Chapter XXVIII
Zhang Runcheng didn't think much about it at the moment, so he hurriedly followed Aunt Liu to the matchmaker's shop, and his servants also went with him.
When Zhang Runcheng arrived, the onlookers hurriedly made a way, Zhang Runcheng rushed in, and sure enough, he saw his brother bleeding from his seven orifices, his lips were already purple, and he was lying upright on the ground in front of the kitchen door.
"Brother!" A heart-rending cry shocked everyone. Zhang Runcheng has a deep relationship with his brother since he was a child, but he didn't expect his brother to die here, and he chased the root cause, but he personally sent someone to poison him and killed his brother's life in vain.
Next to his brother's corpse, Zhang Runcheng was very sad for a while, and everyone also said meaningless nonsense such as "Adult's Day mourns and changes" and "People can't be resurrected after death".
Suddenly, Zhang Runcheng remembered the most important question, where did all the people in the matchmaker shop go?
At the moment, I can't just care about sadness, I should quickly find a way to find out the truth of the matter. Thinking of this, Zhang Runcheng hurriedly wiped away his tears, got up and asked, "Have any of you ever seen the people from the matchmaker's shop?" ”
The onlookers looked at each other, and they only said that they didn't know, and at this moment, an old man slapped his head and suddenly said, "I saw them in a trance." ”
Zhang Runcheng hurriedly approached the old man, and said in a hurried tone: "Where are they now?" ”
Xu is Zhang Runcheng's momentum is too intimidating, the old man took two steps back, and then said: "I am a watchman, I played the fifth watch, the sky is bright, I was saying that I went home, and I happened to see the matchmaker shop open the door at the street entrance, I also thought, what is this matchmaker shop doing so early, and then I saw a few people stepping out of the baggage, as if they were going to go out of the door, and went to the city gate." ”
Zhang Runcheng lost his mind angrily and shouted loudly: "Come on, hurry up and arrest the gang of criminals in the matchmaker's shop for me." ”
A somewhat dignified official leader stepped forward boldly and said: "My lord is angry, those criminals left the city gate early, and they don't know where to go, now it's almost noon, I'm afraid that those criminals have gone out dozens of miles early, where are we going to arrest people?" ”
The crowd also began to chatter, and some people even questioned how could the people of the matchmaker shop leave for no reason, even if they left, why would they put poison in the water tank, and since the matchmaker shop was empty, how could it catch fire for no reason?
All kinds of mysteries plagued the onlookers, and they were all people in the market, and they liked to discuss these strange things such as poisoning people, and for a while everyone had different opinions and noisy shouts, and they completely forgot that the body of Zhang Runcheng's brother was still lying in front of them.
Zhang Runwei was sad, angry and angry, and as a result, there were still a group of men, women and children babbling in his ears, and even those with big brains had begun to make up the ins and outs of the matter. Zhang Runcheng had a headache when he heard this, and shouted angrily: "Shut up for the official, the official's brother is dead, you are still chattering here, what kind of system you become, give the official back." If I hear that someone in the market is making up nonsense and spreading rumors, I will immediately go to jail, do you hear clearly? ”
As soon as these words came out, none of the onlookers wanted to ask for trouble, so they hurriedly retreated. The head of the government officials was quite discerning, so he hurriedly asked people to find a cart and ordered several officials to carry the body of Zhang Runcheng's brother onto the cart and push it back.
Because Zhang Runcheng's brother has not yet married a wife, and his generation is also small, he only invited some clansmen from the same family to hastily hold a funeral.
Fortunately, Zhang Runcheng had a plan, he was worried that Bai Sujin would rush to the capital day and night to complain, and on the day of the incident, he sent his henchmen to the capital quickly. When he was in the capital, he accidentally learned that although the waiter of the Criminal Department was upright on the outside, he was lustful and greedy for money on the inside, so he spent a lot of money to bribe the waiter of the Criminal Department, and secretly invited the waiter of the Criminal Department to drink a few flowers and wine, which was also considered to be a bit of friendship.
At this moment, he thought that his henchman had probably arrived at the Shilang's Mansion, and as long as the Shilang received the money, then the matter would basically be completed. Thinking of this, Zhang Runcheng couldn't help laughing a few times, haha, even if you escape from Suzhou and enter the capital, I'm afraid you won't think that I, Zhang, also have connections in the capital. As long as you dare to step into the door of the Criminal Department, you will wait to be charged with false accusations against Diao Min!
Jingmen Inn.
"Madam, all the way around, we can count to the capital, what should we do next?" Zijuan asked.
Bai Sujin looked sad, turned his head to look at Li Miaoqiu, and said softly: "What we say, we don't count what we do, the most important thing is you, Miaoqiu, what are you going to do?" ”
Li Miaoqiu slowed down for the past few days, strengthened his conviction even more, and said with a straight face: "There is only one way to go today, that is, to file a complaint, I have thought it through, after a while, we will discuss and decide on the crime committed by the guilty man, and then ask the lawyer to write a complaint, and tomorrow morning, I will go to the front of the criminal department, beat the drum and voice the grievances." ”
In another room, Li Quan asked very suspiciously: "Master, you said that you had a bumpy journey, what did you do with Mrs. Bai Miss Li to the capital to complain, with your power, you only need to bring a message to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department will naturally pay more attention to it, I believe that the surname Zhang will also be severely punished, since you have the heart to help Miss Li, why do you have to go far and seek the near and far, and you have to sue herself?" ”
Guo Yifeng had a solemn look on his face, and said lightly: "You're right, it's just that I'm thinking, I can help when I encounter such a thing, but in the world, there are only a few cases like this, and I can't always catch up with everything, so think about it, let's let Miss Li come out by herself, I believe that the criminal department Shangshu will give her justice." ”
Li Quan was still a little uneasy, and continued: "Even if the Criminal Department Shangshu is fair and honest, what if other officials of the Criminal Department bend the law for personal gain and disturb the public opinion, if the Criminal Department Shangshu is not a saint after all, once he hears and misbelieves, so that Miss Li can't get justice, what should she do?" ”
Guo Yifeng's expression was even more solemn, and there was a hint of firmness in his tone, "I also thought of what you said, so I asked Miss Li to sue as a people's girl without relying on any powerful person, so that I can really see whether the officials of the Criminal Department are really law-abiding." If those people in the Criminal Department can't make decisions for the people, and even defend the bastards surnamed Zhang, then their fate will only be the same as that of the surnamed Zhang. ”
Li Quan nodded, as if talking to himself: "Whether Miss Li can successfully avenge her grievances will be known tomorrow." ”
The Sholang Mansion of the Criminal Department.
Zhou Shilang glanced at the silver ticket presented by Zhang Runcheng's henchmen, and quietly reached out to take it and put it in his sleeve. said in a flat tone: "I already know about this matter, go back and tell your master, let him rest assured, a small church kabuki, even if she sues the criminal department, on my territory, all her court testimony will only be false and perjury, and all the witnesses are only bought by her with money." If she commits the crime of false accusation, according to the law, she will be put in prison and will not be able to turn over for the rest of her life. ”