The warm winter sun hangs high in the sky, illuminating a small mound in the eastern suburbs of Bianjing City. At this time, the mound that was originally few were surrounded by hundreds of officers and soldiers. They were the men under Kaifeng Prefecture, and the leader was Xue Yuanpeng, the chief judge of the government office.

On the mound, a piece of mud had been dug up, and a large pit two or three meters square was dug out. The people around the pit looked a little pale, and Xue Tong's face was even more dull. It was just because there were seven or eight corpses buried in the pit, which was shocking.

In fact, it was not just them, but Sun Tu, who knew that this result, was also in a heavy mood at this time. As long as he was a normal person, he would feel sad and angry after seeing the bones of many people who died in vain.

In the eyes of some later generations, the Song Dynasty was a prosperous era of literati and an enlightened world that countless people yearned for. Traveling through this was their best choice. But the fact is far from this. Perhaps the Song Dynasty was indeed prosperous and the status of literati was much higher than that of other dynasties, but these benefits only belonged to the scholars and officials. For the real people at the bottom, their lives were still difficult, and it could even be said to be in danger.

Sun Tu's experience in Yuncheng County was enough to explain everything. The bodies of the innocent victims buried in this barren mountain today showed bloody expressions of the Song Dynasty. He believed that this was just the tip of the iceberg. In Bianjing City, in the whole world, how many unjust souls were buried deep and unable to be extended, but what could he do for these people?

After a while of silence, Sun Tu looked at Xue Yuanpeng: Judge Xue Tong, this time the evidence is conclusive, right?

Not long ago, in the second hall of Kaifeng Government Office, when Xue Yuanpeng gave evidence to excuse Zhang Bingcang, who had been standing behind the crowd, Sun Tu pushed Zhang Jian out, who had been standing behind the crowd, and then asked him to tell everything he knew.

After some struggle, Zhang Jian finally admitted truthfully: My master has indeed dealt with some unobedient servants in the mansion in recent years.

Zhang Jian, do you, as a slave of the Zhang family, tell the head of the family that this is a serious crime? Xue Yuanpeng was shocked and suddenly spoke to remind the other party.

But at this time, Zhang Jian had no way out. Even though he knew that he would be implicated this time, he could only continue to say: The young man knew, but after all, this matter was related to several lives, and the villain had to seek justice for them.

It is unreasonable to say that the words are unreasonable. This official cannot believe that Zhang Bingcang has indeed killed anyone just because of your one-sided statement.

The young man also had conclusive physical evidence. Zhang Jian immediately replied: A few months ago, my son asked me to secretly send the body of a foreign merchant who died drunk in the Niulou Hotel to bury it. The young man also found the corpses of other buried people there.

What? Where is that? This time Xue Yuanpeng is not good at protecting Zhang Bingcang anymore, so he immediately asked in a serious voice. Zhang Jianliu hesitated and said in a stern voice: On a small mound that has been abandoned for many years in the eastern suburbs

Sun Tu listened to the two of them with a cold expression, and felt deeply moved in his heart. In fact, he just wanted to use the Zhang family to get Tong Guan's attention, and never wanted to kill them all. However, in the subsequent secret investigation, he gradually discovered such a life-threatening thing that the Zhang family had done behind their backs.

It was not until this time that he realized that the hypocritical doctor of the Ministry of Revenue was a cold-blooded beast! This naturally strengthened his desire to eliminate this villain and revenge the innocent victims. In this way, his subsequent series of layouts and plans not only ruined Zhang Bingcang's future and the lives of his two sons, but also wanted to send him to the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Of course, these are just the opinions of the court officials of him. Among the people, Sun Tu has a great reputation because this time he presided over justice for the people. In their opinion, he is a true hero who is eager to be righteous.

All the outside world's views could no longer affect Sun Tu. After completely solving the Zhang family matter, he relied on his previous boring life of practicing calligraphy and martial arts. After all, he was not far from the Shooting Test Palace, which was related to his future. After seeing the tragic results of those people, he was increasingly eager to change Bai Ding's identity.

However, just a few days before the Chinese New Year, when everyone thought that Zhang Bingcang's case would have to be dragged until after the Chinese New Year before it was concluded, a news suddenly came out, and the suspect Zhang Bingcang actually committed suicide by hanging his belt in prison!

Many people only applauded after hearing this, thinking that he was responsible for his own fault. Even when Sun Tu first heard about this, he thought that this was a reward for good and evil. But after calming down and thinking about it carefully, he savored a deeper problem.

I'm afraid there is another secret in Zhang Bingcang's death - because he died too quickly, and the case has not been completely concluded. Didn't he just admit his crime directly? This person has been in the officialdom for many years, so how could he be so poor in his psychological quality? He would commit suicide after only a few trials?

Moreover, with the court's favor towards the literati and officials, even if everything is found out, he may not necessarily die. After all, only some servants died. In the eyes of those people, their lives are nothing. Even if it is against the public opinion, they will be exiled to the remote side at most. Therefore, Zhang Bingcang was completely desperate to death. Why did he commit suicide?

The only explanation is that someone hopes that he will die. I am afraid that this deep investigation of the case will cause other more terrible problems and will involve the interests of some people. Only then will someone appear in secret, either directly kill him, or indirectly force Zhang Bingcang to die.

Thinking of this level, Sun Tu no longer had the pleasure he had before, and was replaced by deep thoughts. The darkness of the Song Dynasty court was far more terrifying than he thought, and you have to be more careful in your actions in the future!

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Chapter completed!