"Master Cha, this is Mr. Zhao from our iron field. He is here to pay a visit to the county magistrate." The team leader next to Zhao Yutu said, "These people tied with ropes are all important criminals of the government. If Master Cha doesn't believe it, you can find the wanted criminals in the past." Portraits to compare.”
"People from the iron yard!" The leading officer frowned and immediately said to a small government officer next to him, "Go over and see if those people tied up are the criminals wanted by the government."
The little yamen servant responded, walked down the stone steps in front of the yamen gate, and came to the tied people.
Seeing the people tied up with ropes in front of them, all of them had bruises and swollen faces, and looked miserable. One of them had lost all his teeth. At first glance, they were taken care of.
Fortunately, I can still barely see some of its original appearance.
The little yamen officer walked up to the third kidnapped person, stopped suddenly, looked at him carefully with a puzzled look on his face, and suddenly said in surprise: "Evil man-eating tiger, you are the man-eating tiger Cheng Yao, you are in the execution room." Wanted portrait!"
"That's right, it's me, grandpa." The man spat viciously.
The little yamen servant took two steps back in fright.
Another tied man next to him sneered: "You don't have to look at each one one by one. I can tell you right now that every one of these people has a life lawsuit."
The little yamen servant raised his head and glanced at the person who spoke, and immediately said in surprise: "You, you are a night owl, you killed Zhang Yuan, the night owl who was the disciple of Min Xiucai."
"Yes, it's me." Zhang Yuan sneered.
The little government servant walked quickly past the dozen or so tied up men from Xujiazhuang.
Some of these people he remembered, and some he didn't know at all. Among the people he remembered, almost all were important criminals wanted by the government, but they had been on the run and had not been arrested.
Those people I have never seen before all have sinister faces and fierce looks on their faces, and they don't look like good people at first glance.
After checking the number, the little yamen officer returned to the stone steps of the yamen and whispered: "Yes, many of them are wanted criminals who have posted notices."
At this moment, an official came out of the yamen and said with dissatisfaction: "What's going on? I've been sitting in the lobby for a long time, why don't you bring people to the lobby."
As soon as the yamen drum sounds, no matter what the county magistrate is doing, he must go to court for questioning.
The people guarding the yamen gate are all strong class officers, whose status is lower than that of the soap officials on the standing shift. Facing the soap officials who come out, they unconsciously look shorter.
The leader of the Nazhuang class officer said: "It will be ready soon. There are too many people complaining, and my subordinates are about to take them into the lobby."
"Hurry up, don't keep me waiting." The official said impatiently, and then glanced at Zhao Yutu and others outside the Yamen, then turned and returned to the lobby.
Since he was not here to cause trouble, the leader of the Zhuangban officer said to the other officers around him: "Open the door of the office and bring the person who complained to the court."
Zhao Yutu got off the horse and walked towards the lobby.
The dozen or so men from Xujiazhuang who were tied up were escorted towards the Yamen.
Arriving in the lobby, Zhao Yutu saluted Guo Binchang, who was sitting behind the desk, and said, "Student, I have met the county magistrate."
"Why is it you!" Guo Binchang frowned, with a trace of dissatisfaction on his face.
The bandits beat the yamen drum to complain, which made him, the county magistrate, feel uncomfortable. He felt that the people in Hutou Village were too ignorant. If they had anything to say, they could not say it in private, but had to say it in court.
Zhao Yutu said: "Sir, our guards at the iron yard accidentally caught several important criminals wanted by the government. Their crimes were recorded one by one by the students. Your Excellency will know it at a glance."
As he spoke, he took out the folded paper from his sleeves and handed it over with both hands.
Master Jia came over, took the paper, returned it, and handed the paper to Guo Binchang.
Guo Binchang opened the paper, raised his eyes, and immediately frowned.
The fonts on it had light ink and weird fonts, which made him, a Jinshi who came from the imperial examination, feel like he saw a piece of shit. Any child who had been in school for two years could write better than the words on the white paper.
The content on the white paper was written by Chen Daqing. He has only been able to read and write for half a year, so it is already very good to be able to write like this.
Although the writing is not very good, the content is clear. What each person has done is clearly marked on it.
Soon, Guo Binchang read the above content, slammed his palms on the table, and said angrily: "This is really unreasonable. I will definitely punish such a vicious person severely."
"Your Excellency is wise." Zhao Yutu praised.
Guo Binchang was very satisfied with the gift from Hutou Village.
If the content on the white paper is correct, these people will become a major achievement of his as the magistrate of Lingqiu County. More importantly, these people committed the crime during his predecessor's tenure and had nothing to do with him. Now they are arrested by him Come on, he only has merit but no fault.
"Make a copy of the contents above, and put the criminals who are escorted here into prison, under strict supervision, and let the people in the execution room compare the portraits with them." Guo Binchang ordered, and at the same time handed the white paper to the document sitting at the desk for recording. .
The writing on the white paper Zhao Yutu brought was really ugly, so he gave it to the clerk to make a new copy for his confession.
He did not doubt the problems of these people. The people in Hutou Village did not need to go to great lengths to recruit irrelevant people to deceive themselves.
"Quit!" Guo Binchang was stunned.
Master Jia, who was standing aside, shouted loudly: "Quit!"
"mighty……"
The soap officials standing on both sides of the lobby repeatedly poked the ground with water and fire sticks in their hands.
Guo Binchang left from the side door of the lobby.
Master Jia looked at Zhao Yutu and said, "Mr. Zhao, please go to the back hall and wait for a while."
Zhao Yutu nodded and went to the back hall accompanied by Master Jia.
Not long after, Guo Binchang came to the back hall and changed from his public clothes to regular clothes.
Zhao Yutu stood up from his seat, bowed his head and said, "Sir."
"Sit down." Guo Binchang waved his hand to Zhao Yutu to sit down, with a smile on his face and he could tell he was in a good mood.
By arresting so many wanted criminals at once, as well as some of the murderers of major unsolved cases, it can be said that he, the magistrate of Lingqiu County, gained a political achievement in vain, which was only much more than his contribution to the annihilation of Hutou Village.
In particular, the Wang Wu mentioned in the confession was a horse thief who robbed Zhuangzi, the king of Dai. This one person alone could compare with the total success of the annihilation of Hutou Village.
Zhao Yutu said: "Sir, actually, the student is here and there is something else he wants to report to you."
"What's the matter? If it's not serious, just tell Master Jia." Guo Binchang picked up the bowl of tea sent by his servant and took a sip.
Seeing that Hutou Village is so sensible, he decided to help Hutou Village to solve the problem as long as it was not a big deal. After all, the better the development of Hutou Village, the more money he would make.
Zhao Yutu looked solemnly and said: "Do you know where these criminals brought by the students were caught?"
"Where?" Guo Binchang asked.
Being able to catch so many wanted criminals at once, he was also curious about how the people in Hutou Village did it. It was important to know that these people had either disappeared for a long time, or no one knew that they had committed major crimes.
Zhao Yutu pointed in a direction with his finger and said: "Zhuangzi outside Xujia City."
