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After Qin Tong and Zhan Zhao returned to the yamen, they went straight to the prison of the government yamen.This huge stone prison cell is heavily guarded, and the name, position and reason of the visitor are required to be recorded when entering and leaving.I saw it standing quietly on the ground, and the silver moonlight sprinkled on the stone wall, outlining a hideous and rough outline.

In this stone prison, the state's vicious murderers and gangsters who commit crimes are imprisoned. They will spend the last days of their lives here, and will be pushed to Caishikou to beheaded after autumn.

Qin Tong dragged Zhan Zhao all the way in. Fortunately, both the cell boss and the jailer recognized her, so they saved a lot of questioning and wrote down in the book "Guard Zhan Zhao, catch Qin Tong", "Judging Li Qing" and so on. After writing the words, they entered the slightly cold Shizhou Prison.

It's getting late now, but there are still people's voices faintly coming from the end of the long corridor in this prison, and the occasional laughter and cursing are creepy.The guard officers standing along the way all looked solemn, and even the two of them walked along the way without looking sideways.After the jailer invited Qin Tong and Zhan Zhao to a stone house, he went to bring Li Qing over.

Qin Tong and Zhan Zhao sat at a wooden table. Zhan Zhao glanced at the hut, which was no different from a prison cell, and sighed, "It's really torture to be locked up in this kind of place." He looked at the opening on the wall. There is a small window that even a child can't get through, and there are iron bars thicker than an arm installed on it.

Qin Tong was so frightened by Zhan Zhao's speech, he got up and tugged at the door that the jailer had closed behind him, only to heave a sigh of relief when he found that it was not locked.She stretched out her hand and flicked the iron-skinned copper nails on the wooden door, and the smooth metal immediately made a crisp sound.

Qin Tong sighed softly: "The prisoners here are all death row prisoners. As far as they are concerned, they would rather stay here for a lifetime than be dragged to Caishikou."

"Death is death, with a bowl-sized scar on his head, and he will be a good man again in 20 years." Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "It's better than being imprisoned in this prison room and spending the rest of the day in endless torture."

Qin Tong raised his eyebrows in surprise, he didn't expect Zhan Zhao to make such a remark, but he didn't feel that it was against his will, so he said, "Brother Xiongfei is a true hero, so he is not afraid of death—it's just that ants are still stealing their lives, these prisoners are doing it for you." Survival is often unscrupulous. I still remember hearing from the head of the prison that in the cage where the prisoner is held, the wooden fence is often stained with blood, which is left by the prisoner's desperate scratching when the prisoner is taken away."

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao was horrified, and felt that this place was more and more eerie: "If you want to kill, kill it, just give it a good time. Waiting for so many days makes that person feel uneasy to live, and fears the arrival of death all the time - this How is it different from cutting people alive with a knife?"

While the two were talking, there was a faint clatter of iron chains outside, and the door opened, and Li Qing had already been brought.After several months in prison, the young scholar has become sallow and emaciated, skinny and bone-like.The jailer pushed Li Qing into the room, bowed and said to Qin Tong: "My lord, come back to open the door after a quarter of an hour from a lowly position. You are arrogant." After saying that, he went out and locked the door with a "humorous" sound.

Li Qing slowly stood up straight, his hands and feet were bound by iron chains, every movement made a sound.

Qin Tong coughed lightly, pointed to the stone couch in the corner of the room, and said, "Mr. Li, please sit down." There was a little more respect in his words.

Li Qing, however, was like a clay sculpture, neither answering nor moving, his eyes fell far away in an unknown distance, as if his mind was wandering into space.

Qin Tong didn't care either, she stood up and took a few steps, and stood beside Li Qing.After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Miss Zhou has married her neighbor, Sun Dalang—that's Xiao Pan'an, Mr. Li should know him."

Hearing this, Li Qing rolled his eyes slowly, and the corners of his stiff mouth moved suddenly, showing a bit of relief and satisfaction on his face.Zhan Zhao was suspicious in his heart, thinking that this scholar is so strange, it's fine if he is not heartbroken when he hears that his sweetheart is remarried, but he still looks happy, could it be that he doesn't like Mrs. Zhou?

Qin Tong remained calm, fixed his eyes on Li Qing, and asked, "Mr. Li has nothing to say to Qin?"

Li Qing shook his head slowly, his hunched back seemed to straighten a bit, and he looked at Qin Tong with complicated emotions.Suddenly, he slowly revealed a smile, as if he was genuinely happy.

Zhan Zhao saw that his heart was furious, he didn't know what kind of medicine Qin Tong was selling in the gourd, and what kind of maneuver he was fighting with Li Qing.

Qin Tong looked at Li Qing, seeming a little disappointed, and she continued, "Madam Zhou, did you marry Sun Da so resolutely because you knew Mr. Li that you were willing to die for her?" She shook her hand and sighed, "Since you were imprisoned, , She has never seen you in the future, her heart is so cold and hard, somehow she caught Mr. Li's eyes."

Li Qing remained silent, and Zhan Zhao gradually understood what Qin Tong meant by "a gourd with a sawed mouth".No wonder she didn't want to come to interrogate Li Qing before, this Li Qing really didn't want to get in.

Qin Tong stared into Li Qing's eyes, she was silent for a moment, and said, "No wonder, no wonder she begged you to kill Huang Baibao instead of finding her lover. Why would she bother if there is such an infatuated man who is willing to do anything for her?" Dragging the person she loves into the muddy water—she even specifically told her lover to go to the other side of the city to make trouble with people on the night you killed Huang Baibao, just to wash away the suspicion."

Li Qing's throat rolled, but he opened his mouth but did not speak.Qin Tong saw it in his eyes, and added further anger: "Huang Baibao threatened to buy her for 20 taels that day, and Mrs. Zhou knew that if it was true, her father would not hesitate to sell her to that ugly and contemptible man." The antique dealer is a slave. She is terrified, so she begs you, please save her, she does not want to fall into Huang Baibao's hands."

Li Qing's breathing became heavy, and a strange light shone in his eyes.

Qin Tong said coldly: "She is a timid and shameful woman. If she came to the government office to surrender or commit suicide quietly after you killed someone for her, she would still have some conscience. However, Mrs. Zhou did not hesitate to borrow This time I married a lover who has always wanted to be with her forever—she didn’t even want to wait until after your execution. This kind of woman..."

"You are not allowed to speak of her like that!" Li Qing said suddenly, furiously, "Shut up!"

Qin Tong and Zhan Zhao suddenly had cold sweat on their backs - not because of Li Qing's ferocious expression at the moment, but because he was a seven-foot man, but he spoke in a gentle voice like a woman.Qin Tong staggered a few steps in shock, grabbed Zhan Zhao's palm, and forced himself not to exclaim.

However, Li Qing seemed to have opened up a chatter box, and blurted out: "What do you know? Brother Qing likes her and pleases her, no matter how hard her heart is. Even if she stabs him in the heart with a knife, she is willing. "

Qin Tong listened attentively to Li Qing's words, afraid of missing a word, and at this moment, the hairs on her back suddenly stood on end - she slowly realized what Li Qing meant by Brother Qing.

Li Qing's elder sister, that's how Li Qing was supposed to be called.

Li Qing still didn't stop talking, and said like a cannonball: "So what if Mrs. Zhou married that rascal Sun Da? As long as she is happy and well, Brother Qing will have no regrets." He showed a crazy look, "Everyone in the world It is said that women are passionate, but in fact, men are not passionate? If he falls in love with a woman, he can be obsessed with her, crazy for her, live for her, and die for her.”

Qin Tong felt that his palms were wet and icy, full of cold sweat - Zhan Zhao's palms were still warm, after all, he was more courageous, and asked at this moment: "You keep talking about brother Qing, how about you? Who is it?"

Li Qing didn't answer, but looked at Qin Tong, bowed slightly and softened his tone and said, "Master Qin, my younger brother Qing has had a hard life since he was a child, and his life has been rough, and there is an old mother at home. Huang Baibao was killed by me, Li Ru." , one person does the work and the other person is responsible, please spare my younger brother." After saying that, he bowed down.

Qin Tong's hairs stood on end - Li Ru was the name of Li Qing's sister who died early.She was so frightened that her legs went limp, she grabbed Zhan Zhao's arm and stammered, "You, you, are you a human or a ghost?"

Zhan Zhao held Qin Tong's arm with his backhand, as if he wanted to give her some courage.He glanced at Li Qing in front of him, and felt that this person behaved like a woman, and he also had some doubts in his heart. Could it be that Li Ru's soul is still alive and attached to his younger brother?

Li Qing was about to answer when suddenly his body twitched and he fell to the ground.Zhan Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to check his breath, and said with a sigh of relief, "It's just that he passed out, so it's expected to be nothing serious."

Qin Tong was still in shock, and said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that there is a ghost? Before Li Qing's temperament changed drastically, and he committed murder and hurt others, could it be that his sister's dead soul possessed him to fulfill his younger brother's wish?" Ji Lingling shuddered as the wind blew past.

Although Qin Tong expected the reason for Li Qing's murder, he didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret behind it.She has never believed in evil, but seeing the scene just now, she felt chills all over her body, and her teeth were clenched.

Zhan Zhao took off his cloak and put it on Qin Tong's shoulders, and comforted her, "I don't say a word, I'm so confused, we can figure out the ins and outs of the matter anyway, and leave the rest to Bao and Qin. That's fine."

Just as he was talking, Li Qing woke up suddenly. He looked around in a daze, and suddenly said in surprise: "Where is this? How did Xiaosheng get here?" He looked down at the iron chains on his hands and feet, and said in horror, "This Why, why arrest Xiaosheng?"

Qin Tong looked at Li Qing on the ground and asked, "Li Qing, do you still remember the quarrel with the antique dealer Huang Baibao during the day?"

Li Qing nodded hesitantly and said: "Remember, Boss Huang is bullying others. As the saying goes, wealth cannot be promiscuous, and power cannot be subdued. Even though Xiaosheng has a low life, he has to argue with him!"

"Then do you remember that Mrs. Zhou went to you and asked you to help her?" Qin Tong stared at Li Qing closely.

Li Qing was stunned, he seemed to try to remember for a moment, but still couldn't get the point, so he wondered: "It's weird, why can't I remember what happened later?" He seemed a little embarrassed, "Ms. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou Have you come to look for Xiaosheng?"

Qin Tong sighed, and asked without answering, "You killed the antique dealer Huang Baibao, don't you remember?"

Li Qing turned pale with shock: "What? Xiaosheng killed Boss Huang? It's a crime, Xiaosheng has no strength to restrain a chicken, how can he kill a strong man like Boss Huang?" Xiaosheng never killed anyone!"

These words caused a sudden suspicion in Qin Tong's heart. She felt a chill in her heart and stopped answering.When the jailer came to open the door, he pulled Zhan Zhao and left the prison, leaving behind Li Qing, who was screaming for injustice.

As soon as I got out of the stone prison, the cold wind hit my face.Qin Tong's face sank like water, and he dragged Zhan Zhao all the way to the place where the yamen's supervisor was guarding Xiao Pan'an and Mrs. Zhou.

There were two yamen guards outside the house that was temporarily used as a place of detention. When they saw Qin Tong, they quickly bowed and saluted.Qin Tong replied indiscriminately, then knocked on the door and said, "Sun Zhou, get up and answer, the official has something to ask!"

There was a sound inside, and Xiao Pan An's voice sounded a little flustered: "Master, it's so late, what can't we say until tomorrow?"

Qin Tong was angry and scolded: "Where is the master waiting for you so much, open the door quickly!"

After tossing around for a while, little Pan An came to open the door, and said with a bitter face: "Master, Xiaomin and his wife have already fallen asleep. The cheap underwear is not in order, it is really inconvenient to answer."

Qin Tong looked at him coldly, his gaze was like a sharp knife.Little Pan An was seen shaking like a sieve, and tremblingly said: "My lord, it's good, good, good, good to say."

"Tell your mother-in-law to get up and answer, otherwise you don't have to wait until tomorrow, and you will be put in jail now!" Qin Tong said angrily.

Xiao Panan ran back to the inner room in a panic, and a faint voice came out: "My dear, get up quickly, the official wants to ask you something." It seemed that Mrs. Zhou had answered something, and he suddenly raised his voice and cursed, "Why are there so many nonsense? Get up, or you'll spend the night in prison!"

Qin Tong lifted up his robe and stepped into the door, sat down and waited outside.Zhan Zhao watched from the side, thoughtful.

After a long time, Mrs. Sun Zhou came out, supported her slightly messed-up cloud temples and said in a low voice: "The woman has seen the lord, but I don't know why the lord summoned him late at night, why?"

Qin Tong looked at her carefully, this woman really had a beautiful face, and a slim figure, she could only see her own charm when she frowns and smiles.She asked: "Huang Baibao bullied you on the street that day, is it true?"

Mrs. Sun Zhou wept bitterly when she heard the words, and replied, "Exactly, women's lives are miserable..."

"Are you extremely scared?" Qin Tong was impatient to hear the woman's rambling, and interrupted her to ask.

Sun Zhou shyly nodded and said, "Exactly."

Qin Tong stared at Sun Zhoushi and asked coldly: "You are afraid, so you went to your neighbor for help. Is what I said right?"

Sun Zhou was stunned for a moment, and said: "Why did you say that, is it because you have wronged slaves and disobeyed women?"

"Ask you, and then you have to talk about him from left to right, so drag him out and slap him first!" Qin Tong was suddenly furious, and he stood up abruptly and asked, "Huang Baibao threatened to buy you, and you are extremely scared. Your father is greedy for money and likes to gamble." , I have been looking forward to selling you for a good price, he is unreliable, who did you go to, tell me!"

Mrs. Sun Zhou burst into tears: "My lord, the women are wronged. Although my father likes to gamble, but since the women are raised by my father, if I can use myself to repay my father's kindness for nurturing, how can I stop them?" Weeping stand up.

After hearing these words, Qin Tong suddenly suppressed her anger. She looked at Mrs. Sun Zhou and said in a low voice calmly: "I had some doubts at first, how could a woman be so vicious? Now Seeing that your answers are fluent, you already have a set of arguments in your mind, I am afraid that you have been thinking about countermeasures since the day you went to Li Qing."

Mrs. Sun Zhou froze, and then cried: "My lord, the woman has been wronged. The woman has no grievances with the lord. Why did the lord speak slander and accuse the woman of being a snake and a scorpion?"

Little Pan An also said from the side: "Master Qingtian clearly learned that although Zhuojing is not the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, he has been soft-hearted since childhood, and he has absolutely nothing to do with snakes and scorpions. I don't know where I heard this, my lord, I am really wronged. Min couple."

Qin Tong slowly walked to Sun Zhou's side, and said softly, "Li Qing is a frail scholar with a cowardly personality. Even if he tries to stand out for the sake of admiring you, he must be timid afterward. How could you think of looking for him? "

"The woman never looked for him, the woman was wronged." Sun Zhou clenched her teeth, but refused to admit it.

Qin Tong sneered softly: "Because you didn't go to find Li Qing from the beginning." She squatted down slowly, looked into Sun Zhou's eyes, and said softly, "You went to find Li Ru."

Sun Zhou froze for a moment, and even stopped crying.

"You lied to Li Ru, you added fuel to Li Qing's admiration for you, saying that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on earth." Qin Tong said in Sun Zhou's ear as if sighing, "Because you know what kind of person Li Ru is. Her feelings are so hot and rich, she believed your nonsense, and killed Huang Baibao in order to help her younger brother keep his beloved woman."

Sun Zhou shivered all over.

A sneer curled up on Qin Tong's lips: "Tell me, if Li Ru knew that Li Qing only had admiration for you and was not committed to you, what would she do?"

Sun Zhou clutched the front of her chest and yelled bitterly and collapsed on the ground. This time, it was her turn to shake like chaff, as if she had suffered from epilepsy.

"You already knew that Li Ru never left, she has been guarding her younger brother." Qin Tong stood up and looked down at Mrs. Sun Zhou with disdain, "When you were threatened by Huang Baibao, this vicious plan took shape in your heart—— You are undoubtedly jealous of Li Ru, because you will never be like her, love someone and be crazy about him, crazy about him, live for him, and die for him."

"I will!" Sun Zhou straightened up suddenly, with a crazy light in her eyes, "If I hadn't fallen in love with him, how could I have designed Li Ru to help me kill people! If I hadn't fallen in love with him, how could I I will bear the remorse and guilt in my heart, and I will stay with him for the rest of my life!"

Qin Tong turned around and left, leaving only one sentence coldly: "I hope you can be so righteous when you are in the court."

The cold air outside has dissipated a little, and the night is coming to an end.

The author has something to say: Let me explain, because of the age, Qin Tong and Zhan Zhao both thought about ghosts and gods.In fact, to explain it scientifically, Li Qing should have a split personality and could not accept the departure of his sister, so he developed a personality very similar to his sister to protect himself

There will probably be an explanation in the text later