The dungeon at night is dark and dull, cold and humid.

Bo Langjun sat quietly with her already asleep Luo Jiaojiao sitting.

County Magistrate Zheng sighed secretly at the two dried buns and a plate of dried vegetable leaves that had not moved in Bo Langjun's cell.

"Golden thighs, silver spear head, how many people live on the battlefield? Half a tael of qian, a pot of porridge, working day and night to add lamp oil. A wealthy nest, eating meat every day, and ten fingers don't touch white jade hands..."

"Stop singing!" Bo Langjun was upset and shouted softly.

"Eat it! What you give you is the best prison meal!" County Magistrate Zheng advised.

"I can't eat it!" Bo Langjun still sat still and didn't move.

A sound of footsteps came, and the prison leader came over with two guards and opened the doors of the two cells.

"The county magistrate personally reviewed!" A guard looked at Bo Langjun who was sitting still.

"Giao! Wake up!" Bo Langjun woke up Luo Jiaojiao.

"Can we go out?" Luo Jiaojiao shouted as she opened the door of the cell.

"Yeah! Let's go!"

Bo Langjun pulled Luo Jiaojiao up and followed Zheng County Magistrate who had already left the cell and walked towards the exit of the dungeon.

A night wind blew, and Bo Langjun couldn't help but chill. He hugged Luo Jiaojiao's shoulders and walked forward together.

The lights in the Qujun Magistrate's house shone through the doors and windows on the bluestone platform in front of the doors. Zheng County Magistrate and Bo Langjun slowly walked into the house.

"Master!" Jiang Yu gave a bow on the spot, but the person did not move.

Bo Langjun's eyes swept to the side corridor and saw the guards lying there with bows and arrows in hand.

"I caught an assassin! County Magistrate Zheng came here to recognize him!" County Magistrate Qu ordered.

The magistrate Zheng respectfully bowed to the magistrate Qu, then walked to the copper cage and looked inside.

County Magistrate Zheng was very familiar with the frightened eyes in the cage.

"He is Guo Heng, a yamen runner!"

"Guo Heng! Who sent you to assassinate this county magistrate?" Qu County Magistrate shouted angrily.

"You arrested our county magistrate indiscriminately! I was so angry, so...ah!" Before Guo Heng could finish his words, the mechanism suddenly jumped in the copper cage, and a sharp knife stretched out from all directions and stabbed into his body.

"Guo Heng!" County Magistrate Zheng showed a look of regret in his eyes.

Luo Jiaojiao felt chill all over and couldn't help but lean her body against Bo Langjun.

Bo Langjun hugged Luo Jiaojiao and said, "Assassination of the county magistrate is a death sentence!"

When the governor of Qu County heard this, he looked at Bo Langjun and nodded. He let Bo Langjun and the other two go and asked them to investigate the case together.

Jiang Yu told Bo Langjun and Zheng County Magistrate all about what he saw and heard.

"He is a county magistrate. Why are you afraid that people will know about what you are talking about when you talk to the grain shop owner?" Luo Jiaojiao was puzzled.

"Is he in charge of the county's grain and taxes?" Bo Langjun looked at Zheng County Magistrate.

"Yes! Are you saying that he used the stolen official money to buy grain and put it in the granary?" County Magistrate Zheng immediately understood Bo Langjun's intention.

"It must be like this!" Bo Langjun said confidently.

"Let's go! Let's go and have a look!"

The magistrate Zheng brought Bo Langjun and the other two to the granary in the south of the city. The soldiers guarding the granary immediately bowed and let him go when they saw the magistrate Zheng.

The Zheng County Magistrate ordered people to open ten reserve warehouses and found that it was full of new rice.

"Let's go! Go to the yamen!" The magistrate of Zheng walked out of the warehouse quickly.

"Is there any gain?" The governor of Qu County brought people over.

"Minister has found out that the stolen official money was exchanged for grain and stored it in the reserve warehouse." The magistrate Zheng bowed and reported.

"Just find it! Go and catch the murderer! You can also help!" County Governor Qu said to Bo Langjun and the other two.

"good!"

Bo Langjun took Luo Jiaojiao and Jiang Yu to the county magistrate Zheng back to the county magistrate Wu. When they arrived at the county magistrate, a minor official said that something happened to Wu County magistrate's family and the person had already left.

"Which direction did you go?" Bo Langjun asked.

"Southern City Gate!" the little official thought for a moment.

The magistrate Zheng County took the yamen runners and Bo Langjun to the south gate together.

The guard guard at the gate said that the county magistrate Wu had already left the city gate and headed to the southeast road. Everyone followed the county magistrate Zheng to chase him.

They arrived at a fork in the road and stopped. Bo Langjun said to Zheng County Magistrate: "Let's chase after him separately!"

The magistrate Zheng led people to the road on the left. Bo Langjun and the other two walked along the road on the right.

"Mr. You guys! There are bloody handprints on this tree trunk!" Luo Jiaojiao pointed at a small tree trunk.

"Master! There are signs of fighting here!" Jiang Yu found marks of swords on the trunk.

"Follow the blood!" Bo Langjun ordered.

"Why is this happening?" Luo Jiaojiao muttered in confusion.

"It must be that the division of spoils is uneven!" Jiang Yu answered casually.

"Mr. Lang! What's going on? Why are there blood and footprints on all sides!" Luo Jiaojiao was completely confused.

"Let's look for it separately! Be careful!"

After Bo Langjun said that, he walked on a mountain path. Luo Jiaojiao and Jiang Yu went to the other two roads.

Bo Langjun didn't walk fast because he saw more and more blood.

"I'm here!" Wu County Chief hiding in the grass nest stretched out his arm to Bo Langjun.

Bo Langjun walked over and saw a short knife in Wu County Magistrate's chest, and the man was already dying.

"It's not what you think! We just want to save the magistrate Zheng!" After saying these two sentences, Wu County Magistrate closed his eyes forever.

Bo Langjun stood in front of Wu County Cheng's body and was silent for a long time, thinking about a lot of things clearly. At this time, he only felt a chill on his back and sweated heavily.

Bo Langjun rarely had any fear, and it was not until this moment that he realized that he and Luo Jiaojiao had already walked through the gates of hell.

If Jiang Yu hadn't escaped, the Wu County Magistrate and the yamen runners would have died long ago in the dungeon of the county magistrate's mansion!

Jiang Yu chased a cliff and the blood disappeared from there. Luo Jiaojiao failed to track it, so she turned back and met Jiang Yu on the way. They came to the separate place and saw the pale-faced Bo Langjun sitting under a tree with his eyes closed. Wu County Cheng's body was lying at his feet.

"Mr.!" Luo Jiaojiao ran towards Bo Langjun.

"I'm fine!" Bo Langjun slowly opened his eyes.

Bo Langjun and the other two sent the body of Wu County Magistrate back to the county government. Zheng County Magistrate squatted down and closed his eyes for Wu County Magistrate.

The case of theft of official money was solved, and the governor of Qu was very happy. He wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate, but Bo Langjun said that he would immediately take the coins to Qiantang and could not delay any further.

The magistrate of Qu County had no choice but to ask the magistrate Zheng to take them to check and take out Bo Langjun's ten boxes of coins.

Jiang Yu had hired two carriages, and the yamen runners helped to carry ten large boxes onto the carriage.

The magistrate of Zheng personally sent Bo Langjun and the other two out of the city. Bo Langjun whispered to Zheng County Magistrate outside the city gate: "After this inspection, the imperial court's transfer order will arrive. You should leave too! Otherwise, the two yamen runner brothers, Wu County Magistrate and Guo Heng, will die in vain!"

After hearing Bo Langjun's words, the magistrate Zheng was stunned for a while before stuttering: "You mean..."

Bo Langjun nodded at him, patted his shoulder and shook it twice, and said, "Take care!" and then got on the carriage and left.

After the rolling smoke and dust, County Magistrate Zheng stumbled into the city gate like a dream, covering his mouth and nose. His eyes were filled with tears and he could only wipe them secretly.

Things in the world are unpredictable, and County Magistrate Zheng never dreamed that the truth of the matter would be like this. The case was concluded by himself, and there was no possibility of overturning the case. He could only live with a lifetime of guilt and uneasiness.

A month later, the imperial court's order came indeed. County Magistrate Zheng happily went to work, left this place that made him extremely sad, and embarked on another bumpy road full of hope.
Chapter completed!