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The next day, Xie Jin was promoted to the court to hear the case of Zhao Xiaorui's murder.

In just one night, the common people heard that the body of Zhao Xiaorui, a Confucian scholar from Fufeng Academy, was found in Zhu Yuanwai Zhuangzi.

Therefore, the people watching outside the lobby this day were several times more than yesterday.

"Ascension to the Hall—"

Amidst the chanting of the yamen servants, Xie Jinbai, who was dressed in a light green brocade official robe, stepped into the lobby and sat behind the high table.

"mighty--"

The crowd was clamoring.

"Is it true that Zhu Yuanwai killed the Confucian scholar? Don't you arrest the wrong person?"

"That's right. How could such a good person as Zhu Yuanwai kill people?! Didn't the magistrate come to Xinxian for a day? How did this case get solved? Don't just find someone to replace him."

"No way? If you just find someone to replace you, you won't find a leader like Zhu Yuanwai. Otherwise, if the Zhu family makes trouble in the yamen, wouldn't you be asking for trouble for yourself?"

Wang Butou shouted to the outside of the hall, "Silence! If anyone is going to talk again, he will eat a board first!"

The people dare not make a sound.

Xie Jinbai nodded towards Wang Butou, and Wang Butou shouted loudly into the lobby, "Bring the criminal Zhu Hongzhen to the court."

Zhu Hongzhen, who had no expression on his face, was brought into the hall.

"Daddy, Daddy—"

Zhu Yanpeng, who lived with his father since he was a child, has never closed his eyes since he heard last night that his father was taken away by the yamen guards in the village in the countryside.

Today, even before the opening of the hall, they guarded outside the hall.

Seeing his father being taken out at this time, he couldn't help it any longer, and shouted outside the lobby, "My lord, my father is definitely not the murderer. There must be a misunderstanding! My lord, my lord!"

Outside, Zhu Yanpeng couldn't get in because the yamen guard with a knife on his waist blocked him.

Xie Jinbai raised his brows and eyes slightly when he heard the movement, and said calmly to the guard, "Let him in."

The two yamen servants with knives separated one from the left and the other from the right, making way for Zhu Yanpeng to go to court.

Zhu Yanpeng knelt in front of Gao Da's table, "Xiaosheng Zhu Yanpeng pays homage to Da—"

Before Zhu Yanpeng finished speaking, his father Zhu Hongzhen interrupted roughly, "You don't go to the academy today, what are you doing here? Go! Go!"

Zhu Yanpeng was a little dazed, since he was a child, his father had never yelled at him like this, even speaking loudly.

No matter how calm he is, in the final analysis, he is just a young boy in his teens, and his eyes turned red with grievance, "Father..."

However, Zhu Hongzhen turned his head cruelly and didn't look at him, and said in his mouth, "Get out! Get out!!"

"Zhu Yuanwai's heart of protecting and caring for his son really moved me."

Zhu Hongzhen raised his head abruptly, staring at Xie Jinbai who was sitting on the high hall defensively.

Sure enough, Xie Jinbai changed the subject, "I just don't know that before Zhu Yuanwai slammed Zhao Xiaorui to death with a heavy object, he also thought that he was also the son of Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian. Did he hesitate a bit when he did it?"

Zhu Yanpeng had already heard about the cause of Zhao Xiaorui's death when he was waiting outside the lobby, but how could he believe it?

He turned his head and anxiously persuaded his father, "Father, tell the county magistrate quickly, you didn't kill the man, Father..."

"Of course Dad didn't kill people!"

Zhu Hongzhen retorted loudly.

As soon as Zhu Hongzhen's words came out, the crowd roared loudly.

Could it be that he really caught the wrong person? !

Zhu Yanpeng wept with joy, sure enough, his father was wronged!

"Father, then quickly tell the county magistrate what's going on!"

Zhu Hongzhen kept silent again.

"Daddy, daddy..."

"What's going on with this matter? If you are really wished, how can you not justify yourself?"

"Or is it really the murderer who just refuses to plead guilty?"

"I thought that if the body was found and the murderer was caught, the case would be solved. This Zhu Yuanwai has been refusing to tell the truth. What's going on?"

"Snapped--"

The gavel slapped on the tall table, and the voices of discussions outside became quieter.

"Zhu Hongzhen, you said that you didn't kill the person, so, please answer this county, where were you on the day Zhao Xiaorui disappeared on the third day of September?"

Zhu Hongzhen said coldly, "How can I remember what happened more than a month ago?"

"You don't remember what happened more than a month ago, so may I ask Mr. Zhu to remember what happened last night?

Why did Zhu Yuanwai appear alone in the backyard of the country villa last night?And why, after holding a hoe in his hand and intending to dig the soil layer in the backyard, and after being accidentally bumped into by the Qidi from this county, he raised the hoe and chopped away without saying a word, intending to commit murder?And why, after being knocked unconscious by the county, woke up and tried to escape, faced with the scolding of the yamen servant, he didn't look back, and was finally captured?What a coincidence that Zhao Xiaorui's body was found in the backyard of your Zhuangzi that night? "

Chidi?

Zhu Hongzhen was taken aback.

Fufeng County is adjacent to Chun'an, Zhu Hongzhen has heard that if there are two men in Chun'an who admire each other, they can form a bond with each other, and they call each other brother and brother, but they are no different from ordinary couples.

However, that is not a local custom in Chun'an.

The so-called brothers and brothers in other state capitals are nothing more than sworn brothers.

This Mr. Xie is from Yingyang, maybe they don't know that "Qidi" has such a relationship in their area.

Zhu Hongzhen teased himself for being too sensitive.

Where in this world are there so many men who love men.

Xie Jinbai's questions were already asked by Tang Xiaotang yesterday, and because he didn't answer them last night, Zhu Hongzhen already guessed that these questions will inevitably be asked again in today's court.

He had already thought about the answer in his heart, and he replied fluently, "My lord has said that the other village is the other village of my subordinates. It doesn't matter whether it is morning or night, how can I not go there? Since it is my own villa, I am holding a hoe in my hand." , or a sickle, are all my freedom. As for the murder of the county magistrate's brother, it is a misunderstanding. My lord also knows that Fufeng County is not as good as other counties. In the courtyard, the little one thought that there were bandits breaking in, so of course they had to preemptively strike.

The lord suddenly appeared last night and stunned the little one behind him.After waking up, I saw shadows of people, and I was very scared, so I got up and ran away.As for why the corpse was excavated in the courtyard, I don't even know.After all, the villain is just a merchant, and he is not good at arresting the real culprit and finding out the facts of the case.I also ask Mr. Xie to be able to discern the details, and the younger one is innocent! "

Zhu Hongzhen's answer could not be described as blunt, not only implicitly accused Xie Jinbai of not being able to investigate the case, but also asked Xie Jinbai to return his innocence.

The onlookers inevitably had another noisy discussion.

"Oh? So, I don't know if Zhu Yuanwai looks familiar to this blood-stained inkstone?"

Xie Jinbai raised his hand, and immediately a yamen servant came to the lobby carrying an evidence tray with an ordinary inkstone.

Zhu Yanpeng recognized at a glance that this inkstone belonged to Zhao Xiaorui before his death, and it was a gift from him.

When Zhu Hongzhen saw the inkstone brought up by Chen, his eyes were dark.

At this time, Zhu Yanpeng had a bad premonition faintly in his heart.

"Last night, the county magistrate went to the attic where Zhao Xiaorui lived to see if he could find anything new. Except for a piece of drawing paper in his book, he found nothing. Until he returned to the government office, he caught a glimpse of this The inkstone on the table on the county table, I just remembered that in the books in Zhao Xiaorui's room, books, rice paper, etc. were all in order, but the inkstone on the table was missing.

The ink stick is still there, but the inkstone is missing, which has to make the county think about it.

Therefore, after returning to the county office last night, the county ordered the bodyguards to go to Zhu Yuanwai's home again, and finally found this inkstone and bloody coat under Yuanwai's bed. I don't know how Yuanwai can explain it? "

But Zhu Hongzhen blurted out, "Impossible! I clearly..."

As soon as Zhu Hongzhen opened his mouth, he immediately realized his slip of the tongue.

He pursed his lips tightly, unwilling to say another word easily.

The people below have already exploded!

"No way? Is the murderer really Zhu Yuanwai?"

"It's because he didn't run away! Didn't you hear what he said about the bloody coat just now? When I thought about it, after killing Zhao Xiaorui, the blood on Zhao Xiaorui's body splashed on him. The bloody coat must have been burned by him or still. In the water, buried in the ground, otherwise, why did he speak so firmly?"

"Reasonable, justified!"

With a heavy slap of the gavel in his hand, Xie Jinbai looked straight at Zhu Hongzhen with sharp eyes, "Zhu Hongzhen, why don't you invite me?"

That gaze was like an ice pick, causing Zhu Hongzhen's chest to suddenly feel cold.

He suddenly realized that in front of the new county magistrate, even if he was eloquent, he might not be able to deny it.

Ever since he was arrested last night, Zhu Hongzhen, who seemed particularly calm, finally showed a flustered look.

Zhu Hongzhen was only annoyed, why he couldn't hold his breath just now.

But the matter has come to this point, I'm afraid...it's useless to regret it!

"Come here, the punishment—"

"No, don't! My lord, I will recruit, I will recruit!"

Zhu Yanpeng suddenly looked at his father, "Father!"

Zhu Hongzhen didn't look at him, but raised his head and looked at Xie Jinbai who was sitting on the stage, "The matter is almost the same as what the adults guessed last night. It is true that the younger one had an appointment with the Zhao family's child on the third day of September. Over the years, the old man treated him It can be said that he tried his best, but that child was greedy. Not only did he deliberately get close to my son, intending to get benefits from my son, but he also blackmailed the old man several times. Therefore, the old man couldn't bear it and killed him.

The adults and the little ones have already admitted that people were indeed killed by me.This matter has nothing to do with my son at all, please also order my son to go back quickly, so as not to disturb the court. "

"Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense! My Rui'er is definitely not that kind of person! It is clear that Mr. Ling forced my family Rui'er. You are afraid that their personal relationship will be exposed to the public one day, so you approached Rui'er and asked Rui'er to leave Young Master Ling! Ruier refused, so you brutally killed him! Zhu Hongzhen, how could you have the heart? How could you have the heart to pour dirty water on Ruier after killing Ruier with your own hands?

If I had known, if I had known that Mr. Ling almost drowned in the river, we husband and wife should not have rescued each other.In this way, Rui'er will not, will not meet Mr. Ling, and will not fall in love with a man, and die at your hands because of this! "

Today, Zhao Qingsong also came, but to prevent him from disturbing the court, two yamen servants were sent to guard him.

Previously, Zhao Qingsong had been enduring it all the time. After hearing Zhu Hongzhen's slanderous words about his son, he couldn't bear it any longer. He was about to rush to the hall impulsively. He was detained by two yamen guards, and he could only growl in reply. Emotionally argued.

It turned out that the reason why Zhu Hongzhen contributed money and helped Zhao Xiaorui to study in the academy these years, and even hired Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian to take care of his Zhuangzi, was not entirely because of his kindness, but the most important reason was that In order to repay Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian for saving their son's life.

The reason why Zhu Hongzhen categorically denied the fact that he killed Zhao Xiaorui before was that he did not want anyone to know about Zhao Xiaorui's personal relationship with his son.

Seeing that Zhao Qingsong was like this, he revealed the affair between his son and Zhao Xiaorui in public, Zhu Hongzhen blushed angrily, "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"

Hearing with his own ears that his father admitted to killing Zhao Xiaorui, Zhu Yanpeng felt his head buzzing.

The strength in his body seemed to be taken away in an instant, and Zhu Yanpeng's mind went blank for a moment.

After a long time, Fang Fang found his own voice. He heard himself asking in a dazed but soft voice, "Father...Brother Zhao, really, you really killed him?"

"Peng'er, father, father..."

Zhu Hongzhen's lips trembled and his throat was hard.

For a father, if he wants to confess to his son that he is a murderer, and the one he kills is the one he loves, how can Zhu Hongzhen be able to say this?

"Father, Brother Zhao and I have never had a friendship beyond that of classmates or even friends. He also has a woman he likes. Why, why do you want to do such a stupid thing?"

Zhu Hongzhen's eyes widened, "You, what are you talking about? You and Zhao Xiao... don't you two admire each other?"

Zhu Yanpeng's eyes were red, "Between my son and Brother Zhao, there is nothing but innocence, and the world can learn from it."

"But I saw with my own eyes the two of you coming down from the attic with disheveled clothes, and I saw the two of you chattering several times...you, you..."

Zhu Yanpeng smiled bitterly, "Father, you said that you have been teasing and complaining several times. It should be that brother Zhao was wounded. My son saw it by accident, so he bought medicine for him, but brother Zhao insisted on not accepting it.

As for the so-called coming down from the attic with disheveled clothes, my son really didn't have any impression.I only remember that one year, when the apricot blossoms were lightly raining and the apricot blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom, my son invited Zhao to drink and enjoy the flowers in the attic, but he accidentally knocked over the wine glass, and even made Brother Zhao wet his clothes.

Maybe my father and uncle Zhao and I saw me when we went down to the attic.But the two of us really... really never had any personal relationship beyond that of classmates. "

Zhu Yanpeng also heard Zhao Qingsong mention in the court yesterday that he and Zhao Xiaorui came down from the attic with disheveled clothes and went back to meditate, and then remembered such an old incident.

How did he know that not only Uncle Zhao saw that scene, but Father was also there, both of them misunderstood!

Dad even made such mistakes!

Zhu Hongzhen lost his soul. He fell to the ground and murmured, "So, what the kid said is true? He said that there is nothing between him and Peng'er, please don't drive them away." Leaving Fufeng County. He said that if his father knew that it was because of him that he lost his job of guarding Zhuangzi, he would definitely beat him to death. He begged me hard.

But I thought he refused to admit it, insisted on refusing to leave you, and even wanted to kill him..."

Then Zhao Qingsong heard that his son begged Zhu Yuanwai before he was alive, just because he was worried that he would lose his job of guarding Zhuangzi because of him, and would beat him to death, his eyes were red, and he couldn't say a word Come on.

Is it true, is it true that if he had treated Rui'er better in the past, Rui'er would not be begging Zhu Hongzhen because he was worried that after their family was kicked out of Zhuangzi, he would beat and scold him.

If Rui'er hadn't begged Zhu Hongzhen, Zhu Hongzhen wouldn't have thought that he was pestering Zhu Yanpeng on purpose, then his Rui'er, at this moment, must be still alive, and could he call him father again?

This time, the case finally came to light.

Zhu Hongzhen thought he was thinking about his son's future and killed Zhao Xiaorui.

Who knows, there has never been any personal relationship between Zhao Xiaorui and Zhu Yanpeng.

Not only did he misunderstand Zhao Xiaorui, but poor Zhao Xiaorui lost his life because of it.

"My lord, the little one knows that he has committed a serious crime! It's only right and proper to kill people for life. The little one doesn't want to get rid of the crime, but just wants to tell the big one thing before he dies in order to atone for his sin. This fact is important, not only related to the people of Fufeng, but even It is related to the common people in the world.”

Xie Jinbai's face turned serious, "Mr. Zhu, please tell me."

"River, river..."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongzhen had just opened his mouth to say a word, but suddenly his body twitched violently.

Xie Jinbai's eyes darkened slightly.

He quickly swept out of the lobby, and sure enough, he saw a figure leaving quickly from the crowd.

Xiao Zishu, who was waiting by the lobby door, also noticed the man, and followed him without Xie Jinbai's instructions.

In the lobby, Zhu Hongzhen was still twitching and fell down.

The pupils widened, and the corners of the lips were slowly oozing blood.

"Who dares to commit murder in broad daylight outside the yamen, Wang arrests the head and quickly leads people to chase him."

Xiao Zishu had already chased after him, and Xie Jinbai ordered the servants to pursue him this time, in order to show his skills.

"Yes!"

He Butou nodded to a few servants and took orders to leave.

Zhu Yanpeng supported Zhu Hongzhen's fallen body, "Daddy! Daddy!"

He shouted to his surroundings in panic, "Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong, please, whoever finds Lang Zhong! Please! Daddy, Daddy! You must hold on, Daddy!"

Wu Zuo Feng Ping has been waiting in the hall, seeing this, he hurriedly walked forward.

However, there is no way to recover.

Zhu Hongzhen was already out of breath.

"Master Zhu, your father has passed away, please mourn."

Holding Zhu Hongzhen's corpse, Zhu Yanpeng cried out, "No! No way! Please, please save my father! Please, please!"

Feng Ping could only shake his head apologetically.

This sudden change shocked everyone present.

Xie Jinbai asked calmly, "Does Feng Yuzuo know the cause of Zhu Yuanwai's death?"

I didn't miss it. When Feng Ping checked Zhu Yuanwai's injury just now, he took out a towel from his arms and took something from Zhu Yuanwai's body. Xie Jinbai asked aloud.

"Your Excellency is good-looking. Your Excellency, please take a look at this ice needle. This subordinate just pulled it out from the back of Zhu Yuanwai's neck. If my subordinate guessed correctly, this ice needle must have quenched the poison."

Immediately, a yamen servant stepped forward and presented the ice needle wrapped in the scarf in front of Xie Jinbai.

From when Feng Ping pulled out the ice needle to when the ice needle appeared in front of Xie Jinbai's eyes, it was just a few breaths, but because the ice needle was small, when the yamen servant brought it up, except for the tail of the needle, the rest would be melted Among the towels.

Feng Ping explained to Xie Jinbai in the hall, "Most of this kind of ice needles are injected into the victim's body through a blower. Since the ice needles are poisoned in advance, as long as they are shot, the ice needles will not enter the body, often in a short time. It can kill within a short period of time. And because ice dissolves in water when it is heated, it is often difficult to find out the cause of death even after the autopsy. This method of assassination was once popular in today's Ruan Ling, which is the old country of Nansang."

"Nan Sang? Could it be the work of Nan Sang people?"

"Nan Sang was destroyed by Ruan Ling. Why did they attack us Dongqi people?"

"That's not true! The injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner! Since Nansang was killed by Ruan Ling, if he didn't seek revenge from Ruan Ling's people, what would it be if he sneaked into our Dongqi and killed people?! Also, the sentence Zhu Yuanwai said before he died , He, what do you mean by that?"

"Hahahaha! Retribution, retribution! It's all retribution!"

Zhao Qingsong looked up to the sky and laughed, and was forcibly taken away by the yamen servants.

"Snapped--"

The gavel was photographed, and after the people outside the lobby quieted down, Xie Jinbai said quietly, "The ice needles belonged to the old country Nansang, but it does not mean that this case was committed by the people of Nansang. Since Feng Yuzuo knew that the ice needles were The assassination weapons produced in the old country of Nansang may not be known to people in other countries.

The evidence for Zhu Hongzhen's killing of Zhao Xiaorui is conclusive.According to the laws of Dongqi, if a criminal kills someone, he should report it to the prefect of the prefecture before questioning and beheading him.However, since Zhu Hongzhen was assassinated by an unknown person, the case of Zhao Xiaorui's disappearance and murder was closed.

Regarding Zhu Hongzhen's assassination outside the yamen, the county will certainly investigate clearly.Back out! "

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Tang Xiaotang slept too late last night, and couldn't get up early in the morning. She no longer stood outside the common people to listen to Xie Jinbai's interrogation like yesterday.

When he was dining in his private residence, he heard from the guards that Zhu Hongzhen had been assassinated in the lobby in broad daylight, so he hurried to the rest room in the back hall.

Xie Jinbai is ordering Gezhou to sort out the household registration information of Fufeng County and hand it over to him.

"Brother Xiaoyu thinks that the assassination of member Zhu has something to do with the survivors of the old country Nansang?"

Tang Xiaotang was outside the door, just in time to hear that Xie Jinbai ordered Master Ge to fetch materials from Fufeng County, and immediately asked in confusion.

Xie Jin pointed and tapped on the table, "Before the truth of the matter is investigated, everything is possible."

Tang Xiaotang walked to the chair opposite Xie Jinbai and sat down, sighed, "Hey. I thought that the case of Confucian scholar Zhao Xiaorui's disappearance was solved, and the matter was temporarily closed. I never thought about it, but again, there was an assassination plot. A wave There is another wave of unrest, the Feng Shui in Fufeng County is probably not good."

Tang Xiaotang and Xie Jinbai were talking when Xiao Zishu walked in.

Xie Jinbai asked in a deep voice, "How, did you catch someone?"

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