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Duan Chenggong, the county magistrate of Yangqu County Government, was sitting on a chair, frowning and sighing.
He felt that everything had been going wrong recently and he was extremely unlucky.
First, Lei Hu, a wealthy man from Bingzhou, lost his daughter, causing panic inside and outside Yangqu County. He arrested countless people and regarded the law as nothing, but he couldn't be touched, so he could only hold his nose and admit it.
There is also Pan Chengju, the county captain who was recently transferred. He is acting rampantly. Within a few months of taking office, he has offended all the officials and subordinates. Now he even arrested the Guo family in Jinyang Academy on the spot, causing a big fuss.
That was the biological son of the former uncle. His relatives were indeed suppressed in this dynasty, but that didn't mean they had no official abilities at all, let alone the top wealthy family like the Guo family in Taiyuan!
The Guo family was self-reliant on the family tradition. Although she did not express it openly, she even sent people to the Yamen to obey her orders, indicating that she would be severely punished. However, privately she did not know how to protect her. While she hated Pan Chengju deeply, she would definitely treat him as the master. The official also held a grudge.
What makes Duan Chenggong even more uneasy is whether this county lieutenant has some bad luck. Why did he have so many cases as soon as he took office?
The kidnapping case of the young lady of the Lei family has just come to an end, but something happened again in the academy. The academy has just arrested the culprit. There won't be any more troubles in the future, right?
"Duan County Zun!"
Talking about Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, County Lieutenant Pan Chengju walked into the hall with a gust of wind, and saluted: "The case has all the witnesses and material evidence. It will be tried as soon as possible. As a warning to others, please move aside!"
Duan Chenggong looked grim, and in his heart he wanted to strangle the other party to death. He said, "It is the duty of the county captain to hunt down murderers and robbers. I don't need to go there, right?"
Pan Chengju did not accept this excuse: "The county magistrate also has the responsibility of maintaining law and order, resolving prison cases, and educating the people with virtue. This case is of great concern... Du Tixing will also pay attention to it!"
"Duti Xing..."
Duan Chenggong's hands trembled and his face became even more bitter.
Hedong Road Tidian Prison Officials Du Yan, also known as Ti Xing Guan in later generations, was in charge of the road-level judicial institutions. He had jurisdiction over all criminal and prison affairs of the state, government and military, approved death sentences, and sometimes supervised the collection of taxes or local warehousing. management.
Of course, later generations' understanding of the punishment officer will benefit from the classic work "The Punishment Officer of the Song Dynasty".
However, there is often a huge gap between TV dramas and history. In history, Song Ci was a scholar with full martial arts points. He only officially entered the officialdom in his forties. He was not promoted by his father-in-law, the prime minister. His outstanding political achievements in the early stage mainly relied on fighting wars and suppressing rebellions. , and later he successively served as the Guangdong Tidian Prison, Jiangxi Tidian Prison, Hunan Tidian Prison, and finally the general director of the four-way prison in the country. He was the well-deserved Tixing Officer of the Song Dynasty.
The power of the Song Dynasty to appoint criminal officials was indeed not small. Corresponding to later generations, it was a bit similar to the mixture of multiple functions such as the president of the provincial high court, the provincial prosecutor general, and the director of the public security department. They were directly responsible to the central government and had no subordinates at the local level. They can control local yamen, but local yamen cannot restrain them.
So one can imagine how troubled Duan Chenggong, the magistrate of Yangqu County, was when he learned that Du Yan, the criminal judge, was going to personally intervene.
Pan Chengju actually didn't want a pair of eyes watching from above, but he knew that if he didn't take advantage of the situation, he wouldn't be able to handle the case and find the culprit, so he had to pull the tiger's skin and make the county magistrate have to bear it.
As expected, Duan Chenggong had no choice but to stand up slowly. As he was dawdling, he saw the county official walking in quickly and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the second son of the Lei family has arrived outside the government office..."
Duan Chenggong's expression changed again, and he said with a headache: "The son of Thunder Tiger? Wasn't his daughter rescued? Why did he send his son to do it?"
The superintendent said: "It seems that he came here for the case of Jinyang Academy. Also arriving with him is the husband of the Di family, the man who rescued Miss Lei before."
After all, they were in the same room. No matter how low their voices were, Pan Chengju could hear them clearly and said calmly: "That's Di Shilin. After the former Di Liang Gong, he has the ability to judge, but he also committed a crime in this case." Wrong, I think Guo Chengshou is not the murderer, huh! Wouldn’t a member of a famous family kill someone?"
When Duan Chenggong heard this, he immediately became interested: "There are still people like this in this county? Quick! Let them in!"
The superintendent quickly arrived outside the yamen and invited the two of them in, but Lei Jun shook his head: "Pan County Lieutenant doesn't like my Lei family, so I won't go in. This will save you more trouble. Brother Di, go ahead!"
Di Jin raised his eyebrows slightly: "We were able to obtain new personal and material evidence this time, thanks to Brother Lei's help. Is Brother Lei really not a county official?"
"This is the time to make friends with the Guo family, right?"
Lei Jun smiled slightly: "No need, my Lei family has no intention of currying favor with the Guo family of Taiyuan. I think Brother Di doesn't bother to attach himself to his relatives. He is just looking for justice. Please!"
Lin Xiaoyi listened from behind and couldn't help but admire him. Regardless of his previous impression of the Lei family, the second young master was indeed very graceful. Di Jin felt that the other man was indeed confident and smiled and said, "Okay!"
Under the guidance of the superintendent, Di Jin walked into the county government hall with a calm demeanor and a well-behaved manner. His tutoring style was evident in every move he made. He bowed and saluted: "Student Di Jin, whose pseudonym is Shilin, is here to meet the Honorable Duan County, Pan." County captain."
Looking at his elegant and upright figure, Duan Chenggong stroked his beard and said: "A woman from a famous family is indeed a talented person! Do you suspect that there is something hidden in the murder case of Hao Prison? Is Guo Langjun not the murderer?"
As soon as these words came out, his attitude was basically expressed. Pan Chengju snorted, and Di Jin took out the letter: "After an investigation, the students got an autographed letter from the Hao Supervisory Academy's house ten days ago from Mrs. Shen, the wife of the Hao Supervisory Academy. , as the latest physical evidence, reported to the two officials."
Duan Chenggong actually didn't know much about the case, so he waved his hand, and Pan Chengju immediately took the letter and opened it to read.
At first, he was a little careless, but after reading the content of the letter, his expression suddenly became serious: "Is this definitely the handwriting of Hao Qingyu from the prison?"
Di Jin said: "Compared with the letters left in the academy, this matter is evidenced by Mrs. Shen and her four servants. They are waiting outside the Yamen and can be summoned immediately."
When the lady from outside the house and the maidservants entered and asked questions one by one, Pan Chengju's expression became uncertain.
The day before yesterday, Hao Qingyu stated in the academy that a student had made a big mistake and was willing to help him repent, but he was poisoned that night;
Yesterday, the Yamen performed an autopsy. Based on reasoning, Pan Chengju initially screened out three suspects and took away Guo Chengshou's medicine list;
Today, Xie Yuan Liu Changyan accused Guo Chengshou of plagiarizing his article. Guo Chengshou was eventually arrested by the government, and the ingredients of Gelsemium were also confirmed in the medicine list.
According to the trajectory of these three days, the motives and methods can indeed be sorted out. It is reasonable and reasonable that Guo Chengshou was identified as the murderer.
But as early as ten days ago, Hao Qingyu told Waizhai that he conspired with someone to do a big thing. If it succeeds, he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. If it fails, Waizhai will take his son and the money he has accumulated now to quickly Leave to prevent being harmed...
Combined with the reversal of Hao Qingyu's personality, it is obvious that this big thing is to blackmail Guo Chengshou, a relative of the emperor, to make a big fortune from him, and even prepare to use the secret of the plagiarized article to make him suffer for the rest of his life!
As a result, another suspect in the case also surfaced, and it was Hao Qingyu's co-conspirator. In comparison, there was no direct evidence to prove the poisoning of Guo Chengshou, so his suspicion was greatly reduced!
Seeing that the troublesome county captain fell silent, Zhixian Duan Chenggong was overjoyed and laughed: "The innocent person can be cleared of his grievances before the case is heard in court. How lucky! How lucky!"
Pan Chengju read the letter carefully twice more, and without any harsh words, he said in a deep voice: "It seems that there are indeed layers of doubts in this case. Let Guo Chengshou be released for the time being. If new evidence of the crime is found, it will not be too late to arrest him! "
The two officials in charge of a county made this decision, and the supervisor who was in charge of recording was naturally ready to implement it. However, at this moment, Di Jin said: "The student thought that Guo Langjun would not be willing to be released from prison like this." of."
Duan Chenggong didn't know why, but Pan Chengju realized: "You mean, you want to catch the real culprit first?"
Di Jin said: "If the real culprit is not caught and brought to justice, and Guo Langjun is only allowed to leave the county government, if word spreads about it in the future, he will definitely be criticized, and even everyone will pay for it. He will be frightened by the Guo family's power and suspected of harboring connivance." .”
This is sincere. If there are any unsavory rumors in the future, the first person to bear the brunt will be myself who is rushing to investigate the case. Then I will have all the unpleasant things to say...
People's words are scary and must be guarded against!
Duan Chenggong also realized that this was by no means alarmist, and his expression suddenly changed: "Then what should we do?"
Di Jin was well prepared, his face was shining with the brilliance of searching for the truth, and his words were sonorous and powerful: "Please allow the students to go to jail to find out, ask Guo Langjun about the case, arrest the real culprit, and give the innocent a real clean!"
