Jing Zhe felt truly unworthy of Master Kongjing's praise.
Because his real intention was to detain him for a few more days!
But after he said it, he realized that something was wrong. After all, Master Kongjing had not yet written down Magistrate Xu's crimes. What if he suddenly angered Magistrate Xu and stopped writing?
Unexpectedly, Master Kongjing's self-conception was quite accurate, so Jing Zhe nodded and smiled, "This old monk is a smart man too!"
Then, without prior agreement, the two wrote down the charge of Magistrate Xu embezzling 20,000 taels of incense money before the bald man's blood congealed.
Looking at the blood-stained Xuan paper, Jing Zhe put it away with satisfaction and prepared to leave.
At this moment, Master Kongjing, with a smirk, said, "President Jing, how many days do you think it would be appropriate for us to stay here?"
Jing Zhe glanced back at him and said coldly, "We'll see."
After saying that, he left.
After Jing Zhe walked out of the cell, the fat and thin monks came up and surrounded Master Kongjing, asking, "Master, what do you mean by 'seeing the situation'?"
At this moment, Master Kongjing still did not doubt Jing Zhe's integrity, and said with some disdain, "Don't you even understand how to judge the situation? Of course, we'll see when Xu Wenchang is sentenced to death, and then when the people have almost forgotten about our affairs, we'll let us out!"
After speaking, he nodded slightly, looking quite pleased with himself.
"Master is amazing, he can understand even this!"
The portly monk first praised Master Kongjing, then asked in a simple and honest manner, "Master, can we continue to stay at Peach Blossom Temple... no, I should say Peach Blossom Hermitage after we leave?"
Master Kongjing glanced at him and thought to himself, "I also want to go, but can I still go?"
“You yourself said it, that’s Peach Blossom Hermitage, not Peach Blossom Temple. How can we go there? If we go, won’t the locals recognize us? So we can’t go!”
"If we don't go there, where else can we go?"
"I'm afraid we can't stay in Jiangling any longer."
Master Kongjing frowned and analyzed, "The best way is for us to change our location and find another temple. I believe our luck won't be so bad then!"
"Master is right, Master is truly amazing!"
The fat monk may not be good at anything else, but he's quite skilled at flattery; he made Master Kongjing feel comfortable with just a few words.
"Master, what if the people never forget us?"
"..."
At that moment, the thin monk's words struck like a thunderbolt, directly hitting Master Kongjing's ears, leaving all three of them stunned.
Whether the people will forget them or not depends on whether Jing Zhe, who accepted the "benefits," is aware of it...
...
Outside the prison cell, several constables were whispering among themselves.
Magistrate Xu, led by the constables, hurried back.
Magistrate Xu was forced to leave. At the time, he was thinking that Jing Zhe would at most interrogate Master Kongjing. Anyway, he had given prior instructions, and with the constables watching over him, they would come to inform him if anything happened. There was no chance of anything going wrong.
But not long after he returned to his room, a constable ran over and told him that Jing Zhe had sent all the constables out of the cell, so they had no idea what was happening inside.
Upon hearing this, Magistrate Xu immediately sensed something was wrong and rushed back with the constables. As soon as he arrived, he saw Jing Zhe striding out of the prison cell, and Magistrate Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
Jing Zhe, who had just come out of the prison, also saw Prefect Xu and looked at him with a smile, saying, "Prefect Xu, I was just looking for you."
"Oh? What business does President Jing have with me?"
"Hehe, of course it's a good thing."
"..."
Upon hearing the word "good thing," Magistrate Xu's heart skipped a beat, because he always felt that Jing Zhe's words had a hidden meaning.
"Then...shall we go back inside and talk?"
"Okay, the fewer people who know about this, the better."
"..."
Then, led by Prefect Xu, they walked into the room. After taking only a few steps, a constable came running out of the cell in a panic. Upon seeing this, Prefect Xu frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"This...this..."
The constable looked at Jing Zhe and stammered, unable to say a word.
Seeing this, Jing Zhe laughed and said, "Are you trying to say that Baldy is dead?"
"Um…"
The constable nodded heavily. Actually, he wanted to say that the bald man was beaten to death with a heavy punch. Of course, this was all based on their analysis of the bald man's tragic death. When they first saw the bald man's gruesome death, they asked the prisoners next to them, but the prisoners were very careful and kept their mouths shut. So they could only run out immediately to report to Magistrate Xu.
As for who killed the bald man, the answer is obvious.
"The bald guy is dead?"
Prefect Xu looked at Jing Zhe with the same look of surprise.
"Yes, I killed him."
"..."
Seeing Jing Zhe's nonchalant and nonchalant attitude, Magistrate Xu was speechless.
At this moment, Jing Zhe said in a deep voice, "Prefect Xu, I really don't understand. This bald man has done so many bad things and has so many murder cases on his hands. Why don't you kill him?"
"Well... to be honest, President Jing, I've wanted to kill this bald guy for a long time, but there are still many cases to be solved, so it's been delayed."
Magistrate Xu said with a smile.
"Why bother interrogating this kind of scum? Just kill him!"
Jing Zhe said with dissatisfaction.
"Yes, yes, yes! President Jing really has the guts!"
At this moment, Magistrate Xu said again, "Chief Jing, the reason why I didn't kill Baldy is actually related to the power behind him! Baldy has many brothers outside, and those people are not good people, so I didn't easily take action against him!"
Jing Zhe glanced at him, even more dissatisfied: "Then just arrest and kill them all! It's because you haven't killed him that you've emboldened those people outside!"
"President Jing is right. I will post a notice shortly to make the execution of the bald man public!"
As he said this, Magistrate Xu was secretly delighted, thinking to himself, "You think you're so great? I'll spread the news that you killed the bald man and see if those people will come after you!"
He immediately said to the constable beside him, "What are you standing there for? Hurry back and draft a notice, and post it in every alley and street in the city. Say that Baldy committed many evils and was executed in prison by Chief Jing. I believe that when the people know this, they will be even more grateful to Chief Jing and will follow him around with fervor!"
As he spoke, he gave the constable a wink.
"Yes, Prefect!"
The constable immediately understood and ran downstairs, knowing how to write the notice.
This scene was witnessed by Jing Zhe, who was fully aware of Xu Taishou's ulterior motives.
To put it nicely, it was to make the people grateful to him, but in reality, it was to tell Baldy's brothers that he was the one who killed Baldy, and that they were here to cause him trouble!
But it doesn't matter. Even if those scum don't come looking for Jing Zhe, Jing Zhe will still come looking for them!
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