Chen Zhi's eyes fell on the leader, the black-faced official who was wearing a seventh-grade light green official uniform. He was not angry but looked a bit gloomy at first glance.
He was extremely timid when seeing an official. Even though Chen Zhi had already risked his life and was so bold as to kidnap the jailer and a minor official, when he saw the official appear, his eyes couldn't help but flash and his tone became even more cowardly.
"You, who are you?"
The next moment, Chen Zhi raised his head and shouted:
"I want to see the prefect Qingtian!"
Matthew, the seventh-rank official of the Huaiyang Prefecture, took a step forward. The frightening triangular eyes on his thin face fell on the knife that Chen Zhi pretended to chop off with force.
Matthew stopped and asked calmly:
"What crime did you commit? Why did you ask to see the prefect?"
Behind him, Liu Weikang, the ninth-rank warden, was dressed in a light green official uniform. He looked honest and honest. At this moment, he couldn't help but trembled all over. He wanted to speak, but finally looked at Matthew's back in fear and said silently. move back.
At this time, Chen Zhi hurriedly said: "The villain Chen Zhi was falsely accused of murdering a whole family, and was unjustly imprisoned."
"I know that kidnapping the jailer is a capital crime, but I am not willing to die with such a crime, so I take the risk and hope to meet the prefect!"
The words fell.
The policeman and the government servant behind Matthew looked at each other strangely.
Jailer Li Si was trembling all over and looked at Chen Zhi in disbelief.
Matthew frowned and his expression turned gloomy, making Chen Zhi's hand holding the knife tremble.
The sharp horizontal knife scraped off some flesh on Zhang San's neck, and blood immediately dripped and infected the neck collar.
Zheng Ming, who was standing behind everyone, put his big hand on the shoulder of Liu Weikang who was about to retreat, making the other person tremble all over.
Liu Weikang's face was as white as paper, and he looked at Zheng Ming imploringly. He raised his hands and shook them, and whispered: "Zheng Bad Lieutenant, I will be grateful if you let me go!"
But Zheng Ming was unmoved at all. The hand on his shoulder fell on Liu Weikang's neck, like squeezing a chicken's neck, making Liu Weikang's eyes filled with despair.
Zheng Ming looked at the jailer's clothes on Chen Zhi and then at the jailer Li Si standing in front of him, and a hint of anger emerged in his heart.
Ahead, Matthew thought about the files on the family extermination case in his mind, but there was no such person as Chen Zhi.
He turned around to search for Liu Weikang's figure, and saw the cowardly eyes and Zheng Ming restraining Liu Weikang. He nodded.
Matthew then looked back at Chen Zhidao: "I already know this, so I should fulfill your wish. Put down the knife and follow me to the government office."
Chen Zhi, with tears of excitement in his eyes, said gratefully: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"
The moment he removed the knife.
Then he remembered what Ye Qing said, his eyes immediately focused, and the knife returned to Zhang San's neck.
Prisoner Zhang San, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, fell into despair again before he could even shout out the happy cheers of surviving the disaster.
I saw Chen Zhi shaking his head in surprise and saying: "I don't believe you, you officials are protecting each other. I have to see the prefect Qingtian before I put down my sword!"
Suddenly, everyone frowned.
As he spoke, Chen Zhi stepped forward, grabbed Zhang San by the back of his collar, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Stand back, I want to get out of this prison, or I want this jailer to die with me!"
Wow!
The policemen and government officials who had been motionless originally drew their swords and stepped forward to surround Chen Zhi when Chen Zhi refused Matthew's order and provoked the government officials.
Chen Zhi's expression immediately changed, and he couldn't help but use the knife with some force.
"Master Ma, help me!" Zhang San felt the blade of the blade slightly sinking into his flesh, and the slight pain made him unable to help but plead.
Glancing at the hopeless Zhang San with disgust, Matthew raised his hand, stopped talking, and walked out.
The policemen and government officials immediately retreated.
Seeing this, Chen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Zhang San by the collar and walked forward.
When Matthew passed by the restrained Liu Weikang, he said coldly: "I hope you only did this stupid thing."
Liu Weikang suddenly turned pale, closed his eyes in despair, and let Zheng Ming squeeze his neck and sneak out.
On the streets with constant flow of people, people stopped to watch.
Chen Zhi shed tears of excitement when he saw the sunshine again.
Not long after, Chen Yuming in dark official robes appeared in front of the prison: "I am Chen Yuming, the magistrate of Huaiyang. Tell me all your grievances!"
Bang!
The horizontal knife in Chen Zhi's hand fell to the ground, he knelt down to Chen Yuming and cried in grief:
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I've met the Qingtian magistrate, please ask Qingtian to redress the grievances of the common people!"
…
Two quarters of an hour later.
In the government office Mingtang.
Chen Yuming, who was sitting in a high position, was furious and slapped down the gavel heavily in his hand.
Snapped!
"Take the jailer Liu Weikang into prison and conduct a thorough investigation of the jailer."
"Also bring Li You, the squire of Sanlangmiao Village, to the court!"
"Yes!" The detective clasped his fists and bowed, followed the order and left.
Chen Zhi, who was in tears of gratitude, kept kowtowing.
"Thank you, Magistrate Qingtian, for redressing the grievances of the common people!"
Chen Yuming looked at Chen Zhi with pity and couldn't bear to say:
"Chen Zhi, let's not forget that you killed a whole family just to frame the whole family. You held the jailer hostage with the intention of escaping from prison. The charges are conclusive. Can you plead guilty?"
"The common people plead guilty. The common people know that this behavior violates divine laws and regulations, and they are willing to die to apologize."
Chen Zhi pressed his forehead to the ground and sincerely accepted his crime.
The law has no mercy, so Chen Yuming sighed and said in a calmer voice:
"I thought you were forced to help me find the cancer in the government office. You also sincerely confessed your guilt. If you were framed, it was true."
"I will exempt you from the death penalty and assign you to Ning Guta. You will serve in hard labor for three years. At the end of the three years, you will be reinstated!"
Chen Zhi's expression changed drastically, and his face looked ashen.
Ninggu Pagoda is located in the north of Shenqi, on the border, far away from Huaiyang. It is possible that Chen Zhi buried his body on the way to Ninggu Pagoda.
If you are lucky enough to survive, you can reach Ninggu Pagoda, where the summers are hot and the winters are cold, and you are often ravaged by the barbarians from the north. You will either die in labor or in the flames of war.
All in all, there is not even one prisoner in the Ninggu Pagoda inspired by God.
However, Chen Zhi's eyes showed hope.
Not one in a hundred will survive, but in the end someone will survive.
"Thank you for your grace!"
As soon as he finished thanking him, Chen Zhi couldn't help but think of Ye Qing who gave him advice, and his heart moved.
He kowtowed again and shouted:
"The grassroots reported to the magistrate Qingtian that there is another person in the prison where the grassroots are imprisoned, who has suffered the same injustice as the grassroots."
Chen Yuming frowned and looked at the promoter Matthew with dissatisfaction.
The latter directly bowed his hands and said:
"If a lower official makes an oversight, he is willing to be punished."
"After the punishment, I will definitely deal with the punishment. Now I want you to bring the person who Chen Zhi said was wronged to the court first."
Chen Yuming laughed out loud when faced with the confession from his confidant.
Matthew, who knew it well, bowed his hands again and turned to leave.
Zheng Ming, who was standing in the corner of Mingtang, trembled all over and his eyes became serious.
He thought to himself: "Ye Qing, you are really a smart person!"
