lu Zhiyuan not to delay for a moment and went straight to the palace. This makes all the arresters and officials curious, what kind of shocking case is involved?

In the small study room of the Taiji Palace, after listening to the narration of Chang'an Zhixian, the palace's face sank like water, and he snorted coldly: "Do you think that this matter is just that they are taking revenge?" ”

This......

Lu Zhixian shook his head and said, "Weichen is stupid, I can't guess what else they can do." ”

Lao Gao, the chamberlain next to him, opened his mouth and said: "If it is simply to be angry, you only need to destroy the two families, why take all the people away and leave no chickens and dogs?" ”

This......

Li Er sneered and asked, "So what is their purpose?" ”

The old waiter replied, "The old slave guesses that they are trying to frame it. Someone came to sue Hou Ye for inciting the people before, and now if they want to confirm the case, they need witnesses. The two people who lead the fundraising are the most suitable. The arrest of the butcher and the shopkeeper Hu is to bend into a trick. They were arrested for coercion. ”

Li Er sneered with an unkind look in his eyes: "Hehe, it's really vicious." ”

"Go, you personally send the kitchen knife to Xiao Rui, he knows what to do."

The old waiter bowed down and promised.

Lu Zhixian asked, "Your Majesty, ...... the shopkeeper Hu?"

The emperor thought for a moment: "This person can care about state affairs, and he can stand up for his friends regardless of life and death, which is good." In this way, they were sent to Xiaojiazhuang together to give him a future. ”

The waiter Lao Gao promised again, and then came to Chang'an County with Lu Zhixian, secretly took the shopkeeper Hu, and went straight to Xiaojiazhuang.