After the crowd dispersed, the situation over there was completely revealed.
This is a corner where you enter the hall on the second floor from the stairs. As soon as you pass in and out, you will notice something strange.
At this moment, behind the white marble pillar, a pale-faced corpse was lying on his back. Apart from the bruises on his face, there were no signs of struggle. It looked more like he had been poisoned to death. There was still a bit of black in the blood. .
Li Yong's eyesight was amazing. Even at this distance among the separated crowds, he could clearly see the condition of the corpse over there. Looking at the face of the deceased, his eyes suddenly flashed.
Isn't this the same person he met in the dispute in the stairwell when he went to the latrine?
And it was the thin, sinister-faced middle-aged man who should have returned directly after dismissing the other big man.
Unexpectedly, when Li Yong turned around, he saw his death state.
Naturally, he immediately thought that the strong man was the murderer, but when he glanced back, there was no reason why he couldn't see the other person's obvious features here, so it had to be that he wasn't here.
Did you kill someone and then run away?
Or, the murderer is actually someone else.
"Who died?" There was inevitably someone whispering nearby, and Li Yong immediately listened.
"He is Wu County Lieutenant's brother-in-law, Handa, the team leader of the county government office. He is usually in charge of anti-theft and public security..."
"Oh, I'm afraid some enemy did this secretly?"
"Who knows? His position has offended many people, and everyone is suspected."
"Everyone is suspected, but there are probably only a few who dare to take action, let alone in this situation."
"Then it depends on how our magistrate will deal with it..."
When Li Yong heard this, he thought about it silently.
Taking the official system of the Song Dynasty as an example, as a rule, a county had at least four officials appointed by the court, namely the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, and the county captain. In addition, there could be an additional town commander according to the situation ( Village) official.
"Every town is placed in a crowded place under its control, and supervisors are set up to take charge of fire bans or wine taxes. Fortresses are placed in dangerous places to control the area, and fortified officers are set up to recruit native troops and practice martial arts to prevent thieves."
The Huarong in Water Margin has this position. Although he is an official of the imperial court, the people he commands are not considered official troops, but only "militiamen."
As for Song Jiang's custodian, he was a "little clerk" who handled official documents and files under the chief bookkeeper.
As for Wu Song's position as Dutou, at this time it was actually called Bantou, an official under the county lieutenant who was in charge of public security, anti-theft and other matters.
If we apply the terminology of later generations, the corresponding ones are basically the director and the captain. However, the squad leader and the custodian are all the magistrates and county lieutenants who can make decisions at a single word, so the magistrates actually belong to their benefactors.
It was the work of the local magistrate that Wu Song was appointed as the capital after fighting the tiger. Therefore, he finally killed Pan Jinlian, Wang Po and others, and went directly to the county government office to capture them without causing trouble for his benefactor.
As a large county, Qiantang County only has one county captain, but the county captain naturally has more than one or two squad leaders serving. Each squad leader has more than a hundred people, and the entire "officers and soldiers" of Qiantang County There are almost four to five hundred.
Of course, in fact, according to the military system of the Song Dynasty, there were no so-called officers and soldiers at all in the local area, but there were varying amounts of troops stationed in each area.
Qiantang belongs to the Liangzhe Road Road Administration Hangzhou Prefecture. In the third year of Chunhua, the military number was changed to Ning Haijun Jiedu.
In the play, it was Ning Haijun's judge who called Zhao Pan'er over, and Sister Song held the cylinder for him, and was eventually forced to fall from the building and die tragically.
Therefore, these people in Qiantang County are more accurately called yamen or official servants.
The government officials in these county governments mostly do some security and anti-theft work on weekdays, and do not participate in military operations.
Just because Qiantang has been plagued by banditry in the past two years, it is troublesome to dispatch troops and generals according to the Great Sending, and it is impossible for Ning Haijun to be stationed here at any time, so Yu Zhixian and Wu County Lieutenant declared to Jiedu Mansion to be the county center. If they can protect themselves, some of the government officials will be treated as Xiang troops to train and defend the army.
I don't want to kill many enemies, but I want to be able to hold on for a while longer at the critical moment until Ning Haijun arrives.
Therefore, in addition to leaving more than a hundred people in the county to maintain public order, Lieutenant Wu of County now leads the rest of the people out to guard the entrances of various wharfs and canyons.
As for the leader of Han Dahan, as the brother-in-law of the county captain, he was regarded as a relationship household that was tacitly approved by the county magistrate.
What he received was actually a group of part-time workers hired by each family after consultation with the county government. After all, the security in the county still needed manpower for this.
However, he may have been a bit domineering in his daily behavior, and the man himself was easy to offend others, so many people did not find his death surprising, and felt that it was reasonable and happened sooner or later.
It's just that the timing is not appropriate, because it will not only slap Yu Zhixian in the face, but also make the wealthy men in Qiantang County feel in danger. If they are forced to unite, this may not be what some people are happy to see.
Therefore, Li Yong felt that this might not be due to anyone's plan, but more like a murderous act based on impulse.
Of course, third-party forces that want to sit on the sidelines cannot be ruled out.
This small Qiantang County seems to be undercurrent.
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Magistrate Yu was also interrogating at this time, and he was undoubtedly in a bad mood.
Originally, on this Mid-Autumn Festival reunion night, everyone was invited to enjoy the moon, compose poems, eat some filial piety, and find a good son-in-law. Everyone was happy.
But this sudden fate disrupted his plan and made him feel a great loss of face.
The magistrate held a banquet and something like this happened. No matter who it was, it was a slap in the face.
Not to mention, the one who died was Wu County Lieutenant’s brother-in-law. How to explain to him later?
Lieutenant Wu County did not attend the dinner, but in fact there was a tacit understanding between the two parties, and his brother-in-law was a key point of contact between the two parties.
Now that he is gone, the loss is not just superficial.
Yu Zhixian turned around with a gloomy expression and suddenly asked: "Who discovered the body first?"
"Yes...it's a villain..." A timid young man in civilian clothes stood up and suddenly became the focus of everyone. He trembled and almost couldn't stand.
But despite the attention of everyone, he still had to continue: "The villain is the waiter here. This uncle Han came up from below to find the villain and go in to get some wine. The villain saw that he was waiting here. If he was looking for someone, he quickly went in and got a jug of wine for him.
"Who would have thought that after we brought the wine, Uncle Han ended up like this not long after he drank it..." As he spoke, he himself felt that he was doomed. He collapsed on the ground and begged: "You really don't know anything, you villain." , the wine was also taken out directly by the villain, and many people could see it.
"How can a villain imagine that this is what happened to Uncle Han after he drank. This is none of the villain's business. Qiuzhi County knows everything clearly. Qiuzhi County knows everything clearly——"
"Hmph! Take him down first and postpone the interrogation. What did Wu Zuoke find out?"
"Reporting to the county magistrate, Leader Han was indeed poisoned and died, but we don't know whether the poison was in the wine. We still need to take it back for further testing..."
"Oh?" Yu Zhixian glanced at the dog next to him who was still jumping around after drinking. His eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything more.
