"Humph!" Tang Shunzhi snorted coldly.

In this case, these monks are either wronged or veterans of crimes.

But he is more inclined to the latter possibility.

Although Niu Er looks dirty, what he sued was that his wife was raped.

Who would splash dirty water on their wife if they have nothing to do?

The so-called no wind and no waves, there must be something wrong here.

Thinking of this, he planned to try those monks again, so he said, "Where are you waiting in the afternoon the day before yesterday?" ”

After the monks looked at each other, some said that they were resting in the monk's room, some said that they were helping in the dining hall, and two said that they were playing chess in the backyard of the temple.

Hearing this, Tang Shunzhi was even more suspicious of several people.

So he asked the monk who said he was resting in the monk's room, "You are resting in the monk's room, but someone will prove it for you?" ”

The monk nodded and said: "Back to my lord, the little monk and the brothers in the monk's room are all doing things in the Daxiong Treasure Hall for the king of the west of the city, and the little monk is resting in the monk's room because of his stomachache!" The abbot can testify for me! ”

Tang Shunzhi sneered: "What I said is, haven't you been out in the monk's room?" Does anyone testify for you? ”

The monk shook his head and said, "No, but the monks don't speak, and the little monk doesn't lie!" ”

Tang Shunzhi didn't care about him, and asked another person: "What about you, you said you were helping in the dining hall, who did you help?" What are you busy with? Can anyone testify for you? ”

The monk saw that Tang Shunzhi's tone was not good, and he was a little panicked, and replied: "Big, my lord, the little monk really didn't do anything bad, the monk who helped wash the dishes in the hall that day was sick, and the little monk remembered his hard work, so he took the initiative to help him take on the work of washing the dishes, but no one else was present at that time!" ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled and said, "You are kind! ”

But Xu He heard from his words that this sentence was obviously the opposite.

asked the other two more, and Tang Shunzhi still got the answer that he could only testify against each other, and no outsiders were present.

He sneered: "This thing is really knocked, I'm afraid you made an appointment that day, right?" I guess it's not in any monk's room, dining hall and backyard, did you meet together to do something wrong? ”

After speaking, he "snapped", and his palm slapped on the small table, which shook the tea cup and rattled.

The monks panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "My lord Mingjian, what the villains are saying is the truth!" ”

Tang Shunzhi shouted outside: "Go, call Mr. Xu and Zhou Ju." ”

Mr. Xu is the west seat brought by Tang Shunzhi.

This Xixi is actually the master of later generations, who is an official outside, his subordinates are different, and the officials are as smooth as oil, so there must be a few intimate people to discuss things.

And this Mr. Xu is Tang Shunzhi's fellow villager, who once won the lifting of people, and is very interested in Xing Ming's case.

When the two of them arrived, they were slightly surprised when they saw Xu He.

They knew that the eldest master was trying the case, but they didn't expect Xu He to sit aside and drink tea.

But when I thought of this person's identity and the importance that the eldest lord valued him, I felt that it was nothing.

"Mr. Xu, Zhou Ju, go and ask, and see who of these people is telling the truth and who is telling a lie!" Tang Shunzhi commanded.

Xu He watched coldly, he came with a learning attitude while watching, and seeing that now, he still admires Tang Shunzhi.

In fact, Tang Shunzhi's questioning just now had reached a bottleneck, and several monks looked very suspicious.

All four said they weren't there, but none of them could provide witnesses.

If it were other judges, they would have ordered to be sentenced to serve a long time ago, and there is no civilized law enforcement in this era.

But Tang Shunzhi still invited Xixi and Zhou Ju to help with the details, and with this practice of not disregarding people's lives, he was better than many magistrates.

Because Zhou Ju was an official, he stood aside and did not speak.

But Mr. Xu asked a few words.

The questions asked were similar to Tang Shunzhi's, and the answers of several people were also very different.

Mr. Xu turned around and arched his hand: "My lord, let's take them down first!" ”

As soon as several monks heard this, they all cried out for injustice, and until now, the old man didn't even ask them what they had done, so they were taken into custody, and they had no bottom in their hearts, so they could only cry out loudly.

Tang Shunzhi was angry at Zhou Ju on the side.

Zhou Ju understood, called a few people, and escorted a few monks and Niu Er.

After the others left, Tang Shunzhi smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, can you teach me?" ”

Mr. Xu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the owner, first send someone to inquire whether this Niu Er and the monks have any grudges, it seems that just asking the case can't ask anything famous!" ”

This happened to coincide with Tang Shunzhi's thoughts, so he called Zhou Ju and asked him to send the white servant who wrote the third class of government servants to inquire.

These people are all gangsters in the market, and they are all clear about what is going on outside, and they are easy to find out this kind of news.

After the matter is arranged, Mr. Xu, as a lifter, naturally wants to sit down and chat with the owner.

He had long known that Xu He was coming, and he also had the intention to see this young man Xie Yuan.

At this time, Tang Shunzhi said: "I heard that Liang Shengxiang is famous for his cleverness, and you also heard the case just now, how about it?" Any ideas? ”

Xu He shook his head, what could he think, there was too little information in his hands, and Tang Shunzhi's actions just now were just to directly deceive the reactions of those monks.

Who knows that people don't eat this set at all.

The simplest and most direct way won't work, and you can only visit it slowly.

He is not an immortal, how can he be a prophet?

Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "The student is only a shallow learner, and he doesn't know much about criminal names, so don't embarrass me, adult!" ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled and didn't care.

However, his Mr. Xixi Xu was a little disappreciative of Xu He in his heart.

He has always taken not reading dead books and not being a corrupt Confucian as his motto, and he looks down on waste scholars who read well but are useless.

Obviously, the young Xie Yuanlang in front of him is such a person.

But Mr. Xu looked back and couldn't help but be exposed, a teenager, in addition to reading, can he be required to understand everything?

If you can read a book like Xu He, you can already be regarded as a dragon and phoenix among people, anything else? Let's exercise for a few years.

Xu He naturally didn't know what Mr. Xu was thinking, so he politely chatted with Tang Shunzhi and him about some interesting things about Shilin to pass the time.

Before I knew it, an hour had passed.

Zhou Ju came back to report and said that there was news.

Tang Shunzhi restrained his smile and asked, "What do you say?" ”

It turned out that the white servants didn't need to ask, everyone even knew about this Niu Er.

It turned out that this Niu Er was indeed doing some sweeping chores in Lingfeng Temple, but it was not him who was famous in the market, but Niu Er's daughter-in-law.

"This Niu Er's daughter-in-law is a prostitute, and she does some half-hidden things on weekdays!"

"The relationship between the husband and wife is okay, and I haven't heard anything about what happened recently."

"Those monks ,......"

Mr. Xu frowned and asked, "Those monks have problems?" ”

Zhou Ju shook his head unexpectedly and said: "No, the person I sent to find the host of Lingfeng Temple, and the host said that these people are quite honest and obedient in the temple on weekdays!" ”

Mr. Xu frowned and said, "That's strange, who is lying?" ”