Zhou Gui took a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, "The villain doesn't know, the villain and these guys will wait for the rain to stop coming back, and it will be like this." Perhaps there are people passing by who will overturn the carriage when they see it and covet the money in the carriage. Anyway, when the villain brought people back, the carriage was ransacked, and there are still many outlaws who are not afraid of ghosts and gods these years......"

"Snap", Jiang Yuelan slapped the shocking wood heavily.

"Zhou Gui, you are so bold, you dare to talk nonsense in front of your own official, come here, hit him ten boards first, and see if he moves!"

Zhou Gui didn't expect that this envoy looked at him as just a weak woman, who knew that it was such a horizontal person, and he hadn't asked much about the case, so he would hit the board first as soon as he came up.

If it was a male envoy, he might grit his teeth and endure it for the time being, and wait until he was done with the board before defending himself.

But now in front of so many people, the envoy in front of him is a female official, and the people who came today are more lively than those who have decided the case.

Why don't he give it a go, and if he can't say it, he will get rid of this board and close the case.

Thinking so, Zhou Gui saw the yacha come forward and put him on the bench, he really wanted to fight, so he riveted himself and cried: "Xiaomin is wronged, my lord, what Xiaomin said is true, these guys can testify, if there is half a lie, it will be thundered by the sky." Empress Shen'an is above, do you want to bend into a trick in front of so many people? This is indeed a terrible thing, my lord! ”

He howled in public, causing a commotion to be heard.

As Zhou Gui thought, even though the people worship Queen Shen'an like a god, they have always been skeptical about the newly promoted female officials she has promoted.

Especially at this moment, as soon as the female official came up, she didn't even ask a word about the case, and beat the board first.

No matter how you look at it, it seems to be perfunctory, and I am afraid that I will make up my mind to make the case a "man-made disaster" in public, so as to eliminate the impact of the rumors of "powerful ghosts and disasters to the country".

When Zhou Gui heard the crowd commotion, he cried even more fiercely.

He also kowtowed to Yun and begged: "Lord Wang, please comment, this case can't be so confused!" Even if Xiaomin was beaten into a confession and admitted that he was the murderer of this case, no one would believe it! I'm afraid it will also affect your implementation of good governance in the mutual market, and please let the prince know it! ”

What kind of person is Yun Yu, Zhou Gui's indiscriminate tricks, he has seen a lot, and he is extremely disgusted.

If it was before, he would definitely not let Zhou Gui say one more word.

But this time, since Sister Jiang Yuelan was sent to deal with this case, it must mean to give her a chance to experience, Yun Yu would not interfere more, only glanced at Zhou Gui lightly, and then turned her eyes away.

Seeing this, Zhou Gui turned to beg Mu Huai'an next to him.

But as soon as he was about to speak, he saw Mu Huaian suddenly smile at him.

It's just that smile, but it never reaches the bottom of the eye.

His seemingly cynical peach blossom eyes were gloomy and cold, with a strong sense of warning, as if to say, "You dare to ask Lao Tzu for a try?" ”

Zhou Gui shivered, suddenly had the illusion of being seen through, and hurriedly looked away.

His crying did not stop from beginning to end, attracting the onlookers, and the discussion of pointing and pointing became louder and louder, and there was a faint trend of "mass indignation".

Jiang Yuelan seemed to have expected Zhou Gui to have this reaction, stood up, and walked in front of him with paces.

She stretched out her hand to stop the yacha's movements, looked at him, and said with a smile: "The official only said that you were 'talking nonsense', when did you say that you were a murderer?" You said it yourself, but I didn't say it. It seems that this murder is really related to you. ”

Zhou Gui's cry choked, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

But immediately, he continued to cry, "You are the envoy of the Empress Shen'an Qin, and Xiaomin is just a grass people, so naturally you can say what you want, and how you want to condemn Xiaomin, you will condemn Xiaomin." The small people are speechless......"

This is to make up your mind to play scoundrels and mess around to the end.

Jiang Yuelan raised her eyes, looked around, and saw that those people were all turning their heads and ears, pointing at her unabashedly.

She estimated that the fire was almost over, "Okay, since you think that the official is wronging you, then the official will let you die." ”

Zhou Gui obviously heard her words, but secretly raised his voice and suppressed Jiang Yuelan's voice.

This kind of attempt to refuse the trial is too experienced by Jiang Yuelan.

She glanced at the yacha who was holding the board on the side, and the yacha agreed, and without saying a word, she lifted the board and slapped Zhou Gui's ass hard.

"Snap", Zhou Gui immediately let out a scream like killing a pig.

The guys kneeling next to him shivered and were all silent.

This board confirmed everyone's speculation that Jiang Yuelan was going to be "beaten into a move", and it also made the crowd quiet instantly, but everyone looked at her and became a little more angry.

"This official wants to interrogate you now, if you plan to continue crying, every time you cry, add a board, and when you are tired of crying, or you can't stand it anymore, it's not too late for this official to try you again, this official has time."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yuelan paused, and said lightly, "Of course, if you are accidentally beaten to death, this official can also continue to interrogate them, I believe that after you die, their stupidity, stuttering and timidity will probably be cured." ”

At this point, Zhou Gui finally realized that the female official in front of him was a ruthless stubble who was not afraid of people's words.

He had to keep his mouth shut.

The scene immediately fell silent.

Jiang Yuelan opened her mouth and asked, "The official asked you, where did the horse that pulled the carriage go?" ”

"The little people don't know." Zhou Gui said quickly: "Xu is the one who looted the carriage and took the horse away, after all, now good horses are only available in Xihu, and not everyone can buy them." ”

"Oh?" Jiang Yuelan asked curiously, "What about the horses that the Fu family sold in from the border this time?" And where did it go? ”

"All gone." Zhou Gui hurriedly said: "As soon as those horses came to kill Longpo, they would be stumbling, maybe the horses could see things that we living people couldn't see, they had already seen those powerful ghosts, so they were all scared away." ”

"In which direction?" Jiang Yuelan asked again.

Zhou Gui hesitated for a moment and pointed to the east, "East, run to the east." ”

"East?" Jiang Yuelan asked lightly, "The east side is the direction of the capital, are you sure that after those horses were frightened, they all ran to the east?" ”

"Xiaomin is sure." Zhou Gui didn't think about it, so he replied firmly, "It's true that I'm running in the direction of the capital." ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Yuelan smiled coldly at him, turned around and strode back, and patted the shocking wood, "Bold thief, use the name of a powerful ghost to seek money and kill people, and quickly recruit how you murdered your family!" ”

Zhou Gui was taken aback and almost fell off the bench.

He glanced at Jiang Yuelan in disbelief, thinking that this female official was probably cheating him again, Zhou Gui secretly gritted his teeth, and was about to cry and cry out for injustice again-

I heard Jiang Yuelan say loudly: "You are a native of Beijing, and you don't know the habits of horses, but haven't you heard the allusion of 'old horses know the way'?" Horses can know their way, and if horses want to run, they should also run to their hometown to the west, how can they run in the direction of the capital? ”

Zhou Gui's face changed slightly.

He subconsciously said: "The horse is frightened, panicked, and it is normal to run to the east." ”

Jiang Yuelan casually pointed to a guy and ordered: "Tell me, how many horses does the Fu family have to follow your caravan this time?" ”

The fellow's shoulders trembled in fright.

When it came to this, he didn't dare not answer, and timidly gestured with his fingers to make a two.

"Twenty horses." Jiang Yuelan looked at Zhou Gui, "Even if you don't choose the road in a panic, it's impossible for all twenty horses to scare away in one direction, right?" ”

Zhou Gui opened his mouth, but he hadn't found a rebuttal yet-

I heard Jiang Yuelan say again: "This official asks you again, you have lived in the capital for a long time, and you are engaged in the trading of spices and herbs, why do the guys who brought the mutual market ride horses?" ”

"Yes...... It's ......" This time Zhou Gui was completely panicked, and he couldn't say anything.

At this point, the people whose brains are spinning fast have already sensed that something is wrong with him.

Jiang Yuelan said deliberately: "Is it a spice business, and it is inevitable to deal with Xihun , so I brought a guy who can ride a horse, just in case?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Cold sweat broke out on Zhou Gui's forehead, and he echoed urgently.

Jiang Yuelan "snapped" and then shot the shocking wood.

"Be bold and make a difference." She said in a majestic voice: "Before Empress Shen'an implemented the mutual market, if civilians wanted to sell spices and herbs from Yunjiang, they had to go through the Yunjiang Mansion, and there was no need to contact the Western Huns. ”

Zhou Gui was completely dumbfounded.

Mother, if you kill your life, you will die, and this evil woman will kill him in two sentences!

Zhou Guilian climbed and rolled down from the bench, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Xiaomin no, Xiaomin will never dare to fornicate with foreigners, please ask the special envoy to investigate...... There is no such thing as a small people! ”

Jiang Yuelan had a calm face, "According to what you just confessed, the five members of the Fu family walked down from the carriage, and their horses were all frightened. ”

"Moreover, there were mud marks on the upward side of the carriage, and judging from the traces of the broken wheels, someone had deliberately overturned the carriage and smashed the wheels. The contents of the carriage were messy, with the marks of rain and cement, and it seemed to have been looted, but the secret compartment in the carriage containing valuables was intact, and there was not even muddy water. This means that the murderer who ransacked the carriage knew very well where the valuables were hidden, and there must be things such as deeds in those valuables, and the murderer was very careful not to let the deeds be stained and damaged by muddy water. ”

"If the brutal murderer smashes the wheels of the carriage and enters the carriage, and rummages around, he will definitely smash the inside of the carriage. But he only smashed the wheel, obviously to create the illusion that the carriage had been looted. ”

"Also, because of rumors, the dragon slope is now inaccessible, a heavy rain, how can it be so coincidental that someone passing by here, and it happens to be a person who has no taboos and wants to see wealth? It can be seen that the thugs who destroyed the carriage and the murderers were in the same group. ”

"What's more......" Jiang Yuelan stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the carriage: "Although some of the traces around the carriage have been washed away by the rain, the officials of the Duolao Mansion have maintained the site in time, and it can be seen that there are many horseshoe marks around the carriage." These horseshoe prints are both eastward and westward. But the mark to the east is heavier than the mark to the west. ”

"If the official's prediction is good, when something happens to the Fu family, you should first take advantage of the chaos to ride away on horseback, and then turn back, and wait until you get what you should take, and then go all the way east. Because of this, the imprint of the horse's hoof to the east is heavier than that to the west. ”

Zhou Gui and those guys were completely stunned by the flaws pointed out by Jiang Yuelan in one breath.

They never expected that what Jiang Yuelan said was not much different from the facts.

"Of course! These are just speculations on the part of the Lord. Jiang Yuelan looked at them and said lightly.

Zhou Gui and a few guys couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the next moment-

Jiang Yuelan's words changed: "However, all transactions in the mutual market, especially horses, are archived by the government. Just follow the archives to find out the whereabouts of the missing horses, and you can know who this murderer is for money. ”

Her gaze swept over Zhou Gui and the others, "This official will give you another chance in the end, do you recruit yourself, or do you take the board one by one?" ”

A few guys shuddered.

This time, they no longer looked at Zhou Gui, knelt on the ground in a hurry, and scrambled to speak: "Yes, it was the owner who made us ......"

"It was the people who let them go back!" Zhou Gui hurriedly spoke before them, and said in a loud voice, "The carriage and those horses were also privately owned by the small people. My lord, Xiaomin admits that Xiaomin is a temporary wealth obsesser, seeing that the Fu family exchanged tea for a good horse this time, his eyes are red and jealous, and when he sees that something happened to them, he will see the intention of wealth and make a big mistake! ”

He "snapped", slapped himself a few times, cried and begged, "It's a little bastard, beg the adults to investigate, although the villains have taken their money, don't dare to harm their lives, they are really victimized by the ghosts, what the villain said is true, if there is half a lie, the sky will thunder." If you don't believe, you can ask them. ”

A few guys, hearing him say this, their expressions froze for a moment, but then, they hurriedly fell to the ground, and they didn't dare to say more.

Zhou Gui hid his face and cried as if he was extremely remorseful, but those eyes were closely watching Jiang Yuelan's reaction.

Jiang Yuelan took in their expressions, and her heart sank.

With her experience in handling cases in the past two years, Zhou Gui intended to bring a man who could train horses to Yunjiang, and chose to take the inaccessible dragon slope when she returned to Beijing, as well as on the dumped carriage, all kinds of traces of destruction that wanted to be covered...... These details mean that the death of the five members of the Fu family is no accident.

Zhou Gui is the most suspicious.

At present, although he admits to the crime of robbing property, he is still blaming the murder to the "evil ghost", afraid that he is betting that she did not find out the cause of death of the five corpses......

Jiang Yuelan suddenly felt that it was tricky, if in private, when she did not know the cause of death of the corpse, she could still fly a pigeon and pass a letter to ask Her Royal Highness the Queen.

But today, after all, she is trying the case in public, just to eliminate the impact of the rumor of "evil ghosts", and there is no time for flying pigeons to pass on the book......

Jiang Yuelan was hesitating-

Suddenly, Mu Huai'an, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, beckoned to the entourage beside her, and when the entourage approached, she covered her lips and whispered.

The entourage seemed to understand and took note of it, walked back to Jiang Yuelan's side quickly, and relayed what Mu Huaian said to her.

Jiang Yuelan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly opened her mouth.

She cast a grateful look at Mu Huai'an, and said secretly: Sure enough, it is still Queen Shen'an's clever plan.

Jiang Yuelan "snapped" and patted the startled wood, looked at Zhou Gui, and asked in a deep voice: "You said at the beginning that the day you returned to Beijing was to go out on an auspicious day for the zodiac. But in fact, when you go out, you see a 'terrible ghost asking for your life', which shows that your 'auspicious day of the zodiac' is not only unlucky, but also very unlucky. This official asks you, who chose this auspicious day of the zodiac for you, and how did you choose it, and you recruited it from the truth! ”

(End of chapter)