Peng Xianling thought of something again, and he hurriedly ordered Xi Junwei again.

"You can do one more thing for me now, quickly, and secretly, so as not to alarm others!"

Peng County ordered Xi Junwei to give such an order, and Xi Junwei did not dare to delay, so he went immediately.

After arranging that matter, Peng Xianling's heart finally settled down a little.

He adjusted his mind a little, and sorted out the expression on his face again, before he stepped out and headed for the front hall.

He made a panicked appearance that he had just received the news, and he was even more shocked when he saw Qin Xiaoyong and the others.

"What's going on?"

Governor Cao looked at Peng County Ling with a smile on his face, "This is to ask Peng County Ling yourself, didn't your memora say that the mountain bandits in Lingyun Mountain have been wiped out, and there are only a few fish that have slipped through the net?" Why did the officials arrest so many people at once?

Coupled with the killings on the mountain, there are not hundreds, but seventy or eighty of these fish that have slipped through the net. That's what you call a few odds? ”

Cao Zhifu looked at Peng Xianling, his eyes were sharp, and his tone also carried a hint of Xingshi's questioning, Peng Xianling wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said in a tone of pleading.

"The subordinates of the subordinate are not doing things well, and this is why such a mistake occurred, it is the dereliction of duty of the subordinate official, and the subordinate deserves to die! Please also ask the prefect to condemn the crime! ”

Governor Cao cast a meaningful look at him again, and finally stopped holding on to the matter, "Let's not mention this matter, the top priority is to try them first, and maybe we can try some unexpected clues." ”

Peng Xian Ling always felt that his words seemed to mean something, but he did not show it on his face, but echoed it again and again.

Governor Cao pointed to Qin Xiaoyong, "He is the leader of this group of mountain bandits, so let's start with him." ”

Peng Xianling and Qin Xiaoyong looked at each other, and the two of them separated as soon as they touched each other.

Cao Zhifu ordered a middle-aged man who looked like a master next to him to interrogate the others, and the man quickly took the order.

Governor Cao looked at Qin Xiaoyong condescendingly, "Who is your surname, why do you want to fall into the grass and do this murderous and robbing business?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong shut up and said nothing, and Peng Xianling shouted angrily at him, "The prefect asked you something!" Are you dumb? If you are interested, you will confess truthfully, and the prefect will be generous, and he will be able to treat you lightly. ”

Qin Xiaoyong opened his mouth at this time, but his tone was a little hard.

"Qin Xiaoyong, a grass farmer, because his hometown suffered from drought in the early years, he couldn't get by, and he begged all the way to this point, and then he fell into the grass, six years ago."

Cao Zhifu spoke again, "How many people have you robbed and how much money have you robbed?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong: "I can't remember." ”

Cao Zhifu said coldly: "Then slowly recall, this official has more time." It doesn't matter if you don't say it, anyway, the official has arrested so many people, and some people will take the initiative to speak. ”

Qin Xiaoyong looked stunned, and in the end, he could only honestly explain everything one by one.

But what he explained was what he still remembered, and he couldn't remember many things himself, after all, there were too many cases he handled.

Cao Zhifu: "Have you ever had a human life on your hands?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong did not hesitate, "No." ”

Cao Zhifu squinted slightly, "Really?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong's eyes flashed slightly, and he quickly covered up the past, and then shook his head firmly, "There really isn't!" ”

Governor Cao asked a lot of questions, and Qin Xiaoyong was very cooperative, he confessed to his robbery, but he resolutely refused to admit that he had ever been involved in human life, nor had he robbed a woman.

In the end, Governor Cao turned the problem to Shen Yan.

"Does Shen Yan know each other?"

Qin Xiaoyong's eyes moved slightly, "Yes." ”

"Tell me who he is."

Qin Xiaoyong almost immediately replied, "He is from Xitian Village, and he used to be with us, I didn't agree with him, so I wanted to drive him away, but I didn't expect that when we met again, he became the official of the county government, and he also took people up the mountain to encircle and suppress us, he must have done it on purpose, just to avenge me for driving him down the mountain!" ”

Qin Xiaoyong spoke very fluently, and his words were no different from what the previous mountain bandits said.

Governor Cao couldn't ask any clues for a while, and Peng Xianling couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

But before he could completely relax his breath, he saw that the master of Cao Zhifu came back, and he held a few confessions in his hand and handed them to Cao Zhifu.

"My lord, this confession is a little different from what the person in front of me said."

Cao Zhifu took it and took a look, and his eyes when he looked at Qin Xiaoyong suddenly became sharp.

He slapped his hand on the table and shouted angrily, "Qin Xiaoyong, you dare to fool this official!" ”

Qin Xiaoyong didn't know what was written in the confession in Cao Zhifu's hand, he was stunned for a while, and at the same time, his psychological defense line was uncontrollably shaken, and he was a little flustered.

There are a lot of things he deceives, which one is Cao Zhifu talking about?

Even Peng County's order couldn't help beating the drum in his heart.

He really wanted to see what was written in the confession in Cao Zhifu's hand, so that he could also give the other party a little hint, but Cao Zhifu didn't mean to let him see it at all, he couldn't just grab it, right?

Qin Xiaoyong directly pretended to be stupid, "What the grass people said just now is true, I really don't know what you mean." ”

Governor Cao sneered, "Among the confessions of these people, there is more than one human life on your hands. ”

Qin Xiaoyong immediately denied it, "That's nonsense!" They can't come up with any evidence! ”

As long as they can't come up with evidence, Qin Xiaoyong will resolutely not admit it!

Governor Cao's words changed, "What about Shen Yan?" ”

Qin Xiaoyong's expression was another pause.

If it was the first thing, he could still resolutely deny it, after all, there was no evidence at all, but Shen Yan's matter was a little difficult to fool.

Fake is fake, Shen Yan has never been on Lingyun Mountain at all, although he told the brothers to change their confessions, and he can't say that he leaked his mouth, but at the moment of life and death, it is difficult to guarantee that some people take the initiative to confess something in order to protect themselves.

There are so many brothers arrested this time, and no one can guarantee that everyone's mouth can be so tight.

Qin Xiaoyong's mind was still spinning rapidly, and Cao Zhifu had already shouted angrily, "Don't be honest yet!" What the hell is going on! ”

Qin Xiaoyong subconsciously looked at Peng County Order, and Peng County Order also had a calm face, "Explain honestly!" What are the facts? ”

Qin Xiaoyong saw that Peng Xianling couldn't say anything in front of this prefect, so he didn't dare to count on him anymore.

Although he was very unwilling to let Shen Yan escape this catastrophe, at this juncture, it was still the most important thing to protect himself, and there was no need to put himself in for the sake of a Shen Yan.

Qin Xiaoyong changed his words.

"The grass people are willing to confess, Shen Yan's matter, the grass people lied, he was not our accomplice before, and the grass people didn't know him before.

The reason why the grass people slandered him like this is because last time he led people up the mountain and killed many of the grass people's brothers, the grass people held a grudge, so they united the brothers and wanted to use him as a backstop. ”