The executions of prisoners in the Tang Dynasty were usually carried out at the end of autumn. As autumn was coming to an end, Lu Dazhu was sent to the capital prison and put on death row, waiting in fear for the King of Hell to come and take him away.

However, since Lu Hechang, the head of the Criminal Department, quietly moved into Liuhe Village, the date of his death seems to have become more confusing and far away.

After all, the execution of prisoners happened to be the one in charge of the Ministry of Punishment that Lu Hechang was on duty. He came to Liuhe Village to investigate the case of the gods descending to earth, and the first person who discovered this case was Lu Dazhu, the rapist and murderer. In this way, he wanted to investigate

Before the case is fully investigated, how do you execute someone who is both a party to the case and someone who has knowledge of it?

"The execution of Lu Dazhu may not be possible by the end of this autumn." The night after Lu Hechang arrived in Liuhe Village, he stayed up all night thinking about the investigation and the next action plan. At dawn, he picked up the brush on the case table.

Write a letter to the Minister of Punishment, asking him to negotiate with relevant departments to suspend the execution of Lu Dazhu.

"What kind of business is this?" Two days later, Lu Hechang's letter was rushed eight hundred miles to the desk of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. After reading the letter, the Minister was very angry: "He has not been in the Ministry of Justice for only one or two days, and he doesn't even make such a point.

don't know?"

"Maybe it's necessary for the investigation." An attendant agreed. He knew that Lv Hechang's confidant, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, could only understand the Minister's words in reverse.

"Investigation requires the opportunity of the year." Shangshu shook his head: "There is no contradiction in the case that has been solved. Is it possible to change the time when he was killed with a stick?" Shangshu glared at the attendant and shouted.

"But this case is also part of the case of gods descending to earth. Before the criminals of the case of gods descending to earth are captured, people related to it cannot be killed with a stick at will." The attendant looked serious.

Shangshu said he was dissatisfied, but in his heart he still valued Lu Hechang's ability in handling cases.

In any case, this has become a potential line for Lu Dazhu, a death row prisoner, to live longer.

In this way, Lu Dazhu was taken out of death row and taken to Jiangnan Road to await Lu Hechang's re-investigation and trial.

Obviously, the two cases concluded between Magistrate Zheng and Cui Dushi last time do not count, and will have to be re-tried by Lu Hechang.

"This case must be closed together with the case of the gods descending to earth." Lu Hechang sneaked into the county government office at night on the third day after arriving in Liuhe Village, talked with the county government office for a long time, and finally said this.

"But this case has nothing to do with the case of gods descending to earth. How can you combine these two cases, which are basically the same case, for trial?" Although Magistrate Zheng was afraid of offending important officials from the capital, he handled the case on his own

Experience, I feel like I have no idea where to start.

"Isn't it Lu Dazhu who first raised this case?" Lu Hechang was very unhappy with Magistrate Zheng's confrontation.

"yes."

"Then is he considered an important role in this case?"

"According to Lu Gong's formulation, anyone who witnesses the crime becomes a criminal." The county magistrate found it unreasonable.

"Are you sure he is telling the truth?"

"Is he lying?"

"Are you sure that what he said is just the confession of an eyewitness?"

"Then according to Lu Gong's opinion, what role does Lu Dazhu play in this case of a god descending to earth?"

"That's what we need to figure out."

"You didn't go to the gods, but you came here to cause trouble." Magistrate Zheng didn't say anything, but in his heart he was very dissatisfied with this director from the capital.

Isn't this obvious? Retrying the case would be tantamount to denying the conclusion that the case had been closed. The result of the retrial might also include him, the county magistrate, in the case.

Now is the time when cruel officials like Lai Junchen are biting people everywhere. Many people are inexplicably accused of unfounded charges and suffer unjust injustice.

He didn't listen to Cui Jianfeng's words, and secretly approached the Taoist government, hoping to close the case as soon as possible. Instead, he attracted people from the Ministry of Punishment, who wanted to combine two unrelated cases. This made Zheng Taozi regret it.

"We should control this county magistrate and not let him go out casually." Yao Mingyang listened to their conversation. After they came out from the conversation, he said to Lu Hechang on the way back to Liuhe Village.

"Why should we control him?" Lu Hechang asked puzzledly.

"He does not agree with your opinion, indicating that he reported the case to the superiors just to close the case as soon as possible. But Cui Jianfeng has been slow to handle the case. He felt that the case was delayed and was very detrimental to him. That's why he reported it to the censor.

.Now that he sees that someone wants to combine this case with the already closed rape and murder case, he feels that the result of his reporting is counterproductive. In this way, he may negotiate with Cui Jianfeng."

"You mean that he will find Cui Jianfeng and let Cui Jianfeng know our whereabouts?"

"Yes."

"But he is the magistrate of a county, how can we control him?" Lu Hechang was a little embarrassed: "We didn't bring many people."

"Send a few people to keep an eye on him secretly. If he goes out, just keep him in the county office on the pretext of talking about something."

"This is difficult to do. We are in Liuhe Village and cannot control the county government."

"It's okay. I'll take a few people to stay at the inn in front of the county government office, and then I'll just bribe a government official to follow him."

"I don't think it's necessary, right?" Lu Hechang disagreed: "It's only a matter of time before Cui Jianfeng discovers us, so there's no need to hide it."

"It's better to avoid him in the early stage. It won't be too late to meet him after we understand the situation we are in."

"Well, you have to be careful."

"Okay. It is said that the inn called Chunlai is where Cui Jianfeng lived and where the three snitches lived. It's very mysterious."

"County Magistrate Zheng reported the situation to the superior, that is, Mr. Cui was dissatisfied because he delayed the case of the God who went to earth without a knot. I was thinking, why did Cui Gong not investigate and deal with it for so long?"

"Didn't he also chase the three snitches? It is said that they have had several confrontations with the snitches?"

"That's all superficial." Yao Mingyang shook his head and said, "Maybe they secretly colluded with the snitch to put on a show for us!"

"Don't make wild guesses about this kind of thing." Lu Hechang said noncommittally: "You can bring people to stay in that inn, but you must pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry," Yao Mingyang smiled: "Maybe the criminal we want to arrest is still living in that inn?"

"I heard that they are gods who made mistakes in heaven and were demoted. As a mortal, what benefits can you get from going to them? If they find out, you will be thrown into the Palace of Hell. Aren't you afraid at all?

What?"

"Then why aren't Cui Jianfeng and the others afraid?"

"Aren't they afraid to investigate the case for a long time? They have investigated it several times, but they have always suffered losses."

"Do you still believe their lies?"

"It's not a matter of belief or not." Lu Hechang said thoughtfully: "Cui Jianfeng stopped investigating the case. It is possible that he found that those criminals were extremely powerful and he was unable to deal with them and delayed taking action."

"Well, I'm going to live there and see what evil spirits there are." Yao Mingyang said with disdain.

"Okay then. You take two people to live there, and if anything happens, send someone to my residence to tell me." Lu Hechang was a bit superstitious. He didn't dare to stay at Chunlai Inn, but it was inconvenient to go back to Liuhe at night.
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