Wang Qilin's sudden smile was like a touch of commotion, flashing the waists of a group of people.

Chang Heli couldn't laugh.

He vaguely understood what Wang Qilin meant: the other party wanted to overturn the case for Xiang Guoguang in prison!

Why did he overturn the case against Xiang Guoguang? Because he kept shouting grievances in prison, he really had grievances.

And the Luoba County prison is full of prisoners, all shouting injustice!

In this way, since one case has been found to be unjust, is the rest unjust? What should be done with the rest?

Seeing Chang Heli's calm face and not speaking, Wang Qilin sneered: "If you don't see the coffin, you won't sleep?" ”

He slapped the bronze seal and glared at the father and son of the Qiao family and shouted: "Qiao Yaohu, Qiao Zhenying, you once came to the county government to sue Guoguang for not paying back the money, and slandered him and sent him to prison, what kind of crime should this be?!"

The father and son were stunned.

They really thought that Wang Qilin and Yamen were doing their own family because of Yang Cang's matter.

They also knew how guilty it was to harbor and kill Qing officials.

They only didn't know that Wang Qilin, as a high-ranking official of the Heavenly Prison, would know that his family had framed Xiang Guoguang!

So at this time, Wang Qilin suddenly asked them about this, even if the father and son were cunning and clever, they were blind for a while.

How to respond?

Qiao Zhenying gritted his teeth and said, "My lord Mingjian, the matter of repaying the arrears to Guoguang was carried out with my father, so my father recorded it in the ledger. ”

"The villain didn't know about this, and then the villain went to ask Guoguang for the arrears, which are two things......"

Wang Qilin waved the bronze lieutenant seal and shouted: "Boldly Diao Min, at this time, dare to fool this official?"

"Come on, punish their father and son!"

Xu Da had been gearing up for a long time, and as soon as he heard this, he went straight to Qiao Zhenxiong and the other three brothers, and pulled people up and started pumping.

Qiao Zhenxiong screamed in his dying breath:

This society is very unfair, why do I have to be beaten every time?

Qiao Yaohu's mentality collapsed, the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were full of meat, watching his sons being beaten over and over by Xu Da, he pounced on his son and shouted: "Adults spare their lives, adults are angry." ”

Ma Ming came up and stretched out his hand to hold Xu Da, and said in a deep voice: "Master Xu, stop." ”

Qiao Yaohu looked at him expectantly: "Thank you, ...... man."

Ma Ming went to get a water and fire stick from the servant again: "Use this, it's not good for you to use your fists." ”

Seeing this, Shen Yi threw his meteoric iron wand up: "Amitabha, one step in place, use the iron staff of the spraying monk." ”

Qiao Yaohu's tears rained down: "My lord, spare my life, this is going to die!

Ma Ming spurned and said: "When your Qiao family's father and son framed Xiang Guoguang in prison, did you ever think that this would force people to death?"

Qiao Yaohu didn't dare to reply, so he could only kowtow.

Wang Qilin waved his hand, and the official sent Xiang Guoguang to the court.

Xiang Guoguang heard Wang Qilin's punishment in the back hall, and when he arrived, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and his face was covered with tears and snot: "My lord, my lord, you are Qingtian, you are the reincarnation of Bao Zheng, and you are the reincarnation of Di Renjie!"

Wang Qilin nodded with a pleasant face and said, "Xiang Guoguang, don't cry, and say the false accusations you suffered again." ”

Xiang Guoguang wiped his face with his dirty sleeves, and he couldn't cry under excitement: "The little villain Xiang Guoguang, a person from the Stone Tablet Township in Luoba County, has few savings in the villain's family......"

He reintroduced the case and explained all the details.

Everything is similar to Wang Qilin's speculation? What he didn't know was that Xiang Guoguang was framed by the Qiao family and the gambling house.

It turns out that Xiang Guoguang's family used to be the landlord of Shibei Township? Is he a little bit of a gambler? repeatedly refused to change, and died of anger at the beginning of last year.

This incident touched him so much that he finally changed his ways, and as a result, his mother was angry for many years and her husband died, which caused him to fall ill due to excessive sorrow.

Xiang Guoguang is determined to treat his mother? But his family has been emptied by his years of gambling? Only fields and cattle remained.

In the winter, the fields are barren and the cattle are resting and cannot be sold for a good price. So he went to Qiao's family to borrow money? Promised to pay back the money at the beginning of this month.

At the beginning of spring this year, he sold the fields he had cultivated along with the fattened livestock? Save up the huge amount of 200 silver baht to return it to the Qiao family.

Then he did come to the gambling house in Luoba County, because he still owed money to the gambling house, and he came to pay some interest this time? and complained to the owner of the gambling house, saying that he could not pay the money for the time being, and he had to give a few days of grace.

The casino owner asked him to rewrite the IOU? Later, when the Qiao family falsely accused Xiang Guoguang, he also went to court as a witness, using the newly written IOU as evidence? falsely accused Xiang Guoguang of losing another 220 silver baht to their gambling house, and gave 200 silver baht and still owed 20 silver baht.

Xiang Guoguang was really wronged too ruthlessly this time, and even lost his parents and was wronged and imprisoned, and almost died in prison, at this time he is no longer human.

After choking up and telling the truth, he began to kowtow again.

The grace of saving his life was the most eager, and he kowtowed to Wang Qilin, and blood stains suddenly appeared on the floor paved with blue bricks.

was so frightened that Wang Qilin hurriedly asked Xu Da to help him up.

Eight Meow walked over and dipped his paw in some blood and sniffed it, then widened his eyes and opened his mouth to look at Xiang Guoguang: Are you kowtowing or playing with your life?

It stepped aside and sat down, frowning and falling into deep thought: In the past, Meow Ye kowtowed everywhere, and his cultivation was slow to improve, is it because Meow Ye kowtowed not enough to play hard?

Wang Qilin shouted: "Qiao Yaohu, Qiao Zhenying, etc., now that there are human and material evidence, do you admit to falsely accusing Xiang Guoguang?"

Qiao Yaohu saw that Xu Da clenched his wand, so he could only admit it, knelt on the ground and said dejectedly: "Confess, we will confess." ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Qilin slapped the table again and said, "Come, accept the account book and the money." Hmph, your Qiao family father and son framed the people, shielded the court criminals, bullied the township, robbed the people's daughters, took advantage of the robbery, and punished several crimes, come on, send the Qiao family father and son to prison for this official!"

Qiao Zhenying shouted: "My lord, my family did not shield the imperial court, nor did it rob the people's daughters, nor did it take advantage of and oppress the township, no." ”

Chang Heli couldn't help but step forward and said, "Yes, Lord Wang, is there any evidence for these charges?"

Wang Qilin said lightly: "There is no need." ”

The way he looked at Chang Heli was very cruel.

The reason why he wanted to punish the Qiao family heavily, he was also killing chickens to show the monkeys, that is, to tell Chang Heli that if the yamen dared to cover up the Dawei River incident again, then he would shoot at the yamen.

Chang Heli naturally understood this, so he couldn't retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Lord Wang, there is no evidence......

"Why is there no evidence?" Wang Qilin said sharply, "Do you have any evidence when you send Xiang Guoguang to prison?"

"Is there any evidence of the full prisoners in your prison when you send them to prison?

Wang Qilin stood up and walked down the courtroom with his sleeves brushed up, and said: "Lord Chang, I'm afraid you'll have to work hard in the next few days, and you have to retry those people in the prison to see if there is such an unjust case as Xiang Guoguang." ”

"Also, how many cases have you decided since you took office?"

Chang Heli's scalp exploded all of a sudden.

He didn't expect Wang Qilin to be such an old yin at such a young age, and he would be so yin.

There are no less than 50 prisoners in the cell, and if he is retried one by one, he will not do anything this year.

And Wang Qilin also wanted to expand the situation, and directly denied his achievements since he became an official through Xiang Guoguang's case, and asked him to retry all cases.

Then don't do anything in his life.

Wang Qilin didn't let go after making a ruthless move, and continued to get angry: "The Qiao family wants evidence, and you Chang want evidence, don't you?" Okay, then the official will give you evidence!"

"Lord Chang, if you arrange for the official to visit the people in Shibei Township, the official doesn't believe that there is no evidence that the Qiao family is rampant in the township and bullying the women of the good family!"

Chang Heli hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, please calm your anger, the lower officials just want the evidence to be conclusive before making a judgment, so as not to tell the truth." ”

His words fell, and he saw Wang Qilin raising his eyebrows at him and pouting, revealing a mischievous smile unique to the top brand of Qinglou.

Then he felt uneasy.

He was right.

Wang Qilin smiled and said, "Since Master Chang knows that the case must be concluded with conclusive evidence, how did Xiang Guoguang end up in prison?"

Chang Heli said with a dry smile: "Lord Wang, please Mingjian, the lower officials, the lower officials were deceived by traitors at that time......"

Wang Qilin said leisurely: "I'm afraid that I was bribed by a traitor, right?"

Heart-wrenching words!

Chang Heli immediately shouted: "Lord Wang, the lower officials have a breeze on their sleeves, how dare they ......?"

Wang Qilin waved his hand and said: "Don't say it, do you have a breeze on your sleeves, what you say doesn't count, what I say doesn't count, the evidence counts, the official has to investigate well before making a judgment." ”

"Okay, you go down first, you don't have to go to your boss to tell you about it, the examination of you will be carried out by the official himself, and the results of the examination will be personally presented to the saint, and the specific punishment will be handed over to the saint for hand-picking. ”

Chang Heli stepped back with a bitter face.

He now knows that Wang Qilin, this kid is ruthless enough, this is to kill him!

Wang Qilin ignored him, waved his hand heavily, and shouted: "The Qiao clan of Shibei Township falsely accused Xiang Guoguang, causing people to be imprisoned and ruining their reputation, and should be compensated to Guoguang with 200 silver baht! The local gambling house is engaged in usury and participated in the slander of people going to prison, and it will be seized!"

"The county government yamen should go to the township to publicize this matter, and also give Guoguang a clear name!"

"Quit!"

Xu Da and Fat Wuyi shouted loudly at the top of their voices: "Wei-woo woo!"

Eight Meow wagged her tail and shouted, "Meow-woo-woo!"

Xiang Guoguang changed his clothes and got some compensation for wrongfully injustice to him in prison, holding a heavy silver baht, and walked out to look at the bright sunshine that he hadn't seen for a long time, and burst into tears again.

A servant followed him and said, "Xiang Guoguang, I will go to the village and tell the people that you have been wronged in this matter." ”

Xiang Guoguang did not respond.

He walked slowly with his back bent, walked a few steps on the street, and suddenly knelt on the ground again and turned to kowtow to the yamen: "Lord Wang, Qingtian!"

Wang Qilin couldn't hear his voice, and he returned to the case library, waiting for Chang Heli to come to him to give in.

He didn't believe that the diversion of the Dawei River washed away several villages, and the local yamen association did not describe it in detail!

As a result, Chang Congratulatory Gift did not come.

Wang Qilin's face was expressionless, and he was secretly frightened: Did he underestimate this grandson? Can this grandson give up his career in order to cover up the truth behind the Great Reed River?

It's a man!

Or does this grandson think that after he covers up the case, there is still someone who can save his career? This should not be, because when he threatened him, he said that if he found out the problem, he would report it directly to the emperor.

Or is this grandson really clean and not afraid to investigate by himself?

Wang Qilin shook his head to shake off these thoughts, impossible.

There is no official in the world who has a completely clean butt, and in his case, he is already clear enough to have a clear conscience, and once took a batch of gold from the temple.

If he were to investigate Chang Heli carefully, he would definitely be able to find out the information that was unfavorable to him.

Chang Heli didn't come for a long time, but Xu Da came and told him that Chang Heli went to interrogate the prisoners in the prison and was going to be re-interrogated.

After he finished speaking, he said, "Seventh Master, it seems that this grandson is not scared by you. ”

Wang Qilin said: "It's okay, then let's really check him, I have a way to deal with this kind of official who has a ghost in his heart." ”

There was no need for the yamen to stay any longer, he took people away to find a place to eat.

They entered the private room and sat down, and Xiao Er came to entertain them, but when Xiao Er left, he left a small baggage.

There is a book in the baggage.

Xu was quick with his eyes, and then Fat Wuyi jumped over to get the burden and handed it to Wang Qilin diligently.

This made Xu Da very unhappy: "Hey, let this kid take the lead." ”

Wang Qilin opened the baggage, revealing a volume of county chronicles, and four words were written in new pen and ink on the cover: burn immediately after reading.

After opening it, the homepage reads: The beginning and end of the changes in the ancient book township.

He didn't see the wrong person, Chang Heli couldn't go to him for his career and future, but there must be an important person involved behind this matter, this person has eyeliner in the yamen, so Chang Heli didn't dare to reveal relevant information to him in the yamen.

The booklet is old, it has existed for some years, and the first page after Wang Qilin opened it described a brief description of the ancient book township.

It has the names of each village, the names and identities of the clan elders of each village, as well as the names of the small seals of the heavenly supervisors, wandering stars, and wrestlers in the township.

He saw the name of the small seal for the first time, and when he saw the name, Xu Da frowned: "Hey, how could it be him?"

Wang Qilin shook his head, handed him the booklet and said, "You read through it first, and then translate it for me." ”

The county chronicles are full of people, and he can't look at this thing, and it's uncomfortable to look at it.

Xu Da explained to him while looking through it, the land of Jingchu is mountainous and watery, and there have been tribes living here for a long time, because of the lack of excellent water and dry land, so the farming culture has not been brilliant enough, so that many people think that this place is a barbarian land.

In fact, this is an inherent impression, as early as the Xia Dynasty when the gods and gods fought chaotically, the influence of Xia culture has reached here, after the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, Jing Chu was included in the territory of Shang, the Zhou Dynasty was shattered, the Chu State was born, and the splendid and mysterious Chu culture appeared.

Chu culture is mostly related to ghosts and gods and sacrifices, and there are many ancient tombs hidden in the mountains of this place, which do not belong to people.

The mountains are closed, and the common people rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, and sometimes the food in the mountains and rivers is not delicious, so they have to go to the mountains and rivers to find food.

Therefore, ancient tombs are occasionally found in the local mountains, although tomb robbery is a serious crime, but no one is afraid of crime in the face of starvation, and the common people will still enter the cemetery without hesitation to seek a bowl of rice.

A tomb was once found in the township, but the people were united because the mountain was closed, and the villagers hid the news so well that no one knows when the tomb first appeared.

In short, the people of Ancient Books Township stole some ancient books from them and sold them at first, and later became bold and would find some burial jade and the like to take them out.

Because the people of Ancient Books Township are cautious and not greedy, nothing has happened for many years.

Until sixteen years ago, a new Xiaoyin took office in the Ancient Books Township, and he took office for a very short time, only half a month.

Half a month later, the torrential rain poured, and the Dawei River, which had been flowing quietly for thousands of years, was suddenly diverted, and the river abruptly turned into the mountains from the gentle channel, all the way through the mountains and mountains, the water became more and more fierce, and finally broke away from a mountain.

The uphill and downhill is right on this hill.

It stands to reason that even if the Yellow River is diverted, it will not have the ability to reopen a continuous hill, even if the hill is just a dirt mountain.

But the Great Reed River just rushed away.

The county chronicle recounted the truth, when someone went out in the heavy rain and saw the water rolling in the mountain stream after the diversion of the Great Reed River, and there was a thing in front of them that I don't know if it was a python or a dragon opening the way......

When he heard this, Wang Qilin thought of the dirt road near the uphill and downhill slopes.

Over the years, the ancient book village has been deserted, and the old site of the uphill and downhill slopes is a forbidden place, and few people go to that place, but there is a road left in the chaos of weeds.

What's with?

He remembered Zhou's words: There is no road in the world, and when there are more people, it becomes a road.

He had wondered if it was because the ghosts had traveled so much that such a road appeared, but now he had a new idea: could it be that the same thing that led the diversion of the Great Reed River had gone ashore and left that path behind?

The hillside where the upper and lower slopes were located collapsed, and the bones of the people were gone.

The mighty river continued to wash through the mountains, affecting several villages, and many people were carried away by the flood and never reappeared.

In addition, what few people know is that more than a dozen people died in Luoba County Prison that day, all of whom were people from the ancient book township, and the reason why they were imprisoned was because of tomb robbing!

These people died strangely, and the prison conditions were not good at that time, many of the cells had leaking roofs, and the rain was pouring in, and the prison guards brought commode buckets for the prisoners to use to fetch water.

They drowned in the commode.

Because of this incident, the new big seal who had just been promoted from Ancient Books Township to Luoba County was belittled and returned to Ancient Books Township to make small seals.

So what about the ancient books of the ancient book township Xiaoyin at the time when the Dawei River was diverted? There is no record in the county annals.

The record is over here, and the back is densely packed with people's names, and there is a brief introduction after each person's name, which can be regarded as a detailed description.

Wang Qilin asked Shen Yiyi: "What is the name of your layman, senior monk?"

Shen Yi said: "Ruan Yifei." ”

The people who went up and down the slope were all surnamed Ruan, Wang Qilin looked at it and asked, "Your father's name is Ruan Dajiang, and your mother is Ruan Song?"

Shen Yi grinned and said, "Yes, how do you know, Seventh Master?"

Wang Qilin closed the booklet and smiled, and said, "Dao Ye counts." ”

Shen Yi looked at Xie Toad, with mixed tastes: Master, this is a master.

After they had eaten, Wang Qilin asked Xu Da to pack up the county chronicle, and several people went out happily.

Xu Da turned his head after going out, and suddenly happily walked a few steps to the side to bend down to pick up something.

Eight Meow jumped up in the air, stepped on Xu's big ass and turned over with a side kick, only to hear a clang, and a big flower pot smashed to the ground.

Seeing this, the faces of the group changed slightly.

Xu Da hurriedly touched his head and shouted, "Damn, what's going on? Who threw flower pots down from upstairs?"

If it weren't for Yameow's quick reaction and opportunistic action, he would have been fired today.

Wang Qilin jumped up to the third floor, and it was here that the flower pots fell, and there were other flower pots on the balcony.

Xu Da and the others knocked on the door and went downstairs from downstairs, and the owner of the house was stunned for a moment, and then shouted angrily: "What are you doing?

On the third floor, a woman screamed directly, and a girl in the room was thinly dressed and hurriedly put on a quilt.

Wang Qilin took out the bronze seal and showed it to her, and asked coldly, "Did you go to the balcony just now?"

The girl wrapped herself around the quilt and only howled, and said nothing.

The people downstairs thought that she had been forced, so they didn't care about it, Xu Da and the others hurriedly rushed in and pushed Wang Qilin: "Report to the official!

Wang Qilin pushed the bronze seal to him and said, "Don't shout, I'm the biggest official here." Just now, someone attacked the official, this is an attack on the official of the imperial court, which is tantamount to rebellion, and it is a big crime to be beheaded by the whole family, and the official is now investigating the matter. ”

The man who came up was stunned, and after seeing Tong Weiyin clearly and hearing his words, he was immediately panicked, and quickly took off his clothes and wrapped another layer for the girl on the bed.

But the matter has nothing to do with the family, the girl has not been to the balcony, because Wang Qilin climbed the balcony as soon as he found that someone pushed down the flower pot, and the girl was thin and could not appear outside at that time.

After Jiuliu came in, he called a few times, and Xie Toad nodded and said, "There is yin qi, this is a ghost summoning people, we have to be careful." ”

Wang Qilin frowned and asked, "Ghost summoning people?"

Ghost summoning people is a killing game, a trap, the ghost leaves a bait, when a person accidentally strays into it, it will drive foreign objects to harm people.

For example, just now Xu Da saw a silver baht on the ground, and as soon as he bent down to pick it up, the flower pot fell from the top of his head.