I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 476
Chapter 475

noon.

"What? Dead?" Zhan Feiyu put down the book in his hand as he was still the upper room of the Changxing Inn, "Has he been silenced?"

"Death by suicide." He Sheng went to Yizhuang before returning to the inn, and secretly checked Sister Hong's body.

After being imprisoned, Sister-in-law Hong smashed the wooden plank that set the leggings, picked up a small piece of wood and punctured her throat.

Zhan Feiyu thought about it. Although it was suicide, it was no different from silence. It was all for keeping a secret.

Outside the guest room, He Nuan let the two gatekeepers inspect it before walking in with a food box, "Miss, it's time for lunch."

After returning from the county government office, County Magistrate Zhu did not accept the complaint from the Huang family in court, but Zhan Feiyu's master and servant were suspected of murder after all, so he sent a policeman to the inn to guard him.

"The identities of Mr. Zhou and the others are all fake. The previous accomplices have already left Liu County, so it is not easy to find out." Zhan Feiyu believed that if Captain Cheng was arrested and tortured to extract a confession, he might be able to find out some clues. .

But Cheng Xianwei has won the trust of Zhu County Magistrate. Unless Zhan Feiyu takes out the token of Forbidden Dragon Guard, he will not be able to arrest and interrogate the court order officer without evidence.

After placing a few dishes on the table, He Nuan filled a bowl of soup and handed it over, "The servant just asked the kitchen staff, except for the Lantern Festival last year, Liu County has not lost many children in recent years."

If Zhu county magistrate is incompetent and incompetent, then even if kidnappers run rampant in Liuxian County, Zhu County magistrate would not care much.

But He Nuan learned from the clerk at the inn that the magistrate Zhu in Liuxian County has a very good official voice, and whenever there are bandits, the magistrate Zhu will definitely order Cheng Xianwei to take the arresters of the yamen to suppress the bandits. Today, Liu County enjoys long-term peace and stability.

"I have never heard of many children lost in other states along the way." Zhan Feiyu said.

As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. After entering the boundary of Qianzhong Road, Zhan Feiyu found that compared with the depressed and poor Longyou Road, Qianzhong Road was obviously much richer.

Along the way, although I also encountered bandits who robbed houses and ruffians, these bandits did not dare to run amok. As long as they reported to the government, there would definitely be arresters or soldiers from the guards to suppress the bandits.

All of this can be said to be due to the good governance of the governor of Qianzhong Road, and the kidnappers like Sister Hong are obviously gangsters, either they are protected by someone in the government, or they are hidden so deep that no state government has discovered it. A large number of children have been abducted and disappeared, and it is impossible for the government not to notice.

"In addition to abducting children, miss, some poor families may also sell their children." He Nuan reminded that if the child was sold to Ren Yazi, the government would definitely not know about it, and even if they knew, they would not care.

He Sheng didn't care about eating anymore, "I'll check it out right away."

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Liuxian County Government.

It was also meal time, and there were many dishes on the round table, but unfortunately only a few chopsticks were touched.

"Zizhang is surprised why I let that little girl go?" Putting down his chopsticks, Magistrate Zhu smiled and looked at Wei Xiancheng who was sitting opposite him.

The Huang family filed a complaint against Zhan Feiyu for murdering his grandson Huang Baocai, plus the confession of the shopkeeper of the beauty makeup shop and the assistant, it is true that only Zhan Feiyu had the motive and opportunity to do it.

"Your Excellency must be considerate, and the officials dare not speculate." Wei Xiancheng really didn't understand. At that time, the lord slapped the gavel in the courtroom. This posture was obviously to strictly examine Zhan Feiyu, but in the end he didn't understand. It was thunder and rain, and Zhan Feiyu asked people to leave after he defended himself.

After taking the tea handed over by the little official, and pecking at it a few times, County Magistrate Zhu said, "The little girl is a scholar, Zizhang, what do you think is the possibility of her poisoning Huang Baocai?"

Zhu County Magistrate trusts Cheng Xianwei, so Lixian County's large and small lawsuits and prisons are all handled by Cheng Xianwei, but Wei County Cheng does not understand at all. If Zhan Feiyu is because of the vulgar greed of Huang Baocai and Huang Pozi If he ate it, he would kill him cruelly, and Wei Xiancheng didn't believe it.

"Look at that little girl's face is full of heaven, her eyes are clear, she is young but generous, she is not a narrow-minded person who kills." Wei Xiancheng has been an official for many years, and he has met many scholars every year during the county examination, but Even though they were born in a scholarly family, those young talents at about the same age did not have the bearing of that little girl.

The topic changed, and Wei Xiancheng said again: "It's just that when the lord ordered Wang Tai and others to be punished, even though Zhou was beaten and begged for mercy in pain, the little girl didn't see any sympathy on her face, and her heart was so cruel. It's rare, either because you are born cold and cold-blooded, or you have seen such things too often, so you are so indifferent."

Even if a rich family punishes servants who violated the rules, they will not injure or maim them. One or two servants is nothing more than a common thing.

"Although my Zhu family is a family of generals, when my younger sister was in the boudoir, my grandmother and mother also strictly disciplined her, and even invited a female teacher to teach the younger sister etiquette. When a woman goes out with her entourage, she doesn't even have a nun in charge."

In fact, Zhu County Magistrate was also a bit confused. Zhan Feiyu didn't have the slightest bit of reserve and delicacy of a boudoir girl. If the little girl put on men's clothes, she would probably think she was a young man from some family.

"My lord, maybe it's from a wealthy merchant's family." When Wei Xiancheng said this, he suddenly understood why Zhu County magistrate was lenient with Zhan Feiyuwang.

There are many merchants and workshops in Liuxian County. The people in Liuxian County are much richer than those in the surrounding counties, but they are still much worse than those in Jiangnan Road.

Zhu county magistrate treated merchants extremely preferentially, but even so, only small merchants came and went here. Those imperial merchants disdain to come to Liuxian to do business, and the worst thing to do is Fucheng.

Putting down the teacup, County Magistrate Zhu nodded, "It's just that I haven't heard of a merchant with the surname Zhan after thinking about it for a long time. Maybe he used an alias."

Knowing the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, Wei Xiancheng got up and bowed his hands to Zhu County Magistrate, "Your Majesty, let's go to the Changxing Inn."

"Okay, I will wait for the good news." County Magistrate Zhu nodded in response.

……

Wei Xiancheng left the county office in a sedan chair, and someone reported the news to Cheng Xianwei.

Waving his hands to make people retreat, Chengxian Wei Ning frowned in thought, his face looked a little dignified.

"My lord..." Just struggling to get up, but the wound on his body was involved, Wang Butou hissed in pain, and the body that had just got up fell down on the bed again.

Cheng Xianwei put one hand on Wang Tuntou's shoulder, "It will hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, you need to heal the wound first."

Compared with the [-] boards on the buttocks, this broken right leg needs to be taken care of. If the bone grows crooked, Wang Tuntou will probably become a useless person.

"Thank you sir for your compassion." Wang Tzu's complexion was pale with a headache, and he couldn't move at all when his right leg bone was connected. Normally, he just lay on the bed and waited for the bone to heal, and he would be fine.

However, his buttocks and waist were bloody and bloody. Lying like this, even with two soft quilts under him, it still caused Wang Tuntou to suffer unbearably, but he couldn't lie on his stomach because of a broken leg.

When the pain subsided, Wang Butou suppressed his hatred for Zhan Feiyu, "My lord, the Huang family's petition clearly states why Master Zhu shielded that lowly girl, and even asked Wei Xiancheng to go to the inn. "

Wang Tautou gritted his teeth when he hit the board, and held it back with all his might, waiting for Zhan Feiyu to go to jail, and then let her have a taste of hitting the board.

But what shocked and disappointed Wang Tutou was that the county magistrate Zhu simply interrogated Zhan Feiyu and released him with a few words. This attitude of picking up and letting go gently made Wang Tutou gnash his teeth in hatred, but he was helpless , can only temporarily swallow this resentment.

"Don't look at the plain dress of the little girl, she can't afford a hundred taels of silver all over her body." Cheng Xianwei recalled the scene he saw in the guest room, whether it was the pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table, or other decorations in the house. It is a treasure.

Ordinary people would dress lightly when going out, but that little girl was so particular about it, she packed several big wooden boxes to salute, with such a dignified manner, it's no wonder Master Zhu was merciful.

Wang Butou has a bad temper, and he was confused when he heard it. It wasn't until Chengxian Weiming told Zhan Feiyu's background that he said in a daze: "Master Zhu wants to get in touch with that cheap girl? Then I The board is not in vain!"

(End of this chapter)