Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 30
The response of the Ling County government was quick, and the next morning, Ling County sent a team of officials to Shiling Pavilion to investigate the case that the Xiang family brothers deliberately helped Xiang Bo escape. The team was led by the Xiang family Brother Shan Youwei, who had a grudge against his brother, took an official document written by the county magistrate of Ling County in his hand, and asked Feng Zhong, who was still serving as the head of Shiling Pavilion, to assist in the investigation, and sent someone to arrest the Xiang family brothers and interrogate them in the pavilion of Shiling Pavilion. .

Shan Youwei, of course, found the wrong person to help. Although Feng Zhong, who had been in trouble with Xiang Kang for a long time, did not dare to openly violate the law and directly refused to assist in the investigation, he also sent someone to greet Xiang Kang early and let the Xiang family brothers go ahead. After making preparations, he politely invited Xiang Kang and the Xiang family's children into the Shiling Pavilion, and joined forces with Shan Youwei to interrogate the Xiang family brothers.

During the interrogation, Shan Youwei almost set Shiling Pavilion on fire with his outrageous rage, and he roared and demanded that the Xiang family children explain why they went north late at night, who they met in the small ruined temple, and why they deliberately helped Yan Yan. Suspicious person targeted by Jitingtingting soldiers escapes?Xiang Kang has a hippie smile, insisting that his brother went north late at night to find Xiang You, a brother of the same family who was lost and alone. He only met Xiang You in the small ruined temple. They mistakenly thought that they were robbers blocking the road due to their status as officials, and rescued the stranger in accordance with the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty. They definitely did not intentionally interfere with Yan Jiting's soldiers to enforce the law and arrest people.

"Sophistry!" Shan Youwei slammed his fist heavily on the case table, and roared: "You dare to talk nonsense and lie to the official! Come on, drag this trickster down and punish me twenty sticks! Give me a hard time!" Hit hard!"

"promise!"

"Wait!"

After Shan Youwei issued the order, the Ling County official he brought immediately sang promises that Xiang Kang would be dragged down to be tortured when he came, but Feng Zhong was obliged to stand up and stop him, and asked loudly: "Shan Youwei, can you help me?" There is no evidence, no physical evidence, why should we torture the people who are under the hood?"

"Yan Jiting's begging thief Zhang Ying, and his four soldiers are all witnesses! I can use their confessions to torture these troublemakers!" Shan Youwei pointed to Zhang Ying and others. the man growled.

"There is no basis for verbal evidence, no physical evidence, and torture is still not possible!" Feng Zhong, who belongs to Xiaxiang County, refused to pay the bill for Dan Youwei, and said: "And Zhang Qiubao and the others just said that they just suspected that the escaped A person is a criminal, but it does not prove that the person who escaped is a criminal. Mr. Xiang and the others rescued them according to the laws of the Great Qin. They have not committed any crimes, how can they be tortured?"

Shan Youwei, who had no hard evidence in his hand, was speechless, and could only stare at Feng Zhong and said word by word: "Mr. Feng Ting, I heard that you and this Xiang Kang are friends, and I also know that you have opened a blacksmith shop together." , but don’t forget, if you deliberately cover up criminals, how can you be convicted according to the laws of Great Qin!”

"If Shan Youyou suspects that the officials are deliberately protecting them, you can go to Xiaxiang City and ask the county officials such as the county lord and the county magistrate to convict the officials." Feng Zhong said with a sneer: "But you have to ask Shan You Wei, you first show evidence to prove that the subordinates are deliberately covering up."

Still there was no evidence, Shan Youwei could only keep his mouth shut, but Zhang Ying jumped out, pointed at Xiang Sui and Xiang You and said, "Youwei, the officials can testify, these two surnames Xiang, and Xiang You The man who escaped yesterday looks very similar, judging from his age, the man who escaped is likely to be their father Xiang Bo, the same Xiang Bo who killed someone and fled outside."

"Then Zhang Tingzuo, please arrest my uncle first to prove that he is the one who escaped yesterday." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "If not, we can also prove that the one who escaped yesterday is not the same as my cousin. Elephant, it doesn't matter."

The Xiang family brothers agreed one after another, and they all insisted that Xiang Bo, who escaped yesterday, did not look like Xiang Sui and Xiang You, and had nothing to do with each other.Feng Zhong also took the opportunity to spread his hands and said: "Shan Youwei, there's nothing you can do about it. These Mr. Xiang and Zhang Tingzuo said something completely different. Unless you can catch the man who escaped yesterday and prove that he is Uncle Xiang, otherwise, according to Daqin Law, you can neither torture these young masters, nor arrest them!"

"You...!" Shan Youwei glared at Feng Zhong. In fact, he also suspected that the man was Xiang Bo. Shan Youwei presented evidence.

At this time, a dog leg stood beside Shan Youwei, and whispered a few words in Shan Youwei's ear, Shan Youwei nodded slowly, and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, since you, Feng Tingchang, insist on taking sides These suspects, the official will not force you, I will go to the county seat of the prime minister, find your prime minister and the right lieutenant to order the arrest, and arrest these people with the surname Xiang in the county for interrogation. I see how you are still partial !"

After saying that, Shan Youwei really got up and rushed out of the Shiling Pavilion. The people he brought followed closely, and went straight to Xiaxiang County amidst the ridicule of the Xiang family brothers.It turned out that after Shan Youwei and others walked away, Feng Zhongcai said to Xiang Kang very worriedly: "Brother Xiang Kang, for you today, I offended Shan Youwei to death. If the people in the county really call you If you are questioned by the county, you have to stand up, otherwise, not only will I lose my official position, but I might even have to go to Lishan to work as a coolie."

"Thank you, brother. I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I will remember what happened today." Xiang Kang cupped his hands to thank Feng Zhong, and said, "Don't worry, brother, this matter is also related to us. If someone from the county really comes to arrest us Asking questions, we will never let go, and we will never implicate you."

Feng Zhong nodded, wanting to ask whether the person who ran away yesterday was really Uncle Xiang, but knowing that Xiang Kang would definitely not tell the truth, he had no choice but to swallow the question, and asked instead: "Brother Xiang Kang, what happened to you in this matter?" Come on, is there anything else I can help you with?"

Xiang Kang thought for a while and replied: "Not yet, but if there is any trouble in the future, please do not hesitate to help me."

"Don't worry, just open your mouth if you need it." Feng Zhong replied with a wry smile, "We brothers are now grasshoppers on the same rope. If we can't run away from you, we can't run away from me."

Xiang Kang smiled when he heard this, and was very proud of his foresight. He not only turned the enemy into a friend with Feng Zhong in advance, but also asked Zhou County Magistrate to sell Feng Zhong a favor—otherwise, Feng Zhong would definitely stand alone today. Right lieutenant is over there.

Then, Feng Zhong wanted to invite Xiang Kang and others to stay for dinner, but Xiang Kang, who had just received a favor from Feng Zhong, politely declined, and in turn offered to invite Feng Zhong to dinner, feeling a little flustered Feng Zhong shook his head and thanked Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang didn't force it, so he led the Xiang family's children to leave.

The matter was not over yet, after going out in front of the pavilion, Xiang Kang ran into a servant of the Yu family who had met several times, the servant of the Yu family who was carrying a package stopped Xiang Kang, nodded and bowed and said: "Mr. , It was my master who sent the younger one here. The master wants the younger one to tell you that the pavilion at Yanjiting called him in for questioning yesterday. He explained that you were looking for the lost Mr. Xiang You, and he didn't say anything else. "

Xiang Kang nodded, and thanked the servant of the Yu family for the tip-off, and the servant of the Yu family untied the package on his back again, and said, "Master Xiang, inside are the clothes you replaced in our Yu family, and my lady hand I made you a dress, please accept it."

He took the package a little excitedly, and when he quickly opened it, Xiang Kang immediately found that the dirty clothes he had changed at Yu's house had been washed clean, the patches on the sleeves had been repaired, and there was another piece with fine stitches. Xiang Kang couldn't help showing a sweet smile on his face, and he praised sincerely: "I didn't expect that little girl to have such skillful hands."

"It's a promise, take it back and put it away, and wear it when you get formally engaged." Xiang Zhuang pointed out eccentrically, and the Xiang family brothers next to him echoed, and everyone laughed, but Xiang You's face was gloomy, and he looked at Xiang Kang's His eyes were full of jealousy.

After finishing the errand, the Yu family servant took Xiang Kang's words of thanks and left. Xiang Kang also went home with a smile on his face surrounded by Xiang Kang's children, and Xiang You walked to the end with a gloomy face. What neither he nor the Xiang family's children noticed was that a pair of eyes were staring at them closely at the hidden place by the roadside, and they also noticed Xiang You, who had an obviously unfriendly expression...

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In the evening of that day, what Feng Zhong was most worried about finally happened. The county magistrate and You Wei, who were prime ministers, jointly signed a letter, asking Feng Zhong to take all the children of the Xiang family to the city for interrogation. As a result, Feng Zhong did not dare to openly cover up He could only invite the children of the Xiang family to come in front of him early the next morning, explain the whole story to Xiang Kang and others, and invite the children of the Xiang family to go to the city with him for trial.Xiang Kang also knew that Feng Zhong was in a difficult situation, so he nodded in agreement immediately, and repeatedly told his children not to let go, and followed Feng Zhong to Xiaxiang City for trial.

I don't know what Shan Youwei did in Xiaxiang City. After entering the city, Feng Zhongcai just handed over the Xiang family brothers to Xiaxiang's prison guards, and the Xiang family children were immediately taken to the county jail.Fortunately, he was not sent directly to a prison cell, but to a county prison guest house with relatively better conditions, similar to a detention center.Soon thereafter, county officials came to verify the identities and origins of Xiang Kang and the others, and made a preliminary investigation into what happened. Surrendered his sidearm.

Already quite familiar with this era, Xiang Kang knew very well that the next interrogation was the real key. However, to Xiang Kang's surprise, that afternoon, Xiaxiang County Prime Minister sent jailers to escort the Xiang family's children to the county prison. During the interrogation in the main hall, only Xiang You was taken away by name, instead of all the children of the Xiang family for interrogation.Xiang Kang realized that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly asked the jailer who came to detain him: "Sir, why did you only detain my cousin alone? This matter has something to do with us?"

"I don't know the arrangement above."

The jailer spread his hands to express that he didn't know, and then urged Xiang You to leave quickly. Xiang Kang was a little worried, and hurriedly said to Xiang You, "Xiang You, tell the truth, don't talk nonsense."

He gave Xiang Kang a bad look, but Xiang You didn't answer, and followed the county magistrate with a gloomy expression.Xiang Kang secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, and thought: "Oops, this kid Xiang You is obviously jealous of my marriage with the little girl from the Yu family. He shouldn't hate me because of jealousy, and deliberately say something that is not good for me." ?”

Thinking of Xiang You's attitude towards himself during this period, Xiang Kang's heart inevitably became more disturbed, and he was extremely worried that Xiang You was stupid and incompetent, and was asked what confession was made by Shan Youwei's group alone, and the more worried he was, the longer the time , It was only after it was completely dark that the jailer who had taken Xiang You away brought a group of guards back to Xiang Kang and others, and asked all the children of the Xiang family to go to the main hall of the county prison for interrogation.Xiang Kang had no choice but to wink at the Xiang family's children, telling them to obey his previous arrangement and not to speak in a hurry, while fearfully following the prison guards out of the county prison guest house, to the county prison main hall for interrogation.

Xiang You, who was brought to trial earlier, was not in the main hall. On the contrary, Shan Youwei of Ling County, who had a grudge against Xiang Kang, was sitting in the left column of the main hall with a big face. The judge was presided over by Xiang Kang who had met once. The county magistrate of Xiaxiang County, sitting in the right column is the jailer of Xiaxiang, and there are some small officials who are taking pens and ink to record statements.Seeing that Xiang Kang and others entered the hall and stood still, Xiaxiang County Prime Minister spoke first and said: "Listen well, you must answer truthfully when I ask questions from the next officer. If there is a lie, it will be added to the crime. Remember Are you staying?"

"Remember." Xiang Kang took the lead in agreeing, and said, "Please interrogate the officials as you like, and I will answer truthfully."

The Xiang family brothers followed Xiang Kang's answer, the content was similar, Xiaxiang County Prime Minister nodded in satisfaction, and then asked the Xiang family children about what happened the day before yesterday, Xiang Kang continued to talk nonsense, insisting that he and the Xiang family brothers went to Yanji Pavilion , in order to find Xiang You who got lost while playing, worried about what happened to Xiang You, and searched all night, and then prepared to go to Xiapi to play and visit the ironware market, accidentally met Zhang Ying and others and besieged an unknown gentleman , because they didn’t know the identities of Zhang Ying and the others, and followed Qin’s law that if you see a bandit within a hundred steps, you must act bravely to help, and then caused the next thing.

It made Xiang Kang a little surprised. When he was making a statement, Shan Youwei never interrupted himself, and there was still a mysterious smile on his face. Even if Xiang Kang finished the nonsense at the end, Shan Youwei was not in a hurry talking.On the contrary, Xiaxiang County Prime Minister opened his mouth and asked the children of the Xiang family: "Is Xiang Kang's confession the whole story?"

"Yes. What Xiang Kang said are all facts, what we have seen and experienced with our own eyes." Xiang Zhuang rushed to answer first, and then the members of the Xiang family also nodded, insisting that Xiang Kang's confession was the truth.

"Very good." Xiaxiang County Prime Minister nodded in satisfaction, suddenly raised his voice, and said, "But the confession given by your fellow brother Xiang You is completely different from your statement."

"May I ask the official, how did my cousin Xiang You explain it?" Xiang Kang asked calmly.

"He confessed that the night before yesterday, he was with his father, Uncle Xiang, who murdered and fled." Xiaxiang County Prime Minister smiled and said: "Xiang You also said that you are not looking for him alone, but to see your uncle. Xiang Bo, then Xiang Bo was found by the soldiers of Yanjiting in Ling County and fled north. When you found out that the situation was not good, you went back and deliberately prevented the soldiers of Yanjiting from handling the case, so that your uncle Xiang Bo could take the opportunity to escape."

Before the county magistrate could finish his words, most of the ten or so members of the Xiang family had changed their complexions, and Xiang Kang's heart was beating a little, but his face remained calm, and he just said: "Shangli, my brother Xiang You It’s impossible to say that, please send him to confront him.”

"He has been tortured and has already been taken down for medical treatment. The confrontation can only be discussed later." Xiaxiang County Prime Minister shook his head, held up another scroll of bamboo slips, and said, "But here is the statement signed by him. What else do you have to say now?"

The faces of the Xiang family's children changed, but Shan Youwei, who was sitting in the left row, was smiling ferociously, looking at Xiang Kang with vicious eyes, like a poisonous snake staring at a poor frog...

(End of this chapter)