Five days later, both sides of the official road were crowded with people who came to see him off.
When they learned that the county magistrate Song Zhili was about to leave Yanping and go to Qizhou to take office, the people all spontaneously dragged their families and brought gifts in hand to send them off. The queues even stretched for several miles.
Many people took out the only good things they had at home and planned to give them to Magistrate Song, but Magistrate Song would not accept them.
Since Xu Zhen did not agree to accompany him, Song Zhili finally had to take away the head catcher Cheng Xiao and several close government officials.
"Master Qingtian! We can't bear to leave you..."
"Yes, you have made us live a good life, and we will never forget your great kindness..."
"If all our Daxuan officials are like Mr. Song, the country will be rich and the people will be strong and live in peace and contentment. Why should the country not be prosperous..."
When Song Zhili walked through the crowd, the people knelt down one after another and shouted "Master Qingtian". Many people burst into tears, reluctant to part with such a good official who was not afraid of the powerful, fair and honest.
At this moment, Song Zhili had never felt such grand treatment, and his eyes were moist with emotion.
In his excitement, he quietly took out a piece of paper, and what was written on the paper was the line Xu Zhen left for him:
First, the family members of Magistrate Tong came to identify the body.
People often say that grudges disappear when they look at each other and smile. The two of them didn't smile, but the grudges disappeared.
However, the case must be kept absolutely confidential, requiring Meng Zhichao and his wife to keep quiet and secretly collect information for Xu Zhen to prepare for future investigations.
After Chen Houlu explained the cause and effect, the family members naturally refused to give up and insisted on an explanation from the county government. They also threatened to go to the Songzhou government office to file a complaint, etc. The commotion was very serious.
As a result, the victim's family almost ate the family members of Magistrate Tong alive, which scared the family members of Magistrate Tong and ran away.
The first thing Chen Houlu did when he took office was to announce in public that Xu Zhen would succeed Cheng Xiao as the arrester, and that the county government arrester would be named Xu from now on.
After sending the couple away, Xu Zhen couldn't help but think of a person and an animal.
Seeing these eight words, he felt that he had sublimated again and realized more deeply what was the foundation of his career as an official.
Of course, Chen Houlu was a tactful person. After listening to Xu Zhen's opinion, he immediately took out part of the proceeds from the house confiscation and rewarded it to the Yamen servants and police officers in order to win people's hearts.
Chen Houlu is not stupid, of course he knows that Song Zhili was fooled around before, all thanks to Xu Zhen.
The next day, he was busy moving his eldest concubine and his family into the Yamen and lived in Song Zhili's house, so that his eldest concubine could officially become the county magistrate's wife.
What's more, the situation was chaotic at that time. Although the Yamen later sealed off the scene and ransacked Cui Xiaotian's home, a large amount of property was still damaged or lost, so the Yamen's proceeds from the raid were not much.
It is said that Cui Xiaotian's most valuable properties are all in Daguan City, but Chen Houlu obviously does not want to wade into that muddy water again, so he can only leave those benefits to Han Wentao and his gang.
This matter has just come to an end, and the poisoning and murder case in Yaochang Village has finally been reported to the county government.
Baozheng took the criminal Meng Zhicai and a group of witnesses to the county government office to report the crime. Along with them were the seven corpses!
Therefore, Xu Zhen cannot afford to offend himself.
Due to no previous communication, Chen Houlu did not know that the case was also related to Xu Zhen.
In fact, the common people suffered mainly from those IOUs. Once the IOUs were burned, they no longer had to worry about the huge gambling debts. This was considered a kind of compensation.
To be honest, when Song Zhili revealed Cui Xiaotian's secret, Xu Zhen once thought that disaster was bound to come and there was no way to escape.
Humans are a very strange animal. Chen Houlu was already very old and wanted to retire from office every day, but now that he was promoted to county magistrate, he was so proud and completely renewed that he even stopped drinking wolfberry tea.
Xu Zhen said that next, he would study and investigate the mass poisoning incident in Yaochang Village three years ago.
"Water can carry a boat and also capsize it."
It is undoubtedly the most appropriate for Xu Zhen to be the head of the county government.
Chen Houlu originally wanted to lose money and avoid disaster, but Xu Zhen solved the matter with just one move, which was to summon most of the family members of the Ghost Faced Killer case and have the family members of the victim confront the family members of Magistrate Tong.
Naturally, the couple couldn't wish for it more. Their futures have been ruined by the mass poisoning case and they were tortured to the point of death. Now that they finally have the opportunity, they will naturally try their best.
However, although Song Zhili left, the Yamen has been very busy.
I haven’t seen you for a few days, and I don’t know how Miss Li is doing now.
The animal was the white fox they had seen together in the woods!
If they encounter the same thing again in the future, they will definitely work harder.
The yamen and police officers were rewarded based on their merits, and the least one received was more than a hundred taels of silver. Naturally, they were all delighted.
After Song Zhili left Yanping, the old county magistrate Chen Houlu took office as the Yanping County Magistrate and also served as the county magistrate.
Of course, Meng Zhichao and his wife were the most surprised, because Xu Zhen had told them before that they would come to the county government to find a man named Xu Zhen for help. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen was talking about himself.
This time, unlike Qiu Batian, there was no way to compensate the victims due to a fire at Wansheng Casino that destroyed countless IOUs.
As for his lovely wives and concubines, in order to avoid being gossiped about, they still live in their original places for the time being.
Moreover, there are still many important decisions to be made in the future, and he also needs Xu Zhen's help.
A family of seven was poisoned, which was undoubtedly a major case, so Chen Houlu quickly called Xu Zhen to handle it.
Therefore, after handling the case and taking the criminal Meng Zhicai into custody, Xu Zhen called Meng Zhichao and his wife to the arrest room and had a detailed discussion with them.
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Chen Houlu travels back and forth every day and never gets tired of it.
The second thing Chen Houlu did after taking office was to deal with the aftermath of Cui Xiaotian.
The person is, of course, Miss Li from Tianxiong Escort Agency, Li Chaner;
After seeing Xu Zhen, the people traveling with him, including Meng Zhicai himself, were all surprised. They never expected that Xu Zhen turned out to be a yamen agent.
However, although Magistrate Tong deserved his punishment, his body did suffer a lot, and it was later dug out from the soil of the ruined temple...
But it is precisely because of this that Song Zhili was able to achieve what he is today.
Therefore, at that time, he also had some doubts, thinking that the white fox was indeed a bit ominous.
So, when he finally reached the end of the line and was about to get on the bus, he couldn't help but give Xu Zhen a meaningful look!
Xu Zhen seemed to be able to sense his deep meaning, and immediately bowed and clasped his fists, respectfully saluting goodbye.
Fortunately, there were twists and turns later and I escaped disaster.
Now it seems that I am still more willing to believe the prophecy that Qi Yunzheng said:
But do good deeds and don’t worry about your future!
Therefore, Xu Zhen secretly made up his mind that once he finished handling the official matters at hand, he would find a reason to go to Yaochang Village to investigate...