first minister

Chapter 29 The Shock of the County Government

The situation where the blood was almost spattered five steps was stopped by Wu Butou, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he hugged the furious young man tightly.

As an old official for many years, he certainly knew what it would be like to offend these big shots. In comparison, he could only pretend not to see some things against his conscience.

What's more, these policemen and white servants are not good people with clean buttocks.

The person who wanted to do it was held back, and the situation was not out of control for the time being, but the atmosphere in the room was still tense.

Although the rest of the people didn't run away violently, they stared at Xia Jingyun very unkindly.

Xia Jingyun let go of the hand on the woman's arm, and after feeling weak for a while, he stood up, looking at the policeman with a righteous face, "What do you think I am doing?"

"You are insulting the widow! You are still Wenkui, and you did such a thing!"

Where do foreign netizens come from, why do they open and close their mouths with this kind of vocabulary? Xia Jingyun said flatly, "Have you ever seen someone insulting someone with one finger?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room became strange.

"Ahem." Xia Jingyun also came to his senses, "I mean, if I was thinking about something, would I just put my fingers on my arms and remain motionless?"

Everyone was also taken aback, as if he really didn't make any extra moves.

Xia Jingyun snorted coldly and became imposing, "You are all fast arresters, shouldering the responsibility of arresting Xiaoxiao for the people of the county, but you know how to bluff all day long, and you don't even know the art of torture. Have you never heard of the secret of torture called penetrating into the subtleties?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, what is insight into the subtleties?
Of course you don't know, because Xia Jingyun, who was talking nonsense, snorted and picked a few furs about the micro-expression observation method, which made everyone stunned.

"I held her hand just now and babbled a secret method, which disturbed her rhythm and mind. Let her look into my eyes and talk, so that she couldn't dodge the slightest eye feedback. When people look at each other, they will subconsciously become flustered."

Hearing this in a cloud of confusion, one of the arresters couldn't help but said, "Having said so much, have you found out anything?"

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, "Niu Er didn't die at the hands of bandits at all, but was murdered by an adulterer, and she!"

Xia Jingyun pointed to the woman at the side, "It's the one who knows!"

The woman's complexion changed suddenly, and Catcher Wu was taken aback. Having dealt with prisoners for many years, he could tell at a glance that the woman's expression at this moment was exactly the same as those prisoners who had been spotted! ——
In the main hall of the county government, seven or eight people are discussing matters.

"Lieutenant Shi County, you have to think of a way, you can't just ignore it!"

"Yeah, you've made everyone panic, the business under our hands has to go out of the city!"

"Although there are bandits and robbers everywhere in Sishui Prefecture, they are all far away, but now bandits dare to kill people under our noses, and even kill officials. Isn't the Yamen taking action?"

Several people were chatting in a hurry, and the objects of their speech were all a big square-faced man wearing a military officer's robe.

The county captain of Jiang'an County, Shi Youfang.

And the fuse of all this is precisely the overseer Niu Er who died tragically on the outskirts of the city.

Niu Er died just like this on the edge of the city, and the members of these big families panicked, and hurried to the county government office to demand that the bandits be suppressed.

Hearing the crowd's clamor, Captain Shi remained motionless, his eyes drooping slightly, and he took a sip of tea from time to time.

Seeing this, one of the members couldn't help looking at the chief, "Xianzun, please say something!"

The county magistrate Zhao Hongfei put down the teacup and smiled softly, "Bandits, you will be suppressed at any time. If you don't, you can't do it. Think about it, everyone, you took Mrs. Ru out of the city, enjoying the scenery and singing songs, and suddenly you were robbed by bandits. Who can sit still?"

Everyone nodded again and again, and Shi Xianwei raised his eyes to look over.

Zhao Hongfei twirled his beard, "Lieutenant Shi County, prepare your troops immediately, we will go out of the city tomorrow to suppress the bandits, and give the people of the county a bright and sunny day!"

Shi Xianwei was silent for a moment, then stood up and took orders.

County magistrate Zhao looked at the rest of you, "Everyone, this matter has been settled, everyone can rest assured?"

Everyone was overjoyed, and they all shouted, "The county is wise!"

When the wealthy and dignitaries in the county left, Shi Xianwei went back and forth, expressing different opinions to Zhao County Magistrate, "Xianzun, we should now try to stabilize the order in the city. The matter of going out of the city to suppress the bandits will be resolved after seven days, when the Wudang Army comes over."

As a "supporting measure" for the concubine to visit her relatives, the Wudang Army will mobilize [-] soldiers to escort the concubine along the way, and at the same time take the opportunity to sweep up the bandits in Surabaya Prefecture and restore the sky to the people of the state. This is also one of the strategies formulated by the center of the empire.

As the chief military officer of the county, Lieutenant Shi was notified two days ago that he had already started preparing the garrison and rations for the Wudang Army.

County magistrate Zhao sighed, "It should be so, but the will of the people cannot be violated. Look at everyone's terrified appearance, can we do without an explanation?"

What was Shi Xianwei going to say, Zhao County Magistrate said again: "I know you are worried, the people under your command are not as tough as Wudang Army, but let's put it another way, if everything is pointed at Wudang Army, how can you show your ability? Just like this officer, if you need the county guard and state shepherd for everything, then what's the use of me as a county magistrate? You have to show your ability!"

Shi Xianwei sighed, the truth is indeed the same.

Just as he was talking, the master came running in a hurry, shouting in a hurry, "The county lord! The county lord!"

County Magistrate Zhao frowned unobtrusively, "Don't panic, just sit down and talk about it."

The chief secretary glanced at Shi Xianwei who was at the side, and said without hesitation, "Niu Er's case was solved. It wasn't bandits who made trouble, but adulterers and prostitutes colluded and hired murderers to kill them!"

"What? Are you serious?"

Before County Magistrate Zhao could speak, Lieutenant Shi stood up abruptly, a little excited.

County magistrate Zhao glanced at him, then looked at the master book, "Didn't you say that the evidence is convincing? Why did it change again?"

The chief secretary hurriedly said: "The evidence was not convincing at first, but because the incident happened outside the city, and it was evening, there was neither witnesses nor material evidence, and the bandits were rampant recently, so the case could only be closed as bandits. However, Mr. Wen Hui Wen Kui Xia came to find out something wrong with the widow of the deceased, and finally solved the case. Now the adulterer has also been arrested and brought to justice, and both of them have confessed!"

"Who?" Magistrate Zhao plucked his ears in disbelief.

"It's Wen Kui from the Literary Society two days ago, Mr. Xia Jingyun Xia. He used to work in a labor camp. This Niu Er was his supervisor that day, so he came to visit and solved the case by the way."

By the way, County Magistrate Zhao twitched the corners of his mouth and muttered, "Wu Lao Wu and the others really grew up eating shit!"

"Okay, I got it, let's go down! As long as the rewards and punishments are met, follow the usual rules."

He waved his hand and asked the master to step down.

As soon as the master left, Shi Xianwei hurriedly said: "Xianzun, since it is not a bandit doing evil"

County magistrate Zhao waved his hand, "The words have already been said, so let's go for a while. And we have to go with a lot of fanfare, with a lot of power, and with peace of mind, understand?"

Seeing Zhao County Magistrate Ruo's meaningful smile, Shi Xianwei nodded heavily, "Understood!"

In the interrogation room of the county government, Xia Jingyun looked at the man in front of him, feeling a little excited but also a little apprehensive.

On the surface, the case has been closed. Niu Wang and this man were previously caught and raped by Niu Er because of collusion. There are many witnesses to this matter.

The man was beaten and thrown out with bruises all over his body, so he held a grudge, so he conspired with the Niu Wang family, bought a murderer, assassinated Niu Er, and pretended to be a bandit to make trouble.

Don't look at this man who seems to be tough to deal with women on the bed, but his bones are extremely soft. After Wu Butou led his men to surprise him and captured him and brought him back to the yamen, he was tortured for a while and he was all-in-one.

Just yesterday, that is, the afternoon of the Wenhui, someone took the initiative to find him, saying that he had an enmity with Niu Er, and if he was willing to pay, he could get rid of Niu Er.

The man was excited when he heard it, and he quietly found Niu Wang. The two hit it off, and with a bright vision for the future, they agreed to the matter and paid ten taels of silver as a reward.

He didn't even expect the other party to move so fast. Only one night later, Niu Er's good news came, oh no, news of his death.

I just said, there is no coincidence, but a conspiracy covered up in the name of coincidence!

Xia Jingyun looked at the man who was tied to the wooden frame in a cross shape in front of him, as if he had seen the truth and waved in front of him.

He turned his head to look at the arresters in the room, "Brothers, can I ask him a few words?"

After the previous events, Xia Jingyun has changed from a "despicable and shameless literati and beast" to a "multi-talented and intelligent literary leader" in the hearts of these few people. Naturally, he had no objection to his small request, and they all withdrew.

Xia Jingyun stepped forward, and under the surprised and terrified eyes of the other party, he put his hand on the other party's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you, without you, I might not even be able to get out of the labor camp."

"Here it comes! Insight into the subtleties is here again!"

"What's the fuss, you all have to watch carefully for me, and study hard!"

"You still have to touch men. Boss, I will apply to interrogate only female prisoners in the future."

"You interrogated, then why should I interrogate!"

Outside the door, a group of policemen gathered around the door, their eyes burning.

(End of this chapter)