Chickens and dogs were barking wildly in Qinghe County tonight. Residents who were sleeping peacefully were awakened by the news of the attack by Liangshan bandits. They hid in their homes and trembled in fear, listening to the fierce footsteps of officers and soldiers running back and forth on the street.
The fire in Zhou Xiu's house illuminated half of the sky. Someone set off the fire. The fire was so raging that it looked like the entire Zhou family would be reduced to ashes.
More than a hundred officers and soldiers were waiting with torches in hand. The magistrate of Song County, who had just eaten wine and had been tossing his concubine's belly for a long time, came in a panic. He rushed away and was so panicked that he even lost the skullcap on his head.
Wang Lin, covered in blood and filled with murderous intent, walked out of Zhou's house carrying a spear, dragging Zhou Xiu, the county lieutenant who had been knocked unconscious in only his underwear, and a bag of bulging belongings.
He threw Zhou Xiu like a dog at the door, clasped his fists and saluted the stunned magistrate and all the officials in the county, saying: "Your Excellency, my lords, tonight the Liangshan bandits attacked at night, and I have killed the invading thieves. Only this private
Zhou Xiu, the chief culprit of the Tongliang Mountain bandits, was an official and a young man did not dare to specialize, so he was captured alive and handed over to the county magistrate for disposal."
"These are the belongings given to Zhou Xiu by the Liangshan bandits tonight. Please check them with the county magistrate!"
Wang Lin opened the package, and there was a pile of real money inside. It was Zhou Xiu's savings from extorting money from big families in the county over the years.
Magistrate Song's lips trembled: "Zhou Xiu... is having an affair with the Liangshan bandits?"
Zhou Ping sighed secretly and had to stand up and handed over a letter: "Your Majesty, I have a letter from Wang Lun, the white-clothed scholar Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshan Water Village, to Zhou Xiu, and a bunch of Liangshan thieves.
A case of jewelry as evidence!”
Wang Lin cast a meaningful glance at Song Zhixian, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, these are all stolen money!"
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One night passed.
The fire at Zhou's house was extinguished and did not damage surrounding residents' houses.
Zhou Xiu was thrown into jail.
All the corpses of the "Liangshan bandits" killed by Wang Lin were transported to Yizhuang behind the county government office, and people in the county were in a state of shock.
News about the county captain Zhou Xiu colluding with Liangshan thieves to attack Qinghe County at night spread like wildfire. Many Qinghe people who had been bullied or raped by Zhou Xiu in the past gathered at the gate of the county government office and signed a letter, demanding that the county severely punish the thieves.
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Wang Lin spent a lot of time in the courtyard practicing marksmanship like using his arms and fingers. Once he realized that the skill he copied from Yang Zhi, the Yang family gun, was disappearing, he decided to make sure his weapon was a long gun. This gun cost one hundred taels of silver.
Please carefully refine it by the blacksmith in the county.
Last night finally came in handy.
Zhou Ping hurried over and said with a wry smile: "Brother Xian, you really tricked Brother Yu this time."
"The Liangshan bandits attacked, but fortunately they were all wiped out. For the county, this is a great achievement, why are we all worried?" Wang Lin put away his spear and said.
"There is insufficient evidence for the alleged affair between Zhou Xiu and the Liangshan bandits. How can we establish a solid case based on just that letter and a bunch of property?"
"What more ironclad evidence is needed? All the people in the county are witnesses of the night attack by the Liangshan bandits. In full view of everyone, everyone testifies. This Zhou Xiu's crime is so heinous that it is difficult to escape the charge this time."
"My dear brother, I didn't know that the officialdom is dangerous. The prefect is sick and neglects his affairs. All government affairs are in the hands of Uncle Zhou Xiu, Tongjian Meng Jiu. For more than a year, Meng Jiu has been almost ruling the sky in Dongping Mansion with one hand. How can the county magistrate dare to offend him?"
"The Liangshan bandits are a serious nuisance in Dongping Prefecture and Shandong. Defeating the Liangshan bandits' night attack on Qinghe County is such a great achievement. How can the county magistrate let it go? I heard that he has not been promoted in Qinghe County for many years. This is
If this case is turned into a solid case, the credit will not be lost, and if you are promoted soon, why should you fear the general judgment of a mere Dongping Prefecture?"
"If the county magistrate had no intention of doing this, why would he let the complainants gather at the gate of the county government office and disperse them long ago?"
"Also, a mere county captain can ride on the head of the county magistrate and dominate. The county magistrate has tolerated it for so long, but he can still defy the surging public opinion and take huge risks to excuse Zhou Xiu?"
Wang Lin talked eloquently, but Zhou Ping was speechless.
However, the following facts quickly verified Wang Lin's words.
Magistrate Song was silent for a whole day, and then he opened his office to accept the complaints from the people in the county and began to try the case of county captain Zhou Xiu colluding with Liangshan bandits to attack Qinghe County at night.
Snowflakes of paper were thrown onto the magistrate's desk.
The witnesses, physical evidence, circumstantial evidence and clues related to Zhou Xiu's various crimes were quickly unearthed and concocted under the hint of the county magistrate.
That night, the magistrate of Song Dynasty went to court.
Zhou Xiu categorically denied colluding with Liangshan bandits and other accusations, and yelled and cursed in the hall. The county magistrate became furious and tortured Zhou Xiu in the hall. Zhou Xiu was seriously injured and fell into coma.
Later, the yamen officer picked up his fingers and marked on the confession, confirming the evidence presented in court.
Because the matter was so important, Qinghe County immediately submitted formal documents to Dongping Mansion and Jingdong East Road Manager and Appeasement Commissioner. This meant that Meng Jiu, the man behind Zhou Xiu, had no chance of overturning this ironclad case.
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At this time, a new restaurant called "Juyi House" in Qinghe County announced its opening.
People in Qinghe County suddenly discovered that the restaurant operator was actually the Wuhan University who sold cooking cakes in the county.
Juyi Building was very popular on the day it opened, with an endless stream of diners coming because of Wang Lin's name.
Although Wuhan University is still the same Wuhan University, it seems like a different person in spirit and spirit. At least the people from Qinghe County who came to eat felt that the three-inch Ding, Gushubark was completely different from the past.
The dishes at Juyilou are very different from those on the market, and the taste is even more delicious.
Wu Da was hiding in a private room on the second floor, staring at the two clay pots on the desk without blinking.
The two things in the jar made him ecstatic. He didn't know where Wang Lin Xiaoguan got them from, and he didn't dare to find out. But he knew that with these sacred condiments called snowflake salt and Weisu, Juyilou
The business took off.
Just like when he used to sell cooking cakes, why he dared to sell them at such a high price was because his cooking cakes had a unique taste that was difficult for other cooking cake sellers in the county to imitate.
There is a huge difference in treatment between working from early in the morning and working late at night to sell cakes and being a restaurant manager hiding behind the scenes. The key point is that Mubai, a junior official, also promised him a monthly salary of 10 guan, regardless of whether the restaurant is profitable or not.
So Wuhan University is very grateful.
He felt that the luckiest thing in his life was to have such a good neighbor as Wang Lin, and the most unlucky thing was that his parents didn't know if they took the wrong medicine when he was born. Why was his brother Wu Er so tall and handsome?
Although she is dignified, as a compatriot of the same mother, she has become a three-inch boy who is laughed at and bullied by others.
Wang Lin, a junior official, has been helping him find a wife for the past two days.
Since last night, Wuhan University has been excited from ear to ear.
Although it is certainly impossible for him to marry a beautiful woman with his image, he is almost thirty and is not that particular. It would be great to have a woman to carry on the family line.
Wang Lin actually found a woman named Sun for Wuhan University.
The widow, twenty-eight years old, looks passable.
In fact, she is a simple and hard-working lower-class woman whose husband has been ill and died for more than a year and has not yet given birth.
Sun's life was difficult with her blind mother-in-law. When Xue's mother-in-law was entrusted by Wang Lin, she made two trips to Wuhan University.
Such a close relationship.
The condition is that the mother-in-law marries together.
Therefore, Wuhan University is getting married and getting a wife.