"What? You said that Zhou Chi committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime and hanged himself from a beam!"
Jia Yun's face suddenly became solemn, and she was extremely confused. She didn't believe such nonsense at all, and said, "Let's go and have a look."
It wasn't that he didn't think Zhou Chi had this motive, but how could there be any cloth in the prison for Zhou Chi to commit suicide?
Did the government officials who were guarding Zhouchi really not even remotely aware that something was wrong?
He just captured Zhou Chi today and asked Zhou Chi to explain the local gangster activities. Then Zhou Chi committed suicide by hanging himself from a beam. It was hard not to make Jia Yun suspect that someone was deliberately obstructing it and killing people to silence him.
Jia Yun also realized the true strength of these local snakes at this moment. He, a fierce dragon crossing the river, was in front of the local snakes. He was afraid that he would need to compete with them more before he could tell the difference.
After listening to Jia Yun's words, the yamen servant didn't say much and followed Jia Yun.
Not long after, Jia Yun came to the prison. He looked at Zhou Chi and Zhou Qiu who had committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and for a moment he hurriedly ordered: "Why is Zhou Qiu also dead?"
Those people looked at each other, and after a long time, they came up with a reason and said: "Zhou Qiu also hanged himself to death this week! Maybe the father and son made an agreement to go on the road together, so as not to be questioned by the queen!"
Naturally, Jia Yun didn't believe these people's lies, so she quickly said, "Open the cell door and let the prisoner come over for autopsy."
When they heard that Jia Yun was going to perform an autopsy, everyone's expressions suddenly changed, but they did not dare to embarrass Jia Yun, so they had no choice but to invite an experienced local prosecutor to do the autopsy.
When Wu Zuo came, he was also confused and didn't know what happened.
When Wu Zuo saw the corpses of Zhou Chi and Zhou Qiu, he said in shock: "This..."
Jia Yun glanced at Wu Zuo and said, "Go and see how he died and whether he committed suicide by hanging from a beam."
Wuzuo did not dare to disobey Jia Yun's authority, so he hurriedly went to Zhou Chi and Zhou Qiu, carefully inspecting their injuries. He only found something wrong in the subtleties, so he turned around and looked back. , facing Jia Yun, said: "Master Jia, they did not hang themselves from the beam. They should have been poisoned first and then hanged themselves from the beam."
After listening to Wu Zuo's words, suddenly, a yamen servant ran in from outside. He looked at Jia Yun with a horrified expression and said, "Mr. Jia is in trouble. Zhang, the prison guard who was guarding the prison, died suddenly and innocently today."
Seeing that things had developed to this point, Jia Yun couldn't help frowning and thinking hard about the deeper meaning: "First of all, Zhou Chi and Zhou Qiu were poisoned to death this week, and they pretended to hang themselves from a beam in order to get away with it. , and then killed and silenced the cell leader to avoid future trouble. It seems that the person who gave poison to these two people and created the illusion of committing suicide by hanging from a beam was the prison leader who was silenced."
For a moment, Jia Yun was also deeply aware of the dangers and unpredictability of this investigation, and she suddenly understood that the water inside was very, very deep.
Jia Yun glanced at everyone and then said: "Record this matter and wait for the next county magistrate to come and deal with it after he takes office. I still have the emperor's order, and I have to go to the capital to take charge of the disaster situation in the state. Official affairs Since you are here, I won’t keep any more. Go and fetch my thousand-mile horse!”
With that said, Jia Yun walked outside.
Everyone felt a little relieved when they saw that Jia Yun was leaving and investigating the matter in depth.
After all, the deeper the investigation goes, the more people die.
Jia Yun has a high position and no one dares to take action against him, but it is different for the people below them.
They were afraid of being killed in such a stupid way and being thrown out as scapegoats!
For a time, everyone's nervousness gradually relaxed.
Then Jia Yun rode her thousand-mile horse and set foot on the road to Fucheng again.
Jia Yun also saw a very miserable scene along the way.
Cao Cao's poems couldn't help but come to his mind: "White bones are exposed in the wild, there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, and hundreds of people are left behind, and the thought of them is heartbreaking."
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Jia Yun was not quite able to understand the content and artistic conception of this poem, but seeing it with his own eyes today made him heartbroken.
On both sides of the road, countless people fell to the ground and died.
There are even more crows and vultures hovering in the sky.
The land that had long since dried up had astonishing cracks. The fields were barren and there was no harvest.
The people still walking on the road were all sallow, thin, and exhausted.
Along the way, people kept falling to the ground, never getting up again, and closing their eyes forever. .net
Jia Yun couldn't help but slow down and get a deeper understanding of the situation here.
When she arrived at the next station, Jia Yun found that someone was following her behind her.
He pondered in his mind: "It seems that my whereabouts have been watched?"
The local snake is indeed a local snake. It has been rooted here for many years and has already become deeply entrenched. The network of power relations is intricate and intricate. It is really not an easy task to uproot it.
Seeing that she was being followed, Jia Yun did not panic, but stopped moving forward and went to the nearest inn to rest.
Jia Yun did not encounter any trouble this time, but everyone in the station obviously knew Jia Yun's identity, and there was something slightly wrong with her face and demeanor.
Jia Yun has no intention of killing such people.
Killing these people will not help.
Even if he kills him, others will come to stare at him.
So, Jia Yun came up with a plan to escape.
That night, Jia Yun changed her outfit, took her own baggage with her, and planned to sneak away from this place under the cover of night and walk the last part of the journey, so as to have a deeper understanding of the specific situation here and understand the people's sentiments, so as to be able to carry out the next step. Be targeted in your actions.
When Jia Yun left, the few people watching still hadn't noticed Jia Yun's disappearance.
Someone came over and asked, "Has Jia Yun left?"
One person answered: "He hasn't left yet, and his horse is still outside. Do you want us to kill his horse?"
The man said: "Confused! Even if we kill his horse, wouldn't he choose another way to get to the city? We are not going to rebel, but we can't handle this matter at the risk of killing the nine tribes."
One person asked: "Then we just stare at him like this?"
The man said, "The order you gave us is to keep an eye on him, see where he goes and who he comes in contact with, and report it on time. Don't make other things extraneous and cause trouble."
After hearing what this man said, everyone nodded and said no more.
Instead, he turned his head and continued to stare at Jia Yun, taking turns guarding the local inn, for fear that Jia Yun would escape.
