"Although the villain doesn't pay much attention to the affairs in the officialdom, driven by curiosity, the villain went to inquire about it. Although the soldiers were evasive, the villain judged that what Chen Xiaoer said was inseparable from each other.
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"After dark, I ordered the servants to prepare meals. At this time, Magistrate Pang suddenly came with a few people. I hurried to greet him. Although our Niutou Station does not belong to the local jurisdiction, we are in the city after all.
Within the territory of Zhe County, we have regular contacts, and the relationship is quite harmonious."
Yan Shu frowned and said, "Pang County Magistrate? Is it Pang De who came today?"
Liu Youlun nodded and said: "It was Magistrate Pang De. The villain was also puzzled that it was so late. He didn't know what the magistrate was doing when he came to the inn, so he stepped forward to ask. Magistrate Pang said that he had received an official document from Yingtian Mansion, saying that there was something wrong.
It was of great importance for the official to stay at Niutou Post when he left for his post, so he had to come and have a look. The villain thought that the local magistrate was indeed responsible for the important official to cross the border, so he didn't think much about it, so he let him into the post.
The county magistrate first went to the small courtyard to talk to the escorting soldiers. I remember that the leading soldier seemed to have a surname of Meng, and he was a Dutou."
Fu Bi nodded and said, "My surname is Meng, and Meng is not the head of Meng."
"That's it. Magistrate Pang seemed to be getting on well with Meng Dutou, so when dinner started, Magistrate Pang brought out three jars of wine from his sedan chair and wanted to drink with me, saying it was for Meng Du in the capital.
They are all the first to catch the wind."
Yan Shu scolded: "How can you drink while escorting an official? I'm afraid Meng Fei is confused."
Liu Youlun laughed and said: "Yes, the villain said that at the time, but Magistrate Pang said that Niutou Post is only a few miles away from the county seat, and there are hundreds of soldiers in the small military camp in the county seat, and there has been peace for several years under his rule.
Nothing happened. He also said that Dutou and others are distinguished guests from the capital, and they are rare to see in several years. How can we not show the friendship of the landlord this time?"
"The villain really can't defeat him. In addition, the wine is good wine. Everyone in the station drinks often even if there is nothing to do. During this period, there are a lot of messengers coming and going from the capital. It has been almost a month since everyone drank or drank. So everyone
Everyone wanted to drink a few sips to moisten their throats; the villain was confused and refused to refuse without thinking too much."
"The escorted Master Tang seemed unwilling to come out and drink with everyone, so Magistrate Pang ordered another jar of wine and a table of dishes to be delivered to the small courtyard. Meng Dutou was indeed careful and brought five out himself.
Drinking, the remaining nine or nine people stayed in the courtyard to watch. After three rounds of drinking, everyone could not care about anything else, so they closed the door of the inn and called the patrolling and lookout brothers to come down and have a drink together, waiting for the food to be served.
When I was on the third pot, I felt that the smell of the wine was a little strange, as if it was a little different from the wine I drank before. As I was about to talk, the smell of wine suddenly started to rise, and the villain fell drunk and lost his mind."
Su Jin smiled and nodded: "But when you wake up the next day, you will see a murder, right?"
Liu Youlun said: "This gentleman is right. When I woke up early the next morning, I searched around and found nothing out of the ordinary. The county magistrate and Meng Du's top men were all gone. I thought they must have gone back separately.
Everyone secretly drank wine and had not been on patrol all night. They were all worried. So they asked the servants to bring morning tea and water to the small courtyard. Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly, there were more than a dozen people, including the prisoner.
But they all died."
"You said the third jar of wine tastes strange. What's the strange method?" Su Jin asked.
Liu Youlun said: "I can't tell. It seems that there is a sour taste in the wine. Anyway, it doesn't taste right."
"Your tongue is so good? You drank two jars before, and you can still detect the odor in the wine?"
"Well... to tell you the truth, a young person can drink very well. Let's just say that these dozens of people drank three jars. Even if I drank a large jar by myself, I would definitely not be drunk. This wine is really strange. It is so strong.
Big." Liu Youlun smacked his tongue.
Yan Shu scolded: "Idiot, the sourness in the wine is caused by the intoxicating drug. You are such a good drinker, but you were knocked down by several bowls of wine. Either you were hit by anesthetic or something?"
"Ah? Anesthetic? That wine was brought by the county magistrate. He slapped the mud seal in front of me. How could he have been given anesthetic?"
Yan Shu scolded angrily: "Idiot, of course I have to slap the mud seal in front of you. If I sprinkle the medicine in front of you, will you still drink it?"
Liu Youlun was shocked and said: "Your Excellency, you are saying...there is something wrong with the wine brought by the County Magistrate?"
Yan Shu was noncommittal, twirling his beard and thinking for a while, "Then why did you conceal this matter and not report it?"
Liu Youlun kowtowed and said: "We drank and made mistakes, which resulted in more than a dozen lives in the post. Who dares to tell us? In addition, on the next day, Magistrate Pang came to the post to take advantage of the investigation to gather us together and said this
It's a serious matter, and I'm afraid everyone will be involved. If he admits to drinking and messing up, I'm afraid everyone will go to jail. It's better to keep it secret, and he will write in the case report that the strongman comes and goes strangely. Although we have done our duty, but
But there is no way to detect it, so everyone can protect themselves."
"So, you formed an offensive and defensive alliance and completely concealed this matter?" Yan Shu shouted.
"The little one deserves to die, the little one deserves to die." Liu Youlun kowtowed wildly and kept pleading.
Yan Shu sighed, waved his hand and said, "Take him out and keep him under guard."
Liu Youlun was taken out of the hall. There was dead silence in the hall. Yan Shu said to Fu Bi and Su Jin: "What do you think?"
Fu Bi said: "Sir, this matter has become clear. Pang De must have been instructed by someone to get the news that Tang Jie had been here, so he mixed the Mongolian sweat medicine into the wine in advance, sealed it with mud, and then brought it to trick everyone into drinking it. Everyone was deceived.
After that, the bandits from outside used ladders to come in and killed Tang Jie and the escorting officers and soldiers. In order to cover up the incident, Pang De formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the postmen and lied that the strongman had sneaked in without anyone noticing.
Ying Tianti's Criminal Division came to investigate and found no climbing footprints on the wall. People in the courtyard outside also lied about patrolling at night. Naturally, they came to the conclusion that the murder was committed by an expert. He came and went so high that no one could detect it.
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Yan Shu nodded, turned to look at Su Jin who was silent and asked: "What do you think?"
Su Jin paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands, and after a while he said, "I don't see it that way."
Fu Bi said in astonishment: "Isn't it like this? It's already obvious."
Su Jindao: "The Mongolian sweat medicine was Pound's handiwork, which is almost certain; Pound was instigated by others, which is almost a foregone conclusion, because Pound had no reason to intercept and kill Tang Jie, even though there may have been some conflicts between the two before.
However, Tang Jie has been transferred to another place, and Pang De must have already known that Tang Jie was promoted and demoted secretly, that his promotion was fake and his misfortune was real; therefore, Pound no longer had the need to kill him to vent his anger."
Fu Bi opened his eyes wide and said, "So you even doubt whether Tang Jie was killed by bandits?"
Su Jindao: "Of course you have to be suspicious. All possibilities are impossible. Appearances will blind your eyes. Don't let criminals lead your thinking."
Fu Bi smiled and said: "But the conclusion reached is not the same as mine?"
Su Jin smiled and said, "Brother, don't be surprised. I'm not doubting your judgment. I'm just proposing another possibility."
Yan Shu said: "Yan Guo, please listen to what Su Jin has to say."
Su Jin said: "Sir, my guess is that the purpose of that group is to take Tang Jie's head. The number of people must not be very large, because if there are many of them, they can just break in without having to spend a lot of time to design these things.
Joints, the more joints there are, the more likely they are to go wrong, so my guess is that their number is not as large as one company’s official document predicts.”
Yan Shu nodded and said, "It makes sense."
Su Jin continued: "Their purpose was actually to kill Tang Jie, so it would be a bit strange that all the escorting soldiers were killed."
Fu Bi interrupted: "What? Didn't they kill these soldiers?"
Su Jindao: "If I am a murderer and my purpose is to kill Tang Jie, then when I enter the inn and kill Tang Jie, do I still need to kill the drunken escorting soldiers?
Besides, the biggest trouble is that there are still six jailors drunk in the hall. Do I need to take the risk and run to the hall to carry everyone back to the small courtyard one by one, and then kill them with one knife?"
Fu Bi was speechless and said: "This... seems unlikely."
Yan Shu chuckled and said: "It's not impossible, it's simply impossible. Su Jin's analysis is correct. Their target is Tang Jie, because Tang Jie has a lot of evidence about certain people, and their purpose is to silence them.
As for the escorting soldiers, the two sides have nothing to do with each other, so they really shouldn’t be exterminated."
Fu Bi said in shock: "Then who killed these soldiers?"
Su Jin said: "It depends on who these soldiers pose a threat to."
Fu Bi thought for a long time and said: "Who can it pose a threat to?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "The most direct threat is to Magistrate Pang Depang."
"How do you say this?"
"Pound brought wine and tried his best to invite these soldiers to drink, which eventually led to Tang Jie being killed; what should be the first reaction of these escorting soldiers when they woke up?"
Fu Bi said: "It is natural to cast suspicion on Pang De, suspecting that he deliberately got everyone drunk so that others could take advantage of him."
Su Jin smiled and said: "That's it. Pang De may be able to suppress these people in the post and form an offensive and defensive alliance. These escorting soldiers are the personal guards of Lord Sansi and Lord Fu. He will buy Pound's account."
What? And it is obvious that they are all alive, but Tang Jie is dead. This is obviously unreasonable. After all, the order they received was to escort Tang Jie to Beijing safely. No matter how they quibble, these soldiers cannot tell the lie, so they must
They will not help Pound lie, and in this case, Pound will have nothing to hide."
Fu Bi suddenly understood, grabbed Su Jin's shoulders and shook him: "My brother is really a god. What you inferred is as if you saw it with your own eyes. It must be so."
Su Jin laughed and said: "It's just speculation. Maybe there is something hidden, but I think we will be inseparable for a long time. The only thing left is to take advantage of Pang De to see him off tomorrow morning and take this person for a first trial."
Then you will know.”
Yan Shu clapped his hands and looked at Su Jin with admiration. This sixteen-year-old boy was more mature than half of the people in thinking about problems. He was extremely enlightened and willing to use his brain. The whole thing was in his hands.
Under the analysis, it is almost vivid.
"The people in the courtyard were brought to trial separately, their confessions were taken and checked, and then they were imprisoned one by one. They rode horses overnight to Yingtian Mansion to report the matter to Bao Zheng, asking him to come and take over the prisoners early in the morning. The follow-up of the matter would be handed over to Bao Zheng.
Save him." Yan Shu ordered.
Fu Bi agreed and immediately went to give instructions. Su Jin yawned and said goodbye and left the back door of the hall. Yan Biyun, Xiao Sui'er, Huan Niang and others had been waiting behind to hear the news. When they saw Su Jin, they gathered around to inquire about the news.
While explaining, Su Jin led everyone to their accommodation. After a bumpy day and a lot of thinking, he was too tired to move.dd