When Yu Fangzhu led the team to Zhaozhuang to pick up people, Zhao Ran was talking to Zhao Ming's family.
After Zhao Ming and his wife were tied to the county government by Zhao Sihu, they were thrown into jail. They had many bruises on their bodies from being beaten and there were many bruises on their faces.
Several prisoners stepped forward to help and escorted Zhao Ming and his wife out of the cell, and the rest of the servants and maidservants employed by the Zhao Ming family were also released.
Zhao Ran took the hand and, together with Tian Bao, personally helped the couple sit down in the county government office. Zhao Ming held Zhao Ran's hand and choked with sobs: "Sanlang, it's all thanks to you this time."
Zeng Jianyuan looked at the injuries on the faces of Zhao Ming and his wife and said displeasedly: "County Magistrate Ren, how did this happen? Could it be that they were tortured in court yesterday? Please call the doctor over for treatment!"
From "Lao Ren" to "Ren County Magistrate", the change of title made County Magistrate Ren a little bit overwhelmed. He hurriedly said: "This is not the case. I only briefly asked about it in the court yesterday, and it was not to the point of being tortured. It was sent by someone.
That's what happened." After saying that, he hurriedly ordered people to go out and invite the county's famous orthopedic doctor.
Zhao Mingdao: "It's none of my parents' business, it was the Zhao Si family who beat me. The little one didn't suffer any crime after he arrived at the Yamen, and he didn't lack for three meals. Zhao Prison Head also said that it was his parents who took care of him.
Thank you very much, parents!"
County Magistrate Ren heaved a sigh of relief and secretly thought that it was okay, the prison boss had some discernment and would be worth a reward later. Huh? The prison boss was also named Zhao? No wonder, no wonder, he probably knew the details of this family.
Zhao Ran turned to the county magistrate and asked: "Your Majesty, my uncle's family has been released from the prison cell before the case has been concluded. Is this a formality? Will it cause any trouble to the county magistrate?"
County Magistrate Ren smiled and said: "Thank you, Du Guan Zhao, for your understanding. However, the case is already very clear. The origin of the inspection of those Taoist sects is unclear. This is to smear the Taoist sect. The head of the Zhao clan accused Zhao Ming and his wife of colluding with the so-called bandit Song Dynasty."
Xiong, and Song Xiong is a lay layman of Junshan Temple’s pyrotechnics. This is a false accusation, and it is also an attempt to discredit the Taoist sect. Based on these two points alone, the case is clear and clear, and there is no doubt about it."
Zhao Ran said: "Thank you so much, Lord County."
County Magistrate Ren hurriedly replied: "The reason why Zhao Ming's family has been wronged is because the county has no understanding of it. Just don't take it personally. In the future, I also ask Du Guan Zhao to come back to Shiquan to visit us from time to time. After all, this is his hometown."
Well."
At that moment, the county magistrate Ren ordered people to buy food and wine on the street, and held a banquet in the flower hall. One was to calm Zhao Ming, who had been wronged, and the other was to welcome Zhao Ran, who had come from afar.
After a banquet until dusk, Yu Fangzhu led the team back.
County Magistrate Ren quickly asked Zeng Jianyuan and Zhao Ran what they wanted. Both of them said they should not waste time, so Magistrate Ren ordered the Yamen servants to arrange a meeting, lighted the lights in the Yamen Hall, and started the trial overnight.
After making some concessions, Magistrate Ren sat down in the middle seat, and then invited Zeng Jianyuan and Zhao Ran to sit on both sides of the jury, one on the left and the other on the right.
Zhao Sihu, the patriarch of the Zhao family, was dragged into the hall by the inspection of the square hall of Jingmingyuan. He lost half of his strength and fell to the ground as soft as mud. He looked up at the three people sitting in the hall, and he didn't know if they recognized Zhao.
However, I was just shaking all over and couldn't say a word.
Zhao Ran felt a little strange. It stands to reason that his fourth uncle had also been deceived by the Wujiyuan "Taoist Inspection" who were probably led by Jiang Zhiheng. Although he was guilty of "false accusation", he was not afraid of it.
As a result, when Magistrate Ren started interrogating, the three of them, including him and Zeng Jianyuan, were shocked!
The housekeeper Zhao Wu was the first to report that Zhao Sihu's family secretly followed Zoroastrianism. Yu Fangzhu found a two-foot-tall Mani statue from a secret room in Zhao Si's house, as well as several books of the "Er Sect Sutra"
Hand-copied scriptures like this. In addition, several white robes with sun and moon patterns on them were also found in his room!
After these evidences were presented, Zeng Prison immediately took over the case, borrowed the main hall of the county government office, became the main guests, and began to interrogate Zhao Sihu, housekeeper Zhao Wu and related persons of the Zhao family.
Following this line, there was a clue that Zoroastrianism was preaching in Shiquan County. The case involved three other large families in the county, one of which was in the county town.
This was something they never expected. Zeng Jianyuan and Ren County Magistrate did not dare to neglect. The Jingmingyuan Fangtang and the county government's third team of yamen and archers were dispatched together to arrest them at the same time. That night, they arrested the three families involved in the case.
, except for a few who slipped through the net, most of them were imprisoned, making the small county jail overcrowded.
The only thing that is embarrassing is Zhang Xianghuan in the county. This man is the leader of the Zoroastrian Cult in Guyang County. When he was arrested, he saw the opportunity very quickly and threw himself into the deep well in the house. After he fished it out, it was already early.
It was completely dead.
Overnight, the fire worship case in Shiquan County was solved. Although Zeng Jianyuan and Ren County Magistrate were exhausted, their faces were beaming with joy. It was a great achievement to report it. Who wouldn't be happy? Even Zhao Ran was involved in providing clues.
of credit.
Shiquan County went all out to interrogate the wanted criminals, and Zhao Ran didn't bother him. Since Zhao Sihu was connected with the demon sect, how could he get any good results? You can't escape the death penalty, so why should you wait for the verdict on how to die?
Zhao Ran then had to hurry up and rush back to Guyang to prevent anything bad from happening at home.
Before leaving, Zhao Ran asked Zeng Jianyuan and County Magistrate Ren to take care of Uncle Zhao's family. Of course, these two agreed without hesitation. Magistrate Ren also made a guarantee that no matter how much losses Uncle Zhao's family suffered this time, they would all be taken from Zhao.
If the four families make up for it, Uncle Zhao will never suffer this injustice in vain.
Uncle Zhao pulled Zhao Ran and wanted to invite him to go back to Zhaozhuang to see the villagers. But to be honest, Zhao Ran didn't have deep feelings for Zhaozhuang. When he was bullied by the patriarch's family, there were many people in the village.
Many members of the same clan stood on the side of the clan leader's family, helped wave the flag and cheered, and even took action themselves.
Of course, Zhao Ran can completely understand this, but understanding does not mean that he forgives it. He knows that most of those people are also bullied by the patriarch's family. They have to obey the patriarch's orders. But from his perspective, he will not go back.
Even if the investigation is magnanimous, I really don’t have the time to get involved with these fellow clan members.
As long as he takes good care of Uncle Zhao's family, this is his only thought in Zhaozhuang.
Zhao Ran rode on the old donkey and quickly returned to Junshan. After arriving at Junshan, he summoned all his men to discuss.
No useful information has been found here in Junshan. Song Xiong's whereabouts are still unknown, and there is no trace of those who call themselves "Dao Sect Patrolmen". Jiang Zhiheng, the leader of Wujiyuan, and several of his patrols still have not returned to the mountain.
Dong Zhikun, the prisoner of the prison, stayed in the prison of Wujiyuan and ignored everything.
Zhao Ran's current judgment is that with Bai Tengming coming to power, Dong Zhikun may have heard the news and had a premonition, so he is stepping up his efforts to plan for self-rescue. The method he came up with is probably to start with Song Xiong.
After much deliberation, the only thing that Zhao Ran could think of was that Dong Zhikun wanted to use the Orion Village in Jundu Mountain to make a fuss, but these people had all registered with the county government and had made many contributions, so this issue was not a problem at all.
Could it be that the matter of Feng Dalang was leaked? Dong Zhikun wanted to snatch Feng Dalang back? But he remembered it at this time, maybe it was already too late? And even if Feng Dalang was snatched away, it would be of no use. Feng Dalang was not useful anymore.