"Mr. Bao, I sent all the three-squad constables from the county government and used two-squad runners to get everything done. The two guys named Qiulan and Hongjuan were also taken by us. By the way, the one named Qiulan seems to have become rich recently. We kept checking out her younger brother, who had the money to visit the kiln a while ago."

"Okay, Captain Zhang, you're doing a good job. How did the blacksmith shop in the county investigate?"

Although Captain Zhang was puzzled, he still did it. It turned out that there were only two blacksmith shops in the city, and the situation was very simple. One was called Wu Ji Blacksmith shop, the other was an old blacksmith and two apprentices. The eldest was named Wang Tiezhu. He has been with the old blacksmith for nearly ten years, and the other was a small apprentice, which was only collected last year. The other was a blacksmith shop that was opened this year. Both were small blacksmiths and had no apprentices.

"Captain Zhang, focusing on monitoring Wu Ji's Blacksmith Shop and taking down Wang Tiezhu. By the way, inform Zhao County Magistrate and let him go to the court to solve the case in half an hour." Bao Qing said confidently.

When the captain Zhang and Bao Liuwen heard this, they were a little surprised and quickly advised: "Do you want to imprison these suspects first? After the question is over, it will be more appropriate to go to the court tomorrow?"

Bao Qing shook his hand and asked Captain Zhang to inform Zhao County.

After about half an hour, Magistrate Zhao hurried over and said when he saw Bao Qing, "I will be promoted to the court so quickly? Do you know the murderer?"

"It should be right. Lord Zhao is promoted to the church. I will be your master and help you from the side," said Bao Qing.

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"The magistrate is promoted to the court and asked about the case!" The news spread very quickly. The people of Huairen County still love this magistrate Zhao. The recent murders not only made Zhao extremely anxious, but also made the people of the whole city panic. Now, when they heard that the magistrate was promoted to the court and asked about the case, they put down their work and ran to the yamen to watch.

The magistrate Zhao Geng couldn't help feeling a little confused when he saw so many people watching. If the case was not solved this time, it would really affect his reputation among the people. He turned his head and looked at Bao Qing who was sitting next to him. Bao Qing smiled at him and signaled that he didn't have to panic.

"Enter the hall!" Zhao Geng bit his lip and shouted loudly, and the awestral tree in his hand fell down with a bang.

"Take the suspect Hongxiang to record his friend Hongjuan." A yamen runner said.

I saw a girl with a slightly messy face dragging out from the side of the lobby.

"Is Hongjuan, a friend from Hongxiangji in the hall?" Zhao Geng asked.

"Reply to the master, the girl Hongjuan."

"I ask you, do you have old grudges with the boss lady Hongxiangji? Why do you kill the boss lady and kidnap all the money?" Zhao Geng asked loudly.

"Ah? It's unfair, sir, how dare the female genius kill people and abduct money!" Hongjuan cried.

Zhao Geng said this and felt that he could not continue asking, so he turned to look at Bao Qing.

Bao Qing knew it was time to appear. Bao Qing left the seat in the surprised eyes of everyone, walked slowly to Hongjuan, looked down at Hongjuan, kneeling on the ground, and forced a momentum of pressure. Bao Qing stretched out a finger and pointed at Hongjuan and shouted loudly.

"You don't admit it yet! Our Lord Zhao has investigated the matter clearly. Don't even think of denying it!" Bao Qing shouted, and he tilted Hongjuan's body backwards, and his hands tightly grasped the corners of his clothes. Zhao Geng in the hall also made countless cases. Seeing this scene, he suddenly felt that Hongjuan was afraid that there was something wrong with him. Then he understood why Bao Qing had to leave the table and walk to Hongjuan to ask questions. It turned out that it was causing psychological pressure to Hongjuan.

"Are you guilty?"

"No, sir, you have to make it clear. How can a woman in the civilian state kill people? How can she say I kill people without evidence?"

"You know whether my Song Dynasty law was killed or not, and I consciously left no handle after killing people." Bao Qing smiled, "You are indeed not killed by you, but you will never escape the relationship, at least you have participated."

Hongjuan, who was kneeling below, was sweating coldly. The boss's wife's death was indeed related to her.

"You are not allowed to answer anything, I will take someone with you and you will understand."

Bao Qing turned around and bowed to Zhao Geng, saying, "Sir, please take Wang Tiezhu to the court."

"Okay! Take the king Tiezhu to the court." Zhao Geng shouted.

At this time, Zhu Daniu was wearing the clothes of a yamen runner and walked up to the hall slowly with Wang Tiezhu, followed by Bao Liuwen, the girl Bao Liuwen blinked at Bao Qing and pointed at the front with her fingers.

It turned out that Bao Liuwen sprinkled a lot of water and mud on the corridor of the cell according to Bao Qing's instructions. Wang Tiezhu and Zhu Daniu's shoes were covered with mud and water. When the two walked into the hall, many footprints were left behind.

"Hongjuan, see who he is!" Bao Qing asked loudly.

When Hongjuan saw that Wang Tiezhu was taken up, she immediately sat down on the ground as if dead. Wang Tiezhu was very tough, and she couldn't even look at Hongjuan and pretended not to know anything.

"Sir, the villain is wronged. I don't know this woman either." Wang Tiezhu said first, and couldn't help but curse this stupid woman in his heart.

Seeing this, Zhao Geng was extremely angry. The hall saw the situation below clearly. It was obvious that Hongjuan and Wang Tiezhu knew each other, but the boy opened his eyes and told lies. So, he knocked the auspicious tree and shouted loudly: "So many people outside can see clearly. Hongjuan must have known you, so he was so scared that he sat on the ground. You are still quibbling, really thinking that this magistrate would not use punishment? Come on! Serve me a great punishment."

"Sir, how could you be so hasty torture! How can you be the master of Qingtian? I don't accept it!" Wang Tiezhu shouted.

Just as a group of yamen runners were about to rob, Bao Qing quickly turned around and said to the people behind, "My master is Master Qingtian. It is no harm to punish such cunning people. But just now, it was actually a threatening suspect. Wang Tiezhu, the people's eyes were clearly visible, and you don't need to deny it. But it doesn't matter if you don't admit it."

Bao Qing turned around and said to Zhao Geng: "Sir, under your leadership, Captain Zhang found a lot of evidence, so please take out the evidence so that the people in the hall can say nothing." Although Bao Qing is a bit home, he has seen more or less the skill of flattery, so he is naturally not bad when he shoots himself.

Sure enough, Zhao Geng was very helpful and ordered the yamen runners to submit the evidence.

Bao Qing walked to Wang Tiezhu and opened his wrist. Haha, the fingerprint was exactly the same as the ones that day on site. This is ironclad evidence. Fingerprints have the most proving evidence in later generations, but now this is in the Song Dynasty. I am afraid that fingerprints are used as evidence may be unconvincing. Because no one can prove that everyone's fingerprints are unique and different from others. However, Bao Qing felt relieved when he saw this, and he was also very afraid of wronging the good person.

The yamen runners successively presented footprints and palm prints, as well as relevant witness testimony.

"Wang Tiezhu, you left this footprint!" Bao Qing asked.

"No, you can tell at a glance that this footprint is a lame man. How can I say I stayed there?" Wang Tiezhu argued.

"Don't be so sure, look back at the footprints behind you to see which one is yours."

After Bao Qing said this, everyone noticed that Wang Tiezhu's shoes were covered with mud. Following behind him, there were indeed some shoe prints.

Zhao Geng even stood up in his position and looked down. The footprints were divided into two lines. One was the uniform footprints left by normal people, and the other was that the left footprint seemed to be limping, and the right footprint was relatively clear, which was quite similar to the footprints that were bridden at the scene of the crime. Could it be that the footprints were not left by the lame man? Thinking back at the beginning, I caught and questioned people with a little lame left foot in the county.

"The footprints on the left were left by the yamen runners, so the footprints were normal. The footprints on the right were left by Wang Tiezhu. The footprints on both feet were uneven. This is because Wang Tiezhu has been engaged in blacksmithing work for many years. When he was making iron, he was used to supporting his right foot forward, which caused him to have too much force on the ground when he was walking, and the footprints formed were deeper." Bao Qing explained that everyone suddenly realized after hearing this, especially County Magistrate Zhao and Captain Zhang, who couldn't help but admire Bao Qing.

"Can I just rely on this footprint be said to be the one I killed?" Wang Tiezhu asked.

"Then I'll tell you a story for everyone!" Bao Qing cleared his throat and slowly told the story, "Wang Tiezhu is a blacksmith. He has been working as a blacksmith for nearly ten years, so he walks a little a little lame. He is still in his thirties and is hard to find a wife. Until one time he met Hongjuan, who was honest and honest and was pursued by Wang Tiezhu, and finally the two of them made a lifelong life. However, the good times were not constant. Hongjuan was originally the personal maid of the boss's wife of Hongxiangji Rouge Noodle Shop. Hongjuan's parents sold her to the boss's wife. In fact, this boss's wife was also blamed for being greedy for money and forgetting her righteousness."

At this time, Hongjuan's eyes were slightly red, as if she was crying, while Wang Tiezhu's eyes were dull.

Bao Qing coughed and continued to preach: "After the boss learned that Hongjuan and Wang Tiezhu had made a lifelong decision, he felt that he had money to make money, so he refused to let Wang Tiezhu redeem himself and kept increasing the price. In the end, Wang Tiezhu couldn't bear it anymore. On that stormy night, he knocked on the door of Hongxiangji store while drinking."

"Wang Tiezhu, you don't come here to avoid suffering from flesh and blood." After hearing Bao Qing's story, Zhao Geng shouted, "Come on, I'll give me a great punishment."

Bao Qing did not stop this time. Two yamen runners came up, pressed Wang Tiezhu down, swung the water and fire sticks, and then beat him down.

"Wang Tiezhu found the boss's wife, and the two started arguing. Wang Tiezhu was angry and pinched the boss's wife's neck with both hands. The blood-blocking handprints on the boss's wife's neck were pinched by Wang Tiezhu." Bao Qing continued to preach.

"Beat him to death! Beat him to death!" Someone said something, and the people outside the door started to shout.

"Yes, kill the murderer!"

At this time, Bao Liuwen quietly came to Bao Qing's side and muttered a few words in his ears. Bao Qing showed a satisfied smile.

"Stop fighting, please stop fighting, we admit it, accept it." Hongjuan, who was beside him, suddenly pounced on Tiezhu who was being tortured by the yamen runners. The yamen runners' stick hit Hongjuan with a blow.
Chapter completed!