Five days later, both sides of the official road were crowded with people who came to see him off.
When they learned that the county magistrate Song Zhili was about to leave Yanping and go to Qizhou to take office, the people all spontaneously dragged their families and brought gifts in hand to send them off. The queues even stretched several miles away.
Many people took out the only good things at home and planned to give them to Magistrate Song, but Magistrate Song would not accept them.
Since Xu Zhen did not agree to accompany him, Song Zhili finally had to take away the head catcher Cheng Xiao and several close government officials.
"Master Qingtian! We can't bear to leave you..."
"Yes, you have made us live a good life, and we will never forget your great kindness..."
"If all our Daxuan officials are like Mr. Song, the country will be rich and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. Why should the country not be prosperous..."
When Song Zhili walked through the crowd, the people knelt down one after another and shouted "Master Qingtian". Many people cried loudly, reluctant to part with such a good official who was not afraid of the powerful, fair and honest.
At this moment, Song Zhili had never felt such grand treatment, and his eyes were moist with emotion.
In his excitement, he quietly took out a piece of paper, and what was written on the paper was the line Xu Zhen left for him:
"Water can carry a boat and also capsize it."
Seeing these eight words, he felt that he had sublimated again and realized more deeply what was the foundation of his career as an official.
So, when he finally reached the end of the line and was about to get on the bus, he couldn't help but give Xu Zhen a meaningful look!
Xu Zhen seemed to be able to sense his deep meaning, and immediately bowed and clasped his fists, respectfully saluting goodbye.
People often say that grudges disappear when they look at each other and smile. The two of them didn't smile, but the grudges disappeared.
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After Song Zhili left Yanping, the old county magistrate Chen Houlu took office as the Yanping county magistrate and also served as the county magistrate.
The first thing Chen Houlu did when he took office was to announce in public that Xu Zhen would succeed Cheng Xiao as the arrester, and the county government arrester would be named Xu from now on.
Chen Houlu is not stupid, of course he knows that Song Zhili was fooled around before, all thanks to Xu Zhen.
But it is precisely because of this that Song Zhili was able to achieve what he is today.
Therefore, Xu Zhen cannot afford to offend himself.
Moreover, there are still many important things to make decisions in the future, and he also needs Xu Zhen's help.
It is undoubtedly the most appropriate for Xu Zhen to be the chief arrester of the county government.
The second thing Chen Houlu did after taking office was to deal with the aftermath of Cui Xiaotian.
This time, unlike Qiu Batian, there was no way to compensate the victims due to a fire at Wansheng Casino that destroyed countless IOUs.
What's more, the situation was chaotic at that time. Although the Yamen later sealed off the scene and ransacked Cui Xiaotian's home, a large amount of property was still damaged or lost, so the Yamen didn't gain much from the raid.
It is said that Cui Xiaotian's most valuable properties are all in Daguan City, but Chen Houlu obviously does not want to wade into that muddy water again, so he can only leave those benefits to Han Wentao and his gang.
In fact, the common people suffered mainly from those IOUs. Once the IOUs were burned, they no longer had to worry about the huge gambling debts. This was considered a kind of compensation.
Of course, Chen Houlu was a tactful person. After listening to Xu Zhen's opinion, he immediately took out part of the proceeds from the house confiscation and rewarded it to the Yamen servants and police officers in order to win people's hearts.
The yamen and police officers were rewarded based on their merits, and the least one received was more than a hundred taels of silver. Naturally, they were all delighted.
If they encounter the same thing again in the future, they will definitely work harder.
Humans are a very strange animal. Chen Houlu was already very old and wanted to retire from office every day, but now he was so proud and renewed after being promoted to county magistrate that he even stopped drinking wolfberry tea.
The next day, he was busy moving his aunt and his family into the Yamen and lived in Song Zhili's house, so that his aunt could officially become the county magistrate's wife.
As for his lovely wives and concubines, in order to avoid being talked about, they still live in their original places for the time being.
Chen Houlu travels back and forth every day and enjoys it.
However, although Song Zhili left, the Yamen has been very busy.
First, the family members of Magistrate Tong came to identify the body.
After Chen Houlu explained the cause and effect, the family members naturally refused to give up and insisted on an explanation from the county government. They also threatened to go to the Songzhou government office to file a complaint, etc. The commotion was very serious.
Chen Houlu wanted to lose money and avoid disaster, but Xu Zhen solved the matter with just one move, which was to summon most of the family members of the Ghost Faced Killer case and have the family members of the victim confront the family members of Magistrate Tong.
As a result, the victim's family almost ate the family members of Magistrate Tong alive, which scared the family members of Magistrate Tong and ran away.
However, although Magistrate Tong deserved his punishment, his body did suffer a lot. It was later dug out from the soil of the ruined temple...
The matter had just come to an end, and the poisoning and murder case in Yaochang Village was finally reported to the county government.
Baozheng took the criminal Meng Zhicai and a group of witnesses to the county government office to report the crime. Along with them were the seven corpses!
Due to no previous communication, Chen Houlu did not know that the case was also related to Xu Zhen.
A family of seven was poisoned, which was undoubtedly a major case, so Chen Houlu quickly called Xu Zhen to handle it.
After seeing Xu Zhen, the people traveling with him, including Meng Zhicai himself, were all surprised. They never expected that Xu Zhen turned out to be a yamen agent.
Of course, Meng Zhichao and his wife were the most surprised because Xu Zhen had told them before that he would come to the county government office to find a man named Xu Zhen for help. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen was talking about himself.
Therefore, after handling the case and taking the criminal Meng Zhicai into custody, Xu Zhen called Meng Zhichao and his wife to the arrest room and had a detailed discussion with them.
Xu Zhen said that next, he would study and investigate the mass poisoning incident in Yaochang Village three years ago.
However, the case must be kept absolutely confidential, requiring Meng Zhichao and his wife to keep quiet and secretly collect information for Xu Zhen to prepare for future investigations.
The couple naturally wanted it. Their futures had been ruined by the mass poisoning case and they were tortured to death. Now that they finally had the opportunity, they would naturally try their best.
After sending the couple away, Xu Zhen couldn't help but think of a person and an animal.
The person is, of course, Miss Li Chan'er from Tianxiong Escort Agency;
I haven’t seen you for a few days, and I don’t know how Miss Li is doing now?
The animal was the white fox they had seen together in the woods!
To be honest, when Song Zhili revealed Cui Xiaotian's secret, Xu Zhen once thought that disaster was bound to come and there was no way to escape.
Therefore, at that time, he also had some doubts, thinking that the white fox was indeed a bit ominous.
Fortunately, there were twists and turns later and he escaped.
Now it seems that I am still more willing to believe the prophecy that Qi Yunzheng said:
But do good deeds and don’t worry about your future!
Therefore, Xu Zhen secretly made up his mind that once he finished handling the official matters at hand, he would find a reason to go to Yaochang Village to investigate...
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