Patrol's sweetheart baby

"Hey! This is our new county magistrate? Why does this look better than the young man on the stage!"

"What's the use of the magistrate being so good-looking? As the saying goes, if you have no hair on your mouth, you can't do things well. Can you judge cases at such a young age?"

"That's right, what's going on with this imperial court! Why did you send us an embroidered pillow?"

Xie Jinbai hadn't started the formal trial of the case, but the common people were talking about it.

The case of Zhao Xiaorui, a Confucian student in Fufeng County, was heard first.

Zhao Xiaorui's parents, who were waiting on the side of the lobby, felt a chill in their hearts when they saw the appearance of the new county magistrate.

The new magistrate is really too young!

With this appearance, how does it look like someone who can try and judge a case?

Xie Jinbai sat on the lobby, his eyes lightly glanced at the people in the hall.

For some reason, everyone immediately felt chilly on the back of their necks, and the voices of discussion gradually became quieter.

Xie Jinbai turned his head and nodded towards Master Tang.

Master Tang understood immediately and ordered the yamen servant to summon the relatives of the two missing teenagers to come up for questioning.

"Villain Zhao Qingsong—"

"Folkwoman He Xiulian—"

"Meet your lord."

Both Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian knelt down under the desk, looking at the new county magistrate in the hall with nervous expressions and some distrust.

The husband and wife described both as haggard. Obviously, the disappearance of their only son was a huge blow to them.

As if completely unaware of the mistrust in the couple's eyes, Xie Jinbai ordered Zhao Rui and He Xiulian to recount the details of the day their son Zhao Xiaorui disappeared, and at the same time turn over the file prepared by the scribe on the table.

It records that Zhao Xiaorui, the son of Zhao Qingqing and He Xiulian, disappeared after leaving the academy more than a month ago. His parents visited all relatives and friends, and all relatives and friends said that they had never seen the boy that day. This Zhao Xiaorui just disappeared.

The ridiculous thing is that there are only the statements of Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian in this case. About Zhao Xiaorui's personality, who he usually associates with, whether he had any disputes with others before he disappeared, and whether he had any grudges with others before, there is no word at all. It is mentioned that no one was sent to visit the relatives and neighbors of the Zhao family, and no relevant personnel were summoned.Even when exactly the boy disappeared, and roughly where he disappeared, the records are vague and there is no detail.

Now it seems that Yan Hu really did a good job for the people by arresting the former Fufeng County Guo Jia.

However, in the case file, there was a detail that caught Xie Jinbai's attention——

Xie Jinbai turned his head and whispered a few words in Ge Zhou's ear.

Surprise flashed across Ge Zhou's eyes, but soon he took the order and did as Xie Jinbai ordered.

At this time, Zhao Qingsong also just narrated the details of the day his son Zhao Xiaorui disappeared.

Xie Jinbai asked a few more questions about Zhao Xiaorui's disappearance. Finally, he changed the subject and asked whether Zhao Xiaorui had any disputes or grudges with others before his disappearance.

"Has the villain's son ever had any grudges against others?"

Zhao Qingsong was taken aback, and then quickly denied it, "No, it won't. You don't know something, my lord. The villain's son is shy by nature, and he often turns red with embarrassment when talking with others. How can he argue with others? As for enmity, it's even more impossible."

"Yes, my lord, my Rui'er is very obedient. He never contradicts me and his father at home. He always rushes to do any work, and he has never even spoken loudly. He has such a temper , How can you have a grudge against others! My lord! Please, please send someone to find my Ruier! My lord, please! Please!"

At the beginning, He Xiulian was calm, but when she mentioned her son, she inevitably lost control of her emotions. Before it was her turn to answer, she kowtowed to Xie Jinbai with red eyes, begging him to find her son.

"Snapped!"

Xie Jinbai clapped the gavel in his hand, and said to He Xiulian in a low voice, "Mrs. Zhao, this county has not ordered you to speak."

Obviously the tone of the new county magistrate was not very severe, He Xiulian instinctively shook her body when she heard the sound of the gavel, as if she suddenly realized that no matter how tall the county magistrate was, Young, he is still the head of a county in Fufeng County.

He Xiulian was startled and frightened, with tears in her eyes, she didn't dare to speak out.

After that, Xie Jinbai asked the couple a few more questions about Zhao Xiaorui's performance at home on weekdays, and several of the questions were repeated.

At the beginning, Zhao Qingsong was cooperative in answering, but gradually showed impatience, but because of Xie Jinbai's identity as the county magistrate, he was not easy to get angry, and his expression was a little tired and authentic, "Master County, no matter how many times you ask, the villain will still say the same thing. My son has a gentle temperament, and I have never seen him quarrel with others on weekdays, and I have never heard him talk about any unpleasantness with anyone. The villain really can't imagine that he will have grudges with others."

On the left side of the lobby, Ge Zhou nodded towards Xie Jinbai at this moment.

Xie Jinbai nodded, so the official of the Gezhou court made a show, and the official immediately said loudly, "It is said that Zhu Yanpeng, a Confucian student from Fufeng Academy, will come to the court!"

Zhao Qingsong immediately frowned, but He Xiulian looked bewildered, not understanding why the county magistrate summoned the young master of the host family to court.

It turned out that Zhu Yanpeng was not only Zhao Xiaorui's classmate, but also the young son of Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian who worked in Zhuangzi on weekdays. Zhao Xiaorui was able to study in the academy because Zhu Yanpeng's father helped him.

Xie Jinbai had a panoramic view of the reactions of Zhao Qingsong and He Xiulian.

Soon, a young man about eighteen or nine years old came to the lobby, "Xiaosheng Zhu Yanpeng, meet the county magistrate—"

Zhu Yanpeng knelt under the case, with a calm expression and a very neither humble nor overbearing attitude. He was not as panic-stricken as ordinary people when they saw the county magistrate, which was extremely rare at his age.

At the same time, Xie Jinbai keenly captured the grief that flashed in Zhu Yanpeng's eyes.

As usual, Xie Jinbai asked Zhu Yanpeng how his relationship with Zhao Xiaorui was in the academy, and on the day of his disappearance, when was the last time he was a teenager, and what was unusual about Zhao Xiaorui at that time.

Zhu Yanpeng answered one by one.

When answering the third question, Zhu Yanpeng suddenly said, "Master County Magistrate, if I have something important to tell you, please forgive me."

Xie Jinbai's eyes darkened slightly, "Say."

"Xiaosheng suspects that Brother Zhao is no longer alive, and the murderer is his biological father——Zhao Qingsong!"

Zhu Yanpeng raised his hand and pointed his finger at Zhao Qingsong who was kneeling not far from him.

"Huh!"

"No way?"

"Didn't Zhao Xiaorui disappear, and it was said that he was taken away by Yan Hu, the bandit leader. Why did the student say that he was dead? And it was his father who did it?"

"What's the matter? The missing case has become a murder case?"

Immediately, the crowd burst into discussions of astonishment one after another.

He Xiulian screamed in astonishment, "Young Master, you, you, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Then Zhao Qingsong finally came to his senses, his face flushed red, and he pointed at Zhu Yanpeng with trembling fingers, "You, you, Han, blood spurting!"

"Snapped!"

The gavel sounded in his hand, and he glanced at the crowd coldly, "Presumptuous, how can we allow you to make noise in the courtroom?"

Xie Jinbai had been on the battlefield several times in his previous life, his hands were stained with blood, and his official prestige was getting more and more serious. Even those court recidivists, even the secret agents of the enemy countries would rarely be afraid of him when they saw him.

This time he opened up his aura, his eyes were stern, no one outside the hall dared to do anything wrong, even in the hall, He Xiulian, Zhao Qingsong and his wife both stopped talking, looking at the people in the hall in shock. Young magistrate.

Even Ge Zhou, the clerk, Wang Peng and other yamen servants in the hall stared blankly at the new superior.

With such a cold and serious face in Xinzhi County, it's not just a different person!

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"Excuse me, let me, let me, let me—"

Outside the lobby, Tang Xiaotang, who was among the common people, squeezed forward with difficulty, stood on tiptoes, and stretched his neck. Like most of the lively people at the scene, he wanted to see Xie Jinbai, the new county magistrate of Fufeng County, "elegant. "

Ordinarily, Tang Xiaotang should have seen the No. 1 "elegance" of the new magistrate of Fufeng County who was wearing Xie Jinbai.

Isn't this, overslept, cough cough.

When he woke up, he was alone in the room, so he missed being the first to see the new magistrate of Fufeng County in official robes.

Xie Jinbai was going to be promoted today, so Xiao Zishu had nothing to do. In fact, he noticed Tang Xiaotang when he left the government office and private house, and followed him quietly all the time.

Seeing Tang Xiaotang struggling to squeeze in among the common people, and from time to time, aunts, uncles and the like were squeezed out. After squeezing for a long time, he couldn't get to the front. It was really hard to see, Xiao Zishu walked into the crowd with a cold face .

Xiao Zishu was tall and slender, and he was equipped with a long sword. In addition, he had a cold expression on his face, so he was not easy to provoke.

So wherever he walked, the crowd automatically gave way.

Once again, Tang Xiaotang, who was squeezed out by an old woman next to her, was about to take a breath and try her best to see if she could rush into the crowd, when she suddenly found that the surroundings seemed...not so crowded, crowded?

Tang Xiaotang looked around blankly, then turned his head, just in time to see Xiao Zishu who walked past him expressionlessly.

Tang Xiaotang is not stupid either.

After being stunned for a short time, he immediately understood the reason why Xiao Zishu appeared here, and immediately followed behind Xiao Zishu.

With Xiao Zishu leading the way, Tang Xiaotang finally squeezed to the front.

It was also at this time, with a "pop!", Tang Xiaotang heard the crisp sound of a gavel coming from the courtroom.

Tang Xiaotang turned his head subconsciously, and saw Xie Jinbai wearing a light green official robe, sitting on the high case in the courtroom——

Wearing a black gauze official hat and a green seven-rank county magistrate's robe, he looked cold and solemn, without any smile on his face, and he did not have the usual lazy and romantic at all.

It was the first time Tang Xiaotang saw the other party so serious.

This kind of Xie Jinbai is undoubtedly a bit novel and unfamiliar to Tang Xiaotang.

I don't know why, but he always feels like he's seen this person wearing an official uniform before, and it's the same, looking high above him, he doesn't look close to him, and his eyebrows and eyes are even colder than now...

But it was obviously the first time he saw Brother Xiaoyu in official uniform.

It’s weird.

"Well, Xiao, Xiao Zishu, thank you, thank you."

Tang Xiaotang did not forget to turn his head and thank Xiao Zishu.

For a long time, Tang Xiaotang didn't hear the response from the person next to him, thinking that the other party probably wouldn't respond, and heard the other party say "hmm" for a long time.

Tang Xiaotang bent her lips.

The trial started again inside, and Tang Xiaotang stopped talking, and began to concentrate on the people in the hall.

After everyone quieted down, Xie Jinbai's gaze fell on Zhu Yanpeng, "Zhu Yanpeng, you said that you suspect that Zhao Xiaorui is no longer alive, and that the murderer was none other than his biological father, Zhao Qingsong. What evidence do you have?"

"Xiaosheng does not have any conclusive evidence. It is just that my lord, Xiaosheng has witnessed Zhao Qingsong scolding Brother Zhao very harshly more than once, and his words are... even more unbearable. The source of his father Zhao Qingsong's dissatisfaction with Brother Zhao It's been a long time. If you don't believe me, you can summon the neighbors of the Zhao family and you can find out. Xiaosheng suspects that Zhao Qingsong accidentally killed Brother Zhao, but he only lied that his son was missing. Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao must have died Unforeseen..."

At the end, Zhu Yanpeng, who had been very calm since the class, finally showed a sad expression, and his eyes were even redder.

Zhao Qingsong, who was accused of killing my son, jumped up, "Okay, you little bastard! It's clear, it's clear, it's clear that you have spoiled my son, intending to get involved with... my son! I know it!

It must be, it must be that you intended to coax my son to be happy with you, but my son refused, so you killed him, but accused the old man of killing his son!You black-hearted little bastard, the old man originally thought of it for the sake of his boss, so I don't want, don't want to show your bestiality!You are now, you are now beating yourself up, the wicked will sue first!See if this old man doesn't beat you to death!Kill you little bastard! "

After finishing speaking, he took off his black boots, raised his hand and hit Zhu Yanpeng on the head.

"I didn't! I've never touched Brother Zhao!"

"stop!"

Xie Jinbai gave a low shout in the hall, and immediately two burly servants stepped forward and pulled the two away.

Even so, before the yamen servants arrived, Zhu Yanpeng was hit on the head several times, his hair was messed up, and he was quite embarrassed.

Xie Jinbai looked at Zhao Qingsong with a stern expression, "Zhao Qingsong, you are not allowed to be presumptuous in the court. If you continue to contempt the court today, don't blame the county for being rude."

Zhao Qingsong was forcibly pulled away by the yamen servants, panting and knelt on the ground, still staring fiercely at Zhu Yanpeng, as if wishing to bite off his flesh and blood.

When the scene became quiet again, Xie Jinbai looked at Zhao Qingsong and asked, "Zhao Qingsong, Zhu Yanpeng said that you usually beat and scolded your son, can this happen?"

Zhao Qingsong stiffened his neck, "That's the old... that's the old man's son, can the old man beat and scold him?"

Although there is no law to hold Dong Qi accountable for beating and scolding his son, it would be another matter entirely if the beating and scolding turned into killing by wrong hands.

Xie Jinbai didn't show any displeasure because of Zhao Qingsong's rude questioning, he just asked indifferently, "So, what do you mean by accusing Zhu Yanpeng of intending to seduce your husband just now?"

Zhao Qingsong's complexion suddenly changed.

He seemed to realize what he had just said at this time, expressions of shame and disgust appeared intertwined on his face, and even the muscles on his cheeks twitched uncontrollably.

He Xiulian also looked at her husband blankly, and asked with a pale face, "Master, Mr. Sir, you, you just said, what did you say?"

What's the intention to meddle with Rui'er?

Rui'er and the young master's family are both Erlang!

"I didn't. I didn't say anything just now. Your magistrate misunderstood."

That Zhao Qingsong had a dark face, and spoke in a firm and authentic way.

As soon as Zhao Qingsong said this, the people watching outside the lobby exploded.

"What's the matter with Zhao's father? But he said it himself, saying that this Confucian scholar tried to get his hands on his son or something. How can he say that he didn't say anything?"

"It must be that Zhao Xiaorui really has some ulterior relationship with this Confucian scholar. Otherwise, he can overturn what he just said? He must have a guilty conscience."

"So, did Zhao Xiaorui disappear, or was he really killed? Could this Confucian scholar be the murderer?"

The people are around the hall, and the people in the hall can actually hear the people's discussions clearly.

Xie Jinbai also saw Tang Xiaotang and Xiao Zishu among the crowd watching.

His brows and eyes swept across the two of them lightly, and when his eyes fell on Zhao Qingsong, his eyes suddenly turned cold, "Zhao Qingsong, did you hear that? If you don't want to go to Shangxing, this county advises you to recruit it truthfully."

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

The two classes of yamen servants on the side poked the long board in their hands, and yelled majestically for Zhao Qingsong to recruit him truthfully.

"Zhao Qingsong, why don't you invite them?"

Xie Jinbai drank in a low voice.

Zhao Qingsong was originally disturbed by the urging of the yamen servant just now, Xie Jinbai suddenly raised his voice, and he immediately fell to the ground in fright, and said, "I said, I said."

Only then did Zhao Qingsong put himself in the villa, how did he accidentally bump into Zhu Yanpeng flirting with his son, the son blushed and pushed him away, and he chased after him to get entangled, and once saw the two of them with their clothes disheveled. The scene where Qiqi came down from the attic together was told again.

He Xiulian was extremely astonished, but because she had been warned by Xie Jinbai before, her lips were trembling at this time, she did not dare to interject without permission, she just stared at her husband in astonishment.

Zhao Qingsong lowered his head, "My lord, above, then, that's all."

In a small place like Fufeng County, if two men get together, they will be despised and scolded.

The people below were noisy again.

Xie Jinbai looked at Zhu Yanpeng, "Is what Zhao Qingsong said true? Do you have a relationship with that Zhao Xiaorui that surpasses that of your classmates?"

Zhu Yanpeng looked astonished, "Xiaosheng and brother Zhao have never been more in love with each other, why have they ever—"

"That's right. My lord, Xiaosheng saw Brother Zhao being punched by his father more than once, so when he returned to live in a small village in the suburbs, he once brought Brother Zhao wound medicine. Brother Zhao insisted on not accepting it. Perhaps, it is In this way, father Zhao misunderstood.

As for what Zhao's father said about coming out of the attic with disheveled clothes, the villain really couldn't think of it.Xiaosheng and brother Zhao have always been innocent, and I hope you will learn from me! "

Zhao Qingsong and Zhu Yanpeng held their own opinions.

The case seems to have reached an impasse.

Whether Zhao Qingsong accused Zhu Yanpeng of murdering his son, or Zhao Qingsong accused Zhu Yanpeng of killing his son in anger because he failed to seduce his son, both parties lack key evidence.

Since Zhao Xiaorui is still missing his whereabouts, and his life and death are unknown, it is not yet known whether Zhu Yanpeng and Zhao Qingsong are suspected of murder, so Xie Jinbai asked Zhao Qingsong, He Xiulian and Zhu Yanpeng to go back first, but they were not allowed to leave Fufeng County territory.

Because there are still many doubts in the case, it will take some time to investigate, and it will be retried at a later date after the investigation is clear.

Xie Jinbai announced that he would retire first.

Accompanied by Ge Zhou, Xie Jinbai withdrew from the hall without saying a word, and returned to the rest room in the back hall separated by a corridor.

The yamen guard served the freshly brewed tea, and then went out.

Sitting at the round table in the lounge, Xie Jinbai drank tea, and at the same time ordered Ge Zhou to bring him all the files of the missing teenager that he attended the most recently, as well as the files of the missing teenagers in the past three years.

Ge Zhou expected in advance that when Xinzhi County took office, he would definitely try these cases of missing teenagers, so he collected the files in one place early on.

Calling the guards to help, Ge Zhou went to the bookstore next door to fetch the latest and all the missing files of the young man over the years.

The two clerks walked into the rest room at this time, and presented the confession written in the lobby to Xie Jinbai.

After a while, Ge Zhou's fellow guards also brought the files.

Xie Jinbai ordered two clerical scripts to go out first with the guards, and only Ge Zhou was left behind to fetch the latest case file of the missing juvenile according to the date marked on the case file. He drank tea and read it at the same time.

Xie Jinbai repeatedly compared the confession presented by the scribe with the file of the latest case of the disappearance of the juvenile at hand, and concluded, "This latest case of the disappearance of the juvenile is different from Zhao Xiaorui's this time, and the two should not be unrelated. .”

Hearing this, Ge Zhou was taken aback, "Did your lord discover any major doubts?"

"Brother Xiaoyu, guess what I saw outside just now..."

Tang Xiaotang learned from the guards outside that Xie Jinbai was in the rest room, he walked in without thinking, and seeing Master Ge was there, he hesitated and said, "I, did I disturb you? "

"No. Come here."

Xie Jinbai put down the file in his hand, and beckoned to Tang Xiaotang, "But what did you find out?"

Ge Zhou was surprised to notice that the magistrate, who was still cold-eyed just now, softened his eyebrows and eyes instantly when Young Master Tang came in, like spring snow melting, and seemed to have changed back to the handsome young man he remembered yesterday. appearance.

Tang Xiaotang walked over and sat down on the seat opposite Xie Jinbai, her black eyes widened, "Small, how did Brother Xiaoyu know that I was going to inquire about the case?"

In the previous life, Xie Jinbai was ordered to handle a case with Tang Tang, but he had deeply learned Master Tang's spirit of rooting out problems.

The so-called country is easy to change, a person's nature is often formed in his youth.

Mr. Tang has an extraordinary obsession with pursuing the truth, and Tang'er is no exception.

Xie Jinbai poured a cup of tea and handed it over, with a smile on his lips, "Intuition."

Tang Xiaotang had been standing outside for a long time just now, and he was also thirsty. He sat down on the chair opposite Xie Jinbai, took the teacup in his hand, drank the tea in his hand, and retired just now. Not far outside the yamen, despite everyone's obstruction, how he grabbed Zhu Yanpeng by the collar and beat him, and how Zhu Yanpeng threw his fist back unceremoniously, and finally was forcibly told by the yamen servant who heard the news about the whole process .

"Then Zhao Qingsong is really fierce. He looks very thin, and he is not weak in hitting people. If it is Zhao, before Zhao Xiaorui disappeared, he had the habit of hitting his son all the time, and ended up accidentally killing his son. He was beaten and killed. I don’t think there is such a possibility. However, Zhu Yanpeng seems to have a problem. If he is just a classmate, he seems to care too much about Zhao Xiaorui’s disappearance..."

As soon as Xiao stuttered when he talked about excitement, he stopped stuttering, his black eyes were bright and his spirit was high.

Xie Jinbai had never seen such a lively expression on Tang Weimian in his previous life.

He once thought that Xiao Weimian experienced a sudden change in his family, and even his temperament changed.That day, thinking of the never-ending conversation between Tang Tang and his servant who was always inseparable in the carriage, I realized belatedly that perhaps it wasn't that Tang Tang had changed his temper, but that Tang Tang in his previous life treated him as the most authentic. His side was hidden in front of others, and he became that unsmiling Mr. Tang.

Xiao, what's the matter with brother Xiaoyu, why, why are you staring at him all the time?

Master Ge is still there!

"Brother Xiaoyu, you, are you here, listening to me, talking?"

Stop staring at him like this, if you stare at him again, even the blind Master Ge will see that the two of them have an affair!

Under the table, Tang Xiaotang kicked him secretly and gave him winks desperately.

Unexpectedly, Xie Jinbai clamped his legs between his legs, and rubbed his toes vaguely against his calves.