"But with his signature confession here, what else do you have to say now?"

Hearing the county magistrate's words, he saw the bamboo slips in his hand. Not to mention the younger Xiang Yang and Xiang Tu, the Xiang family's children, even the oldest Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng couldn't help but change their faces and their hearts were terrified. Xiang Kang was also very nervous, but the expression on his face was calm and he said, "Prince, can you let me see my cousin's confession?"

"Mr. Xiang, the matter has reached this point. Do you still want to struggle to death?" The county magistrate answered the question and said, "I would like to remind you again. Now that you confess truthfully, you can reduce the crime by one level. But if you continue to argue and lie, then I would be powerless even if I want to open my mouth to you."

"Young Master Xiang, this is the opportunity given to you by the county magistrate." The prison officer sitting on the right-ranked chief said, "Now you confess truthfully, it can be considered a self-proclaimer (submission). According to the Qin Dynasty, the crime can be reduced by one level. If you miss this opportunity, according to the Qin Dynasty, your crime is not as simple as punishing Chengdan and serving in Mount Li."

If it were other children of the Xiang family, the singing and singing of Xiaxiang County Magistrate and the prison officer would probably have been effective. Unfortunately, the opponent that Xiaxiang County Magistrate and the prison officer met this time was Xiang Kang, who had been baptized by countless film and television dramas related to solving the case. So no matter how nervous she was, Xiang Kang did not trust the words of Xiaxiang County Magistrate and the prison officer and replied: "Thank you for the kind reminder of the two officials, but if you don't commit any crime, you don't commit any crime, and you're all telling the truth, so there is no need to reduce the crime by one level."

"I won't cry until I see the coffin!" Shan Youwei, who hated Xiang Kang, finally spoke up and bowed to the county magistrate of Xiaxiang and said, "Superior, these thieves are stubborn. I think there is no need to give them any chance to confess. Let them see with their own eyes how Xiang You made it, and then see what they have to say!"

"Oh." The county magistrate sighed with regret, and then said, "Young Master Xiang Kang, it's the opportunity for you to not confess yourself. Then no wonder my official is not missing the old love. The person comes, show them Xiang You's confession and let them know how Xiang You asked him."

"I'll come in person." The prison officer volunteered to get up and took over the bamboo slips that recorded Xiang You's confession, unfolded part of them, and asked someone to bring an oil lamp, and walked to the children of the Xiang family with the bamboo slips and oil lamps, allowing the children of the Xiang family to watch Xiang You's confession.

The prison officer first asked Xiang Tu and Xiang Yang and other Xiang family members to see the confession, but in the end he hurriedly glanced at the words on the bamboo slips. Xiang Tu and Xiang Yang and others were already looking like earth, and their bodies were trembling involuntarily. The other Xiang family members were similar to each other when they saw the confession. Xiang Zhuang said in a lost voice: "How is it possible? How could Xiang You talk nonsense?"

I once heard Feng Zhong talk about the rules of case trial in this era. I knew that at this time, I would be beaten by a bamboo board ten times. Xiang Kang, who did not want to suffer in vain, gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to speak. At the same time, he also tried to stand up straight and relax his expression so that the children of the Xiang family could find the backbone when they saw themselves, so that they would not tell the truth too flusteredly. As a result, this also achieved the effect that Xiang Kang hoped. Seeing Xiang Kang's calm appearance, the children of the Xiang family were nervous and did not rush to speak, and were patiently waiting for Xiang Kang to react.

The prison officer finally put the bamboo slips in front of Xiang Kang. With the light of the oil lamp, Xiang Kang saw that Xiang You's handwritten signature was indeed on the bamboo slips. When he looked at the contents of the confession, Xiang Kang found that the prison officer had wrapped up most of the contents of Xiang You's confession. He spread a few pieces of bamboo slips and just wrote: "... The one with me in the temple of the society is my father Xiang Bo. Our Xiang brothers deliberately blocked Yan Jitingting's husband from handling the case in order to give my father a chance to escape."

"How is it, Mr. Xiang Kang, have you seen it clearly?" the prison officer asked with a smile: "What do you have to say now?"

"Young Master Xiang Kang, tell the truth, otherwise I will be punished." The county magistrate also threatened with a smile.

"Superior, why are you polite to him?" Shan Youwei said: "This bandit named Xiang Kang is extremely cunning. He will never confess without any major punishment! The lower official proposes to use punishment directly!"

The faces of the Xiang family's children became pale. When they recalled the resentful gaze when Xiang You was brought to trial alone, a fine cold sweat also appeared on Xiang Kang's forehead. While thinking quickly, Xiang Kang's gaze suddenly fell on Xiang You's handwritten autograph. No matter how you look at it, it looked like Xiang You's handwritten autograph. His eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help laughing, "Hahahahahaha."

"Young Master Xiang Kang, why are you laughing?" The prison officer opposite asked in confusion. The Xiang brothers were all happy and immediately focused their attention on Xiang Kang.

"I laughed at the signature of Xiang You who imitated Xiang You was too fake and had too many flaws." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "Shang Li, who imitated the signature of my brother? I think you should hit him, but the imitation was too bad. You can tell at a glance that it was not my cousin's autograph."

When she said this, Xiang Kang kept staring at the prison officer's eyes on the opposite side. After seeing the prison officer's pupils shrink violently, Xiang Kang's heart fell back into his stomach. He knew that he had made the bet right, and it looked like it was signed by Xiang You himself, and it was probably fake.

"You said the signature is fake?" the county magistrate spoke and asked with a thorn intent, "Where is the fake?"

"It's all fake, every stroke and every painting are fake." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "Also, can you bother the prison officer to unfold all the bamboo slips and let me see the content of the confession in front of my cousin Xiang You?"

The prison officer had nothing to say, and the county magistrate also closed his mouth, while the Shan Youwei was speechless, unable to believe that the carefully designed trap of inducing offering would be easily discovered by Xiang Kang. Xiang Kang observed his words and expressions, and felt more at ease. He bowed to the county magistrate and said, "But although the signature is fake, I really have to thank you all the officials, thank you."

"Why thank us?" the county magistrate asked curiously.

"If it weren't for the clever plan of all the officials, I wouldn't have found a way to prove my innocence." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "What happened the day before yesterday, because I abide by the laws of the Qin Dynasty, I took action to rescue the gentleman who seemed to have been robbed by bandits. I accidentally interfered with the office work of the neighboring county pavilion. I was misunderstood by the neighboring county pavilion. It was really hard to tell a hundred people, and I could not clear it even if I jumped into the big river (Yellow River). But now, I can prove my innocence and prove that what I said was the truth. So I must thank you all the officials for designing this opportunity to defend myself and prove that I did not have a chance to say a lie."

After saying that, Xiang Kang turned to other Xiang family members and smiled and said, "Dear brothers, brothers, why don't you thank all the officials. If they don't plan this way, we can't explain clearly even if we have a hundred mouths."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you all for giving us this opportunity." The children of the Xiang family thanked one after another, but the county magistrate of Xiaxiang looked at Shan Youwei with a wry smile on his face, and Shan Youwei had a dark face and said nothing.

"Hahahahaha!" A hearty laugh suddenly came from the back hall. Then, Zhou Zeng, the magistrate of Xiaxiang County who had always admired Xiang Kang, walked out slowly and said with a laugh: "Young Master Xiang Kang, I really admire you. When you encounter such a thing, you can still be so calm. It's really admirable."

"I've met the county magistrate."

The county magistrate and the prison officer hurriedly stood up to salute, and Shan Youwei stood up to salute helplessly. County Magistrate Zhou ignored them and just took the bamboo slips from the prison officer's hand, pointed to Xiang You's signature on it and asked Xiang Kang curiously: "Young Master Xiang, is there any trace of forgery in this signature? How did you see at a glance that the signature is fake? Do you know that even the official did not find any flaws just now?"

"When you have no flaws when you go back to the county, it is the biggest flaw." Xiang Kang explained: "Just now, the county magistrate said that his cousin Xiang You was taken down to treat because of his punishment. How could a person who was injured write a letter that was so neat? No trembling or disorder? Isn't this the biggest flaw?"

With a light bang, the county magistrate of Xiaxiang slapped himself on the forehead and said with a wry smile: "I am confused, why did you forget such an important thing? I thought I was imitating it perfectly, but who knows it was all flaws?"

"Thank you, my servant." Xiang Kang bowed and thanked again, and said with a smile: "If the superior had not set up this clever plan, I would really not be able to prove my innocence."

The county magistrate smiled bitterly, and the county magistrate Zhou smiled and said to Shan Youwei: "Shan Youwei, now you can give up, right? I have said that things without evidence cannot be decided. You have to design a temptation. Now that Mr. Xiang has passed your test, what else do you have to say?"

"County Master, the suspicious bandit escaped the day before yesterday, and it really looks very similar to that Xiang You!" Shan Youwei said unwillingly: "Yan Jiting, the subordinate of the subordinate, asked to steal Zhang Ying and the four pavilions under his command, can all be proved!"

"But these young masters Xiang have all proved that the man looked dissatisfied with Xiang You. What should you do?" Zhou County Magistrate asked Dan Youwei with a word and said, "I'd better find a way to find the suspicious man first and arrest him first."

Shan Youwei closed his mouth helplessly, and County Magistrate Zhou waved his hand and ordered the county magistrate: "You can read the verdict now, right? What happened in Xiapi County the day before yesterday, these young masters Xiang were indeed wrong, but they also took the rescue in accordance with the law and in accordance with the laws of the Qin Dynasty, what should we do?"

Knowing that County Magistrate Zhou had always admired Xiang Kang very much and had no evidence in his hand to prove that Xiang Kang and others were guilty, the county magistrate could only answer: "Report to the county magistrate, you can be acquitted, or you can scold them for their confusion in person and misjudgment of good and evil."

"If you scold me, please forgive me." County Magistrate Zhou said generously: "Young Master Xiang and the others are also kind-hearted. Besides, we can't prove whether the suspicious man is really guilty of escaping, so we simply spared the scolding me."

The county magistrate agreed, and then announced in person that Xiang Kang and others were misconducted and released them on the spot. They ordered the release of Xiang You who was temporarily detained in other places. Xiang Kang and the Xiang family were overjoyed and quickly bowed to the county magistrate Zhou to thank him. Shan Youwei rushed out with a pale face.

"Young Master Xiang, be careful." County Magistrate Zhou held Xiang Kang's hand, left Dan Youwei and said in a low voice: "If you really have something to do in his hands, even this official will not be able to protect you."
Chapter completed!