After Zhu Ping'an worked out the sorting method of the books, he asked Lao Li and Lao Ma, who were in charge of cleaning the library, and prepared to mobilize the two of them to organize the library together, and then found that the two were illiterate at all, so they had to give up.

It seems that he can only be a lonely beautiful man.

However, just as Zhu Ping'an rolled up his sleeves and was about to start his journey alone, he heard a commotion from the Hanlin Academy, and then saw Zhang Siwei, who was working in the recording study, walking in from outside with a constipated face.

"Zihou, come out with me, something strange has happened." Zhang Siwei pulled Zhu Ping'an out when he came in, and there was still a lingering look of surprise on his face.

"What's the matter? actually let our well-informed brother Ziwei change his color? When Zhu Ping'an walked out with Zhang Siwei, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Come out with me and you'll find out." Zhang Siwei pulled Zhu Ping'an and quickened his pace.

Soon walked to the hall where the Hanlin Academy entered, there were many people in the hall, Li Chunfang, Yuan Wei, Zhang Juzheng and others were there, in addition to the people of the Hanlin Academy, there were two officials, one of them was an official about fifty years old wearing a four-grade Yunyan official uniform, this person Zhu Ping'an had a relationship, it was the Shuntian Prefecture prefect Zhou Hou Jie Zhou who put on a big red silk when he was a royal street boasting official, and there was a seven-pin Zhixian under Zhou Jie Zhou.

After Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Siwei came in, they saluted the Shangguan present, and Li Chunfang nodded and motioned for Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Siwei to take a seat.

"The Hanlin Academy handles literature and history, and reads the historical materials and newspapers, have you ever heard of ghosts in the previous dynasty or at that time?"

Lord Zhou, the prefect of Shuntian Mansion, sat on the upper seat, and his face was a little pale at the moment. It seemed that he had experienced something unbelievable, and he took a sip of tea and asked all the people present.

"There are a lot of wild rumors, but as for the official history, it is almost unheard." Li Chunfang shook her head.

"Hell I saw the night before." Lord Zhou, the prefect of Shuntian, clearly told the news that he had seen the ghost the night before word word by word. Serious and formal.

"Huh?" Li Chunfang was slightly stunned, and the others were also surprised.

After being in the capital for a long time, you will know that Zhou Houjie, the prefect of Shuntian, is a serious and never lying official, diligent and loving the people, serious and serious in his work, and never saying unfounded words; In addition, Lord Zhou's ability is also very high, otherwise it would be impossible to become a four-grade prefect from Qipin Zhixian County. It is precisely because of knowing Zhou Houjie's personality that Li Chunfang and others will be surprised.

"Here's the thing," said Master Zhou, taking a sip of hot tea. Slowly told the truth of the matter.

This matter is also related to Qipinzhi County, who sits under Lord Zhou, Zhou Houjie is diligent and loves the people, and he is more serious. After examining the prison litigation files submitted by the subordinate counties, it was found that among the files submitted by Wanping County, there was a murder case in which the prison litigation file material was flawed, and the facts of the case seemed to be wrong.

The county order of Wanping County is the Qipinzhi County that sits under Zhou Houjie at this moment. Zhu Ping'an saw that this person was about forty years old. The appearance is ordinary and unremarkable, and there is no different color when sitting on the front side.

Continuing from the above, after Zhou Houjie discovered the problem with this file, he sent someone to bring the case to trial. Wanping County belongs to Jing County, and the Wanping County Commander will soon bring people to bring the prisoners and relevant evidence witnesses to the Shuntianfu Mansion.

Zhou Houjie personally interrogated the prisoners and witnesses, and gained a deeper understanding of the case, and as he usually encountered difficult cases, Zhou Houjie stayed in the yamen that night to study the relevant files and materials of the case.

This night. Zhou Houjie lit the oil lamp in the yamen and sat by the window all night to study the file.

It happened to be a light rain that night. That is, the light rain before Zhu Ping'an's release ceremony, the light rain at night was dripping, and the dark clouds outside covered the moon very darkly, and he couldn't see his fingers.

When Zhou Houjie was fascinated by the oil lamp studying the dossier, he suddenly heard a faint cry outside the window, and the sound was from far and near, so it was not desolate.

"Tang San, go and see who is crying outside." Zhou Houjie instructed Tang San, the messenger on duty, to see who was crying and whether there were any grievances.

In ancient times, it was common to block the road and cry out for grievances, and even cry outside the yamen, but it was rare to cry inside the yamen.

"Yes, my lord." Tang San was a thin man, and after listening to Zhou Houjie's instructions, he nodded and walked out of the room.

Almost a second later, Zhou Houjie, who was reviewing the research file in front of the oil lamp, heard an exclamation, followed by the sound of a clattering fall to the ground.

"What happened?" Zhou Houjie was surprised, so he carried the oil lamp out of the room.

Tang San, who had just gone out to investigate as instructed, was lying on the ground at this moment, and he fainted on the ground after screaming just now.

Seeing this, Zhou Houjie was even more surprised, this Tang San is also a good man, and he also took a fancy to Tang San's skills so he transferred him to his entourage, but he didn't expect that he only had time to let out an exclamation and fainted to the ground.

What happened?

Zhou Houjie looked out with an oil lamp, and then saw a scene that made his scalp tingle, only to see a kneeling man with a cloak and a bloody face not far from the steps outside the door, dressed in clothes with blood stains cut by a knife.

It's very eerie

Because there was a light rain that night, and the sky was dark, and the light of the oil lamp was so small that it could not be seen as clearly as it was during the day.

"Who are you?" Zhou Houjie pinched himself, raised his courage and asked loudly.

As soon as Zhou Houjie's words fell, he heard the man kneeling at the foot of the steps, with his hair scattered and his face covered with blood, kowtowing and replying with a faint resentment.

"Returning to my lordship, I am the dead ghost who was killed in the murder case that my lord interrogated today, and I have grievances to return to my lordship. The Wanping county officials made partial generalizations and arrested people by mistake, so that the real murderer Zhang Dalin went unpunished. The person who killed me was Zhang Dalin, not Lin Dafu in prison. Today, I have come to complain about my grievances, and I beg my lord to catch the real culprit, so that I can see the underground. ”

"I know."

Zhou Houjie nodded, and the hand holding the oil lamp trembled slightly.

As soon as Zhou Houjie's words fell, he saw the dead ghost kneeling on the ground kowtow his head again and drifted away.

After dawn, Zhou Houjie interrogated the prisoners and witnesses in custody again, and carefully inquired about the deceased's fat, thin, tall and short stature, as well as the style and color of the clothes, shoes and socks he wore on the day of his death.

After asking, Zhou Houjie felt that his scalp was numb, he was tall and thin, with dark blue Cheng Ziyi, black shoes and white socks exactly the same as the dead ghost last night.

Then, Zhou Houjie overturned the murder case in Wanping County, released the suspects in prison, and excluded the errand to arrest the real murderer Zhang Dalin in the mouth of the dead ghost and personally interrogated.

Zhou Houjie must bow down to everything and strictly interrogate Zhang Dalin, who was arrested and brought to justice.

The county magistrate of Wanping County did not agree with Zhou Houjie's reversal of the case, and pleaded many times, but all he got was Zhou Houjie's words: Nanshan can be moved, Beihai can be filled, and this case cannot be overturned.

The county magistrate of Wanping County insisted on pleading, and the real murderer Zhang Dalin still pleaded not guilty under strict interrogation, so Zhou Houjie and Zhou Dacai came to the Hanlin Academy, wanting to find similar records and add corroboration to the case. (To be continued.) )