An hour later.
Suddenly, shouts came from far and near outside the county government gate. Qiu Batian's men who stayed behind in Zuixianju came to rescue them with weapons after receiving the news that Qiu Batian was arrested by the government office.
They thought that just like last time, they could take Qiu Batian back as long as they came to the Yamen to exert pressure.
As everyone knows, this was all arranged in advance by the head catcher Cheng Xiao, and the news was deliberately leaked to them in order to make them come and surrender themselves.
Sure enough, as soon as they entered the county government gate, they were all covered by a large net falling from the sky.
Immediately afterwards, without waiting for these people to react, the government officials came up with water and fire sticks and beat them wildly, until these people cried for their fathers and mothers, and kept wailing...
After beating a stick of incense for a long time, the big net was removed. Looking at these Qiu Batian's men, they had already been beaten with bloody heads and bruises, and they were miserable.
Cheng Xiao ordered his men to take them all to the South Prison, and at the same time, he counted the number of people against the list to see if any fish had slipped through the net.
In this operation, they not only want to capture Qiu Batian alive, but they also must not let go of any of Qiu Batian's men.
After the count was completed, all Qiu Batian's men were arrested, and the arrest operation went very smoothly.
"Go." However, Cheng Xiao knew that this was just the beginning, and immediately ordered a team of detectives, "Go to Zuixianju now and arrest all Qiu Batian's maids, servants, housekeepers, coachmen, etc. for interrogation! "
"Yes!" The detectives took the order and executed it immediately, taking their weapons and heading to Zuixianju.
Next is the most critical thing!
When he thought of the upcoming interrogation of Qiu Batian, Cheng Xiao thought of Xu Zhen. He took a deep breath and asked Fu Bin, "How is Xu Zhen doing now?"
"Well," Fu Bin shook his head, "You know how strong Shen Yu is. I'm afraid he won't be able to wake up for a while. Even if he wakes up, I'm afraid he won't be able to recover..."
"Hmph," Cheng Xiao snorted coldly, "I don't believe in such a coincidence. Go and get a basin of cold water, pretend that you don't care, pour it on him, and check whether it's true or not!"
"This... arrests the head, but..." Fu Bin said awkwardly, "Then Shen Yu has been guarding Xu Zhen, I'm afraid... I'm afraid it won't be easy, right?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll get her away later! If it doesn't work, just find a needle to prick him..." Cheng Xiao narrowed his eyes and was planning a trick against Xu Zhen, but suddenly the voice of the county magistrate Song Zhili came from behind him .
"Captain Cheng," Magistrate Song asked, "have everyone been arrested?"
Seeing the county magistrate arriving, Fu Bin stepped aside knowingly.
"We've caught them all," Cheng Xiao quickly answered with his fists clasped, "I have sent people to arrest the servants in Zuixianju. Please rest assured, not one of them will be missing!"
"Very good," Magistrate Song nodded with satisfaction, and added, "The criminals are here, and the next step is the interrogation! Mr. Cheng, please remember to make your confession clear and watertight..."
In advance, Song Zhili and Chen Houlu had already drafted a detailed confession. As long as Qiu Batian and his men could admit the corresponding charges, they could turn the black into white and turn the case of the murder of Old Man Li and his daughter into a mystery. Completely grafted onto Qiu Batian!
Of course, despite the large scale of the case, subjugation is a common tactic used by the yamen. From the magistrate to the yamen and the police, everyone is familiar with it.
"Don't worry, sir," Cheng Xiao said, "Everything has been arranged!"
"Hmm...that...Captain Cheng..." Song Zhili thought for a few seconds, then approached Cheng Xiao and whispered, "As for Qiu Batian, it is safer for you to interrogate him!"
"This..." Cheng Xiao's heart thumped. It seemed that Song Zhili had heard that he was planning to arrange Xu Zhen's affairs.
Old fox...
Cheng Xiao cursed in his heart. Song Zhili obviously didn't want to stay out of the matter. As long as he was given the task of interrogating Qiu Batian, it would be equivalent to completely dragging him down.
However, the county magistrate was his immediate superior after all, so Cheng Xiao had no choice but to agree.
"yes."
He said yes, but his expression was obviously full of resistance.
"Captain Cheng," Song Zhili naturally saw Cheng Xiao's thoughts, and immediately lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry and go to trial! To tell you the truth, I have received definite information, the Minister of Civil Affairs... has been suspended from duty for investigation. Got it!"
"Ah!?" Cheng Xiao was shocked again, and then he remembered the letter Song Zhili received before.
It turned out that the content of the letter was like this. No wonder Song Zhili was determined to catch Qiu Batian!
As a result, Qiu Batian has no backer, and the rest of the things will obviously be easier to handle...
"So," Song Zhili smiled slightly, "Don't have any worries anymore and go ahead and do it boldly! I'm sure that the person who framed Qiu Batian wanted to use this matter to completely bring down the Minister of Civil Affairs, so... if we... It’s not worth it to be implicated because of this matter!”
"Oh...I understand, I understand!" Cheng Xiao nodded vigorously. He naturally understood that as long as the Yamen pinned all the blame on Qiu Batian, they would be able to avoid disaster in this political game.
"but……"
However, Cheng Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and was just about to ask Song Zhili, when a dusty man suddenly ran in from the yamen door.
"Huh?" Cheng Xiao's eyes widened. It turned out that this person was the policeman he had arranged to go to Daguan City to investigate the situation. He hurriedly asked, "Xiao Lin, why are you back?"
"Captain Cheng, Mr. Song," the policeman named Xiao Lin hurriedly came forward, bowed and saluted, and then impatiently reported, "It's not good, we have found accurate information, those who complained... those who complained... ...Huhu..."
The visitor was out of breath, and Song Zhili hurriedly reminded him: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."
Xiao Lin hurriedly calmed down and then continued to report: "Sir, the army soldiers from the state capital are also coming! They will set off early tomorrow morning. There are army soldiers and county guards who want... to come to our place to deal with Old Man Li. case……"
"oh?"
Song Zhili was startled, and his brows instantly furrowed.
Joining the army is equivalent to the director of the provincial public security department, and the county code officer is the top leader of the mayor.
Logically speaking, to deal with such a county-level petition case, it would be enough for the county government to send a second-in-command, but now even the state government's army soldiers are involved, indicating that the matter has alerted the superiors, which shows that the situation is serious.
Daguancheng is only thirty or forty miles away from Yanping County. If we leave tomorrow morning, we can arrive on the same day.
"What is supposed to come will always come..." Song Zhili suppressed his excitement and went through the whole incident again, and then said to Cheng Xiao, "Captain Cheng, it's not too late. Tonight, we must Complete the interrogation and have everyone sign and confess their guilt!"
"Yes!" Cheng Xiao promised, his heart was also surging. After so many years as a police officer, he had never encountered such a difficult case.
"Also," Song Zhili added, "we have to make a statement. Once the confession is completed, we will issue a notice tomorrow morning to announce the viciousness of Qiu Batian and others, and then parade through the streets before the superiors arrive!! !”
"Ah? This..." Cheng Xiao seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he also knew that the situation had developed like this and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
"Okay," Song Zhili said, "In that case, let's get it done as soon as possible! I will go to Chen Xiancheng now to discuss tomorrow's reception..."
After saying that, Song Zhili turned around and wanted to leave.
"My lord, my lord..." Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiao suddenly stopped him and asked in a low voice, "Everyone else's crimes are easy to deal with, but... those two jailers... look..."
What Cheng Xiao meant was that since Old Man Li was killed by Qiu Batian's men, there must be a murderer, and the identities of the two jailers also became crucial.
Although they are innocent, it seems that they cannot be innocent now.
Unexpectedly, Song Zhili did not hesitate at all and said decisively: "Both of them were bribed by Qiu Batian, let them admit their crimes!"
"Oh..." Cheng Xiao's heart skipped a beat again. Although he knew that Song Zhili would not let the two jailers go, he never expected that he would be so cruel and decisive...
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