The system forced me to be emperor

The county lieutenant was shocked when he saw this, he didn't expect the three of them to be so skilled in martial arts, especially the burly man who blocked the dense rain of arrows with his hands.

"Shoot, shoot!" the county lieutenant shouted.

Wu Zhanfa grinned at the corner of his mouth, showing a sneer, and flicked the rain of arrows rolled up by his long sleeves forcefully, reflecting them all back. In an instant, the opponent was in a mess, and many united soldiers were hit by bows and arrows.Wu Zhanfa ran suddenly, tore open the encirclement in an instant, and captured the county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant was a bandit, and he was very vicious. He jumped up from his horse, drew his broad-backed sword, and slashed at Wu Zhanfa.

Wu Zhanfa swayed to avoid the county lieutenant's downward strike, then reached out to grab the county lieutenant's back of the sword, and then hit the county lieutenant's chest with another punch, sending him flying several meters away.

This is also Wu Zhanfa's mercy. The county lieutenant possesses martial arts skills. If it were an ordinary person, he would shatter his breastbone with one punch.

Wu Zhanfa stepped on the county lieutenant and shouted, "Stop!"

The police and the united soldiers looked at each other, and they were so intimidated that they dared not move.

Xiao Rui's belly was on fire. If Wu Zhanfa hadn't followed him, going out this time would have been fatal, so maybe the explanation is here.

"The county magistrate is dead, who said we did it?" Xiao Rui asked coldly.

The county lieutenant only felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he heard Xiao Rui's question, he trembled all over, rolled his eyes and said, "It's an order from the county magistrate, and I'm obeying the order. Please forgive my life."

Xiao Rui frowned slightly. Although he didn't have deep contact with the old county magistrate, he still had a good eye for seeing people. The old county magistrate was not that kind of treacherous person.

wrong!

Xiao Rui changed his mind, he felt that he had become a pawn, it seems that things are not that simple.

"Battle method, capture him, let's go back to Qiuyang County!" Xiao Rui ordered immediately.

Chapter 72: The Truth Comes Out

Wu Zhanfa captured the county lieutenant, Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying returned to Qiuyang County.

Entering the county seat, the people were in an uproar, because what did they see?

The county lieutenant is like a dog, tied with a rope and led by a big black man. Is this walking the dog?

The common people talked and pointed and pointed, their faces showed sarcasm and sneer, Xiao Rui saw it in his eyes, it seemed that the county captain's reputation was extremely bad, and the common people complained in their hearts.

On the way back, Xiao Rui thought about what happened before and after, and he already had a preliminary judgment, and he just waited to see the old county magistrate before making a final conclusion.

When they came to the county government office, the old county magistrate who was driven out after hearing the news saw the disgraced policemen and united soldiers. Although they were holding weapons, they were hanging behind like mourning concubines.The county lieutenant was tied up with a rope, his face pale and colorless, and it was the three Xiao Rui who helped him suppress the bandits that caused this.

"You... this..." The old county magistrate pointed at Xiao Rui, but he was a little confused and didn't know what to say.

Xiao Rui asked: "My lord, the magistrate, I suppressed the bandits for your county, and just after I left, I was unjustly killed the magistrate, my lord, this kind of behavior is outrageous!"

The old county magistrate said: "It's not that the official is not authentic, but the county lieutenant ordered you to investigate. Wang Xiancheng was killed and suffered knife wounds, all from your weapons, so I ordered the county lieutenant to chase you and try to capture you alive. I want to bring you back to investigate carefully. If you didn't do it, you will be innocent."

Xiao Rui glanced at the county lieutenant, and Wu Zhanfa kicked the county lieutenant in the back, making him kneel down.

The nodes of the problems before and after all come from the county lieutenant, so naturally he has the biggest problem.

"Magistrate, why don't you go up for interrogation, the three of us are willing to prove our innocence." Xiao Rui laughed.

The old county magistrate nodded and said, "Good!"

Immediately, the old county magistrate ordered the court to start the trial.

When Xiao Rui accompanied the old county magistrate to enter, he secretly flashed a token to him. The old county magistrate was so frightened that he almost knelt down and was held up by Wu Zhanfa, so he didn't show it.

"Find out the real culprit, don't reveal my identity for now." Xiao Rui whispered.

The old county magistrate wiped off his sweat and nodded seriously.

Everyone came to the lobby of the yamen, and the old county magistrate took his seat with a gavel and shouted: "I am promoted!"

"Mighty..." the officials on both sides spoke.

At this time, there were three people in the hall, Xiao Rui, the county captain, Xu Zhubo, Wu Zuo, and witnesses from Wang Xiancheng's home.

Wu Zuo and the witnesses knelt down at the sound, and the county lieutenant was tied up and walked all the way. After being humiliated, he naturally took offense at this time and shouted at Xiao Rui: "Xiao Qirui, the county magistrate, why don't you kneel? Are you contemptuous of the court? "

Before Xiao Rui could speak, the old county magistrate slammed on the gavel and shouted: "Shut up! What are you kneeling for? Xiao...Mr. Qirui is kind to the county, so I don't need to salute. For witnesses in the hall, I will ask you , When was Wang Xiancheng killed?"

The witness was a middle-aged servant, and he tremblingly said: "Reporting to Master Qingtian, it was probably at the end of Yinshi and the dawn of the sky. The three of them sneaked into the mansion and killed my master."

The old county magistrate asked again: "Did you see them with your own eyes when they committed the murder?"

"Yes, my lord. They didn't cover their faces. I hid in the dark and saw it with my own eyes!" The witness seemed to be very scared, and kept sneaking glances at the county lieutenant.

Xiao Rui smiled, clasped his fists together, and said: "Master County Magistrate, our weapons were handed over to the yamen butcher yesterday, and they were returned at [-]:[-], could it be that we stole weapons at Yinshi and went to kill them? This is the first time A doubt."

"The second doubt is that we have no enmity with the county magistrate, why should we kill him?"

"The third question is, why don't we cover up when we kill people? Tell others on purpose that I am the murderer?"

County magistrate Wang thought about it, and found that these three points were suspicious, and immediately reprimanded him: "Witness, do you know the price of perjury?"

Witnesses trembled with fear.

At this time, the county lieutenant said: "My lord, the three suspicious points Xiao Qirui said are not suspicious. He knew that the weapons were in the workshop, and he deliberately stole and killed people in order to cover up people's eyes and ears. It’s not clear, as for killing people without masks, it shows that you are rampant, thinking that you are safe when killing people, but you don’t want to have witnesses.”

Xiao Rui looked at the county lieutenant coldly, seeing his angry face, he understood more and more that it was him who had the problem, so he asked the county magistrate, "My lord, let me ask some witnesses."

As he spoke, he walked towards the witnesses and asked, "You said that I killed Wang Xiancheng, did I hold the knife in my left hand or in my right hand?"

"The right hand..." said the witness.

Xiao Rui smiled: "I injured my right hand yesterday when I suppressed bandits, and I'm good at my left hand. You're lying!"

The witness hurriedly changed his words: "My lord, I was frightened and stupid at the time, maybe I couldn't see clearly."

"If you can't see clearly, you can see my face clearly? What's more, killing an ordinary person is worth the three of us at the same time?" Xiao Rui sarcastically said: "The united soldiers and the police are fully armed, and they can't take down the three of us." , do we need to take action at the same time? Your magistrate, please enlighten me."

The old county magistrate was not stupid, he also saw that there was something wrong with the witnesses, and immediately ordered the government servants to torture to extract a confession, the soldier said: "Witnesses in the hall, you have to think clearly, if you don't tell the truth again, you will be punished!"

The county lieutenant wanted to join the team again, but the old magistrate shouted: "County lieutenant, you step down! If this person doesn't recruit, he will be shot directly!"

The yamen servant immediately suppressed the witness with a water and fire stick, frightening him into a daze. Suddenly, a yamen servant raised the water and fire stick and hit his buttocks, slap...

"My lord, I'll do it, I'll do it!" After being beaten with a stick, the witness couldn't take it anymore and confessed wailingly.

The old county magistrate raised his head, stopped the rod punishment, and asked, "Take it seriously!"

The witness pointed to the county lieutenant and said: "It was the county lieutenant who asked the villain to say this, it was him!"

The county lieutenant's face was gloomy. He originally thought that he would be able to capture and kill the three people under the pretext of arresting them, but he didn't expect that the success would fall short. At this time, the plan was revealed.