"Xueshi Su, do you know about this matter in Luoshan County?"
In the lobby of the Runing government office, the prefect Liu Qichang asked Su Hao as if he was going to call for an attack.
"Back to Magistrate Liu, I just heard about it." Su Hao responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. He knew that Liu Qichang was more frightened than angry now, because when Li Zhi and the others searched Xinglong Gambling House, they found a lot of information about Liu Qichang and Liu Qichang.
Unfavorable evidence for his minions. At this time, Liu Qichang pretended to be like this just to scare him so that he could stop his attack as soon as possible. Since he had big names in his hands that could make Liu Qichang timid, Su Hao naturally did not have to panic.
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"Xueshi Su, the imperial court sent you to Runing to investigate the land. How did you find out about the gambling house? Even if you want to investigate, you still have to inform the local government, right? This imperial official has the power to interfere in local government affairs.
, is illegal." Liu Qichang slapped a big hat on Su Hao.
Su Hao said: "Prefect Liu's words are wrong. What happened in Luoshan County was purely accidental. I have not been involved in it so far. How can I talk about monopolizing power? The news I received is that the gamblers at Xinglong Gambling House in Luoshan County were involved in the crime.
Questioning the croupier's cheating, he got into a quarrel with the steward of the casino, which turned into a fight, resulting in the tragic death of 8 people and the injury of more than 100 people. It happened that the first unit of the survey battalion under my command was passing by, so he took action to stop it in time.
Got into a fight.
From beginning to end, I was not involved in this matter, and my subordinates only performed their duty to maintain local peace. When Magistrate Liu sent someone to summon me, I thought Magistrate Liu wanted to thank me.
An official, but unexpectedly, he questioned what he did as being illegal, so where do we start with this?"
Su Hao's words were perfectly said. When he said the last sentence, he was just trying to disgust people. He slapped people in the face and waited for them to thank them. How about not bullying them like this? When Liu Qichang heard this, he just
I felt a breath welling up in my heart, almost wanting to vomit blood, but I couldn't find a meaningful word to refute Su Hao.
It turned out that after hearing about the incident at Xinglong Gambling House, Luoshan County Magistrate Tan Yizhong sent his government officials to investigate. It turned out that Xinglong Gambling House was surrounded by soldiers from the survey camp and no one was allowed in or out. After several negotiations, Mr. Qian Zhang Yunlong only said that
People from Luoshan County were refused entry on the grounds that they had not received orders from their superiors, so Tan Yizhong didn't know what was going on inside.
As the protective umbrella of Xinglong Gambling House, Tan Yizhong certainly knows that many things in the gambling house cannot be exposed to the light. Now the entire gambling house has been sealed by the Kanyu camp. The account books and personnel inside are all controlled by the Kanyu camp. Eventually, it will
It was impossible to predict how many loopholes would be revealed. In desperation, Tan Yizhong had no choice but to send someone on a fast horse to report the news to Liu Qichang. After receiving the news, Liu Qichang urgently summoned Su Hao, but he knew nothing about the cause and effect of the matter, so he was sued by Su Hao.
I choked up a few words and had nothing to say.
Su Hao said that the gambling house incident was purely accidental. Liu Qichang thought on his heels and knew that this was an excuse. When the gambling house was fighting, a force of nearly a thousand people from the Kanyu camp happened to appear nearby. How could such a coincidence happen?
? It was clear that they set up a game, and then took advantage of it and closed down the gambling house. As for why Su Hao attacked a gambling house, Liu Qichang could naturally think of the reason, but Su Hao's attack was accurate and powerful.
Liu Qichang was secretly frightened.
"So, I have misunderstood Academician Su?" Liu Qichang said.
Su Hao said: "Prefect Liu is too polite. We all serve as officials in the same court. We all want to share the worries of the court and benefit the people. If there is any misunderstanding, please don't misunderstand me."
You pretend, you keep pretending! Liu Qichang held back his anger, tried to make his tone calmer, and said: "Xueshi Su, there is something unclear in my office. Hasn't the army under your command already arranged a camp for them to be stationed in Ru?"
Outside Ningcheng, why did you end up in Luoshan County?"
This incident also made Liu Qichang feel depressed. These days, he sent people to keep an eye on Su Hao's every move, but did not pay attention to the movements of the survey camp. An army of nearly a thousand people ran to Luoshan County.
He, the prefect, knew nothing about such an important matter, nor did he know how the people below him did intelligence work. If he had known about the movements of the survey camp earlier, he could at least have told his subordinates to be careful, so as not to let the survey team
Is it easy to win the camp?
In fact, this can only be blamed on Liu Qichang's overconfidence. He never thought that the army could still take on the task of handling cases. Su Hao turned his team into a work team, but Liu Qichang still had the mindset that the soldiers were just a bunch of rough men.
, so I didn’t even realize that I needed to pay attention to the trends in Kanyu Camp.
Most of the survey camp had already left the camp and went deep into the countryside. Officials in various states and counties also knew something about this situation, but no one thought that this information needed to be reported to the prefect. Think about it, the chief official who came down to handle the case every day
While drinking and having fun in Runing city, a few soldiers went to the countryside, probably just to have fun. Do you need to bother the prefect with such a trivial matter?
Hearing Liu Qichang's complaint, Su Hao also lamented Liu Qichang's hindsight. He replied: "Prefect Liu doesn't know something. I have two responsibilities during this trip to Runing. One is to serve as a servant to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
On the order of the Ministry of War, I came down to understand the people's livelihood. The other was on the order of the Ministry of War, to lead the survey battalion to complete the map surveying of the entire Runing Prefecture. To survey and map the entire Prefecture of Runing, it is natural to go all over the Prefecture of Runing."
"So, you are also going to other prefectures and counties in Runing Prefecture?" Liu Qichang asked.
Now that things have happened, Su Hao no longer needs to hide it. He answered calmly: "It's not that I'm going, but that I've already gone."
"Already gone!" Liu Qichang almost jumped up from his chair, "How could I not know?"
"This is a matter of military aircraft. It is inconvenient to inform Magistrate Liu." Su Hao said.
Liu Qichang suddenly felt an inexplicable fear. Unknowingly, the other party had extended its tentacles into the whole territory of Runing, but he was unaware of it. This time, the accident happened in Luoshan County. Who knows when
The same thing will happen in other counties. What does Su Hao want to do? Is he really trying to turn Runing upside down?
"Xueshi Su, the Xinglong Gambling House matter has been calmed down thanks to your army's help. Now that the situation is under control, can you please ask Xueshi Su to issue an order to have your military generals in Luoshan hand over the relevant criminals to Luoshan?"
County, with clear and upright laws?" Liu Qichang decided not to go around in circles with Su Hao. He wanted to quickly resolve the Luoshan matter, and then issued a secret order to other states and counties, asking the state and county officials to strictly guard against the survey camp and not fall behind.
Give the other party some leverage.
Su Hao shook his head and said: "Prefect Liu, I'm afraid there is some trouble in this matter."
"What's the barrier?" Liu Qichang asked.
Su Hao said: "According to the report I received, the gamblers and the guards of the gambling house were fighting in Xinglong Gambling House. In order to restore order as soon as possible, our department used some force. Now the steward of the gambling house is ready to pour dirty water on our army.
On top of that, if our army hands over all the suspects to Luoshan County, I am afraid that the criminals will retract their confessions in the future, and our army will be in trouble."
Liu Qichang said: "How is this possible? How could such a confusion of right and wrong happen under my government? Although Su Xueshi can rest assured, our government will instruct Luoshan County to enforce the law impartially. No matter how the criminal retracts his confession, your department will not be wronged."
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Su Hao chuckled and said, "I am just worried about Luoshan County. Magistrate Liu, please read this. This is the confession of Xu Rendi, the manager of the gambling house."
Speaking of this, Su Hao took out a document from his sleeve. A government official had already come forward to take it and handed it to Liu Qichang's case. Liu Qichang took the document and opened it. It was a confession written by Xu Rendi.
There were also Xu Rendi's fingerprints on each page. Liu Qichang sensitively discovered that the color of Xu Rendi's fingerprints was not the usual vermilion, but rather dark red. Of course Liu Qichang knew what this meant.
"Is this a bloodstain?" Liu Qichang showed the confession to Su Hao and said. This was a preemptive strike, because the bloodstains may be the result of torture. If there is something inappropriate in this confession, Liu Qichang can blame the investigation camp.
The punishment was indiscriminate, and Xu Rendi was beaten into submission.
Su Hao smiled and said: "I have already asked the sergeant who delivered the letter about this. They said that Shopkeeper Xu was indeed covered in blood, but those were the scars left during the fight with the gambler. After our department calmed down the situation, we have
He has received proper treatment and Magistrate Liu does not need to worry."
The fight was so fierce that even the shopkeeper took action himself, Liu Qichang secretly slandered. But he also knew that Su Hao's statement was tenable, which meant that if the case was retried in the future, he would not be able to use it.
The injuries on Xu Rendi's body make a fuss. Even if Su Hao's men killed Xu Rendi and silenced him, they could also use the excuse of "dead from serious injuries". Who knew there had been a fight at the scene?
What's even more annoying is that since the investigation camp has sealed off the scene, so far Liu Qichang has been unable to find a single witness to explain whether there was a fight or not, and how big the fight was. Su Hao can only accept everything.
A one-sided statement here.
Xu Rendi's confession was not long, but it specifically mentioned that Tan Yizhong, the magistrate of Luoshan County, was his cousin, and the two had a very close relationship. This sentence alone was enough to silence Liu Qichang.
The reason why he is willing to hand over the case to the Luoshan County Government for trial is that he is afraid that Tan Yizhong will seek personal gain. Isn't this reason enough?
As for why Xu Rendi confessed such a thing, there is no need to go into the details. The relationship between Xu Rendi and Tan Yizhong is known to many people. He fell into the hands of the Kanyu Camp and was severely punished.
, isn’t it decided by the investigation team as to what kind of confession he is asked to write?
"Xueshi Su is really meticulous," Liu Qichang said, "I don't know that Magistrate Tan has such a cousin."
"We also learned about this by accident." Su Hao said.
Liu Qichang said: "If this is the case, then it is indeed not appropriate to hand this case over to Luoshan County for trial. Su Xueshi, do you think it is appropriate for me to send Du Tongzhi to try the case?"
"Then we have Lao Du and Tong Zhi." Su Hao responded.