Hou Ting was the head of the capital, and it was true that he followed the path of Wu Xianwei, but he spent real money.
It is simply unrealistic to say that he has any loyalty to Wu County Lieutenant.
It's just a transaction. Both parties get what they want, and there's no question of who betrays whom.
Therefore, Hou Ting betrayed Wu County Lieutenant so completely.
Although it is a pity that his backer has fallen, and it may affect his career, compared with becoming a scapegoat, Hou Ting believes that his choice is very wise.
Seeing Hou Ting's submission, Yun Chao pointed to the government servants who were the first to follow Ma Bantou: "County Magistrate, they were the first to arrive at the scene with me. If you have any questions, you can ask them."
Several government officials knelt down when they saw Hou Ting. They dared to hide anything. They told everything from the time Miss Sun asked them to help, to Ma Bantou's sudden assassination of Yun Chao, and finally to Xia Hou's family.
After hearing this, even an old bureaucrat like Magistrate Sun frowned.
Several government servants made it clear, and the maids and servants of the Xiahou family admitted personally that in the past three years, Xiahoubo and his wife had listened to the bewitchment of the demon and used the blood of more than a dozen young girls to make medicinal primers in order to save their son.
This method was so cruel that Magistrate Sun, who always considered himself a scholar-official, could not bear it.
Moreover, the matter has been made public, even if Magistrate Sun wants to pursue it, he can't.
Once word spreads out, Magistrate Sun will be a dead meal. If he allows such a horrific tragedy to happen under his rule, he is likely to become the target of verbal and written criticism from the entire Dawu Dynasty officialdom!
Scholar-officials cherish their feathers very much. If Magistrate Sun is involved in such a mysterious case, other scholar-officials will definitely be busy trying to distance themselves from him. By then, he will become a loner and still a mere bird in the officialdom!
As a result, Magistrate Sun became even more determined. He must make the case a solid case, and he also had to let Wu County Lieutenant, a person of sufficient weight, take the blame, otherwise it would be difficult to explain to his superiors!
After asking several government officials, Magistrate Sun asked the parents who had lost their children.
Although they were very afraid of County Lieutenant Wu and Chief Feng, with the support of Yun Chao and the county magistrate, most of the parents told the truth.
Especially Feng Erniang and another couple who came with Yun Chao, their words were almost the same as those of several government officials.
After questioning the parties involved, Magistrate Sun asked the people who were eating melons.
Yun Chao ordered some people to answer Magistrate Sun's questions.
Some of these people were chopped up, some had their family members killed, and some were Feng Lelou's thugs. They knew that if Xiahou Bo and Wu Xianwei were not brought down today, there would definitely be no good results.
Therefore, all their confessions were unfavorable to Xiahou Bo and Wu County Lieutenant, and were even more exaggerated than those of the government officials.
Of course, Xiahou Bo would not let these unscrupulous people talk nonsense. Just as he was about to defend himself, Zhang Sihai stuffed his mouth with a smelly sock.
This stinky sock was the one Wu County Lieutenant pulled out of Xiahou Bo's mouth just now, threw it on the ground, and was used by Zhang Sihai again.
Wu County Lieutenant was still holding his injured hand and crying out for pain. Even if he wanted to defend himself, he could not speak clearly under the severe pain. As soon as he opened his mouth, County Magistrate Sun pushed him back.
As for Chief Feng?
He wanted to quibble, but because he came late and did not understand the whole process of the matter, he was not very convincing. Naturally, Magistrate Sun would not listen.
After asking the melon-eaters, Magistrate Sun asked the maids and boys of Xiahou's family.
This time it didn't go so smoothly.
These servants took a chance and came to ask questions without knowing anything.
Although Lieutenant Wu County and Chief Feng were temporarily at a disadvantage, with them here, I don’t believe that Yun Chao would still dare to torture him like he did before!
Unfortunately, these people think of things too simply.
With "big officials" such as Wu County Lieutenant and Chief Feng being there, Yun Chao could not touch them, but County Magistrate Sun could.
The Dawu Dynasty did not say that they were not allowed to torture prisoners. For criminal suspects, regardless of whether they were wronged or not, they would be beaten first before proceeding. It was simply normal, and no one would think there was anything wrong with this.
Magistrate Sun gave an order, and no complicated torture tools were needed. With just one whip, these maids and servants were killed.
After receiving the confessions from the servants of the Xiahou family, Magistrate Sun's confidence increased greatly. It seemed that Yun Chao had not wronged Xiahou Bo at all, and the Xiahou family was really unconscionable.
As each confession came into the hands of Magistrate Sun, the situation became more and more favorable to him. As long as Xiahou Bo's own confession could be obtained, the case would be finalized.
Of course, Magistrate Sun didn't just want to kill Xiahou Bo. He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and bring down Lieutenant Wu as well!
Therefore, only these confessions are not enough. There is also a heavyweight confession missing. Xiahou Bo alone cannot do the murder of so many young girls. There must be an accomplice, and the accomplice is Wu County Lieutenant!
However, Magistrate Sun was in trouble as to how to obtain the confession.
Let Xiahou Bo admit it personally?
It seems a little difficult.
Let Wu County Lieutenant admit it personally?
It's even more impossible.
As soon as County Magistrate Sun saw Xiahou Bo's eyes, he knew that this guy was a tough guy, but I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to open his mouth with torture.
However, Magistrate Sun did not give up and asked his men to drag Xiahou Bo down for interrogation.
After interrogating for a long time, as expected, even after being knocked unconscious several times, Xiahou Bo gritted his teeth and refused to even admit that he was the mastermind, let alone dragging in Wu County Lieutenant.
Magistrate Sun was numb.
If you can't get a confession of sufficient weight, you can't bring down Wu County Lieutenant.
If Wu County Lieutenant is still alive, there will be variables in Xiahou Bo's case.
In particular, Xiahou Bo said that he had no knowledge of it at all. Even if the murder of the young girl was true, it was the servants of the family who did it without telling him.
But at this time, Chief Feng spoke again: "My lord, even if you use torture, you cannot give in. If you torture like this, even if Xiahou Bo cannot survive the punishment and reluctantly confesses, it will be an unjust, false and wrong case. I will report this matter to my superiors!" "
Magistrate Sun gnashed his teeth. He knew that this alliance of local officials was difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult to deal with. He had obviously seized such a good opportunity, but he couldn't turn the case into a solid case.
Now it seems that, let alone overthrowing Wu County Lieutenant, even taking down Xiahou Bo is not easy.
If Master Feng and Lieutenant Wu jointly file a complaint, saying that they surrendered and succeeded, it is not certain who will win.
Seeing Magistrate Sun's livid face, Yun Chao shook his head. It seemed that the old boy was at his wits end.
Originally I didn't want to be in the limelight, but there was no way. Since his teammates didn't support him, Yun Chao had no choice but to do it himself.
"County Magistrate Sun, I have a method that may help solve the case, but I don't know whether to tell it or not?"
Magistrate Sun really wanted to slap Yunchao so that his face would blossom.
If you have something to say, say it quickly, if you have something to say, let it go. What's the point of selling it?
However, he was alone and needed Yun Chao's help if he wanted to deal with Wu Xianwei and Chief Feng.
No matter how unhappy he felt, Magistrate Sun could not get angry at Yun Chao now: "Say!"
