Chapter 114 Judgment
Xu Feng clasped his fists in a bow and saluted the county magistrate.
"I would like to thank you on Zhou Huaishan's behalf."
The county magistrate hurriedly helped him.
"Brother Xu, there's something I don't quite understand. I treated Zhou Huaishan kindly because I knew he must have been wronged. I didn't want to help others harm him, so I was adhering to my way of being an official. But why are you Woolen cloth?"
Xu Feng is always eager to help with Zhou family matters.
"We have known each other for a long time, but I have never thought that you are a warm-hearted person. Don't tell me that you are afraid that if something happens to Zhou Huaishan, you will be implicated, just because you recommended him for the scientific examination at that time!"
Xu Feng smiled.
"Sir, do you really want to know?"
The magistrate rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense, you don't want to know what I'm asking you to do!"
"Do you know the identity of the boss of Bi Mo Zhai?"
The county magistrate was startled, "Bi Mo Zhai? You mean the one at the city gate?"
Xu Feng nodded.
The county magistrate asked: "What is their identity? When they opened the store, they registered with the county government. The Shen family was a wealthy businessman in Shanxi.
The purpose of opening a shop here was to expand the family's business. The official documents they produced at that time were all true. "
Xu Feng lowered his voice and said, "His family is not from Shanxi, but from Kyoto."
"Kyoto?"
Xu Feng nodded.
"You also know that the Dacheng family's business also has a shop in Kyoto.
At the end of last year, Dacheng and I went to Kyoto for business and met some high-ranking official in Kyoto handling a case.
At that time, the whole Kyoto was in turmoil, and I glanced at the senior official from a distance. "
The county magistrate looked at Xu Feng and raised his eyebrows suspiciously, "Don't tell me, that high official is the Shen family!"
Xu Feng smiled.
"Really, although Shen Li is the young shopkeeper of Bi Mo Zhai, he hardly shows up.
Later, he became a disciple of Zhou Huaishan and accompanied Zhou Qing to the bookstore several times. I always felt that he looked familiar.
Until one time Dacheng mentioned the shop in Kyoto to me, and I suddenly thought that this Shen Li might be the senior official I met at that time. "
When the county magistrate heard this, he burst into laughter.
"You can pull him down. Shen Li looks like he's only in his early twenties. He can be a high-ranking official who makes people fearful. If you say he's from the Jingwei camp, it's more like that."
Xu Feng shook his head solemnly, "I won't remember wrongly. The reason why I had a profound influence on that senior official at that time was because he was too young, which shocked me."
At this time, the magistrate's face twisted in disbelief.
Touching his chin, the county magistrate said: "You mean, a high-ranking official who can make Kyoto famous and famous has become his disciple, Zhou Huaishan, a villager in the mountains?"
Xu Feng
This logic seems a bit wrong.
But he must have remembered it correctly!
Did I remember it wrong?
Xu Feng himself doubted it.
Wrinkling his eyes and looking at the county magistrate for a moment, Xu Feng waved his hand, "I'd rather believe it."
The county magistrate said: "Okay! Anyway, it would be better if they have the ability to fish Zhou Huaishan out, so as to avoid me being in trouble here.
If the Academic Affairs Master really suppresses me, and they can't get him away, then I will really have to find an unjust, false, and wrong case. "
The first level of officialdom crushes people to death.
What's more, Da Tianting, who is a scholar and an expert in politics, came from the Hanlin Academy.
Not to be offended.
Early the next morning.
There are three days left to resolve the case, and today is the last day.
Early in the morning, many students from Qinghe Academy gathered at the gate of the county government office.
They held up slogans, waved flags and shouted, asking the county government to give an explanation to scholars all over the world, and to demand the county government to judge the case impartially and punish the murderer severely.
These people, scholars, couldn't roar or roar, and the county magistrate's head was as big as a bucket when he heard the shouting outside.
On the day the crime was reported, he sent people to Qingyang Village, Chenbei Village and several other villages to conduct overt and covert inspections.
At the moment, there is neither evidence against Zhou Huaishan nor evidence that can clear Zhou Huaishan from suspicion.
There is no progress in the case.
If the trial was held again, he still could not be convicted.
But these students outside.
The county magistrate sat on a chair and rubbed his head melancholy. He suddenly felt that he had misunderstood his son for many years.
At this moment, he would rather tutor his ten sons in studying than settle this case.
When the county magistrate was melancholy, Song Qi was sitting by the window of the private room facing the street on the third floor of Fuyuan Restaurant.
He was playing with a tea cup in his hand and looking at the noisy street outside with great interest.
There were footsteps approaching outside the private room, and the door to the private room was pushed open and closed.
Song Qi's entourage stepped forward and said, "Sir."
"How about it?"
"There has been no movement from the Zhou family since yesterday, and there is still no movement now."
"No movement?" The tea cup was placed on the table, Song Qi frowned and looked at the entourage.
The attendant nodded, "They haven't left the house since this morning."
If you don’t go out, why don’t you go out?
When he arranged this matter, when selecting these three students, he specially selected three from poor families.
Moreover, when he picked people up, he would touch them quietly in the middle of the night, so no one in the village would know.
On the day of the incident, Zhou Qingdu went to investigate the three students.
She also successfully learned about the situation of the three students' homes from the villagers.
Normal people can tell that these three students are the breakthrough point in the case.
According to common sense, what they should do most is to find those three students!
Why is there no movement!
"Are you sure the Zhou family didn't go out?"
The attendant nodded, "Our people have been watching at the door of Zhou's house, make sure."
The development of the matter was somewhat inconsistent with his own judgment. Song Qi got up and wandered on the ground.
There was no movement from the Zhou family. Could it be that they firmly believed that Hu Weiyue could save people?
"Where's Hu Weiyue? Is there any movement over there?"
The attendant shook his head, "I haven't received the news yet, I guess I haven't."
No?
how come!
It is said that although Hu Weiyue is petty-minded and hates grudges, he is also a man who knows how to repay his kindness.
Zhou Huaishan was kind to him.
Now that Zhou Huaishan is in trouble, he actually refuses to save him?
Or.
Wait, that's not right.
Song Qi suddenly realized that the Zhou family was still in panic on the day the student complained.
When did the Zhou family calm down?
It was after Zhou Huailin returned from Fucheng.
In other words, Hu Weiyue gave Zhou Huailin reassurance.
With a sinister smile on his lips, Song Qi ordered: "Let the people from Qinghe Academy work harder to force the county magistrate to close the case today."
"yes."
Aren’t the Zhou family confident?
Today I want to see if you are afraid or not!
The entourage was ordered to leave. Song Qi took a sip of the herbal tea in the cup and stood up to leave.
There is still half an hour before the case is concluded and brought to court today.
Zhou Qing had breakfast, packed up, and went out to the county government office.
As soon as he went out, he saw Cheng Wu squatting under the old locust tree at the door.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Cheng Wu raised his head.
When he saw Zhou Qing, he didn't know whether he missed him after not seeing him for a few days or what, Cheng Wu was startled for a moment and slowly stood up.
Zhou Qing frowned and looked at him.
"Sister Qing."