The magistrate of Zilin County on the side sighed and knelt down, "Master Zhao, I am sorry to plead guilty."
Liu Gujiang's rigid body was immediately discouraged. The onlookers outside the hall were also inexplicably surprised. They did not expect that the person behind the case of Wang Sanlai was really the county magistrate of Zilin.
Meng Xia thought that the Zilin county magistrate would be tried for the first instance. I didn't expect to plead guilty so soon.
When Zhao Dian heard these words, he immediately regained his spirits. The county magistrate of Zilin is an official appointed and dismissed by the imperial court.
"Left and right, don't lock this person yet!"
The Zaoli on both sides stepped out and locked the splint on his body.
"Junior Brother Meng, please also trouble you to record the case file."
Zhao Dian said to Meng Xia.
Master Bo is dead, so Meng Xia can only do this.
I had already asked Shi Kan why he couldn't treat the Zibo county magistrate in the same way he had dealt with Wu Zuo and Zhu Bo, but the husband didn't give him any explanation. The situation was chaotic at that time, but now Meng Xia has already guessed the general idea.
It should be a matter of official rank and appointment. Xiang Wu Zuo is completely a county government and has the power to appoint. Generally speaking, the master Bo is appointed by the state government, and official ranks such as Zilin County Magistrate are all appointed by the imperial court.
Reminiscent of what Second Uncle Bai said to him the night before he left Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, the relationship between Confucianism's righteousness and the imperial court became clear. Afterwards, he only needed to ask Shi Kan to confirm his correctness. It's wrong.
"Liu Fu, why don't you explain the ins and outs of this matter!"
The county magistrate of Zilin, that is, Liu Fu, knelt on the ground: "My lord, this case was committed by the prisoner alone. The official and Jinyulou have always had interests, and my nephew is just in charge of the putty in the middle."
Having said that, he paused, "Wang Sanlai found out about one of the bad debts when he was doing the accounts, but he didn't know that I was the one behind it. Instead, he wanted to blackmail my nephew. I found out about this matter, so of course I can't tolerate him."
"You mean that Jinyulou's branch building in Yongzhou has contacts with you?" Zhao Dian frowned when he heard these three words.
"Yes." Liu Fu admitted.
Zhao Dian was silent for a moment, and then stopped worrying about this issue.
"So you sent someone to kill him?" Zhao Dian asked while sitting in the hall.
"Yes." Liu Fu replied with his head bowed. "Afterwards, the evidence in the hands of Wang Sanlai was taken away. The things were hidden very secretly, so it was delayed for some time, and there was no way to fake the scene, so I arranged for two yamen servants to set fire to the house."
Liu Fu sighed, and then said: "Who would have thought that the young master came in halfway, and found out the clues, and insisted on suing my county government. I didn't want to try the case, but the young master saw it. Mrs. Wang has a ghost in her heart, and she insisted on letting me go to the first trial. I wanted to delay it, so I used the excuse that the trial will be held tomorrow, and took the opportunity to arrange for someone to push the case to Mrs. Wang, and to be the one who murdered her husband for money. Case. You will know the follow-up."
Having said that, he glanced at Wu Zuo unwillingly, as if he was saying that if you hadn't forged it so unprofessional, how could you have ended up in such a mess.
"The murderer was done by Liu Gujiang?"
"Reporting to my lord, it was not Gu Jiang who did it. It was the prison officer who informed Jin Yulou that the killer sent by Jinyulou had killed Wang Sanlai."
When Zhao Dian heard that Jin Yulou was also involved in this murder case, he looked at Meng Xia, because this junior had observed the entire crime scene. To be honest, he didn't want to have anything to do with Jin Yulou.
Meng Xia nodded to Zhao Dian, thinking of the black shadow that had transformed into strength. It's just that I don't understand why I sent a Huajinjing killer to kill an unarmed accountant.
With this kind of realm, looking at the entire Great Chu, it is a famous player. Meng Xia's second brother has strong martial arts, and he only bought Huajin at the age of 23.
Thinking of the account book in his arms, Meng Xia suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Dian: "Senior brother, I really want to ask this person."
Zhao Dian nodded in agreement, at least he still had this young Lord of Zhenbei by his side.
"Magistrate Liu, you said that you have an interest in Jinyulou, but I would like to ask, why the interest?" Meng Xia looked down.
"This I don't know if the young master has seen that account book with my nephew?" Liu Fu raised his head, and at this moment he recovered his expression, without any signs of panic.
"It's in my hands, and I haven't had time to hand it over to my brother."
Seeing Zhao Dian's eyes shift to him, Meng Xia took out the account book in his pocket.
"Also ask the young master to turn over the seventh to ninth pages of the account book."
Meng Xia put the account book on the case in the court so that Zhao Dian could see the contents of the account book.
The content written on the seventh to ninth pages of the account book is that the Jinyu Building in Yongzhou has prepared a total of more than 50,000 taels of silver over the years, and handed it over to Liu Gujiang, and entrusted Liu Gujiang to transfer it to Liu Fu in the name of the government. Rectify the opponents of the Jinyu Gang in Zilin County and nearby, so that Jinyulou's business here will flourish everywhere, from casinos to mortgages, Goulan, brothels and other industries, all completed with the support of Liu Fu these years and even by Liu Fu The assistant took the lead and benefited many counties in Yongzhou.
Zhao Dian looked uneasy, because the entire Chu court knew that Jin Buhuan, the owner of the Jinyu Building, was an aide of the King of Qin. Although this was only a small matter, even if it involved court officials accepting bribes, it was not a big deal. But if there is any secret in it, it will involve the Great Chu party struggle.
Meng Xia didn't notice Zhao Dian's abnormal expression. He just felt that Liu Fu's words and actions were all perfectly matched and reasonable, but he just felt that officials who took bribes in the Great Chu Criminal Law were at most exiled, that is, Take the way of exile to the frontier. Although killing people for this reason is reasonable, but it still can't erase the doubts in his heart.
He carefully flipped through the account books. Suddenly, his fingers that were flipping through the account books stopped moving, and Meng Xia suddenly raised his head.
"Hahahahaha, I got it, I got it, hurry up and get me a fire bag! Hurry up."
Regardless of Liu Fu's veins all over his face in the hall, Meng Xia directly took the fire booklet from Zaoli, turned the account book upside down, and used the fire booklet to continuously smoke the bottom for about twenty or thirty seconds.
Meng Xia laid the account book flat, and carefully groped through every page of the account book, and at the end of the page, he finally found what he was looking for
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