When they arrived at the Gu'an County Government Office, Wei Liang's wife was making bone soup for him in the kitchen.
Next to him was the stubble-faced government servant who came back with Wei Liang on his back.
Seeing Wei Qi enter the door, the yamen servant stood up hurriedly, nodded towards him, and nodded to Xiao Chen and others respectively.
"Brother, have you woken up?" Wei Qi asked, hurriedly walked to the kang and looked at Wei Liang.
"No, I haven't woken up yet." The Yamen servant replied softly.
"Let me take a look." Xiao Chen said, walked to the kang, leaned down, opened Wei Liang's upper eyelids, and looked carefully.
Wei Qi was stunned. He only knew that Xiao Chen could handle cases, but he didn't expect that he also knew how to judge the severity of injuries.
After turning his eyelids and looking at Wei Liang's pupils, Xiao Chen gently put down his hand.
"People are still conscious, but their brains are in chaos. You should be able to wake up in a few days." Xiao Chen said softly.
"Oh, no." Duan Tianming said puzzledly: "You can be sure that he will wake up in a few days. Wei Qi said that the wound on his head is not small, and it was caused by Bizhu. If the other party is used to it,
As a martial artist, this force will probably make your brains become a ball."
"The opponent's purpose was to prevent Wei Zhixian from waking up, but not to be fatal. Therefore, he controlled the strength when he struck. I don't know whether it was because Weizhixian's ability to resist the blow was strong, or because the opponent's strength control was a bit wrong. Now
, Although Wei Zhixian's pupils are dull, they are moving back and forth in a small range, which means that there is still a trace of consciousness in his body. He should be able to wake up after a few days of rest."
Xiao Chen explained.
"If the eldest brother can wake up, we can understand the scene at that time. It should be a lot of help in determining the identity of the other party." After hearing Xiao Chen say that the eldest brother can wake up, Wei Qi said with joy on his face.
Xiao Chen nodded and looked at the stubble-faced government servant standing next to him: "Did you go out with Magistrate Wei at that time?"
"Yes, I went out with Magistrate Wei." The Yamen servant hurriedly bowed and answered.
Facing Xiao Chen's questions, he did not dare to neglect at all.
"Tell me about the scene at that time."
"That's it." The yamen servant said hurriedly, "Early in the morning, County Magistrate Wei called me and said that he was going to buy some food and wine on the street and came back to have a good meal with Wei Qianhu. After leaving the county yamen, it was
One mile away is the shop that cooks the best cooked beef in Gu'an County. Afraid that Wei Qianhu would get up early, the magistrate of Wei County asked me to go to a distant place to buy wine, while he went to buy the beef alone."
"How long have you been gone?" Xiao Chen spoke very calmly as he stared into the government servant's eyes.
"Weizhi County said that when my brother came, he wanted to drink the best old Shaojiu in Gu'an County. And the most famous tavern is half a mile away from this cooked meat shop. From the time he left until I came back
, it will only take less than half a quarter of an hour." The officer replied hurriedly.
"When you came back, Magistrate Wei had been overthrown?" Xiao Chen asked again.
"Because Wei Zhixian said that his brother was sleeping at home, and he was worried that he wouldn't be able to see him when he got up, so when I went to buy wine, I always ran all the way there. When I came back, there was a crowd on the street in front of the charcuterie shop.
There was such a big crowd. I was still wondering why everyone was gathering around the street so early in the morning instead of going to work."
"When I was about to come forward, I saw the color of Wei Zhixian's official uniform through the cracks in the crowd. I was shocked and hurriedly walked up to push away the crowd. Wei Zhixian lay quietly on the ground motionless, still holding hands in his hands.
I bought two kilograms of braised beef."
The yamen servant said while recalling.
"There were so many people around, but no one came to help Magistrate Wei?" Xiao Chen was a little confused.
According to what Wei Qi said, the prestige of County Magistrate Wei should be very high among the people. When we encountered this kind of thing, no one came forward, even if they just went to the county government to summon people, it was really a bit chilling.
"Wei Zhixian was lying on the ground at that time, and his body was covered with blood. Everyone was talking about what to do. The butcher shop owner, holding a cloth handkerchief in his hand, seemed to want to give Weizhi County
He wiped the blood from under his body, but he didn't know how to start. When he saw me walking in, he hurriedly asked me to help Weizhi County find a doctor and hold the wound first."
"Although spring has begun, it is still a bit cold outside in the morning. Wei Zhixian will definitely not be able to lie on this cold street. So, with the help of everyone, I carried Wei Zhixian back to the county government office. What happened next, Wei
Qianhu should also know about it."
The yamen servant said hurriedly.
"So, you didn't see the murderer? Or, when everyone found Wei Zhixian lying in a pool of blood, the murderer had already left?" Xiao Chen asked.
Under normal circumstances, when everyone sees this kind of situation, the first thing to do is to save people.
"When I arrived, I was anxious and didn't think about looking for the murderer. Today, I made a special trip to the delicatessen shop. The shopkeeper said that he only went out when he heard someone outside shouting "reporter".
, and did not see the perpetrator. Moreover, according to people who were at the scene at the time, there was no one around him when he found Weizhi County."
With his body hunched over, the officer told him everything he knew.
Listening to what the yamen servant said, Xiao Chen had several doubts in his mind. However, looking at Wei Zhixian who was lying motionless on the bed, Xiao Chen sighed softly.
With his hands behind his back, he walked back and forth in the room.
Without witnesses, this case cannot be rushed. But if he is asked to wait for Wei Zhixian to wake up and then ask him about the situation at that time, Xiao Chen feels that he does not have time to wait any longer.
It is still unclear whether this matter is related to the Prince's case.
If there is no connection, and I delay on this matter for too long, seeing that Huailaiwei's hunting is about to end, and when the emperor returns to Beijing to personally inquire about the matter, I don't know whether I will still have such freedom to handle the case.
Easy to say.
You must seize this time.
But if this matter is really related to the prince's case, I can't alert the snake.
This group of people dared to kidnap the prince from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. They are a group of desperadoes who are fearless. Even if they find the place where the prince is being held, they still have to proceed with caution.
If a dog jumps over the wall and these people attack the prince, they themselves will be the real sinners through the ages.
Looking at the respectful attitude of the government servant in front of him, Xiao Chen raised his head and said, "Have you been with Magistrate Wei these past few days?"
"Yes, the villain has always been with Wei Zhixian."
"Tell me about what happened these days." Xiao Chen said softly.
"Yes, yes, yes." The yamen servant bowed his body and nodded hurriedly, "Now is the spring sowing season in Gu'an County. Weizhixian and I have been busy distributing grain seeds to various villages and towns."
Having said this, the yamen servant stopped talking and looked up at Xiao Chen.
"Speak directly if you have anything to say, don't worry about anything." Xiao Chen said.
"Every year after the New Year, Weizhi County will truthfully report the number of grain seeds needed by Gu'an County. But I don't know why, when the seeds are transported to the county government, there is always a difference of thousands of kilograms. This year is also the case, when it comes to Cao Village
, the seeds are still more than 1,000 kilograms short. Seeing the people waiting for the seeds to fall into the ground, and then reporting them, by the time the seeds come down, the spring sowing season has already been missed. Therefore, Wei Zhixian had no choice but to borrow seeds from the people."
The yamen servant spoke slowly.
"Are you going to shopkeeper Li's rice store to borrow it?" Xiao Chen answered.
"Yes, I went to shopkeeper Li to borrow it," the Yamen servant hurriedly replied.
"Did you follow?"
"No."
"Wei Zhixian goes alone to carry more than a thousand kilograms of seeds. Can he carry this thousand kilograms of seeds back?" Xiao Chen asked calmly.
"At that time, I also wanted to go with the carriage, but Wei Zhixian refused. Before that, Wei Zhixian had borrowed seeds from shopkeeper Li many times. He was afraid that he had not repaid them, and he might not be able to borrow them this time.
I'm here, so I went to find out what Shopkeeper Li has to say first." The yamen officer explained.
"Yeah." Xiao Chen nodded.
Putting it this way, it makes sense for Wei Zhixian to go to Shopkeeper Li's yard alone.
"After you came back, did Magistrate Wei tell you anything about Shopkeeper Li's yard?"
"Yes, yes. Wei Qianhu said that this time he really opened his eyes. He never thought that there is such a luxurious courtyard in Gu'an County." The Yamen servant replied loudly.
