Chapter 3, want to add a crime

"What should be said has been said. Please be clear."

In the county government, Zu Zhao knelt under the hall and made a detailed statement about the affairs of Zhi County in a slow tone. His words were neither impetuous nor impetuous nor too much vinegar, giving people a convincing feeling.

In the hall, Shen Yuan sat behind the big case, and Wang Wei sat on the side of the big case. As for Chen Xianjun, at this time, he can only set up a small chair in front of the big case and sit here, listening to the trial with a bitter face.

Shen Yuan's attitude from beginning to end was not strict. He asked anything, and he didn't intend to embarrasces Zu Zhao at all.

After listening to Zu Zhao's statement, he meditated for a long time and thought about it. Before leaving this time, Liushijun specially explained the case to him. This case was not about killing a county magist who tried to escape, but the ancestral family was rampant in the countryside and privately cast armor, which was quite suspected of being wrong.

In the past two days, he heard that Zujiazhuang is a powerful person in the county, and what he has done is no different from other powerful people. There are also things to say, such as annexing fields, collecting land rents, private usury, etc. However, it is not only the ancestral family that is like this. Other large families such as the Zhang family and the Zhao family are all like this. The ancestral family is not the most powerful, but it is by no means the most benevolent.

And Zu Zhao is only the eldest son of Zujiazhuang. He is usually gentle and virtuous, but he is a good talkative person. Even so, he can only represent himself, not the whole ancestral house, so there is a certain difference in speech.

Shen Yuan naturally has a general impression, but he can't assert that he hastily. After all, he has only come to Xu Wu County for two days, and the information he inquired about cannot be generalized.

It was out of this consideration that he decided to put the case on trial without procrastination. Immediately, he directly turned the direction of the question to the patriarch's side of Xu Wuxian County, and asked about Zu Zhao's private casting of armor, annexing fields and bullying the people. His tone and attitude became more or less severe.

Zu Zhao, who had been puzzled, was finally a little enlightened at this time, but he was also very surprised. He immediately turned his eyes to Chen Xianjun, who was sitting in front of the big case like a needle and felt. Earlier, he had communicated with Chen Xianjun about this matter. As long as Chen Xianjun came forward to testify about this matter, there was obviously no need for many problems.

Chen Xianjun felt Zu Zhao's eyes and immediately turned sideways, which was very embarrassing. It's not that he didn't want to testify for the ancestral family, but considering that the thorough investigation of this matter must have a lot to do with the ancestral family's past behavior. Private casting armor is nothing more than a reason. Even if there is no private casting of armor this year, the ancestral family's private possession of leather armor, halberds, good horses and so on in the early years, these are all nailed and inexorable. Things.

Shen Yuan still had the patience to wait for Zu Zhao to reply, but Wang Wei on the side had long been difficult. Seeing that Zu Zhao hesitated a little, he immediately scolded, "What, what, are you mute now?"

Since Zu Zhao thought that Chen Xianjun did not enlighten the Zu family, there must be a reason. He did not intend to expose this for the time being. After all, he has to rely on Chen Xianjun to deal with this matter in the future. So he still didn't change his face and said, "Honestly speaking, it is not clear what my ancestors did in Xu Wu County. The ancestral family is a large local family with many people. How many of them have done anything can't be asserted that it was done by the ancestral family. Or one or two families have hegemony, which is also a personal act of deceiving the superiors and the subordinates.

Wang Wei gave a disdainful "hum" and scolded: "Wonious words."

After a slight pause, Zu Zhao continued: "No one can make mistakes if he is not a sage. Even so, I know that Zujiazhuang will do his best to defend against the criminal thief Zujialang. As for the private casting of armor, there must be a misunderstanding. At this year, there was turmoil in the county, and Xu Wu's surroundings repeatedly showed Huma. Therefore, the whole county discussed that this year's thieves should be recruited more bravely in case of accidents. Nowadays, there are many righteous and brave people, and they need to expand their blades. The words of private casting armor are purely one-sided opinions, and there must be a misunderstanding among them.

After listening to Zu Zhao's words, Chen Xianjun finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed that Zu Zhao was still sensible. Otherwise, if he really spread the words, he really didn't know how to end it. After thinking about it, Zu Zhao couldn't say anything until he turned to return the peach to Li. He couldn't say anything. He immediately coughed gently and turned to Shen Yuan and said, "Lord Shen, this matter is indeed as Zu Zhao said. At the beginning, it was time that the subordinates called the three gentry of the county to discuss the preparation for theft this year. Our county treasury of Xu Wu County has been in disrepair and lacked military equipment, so I just thought of casting a batch of armor temporarily to fill the county treasury.

Hearing this, Shen Yuan nodded slowly and immediately asked Chen Xianjun, "Since this matter is agreed by the county government, why has the county government failed to receive the relevant official report?"

Chen Xianjun was immediately embarrassed, smiled for a while, and said, "Speaking of this matter is ultimately for the preparation of thieves. There are all the age of robbers. The subordinates think that this matter belongs to the county and there is no need to disturb the county, so... Ha ha, Lord Shen, this matter may be a negligence, but it must be acceptable."

Shen Yuan meditated silently, but he was not in a hurry to express his position.

Wang Wei scolded coldly, "What is this? What is it? Lord Chen, you have to say something carefully. This matter has nothing to do with you. The ancestral family used its power to bully others and bullied the county government for personal gain. Does this matter still need to be sophistry?

Chen Xianjun was very surprised. He really didn't expect that people riding in the general's mansion would make such a complaint?

Zu Zhao was also moved. He had already seen a little bad from Wang Wei's attitude, and even more or less guessed why the riding general Zhang Wen suddenly changed his attitude towards himself? He did not met with the riding general Zhang Wensu. The reason why Zhang Wen wanted to ask his ancestors must be because of treacherous people.

He thought carefully. Obviously, there was no intersection between the ancestral family and Wang Wei. Wang Wei hated the ancestral family so much that he couldn't figure out.

Chen Xianjun still had a few words to defend and said, "Lord Wang, what the subordinate said before is true. How can there be..."

Wang Wei said coldly, "Chen Xianjun, you have thought about it. This matter has nothing to do with you!"

Chen Xianjun was immediately dull and didn't know what to do, so he had to shut up.

Zu Zhao seemed to feel the breath of Wang Wei wanting to put himself to death. He clenched his fist, which was really hard to say.

Subsequently, even though he made a defense on the matter, Shen Yuan held a skeptical attitude, but Wang Wei completely thought that Zu Zhao was just a high-sounding sophistry. In the end, the court decided to detain Zu Zhao for the time being and conduct another in-depth investigation of the case. Not only that, but also believed that the parents should be invited to assist in the interrogation. The implication is to take the ancestral family and arrest all the elders of the ancestral family who have the power to talk.

Zu Zhao spent the next two days in the county government prison.

Although he was detained, Chen Xianjun obviously did not dare to neglect Zu Zhao. He not only arranged a special cell, but also sent clean bedding, which was a very comfortable treatment compared to ordinary prisoners. In the past two days, Zu Zhao has been worried that the Zu family will be harassed by Wang Wei, and then more people will be sent to the cell. However, it turns out that he does not know what effort the Zu family has spent, and everything is not as bad as he imagined.

Except for himself, no other people from the ancestral family have been put into the county government prison.

On the afternoon of the third day, the ancestral family even sent people to visit the county government and sent a hearty dinner. The big fish and meat were still hot and seductive. The person who came to visit the prison was Zu Zhao's cousin Zu Zhan, who not only brought Zu Zhao a rich dinner, but also brought some vital news.

In the past few days, the ancestral family has been broken everywhere. They not only sent people to the county, but also sent people to Ji County to dredge the relationship and do their best to resolve the matter. Although the county government is still chaotic at this time, after all, the killing of Wang County Jun has been sent to Yang Zhong, the governor of Liaoxi County. Yang Taishou did not pay attention to this matter, so he has not taken action with Zujiazhuang for the time being. In addition to Yang Taishou's failure to pay attention to this matter, there are also a lot of differences between Shen Yuan and Wang Wei. One represents Liu Yan, the assassin of Youzhou, and the other represents Zhang Wen, a bicycle general. They have to compete with each other for the face of the master, so naturally, both sides will have opposite positions.

Zu Zhan also told Zu Zhao that in the past few days, Zujiazhuang hired some shameful people to follow the bicycle general Wang Wei, and found that Wang Wei actually went to the south of the city to visit the Zhao family yesterday.

When Zu Zhao heard this, he frowned slightly and thought deeply, "If this matter is really obstructed by the Zhao family, it is not impossible."

Zu Zhan said solemnly, "There must be no doubt that this matter has been done by the Zhao family. Humph, treacherous people will avenge their kindness. It's really abominable."

Zu Zhao also believes that the Zhao family is the most suspected, and Wang Wei is related to the Zhao family, so everything can be explained naturally. He is not only very ashamed of such a conspiracy, but also hates the Zhao family. The Zhao family ignores the interests of the whole county with personal family interests, and even hates other rich families. This year, the Zhao family did not donate a penny of food. At this time, they are still secretly plotted, and they really want to do bad things.

Zu Zhan sighed and then said, "Sir, please endure in prison for a few days. At present, Grandpa is trying to expose the face of the Zhao family's conspiracy, but it will take some time. Alas, the family said that thanks to the eldest son suffering in prison, otherwise the government would definitely pester Zujiazhuang, and then..."

Zu Zhao raised his hand and said quietly, "Fortunately, Chen Xianjun took care of him, and he would not suffer in prison. Don't worry about this matter. When you go back, tell Grandpa that you can delay this matter for a period of time. I believe that as time goes by, you will have a chance to take advantage of it.

Zu Zhan didn't know what medicine was sold in Zu Zhao's stomach, but he still agreed: "I know."

A few days later, Shen Yuan suddenly received a letter from the state government to say that Zu Zhao was taken to Ji County for personal interrogation.

Shen Yuan is hesitating about this matter. On the one hand, after in-depth investigation, he did not find any traces of any misconduct in the ancestral family, and on the other hand, Wang Wei's almost unreasonable confrontation, which is really difficult. Now that the state government has asked to bring people to Ji County for investigation, it is also out of this matter, which gives him a great sigh of relief.

So on the morning of February 6, Shen Yuan summoned people to bring Zu Zhao from the county prison. He did not escort him with a prisoner, but just put on handcuffs and shackles to follow the team in an ox cart. He has a good impression of Zu Zhao, and the ancestral family has also been sincere during this period, secretly giving a lot of benefits. Since the ancestral family has no intention of rebellion, this matter will surely come to light soon. Of course, there is no need to be in many dilemmas.

In the morning of this day, the ancestors came to the county government to see them off, and even the ancestors braved the spring cold.

After saying goodbye one by one, Zu Zhao remained calm from beginning to end, telling the elders not to worry, and with Liu Shijun's wisdom, he was sure to return justice to himself.

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[I'm really sorry, the class officially started today. I've been busy all day, and I asked the monitor to go out for a drink in the evening. Sorry, sorry.

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