Chapter 18: Acting
Criticized for this account, Zhao Zheng was all counted on the thief, and he was determined to get it back with interest one day. Once he finds out the real murderer, he has to punish the other party heavily.
With his current identity, there is no way to ask words from other people's mouths, so he asked Le Bu to start an investigation, but Le Bu handed over the investigation to Zhang Tiemian, an unreliable guy. In this way, the hope of finding the real culprit is very slim. Unwilling to sit still, he simply changed the way he investigated, moving from the light to the dark, and began to eavesdrop on other people's conversations from the dark. To know your confidants, you need to listen to what you have to say. In many cases, what people say in the shadows is more reliable.
Since then, he would leave Chaoyang Ju every day, wandering around the Taishan faction all day long, and sometimes even leaving the Jade Emperor Peak and running to several other mountains to eavesdrop on other people's secret conversations.
The theft of the woman's belly pocket and pants caused a stir in the Taishan faction and became a hot topic of discussion. However, what made him depressed was that when others mentioned this matter, all the mouths of the people called him a lewd, obscene, and disgusting silver thief, and almost no one mentioned any useful clues in his speech.
"I really didn't expect that Zhao Zheng to look like a dog, but it turned out to be this kind of person, who even stole a woman's belly pocket and pants."
"I heard that some of the dirty pants he stole still have blood on them!"
"He's not bad at stealing this kind of thing."
When everyone talked about related things, they said similar things, and every time they heard Zhao Zheng very angry, they were unwilling to give up looking for clues.
In addition to Zhao Zheng's investigation, Zhang Tiemian and the Criminal Gui Tang are also working hard to investigate, but the direction of the investigation between the two sides is completely different. Zhao Zheng's investigation is to clear his grievances, but Zhang Tiemian is to collect evidence to prove that Zhao Zheng is the silver thief who stole his belly pocket and obscene pants. Zhang Tiemian actually launched an investigation with such an attitude, and Zhao Zheng couldn't expect Zhang Tiemian to find out the truth, so he could only rely on his own strength.
Time passed, but things did not progress further, and the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it became for Zhao Zheng, and people became more and more convinced that he was the silver thief, and even his nickname changed. In the past, his nickname was Xu Yue Chusheng, although he was not very domineering, but he was quite elegant. But his current nickname has become "incense thief", which is not a good word when you hear it, and it is obviously a nickname only for flower thieves.
Now these things are still circulating in the Taishan faction, but it will soon spread to the rivers and lakes, and it will slowly spread to the rivers and lakes, in that case, he will not be able to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future.
Zhao Zheng became more and more anxious, his heart was like cooking oil every day, and it was like countless ants crawling on his heart. He wanted to get some useful clues to overturn the case for himself, but he didn't get any clues, and everything fell into an unsolvable deadlock.
If there are no clues, how can we find out about this?
Zhao Zheng meditated hard every day, and one day suddenly blessed his soul and thought of a plan, although the hope of success of this plan was very slim, but the matter had come to this, and he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor. He made up his mind, and immediately found Le Bu and asked the manager for help.
"Manager Le, I want you to play a play with me, I want to use this play to lure out the people who framed me." Zhao Zheng said earnestly.
"Oh, could it be that you've thought of a good idea?" Le Bu asked.
"It's not a good idea, but with my head, I can only come up with this stupid way. Since the person who framed me wanted to harm me, there must have been some kind of purpose, either he wanted to ruin my reputation or force me out of the Tarzan faction. He is not an ordinary person, he is very neat under his hands, he has not even left a clue, so much time has passed, and he can no longer rely on clues to find him. Since you can't find him, let's just design to lure him out, as long as you lure him out, the truth will be revealed. Zhao Zheng stared.
"How do you want to lure him?"
"I want to make a play where you deliberately criticize me in public for stealing, and then expel me from the Tarzan faction. The thief must have been very happy when he saw me slipping down the mountain, and once he was happy, he might get carried away, and if he got carried away, he might show his feet. After I'm gone, I'd like you to help me observe the people in the door who have the strength to blame me, and see how they react, and if anyone is happy, they may be the ones who framed me. ”
Le Buyan suddenly realized, nodded, he pondered for a while, and said politely: "Although this plan is good, judging that he is the one who framed you just based on the reactions of some people is too arbitrary. ”
"I also know that this is not enough evidence, but at least it can narrow down the scope of suspects and help me find out the real culprit! Mr. Le, this incident has really damaged my reputation, and everywhere I go now, there are people pointing at me and saying some ugly things. I don't eat well, I don't sleep well these days, and all I think about is how to find out the real culprit and clear up my grievances. Even if there is a little hope, I can't let it go, and I ask Manager Le to help me because I have made a few inches of merit for the Taishan faction. If I can find out the real culprit this time and return my innocence, I will definitely be sent to the soup for Mount Tai in the future, and my liver and brain will be smeared! Zhao Zheng stood up as he spoke, and bowed to Le Zhishen, looking extremely sincere.
"No courtesy, no courtesy, Elder Zhao quickly straighten up, I promise to help you." Le Buyi hurriedly stood up and helped Zhao Zheng up.
"Thank you, Mr. Le, great kindness, thank you very much."
"Elder Zhao's words are serious, this is just my duty as the chief manager, and I don't want the innocent to be wronged and the real culprit to get away with it outside."
"Manager Le, I have a list here for you to see, the people written on this list are all people who are not suspected, I believe that these people will never harm me." Zhao Zheng said and took out a blank piece of paper from his sleeve, on which were densely packed with names, all of which were martial artists with strength above the Five Heavens in the Taishan Sect, but only about nine-tenths of them were included, and some people were not listed.
Le didn't know that he took the list in his hand, and found that his own names and those of the Three Musketeers of Taishan were all on the list, he frowned, his eyes fell on one person after another, and he glanced at them one by one.
"Those who can steal a female disciple's belly pocket and obscene pants in the Taishan Sect and carry out the framing of the blame will be cultivated at least above the Sixth Heaven, and ordinary people will never be able to do it. Just in case, I expanded the scope and wrote the names of the five heavenly warriors as well. ”
"But you just said that these are people who are not suspects, not people who are suspects." I don't know what to do.
"That's right, these are people who are not suspected, I believe in the character of these people, they will not do anything to set up a blame."
"Listen to what you mean, if you have the realm of five heavens or more, and you are not listed on this list, you are suspicious?"
Zhao Zheng took a deep breath and didn't admit it, but nodded.
"This ......" Le didn't know how to twist his beard, incredulous, "There are a lot of people who are not on it, including some old people from the Taishan faction, who are very familiar with me, and I don't think they will do such a thing." ”
Zhao Zheng's list was made by him based on his own understanding of the Taishan faction, and the above people were all some misbehaving people in the Taishan faction, including those who secretly violated the rules of the gang, those sent by the Three Swords Sect, the sanctimonious people, and some people with poor surnames. All of these people could be the ones who framed him, and he has done everything in his power to narrow down the suspect to this circle. This can help Le Bu find out the real culprit, and he can't let Le Bu check everyone up and down the sect.
He was suspicious of these people, but he couldn't say it publicly, otherwise he wouldn't have listed only those who were not suspected, but would have listed the suspects separately. He said ambiguously: "Manager Le, I don't know the face but don't know the heart, it's hard to draw dragons and tigers, I won't say more, I just hope you can help me with this, after I was kicked out of the Taishan faction, take a good look at those people who are not on the list." The heavens are clear, the retribution is unpleasant, and I believe that the person who framed me will definitely show his feet. ”
"Okay. Help people to the end, send the Buddha to the west, since I promised to help you, I will help you check these people well. Le Bu didn't know how to agree.
"You're not alone, and most of the people I've put on my list are reliable, so you can ask them to keep an eye on them, especially those who are happy after I'm gone." Zhao Zheng suggested matter-of-factly.
"Okay, I'll ask these people for help when you're gone." Le didn't know and agreed.
Zhao Zheng then said some more detailed plans, such as what should happen when he drove him down the mountain, and where he would live after he came down the mountain.
After agreeing on the plan, the two began to implement the plan the next day, as the so-called striking while the iron is hot, the longer things drag on, the more unfavorable it will be for Zhao Zheng.
The first step of the plan is to criticize Zhao Zheng in public, so that everyone thinks that Zhao Zheng is the silver thief who stole the belly pocket and obscene pants.
Le didn't know how to order Zhang Tiemian to be the abbot of this matter, and after Zhang Tiemian heard it, he praised Le Buzhi a lot, claiming that he should have done it a long time ago, and he shouldn't have delayed it for so long. Zhang Tiemian led a group of people and went to arrest Zhao Zheng with great momentum.
These were all within Zhao Zheng's plan, he didn't make any resistance, didn't even say a word of rebuttal, and obediently followed Zhang Tiemian away. Jian Nu and the others also knew about this plan, although they were dissatisfied, they did not stop it, and they all silently followed Zhao Zheng's side.
Zhang Tiemian escorted Zhao Zheng all the way to the cell of the Criminal Regulation Hall and temporarily imprisoned him to prevent Zhao Zheng from escaping.
Le didn't know how to intervene, sent people to deliver letters, spread invitations, and invited many elders and hall masters from many sects, so that these people could come to the Criminal Law Hall to testify. All of the people he invited were not on Zhao Zheng's list, they were all suspicious people. This is to observe the attitudes of these people in the hall and look for the suspected real culprit.
It didn't take long for all the people who were invited to come, and even if they didn't come, they sent disciples as representatives.
Zhang Tiemian saw that everyone had arrived, and sent someone to escort Zhao Zheng in prison to the hall. said that it was used for detention, but in fact he did not act rudely towards Zhao Zheng, because Zhao Zheng had always been very cooperative and did not resist. And I don't know that I have also told the people in the Criminal Regulation Hall several times not to embarrass Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng kept his face calm, lowered his head slightly, and secretly glanced at the people who were invited today with his eyes, observing the changes in these people's demeanor. There were quite a few people here today, there were hundreds of people, and the entire hall was almost full. His gaze swept around the faces of these people, and he found that these people had different expressions, a little indifferent, some with contempt, and some glaring at him angrily.
"Zhao Zheng! Look what this is! Zhang Tiemian sat on the seat in the middle of the hall and shouted at Zhao Zheng, the sound shook the entire hall, and even the dust on the beams fell.
There were two doormen from the Criminal Regulation Hall next to him, and they pushed over a large box, and lifted the lid of the box in public, which was filled with women's underwear, colorful and green, and there were all kinds of styles.
When Zhao Zheng heard this, he looked at the contents of the box and said calmly: "These are women's underwear. ”
"That's right, these are the things that women wear, and they are the most obscure. But you have a soft spot for these things, and you have repeatedly stolen these intimate clothes from female disciples, kept them for yourself, and kept them private. This kind of behavior is extremely filthy, and my dignified Taishan faction is a famous and upright giant, how can we tolerate such bad behavior. You did this kind of thing and smeared the Taishan faction, it is really a great crime, what kind of crime should you deserve! Zhang Tiemian pointed at Zhao Zheng and scolded, his voice was like a battlefield drum, a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
When others heard this kind of broken drinking, they were scared and scared, but Zhao Zheng didn't take it seriously at all, and still had a calm expression. He slowly turned around, looked directly into Zhang Tiemian's angry eyes, and said, "If you really do such a dirty thing, it is indeed very dirty, and it should indeed be severely punished. But I didn't do any of these things at all, so I had nothing to do with them. ”
"Hmph, Hugh is going to quibble there, and a few days ago, we searched the smell of the booty with our wolfdogs, searched all the way to your Chaoyang Residence, and turned them out of your bedroom. These stolen goods are physical evidence, and the people who turn out these stolen goods are human witnesses, and the physical witnesses are all there, what else do you have to say! ”
"These things are indeed stuffed in my closet, but they were not put in by me, but by someone else to frame me, and someone else actually stole them. For some reason, that person deliberately wanted to frame me and tarnish my reputation, so he stole these things and stuffed them into my closet. Zhao Zheng explained.
In the hall, the scene that happened in Zhao Zheng's bedroom a few days ago was repeated, Zhang Tiemian insisted that it was Zhao Zheng's belly pocket pants that he stole from him, and Zhao Zheng tried his best to defend himself and refused to admit it. The two sides are deadlocked, you come and go, and the quarrel is inexorable.
This is actually just a play, Le didn't know that the heat was almost over, coughed, got up from his seat, stepped forward, and crossed in front of Zhang Tie. When the people saw him stand up, they all looked at him.
Le Bu clasped his fists around, made a bafang salute, and said loudly: "Everyone, you should have probably understood today's events. Because Hall Master Zhang searched Zhao Zheng's bedroom and found the lost stolen goods, he determined that Zhao Zheng was the thief who stole these things. But just relying on these stolen goods, it is a bit insufficient, and it is impossible to conclude that Zhao Zheng is a thief who steals things. The two sides insist on their own words, each has its own reason, and it is really difficult to reach a conclusion. The Taishan faction is a quiet place, a place for warriors to practice martial arts with peace of mind and strengthen their bodies. It shouldn't be because of one thing, the whole Taishan faction is jumping and can't live in peace. This matter has dragged on for so long, I feel that there should be a result, so as to return Taishan to a quiet, what do you think of what I said? ”
"Manager Le is right, it's better to deal with this kind of thing quickly."
"Yes, we all believe that Manager Le can handle this matter impartially and send a quiet person to Taishan."
"Now that the stolen goods have been found, how to deal with it, how to deal with it, there is no need to procrastinate, and it is not a glorious thing."
In addition, judging from the tone of these people, most of them are still inclined to sentence Zhao Zheng heavily. After all, the people invited today are all good and bad people in the Taishan faction, and Zhao Zheng is not familiar with them, so of course they will not face Zhao Zheng.
Le didn't know how to twist his beard, nodded, raised his hand and pressed it a few times to make everyone quiet, then turned to look at Zhao Zheng and asked, "Zhao Zheng, presumably as a party to you, you don't want this matter to drag on any longer, right?" ”
"Yes, things have to come to an end, and if it drags on, I'm under too much pressure and will collapse." Zhao Zheng nodded.
"Well, in that case, I will make a decision on this matter in my capacity as the head of the dispatch. The stolen goods were found in your room, and you have something to do with it, and no matter how you explain it, it can't change that fact. Since you are suspicious and you cannot prove your innocence, you can only be regarded as a real thief. According to the rules of the Taishan faction, petty thieves like you should be beaten fifty times, and then expelled from the Taishan faction, and never set foot on the mountain gate again. However, I read that for the sake of insufficient evidence and the fact that you have made great contributions to the Taishan faction in the past, I will reduce some punishment for you, save you from the suffering of fifty boards, and only expel you from the Taishan faction and punish you slightly, and hope that you will be able to behave yourself and love yourself in the future. Le Bu Lang Lang announced.
Zhao Zheng was quite deeply involved in the play, deliberately pretending to have a drastic change in his face, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay!" Let's go, there is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay! (To be continued.) )