The next day, Xu Zhen was even busier, running around the county all day long, continuing to collect information about Qiu Batian through various means.
This Qiu Batian is indeed a perverted bully, robbing men and dominating women in Yanping County, bullying the villagers, and doing all kinds of bad things.
Moreover, this person is violent and has a perverse personality. He does not need a reason to bully others. As long as he is in a bad mood, he will definitely vent his anger.
The two Jiaofangsi girls that Xu Zhen saw on the carriage that day were brutally ravaged and tortured. They were just Qiu Batian's normal behavior.
Although it was true that what happened to Ailian was not his fault, the bad things he had done were not much different.
In order to obtain more information, Xu Zhen also deliberately found the old housekeeper whose leg was broken by Qiu Batian.
The old housekeeper has now become a beggar and lives in a thatched hut under the south wall of the city. He is helpless and very pitiful.
Although the old housekeeper is old and a little confused, he still remembers Qiu Batian's affairs and will never forget them in his life.
He told Xu Zhen that the reason why his legs were broken by Qiu Batian back then was because Qiu Batian insisted on killing the original owner and his family after occupying Zuixianju Restaurant.
Unable to bear it, he quietly let the boss and his family go. This made Qiu Batian furious, and he broke his legs and expelled Qiu's family.
Hearing the old housekeeper's words, Xu Zhen understood a lot of things instantly.
First of all, Zuixianju was not created by Qiu Batian, but was occupied by force. The same was true for several other restaurants.
Secondly, the experience of this old housekeeper is very similar to that of young detective Xu Zhen. They both caused trouble because they were soft-hearted and saved others.
Next, Xu Zhen asked the old housekeeper many things, and the old housekeeper answered everything he knew and told Xu Zhen without reservation.
Anyway, he is an old beggar who is dying and no one cares about him, and he is not afraid of Qiu Batian's revenge.
Unexpectedly, as Xu Zhen listened, he actually got an extremely crucial piece of information from the old housekeeper.
Because of this piece of information, he felt more and more that something was wrong with the case of Old Man Li and his daughter. It seemed that there was a huge conspiracy hidden behind the known facts of the case...
After that, Xu Zhen became even busier. He first went to Jinxiu Study Hall to discuss matters with his second cousin, and then went to Xuanwu Academy to learn about the situation.
Xuanwu Academy is the best academy in Yanping County. It has produced many successful scholars and is very famous throughout Daguan County.
Therefore, many scholars from other counties come here to study here and spend a lot of money to study here.
Xuanwu Academy and Jinxiu Study are separated by a wall. There are handsome men to the east of the wall and beautiful women to the west. As the saying goes, opposites attract each other, so naturally they often interact.
The absolute look that Xu Zhen faced yesterday was caused by a certain scholar who was specially created for the pretty girls. His purpose was to take advantage of the opportunity of embarrassing the pretty girls to increase his attention.
Unexpectedly, this pair was matched by Xu Zhen by mistake.
Today, Xu Zhen's second line happened to be circulated in Xuanwu College, and the scholars were all vying to discuss it.
However, they still don't know that the person who can stand up to such an absolute opponent is actually the little catcher in front of them.
It's a pity that Xu Zhen had a good opportunity to show off, but this time he came to Xuanwu Academy to do business. With his identity as a police agent, he quickly found useful information.
Next, Xu Zhen rented a carriage and went to a suburban inn with his second cousin...
It was getting late, Xu Zhen finally finished everything, and then returned to the county office to report.
As soon as he entered the county government office, he felt that something was wrong. The entire government office was filled with a rare and murderous atmosphere.
When I entered the arresting room, I saw a crowd of people. Almost all the arresting officers were here, and their faces were extremely solemn.
"Brother," Hu Niu Shen Yu's voice came from the group of police officers, "You're finally here! Where have you been? Something happened, something happened!"
"What's wrong?" Xu Zhen looked around and found that two people were missing. The arresters Cheng Xiao and Chen Tiefeng were not present.
"You don't know yet, right?" Shen Yu hurriedly pulled Xu Zhen aside and said, "Senior Brother Chen was beaten by Qiu Batian's gang, and his legs were broken!"
"Ah?" Xu Zhen was surprised, "Which Senior Brother Chen?"
"It's Chen Tiefeng!" Shen Yu replied, "I heard that Senior Brother Chen went to the Jiaofang Division to investigate the case, but for some reason, he was beaten indiscriminately by a group of people. Later I found out that those were Qiu Batian's. subordinates.
"Oh, poor Senior Brother Chen, it would have been better if he had taken me with him..."
oh……
Xu Zhen frowned slightly, and he quickly thought that Chen Tiefeng's beating was probably related to him, because he had stolen Chen Tiefeng's name for several days.
I'm afraid, Qiu Batian also blamed Chen Tiefeng for having the cold water thrown on him, right?
This Qiu Batian is really capable, and he actually dares to attack the police.
"Oh, that's right!" Shen Yu remembered something and hurriedly reported to Xu Zhenhui, "Brother Xu, we have completed the task you gave me and Fu Bin. We have convinced more than ten people who are willing to testify in court. Na!"
"Oh? So many?" Xu Zhen was about to give a thumbs up, but when he saw the embarrassed expression on Fu Bin's face next to him, he immediately understood that there might be something wrong with Xiaoyu's words.
"It's a pity..." Sure enough, Shen Yu added, "After I brought these people to the Yamen, Chief Cheng asked me to let them all go."
"Why?" Xu Zhen was puzzled.
"Cheng Baotou said, said...said..." Shen Yu looked a little shy.
"Captain Cheng said," Fu Bin couldn't bear it any longer and continued, "Only those who can be persuaded..."
Fu Bin didn't dare to say the rest.
But Xu Zhen already knew that it must be: "Those who are defeated do not count!"
Oh, what a cute tiger girl...
"Xu Zhen!"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the door, which shocked the police officers in the house to immediately silence themselves.
Turning his head to look, he saw that the one who shouted violently was the head catcher Cheng Xiao. He walked in angrily and came directly in front of Xu Zhen.
It looked like he was going to eat Xu Zhen.
And just behind Cheng Xiao, the county magistrate Song Zhili and the county magistrate Chen Houlu also appeared one after another.
The two adults also had solemn expressions and sullen expressions on their faces.
"Xu Zhen, what are you doing?" Cheng Xiao asked, "I asked you to investigate the case, but you can't even find him?"
Xu Zhen had long expected this scene, and immediately replied calmly: "Reporting to Chief Cheng, I'm just going to investigate the case?"
"Don't be pretentious here," Cheng Xiao said angrily, "You encouraged Shen Yu to arrest witnesses. What kind of intentions are you doing? You clearly know that those people will not be able to testify in court. Isn't this obviously adding to the chaos?"
"That's it... that's it," Fu Bin hummed from the side, "We were tricked so badly by him that we spent a whole day arresting witnesses..."
"Xu Zhen," Cheng Xiao continued to question, "didn't you say that it wouldn't take three days to solve the murder of Old Man Li? It's already the second day, what did you find out?
Originally, Cheng Xiao felt that Chen Tiefeng's beating might also have something to do with Xu Zhen, but he had no choice but to bring up the old matter again because there was no evidence.
"Oh," Xu Zhen replied with a serious face, "I'm coming back now, isn't it just to report this matter?"
"What?" Cheng Xiao narrowed his eyes, "Did you really find the murderer? How did I hear that you didn't even go to the South Prison?"
"Haha..." Xu Zhen smiled faintly, turned to the county magistrate Song Zhili and said, "Actually, when the elder gave me the order, I already knew who the murderer was! I also knew what method he used to kill Li Killed by an old man.”
"Oh?" Song Zhili wanted to keep his attitude, but when he heard Xu Zhen's shocking words, he couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you tell me who the murderer is?"
As a result, after asking, Song Zhili saw Xu Zhen's eyes flashing and realized that Xu Zhen wanted to take a step to speak.
It seems...
Song Zhili couldn't help but frown, because he already had a premonition that the truth about Old Man Li's murder might not be suitable for too many people to know...
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