Under the bright mirror, the fat magistrate held his belly and squinted at the young man who suddenly ran out: "Diao Min, what do you want?"

Xie Qingyun said: "There are many doubts about this case. I hope your Excellency will review it."

"Who are you? If you say retrial, you will retrial. Where is the authority of this official?" The county magistrate was furious. "Moreover, the case has been revealed. There is nothing left to try. I think you are deliberately causing trouble! Take him down."

, a hundred killing sticks will teach him how powerful he is!"

"Here!" The five big and three thick government officials immediately surrounded Xie Qingyun.

Xie Qingyun slowly calmed down from his anger. Of course, he could not be taken down obediently. A hundred big boards would kill people; but it was not his intention to cause a conflict with the government.

He suddenly thought of something.

"I'm not anyone, but do you recognize this brand?" He took out the brand given by Tang Wanwan.

"Stop, stop!" When the county magistrate saw the sign, his eyes were as big as a bell. He quickly walked around the desk, trotted to Xie Qingyun, and said flatteringly, "Your Excellency, you are from the government office.

I'm a humble official, so I'll forgive you. I wonder why your Excellency is here?"

Seeing that the brand was so effective, Xie Qingyun said calmly: "I will go on a tour on behalf of the governor to see if you have paid attention to government affairs. Now it seems..."

"Yes, I also feel that there are many doubts in this case. A retrial must be retried!" The county magistrate changed his face as if turning a page from a book, and immediately and sternly stated that he wanted to be re-examined.

The deceased's wife and father-in-law looked at each other in shock.

The deceased's wife reacted quickly and immediately knelt down and cried: "Sir, isn't this case already decided? Why does it need to be retried again..."

The county magistrate was startled and stared at her and said: "Besides, Zhang Sheng's money was obtained from selling silkworm seeds. You only need to send someone to ask. Also, if these fifteen strings belong to your family,

Qian, your father is a butcher, there must be meat on the money, you will know it when you smell it. This official just smelled it, there is no meat smell on it at all, there are so many doubts, how can we not re-examine it?"

The deceased's wife was stunned.

Xie Qingyun's anger rose again. It turned out that the county magistrate knew better than anyone else that the reason for beating him up was to quickly close the case. From ancient times to the present, murder cases have been relatively complicated. If the case cannot be solved, it will become a stain on the official's performance.

, many officials only care about their own political achievements and don't care who the real culprit is.

Then, under his coercion, the county magistrate used all his strength and solved the case in just two hours. Although he still didn't know who the real culprit was, both Liu Er and Zhang Sheng were innocent.

The reason why Liu'er ran away was because her husband made a mistake. It was clear that her father-in-law gave him the fifteen gu of money to make a living, but he wanted to tease her, saying that he couldn't live anymore and the money was obtained by selling her.

of.

Liu Er believed it to be true and prepared to go back to her parents' house that night to wait for the new buyer to take over. She met Zhang Sheng on the way. The two of them had just walked together for a while.

It was late at night when we went to the government office, so the wife of the deceased had to pick up Liu'er, while Zhang Sheng was left at the gate of the county government office without being cared for. Xie Qingyun was originally going to find a place to spend the night, but when he saw this, he had to go up and talk to him: "You

How's it going? Can you still leave? Do you need me to take you home?"

"Benefactor..."

Zhang Shengqi breathed more evenly and managed to get up. It turned out that his injuries only looked serious and did not touch his bones. It was not a big problem. The young man took a breath and recovered. He held his hands in tears and said, "If today

It's not a benefactor. A villain is in doom. A great benefactor..." He just got up and knelt down again.

"Goodbye, farewell, please stand and talk properly." Xie Qingyun quickly supported him.

He wiped away his tears and said: "My benefactor, please be sure to stay at this villain's house for a day or two so that I can repay you well."

Hey, the way you repay people is to invite them to live in your home? It would be really practical to get some cash... Xie Qingyun complained in his heart, he had nowhere to go, so he immediately agreed.

Zhang Sheng's family lived on the outskirts of the city, with two shabby tile-roofed houses filled with equipment for raising silkworms.

Looking at the shabby and musty bed, Xie Qingyun began to miss the big bed in the Governor's Mansion.

…

The next day, Zhang Sheng got up early and bought some food and wine to entertain Xie Qingyun. Xie Qingyun was not polite. After eating and drinking for a while, he suddenly asked: "Brother Zhang, has anything strange happened in the county recently?"

"What is this weird thing?" Zhang Sheng asked in confusion.

"For example, are there any missing persons?" Xie Qingyun asked.

"Missing?" Zhang Sheng thought for a while, shook his head and said, "As far as I know, there is no similar incident. Even if there is, I'm afraid it is not something that a villain can know about."

Xie Qingyun had almost given up hope, and just asked with his last stubbornness: "I am referring to the kind of disappearances that everyone knows about. There are many of them, maybe dozens or hundreds at a time."

Zhang Sheng still shook his head.

The case became more and more confusing, and there seemed to be invisible smoke surrounding the entire Yunzhou. Xie Qingyun felt depressed, suddenly lost his appetite, and drank heavily.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Zhang Sheng tried hard to play some role, so he thought hard, and suddenly an idea flashed and he said: "My dear, although there was no disappearance, there are a few things that are very coincidental and strange."

"Oh?" Xie Qingyun perked up.

Zhang Shengdao: "In the middle of last year, a distant cousin of mine in a neighboring county suddenly wrote to me and told me that he was going to Xijing to inherit an inheritance. There has been no news since then."

"Well, why didn't anyone report the crime?" Xie Qingyun couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Sheng said awkwardly: "My cousin is a prodigal. Everyone says he misses the prosperity of Xijing and will never come back."

Xie Qingyun's eyes flashed: "In the middle of last year, someone in Yunzhou City posted a petition seeking medical treatment. Did you know?"

Zhang Sheng said: "Oh, I know that thing. It is what the governor wants for his daughter."

"Did this happen one after another when your cousin went to Xijing?" Xie Qingyun said.

Zhang Sheng thought about it carefully and said: "There is only a difference of two or three days."

Finally got it right!

The Shendu Sect must have found Tang Tanfu at that time, and used some method to instigate Tang Tanfu to join them. They were clever in their methods. There were nine counties in Yunzhou and hundreds of villages and towns. A libertine like Cousin Zhang Sheng,

It must be everywhere...

"What other strange and coincidental things did you just say?" he continued to ask.

Zhang Shengdao: "My benefactor didn't know, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or something. Three months ago, there was a bachelor named Shen across the street. He also said that there was a legacy in Xijing that he wanted to inherit, and then he never came back. His family came from out of town.

Yes, we don’t know his situation, so after he left, no one cared about his whereabouts."

Xie Qingyun's heart jumped: "Is there more?"

Zhang Sheng said: "And it was five days ago."

"Five days ago?" Xie Qingyun said.

Zhang Sheng nodded: "The county captain suddenly said that he wanted to recruit militiamen to suppress bandits. The treatment was very good, and he also agreed that the proceeds from the suppression of bandits would be divided equally. The quota was only 500, and it would be full in less than half a day. If this villain didn't have to take care of silkworms,

, so I went to sign up.”

"Then what's so strange about this?" Xie Qingyun asked.

Zhang Sheng said: "The strange thing is that no one is allowed to visit the militia training, and no one is allowed to visit. The area around the school is tightly guarded. It is said that strange formations are being trained, and they are afraid that some gangsters will disguise themselves to see what is true. But that Dongshan

In the school grounds, you can indeed hear the shouts of training every day.”

Xie Qingyun instinctively felt that there was something fishy here, and immediately asked: "Where is the Dongshan Campus?"
Chapter completed!