Chapter 857 Three Questions

"Then tell me, when was the last time magistrate Bai left the city? Except for the time you ran for your life."

Erji was stunned for a moment, and after careful recollection for a long time, he said: "It seems to be about half a month before that, it seems to be April?"

"You don't need to remember the specific time, tell me, who were the people who went out of the city with Magistrate Bai that day?"

"There is me, and He Xiancheng and Brother Du from the county government." Erji tried hard to recall, because the old lady would occasionally ask about their affairs in Yizhou City, so Erji would always recall them from time to time, although Twelve years have passed, but many things are engraved in his mind.

"Which direction did you go after you left the city?"

Erji couldn't help but scratched his head, and said after a while: "I went to a courtyard in the suburbs. We went out in the evening, facing the sun, and it was to the west. I don't know whose courtyard it is. Me and I Brother Du stayed in the yard after entering the gate, the master and the others entered a study, and it will be morning when we come out, we will return to the city in the morning."

Magistrate Tang asked: "After that, did Magistrate Bai say anything that stood out in your memory? Or what was his face like?"

Er Ji said without thinking: "Master's face is ugly, he didn't fall asleep for several nights, and not long after, the master's study was flipped, and he was almost hit by a wildly running carriage when he went out in the daytime. He went out with Mr. He and went missing. The master went to investigate, and it seemed that it was more ominous. He took us out not long after returning to the county government, saying that he was going to inspect the farm, but turned to go to the capital. As a result, we just went to the official road. How long did it take to be caught up by assassins..."

This series of events is coherent. Erji didn't know how long he had been thinking about it, so he said it very smoothly, "We were hunted all the way, and Brother Du took us to the road in Luojiang County. Come to Luojiang County, because I heard that Mr. Tang will go to Mianzhou for his next inspection tour, who knows..."

Erji didn't go on, everyone knew what happened next.

County magistrate Tang didn't have many mood swings, and asked, "You really don't know whose other courtyard you went to that night?"

"do not know."

"Who was in the other courtyard that night?"

"We only saw one servant who was dumb, and we didn't see anyone else."

County magistrate Tang paused and asked, "You set off in the evening, how long did it take you to get to that other courtyard?"

Er Ji opened his mouth, not quite remembering this.

Magistrate Tang asked, "Did the sun set when we arrived at the other courtyard?"

"It's set, but there's still a sunset glow in the sky, it's so red, it's no longer dazzling."

Magistrate Tang skipped the question and asked instead: "In your memory, what is the most profound thing before you fled?"

Erji's face turned pale, and he didn't speak for a while.

Magistrate Tang stared at him.

Erji looked at Daji involuntarily, Daji nodded slightly to him, and then Erji said in a trembling voice: "One night, He Xiancheng came to the door and said that he wanted to take the master to a place, but he didn't let the master take other people." .”

"I was worried, so I insisted on following. Then I went to the west gate with He Xiancheng. We hid in the alley and saw a thousand armored soldiers from the palace leaving the gate overnight."

Magistrate Tang sat up slightly and asked, "The city gate opened overnight?"

"yes."

"Magistrate Bai didn't receive the request before?"

Erji said: "I know very little about the official affairs of the master, but the master was also surprised that day, so obviously he didn't know it before."

"and then?"

Er Ji swallowed his saliva and continued: "Then He Xiancheng took us through a hole and left the city."

Everyone: ...

"Out of the city, we didn't chase them. He Xiancheng directly took us to take a shortcut to a mountain. Looking down from the mountain, we could vaguely see a fire in the valley. We saw a large number of guards stationed there. " Erji clenched the quilt tightly and said: "I don't know how many people there are, but our master counted their tents, and then his face became ugly, and he said something, one sentence..."

Magistrate Tang asked, "What's a sentence?"

"It is said that the king of Yizhou is planning to do something wrong."

Magistrate Tang stared at him, and Erji couldn't help but raised his hand to swear, "My lord, what I said is true, the king of Yizhou wanted to rebel, and he took money from He Gong to forge weapons. Our master said that once Yizhou If the king of the state is rebellious, the people of Yizhou will be buried with him."

Fighting will kill people. The king of Yizhou needs people to rebel, and he will definitely arrest the strong men at that time, and the area where the imperial court will conquest is likely to be in Yizhou. At that time, not only Yizhou, but the entire Jiannan Road will be turned into hell.

Er Ji might not have thought of this, but Bai Qi could think of it, and Magistrate Tang could naturally think of it too.

He understood what Bai Qi wanted to do almost instantly.

Magistrate Tang got up, looked back at him after walking around twice, and asked, "Do you dare to promise what you said? There is no addition."

"Yes, the little one can swear that if the little one lies, the little one will still be disabled in the next life, lying in bed and unable to move for the rest of his life."

Magistrate Tang glanced at his legs under the quilt, sighed and turned to go out.

Bai Shan quickly put away the map, and followed Man Bao out.

Magistrate Tang stood in the yard waiting for them, and as soon as they came out, he immediately looked back at the two of them, and said, "Without evidence, we can't do anything. Mrs. Liu mentioned that after the flood in Yizhou four years ago, there were still people going to visit them." Looking for someone in your village, it is obvious that County Magistrate Bai has crucial evidence, even after many years, those things can still cause great harm to the people and events of the past."

Bai Shan nodded.

Magistrate Tang looked at the map in their hands, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it to me."

Dafu hurriedly brought out a table for them, and the three of them looked around for a while. Magistrate Tang clicked on the place where the bodies of Zhou Yin and his wife were found, and found that it was far, far away from the trail. Obviously, they had been escaping for a long time.

Thinking that Zhou Yin must want to run to Qili Village, Tang county magistrate drew three roads from that road, "People panic when they flee for their lives, but Zhou Yin was able to escape here in the dense forest, obviously he is If he keeps going in the direction of Qili Village, no matter how he runs in the woods, he will always go in this direction."

He simply drew a big circle, including the three routes, and said: "He will never run out of this circle, Bai Shan, let your people find this place first."

County Magistrate Tang paused and asked, "Are you enough? Do you want me to support you?"

Big Tiger Mountain is very big, Bai Shan cupped his hands after thinking for a while and said, "Then thank Master Tang first."

County magistrate Tang nodded, waved his hands and smiled, "You're welcome. I'll write a letter later. You can find a trustworthy person to send back to Luojiang County. Go directly to Yang Heshu, and he will arrange someone for you."

Bai Shan and Man Bao were pleasantly surprised, "Magistrate Yang is back?"

"I'm back, it's just a visit, how much time will it take?"

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