Chen Xiaomu pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then asked the fat man: "Do you collect ducks in your store every day?"
The fat man quickly raised his hands and said, "Sir, yes, we have to collect at least five or six cages of ducks every day to have enough."
Chen Xiaomu nodded and smiled: "Well, business is good! How many ducks do you have in your store now? If these ducks cannot be used all day, do you raise them? Or kill them?"
The fat man replied: "Sir, there are still four cages of ducks in the small shop. If these ducks are not used that day, they will be raised and saved for the next day, because customers like to eat freshly killed ducks. Generally, few people come to order the ducks that are killed the day before, so every now and then, the little one will go to the grain store to buy some bran and feed it to the remaining ducks.”
"Oh, that's it!" Chen Xiaomu said to the fat man: "You said that the clerks in your store can testify for you, but those clerks are all people in your store. This is obviously unfair. How about this? I order I will capture all the ducks in your shop, and I will personally interrogate them and make them confess who they belong to. What do you think?"
As soon as Chen Xiaomu said these words, the fat man thought he had heard wrongly and didn't know how to answer. For a moment, everyone in the court was surprised and funny. Ye Duzheng even suspected that Chen Xiaomu's brain had been burned out by the drink at noon!
Seeing the fat man staring blankly at him without saying a word, Chen Xiaomu picked up the gavel and slapped it on the public case, and said loudly: "I'm going to bring the duck in your shop for interrogation. Do you hear clearly?"
The fat man was so frightened that he trembled all over. Only then did he react, and he quickly raised his hands and said: "Master Qingtian, I heard you clearly. All the ducks in the store can be captured and interrogated by the master!"
"Yes." Chen Xiaomu nodded, reached out and pulled out a fire stick from the lottery tube on the table, and said to the Yamen standing below: "Two people, come out, go to Yang's Duck Restaurant and give all the ducks in his shop." I’ll catch you!”
Ye Duzheng realized something was wrong. This man was not just talking casually, but was actually trying to be real. If this spread, it would make people laugh. He immediately ignored the rules in the court and hurriedly walked to Chen Xiaomu. He reminded quietly: "Mr. Chen, this is a court, you can't just talk nonsense!"
Chen Xiaomu rolled his eyelids: "What did I say?"
Ye Duzheng smiled bitterly and said: "Master Chen, you are going to send someone to catch the duck in the store for interrogation. I would like to ask Master Chen how to interrogate this duck?"
Chen Xiaomu asked: "The duck hasn't been caught yet, how do you know I can't interrogate it?"
Ye Duzheng was immediately asked and had nothing to say. He really wanted to leave with his sleeves. He was stunned for a while, but after thinking about it, he endured it. After all, Mr. Jia had helped him, even if he pinched his nose, he would have to endure it. In these five days, let's talk about how he could compete with a drunkard! "
But something embarrassing happened. No one came out to pick up the fire lottery that Chen Xiaomu drew. None of the yamen on duty below acted as if they hadn't heard and stood there motionless.
Chen Xiaomu's hand holding the fire sign stopped in mid-air. He didn't even know the yamen cadres standing in the hall, let alone name them. Suddenly, his eyes suddenly lit up and he saw Zhang Feili was also in the row of yamen cadres on the left. He was standing there, so he pointed at Zhang Feijiao and said: "Zhang Feijiao, go to Yang's Duck Restaurant and catch all his ducks for me!"
Zhang Feijiao immediately left work, bent down and said: "Master Tongpan, I can't catch so many ducks by myself. Please send one more person to go with me, Master Tongpan."
Chen Xiaomu casually pointed to a man next to Zhang Fei and said, "What's your name?"
The officer quickly handed over his hand and said, "Sir, the villain's name is Niu Xiaobao."
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand: "You go with Zhang Feili."
"Yes, Lord Tongxuan." Niu Xiaobao responded, then left the courtroom one after another, carrying the fire stick and Zhang Feiqi.
After handling this matter, Chen Xiaomu just wanted to take some time to go for a convenience. Unexpectedly, someone below shouted injustice: "Master Qingtian! My son has been unfairly accused!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he suddenly remembered that Mother-in-law Ji and her daughter were taken into the court after they complained at the door of the dining room, and had been kneeling in the court until now. He couldn't help but feel a little sorry, so he quickly told the yamen on duty: "You guys Someone go find two stools so that Mother-in-law Ji and her daughter can sit and have a rest."
Who knows that Mother-in-law Ji didn't appreciate it at all, and kowtowed repeatedly: "As long as Master Qingtian can adjudicate my son's injustice, the daughter of the people will kneel to death without complaining!"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't bear the internal anxiety at this moment, so he said impatiently: "Mother Ji, Master Jia also described your son's case in detail to me before leaving. You don't need to say more now. Besides, you are martyrs." The family members should be taken care of by the government, I will ask someone to bring stools, you two just sit down!"
Mother-in-law Ji said in confusion: "Master Qingtian, what are the families of martyrs?"
"Oh, it's like this," Chen Xiaomu explained: "Your eldest son Yu Chengwu died fighting for the country and sacrificed his life for righteousness. He is a martyr, and you are the family member of the martyr! Do you understand?"
Mother-in-law Ji asked in confusion: "Master Qingtian, my son is a martyr, why didn't the government tell me?"
The more anxious he became, the more he talked. Chen Xiaomu simply cut the knot with a sharp knife. He said to Granny Ji: "This is just what I said for the time being. In the future, we will definitely promote the care of the families of martyrs. So, you guys sit down first and I will send someone to help." Go and bring your son Yu Chengwen, let you meet him first, and then send someone to bring Wang Liangdi who accused your son of rape. Your son's case will be concluded today, what do you think?"
As soon as Granny Ji heard that she could see her son, she started kowtowing again and again: "Thank you, Master Qingtian!"
Chen Xiaomu had two stools brought over and asked Grandma Ji and her daughter to sit down first. At the same time, he asked the fat man and the countryman who were suing the duck to stand up and step aside to wait.
After doing this, Chen Xiaomu assigned a yamen officer named Cao Er to go to the Xinjing Mansion Prison to bring Yu Chengwen to court. Then he pulled out a fire lottery from the lottery tube and asked the yamen officer standing in the hall: "Which of you is willing to go?" Bring Wang Liangdi?"
Chen Xiaomu originally thought that Wu Guanglu was so powerful that no one would dare to offend this bully with a powerful background in the new capital city. He was prepared to let Wei Yuxin take Wang Liangdi, but he still went through the motions and asked the officials for their wishes. , but to his surprise, all these servants rushed to stand up and go on this errand!
At this time, Ye Duzheng quietly came over again and whispered to him: "Master Tongpan, this Wang Liangdi is the owner of the suffering. We should not say "take". Only criminals can say "take". Besides, the court stipulates that all criminals brought to court must be shackled. Because Wang Liangdi was not alive, all he could say to Wang Liangdi was to call him or bring him here! Otherwise, the Yamen officials got it wrong, and if they were really shackled, it would definitely cause a lot of disputes, and Wang Liangdi’s husband was Mrs. Zhuge in the court. Mrs. Wei Xin’s uncle is also someone who is not easy to mess with!”
Chen Xiaomu said with disdain: "So what if I now believe that Wang Liangdi is the criminal who framed Yu Chengwen?"
Ye Duzheng felt speechless and thought to himself: "Is this person originally stupid, or is he stupid after drinking too much? No, I will have to find Mr. Jia after I withdraw from the court today. I won't be able to do this job for a whole day. It won't work. It doesn’t matter if you join in, but if you kill a few tribes, it’s really the end of the game!”
At that moment, Ye Duzheng didn't say a word, and returned to his seat in frustration. He had suffered two blows from Chen Xiaomu as soon as he came to the hall today, and his mood was extremely depressed.
In the end, Chen Xiaomu ordered two government officials named Xie Jincai and Yuan Youfu to go to the Wu Mansion to arrest Wu Guanglu's concubine Wang Liangdi.
After handling these matters, Chen Xiaomu finally breathed a sigh of relief and rushed out from the back door of the court hall and ran towards the hut in the government office. By chance, Wei Yuxin came out of the government office's living room and blocked his way. Chen Xiaomu said with a bitter face. : "Miss Wei, can you wait a moment?"
Wei Yu didn't know what was going on and said with a cold face: "No, I've been waiting for you for so long! Do you want me to wait any longer...?"
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Xiaomu suddenly lowered his head, slipped past her, and ran towards the latrine. Wei Yuxin was so angry that he turned around and chased after her. He saw a small hut in front of him, and Chen Xiaomu ducked out of the way. Going in, when Wei Yuxin saw it, he couldn't help but said bitterly in his heart: "I see that you ran towards Chao'er this time and got into this small hut in a secluded place in broad daylight. You must have done nothing good!" She didn't have much to say at the moment. Thinking about it, he ducked and followed him in. As a result, a stinking smell hit his face. When Dingqing saw it, he saw that Chen Xiaomu was lifting his robe and unbuttoning his belt. Zhuang Tongzhi, who was squatting inside, was so frightened by her that he said "ah" and almost escaped from the scene. He fell headlong into the pit!
Wei Yu's heart was so angry that he turned red and his ears were red. His heart was pounding. He let out a "poof" and scolded "You are a disciple" and immediately retreated like flying away.
Chen Xiaomu quickly held up the hem of his official uniform, took off his pants and squatted on the pit. After a storm, he suddenly felt that his whole body felt so comfortable as never before.
In the hut, Zhuang Tongzhi couldn't help but ask Chen Xiaomu: "Mr. Chen, who is this girl? Why are you so reckless? You broke into the hut and called you a scoundrel?"
Chen Xiaomu endured the stench in the latrine and had to say perfunctorily: "This woman is the catcher I just hired. She has a quick temper and is not familiar with the layout of the government office. She just broke in by mistake!"
Zhuang Tongzhi said dissatisfied: "Master Chen, with all due respect, this woman is impatient. How can she do such a delicate job as a police officer? It's better to quit as soon as possible!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded vigorously and said: "Yeah, let's try it out for two days. If it doesn't work, I'll fire her!"
Xie Jincai and Yuan Youfu here had chain cuffs on their waists and held water and fire sticks in their hands. As soon as they stepped out of the Xinjing government office gate, they saw Li Jiange come out of nowhere and greeted them with a smile: "Come in Wealth, blessing, look at you two boys in such a hurry, are you going on a business trip?"
Xie Jincai and Yuan Youfu quickly stepped forward, bowed and clasped their fists, saying, "Oh, it's the chief arrester. You're polite here."
Li Jiange smiled and waved his hand, and said tentatively: "Looking at the cheerful faces of you two boys, do you think this is a fat trip?"
Yuan Youfu spoke quickly and couldn't help but flatter him: "Master Chief Inspector, you are really good at predicting things. Master Tongjuan drank too much today, so he first sent Zhang Feijiao and Niu Xiaobao to the duck restaurant to catch the ducks in the store. We came back for interrogation, and now we are asked to arrest Mr. Wu’s sixth wife! Don’t you think this is nonsense?"
Li Jiange was surprised when he heard this: "Isn't Mrs. Wu, the sixth wife outside the Wu family, the one who suffered in this case? Why are you trying to arrest her now?"
Xie Jincai spread his hands and said jokingly: "Who knows what our master has in mind? He asked us to catch him, so we will catch him. In short, we are acting under orders, so if Yuan Wu is to blame, we can't be blamed either." On the head!"
Li Jiange shook his head: "No, you two need to think clearly. Although Chen Tong issued this arrest warrant, you two are real deacons. I am afraid that Wu Yuanwai will inevitably be angry with you two." !”
Yuan Youfu smiled sinisterly: "Chief Inspector, do you think we are so stupid? Brother Youcai and I had discussed it when we just came out of the government office. We first went to the Wu Family Casino to find Mr. Wu and tell him this in advance. He asked him to go to Lieutenant Zhuge to discuss the countermeasures, and then bring the Sixth Lady back to the lobby with Master Tongpan. You think this Yuanwai Wu has always been generous, so we told him in advance to let him be prepared. I think that not only will he not blame us, but he will certainly reward us with this meal!"
"Good boy, smart!" Li Jiange couldn't help nodding his head in praise after hearing this.
Then he suggested: "Why don't I go with you two to the Wu family's casino to find Old Man Wu? Yesterday I lost a whole hundred taels of silver in this old boy's casino. I have to take this opportunity to try to get it back!"
Xie Jincai and Yuan Youfu nodded together and said: "Okay, with the chief catcher taking care of him, the three of us must give that old boy a good deal today!"
