The information provided by Ye Bai obviously has little to do with the investigation of this case.
Anyway, the other party had already spoken, and Lu Zhizhang was not afraid that the other party would not say anything, so after some deliberation, Lu Zhizhang only took the initiative to mention the major murder and silence case on the official road of the Weishui River.
"On the night of October 23rd, did Fang Changcheng rob and kill several people in a tavern on the official road of the Weishui River?"
When Lu Zhizhang took the initiative to ask about this matter, Ye Bai just said, "Why are you asking this?"
Lu Zhizhang also said without changing his expression, "Among the people he killed were the commissioners who were investigating his matter."
When Lu Zhizhang said this, he was betting that Ye Bai was unclear about the identities of the deceased.
But this time, it was obvious that Lu Zhizhang was right. Among the people who were robbed and killed in the tavern were men and women, old and young.
At first, Fang Choucheng said that the person he wanted to rob and kill was just a young woman, but later he killed more than just that person.
Although he knew about that incident, he did not participate in that operation, nor did he check the identities of the deceased one by one, so he had no way of telling whether what Lu Zhizhang said was true or false.
Coupled with the preconceived suspicion of Yuan Changcheng, their suspicion of Lu Zhizhang was not even higher than their suspicion of Yuan Changcheng.
So after Ye Bai thought about it for a while, he still said what happened.
"Yes, he has indeed robbed and killed people in that tavern before."
Hearing this, Lu Zhizhang's mood obviously became high.
His words were equivalent to confirming that the murderer on that day was Guan Choucheng on Gu Yue Island. In the final analysis, Fang Dali was just wronged.
Now that the murderer has been identified, the next thing to do is to catch the murderer.
But at this time, there was a new problem that troubled Lu Zhizhang, and that was why this category wanted to attack the people in the tavern. After all, even if the bandits of Gu Yue Island dared to do evil, they might not dare to be promoted to official positions. After all, that's not their sphere of influence.
But that's how they blatantly took to the official road that day.
Moreover, what thieves rob and kill is always wealth.
However, those people did not have much money with them that day, and even if it was for money, their money did not disappear from here.
So this was also the reason for Lu Zhizhang's misjudgment. He could only look at Ye Baida again and said, "As far as I know, there are no rich customers in that tavern. How could he think of taking you to that tavern to rob and kill the guests?" Woolen cloth?"
Hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, Ye Bai said with a hint of doubt, "Didn't you say there was a commissioner investigating him in that tavern?"
Hearing Ye Bai's words, Lu Zhizhang also realized that he had almost exposed his secret just now. He smiled and patted his forehead and said, "Yeah, I was so confused that I forgot about it."
Then Lu Zhizhang only asked Ye Bai, "Ye Bai, what did he tell you?"
Facing Lu Zhizhang's question, Ye Bai only said in a low voice, "What else can he say? It's just that there are wealthy businessmen staying in the tavern. I didn't approve of him going to such a far place to do something, but he kept stressing The man was so rich, and the elder brother was also moved by what he said, so in the end he took the man there, but when he came back, he didn't bring anything back. I was curious at the time, this man ran to In such a dangerous territory, nothing was obtained. Now I understand what he wanted. He was just using my eldest brother's private soldiers to do personal things."
After hearing what Ye Bai said so much, Lu Zhizhang suddenly realized that the young man in front of him probably didn't understand Wan Choucheng's behavior. The things he said were just some of the most superficial phenomena. If he wanted to understand their true reasons below the surface, Maybe he should just catch Fanchucheng directly, otherwise he would never understand the real reason why Fanchucheng attacked Zijuan and the others.
Thinking like this, Lu Zhizhang only signaled Officer Wu to take Ye Bai down quickly.
Later, Lu Zhizhang only asked Officer Wu to interrogate several other monks. However, to Lu Zhizhang's disappointment, these monks may not know as much about the scope as Ye Bai.
After being busy for so long, Lu Zhizhang is actually not complete.
There was no gain, but such a gain obviously did not satisfy Lu Zhizhang.
After all, Fang Dali's sentence was only two days. If he didn't have conclusive evidence, or if he couldn't let Yuan Changcheng be punished directly, then all his busy work now would be in vain.
However, Lu Zhizhang also understood that if he continued to ask questions today, he might not want to know more, so after that, he only said to the tired officials Wu, "Everyone, let's stop the trial today. It's been really hard today, everyone." I’m taking this trip.”
Facing Lu Zhizhang's thanks, everyone just waved their hands quickly, "Master Lu, I'm serious. It's my honor to serve under Master Lu."
While Lu Zhizhang and the other officers were polite to each other, only Officer Wu asked with concern, "Master Lu, are we going to stop investigating this case at this point?"
Facing Officer Wu's questioning, Lu Zhizhang only said calmly, "Of course I won't stop investigating. But if I ask these people now, I won't get any more information. Can you give me some time to rethink the clues?" ?」
Seeing what Lu Zhizhang said, Wu Chaoguan could only silently remind him, "Sir, I will naturally listen to what you say, but you have to see that there is not much time left for us now."
Hearing Officer Wu's words, Lu Zhizhang nodded silently. Why didn't he understand this? It's just that rather than lack of time, what he is more afraid of now is that the case will be tried wrong again.
So he looked very calm when faced with Officer Wu's reminder: "Officer Wu, thank you for your reminder. I will make good use of the time. But rather than not having enough time, I am more worried about trying the wrong case again. After all, this is a human life." If I misjudge this important matter again, then my current overturning of the verdict will be meaningless."
Seeing that Lu Zhizhang had said this, Wu Chaguan naturally stopped talking.
He could only leave with the other officers.
After they left, Lu Zhizhang began to rethink the entire case.
The next day, dawn.
Lu Zhizhang didn't even realize when he fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already bright outside.
If it hadn't been for the call from the boy outside the door, Lu Zhizhang might not have been able to wake up.
Realizing that he had overslept, Lu Zhizhang looked somewhat embarrassed.
When Lu Zhizhang arrived at his office room, Zhao Shuhai on the side saw him, and naturally he did not forget to be sarcastic.
"Master Lu, it's really strange. I've already arrived today, but you're so late. This really shouldn't be the case."
If he had been ridiculed in this way before, Lu Zhizhang would still feel embarrassed, but now Lu Zhizhang, who is full of worries, has no intention of talking to Zhao Shuhai.
So Zhao Shuhai was once again performing a one-man show.
Not long after Lu Zhizhang came in, the boy next to the Dali Temple Qing hurried to Lu Zhizhang and said, "Master Lu, the Si Qing has invited you."
After hearing what the young man said, Lu Zhizhang quickly got up and followed the young man.
At this moment, Xue Siqing is watering the flowers in the yard.
Until the little boy said, "Master Lu is here."
Xue Siqing then put down the kettle in his hand and said, "Master Lu, are you here?"
Facing Xue Siqing's question, Lu Zhizhang calmly nodded, "Master Siqing, do you have any orders for calling me here?"
Then Xue Siqing twirled his beard and said, "I heard that you tried the case all night in Dali Temple last night. How was it? How did the case go?"
Hearing Xue Siqing's words, Lu Zhizhang sighed, "Xiaoguan is stupid. I originally found some clues, but the clues became more and more confusing. At present, I can't come up with any good way to deal with this case."
After hearing what Lu Zhizhang said, the Dali Temple Minister immediately said, "Did you interrogate the assassin caught by His Highness the Ninth Prince last night?"
Facing the question from the Minister of Dali Temple, Lu Zhizhang was obviously confused, "What kind of assassin? I don't understand what you are talking about?"
At this moment, the Minister of Dali Temple only thought that Lu Zhizhang did not understand what he meant, so he
He smiled and said, "You kid, why are you pretending to be stupid? Yesterday, I asked my hometown courtyard to guard your return. He should have told you that His Highness the Ninth Prince caught an assassin who assassinated Zhou Yaoniang and Zi Juan. Can you Don't tell me you don't know anything."
Hearing the words of the Minister of Dali Temple, Lu Zhizhang remembered what his hometown had said to him last night, but at that time he only thought that his hometown was old and confused and had remembered things wrongly. Read the book
Therefore, after the prisoner mentioned in his hometown was not brought up in the jail, he did not pursue the matter any further.
However, after confronting the Minister of Dali Temple today, he suddenly realized that his information about the Minister of Dali Temple seemed to be different.
Now that he heard from the other party that this case was related to Zhou Yaoniang's case, he was naturally even more unwilling to miss this information.
He immediately told the Minister of Dali Temple that he had not interrogated the prisoner in prison last night.
The Minister of Dali Temple was obviously very surprised when he heard this, "This is impossible. After I escorted the prisoner to His Majesty the Ninth Prince yesterday, I asked the prison chief Wang to put the prisoner in the prison. And I made it clear yesterday. They, no matter who comes to interrogate the prisoner, are not allowed to agree, unless you come to interrogate the prisoner!"
When Lu Zhizhang heard what Dali Temple Qing said, he was still willing to believe Dali Temple Qing.
After all, although this old man is a bit old, he has always been reliable in doing things, so this matter cannot be caused by him, then this matter can only be caused by the problem of the people below.
Therefore, Lu Zhizhang immediately said to the Dali Temple Minister, "Master Temple Minister, we might as well ask Wang Laotou directly! Maybe the problem is not necessarily theirs."
Seeing what Lu Zhizhang said, the Dali Temple Minister thought it was very possible, so he just nodded. "What you said makes perfect sense. I'll send someone to call the prisoner."
After the words fell, the Dali Temple Minister just said to the people around him, "Go to the prison to find the prison chief Wang, and tell him that I have something to report to him."
