Chapter Twenty-Five: The Mirror Hangs High, and the Bright Spot is Above Bound
"No wonder, no wonder!" Qingfeng had a suddenly realized expression.
"No wonder Cuihong's little girl poured me wine, at first I thought she wanted to sell more wine and make some profits.
Now it seems..... It's clear that you just want to get me drunk! ”
Tie Tang connected the existing clues and thought to himself.
It seems that Cui Hong is obviously also an insider, so she was killed by Wu Qing.
This should also be something that Wu Qing expected, which is why he seemed so hasty, and even left a lot of ironclad evidence on the scene.
There should be someone behind him!
Compared with the neat and neat racecourse headless case, there are too many clues and evidence in the Yihongyuan case, which is too obvious.
I don't know if it's an accomplice, or is it behind the scenes?
Or both?
Qingfeng was so drunk that in addition to becoming a scapegoat, he also lost a knife and his own waist card.
Can be a waist card from the nine officials..... What kind of storm can it set off?
Sincere! Sincere!
There was a knock on the door outside the cell, interrupting Tie Tang's thoughts.
"What's the matter?" His tone was a little annoyed, and he always felt that every time he interrogated Qingfeng, it was not too smooth.
Yuan Hua whispered: "Head, Qingfeng's mother-in-law is here." ”
"If you come, you will come, let her stay aside, do you want me to give way to her?" Tie Tang doesn't even care about Qingfeng, where will he care about his family's lady.
"Ahem, head, this time it's different, it's different, she didn't come alone, I heard that there are big people in Qingshui County who are accompanied."
Tie Tang frowned, but still flatly refused: "Let her wait!" ”
"Ahh Head, the magistrate is also accompanying over there. ”
"Huh!"
"Interesting."
..........
County government, three provincial halls.
The Three Provinces Hall, taken from the meaning of "My Day and Three Provinces and My Body", is the place where the county can normally work and discuss politics and welcome guests.
There are also some cases that involve confidentiality, privacy, and are not suitable for disclosure.
In addition to the yellow plaque on a black background hanging in front of the door, there are couplets on the left and right.
Shanglian Shu: 'Eat the people's food and wear the people's clothes, and the people can be deceived.' ’
The following couplet writes: 'It is not honorable to gain an official, and it is not disgraceful to lose an official, don't say that an official is useless.' ’
The rhetoric is not ornate, the language is simple, but the meaning is profound.
Tie Tang moved here, took a few serious glances at the couplet, and then walked in leisurely.
He didn't come here much, so he didn't take a good look at it.
In the middle of the hall hangs a plaque with the three characters of 'Qing Shen Qin', and at the head of the lower part sits the magistrate wearing an official robe.
On the left side below him, there were two people Tie Tang didn't know, a man and a woman.
The men are about fifty or sixty, and the women look only thirty, and both of them are blessed, wearing brocade.
They wore gold and silver on their hands and between their necks, and the light refracted was slightly dazzling, and behind them stood four or five servants, also brightly dressed and complacent.
"Tie Tang meets the county commander!"
"No need to be polite."
After two sentences, Tie Tang sat down on the right side of the big horse golden knife and did not speak.
There was silence in the hall for a moment.
The magistrate closed his eyes and recuperated, and Tie Tang did not shy away from looking at the two opposite.
Less.
The rich man in his fifties and sixties got up.
"Ahem, presumably this is the famous Iron God Catcher, I have admired the name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it was really a hero out of a young man."
Tie Tang also took advantage of the trend and waved his hand again and again: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, it's all a false name, there are many exaggerations in the rumors, and the old man lifted Tie." ”
The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and each of them lowered their attitudes very low, and then the Yuncheng magistrate finally spoke.
"Haha~ Iron catcher, you are busy investigating the case all day long, but you must not be overly immersed, you still have to come out and relax.
Let this official introduce him, this is the Fang deacon of the Fang family of Qingshui County, and he is in charge of nearly thirty percent of the treasure pavilions of the Fang family in the county.
In the future, if you need any exotic flowers, exotic plants, concentrate and pixie jade, or even witch soldiers and exercises, you can ask. ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, if it's a total head-catching demand, just contact me directly."
"It turned out to be Deacon Fang, disrespectful and disrespectful." Tie Tang got up and finished speaking, and sat down again.
The scene cooled down again.
At this time, Qingfeng's lady stood up and gave a salute to the county order and Tietang.
"The concubine is a grass people, I don't know about officialdom, if there is a faux pas between words, I hope the two adults will bear with me."
"Mrs. Sister-in-law doesn't need to say much, if you want to see Qingxian arrested, it's nothing, but if you have other demands, I'm just afraid of Tie.... It's hard to do. ”
"I don't know what happened to my family officials? Although he was arrested in a county, he was also an official of the imperial court, so he can't be detained if he is detained, right? ”
"I have committed the great crime of killing my head, but don't worry, Tie will never wronged any innocent person."
"But it has something to do with the racecourse headless case?"
"If you already know, why ask?"
"Well, the reputation of the iron chief catcher.... The concubine is trustworthy, and she asked the chief catcher to let me see him. ”
"You can do it yourself."
After the group left, Tie Tang was a little dissatisfied and said, "My lord, how did you move you out of such a trivial matter?" ”
The magistrate responded with a smile: "If I don't show up, will you come?" Can she meet Qingfeng? ”
Tie Tang was puzzled: "What's the harm when we meet, how can I hinder it?" ”
"People are a woman, their own officials have been taken away by the government, and there has been no news, aren't you worried about you?
Let alone..... I know that you've been investigating the accident a month ago.
Qing County was arrested, but he was the number one suspect.
I thought you wouldn't let outsiders see him easily. ”
Hearing this, Tie Tang stood up suddenly.
"Please let me know."
"It's just an accident, don't think about it that much."
Tie Tang arched his hand and looked directly at the magistrate: "My lord, as far as I know..... This is no accident. ”
"Isn't it, does it matter?"
"Don't worry, no one will attack you in the future."
Suddenly a needle drop could be heard in the hall.
The spring breeze blew, and the doors and windows creaked, waking up Tietang.
He quietly looked at the magistrate in front of him, his age seemed to be thirty, and in the blink of an eye, it seemed to be forty, and a few wisps of hoarfrost on his temples added a bit of heroism.
Other than that, I can't see anything, I only know that the other party's cultivation strength is unfathomable.
It won't be the ...... in front of you. Kill yourself, right?
Otherwise, how dare he assert that no one will make a move on him again?
As if seeing his thoughts, Zhixian stood up and slowly walked in front of Tie Tang.
"You just need to know that I don't want to see you or the county in trouble more than anyone else."
"What do you mean, sir?" Tie Tang didn't understand, could he be a relative of Zhixian County, and he didn't look like it.
The magistrate walked to the left and sat down, and raised his right hand with a move.
"Tea."
"Yes, sir." Someone in the inner government responded.
"You sit too." Tie Tang sat down.
"There was a big incident in Youxian yesterday, have you ever heard of it?"
Shaking his head, Tie Tang said: "There is no news from the plum blossom internal guard, and it may not have reached yet. ”
"Youxian County Order, by that Su Inspector ..... I raided the house with my own hands and took off my official hat.
The beheadings of the old and young families, the receptive of the army, the exile of the exile, and the female dependents sent to the Department of Teaching and Workshop are no longer a few.
Miserable, you say? ”
Tie Tang, who had not yet recovered from this news, nodded subconsciously: "It's really miserable!" ”
But then he added: "It should be deserved, right?" ”
The magistrate looked up at the 'clear and diligent' plaque, and said lightly: "Do you deserve it? Maybe.
If this official had that day, what would you think of me? ”
"This ......" Tie Tang didn't even think about this question.
"The people of the world are afraid of the superintendent like a tiger, they claim to patrol the heavens and watch the world, but who will supervise them?
To tell you the truth, this official also took the examination for the supervision envoy, but in the end he was not selected. ”
"Why?" Tietang's impression of the county is conscientious, diligent and diligent for the people, and he is a good parent.
Yuncheng, which was originally backward and depressed, was managed by him in an orderly manner, praying for the wind, asking for rain, and dealing with natural disasters in a timely manner, and releasing grain for disaster relief.
Now it has reached the point of opening the curfew, making Yuncheng's business thriving and moving towards the big city.
This kind of person definitely has the strength!
"The character is not good."
Tie Tang was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
At this time, a maid came over with two bowls of tea: "My lord, please tea, always catch the head, please tea." ”
Zhixian lifted the tea lid, smelled the aroma, took a few sips, and looked cold.
"This Su Inspector will not give up so easily, he was demoted to Youxian County, anxious to return to the same place, and he is eager to make meritorious contributions.
Youxian County Order..... It's just that the first one to fall, but it won't be the last. ”
Tie Tang disagreed: "As long as you are self-righteous, why be afraid?" ”
"Haha! If someone else said this, the official would have regarded it as a joke, but it came out of the mouth of the iron catcher...... It's a bit hard.
Who are the real officials who are not afraid of being investigated, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, can they withstand the review of the supervision envoys?
It's just that few dare to check on them. ”
"The magistrate is also afraid?"
"I'm scared too!"
The magistrate generously admits it and does not shy away from it.
"Tietang, you remember!"
"If you want to be a good official, you must first be a corrupt official."
"You have to be more ruthless than corrupt officials, otherwise how can you fight them? With your mouth? ”
Tie Tang shook his head solemnly: "These words, it is difficult for Shu Tie to agree. ”
The magistrate didn't seem to care, and continued: "When the official first arrived, the people of Yuncheng were squeezed by the wealthy squires here.
Not to mention the heavy taxes, even if there is a fatal case, it is also casually overshadowed.
Say, "If I govern by normal means, can I be cured?"
This is not terminally ill, this is a small group of people who have been sentenced to death, and who live a nourishing life. ”
"With the cultivation of adults..... There is also the court as a backer, why are you afraid of these local snakes? ”
"A county-caught wife can pull out the Fang family of Qingshui County, the wealthy squire of the entire Yuncheng, how many people are involved inside and out, have you thought about it?
Even if it's the Soviet envoy, what do you think he can rely on?
If it weren't for his two brothers, even if he was the status of the Inspector, he wouldn't have been able to keep him.
Even so, isn't he being relegated to a secluded county now? ”
Tie Tang's head is as big as a bucket, and he was brainwashed by the magistrate's crooked reasoning, even if he knew that it was wrong, he faintly felt that there was some truth.
"My lord, what does this have to do with me?"
The magistrate squinted his eyes and smiled: "Neither you nor the county can have an accident, once you have an accident, do you think about who the Supervision Envoy will look for?" ”
There is no need to think about it, the three leaders in one city, whoever has a problem, the other two are the key targets of investigation.
"As soon as something happens to you, the inspector will first investigate me, and the official can't let him find the clue.
You don't know how much energy and financial resources it took the official to suppress this matter due to the mysterious death of the previous chief catcher.
Therefore, if it is some small misunderstanding, if the official can settle it, try to settle it as much as possible, but it really can't be done..... I'll tell you. ”
"Is it really just a small misunderstanding?" It is a matter of his own life, and Tie Tang will not fully trust the magistrate.
"You don't want to pursue that unsolved case again, naturally sit back and relax, this official still has some means."
Really.
That's where the problem arises.
"Thank you, Lord for dialing!"
"Go ahead, that guy Qingfeng, if it is confirmed that he is not the murderer, he will be released as soon as possible, and the Fang family of Qingshui County is not easy to mess with."
"Tie understands."
Out of the Three Provinces Hall, Tie Tang felt a little dizzy in his head.
Turning around and looking at the couplet in front of the door, I felt a little dazzling.
Sky.... It's almost bright.
But Tietang feels like his own world.... It seems to be a little darker.