Lu Xuan's eyes were like torches, and his voice was clear:

"According to the county's opinion, it is clear that you stole Han Xian's child at the Lantern Festival, and then teamed up with the concubines and servants at home to make up lies together.

In fact, this baby is not your child at all. ”

"Villain...... The villain was born with an indifferent temperament, and even if he was sad in his heart, he couldn't cry. ”

Wang Panwu quibbled:

"As for the Lantern Festival, I have never been there, and all the servants in the house can testify for me!"

Lu Xuan sneered:

"I know that if you are not convinced, come to someone, and put on the evidence!"

The county magistrate gave an order.

Several officials brought the two men up.

One man and one woman.

The man was about 60 years old and dressed as a servant.

The woman looks to be in her thirties and has a plump body, but she is a beautiful woman.

"Grass people Xu Er, I've seen adults."

The old servant bowed.

"The people's daughter Lin has seen adults."

The beautiful woman saluted Lu Xuan.

"King's plate."

Lu Xuan spoke, and he pointed at the Lin family:

"Do you recognize this girl?"

"I don't know you when you go back to adulthood."

Wang Pan said.

Lu Xuan turned to the Lin family again:

"Do you know him, then?"

"Lord Qiyu, but the folk girl knows him."

Lin replied.

"How did you know him?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"The folk girl sells zongzi in the west of the city, and on the day of the lantern festival, this person once bought my zongzi."

Lin said.

"There must have been a lot of customers that night, how did you remember him?"

Lu Xuandao.

"Because when this person bought zongzi, he was grinding and choosing, not to mention that my zongzi was too winding and troublesome, so I wanted to charge him a penny less."

Lin snorted, obviously dissatisfied:

"The zongzi I sold that day was wrapped with high-quality colored silk thread, which was much more expensive than zongzi......

This person is so mean and picky, naturally he is remembered by the people's daughters. ”

"Wang Pan, you just said that you haven't been to the Lantern Festival, how can you explain it?"

Lu Xuan looked playful.

"This, this ......"

Wang Pan stammered.

"Li Ming, have you brought the evidence?"

Lu Xuan said.

"Lord Qiqi, bring it with you."

Li Ming stepped forward.

He held a wooden plate in his hand, and on it was half a set of children's clothes, as well as a few rags.

He pointed to the old servant beside him:

"My lord, this is handed over by this person."

Lu Xuan's tone was stern:

"Xu Er, you explain the cause and effect of this matter clearly, if you dare to be half-true, this official will punish you!"

When Xu Er heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground:

"The grass people don't dare, the grass people don't dare!"

"The official has already sent someone to the local cloth shop to ask, the weaving method of the fabric in this plate is a new craft in Qinghe County."

Lu Xuan said, "This weaving process has not yet been transmitted to this county, and you are not from Qinghe County, how did you get this clothes?" ”

"Back to your lordship."

Old Xu Tou didn't dare to hide:

"This garment is old...... It was given to me by the king's pan.

The grass man is the husband of the Wang family, and more than a month ago, Wang Pan handed me this garment and asked me to burn it.

I saw that the fabric of this dress was very good, and I thought it was a pity to burn it, so I secretly hid it myself......"

Lu Xuan nodded and said to Wang Pan:

"There are all the human and material evidence, what else do you deny?"

"Villain...... The villain pleaded guilty. ”

The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and the king's face is like ashes.

He confessed to the crimes he had committed.

A month ago, Wang Pan went to the west of the city to visit the lantern festival, and after seeing Han Xian's son, he suddenly felt cute.

He thought that he was nearly fifty years old and still had no son, and he had evil thoughts.

Han Xian was eating noodles at a noodle stall, and after eating, he put the child in his seat and got up to pay the bill.

When he returned, the child had already been taken away by Wang Pan.

It just so happened that Wang Pan had a concubine who gave birth to a daughter to him a few months ago.

This little concubine naturally became the "mother" of the child.

"First take the prisoner Wang Pan to the prison, sign and draw the post, and deal with it according to the law of Dakang!"

Lu Xuan announced the verdict.

In the lobby, Han Xian was fair, but his expression was very blank.

He looked at the dead child as if he couldn't hear or see anything, and the whole person was cut off from the world.

It was at this time.

"Wow-"

A cry rang out.

Han Xian rubbed his eyes, and saw that something was moving under the white cloth on the ground.

Liu Langzhong's daughter smiled slightly, bent down and picked up the swaddling clothes:

"Uncle Han, we didn't mean to tease you, for the sake of the case, we can only let Uncle Han be wronged first."

She reached out and wiped it on the child's face, the paint on it was wiped off, and the iron blue disappeared, revealing the baby's rosy, healthy skin.

This was all arranged by Lu Xuan.

Pretend to claim that the baby is dead, and come to the test.

At the time of the interrogation of the Zhang family and the Zhao family.

Lu Zhixian also instructed Li Ming and Lu Ping to do another thing.

The two soldiers divided into two ways, and Li Ming went to Wang Pan's house in the south of the city and gathered a group of servants for questioning.

Li Ming was delicate and accustomed to observing words and feelings, and when he saw that several of them had different expressions, he arrested them and interrogated them separately.

Old Xu Tou had never seen much of the world, and in front of the fierce and vicious Li Zhisi, he quickly leaked the stuffing.

Lu Ping went to the west of the city, and he had a kind face and asked the vendors about Wang Pan.

Finally, I learned from the Lin family that Wang Pan had come to the west of the city on the night of the lantern festival.

In fact, Lu Xuan could directly put the evidence out and use legal theory to suppress people and make Wang Pan submit.

But instead of doing this, he first designed a fake death scene to reasonably discern who is the real father of the child.

Lu Xuan's move was made for two reasons.

The first is to buy time for investigation and interrogation and evidence collection outside the lobby.

Second, in this process, the emotions of the onlookers were mobilized.

They empathize with Han Xian's situation, and at the same time, they also know that their Xinzhi County is a flesh-and-blood, affectionate and reasonable character.

It is not a clay puppet that stands tall and turns a blind eye to the suffering of the people.

"Grass people Han Xian, thank you, Lord ......"

Han Xian fell to his knees and wept bitterly.

After a trial, there were several twists and turns.

In the end, the atmosphere in the lobby reached a climax in the sound of Lu Xuan's case.

The people gathered outside the county government looked at Lu Xuan again, and their eyes were already different.

From the initial distrust and fear, to curiosity and watching the excitement.

Until the end, everyone's hearts were full of respect and admiration for the new magistrate.

Lu Xuan took a sip of tea:

"Quit."

………………

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Xuan pushed open the door and stretched.

The little fox Bringbling ran over, a small ball of pompoms, squatting on the upper of his shoes.

Lu Xuanxin said badly, I was sealed, and I couldn't move a little.

Cheng Lingzhu hugged him from behind and rubbed his back.

Lu Xuan tilted his head and said with a smile:

"What, you want me to carry you?"

"If people see a strange man and woman coming out of the county magistrate's mansion, it will be a bad thing."

Cheng Lingzhu said.

"Then carry it to the door first, and then become the county magistrate and master when you go out."

Lu Xuan proposed.

"Okay."

Cheng Lingzhu nodded.

So Lu Xuan squatted down, and by the way, he also held up the little fox, Cheng Lingzhu lay on his back, and a pair of lotus arms wrapped around his neck.

Walking steadily in the mansion, Cheng Lingzhu suddenly became a little curious:

"That...... How does it feel to carry me? ”

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment:

"I feel that compared to before, the distance between the two of us seems to be a lot farther away."

After all, the front chest is attached to the back, and Lu Xuan can still feel the difference very clearly.

Cheng Lingzhu slapped him angrily, but after the beating, he hugged Lu Xuan tighter.

It must be that the clothes are too thick.

Cheng Lingzhu thought to himself.

Otherwise, she and he would have been closer.

………………

Among the county offices.

Lu Zhixian sits in the hall.

Li Ming and Lu Ping had already made tea for the county magistrate very doggedly.

Lu Xuan looked at the officials below.

All of them have straight waists and bright eyes.

It is in stark contrast to the appearance of yawning and losing spirit a few days ago.

Yesterday, Lu Xuan tried the case, and all the officials were involved.

Some people maintain order inside the yamen, and some people investigate clues outside the yamen.

When the case was solved and the hard-mouthed criminals had to be punished, the officials had a sense of accomplishment in their hearts.

When I said hello to Lu Xuan this morning, my voice was much louder.

It can be said that because of Lu Xuan's leadership, the morale of the entire yamen has been improved.

Not long after sitting in the hall, before a cup of tea was drunk, a drum suddenly sounded outside the yamen.

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows, with a little smile in his eyes.

Yesterday, Han Xian reported to the official, but he didn't dare to beat the drum.

Early this morning, someone beat the drum of grievances outside the yamen.

This shows that yesterday he held a court trial and achieved very good results.

Lu Xuan knew it in his heart.

The people feel that the county magistrate can administer justice to themselves, so they will entrust the difficulties they encounter to the county government, which is a kind of trust.

Generally speaking, the drum of grievances can only be beaten when there is a big case.

But here in Lu Xuan, there is no such rule.

Qingxian City County has just been established, and he wishes there would be more things.

"Newspaper—"

The official on duty today rushed in:

"Lord Qiqi, someone outside the yamen reported the case!"

"So what? Is there a complaint paper? ”

Lu Xuan said.

"Uh...... No. ”

The officer on duty hurriedly repeated:

"It's not a report, it's a report."

When Lu Xuan heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The so-called report to the official, naturally, after a dispute arises, report it to the yamen, and ask the county magistrate to solve and judge.

And the meaning of reporting the crime...... It's just that something happened.

"What case did you report?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"This morning, Li Xian, a farmer in the east of the city, passed by a ditch when he went to work in the field, and found a corpse lying in the ditch, so he quickly reported it to the yamen."

The officer on duty replied.

"So be it."

Lu Xuan thought for a while:

"You ask the informant to wait outside the yamen, and the official will bring someone over to see the scene of the crime."

Lu Xuan paused for a moment:

"Li Ming."

"The subordinates are here."

Li Ming was out of the ranks.

Lu Xuan spoke:

"You are a clever person, and this official ordered you to stay in the county office today.

If someone comes to report to the police, first calm their emotions, and then record the case and appeals, and report to me when I return. ”

"Yes, sir."

Li Ming took the order.

"Lupin."

Lu Xuan turned to Lu Zhubo.

"Subordinate...... At! ”

Rupin stepped forward.

He is now smarter, and he tries to use short sentences to reduce the occurrence of stuttering.

"You wear many hats, you are not only the main officer, but also the only person in our county office, can you identify the time of death of the corpse?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"Return, sir...... Subordinates will, look. ”

Lupin replied.

"Okay, you select ten officials and follow this official to the east of the city."

"Yes!"

After a cup of tea.

A carriage stopped at the entrance of the county office.

The officials rode horses, and the county magistrate boarded the carriage with Master Cheng.

The driver of the carriage was Lu Ping, and the county government had just resumed operation, and the personnel were tight.

As a master and a part-time worker, he also has to take on the work of a coachman in an emergency.

As we all know, the coachman is a very important job, and Lu Ping is not at ease when he asks others to drive for the county magistrate.

Li Xian, a farmer who came to report the case, rode the same horse with the official and led the way in front.

When they arrived at the scene of the crime, many people had gathered around the ditch.

"The county government handles the case, and the idlers get out of the way!"

The officials began to clean up the scene.

However, there were still a few people in the room who did not move, and ignored the words of the officials.

They were dressed in blue-black clothes with a snake-shaped pattern embroidered with silver thread on their chests.

This is the people of the Blue Immortal Society.

Lu Xuan got out of the car, glanced at Cheng Lingzhu, and the two walked towards the ditch together.

The informant's claim that a body was "lying" is not accurate.

The deceased was lying face down in the ditch.

"Lord Wu."

A member of the Blue Immortal Society stepped forward and bowed his hand to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan returned the salute and said:

"Why did a few heroes come here?"

"Since there is a murder case, my Qingxian Society is naturally qualified to take care of it."

The man at the head replied.

"Oh? How many people will also try cases? ”

Lu Xuan said with a smile when he heard this.

"What's so hard about that?"

One person disdain:

"All you have to do is identify the deceased and then look around him, and in my opinion, this must be a vendetta murder."

"Why vendetta?"

Lu Xuan asked.

"How can a good person die? Someone must have hurt him. ”

The man rightly said:

"He's dressed so poorly, he looks like he doesn't have any silver, and no one will rob him for money, what else can it be if it's not a vendetta?"

"You might as well take a closer look."

At this time, Cheng Lingzhu, who was standing beside Lu Xuan, spoke:

"The ground near the riverside is damp and the soil is soft, and it can imprint the traces of human walking.

There was only one footprint here, which stretched from the east end, and stopped here until it came to an abrupt end.

On the embankment of the ditch, there are traces of something rolling down, and it is very likely that this person has stumbled and rolled down the river...... Perhaps, it was an accident. ”

"Master's inference is probably a little untenable, right?"

On the Tsing Yi side, the leader frowned and said:

"This small river can only be worthy of the surface of people's feet, and the living person can roll down and turn over a little, how can he be drowned in such shallow water?"

"Not necessarily."

Lu Xuan on the side smiled:

"What if the deceased drank a lot of wine before he rolled down the ditch?"

(End of chapter)