"What, someone stormed the city gate, they...what did they want to do? They are rebelling, they are really rebelling!"
When Magistrate He heard that someone was storming the city gate, he turned pale with fright and felt bad all over.
The murder case had already made him feel that his status in Su Cheng's heart had plummeted. Now, would it be okay if something like this happened again?
If Su Cheng thinks that he is a fool, it will be difficult for him to be promoted in the future.
But when Su Cheng heard this, his eyes turned cold, and he understood that these people could not attack the city gate for no reason, something must have happened.
"He County Magistrate, don't be anxious, let the government officials explain clearly why these people attacked the city gate first!" Su Cheng stared at the government officials and asked.
The yamen servant wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Back to Lord Marquis, that group of people said that a murder occurred in the city. They didn't want to stay here, so they wanted to go out through the city gate."
As soon as these words came out, Su Cheng and others changed their expressions.
Obviously the information has been blocked, why would those people outside know about the murder?
"This... this is impossible. Everyone who knows about the murder is here. How can people outside know about it!"
Magistrate He's face was pale, and he even spoke with a bit of panic. Now the development of things is getting more and more beyond their expectations. The matter here has not been solved yet, and something happened over there.
Su Cheng snorted coldly: "Now is not the time to ask these questions. The top priority is to keep this group of people first, otherwise the government officials at the city gate alone will not be able to stop them!"
"Mr. Liu Qian!"
"Master Hou!"
"Take your men and follow me to the city gate!"
"yes!"
After giving instructions to Liu Changfeng, Su Cheng turned to look at Shen Youwei: "Madam, I will leave some soldiers here. You are responsible for guarding the government officials and the people in Meihua Building here."
Shen Youwei pouted. In fact, she wanted to go to the city gate with her husband.
But she also understood that now was not the time to be petty, and that she should obey her husband's arrangements, not to mention that someone really needed to be in charge of the Meihua Building.
"Okay, sir, please be careful. If they dare to take action, send someone over to notify me immediately!" Shen Youwei warned with some worry.
Su Cheng nodded slightly, and then led the people towards the city gate.
On the way, Su Cheng was actually thinking about everything that had happened from last night to now. Everything seemed to be controlled by an invisible big hand.
Seeing that he had met his opponent this time, the opponent came with force and was well prepared, but he didn't even know who the opponent was.
If this matter is not handled well, he, the newly appointed prefect, will be questioned!
While thinking, Su Cheng and his people had arrived at the street at the city gate, but now there were noisy people everywhere, and even the people at the front were already arguing with the government officials at the city gate.
Su Cheng looked at the dense crowd, with a chill flashing in his eyes. It hadn't been long since the incident occurred, but all the people in the city had gotten the news. It was clear that someone had deliberately spread it.
Perhaps, as long as we find the person who spread the news, we can follow the clues and find the murderer!
Thinking of this, Su Cheng's eyes turned cold and he immediately ordered: "Surround this place!"
After giving the order, Liu Changfeng and his men began to set up controls. The strong shouts of the soldiers scared many people at the scene to stop.
Seeing the groups of soldiers wearing soldiers' uniforms, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they all became silent and did not dare to speak.
Soldiers are different from government officials. They have the right to arrest people at will. Compared to government officials, the aura of the soldiers is also frightening.
These people just bully the weak and fear the strong. When the government officials at the city gate saw that there were so many of them, they could only try to persuade them, but they couldn't listen to them. They thought the government officials were easy to bully.
Now when the soldiers came, everyone immediately did not dare to speak.
At this moment, Su Cheng led Magistrate He and others to the gate of the city with a sullen face, and saw the first few young men making trouble.
These people are all people of high status, or people with relatively good family conditions, but even so, after seeing Su Cheng, they still bowed respectfully:
"I've met the Marquis!"
Su Cheng did not speak, but glanced around the group of people with cold eyes. When the group of people looked so cold that they were sweating profusely, he said slowly:
"You are very capable. You actually dare to attack the city gate. Don't you know that this represents the dignity of the imperial court?"
"Tell me, who asked you to do this?"
Su Cheng didn't even mention the murder. He immediately convicted these people and frightened them first.
But the four leading young masters in brocade clothes laughed bitterly when they heard this, each looked at each other, and then said bitterly:
"The Marquis has wronged us by saying this. We are really afraid that the murderer will kill people indiscriminately, so we want to leave here as soon as possible. We really have no intention of contempt for the imperial court."
"Yes, originally we didn't believe that a murder had occurred, but someone saw you and Mr. He leading people to surround the Plum Blossom Building, so we have to believe it even if we don't believe it!"
"We are just here to have fun, we don't want to lose our lives here."
"Master Marquis, just let us out. Such a big thing has happened here. We really don't dare to stay. We can come back after you catch the murderer."
The four of them told each other their thoughts.
But Su Cheng was keenly aware that they had learned about the murder. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "Who told you that a murder had occurred?"
"This..." The four of them looked at each other, and then the middle man took out a note from his sleeve and handed it over: "Master Marquis, someone threw this note into my room."
Su Cheng took the note and looked at it, only to see that there was a murder in Meihua Building. If you don't want to die, leave here as soon as possible!
After reading this note, Su Cheng's eyes turned cold and he already had some guesses in his mind.
However, once these people leave this place, what happened in Meihua County last night will be made public, and maybe the murderer will take this opportunity to hide among the crowd and leave the city!
Thinking of this, Su Cheng put the note away and said: "I understand your thoughts, but have you ever thought that if the murderer is among you, if this person follows you out of the city, then you will be the murderer's accomplices
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As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present suddenly changed, and they all looked at the people around them, all of them showing wary expressions.
"This...this...Master Hou...don't scare us, then what should we do now?" someone asked.
Su Cheng raised his right hand and pointed towards the inn in the city: "The city gate cannot be opened now, otherwise the murderer will escape. You all go back to the inn now, and I will send someone to protect you!"
"Don't worry, this person can't escape, I will definitely catch him and bring him to justice as soon as possible!"