chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

It's over, he didn't dare to take a breath, he hurriedly bid farewell to the lord, and hurriedly retreated, the speed seemed to burn his buttocks, causing all his followers waiting outside the door to look at each other - their master Yao was killed. Who hunted down?

Not a murderer

Yao Ping didn't see a good face from Mr. Bao, and now he had a dark face when he left the post house, and he was very unhappy. Yao Ping's housekeeper, Wu Jiang, saw his master's stinky face and knew that he must be After being angry with Mr. Bao, he still understands the reason why the officials crushed people to death. It is absolutely impossible to openly confront Mr. Bao. Now he can only go back to the yamen with his master before discussing long-term plans.After thinking about it, he bowed and lifted the sedan chair curtain for Yao Ping, and after Yao Ping got into the sedan chair and sat down, he called the bearers to get up and go home.

After Yao Ping left, Master Bao asked Zhan Zhao who was beside him, "I don't know how the bully and beggar that Zhan Wei asked about just now has anything to do with this case?" On the other side, Mr. Gongsun also looked over.

"Returning to my lord, my subordinates don't know if it is related to this case, but I just heard in the restaurant that this bully is bullying the weak, even a five-year-old doll, I feel a little suspicious, and I want to ask if Yao Ping knows anything. Zhan Zhao shook the giant que in his hand, and told Bao Zheng and Gongsun the news he had heard in Fengyi Building without reservation, "Then Yao Ping said he didn't know, but his subordinates looked at him. But it doesn't seem like he didn't know, according to his subordinates, he not only knows, but also seems to be hiding something for that bully." Zhan Zhao curled his lips.

"Is that bully really related to this case?" Mr. Gongsun guessed, "Or he has some friendship with a certain adult in the court, and Yaozhi County was entrusted by someone to cover up the evil deeds of that bully?" Gongsun His eyes narrowed slightly, every time Zhan Zhao felt that Mr. Gongsun looked like a cunning fox.

"All kinds of guesses are possible, but there is no evidence, all possibilities can only be possible." Bao Zheng frowned lightly, thoughtfully.

"My lord, my subordinates have ordered Zhao Hu to send people to the ruined temple to monitor the bully. In addition, the subordinates of the little beggar also sent people to look for it. I heard that the little beggar's house was burned down in a big fire earlier. , My subordinates feel that there are many doubts about this point." Zhan Zhao blinked a pair of cat eyes, and unconsciously stroked his smooth chin with his hands.I thought to myself, it is impossible for the government to be ignorant of such a big fire, so I went into the county government at night to find the files at that time.

"Guard Zhan thought it right." Zhan Zhao was startled by Bao Zheng's words. He thought Master Bao had seen his plan to spy on the county government at night to steal the files, so he blushed, "Wait until the beggar is found." Afterwards, we must send someone to protect us secretly to ensure that nothing will go wrong." After hearing the second half of Bao Zheng's words, Zhan Zhao realized that Master Bao was referring to this matter, and he stuck out his tongue secretly, thinking that Master Bao was planning. Like a god, he can even guess what is in his heart.Fortunately it wasn't, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to have a little secret in the future, and Mr. Bao would pry into my heart, how embarrassing it would be!

The three people in the posthouse here said one word to another, and the atmosphere was very discordant, but the county government on the other side did not have such a lustful situation.Wu Jiang heard that Mr. Bao wanted them to go to court today to ask questions, and he was so anxious that he turned around in circles.

"Master, we haven't even found out the identities of those corpses. If Bao Zheng asks, it's not easy for us to do business!" Wu Jiang, the housekeeper, looked at Yao Ping in the seat, feeling a little drummed in his heart. "And that Yin Hua, although he said that he surrendered himself, but with his appearance, no one will believe that he is the murderer! At that time, he will refuse to plead guilty again in the hall. This..." Wu Jiang paced back and forth in the room He seemed to be more anxious than Yao Ping.

"The top priority now is to send someone to the ruined temple to warn that Tian Biao, and tell him to calm down a little bit in the past few days. Just now that Zhan Zhao heard the news from nowhere, and actually asked the county about Tian Biao and Xiaoqi. , the county was in an emergency situation at the time and only lied that he did not know, but if he continued to make mistakes, if he was caught by Mr. Bao, he would not be able to pass the customs as easily as coming to the county government to drink tea. No one knows that Bao Qingtian is from Famous for being upright." Yao Ping was not as restless as Wu Jiang, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, thought for a while, and then said, "The Yin Hua medicine has woken up?"

"Go back to Master, I've woken up a long time ago." Wu Jiang didn't understand why Yao Ping asked someone to give Yin Hua an antidote. In this case, shouldn't it be more appropriate for him to plead guilty in a daze and close the case!

After hearing this, Yao Ping nodded in satisfaction, "Wu Jiang, tell the jailer to prepare a meal of food and drink for him. After he is full of wine and food, the county will go up to question the case. You go down and prepare." After saying that, he waved his hand, Signal Wu Jiang to retreat.

Wu Jiang wanted to say something more, but seeing Yao Ping waving his hands away and seeing his tired face, Wu Jiang swallowed back the words that came to his lips, bowed his head and saluted, then turned and left.At the gate, he sent people to take care of Tian Biao's affairs that Yao Ping had told him, and then sent people to prepare food and drinks for Yin Hua. After thinking about it, he decided to make a trip by himself, so he walked towards the cell.

In the post house on the other side, Mr. Bao was sitting in front of the case, holding a scroll in his hand and reading quietly, but Mr. Gongsun, who is usually calm, seemed to have something on his mind, and was a little restless.

Bao Zheng raised his head several times and saw that Mr. Gongsun was holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were in a daze, his brows were slightly frowned, and sometimes he sighed softly. Bao Zheng was a little worried, thinking that Gongsun was always cautious, Could it be that you are sick?He put down the book and asked, "Mr. Gongsun, what's wrong?"

Gongsun was called back to his soul by Bao Zheng, put down the book in his hand, stood up, and said, "My lord, the student is not feeling unwell but just worried. This case does not seem to be simple, and I don't know if the bodies of the seven dead are Still in the county office."

"Oh? Sir, are you worried about the cause of death of those deceased?" Bao Zheng stroked his beard, then nodded, "Forget it, anyway, we have to go to the county government for a hearing, why don't we leave earlier so that we can see the prisoners and Corpse. The government is also curious about the kind of person who can beat people to death." After finishing speaking, the two of them and Zhan Zhao changed their official uniforms and set off for the county government office.

***

When Bao Zheng and his entourage arrived at the county government office, Yin Hua had just had a full meal. Yao Ping went into the inner hall to change his official uniform and was about to be promoted. Saluted, Bao Zheng raised his hand to avoid him, saw that he had changed into a brand new official robe, knew that he was going to be promoted, thought for a while, and opened his mouth to ask, "Yao magistrate, before you were promoted, what should I do?" Can the government take a look at the bodies of those deceased first?"

Yao Ping naturally didn't dare to say no to Bao Zheng, he thought for a moment, and replied, "To tell you the truth, my lord, these days the magistrate of the county government has gone back to his hometown on leave, regarding some matters concerning the morgue..."

"Oh, don't be busy. Mr. Gongsun is also very good at medical autopsy and other things. It doesn't matter if you don't need to follow him. We just go and have a look, and we will never hinder Mr. Yao from asking questions."

Before Yao Ping could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao jumped out and interrupted him, making him a little speechless.Yao Ping nodded, thinking that if he hesitated any longer, he would be being hypocritical, so he sent someone to take Gongsun to the morgue. Zhan Zhao wanted to follow, but Gongsun shook his head at him, motioning for him to follow the lord. In case of emergency, he carried a small medicine box like a treasure bag and followed the yamen out.

"Master Yao doesn't need to care about Mr. Gongsun, he can be promoted according to the original plan."

Yao Ping nodded to Bao Zheng and announced his promotion.

Everyone moved to the front hall.Yao Ping added a chair under the hall, it was for Bao Zheng to hear the trial, and Zhan Zhao stood behind Bao Zheng, waiting for the adults to order at any time.With a mountain call of "mighty", Yao Ping walked out from the back hall and sat down. The gavel slapped, and there was a "pop", and there was silence all around.

Zhan Zhao stood behind Bao Zheng, looking here and there with big cat eyes—he had never seen anyone other than Mr. Bao be promoted!But after watching it for a while, he kept his mouth shut. Yao Ping didn't have one-tenth of his master Bao's aura!

"Lead people to commit Yin Hua, go to court."

There was no sound in the hall, only Yao Ping's unimposing voice echoed in the air, but outside the hall heard that Yao Zhi County was promoted to the hall and came to join in the fun, the common people couldn't calm down.

"The prisoner is Yin Hua? That poor scholar?"

"He kills people? Don't be ridiculous! It's hard for him to kill a chicken!"

"But didn't he come to surrender himself?"

"Is he out of his mind? He surrendered to the murder case of seven people? This is the crime of beheading! He must be bored!"

Yao Ping felt a little headache when he heard the crowd outside the hall chattering. He slapped the gavel and shouted "Silence!" The crowd shut their mouths immediately.After a while Yin Hua was brought here.

Yin Hua was wearing a prison uniform, his hair was disheveled and draped over his shoulders, his face was a little pale, but he was in good spirits, presumably it had something to do with the big meal just now.He was brought to the hall, knelt down before Yao Ping, and said, "My lord Yao is here, and Yin Hua, a grassroots man, kowtows to you."

Bao Zheng looked Yin Hua up and down carefully. Although he couldn't see his face clearly when he was kneeling, he could conclude that he probably didn't kill him just by looking at his frail body—unless the seven dead were all Lie still and let him beat him to death.However, although Mr. Bao has rich experience in handling cases, he is also the one who speaks with evidence, so he stroked his beard and continued to watch how Yao Ping asked the case.

"Yin Hua, this county asks you, did the seven lives in Yangwu County die at your hands?"

Prisoner Yin Hua's head that was originally drooping "Huo" raised his head, looked at Yao Ping on the seat, his eyes widened, he hesitated for a while before ordering