Gao Dazhuang said this in a moment of quick wit.
After he finished speaking, even he himself was surprised. Then he thought that no matter whether this Taoist priest could really tell fortunes or not, there was no way to tell where the physical evidence was hidden.
He could easily say that the Taoist priest was hiding himself in order to frame him and take the blame for him.
He won't have to go to jail.
Gao Dazhuang was secretly delighted.
After hearing this, the onlookers also started talking about it.
Just as Gao Dazhuang said, it is entirely possible to suspect that the murderer framed them. How could a Taoist priest in the world be able to calculate as if he saw it with his own eyes? Doesn't that mean that the Taoist priest can see through their entire lives? Is he still a human being?
Everyone looked at Li Lezhi with suspicion.
They didn't believe that anyone could really calculate this far.
County Magistrate Hu was in a very difficult situation. As someone who had witnessed Taoist Li's abilities, he naturally believed that Taoist Li could have figured it out. However, Gao Dazhuang had already pointed out in public that it was Taoist Li who committed the murder. Now, Taoist Li was also a suspect.
As a county magistrate, he cannot be partial.
We can only place our hopes on Taoist Li himself, and hope that Taoist Li has a backup plan. Otherwise, it will be difficult to wash away the dirty water on Taoist Li, and it will be difficult for him to turn things around.
Facing everyone's doubts, Li Le's expression remained unchanged.
Although the more detailed his calculations were, the more it seemed to confirm that he had killed someone, but Li Le only knew that Gao Dazhuang liked to go to the casino to gamble a few times, and then often go to the tavern to get a few glasses of wine and have a few sips.
Both of these things require considerable expenses, and Gao Dazhuang cannot make this much money just by ferrying people across the river.
"Sir, the physical evidence is under Gao Dazhuang's ferry, wrapped in oil paper and hanging in the water," Li Lezhi said it anyway. He would not fail to point out the physical evidence and let Gao Dazhuang go unpunished just because of Gao Dazhuang's few words.
The county magistrate will decide right and wrong.
He had no fear as he did not kill the person.
Li Le only slightly closed his eyelids and looked at Gao Dazhuang who was kneeling on the ground with indifferent eyes. He clearly saw Gao Dazhuang's body stiffen.
He said calmly, "That man is a student who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. His family is not rich, but he also brought 20 taels of silver. Your Excellency can ask Gao Dazhuang's neighbors if he has been to a gambling house or a wine shop before April."
Twenty taels of silver is not the amount of money Gao Dazhuang can earn from ferrying people.
When Gao Dazhuang heard the twenty taels of silver, sweat broke out on his forehead, his pupils constricted, and he lowered his head. Others could not see the expression on his face, and naturally could not see the panic and fear on his face.
A huge wave of shock rose in his heart, completely drowning him. He really didn't expect that this Taoist priest was so good at calculating that he could even calculate twenty taels.
There are such talented people in this world.
It's so scary.
He is simply not an ordinary person.
Could he be a god who came down from heaven specifically to punish him?
A day in heaven is equal to one year on earth.
As for the gods, they saw everything he did during this period.
What should I do...what should I do...
Gao Dazhuang was disheartened and completely lost his mind, not knowing what to do.
Not only did he offend the gods, but he also just made outrageous remarks, slandering the gods as murderers.
Will he die?
The eighteen levels of hell include being fried in oil, being stabbed by needles, and having the tongue pulled out.
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Thinking of this, Gao Dazhuang was terrified, his breathing became tight, and he fainted immediately. ?
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The defendant suddenly fainted. ?
County Magistrate Hu stood up quickly and looked at Gao Dazhuang who was lying on the ground in confusion. How should this case be closed when the suspect fainted out of nowhere?
Wake up?
Magistrate Hu glanced at his legal advisor.
The lawyer was still taking notes, but when he saw the man faint, his pen stopped in mid-air and he raised his eyes to meet the county magistrate's.
The master understood instantly.
He put down his pen, walked to Magistrate Hu's ear and whispered, "Sir, even if the suspect has fainted, we still have to investigate this case. It involves human life, and no matter how the case is judged, we have to give everyone an explanation."
The people gathered outside the county government office were still watching.
This case cannot be picked up high and put down lightly.
Such a heinous case has not happened in Da'an County for a long time. The victim was a student who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. If he was not a bachelor, he might have been a juren.
The matter concerned the murder of a scholar in Da'an County. Magistrate Hu knew the pros and cons of the matter without the legal advisor stating it explicitly.
The truth of the matter has not been revealed, and the murderer has not been found. If the news gets out, his immediate superior will definitely ask about it. His year-end evaluation...
Magistrate Hu suddenly became serious.
He ordered the yamen runners to patrol the ferry to see if there was any physical evidence under the ferry boat as Taoist Li said.
The onlookers made way and looked at the yamen runners filing out with shock in their eyes.
From the moment Gao Dazhuang fainted, they began to murmur in their hearts.
I hope you didn’t faint because of what the Taoist priest said.
If that were the case, they would be living with a murderer.
In particular, the neighbors who lived near Gao Dazhuang's home did not know what had happened when they were summoned by the yamen runners. They were panicked. It was not until they arrived at the yamen that they realized it was because of Gao Dazhuang's matter.
The neighbors were all terrified. They didn't expect that they were living with a murderer. They also knew about Gao Dazhuang's situation and had discussed it before.
At this time, they couldn't help but feel lucky that Gao Dazhuang didn't hear them. Who knows if he would rush over and kill them too.
On the other hand, it was not easy for the people in the gambling house to open a gambling house in Da'an County, and they would not be ruthless in collecting debts on weekdays. However, in the matter of Gao Dazhuang, although they disdainful in their hearts, they did not think of not wanting the money.
But now that they know Gao Dazhuang might have killed someone, they are all terrified.
"Four months ago, was there anything unusual about Gao Dazhuang?" Magistrate Hu asked when he saw the witness had arrived.
"Sir, four months ago, Gao Dazhuang owed a sum of money to the casino. I don't know how he paid it back later. Last time I saw him going to the tavern to buy some wine," the neighbor stayed away from Gao Dazhuang when answering.
"Sir, I remember it now, but it didn't happen four months ago. It was one morning when I was about to go to the river to wash clothes. I saw Gao Dazhuang stuffing something into his arms and hurried out. At that time, it was just dawn and there was no one outside. Seeing him go out, I was so scared that I went home immediately. As for what Gao Dazhuang was doing, I don't know anymore," said another woman with a pink headscarf.
It was early that day, and she woke up early, and saw that scene. She was so scared that when she went home, her family
The man also asked her what was wrong? [(.)]#?#???,
Only then did she remember it clearly.
after all?,
The tall and strong man?
Since selling my wife and daughter?
They didn't like to deal with him, and pretended not to see him when they met him on the road, let alone seeing him early in the morning, which would be really scary.
Who knows if Gao Dazhuang will sell them too if he is short of money.
The neighbors knew very little about it. Magistrate Hu paid attention to what the woman said and asked, "Is it wrapped in oil paper?"
I originally thought that I could find out from the woman and confirm that Gao Dazhuang was indeed the murderer.
But the woman shook her head and said, "It was not bright enough at that time. I didn't dare to look at it carefully, and I didn't see the appearance of that thing clearly."
The clue was lost again.
Magistrate Hu then turned his gaze towards the people in the casino and tavern.
The people in the casino met Magistrate Hu's gaze and told him everything they knew.
"In the twelfth lunar month, Gao Dazhuang came to play a few games in the casino and mortgaged his house. We let him play a few games and earned five taels of silver. Later, in January, Gao Dazhuang mortgaged his house again and finally owed us ten taels of silver. We set a deadline of February for Gao Dazhuang to pay us back."
"Can Gao Dazhuang be returned?" asked Magistrate Hu.
The people in the casino nodded reluctantly. They didn't want Gao Dazhuang's house in the first place, and his house was not valuable. They just brought people to intimidate Gao Dazhuang so that he would pay back the money.
It is only natural to pay back debts.
What's more, it's their gambling money.
They didn't expect that they would be involved in a murder case. Gao Dazhuang didn't seem to be a fierce person and even looked a bit cowardly. When he met them, he only dared to respond and beg for mercy. If they knew that he would kill people, they would not dare to go to his house to ask for money.
I’m just afraid of those who don’t want to die.
Although the people in the casino knew that Gao Dazhuang's money was not earned in a legitimate way and that it would take him a hundred years of ferrying to pay back the money he owed to the casino, they thought that Gao Dazhuang had sold his daughter again and did not think about human life.
This money is hot to handle now.
The people who were watching the case did not expect that there was such a thing. They also knew Gao Dazhuang because of their travels on the water, but they did not know that Gao Dazhuang owed money to the casino.
And he mortgaged his house to gamble.
It's so scary.
If they had been on Gao Dazhuang's boat four months ago, wouldn't they have been the ones to die?
At this point, the smart people had already figured out who the murderer was, and they couldn't help but be thankful that they didn't take the water route.
Some people were still confused and didn't know who the murderer was. They asked the people around them with blank eyes, "Who is the murderer? How could the Taoist priest be so magical and predict so accurately?"
"Do you think the murderer is that Taoist priest?"
After being questioned, the man started to talk nonstop, "How can there be a Taoist priest who can tell fortunes so accurately? He is obviously a liar. If he is really that amazing, then everyone in the world has no secrets in his eyes. Moreover, he is not afraid of being punished by heaven for revealing these things. Aren't Taoist priests reluctant to talk and are very vague about what they say? If all Taoist priests are like him, why don't most of them become Taoist priests?"
The man gave him a complicated look and said, "There are still some requirements to become a Taoist priest."
Not all Taoists are Taoist priests, and not all Taoist priests are that Taoist priest.
This thing is like an exam.
Some people do well in the exam and some do not. Naturally, some people predict accurately and some do not.
That Taoist priest is the kind of person who can predict things accurately.
As for divine punishment... that's not something they should take to heart.
County Magistrate Hu also thought of this. The case would soon be solved. All this was because of Immortal Li.
If a person like Li Shenxian could enter the government office, investigations and work would be much faster in the future.
Every catch is accurate.
But the judgment of the case cannot be taken lightly. Magistrate Hu then asked about the tavern and found out that Gao Dazhuang had been to the tavern to buy wine in the past few months.
You can't make this much money by ferrying people by yourself.
Therefore, the source of money that Gao Dazhuang used to buy wine was not legitimate.
At this time, the yamen runners also came back, holding something wrapped in oil paper in their hands, which was square and long, and quite thick.
Magistrate Hu took it, opened it carefully, and took out a few books from the oil paper.
The handwriting on it is beautiful and neat, and there are annotations, which shows that its owner often reads it on a daily basis.
Magistrate Hu flipped through it and took a look.
Seeing a piece of paper hidden inside, he opened it and saw that it was a poem with a seal under the poem - the Seal of Xuanwu.
Magistrate Hu flipped through the two books again and saw a letter sandwiched between the two books. It was addressed to Xuan Wuqin.
When Magistrate Hu opened the letter and read the contents, he was shocked.
The paper in his hand fell lightly to the ground.
He couldn't believe it.
The dead person turned out to be the governor's student. It's over, everything is over.
Magistrate Hu felt a pain in his heart. He turned his back to everyone, covered his chest and almost fainted. He wished he could faint so that he wouldn't have to face this matter.
The student of my immediate superior died within the territory under my jurisdiction...
County Magistrate Hu could imagine that for the rest of his life, it would be nothing but a pipe dream for him to take another step forward in his official career.
All this was due to Gao Dazhuang’s momentary greed!
Magistrate Hu was filled with rage. He slammed the table angrily, fire spurting from his eyes, and turned around in anger.
He stared at Gao Dazhuang who was lying unconscious on the ground and said angrily, "Someone, beat Gao Dazhuang up for me."
A juren, a pillar of the country, who had a chance to pass the imperial examination this year, died because of such a person.
Magistrate Hu was extremely angry and furious.
If such a terrible thing were to spread, no scholar or juren would dare to come to Da'an County in the future.
A county that is notorious.
County Magistrate Hu could not imagine that twenty taels of silver would cost the life of a scholar.
How angry the emperor would be.
Magistrate Hu had never been seen angry before, and the bailiffs immediately beat Gao Dazhuang without mercy.
After a few blows, Gao Dazhuang woke up in pain and muttered loudly, "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. ██[(.)]10█????█?"
"Gao Dazhuang, do you admit your guilt?"
Magistrate Hu asked angrily.
Gao Dazhuang heard a familiar voice, as if it was the voice of Magistrate Hu. He covered his aching buttocks, slowly opened his eyes, looked up at Magistrate Hu's face, then looked around, and his eyes were bright, full of familiar faces.
He is still on earth and has not fallen into the eighteen levels of hell.
Gao Dazhuang breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he did not go to see the King of Hell, nor did he go to hell, and he is still alive.
Seeing this, he immediately shouted: "It's unfair, sir. I am an honest man. How dare I kill anyone?"
He didn't want to die, he didn't want to go to hell.
He wants to live.
He couldn't admit this crime.
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