At dawn the next day, the Yanping County Government issued two urgent notices.
One is about Cui Xiaotian's charges and trial. It was announced that he would be paraded through the streets three days later and executed in Lingchi.
The other article is about the truth about the Ghost-Faced Killer, announcing to the public that the Ghost-Faced Killer case thirteen years ago was an unjust, false, and wrong case. The real Ghost-Faced Killer is called Li Zhun!
Seeing the notice, Yanping County was boiling again.
The common people naturally celebrated Cui Xiaotian's trial with loud gongs and drums, as if they were celebrating the New Year. The level of celebration was far greater than when Qiu Batian was asked to be executed.
The case of the Ghost Faced Killer also caused an uproar in the streets, especially for the families of the victims, who were extremely concerned.
So, on that day, the Yanping County Government presided over a public trial by the county magistrate Chen Houlu, and publicly announced Li Zhun's crime of murdering seven girls. Only then did people know the ins and outs of the case.
At the same time, Qi Yunzheng's crime of killing Magistrate Tong, Lu Yusheng and Liu Sanyang was also held in a public trial. However, due to the complexity of the case, Qi Yunzheng's sentencing was temporarily postponed.
However, Qi Yunzheng was already satisfied and had no regrets in his life, because under his witness, the Yamen officially vindicated Qi Dalang and proved his innocence.
In the crowd, a middle-aged woman cried secretly. This person was Qi Yunzheng's second sister Qi Qiaomei. Her mood was undoubtedly the most complicated.
Although the eldest brother's revenge was avenged, the second brother has since been imprisoned, and his life and death are uncertain.
Originally, in their plan, Qi Yunzheng was able to escape in the end, but Qi Yunzheng changed his mind due to Buddhist precepts and finally gave up on escaping.
As a result, Qi Qiaomei had mixed feelings and began to wonder if this revenge plan was worth it?
The trial of the Ghost Faced Killer made the families of the victims extremely excited. Firstly, they thanked the Yamen for handling the case impartially and upholding justice. Secondly, they inevitably hated the Tianxiong Escort Agency.
Therefore, they gathered a large number of people that day and went to the Tianxiong Escort Bureau to protest, hoping to get an explanation from Li Sixiong.
However, when they came to the escort office, they found that the building was empty, the door had been demolished, the plaque had been smashed, and it had long been in ruins.
It turned out that after the escorts of Tianxiong Escort Bureau learned that the ghost-faced killer was Li Sixiong's son Li Zhun, they had already anticipated that the collapse of the Escort Bureau was inevitable, so they divided things early and disbanded on the spot.
Some of the escorts who didn't get anything good even smashed the escort agency's plaque in anger...
The downfall of Li Sixiong heralded the death of three of the four major bullies in Yanping County. For the common people, happiness seemed to come too suddenly, and no one knew how to celebrate other than beating gongs and drums.
Three days later, Cui Xiaotian was executed by Ling Chi, still on the bank of the Gu River in the southern suburbs.
Due to the holy decree, Cui Xiaotian's accomplices were all sentenced to severe punishment, so Cui Xiaotian's son Cui Meng and a number of important subordinates were all sentenced to be executed, as many as twenty of them!
As a result, the ground on the banks of the Valley River was stained with blood, and it would only be washed away when the river water rises in the coming year...
As the saying goes, when a person has a thought, everyone in the world knows it. If there is no reward for good and evil, there will be selfishness in everything.
Cui Xiaotian violated the laws of nature and caused the death of countless people. Today, he can be regarded as reaping the consequences.
Unlike previous visitors from the Ministry of Punishments, Eunuch Lan, who was in charge of the Li Supervisor, did not live in seclusion and refused to see visitors. During the three days, he refused to refuse anyone who came, and successively met with officials of all sizes, headed by Han Wentao, and received many "small gifts."
However, this Eunuch Lan is indeed very experienced. No matter how he talks to the other party, he is always flawless. He does not let the other party take away any information and almost never says a single useful word.
Moreover, Eunuch Lan paid no attention to the case and only supervised the execution symbolically, without even glancing at the files.
However, Eunuch Lan seemed to have a preference for Song Zhili. Before leaving, he told Song Zhili to do a good job and not to live up to the high expectations of the Holy Emperor.
Song Zhili was naturally flattered and expressed his loyalty.
After seeing off Eunuch Lan and his party, Han Wentao also left Yanping County on the same day since there was no value in staying.
In this way, a devastating disaster was reversed, and it seemed that suddenly, the yamen returned to its former peace.
However, Song Zhili, Xu Zhen and others all knew that they had formed a relationship with Liang Zi, the governor of Han Wentao, and the current peace was only a temporary peace.
After Qiu Batian Wen Zhan and Cui Xiaotian Ling Chi, their guilty men were successively escorted to Daguan City to await their sentences.
The pressure on the Yamen's South Prison finally dropped sharply, and it was no longer as overcrowded as before.
Currently, the only most serious prisoners held inside are the ghost-faced killer Li Zhun and the monk Qi Yunzheng.
Since the case of the Ghost Faced Killer is very involved and needs to be confirmed by many family members, it is still under trial.
As for Qi Yunzheng, Song Zhili planned to write a petition and use Qi Yunzheng's status as a monk to exempt him from the death penalty and only sentence him to be exiled to the army.
However, this love letter requires Sima Xin's approval, but now that Sima Xin has returned to the state capital with Han Wentao, he plans to postpone the matter.
Of course, he will soon go to Qizhou to take up a post, so this matter can only be left to Chen Houlu.
At this moment, in the inner hall, Song Zhili screened everyone away, leaving only Xu Zhen talking in the room.
The topic of the conversation can be imagined. Song Zhili invited Xu Zhen to go to Qizhou with him and asked Xu Zhen to be his staff.
"Look," Song Zhili analyzed, "I hold the golden peach in my hand, so they dare not touch me, but if I leave like this, there is no guarantee that he will be harmful to you!
"Why don't you come with me? In the future, I will help you get rid of your lowly status. In the future, you can also find an official position and honor your ancestors. Wouldn't it be great?"
Xu Zhen had already anticipated Song Zhili's invitation.
Although the two of them had a history of grudges, and although Song Zhili was played around by Xu Zhen, the final result proved that Xu Zhen's judgment and strategy were correct.
Especially through Song Zhili's unauthorized confession of Cui Xiaotian, Song Zhili realized even more that Xu Zhen, a young detective, was more stable and long-term thinking than him.
If you take Xu Zhen with you, it will naturally make him even more powerful.
However, Xu Zhen's considerations are different.
He did not deny that following Song Zhili would indeed allow him to move up the hierarchy faster, and even have the opportunity to gain access to the center of power in the future.
However, he also knows that haste makes waste.
Xu Zhen is not worried about the pressure he will endure in the future. What he is most worried about is actually Song Zhili.
Song Zhili once sent someone to assassinate him. Secondly, Xu Zhen discovered that although Song Zhili was a scholar, there was an elusive evil spirit in his bones.
He is not greedy or evil, but he always hides his selfishness at critical moments. Xu Zhen really can't rest assured following such a person.
Of course, Xu Zhen knew how to be flexible. He did not directly reject Song Zhili's kindness, but said to Song Zhili:
"Master Song, it is precisely because you went to Qizhou that I should stay to prevent those people from doing harm to us." Xu Zhen said sincerely, "Don't worry, once the crisis is over and everyone is safe, I will leave for Qizhou immediately Come to you!"
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(End of chapter)
