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Chapter 85 Suicide
In the morning, Jinyang City, inside the Taiyuan County Sheriff's Mansion.

Everyone who was supposed to be enjoying the warm April breeze leisurely was looking nervous, walking back and forth, creating a chaotic scene.

"What?!

Wang Gongcao committed suicide? "

Wang Rou, who had just arrived here, exchanged greetings with Zang County Shou and asked about it, and then she received this shocking news.

"My condolences to General Wang, Zang is really sorry."

The reason why the county guard said this is naturally because this meritorious officer is Wang Rou's younger brother. They are both members of the Wang family in Jinyang, and they are also quite influential figures in their clan.

This is another normal feature of later Han politics.

As we all know, since the Later Han Dynasty, the influence of aristocratic families has gradually grown and penetrated into local areas.

The emperor, who felt deeply that imperial power was difficult to exercise, gradually tightened restrictions, and finally introduced a bill called the "Three Mutual Laws."

This law not only reiterated the requirement of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty that when appointing local officials, they should avoid local origin.

The restrictions have been further strengthened, and even the marriage family and people from the three states are not allowed to visit each other. That is, if the people from the three states are married, their family members are not allowed to serve as officials for each other.

If a person from State A is an official in State B, and a person from State B is an official in State B at the same time, a person from State B cannot be an official in State B, nor can he be an official in State A; the same is true for three-state marriage families.

The purpose of this method is to prevent local officials from engaging in malpractice for personal gain, colluding with local powerful people, and allowing them to pursue their own ambitions.

But time erodes everything, and any written law has loopholes.

The county governors and subordinate officials of the governor's office were included in this list. Not only did they not need to avoid it, but they even had to use local talents for the convenience of governing the place.

And this Wang Gongcao is the leader of all the officers in the county guard's office, and he is the one who decides the rewards and punishments for the advancement and retreat of the officials.

With such a character and a member of a prominent local family, why did he commit suicide?
Let’s go back to yesterday evening.

At that time, Su Yao, who had just returned to the city with Zhang Liao, completely ignored the time and occasion and dragged Zhang Liao to go to the county governor's house for business.

So the poor Governor Zang, still dragging his body with illness, called all Cao Cao officials to work overtime late at night.

Only Wang Gongcao left in a hurry and returned to his mansion.

"Yunquanzhai is over, what did you do?!"

Wang Gongcao angrily scolded his disciple Wang Fa.

Yes, this is another person named Wang, and he is also a member of the Wang family in Jinyang, but he is only a branch of the family. He works under Wang Gongcao based on his ability, and deals exclusively with people from all walks of life.

"How, how could this happen? There are only two hundred people, aren't there?"

Wang Fa was startled and asked quickly

"Jiang...how is the wife's thief doing now?"

Wang Gongcao flicked his sleeves

"Still thinking about your sweetheart?
died!

The head was handed over to me personally by Zhang Wenyuan of Yanmen. "

"This shouldn't be the case. Didn't they say there were more than a thousand people? How could they be suppressed by two hundred officers and soldiers? Can they still be defeated?"

"you ask me?!"

"This... subordinate dare not..."

Wang Fa felt aggrieved, uncomfortable, angry, and all kinds of negative emotions for a while, but in the end he felt more regretful.

She was so wonderful and lovely, and she was more capable than the famous prostitutes in Jinyang. The adopted daughter he wanted to enjoy once a month was actually beheaded by that bastard who didn't know how to show mercy to her.

Wouldn't it be better to catch it back? It’s okay if you don’t become an official slave.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Wang Fa finally asked with red eyes, wanting to know what went wrong and caused his beauty to lose her life.

"Look at how useless you are!"

Wang Gongcao is also full of anger now. If Wang Fa hadn't always done things neatly, he would really want to kill him now.

"Su Yao"

"what?"

"The rumored commander of the Bingzhou Army came to our place."

Wang Fa said the word "this" several times in succession, but in the end he still did not dare to throw the blame to the family head.

But Wang Gongcao was indeed an afterthought.

Su Yao's attack was made at the discretion of the county governor, and he did not know who would be responsible for it. He did not know about it until now.

Rather, the most important thing to him right now is:

"Go and arrange a fast horse. I will send a letter later and send someone to inform the palace.

This Su Yao was so bold that he killed Xiao Huangmen, whom they sent to investigate.

It is now hidden in the county magistrate's mansion. They must prepare as soon as possible and come up with an idea as soon as possible. "

"what?!"

Wang Fa was startled, but he quickly agreed and rushed out.

There is no airtight wall in the world. After Su Yao got the approval of the county magistrate after completing this matter, the two of them decided not to deliberately hide the matter anymore, and they could no longer hide it.

First of all, Ding Yuan would definitely report to the court, and Su Yao was here to suppress the bandits in such a high-profile manner. Although it was not written in the credit book, everyone knew that it was him, the hero, who did the good deeds.

So Governor Zang also accelerated his pace, taking advantage of the fact that the wanted order from the court had not yet been issued.

Governor Zang's explanation of the matter was also sent to Luoyang and other prefectures and counties by his county officials to contact celebrities. This was the focus of Wang Gongcao's anxious return.

If the copycat disappears, he will lose his fortune, and if something happens to the palace's backstage, then he will lose his life.

In recent years, Wang Gongcao has often used the banner of the palace to recruit talents by taking advantage of his positions such as merit examination and promotion.

This is also the reason why Wang Gongcao has been willing to serve as a county official for so many years and is unwilling to be promoted. The money that a meritorious officer in charge of personnel in a large county can earn is far beyond the imagination of county magistrates in remote and poor small counties.

But because of this, he knew very well that once he was implicated, the self-proclaimed talents in the clan would rush to draw a clear line with him and would definitely not protect him.

"Zang Min, Zang Min.

You said you were about to die of illness, so why bother? "

Wang Gongcao wrote quickly, gritting his teeth while writing and said:
“That bitch actually dares to protect key criminals and collude with party members.

In this case, don't blame me, brother, for being righteous and unkind. "

——"Have you finished writing?"

"Why are you panicking? Immediately..."

Wang Gongcao suddenly raised his head.

Under the flickering candlelight, Su Yao looked at him expressionlessly, with an icy chill on the young man's handsome face.

With a bang, the pen in Wang Gongcao's hand fell to the ground.

"Have you finished writing?"

Su Yao took the letter, took a look at it, and said
"Here, come on, write down exactly who your accomplices are, don't leave anything out."

"Wha, what?!"

"Of course, at the end, I have to write that I sincerely regret for causing trouble to all of you. Even if I die, I can't redeem it. You can polish it yourself. Do you understand?"

"Since I came to you, of course I have found evidence. If what you write does not match the information I have here, you understand the result, right?"

"I understand, I understand, I understand." Wang Gongcao responded instinctively.

Why is he so honest?
Because just now, when Su Yao took the letter, he saw it when he glanced over it.

Wang Fa, his well-attended retainer, was being pinched by Su Yao's neck like a chicken, and was completely lifeless.

"Then write quickly, I'll be waiting for you."

"Write, thank you, I'll write it now."

Wang Gongcao showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

Little did he know that what he was writing was his own suicide note.

Yes, of course Su Yao will not let him go.

After learning that there was a premeditated ambush, he and Zhang Liao speculated that there was an insider in the city who revealed their whereabouts, so that the events including the last ambush of 300 Han soldiers could be explained.

Later, Su Yao got information about a mysterious godfather from Mrs. Jiang's maid, so Su Yao, who came back, had some thoughts.

Now this main city has become his new stronghold, and he will nip any crisis in the bud.

Therefore, Su Yao, who ostensibly stayed at the county governor's mansion for an excuse but was actually keeping an eye on the mole, followed Wang Gongcao decisively after seeing Wang Gongcao's strange behavior. Sure enough, he saw a good show.

Now I have successfully obtained a mission document with many red-named targets written on it.

Su Yao walked out of the door and raised his head, only to see that the night was gloomy and the stars and moon were without light.

"Wang Gongcao actually committed suicide by disemboweling himself with a knife from behind?!"

So from last night to the present, this is the real reason why Wang Rou was shocked.

"Do you believe this? A disembowelment from behind?!"

Zang Min coughed twice and waved his hand:

"Except for another guest who hanged himself in the room, no one in Wang Gongcao's mansion noticed anything unusual."

"Did this customer do it?"

"No, it has been found that this retainer's neck was broken first."

Wang Rou was numb when she heard that her descendants were shocked. Well, whose assassin is so rough at work? No, that's not right. This person was obviously very skilled in martial arts and no one found any traces of it, but he showed his flaws in the way he died?
wrong!

this is:
"What kind of suicide is this? It's simply a public execution!

Where did the ranger come from to do such good things? ! "

Yes, it was more of a public execution than a suicide.

Zang Min shook his head and handed the suicide note to Wang Rou.

With this look, Wang Rou almost lost her temper.

At first, the superiors still reported Zang Min to the Yellow Gate in the palace for harboring fugitives. However, they suddenly changed their tone and began to enumerate their sins of corruption, blackmail, collusion with bandits, etc., and finally expressed deep remorse and apology.

Wang Rou paused her feet and was speechless for a while. She didn't know whether to angrily complain about the sins of this clan brother or denounce the assassin's arrogance.

But soon, something even more shocking came to them.

"Zang, Commander Zang, something bad is going on!"

Mr. Zhao ran over in a panic:

"In the city, eight more places in the city reported that something happened to important people. And"

"And what?!"

Governor Zang coughed violently in excitement. Wang Rou couldn't help but help him calm down and asked the visitor:
"But is it another murder disguised as suicide like Wang Gongcao?"

"Should I say disguise?"

Zhao Zhuji looked horrified, paused and said
"In addition to caesarean section and hanging, there are also people who were stabbed three times in the back, drowned in a washbasin, and suffocated by pillows. The common denominator is that they are all related to Wang Gongcao and have a confession."

"All this overnight?"

"Overnight!"

Sheriff Zang took a deep breath and actually held back his breath without coughing out.

In one night, eight important people in Jinyang were killed, including county officials from his county governor's house and members of powerful families.

But coincidentally, these people were related to Wang Gongcao's collusion with the eunuchs.

This is outrageous. To put it seriously, this killer can be said to have offended all the forces in Jinyang City overnight.

But Zang Min calmed down and asked
"Are the contents of the confession true?"

"This needs to be confirmed in detail."

Mr. Zhao quietly glanced at Wang Rou, hesitated and said:
"However, according to rumors and other rumors, there may be some truth."

"Let's check it out clearly."

County Sheriff Zang said this, but he felt like a mirror in his heart. The things in the confession were 80% true, and he had not been serving as the Taiyuan County Sheriff in vain these past few years.

However, the forces under him were so intertwined that he turned a blind eye to many things.

I just didn't expect that this Wang Gongcao would develop to the point of becoming an eunuch.

Now that someone is helping him, it is a good thing for him in terms of benefits, but...

"Who did this happen? How does the county guard plan to deal with it?"

Wang Rou represents the Wang family of Jinyang, so he must be concerned about the handling of this matter.

Even if his relatives made countless mistakes, they should not be lynched without trial. Once such a challenge to the authority of the government is allowed, everyone will be in danger. How can we let it go?
Zang Min shook his head:

“This ranger is very skilled.

There are no traces left at the scene, and there are no witnesses, so it will be difficult to deal with it."

Zang Min had actually thought of someone who could do such a thing overnight.

At the same time, of course Wang Rou also thought of it, so he waved his hand, dismissed everyone, frowned and asked:

"Could it be your guest general named Su Yao?"

"General Wang, be careful!"

Zang Min coughed twice again

"There is no evidence at all at the moment. Nephew Su Xian is a hero in Taiyuan. How can we contaminate him for doing such illegal things?

Besides, he rested in my county magistrate's mansion last night and never left. "

"always there?"

Wang Rou was confused.

"Up to morning, no one had seen him leave."

Zang Min didn't lie. The night guard at the Sheriff's Mansion was sparse when there was nothing going on. Su Yao was proficient in stealth skills, so his freedom of entry and exit was unhindered.

But Zang Min is so decisive, and he does have some cover-up, mostly because he doesn't want to cause trouble at the moment.

Regarding the details of Su Yao's angry killing of Xiao Huangmen, he just issued an explanation to all the high officials last night. Is he going to take Su Yao into custody today?
With this unfounded reason? Is this possible?
So after thinking for a while, Zang Min shared Su Yao's matter with Wang Rou.

"Lawless!"

Wang Rou angrily scolded
"It's more like he did it. The county guard should take him into custody immediately and interrogate him thoroughly..."

Halfway through, Wang Rou realized the danger of this matter.

A man who dared to kill the court angels in anger just because of unfair merit assessment is now doing this knight-errant thing in Taiyuan County based on his own likes and dislikes.

If he were imprisoned rashly, would he not be resisted?
At this moment...

"Sheriff, it's not good!"

Yamen came to report
"Everyone has come to our door, asking for an explanation!"

Sheriff Zang coughed twice, waved his hand to show his absence, and told them to go back, and the Sheriff's Office would come up with a charter later.

"Sheriff, you are playing with fire."

Wang Rou lowered her voice. He also figured out that Governor Zang wanted to use the opportunity to declare war on the eunuchs and get rid of them, but...

"There is no evidence, General Wang, don't talk nonsense..."

Zang Min actually has quite a headache. I'm afraid there will never be any evidence for this kind of thing.

Unexpectedly, at first he thought he had found a sharp weapon, but now it seemed that this weapon might not be as easy to use as he thought, and it might even make him bleed at any time.

"Don't bring a monster back to our Jinyang City!"

How could Governor Zang not know that an assassin who could kill so many important people silently and overnight would be the most troublesome and disgusting existence for the authorities if he was not in his hands.

After all, no one knows when this monster's butcher's knife will swing at your head.

But in fact, he was overly worried. With Su Yao's attitude of only killing red names, he would not have carried out such a killing spree in the city if he had not obtained the definite document.

"Since his whereabouts have been exposed, I can no longer take him in blatantly." Governor Zang shook his head.

How to deal with a colleague who is both invulnerable and troublesome?

It is a very good way to enshrine him, or to promote him, or to ask him to leave.

The question is where to send Su Yao?

"In that case, the governor might as well lend this boy named Su Yao to Wang."

Only then did Wang Rou suddenly remember her purpose.
"If he is really as powerful as the rumors say, then it would be better for him to fight on the battlefield with someone and make achievements instead of letting him stay in the local place and be an energetic troublemaker.

Moreover, in our army, his lawless temper was trained and trained.

Isn't this a good thing that has the best of both worlds for him and us? "

After the two discussed again, Sheriff Zang decided to communicate with Su Yao first to explore the situation.

But, later on, when Su Yao returns to the Sheriff's Mansion for the reward settlement of the crusade mission.
Facing this stinky and long cutscene, Su Yao hummed and muttered while listening to the song.

Only at the last moment, when it was clear to receive the settlement reward, Su Yao argued for a long time, and then the scene in Jinyang Arsenal happened:
"5 sets of horse armor?!"

The officer in charge of military affairs was as wide-eyed as Tongling. He looked over and over at the governor's warrant in his hand:

"Are you mistaken? We don't have many pairs here!"

"Oh, by the way, I still need to make another weapon. What was that thing you made for me last time? It didn't last at all and it broke after one use!"

"what?!"

After hearing this, the official was even more afraid to avoid it.
"No, the governor's order only said to get you 5 sets of equipment. We can't do it if there is no weapon project."

Just kidding, they worked overtime almost day and night to build that giant scythe last time. All the craftsmen were complaining, but this time they actually wanted to do it again!
"no?"

Su Yao blinked, is this blacksmithing function so crotch-stretching?
"Isn't it okay to pay for it?"

"What? Pay for it? Is this about money?!"

The official's eyes widened, this was official!

How can you build equipment for an individual so easily, without a warrant from the county guard, even if you are...

Wang Ling, who was behind Su Yao, took a step forward and took out a heavy amount of copper coins.

The official also blinked and his expression immediately changed.

"Oh, why are you so polite? Please come inside, please come inside!

Let our craftsmen take a look at what you are talking about.

It is truly an honor for all of us to be able to serve you, this young hero! "

(End of this chapter)