Compared with Li Qian's case, if the Zhao family's suspected murder case wants to settle down, it will obviously not be too simple.

After all, Li Qian is the people do not raise officials and do not prosecute, the bitter lord has taken the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit, and the government does not intend to continue to investigate, naturally it can be turned into a big thing and a small matter------, in fact, Li Qian is really not afraid of the case to continue to be tried, because he is innocent, but Tao Sheng obviously will not let him get his wish, so the matter can only be calmed down in such a vague way.

The murder case is different, even if there is no bitter master, the government cannot do nothing.

Since the Qiantang County Government has preliminarily characterized this case as a homicide case, if it wants to overturn the previous conclusion and "return" the innocence of the Zhao family, it is necessary to go through very complicated investigation procedures in the middle, and finally discover the "truth", the deceased originally died of an emergency, not homicide------

Only in this way can it be convincing.

Therefore, Li Qian can go home immediately, but the father and son of the Zhao family cannot. They had to live a few more days of hard work before they could get out of their cages and breathe the free air outside.

This is really not an exaggeration, their life is really not easy now, every meal, all of them are a bowl of clear soup noodles with a small fluttershy pickled dried radish, and the key is that the soup is still overnight------

At the time of the lamp, the father and son had just eaten the dinner that was difficult to swallow but had to eat, and then they saw an errand officer come over, only saying that the eldest master had decided to interrogate Zhao Peng alone tonight, and led the person out.

Zhao Yuanwai knew that there must be something greasy in this, but he couldn't stop it, so he could only watch his own lone seedling leave with that person.

That's right, since they entered the Yayin Hotel in this county, until now they still don't know anything about what happened outside, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are isolated from the world------

It is said that the county officials are not as good as the current management, and the father and son of the Zhao family, who have always been unpopular and invincible, have now become prisoners of the lower ranks, and they can be regarded as having tasted all kinds of hardships.

Of course, what kind of person is Zhao Yuanwai? The reason why he is so "well-behaved" is just a temporary disguise.

He had already secretly sworn in his heart that as long as he could get rid of his crimes, after leaving this county office, he would definitely make these ruffians who had abused him pay the price, so that they could not survive or die!

In fact, the grain chiefs in the early Ming Dynasty were still very powerful, especially in the Hongwu Dynasty, they could enjoy almost the same treatment as Xiucai, they did not kneel when they saw officials, they were not allowed to be tortured, and so on.

It's just that these privileges are not in the regulations explicitly stipulated by the imperial court, all because today's son attaches great importance to the grain chief, and the grain chief is related to the imperial court's taxation, so the local officials dare not easily offend------ after all, when the grain chief transports grain into Beijing, he can be summoned by the Son of Heaven.

The grain chief system is a means of tax collection of "governing the people with good people".

This grassroots emperor from a poor family witnessed with his own eyes the scene of corrupt officials going to the countryside to extort money during the tax collection season, causing the common people to go bankrupt------ which is also the most fundamental reason why he has always hated bureaucratic corruption.

Therefore, after laying down the country and successfully sitting in the Dragon Court, he ingeniously designed such a set of civil autonomy collection and relief system, and the whole process was the responsibility of the grain chiefs of each district, and local officials were not allowed to interfere------

The grain chief is not allowed to be tortured, in fact, it is only in general, at most it is an unspoken rule in the officialdom. If any magistrate really wants to act in earnest, he still has the right to punish the grain chief, but no one wants to commit this public anger------ Wang Zhixian is a complete exception.

However, no matter how exceptional it was, he still didn't dare to torture Zhao Liangchang easily, because the other party didn't only have the identity of Liangchang. This surnamed Zhao is still a distant relative of the Duke of Chaoying------ the kind that has a particularly distant relationship.

If you don't need to be punished, you don't need it, it's okay to let this surnamed Zhao suffer some hardships, anyway, this kind of thing is not his turn to care about the county master, and the gentleman can do whatever he wants!

The premise is not to play too much, otherwise he will not be able to hold back as the head of the county------

Qiantang County Ya is actually not small, the first gate to enter the courtyard is extremely wide, there is a large open space on both sides of the road, and there are two rows of trees neatly planted, behind the trees, it is the dining hall next to each other, the prison, the three-shift duty room, the Yin Hotel, the land shrine and other buildings.

Zhao Peng followed the errand out of the Yin Hotel, and went around and around, but finally arrived at the place where it was not the second hall or the third hall, or the signing room, but the strong duty room.

No matter how stupid he is, he can realize that something is not quite right at this moment, and immediately looks at the messenger with a wary face and says, "What do you want to do?" Didn't the old man pass me on to ask about the case? Why don't you go to the back office? ”

In the darkness of the night, the officer in front of him turned, his face hidden in the shadows under the wall, and let out a low grin at him, and his voice was as eerie as that of a night owl.

Zhao Pengden only felt that the fur all over his body exploded, and he subconsciously turned around and wanted to escape, but found that a tall and strong man had appeared behind him.

He looked intently, and by the faint light, he vaguely recognized who this person was.

It is the leader of the Zhuang class, Xu Jie!

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In this era, there is a night ban, so the three shifts and six rooms of the county government do not have to go to work at night.

Most of the night guards are recruited, and the team is responsible for patrolling the city at night.

This part is under the jurisdiction of the Zhuang class, and Xu Jie, as the leader of the Zhuang class, naturally does not need to do this drudgery on duty personally, but he stayed on duty tonight, which shows that ------ Xu Jie is a good comrade?

The so-called county lord interrogated Zhao Peng alone, of course, is a deceitful nonsense, and only Zhao Peng will believe such a lame reason------ if it is not for the seriousness of the case, which county official will interrogate the suspect involved in the case overnight?

The third class of the county government, there is a row of buildings in the front yard as a duty room, which is directly connected to each other into a courtyard, and there is a small door in the corner, which can lead directly to the second courtyard without going through the middle door.

The entire third-class compound was quiet, except for a few strong squad errand officers who were on duty at night, not even a ghost could be seen. The fast shift and the soap shift all went back, and the rows of doors and windows were closed, and only a few dead wind lamps under the porch were "standing guard" for them day and night.

In the Zhuang class room, a light is like a bean.

Xu Jie sat on the chair and looked at Zhao Peng standing in front of him with a gloomy face.

Today's Zhao Peng is untidy, his hair is messy, his face is full of dirt, and he looks very miserable and embarrassed, how can he still have the glamorous image of the gentleman in the past?

"Zhao Gongzi, don't come to harm!" The corners of Xu Jie's lips pulled out a mocking smile, and his eyes were full of the banter of a cat playing rat.

"Xu Jie, you ungrateful villain!" Zhao Peng gritted his teeth and said: "My Zhao family treats you very well, I don't want you to become a lackey of the Li family now, and turn against each other!" ”

"Heh, Zhao Gongzi is really good at laughing!" Xu Jie smiled strangely: "If it weren't for your Zhao family making a hindrance, I would have been the chief catcher of these three classes!" surnamed Zhao, this is what you call 'treat me thin'? ”

"How do you know ------ you?"

"Huh, admit it?"

Xu Jie narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "Because of the case of the government inspection school, the county lord bore the brunt of the case, and was dismissed from his official position by the imperial court, and Huang Zhutou was also eaten------ I was thinking at that time, even if the county lord fell, it should be me in terms of seniority." But suddenly, the surname Feng ran over my head! ”

The county government pays the most attention to seniority, and there are not many positions of economic officials, and often only those who have vacancies have the opportunity to fill them up.

At that time, the magistrate was rectifying the yamen in a big way, and many officials were dismissed for this reason, so naturally, many positions were vacant, and Xu Jie, a low-level white servant, was able to rise step by step, and climbed to the position of the leader of the Zhuang class in a year.

And as soon as the case came out, the county lord made people collapse, although the original Huang Zhutou was not his cronies, but because he was in charge of the third shift, he had an unshirkable responsibility for this case, so he could not get rid of his own involvement, and the head of the soap class was the county lord's confidant, of course Wang Zhushu and others would not let go of such an opportunity, and he was soon cleared out.

Xu Jie is good at befriending all parties and is relatively low-key, so he has not been liquidated for the time being.

In this way, among the people in the third class of the county government, he is the only one who is qualified to take over the position of chief catcher. At that time, in order to compete for that position, so that he could gain a firm foothold in this storm, he was even ready to fall to the side of the king master, but the Zhao family secretly came forward, colluded with several masters in the county, and helped Feng Zhutou to take the position------

The reason is very simple.

The surname Feng is an old man in the fast class, and for many years, he has been helping Zhao Peng cover up those pickled things, and for the Zhao family, he can already be regarded as his own person, and of course he is much more at ease than Xu Jie.

"Zhao Gongzi, is this the kind of treatment your Zhao family gave me?"

When he repeated this sentence again, Xu Jie's tone had become extremely cold, and his eyes stared at Zhao Peng viciously: "I won't say anything superfluous, surnamed Zhao, since you fell into my hands today, don't think about going out with all your beards and tails!" ”

"What do you ------ you want to do?" Zhao Peng was so frightened that he took a few steps back, looked at him with a frightened expression, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "I------ I'm a student of Fuxue, and I have a meritorious name------

"Fart's fame!" Xu Jie interrupted sharply, got up and walked forward, slowly approaching him step by step, "Do you really think that if you have a little talent and fame on your body, no one in this Hangzhou Mansion can touch you?" ”

"You dare to ------" Zhao Peng saw that his powerful hand was already on his shoulder, he hurriedly shrank his body and threatened: "Xu Jie! You can't offend my Zhao family, otherwise they won't let you go! ”

"The king's book? Ha, he's afraid he's going to be unable to protect himself now! ”