Chen Hao didn't need to think about it at all, and almost immediately made up his mind.

It's just a businessman, even if it may depend on one or a few officials in the state to do this, but for one's own family, there is nothing to worry about.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Qing, who had already been dumbfounded, and ordered, "You still have affairs in the camp, so go back first." ”

Zhou Qing woke up at this time, dangerous and dangerous, and almost opened his mouth to say, "It's nothing, I'll wait for this kid, and we'll go together later", finally his brain was not stupid to the end, and he swallowed it back before the words came out.

I was really curious about what happened in the middle, but because I had an order from the peak, I had to avoid it, Zhou Qing glanced at Gu Yanzhang with a complicated expression, and saluted Chen Hao again, and then slowly retreated in three steps.

At this moment, only Chen Hao and Gu Yanzhang were left in the camp.

"Sit."

Pointing to the chair on the side, Chen Hao spoke concisely.

Gu Yanzhang sat down as he said.

"Whatever you want, say it." Chen Hao said, his tone was understated.

Not to mention this side, Gu Yanzhang used the family industry as a bargaining chip, and made a one-on-one transaction with Chen Hao, and both parties were satisfied, and in the state government of Yanzhou City, there were also two people sitting in pairs, with solemn expressions on each other, talking about important matters.

The middle-aged man sitting on the left hand side is short in stature, his face is a little wrinkled, and he looks like an old farmer farming in the field.

At this moment, he picked up the file handed over by the person opposite, opened it and looked at it twice, he had taken a pen, and he was about to give instructions after dipping it in ink, and when he saw one of them, he couldn't help but raise his head and said in surprise: "This case is going to be tried in court?" ”

The magistrate of the Yanzhou Mansion sat opposite Zheng Lin, his face was also a little helpless, and he said: "The general judgment has been busy with official business in the past few days, and there is a heavy grain to raise before the battle, so I don't think I have much time to hear about the discussions of the people in the city. ”

Zheng Lin sat up straight, squinted his eyes and said, "What discussion?" He looked at the file in his hand, and replied, "The suspect has been arrested on the spot, dozens of people have seen the evidence, the prisoner pleaded guilty and was detained, and the victim came forward to identify. ”

Arson is a major case, and many details are inconvenient to be tried in court, so as not to involve anything bad, so that the people can see it, and there will be discussions in private meetings.

For various reasons, when encountering such cases, the state generally adds, deletes, and corrects after the trial, and publicizes the final trial results, and then publicizes them on the streets and alleys, so that the people know good and evil, and abide by the law and discipline.

The magistrate said: "That's the case, only this time the suspect is a lizheng in the state, and two women who are servants in his house, where they are confessing to the crime, and they have already taken it upon themselves, saying that they are looking at the character of their nephew and daughter-in-law when they see it, and they want to take it home, because the nephew and daughter-in-law are very strict and difficult to succeed, so they have a bad heart for a while, and want to set fire to it and take advantage of the chaos to rob people." ”

"I didn't want to make a big fuss, but who knew that the north wind was very strong, and if I didn't pay attention, the fire would be big, and I couldn......'t control it anymore."

The magistrate told everything about the day.

Zheng Lin had already received a letter from Sun Yue, and the person who came to report the letter was present that night, and it was more detailed and truthful than the official who only read the documents.

However, he did not interrupt the other party's narrative at this time, and waited until he finished speaking, and then said: "What does this have to do with the discussion of the people in the state?" ”

Tui Guan said: "There have been many rumors in the state in recent days, one of which is that this time it is not only the person who instructed the arson, but also the eldest brother there, named Gu Pingzhong, in order to burn the houses in the state to the ground, so that it is convenient to sell bricks, tiles, wood and other things, and because his family has a shop, specializing in the sale of anti-water equipment, compared to other people's things, the shop is also large, if there are more fires, it can also get more money." ”

Zheng Lin was about to open his mouth to reprimand "nonsense", but his lips lifted, but he gradually realized that something was wrong, and said, "Is there evidence?" ”

The magistrate shook his head and said, "It's just a rumor." ”

He endured it, but still said: "I have already taken that Gu Pingzhong into prison, asked a lot of questions, and interrogated him seriously, but he gritted his teeth and didn't admit it at all, and his younger brother admitted the crime together, so it is difficult to convict for the time being." ”

He paused, and then said: "I wasn't in a hurry to start the trial so early, but in recent days, the rumors have become more and more strange, and gradually there is a rumor that Gu Pingzhong has bought off the state officials, and this time it will be fine...... Xia Guan thought that instead of asking them to pass around, it would be better to hold a court trial, so as not to cause any public anger. ”

"If the trial is held, can you be sure?" Zheng Lin asked.

"For another seven or eight days, there should be no problem, so that the people can look at it once and wash it up." That pushes the official road.

Zheng Lin didn't speak, but lowered his head and looked at the file carefully, and then asked again: "The surname of the person in this case is Ji, and he is the widow of the original soldier and horse?" ”

When the magistrate heard this, he was also very emotional, and said: "This is true, before I was transferred to Lingzhou, I worked with Ji Zhan for two years, he was upright, his official style was very good, and he also had two sons, who also served in the Zhenrong army, I don't want the whole family to suffer this catastrophe this time, only a little daughter is left, and I haven't even left an incense......

Zheng Lin lowered his head and looked at the family status of the daughter of the Ji family on the file, frowned, and said: "In this case, give her a bereavement pension after the martyrdom in the state, and then Haosheng sorted out the paperwork and handed a copy of the fold to the court. ”

The pusher nodded hurriedly.

Zheng Lin added another sentence and said, "The excerpt is better written." Then he asked, "Where does the little girl live now, and can she be cared for?" Do you know that you are going to go to court? ”

The official hurriedly said: "Now I still live in the backyard of the original inn, I have brought some servants with me, and a few people from our government have also gone to guard it, so there will be no mistakes." ”

Zheng Lin nodded.

"I have already told her that I want to go to the court, and she said that she is not afraid, but only stays in the hall, and asks the officials to administer justice for themselves."

Zheng Lin smiled slightly and did not speak.

Don't say it's a woman, it's just an ordinary strong man, and when you hear that you want to go to court, I'm afraid you will tremble with fear.

Sure enough, she is worthy of being a girl from a family of soldiers and horses, and her courage is much greater than that of the people next to her.

He asked again about the progress of the trial of the case, dipped his pen in ink again, and briefly approved a few words on the file, thus agreeing to the practice of the yamen opening the court to try the case.