At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 64 Collecting Evidence
Wang Ji's evil deeds are too numerous to record, and the crimes listed by a few people in the house are already shocking.

As a result, this banquet, which was originally a gathering of people, turned into a conference of complaints against Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji, and almost everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

Seeing that everyone was talking more and more excited, Zhou Qi could only stand up and motion for everyone to be quiet for the time being, and then said: "To be honest, I returned to Xiangxian County this time because I was ordered by Captain Sili to investigate Wang Ji's case. Committed something illegal."

"You brothers may not know that the reason why Wang Ji was so unscrupulous in Pei State was because of the power of his father Wang Fu in the court. Yang Shijun also wanted to completely eradicate Wang Fu and his minions by convicting Wang Ji. "

"You are all locals in Xiangxian County. You are well aware of Wang Ji's evil deeds, and you are brothers whom I can entrust with my life. I would like to invite you to help me investigate Wang Ji's criminal evidence and eradicate his minions. Would you like to help me?"

After hearing the words, everyone agreed without any hesitation.

In this way, after the banquet was over, Zhou Qi made an appointment with everyone to meet in the city tomorrow, and after sending everyone away, he took a pot of wine and went to the grave of the old miser alone, and stayed there for a long time before returning to the mansion within.

At dawn the next day, Zhou Qi led Zhou Cheng and Xu Chu towards the city.

When Zhou Qi arrived in Xiang County, he first went to Lieutenant Liu's mansion to visit Zhou Gu, who grew up with him, and saw that although Zhou Gu had not recovered from his injuries, his mental outlook had improved a lot, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the old lady passed away, Zhou Gu, a nominal servant, became Zhou Qi's only relative in the world.

Zhou Qi looked at Zhou Gu who was excited when he saw his face, and said slightly reproachfully: "Before the incident, I told you to escape as soon as possible to avoid being implicated. Why didn't you leave, but was caught by the officers and soldiers instead?"

Zhou Gu scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "The old lady has passed away, and you, my little master, have fled far away. There is no one to take care of the house at home, no one to cultivate the fields, and no one to take care of the old lady's grave."

"Since I am a servant of the Zhou family, and the old grandpa and young master have treated me very well, how can I leave at this time?"

Zhou Qi was both moved and annoyed when he heard the words, and reprimanded: "I committed such a major event, if the officers and soldiers can't catch me, how can I let you go? You stayed here and were arrested by the officers and soldiers, how can you take care of the land and houses?" She, how can you guard the tomb for the great father?"

"What's more, you also know the person who caused the incident. If he couldn't bear the torture to extract a confession from the other brothers, wouldn't he implicate them?"

Hearing the words, Zhou Gu was in a hurry, struggling to get up, and said tearfully, "The day I was caught by the officers and soldiers, I was already determined to die, and I would never dare to confess to you heroes!"

Zhou Qi held him down, and said in a slow tone, "Of course I know that you won't confess everyone, but it's hard to guarantee that the government won't cheat and use you to lure the rest of the people over."

Having said that, Zhou Qi sighed deeply, and said, "In the future, you must be careful, and never act like this again."

Zhou Gu wiped away his tears and hurriedly nodded yes.

Zhou Qi patted his shoulder and comforted him softly: "Just stay here and cultivate yourself. After I finish handling the matters assigned by Yang Shijun, I will ask you to do something else."

Zhou Gu looked surprised when he heard this and said: "Master, if you have something to do, please send me. I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

However, after Zhou Qi comforted Zhou Gu, he returned to the county government again, summoned Lieutenant Liu, and said, "Yang Shijun ordered us to investigate Wang Ji's crimes, but our manpower is limited, and they are not locals. , it is not convenient to do things.”

"So this time we need Lieutenant Liu to send someone to help me. I don't know what to do with Lieutenant Liu's wishes?"

Lieutenant Liu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Since I am ordered by Yang Shijun, how dare I not help you with all my strength? As many people as you need for Zhou's work, just tell me, and I will never refuse!"

Zhou Qi nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, and said, "I will recruit eight people from the countryside, and let them each bring four knights under the Sili school lieutenant's sect, and you will assign four county soldiers from each team to accompany you. Go to the whole of Xiangxian County to collect the crimes committed by Wang Ji."

"As for me, I will take Yang Zuoshi and the rest of the knights to visit and investigate in the city."

"I don't know what Lieutenant Liu wants?"

Lieutenant Liu naturally didn't have any objections, and he agreed.

If he had been a little worried that Zhou Qi would avenge his personal revenge and tried every means to collect criminal evidence against him, then Zhou Qi's initiative to ask the county soldiers to accompany him made Lieutenant Liu completely relieved.

In Lieutenant Liu's view, Zhou Qi's actions were nothing more than showing kindness to him.

This will be of great benefit to both parties.

With the help of Lieutenant Liu and the county soldiers, many troublesome things will be solved, which is definitely a great thing for Zhou Qi to investigate Wang Ji's criminal evidence.

For Lieutenant Liu, by placing an informant in the investigation team, he no longer has to worry about Zhou Qi and others secretly investigating him.

In this way, Zhou Qi's township parties each brought eight people to investigate and collect evidence throughout Xiangxian County, because the eight people can be regarded as local local snakes, and with the full support of the county soldiers.What's more, Wang Ji has been unpopular for a long time. Now that the government has sent people to investigate and collect evidence, the victims and their families in the past have naturally taken the initiative to file complaints.

In this way, a large amount of criminal evidence was collected for three consecutive days, and Yang Zuoshi was responsible for organizing it into a document.

Zhou Qi looked at the crimes that had been collected, and felt that his views were broken.

Although he knew that Wang Ji was a cruel official and had done many horrifying bad things, he did not expect that his methods were so cruel. Just based on the evidence compiled, it would make people feel horrified.

Zhou Qi had previously set a heavier charge on Wang Ji in order to quickly close the case, and originally planned to find someone to commit perjury.

But when he saw these bloody accusations, he knew that even if he didn't add any fuel or jealousy, as long as he reported these things truthfully, it would be enough to shock the government and the public, and implicate Wang Fu, a great eunuch.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Qi looked at Yang Zuoshi, who was so busy, and said in a low voice: "I have been visiting the city secretly in the past few days. Although I have collected some negative materials about Lieutenant Liu, I want to use these materials alone. It's not easy."

"If we want to make a move, we must use thunderous means to strike him deadly, otherwise we will be backlashed, and the other party will even report to the court that Lord Yangshi protected me, causing trouble out of thin air."

Yang Zuoshi put down the document in his hand and said, "What does Zhou Zhizhi plan to do?"

A stern look appeared in Zhou Qi's eyes, and he said: "Whether we can find any evidence of guilt or not, it will be much easier to arrest him first, control the entire Xiang County, and then collect evidence of guilt."

　Recently, I have been out of state with so many things, I have hardly coded, and I have run out of manuscripts, so I feel a little flustered.

　　During this season of high influenza season, brothers are also paying attention to their health.

　　My wife, my son, and I fell ill one after another. The baby, who was less than two years old, had a high fever for three or four days in a row. Taking care of her sick day and night made her physically and mentally exhausted.

　　I went to the hospital for an examination yesterday, and it was not a new crown Fuyang, but a viral cold.

　　During the high incidence of flu in spring, brothers, pay more attention to your health. If you have something to do, it is best to go for a checkup first, so as not to start thinking that it is Fuyang like my baby, and only take antipyretics, and the result will become more and more serious.

　　Viral colds are still a little different, and you need to take antiviral drugs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)