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Chapter 44: Take the initiative

Soldiers are the most important and fast. These four words can not only be used on the battlefield, but also on the officialdom.
Especially shortly after some emergencies, everyone has no cards to play at this time, so the party who takes action faster will naturally gain the advantage.
Take the case of Ma Xuansheng as an example. The first person to go to the crime scene to question, and the ones who went there later may not be the same.
Because the first party to go to the scene, as long as the witnesses are handled, they can learn the truth and let the witnesses release false information to other forces to control the development and outcome of the matter.
It is impossible for Han Yu, the old fox, to understand this truth, so he got the will of the emperor to "investigate the case with the Jinyiwei" from the emperor, and then went straight to the military commander of the south of the city.
The process of "firstly chatting with the person in charge of the Jinyiwei and discussing how to conduct an investigation" will lead to a fool.
Even if he was asked later, Han Yu could have dealt with the reason "My student is dead, I am eager to investigate the case, and I hope to forgive me." He could not say much.
Yun Shili could not have broken up just because Lord Han was one step ahead of him and said that Han Yu had destroyed the evidence or controlled the witness first. Even though this was very likely, he pointed it out if he was unable to prove it, and it would not have any threat to Han Yu at all, and it would also allow the other party to find an excuse to publicly not cooperate with you. In the end, it was your responsibility.
In short, Han Yu rushed to the Bingmasi before lunch.
His rapid arrival did not surprise Wu Juntou and his superiors too much. In fact, they felt relieved when they saw Han Yu being the first to arrive...
If someone else comes first, they have to worry about how to conceal Lord Han and is also involved in the incident. But Han Yu comes by himself, it's easy to say. Let's quickly "confess and think about how to tell the public."
Han Yuzi also understood their thoughts, so he promised as soon as he opened his mouth that as long as they cooperated, they would definitely not be held responsible.
So Wu Juntou quickly told everything about yesterday: including how Ma Er made a storm in the city, how did he make trouble in the inn, how did they provoke the Hunyuan Star Sect people, and how did Ma Xuansheng want to assassinate others, how did the other party escape strangely later...
Of course, it was also mentioned that it was long after the explosion that they realized that the missing Ma Xuansheng might have been involved in the feces disaster, and then they tried to search on the scene and found the body.
As for the boss of Wu Jun, the director here, he had undoubtedly heard these contents before Han Yu came. His role here is mainly to express his opinion: "Mr. Han, please rest assured. Once the three of us agree, I can guarantee that every soldier in this military and horse commander will have the same caliber and will never be asked about the second set of remarks."
After hearing these two people, Han Yu slowed down a little. After the shock and disgust in his heart subsided, he thought to himself: "It seems that this matter is not a party dispute, nor is it someone targeting me. It's just that Xuansheng accidentally provoked some people from the world, so he suffered this sudden disaster..." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh... I blame me too, I shouldn't let Xuansheng do this by himself. I originally wanted to use "Kill Ma Er" to test him, but he was acted in anger and was indifferent... If I had known this, I would have sent someone to do that Ma Er directly, so why would I have to pay my student's life?"
It’s a pity, and there is not much time to regret and lament now.
Han Yu quickly came out of that emotion. After thinking for a while, he said to the two people in front of him: "Well... I wonder if you have heard of some rumor two years ago..."
"Mr. Han refers to... There is a legend about a young man surnamed Huang in the world that 'the best killing people in a cesspool'?" The director reacted almost instantly and continued.
"Ah? Is there such a thing?" But this was the first time Wu Juntou heard about this.
Some people may wonder why Han Yu and Wu Juntou’s boss knew about this rumor, but people like Wu Juntou who were close to the grassroots level did not know about this?
You will understand this after a few words.
Maybe someone who has a good memory still remembers that in the previous document, there was a passage about Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai who cleaned up the "fake double-hearted" in Zhoukou County. At that time, the fake guy named Huang Jun died in the cesspool, leaving behind the deeds of "Huang Donglai murdering people in the cesspool".
Shortly after this incident, the then Zhoukou County Magistrate was transferred to the capital.
As for the magistrate Zhang, because he unilaterally misunderstood that his promotion was a harmonious contribution, he "praises" Huang Donglai's deeds everywhere in the court.
The officials in the court rarely heard any legends about the world. Suddenly, a colleague told them such a interesting story, and everyone must be impressed.
In this way, in that little half a year, this matter was rumored to be an urban legend in the court. Basically, officials of a certain level had heard of it. Even if they were later rumored and added fuel to the point where the name, time, and location were unclear, only the horrifying element of "defer pit" was never distorted.
On the other hand, this matter has been circulating for a while in the world for about half a year, but later it was blocked by other news.
However, as we have said before, he didn't care about the anecdotes of the world, and his official position could not reach the level of hearing this legend in the court, so this kind of situation even his boss knew but he didn't know it.
Of course, if he took a step back, even if he had heard this rumor, he might not be able to avoid this disaster.
Because when the rumor came to the director, it was already the version of "The Young Man in Huang" and the specific name of the person involved had been circulated. There were too many people with the surname Huang. Even if Wu Juntou listened to this version and believed in the content, he probably wouldn't have thought that Huang Donglai was the protagonist in the story and could be hit by himself.
"It's okay if you don't know. When I heard this, I felt it was mysterious." Han Yu was not surprised to see Wu Jun's head not knowing it, but just continued seriously, "But when this incident comes out today, no matter whether the rumors are true or false, I can use it."
I have to say that Han Yu's mind was quick. After hearing Wu Juntou's testimony, he thought of combining this matter with the rumors he had heard in the past to create a conclusion that "Ma Xuansheng was killed in a cesspool by a Huang-sen gangster" to close the case.
To some extent... he has indeed touched the outline of the truth, although his original intention is not to find out the truth.
After thinking about the "responsible person", the next thing will be easier. The three of them discussed it and pushed the whole thing to those people in the world anyway.
In this general direction, most confessions can be said to be honest. Just change some details and those words can be valid.
For example, the operation of Ma Xuansheng sending people from Bingma Si to Pacificate the matter can be followed by the version Ma Xuansheng said at Baoyuan Inn, saying that the Bingma Si people received clues to find him, rather than taking Han Yu's handwritten letter to order Bingma Si.
For example, if the Hunyuan Star Gate "invites" the people from Bingma Si, it is definitely not said that Ma Xuansheng wanted to harm them, but it has to be said that it was to assist in the investigation.
However, it was not enough for all this to be discussed by the three of them and to communicate with the people below.
There is another key person who must be dealt with, and this person is Ma Er.
As the fuse of the whole incident and Ma Xuansheng's brother, Ma Er will definitely be the key interrogation target by the Jinyiwei who came to investigate the case in the future. Although Ma Er didn't know much, he was Ma Xuansheng's younger brother no matter how he said that. If he missed something, he would be Ma Xuansheng's younger brother. At that time, the Jinyiwei people would use it to make a fuss and affect Han Yu... Lord Han couldn't bear it.
Therefore, after completing this "three-person collusion", Han Yu immediately asked them to bring Ma Er to him.
Speaking of this Ma Er, it’s really not a good-looking lamp...
When he was arrested last night, he was indeed confused, but he "thought through" himself on the way back. He judged that the words Ma Xuansheng said at Baoyuan Inn were just acting in front of the common people. Once he entered the gate of the Bingma Si, his brother should have let him go, entertained him well, and then pulled out the few people in the martial arts world and killed him to vent his anger.
But as a result, after he arrived, he was really thrown into prison.
Now Ma Er felt so wronged that he started to make a fuss. Anyway, he was just clamoring to see his brothers, and he would scold the prison guards if he didn't see him.
The jailer didn't dare to do anything to him, because Ma Er's identity was indeed special. If this guy could really go out in the future and take revenge, they would not be able to stand being a soldier, so they could only let him scold him and ignore him.
He scolded him for a long time and ignored him. Ma Er was exhausted and fell asleep. He slept until noon the next day. Lord Han ordered to ask someone, but he had just woken up.
Seeing someone taking him out of the cell, Ma Er thought it was his brother who finally wanted to see him and was overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, the person who appeared in front of him a moment later was not Ma Xuansheng, but Han Yu.
"Who are you?" When Ma Er was taken to Han Yu and pressed him to the ground, he blurted out and said this to Han Yu first. After saying that, he looked up at Wu Juntou and several officers and soldiers beside him, "Why are you asking me to kneel here? Where is my brother?"
Don’t you see that Ma Xuansheng can enter the house at Han Yu’s mansion and come and go often, but Ma Er has never even seen Han Yu’s face. In addition, Lord Han is not wearing official uniforms at this moment, and he looks like an ordinary old scholar. A person like Ma Er who is not well-educated will definitely not be very polite to him.
"Rareless!" The next second, Wu Jun shouted at Ma Er, "You rascal, dare you shout in front of the adults? Do you believe me or not..."
After all, Wu Juntou is at the grassroots level and has great experience in dealing with scoundrels like Ma Er. He knows that roaring is useless, so he raised his kick while roaring, aiming at the wound under Ma Er's crotch and pretending to be kicked.
This trick really worked. Ma Er was so scared that he lay on the side of the ground: "Oh! Help! Brother, come and save me! The official is hitting someone!"
Han Yu looked at this scene coldly and threw a sentence to Ma Er: "Your brother is dead."
"What?" When Ma Er heard this, he was shocked and looked up at Han Yu, "What did you say? Old man, how dare you curse my brother? Do you know..."
Bang-
He wasn't finished speaking yet. Wu Jun had a big mouth on his head and knocked him away two of his teeth.
"Who are you talking to? Ah?" Wu Juntou was really angry at this time. When Ma Xuansheng was alive, he had also had a few dealings with Ma Er, but due to the other party's identity, he did not dare to do anything to the other party. Now Ma Xuansheng is dead, and Ma Er is directly jumping into Han Yu's face. Why didn't Wu Juntou take the opportunity to let Ma Er experience the power of his military leader?
"Hey! You... you hit someone!" And Ma Er is used to bullying people on weekdays, and he rarely gets bullied like this. Otherwise, he would not have broken the defense after being hit by Sun Yixie last time. Now he is hit by Wu Juntou again, and he is almost crying.
"What's wrong with hitting you? It's light to hit you!" Wu Juntou said as he was about to beat you up again.
"Okay, stop first." Han Yu stopped him.
Han Yu was also a miserable person when he was young, and he had seen a rogue. In addition, he had experienced so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, and he was called "old thing" and was really not angry.
"Ma Er, my name is Han Yu. Have you heard my name?" Han Yu didn't want to waste time with a scoundrel about etiquette, so he also talked to people and talked to ghosts, and asked directly in this word that Ma Er could respond quickly.
"Han...Master Han!" Although Ma Er had never seen Han Yu, he must have heard his brother mention this name often.
At this time, Ma Er realized that the old man in front of him was his brother's backer in the court. Now he forgot the pain on his face, and he rolled and crawled and knelt again, shouting: "Caomin has seen Lord Han!"
When Wu Juntou saw this, he couldn't help but sneer and said to himself: "So you can talk well."
"No gifts." Han Yu replied impatiently, and said again, "Since you know me, you should understand. I said your brother is dead, and I am not kidding you."
"Ah?" At this moment, Ma Er realized that his elder brother was really dead.
And the expression on his face also became very subtle.
Although he was sad, he was surprised and had no tears.
You say he is sad, it is a bit sad, but the sadness after the shock is more because he has lost his trust in relying on others, rather than because of how deep his feelings he has for his brother.
Han Yu observed him for a moment, and saw that he seemed to have accepted the reality, he spoke again: "A person cannot be resurrected by death, please be mournful and follow the changes." He said something on the scene, and then he kept preparing to talk about the serious matters, "No matter what, you are still alive, and I will come to you to do something, you should not refuse, right?"
When Ma Er heard this, he didn't know what he thought of, but his expression turned from sadness to joy. He couldn't wait to speak, "Oh! OK! Lord Han wants to cultivate me?"
When Han Yu heard this, he frowned slightly and repeated with a little confusion: "Cultivate you?"
"Yes." At this moment, Ma Er knelt on the ground like a pug, raised his neck and smiled, "My brother is dead, so you want to promote me, right? That's easy to say, I can learn to be an official, and the prince consort... Hehe, I can do it anytime."
"You... are the prince consort?" Even Han Yu was shocked by the gangster's jumping thinking.
"Ah." Ma Er replied, "Isn't there a saying that... Father dies and sons succeed, brothers will come to you? Then my brother is gone, it's my turn, right? The marriage that the emperor gave to our Ma family with golden words is not considered, right?"
"Well..." Han Yu said with a deep thought, "Okay, okay...I understand." He paused, "So...you go down and rest for a while, and I'll think about it."
"Hey, okay! Haha, then I'll thank Lord Han first." Ma Erdeyan was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly before getting up.
Wu Juntou, who was standing beside him, was also a little confused at this time, thinking that could Lord Han really want to agree to Ma Er? Is this crazy?
But on the surface, he didn't dare to make any complaints, but he ordered his subordinates to take Ma Er out according to Han Yu's intention.
When he came in, Ma Er was dragged in, but when he went out, this guy walked out swagger. Before leaving, he turned around and glared at Wu Jun with a mighty look, as if he had taken over his brother's position and then he would have to look good at Wu Jun.
However, when Ma Er left the room, after only one sip of tea, Han Yu spoke again and said to Wu Juntou and the director who was listening to him: "I heard that Ma Er hanged himself in prison because he heard that his brother passed away and died of his death... Is there anything wrong?"
The two of them were shocked when they heard this, but they quickly understood what Han Yu meant.
"Sir, this is because of this... it's all a humble and dereliction of duty, and I didn't ask my subordinates to take good care of the prisoners." The director answered the words first.
"Hey~ He hangs himself while the prison guards are changing shifts. He is too unprepared to be guarded, so don't hold anyone responsible." Han Yu took up the teacup and continued leisurely.
"Old man is kind to his subordinates, and he is really a role model." The director said, then winked at Wu Jun's head and continued, "Xiao Wu, hurry up and collect the body of Ma Er. If the Jinyiwei is later, the people from the Jinyiwei may be coming."
"Yes, I'll do it now..." Wu Juntou understood and immediately left the room after raising his fists.
Han Yu watched the other party go out and nodded with satisfaction.
Even though his decision at this moment was a bit risky, he would still owe him a favor to the two of them in front of him, he had to do so, because Ma Er's reaction made him judge that this guy was not the kind of person who could control his mouth and mind at all. It was too risky to keep him to the Jinyiwei.
And when it comes to the Jinyiwei...
The Jinyiwei, from the emperor's order to receive the order from them, the commander and his several deputy officers held a meeting to decide who would investigate the case, and then Yun Shili received the official appointment, it had been half a day.
Who is Yun Shili? As soon as he heard that Lord Han had already taken the lead in the Battle of the South City for a long time, he knew that it would be too late for him to go there now.
Therefore, he simply did not rush to go, so as not to listen to what was said after the confession, but instead he was preconceived by misleading remarks.
That afternoon, Yun Shili never stepped into the crime scene, but instead used other channels in their Jinyiwei's hands to collect civilian intelligence and clues directly from the city.
I don’t know if I don’t check this, I check it out... Hey, isn’t the person involved my old acquaintance?
Chapter completed!
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