"ah!?"
After hearing the news, Cai Jin stood up from his chair in shock and accidentally knocked over the teacup.
Wow…
The teacup suddenly shattered on the floor.
"Madman! What a madman!"
Sima Xin was also incredulous. Although he already had a prediction after hearing the words "water can carry a boat and capsize it," he really couldn't imagine that Song Zhili would do such a crazy thing. .
"Is this guy addicted?" Cai Jin rolled up his sleeves, "I came here once when Qiu Zhennong was here, and now he comes again?"
"Alas," Sima Xin said frantically, "it seems that we have really underestimated his love for his son. He is not trying to punish Cui Xiaotian for attacking the county government, but he wants to dig out all his dark history. To cause public outrage is... this is to prevent us from stepping down!"
"Oh...I understand," Cai Jin suddenly realized, "What he said before does not count for the governor, and he does not count for it. It turns out that he is asking the common people to stand up and speak!"
"When he issues a notice like this," Sima Xin said gloomily, "the common people will definitely respond and come to the county government one after another like last time to complain. In this case, how can we let him go?"
"It's bad," Cai Jin felt guilty. "If the governor is blamed, how can we explain it? Lord Sima, do you think there is any remedy for this?"
"Tsk, tsk..." Sima Xin started thinking, thinking hard, and murmured to himself, "I'm afraid it can't be stopped, but... this Song Zhili, he doesn't want to live anymore, right?"
"I think he's tired of living!" Cai Jin complained, "I just can't understand that a broken monk, who has skin peeling and cramps, and has been subjected to ten tortures, are you still afraid that he won't tell the truth?"
That's because... Sima Xin said in his heart: That's because the one who was kidnapped was not your child!
However, Cai Jin's words still reminded him that Cui Xiaotian was a big deal, but the ghost-faced killer case behind Cui Xiaotian didn't seem to be a trivial matter, right?
broken!
With Song Zhili's current madness, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress the case of the Ghost Faced Killer.
As a member of the army in Songzhou, he was in charge of the prison. If this case was found out, it would definitely cause trouble to the superiors, and he would also be blamed.
what to do?
Thinking of this, Sima Xin clenched the handle of the knife and began to consider whether he should lead people to attack the South Prison and forcibly release him?
As long as... the lives of the county officials are not harmed, does it mean that I am not breaking the law?
As a result, as soon as he thought of this, someone under his command came to report quickly.
"Lord Sima, it's bad, Wansheng Gambling House is on fire!"
"What!?"
The two of them were shocked again.
"Everything... is burned out, the fire is very strong!" The visitor reported, "But it seems that no one was burned..."
It’s over…
Sima Xin sat down slumped, and immediately released his grip on the handle of the knife.
It’s no use!
He knew clearly that once Wansheng Casino burned down, the people in the city would definitely believe in Cui Xiaotian's downfall. At this time, even if he was forcibly released, it would not help.
If not, you might get yourself into trouble.
So...at this time, what I should be thinking about is not how to remedy the situation, but how to evade responsibility.
Of course, it is not difficult to evade responsibility. You only need to tell the facts to the above, and then you can sit back and watch what kind of tragic end this crazy Yanping County Magistrate will have in the future, right?
Thinking of this, Sima Xin calmed down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea to calm down his shock.
"Lord Sima..." But Cai Jin remained anxious and asked hurriedly, "You have to think of a way..."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, another subordinate hurriedly entered the room and reported to Sima Xinhui: "Sir, it's bad, something happened! Something happened!"
"What happened again?"
Originally, Sima Xin thought that Song Zhili's madness was over and that he would not be surprised by anything again. However, after his subordinates finished reporting, he was still so angry that he flew into a rage, screamed and threw the tea cup in his hand to the ground. , smashed a piece of powder into pieces...
…
Earlier, Zuixianju.
Sima Xin and Cai Jin arranged twenty followers here to guard them closely.
Because, since Qiu Batian was sentenced, they had already gathered all Qiu Batian's valuable belongings scattered everywhere here.
Originally, there were many benefits to running a house raid, and they could have taken advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. It's a pity that Qiu Batian also has a second uncle who is a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so they don't dare to be too showy.
Therefore, we can only collect the things first and wait for the governor's order before moving.
The reason why Sima Xin kept emphasizing to Song Zhili about Qiu Batian's house raid was to hint to him that he wanted to transport the property away.
At this moment, the guards were standing guard when they suddenly saw hundreds of civilians rushing towards them from the opposite side.
At the front, there is also a young policeman wearing official Yamen uniform.
The young catcher was none other than Xu Zhen.
"Stop!" When the guard saw these people trying to rush into Zuixianju, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop them and shouted, "This is not the place for you to come, get out of here!"
"What? Get lost?" Xu Zhen took out an official document and said arrogantly, "You are the ones who get lost! Let me tell you, I came to distribute Qiu Zhennong's property on the order of our county magistrate, Mr. Song. .
"Have you seen these people?" He pointed at the hundreds of people, "These people are all victims of Qiu Zhennong's misappropriation of their family property! Look at this..." He shook the roster again, " This is the encroachment list that we verified one by one based on the trial results and then registered it. It has names, amounts, reasons, and fingerprints...
"So...you know what I'm here for, right?"
"What?" the guard raised his saber, "You are under the orders of the county magistrate, we are under the orders of the adults who join the army. You are nothing like a small county magistrate! Let me tell you, this is something that has been seized by the state capital. You are an old man. How many? Get out of here!"
Hearing the commotion, the other guards all gathered around, all arrogant and with their nostrils in the sky.
"Seizure by the state capital?" Xu Zhen said with a smile, "Okay, what about the seizure certificate from the state capital?"
"This...this..." the guards hesitated. They were just following Sima Xin's orders, so how could they have state certificates.
"Okay, fellow villagers," Xu Zhen said to the victims, "They said it was from the state capital, but they didn't have official documents from the state capital. I was from the county government, but I had official documents from the county government.
"Forget it, we can't afford to offend them. It seems that you won't be able to get compensation, so let's break up!"
After saying that, he stood aside and waited for the show to unfold.
"What? Broken up? Those are all our properties that were robbed by Qiu Batian." Sure enough, the victims were naturally excited. "We have been ruined by Qiu Batian. We can't get any compensation back." ?"
"That's right," the other one raised his arms and said, "This is what the magistrate promised us!"
"Isn't that right? Doesn't he have credentials?" Another person found the problem, "How can you say he is from the state capital without credentials?"
"So what if it's from the state capital?" Someone said anxiously, "It's only natural that we get back our lost property, it's none of their business..."
"Oops," the person behind said crisply, "What nonsense are you talking to them about? Beat him..."
"Yes... beat them up, go ahead!"
With a command, hundreds of victims rushed over together, and the guards were quickly blown away like leaves in the torrent...
Seeing the guards fleeing in despair, Xu Zhen stood up high and shouted to everyone:
"Fellow folks, let's go back to the trouble, but I'm going to say something ugly first. I have a compensation list that you have fingerprinted. You can receive compensation, but you can't receive more or less. It must be implemented according to the list.
"If anyone disobeys the command and wants to take more of it," he pulled out his sword, "don't blame me for being rude!"
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