Chapter 361 The Informer
"So what if you know? Will Magistrate Wu judge himself?"
"I advise you to pretend you don't know. Doing Magistrate Wu a favor will be good for you, your family and your village!"
Some people still spoke out.
Shuiqing asked back: "Is Magistrate Wu the only official? You have to know that King Yan just rebelled and the court has not been defeated. Even if he was defeated, would King Yan tolerate an official like Magistrate Wu? And now the court naturally can't tolerate him!"
The men in Shanshui Village were encouraged by these words and immediately straightened their backs.
Yes, there are other officials. These people must not be sent to Magistrate Wu. Not only that, they must also pull Magistrate Wu down together. They can't let the people of Guangning Prefecture live in dire straits!
And the confessions of these bandits are especially important!
No wonder Shuiqing wants them to confess.
The men who figured out the key points looked at the bandits with eyes that wanted to chop them up. They clenched the long knives in their hands and walked forward slowly.
The bandits on the ground were tied up, unable to escape or hide. They swallowed their saliva and asked in fear: "What are you going to do?"
Shui Qing came out again to act like a good person and advised: "Don't kill them with one knife, cut them twice and spray them with pepper water. Anyway, we have enough pepper water, so there is no need to save it;
And it doesn't matter if they don't say it. There are several groups of people. Some of them will not be able to bear it and will say it."
Wang Lao Ba weighed the big knife in his hand and answered loudly: "Okay!"
"Say it! I'll say it!"
This time Shui Qing did not refuse. He winked at Wang Lao Ba and others, and asked Li Wen to call Li Changlin over to record everything clearly.
Here, the table was moved, the lamp was lit, and the paper was ground. After a while, the men in charge of interrogation in other places came over, and their faces were extremely heavy.
"At first, they were hesitant to speak, but when they saw the group of people in front of you screaming and howling, using knives and spraying pepper water, and seeing you moving tables and grinding here, they all confessed." These people would not cry until they saw the knife!
"It was the servants of Magistrate Wu's mansion who told them that there were many rabbits in our village and we could sell hundreds of them at a time. We made a lot of money from selling rabbits in the village and every household had money in savings, and there was a lot of food, so much that they couldn't eat it all."
Li Wen and Li Wu's hearts sank. Who wouldn't be tempted by such exaggerated words?
This man wanted the whole village to die.
"We have no grudges against him, why did he frame us like this!"
"Did the old lady give Magistrate Wu's wife dozens of rabbits last time, and he got jealous? But we worked hard to raise rabbits, did it bother him? He wanted to exaggerate and harm us this time!"
The one who responded was the fifth son of the Fan family. He gritted his teeth and shook his head, his face as dark as water.
Then he told the whole story: "It has nothing to do with us selling rabbits to Magistrate Wu's wife. We know this person."
When this was said, even Shui Qing couldn't help but be shocked.
"Who is it?"
"Not only do we know him, but we are also very familiar with him, and he used to be from our village." Fan Laowu just felt ashamed to say it.
It's someone from their old Fan family again!
The people who were supposed to be on duty tonight but left their posts without permission were from the old Fan family. It was also the old Fan family who almost destroyed the entire Shanshui Village!
How many bad guys did the old Fan family have?
"Fan Damu!"
Everyone felt that the shocks tonight were one after another. Every time they thought things couldn't get any worse, there would be another one waiting for them that was even worse!
It was even more unacceptable for them to know that it was Fan Damu than to know that County Magistrate Wu was involved.
"We didn't let him down!"
It was he who started the trouble and encouraged everyone not to change mushrooms. Later, Fan Jinshuiqing didn't cooperate with him because of his own reasons. He couldn't blame anyone else.
Later, there was a heavy rain, and every household dug ditches. He relied on his own thatched house to collapse and didn't want to help. It was no one else's fault that no one was willing to help him build a house.
And even if we take a step back, they didn't let him down. As for killing and maiming the whole village?
If you don't know, you would think there is an irreconcilable blood feud!
Li Wen thought of what happened last time and said quickly: "No wonder the person who asked in Mancang last time answered like that, I think it was also done by Fan Damu!"
Others thought of it at this moment, and they felt that all the things they couldn't figure out were smooth.
The accent is similar to their Shanshui Village;
The face and head are covered;
They said they have rabbits and silver on them...
"He won't stop until we are dead."
"But he is the servant of County Magistrate Wu, will County Magistrate Wu protect him?" Fan Laowu asked anxiously.
Li Wu snorted, "Don't think about it, County Magistrate Wu will definitely protect him."
Fan Laowu was confused, and the others briefly and quickly told the matter that County Magistrate Wu was also involved.
Li Wen helplessly concluded: "If County Magistrate Wu doesn't fall, they will be fine, and our village will have no good days."
If you offend County Magistrate Wu, can you have a good life?
Don't say a good life, it's a problem whether you can survive.
Everyone unconsciously looked at Shuiqing, waiting for her to make a decision.
I don't know why, they think Shuiqing can have an idea.
Shui Qing hesitated for a moment, then spoke: "In half an hour, write down all the details of the crimes committed in the past and the cooperation with Magistrate Wu one by one;
I will go to discuss with Uncle Ding, he is knowledgeable, let's find an honest official, and make sure to send the man away before dawn!
Brother Li, go find someone to make torches, it's too dark to go on the road, more torches are better than less;
Wang Ba Ge, uh, Wang Lao Ba, go notify the men in each family;
Fan Laowu, tell the women in each family to prepare dry food for the journey.
Li Wu, go find my father and ask him to prepare more fodder, feed the donkey, and then harness it to the cart. "
"Okay!" The voices of many men shook the sky.
After hearing the order, everyone felt that they had a backbone and acted quickly according to the order.
They must send all these people away before dawn!
After dawn, the city gate will be opened, and the escaped bandits will definitely go into the city to inform Magistrate Wu. It is better if Magistrate Wu does not send anyone. Once he sends someone to ask for people, they will not be able to hand them over or not.
Sending them away is the best way.
Dropping Magistrate Wu off his horse is something that must be done!
Whether it is for the people of the prefecture or for themselves, Magistrate Wu cannot continue to serve as an official, or even live.
He is not worthy of being an official, Not worthy of being a human being.
Shuiqing is the busiest one among them. She must select an official who has the power of life and death and can do practical things for his official career within half an hour!
He doesn't need to be honest and incorruptible, as long as he can do practical things for promotion.
Thinking of this, she turned around and went to find Ling Ran and Bai Ziqian first.
Before, she told the men in the village to find Ding Heli, just because they didn't know Ling Ran's true identity, they just thought he was a beggar, and Bai Ziqian was a half-grown child after all, so he would think that the two were unreliable.
But she knew that in terms of official rank and character, Ling Ran was the clearest among all people.