Criminal investigation in ancient times

When Lin Xiaoze heard that the other party only wanted money, that's easy to say, the young master opened his mouth and said, "I'll give you how much money you want, how about you let us go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all of the bandits showed greedy faces, and they slammed into each other with the murder weapon "Dang Dang". "Hey~~ Brother, we caught a little fat fish today!"

After Zhang Rui heard Lin Xiaoze say this, he laughed angrily and almost kicked him back to the capital, he was still thinking about how to mess it up, but he just sold his teammate outright!

Zhang Rui whispered: "If you don't speak, no one will sell you as dumb!"

Lin Xiaoze: "..." I want to cry but have no tears, brother, this is also the first time I have met bandits.

The bandit leader said: "Ge Laozi, quickly hand over the money and don't waste your money, or I will chop you all up and make buns!"

Several guards looked at each other, nodded and rushed over with their knives in hand.

Although these bandits looked crowded, most of them were physically stronger reckless men who didn't know kung fu at all. When they saw that the other party didn't drop their things and run away like ordinary people, they started fighting with them instead. Everyone, young and old, were frightened Prepare to retreat.The guards knocked down one of them with a few moves, and at the end of the fight, seeing that he was invincible, the big man threw his knife and ran up the mountain.

Zhang Rui: "This..."

The bandits who were lying on the ground ran away as soon as they saw the elder brother, and ran up the mountain regardless of the others. They ran quickly, and the guards hurriedly grabbed a small one and brought them over.The dirt that wiped off this man's face turned out to be a half-grown child.

Zhang Ruidao: "Where are you from, why do you want to rob here?!"

The kid spat on the ground: "Young Master, what the hell, do your ass! Since I fell into your hands, I will kill you if you want to kill me!"

Seeing this, Zhang Rui couldn't help laughing and said: "In this case, Xiao Bai, help me cut off his tongue first, and if he doesn't speak, he will never be able to speak."

Duan Xiaobai pulled out the dagger from his waist and pulled the boy's chin, pretending to cut his tongue.

After all, he was a half-grown kid, and when he saw this, his legs became weak and he shouted: "Don't! Don't cut my tongue!"

Zhang Ruidao: "Didn't you say you were going to be killed or cut into pieces? You were killed before you were scratched? Then tell me where you are from?"

The kid turned pale with fright and hurriedly said: "We are villagers from the nearby Niujiazhuang. The harvest in the village is not good. Usually, after the busy season of farming, we will go up the mountain to pretend to be bandits, intercept passing carriages, and rob some money. Do something that kills people!"

Zhang Rui: "You said you didn't do anything to kill anyone, but didn't you just hold the murder weapon to steal our money and kill us?"

The little bandit said: "Don't dare, we are all dealers, there are old and young in the family, how can we do such unconscionable things, usually just to scare and scare, other people just drop their things and run away, who knows Not only did you not run away, you wounded us all..."

Zhang Rui sneered: "If you don't do something that is completely unconscionable, wouldn't it be unconscionable to rob other people's money? If someone's life-saving money is robbed, how can you know that you are not killing someone's life?"

"Tie him up to me, and take him to the next county seat to be dealt with by the county magistrate!" The guard clasped his fists, took out a rope from the carriage, tied the boy's hands and tied him to the back of the carriage and followed.

Uncle Han repaired the carriage, and everyone continued on their way, but after only three or five miles, the boy yelled loudly and couldn't move anymore.

"I can't walk anymore~~, let me go, I'm still young, I haven't done anything evil, please do me a favor and let me go..."

Seeing that the child was about the same age as the young master, Uncle Han couldn't bear it and said, "Young master, look..."

Zhang Rui looked at him and said, "If you can't walk anymore, you can sit on the ground, and the carriage will drag you into the county town."

The boy flinched, curled his lips and didn't dare to yell anymore, and continued to follow the carriage.Zhang Rui smiled, and quietly asked the guards to drive the carriage a little slower.

At noon, I finally arrived at Qiuhe County. Qiuhe County is located on the east side of Tongzhou. It is a relatively bustling county. The further west you go, the more desolate it becomes.

The kid was so tired that he squatted on the ground as soon as the carriage stopped and couldn't get up.Zhang Rui didn't bother to talk to him, and ordered someone to tie him to the car and take care of him.

When he arrived at the county, Zhang Rui went straight to the county magistrate's office. The county magistrate of Qiuhe County was a donated official. , a living scum who exploits the flesh and blood of the people.

Zhang Rui didn't know this person. When a group of people arrived at the mansion, only a teacher came out to receive him.Seeing this, Duan Xiaobai said loudly: "Bold! How dare a mere county magistrate disrespect the magistrate and send a master to receive him?!"

The master was taken aback, and wondered in his heart, could it be the new prefect of Tongzhou? !Shocked by such a thought, he was covered in cold sweat, knelt down and kowtowed hurriedly and said, "I don't know if it's the lord who came, but the villain is going to notify the county magistrate..." After saying that, he got up and hurriedly withdrew, and accidentally stumbled when he reached the door , Lin Xiaoze covered his mouth and giggled.

Zhang Rui turned his head and glanced at him, Lin Xiaoze swallowed, and looked elsewhere.

After a while, a fat-headed man came over in a hurry, and seeing a few people sitting on stools in the room, Lin Xiaoze was dressed better. Earlier news came from the capital that the new magistrate was a half-grown child. him.Hastily knelt down and said: "I don't know if it's the magistrate who came, but the lower officials are far away to welcome you. Please don't be offended by the magistrate."

Lin Xiaoze was startled when he saw him kneeling towards him, and hurriedly said: "You are kneeling wrong, this is the magistrate."

The county magistrate looked up and saw Zhang Rui wearing a light blue robe, his hair was tied up with a sandalwood hairpin, his face was like a crown jade, with bright eyebrows and starry eyes, so graceful that he was stunned.This county magistrate also prefers male sex, especially boys with half-open body bones are the best taste, and Zhang Rui's appearance just happens to be in line with his liking, and he suddenly feels lustful.

Although Zhang Rui was an old virgin, he had met a lot of perverted rapists in his previous life. There was almost no difference in his eyes. Looking at him directly, he felt a little nauseous, wishing he could kick his oily face.

He Ming next to him couldn't stand it anymore and coughed.The county magistrate came back to his senses, and was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat. What did he just do in front of the superior officer!Although the magistrate is young, since the emperor can send him to a place like Tongzhou, there is a reason for him.The county magistrate was not stupid, so he quickly looked away and arranged for Zhang Rui and his party to have dinner.

During the banquet, the county magistrate kept toasting to make amends, Zhang Rui refused his toast after drinking a glass because he was too young to drink, but Duan Xiaobai drank so vigorously that the county magistrate was dizzy.

Zhang Rui looked at the pig-headed county magistrate and sneered twice, got up and went out, the smell in the room really made him sick, the county magistrate was not an upright person at first glance, the head of a county, a seventh-rank official, fifty years a year Shi's salary was only 300 taels when converted into silver, but his brocade robe was no less than a hundred taels, and the meal cost at least 30 taels of silver, which seemed like a trivial matter to the county magistrate.No wonder the ancients said that in three years, the magistrate of Qing Dynasty had [-] snowflakes of silver!

He Ming: "Why did you come out?"

Hearing the voice, Zhang Rui turned back and said, "It's too stuffy inside, I can't breathe."

He Ming walked up to him and whispered: "I see that the county magistrate is not upright, we don't want to stay in that county office today, it's better to find an inn outside."

Zhang Rui nodded: "That's exactly what I mean. By the way, where is the boy who was tied up together?"

He Ming: "In the backyard, I just gave him something to eat, and after eating, his hands and feet were tied to the carriage."

Zhang Rui thought of that kid and said with a smile: "Go, accompany me to see him."

The two walked to the backyard of the restaurant, and saw that the boy found a stone knife from nowhere, and desperately cut the rope on his feet.

Zhang Rui couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing: "Hahahaha, you still want to escape?" The boy turned his head and snorted.

He Ming couldn't help but smiled and said: "I'll send you to the county mansion in a while. The county magistrate likes handsome boys the most. I think it's appropriate to send you there."

The kid spat: "Bah, why should I send you off, if you want to send it to him, this white-faced boy!"

Zhang Rui was poked at the sore spot and said, "Just wait and see, who is it for?"

The boy seemed to have heard about the county magistrate, and he really thought that the two of them were going to send him to the county mansion. His face paled in fright and he hurriedly said: "My lords, I know I was wrong, please forgive me Small one."

Zhang Rui was really disgusted by his soft-spoken and fearful face, and felt that this kid's glib voice was also interesting. "You went to the mountain to become a bandit at a young age, does your family know?"

The boy muttered: "Master is older than you, but still young..."

Zhang Rui: "..." He raised his foot and was about to leave.

"Hey, don't go, I said it's okay? Look at you, young master, I... I am not from Niujiazhuang, and I don't know where my family is from. They all call me Huzi, and I don't have a surname. Just remember When I was young, my family members starved to death, young master... I followed a large group of people for a long time, and then I settled down in Niujiazhuang."

Zhang Rui silently calculated in his heart that this child might be an orphan left over from the six-year drought in Longxing.

Zhang Rui: "So, you don't have any relatives in Niujiazhuang? It's so good. Now you can choose two ways. One is to leave you here in Qiuhe County and hand it over to the government, or the other is to go to Tongzhou with me." , from now on, follow me to be a handyman, and I will take care of you three meals a day, two taels of silver a month, how about it?"

Huzi swallowed his saliva and said, "You lied to me... how about me? Is there really two taels of silver a month?!"

He Ming smiled and said, "Then what do you think? Do you know his identity?"

Hu Zi shook his head: "I don't know, but I see that you are not like an ordinary person."

Zhang Rui smiled and said, "Then who do you think I look like?"

Huzi said: "It's a bit like an official, but it's different from other high officials."

He Ming: "This is the prefect of Tongzhou."

When Huzi heard this, he was startled and cried, "I haven't studied, don't lie to me... You really want to drag me to Tongzhou to sell me?"I don't have two taels of flesh on me, so it's worthless! "

The two looked at each other, and laughed out loud. It would be nice to have this kid as a mascot.

After dinner, everyone came down from the restaurant. The county magistrate obviously drank too much. He dragged Duan Xiaobai to call him a brother, bragging about how powerful he was, and then talked about his "glorious" deeds of the fish and meat people like beans.The master at the side became more and more terrified the more he listened, his face paled in anxiety, he secretly pinched the county magistrate several times but he didn't react.Turning around to look at the little magistrate who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he felt cold behind his back.Howled secretly in my heart: Ouch~ My magistrate, if you talk nonsense again, you will die soon!

It's a pity that the pig-headed county magistrate couldn't hear his wailing, and was still belching nonsense.Duan Xiaobai saw that he had almost asked all the necessary questions, so he raised his eyebrows and bid farewell to the county magistrate.The pig-headed county magistrate smiled and waved: "Brother Duan often comes back to see~"

Zhang Rui couldn't help bursting into laughter, patted Duan Xiaobai on the shoulder and said, "It seems that the county magistrate is very optimistic about you."

The corner of Duan Xiaobai's mouth twitched and said, "Don't dare."

He found a good inn and asked for a few rooms. In order to prevent the bandit boy from escaping, Zhang Rui directly threw him to Duan Xiaobai to take care of him.

Huzi followed Duan Xiaobai into the room with his hands tied, his eyes gurgling back and forth, not knowing what bad idea he had.

Duan Xiaobai snorted coldly and said, "I'm not as good-tempered as they are. If you dare to run away, I'll break off one of your hands, and then I'll break off the other hand until you don't want to run away anymore. gone."

Hu Zi was so frightened that he swallowed dryly and knelt down and said, "Hero, I can see that you are different from them. You look like a kind-hearted person. Please let me go, I have an 80-year-old mother. , I have... I have a younger brother who is underage, and the whole family points at me to earn money to support the family. If I don't go back, the two of them will starve to death."

Duan Xiaobai drank a lot of wine today, he was lying on the bed pinching the bridge of his nose and said: "Well, you have an 80-year-old mother, this is the first time I've heard that women can still give birth at the age of 70. "

Volume III Tongzhou Prefect