Chapter 701 Multiple Cases Tried Together
After leaving the same shop, several people came to the inn.
Baizhi went to the county government office to pick up Banxia.
When Banxia and Baizhi came back, Fubao was already asleep, but Jia Yanbing and Wan Laoer were still waiting for Banxia.
"Banxia, how is it? What did the county magistrate say?" Wan Laoer asked as soon as he saw Banxia.
"Second Master, I have told the county magistrate everything we have interrogated. The county magistrate asked me to bring you a message, saying that as long as you can identify the poison, he will close the case and issue a notice to clear our shop's reputation."
"That's great. The poison has been found out. We just need to prove that Fubao is right. We suffered a loss once, so we should be more careful in everything. Zhou Biao is really abominable. We must be careful this time."
Jia Yanbing comforted Wan Laoer, "Wan Er brother, you don't have to be nervous. We have already switched from open to covert. Fourth brother is now openly deceiving Zhou Biao, and we are investigating him secretly. He will definitely not find out. When we get the evidence, it will be his death."
Jia Yanbing looked at Banxia again.
"Banxia, you and Baizhi go back to the city tomorrow. One of you will go to investigate the poison, and the other will go to investigate the source of those beggars. We are still short of a witness from the victim."
"yes."
Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Baizhi and Banxia left the county. Jia Yanbing and Wan Laoer took Fubao to the county government office, revealed the news to the county magistrate, and then hurried to Hong County.
Now, if we just check whether the corpse in Hong County was also infected with the same poison, we can be more certain that everything was done by Zhou Biao, and the magistrate of Hongyang County must also be kept stable.
It was evening when the three of them arrived in Hongyang County.
However, this time things went much more smoothly. The county magistrate of Hongyang County was County Magistrate Liu, who was the family from which the Wan family bought the cattle.
When the few people saw the Hongyang County Magistrate, they immediately explained their purpose.
"I knew on that day that this shop was opened by your family, so I have been suppressing the case. People have been causing trouble these days. If you don't come, I won't be able to stop it. The family members of the deceased have been making trouble." When Liu Hongyu saw Wan Laoer and others, the big stone in his heart was finally put down.
"Thank you for your forgiveness, Master Liu. We just came from Qinping County. To be honest, something happened in that shop. However, we have already found out that someone did frame us secretly. So we wanted to come to Hongyang County to verify our guess. If the deceased in Hongyang County was poisoned by the same poison as the deceased in Qinping County, it means that this case was committed by one person."
Wan Laoer also told Liu Hongyu what they had done.
"If that's the case, that's great. This is the autopsy report from our coroner. Take a look. The coroner said that he died of poisoning. However, when we conducted a routine search in the Wan family shop, we did not find any poison. And there was only one person in the shop who died of poisoning that day. This case is very suspicious. I have temporarily suppressed the case, but your shop has also been sealed, and I have temporarily put the manager in jail."
"Thank you, sir." At this moment, Wan Laoer felt that Liu Hongyu was simply a great magistrate.
"The body is now stored in the morgue. If you need anything, just go there. I'll ask the yamen runners to lead the way for you."
"Thank you, Lord Liu, for giving us this convenience." Wan Laoer was full of gratitude at this time.
"You don't have to be polite. I also feel that there are doubts in this case, so I have kept it under wraps. And if, as you said, the deceased was a beggar, then those family members who came to cause trouble were fake. I will ask the yamen runners to arrest those people and interrogate them. Maybe there will be new breakthroughs."
Jia Yanbing nodded secretly, the county magistrate reacted quite quickly.
The three were led to the morgue by the yamen runners.
Fubao first looked at the facial features of the deceased and some signs of decay on his body.
"Sir, this person's poisoning reaction is the same as yesterday's. They should have been poisoned by the same poison. It can be confirmed that it was done by the same person."
"Now that it has been confirmed, let's wait for news from Banxia and Baizhi."
Two days later, Banxia and Baizhi rushed to Qinping County with the news to meet up with several people.
"Miss, we really found the poisonous insect, and Baizhi also got another piece of evidence." Banxia didn't expect that a trip to Zhou's house would bring her an unexpected surprise.
"Sister Baizhi, Sister Banxia, thank you for your hard work. Please drink some water first."
Bai Zhi handed the collected evidence to Jia Yanbing.
It is an account book, which records clearly every piece of evidence of bribery of officials, including the specific time and amount.
"Brother Wan, keep this account book. It is useless for us to have it. We are not in the court. When you go to Dezhou, give this account book to the general. He knows how to use it. The people on it."
Jia Yanbing handed the account book to Wan Laoer.
Wan Laoer didn't understand the workings of officialdom, but he was obedient. He did whatever Jia Yanbing said and carefully kept the account books.
"Banxia, have you brought the people?"
"Everyone is in the prefectural capital. News has come in from the county town in the past two days. Accidents have happened one after another, and the prefect has been alarmed. However, Lord Shen said that he has a relationship with our family, and he even sent his housekeeper to our shop secretly. I have already told the prefect all the information we found. The prefect said that this case is a serious one, and that seven or eight people have been killed, which constitutes a serial murder case. He wants to try the case personally, and the witnesses have been detained in the prefect's prison."
Jia Yanbing felt that this would save trouble. Although he did not visit other counties, from the account books just now, it seemed that the county magistrates of several counties were in cahoots with Zhou Biao.
If they go there in person, the matter may not be easy to handle, so it would be better to try multiple cases together and let the prefect make the decision.
"In that case, there is no point for us to stay here. Let's go back to the capital. I believe the evidence from the various counties has already been submitted."
Jia Yanbing was afraid that something might happen somewhere else, so they had to rush back to the city immediately and personally watch to see that the dead bodies were not replaced.
The group hurried back to the city.
The few of them were exhausted and did not go back to wash up, but ran directly to the prefectural government office.
The prefect is Shen Qinghan's elder brother. The other party must have asked the butler to inquire for Shen Qinghan's sake. Of course, the influence of the Wan family at the border in the past two years is also indispensable.
Wan Laoer was involved in the case, so he was turned away, and only Jia Yanbing and Fubao were allowed in.
At this time, Zhou Biao did not know that the plan he had been planning for half a year had been discovered, and he was still immersed in a huge vortex of interests.
"Butler, how much fur have we collected? The Yue caravan said they will leave in three days. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. God has made our Zhou family rich, so we must seize this chance."
"Master, don't worry. Although we are not the only one buying furs in the market recently, the price we offer is 50% higher than theirs. Now they have also started to sell their furs to us. We are the only one in the market now, but we don't seem to have enough money."
Zhou Biao snorted coldly and slammed the table hard, "Idiot, if you don't have money, go to the bank to borrow it. No matter what, you must collect the amount they want within three days."
"Master, would you like to reconsider this? We have never done business with the Yue caravan. What if..."
"What if? He has already paid a deposit of 10,000 taels, how can he run away? But you have to send someone to keep an eye on him."
"clear."
It turned out that after the Tong family knew that Fubao was bullied, they spent a large amount of money to bring down the Zhou family. Moreover, the money house was also opened by the Tong family. In the end, the money still returned to the Tong family.
The butler took Zhou Biao's seal and went to the bank to borrow another 10,000 taels of silver.
With this 12,000 taels of silver, they have absolutely formed a monopoly on the fur business at the border. Even if the Yue caravan left this time, it is already May now, and they can just bring the furs to the capital in time to sell them, and they can still decide the price.
Once the housekeeper understands this, he will have no worries.
What he didn't know was that the Tong family had already transferred all the furs under their name to the capital. By the time Zhou Biao realized what was happening, their furs could no longer be sold at a good price.
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