Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

According to the procuratorate, this official has great power in the local area. He is in charge of the judiciary of a province, and he is in charge of the criminal name and impeachment of a province. He is a real official of the third rank.The procurator of Sichuan Province was named Mao Lei, and he was upright and rigid. Originally, the procurator had planned to send an official to investigate Cheng Xun's death, but Mao Lei met someone blocking a sedan chair on the way, and was moved by his words, so he immediately decided Come and judge in person.

Although I had heard about the affluence of Mengyang County before, I was still shocked by it when I saw it with my own eyes.Mao Lei's nature is indeed lofty, but he is also a person who is dedicated to serving the people. He thought to himself that if the County Magistrate Wen really committed the crime of protecting his relatives, as long as he didn't kill anyone himself, his talent alone would save him.

Wen Yu heard that the patrol envoy came to pick him up according to official etiquette, but what he saw was an old man with white hair and serious expression. Although the other party was not wearing an official uniform, Wen Yu knew that it might be him. Come forward to salute.

Mao Lei accepted his gift graciously, and said: "Master Wen, I won't say anything superfluous. You should know why I am here this time. Please hand me the files of the three cases quickly." .”

Wen Yu had inquired about Mao Lei's personality, and knew that he was such a business-like person, so she didn't exchange too many greetings, and directly invited him into the house and gave him the documents.When he was flipping through the documents, he added on the sidelines: "Sister She is accused of being the murderer, let alone the fact that Cheng Xun's murder is still unclear. Our county..."

"Who said there was no clue," Mao Lei interrupted before he finished speaking.

Wen Yu was stunned for a moment: "We investigated the scene, and the people Cheng Xun saw before he died, and indeed found no clues. Does your lord have any news?"

Mao Lei took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Wen Yu: "This officer received it a few days ago, please take a look."

Wen Yu picked up the letter suspiciously, and looked more and more angry, and finally flushed with anger: "Nonsense! If you dare to ask who handed in this thing, I just ask him to confront him face to face!"

No wonder Wen Yu was angry, the letter clearly stated that Cheng Xun was killed by Wen Yulan.The reason is that Wen Yulan ran into Cheng Xun at home before, and was later molested by him. Cheng Xun also threatened to propose marriage to her brother. Wen Yulan was worried that she would really marry a eunuch in the future, so she was so angry that she did it at night.

Mao Lei glanced at Wen Yu, and said calmly: "This is an anonymous letter. It was given to me by a beggar. In fact, what it says is not unreasonable."

Wen Yu retorted: "Your Excellency's words are wrong. There is no basis for empty words. Just make up a reason and say that Yulan killed the person. Is it as simple as drinking cold water for him? Shemei is a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken. How can you murder a big man's life?"

"She alone can't do it, but she can prescribe drugs. Otherwise, how can you explain that Cheng Xun was murdered in the heavily guarded county government? No matter what, you can't explain it. So the murderer must be someone from the inside." Mao Lei said calmly.

It's funny, there's no such thing as poisoning, the inspector's imagination is too rich.Seeing Wen Yu's unconvinced expression, Mao Lei didn't say much, but said that he would go and ask Wen Yulan together.

I'll see you, I can't ask anything anyway.Wen Yu was confident and took Mao Lei to the cell.

At this moment, Wen Yulan was bored flipping through the book brought by her elder brother. When she saw her elder brother bring an old man, she immediately stood up and saluted. Wen Yu looked at her with a smile: "How do you feel these two days?"

Wen Yulan glanced at the two of them cautiously, and replied, "It's pretty good, brother, what's the matter with you this time?"

Wen Yu didn't look at Mao Lei, Mao Lei took out the previous letter from his pocket and handed it to Wen Yulan: "I don't know what the girl thinks about the contents of this letter."

Wen Yu complained in her heart, this looks like a fake thing, Yulan will probably die laughing after seeing it.The result was beyond his expectations. Wen Yulan picked up the letter, and her face turned pale with fright just by looking at it.Looking at her like that, Wen Yu dared not say anything: "Yulan...you, you..."

Mao Lei obviously didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and asked, "Miss Wen, what's going on?"

Wen Yulan put down the letter, tears rolled in her eyes, she choked for a while and said, "I was going to a girls' school one day before, but I got up early and the driver didn't come, so I waited at the door, and I met Cheng Xun who was about to go out. The man saw me teasing me verbally, but he came over without doing anything, I really didn’t kill him! Brother, believe me! I didn’t kill anyone!”

After hearing this, Wen Yu was furious: "That dead eunuch! Why didn't you tell me?"

Wen Yulan explained: "After all, he was sent by the imperial court, and I didn't suffer any harm. I don't want to cause trouble to my eldest brother."

Wen Yu felt distressed and blamed herself at the same time. This silly child has been overthinking since he was a child. He thought that he had become more cheerful during this period of time, but it seems that he still hasn't changed in his bones.It's the same for me who is an older brother, thinking that before Wen Qiong could see that Yulan had something on her mind, but she just ignored her troubles as a little girl.

At this moment, Mao Lei was the calmest one, "Did someone see Cheng Xun being rude to you at that time?"

Wen Yulan recalled for a while, then shook her head and said, "There was no one else. My maid went to prepare the stove for me, and the coachman hadn't come yet. It should be just the two of us, and I never mentioned it to anyone."

"That's strange, where did this report letter come from?" Wen Yu and Mao Lei looked at each other.

Then Mao Lei asked again: "Let's not talk about Cheng Xun's murder, just talk about Tao Qi's case. According to the file, Tao Qi asked you to go to Building No. [-]. When you get there, you will faint first. Is it possible that she wanted to misbehave with you, but ended up being harmed by others instead?"

Wen Yulan immediately denied it: "This is absolutely impossible. I believe Tao Qi, she would not do such a thing. Besides, the two of us have never had any conflicts. My family has some status in Mengyang County. She can't afford to risk killing me."

No matter how stupid Wen Yu was at this time, he could tell that Mao Lei was also suspicious about this case.Fortunately, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the envoy is not confused, everything will be fine.After pondering for a while, he said: "Although this is not very good, I still want to ask, who was the person who stopped the sedan chair and shouted at the lord?"

Because there is no such thing as protecting witnesses in this era, Mao Lei told him directly: "It's a middle-aged woman named Qiu Hong."

"It's her?" The two Wen Yu brothers and sisters said in unison, Mao Lei was puzzled: "What? You all know?"

Wen Yulan first said: "She is a classmate of my girl's school. She used to cause troubles for me and Tao Qi, and she spread a lot of gossip in school. And she seems to hate Tao Qi even more, especially recently, Every time she saw Tao Qi, she would be sneering and sarcastic, and she almost made a move, why would she hold Tao Qi's sedan chair?"

Wen Yu added: "At that time, I asked the girls' school students about you, but she kept finding fault at the bottom. At that time, I thought she had a good relationship with Tao Qi to fight the injustice for the deceased, so I asked her name, what did she do in the house? "

Wen Yulan said: "Her husband used to be a clerk in Mengyang City. Later, when he took office as the county magistrate, he encountered a rebellion and was killed by refugees. He has been a widow at home since then. This time the girls' school was established, and people said that she was right. I was quite dissatisfied, but somehow I still came to sign up.”

Wen Yu and Mao Lei looked at each other, it seemed that Qiu Hong had a serious problem.Seeing that it was getting late, the two asked Wen Yulan to rest early and left the cell together.

On the way, Wen Yu saluted Mao Lei, thanking him for not embarrassing his sister too much, but Mao Lei didn't appreciate it: "I'm just handling the case according to the law. I really have a lot of doubts about this matter, and I can't bear Mr. Wen's gift. And from today From the beginning, you don't have to intervene in these cases."

Wen Yu was stunned: "How can that be? Mengyang is under my jurisdiction. Of course I will take care of it if something goes wrong. Please forgive me."

Mao Lei was unmoved, and said coldly: "Etiquette cannot be abolished. You are Wen Qiong and Wen Yulan's elder brother. You should avoid suspicion in this matter. If you don't agree, don't blame me for disposing of it according to the law of the Ming Dynasty."

Wen Yu knew that for such an overly polite person, nothing would work now, so he had to give up temporarily and think of a way.But he still informed Mao Lei of his destruction of the White Lotus Sect's plan, and expressed his inference that all this was done by the White Lotus Sect.

After hearing this, Mao Lei looked solemn. If, as Wen Yu said, there was a shadow of the White Lotus Sect behind it, then it would be really difficult.There are many followers of the White Lotus Sect, and they are involved in a wide range. Even the Tai and Zu tried their best to suppress them in the past, but they did not kill them all. On the contrary, they have gradually risen in recent years.

Thinking of this, Mao Lei couldn't sit still, and said to Wen Yu: "I heard that Jin Yiwei came to you before, can you let him assist the investigation with me."

As soon as these words came out, Wen Yu was in the arms. Although Zong Yiyi looked a little out of character, he was actually very reliable, and the relationship between the two was not bad. Let him follow the investigation so that he could get first-hand information, so he agreed. This proposal, and said to inform him immediately.

Back in the mansion, Xu Jing came to wait for him from the inspection department early, and Wen Yu gave a general account of what happened today.Xu Jing was a little worried: "In this way, you will not be able to dispatch people in the county. If Mao Lei is useless, the murderer will probably get away with it."

Wen Yu smiled and said, "No, actually it might be better."

Seeing that Xu Jing was puzzled, he said again: "Although I was ordered to stay away from this case, it doesn't mean that I can't investigate it myself. I can still trust the character and ability of Mr. Mao and Zong Yiyi. In the dark, maybe the progress will be smoother. And, the most important point..." Wen Yu paused and looked around.

Xu Jing signaled that there was no one around him.He still lowered his voice and said: "The words of Lord Mao just now enlightened me. I suspect that there is an inner ghost in this Mengyang county government office!"