The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Young Master Cui couldn't help panicking, people have always been afraid of officials, even if his father gave money to the county magistrate every year, he would not dare to speak so presumptuously on weekdays.

After all, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, Lin Zhao's serious face calmed him down immediately.

Cui Yuanwai didn't come over in person, but sent someone to send money to the back office, and let people watch him.Unexpectedly, in just a short while, his son would get into big trouble.

There are not many five big boards, just a warning.But Young Master Cui has been raised tenderly since he was a child. He has delicate skin and tender flesh. How could he have suffered this kind of pain.

But in the courtroom, he couldn't disobey, and while begging for forgiveness, he was beaten five times.

Although the board was not many, only five strokes, it gave Lin Zhao a prestige.

Seeing the situation outside the court, some people whispered, "It seems that the magistrate who came this time is different from the previous ones. He looks like a good official."

Someone retorted: "Don't jump to conclusions, what if it's just for show?"

"That's right, you forgot that there was a county magistrate before, didn't you? When he came up, he put on a show first, and after defrauding everyone's trust, he didn't make decisions for the people. The government and business colluded, which made the people miserable."

"Then let's see."

Lin Zhao had already checked the woman's body, and now he asked Young Master Cui, "The plaintiff and his wife said that you robbed their daughter by force in the street, is it true?"

Young Master Cui was beaten several times, he became more honest, and answered honestly: "My lord, I didn't rob her by force, I just invited her back to drink tea, who knows that this little widow doesn't give me face, I just let people pulled her back."

It's better not to say these words, explaining such a lot, but to confirm the truth of the robbery.

The couple began to cry, "My lord, you heard it, he admitted that he robbed our daughter!"

"Don't spitting blood, I said it all, it was not a robbery, I just wanted to invite her back for a cup of tea. Besides, I really didn't do anything to her. After going back, she was very stubborn. She was so strong that she would be beaten to death. She refused to come in, so I let her go."

"You are talking nonsense. If you let my daughter go, how could she encounter such a tragedy? Lord Qingtian, please make the decision for us!"

Young Master Cui refused to accept, instead of arguing, the couple cried out for injustice while crying, and there was a commotion in the hall.

Lin Zhao frowned and slapped the gavel.

When the gavel sounded, the yamen servants still shouted mightily with their sticks, and the hall was silent.

"Master Cui, let me ask you, when did you let this girl go?"

"Just the evening before yesterday."

"Did anyone see her leave your house?"

"Yes, all the servants in my house can testify, they all saw it."

The couple retorted: "They are all members of your family, so naturally they all listen to you, and they will do what you ask them to prove."

"Hey you crazy woman, what I said is true, your daughter's death is none of my business, don't try to pour dirty water on me."

Lin Zhao asked the couple again: "When did you find out that your daughter was missing? Where did you find the body?"

"She didn't come back the night before yesterday, and her father and I went out to look for it, but we couldn't find it. Until today, I found it in a pool on the west side of the city. My poor daughter! Why is life so hard? She died at a young age. Let us white-haired people give black-haired people!"

Lin Zhao asked again: "Will you pass by that pond when you come from your house?"

"No, our family lives in the west of the city, and the pool is closer, but we usually don't pass by there."

"Old man, please mourn. The murderer who killed your daughter was not Young Master Cui."

"What? How is it possible! Who else but him! Master Qingtian, you can't just speak out of your conscience just because the Cui family is rich!"

The onlookers outside were also very contemptuous. They thought that a good official would come, but it turned out that they were all collusion between the government and businessmen, and there was no good thing like those dog officials before.

Lin Zhao went to the hall and lifted the Abai cloth that was covering it.The corpse had been soaked in the pond for two days, and now it was high temperature in June, and it was already rotten and smelly.

He didn't feel disgusted at all, squatted down, and patiently explained: "His fingers are white, and his mouth and nose are free of mud, which means that he didn't die from drowning. His fingers are blue, and he was killed first and then thrown into the river."

"There were scars on her body, indicating that she had been beaten before she was alive. There were deep strangle marks on her wrist, indicating that she had struggled violently before her death. There were bruises on her legs and finger marks, indicating that she was raped during her lifetime."

"Although the shoes and socks are wet, there is no mud on the soles of the shoes. They were carried to the pond after death. Young Master Cui is small. If he wants to carry a person to the pond in the west of the city, he must be a strong middle-aged man."

Speaking of this, someone said: "There are so many family members in his family, it doesn't have to be him who does it himself!"

This made sense, so Lin Zhao picked up the arm of the corpse again, raised it up and said, "That's the reason, but if the servant wants to throw the corpse, it should be very close to the pond. Cui's mansion lives in the east of the city, from Cui's mansion It would take at least an hour to get out to the pond in the west of the city, let alone carrying a person. If Young Master Cui wants to throw the corpse, he doesn’t have to choose such a far away place, he can just take a dry well.”

"Yes, yes!" Young Master Cui nodded fiercely, and after nodding, he felt that something was wrong, why did he just use a dry well to settle the matter?

Although he is a bit stubborn, he will not do things that hurt the world and kill people.

"According to what Young Master Cui said, she was let go the night before. She had struggled violently before she died, and there was still some flesh tissue under her fingernails. It must have been ruthless. From Cui's mansion back to Xiliu Lane in the west of the city, some You can walk on a big road in a day, and there are not many alleys on the way. You just need to check carefully and find suspicious people with scratch marks on their bodies to interrogate."

Lin Zhao got up, wiped his hands with the handkerchief handed over by the master, and was about to ask the yamen servants to search several places.

Suddenly, he saw a suspicious-looking person among the crowd outside. Seeing him, he looked very flustered and turned his head to leave.

Lin Zhao hurriedly said, "Catch him!"

When the yamen servants saw the people who turned around and ran outside, they rushed up with sticks.Seeing that he had been discovered, the man ran away in panic.

Since ancient times, two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and his two legs are not as fast as so many people behind him.

After a while, the yamen servants caught him.

Pressing him to kneel in the courtroom, the couple were surprised to see his appearance, and blurted out: "Big Liu, why were you arrested?"

Lin Zhao looked at the situation and asked, "What? Do you know each other?"

"His surname is Liu, and his name is Liu Ersha. We usually call him Big Liu. He also lives in Xiliu Lane, in the same alley as us, but usually he lives alone and doesn't talk much."

Lin Zhao understood it, and asked someone to take off the upper part of his clothes. On his chest, there were a few dark red scratches slanting there, which were very obvious.

"Liu Ersha, my lord, let me ask you, have you seen this woman two days ago?"

Liu Ersha kept his head down and didn't speak. At this time, everyone onlookers realized that something was wrong. Could it be that he killed this person?

"The evidence that I can tell is not limited to scratches on your body."

Liu Ersha moved when he heard the words, but still didn't speak, looking like he didn't shed tears when he didn't see the coffin.

"You tied her hands with a rope, and it was stained with blood. You threw it into the river. Where is the rope? Did you also throw it into the river?"

Liu Er started to panic a bit. He was very guilty when he was standing among the onlookers just now, but for some reason, when he knelt on the court, he calmed down a lot.

When he was arrested just now, Lin Zhao quietly ordered the yamen servant to search the place where he lived.

Originally, I thought that I would search all the suspicious places and find out the person, but I didn't expect this person to be so courageous. He just watched his trial outside the courtroom and showed his flaws.

The yamen servant who went to search came back half an hour later, holding a bundle of bloody rope and a hairpin in his hand. The couple identified that this hairpin belonged to their daughter.

The evidence is now solid.

After being tortured again and again, Liu Ersha finally confessed to his violence. According to him, he didn't intend to kill her, but only killed her by mistake.

The truth of the case came to light at this point. The couple did not expect that the real culprit was someone from the same alley, and they felt even more sad for a while.

After this incident, the onlookers looked at the new magistrate with admiration. Not only did he find out the real culprit in just one day, but he also did not favor the Cui family who are rich and gentry. My heart is raised a lot.

What Lin Zhao wanted was such an effect. Originally, he wanted to do something to establish some prestige, so that it would be easy to get the support of the people when he carried out some construction later.

Unexpectedly, such a case happened to be sent up today, he handled it impartially, found the murderer, and his image in front of the common people suddenly improved a lot.

After the people dispersed, Liu Ersha was taken into custody. According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, this kind of violent/passionate murder and throwing away the corpse after rape/violence was extremely bad, and he was sentenced to beheaded at a certain date.

The young man sent by Master Cui to watch the trial went back to the mansion first, and told him the good news that the young master was fine.Young Master Cui has a dedicated attendant to escort him back, so he doesn't need to worry about this.

Cui Yuanwai was very happy, thinking that he really did not give away the money for nothing.

In the end, someone sent back the money he gave back, but Lin Zhao refused to accept it.

Yuanwai Cui couldn't figure out what the new county magistrate liked. He couldn't figure out how could someone not love gold and silver?

Does not love gold and silver mean love beauty?

It must be.

"Go, go to the mansion and pick some good-looking maidservants to send to the county magistrate. Remember, don't send them to the yamen, but directly to his home."

The servant got the order, picked four beautiful maidservants, and carried them safely to Lin Zhao's house in a sedan chair.

At that time, Lin Zhao had not returned from the Yamen, and Jiang Ziyan was tinkering with the formula of Lei/Guan at home, when he suddenly heard the porter come and say that someone had sent some maids over.

Jiang Ziyan was surprised, it's fine if someone came to the house to give money, why did he send the maid here?

Only when he saw it did he realize that he had sent the concubine behind his back in the name of a maid.

These servant girls are exceptionally beautiful, with big eyes, high nose bridge, melon-shaped face, and fair skin. Judging from Jiang Ziyan's previous life's aesthetics, they are indeed beauties, but with different styles.

They said it was given to the county magistrate, so he didn't want to make decisions for Lin Zhao, so he said, "Then keep it for now, and wait until our county magistrate comes back to see how to arrange you."

So when Lin Zhao came back from the yamen, he felt that something was wrong as soon as he entered the door. If Jiang Ziyan would welcome him to dinner early at this point on weekdays.

Did he go out?

Lin Zhao called the servants next to him to come over and asked, "Young Master, have you gone out today?"

The servant did not dare to raise his eyes to look at him, and said softly: "No, the young master is at home, had dinner early, and went into the house to rest."

Lin Zhao was even more puzzled, "Did you rest so early? Are you feeling unwell?"

The servant shook his head and said he didn't know.

Lin Zhao waved his hand to let him go down.

On the contrary, Chen He found out something from other people just now, and said: "My lord, I heard from people that Cui Yuanwai sent you a few beautiful maidservants today, and the young master placed them in the west courtyard, saying that he will wait for you to come back." arrange."

Lin Zhao finally knew what was wrong now.

Really, what kind of woman did Yuanwai Cui give him?For no reason, the person he put on top of his heart was unhappy.

"Get them all kicked out. If there is really no place to go, let them go back to find Yuanwai Cui. This small courtyard of my officer is too crowded for one more person!"

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