A new rain made the mood of the people of the entire Huainan City better.

The people of Huainan City were in a good mood, but a county named Qingming outside Huainan City suddenly became panicked, at that time Hualang was still strolling on the street, a government official rode a horse and galloped, and the direction he ran to was Huainan City Government.

That official is not the government of Huainan City, Hua Lang was a little surprised after seeing it, in such weather, so eager to come to the government office, something must have happened, although Hua Lang at this time did not want to care about other things, but there was still a faint worry in his heart, and finally Mei was able to resist the temptation of curiosity, and walked towards the government office.

After he walked into the palace, an official immediately led him into the living room, and at that time, Sima Guang was reprimanding a bureaucreature who was the same official that Hua Lang saw when he was strolling down the street today.

Sima Guang saw that it was Hua Lang, and he stood up with anger, while Hua Lang smiled lightly: "Lord Sima, but what happened?" ”

Sima Guang snorted coldly, pointed to the man kneeling on the ground and said, "He is the official of Qingming County, and when the rain was pouring down today, the two prisoners in their prison escaped, and they also killed a jailer, which is really hateful." ”

Hearing this, Hua Lang couldn't help but be surprised, Hua Lang has been in the Song Dynasty for so many years, and he still knows a lot about the cells of the Song Dynasty, if those prisoners don't have strong martial arts, and the jailers are very careless, those prisoners can't escape at all, but the prisoners of Qingming County actually escaped, which is really surprising.

Looking at Sima Guang's reprimand of this servant, it is not difficult to speculate that the jailer shouldered an unshirkable responsibility in this prison escape incident.

However, now that the matter has happened, Hua Lang feels that it is important to find a way to solve the matter first, rather than reprimanding the official here, so at this time, Hua Lang asked, "What is going on?" ”

Sima Guang was very angry and said: "It rained heavily today, and there was only one jailer left in the entire prison to take care of it, and several other jailers took advantage of the cool weather to sleep soundly, but one of the two prisoners turned out to be a thief with extremely high lock-picking skills, and they actually opened the shackles and shackles and beat the jailer to death." ”

After hearing Sima Guang's words, Hua Lang frowned slightly and said, "What crimes did those two prisoners commit?" ”

Sima Guang glared at the official kneeling on the ground and said, "You come on." ”

The official received the order again and again, and replied: "Those two prisoners, one of them is named Li De, a citizen of our Qingming County, he had a dispute with someone and killed the other party by mistake, and the other is a thief, named Lu Dan, who is very good at stealing, he was discovered when he was stealing, and he killed the other party in a fit of rage, and both of them are death row prisoners. ”

After the official finished speaking, Hua Lang already had an understanding, and said: "The escape from prison happened when it was raining, so have the two fugitives already left Qingming County?" ”

"After the prison escape, our county magistrate has ordered the city gate to be closed, and we have also asked the guards, they all said that they have not seen it, I think it is still in Qingming County, and now we have begun to look for it, but ......"

"But what?" Sima Guang asked coldly.

"But our Qingming County's troops are a little weak, so in addition to letting the little one come to clarify this matter, Lord Liu also wants to borrow troops, so maybe he can catch those two fugitives earlier."

Sima Guang was very angry about what happened in Qingming County, but he was angry, and now that the two fugitives are outside, it is better to arrest them as soon as possible, otherwise if something happens to them outside, it will be a little bad.

So Sima Guangqiang held back his anger and nodded: "Okay, your Lord Liu's request has been agreed to by the prefect, but the fugitives must be arrested as soon as possible, and those who neglected their duties, the official gave them a chance to make meritorious contributions, but if they did not make meritorious contributions in this arrest of criminals, then it would be unceremonious to blame Lord Ben for being unkind." ”

After hearing this, the officer's face suddenly relaxed, and he said, "Thank you, sir." ”

After this distribution, the official hurried back, and at this time, Sima Guang looked at Hua Lang and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in Qingming County." ”

Hua Lang nodded, but still comforted: "This matter has nothing to do with Lord Sima, I think with the help of our Huainan officials, it shouldn't be a problem to catch those two fugitives." ”

Sima Guang smiled: "I hope so, but I didn't expect it, how could Qingming County not have enough troops?" ”

"Lord Sima hasn't found out?"

Sima Guang shook his head: "No, it seems that it is necessary to let someone investigate." ”

When Hanalang left the palace, it was late, but because it was summer, even if it was late, he could still see the road, and the houses next to the street lit up the lights, and the cries of children came, and the chickens and dogs barked in the distance, and the occasional cat barked.

Everything is peaceful and quiet, and at this time, Hua Lang is not worried about the affairs of Qingming County, the matter of Qingming County is just a prison escape case, although there are few prison escape cases in the Song Dynasty, but even if they escape from prison, this is not a big deal, I believe that it will be sooner or later to solve this matter.

When I returned to the house, many people had already fallen asleep, and there was still a light in Hua Lang's bedroom, Hua Lang pushed the door in, Wen Meng woke up from the bed, and after she saw Hua Lang, her face was very bad, and she asked, "Where have you been?" ”

Hua Lang shrugged his shoulders and said a little embarrassed: "If there is nothing to do, I will walk around, but something happened to the government halfway, so I will go and see." ”

Wen Meng was a little unconvinced, because they had just solved the case of one poem and one life, how could the government have another case?

"What's the matter?"

"There was a prison escape case in Qingming County, outside Huainan City, two prisoners killed a jailer and escaped, and Sima Guang sent someone to investigate."

Wen Meng looked at Hua Lang, half convinced, and asked, "Those two prisoners were able to kill the jailer and escape, they are so powerful?" ”

"It's just a coincidence."

Wen Meng pondered slightly, and then shook his head: "No, it can't be so coincidental, that prisoner can escape, he must have real skills, what are the names of those two prisoners?" ”

Hua Lang was a little helpless, so he had to say the names of the two prisoners, and after Wen Meng heard it, he was suddenly startled and said, "What, there is a prisoner named Lu Dan?" ”

This time, it was Hanalang's turn to be surprised, he nodded, and then asked rhetorically, "Yes, what, do you know that person?" ”