Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

Bao Zheng's order caused many people present to be puzzled. How could it be so inexplicable that a few words were put on the board, and it was still a hundred boards. Is this the rhythm of beating people to death?Although it is true that Boss Yang Xueyang's words are full of flaws and full of doubts, but the Kaifeng Mansion wouldn't just beat people like this without evidence, right?Isn't this torture to extract a confession?

The people in the hall were whispering louder and louder, but Bao Zheng didn't have the slightest intention to make people quiet. Zhan Zhao watched the yamen servant torture, the sound of the board hitting the person and Yang Xue's miserable screams made the whole The atmosphere in the courtroom seemed to be getting more and more irritating.

"My lord, if you impose punishment indiscriminately like this, even if Boss Yang pleads guilty, it's just a trick of torture. How can people be convinced?!"

Bao Zheng glanced at the woman in the hall who was glaring at him, and asked, "Who is talking?"

The woman stepped forward and knelt on the ground at once: "The civilian woman, Tong Shi, is the third wife who was murdered and headed the family in Tong'an Hall."

"Mr. Tong, what's your opinion on this government's handling of the case?"

"Don't dare, I just heard that Mr. Bao is ruthless and has never been unjust, false or wrongly convicted. I am really disappointed when I saw you today. Even if you just proved that Boss Yang was not injured by Su Liran, you can't say that Boss Yang was the one who killed my husband-in-law." Fierce, how can you call yourself serving the people when you beat him up like this?!"

As soon as the third lady said this, a few people on the side agreed, but most of them were still whispering.

Bao Zheng said: "I don't need you to guide me in deciding the case."

"you!"

Mrs. Tong San was in a hurry. At this time, Boss Yang, who had been screaming, suddenly fell silent. The servant at the side stopped his staff, leaned over to detect Boss Yang's breath, and replied on his knees: "My lord , Prisoner Yang Xue passed out."

Bao Zheng said: "I will be put in prison, and I will be tried again at another day. Su Liran is not guilty, and he will be released in court."

"Retire!"

"mighty--"

……

Mrs. Tong San saw that Boss Yang was being carried in like this, and was in a mess. She felt distressed and anxious. She lost her mind and went back to her shop in a daze. Bao Zheng, who enjoys a good reputation, would handle the case so recklessly. Originally, he had agreed with Yang Xue that no matter what happened, he would just be the wife of Tong San, who had just been widowed, and let Yang Xue handle everything. Unexpectedly, things would develop suddenly At this point, now he is also in a daze, just thinking about whether he will fight his life or spend all his wealth, in short, he must rescue Boss Yang no matter what!

Thinking of this, he tried to persuade himself to calm down, and then, he took out a small bottle hidden close to his waist, shook it lightly, clenched it with one hand, got up and walked out as if making up his mind.

It was night, and Mrs. Tong San rushed to a red soil slope forest in the north of the city without stopping. The shadows of the moon in the forest were mottled, and the shadows of the trees were driven by the wind. The swaying black shadows were like bodies that had withdrawn their souls. , exuding a rotten atmosphere... In the depths of the forest, the third lady picked up some firewood on the spot, lit a small fire, and then poured the remaining liquid in the bottle into the campfire. It only took a while, The rich fragrance poured out from the bonfire, and after a stick of incense, the rich fragrance suddenly faded. If you are not familiar with this smell, you will consciously ignore it, but if you are more careful, you will find that it is a hundred miles away. There is this looming strange fragrance inside.

After the third lady lit the incense, she sat quietly by the campfire.

The dew is getting thicker, and I don't know how many hours later, someone in the forest suddenly said: "You have used up the remaining bit of ambergris, heh, you are really willing to do it, if you knew it, you would have listened to me back then. It'll be fine."

As soon as the third lady heard the voice, she immediately stood up, frowned and said, "Seventh Master, we are too self-righteous and have violated your original intention. We are wrong, but now my senior brother was acquired by the Kaifeng Mansion, and the old Bao Indiscriminate, downgrade the responsibility before the trial, one hundred boards!! Clearly want to take my senior brother's life!!! I beg you Qiye to be merciful, and then find a way to save my poor Brother!!"

Someone showed up, went to the third lady's bonfire and kicked it out, saying: "Since you have used this ambergris, I will naturally find a way to help you, but this is the last thing you have left. Smell it, from now on you will have nothing to do with me, and I will not care about your life or death."

The third lady hurriedly knelt down in front of the visitor and said: "As long as Qiye helps us this time, we will never bother Qiye again in this life!"

The visitor nodded and said, "Tell me first, Bao Zheng's situation in court."

The third lady got up and honestly told Qiye about the situation in the courtroom. Qiye kept frowning deeply and kept silent until the third lady finished speaking. According to the government's understanding, it is impossible for Bao Zheng to use severe punishment without asking about the situation..."

The third lady said: "Then Bao Zheng really didn't say anything, and insisted that the real culprit who killed the owners of the two pharmacies was my senior brother. Alas, Qi Ye, I... According to your arrangement, continue to carry out the medicine fight to hide the corpse, but... I only blame my benevolence, thinking that since we have achieved our goal, it is okay to kill my bastard, so I persuaded my senior brother to stop, and my senior brother listened If I say it, end the case with him..."

Qi Ye's eyes were so unkind that he looked at the third lady: "One thought of benevolence?"

Seeing that Qiye's eyes were wrong, the third lady began to ask cautiously: "Qiye, what's the problem?"

"Something's wrong, you go back tonight, I'll find a way to rescue that fellow Yang Xue, let's go!" Qi Ye pushed the third wife and was about to leave when he heard a familiar cry from the woods.

"Brother Luo, I really didn't expect it to be you."

That Qi Ye frowned, and was about to take advantage of the twilight to escape, when suddenly an artifact appeared, Qi Ye was forced to fight with a sword, in a flash, he saw Zhan Zhao holding a giant que with a dignified look, and his heart swelled There was a severe cold, and what I thought was wrong turned out to be fulfilled!He pretended that no one had discovered that there was another person behind this case, but it turned out that they used the care of the third wife to lure him out indiscriminately!

When he was in a state of confusion, he was full of loopholes, and within a few rounds, he was defeated by Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao took the giant que to put him on the throat.

Zhan Zhao frowned: "Brother Luo, you and I have served the emperor together for many years, and I have always respected you as a senior, how could you do such a foolish thing now?"

It turned out that this Seventh Master was one of the emperor's guards with swords. His surname was Luo and his name was Qi. Luo Qi would actually help the evildoer!Life and death killed two people!

Luo Qi saw that his situation was over, so he laughed outright, and said, "Zhan Zhao, I have known you once, and I receive more care from you on weekdays. If there is any minor illness or disaster, you will stay up all night to help me." On duty, I really respect you and agree with you in my heart, but I don’t agree with each other, you and I have different positions, and I won’t explain too much.”

Seeing that Luo Qi was arrested, the third lady on the side wanted to run away in a hurry, but Bai Yutang blocked it with a knife, and said coldly: "The cat has just sent out the signal, before the rest of the Kaifeng mansion arrives, you will go Just stay here quietly and don't move."

Zhan Zhao said: "Since you don't want to say more, then I can only hand you over to Mr. Bao for trial!"

Luo Qi smiled and said: "Please do. It's just that I didn't expect that Tangtang Yumao would use such despicable means to trick me out by taking advantage of the third lady's concern. You already know that the third lady is an accomplice, right? In the hall, Bao Zheng didn't mention the matter of the third wife at all, is it your idea?"

Zhan Zhao said: "It is indeed Zhan's idea to let Mr. Bao's case be carried out with no evidence and no evidence, but it is also to let you have a taste of being anxious. You can have countless reasons for harming people. The method is even more exhausting, and even in order to get rid of suspicion, he killed Boss Du who had nothing to do with him, so I have nowhere to find you if I haven't tried to arrest you?"

Luo Qi said with a smile: "It's a good skill to be a guard, but unfortunately you can't find evidence of Yang Xue's murder, otherwise there is no need for Bao Zheng to act like this in the court."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Who says I have no evidence?"

Luo Qi asked in surprise, "You have?"

Zhan Zhao said: "Do you know cinnabar and osmanthus?"

"Isn't it just sweet-scented osmanthus?"

"The varieties are different. This cinnabar osmanthus was born in the south, and the water and soil in the north are extremely difficult to feed. The only place in the capital where cinnabar osmanthus is planted is Babaolou, and there are only a few plants."

Luo Qi sneered: "So what?"

"Because it is rare, the boss of Babaolou collects the flowers of cinnabar dangui every year and sells them. I asked the boss, and he said that he sells them to Boss Yang of Ji'an Medicine Store every year to make wine. , this year's flowers are just about to fall, and all the branches have been broken and sold to Boss Yang, who has a small sachet with dried cinnabar osmanthus in it."

Luo Qi remained silent, just staring at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao continued: "Su Liran is allergic to this scent. That day he went to Boss Yang's Ji'an Pharmacy and was taken back to prison as a suspect. He coughed all night, but he recovered the next day. We thought it was He is not used to the prison environment, in fact, he smelled the almost tasteless aroma of cinnabar and osmanthus on Boss Yang's body."

"You may not feel much about it, but Mr. Gongsun told me that there were residual buds of cinnabar and cinnamon cinnamon in the fingers of the deceased Boss Tong. They were very small and thin, and they were stuck in the inside. If the corpse had not been dissected, there would be no buds at all. You will find that Boss Tong’s nails are also slightly damaged. The husband told me that the nails should be damaged by scratching something, but there are traces of being cleaned... But then I asked the boss of Babaolou to find out. It just so happened that I sold all those flowers to Boss Yang the day before Boss Tong was killed."

"Speaking of which, you should understand. When Yang Xue went to commit the murder that day, he happened to be wearing this cinnabar dangui sachet. Boss Tong had struggled before he was killed, and happened to grab his sachet, causing The cinnabar and osmanthus in the sachet spilled out and embedded in Boss Tong's nails. After Yang Xue found out, he washed Boss Tong's nails and the spilled petals with well water. There are still a little flower buds left in the cracks of the boss's nails."

Luo Qi said in an unsteady tone: "Maybe Tong Qingyang accidentally got that flower on himself..."

"Not to mention that the boss of Babaolou has never seen Boss Tong go to his shop, who would feel uncomfortable if such a thing got stuck deep in their nails and wouldn't take it out? Besides," Zhan Zhao glanced at the third lady beside him, Said, "Yang Xue is still wearing that sachet, just ask Mr. Gongsun to compare the scratches on the sachet with the scratches on Boss Tong's nails, and you will be able to see clearly. Fortunately, Yang Xue has never Throw away the sachet, are you right, Third Madam...ah, no, you should be called Master Zhu Yu or Master Lin."

Seeing that the general situation is over, the third lady has seen through Zhan Zhao's trick of dressing up as a woman, sighed and said softly, "I gave that sachet to senior brother, and he always carries it with him. Put the sweet-scented osmanthus that I bought into it... My senior brother and I were childhood sweethearts, if it wasn't for that Tong Qingyang who took us by force, how could we have ended up in such a land! Lord Zhan, I only beg you, if you want to lock up my senior brother, you will get me together Take it into custody; if you want to sentence my brother to death, and take mine too, since we can't be together in this life, I hope that we can go away in the next life..."

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "Since you have pleaded guilty, then follow me back and explain to Master Bao."

Before Zhu Yu could reply, everyone saw Luo Qi suddenly gushing out a mouthful of black blood, his face was pale, his expression was terrified, Zhan Zhao was shocked, and hurriedly said, "Brother Luo, what's wrong with you?"

Luo Qi suddenly grabbed Zhan Zhao's hand, his eyes widened: "My lord... My lord wants to kill me..."

Zhan Zhao saw that Luo Qi was obviously attacking with poisonous blood, so he hurriedly hit several big acupoints all over his body to delay the flow of Qi and blood: "Brother Luo, what is the master? Why did you suddenly get poisoned?"

Luo Qi laughed miserably, the black blood on his mouth was horrifying: "I don't... I can't tell you who he is, but I think it's because of our colleagues. He is not something you can fight against, you... If you insist on going your own way, sooner or later... you will die at his hands, Zhan Zhao... Zhan Zhao, you must... be careful... remember... remember..."

"Brother Luo! Brother Luo?!"

Twilight is in the sky, and the shadow of the moon is treacherous.

In the distance, the voices of the government servants in Kaifeng are getting closer and closer, but the story is coming to an end. However, the more bizarre colors are accompanied by the sudden death of Luo Qi, a guard with a knife.

Perhaps this is not the end.

#Volume Four·First Encounter