All speculations and conjectures are based on what we know and perceive, in line with our own minds, an extended imagination of events.

You can think, but you can't act entirely on your imagination.

Wen Yuan and Ning He also discussed with each other for a long time before they figured out how to report and write detailed articles.

Then Ning He quickly left the city and rushed to Jing'an County.

This time, he also didn't stay in the county town for long, and he traveled alone on a fast horse, faster, and returned to Ying'an for three days.

Returning with him, there were also He Chen, the lieutenant of Jing'an County, and Liu Mian, the Cheng of Jing'an County.

The two of them were also lightly dressed, and they only brought three or two cronies with them.

The division of the ministries of officials at all levels in Daqin is clear.

The county has a county order, a county officer, a master book, a county lieutenant, a warden, etc.

The county order is in charge of one place, so there is no need to mention it.

The county chief is the leader, in charge of the three rooms of officials, criminal punishment, and ceremonies, and has real power over the selection and promotion of county officials, the evaluation of merit and demerits, as well as criminal proceedings, arrest and theft of prisoners, the election of county members, and education.

The main book is counted as the second assistant, the head of the household, the work of the two rooms, the usual change of household registration, the record of various things, the issuance of road guides, the repair of city roads and other things, are all under the control of the main book, trivial and busy, but also the responsibility of supervision and reporting, not pure labor.

The county lieutenant is in charge of the barracks, actually commanding the township soldiers of a county, and is in charge of the military affairs of a county, and it is his duty to defend the city, patrol the defense, suppress bandits, and secure the border.

The warden, on the other hand, is not in the ranks, but he is in charge of the real power of the prison, leading the three classes of officials, in charge of the county's anti-theft, cross-examination, prison and other matters, and also performs the responsibility of the county government guard.

Ordinary people's complaints are also interrogated by the officials first, and those who can handle it can be dealt with directly, and if they can't deal with it, they will report it to the county, and then go to the county order, and they are not just running errands.

And one level higher, to the county office.

Since the county guard is the main official, the county Cheng is the first assistant, the long history is the second assistant, and the county lieutenant is in charge of the army.

Among them, the county is in charge of the same as the county officer, and the history of the county magistrate corresponds to the county master book, but there is no longer a special warden, and the criminal prison is directly assigned to the criminal department, which belongs to the county leader.

After all, the county government also has a county office, and it is the county officials who actually manage the affairs of the city, and the county government takes the overall management of the counties within the territory as the first priority, rather than focusing on only one place.

Xu Shifan's death this time, looking at the whole county is not a trivial matter, but also a major crime.

Ning He and Wen Yuan also knew this, and Wen Yuan was even more at a loss for time, and had been waiting outside the city to greet him.

"Wen County Order, let's not gossip, please take me to see Xu Xiancheng's body first."

Wenyuan is a county order, but it is a far away place, only at the same level as the county order of the middle county of the inner house, and it is on the seventh grade.

And Liu Mian is the county of the outer prefecture, and the county of the lower county of the inner mansion is from the five grades.

The gap between the two is still very large.

And when this happened, Liu Mian didn't have any polite greetings, met outside the city, said hello, and went straight to the point, and his face was not good-looking.

As for the county lieutenant He Chen, although he is also a little higher than Wenyuan, he is from the sixth grade, but he obviously has a good relationship with Wenyuan, and the two of them squeezed their eyebrows for a while, but it was out of place, except for greeting, they didn't say much.

The group of people came to Yizhuang in silence all the way, and Liu Quan had already brought people back to transport the corpses, and personally led people to guard them, day and night.

After Liu Mian and the others came, they didn't have to bother to find it, Liu Quan directly ordered someone to carry out Xu Shifan's body under Wenyuan's instructions.

And Ning He also looked for the barracks officer, took the record from him, and said: "This is the details of the crime scene, please take a look at the two officials." ”

Liu Mian didn't look at it first, but personally checked the cause of Xu Shifan's death, frowning.

He Chen took the record and couldn't help but look at Ning He, "You guess it was done by one person?" ”

The officials of the barracks are not so easy to do, and they don't mention ordinary trivial things, like this, take them, and they have to temporarily draw a map of the scene so that they can see it clearly.

The same is true for the clerks of the torture room, which is a basic requirement for the scribes of these two rooms.

It's just that the general clerks in the military room have better professional skills, after all, they have to draw the city defense map.

Including the whole county, the same is true, they draw a map, and then the county summarizes and determines it, and then submits it to the military department for retention and integration.

So even if it wasn't the scene, He Chen could clearly see the distribution of the people who were killed in the attack from the drawings on the record.

Anyway, he can't be alone for a short time...... He couldn't do it for a long time, killing more than 200 people by himself.

But then he saw a drawing, which was exactly what Ning He demonstrated to Liu Quan at that time, and even connected Ning He's movement trajectory directly into a line, which fell on the paper, and could be directly observed.

"I didn't." Ning He suddenly shook his head, "When we went, the footsteps at the scene were chaotic, and we couldn't tell the number of perpetrators. I'm just offering a possibility, because I feel like I can do it. And if it was really done by one person, this person should be stronger than me, I can't do it in the middle of the night with arrows and arrows to seal my throat, even if the means are used, the range of corpses scattered is at least thirty percent larger than this. ”

Seeing that He Chen, Liu Quan and other people who had seen his demonstration still cast their eyes, Ning He said again: "I'm serious. The gap between fifty and two hundred people is still very big, I can kill fifty people in one hundred breaths, it doesn't mean that I can kill two hundred people in four hundred breaths, and I have already checked their locations in detail at that time, no one runs and no one moves, of course, it is faster and easier. ”

He Chen thought about it for a while, and felt that what Ning He said was still reasonable, so he nodded.

But I heard Ning He say: "Also, there is another person who can find out the identity, for the Xuxian Chengfu Shangxixi, I have seen this person, he is a martial artist in the Inner Yu Realm, although he should be less hands-on with people, and the martial arts he has learned are also rough, but he is barely a mediocre hand, if there is no mid-grade realm martial artist, or a top river car realm martial artist, it is not so easy to put it down." ”

He Chen bowed his head again, no matter how bad the martial artists of the mid-grade realm were, they were not cabbages after all, and no matter how rough what they learned, it was also difficult for many people to contend with.

Just like himself, although he learned some superficial styles from the small martial arts hall, he still didn't take the vast majority of low-grade realm martial artists in his eyes when he entered the middle grade realm.

The geniuses and the old immortals, count separately.

"Xu Xiancheng should have died from a heavy object pressing his chest and abdomen, his heart and lungs were shattered, and the skull penetrating injury should have been made up."

Liu Mian is also a scholar of criminal names, and even served in Dali Temple, and his experience is also very rich, so he doesn't look at anything first, so as to avoid affecting his judgment.

It wasn't until he carefully inspected Xu Shifan's corpse that he followed a few people before he said, "Carry the body of the middle-grade realm martial artist over as well." ”

Liu Quan did as he was told, and everyone looked at Liu Mian to check left and right, and this time the action was very fast.

"This person was instantly shattered in his intestines, his arms were broken, and finally his neck was torn off, and the method was very cruel."

Then he looked at Ning He and asked, "Can you do it?" ”

Ning He didn't shy away from nodding directly and admitted, "Yes, it's not too difficult." ”

He Chen said: "Lieutenant Ning is really not afraid of splashing himself in water." ”

Ning He said with a smile: "I am suspicious myself, hiding it but inferior, which is even more speculative." ”

"Suspicious?" Liu Mian squinted his eyes and looked at him, "It's been less than a month since Lieutenant Ning arrived in Ying'an, why did he have a disagreement with Xu Xiancheng, why did he say that he was suspicious?" ”

"Jun Cheng, please take a look." Ning He apologized to He Chen, took the record and handed it to Liu Mian.

"Armor, bows, crossbows, and five stones...... Oh, it's all forbidden things, Ying'an manages it well! Liu Mian said after looking at it, glanced at Wen Yuan with cold eyes, and then looked at Ning He, "What is the connection between these and what you said." ”

Ning He pointed to the old man's body and said: "On the eve of this incident, I tracked down the illegal arrest of girls from all over the country by domestic smugglers and secretly placed the human market, and found an underground palace. ”

Wen Yuan also continued: "This matter was reported to me by the county lieutenant Ning overnight, we were busy with the resettlement of those who were out of trouble for a while, and this incident happened in the future when we had time to go to the county town of Bing, so we only cared about this matter first, and I hope that Lord Juncheng will forgive me for the negligence and omission." ”

The interval was too short, and they didn't dare to hide it and not report it, but they also made up their minds and didn't leave it on paper.

"Ridiculous!" Liu Mian reprimanded, "Such a big thing, how can you not report it because of your negligence!" This time, I will make a mistake, and when this case is over, it will be dealt with together! ”

The two hurriedly confessed, and then quietly glanced at each other.

I heard Liu Mian say again: "Where is the black market underground palace, and where are the account books recorded in the records?" ”

"The underground palace is in the city, and the lower officials can lead the way, but I am afraid that the entrance to the tunnel has been destroyed. As for the account books......" Ning He said, looking at Wen Yuan.

Wen Yuan turned his gaze directly and looked at Han Dong, a warden hiding in the corner with a pale face.

Han Dong threw himself on his knees and said with tears in his eyes: "Lord Juncheng, you are guilty of despicability!" The county lieutenant of Ning was not in the city, and the county lord ordered the humble duty to take care of the account books carefully, and the humble duty did not dare to sleep at night, for fear of a case, but unexpectedly he still fell asleep, and knocked over the lamp in a daze, causing a fire in the ya, only to come and grab half a box of account books, and accidentally infected with water pollution, and the handwriting was blurred. Guilty of lowly duty! It's a shame to be in a humble position! ”

Everyone who knew about it was silent, only Liu Mian was furious, "Come on, drag out the heavy cane for fifty, remove him from the post of warden, and detain him for three months!" ”

Then he looked at Ying'an and the other officials, and snorted coldly, "It seems that it is necessary for this official to keep the respect mentioned above, so that he can rectify the rule of officials in various counties and control your laziness and neglect!" ”

"Lord Juncheng is angry, and this case is still important at the moment." He Chen stood up and persuaded him, then looked at Wen Yuan and Ning He, and asked: "You suspect that the events of the two nights before and after are related, so that you are worried that you will be misunderstood, is it that Ning County Lieutenant has insufficient evidence, so he directly attacked and killed Xu Xiancheng and others outside at night?" ”

"Not really." Wen Yuan nodded, shook his head again, and said: "Near Ying'an, we can't think of anyone else who has this ability." And the county lieutenant Ning still has the power of the previous solo banditry, and we are still shocked, and there is not much time between the two, because including me, the upper and lower levels have seen the county lieutenant Ning a few more times, and please don't worry about the county lieutenant Ning. ”

"The county doesn't need to be like this." Ning He didn't reply to the previous sentence lightly, looking like I minded.