Leng Yi said: "You are right that the murderer was bold. I agree with him."

Master Dong was very happy and grinned.

Leng Yi added: "However, I don't agree with your identification of the suspects as Jiangyang thieves who are roaming around to commit crimes. Because most of the Jiangyang thieves are criminals wanted by the Yamen, and many of them have criminal records in the Yamen, so they are avoided by the Yamen.

Generally speaking, crimes would not be committed in a government office, unless it was a prison robbery or something like that. If you want to rape and murder a woman, with the skills of a gangster, there is nothing he can do. Why would you choose a place like the toilet of a government office? In rape and murder cases, murders happen very quickly.

But rape takes time. A place like a toilet where people come and go is not an ideal place to commit rape and murder. Therefore, the perpetrator is unlikely to be a gangster."

Master Dong sincerely praised: "Dong Weng's words made the students enlightened."

Leng Yi said: "I will personally investigate this case, carefully examine every clue, find out the clues, and strive to solve the case as soon as possible!"

Mr. Dong praised again: "Your Excellency, if you solve the case yourself, you will definitely be able to catch it."

Leng Yi took off his hat, touched his dog-gnawed hair, and said, "When I go back, my wife will definitely ask me what's going on. Please tell me so that she won't worry."

Master Dong hurriedly agreed, but secretly laughed in his stomach. Knowing this, why did he cry and make a fuss about becoming a monk in the first place, and even cut his hair? Now he is worried that his wife will know about it. He really is not acting properly at a young age.

In the afternoon, they arrived at Yinling County.

The road turned around and when I saw the county town, it was halfway up the mountain and I could overlook the whole city. From a distance, the county town was not big and the city wall was very dilapidated. However, there were several roads leading to the city. There was also a quiet river.

It meanders through the city. From the perspective of the road, it is also a regional water and land transportation artery.

After going down the mountain, there is a rugged river dam, and further forward is the city gate tower.

Most of the people who came in and out of the city gate were mountain people with white headscarves on their heads. They were busy carrying burdens and baskets, going in and out. Two soldiers at the city gate lazily hid in the gate hole to avoid the rain.

Two long spears were placed on the ground, and a passing buffalo dumped a piece of cow dung on top of them. The soldiers did not know either, and sat on a skewed stool toward the outside of the city gate, talking.

Seeing Leng Yi's carriage coming, the two soldiers recognized it as the county magistrate's carriage. They stood up hurriedly and thought about the spear again. They wanted to get it. Only then did they realize there was cow dung on it. Cursing in their mouths, they picked it up and shook it off.

Ignoring the smell of the cow dung on top, I leaned on my shoulders and straightened my back.

Leng Yi opened the car curtain and looked at it, then nodded slowly.

As the carriage enters the city, most of the houses in the city are dilapidated, and one or two large houses can be seen occasionally. What is gratifying is that there are many trees in the city, many of which are as thick as a hug. Like a big umbrella, they can cover the entire city at once.

The roofs of several houses.

The roads on the street are all long bluestone slabs, but the arrangement is not very neat. Some places are damaged and incomplete, and some are sunken or tilted. The houses on both sides of the street are almost all two-story wooden houses facing the street. Below are

There are shops one after another, with door panels set up on two long benches. There are goods on them, and clothes and pants for sale are hung on the walls. Behind them and upstairs are homes.

The windows facing the street were supported by bamboo poles. At some point, the bamboo poles fell down and hit a passing young man on the head. Thus, another story of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian was played out.

Leng Yi looked at it with curiosity and thought wildly in his mind. The carriage staggered along the street, and the coachman shouted: "Get out of the way! The county magistrate's car is coming! Get out of the way!"

What I saw in movies and TV dramas were all government servants sounding gongs and clearing the way in a majestic manner. How come when they arrived at his place, they became grooms and shouted at them? Leng Yi was a little bit dumbfounded.

The carriage came to a stop at a dilapidated gate. Leng Yi took a look through the raised curtain and saw an old peach wood plaque hanging on the lintel of the gate, which read "Yinling County Yamen" in official writing. Several levels of bluestone slabs.

The steps must be very old. They have been polished and polished, and there are some dents in the places where they are often stepped on.

On both sides of the gate, two slaves in black clothes, holding waist knives, sat lazily on the bluestone railing. When they saw the carriage approaching, they hurriedly came up to greet him. They looked at Leng Yi and nodded and bowed: "Master, are you back? Your hair

…?”

Master Dong said: "What are you asking about the master's affairs?!"

"Yes!" Zaoli didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly took the luggage of Leng Yi and Master from the coachman's hands.

Leng Yi got off the carriage and didn't look around. He couldn't reveal any flaws. Anyway, there would be plenty of time to look around later. He stepped into the gate. Inside was a screen wall with some notices and documents posted on it. There were a few coarse clothed people watching there.

Some were still writing on the paper. When they saw the county magistrate coming, they quickly bowed and stepped aside.

Leng Yi didn't know how the official he replaced treated the people, so he didn't dare to attract too much attention. He just lowered his head, as if he didn't see them, and walked around the screen wall. Behind it was Yi's large courtyard.

There are two rows of bungalows on both sides. On the lintel hangs the sign of "Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, Gong", which are the six departments of the yamen, responsible for the relevant government affairs of the county. Some scribes are busy inside.

The person in charge of each room, also known as the secretary, saw Leng Yi coming in through the open door and hurriedly welcomed him out. He nodded and bowed and said hello, saying thank you for your hard work. The scribes who could walk away also followed him.

First, a roommate said: "Go down and call the chief registrar."

While at the inn, Leng Yi had already found out that their yamen was not big and there were only two officials in the court, one was the county magistrate and the other was the chief clerk. The chief clerk's name was Qiu Hong, and he was an old scholar who seemed to be a bit of a sour scholar.

The chief clerk was working in his official office. When he heard that the magistrate was coming, he came out quickly.

Leng Yi saw a wizened old man coming with the clerk, who was probably the clerk.

The old man came to Leng Yi with some staggering steps, bowed his head and said: "I humbly welcome the magistrate."

Although Leng Yi was wearing a hat, his short hair on the temples could still be noticed quickly. Even the drowsy head clerk noticed it, and everyone looked at his head in surprise, and looked at Dong next to him suspiciously.

Master. Master Dong stood there expressionless.

Leng Yi looked at the chief secretary, nodded, imitating the appearance of officials in movies and TV dramas, and said in an official tone: "How is it? Nothing happened these days, right?"

"Replying to your lord, no, it's just the collection of taxes, and the prefect sent another letter to urge it."

"Yes, I understand. I want to investigate the murder case, so you can go and do your work! You can't just pile it all on the case. There are still many things to do. Thank you for your hard work."

These few words made Chief Qiu Hong smile immediately, and he quickly bowed and said: "If you don't want to take it, then I will resign from this humble position."

After saying that, he held his hands in front of him as a gift, then turned around and went back to his official office.

Naturally, Leng Yi didn't know any of these people. Seeing how they nodded and bowed, they seemed a little perfunctory. He didn't know why. He kept the faces of the chamberlains in his heart with a profound expression on their faces.

With a quizzical expression, he said coldly: "Where is Mr. Wu?"

A roommate said: "It should be in the squad room. Is the younger one going to call me?"

"Well, everyone has been called!"

The roommate didn't know what Leng Yi meant by calling him, and he didn't want to ask more, so he agreed and hurried to call him.

Leng Yi saw that the direction he was going was a small door next to the main gate. It seemed that that was the prison cell where the police officers lived. He asked casually: "Is there nothing going on these days when I am away?"

Several roommates hurriedly bowed and said, "No, nothing happened."

Leng Yi clasped his hands behind his back and walked forward slowly, looking around from the corner of his eyes. In front of him was a lobby with several stone steps and a long platform. There was a big drum on the right side of the lobby. Apparently, this was the legendary drum of injustice.

In the lobby, there are water and fire sticks stuck on the wooden shelves on both sides. There are also some instruments of torture. There is a warming cabinet in the middle of the lobby. At the front is a bill, with token tubes and the Four Treasures of the Study on it. Behind it is a picture of a red sun on the sea.

It seemed that this was the lobby where the county magistrate was trying the case. Leng Yi just glanced at it without any expression on his face. He walked up to the platform and stopped, turned around, glanced at the people below, frowned and said: "Captain Wu

Why aren't you here yet?"
Chapter completed!