The dungeon was dark and damp, and in this small interrogation room, there was only a palm-sized window, which was more like an air outlet, more like a hole than a window.

From there, a beam of light shone on Wei Chang's head, and the left cheek was also illuminated, reflecting a dazzling light.

Fang Hengjiu had been underground for half a month, as if he was no longer used to seeing the bright light, he squinted his eyes, he didn't want to speak, he just smoked a cigarette.

"Since the day I became a soldier, I have never been afraid of death." Wei Chang clasped his hands together, looking quite relaxed.

"Heh," Fang Hengjiu said with a bitter smile: "No one is not afraid of death, if they are really not afraid, it is also because death is not far away, and there is no hope of living." ”

Wei Chang continued: "It's like those who have a terminal illness and suffer from illness all day long, if that's the case, I will also choose to die. Because to die in that situation will make you more dignified. After a pause: "What you said, is this the way to die?" ”

Fang Hengjiu didn't look up or speak.

Wei Chang continued: "I said that I am not afraid of death, because the person who can kill me has not yet been born. You don't have to worry about me, tell me what you know, I want to solve the case as soon as possible. ”

"What's in it for me if you solve the case?"

"Even if it's not good, you have to tell me."

"But I can tell you unequivocally, after I tell you, it won't do you any good."

"As I said, you don't have to think about my safety."

The two then fell silent.

After a long while, Fang Hengjiu said: "This case has something to do with the 'Liuyun Poisoning and Murder Case' a while ago, if you go and find that mastermind, you will know everything." ”

"Don't you know?" Wei Chang asked.

Fang Hengjiu smiled evilly: "That person must know more than me." And 'he' also knew that he was in a bad situation, so he hid. Just wait for this matter to be over, and then come back to the surface. ”

"Male and female, what's your name?"

"There is a file, you go to Wannian County to check it."

After saying this, Fang Hengjiu stopped talking. In his heart, Wei Chang really wanted to torture him, but he quickly dispelled this thought. Because he was worried that after the torture, this kid not only did not tell the truth, but went around in circles with himself. As long as he says nonsense, he may let himself work blindly for most of the day, which is very detrimental to himself.

Before leaving, Wei Chang asked the last sentence: "Did you say these words to Zhang Wuxiang?" ”

"Nope."

"Why didn't you tell him?"

"Because I hate him." Fang Hengjiu smiled evilly again: "I gave him a wrong clue, I promise that he won't be able to find it even if he is tired." ”

Wei Chang smiled bitterly: "What you gave me is also the wrong clue." ”

"Not exactly. Hahaha......" Fang Hengjiu suddenly burst out laughing, laughing evilly.

This party is always difficult to deal with.

Although he is a criminal, he is not the criminal in this case, and he cannot be punished for this case, and even if he does, there will be the situation he considered just now.

He was convicted of dereliction of duty and sentenced to three years for drinking and mistaking during working hours, which led to the death of his comrades-in-arms.

He is now only a "probable insider" in the case, not a witness.

But even if he is a witness, he cannot be tortured if there is no evidence that he has given false testimony.

If you don't like him and really use private acts against this former bad person, even if Wei Chang has the golden token of the emperor's method in his hand, I am afraid that he will be bitten back, and he will be unable to escape the blame at that time.

The purpose of handling the case by yourself is to be able to live a good life, not to make trouble for yourself.

Wei Chang threw him a box of cigarettes, then left the dungeon, and as he left, he said goodbye to the beaten warden. The warden didn't even look up at him. I guess at this time, I'm still sulking.

At this time, Wei Chang snorted lightly and said, "People like you can't be a big official." ”

After speaking, he sneered and left.

Yu Youmin, the prison captain, was so angry that Wei Chang's eyes were red, but he couldn't do anything about him, just gritted his teeth and slammed the table.

……

Coming to the Internal Affairs Office of Wannian County, this yamen looks too small, with only a very small courtyard and three tiled houses.

However, in this Xuanyang Fang, where every inch of land is expensive, these three rooms are not four or five million, and they can't get down.

With the golden token, Wei Chang was unimpeded here, and soon found the file of "The Liuyunjian Poisoning and Murder Case at No. 3 Northwest Lane of Pingkangfang".

The deceased, Wang Hongyan, was a kabuki who was well-known in the local area. He used to be a seed player in Pingkangfang's Oiran, but unfortunately he didn't get a ranking later.

According to the file provided by the bad person, she was poisoned to death, and the poison was preliminarily determined to be a large amount of intestine breaking grass.

Regarding this case, plus the opinions of Wannian County, there are three explanations that do not need to be used.

First: she committed suicide;

second: Cui Hongyan, a Qing in the same hospital, was jealous and poisoned her;

Third: Because she had an affair with Li Lingfu in Bapin County, Li Lingfu's family poisoned her.

This case, after being handled by two bad people in Pingkangfang, halfway through, the "Sanhui Lane Incident" occurred, so the case was transferred to Wannian County for processing.

The fools in the martial arts of Wannian County were helpless in the face of this kind of case, so they just found Cui Hongyan and beat her, Cui Hongyan refused to admit it, and found witnesses to prove that she was not there that night.

As for Wannian County, these case-handling personnel will not touch that mold, so in the end, this case was condemned as suicide.

Then the case was hastily closed.

Later, Dali Temple felt that the case was suspicious, so it brought the case back and became an unsolved case.

Another unsolved case has been added to the county, and of course the county magistrate is not satisfied, because it will reduce his political performance. So I asked the bad people in Chang'an County to continue to investigate the matter.

Chi Jun, the bad handsome lieutenant of Wannian County, has a lot of cases in his hands at this time, so he is not in a hurry to handle this, and he is still happy when he hears that Wei Chang is going to take over.

He only thought that Wei Chang had found clues related to this case during the investigation of the case in Pingkangfang, but he didn't expect that this case would have anything to do with "The Case of No. 17 Sanhui Lane in Pingkangfang", otherwise he would not have easily handed over the case to Wei Chang, and even handed it over to Zhang Wuxiang.

After all, at this time, Wei Chang and Zhang Wuxian were competing, and he, as a bad handsome man in Wannian County, would naturally not help his opponent.

"Hey, Wei Chang, I can make it clear to you in advance, this case, even if you solve it, you will be counted as a bad person in our Wannian County, not your Chang'an County. I think you can understand what I mean, we're just too busy right now to do this, not that we can't. Now you want to do it, you can, if you do it, the bonus will come down, and I will give it to you. But the task remains ours. Wannian County bad captain Chi Jun said.

Yu Chijun is only in his forties, he is in the prime of life, he looks very honest, but he is actually a chicken thief.

Wei Chang smiled and said, "Is there a reward for this case?" ”

Wei Chijun said: "The three parties offered a reward, and the county gave 50 silver coins; Ping Hong Fong issued 50 silver coins; 150 silver coins are sold between the clouds. ”

"It's 250 silver coins, which sounds auspicious." Wei Chang said in a mocking tone: "Don't worry, I will do the task for you." As for what you're worried about, you don't have to tell me next time, I know the rules. ”

"That's all right, you take the file."

Before nine o'clock in the evening, Wei Chang returned.

Li Xian was cooking a hot pot, and the aroma was tangy.

"Oops, this pot smells good." Wei Chang was not polite, pulled a stool and sat down.

"Hey, my brother, what are you doing?" Li Xian hurriedly ran over and said with a stutter: "Don't eat it yourself, the others haven't come back yet." ”

"What are they doing, maybe they've already eaten outside."

"No, no, after everyone graduates, this is still a party, and everyone knows that I can invite everyone to dinner." Li Xian said with a bitter face.

Wei Chang took a bite of chopsticks, took a bite of it, then put down the chopsticks, and said, "How about it, there are still a few squares left to take it down?" Last time you asked you to go to Takeo, did he help? Is it a hard work, or is it perfunctory? ”

"Okay, Brother Takeo is a good person, he helped me get four squares." Li Xian gave a thumbs up.

"Oh? Got four at once? "Those markets that Li Xian can't handle, all of them are hard stubble, Wei Chang asked Takeo to help get three, but Takeo got four, it seems to be very face-saving." So, how do you repay him? ”

"I'll give him this number." Li Xian stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty thousand?"

"Oh, my brother, you're too picky."

"Three hundred thousand?"

"Yes, three hundred thousand." Li Xian said.

"I want 300,000 yuan, and I still use him to help!" Wei Chang was anxious.

"Don't, don't, don't be angry, my brother, sit down first, and listen to me tell you slowly." Li Xian opened a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Wei Chang first, and said with a gentle tone: "This money is not all for Takeo. Do you think, can he do these things without favors? If he takes a favor, can't he return the favor? 300,000 won four large squares. My brother, suitable. ”

After hearing this, Wei Chang was still not satisfied, but he didn't continue to discuss the past, but asked, "Now, how many squares are you still missing in Wannian County?" ”

"There are some poor suburbs in the south, and I'm still thinking about whether to take them." Li Xian said with some embarrassment.

"Yes, you have to take it down." Wei Chang felt that he was very far-sighted: "Listen to me, you must expand your influence." Even if you make less money over there, or even lose less money, you have to take it. In this way, we can fully connect with the traditional seven express delivery, which is also called borrowing strength. ”

"But ......" Li Xian said with some embarrassment: "In the first few days, their seven major express alliances came to me, oops, the situation is not optimistic." ”

"What's wrong?"

"The president of the alliance told me that their board of directors wanted us to join the alliance, if that was the case......"

Wei Chang thought for a while: "Don't promise them for the time being, but don't make a fuss either." In my opinion, sooner or later we will have to add it. ”

"In that case, our good business will be divided among them."

"You can't say that, we are doing this now, and we are taking advantage of them. You say, can they agree? In Chang'an City, which of the seven major express deliveries is not hard? Isn't it deep-rooted and can gain a foothold in Chang'an City? Therefore, do not offend them. Wei Chang said.

"Then when do you think it's appropriate for us to promise them?" Li Xian nodded and said.

"You answer me first, you still have a few fangs to take."

"There are twenty-three, twelve of them, because they can't get in. The remaining eleven were because the market was too poor and there was too little business, so they didn't want to go. Li Xian said.

"Then you are like this, the stacks of the eleven squares in the suburbs will be supported first, and then join the alliance, and let the alliance help open up the twelve squares. In addition, I have to talk to them about Chang'an County. Wei Chang said.

Li Xian rubbed his chin and said, "Brother Wei, your appetite is bigger than mine, I'm afraid people can't agree." ”

"It's man-made." Wei Chang took a sip of wine and said: "They will have an alliance, and there are a few of them, what is the relationship, let's hear it." ”

Subsequently, Li Xian told Wei Chang the names of several people like a treasure.

When Wei Chang heard this, everyone couldn't afford to provoke him, and their backstage was either a relative of the emperor or a member of the court, which was really deep.