Tibet

Chapter 352 Fierce confrontation

The quartet investigation team consisting of a hundred people finally arrived in Heyang County. Zou Xiancheng had already arranged the post house and the two inns next to it.

In the conference hall of the post house, Peng Haiyan also officially handed over the case file bag to the investigation team.

Special officials will inspect and confirm that they are all originals before handing them over to Fang Guan.

Fang Guan was about forty years old. He was born as a Jinshi. He has an elegant temperament and is cautious as an official. He is a typical civil servant.

This time he came to Sifang, Heyang County to handle the case, and he was the chief interrogator.

Fang Guan distributed the documents in the file bag to everyone for review. He smiled and asked, "What do you think? Feel free to speak up!"

Liu Yan, the magistrate of Jingzhao Mansion, said: "The record of this case is too brief and there are no details at all. I can't see what happened at the beginning? I think it needs on-the-spot investigation and visits."

Zheng Ang shook his head and said: "There is no need to be so troublesome. Our duty of investigation is to confirm the authenticity. Did this happen? Did so many people die? Is there a conflict between the head arrest and the people? As for how people died , is actually not important, for example, the people trampled each other to death, and it was not the captors who killed them, so the county magistrate is not responsible?"

Peng Haiyan said: "I disagree with Zheng Yushi's statement. I investigated the scene and found that more than 60 people died because they were ambushed. The location of the ambush was two miles away from the captors, and the number of people was about a hundred. And I have interviewed more than a dozen people who were injured, and they described being shot by arrows, but they were actually crossbow arrows."

Peng Haiyan put the three crossbows on the table, "These are the three crossbows I collected. They come from military crossbows, but the catchers in Heyang County are only equipped with water and fire sticks and knives, and there are two more. At that time, the two archers escorted the county magistrate Li Yu away and did not participate in the action of driving away the gathered crowd. Then the question arises, who are these nearly a hundred men in black who suddenly appeared? This is the key to the whole case .”

Zheng Ang snorted, "This is all your one-sided words, who knows if you have tampered with your statement and falsified the scene?"

Peng Haiyan restrained his anger and said: "I am a majestic official of the imperial court, and I am appointed by the Ministry of Officials to join the army in Jingzhao Prefecture. All major cases in Jingzhao Prefecture must be reviewed by me. In the eyes of Zheng Yushi, officials of the Tang Dynasty Are they all so despicable?"

Zheng Ang sneered: "Other officials are fine, I'm only talking about you, you are a stakeholder, you shouldn't be here!"

Peng Haiyan said unceremoniously and angrily: "It was appointed by the emperor to let Jingzhao Mansion participate. Is Zheng Yushi blaming the emperor?"

"Okay! Stop arguing."

Fang Guan interrupted the quarrel between the two displeased, and said to everyone: "If there is no need for on-site investigation, we will not come to Heyang County. Let's finalize the plan today. First, we will go to the scene and recover The situation at the time of the crime; secondly, we will visit the family members of the deceased and the injured; thirdly, we will conduct an autopsy; fourthly, we will ask the arrester, through these investigations, the truth of the case will basically be clarified.”

In this case, Prince Li Heng only gave Fang Guan four words, 'just and true. 'Since I don't favor Li Linfu, I don't favor Zhang Jun either.

However, when Gao Lishi explained to him, he mentioned that the reason why the emperor requested a retrial was that there was an army crossbow that was not equipped by the county government in this case, and he had to give the emperor an explanation.

So this time Fang Guan's investigation focused on Junnu, but he didn't tell everyone.

At this time, the county lieutenant Wang Bin said: "There is a troublesome thing. The 32 arresters at that time have all escaped, and they cannot be found."

Fang Guan was taken aback, "Why did you escape?"

"It is estimated that they are afraid of taking responsibility, so they all escaped to seek refuge."

"Zou Xiancheng, is that so?" Fang Guan looked at the county magistrate Zou Ju again.

Zou Ju hesitated and said, "At that time, they escaped, but the officials did a count yesterday and found that quite a few people came back. A total of eighteen arresters were found."

Fang Guan nodded, "More than half of the 18 people are enough."

Zheng Ang looked annoyed at Dali Temple Secretary Zhi Cheng Xiao, his eyes meant to ask, 'Is this your person?Who are you helping? '

Cheng Xiao also looked stunned. He couldn't figure out why Zou Xiancheng would speak for the other party. Could it be that there is something wrong with these catchers and they are not real catchers?
But if this is the case, the county captain Wang Bin will not say that he can't find it.

What the hell is going on here?

Fang Guan knocked on the table and reminded everyone: "That's it! It's still early today, so ask the eighteen catchers first, and then go to the scene tomorrow."

Fang Guan then ordered Zou Ju, the county magistrate, "Major Zou, please go and bring all 18 people here first."

"Your officer obeys!" Zou Xiancheng left in a hurry.

At this time, Liu Yan, who had been silent all this time, asked, "May I ask Fang Shilang, should everyone investigate the dead and injured?"

Fang Guan looked at the list and said, "There are too many people, let's pick [-]%!"

Liu Yan laughed again: "How to choose and who to choose are also more particular. There is a fair way for a humble job. Would Fang Shilang want to hear it?"

Fang Guan looked down on Peng Haiyan, who was promoted by officials, but he still respected Liu Yan, an orthodox civil servant with a professional background. He smiled and nodded, "Let me hear what Judge Liu said?"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "I see that there are numbers on the list, so let's draw lots! Whoever gets the lottery wins."

"It's a good idea, it's fair!"

Fang Guan approvingly asked the other two, "What do you think?"

Zheng Ang and Cheng Xiao glanced at each other. The opponent's move really left them speechless. In fact, as long as Fang Guan supports it, it is useless for them to oppose it. It is equivalent to two votes. As long as he is on the side of Jingzhao Mansion, it is useless for Dali Temple and Yushitai to object.

"The humble job supports the lottery!" Cheng Xiao was the first to express his opinion.

Zheng Ang had no choice but to nod his head, "I don't object to the humble job!"

The plan has been finalized. At this time, eighteen arresters were also brought to the hall. These arresters were all deceived by the county magistrate and county magistrate. They did not see the murderer kill. They always thought that the people trampled on each other, causing a large number of All the casualties were afraid of taking responsibility, so they fled to other places to hide.

Only now did they know that the murderer was someone else. In that case, the captors naturally wanted to clear themselves up.

Fang Guan came out, glanced at the crowd, then turned around and asked County Wei Wang Bin, "Are they all catchers from this county?"

These people were all brought by Zou Xiancheng, Wang Bin did not dare to lie, so he nodded, "Exactly!"

"Let me ask you, who among you is the head catcher?"

One of them raised his hand, "The humble job is to catch the head!"

"What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Wu Feng, from this county!"

Fang Guan nodded, "How many archers are there among you?"

Wu Feng raised his hand, and another catcher also raised his hand.

"Are there just the two of you, Archer?"

Wu Feng bowed and said: "My envoy, we are not country soldiers, and we are not worthy of bows and crossbows. The two archers are just spares."

"Oh? If you don't remind me, I'll forget about it. There are still town soldiers?"

The county lieutenant, Wang Bin, was taken aback. He suspected that he was involved in the village soldiers.

He quickly explained: "I would like to report to the emissary, there are 150 township soldiers in this county, but only a few people are left to guard the city gate. Regulation."

Township soldiers are local state soldiers. There are about a thousand people in each state. They fight against thieves and maintain law and order. They are led by the captains of the state capitals.

First go to the palace as a bodyguard. After seven or eight years as a bodyguard, he became a half-official, and then he was sent to the local state capital to lead the state soldiers and serve as an official in need. The official career of the children can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Finally, find a relationship, enter the regular army system, and move up step by step. Elements, Dugulie, Yu Wenjing and other high-ranking officials and dignitaries all came out in this way.

Fang Guan didn't ask any more about the village soldiers, he said to the [-] captors: "Tomorrow morning, we are going to the scene to check, and you have to follow, I need you to restore the situation at that time."

(End of this chapter)