Butler Zhou's words completely blocked Zhao Chengwang's hope of making a comeback.
Under the dictation of Butler Zhou, this conspiracy was completely revealed in front of Su Cheng. It was Zhao Chengwang who wanted to kill Liu Changfeng because he did not want the old relationship between Yang Lingxuan and Liu Changfeng to rekindle.
After writing down everything that happened, Shen Xiangxing, as the master, showed the confession to Butler Zhou.
"Yes, that's it!"
"Then just sign and pledge it!"
As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Shen Xiangxing handed over the brush, and Butler Zhou immediately signed and stamped the confession.
After doing this, Su Cheng waved his hand: "Come here, take him down and ask a doctor to take a look at him."
"Thank you, Mr. Su!" Butler Zhou looked grateful and was carried back to the prison by the yamen.
Su Cheng looked at the confession in his hand and narrowed his eyes: "Master, please immediately make three copies of these case files, keep one copy in the county government office, and give the other two copies to me."
When Shen Xiangxing heard this, his eyes widened.
"Brother-in-law..."
"Um?"
"No, Mr. Su, why do you need three copies? According to the rules, just two copies are enough, one to report and one to keep." Shen Xiangxing looked puzzled.
Doesn’t this give yourself more work?
There are a lot of case files this time, and it will take a lot of time to copy them all. If we have to copy one more file, isn't this looking for sin?
Unexpectedly, when Su Cheng heard this, he glared at Shen Xiangxing fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense, I will be of great use. You can immediately bring two literate people to copy it together. I will personally send it to Jiangzhou today."
As soon as these words came out, Shen Xiangxing's expression changed.
"Sir, what are you going to do in Jiangzhou yourself? Just let the people below take you to Jiangzhou."
Shen Xiangxing didn't understand, and he didn't know that his sister had gone to Jiangzhou alone.
"Okay, you don't need to ask any more questions. I have my own plan for this matter." Su Cheng waved his hand and motioned to Shen Xiangxing to go down and handle it according to his instructions.
Fortunately, there was someone in the county government who knew Chinese characters, so the three of them copied it together, and in the afternoon of that day, all three case files were sorted out.
Su Cheng took the two case files and rode towards Jiangzhou City, escorted by Tian Dazhuang and twenty government officials.
Liuhe County is now on the right track. Su Cheng does not need to handle many matters personally. He can just arrange for the people below to do it.
However, during the period when he was away from Liuhe County, the affairs of Liuhe County were temporarily left to Mr. He Baotou to take care of them. This man was well-informed and could handle the affairs within the county government for the time being.
There are two purposes for going to Jiangzhou this time. One is to bring back his wife Shen Youwei, and the other is to report the case file to the government's general judge.
Yes, the case file must be given to the general judge, not the prefect!
The general judge is the person who is responsible for the official affairs of the state government such as soldiers and civilians, money and grain, household registration, taxes and servitude, prison litigation, etc. These matters need to be signed by the general judge before they can take effect, and they have the power to supervise the officials, so they are called "supervising the state".
Only when the judge has read the case file and feels there is no problem can it be reported to Jiang Province and eventually to the Criminal Department in Kyoto.
Murder cases, in which a person's life was lost due to murder, must be reported to the Ministry of Punishment. After the Ministry of Punishment convicts, they will be concentrated and executed after autumn. This is the origin of the Qiu Houwenzhan.
Because it needs to be reported layer by layer, which takes a lot of time, many prisoners are concentrated in Qiuhou for questioning!
It would be best if this matter could be reported to the Ministry of Punishment, bypassing Zhao Kangyu.
So Su Cheng must seize the time to report the case!
Of course, he was also worried about his wife's safety. After all, Zhao Kangyu had already arrived in Jiangzhou City, and he didn't know if his wife would happen to bump into him!
With Zhao Kangyu's character, he would definitely go to see Governor Yang when he arrived in Jiangzhou City. If his wife broke in at this time, it would be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
Thinking that his wife might be in danger, Su Cheng couldn't help but rush on his horse a little faster.
He rushed to Jiangzhou almost day and night, and even ate steamed buns while driving.
But Su Cheng set off half a day later than Shen Youwei. When they approached Jiangzhou City, Shen Youwei had already entered the city.
Although Jiangzhou City is large, it is still easy to find out where the prefect lives.
At this moment, it was already night five days later. Shen Youwei found out the location of Yang's house and immediately came outside Yang's house.
In the dark night, the streets of Jiangzhou City were deserted, with only thousands of lights illuminating Shen Youwei's path forward.
Yang's Mansion is located in the east of the city. Two large lanterns are hung at the door for lighting, and four guards stand at the door to protect it.
Under the high-walled courtyard, if you want to enter the Yang Mansion, you must pass the report of these four guards.
Shen Youwei glanced at the plaque at the door of the mansion along the lantern from a distance. There were two big characters written on it: Yang Mansion!
"This is it!"
Shen Youwei's eyes lit up and she made up her mind to take Yang Lingxuan out of here tonight and return to Jiangzhou City to reunite with Liu Changfeng.
Glancing at the guard guarding the door, Shen Youwei showed a sneer on her lips, and then touched the side of Yang Mansion.
The high-walled courtyard in front of Shen Youwei was of no use at all. She took a deep breath, tapped her feet on the wall a few times, and actually jumped directly over the high wall and entered the Yang Mansion courtyard.
As the yard of the prefect, it was very large. Shen Youwei didn't know where Yang Lingxuan lived, so she could only go to the backyard and search slowly.
It's just a little strange that there are many guards in the backyard of the Yang Mansion, and the clothes of these people are different from the four guards at the door.
"Why are there so many guards in the prefect's mansion?"
Although Shen Youwei felt strange in her heart, she was brave enough to be an expert, so she immediately avoided the guards and came to the outside of the most heavily guarded room.
Magistrate Yang must be afraid that Miss Yang would escape, so he sent someone to watch. As long as he found the most heavily guarded room, it would definitely be Miss Yang's room.
It's just that there are four guards guarding the room outside, so it's not easy to get in.
Shen Youwei raised her eyebrows, looked up at the roof, and found that there was no one guarding it. Then her eyes lit up, her figure flashed, and she rushed to the eaves.
Opening the green tiles on the eaves, Shen Youwei looked into the room and saw candlelight shining brightly in the room. Yang Lingxuan looked haggard, holding her chin in her hands and staring out the window, as if she had something on her mind.
Sure enough, here, I guessed right!
Shen Youwei was overjoyed and immediately covered the tiles, then got down from the eaves and came to the side window.
While Yang Lingxuan was stunned, Shen Youwei jumped in and quickly closed the window door.
Yang Lingxuan was startled. She was about to call someone when she suddenly heard Shen Youwei's voice: "Miss Yang, don't shout, it's me!"
Seeing clearly that the person coming was Shen Youwei, Yang Lingxuan couldn't help but change her face: "Mrs. Su, you... why are you here? You are in trouble now. Master Zhao's guards are here. If they are discovered, they will definitely kill you." You caught him!"