The next morning, at the gate of the county government office.
Song Zhili, Chen Houlu and a group of government officials stood in the middle of the road at the door, bowing their hands to the west and saluting. They waited until a carriage on the road gradually drove out of sight and the noise subsided before they straightened up.
However, the two county officials still looked extremely embarrassed.
It turned out that Sima Xin, who joined the army, and Cai Jin, the county governor, left the county government and returned to Daguan City. Song Zhili and others were seeing them off.
Before leaving, Sima Xin didn't say anything, and Cai Jin just shook his head, which meant that Song Zhili and the others were left to their fate and could take care of themselves.
Nowadays, Qiu Batian's case has become a solid case, and it is impossible to retract his confession again.
In other words, Song Zhili had completely offended the Minister of Civil Affairs, even though the Minister of Civil Affairs sent a message saying that he had severed his relationship with Qiu Batian and wanted the Yamen to handle the matter impartially.
However, the officialdom is dangerous and people's hearts are unpredictable. Who can know what the Minister of Staff really thinks?
Perhaps, he is waiting for promotion and can't care about it for the time being. But once he really enters the cabinet in the future and becomes a very popular minister, God knows whether he will settle the score with his wife?
And the most desperate thing is that even if the Minister of Civil Affairs really does not pursue the matter, Song Zhili has already offended his immediate superiors. Whether it is the county guard, the army, or the governor, he has offended everyone.
Therefore, one can imagine Song Zhili's state of mind at the moment, which was both fear and regret.
However, he also knew that regret was useless, so he turned from regret to hatred, became angry from shame, and shifted his target to Xu Zhen.
Yes, the person who hired the killer was the county magistrate!
When Song Zhili repeatedly thought about the whole process of being deceived, he finally realized that the problem might lie with this young detective.
On the surface, it seems that Xu Zhen just made a mistake in judgment and misjudged a personal grudge into a political struggle. But if you think about it carefully, there are many doubts. He seems to have done it deliberately.
Especially the crucial secret letter. It was obvious that someone imitated the friend's handwriting and changed the content of the letter, which finally prompted him to fall into the trap.
The most annoying thing is that I know I am being cheated, but because there are too many taboos, it is difficult to detect clearly. Even if I can find out, it will not help. I can only swallow the bitter water in my stomach.
Therefore, the more Song Zhili thought about it, the more annoyed he became. In the end, he was so angry that he took advantage of the fact that he knew the contact information of Dongyou Sanren and secretly hired a killer to get rid of Xu Zhen to relieve his hatred.
Originally, Cheng Xiao could have been asked to do this. After all, Cheng Xiao had a grudge against Xu Zhen, but the wily Song Zhili still did not approach him.
Because Song Zhili was worried that once he fell in the future, Cheng Xiao might reveal his dirty deeds in order to protect himself, which would be detrimental to him.
Therefore, Cheng Xiao did not know about the assassination of Xu Zhen.
"Alas..." At this moment, as soon as the two senior officials were sent away, Chen Houlu lamented with a grimace, "Now, we have thorns on our stools and knives on our heads. We can neither sit nor stand anymore. This is terrible." ...How to do it..."
Song Zhili rolled his eyes at him angrily and didn't bother to pay attention.
Now, the only thing they can do is to postpone Qiu Batian's case for a while, but they still have to think carefully about how to postpone it.
Soon, everyone returned to the county government office and entered the hall, but as soon as they entered, everyone was stunned on the spot.
But at some point, Huniu Shen Yu escorted two tied-up men in black to the center of the hall, facing everyone.
"this……"
Song Zhili was startled for a moment, then realized something, and then his eyes widened suddenly, and he was shocked.
"Xiaoyu," Chen Houlu didn't understand and asked, "What are you doing? Who are these two people?"
"Two adults, Cheng Baotou," Shen Yu clasped his fists and saluted, explaining, "These two people are wandering individuals from the East who kill without blinking an eye!"
"What? A wanderer from the East?" Cheng Xiao's eyes flashed with excitement, "Where did you catch him?"
As the county police chief, Cheng Xiao naturally knew about the existence of the Dongyou San people. These people were all wanted criminals with human lives behind them, and there was a large reward for catching them.
Cheng Xiao had always wanted to catch a few, but unfortunately these people were well organized and highly skilled in martial arts, so he couldn't catch them at all.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yu caught two of them at once, and Cheng Xiao was inevitably a little excited.
"They were caught at Xu Zhen's house," Shen Yu said. "Last night last night, these two people wanted to assassinate Xu Zhen, but I captured them!"
Oops...
When everyone heard this, they all exclaimed in surprise.
But if someone observes carefully, they will find that Song Zhili felt dizzy and almost fell down.
"What?" Cheng Xiao was even more incredible, "Xu Zhen's house? Kill Xu Zhen? Why kill him?"
"Where is Xu Zhen?" Chen Houlu asked, "How is he?"
"It's okay," Shen Yu looked at the crowd and was a little confused, "Huh? Senior Brother Xu Zhen came here early, why didn't you see him?"
"...Hehe..." At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly whispered, "It's really interesting. She caught the killer at Xu Zhen's house in the middle of the night last night. Does that mean they were together all night?"
"Hehehehe..." someone happily agreed, "Yeah, this man and a woman alone may be playing something, hehehehe..."
"You... you?" Shen Yu'er was smart and her face turned red when she heard these people's comments. She quickly explained, "Don't talk nonsense! Yesterday, Senior Brother Xu invited me to drink at his house, and his little wife was also there. …”
"Hehehe..." This time, the detectives laughed even more, "The younger daughter-in-law is here too, and now the elder daughter-in-law is here. Xu Zhenming is so good!"
"Hey," Shen Yu picked up a water and fire stick, pointed at the officers who made sarcastic remarks and said angrily, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"That's enough!" At this time, Song Zhili shouted loudly, "When has this happened and you still have the heart to joke? Shen Yu, cough..." Because of his excitement, he coughed several times in succession and asked, "You Are they all true? Have these two people confessed anything? Who wants to kill Xu Zhen? "
"I don't know about that," Shen Yu answered truthfully, "These two people were appointed by their superiors, and they don't know who their employer is!"
"Oh..." Song Zhili calmed down and his face looked a little better.
"Oops," Chen Houlu frowned, "Did I make a mistake? Xu Zhen is just a little catcher, who would care about him?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Houlu woke up the dreamer with a word, and Cheng Xiao instantly understood something. First he was shocked, and then subconsciously glanced at Song Zhili, his eyes full of fear.
However, he soon realized that he had lost his composure and hurriedly withdrew his gaze and lowered his head.
"No, no," Shen Yu said, "There is absolutely no mistake. These two people have admitted that the person they want to kill is indeed Senior Brother Xu Zhen!"
"Then... hehe... it's really strange," Chen Houlu still didn't notice anything unusual and said with a smile, "Such a big thing happened in the Yamen, and Xu Zhen still has the intention to invite you at home. Isn't this a bit deliberate?"
As a result, Chen Houlu's unintentional words awakened the dreamer again.
But this time it was Song Zhili who was awakened. His body trembled violently, and he realized with horror that Xu Zhen invited Shen Yu to dinner last night. Did he have expected that he would send someone to kill him?
This Xu Zhen... is too scary, right?
No, no...
Song Zhili silently made up his mind that Xu Zhen could not stay. Even if he could not be killed for the time being, he must be expelled from the government office!
Thinking of this, he didn't wait for Shen Yu to answer Chen Houlu's question, and immediately asked excitedly: "Where is Zhenren Xu? Where is he now?"
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