Lu Zhen did not disappoint Kang Sichuan, although the errands as a prefect's staff were many and trivial, he was still able to handle everything in an orderly manner.

That's not all, he has a good relationship with the people of the government, although he can't make friends with everyone, but he doesn't set up any enemies, everyone from the initial accident, to the end of the complete acceptance of the existence of this young staff.

Even if there was a falling out with the Lu family, others did not blame it for this, because everything was the unkindness of the Lu clan, and Lu Zhen was just forced to fight back helplessly.

In such a peaceful and friendly atmosphere, Lu Zhen finally made his own judgment on one thing for the first time. It was a day in mid-May, and several counties under the jurisdiction of the Suzhou government had submitted files of important criminal cases in the past two months.

Although the power of the county government in the local area is not small, and in many cases the yamen itself decides cases, but before everything is decided, the government government and the higher level of the criminal prosecution department can review it. However, everyone in the officialdom does not look up and look down, as long as there is no festival and there is no major omission, the boss yamen will not refute the charges convicted by the subordinate officials.

But this time, Lu Jin, the prefect's staff, put forward a different opinion on a case. When Wu County's file was sent to the government office, Lu Zhen hurriedly flipped through it, and came to Kang Sichuan with a solemn expression: "Boss, this case seems to be a little inappropriate." ”

"Huh?" Kang Zhifu, who was busy with the case, subconsciously raised his head: "But what kind of case is it?" ”

"A homicide." Lu Zhen said, and handed over a case file in his hand: "My lord, please see, the closing words in this file are too hasty and casual, and even the motive for killing is a little strange." said that it was for money, but as a result, no money was lost from the deceased's home, and the murderer was not able to find much valuable. ”

Only then did Kang Sichuan become cautious, took the file, and looked at it quickly, and at a glance, his brows really wrinkled: "This case does look a little strange. However, this murderer named Ye Dayou was the only outsider in the deceased's family, and the murder weapon was found outside his door, which can be regarded as conclusive evidence of the crime. ”

"I know that in order to solve the case as soon as possible and give an explanation to the superiors and the people, the yamen will use some extraordinary means to force people to confess. However, after all, it is a matter of two lives. If we turn a blind eye to the many suspicions in this case, we will kill two innocent people. Lu Zhen looked at the prefect in front of him with a solemn expression, and said in a sincere tone.

Kang Sichuan pondered for a moment, then looked at the names of the people who signed the final payment in the file, and glanced at Lu Zhen thoughtfully: "This case was finally concluded by the trial of Wu County Dian Shi Liao, if you want to overturn the case, you have to embarrass him." ”

"It's just the right thing and not the right person, since there is a problem, it is natural to find out and return the person's innocence."

"Really?" Kang Sichuan smiled heavily, and did not break the relationship between Lu Zhen and Liao Xianyan, but said: "Since you must review this case, this official will follow you." However, after all, this case is a matter of human life, so you should not come here randomly. ”

"In the future, I will naturally save it, and I will definitely investigate this case clearly, and there will be no future troubles." Lu Zhen immediately gave up his hand and promised.

"That's up to you. In this way, this official asked Li Tuiguan to come forward to negotiate with Wu County, but this case has to be re-examined by you. ”

"Master Xie." Lu Jin hurriedly said.

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"Master Li, what do you mean by that?" When the magistrate Li Xianfeng called Liao Xianyan to his public house and said that he wanted to re-investigate the case, the face of Liao Xianyan, who was originally quite respectful, suddenly became gloomy, and he even asked questions.

If you talk about the time when you were an official in Suzhou, Li Xianfeng, the official of the promotion, is obviously not as good as Liao Xianyan, so when they intersect on weekdays, Li Xianfeng is still quite conceited. But this time, Li Xianfeng no longer gave face to the old man of the county government, but just smiled and said: "This case looks strange, and my government naturally has the responsibility to re-investigate." By the way, your county government will hand over the relevant criminals and witnesses to the government office. ”

Seeing the other party's businesslike appearance, Liao Xianyan's face became more and more difficult to look at. After being silent for a while, he said, "Is this what the prefect meant?" ”

Li Xianfeng nodded lightly: "Of course, otherwise this official would not have explained to you like this." ”

"Is that true?" Liao Xianyan was a little incredulous: "Or is there someone else who is playing right and wrong around adults." "He knows Kang Sichuan very well, and although he is a talented and ambitious person, he is not too detail-oriented in many things.

Li Xianfeng just smiled, but he didn't answer the words. Liao Dianshi had to take out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it over: "I also hope that Master Li can give guidance to the lower officials." ”

This is a silver ticket with a denomination of three hundred taels, which is equivalent to the sum of the two officials' fortunes for several years, but Liao Xianyan didn't even frown when he handed it over. It was Li Xianfeng, who obviously hesitated, and then raised his hand, and quickly took the silver ticket into his arms.

Seeing that he accepted the silver ticket, Liao Xianyan was relieved, but continued to look at Li Tuiguan in front of him. Li Xianfeng lowered his voice: "This matter was done by Lu Jin, a newly hired staff member of the prefect, and it was because he felt that there was another truth in this case, so he strongly asked Lord Kang to re-investigate the case." ”

"It's him......" Liao Xianyan showed a sudden expression, of course he knew the entanglements and contradictions between Lu Zhen and his in-laws, and he didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, he said: "Is the prefect so conniving at a staff member?" ”

"In fact, this case does seem to be very problematic, so it is reasonable for Lu Zhen to propose a detailed investigation." Although Li Xianfeng took the money, he still told the truth.

Liao Xianyan couldn't help but smile bitterly, this case was indeed a little too impatient, and he felt that as long as he took a murderer and convicted him, he could close the case, which also saved a lot of work, but it brought such a big trouble.

In the end, he could only walk away. When he knew that everything was Lu Jin's intervention, he knew that there was no room for turnaround. With the relationship and position between himself and Lu Jin, no one will back down. And now that Lu Zhen has the initiative, he can only transfer the case to the government office.

However, Liao Zhenyan is not completely disappointed, because judging from his years of experience in solving cases, this case is not simple, especially now that it has been more than half a month since the crime, everything that was the original clues has been destroyed and covered up, and it is not so easy to find out the real culprit.

And once Lu Zhen can't find out the more convincing real culprit, or finally concludes that the real culprit is still the one named Ye Dayou, Liao Xianyan can take this opportunity to fight back.

Of course, before that, he still had to hand over all the files and witnesses related to this case, and the murderer to the prefect's yamen. Although he was a little reluctant, Liao Xianyan could only do things according to the rules, and by the afternoon of this day, everything had been sent to the prefect's yamen.

And early the next morning, Lu Zhen carefully read all the testimony and interrogated the murderous suspect Ye Dayou, who was covered with scars. This person is the young man who shouted loudly in the county government that day, but he has long lost the spirit of that time, and when the whole person was brought to Lu Jin, he was all embarrassed and did not see any movement.

"You are the murderer who killed Zhuang Qiang in Beigang Village?" Lu Zhen looked at the person in front of him for a while before asking.

"I ...... It's the grass people! Ye Dayou wanted to be wronged again, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

was in the county government before, because he vigorously denied the charge, but he didn't suffer less, and now there are still many wounds on his body that are faintly painful. So this time, Ye Dayou has learned to be obedient, and the matter has come to this point, and it seems that he has no possibility of getting rid of his crimes.

But Lu Jin's subsequent words made him stunned: "But a few days ago, I heard you in the county government all the time calling for wrongdoing." Why, it's only been a few days, and you've pleaded guilty? ”

"Villain......" Ye Dayou couldn't help but snort, as if he wanted to say that he was wronged, but when he thought of the methods of the county government, he was afraid.

"Don't worry, I called you here today to investigate this case clearly, not to make you confess, and I will not torture you at will. If you have any grievances, just tell me. As long as I can help you, I will definitely not refuse? Lu Jin hurriedly reassured.

Looking at Lu Jin's friendly expression, Ye Dayou's face suddenly showed a look of confusion and embarrassment. After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth: "Adult, the little one is wronged." The villain really didn't kill anyone, all of this was framed by someone......"

"Then why did you admit it just now?" Lu Zhen immediately asked.

"The villain was also forced to be helpless, the adult didn't listen to my explanation at all, and only insisted that I was a murderer, and as long as the villain shouted injustice, he ordered someone to torture me. The villain couldn't stand the torture, so he had to admit the crime. Ye Dayou said, and he had already unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his upper body full of scars.

With this action, not only Lu Zhen frowned, but Li Xianfeng and several Yamen scribes who were staring at him also exhaled softly. Because on Ye Dayou's body, there is hardly a complete piece of skin, all of which are large and small scars, which is really shocking to watch.

Although the government will also use torture on people when trying cases, such torture is still frightening.

"It seems that you have been greatly wronged. But as long as you are really innocent, our prefect yamen will give you justice. Lu Zhen said: "So now, what you have to do is to tell everything you know, so that we can help you get rid of your guilt!" ”