Although Situ Jiao, Fang Yanjie, and Fang Junjie were uneasy, the political envoy had already spoken, so how could they dare to argue? Out of the mansion, the three of them glared at each other hatefully, turned around and parted ways.

According to the following brothers, Situ Jiao waited for the fox friends and family minions not far from the mansion, and then said a word, and walked straight on the road home.

At this time, it was already Jin Wuxi, and these fox friends and family minions had been waiting outside the yamen for most of the day, and they were already scorched and hungry. originally expected Situ Jiao to take them to eat and drink after he came out, but now he saw that he had no such intention, and his face was extremely ugly, only that he was in a bad mood after losing the lawsuit, and no one was embarrassed to come forward to talk to him, so he had to starve and follow him silently on the road.

Situ Jiao's mood is indeed bad, and since he abolished the marriage contract with Zhong Lilan, he has never been really happy. This is not because Zhong Lilan is as beautiful as a flower and unforgettable, but because Zhong Lilan broke the contract and ran away from the marriage, which made him "lose face". And all this is all thanks to the Fang brothers and Chen Wenqi, so Situ Jiao vowed to save face. He started with Chen Wenqi, who was the most "hated", gathered a few literati who couldn't get on the stage, and attached Shan Xue, one of the "Eight Murderers of Lingnan", to make a big fuss at the Chen family's banquet and make Chen Wenqi make a fool of himself in public. Unexpectedly, in Chenjiazhuang that day, "Wen" couldn't fight the little scholar, and "Wu" was frightened away by the old man's trick and returned home. Fortunately, after entering Beijing, he accidentally learned that his uncle was the current "national father", and through his aunt Situ Yan's soft words, his uncle Zhang Luan threw the proud Chen Wenqi into the edict prison without much effort, and finally helped him out of a bad breath. But Zhong Lilan finally threw himself into the arms of others, which still made him haunted, and he was determined to rely on his uncle's big backer to turn things around.

Although he ran into a wall with Du Ping, but the county Cheng Lou Zitong connected with the prefect Mo Renxing, and the "Reverse the Universe" plan was being carried out step by step, if it weren't for the Fang family's armed resistance to the officials, the little beauty Zhong Lilan would have been in the arms of Wen Xiang Nephrite. In order not to alarm the Huguangbu Political Envoy and the Huguang Division, under the planning of Mo Renxing, Fang Jia's four "crimes" were charged, and they were sent to the Shouning Marquis Mansion for 800 miles, and asked the national abbot Zhang Luan to try to mobilize soldiers and horses to arrest the "mob" Fang Haoyu and his son. But people are not as good as heaven, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are coming, but the leader of the troops is Chen Wenqi, the sworn enemy. This is not counting, today the court not only came to the prince of the palace, but also came to the prefect's top boss - political envoy Tao Lu, and Du Ping, who had not looked at things for a long time, also returned to his duties.

Thinking of this, Situ Jiao couldn't help beating his chest, and scolded Chen Wenqi, Zhong Lilan, Fang family's father and son, and even Mo Renxing and others one by one. scolded and scolded, suddenly stopped, pinched his right hand on his chest, and then reached into his arms and took out a yellowed piece of notepaper, and said with a smile: "Ironclad evidence is in the hands of this son, not to mention the political envoy, even the current emperor, you have to admit it." Little slut, what little slut, let's see how I clean you up in a few days, young master!" glanced at a group of fox friends and family minions looking at themselves in astonishment, and said as if awakened: "Oh, you think you're hungry, right? Let's go, find a place to drink." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered, and the soles of their feet were windy, and they ran towards a restaurant not far away.

After three rounds of drinking, seeing that Situ Jiao was in a good mood, a person beside him cautiously asked, "Brother Situ, has your case with your sister-in-law been concluded?"

Situ Jiao poured the wine in the cup into his mouth, swallowed it with a "grunt", and then replied: "No, but—soon." ”

"Why is it not broken today, and there must be no change?" the man asked again.

Situ Jiao glanced at the man, "Crow's mouth! The evidence is in the hands of Ben Gongzi, what can happen? Today, I found a clue to steal the treasury silver of the Chu Wang's Mansion two years ago, and the government wants to search for the stolen silver from house to house, so there is no time to hear Ben Gongzi's complaint. ”

"Door-to-door searching? Oh, who house doesn't have a few taels of silver, and he can tell who is stolen silver and who is not?" another questioned.

"Your Daoguan Mansion is as stupid as you?" Situ Jiao glared at the man, "There is a mark on the bottom of the treasury silver." ”

"What sigils?

"Cast with the word 'Wang Xi'. ”

"What do you mean?" the man asked.

"Your name is Huo Gouwa, what does that mean? Situ Jiao said playfully.

As soon as the words fell, the man sitting opposite Situ Jiao slapped his palm on the table and shouted, "Oh, it's not good." ”

"What?

The man's face turned red, and he said with a smile: "Definitely." But the treasury silver had been stolen for two years, and the thief was afraid that the stolen silver had already been transferred. If the thief is from this province and county, then the silver has changed hands several times, maybe we will have two miles of silver with the word 'Wang Xi' in our hands. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly became nervous, if this was the case, the government searched out their own silver taels with their own marks, but they couldn't be washed by jumping into the Yellow River. So he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and hurried home to inspect the silver tael.

Situ Jiao was also beating a drum in his heart. Yes, this silver tael is in and out, in case there is really that kind of silver tael with the mark of "Wang Xi" in his own house, it is indisputable. Seeing that everyone was looking at him and didn't dare to leave, he threw the chopsticks in his hand on the table and said, "Go home." As if they had been pardoned, they made a noise and ran their own way.

Situ Jiao dismissed the family, returned to the bedroom alone, brought all the silver ingots at home to the table, and inspected them one by one. I didn't find any marks, and a stone in my heart finally fell to the ground. He put the silver ingots away and was about to go to bed to rest, when he suddenly remembered the twenty taels of silver that Zhong Lilan had returned two years ago, would they have any marks? Then he immediately denied it, it was the deposit that his father had given to Zhong Lilan's family many years ago, how could it be the stolen treasury silver? As he lay on the bed, he was a little unsure. So he turned over, took out the bag of silver ingots from the secret place, and without bothering to brush off the dust, he eagerly untied the burden, and spread ten silver ingots, yellowed and dull in the gray, on the table.

Situ Jiao grabbed a silver ingot, flipped it to the bottom and looked at it, and suddenly there was a "hum", and his complexion changed greatly: the word "Wang Xi" was engraved at the bottom of the silver ingot!

He threw the silver ingot in his hand and grabbed another silver ingot, which also had the mark of "Wang Xi". He did not give up, and examined the remaining eight silver ingots one by one, still as before, each with the same words engraved on the bottom.

"How can this be? How can this be?" Situ Jiao sat down on the chair, his mind galloping and roaring like a thousand horses. If it is discovered by the government, it is indefensible, and once convicted, it will be a dead end. What to do?

He looked at the desktop in a daze, and those ingots seemed to turn into colorful tigers, pounced on him with their bloody mouths open. He struck a stir, subconsciously found a rusty shovel, removed the bed, and dug with a spade. The soil under the bed has long been hardened, the shovel head has been corroded, and Situ Jiao is idle all day long, and he doesn't know how to use the shovel at all, so when the shovel goes down, there is only a white mark. In desperation, he swung his shovel and slashed indiscriminately, and after a short time, hot air appeared on his head, and his hands were already stained with blood.

Suddenly, he threw away the shovel with a "bang", looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and said to himself: "This was originally Zhong Lilan's silver tael, why should I hide it? As he spoke, he grabbed the table, put the ingots into the baggage, and left. Just as he was about to step out of the threshold, his thoughts turned, "...... No, if the little slut insists that this is not the silver taels she returned, won't the name of the thief fall on her head? Yes, you can't let the government know about this, it's hard to tell who owns the silver and the two, and it's hard to set yourself on fire; ”

With his mind made up, he walked back into the room, bent down to pick up the shovel, looked at the pit that had been dug less than an inch deep with great effort, frowned, and thought to himself: Why don't I bury the silver taels in the back mountain?

Situ Jiao moved the bed back to its original place, holding the silver tael in one hand and the shovel in the other, and touched the back mountain while it was dark. He deliberately took a few more steps, chose a place far away from his home, the soil was soft, and despite the pain in his palm, he hurriedly dug a pit more than a foot deep, and threw the silver two and his burden into the pit.

Just as he was about to shovel the soil and fill it, suddenly his eyes lit up, and the area around the pit was as bright as day.

Situ Jiao looked up, and his soul suddenly flew away. More than a dozen people from the public gate, holding torches, surrounded themselves.

"Who are you, and what are you burying here?" asked the first public in a stern tone.

"I didn't ...... Nothing, at home...... Dogs have to ...... Typhoid fever died, afraid ...... If you get infected with people, you will bury them in the dark. Situ Jiao's mind was racing, and he made up a lie in a hurry.

"The dog is dead? The duke didn't seem to believe it.

Situ Jiao pretended to be scared and said alarmistly: "Official, you can't open it, if you get infected, you won't be saved." ”

The duke smiled "hehe" and said, "Is it? With that, the probe lifted the burden in the pit and shook it vigorously, and ten ingots were scattered on the ground.

Another duke leaned over and picked up a silver ingot, and after a cursory glance, he brought it to the man in front of him, "Look, squad leader." ”

The team leader stuffed the burden into the man's hand, said "wrap up", and then faced Situ Jiao and asked, "This is your dead dog?"

"Official, it's not ......" In a hurry, Situ Jiao wanted to defend but didn't know where to start, but before he finished speaking, the head of the team shouted: "This official is only responsible for searching for stolen silver, if you have anything, you can go to the court tomorrow." After speaking, he turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "Tie up the people and return to the ya." ”

Everyone took the "stolen silver", surrounded Situ Jiao down the mountain beam, turned onto the avenue, and rushed to Huangzhou City in the starry night.

Situ Jiao came to the public court of the prefect's yamen again, less than six hours after leaving the prefect's yamen yesterday.

Tao Lu tapped the startling wood and shouted in a deep voice: "Situ Jiao, sure enough, you stole the treasury silver of the palace. Where are the other 2,980 taels of silver, why don't you get them quickly?"

Situ Jiao replied in a trembling voice: "My lord, the grass people have been wronged. The grass people have never been to the Chu Palace, and this silver was not stolen by the grass people, please be aware of it. ”

"Haven't you been to the Chu Palace, so where did this silver come from?"

"Lord Hui, these twenty taels of silver were returned by Zhong Lilan to the grass people, if you want to know the whereabouts of the treasury silver, please interrogate Zhong Lilan. ”

"What?" Tao Lu was slightly surprised, "These silver ingots were given to you by Zhong Lilan, why did she give you a lot of silver taels? ”

"This ......"

"Smack-" Tao Lu slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "What this, that, tell me quickly!"

"I beg your lordship to forgive me, in fact...... In fact, Master Du did break the marriage contract between the grass people and Zhong Lilan. Master Du said that as long as the grass people agreed to abolish the engagement contract, he would ask Zhong Lilan to return my father's engagement dowry. So, Zhong Lilan ...... So he returned the silver taels to the grass people. ”

Unexpectedly, Tao Lu was furious when he heard this, and reprimanded: "Bold Situ Jiao, how can you be allowed to talk in the court! Yesterday, you flatly denied that Huanggang County had decided this case, but after a day's work, you now admit that it was Lord Du who persuaded you to accept Zhong Lilan's twenty-two pieces of silver. Could it be that you want to blame others for the theft of the treasury silver?" said in a changed tone, "It seems that you don't want to tell the truth, come, the big punishment waits." ”

Situ Jiao shook his hands and shouted, "Wronged, my lord." What the grass people said is true, and Master Du can testify. Situ Jiao turned to Du Ping and kowtowed: "Lord Du, please testify for the grass people, these twenty taels of silver were indeed returned by Zhong Lilan to the grass people." ”

Du Ping said lightly: "Situ Jiao, aren't you in a hurry to go to the doctor, how does this county know who this silver two is?"

Situ Jiao hurriedly said: "Lord Du, that day in the county government court, you saw Zhong Lilan return this bag of silver taels to the grass people. ”

"In the court of the county government?" Du Ping seemed to want to regain his face yesterday, pretending not to understand, "It's okay, why are you running to the court of the county government?"

"My lord, yesterday ...... Yesterday was a bastard of grass people, and you don't care about villains. ”

Du Ping shook his head and said leisurely: "Situ Jiao, even if the county testifies, this silver tael was also given by your father." ”

Situ Jiao had already counted it, and immediately said: "My lord, when my father gave her the silver, the treasury silver of the palace had not been stolen, and this was obviously not my father's original silver taels. ”

Du Ping pondered for a while, nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then he stood up and saluted Tao Lu, and said: "Master Tao, Situ Jiao is right, when he and Zhong Lilan were in the county government court, they were entangled in the marriage contract, and when he saw that Zhong Lilan insisted on not marrying Situ Jiao, he persuaded Situ Jiao to withdraw the engagement bride price given by his father and abolish the engagement contract. After obtaining Situ Jiao's consent, Zhong Lilan returned the silver taels to Situ Jiao. All this is seen with his own eyes, and there is no lie. ”

Situ Jiao's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he said in a loud voice: "That's true, it's true." ”

Who knew that Tao Lu's face sank, and he rebuked Du Ping: "Du Ping, you are an official of the court in vain." This fan asks you, since you have decided the case of the contract of marriage, can you have a record of cross-examination? Where is the verdict? Why is the contract still in the hands of Situ Jiao? The case is based on real evidence, don't you know the truth of 'the evidence alone does not stand'?"

"This ......" Du Ping was speechless for a moment, and he was extremely embarrassed to stand on the spot.

Seeing that Du Ping's testimony was useless, Situ Jiao was in a hurry, and blurted out: "My lord, the cross-examination record and verdict are in ......."

Before he finished speaking, Mo Renxing intercepted and shouted: "Situ Jiao, don't make something out of nothing and deny it in every way, if you happily admit to stealing the treasury silver, maybe the princes and princes will be happy and get rid of your crime of stealing; After that, he happened to meet Situ Jiao's eyes, and he blinked his eyes busily.

Tao Luqian glanced at Mo Renxing, and said with a pun: "Master Mo, don't worry. If he dares to talk nonsense, it will be directly against the royal family. In terms of seniority, not to mention the prince of Chu, he is an old man, he is the prince, and he is also the emperor's uncle today, even the emperor has to listen to his words, which courtier who doesn't want to die dares to put his beak?"

Didn't Situ Jiao know that there was something in the words of the two? Although his uncle Zhang Luan is a national lord and a marquis, he may not be able to suppress the prince. If he was convicted of stealing the treasury silver, he might not wait for his uncle Zhang Luan to know, and his head would be cut off. He didn't dare to joke with his life, and said at the moment:

"My lord, the grass people don't dare to talk nonsense. The cross-examination record and verdict are in Master Mo's study. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the court.

"Smack-"

"Silence!" Tao Lu was not angry, his eyes were fixed on Mo Renxing, and he asked in a deep voice, "Master Mo, what he said is the truth?"

Mo Renxing knelt in the public hall with a "poof", and said loudly: "I was confused for a while, I misheard Lou Zitong's slander, and I implore the adults to be lenient. ”

Tao Lu ordered someone to go to Mo Renxing's study to get the case file, and ordered the official to detain Lou Zitong and bring him to the court.

Lou Zitong still had to quibble, and when he saw Tao Lu show the case file of the marriage contract, the governor had been exposed, and he was like ashes below.

After interrogation, Mo Renxing, Situ Jiao, and Lou Zitong confessed to colluding to help Situ Jiao overturn the case, and the Fangjiazhai robbery case naturally does not need to be investigated.

Tao Lu exchanged glances with Zhu Rongyu and Chen Wenqi, and then called the official on duty: "Pass the brothers Fang Junjie and Fang Yanjie to the hall." ”

"Grass people Fang Junjie (Fang Yanjie) knock to meet all the adults. ”

"Excuse me, get up. ”

"Master Xie. ”

Tao Lu cleared his throat and said loudly: "After investigation, the marriage contract between Situ Jiao and Zhong Lilan has been abolished by Huanggang County in the second year of Hongzhi, and there are cross-examination records and judgments as evidence, and the party Situ Jiao has no objection. This fan ruled that the plaintiff's accusations against Fang Yanjie and Fang Junjie for forcibly robbing ** are untrue and are hereby withdrawn. ”

When the Fang brothers heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly prostrated on the ground, kowtowing and thanking him: "Grass people Fang Junjie and Fang Yanjie thank Lord Qingtian." ”

Tao Lu raised his hand to signal them to stand up, and then said: "The plaintiff Situ Jiao, knowing that the contract has been abolished by the government, still bribed the court officials and sued others for robbery, committing the crime of false accusation and bribery, and was sentenced to two months in prison, three thousand miles, and three years of additional service. ”

As soon as the words fell, two officials rushed behind Situ Jiao, put on fifty-pound shackles for him, and walked out of the yamen with a drag.

"What Lord Qingtian? I don't accept such a verdict!" Situ Jiao struggled and shouted.

"Come back. Tao Lu looked at Situ Jiao, who turned around, and said: "This domain has been an official for decades, and there have been countless large and small cases, and there has never been a person who is 'dissatisfied'. You bribed officials and falsely accused others, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and this vassal is sentenced according to the law, so why don't you accept it?"

Situ Jiao stiffened his neck and said, "Situ was sentenced for a crime, so why is the felony who stole the treasury silver at large?"

"Oh, you mean this?" Tao Lu and Zhu Rong looked at each other and smiled, "Well, this domain will give you an explanation: the so-called theft of treasury silver from the palace is just a fictitious thing." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Situ Jiao, but also Mo Renxing in the hall and many officials were surprised.

"Could it be that you are biased towards Zhong Lilan's little ...... Small...... Do you want to turn big things into small things?" Situ Jiao said angrily.

At this time, Zhu Rong said with a smile: "The palace strictly follows the ancestral teachings, and is not engaged in the business of the four people, and only provides rice for the needs of the palace in the year, how can there be a lot of silver?"

"In that case, why did you lie that the treasury silver had been stolen?"

"If that weren't the case, how would you admit that the marriage contract was annulled?" said Tauru with a smile.

"Huh, me?" Situ Jiao glared at and said angrily, "You actually use this kind of vicious trick to induce confession?"

Tao Lu's face sank, and he said: "The ancients, when you meet the king of Wen, Shi Lile, when you meet you, you will fight. If you don't use this method to force you to tell the truth, wouldn't the Fang family and Miss Zhongli be wronged? This is what makes Skynet magnificent and negligent. Are you still not convinced?"

"I'm not convinced, I'm still not convinced. Situ Jiao was unwilling to accept such an ending, "At the bottom of the silver ingot, there is clearly engraved with the mark of 'Wang Xi', if it weren't for the treasury silver of the palace, how could ordinary people be called 'king'?"

Tao Lu was determined to convince Situ Jiao, and said tirelessly: "'Wang Xi' is not a 'king' mansion. This domain teaches you to understand: this goes to the east Qinghuai gate outside the ten miles shop, there is a small shop, called 'Ruixiang pawnshop', every once in a while, the pawnshop will be the usual day to earn broken silver melt into silver ingots, and take the word 'Ruixiang' on the side of the ingot, as a mark. This is the origin of the 'Wang Xi' silver ingot, as for why the pawnshop is named 'Ruixiang', then you have to consult General Chen. ”

"Are you again?" Situ Jiao realized that it was Chen Wenqi secretly playing tricks, where did he still have the heart to name his pawnshop? ”

Chen Wenqi laughed and replied: "'There is no way for good or evil, but people call themselves, and the retribution of good and evil follows like a shadow.'" Situ Jiao, you are pampered and bullied, and you will be punished after all. Even without me, you'd be in the same situation. I advise you to change your mind and be a new person from now on, and don't invite unforeseen disasters for your aunt. ”

Tao Lu slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Situ Jiao, you dare to threaten the imperial court officials? Believe it or not, this domain will reward you with dozens of boards?" ”

Escorting Situ Jiao, Tao Lu said to Fang Junjie's brothers: "Fang Junjie, Fang Yanjie, you have a word for Ling Zun, although the government mishandled it this time, and General Chen was also ordered to persuade you to call off the army and truce, but it is always inappropriate to resist the officials by force." If it weren't for the fact that the emperor loves the people like a son, you Fangjiazhai is afraid that you won't be able to do it alone. In the future, if there is such a matter, it can be sued by the government for resolution, and it is absolutely forbidden to use force or fight ruthlessly. ”

"The grass people remember the teachings of the adults. The Fang brothers agreed again and again.

"All right, go down. ”

"Master Xie. ”

As soon as the Fang brothers left, Mo Renxing and Lou Zitong were suddenly uneasy, and they didn't know how Tao Lu would fall. Seeing that Tauru moved his gaze to himself, he fell to his knees.

Tao Lu snorted lightly and said, "As an official of the imperial court, how can you collude with Situ Jiao and frame the good?"

Mo Renxing wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his hand, bowed his head and said: "My lord, I was confused for a while, and I was bewitched by Lou Zitong, he said that he only needed to destroy the case file of the marriage contract in Huanggang County, convicted Fang Yanjie of robbing **, and sentenced Zhong Lilan to Situ Jiao, Situ Jiao can ask his uncle to ask for a promotion for a lowly position, and the three-rank official position of the political envoy can be selected for a lowly position." I didn't resist the temptation and made a big mistake, so please punish the adult. ”

"You can choose the official position of the political envoy Sanpin?" hahaha-" Tao Lu laughed angrily, and asked Lou Zitong again, "Lou Zitong, why did you come here because you went out of your way to speak for Situ Jiao and helped him pull out the file?"

Lou Zitong was also dripping in cold sweat, and said in a slur voice: "Adult, the little one is guilty." On that day, Situ Jiao found Lord Du and asked him to overturn the case for him with the position of Wupin, but he was angrily reprimanded by Lord Du and driven out of the county office. The little one was fascinated by the official for a while, so he said to Situ Jiao that if he could get the little one promoted to the fifth grade, the little one could help him persuade the prefect to facilitate this matter. Situ Jiao was overjoyed, patted his chest and agreed to the small one, so he ......"

"So you and the other three acted in an embarrassed way, fabricating charges, oppressing the good, blackmailing the emperor?"

The two of them were prostrate on the ground, trembling, not daring to plead.

Tao Lu glanced at Du Ping and continued: "Also, what crime should you be guilty of daring to privately imprison the imperial court officials?"

Mo Renxing hurriedly said: "Lord Du is indeed sick, and the lowly position is out of concern, so he left his post for treatment, not to imprison Lord Du, please be clear." ”

"What is the illness of Master Du, why did he leave his job for more than a year? And he was not allowed to leave the backyard?"

"This ...... , Master Du's illness has not improved, and he can't let him see things. Mo Renxing argued.

Tao Lu sneered: "Lord Du's illness has not been cured for a long time, and the reason for this is probably only you and Lou Zi who have informed you, right?"

"I don't know. ”

Tao Lu slapped the case, and the halberd pointed out: "You don't cry when you don't see the coffin." General Chen, take that thing out and let him see it. ”

Chen Wenqi took out the piece of medicinal herb he picked up from the backyard of the county government from his sleeve and sent it to Mo Renxing's eyes: "Master Mo, do you know this thing?"

Mo Renxing looked at it, shook his head and replied, "I don't know." ”

Chen Wenqi sent it to Lou Zitong's eyes again and asked, "Lord Lou, you should always know each other, right?"

A look of panic flashed across Lou Zitong's face, and he lowered his head and said, "No...... I don't know. ”

Chen Wenqi straightened up and stopped talking.

"Come on, pass on Lin Yao to the court. ”

"The grass man Lin Yao knocked to see the adult. ”

Chen Wenqi walked up to Lin Yao, held the piece of medicinal herb in his hand and asked, "Shopkeeper Lin, take a closer look, that person can be in this court?"

Lin Yao looked at the people in the court one by one, and then pointed at Lou Zitong and said, "He, it's him." Since last year, he has been back and forth four times, so the grass people are very impressed. ”

"My lord, I said, I said. Without waiting for Tao Lu to ask, Lou Zitong hurriedly said: "It's all ...... It was the big man who asked the little one to do this. ”

"Lou Zitong, don't spew blood, when did this mansion let you add this aconitum to Master Du's medicine? Do you have evidence?" Mo Renxing said angrily.

"Mo Renxing, you ......" Lou Zitong was in a hurry, but he really couldn't produce any evidence.

Chen Wenqi said with a smile: "Master Mo, how do you know that this thing is 'Aconite'? And it was found in Lord Du's medicine jar? ”

Mo Renxing realized that he had leaked his mouth in a hurry, and his face turned pale at the moment.

Du Ping got up and walked to Chen Wenqi's side, took the pill in his hand, and asked suspiciously: "I have been unwell for more than a year, is it related to it?"

Chen Wenqi nodded and said: "This aconitum specializes in the treatment of pubic scabies, cold and cold diseases, and doctors regard it as the first product to return to the yang and save the adversity. But it is extremely toxic, and if you don't pay attention to it, it can easily cause poisoning. Therefore, when using this medicine, it must be prepared first, and this medicine must be decocted separately for a period of time, and then decocted with other medicinal materials to remove toxicity. When I checked the pulse with you that day, I found that the pulse was faint and weak, and the adult complained that "the spirit is not as good as before, and the mouth, tongue, hands and feet sometimes have a numb feeling", so I suspected that the adult was suspected of poisoning, so I secretly checked the residue of Yangtai and found this almost complete aconite. Judging from the shape of the decoction of medicinal materials, this aconitum is not only not concocted in advance, but also decocted after other medicinal materials, so the toxicity still exists, and adults take it three times a day, and the symptoms of chronic poisoning naturally appear. ”

Du Ping grabbed Lou Zitong's collar, gritted his teeth and scolded: "You thief, I have no grievances with you, and I treat you well on weekdays, why do you want to kill me?"

Lou Zitong said: "Lord Du, the little one is just ordered to delay the comeback of the adult, and there is no intention of harming each other." Otherwise, it's not the same dose. ”

Du Ping wanted to wait for disbelief, but when he saw Chen Wenqi nodding slightly, knowing that what he said was true, he loosened his collar and returned to his original seat with hatred.

Tao Lu saw that the two confessed, so he shouted: "Come on, remove the black yarn and official clothes of the two of them, put them in prison, and transfer them to the Yamen Council after the emperor of this domain plays the Ming." ”

After escorting Mo Renxing and Lou Zitong, Tao Lubo scolded Du Ping a few words and ordered him to return to Huanggang County to take care of affairs as usual, and ordered Wu Rensi, the accompanying political envoy, to stay behind and temporarily take charge of the affairs of Huangzhou Mansion. In the end, he walked down the public case, and said to the prince Zhu Rongyu:

"The official affairs are in his body, and he plans to return to Wuchang immediately. Is the prince here for a few days or ......?"

Without waiting for Tao Lu to finish speaking, Zhu Rong stood up and said with a smile: "After completing the mission, I will go back to the house to hand over to my father, you and I should go together." ”

Seeing that the two were leaving, Chen Wenqi said respectfully and sincerely: "The prince of the world has been degraded and has stayed here for many days, and he is deeply disturbed; Here, Wen Qi thanked his son and Master Tao. ”

"Hehe, the successful conclusion of this case mainly depends on you, General Chen, to do the needlework, I can't wait to do it. Zhu Rong said modestly.

Tao Lu patted Chen Wenqi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "General Chen doesn't have to be polite, we are all doing things for the imperial court, and it should be like this." Don't leave it at that, there will be a period later. After speaking, he walked with Zhu Rong to the official sedan chair parked outside the yamen.

The dust of the robbery case was settled, and Shen Lingshan's smile immediately appeared in front of Chen Wenqi's eyes. He decided to go back to Chenjiazhuang first, and then go to Daqi Mountain to visit his master and mother, and then he did not hesitate to go through thousands of mountains and rivers to find Shen Lingshan back.

As he was walking, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Brother Chen, please stay." ”