Hypocrites

After the dying dusk, the back road is narrow and silent, with the loess empty and the shadows of the trees in the setting sun.The horse thief who was waiting in the forest spat out the grass roots and cursed.

The younger brother's stomach growled, and he suggested, "Brother, the sun is already setting, and no one will drive at night. Let's eat first."

"Eat, eat, eat! You know how to eat! It's been a few days since it opened! Where did you get the swill to feed you?!"

Before the words were finished, the stomachs of all the bandits howled one after another.Sure enough, they had been starving for many days, unlike robbers and beggars, all of them were sallow and emaciated.It's not easy to do robbers these days. Not long ago, they were flooded, and everyone was so poor that they couldn't distinguish each other.

"If we don't take good care of the Wu Zang Temple, we won't be able to snatch him even if he comes from a rich man!" the younger brother complained endlessly.

There are many pedestrians on the main road, but the bandits don't dare to go, there are ten miles, one pier, five miles and one fort, all of them are officers and soldiers.Although apostasy is deceiving people, it is so guarded that there is no sign of it.

The thief saw that the sky was getting dark, and he knew that there was no harvest today, and was waiting for the flags to die down, when suddenly there was a shout from the end.The shadow of the convoy slowly climbed up.

Yo?The thieves hurriedly held their breaths to lie in ambush, seeing the convoy driving in, filled with several large boxes with copper locks, as if it was fully loaded, they immediately regarded them as a herd of fat sheep.

"Robbery!"

"If you want to cross this road, leave the road money!"

The team members were frightened and dumbfounded, and they all crouched on the ground with their heads in their hands.The little brother was elated, the steel knife split the copper lock, opened the wooden box, and a silver light flew out of it.

Thief: "?"

The younger brother turned his head with a strange expression, made a few strange noises, a bloody arrow spewed out of his throat, and fell to the ground.

"Drop your weapons!"

"Come on!"

The apostasy was dark at first, but suddenly the light shines brightly. Countless torches are lit along the way and in the forest, like a mountain full of stars.The convoy turned around and pulled out the weapons in the box. The weapon system was the Siheung garrison.

A group of bandits fell into the trap, and dozens of people trembled and lost all momentum, throwing away their helmets and armors one by one.The thief still wanted to struggle: "Officers and soldiers? What's wrong with the officers and soldiers! Fuck your grandpa, you've cooperated well, if you say you turn your back on it, you turn your back on it!"

The officers and soldiers gave way to the road, and a shoulder was lifted up on the mountain road.The first two poking lamps shine brightly on the people sitting in the palace—a crown of honor and azure civil service uniforms. The officials rest their foreheads with their hands. They are very tired, and they yawned first when they met.

"How much better to do it earlier? If you have to delay until this time, I will wait for you to sleep."

With a wave of Pei Huilue, the officers and soldiers escorted a group of bandits to the front. They were all exhausted. Pei Hui said in a friendly tone like condolences: "Have you had dinner? Not yet? Okay, go home and send a few off Friends taste the taste of prison food."

The county guard's mansion has been at war for several days.The adults didn't know what kind of madness they had, so they ordered the pond to be drained and the ground to be dug three feet.Because the family has been eating braised fish in brown sauce, steamed fish, squirrel mandarin fish, fish balls in fish powder and fish soup for several days in a row... almost raw fish eggs.

Pei Hui supervised the work while eating fish.The water has been drained, and the excavation started today, and the accumulated wet mud is like a small hill.His subordinates reported to him: "The bandits in Shixing are more rampant than those in the surrounding counties. They are strictly prohibited. Even the official roads are sometimes robbed. The gang of bandits who were caught confessed that they had an agreement with the government before. If you rob the wealth and share it, don't bother them."

Pei Hui picked his teeth with a fishbone and said, "Huh? You can't talk nonsense. It is not a small crime to slander the court officials."

The subordinate replied: "It's the previous county magistrate Xu Chou, not you, my lord."

"Xu Chou is dead, there is no proof of his death, and there is no evidence for empty words."

The servants of the mansion sent two letters, Pei Hui glanced at them, one bamboo letter and one paper letter.It didn't make sense to put it on the food table.

This is the person working at the bottom of the pond shouting: "My lord! My lord!"

Mr. Pei jumped up straight, and rushed down the mud in two steps in three steps.

"My lord! Why is there a stone slab under the pool?"

As the excavation area expanded, it seemed that it was not a single stone slab, but a stone bottom, firmly pressed under the pond.The long-term workers were perplexed, but Pei Hui was very satisfied. He asked someone to bring an iron brazing rod, and pierced the bottom of the stone slab.

Before reaching the heel, a rotten copper rust smell came out of the hole, like green smoke.The long-term worker shouted: "Money! A lot of money!"

Pei Hui stretched, as if he was done, he waved his hand to summon the subordinates who were listening to orders from the shore, and pointed to the money bank buried under the pond to show him.

Subordinate: "..."

"Can't you see it?" Pei Hui said patiently, "This is evidence, evidence. Take out Mr. Xu's small treasury and reconcile it with the starving ghosts in the prison. Confessions, drawings, witnesses, physical evidence, All done."

"Yes Yes……"

Pei Hui raised his front and climbed onto the shore, still eating his fish, reading his letters, and didn't seem to care about the dirt on his shoes.

After reading, I muttered to myself: "Well, it's time to go back."

The confidant who brought him the letter immediately said: "My lord, do you want to go back to see the capital?"

Pei Hui glanced at him, wondering why there was no smart person around him.

"Go back to catch up on sleep! It's catching thieves and digging ponds, so I haven't had a good rest..."

Zhangyi Palace, Tianlu Pavilion.

Liang Heng was looking at Pei Hui's memorabilia of Shixing.Duan Xiang sat down and drank tea, raised his eyelids and looked sideways at Shen Yu, his son was on duty today, molesting that little eunuch named Siji outside the door, Shen Yu was fine, but guarded by the emperor, seeing It is getting more and more sacred.

Duan Xiang shook his head to himself, and couldn't help thinking that Duan Yanling grew up to be such a fool, because he was born or not.No wonder parents all over the world are overwhelmed and want to send their children to Ruyang Fourth School to be educated.

"Pei Hui sent troops to wipe out the Bandit Den?" Liang Heng asked strangely.

"Of course."

"And found out the stolen money of Xu Chou during his lifetime?"

"Of course."

"We found Xu Chou's 'tribute' ledger?"

"Of course." Duan Xiang pinched his lips and smiled.

"Okay," Liang Heng said, "The evidence of the crime is solid now, even if Qiu Zhiyuan wants to deny it, he is at the end of his rope."

He and Shen Yu were the ones who felt the most emotion.800 years ago, Xu Fu returned to the city to report on his work, and met Qiu Qianli in Xie Ling Pavilion. Reward and Qiu Zhiyuan are at large.

Later, Xu Fu was implicated and died, and he was even accused of defending Shen Jin, which is really dumbfounding.

Shen Yudao: "Master Pei's eyes are like lightning, how could he see that Xu Fu hid the stolen money under the pond?"

Duan Boyu said: "Of course, it's not that he had a foreknowledge, but that this person likes to eat fish, so he likes to fish. Recently, all the fish died of illness. He changed the water in the pond, and the servants discovered the mystery of the bottom of the pond when they were cleaning it. "

"Then how did he think of suppressing the bandits?"

"What's wrong with suppressing bandits? Isn't it the job of a county guard?" Duan Boyu asked with a smile.

Shen Yu was silent.

Duan Boyu said: "Master Shen is as meticulous as a hair, if you have any questions, you can ask Mr. Pei one by one after Mr. Pei enters the palace to report on his duties."

After all, it is good news.

Duan Yanling pushed the door in, but Siji didn't follow.

"Didn't I tell you to look at him?" Liang Heng reminded.

Duan Yanling's face was sullen, and he was very unhappy: "Go to the toilet. Don't let me do this again, okay? That kid is really disgusting, catfish spirit, not slippery."

Duan Boyu got up: "The minister will leave."

When Duan Yanling came in, he wanted to talk to Liang Heng, but he seemed to see his father's hint from the corner of his eye, he immediately closed his mouth, and followed out quietly.

The playlists were piled up like a mountain, and on the top was Pei Hui's share. Liang Heng picked it up to look at it, then put it down again, feeling a little uneasy.

Shen Yu took it from his hand and looked carefully.

Liang Heng asked him: "Is the bone ring missing?"

"Not yet."

After being silent for a long time, Shen Yucai raised his eyes from the playlist, and found that Liang Heng's silence was full of resentment.

Shen Yu had no choice but to explain in detail: "People have been sent to monitor the mansion of the three eunuchs, except that Tong Fang Niu Shida has been to Qiu Zhiyuan's mansion, there is no other movement. I speculate that it should be in the mansion, not elsewhere, but I don't know who controls it. This is their last talisman, and it would be useless to steal it openly, we have to wait for them to take it out by themselves."

Liang Heng took the official document and began to read it. Seeing that he ignored him, Shen Yu also lowered his head and continued to flip through Pei Hui's memorabilia.

The words on the wooden tablets, like mosquitoes and flies, were in a mess before Liang Heng's eyes.He was in a trance from time to time, and as more and more evidence of Qiu Zhiyuan's crimes appeared in front of him, it seemed that the judgment day was approaching, and his symptoms became more and more serious.

At first, he was naturally in a good mood, looking forward to the day when the case was overturned, but recently he felt more bewildered.Why hasn't the bone ring been found yet?Didn't find it, but Shen Yu wasn't in a hurry?

Doesn't he know?If Qiu Zhiyuan took out the Emperor Wu bone ring with his own hands, it would be equivalent to a death sentence for Liang Heng.

Liang Heng looked over the book case, and saw that Shen Yu was concentrating on it, as if Pei Hui's words, which were so lazy that they were about to get down on the ground, were something worth studying.

"..."

The study was imprisoned in suffocating silence.

Someone asked for instructions outside, and got permission to come in. It was a pavilion guard—it was a pavilion guard, but after being arrested by Shen Yu as a coachman, he became a Taiwan guard.

He leaned over and whispered something in Shen Yu's ear.

Shen Yu: "?"

He looked at Liang Heng and said, "The Southern Army picked up a boxcar and pulled it into Qiu Zhiyuan's residence."

"What?" Liang Heng frowned.

From Zhangshan to Wangdu, the journey was long, and in fact it was not comfortable to walk, the wheels were knocked and the bumps were endless.

Fortunately, it was not a noble person, not even a normal person, but a useless person and a lunatic.

Qiu Zhiyuan attaches great importance to this matter, in order to welcome the two of them, the daily sideshows are not held, which makes the backyard people relax, and plans to use this rare day to raise their buttocks.

The car was pulled into the mansion, and the surrounding curtains were tightly covered, so that no light could be seen.It was like a sealed box, with babbling whispers coming from inside, and countless ants crawling on the wall of the box.You can hear people get goosebumps.

Without Qiu Zhiyuan's orders, someone immediately removed the curtain of the car, and the dark interior exuded a smell of rancid urine and overnight meals.

Everyone hates covering their noses.

"Did you see anyone on the road?" Qiu Zhiyuan asked.

The coachman replied, "I never let you get out of the car."

That window, like the mouth of a monster, exudes a stench, pitch black and bottomless.

After a while, an aging face appeared.It was so thin that it was shapeless, and if the skin was peeled off, it would look like a white skeleton.In his eye sockets, there are only eyes, without light. There is a mouth under the nose, and there is a mole around the mouth, which seems to be stuck with a sesame seed.