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In the spring of the fourth year of Jingde in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song and Liao dynasties discussed peace and sacked the troops. Although there was no war in the country, there was chaos in public security and thieves arose, the people were unable to be at peace, and the government had no way to suppress bandits.

Lu Zhengliang, the magistrate of Guangping County, Hebei Province, is an honest official, shrewd and capable person, and has a magical judgment of cases and a good reputation.

One day on the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Zhengliang was at his desk in the lobby to read the article. A yamen runner came to the yamen to report that his superiors came to send official documents. Lu Zhengliang Yunzhi. The visitor was a letter from Daming Mansion. He presented the official documents. Zhengliang picked up his beard and read it carefully. He was shocked to see the previous letter: informing all prefectures and counties that the Daming Mansion had been stolen the day before yesterday and lost 4,000 taels of official silver. At first, it was revealed that the thief was a flying thief with extremely high light skills. The rest were to be investigated. Now, we are urgently ordered to work together to arrest the case and not to make any mistakes.

When the letter returned, Mr. Lu did not dare to neglect him and called Ge Qing, the head of the county government, to discuss with Su Shun. In a short time, Ge Qing and Su Shun arrived. Ge Qing and Su Shun were transferred to this officer after the peace talks between Song and Liao. Both of them were both tiger-backed and bear-backed, tall and thorny, with extraordinary strength and excellent martial arts. After reading the official text, they looked embarrassed. Mr. Lu said, "This official text is a wanted order, and the Daming Mansion has no choice but to order the states and prefectures to work together to solve the case. What do you think?"

Ge Qing frowned and twisted his fingers and said, "I'm sorry to say it bluntly. This case only says that the thief is a flying thief with extremely high light skills, and the rest are to be investigated. This is difficult to deal with. One is not aware of the appearance and age of the wanted criminal, two is not aware of whom, three is not aware of the motive of the crime. The sea of ​​people is vast, where can I find it? Even if the adults are strong, they will be difficult to do it. This is difficult to be a human being." Lu Gong rebuked, "Don't say it is difficult to do it. We are deeply grateful to the emperor and should serve us. It is our best to resolve the difficulties of the court.

It is my duty! If you know all, what should I do?" Su Shun said, "What the Lord said is very correct, but this case is really difficult to solve, it is difficult!" Mr. Lu sighed and said, "Although it is difficult, we should do our best! Since the Song and Liao Dynasty discussed peace and sacked the army, although the country has no war, it is not peaceful, and the thieves are rampant and the people are uneasy! Now there are thieves who are brave enough to steal official silver, which is a national humiliation! If this thief does not come to the case, it will be difficult to rectify the national laws!"

Seeing that Lu Gong was harsh, Ge Qing and Su Shun quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Don't be angry, sir, we will try our best to investigate it."

Both of them led their subordinates to conduct open and secret investigations, but for several days, no clues were found. This case was really difficult, and everyone could do nothing, and they had no choice but to do so.

There is a mud hill in the northern suburbs of Guangping County. There is a swamp wetland under the hill, and the ground is covered with green mud. The local people call this "Qing Nigang". In the afternoon of that day, Ge Qing led several yamen runners to the northern suburbs to visit. When they arrived at this yamen, the road was muddy. The yamen runners struggled to go up the hill, panting and sweating profusely. One yamen runner complained, "Oh! Ge Dutou, we have been bumping blindly for several days without a clear guide. If a flying thief hits us, we can't recognize it!" Another yamen runner joked, "We have no clues, so we bump blindly, alas! Unless the blind cat hits a dead mouse." Ge Qing scolded, "Don't talk nonsense! I'm even more anxious. What good strategies do you have to check everywhere."

As he was speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting and fighting at the bottom of the hill. Ge Qing was stunned and felt that this was abnormal. How could anyone beat him in this wilderness? He hurriedly led his subordinates to search for it and saw a fat man at the bottom of the hill fighting with a thin man, fighting each other. Ge Qing stepped forward and stopped the two of them: "Stop! Why are you fighting?"

Seeing that the promise was at this point, the two had to give up. The thin man pointed to the fat man and said first, "Master, he robbed a woman by blocking the road and was captured by me. He wanted to break free and run away..." Before the thin man finished speaking, the fat man pointed to the thin man and yelled, "No! He robbed a woman by blocking the road and was captured by me! He wanted to break free and escape, and he would stay with me." The two convicted each other.

Ge Qing was upset, and saw that the two of them were arguing endlessly, and it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity for a while. He became more upset. He shouted, "Don't blame each other!" He waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to "take them away together! The county government asked questions." His thoughts: Now that he has not returned empty-handed, he has been caught unexpectedly, who is a robber? I have no basis and it is difficult to distinguish it. He pulled him to the county government and asked Lord Lu to distinguish it. For several days, I have been forced to run away by this clueless case and was upset. Now I might as well report this robbery case without any evidence, and see how he failed to dispose of it.

Lu Zhengliang rested in the back hall, and Ge Qing entered the hall to report, "Today I went out to investigate and passed by Qingnigang outside the city. I saw two people fighting under the hill. I stepped forward to question, and both of them all blamed the other party as robbers, saying that they were the ones who captured the bandits. It was difficult to distinguish between the two. Take them out of the yamen and ask the Lord to make a clear decision." After hearing this, Lu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ge Du Head, how can you tell me how difficult it is to distinguish between you?" Ge Qing said, "The humble job is incompetent, both of them claim to be the right person. I have no roots and no basis, so I ask the uncle to make a clear decision and let the humble job be more aware."

Mr. Lu laughed secretly: You are embarrassed by me? If you want to see me embarrassed, you want to learn it. Now let you increase your knowledge and understand it suddenly. I want to know what is the difficulty? Then I ordered the drum to go to the hall.

When Lu Gong went to the hall, he saw the two of them tearing into the hall and cursed each other. One of them scolded and said, "You are a bastard, don't be quibbling. I want to see how the county magistrate punishes you!" The other one did not show weakness, "You are a scoundrel, you are not honest when you come to the hall!" Lu Gong looked at it carefully and saw that the two of them were fat and thin, and they stood up in the year, and ordered, "You two people appeal, let go quickly!"

The two of them let go, knelt in front of the hall, raised their eyes and saw a tall, rosy face, sharp eyes, tall sword eyebrows, long beard and fluttering chest, black veil on the head, and wearing official robe. Lord Lu patted the auspicious wood, "Where are you two? Let's report to the name! Why are you beat me?" The yamen runners on both sides held sticks and poked the ground in unison, shouting in unison: "Magnificent!" The shouts echoed in the lobby, and the lingering sound lingered on the beam for a long time.

The two of them were trembling with trembling heart. The thin man calmed down and kowtowed first, saying, "The villain's surname is Huang and his name is Luo. I am from this county. Just now, the villain passed by Qingnigang outside the city. When he heard the woman calling for help from the hill, the villain walked quickly..." Huang Luo knelt on his side with his fingers, "I saw him robbing the woman's property." The fat man retorted, "Bao! You rob! Sir, don't believe his nonsense!" The fat man kowtowed and continued, "The villain is wronged! Please tell me. Sir. The villain's surname is Feng

His name is Kui, from this county." He pointed to Huangluo, "He robbed the little lady's package. When I heard the cry for help, I immediately rescued him. When he saw the villain coming, he was shocked and abandoned him and fled him. The villain chased him and caught him. He wanted to break free and beat him with him. "Huangluo kowtowed again and said, "Sir, don't believe this servant's nonsense. When I heard the cry for help, I immediately caught the thief. When he saw the villain coming, he was afraid to escape. I chased him and took back the robbery package and returned it to the little lady..."

Lu Gong looked inside and outside the hall, no woman was seen. He asked: "Where is the little lady present?" Feng Kui replied: "The little lady has escaped after getting a bag." Lu Gong asked: "Where are you running away?" Feng Kui shook his head and replied: "The villain doesn't know." Huang Luo replied casually, "He has returned to his mother's house."

Mr. Lu was stunned, smiled, stroked his long beard, and pondered for a moment, "You and both of you pointed out that you were thieves. You and you all agreed. According to what I saw, it is not difficult to distinguish between true and false. For example, you and you will get up for the time being and follow me out of the yamen to identify it." After saying that, he stood up and left the seat, and left the hall.
Chapter completed!