Mr. Wei casually put on some casual clothes, took a cup of hot tea, and came to sit down in the room.
Judging from his half-dead expression, being woken up at this point not only made him irritable, but his blood pressure was also a bit high...
Of course, this is normal. He has never gotten up so early since he took office in Shanghai County. When he was still an official in the capital many years ago, there was an early morning court, so he couldn't afford it at this point, but in
Locally, this is the first time.
"Well..." After Mr. Wei sat down, he took a sip of hot tea. After drinking it, he let out a sigh, then half-closed his eyelids and said in a deep voice to the master beside him,
"What on earth is going on? Are you in such a hurry that you can't even wait until dawn?"
This master is one of the master's own, and when he talks in private, he doesn't have to be so round and round: "Back to the master, it's Liu Li who asked me to wake you up and say that there is something you need to do immediately."
The trial must be done in the back hall."
"Hey! This Liu Li, when was it his turn to command me?" Mr. Wei looked unhappy and looked at the master with a complaining look, "You are the same, what does he say? You don't block it for me either.
First block."
"Ouch... blocked it." The master also looked helpless and said in a long voice, "When he came to me, I told him that it was inappropriate to wake him up in the middle of the night.
Let him wait for another hour or two until something clears up... But then Liu Li pulled me and said that this matter is of great importance and neither he nor I can afford it, so there is nothing I can do."
"Oh... ok, ok, where are we now?" Mr. Wei asked in an impatient tone while rubbing his forehead.
"Waiting outside." After the master replied, he paused for half a second and added, "In addition to the government servants, there are twenty other people who came with him."
"So many people?" Mr. Wei's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he asked suspiciously, "What is this Liu Li doing?"
"I also asked about this, but he said he would inform you personally and refused to tell me." When the master said this, he frowned and looked quite dissatisfied with Capt. Liu's move.
"Okay, then let him come in alone first." Mr. Wei thought for a moment and then said, "I want to hear what he is doing."
The master had given such instructions, so the master stopped saying anything and immediately went out to report.
After a while, Capt. Liu walked into the room and closed the door behind him.
"Greetings to the master, something is really urgent tonight, so I came to alert the master. I hope you will forgive me." This Capt. Liu is also an old man. He has been with more than one master, so he knows who he is meeting.
What to say.
When Mr. Wei saw the other party coming in, he knelt down first, saluted, explained, and admitted that he was wrong about the dragon, and most of his anger was gone.
"Hey~ Capt. Liu worked all night long for the people, eradicating violence and bringing peace to the people. What crime did he commit?" As for Mr. Wei, although he is a corrupt official, he is not incompetent. At this time, he has recovered a little from his half-drowsiness and recovered.
I calmed down and thought about it again: Liu Li is always experienced in dealing with things. If he wasn't really in a hurry, he wouldn't have rashly disturbed me late at night. I'd better show off my posture first, sing a high-pitched song, and listen carefully to what he said.
He said, if nothing happens, I will settle the score with him.
"Thank you for your kindness, Master! I care about my subordinates and love my people like my own son. I really make my subordinates burst into tears of gratitude!" On the other side, Liu Li also had a set of words. Anyway, there is no tax on flattery.
"Uh... Capt. Liu." After listening to a few words, Mr. Wei felt tired and panicked, so he wanted to get to the point, "Then what is it that makes you so anxious?"
"Sir, it's like this..."
Then, Liu Li recounted what he had seen, heard and deduced tonight.
"Well..." After listening, Mr. Wei summarized it in his mind, and then continued, "According to your opinion, this matter is roughly... a few hours ago, Jin Xun led a group of men and pretended to be Cao Cao.
Le went to rob a house, and then went to blame three outsiders who had conflicts with him during the day, and these three people were friends of Boss Ding."
"Yes." Liu Captou replied confidently.
"Are you sure what you found is true? These three people are really friends of Boss Ding?" Mr. Wei carefully confirmed it again.
The focus of this confirmation is obviously not whether Jin Xun impersonated Cao Le to commit robbery. After all, Jin Xun's character can only be said to be understood... The point is that the three people who were framed are really unstoppable.
Friends? The answer to this question determines how to handle this case.
"My subordinates are doing something, don't you know it clearly, sir?" Liu Lize replied, "On the way I brought them back, I sent someone to Xinghui Building to check it out. Guess what the result was?" Of course, Liu Li was not
It really makes the master guess, he is not that bold, this sentence is just a seasoning, and he immediately asked and answered himself, "According to some guests over there, these three people were not only received by Boss Ding personally, but
, and later they were even able to get Miss Qian to come to the room to have dinner with them in person. It wasn't over yet... I don't know how Miss Qian offended them at the dinner party, but in the end she was scolded bloody by them. That's it.
The meal was actually paid for by Miss Qian, so the three of them turned around and left."
"What?" Mr. Wei almost dropped the tea cup in his hand when he heard this, "Is this... are you serious?"
"It's absolutely true. Many people can prove it." Liu Li replied, "Even those Xinghui Tower guys who are not comfortable talking too much have all acquiesced in an evasive manner."
"Hiss--" Mr. Wei sucked in the cool breath, and what he was saying in his heart: Jin Hui, Jin Hui, if you don't mess with the goods on the ground and mess with the goods in the sky, you will die!
"Now...who are they?" Mr. Wei asked again.
"They are all outside." Liu Li replied, "Jin Xun, his gang of gangsters, and the three people he blamed are all here. In addition, the stolen goods found in the room of the three people are here.
I also brought the luggage of the three of them."
"What did you say?" After Mr. Wei instinctively yelled, he immediately lowered his voice, leaned forward, and said to Liu Li, "Are you crazy? Since you know how powerful these three people are, then you
Why are you still making trouble with Jin Hui? You really brought all the things and people here and asked me to interrogate you? Aren't you putting me on the fire to roast you?"
"Sir, you have wronged me." Liu Li quickly explained, "I originally wanted to push this matter down directly, but in the end, not only was Jin Xun dissatisfied, he clamored to come to the county government... Even
The three people who were blamed were also clamoring to come, and their attitude was even tougher than that of Jin Xun. I couldn't even try to persuade him..." Liu Li spoke sincerely, and it was obvious that he had really tried to persuade him, "and they also said
, I must let you give them a good review and tell them the right from wrong."
Hearing this, Mr. Wei's hand holding the tea cup almost shook like a percussion instrument: "Could it be...then what did Jin Xun say?"
At this moment, he quickly thought... In the past few years of his tenure, he had received a lot of benefits from Jin Hui and settled many wrongdoing lawsuits for the latter; although in his opinion, these operations of his were just the basic practices of corrupt officials and were not
It means that he and Jin Xun have no personal relationship at all. At most, the relationship is polite and polite with customers, but this does not mean that Jin Xun thinks that way... What if Jin Xun boasts in front of those three people that he is close to the county magistrate?
Brother, if the other three still believed it, wouldn’t this wave of fire come to your door now?
"Uh...this..." Liu Li looked at the words and immediately understood what the master was worried about. He thought about it and then said, "Anyway, after my subordinates arrived, Jin Xun didn't say anything wrong, but I
Before arriving at the scene...what he said, my subordinates don’t know."
"Hey..." When Mr. Wei heard this, he slapped his thigh and said to himself, "What a 'bone-attached maggot' you are, you have to hold me to your death and I will support you... Just wait for me.
Look how I will interrogate you today!"
At the same moment, outside the hall.
Jin Xun, who knew nothing about what happened in the room, was looking at Sun, Huang, and Hu with his hands on his hips and his nostrils turned upward, sneering.
According to Jin Xun's idea, Capt. Liu went into the room to help him greet the master at this moment, so that when the master called them in later, the rest would be his one-sided performance.
Shuanghe, who is standing on the other side, is not panicking; because they also know very well that with their current reputation and connections in the black and white circles, there is no need to even consider using any means for a small scene like tonight.
It can be easily solved with force.
babble--
After a while, there was a knock on the door. Everyone followed the sound and saw Mr. Liu coming out of the house.
"I have asked Mr. Jin, Mr. Sun, Mr. Huang, Mr. Hu... to ask questions in the back hall." When Mr. Liu said this, his face was expressionless and his tone was calm.
After saying it loudly, he walked out of the door and stepped aside to make a way.
"Huh!" The next second, Jin Xun sneered and glared at Sun Huanghu, and took the lead in taking the lead, walking towards the room.
Looking at his state, it was as if he was telling the other party, "Get ready to come in and get punished."
Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Hu Wenzhi didn't say anything. They all understood that the more arrogant Jin Xun was now, the funnier his embarrassing appearance would be later, so the three of them followed him inside calmly.
After they all entered the house, Captain Liu called his master and several more experienced agents to come in and take orders. The other agents stayed outside and continued to watch the group of Jin Xun's men.
The door is closed again and I look inside the hall again.
Jin Xun, who was surrounded by five and six people outside, entered the back hall and saw the master. He knelt down and screamed: "Jin Xun kowtows to see the master Qingtian!"
According to his opinion, and based on his friendship with the county magistrate, after this great gift, the magistrate would probably give him a seat.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Wei just sat there, with a sullen face, and said coldly: "Jin Xun, I heard that you want to say goodbye?"
"Huh?" Jin Xun felt something was wrong when he heard the tone of these words. Why is the master treating me like this today? In the past, whether I came here to falsely accuse others or others filed a lawsuit with me, Mr. Wei would at least know how to do it.
You helped me carry around a little bit, and your attitude towards me was not this cold. Why are you like this today?
But then he thought again: Oh...I understand, the master blamed me for waking him up in the middle of the night and was angry about getting up. Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot, what time is it now?
I would also be angry if I were woken up while I was sleeping.
"Replying to the master..." Jin Xun thought he had figured it out, so he organized his words and said, "It's not that the villain wants to sue anyone, but that the villain has discovered the wanted criminal, master, so he doesn't dare to delay.
That's why I brought the person to the master overnight."
What he said was similar in nature to what he said when he first met Capt. Liu. He was trying to "characterize" the matter first, instead of calling the accuser or defendant, he directly described the other party as a criminal suspect and then continued the discussion.
"Wanted criminal?" Mr. Wei repeated these words and his eyes moved accordingly, "You mean...these three?"
"Yes, they are Cao Le, the thief you want to catch, sir!" Jin Xun said, straightening up, turning his arms and pointing behind him.
At this time, he was surprised to find that Sun, Huang, and Hu were still standing, and the government servants beside them did not press them down.
"Hey! Look, sir, these three are simply lawless. When they see you, sir, they dare to stand up instead of kneeling!" Jin Xun quickly said his discovery out loud, as if he was afraid that the master wouldn't notice.
"Well... you... are right." Mr. Wei also has a temper. Don't say that the other party is Boss Ding's friend. Even if Boss Ding himself comes, there are many people around him.
They would also pretend to go through the process of kneeling down, and then the master would come up and help stop them, but the three people in front of them didn't even make a gesture, which was a bit too much.
Therefore, Mr. Wei immediately showed his official authority and said to Shuanghe and Lao Hu: "I ask you, who are you? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
In this sentence, there are two questions, which are both knocks and temptations.
"Ha..." At this time, it was Brother Sun, a famous person in the Jiangnan area, who answered, "I am Sun Yixie from Hangzhou, have you ever heard of my name?"
When Mr. Wei heard this name, he was stunned for about five seconds, and then his expression changed a bit.
"Liu Li..." He softly called Mr. Liu closer and asked softly in his ear, "You just said that one of the three names is Sun, one is Huang, and one is Hu, right?"
"Yes." Mr. Liu replied softly, "The one with the surname Huang said his name was Huang Donglai, and the other two only gave their surnames, but did not say their names."
At this time, Mr. Wei's cold sweat broke out.
Shanghai County is so close to Hangzhou Prefecture, how could he not have heard of Sun Yixie's name? He has even heard of his appearance, but he has never seen it before.
More importantly, he had also heard of Huang Donglai's name...
As we said before, Mr. Wei also worked as an official in the capital in the past. Although he has been transferred to another place now, he must have had good friends in the capital. In those days, there were some correspondences between friends in the officialdom.
This is a very common thing, and the content of the letter, apart from the polite words of greeting each other, also contains a lot of idle remarks.
In the past two years, Master Wei had read the same gossip in the letters of several colleagues in the capital. It basically said that there was a young hero named Huang Donglai in the Jianghu, and he did an amazing thing in Zhoukou.
...Every reader should be very clear about this matter, so I won’t repeat it again.
Now Mr. Wei heard the names of these two people at the same time, looked at their appearance, combined with a series of rumors he knew, and what he had just heard about their cards in Xinghui Tower... After thinking about it,
It's all right.
"Hehehe..." Two seconds later, Mr. Wei's official dignity disappeared in an instant. Then he smiled with a smile on his face, stood up and said, "It turns out to be Sun Xian's nephew. The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple."
Well...come on, come on, you guys, give the three of you seats quickly!"
Now looking at Jin Xun who was kneeling on the ground, he looked like a frozen fish, his eyes were wide open, his body was stiff and motionless, and even his brain almost stopped thinking in fear.
Not to mention him, the government officials who were standing there were stunned for several seconds when they saw the master's attitude, and then they quickly moved the stools over under the urging of Capt. Liu's eyes and gestures.
After Sun, Huang, and Hu were seated, Mr. Wei took the initiative to step forward and greeted him with a smile: "My dear nephew, I am an old acquaintance with Mr. Lu from Hangzhou Mansion. He is working with me."
I praised you a lot in the letter."
This is half true and half false. Lu Wen is indeed an old acquaintance of Mr. Wei, and he did mention Sun Yixie in his letter, but it is not a compliment... You can figure this out for yourself.
"Ha... Sir, you are laughing. Xiao Ke, those are just false reputations." Sun Yixie also opened his mouth, "On the other hand, Mr. Wei, I have heard a lot from Mr. Lu about your reputation of being loyal to the emperor, patriotic, fair and honest.
.”
Anyway, it was almost a lie, and Sun Yixie was not afraid of flashing his tongue. In fact, he even overheard the fact that the other party's surname was Wei, let alone the reputation, from the conversations of the police officers on the road.
.
Of course, it doesn't matter how he brags about his awesomeness, as long as it works.
"Hey! How dare you, how dare you say that... I deserve it, I deserve it..." Mr. Wei's response was also true. He really did not deserve that eight-character evaluation.
However, this is not important...
The important thing is that everyone in this room can see at this moment: when Mr. Wei tried to sidestep the case today, it was not towards Jin Xun.
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you. These two are my friends... This is Huang Donglai, the young master of Huangmen in Shuzhong, and this is Mr. Hu Wenzhi." Then Sun Yixie reported to Master Wei.
The names of the other two people were given.
Mr. Wei, who was already mentally prepared, quickly exchanged greetings with the two people and exchanged a few words.
During this whole process, Jin Xun, who was forced to kneel by them, was numb from all angles... What he was thinking about now was not how to falsely accuse others, but how to survive in this situation.
Got away.
"Oh...it turns out that you guys have just returned to the Central Plains from Japan not long ago. What are you talking about? 'Cao Le' is definitely not you. Someone has framed you!" After chatting for a few more words, Mr. Wei
He immediately grasped the key point and pointed the finger, "Jin Xun! Tell me, are you causing trouble?"
"Sir! The villain is wronged!" Jin Xun will not sit still and wait for death. He has to struggle to some extent. "The villain is just...yes...it seems that the three of them don't look like locals, and they are wandering around in this late night.
, acting suspiciously... that's why I suspected them..." He was also making up as he spoke, relying on his quick wit to add words, "Besides... besides, what they say about the East and the West... are all their one-sided words, who can say that?
Prove that they really just arrived in Shanghai a few days ago?"
Not to mention, Jin Xun's skills are actually quite good: he knows that if he questions the alibi of these three people tonight, they will probably be able to find witnesses immediately, but if he questions that they just returned from Japan a few days ago,
Regarding the Central Plains matter, it's hard to say who to call as a witness for a while now... As long as this matter is delayed until dawn, then his delaying strategy will be completed, and he will have room to mediate.
But when Sun Yixie heard this, he just snorted coldly and said: "Huh...Uncle Jin, that's a good question..." He deliberately said in a tone of voice, "Then if I say, who can prove this?
, one is the father-in-law of Dongchang, and the other is the general banner of Jinyiwei, and both of them are no longer in Shanghai County at the moment, I don’t know..." He looked at Mr. Wei again, "Mr. Wei, are you still interested in seeking confirmation?"
Mr. Wei almost cursed when he heard this. He thought to himself: "I am a local official, but also a corrupt official... For a small theft case that is probably a false accusation, I went to ask people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei at the same time.
What? Who is asking whom? I might as well go to the King of Hell and ask if I will die one day?"
"What are you talking about...nephew? Can I still believe you?" Two seconds later, Mr. Wei immediately raised his tone and comforted Sun Yixie.
Immediately afterwards, he turned to point at Jin Xun and yelled: "Jin Xun! Bones, maggots! You villain, scoundrel, bully, beast! Do you know what you are talking about? I have tolerated you for a long time!"
"
To be honest, this part of his story is somewhat personal. After all, Jin Xun does too many damaging things in his daily life. If it weren't for the sake of money, even Mr. Wei wouldn't be able to tolerate this guy.
"Captain Liu!"
"My subordinate is here."
"Slap his mouth!"
"yes!"
After receiving the order, Capt. Liu picked up a board on the table in the back hall and started to put it on.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone shouted: "Wait a minute!"