In one morning, the Jingnan County government office rang five times, all of which were related to theft cases three months ago.
With so many owners coming together to express their grievances, how could it be possible to say that there was nothing fishy involved? By observing the expressions of everyone in the hall, he saw that Zhang Xiancheng and others showed no surprise at all, and even looked at him with gloating many times. From this, Zhu Pingan
He knew very well that Zhang County Cheng and others must be behind all this.
However, Zhu Ping'an checked the case and court hearing records at that time and confirmed that the owners had indeed come to the Yamen to report theft three months ago. This was a serial theft case with no clues and no witnesses. At that time, there was no hope of solving it.
There is no end to the mystery, not to mention that all the files are now "lost".
The day before yesterday, I forced the prisoners to go on holiday; today, Zhang Xiancheng and others deliberately chose such a serial theft case to encourage the owners to come forward to complain... They were fighting back.
This is to make yourself look disgraced and embarrassed.
interesting.
Zhu Ping'an slightly raised the corners of his lips. Fighting with the sky will bring endless fun; fighting with the earth will bring endless fun; fighting with humans will bring endless fun...
Although there is no file, there are still court trial transcripts at that time. Zhu Pingan ordered the secretary to read the court trial transcripts of that day and read them. Through the trial transcripts, Zhu Pingan also had a more detailed understanding of this serial theft case.
Of course, in order to prevent the "lost" case of files from happening again, Zhu Ping'an ordered Zhang Danian, the jailer of the execution chamber, to submit a file registration archive to understand the filing status of the files. Well, coincidentally, one page of the archive submitted by Zhang Danian was torn off
Yes, looking at the date, it happened to be when the serial thefts occurred.
Zhu Pingan stretched out his fingers to pinch the remnants of the missing pages of the archive book. He looked up and down and saw very fresh tear marks. He couldn't help but look at Zhang Danian with the corners of his lips curled up. Zhang Danian lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhu Pingan.
, sweating profusely, but thinking of Zhang Xian Cheng's promise, Zhang Danian forced himself to straighten his back and look at Zhu Ping'an.
"Zhang Dianli, please explain to me, what's going on?" Zhu Pingan fiddled with the remaining pages with his fingers and asked with squinted eyes.
"This, this...this is because the case file on this page was kept by the previous magistrate, so the previous magistrate tore up this page." When Zhang Danian answered Zhu Ping'an's question, he felt very unconfident and started to answer.
He stumbled and his eyes wandered from side to side, not daring to meet Zhu Pingan's eyes.
"Did the previous magistrate tear it off?" Zhu Ping'an couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Such fresh tear marks..."
"Lord County Lord, the tear marks look fresh, but they are actually very old. The reason why they look fresh is mainly because we kept the archives well." Zhang Danian explained stiffly, swollen his face and pretended to be fat.
"Keep it well?"
Zhu Ping'an smiled silently, stretched out his hand and flipped through the archives. The inside was wrinkled and torn, and there was no trace of it being well kept.
"Lord County Lord, don't you suspect that Beizhi tore up the archives on purpose? It has been ten years since Beizhi came to the county government. There has never been a day when he has not worked conscientiously and conscientiously. Beizhi dared to guarantee it with his head. This page is absolutely true.
It was indeed torn off by the former magistrate, and it was definitely not a despicable act. Please take a closer look, Lord County Magistrate." Zhang Danian's lie was exposed in front of his face, and his face instantly turned as red as pig liver, but his whole body acted as if he had suffered a loss of life.
As if he was facing an unbearable injustice, he raised his voice excitedly and swore an oath on his head, filled with righteous indignation.
When a liar's lie is exposed, he often likes to use his voice and hysteria to cover up. This behavior is often self-defeating, but makes his lie clearer and more vivid.
Such is the case with Zhang Danian.
The corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth curled up, watching Zhang Danian's exaggerated performance as if he were watching a play, and then said with a smile, "It turns out that Zhang Dianli has been working in the county government for ten years. He works diligently and conscientiously every day."
', It's not easy, then you should take a rest, I will give you a 'long vacation' in a few days..."
"Thank you for your kindness, Lord County..." Zhang Danian breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and straightened his waist even more.
Humph, it is true as Zhang Xian Cheng and Chief Yao said, this little county magistrate is from outside. If he wants to secure his seat, how can he do it without us locals? Without us, he is just a bare county magistrate and nothing.
Yeah. Even though he is a county magistrate, as long as we hug each other, he has to give in. Just like today, if he sees what he can do, he has to swallow this breath and even use holidays to win over me.
"Punishment? Oh, how dare he?! Let me tell you, the county magistrate didn't even dare to mention it, and he still wanted to give me a holiday." After Zhang Danian returned to the execution room, he went around bragging about his heroic deeds in the head-on game with Zhu Ping'an.
Everyone was encouraged and became more confident in driving away Zhu Pingan.
While Zhang Danian and others were colluding, Zhu Ping'an had already taken Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and six other people to visit and investigate the place where the serial thefts occurred. Because the court records were limited, it was impossible to solve the case based on this, otherwise the serial thefts would have occurred.
The case will not be shelved until now. It is necessary to conduct on-site investigation and visit to find clues to solve the case.
Zhu Ping'an led Liu Mu and others to visit the five stolen persons one by one to learn more about the situation and inspect the crime scenes. Through the interviews, it was found that although the five stolen persons were located in two villages, they were not far apart and were located across two villages.
The roads in the village line both sides.
However, due to the passage of time, most of the crime scenes were destroyed and not many clues were obtained.
Zhu Ping'an also visited the neighbors of the burgled person and asked if they had seen any suspicious persons on the day of the crime and in the days before.
"If there's anything suspicious, it's that my dog is suspicious. My dog usually bites strangers when they meet them, but that night was really strange. The dog didn't bite at all."
"Zhang Mazi from the village head is very suspicious. He usually deducts some money, but a few days he just buys meat and eats it."
"Suspicious person? In the past few days, traveling businessmen came to my house to ask for water, and even praised my cattle for their water quality..."
"Zhang San is such an honest person. He had a quarrel with his wife that night. We all went to break up the quarrel. When we came back, the sheep was lost..."
"That night, I was confused and heard the sound of a car passing on the road behind me, but I didn't take it seriously. When I woke up, I heard Lao Liu saying that the donkey had been stolen. We went to check and there were ruts on the road behind the village.
, all the way to the village head."
"There's nothing suspicious. It's been a long time and I can't remember clearly..."
...
Zhu Ping'an got a lot of information during his visit, and there were many useful clues, but they were quite messy.
Considering that the stolen items are cattle, sheep, donkeys and other living animals, the target is relatively large and difficult to hide privately. After the thieves steal it, they will definitely sell the stolen goods as soon as possible in order to avoid being discovered. To this end, Zhu Pingan also visited villagers, butchers, and township livestock markets.
, inquire carefully about the trading situation of cattle, sheep and donkeys during the incident, and look for further clues.
...
At the end of the day, my legs were almost broken, but fortunately, I gained a lot.
Zhu Pingan listed, analyzed, and eliminated one by one, and finally sorted out twelve suspects. However, because too much time has passed, many clues and evidence have been destroyed. Based on the existing clues and evidence, it is impossible to continue.