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Qianqiu and Zhu Jiang didn't dare to express their anger, so they looked at the jailer and looked at the county magistrate hesitantly.

The county magistrate sitting above seemed to be completely stunned, only the master nodded at him in despair.The jailer looked down, and was about to present it to the magistrate, but unexpectedly, Yun Shen stretched out his hand to stop him.

The jailer watched Yun Shen take the file from him in a daze.

The master shook his courage and said angrily: "This file must be read by the adults first! What are you doing?"

He said that's what he said, but he stayed on it and didn't dare to move. In this short period of time, Yun Shen had already browsed the dossier.

There are not many files, but the writing is simple and easy to understand: "The file reads: "Wang Li of Lizi Village ran into Mrs. Xie of Lizi Village on his way back. Mrs. Xie was sitting under a pear tree washing clothes and chatting with Wang Li. Wang Li put his hoe aside Talking with him, the hoe never fell down suddenly and hit the head of Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie died unexpectedly. The wound was inspected by me and found to be caused by a blunt instrument, which is consistent with the appearance of Wang Li's hoe. Wang Li confessed. " "

He smiled contemptuously, but there was no expression on his face, just as indifferent as usual, and threw the file back into the hands of the jailer: "The county magistrate thinks that Qingcheng is remote and small, so he can treat the file as he pleases?"

At this time, behind Qianqiu and Zhu Jiang, a large number of spectators had gathered. How many years they had lived in Qingcheng, they had been treated unfairly.It was precisely because of what Yun Shen said just now that no one dared to resist, even if they did, it would be useless.

"Dare to ask the county magistrate..." Yun Shen said in a steady voice, "How should the hoe be placed to beat people to death? How did it fall down and hit the head of the Xie family? Then what should the Xie family do? Sit down, will you be hit by the hoe?"

"This matter of life and death belongs to the destiny..." The county magistrate finally squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "War requires the right time, place and people. Once the life and death come to the time when the Lord of the Underworld is about to come to ask for his life, he will die naturally. .”

Yun Shen narrowed his eyes slightly, calmly: "The county magistrate means that Mrs. Xie is sitting close to the root of the tree? Then how does she arrange the stool? How thick is the pear tree, so that the hoe that falls on it will be just right?" When it was hit on the head, Wang Liying was not too far away from him, so why did he react so bluntly that the hoe fell down like this, or maybe the handle of Wang Li's hoe was too short, so he fell down and hit Xie on the head?"

Qianqiu looked at the county magistrate whose face turned red and white, and his body boiled inexplicably.

Someone in the crowd chanted: "That's it!"

Qianqiu Zhujiang turned his head to look, only to see a man who was about the same age as Tao Ze squeezed forward.

The jailer outside hurriedly stopped him, only to hear him say with righteous indignation: "This case is full of doubts. According to mathematics and reality, it is impossible for such a thing to happen! It is impossible for a hoe to hit a person's head, but the handle of a hoe may injure you." !"

Yun Shen turned his head and glanced at the man.

The master hurriedly took advantage of the situation: "This is an old incident three years ago. Maybe it's because Wuzuo made a mistake when he inspected the wound. It wasn't sharp, but it was injured by a hoe!"

Yun Shen said: "The investigation is not clear, what should be the crime?"

The master's face turned pale, and his words suddenly became awkward: "Everyone, everyone has misread it! How can we conclude that the investigation is not clear because of a momentary mistake?"

"I clearly stipulate that when the autopsy is performed, two or more officials must be present, and the county magistrate must be present in person." Yun Shen said leisurely, "Could it be that the two officials in the county government and the county magistrate were dazzled at the same time, Misread the shape of the wound?"

The master was speechless for a moment.

He opened his mouth and was about to change the subject when he heard a commotion outside: "Master Zhifu is here—"

The people turned their heads to make way.

Yun Shen seemed to have expected it, but turned his head slightly to look outside.

The county magistrate and master did not wake up like a nightmare until they saw the figure of the magistrate. They got up and knelt down in a panic to salute, but they were secretly glad that the magistrate did not hear the conversation just now.At that time, Yun Shen also lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down neither humble nor overbearing.

Zhu Jiang grabbed Qianqiu's arm and said in surprise: "Master, look, it's the prefect of Su!"

He whispered very quickly in Qianqiu's ear: "Prefect Su is a good friend of Master Mu in the court, so he has some friendship with the general. This person is upright and was highly valued in the previous court, but now he has changed to the emperor. His uprightness was naturally rejected by treacherous villains, so he was not valued."

Qianqiu nodded thoughtfully.

Su Zhifu lived in the hall: "Please get up."

Yun Shen stood up gracefully, but the owner of the county government was supported by the teacher beside him to stand up.

"I heard everything you said just now." The prefect Su's voice was quite majestic, echoing in the courtroom, "Master Zhao, this is how you investigate the case? You are worthy of the Xie family and the people of Qingcheng. Are you worthy of the monarch?" After finishing speaking, he slammed down the hand holding the gavel.

Mr. Zhao's legs softened, and he looked at the prefect Su in fear.The master at the side said: "Your Majesty is clearly aware! We just misunderstood for a moment, and Wang Li did admit that he killed people by mistake, and there is still a confession!"

"Clearly investigate?" Yun Shen said, turning to the prefect Su, "I also ask the magistrate to investigate clearly, what crime did Tao Ze commit, and he will be arrested and imprisoned by the county jailer for no reason."

Although Su Zhifu knew Yun Shen, he didn't agree to everything, and asked, "What is your relationship with that Tao Ze?"

"It's just a chance encounter." Yun Shen said indifferently.

Prefect Su nodded, and patted the gavel: "Re-investigate the two matters! Withdraw!"

Master Zhao's face lost all color in an instant.

Yun Shen finally turned around and looked at Qian Qiu with a smile.

Qianqiu's heart relaxed, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously smiled.

on the carriage...

Qian Qiu drank tea and "suppressed the shock": "Yun Shen, I want to know the whole story."

Yun Shen raised his eyebrows: "The beginning and the end? What happened?"

"So you went to see Tao Ze in prison last night?" Qian Qiu said, "He asked you to solve the case for him?"

Yun Shen said: "When Tao Ze appeared, he had a different enthusiasm than ordinary people. He knew that he would be arrested but he still rented a boat to lend us a night. At this time, he was already suspicious.

And when he himself was arrested, he knew very well that we knew that we had implicated him. No matter what personal circumstances were at this time, he expected that we would not be able to stand idly by. "

"Then why didn't he just say it?"

"Qianqiu thought I would agree?"

Qian Qiu was stunned: "The common people suffer..."

Yun Shen simply said: "The emperor will take care of it."

"What's more, we are just criminals who have been exiled. We have no power and power, and we have a deadline. Why should we bother with such nosy things?"

Qianqiu snorted and nodded: "It seems so. It seems that it is really not worth it to get yourself into trouble because of a person you met by chance—but isn't this too selfish?"

Yun Shen said slowly: "For such things, it is good to have sympathy and compassion, but there are countless such things in the world, how can Qianqiu manage it?"

Qian Qiu blinked: "Why do I think this word is so familiar?"

Yun Shen pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Qianqiu and I often have disputes on this issue."

Qian Qiu quickly changed the subject: "Then there are still some things, I was so confused by you in the courtroom, wait for me to think about what it is."

He thought for a while: "How do you know that there are doubts in that case, and it's not the Xie family that Wang Li killed..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly slapped his head, widened his eyes, and said anxiously: "Wait!"

Yun Shen looked at him with a smile.

"There seems to be something wrong." Qianqiu drooped his eyes and frowned, thinking, and said slowly, "What is the purpose of you going to reverse the case? Is it to prove that Wang Li was not the murderer of Xie family? Then why did Wang Li plead guilty?" ?

Someone must be persecuting, so that person is the county magistrate?And it shows that the murderer is someone else, so who is that person?What was his motive for killing Xie Shi? "

He talked more and more chaotically, and finally looked at Yun Shen as if giving up on himself, and asked the last question: "How did you know that the prefect Su will come?"

Yun Shen was sipping tea comfortably while he was thinking about it: "I didn't know that Prefect Su would come."

Qianqiu: "..."

"Don't be surprised by changes, this is what I have taught you."

Qianqiu: "Oh yes..."

Yun Shen put down his teacup, tapped his fingers on the small tabletop lightly: "This matter is not as simple as it appears on the surface."

Hearing this, Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief - he didn't say the word "far", so it's okay.

Just as he was thinking, Qianqiu lost his center of gravity and fell forward, and the extremely familiar words and exasperated tone appeared again: "Blocking the carriage again? What do you want?!"

Qian Qiu was dizzy, and sat up straight with all four limbs: This time, he really rushed towards Yun Shen's arms.

The voice filled with righteous indignation suddenly appeared outside: "I learned that the young master has no place to live, why not come to my house and stay for a few days."

Zhu Jiang hummed: "Aren't you afraid of causing trouble? Or do you have something to ask our young master?"

Compared with Tao Ze's good temper, the man frowned: "Why do you speak so freely, it's very different from your son."

In the end, I went to that family. It turned out that the man was a small farmer with some wealth in Qingcheng. His parents were half-agricultural and half-business. Fortunately, that man was also a person with lofty ideals, and he usually couldn't understand the words and deeds of the county magistrate. .

But it didn't cause any trouble. Seeing Yun Shen stand up this time, his blood boiled with enthusiasm.

It took about four days to recheck both things.

In the courtroom, Yun Shen and Tao Ze stood on one side, the county magistrate and the master stood on the other side, and Su Zhifu sat in the hall.

"After verification, Xie's mother's family passed away three years ago and left some property to the only married child, Xie, about 30 taels of silver.

Wang Liping is usually a kind person and never argues with others. He also has savings in his family, so the possibility of him being motivated by money is ruled out.

On the day when the incident happened, according to the head of Lizi Village and a Liao surname, Wang Li left the city and did not stay in Lizi Village.Therefore, the possibility of Wang Li killing Xie was also ruled out. "

"On the contrary, Tao Hong, Xie's husband, is usually lazy and rich, but after the incident, he suddenly went to the fruit village in the east of Qingcheng and quickly married someone else."

Qian Qiu listened to Su Zhifu slowly telling the truth, the cloud of doubts that had been clogging his mind until now finally dissipated, and it really became clear.

It turned out that Tao Hong saw the money and wanted to take the 30 taels of silver for himself, so he took a knife and killed Xie Shi painfully.

At that time, some villagers in Lizi Village saw it, but they didn't dare to say anything. Tao Hong knew that the matter was serious, so he kidnapped Wang Li's only child while he was out, and forced him to confess his crime.

And Tao Ze was taking the imperial examination in the capital at that time, and he didn't know such a thing until he returned home after knowing that he had lost his name. However, he couldn't even see his mother for the last time.

The matter finally came to light, but how the subsequent county magistrate would deal with them, why Qingcheng Inn didn't keep them, and how Tao Ze's father Tao Hong would deal with them were no longer their concern.

It was already the seventh day in Qingcheng when we set off, and the delay was too long, seeing that a quarter of the deadline had passed, several people hurried on the road.

Yun Shen walked ahead, only to hear someone calling him from behind, and when they turned their heads, they saw that it was Tao Ze and Aunt Rong.

Tao Ze was in high spirits, and bowed deeply to Yun: "Thank you, Mr. Yun, Mr. Qianqiu."

Qian Qiu was taken aback, but also relieved: "You're welcome."

He turned around and smiled at Yun Shen.

In Qianqiu's eyes, Yun Shen was standing a few steps away from him, with the wind blowing the corners of his dark gray clothes.

There was a sudden movement in his heart, and some emotion surged up...