Although the little donkey pulling coal had been tired for a day, it still showed amazing strength and speed. Under the instigation of Xu Zhen's leather whip, it didn't take long to pull the coal truck to the gate of the county government office.
There were four on-duty government officials standing at the gate of the county government office. They suddenly saw Xu Zhen driving a donkey cart and stopped, and they all gathered around curiously.
"Quick!" Xu Zhen jumped off the donkey cart, pointed at Qiu Batian in the cart, and assigned tasks to the government officials, "You, come here and help me lift people out of the cart;
"You, hurry up and inform the elder that Qiu Batian has arrived at the case;
"You, notify everyone immediately and prepare to ascend to the church;
"And you, hurry up and get a basin of cold water!"
"Ah? Qiu...Qiu Batian? No...didn't you say you want to be summoned? How..." The four government officials didn't know what happened and were shocked.
"Hurry up! Don't be stunned!" Xu Zhen urged, "This is all the master's order, hurry up!"
After hearing what Xu Zhen said, the government officials did not dare to delay any longer and immediately acted according to Xu Zhen's instructions. Some ran to the inner hall, some ran to the public house, some went to get cold water, and one and Xu Zhen took the unconscious man to the hospital.
Qiu Batian carried him into the county government office.
Soon, Qiu Batian, who was covered in coal dust, was dragged to the county government hall, where one of the government officials had already brought a basin of cold water.
Xu Zhen took the basin and said to the yamen officer: "Okay, you go and take the plaintiff now!"
Sure enough, Xu Zhen handed it over naturally, and Chen Tiefeng received it very steadily. Only after receiving it did he feel curious.
He obviously suspected that the old man was poisoned to death by someone sent by Song Zhili. In this way, the old man died without any evidence, and he could no longer sue Qiu Batian.
Besides, even if Song Zhili really wanted to kill the old man, he shouldn't have let him die in the county jail. Wouldn't this be a recipe for disaster?
"Report..."
"No... I don't know!" a jailer said in a panic, "I was fine just now, but who knew he would die like this..."
At this time, the county magistrate Song Zhili and the head catcher Cheng Xiao came over after hearing the news. When they saw Qiu Bazhen actually arriving at the court, they rushed over in panic.
Who killed the old man?
"Ouch! What...what's going on?"
Unexpectedly, just as Magistrate Song finished speaking, the government servant who had gone to take the plaintiff ran in in panic and reported to Magistrate Song:
…
At this time, the government officials and police officers who received the news came to the lobby one after another. When Xu Zhen saw Chen Tiefeng appearing from a distance, he poured a basin of cold water on Qiu Batian's head!
"Oh oh oh..."
As soon as Qiu Batian finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the Yamen. After a while, Qiu Batian's vicious servants rushed into the courtroom aggressively.
Tsk tsk...
"This..." Song Zhili was completely confused and didn't know what to say.
A quarter of an hour later, the county jail was in Nanjing Prison.
No one expected that in just a few hours, the old man would be poisoned to death in the county jail!
how so?
Only then did Xu Zhen understand why Cheng Xiao looked at Song Zhili with that look.
What!!?
The entire county government hall suddenly became quiet.
Cheng Xiao was experienced and rushed into the cell first and turned the old man's body over.
However, Xu Zhen has long since disappeared.
Cheng Xiao still didn't answer, but his expression became extremely ugly.
"It's far, it's far!" Magistrate Song calmed down and said hurriedly, "Boss Qiu, you are far away when you say that. Come, please go to the inner hall to talk. Let me tell you the whole thing in detail.
To be honest, this... this is really a misunderstanding!"
"..." Qiu Ba was furious, "It's unreasonable, it's simply unreasonable!"
"Master Qiu, Master Qiu...are you okay?"
"Get out!" A furious Qiu Batian pushed Chen Tiefeng away and got up on his own.
"It's... poisoning!" Cheng Xiao said in a very low voice, "It's poisoning."
In the crowd, Xu Zhen looked through the gap and saw that the old man's face was distorted and his lips were purple, which were indeed obvious signs of poisoning.
While the yamen officer was reporting the incident, Xu Zhen was hiding behind a desk to watch the excitement.
After hearing such shocking news, I couldn't help but froze in place...
The county magistrate Song Zhili, the arresting officer Cheng Xiao, all the arresting officers, Qiu Batian and others all came here.
But I saw that his body was covered in a mixture of coal and water, his hair was disheveled, and he was extremely embarrassed.
"ah!?"
Besides, in such a short period of time, Song Zhili was still unable to determine the whole story of the case, so how could he kill Qiu Batian and silence him?
"What...what's going on?" Magistrate Song asked anxiously.
After saying that, he led his servants and walked out of the prison.
"This..." Song Zhili frowned and advised again, "You are worrying too much, this... this is really a misunderstanding! I..."
"You..." Qiu Batian shouted angrily at Chen Tiefeng, "What's your name?"
Qiu Batian shivered several times and was instantly awakened by the cold water.
"Oh, Boss Qiu, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding..." Song Zhili quickly clasped his fists and bowed to Qiu Batian.
Everyone quickly looked inside the cell and saw a man lying on the ground, it was the old man who had sued Qiu Batian.
Even though this was the county government hall, Magistrate Song and all the government officials turned pale with fright, completely losing their official dignity.
However, which one of Magistrate Song and other government officials dared to stop him? They could only watch Qiu Batian swaggeringly leaving the prison.
"You..." Chen Tiefeng just wanted to ask Xu Zhen why he gave himself a basin?
But at this moment, Qiu Batian, who had regained consciousness, sat up and roared at Chen Tiefeng like a furious lion:
"You? How dare you splash me!?"
"Yamen... Huh... This is... Yamen?" Qiu Batian squeezed his groggy head and realized that he had arrived at the county government office.
"Okay," Qiu Batian suddenly remembered something, immediately interrupted Song Zhili, pointed at his nose and said, "Isn't it just because someone wants to sue me that you put so much effort into it? Okay, you call him out.
I want to see who he is?"
"I..." Chen Tiefeng couldn't react in time and subconsciously replied, "I am Chen Tiefeng."
"Huh!" Qiu Batian covered his head and shouted angrily, "Stop acting! I don't think there is any misunderstanding, you just want to mess with me? Okay, then come on, let me see what you can do to me.
how?"
He lay on the ground, his body twisted, and he seemed to have experienced extreme pain before dying.
Looking at Qiu Batian's leaving figure and then at the old man's body in the cell, Xu Zhen frowned, feeling more and more that this case was unusual.
The Yamen servant responded and immediately ran towards the County Yamen South Prison.
"Sir, it's that Xu Zhen!" Chen Tiefeng complained quickly when he saw this, "He was the one who brought Boss Qiu here!"
When the servants saw Qiu Batian covered in cinder stains, they immediately protected him and glared angrily at the government officials present.
The so-called inertia effect means that if you hand something to someone else naturally, others will naturally accept it.
"Big...big sir, it's not good! That old man——is dead!!!"
But... Judging from Song Zhili's current state of being helpless, it doesn't look like he knew anything about it.
Logically speaking, Qiu Batian is closely related to the case at hand and should remain in the Yamen for review.
"What bad luck!" At this time, Qiu Batian shook the mud off his body impatiently and said to Song Zhili, "I tell you, county magistrate, if you don't give me an explanation for this matter, don't blame me for telling you
I can’t get through the Yamen!”
"Oh, what's going on!" Song Zhili was anxious, "Speak quickly!"
"What...what's wrong?" Song Zhili noticed something strange and asked hurriedly.
"Ah!?" After just one glance, Cheng Xiao frowned and turned to look at the county magistrate Song Zhili, his eyes becoming extremely complicated.
"Xu Zhen?" Song Zhili was so worried that he hurriedly asked Cheng Xiao, "Cheng Batou, what's going on?"
At this moment, Chen Tiefeng had already run into the lobby. Xu Zhen, with quick eyesight and quick hands, handed the basin directly to Chen Tiefeng's hand.
"Qiu...Boss Qiu..." Chen Tiefeng was frightened and hurriedly knelt down to help Qiu Batian. At the same time, he hurriedly explained, "Listen to me, it wasn't me who splashed it just now. It really wasn't me..."
Song Zhili felt dizzy and immediately took a few steps back, almost falling down.
"I..." Cheng Xiao was also at a loss and defended casually, "I just asked him to summon Boss Qiu, but I didn't expect it to end up like this!"
Chen Tiefeng was the old man who captured the house, so he naturally recognized this man in red robe as Qiu Batian, whom everyone in Yanping County feared!
"Ah? This..." He then realized that Xu Zhen had tricked him, and hurriedly threw the basin away while looking for it angrily.
"It's really baffling, hum..." Qiu Batian snorted angrily, turned around and waved to his men, "Let's go, those little golden cats in Wanhua Building are still waiting for me!"
The next second, Xu Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly thought of another important thing.
oops!
Since the old man was poisoned to death in prison, then... where is the old man's daughter?