Jiang Qi only hesitated for a moment and then bowed his head and agreed.

Even though he only listened to the man's confession, he could still sense something was wrong. Because from what he heard, Zhou Yin didn't sound like a robber, but rather like the one who was robbed by the robber.

A person who has been smart, grateful, and kind since he was a child, turns into a bandit after returning to his hometown in fine clothes?

On the contrary, it was what Zhou Yin said, and it was even more credible that he relied on his father-in-law to gain a foothold.

County Magistrate Tang was very satisfied with his attitude and said: "Chang Bo has mentioned you to this county, saying that you are smart and kind, and that you will have a bright future."

Jiang Qi lowered his head and said, "That's your love."

Magistrate Tang asked: "Do you believe what the man said?"

Jiang Qi: "Xin.

"Then do you believe what the officials said? Zhou Yin is a bandit." You

Jiang Qi lowered his eyes and said after a while: "Sir, the name of punishment depends on evidence. Now we have no evidence. I dare not make any assumptions."

Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "No wonder Chang Bo likes you. You are right. Criminal punishment requires evidence, so we have to find evidence now."

Jiang Qi was very curious, "Why are Master Tang and us so obsessed with this case? We didn't know that Zhou Yin was involved in banditry before."

"Me?" County Magistrate Tang thought for a while and said, "If I say it is for the people who have no injustice in the world and the case of no injustice, do you believe it?"

Jiang Qi bowed and said: "Of course I believe it."

Magistrate Tang looked at his face and smiled, "But your face and eyes tell this county that you don't believe it."

Jiang Qi's body stiffened slightly.

Magistrate Tang walked out of the room, stood in the yard, looked up at the blue sky, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "This yard is square, but the wall is still low. I remember that my favorite thing to do when I was a child was squatting."

Watching the sky in a high-walled quadrangle."

Jiang Qi listened in confusion and did not express his opinion.

County Magistrate Tang said: "I can probably guess what your Lord is trying to do with this case. He is... well, a very clean person, and he rules himself and others. Well, first of all, the confession you Lord gave is very flawed.

"Big, first glance shows that he has grievances; secondly, he is really curious."

"Based on the man's confession at the beginning, you can be sure that he has grievances? The longevity lock cannot be given by someone or picked up..."

Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "There are only two types of things in this world, one is other people's affairs, and the other is matters related to oneself; they can also be divided into things that can be said and things that cannot be said. A person

It is difficult to completely keep a secret for another person, unless he is a person with a very high sense of morality. Do you think the man is such a person?"

"I'm telling you so many reasons just because you don't understand. My original reason here is actually that I knew the man was lying. My feeling tells me that there is a huge hidden secret in this, and this hidden secret involves

Criminal case." Magistrate Tang said: "And this feeling is the experience I have accumulated in solving cases for many years."

Jiang Qi paused. He knew that Magistrate Tang's father was the Censor of Zuodu, and the Censor of Zuodu was from the Ministry of Punishment. He was also a famous expert in punishment. He once traveled around the world as the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, solving strange cases in the world.

, and because of this, he became famous and was promoted to the imperial censor of Zuodu.

"Then, where are we adults?" Jiang Qi still didn't understand. Why did they investigate the longevity lock and Zhou Jin Zhou Yin inexplicably in the first place?

Although Yang Heshu never told him the reason, County Magistrate Tang could guess it with his toes, but why did he tell Jiang Qi?

He looked Jiang Qi up and down and asked: "I think you shouldn't follow Chang Bo. You are more suitable to follow me. How about you, would you like to work as a secretary in Huayang County?"

Jiang Qi was startled, his heart skipped a beat, and his mouth went dry at the same time. He couldn't decide for a moment whether Magistrate Tang was testing his ambition and loyalty to Magistrate Yang, or whether he really liked him and wanted to pull him over.

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Jiang Qi swallowed his saliva and said: "Master Yang makes all appointments to lower officials, so I listen to Master Yang."

Magistrate Tang burst into laughter upon hearing this and said with a smile: "Okay, when he comes back after getting married, I will tell him and ask him to send you to me."

He pointedly said: "You are curious, dare to ask, and dare to think. This county thinks you are more suitable for the Ministry of Punishment."

Magistrate Tang said and left. Jiang Qi lowered his head and bowed to see him off.

When Magistrate Tang disappeared, Jiang Qi straightened up.

Mingli hurriedly caught up with Magistrate Tang. Seeing that it was already past noon, he quickly asked people to go to the kitchen to prepare food.

"Master, would you like to write a letter to Young Master Yang? It will also make Young Master Yang feel at ease."

Magistrate Tang thought for a while and said, "That's fine. I have something to ask him to investigate."

After finishing the meal, Magistrate Tang asked Mingli to go to the county office to get the funeral letter. He clicked it and said with a smile: "Zhou Yin of Mianzhou married the Xia family of Shangzhou. How could it be such a coincidence?"

?”

Mingli poured him tea and listened quietly.

"I still have to go to Mianzhou to check the household registration and see how many people of the same age in Mianzhou are named Zhou Yin. But Changbo also has to check for me. The governor of Liangzhou has the same relationship with Guo County.

County officials’ connections.”

Mingli's scalp was numb, "Master, this case involves too much, isn't it? Why don't you just go to Qili Village and check it out?"

"Of course we have to go to Qili Village, but we need to have the necessary evidence and the things that need to be investigated. This official document is wrong."

"But Master, you are the magistrate of Huayang County, and you are here only temporarily. Moreover, this was agreed privately by Master Yang and the Ming Governor, and they have not yet signed the official documents. The matter has become serious, and the adults in the capital know about it.

, even the old man can’t protect you no matter how much he’s in Yushitai.”

Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "So we can make less noise and come quietly."

"Master, if not, you should discuss it with your wife."

Magistrate Tang turned his head and said, "Don't talk too much. If you don't say anything, and I don't say anything, she won't know. So if she finds out in the end, it must be you who talk too much."

Mingli was choked to the point of speechlessness, and her heart was as desolate as a branch blown by the autumn wind.

Magistrate Tang then took up a pen and wrote a letter to Yang Heshu. As he wrote, he said: "Don't tell me, his bad habit finally got out of hand once, and he found out such a case, but his bad habit still needs to be changed.

"

Ming Li said: "Master Yang said that he didn't want to check on Miss Man and his friends. After all, they are friends. It's just that Miss Man and his family have grown new wheat seeds, so he checked more."

"Do you believe him?" Magistrate Tang snorted and said, "He has been like this since he was a child, that's why he is so annoying. How many good friends does he have?"

After that, Magistrate Tang simply educated Yang Heshu in the letter, which made Mingli worried, "Master, Master Yang is getting married, you'd better not quarrel with him at this time."
Chapter completed!