Chapter 790 Exposed
County Magistrate Yang handed over the government affairs to County Lieutenant Liu and Chief Clerk Zhang temporarily, and took his people and a lot of things back to the capital to get married.
County Magistrate Tang's entourage returned to Yizhou City with the letter and confession.
After flipping through the documents, County Magistrate Tang said, "It's indeed a significant issue, but I don't recall any major cases occurring in Luojiang County recently. Is this an old case? Why did you only bring the confessions and copies of Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin's household registrations? Why didn't you bring any other documents related to the case?"
"Master, Young Master Yang seems to want to investigate on his own."
County Magistrate Tang sighed and said, "Still so arrogant! I could have done it much faster than him, but he's wasting his time. How great it would be if I were like him. I'm not good at handling people's livelihoods, so I just listened to him. He said to resettle the refugees, so I did. He suggested I set up a free clinic, so I did. When it comes to doing things, it's about suitability. He's not suited to investigating cases."
The attendant said nothing, thinking to himself: I don't know who it was last year, but he sent people to Luojiang County every few days to deliver letters and quarrel, and the lady was so angry that she smashed two sets of cups.
Although County Magistrate Tang disliked County Magistrate Yang's criminal ability, he did not interfere in the matter and just pondered over the confession of the bald man.
It's actually not difficult to get this person to confess. Just torture him carefully, or just throw him into exile and then bring him back. He will definitely confess everything.
County Magistrate Tang did this because he was confident that this person was problematic. I'm afraid Yang Heshu was also certain in his heart, but he wouldn't do this without evidence.
This is why County Magistrate Tang felt that Yang Heshu would not achieve anything in criminal law; he was too rule-abiding.
If the interrogation is conducted in a disciplined manner...
County Magistrate Tang fell into deep thought and could not help knocking on the table. Yang Heshu was really stingy. Not only did he not give him the case file, he even didn't give him the information about Baldy's family.
This guy is a gambler. I don't know if he has any family members he cares about. If he does, he could scare them...
County Magistrate Tang pondered for a moment, finished the official business at hand, and then could not help but read the confession of the bald man. As he read, he could not help but feel a stir in his heart, and a strong curiosity seemed to be about to burst out. This man clearly knew something but dared not say it, but his identity and character were obviously not that of a loyal person, and it seemed like he had committed multiple crimes.
It is very likely that they are from the same village or familiar hosts, and there are quite a few people involved, so he may be afraid to speak out of morality, family affection, or because he is threatened.
County Magistrate Tang stood up suddenly, picked up the fan on the table and went out.
It was mid-afternoon, and classes had just ended at the various academies. After getting on the carriage, County Magistrate Tang thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the prefectural school."
County Magistrate Tang took advantage of his identity to enter and wandered into the library. Sure enough, Bai Shan and Zhou Manbai Erlang were hiding inside reading books.
County Magistrate Tang wandered behind the sneaky Bai Erlang, took a look at the book in his hand, which was a chivalrous storybook. He couldn't help but curl his lips and turned to look at Manbao.
Manbao was reading a book of unofficial history with great interest, while Baishan was concentrating on doing his homework.
County Magistrate Tang tapped Manbao on the head with a fan. Manbao was startled and breathed a sigh of relief when she looked up and saw that it was County Magistrate Tang. She glanced outside quietly and saw that the person guarding the library was still at the door and had not come in. She nodded quietly to Bai Shan, returned the book, and slipped out through the window.
County Magistrate Tang went out of the door to look for her with a smile on his face.
Bai Shan originally wanted to continue to do his homework with his head down, but after writing just one word, he put away the homework, pressed it directly on the table, turned around and climbed out of the window.
Bai Erlang shrank aside, clueless, and continued to read his storybook.
The three of them successfully met up in the Xinglin Forest. Manbao asked, "Master Tang, what do you want from me?"
Lord Tang laughed: "Is there nothing I can do to find you?"
"Why do you come here to look for me if you have nothing to do?" Manbao said, "You can wait until I get home, or you can wait until tomorrow to look for me."
Bai Shan also said: "Master Tang is not as honest as Master Yang."
Lord Tang hit him on the head with his fan: "Praise him if you want to, why are you belittling me?"
He smiled at Manbao and said, "I have something to ask you. I heard that you grew up in Luojiang County. Is there anything in Luojiang County that you don't know?"
"Who said that?" Manbao said, "I'm not that powerful. I just know most of the things."
"..." County Magistrate Tang was speechless for a moment, then he suppressed a laugh and said, "Alright, then I'd like to ask the all-knowing Ms. Zhuge, do you know of a man named Lai Tou in Luojiang County?"
Manbao was shocked. "Yes, that's my nephew! How come he's gotten into trouble all the way to Huayang County?"
County Magistrate Tang blinked and asked calmly, "Then you must also know someone named Zhou Jin?"
"That's my dad!"
County Magistrate Tang: "...What about Zhou Yin?"
"That's my uncle!" Manbao looked at County Magistrate Tang and asked, "County Magistrate Tang, what do you want to see my father about?"
County Magistrate Tang asked with a smile, "Why can't we just look for your uncle?"
"Because my uncle died a long time ago."
County Magistrate Tang looked at Manbao and his eyes swept over her neck, but he could not see anything. Not to mention that it was the first month of the year, even in the middle of summer it was impossible to tell whether a person was wearing anything around their neck, especially since she was a little girl.
County Magistrate Tang rubbed his forehead, mentally cursing the unreliable Yang Heshu, and said with a smile to Manbao, "Nothing serious. There's just a case involving Lai Tou. Is he a gambler?"
Manbao nodded vigorously, "He loves gambling so much that he even sold his daughter for money. He's really bad."
Bai Shan looked at County Magistrate Tang for a long moment and asked, "Sir Tang, what did Baldy do wrong?"
"This is confidential. I can't tell you."
Bai Shan asked, "When did he come to Yizhou City?"
County Magistrate Tang asked, "Do you still know his whereabouts?"
"No, but I know he has no money and no courage to come to Yizhou City."
County Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "Yes, the crime wasn't committed in Yizhou City, but it's a serious one. Yizhou City intends to work with Luojiang County on this major case."
Manbao was stunned and asked, "What does that have to do with my father?"
Magistrate Tang looked at Manbao and lied, "Someone said that Laitou mentioned these two names when he committed the crime, so I came to ask you. Who would have thought that they were your father and uncle? It seems this is just a misunderstanding."
Manbao nodded hesitantly. It wasn't that she didn't trust her father, but she didn't trust County Magistrate Tang.
Bai Shan also didn't believe it. After County Magistrate Tang dug out all of Baldy's ancestors from Manbao and asked about the Zhou family's situation, he turned to Manbao and said, "He's lying to us."
Manbao didn't say anything.
Bai Shan said, "Since they're working on the case together with Luojiang County, he could just ask County Magistrate Yang, or ask someone in Luojiang County. Why would he come all the way here to ask you?"
Manbao's face was full of distress. "But why did he ask about my dad? My dad is kind-hearted and timid. He basically never goes out. How could he cause trouble?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Go back and ask Brother Zhou Si to come home and take a look."
Manbao could only nod.
As soon as Magistrate Tang left the gate of the prefectural academy, he said to his attendants who were meeting him, "Go back and have the messenger prepare something. I need to send a letter to Yang Heshu right away."
The attendant quickly caught up with the fast-walking Magistrate Tang. After getting into the carriage, Magistrate Tang said distressedly, "I'm in trouble."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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