Chapter 212: Asking for Guilt
"Shopkeeper Zhao, Miss, they were taken away, are we going to save people?" After the official escorted the two women away, from the vicinity of the small courtyard, more than a dozen men came out, these men were all dressed as men, but the leader was the shopkeeper Zhao of the Fang family's rice shop. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, the shopkeeper Zhao, who was a businessman, was always bent over with a smile on his face. But at this time, he straightened up, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the backs of the officials, and his eyes were a little unkind.
"Save people? Are you trying to kill everyone? The lord here has been in business for more than ten years, and the young master is also here, once we rob people, it will inevitably attract the attention of the imperial court, and all our forces here will be turned into flowing water. Don't move just yet, just wait and see what happens. Shopkeeper Zhao was expressionless and said in a deep voice.
Because Liu Baichuan's decision to retry the case of Li Baiqing's death happened too suddenly, they had just gotten the news and had not yet come up with a way to deal with it. But Shopkeeper Zhao is sure that this incident must be the ghost of Chen Xianrong's gang.
It's just that he didn't expect that Chen Xianrong would be so bold that he would dare to secretly frame the White Lotus Holy Maiden, if this was spread out, the White Lotus Sect would definitely be turned against the people. Although the saint has no real power, she is extremely respected, and her status is still above the lord.
The teachings of the White Lotus Sect are the pursuit of equality, and those who join the sect are all brothers and sisters, and this kind of cruelty to siblings will definitely be spurned by everyone. But the crux of the matter is that they have no evidence, and they still can't bring down Chen Xianrong based on speculation.
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When the group arrived at the county government hall, above the hall, there were already more than a dozen people standing, some of these people were dressed as merchants, and some were scholars, all of them had a bit of bitterness on their faces, and they didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse waiting for them.
After the two women surnamed Xie came in, everyone couldn't help but glance at her, but quickly turned their faces away, with a trace of disgust and disdain in their eyes. It is human nature to love beauty, and these two people are so ugly, everyone naturally doesn't want to see more.
After a while, Liu Baichuan entered from the side of the lobby, sat behind the desk with a serious face, and slapped the shocking wood, like thunder, shocking everyone's hearts.
Everyone in the lobby knelt down one after another, and it was the three scholars who also knelt down. Because they have not achieved fame, they are not qualified to see officials and not worship.
"You all report your name and surname, and tell where your hometown is, if there is half a point of falsehood, then don't blame the official for being ruthless. Liu Baichuan's voice was loud and full of oppressive momentum.
"The little Li Liuqiang is a native of Luzhou, Jianghuai. It was because of the merchants that they passed through this place. Sir, I didn't commit any crimes, don't arrest me. The first to speak was a businessman in his thirties, and when he saw this battle, his legs and feet were so frightened that he weakened.
But no matter how he begged for mercy, Liu Baichuan still didn't say a word, at most he hummed a sound in his nose, indicating that he heard it.
"In Xia Wang Qiucheng, Nai Nan Zhili, this time I went to Jiangxi to meet my teacher, because I passed by Changning, and I rested again. The second one to speak was one of the scholars.
Liu Baichuan let out a "hmm" again and continued to look at the next person.
The rest of the people said their names and hometowns in turn, and soon, it was the turn of the woman surnamed Xie.
"Lord Qiyu, the little woman's name is Fang Cuicui, from Jianghuai Anqing, and she came to Changning this time to visit relatives. The woman surnamed Xie didn't stupidly reveal her real name, so she used a pseudonym.
It was Green Sleeves, and she also gave a pseudonym to a green seedling, and after she finished speaking, she grabbed the young lady's arm tightly, trembling with fright.
"Huh?" Liu Baichuan's eyes turned back and forth on the body of the woman of the Xie family and a scholar, this scholar is from Nanzhili, but he is not a woman, so he should not use that style of silver hairpin. And this woman, it is possible to use this hairpin, but the woman is not from Nanzhili.
Of course, it is not from Nanzhili, but it is also possible to buy hairpins from Nanzhili. But in this case, any woman will be suspicious.
Things were a little difficult to do, Liu Baichuan couldn't help but knock on his head, and he had a headache. He was determined to handle this case well, not because he was upright, in fact, he just heard about one of Li Baiqing's uncles, who was a high-ranking official in the Sixth Department of Nanzhili. He wants to solve this case well, so that people can get him a favor.
It is already a great thing to be able to do Langzhong among the six departments, and the power is not small when he is in charge of a division. Don't look at the fact that there is also a Nanjing in front of him, but it is not the same thing as him.
Liu Baichuan is an imperial history, in this world, there are more imperial histories, who knows which one you are? Although they are in charge of supervising officials, this work is also easy to offend people, maybe the person you impeached yesterday is a relative of a certain senior member, and he is inexplicably on the blacklist of everyone's family, where can you reason about it?
But Langzhong is different, in this whole world, there are only dozens of people in Langzhong in the six departments in the north and south, all of whom have names and surnames. Don't look at the officials in Nanjing are here to support the elderly, but everyone is staring at the capital, once someone has something wrong, they will put people to death, and if others are vacant, they will be able to take the position naturally.
This pension is not always in retirement. Those who are in power in this capital will not be able to do so forever.
"Okay, your situation, this official has basically understood, I am sure that the murderer of Li Xianling is among you!" Liu Baichuan's heart turned countless thoughts, but there was no abnormality on his face, but he sneered and said to everyone.
As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions changed. Some people are confused, some people are panicked, and some people are trying to calm down, anyway, everyone's hearts are not very calm.
They didn't know what was going on, and they were caught here. But listen to what this adult means, the person who wants to be arrested kills a court official, then the crime is big, and if you can't get it, you will be punished by the nine clans.
Everyone is looking at the people around them with their eyes, with a hint of vigilance in their eyes, maybe the person next to them is a murderer.
"Fang Cuicui, you still don't admit your guilt? You deliberately approached Li County's order, and when he was unprepared, a hairpin pierced his throat and killed him, it is really an unforgivable crime, come on, arrest this prisoner for me!" Liu Baichuan suddenly shouted, slapped his face, and pointed at the woman surnamed Xie and shouted.
"What......" The woman surnamed Xie secretly screamed, how could this person point the finger at herself? Could it be that he is Chen Xianrong's person? Has his hand reached out to the court?