All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Zhou Gui took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead again, "I don't know, this villain and these guys are like this when they come back from the rain. Maybe there are people passing by who saw this carriage and wanted to The money in the carriage will push the carriage over. Anyway, when the villain brought people back, the carriage was looted. There are still many desperadoes who are not afraid of ghosts and gods these days..."

With a "pop", Jiang Yuelan took a heavy photo of the gavel.

"Zhou Gui, you are so brave. You dare to talk nonsense in front of me. If someone comes, hit him ten times to see if he will attack!"

Zhou Gui didn't expect that the special envoy, who looked at nothing more than a weak female prostitute, could be such a tyrannical one. He didn't ask much about the case, but just made a decision as soon as he came up.

If it had been a male envoy, he might have gritted his teeth and endured it for the time being, and then defended himself after being punished.

But now in front of so many people, the special envoy in front of him is a female official. There are more people who came today to watch the excitement than to watch the case being solved.

Why didn't he give it a try, get rid of the problem and settle the case?

Thinking like this, Zhou Gui watched the Yamen come up to him and put him on the bench. He really wanted to beat him, so he cried out with all his strength, "The common man is wronged, Sir, what the common man said." Every word is true, these guys can testify. If there is even half a lie, you will definitely be struck by thunder from the sky. Your Excellency, Queen Shen’an, are you going to do it in front of so many people? This is indeed a vicious ghost. It’s causing trouble, sir!”

He howled so loudly in front of everyone, causing a commotion among the crowd.

Just as Zhou Gui thought, even though the people regarded Queen Shen'an as a god, they were always skeptical of the new batch of female officials she promoted.

Especially at this moment, when this female officer came up, she didn't even ask a few questions about the case, and she slapped him first.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like it's just perfunctory, maybe it's a deliberate attempt to label the case as a "man-made disaster" in public, in order to eliminate the influence of the rumors of "evil ghosts causing harm to the country."

When Zhou Gui heard the crowd commotion, he cried and howled even more fiercely.

He also kowtowed to Yunwang and begged: "Your Majesty, please comment on this case. This case can't be left in such confusion! Even if the common man is beaten into a crime and admits to being the culprit in this case, no one will believe it! It may still have an impact. You promote mutual good governance, so please give me a lesson from your Majesty!"

Who is Yun Wang? He has seen Zhou Gui's dirty tricks many times and is extremely disgusted.

If it were before, he would never let Zhou Gui say another word.

But this time, since my sister sent Jiang Yuelan to handle this case, she must have given her a chance to practice. Yun Wan would not interfere too much. He only glanced at Zhou Gui briefly and then turned away.

Seeing this, Zhou Gui wanted to ask Mu Huaian next to him.

But just as he was about to speak, Mu Huaian suddenly smiled at him.

But that smile never reached his eyes.

His seemingly cynical peach blossom eyes were gloomy and cold, with a strong warning meaning, as if to say, "How dare you ask me to try?"

Zhou Gui shivered, suddenly feeling like he was being seen through, and quickly looked away.

His crying and howling never stopped, causing the onlookers to point and discuss louder and louder, and there was a faint trend of "crowd anger".

Jiang Yuelan seemed to have expected Zhou Gui's reaction. She stood up and walked up to him.

She stretched out her hand to stop the officer's movements, looked at him, and said with a smile: "I only said you were talking nonsense. When did you say you were a murderer? You said this yourself, I didn't say it . It seems that this murder is really related to you."

Zhou Gui choked on his cry, and a trace of panic flashed through his eyes.

But then, he continued to cry, "You are the special envoy sent by Queen Shen'an, and Xiaomin is just a commoner. Naturally, you can say whatever you want to say, and you can condemn Xiaomin how you want. Sin. The common people have no excuse..."

This means making up your mind to play rogue and messing around until the end.

Jiang Yuelan raised her eyes and looked around. When she saw the people, they were whispering to each other and pointing at her without concealment.

She estimated that the fire was almost done, "Okay, since you feel that I have wronged you, I will let you die."

Zhou Gui obviously heard her words, but secretly raised his voice, suppressing Jiang Yuelan's voice.

Jiang Yuelan is very experienced in this kind of attempt to refuse trial.

She winked at the Yamen who was holding the board aside. The Yamen understood and without saying a word, he picked up the board and slapped Zhou Gui hard on the butt.

With a "snap", Zhou Gui immediately let out a scream like a slaughtering pig.

The several waiters kneeling next to him shuddered in unison and fell silent.

This announcement confirmed everyone's speculation that Jiang Yuelan was going to "beat her up" and made the crowd quiet down instantly. However, everyone looked at her with angrier eyes.

"I'm going to interrogate you now. If you plan to continue crying, I'll give you another slap every time you cry. When you're tired of crying or can't bear it anymore, it won't be too late for me to interrogate you again. I have plenty of time. .”

At this point, Jiang Yuelan paused and said lightly, "Of course, if I accidentally beat you to death, I can continue to interrogate them. I believe that after you die, their clumsy mouth, stuttering and timidity will probably be eliminated." They will all be healed.”

At this point, Zhou Gui finally realized that the female official in front of him was a cruel and ruthless person who was not afraid of words.

He had to close his mouth tightly.

The scene immediately quieted down.

Jiang Yuelan then asked: "I want to ask you, where did the horse pulling the carriage go?"

"Young people don't know." Zhou Gui said quickly: "Maybe he was the one who ransacked the carriage and took the horses away. After all, good horses are only available in Western Hungary, and not everyone can buy them."

"Oh?" Jiang Yuelan asked curiously, "What about the horses that the Fu family trafficked in from the border gate this time? Where did they go?"

"They all ran away." Zhou Gui said hurriedly: "The horses kicked off as soon as they came to kill Longpo. Maybe the horses can see things that us living people can't see. They have seen those evil ghosts a long time ago, so they all ran away in fear. ”

"In which direction did you run?" Jiang Yuelan asked again.

Zhou Gui hesitated and pointed to the east, "East, ran to the east."

"East?" Jiang Yuelan asked lightly, "East is the direction of the capital. Are you sure those horses all ran east after being frightened?"

"I'm sure, Xiaomin." Zhou Gui replied firmly without thinking, "He did run towards the capital."

As soon as he said this, Jiang Yuelan smiled coldly at him, turned around and strode back to the top, taking a picture of the panic, "Bold thief, using the name of a powerful ghost to seek wealth and death, why don't you quickly pay for your family's life?" Recruit from the real facts!”

Zhou Gui was startled so hard that he almost fell off the bench.He glanced at Jiang Yuelan in surprise, thinking that the female official was probably deceiving him again. Zhou Gui secretly gritted his teeth and was about to repeat his old trick of crying and complaining——

Then I heard Jiang Yuelan say loudly: "You are a native of the capital and don't understand the habits of horses, but haven't you heard of the allusion of 'old horses know the way'? Horses can know the way, and if they want to run, they should go west of them If you run away from your hometown, how can you run towards the capital?"

Zhou Gui's face changed slightly.

He subconsciously said: "It's normal for the horse to be frightened and run to the east in a panic."

Jiang Yuelan pointed at a man casually and ordered: "Tell me, how many horses does the Fu family have to follow your caravan this time?"

The boy's shoulders were shaking with fear.

At this point, he didn't dare not answer, and timidly made a two-digit gesture with his fingers.

"Twenty horses." Jiang Yuelan looked at Zhou Gui, "Even if you panic and choose a route, it's impossible for all twenty horses to run away in one direction, right?"

Zhou Gui opened his mouth, but he still hadn't found any words to refute——

Then I heard Jiang Yuelan say again: "I want to ask you again. You have lived in the capital for a long time and are engaged in spices and herbs. Why do the guys who bring you to trade know how to ride horses?"

"Yes...yes..." Zhou Gui was completely panicked this time, and he was hesitating and unable to speak clearly.

At this point, the people with quick thinking have already noticed that something is wrong with him.

Jiang Yuelan asked deliberately: "Is it because the spice business inevitably involves dealing with the Western Hungarians, so you brought along a man who can ride a horse, just in case?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Gui agreed with a cold sweat on his forehead.

Jiang Yuelan clicked and took another photo of Gavel.

"You are brave and cunning." She said with authority: "Before Queen Shen'an implemented the mutual trade, if civilians wanted to sell spices and herbs from Yunjiang, they had to go through the Yunjiang government office and did not need to come into contact with the Western Huns. How dare you have an affair? Foreigners, this is a crime that has implicated the nine clans, can you plead guilty?"

Zhou Gui was completely dumbfounded.

My mother, you can only die if you seek wealth and kill people, but this evil woman is going to harm her nine clans with just two words!
Zhou Gui rolled down from the bench, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "No small people, no small people would dare to have fornication with foreigners, please ask the special envoy to investigate... no small people!"

Jiang Yuelan said solemnly, "According to what you just said, the five members of the Fu family got off the carriage, and their horses were all frightened. According to this, it is impossible for the twenty horses to be frightened. The horse is fine."

"Furthermore, there are mud marks on the upward facing shaft of the carriage. Judging from the broken shaft, someone intentionally overturned the carriage and broke the shaft. The things inside the carriage were messy and there were muddy marks from rain and cement. It looked like It had been looted, but the hidden compartments containing valuables in the carriage were intact, not even muddy. This means that the murderer who robbed the carriage knew exactly where the valuables were hidden, and there must be something inside those valuables. For things like deed paper, the murderer was very careful to prevent the deed paper from being damaged by mud and water."

"If a violent murderer had smashed the shaft, got into the carriage, and rummaged around, he would have smashed the inside of the carriage to pieces. But he only smashed the shaft, obviously to create the illusion that the carriage had been looted. .”

"Also, due to rumors, Zhanlongpo is now inaccessible. How could it happen that during a heavy rain, someone would pass by this place, and he happened to be someone who had no taboos and was motivated by wealth? It can be seen that the thugs who destroyed the carriage were Together with the murderer."

"What's more..." Jiang Yuelan stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the carriage: "Although some of the traces around the carriage were washed away by the rain, the Duolao government officials maintained the scene in a timely manner, and it can be seen that there are many horseshoe marks around the carriage. These horseshoe marks have been there in the past. There are things going east and things going west. It’s just that the mark going east is heavier than the mark going west.”

"If my prediction is correct, when something happens to Fu's family, you should take advantage of the chaos to escape on horseback, then turn back, wait until you get what you need, and then go all the way east. Because of this, the mark of the horse's hooves heading east It will be deeper than the one heading west."

Zhou Gui and the other guys were completely confused by the flaws Jiang Yuelan pointed out in one breath.

They never expected that what Jiang Yuelan said was almost the same as the truth.

"Of course! These are just my guesses." Jiang Yuelan looked at them and said quietly.

Zhou Gui and the other guys couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

However, the next moment——

Jiang Yuelan changed the topic: "However, all transactions on the mutual market, especially horses, are kept in official records. As long as you find out the whereabouts of the missing horses according to the records, you can know who is killing people for money. who."

She glanced at Zhou Gui and the others, "I will give you one last chance. Will you recruit them yourself, or will you be punished one by one?"

Several guys shuddered in unison.

This time, they no longer looked at Zhou Gui. Instead, they knelt on the ground in a hurry and said hurriedly: "Yes, it's our boss who asked us..."

"It was Xiaomin who asked them to go back!" Zhou Gui hurriedly spoke before them, loudly, "The carriage and the horses were also stolen by Xiaomin. Sir, Xiaomin admitted that Xiaomin was obsessed with money for a while, and when he saw the payment This time I exchanged tea leaves for a good horse, I was jealous, and when I saw something happened to them, I took advantage of my wealth and made a big mistake!"

He slapped himself hard and begged, crying and begging, "They are bastards of the common people. I beg you to find out. Although the villains have taken away their money, you must not dare to harm their lives. They are serious." If you are harmed by a powerful ghost, everything the villain says is true. If there is half a lie, the sky will strike with thunder. If you don't believe it, you can ask them."

When the guys heard what he said, their expressions froze for a moment, but then they quickly fell to the ground, not daring to say anything.

Zhou Gui covered his face and cried as if he was filled with regret, but his eyes were paying close attention to Jiang Yuelan's reaction.

Jiang Yuelan took in all their expressions and her heart sank.

Based on her two years of experience in handling cases, Zhou Gui deliberately brought a man who could train horses to Yunjiang. She chose to go to the inaccessible Zhanlongpo when she returned to Beijing, and there were all kinds of obvious signs of damage on the overturned carriage... these Every detail meant that the deaths of the five members of the Fu family were no accident.

Zhou Gui is the most suspect.

At the moment, although he admitted to the crime of robbing property, he was still blaming the murders on "evil ghosts", fearing that he was betting that she had not found out the cause of death of the five corpses...

Jiang Yuelan suddenly felt that something was difficult. If it were in private, when she could not determine the cause of death of the body, she would still be able to send a letter to Her Majesty the Queen to ask questions.

But today, after all, she was hearing the case in public. The purpose was to eliminate the influence of the rumor that "the evil ghost was causing trouble". There was no time for flying pigeons to pass the letter...

Jiang Yuelan was hesitating——

Suddenly, Mu Huaian, who had been watching the excitement, waved to the entourage beside her. When the entourage approached, he covered his lips and whispered.

The attendant respectfully took note of it as if he didn't understand, walked quickly back to Jiang Yuelan, and relayed what Mu Huaian said to her.

Jiang Yuelan's eyes lit up and she suddenly became enlightened.

She cast a grateful look at Mu Huaian and said to herself: It is indeed Queen Shen'an's clever plan.

Jiang Yuelan snapped the gavel, looked at Zhou Gui, and asked in a deep voice: "You said at first that the day you returned to Beijing was an auspicious day when you went out. But in fact, you saw a fierce ghost when you went out. "Ask for life', it can be seen that your 'auspicious day' is not only unlucky, but also very unlucky. I want to ask you, who chose this auspicious day for you and how, please tell the truth!"