Li Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, and he was shocked and angry: "Yang Yuanwai, what do you mean? I suspect that I have someone to kill your subordinates of the Ministry of Justice?" Then he snorted coldly, "You look down on me, Li Ling too much!"

In fact, as soon as he said that, Yang Yan felt that he had a little silence. Although Li Ling was indeed a half-informed person in this matter, if he really wanted to interfere, he would be ahead, but this result was inconsistent with common sense.

Li Ling was crazy, or had the courage to do such a crazy move in the capital, killing the subordinates of the Ministry of Justice. Not to mention that he was just a magistrate from another place, even a governor, and it would be a dead end to do so...

Moreover, even if this motive is aside, in Yang Yan's opinion, Li Ling does not have the strength. If he wants to kill so many officials from the Ministry of Justice in a short time, the attack will inevitably reach 30 or even more. However, Li Ling's entry into the capital this time was only more than ten people, and half of them still rushed from the capital today, and the remaining six or seven people could not do it at all.

With such a judgment, after seeing Li Ling's reaction, Yang Yan quickly bowed and apologized: "Mr. Li forgives the crime. I was also in a hurry and said the wrong thing..."

"Mr. Yang, some things can be said, and some things cannot be said. Although Li is not talented, he cannot bear such unjust accusation!" Li Ling still looked angry and interrupted the other party.

"Yes, I remember it." Yang Yan was a little embarrassed at this time, letting him complain, but his eyes were still sweeping back and forth in the courtyard. Suddenly, he thought of another point and looked at the Yanshi County Magistrate: "Mr. Zou County Magistrate, when did you get the news and come here? Also, has the city gate been closed since last night and never let anyone go?"

When he suddenly saw the county magistrate Zou, he felt a little upset in his heart. He quickly bent down and replied: "At the second update, the officials heard the report, and then hurriedly sent someone to check here and block the surroundings. As for the city gate, the city was closed at night. After dawn, he knew that such a murder had occurred, so he did not open the door and took the opportunity to send people to carefully search for possible murderers."

This arrangement is not wrong, it looks quite thoughtful, but Li Ling obviously heard something else from his words, and he was dodging a certain problem. Yang Yan, as an official of the Ministry of Justice, had enough experience and immediately glared: "Have you ever let someone out of the city during this period?"

"without……"

"Hmm? To be honest, if you hide it, be careful that I will regard you as a complicity!"

This scare scared the county magistrate to the point of pale face, his knees softened, and he knelt down with a thud: "Sir, please forgive me, I am the official, I don't know at the time... But when the fourth update was approaching, two caravans bribed the guards and left the county town before they could open the city gate..."

Yang Yan's face suddenly changed, and Li Ling just smiled, which was obviously a common sense.

The city is closed at night and the city is opened after dawn. It has always been the rules of various parts of Dayue. But if there are rules, there are exceptions. Some people have made money by making money because of these rules. The soldiers who guard the city at night are suffering in a lot of trouble, and they don’t have much money in the end of a month, so they can only think about making extra money by relying on the little power in their hands.

Therefore, from south to north, from east to west, there were inevitably defenders who secretly sent some people into and out of the city at night. It was okay for big cities like the capital or Jinling, but for small counties like Yanshi, for that little money, the guards of the city didn't care about putting in and out of the teams at night. Rules or something, there was no money in the money.

In fact, many officials turned a blind eye to this, and no one complained and pretended not to know. But today, something big happened? Now that the adults from the Ministry of Justice have seen through it at a glance, the magistrate Zou was naturally afraid and regretful, so he could only kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy.

"They... they looked just ordinary caravans. The soldiers guarding the city felt that there was no problem. They didn't know that there was a murder in the city, so they... were released... Lord, you know, the official, even if you have the courage to be a god, you would not dare to collude with such a bandit..." While kowtowing, he defended himself, and in a moment, blood was seen on the forehead of the Magistrate Zou.

Yang Yan gritted his teeth and looked at the Zou County Magistrate in front of him coldly. He wanted to deal with him strictly, but this person was useful. So after a while of silence, he finally whispered with a cold face: "Get up, please remember this matter. If you can make the merits and commit crimes this time, I can still say something for you, otherwise..."

County Magistrate Zou, who heard his implicit sound, calmed down a little, and even claimed yes, but then he got up, but he didn't even dare to wipe the blood on his forehead. When Li Ling looked at it, he sighed again, saying that it was difficult to be a Beijing official, but in fact, these local officials outside the Beijing official life was even more difficult, and they really didn't even have the majesty that officials should have.

But soon, he closed his mind and looked around and said, "Mr. Yang, it seems that the murderers had planned it for a long time and had escaped before dawn, so the city gates do not need to be blocked anymore. After all, this place is the capital, and it is probably even more unfavorable for the court to cause panic."

Yang Yan also had a similar idea. After scanning the bodies of his subordinates, he nodded and said, "What you said is that the search can continue, and the city gate will be opened. However, the people who left the city must be interrogated carefully in case there are still complicits who have not left."

After Zou County Magistrate agreed, he said: "Also, please call me the gatekeepers who were released. I want to ask them some things." Now 80% of the time can be confirmed that the murderer is the two groups of merchants who left before dawn, so we need to understand their origin and appearance first. Even if it is a fake identity, it is a clue.

The magistrate Zou quickly agreed and said, "They have been taken down by the officials and are locked up in the county government. Why should you go to the county government first?"

"Okay, we were going to go to the county government to check things." This time it was Li Ling who spoke, and Yang Yan had no objection to this. He nodded immediately and walked out with Li Ling. There were clues in the murder case here, so there was no need to investigate it step by step. Of course, the county government still had something to do, and the autopsy and other things were enough for them to be busy for several days.

...

Yanshi County Government is just like this small county town, a little shabby and old. In addition, this kind of thing happened, many people rushed to the scene to do things, and the ones left behind were all frightened, and it became more and more deserted.

He invited the two Shangguans from the capital to sit in the living room of the second hall. While sending someone to bring the guards who had broken the big things, he was accompanying the lower-level leader and cautiously: "I wonder what instructions the two lords will give next?"

Yang Yan was quite modest this time, so he made a gesture of asking Li Ling and gave Li Ling the initiative without asking questions. The latter was not polite and immediately looked at the Zou County Magistrate and said, "Minister Zou has been here for several years, right? Do you still have any impression of Chu Shiwu, who was arrested and imprisoned more than a month ago?"

"Chu Shiwu..." County Magistrate Zou hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "The officials naturally remember that this criminal was fighting with someone in the street and injured him. The county government took him and put him in prison. This was just a small case, why did you ask me about it?"

"Do you know that because of this small case, the three brothers of the Chu family actually went to the capital to complain. Not only did they beat the drums of Luoyang Prefecture, but they almost caused a storm in the city."

"What... what do you mean? How is this possible?" County Magistrate Zou was even more surprised and almost bounced off his seat. Then he thought of the identities of the two, so he controlled it. "Sir, don't be joking and scaring the officials."

"Do you think I'm scaring you?" Li Ling's face turned solemn, "I've seen all three brothers in the Chu family. They said with confidence. Just over half a month ago, they learned that their uncle Chu Shiwu was taken by a yamen in the capital and was named a murderer, and they were about to be executed in a few days.

"They even came to the county government to make a noise, but they were even beaten and almost got themselves in it. In the end, they had no choice but to go to the capital to claim the wronged..."

Li Ling said while staring at the other party's expression, and saw the muscles on Zou County Magistrate's face tremble again, and his body also trembled, as if he was very panicked or angry. After a moment, he shouted loudly: "Sir, you are wronged, this is absolutely nothing... Although the officials are not capable enough, they will not do such a thing that ignores the law and regulations. How can... how can a misdemeanor criminal be a death sentence?"

As he said that, he stood up even more: "Those guys from the Chu family did come to the county government to disturb him. He insisted that Chu Shiwu was wronged, but there were many witnesses at that time, and the facts were there, so how could I have misjudged him? So I taught them a lesson and didn't do anything to them.

"As for why they suddenly insisted that their uncle was sent to the capital and was about to behead him, the officials were really unable to understand. By the way, if the lord doesn't believe it, the officials will bring Chu Shiwu..."

Li Ling raised his eyebrows suddenly: "You mean he is still locked in jail?"

"Of course, I just decided to lock him up for half a year... Come and bring Chu Shiwu." County Magistrate Zou responded, and quickly turned his head to give orders, completely looking very wronged. Seeing that he responded so happily, even Li Ling didn't even realize that he was thinking too much and blamed the other party for his mistake.

However, the one who brought it to the court first was not Chu Shiwu, but several completely depressed soldiers. They all hung their heads and knelt down in panic and entered the door: "Good, sir, little, little really don't know what murderer was letting go..."

The magistrate Zou coughed softly before saying, "You don't need to panic. Now Lord Yang from the Ministry of Justice in the Capital is coming to ask questions. As long as you explain clearly, Lord Yang will naturally not wrong you."
Chapter completed!