Seeing that the two groups were about to quarrel again, Gu Wei slammed the gavel and said in a cold voice: "Silence! Feng Yunliang, you said you went to the old county magistrate to discuss something, then tell me, what is it?"
Feng Yunliang said loudly: "Of course, let's talk..."
He suddenly choked.
"It's not convenient to say."
Gu Wei said coldly: "There are witnesses and evidence, why don't you confess?"
"I said I didn't kill him!"
Feng Yunliang was almost mad with anger. His elegant mask was completely broken. He pointed at the old county magistrate's family and cursed, "I am the boss of Sinan County. I own all the shops on the street. Do I need to kill an old county magistrate?"
Gu Wei narrowed his eyes and said, "The old county magistrate is an official appointed by the imperial court. Feng Yunliang, this matter is very serious. I hope you will confess the truth. Otherwise, the worst result will be execution in the autumn."
Feng Yunliang suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze stern, "You dare to kill me?"
Gu Wei responded calmly: "As long as the evidence is conclusive."
Feng Yunliang sneered, "Okay! Okay! Okay! Then I'll wait!"
Gu Wei didn't give him a chance to speak again, "That's all for today, we'll continue tomorrow!"
After he finished speaking, he signaled the people around him to arrest Feng Yunliang.
But no one dared to move. They all watched closely, which showed how powerful the influence of the Feng family was in Sinan County.
Feng Yunliang raised his chin slightly and said, "I want to go home now. Please take your time in the trial, sir."
Xie Ling, who was dressed as a man, grabbed Gu Wei's sleeve and whispered, "Let him go."
Gu Wei watched Feng Yunliang leave with a swagger.
The yamen runners around all looked up cautiously at Gu Wei. It was unknown who knelt down first, and then everyone knelt on the ground.
They all said in unison: "Please punish us, magistrate!"
Gu Wei said calmly: "The Feng family is all-powerful. I understand your concerns, but as a soldier, military orders are as important as mountains. My orders are the most important. Everyone, you will be punished by ten strokes when you leave the house!"
After a pause, Gu Wei continued: "I hope you can trust me and believe that I can protect you."
Gu Wei said this neither lightly nor heavily. If you can listen to it, then listen to it. If you don’t, then just ignore it.
After dealing with the two cancers Feng and Si, he will carry out a bloody cleansing of the entire Sinan officialdom and clear away the dark clouds that have accumulated over Sinan County for so many years.
After all the yamen runners had left, Xie Ling said calmly, "I didn't expect the Si family to be so bold as to kill the county magistrate and frame the Feng family. Do you believe that they will frame you next?"
"letter."
Xie Ling continued: "But this may not be a bad thing for our plan."
Gu Wei nodded, "Then let's add more fuel to the fire."
After a brief discussion about the plan, Gu Wei pulled out a thick stack of stationery from the desk under the case.
All the crimes recorded above were committed by the Feng and Si families over the years, including abducting women, taking human lives, occupying other people's land at will... and so on.
This is what Gu Wei compiled from the words of the people who came to report the case these days.
These are only a small part, because many people are afraid to report the crime.
The lack of population in Sinan County is largely due to the overbearing behavior of these two families.
Xie Ling glanced at them and said, "These are very useful. Keep them. We can beat them to death later."
As soon as he finished speaking, a person suddenly walked in.
He was a fair-skinned boy who looked young, but his hands were bloody and swollen.
He looked at Gu Wei with a sincere expression.
"My Lord, I dare not approach and arrest the head of the Feng family today because I have an elderly grandmother at home and I dare not take risks with her. I have already beaten myself with 15 sticks and come here to admit my mistake."
Gu Wei recognized that this was the young man who told him that there was something strange in Jinling Lane a few days ago.
Gu Wei asked: "How do you know there is something wrong with Jinling Lane?"
The young yamen runner said seriously, "Because my parents and brother died in there."
After Feng Yunliang returned home, the first thing he did was to find the person who had accompanied him to the old county magistrate's mansion last night.
After using more than a dozen torture methods, torturing the man to the point where he would rather die than live, he raised his eyes and said, "Tell me, who is it?"
"We don't know, Patriarch, we don't know!"
"Oh, then add more!"
Feng Yunliang actually knew in his heart that it was not them.
These servants were all family-born children who had been slaves in the Feng family for generations. Even if they were given a hundred thousand guts, they would not dare to do such a thing.
But Feng Yunliang was in a bad mood and needed someone to vent his anger on.
Just when the group of servants were about to be tortured to death by him, a man hurriedly ran in from outside the house.
"Master, I have something important to report!"
Feng Yunliang raised his eyes and said, "You ignorant fellow, don't you see I'm trying someone?"
As he said that, he kicked him hard.
The servant quickly shouted, "Master, I know how the old magistrate died!"
Feng Yunliang sat up. "What? Say it."
"Today, I heard the news that the master of the family was arrested, so I rushed to the old county magistrate's mansion to see if I could find any clues to help the master. I didn't expect to hear two servants talking, saying that someone from the Si family had been to the old county magistrate's mansion!"
Feng Yunliang narrowed his eyes, looked up and down at the servant whom he had always paid attention to, and asked in a cold voice: "Are you telling the truth?"
The fat servant gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
No one knew that his hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling.
Feng Yunliang laughed loudly, "Okay! Okay! I knew it, it must be someone from the Si family who is behind this! They used to fight secretly, but now they dare to do it in the open? Okay, I'll play with them, the Si family!"
His eyes turned and fell on the fat servant, "You are not bad. Serving in the study from now on. I will reward you with 100 taels of silver!"
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