Su Jin said: "Lord Bao is thoughtful, it is true that he can't act rashly, and he will startle the snake if he is rash, just like that trick, it is troublesome to be killed, it is better to visit secretly, find out the identity of the bandit chief, and then take down the people who want to do it in one fell swoop with ironclad evidence." ”

Bao Zheng glanced at Su Jin, and sighed again: "This official is the same as you think, but it is a step late." ”

Su Jin was surprised and said, "What do you say, my lord?" ”

Bao Zheng said: "In the past few days, the official secretly followed in disguise, trying to find out who sheltered this gang of bandits, the night before yesterday, the official and Bao Xin followed Hei Qi, and saw them a group of seven or eight people entering the Tang Mansion, but Bao Xin and I waited at the door of the house until noon the next day and did not see those people come out; Bao Yi and Bao Qin, who took over our stalking, stared at them until midnight and didn't see them come out, which was very strange. ”

Su Jin said: "Maybe the black seven lives in the Tang Mansion and I don't know, the adults are watching outside, and they are eating and sleeping in it." ”

Bao Zheng said: "This section of the official naturally thought of it, but a few days ago, it was found out that Hei Qi's mansion was in a house in Wulijing, where he spent the night in the house for several days, and there were several women in and out, it can be seen that it is Hei Qi's serious house; Moreover, Tang Jiyuan will never hide the bandit chiefs at home, firstly, there are many people with mixed eyes, and it is easy to expose their identities, and secondly, Hei Qi is a casual and tough person, and if he puts it in the mansion, he will not feel comfortable with himself, Tang Jiyuan is a smart person, and he will definitely not let them live in the mansion. ”

Su Jin frowned and said, "What do you mean by ......?" ”

Bao Zheng lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid...... It has been extinguished. ”

Su Jin gasped: "My lord is saying...... Seven or eight people were wiped out? ”

Bao Zheng didn't answer, stood up and walked a few steps with his hands in his hands, turned around and said: "Judging from the fate of the scar, Zhu Shiyong began to plug the loopholes, and the culprit of Qin Dalang's case is the only loophole, and Scarface Heiqi and others must be the murderers of Qin Dalang, according to this, Scarface Heiqi and other bandits can only stop everything if they die, so ...... All mouths were extinguished. ”

Su Jin had chills on his body, when he heard the news of his death just now, he was already extremely shocked, and now when he heard Lord Bao's analysis, and then compared the previous events, Su Jin had to admit that what Master Bao said was very reasonable.

Qin Dalang was coerced by this scar-faced man when he was Su Ji's spies, and after Qin Dalang was exposed, Scarface Heiqi, who was in contact with Qin Dalang, had a very good motive, and then a series of things happened, and now when it was time to lose the pawn and protect the car, the Chamber of Commerce and the prefect resolutely gave up these chess pieces in order not to expose the truth, which is definitely a reasonable thing.

"It's just...... Killing seven or eight people in one go, no matter where the murder is committed, it is inevitable that the deeds will be revealed, and there are a large number of martial arts and strong courtyard thugs hidden in the Tang Mansion? Even if there were, wouldn't it be that the news would still spread out if everyone knew about it, and these seven or eight people were born as bandits and were athletic, wouldn't it be easy for them to be people?"

Bao Zheng said: "There are too many ways to kill, why do you need to dance with knives and guns, the bandits are attached to people, and they are the ones who trust them the most, and it is easy to kill." ”

"Your Excellency means to do something after a feast and a drunken drink?"

"Or simply serve ...... poisoned wine" Bao Zheng has seen a lot of murder cases, and he naturally knows more about these aspects than Su Jin.

Su Jin nodded secretly, seven or eight people only need a pot of poisonous wine to settle all the accounts unconsciously, and they can dispose of the corpses afterwards, most of them are buried in the garden to make flower fertilizer; In this way, the whole section of the clues, not to mention the case of the death penalty prisoner, even Qin Dalang's case is dead and there is no evidence.

"What are you going to do? If it is really extinguished, I am afraid that there is no way to start these public cases; These people are too ruthless, and they cut off the clues before they could do anything, which is not easy to deal with. ”

Bao Zheng returned to the chair and sat down, took a sip of herbal tea, and returned to normal: "No matter how cunning the fox is, it will leave traces, but it is currently in a stalemate, I tell you this matter just to ask you to help me pay attention to it secretly, maybe those people have not been eliminated, but they are hidden, and it is not known, and sooner or later they will show up." ”

After a pause, he said: "I am also to blame for this matter, if I don't go to the writer's secret visit, it will not attract the attention of Zhu Shiyong and others, maybe they will not be ruthless; This official is also anxious to mess up, ashamed and ashamed! Speaking of which, the bandit chiefs are more than innocent, but it's a pity that the five children in the family will be struggling in the future. ”

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, this matter is also implicated, I will definitely take care of the women and children in the family, and the five children will also provide for them to become adults." ”

Bao Zheng sighed and said: "It's okay, you really have to take responsibility for this matter, and this is also a place to ask for peace of mind, this matter will not be mentioned again, just secretly investigate, at the end of the month, the official will go to Duanzhou, the road is far away, if you notice anything, just write a letter to my house and hand it over to Bao Mian, Bao Mian will send a letter to Duanzhou once a month, and other things are not something you can interfere with; Now that the yamen of the state capital will definitely have eyeliner to spy around the mansion, we may be under its control, so it is better not to act rashly during this time. Let me slowly sort out the relationship and then think about it. ”

Su Jin said: "Obey the orders of adults. ”

The two of them relieved themselves for a while, and the people of Baofu served two small bowls of iced mung bean soup, and the two of them snorted and drank it, and suddenly their mood was much calmer, which turned the topic to the purpose of Su Jin's visit.

"Master Lu is the official teacher, and he was originally going to visit him, so I simply went with you and me, first, I will go to reminisce about the past, and second, I will also help you introduce you." Bao Zheng smiled.

Su Jin got up and bowed down to thank him: "My lord brings the last advance, if he does something in the future, he will not forget the grace of the promotion." ”

Bao Zheng said: "Don't learn from others, what to support, what to repay kindness, don't learn to learn these politenesses at a young age; If you can be in the imperial examination, he will take the king's money every day, and eat the blood and sweat of the people, you only need to live up to the emperor's grace and live up to the people. ”

Su Jin reprimanded him, and secretly felt ashamed, he was covering the face of the sunspot, and it was really redundant to play with his own eyes, so he bowed down and said yes.

"This official still has something to tell you, although the imperial examination of this dynasty is for people of various identities, and there is no fetters of high and low, but in fact, there is still a limit on the qualifications of the imperial examination, and each state capital and county needs to be screened in advance to determine a certain number of candidates, if I recommend you, the master of the university will definitely give three points of thin noodles, but you need to promise me that I will study carefully, and you must not be perfunctory, otherwise not only will I and the master of the university not look good, but also because you occupy a place and delay the career of another person's imperial examination, do you understand my words?" Bao Zheng really doesn't talk about feelings, and the ugly words are all said in front.

At this time, how could Su Jin pretend to be cowardly, and naturally agreed: "I should do my best in my decision, not for the face of adults and scholars, but also for the grace of the court." ”

Bao Zheng nodded, and the two agreed to visit Lord Tixue Lu tomorrow morning, and then chatted a few more words, Bao Zheng sent off the guests with tea and waved goodbye.

Su Jin returned to the mansion and thought about it, and felt that the world was difficult and dangerous, thinking that this was a peaceful and prosperous world where everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment, and literati and scholars gathered together to chant poems and paint scenery, but he didn't expect that there was so much dirt in it, and these things were far beyond Su Jin's experience.

Su Jin is just a second-in-the-art in later generations. Forcing college students, life experience is extremely limited, and those intrigues and intrigues that kill people at every turn have only been seen in books or TV movies, but at this moment, these things are peeled off and spread out in front of him, and they are so close to him, which makes Su Jin simply unacceptable.

Su Jin stayed in the darkness of the study for a full hour before adjusting his mentality; From now on, you need to be careful about your behavior, this road to the imperial examination must be taken, and if you don't get mixed up with a certain status, self-preservation will become a problem, let alone a petty bourgeois life.