Chapter 153 Trial of Cases Outside the Village
On the way home, Zhou Zhi arranged for Li Lin to take two sergeants directly to Qingdu County to secretly inform Chen Guangyao of all his thoughts. Fastest updates
Li Lin, as a close person to Kou Tong, naturally knew Chen Guangyao. With Zhou Zhi's understanding of Chen Guangyao, Chen Guangyao will definitely understand his intentions, and he thinks that it will not be too long, and he should lead people to Baiyue Village to openly try the bandits in Baiyue Village.
Zhou Zhi was arrested by the bandits the night before yesterday, and the Zhou family became a mess. Father Zhou Tie, mother Zhou He, and even younger brother Zhou Shaocheng washed their faces with tears all day long. Zhou Zhi is the hope of the Zhou family in the future, and the matter of glorifying the lintel and glorifying the ancestors will fall on Zhou Zhi. In their minds, Zhou Zhi was captured by bandits and would definitely die. Without Zhou Zhi, what is the meaning of the Zhou family's life?
The family of the six gods and no master doesn't know what to do.
The villagers in Baiyue Village all learned the news that Zhou Zhi was captured by bandits early in the morning of the second day. In their minds, Zhou Zhi was not arrested, but saw that the county lord had taken Qi Yanwu away, and Zhou Zhi obviously slipped away.
They all scolded behind their backs, and even cursed Zhou Zhi for dying quickly.
There is such a big thing in the Zhou family in Baiyue Village, Fan Jin, Lu Xingchuan, Che Lang and other literati friends who Zhou Zhi usually makes are naturally very concerned. They naturally didn't believe that Zhou Zhi would really collude with the bandits. has been with Zhou Zhi for a long time, and he knows that Zhou Zhi has a lofty heart, even a heart for the world, and he wants to rely on the imperial examination to gain fame and fame. How could such a person collude with the bandits?
After they got the news that Zhou Zhi was captured by the bandits, they were all very sorry. In their opinion, the possibility of Zhou Zhi's survival is not very large. But as Zhou Zhi's friend, he must also come to Zhou's house to comfort the people of the Zhou family and find Zhou Zhi's whereabouts as soon as possible.
Although it was inconvenient for Liu Hui and other gangsters to come to Zhou's house in public, Liu Hui had already urgently instructed those younger brothers to find Zhou Zhi at all costs and seize all the time, to see people in life and corpses in death.
Unlike others, Liu Hui believes that there is no possibility of being killed. With thoughtful ruthlessness and scheming, hehe! He naturally has a way of dealing with bandits.
It's just that two days have passed, Zhou Zhi quietly went home, and he also brought back a lot of sergeants, and the Zhou family was overjoyed for a while. These sergeants and captured bandits could not appear in public at this time, but fortunately, no one cared about the Zhou family now, and no one cared about what happened in their family, let alone came to watch.
It was almost dusk, and Zhou Zhi simply arranged all the sergeants and bandits in the workshop in the backyard, preparing to spend the night. But as soon as he made arrangements, he heard someone outside the courtyard shouting, "Zhou Zhi boy, come out!" ”
I don't know who it is, Zhou Zhi hurriedly came out of the workshop.
As soon as he came out, before he could react, he was firmly pressed to the ground by Jiang Bin and two messengers, unable to move.
"You kid colluded with bandits, and you still have the courage to come back? Come with us, the magistrate will personally interrogate you tonight! Jiang Bin said viciously.
As Jiang Bin spoke, he kicked Zhou Zhi, and Zhou Zhi was in pain immediately. Jiang Bin was jealous and hateful, obviously he didn't know the true purpose of the county magistrate's action at this time.
Zhou Zhi secretly thought that Jiang Bin was a close person to Chen Guangyao, and even he didn't know the mind of the county magistrate, which shows how secretive the magistrate is to do such things, and this magistrate is really not a simple person.
Although Zhou Zhi was in pain, he was extremely happy in his heart, not to mention that the county teacher came so quickly, and he was so arranged, he could worship such a person as a teacher, which was also his blessing.
How did Zhou Zhi know that Chen Guangyao, the magistrate of the county, had a very bad time in the past few days, and his mood was extremely bad.
He came to Qingdu County in the spring of last year to become the magistrate, and he originally had a strong heart to serve the country and the people and be a good official. But when he came to Qingdu County, he met Yang Tong of the head snake county, Yang Tong disobeyed him, did not say anything about the constraints everywhere, and from time to time he wanted to ruin his reputation, making Chen Guangyao extremely passive.
Yang Tong came to Baiyue Village to check on the bandits, arrested Qi Yanwu back, and ruined his reputation in Baiyue Village, Chen Guangyao soon found out.
But I know that there is no way at all, and I have no power to fight back. Chen Guangyao was really worried about Zhou Zhi's collusion with the bandits, if that was the case, he, Zhou Zhi's teacher, might not be able to say it clearly. Whether he can continue to be the magistrate of Gyeongdu County has become a question.
Especially after learning of Zhou Zhi's mysterious disappearance, Chen Guangyao was even more on pins and needles every day. But after thinking about it repeatedly, he still felt that Zhou Zhi had no reason to collude with the bandits, and Zhou Zhi would not be so unwise to destroy his future.
Today, after receiving Li Lin's report and understanding the meaning of Zhou Zhi, Chen Guangyao's heart suddenly opened up, and his spirit was inspired.
He clearly realized that this should be a rare opportunity to teach a lesson and suppress Yang Tong. Where did he hesitate for a moment, he immediately called Yang Tong over, and very seriously ordered Yang Tong to bring Qi Yanwu, he wanted to go to Baiyue Village to try the case in person.
Zhou Zhi is his student, and he wants to arrest Zhou Zhi and kill his relatives with righteousness.
Chen Guangyao's reputation had already been ruined by Yang Tong in Baiyue Village, and Chen Guangyao's departure at this time was tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation. Righteous annihilation? Hehe! It's a good idea, but how can such a little trick save a bad reputation?
Yang Tong readily agreed without too much consideration and asked Qi Yanwu to be raised from the prison.
It is worth mentioning that Qi Yanwu has been tortured a lot in Qingdu Prison in the past few days, and his body is full of scars. Yang Tong always wanted to pry Qi Yanwu's mouth open and let Qi Yanwu identify Zhou Zhi as colluding with the bandits. Or make a trick of torture, torture and so on, and let Qi Yanwu say it.
But Qi Yanwu's bones were surprisingly hard, and under torture, he passed out several times in succession, but he clenched his teeth, saying that Zhou Zhi was a poor person and had no dealings with bandits.
Chen Guangyao summoned the third class of the county government, accompanied by the county Cheng Yang Tong and the lord Bo Ouyangzheng, who came out of Qingdu County and came to Baiyue Village with great fanfare.
There is a threshing field in the northeast corner of Baiyue Village, with a flat and vast ground, and Chen Guangyao used this place as a place to try the case.
Fortunately, there was no wind tonight, but it was cold, and the officials lit their torches, shining this threshing field as if it were day.
The servants had already shouted along the streets of Baiyue Village, saying that the magistrate of the county would try Zhou Zhi in the grain field tonight.
The county magistrate was not in the county office, but went down to a small village to try the case, which was the first time I had heard of it. Moreover, it was a trial of collusion with bandits, and the villagers would not care about the cold and the cold, and they were already enthusiastic and their blood was boiling, so they rushed to this threshing field to watch.
At this time, Jiang Bin had already brought Zhou Zhi, and Zhou Zhi was kneeling on the spot. As if a case was being tried in a public court, there were mighty officials standing on both sides, and a long wooden table was placed in front of it, and behind the wooden table was sitting a serious magistrate Chen Guangyao. Under Chen Guangyao, there were county Cheng Yang Tong and the lord Bo Ouyang Zheng. In addition, the paperwork responsible for taking notes is arranged in a corner.
Seeing that the villagers had gathered and the scene was quiet, Chen Guangyao slapped the shocked wood and asked in a deep voice, "Is the person kneeling down below thoughtful?" ”
"If you go back to the county lord, the kid is thoughtful!" Zhou Zhi replied in a trembling voice.
"Zhou Zhi, how did you collude with the bandits and let the bandits come to Baiyue Village to burn and loot, and you didn't recruit them from the truth!" Chen Guangyao said angrily with a cold face.