The hoofs of Lang Zheng and his entourage flew away from the snow on the roadside, raising the mist of snow. The sound of hoofbeats drifted along the streets in the night, making a heavy echo. The Zhou family in Sifang Street, Tongzhou was as frightened as a bird, and Zhou Dalang's lips turned red. As pale as his face, he was trembling, "Dad, the people from the Criminal Department are really chasing us to Tongzhou! The prince's brother-in-law really can't protect our family!"
Mr. Zhou, formerly known as Zhou Laotu, now known as Zhou Wang, looked like a piece of cold sacrificial meat. His thick cheeks twitched uncontrollably, but he soon regained his composure, "Don't panic, we all have official duties. I After asking around, it turns out that the prince who investigated the case is just an unpopular prince, and he has a very bad relationship with the East Palace. Don’t panic, we don’t have the power to fight for the debt!”
Zhou Wang bit the fat on the inside of his cheek, a pair of fleshy eyes flashed with a biting glare, and said to the eldest son, "Be prepared, as we have agreed, if they want to take someone, tonight is a good chance for us to escape!" "
"Dad!" Zhou Dalang's identical eyes were a little red, his lips were trembling but he didn't know what to say.
It's not that Zhou Wang doesn't feel sad, but what's the use of being sad at this moment? He slapped his eldest son hard on the shoulder, "Remember what I said!"
Bang bang bang——
There was a heavy knock on the door of the Tongzhou government office. The yamen servant who stood up and opened the door took off the door stick and just opened the door a small crack. Then a strong force came from the door panel. The police officer of the Criminal Department pushed the door open and Doctor Zheng rushed in. , he flashed his badge and said in a deep voice, "Zheng Zhuo, a fifth-rank doctor in the Criminal Department, has come to arrest the people involved in the case on the orders of His Highness, and immediately inform Mr. Zheng of your office. Please see him!"
Tongzhou is a small prefecture, and the official office here is only a fifth-rank official, which is the same rank as Zheng Langzhong. However, Zheng Langzhong serves in the Ministry of Punishment of the Imperial Capital. Even if the official ranks are the same, imperial officials are more noble than local officials.
The yamen servant didn't dare to be negligent. He checked his badges and invited Mr. Zheng and his entourage to come in and talk. Another yamen servant had already rushed in and reported back to Mr. Futai.
Li Zhizhou had just had dinner and was listening to his old wife at home discussing the Lantern Festival. Suddenly a yamen servant came over to report someone from the Ministry of Punishment. Li Zhizhou quickly got off the bed and sighed, "We're finally here."
Mrs. Li held his arm and asked him to slow down. The maid picked up the cotton shoes and wanted to change them for Li Zhizhou. Li Zhizhou shook his feet and said, "Change the boots."
Mrs. Li had already got off the ground, took the boots brought by the maid and changed them for her husband, "Could this be for the Zhou family? Last year I heard that the daughter of the Zhou family got into trouble in the imperial capital, and Mrs. Zhou didn't even celebrate the New Year. She is so energetic, she was the busiest in previous years."
Li Zhizhou took the cloak and put it on himself, and said to his wife, "You should rest early. I'm afraid I have to go out with people from the Criminal Department tonight."
Mrs. Li worriedly sent her husband to the door. She looked at the man leaving the courtyard in the distance. She sighed and turned back to the house. After a long time, she fell asleep lightly.
In the simple and quiet study, Li Zhizhou and Doctor Zheng met each other. Doctor Zheng first submitted the arrest documents and summons documents, "The Zhou family is involved in many cases. We also ask Li Zhizhou to cooperate with us in arresting the Zhou family and his son."
Li Zhizhou checked the document and handed it over, "This is a matter within my official duties."
Because of Dr. Zheng's rank of fifth rank, Li Zhizhou personally accompanied Mr. Zheng to the Zhou family. The Zhou family and his son also cooperated very well. After hearing that he was involved in the case, Zhou Wang said, "Zhou thinks he is innocent, but since the Ministry of Punishment is investigating the case, he should follow him." Sir, if you go, you can clear away the suspicion."
Zheng Langzhong counted the number of people and asked, "Zhou Bo is not here." Since the Zhou family became rich, everyone from top to bottom has changed their elegant names, such as Zhou Bo, whose famous name is Zhou Bo.
Zhou Dalang Zhou Xing said, "Quinzi went on a study tour, and the family was worried. It happened that my second brother was reunited in Tongzhou during the Chinese New Year, so I went with Quanzi."
Doctor Zheng said with a cold face, "Zhou Bo is also involved in the case. I wonder where he has gone?"
Zhou Xing looked troubled, "Scholars are all about traveling thousands of miles. I don't know where they are going. I just heard Quanzi talking about Jiangnan as the most prosperous place on New Year's Eve. They took a boat to go to the south of the Yangtze River."
Doctor Zheng's gaze, as cold as a bone scraper, passed over the Zhou family and his son, and he said coldly, "It's not difficult at all. The Ministry of Punishment has issued a sea arrest document, and he will be brought to justice even though he is from all over the world!"
Seeing that the Zhou family was very cooperative, Li Zhizhou asked Doctor Zheng where he planned to rest. Doctor Zheng said, "It's better if we stay in a post house."
Li Zhizhou did not ask Mr. Zheng to stay at the Zhizhou Yamen, but personally sent Mr. Zheng and his party to the post house. They parted at the door of the post house. It was not until Mr. Zheng and his party entered the gate of the post house with the Zhou family that Li Zhizhou took back his distance.
Looking out at the sight, he drove his horse back home.
The night wind is biting and cold, just like the cold face of Mr. Zheng. With the attitude of the Ministry of Justice, it is hard to tell whether the Zhou family is good or bad. The Zhou family is not worth mentioning, but behind the Zhou family, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion will always sit back and watch.
What?
No matter how good or bad the Zhou family is, no matter what the attitude of the Ministry of Punishments is, nothing can go wrong in Tongzhou!
After personally watching the Zhou family and his son being placed in place, and arranging the changing guards in the house, Zheng Langzhong went back to the house to rest. When he walked to the courtyard, he saw a postman carrying a basket of black charcoal and placing it in a large fire-proof water tank in the courtyard.
Next, I was knocking flints to light a fire, but the wind was strong at night, and the sparks were blown away by the wind as soon as they splashed. There was a tinkling sound of flints being struck in the courtyard. It was difficult to make a fire.
Doctor Zheng paused, "Why are you lighting a fire now?"
"Firecrackers and fireworks are the most popular in Nian Gen. Once the water is gone, it will be a big deal. In winter, the water tank is frozen, so I dare not not bake it first." The postman put down the flint and bowed his head. "It is windy at night, so we still have to get some ready-made charcoal to start the fire.
Sir, I will take my leave first."
Mr. Zheng frowned and suddenly called the postman, "The charcoal fire in my room is not very good. You can go and take a look at it later."
The postman's hunched body stiffened slightly, and he responded in the night wind, "Yes."
The post house where Doctor Zheng was staying that night caught fire. If Doctor Zheng hadn't changed the courtyard in advance, the group of people, including the Zhou family and his son, would have been burned alive in the post house. That night, Doctor Zheng took down the thief who set the fire and led him out.
One of the postmen in the posthouse, Li Zhizhou, was awakened by this incident without having a full night's sleep. He went to the posthouse all night and interrogated the audacious thief who set the fire with Mr. Zheng.
The case became clear at dawn. The Zhou family was really good at planning it. It turned out that they had arranged for people to burn down the house and pretend to die and escape... Of course, the Zhou family and his son insisted that they had nothing to do with the matter... staring at the records on the case.
According to the oral confession, Dr. Zheng felt that the Zhou family's talents were more like those of an opera singer than a pig butcher. They really knew how to plan!
I’ve listened to too many stories, but I still have brain problems!
Just buy two dead bodies and set them on fire to secretly replace him and his son?
Not to mention dead people, just two living people pushed into the fire to die for you and your son. Unless they are really burned to ashes, do you think you can fool the police so easily? Are all police officers in the Ministry of Punishment dead?
Doctor Zheng counted the numbers for the Zhou family and his son, "Buying corpses, setting fires, and trying to escape are three major crimes. The evidence is conclusive. I must also thank Mr. Li for his help."
"Sir Zheng, you are very polite. Li failed to help, but it surprised you. It is all my fault." Li Zhizhou did not accept the credit rashly, but Doctor Zheng said, "I still have something to ask for help from Mr. Li."
"Brother Zheng is so frightened by me. As long as I do my duty, I will do my best."
Zheng Langzhong was born with a tough face, but to be able to make a difference in the criminal justice system, he must be a careful person. Zheng Langzhong said, "I didn't bring many people when I came here this time. Now I'm in danger of being plotted by someone in Tongzhou City.
I don’t know how difficult and dangerous the journey back to the Imperial Capital will be. I don’t want to cause any more trouble, so I would like to borrow some troops from Brother Li to escort us back to the Imperial Capital.”
Li Zhizhou has a mirror in his mind. Nowadays, the Zhou family's lawsuit is complicated. Behind the Zhou family is the Nan'an Marquis Mansion, and behind the Criminal Department is the third prince. The third prince is also famous for being at odds with the East Palace. Who wants to get involved with the third prince these days!
Li Zhizhou just didn't want to get involved in the Zhou family's affairs, so he asked Mr. Zheng to remind him that if the Zhou family wanted to play tricks in Tongzhou City, it would depend on whether his parents would agree to it!
The Zhou family are just stupid people who think they are smart, and they do things completely unethically. Li Zhizhou can calmly fill the hole for the Zhou family. The one who is in trouble is Doctor Zheng. Asking him for help so straightforwardly is reasonable and reasonable.
, he can’t even refuse this job!
Li Zhizhou immediately responded, "In Tongzhou City, Brother Zheng's safety is my responsibility. Since Brother Zheng has spoken, I have no obligation to refuse. I will arrange for as many people as Brother Zheng wants."
"Another twenty or thirty people will be enough."
"I must make arrangements for Brother Zheng."
Li Zhizhou responded to the matter seriously, looking at Mr. Zheng's upright and selfless face, but he secretly complained in his heart: He was originally most afraid of getting involved in the Zhou family case, but now he has to send government officials to escort Mr. Zheng and his party back to the imperial capital.
, in the eyes of others, isn't this the ironclad evidence that he helped the third prince deal with the Zhou family?
This is something that even jumping into the Yellow River can’t wash away!
While arranging bodyguards for Mr. Zheng, Li Zhizhou took the time to write a letter to his nephew, Marquis Yong'an, in the study, asking him to send him back to the imperial capital immediately. I don't know who used the Zhou family to set up such a vicious method, killing two birds with one stone.
If the plan is successful, the Third Highness will be furious if he suddenly loses his confidant. As for the Zhou family, those idiots in the Zhou family don't think they can really escape anonymously, do they?
In fact, there are not many people in the imperial capital who can kill two birds with one stone.
Li Zhizhou snorted coldly. He was a mediocre official, but those people had the wrong idea. They dared to carry out such a vicious trick on their Li family's territory and make the Li family take the blame. They looked down upon the Yong'an Hou family!
Imperial Capital.
Lu Guogong Mansion.
Mrs. Lu slowly closed the letter in her hand and threw it into the brazier. The grey-red charcoal flames instantly ignited the letter. Mrs. Lu's old and cold face was reflected in the flames. "It's true that mud can't hold up the wall! This is a wall."
The fire was burned to nothing. What a pity, what a pity."
It was a pity that neither the right-hand man of the third prince nor the Nan'an Marquis Mansion behind the Zhou family was burned.
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