Magistrate Xu once again took a picture of the gavel: "Who is here?"
"You are wronged, little Shen Zhong. I am originally from Youzhou. I fled here all the way. I heard that the people in Xiangzhou live and work in peace and contentment, so I also want to settle down here.
Shen just had some money left, so he wanted to rent a house to live in and find a job after the Chinese New Year.
I wandered around the city for a while, and when I arrived at the door of his house, I didn't expect that someone knocked me out from behind and tied me up. As a result, when I woke up, they took me here.
Mingfu, Shen is really unjust! They said I cut out my tongue, what kind of tongue did they cut? Someone clearly robbed me of my money and wanted to frame me. I hope Mingfu will investigate."
After Shen Zhong cried for a while, Lin Sheng finally raised his head and his expression became calmer.
"Mingfu, this is the note attached to him. Please ask Mingfu to take a look at it." Willow handed over a piece of paper.
I can't read the words clearly, but judging from Magistrate Xu's reaction, there is no doubt that this is what Liu Shu said.
"The Secret Agent of the Heaven's Eye... um... Sir, I wonder if this is really what the Secret Agent of the Heaven's Eye did?" Magistrate Xu couldn't help but asked Xiao Mu again.
Xiao Mu finally regained his composure, picked up the paper and read it up and down for a long time. He also smelled it again and again, highlighted the fire fold and looked at it again and again, and then waved his hand: "Bring me a bowl of vinegar!"
A clever servant quickly ran to the kitchen and brought a bowl of vinegar: "Your Majesty, here it is."
Xiao Mu did not answer it, soaked the note in his hand in vinegar, then stared at it for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "Yes, this is the information from the secret agent of the Sky Eye, and it also has our exclusive password."
Li Dongsheng couldn't help but stare at it: "What's the secret code? Where is it?"
"Take it down." Xiao Mu stopped Li Dongsheng and said to the Yamen servant.
"Then... how did the secret agent of the Heaven's Eye find this person? Can you tell me clearly? Well... I can give the people an explanation." County Magistrate Xu said, still in a daze.
"Shen is not convinced. Shen is really unjust. Who are you? You actually interfered with the county magistrate's trial?" Shen Zhong shouted at Xiao Mu.
Xiao Mu was full of disdain: "As a detailed work, you don't know who I am? Mr. Lin, have you finished recording it? Let him sign and stamp it."
Lin Sheng clasped his hands and said: "Lin is stupid and doesn't know how to record it? After all, the suspect has not confessed, and we cannot convict him."
"Oh? Want him to plead guilty? Isn't that easy? Magistrate Xu, bring all the torture tools from your prison and wait for the torture. I'll see if he can do it."
"Wait a minute!" Magistrate Xu didn't answer, but Li Dongsheng took over the topic: "What are you doing? Do you want to beat me to it? It's the secret agent of the Eye of the Sky...which spy found out. Please say something and tell me what happened."
Xiao Mu smiled slightly: "Secret agent! I'm called to the lobby. So many people have seen it. Is there any secret?"
"Then what should we do? You can't use torture indiscriminately anyway." Li Dongsheng still adhered to his principles.
"Where's the evidence? Come here!" Xiao Mu shouted to the people watching.
As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of silver light flashed across and hit Lin Sheng's pen barrel. In an instant, the pen barrel shattered, and Lin Sheng's hand must have been shocked. He quickly covered it, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
"This is..." Lieutenant Xiao had already stepped forward, but still failed to stop the flying knife. He picked up the note inserted into the blade of the knife, unfolded it and read: "Blood fingerprints!"
"What bloody fingerprints?" Li Dongsheng looked confused.
"Could it be that...the suspect left bloody fingerprints at the scene?" Wang Jiajia guessed.
Qin Yong clasped his fists and said, "Mingfu will wait a moment!" After saying that, he ran out.
"Hey, where have you been these past few days? Come to my house tomorrow for a New Year reunion." Li Dongsheng said to Xiao Mu.
Xiao Mu smiled: "No need, I have something else to do."
"What else is going on during the Chinese New Year? All government offices are on holiday this afternoon, and even major shops have begun to close. Are you busy?"
"You are newlyweds, why should I join in the fun?"
"Xian'er will definitely agree. You are my friend, how can we let you be alone."
"Oh, let's talk about it tomorrow. The case is being tried."
Li Dongsheng and Xiao Mu were talking, and all the people were talking and laughing in low voices. Magistrate Xu and Lieutenant Xiao stretched their heads and looked outside, looking forward to Qin Yong's result. Lin Sheng, however, sat upright and watched intently.
I don’t know what I’m thinking about with the broken pen in front of me.
After about a cup of tea, Qin Yong finally came back out of breath with a bloody quilt in his arms: "Mingfu, this is the quilt my mother put on that night. There are marks here."
Magistrate Xu shouted: "Come here, take his fingerprints."
"Yes." The two yamen servants couldn't help but said, brought ink pads and white paper, and printed Shen Zhong's ten fingers on them one by one. In an instant, the white paper became like dots of blooming red plums.
County Magistrate Xu took the printed fingerprints and compared them with the prints on the quilt, and his face was overjoyed: "This is it, the fingerprints are consistent. Please..."
"Hey, so many people are looking for me again?" Xiao Mu turned his face to one side, showing no interest at all.
"Let me take a look!" Li Dongsheng grabbed it, studied it carefully for a moment, and said with excitement on his face: "Yes, the textures match."
Qin Yong also looked carefully and pointed the knife in his hand towards Shen Zhong: "Did you cut my mother's tongue? Why?"
Li Dongsheng suppressed his wrist: "Don't get excited! Isn't Magistrate Xu currently under interrogation?"
"Quiet! You are not allowed to carry sharp blades in court! I think you are an imperial envoy and have been tolerant of you, but you still draw your sword?" Magistrate Xu scolded, glanced at Xiao Mu, and smiled slightly: "
Put it away, put it away!”
Qin Yong put away his sword and faced Shen Zhong, the anger in his eyes seemed to turn him into ashes.
Magistrate Xu was stunned, pointed at Shen Zhong and said: "Now you should admit it. Did you harm the Zhu family? Who instigated it?"
Everyone was looking forward to it, but they saw Shen Zhong suddenly fell to the ground, vomiting blood, his face turned black, twitched twice and then stopped moving.
A yamen officer came forward to check and replied: "Mingfu, he bit his tongue and committed suicide."
"What? Dead?" Magistrate Xu was greatly surprised. He went to check it out personally and waved to me: "Li Jianghu, come and take a look."
I quickly stepped forward and opened Shen Zhong's mouth, only to see a bloody patch inside. His tongue was not completely severed, there was still a finger-width connection at the base of the tongue, but the severed part was sucked into his airway.
, thus suffocating to death.
I stood up and replied: "He is indeed dead."
"Okay! The murderer has committed suicide out of fear of crime. Let's all disperse. Let's go to work. The Chinese New Year will be tomorrow!" Magistrate Xu waved to the people, and everyone left one after another.
"Boss, it's okay, let's go." Uncle Fu shouted to Li Dongsheng.
"Oh, you go and get busy, I have something else to do." Li Dongsheng didn't look anxious at all.
The four members of the Liu family did not move. They hesitated for a moment, smiling at Magistrate Xu but not daring to speak.
County Magistrate Xu also knew what they meant and said: "The suspect was caught by the secret agent of the Sky Eye, so you just sent them here. Hey, forget it, it's the New Year's Eve, take them down and reward them with a hundred coins."
!”
"Xie Mingfu!" The four of them were overjoyed and went to receive the reward with the Yamen servant.
I saw that Xiao Mu had no intention of leaving, so I winked at Wang Jiajia and stayed.
Qin Yong watched Shen Zhong being carried away by the government officials with a dull expression, and finally slowly knelt down to Xiao Mu: "I beg you to find out the mastermind behind this and seek justice for my mother."
"The mastermind behind the scenes?" Lin Sheng handed the transcript to Magistrate Xu: "What does Qin mean by arresting the head?"
"This Shen Zhong is most likely a pseudonym. He may not recognize Madam Zhu at all. Judging from the way he committed suicide just now, he must be a professional killer." Xiao County Lieutenant analyzed.
"What Lieutenant Xiao said is true. There should be a secret organization behind him, and he should be just a chess piece. I just deliberately closed the case because I was afraid of causing panic among the people." Magistrate Xu said, looking at the little boy again
Mu, to judge whether your decision is correct.
"Secret organization? The Ming government is saying... we still have fine craftsmen in Xiangzhou city?" Lin Sheng asked, giving me a meaningful look.
I quickly lowered my head, suddenly realizing that staying here was not a smart move.
"Search!" Li Dongsheng became interested: "Didn't the imperial envoy find out about a spy not long ago? How dare they make trouble here? Last time they deliberately wanted to frame Li Huichun, and this time they came to plot against me! Hello!
, Mu You, I said... couldn't they all be here for you? You have been elusive and I can't do anything to you, and Li Huichun and I are your friends. If something happens to us, don't you show up?
Are you pregnant?"
Xiao Mu still smiled faintly: "It's possible, I'm sorry for causing trouble for you. Let's go, treat you to a meal and make amends to you!"
"Your Majesty..." Qin Yong called.
"Is there anything else?"
"Oh, please stay. This case..." Magistrate Xu looked embarrassed, while Qin Yong also looked hopeful.
"Don't worry, foxes will always show their tails." Xiao Mu ignored Qin Yong, but came to Magistrate Xu and smiled mischievously: "Don't work too hard. If you're celebrating the New Year, spend more time at home with your wife. It's so cold.
Where can one sleep warmly?"
Magistrate Xu blushed and said "yes" repeatedly. He didn't recover until Xiao Mu and Li Dongsheng walked away.
"Our imperial envoy is really timely!" Lieutenant Xiao sighed: "Xiao suddenly had a bold idea just now. The appearance of this case is that someone wants to use the injury to Mrs. Zhu to frame Li Dongsheng, but in fact, it may be that Ming Ming
It’s not good for the government.”
Magistrate Xu was stunned: "Deal with me?"
"If Li Dongsheng failed to control himself just now, wouldn't he have almost hurt the Ming Dynasty? Just imagine, if the county magistrate of Xiangzhou City was... killed, and the murderer was a friend of the imperial envoy. How should the imperial envoy make a decision?"
"The crime of lowering an official is worthy of death. When I saw that Li Dongsheng dared to do harm to the Ming Dynasty, I was so anxious that I almost ordered someone to shoot an arrow. Thinking about it now, if Li Dongsheng was angered, he might actually take action if he got excited."
Lin Sheng looked like he suddenly realized something, and he patted his chest and regretted it endlessly.
"Hey, I know you are also worried and care about me, so how can I blame you?" Magistrate Xu smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned to look at me: "I just don't know how close this Li Dongsheng is to the imperial envoy.
He actually dared to call the imperial envoy by his name."
I had no choice but to tell the story about Li Dongsheng that I got from Li Huichun. However, I did not mention that his father might have suddenly "died of illness" to dissuade the saint from ascending the throne. I just said that the rebels entered Chang'an and their family was separated when they fled.
, he heard the story of the imperial envoy in Xiangzhou, and came to join him thinking of their old relationship in Chang'an. He happened to meet Mrs. Mu's proposal for marriage, and was lucky enough to be chosen!
