Demon detective

Chapter 62
In the afternoon at the end of the application period.

The days of winter are short and the sky is getting dark.

In the closed hall of the county yamen, Song Zhili's voice came: "Now I don't care about the minister of officials, even if he enters the cabinet in the future, this Qiu Batian must be killed!"

At this moment, only Song Zhili and Chen Houlu were in the inner hall. Since Sima Xin and the county guard Cai Jin brought too many followers, they did not live in the county government office, but stayed in a nearby inn.

"That's right," Chen Houlu said tremblingly with a pale face, "Since the Holy Majesty personally intervened in this case, the servant of the Ministry of Officials must not dare to make mistakes. No wonder, he sent word early that he had already cut off Qiu Batian. relationship!"

"Indeed," Song Zhili nodded, "I guess the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is also on pins and needles like us right now? It's impossible for the Holy Majesty not to know about his relationship with Qiu Batian, which might affect his entry into the cabinet."

"Master Song, since the important matter has been decided, we don't have to worry about the servant of the official department anymore, then look...my resignation letter..."

Unexpectedly, Chen Houlu was still thinking about retirement.

"No problem," Song Zhili said immediately, "I will sign the case as soon as Qiu Batian's case is over!"

"This..." Chen Houlu grinned suddenly, probably cursing in his heart.

"Chen Xiancheng, I told you before," Song Zhili said, "I'm fine, so everyone is fine! If something happens to me, even if you're retired, do you think you can escape? So..."

Unexpectedly, Song Zhili hadn't finished speaking when they suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside.

"Huh?" Song Zhili listened intently, the voice should be coming from the direction of the court.

"Hey!" Chen Houlu lamented, "What's the trouble? Can't we stop for a while?"

"Come here... um..." Song Zhili just wanted to send someone to take a look, but after thinking about it, he felt that it would be safer to go out and take a look by himself.

So, he and Chen Houlu came to the court following the sound.

As soon as they entered, they saw an extremely chaotic scene, but they saw six or seven police officers, led by Cheng Xiao, chaining the previous monk up.

On the other side, Shen Yu and Fu Bin carried a man in white brocade fur on a stretcher, who looked like he was dying.

In addition, some people ran out in a hurry, saying they were looking for a doctor.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a report officer running towards the inner hall in a hurry, as if he was coming to report, but happened to bump into the two adults.

"Master Song, Lord Chen," said the clerk in a hurry, "Come and take a look! Something happened again! Something happened again!"

Hearing this, Song Zhili and Chen Houlu both frowned, the last thing they wanted to hear was the word "accident".

clap la la...

With the sound of the chain, the monk has been chained.

During this process, he didn't have any resistance, he didn't even open his eyes, he just stopped chanting the prayer beads.

"Hey, this monk hasn't left yet," Chen Houlu hurriedly asked, "Why did you lock him up?"

During the questioning, the man in white on the stretcher just passed by Chen Houlu, and Chen Houlu was startled when he saw it.

"This..." he asked in amazement, "Who is this? His eyes, ouch, his hands... What's wrong with him?"

Hearing this, Song Zhili stepped forward quickly, and was also taken aback by the tragic situation of this injured person.

"Chen Xiancheng," the old Duan hurriedly came up to introduce, "You don't recognize him, this is the former Tong County magistrate of our Yanping County?"

"What?" Chen Houlu took a closer look, and then recognized it, "Oh, it's really Tong County Magistrate! He... isn't he in Shangzhou?"

Chen Houlu has been the county magistrate in Yanping County for almost his whole life, so he naturally recognizes the county magistrate Tong.

Since this person was Song Zhili's previous county magistrate, Song Zhili had only heard of his name, but never met him.

However, seeing magistrate Tong in such a miserable state, he was naturally very shocked.

At this time, the head catcher Cheng Xiao hurried over and told the two adults the whole story.

Chen Houlu's reaction was the same as Xu Zhen's, and he said immediately: "This monk, wouldn't he kidnap county magistrate Tong from Shangzhou? What kind of blood feud is there?"

Song Zhili looked at the dying magistrate Tong and asked, "How is he doing now?"

"I have already sent someone to find the doctor," Cheng Xiao replied, "but the situation is not looking good, I guess... it won't last long!"

Hearing this, Song Zhili thought for a while, then walked up to the monk, and asked, "Monk, the word puzzle game is over. Since you surrendered yourself, then tell the whole story of your crime!" Why do you want to cruel Tong county magistrate like this?"

The hall was suddenly quiet, and everyone was waiting for the monk to answer.

However, the monk remained deaf and unresponsive.

"It doesn't matter," Song Zhili said again, "If you have any grievances, then feel free to speak up, maybe I will make the decision for you?"

Unexpectedly, after saying this, the monk finally opened his eyes.

The monk's eyes were still so fierce and seductive, he looked at Song Zhili, and said two words softly: "The horse is long, and the fish is short."

As soon as the two terms were uttered, everyone became nervous, and Song Zhili's face changed.

"The horse is long and the fish is short."

As a result, the monk repeated it again.

This time, Song Zhili was more certain that this should be another crossword puzzle given to them by the monk.

If it was really an anagram, could it be that there were other victims?

humming...

At this moment, Cheng Xiao's clenched fists were clenched. Obviously, the monk's behavior had completely exhausted Cheng Xiao's patience.

"Monk!" Sure enough, he raised his hand and grabbed the monk's collar, lifted him from the ground, and threatened, "I think you are a monk, and I have tolerated you repeatedly, but you have made an inch of it. What do you think of the yamen? What do you think? If you don't understand, we have nothing to do with you?"

"That's right," an old policeman echoed, "This is not a place to play word games. Chief Cheng, what are we waiting for? Hurry up and drag him into the prison, and serve him with great punishment?"

At this moment, Song Zhili stood aside coldly, without any intention of stopping.

He also wanted to see, what was the monk's reaction?
"Amitabha," the monk chanted the Buddha's name and sneered, "you will understand sooner or later, but if you dare to move a finger of mine, you will definitely regret it!"

"Okay," Cheng Xiao raised his fist, "I want to see if I regret it!"

As he spoke, he punched the monk hard in the face.

Cheng Xiao struck quickly and with great force, and with just one punch, the monk's mouth was bleeding.

However, after the monk was beaten, instead of showing pain, he burst out laughing.

"Hahaha...hahaha..."

The laughter was piercing and piercing, making everyone uncomfortable.

"I'll make you laugh!" Cheng Xiao swung his fist again, trying to strike.

"Slow!" Song Zhili still stopped him this time.

There is no way, Song Zhili has suffered too much before, he is afraid that this monk is also a trap, if he cheats himself again, he will die!

"Monk," Song Zhili persuaded the monk, "Why are you bothering? You have to speak out about your grievances, why bother to suffer?"

"This is just an empty skin, so what's the pain?" The monk looked at Song Zhili with a strange look and said, "Master Song, the game has just begun, and the wonderful things are yet to come!

"If you break the rules ahead of time, it will be too late when you regret it!"

"you……"

Although Song Zhili was so angry that his teeth were itchy, he had to say that the monk's words still bluffed him. After all, the tragic situation of Tong County Magistrate was right in front of him, who knew what other plans he had?
"Okay, then I want to see how capable you are?" Song Zhili waved Cheng Xiao and said, "Put him in prison first!"

"Yes!" Cheng Xiao immediately sent someone to take the monk away.

But when he was escorted away, Xu Zhen suddenly came to the monk and asked, "There is a horse farm street in Yanping County. The horse chief you mentioned just now should be referring to that place?"

The monk smiled coldly and was noncommittal. Not long after, he was pushed and taken away by the arresting officers...

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(End of this chapter)