Wei Bixi was the first to stand up and said: "My lord, since we know that the murderer is Liu Tie, then we can arrest Liu Tie in the whole county, focusing on investigating Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng's relatives, maybe they are hiding there."

Song Ruilong shook his head and said, "These places are exactly where we can't go. You can think about it, since Liu Tie used Li Kaitai to die instead of himself, it means that he wants to disappear completely, how can he let his relatives and friends know that he is still alive? ”

Liu Tianxiong said: "If you want to say that, we can only go to the prefecture and county where Liu Tie has no relatives and friends to find him?"

Song Ruilong said: "Exactly." Now the county has done the math. From the time the case occurred on the first watch day to the opening of the city gate in the morning, during this time, Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng should still be hiding in the county office. When the gates were opened, they would certainly flee, and if they were on horseback, they would run fast, but they would be too ostentatious, so the county concluded that they had fled on foot. That Lei Caifeng is a three-inch golden lotus, and it must not be able to go fast, so they will stop and go. From now on, everyone will track down in three ways. Liu Tianxiong and Bi Xiao chased all the way to the east, and Shen Jing and Tie Chong chased all the way to the south. Wang Yu and Zhang Shun chased all the way to the west. As for the north, this county has already checked, and Liu Tie's uncle and third aunt are in Mingfang County, so they won't go in that direction. When you understand, you go to the stables to get the horses. ”

"Got it!"

"Action!"

Song Ruilong sent out three groups of men and horses, each riding a fast horse with strong foot power, chasing for more than forty miles, and when it was close to the time, the three people and horses returned one after another.

There were more than a dozen candles lit in the courtroom, so the light was not very dim.

Liu Tianxiong and Wei Bixi pushed the prisoners Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng to the court, and they knelt in front of Song Ruilong very honestly.

Wei Bixi reported to Song Ruilong: "Brother Song, Master Liu and I chased more than 50 miles to the east, inquiring all the way, in Mei County, after the villagers reported, a man and a woman were found in a cave in Zhaojiazhuang, and after inquiry, they admitted that they were Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng who escaped from Ping'an County."

Song Ruilong said excitedly: "You and the master are doing a good job."

Song Ruilong immediately went to court to ask about the case.

Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng knew that their affairs had been exposed, so they did not deny it.

Liu Tie said with a withered expression on his face: "My lord, it was Li Kaitai who wanted to kill Xiaomin, and Xiaomin had no choice but to kill Li Kaitai."

Song Ruilong said: "Let's be specific."

Liu Tie glanced at Lei Caifeng with some pain, and said: "Back to adults, Xiaomin and Lei Caifeng were originally childhood sweethearts' playmates, and they made a mountain alliance and sea vows since they were young to be together, but Xiaomin's father and Lei Caifeng's father had a quarrel and fight because of the field, and from then on, the two families were well water and did not violate the river water, and Xiaomin and Lei Caifeng could never meet again." When it was time to get married, Xiaomin let Caifeng down and persuaded her to find another family to marry. But Caifeng didn't agree. Until the year before last, Xiaomin inadvertently discovered that Li Kaitai and Xiaomin's wife Wang Lian had an improper relationship, and Xiaomin gritted his teeth with hatred. From that time on, Xiaomin decided not to love Wang Lian anymore and wanted to fly away with his sweetheart. Last night was the day when Xiaomin and Caifeng made an appointment to leave Ping'an County, but after Li Kaitai deceived and opened the door of Xiaomin's blacksmith shop, he didn't say a word, and stabbed with a dagger. Xiao Min was stabbed twice by a dagger on his arm and thigh, and the blood flowed, Xiao Min risked his life to snatch the dagger from Li Kaitai's hand and stabbed him to death in the chest. Xiao Min wanted to report to the official, but Xiao Min saw that Li Kaitai's figure was the same as Xiao Min's, and he had once struck iron, so he wanted to disguise him as Xiao Min and scratch his face. After that, the little man cut the copper lock on the iron box with a dagger, took away the thirty taels of silver inside, and took Lei Caifeng to temporarily hide in a broken house in Shuangliu Lane. ”

After Song Ruilong asked Liu Tie to sign the confession, he slapped the shocked wood on the table and said, "The sinner Liu Tie listens to the sentence." Liu Tie, you were originally a victim, assuming that if you reported to the official at the time, the county would have punished you lightly, but now after you killed someone, you concealed the truth and disguised Li Kaitai as yourself, trying to evade the trial of national law, the crime is extremely heinous, and the county sentenced you to intentional homicide, can you accept the sentence? ”

Liu Tie kowtowed and said: "Xiaomin deserves it, but Xiaomin's confidante Lei Caifeng is innocent, I hope the adults can open the net and let her go."

Song Ruilong said: "Lei Caifeng didn't report it, followed the murderer, ran to another country, should have been punished heavily, you are a first-time offender, and you are not an accomplice, this county will fine you one hundred taels of silver, can you accept the sentence?"

Lei Caifeng lowered his head and said: "The folk girl is willing to be executed with Liu Tie, you can't be together in life, and you must be together in death."

Su Xianrong was a little sympathetic to Lei Caifeng and said: "Liu Tie is a murderer, why should Miss Caifeng ......?"

Lei Caifeng said: "The people's daughter is determined to die, and when Liu Tie is killed, it is the time when the people's daughter ends her life."

Su Xianrong walked to Song Ruilong's side and said, "Brother Song, what should I do?" She was bent on death, and let her go out for fear that she would not live long. ”

Liu Tie looked at Lei Caifeng with tears and said, "Feng'er, I'm sorry, I can't be with you in this life, but I hope we can be together in the next life." But I want you to live well in this life. ”

Lei Caifeng shook his head and said, "Brother Liu Tie, don't say it, I've been your person all my life." If you die, I won't survive. ”

Song Ruilong was also shocked by this touching scene, but the national law is like a mountain, even if he wants to forgive Liu Tie and Lei Caifeng, the national law does not allow it, and all the people of Ping'an County will not agree to forgive them.

Song Ruilong said ruthlessly: "Come on, put Liu Tie on death row."

After everyone put Liu Tie on death row, Lei Caifeng was unwilling to go home, and she asked to be guilty of the same crime as Liu Tie.

Song Ruilong finally decided to put Lei Caifeng in the women's prison and let him work as a coolie in place of the one hundred taels of silver.

Song Ruilong cracked the murder case of Liu Tie stealing beams and changing pillars in one day, and after reporting the case, he was highly praised by Sima Luoqian.

Sima Luoqian replied, hoping that Song Ruilong could continue to walk in front of the reform and reform, and let the spring breeze of reform blow across the entire Great Song Dynasty.

After Song Ruilong relayed Sima Luoqian's words to Su Xianrong and them, they were all very excited.

In the early morning, the red glow is like fire.

The fiery red morning glow illuminated every corner of Ping'an County very red.

As soon as Song Ruilong had breakfast, he heard someone beating a drum and shouting grievances.