County Magistrate Liu tidied up his official uniform, cleared his throat, walked up to Li Yi, and said with a smile: "Li Xianwei is so engrossed in solving the case, I really admire this official. If today's incident is spread, I am afraid that I, Anxi County It will be much more peaceful.”
The second time we met, County Magistrate Liu was still not sure about Li Yi's character, but as long as he was a human being, there was no one who didn't like to listen to flattery.
"Lord Liu is overrated." No matter what, County Magistrate Liu is his superior, and Li Yi couldn't hold it up all the time. He cupped his hands with a smile, and said very modestly.
Just now he had been sullen all the time, but now he suddenly smiled, which flattered County Magistrate Liu. He thought that County Lieutenant Li didn't seem to look like those honorable dudes, so he couldn't help but feel a little happy, and said: " Right now there is still an important case to be resolved, if Captain Li is fine, why not just sit down and continue watching, and if necessary, you can give me advice."
County Magistrate Liu said this very politely. If the person in front of him was County Lieutenant Zhou, he would probably say lightly, "Old Zhou, I still have important things to do, so I will leave this case to you." It’s over, you can’t go home for dinner if you can’t finish the sentence..." Then, you can go to the back hall to drink tea and have a lot of fun with the concubine...
He has to be so polite when speaking to his subordinates. He has been the county magistrate for many years, and this period of time can be regarded as the most aggrieved day for him.
Fortunately, Li Yi is not a ignorant person. In the same county office in the future, if he bows his head but does not look up, he still needs to have a good relationship with this county magistrate Liu. After all, in name, the other party is the boss here.
"This is the duty of a subordinate official. It's good to get familiar with it in advance. If it can help the adults, it would be great." Li Yi smiled and sat on the seat again.
County Magistrate Liu nodded, feeling very relieved, and immediately sat back in the hall, the gavel was slapped again, "Lead someone to commit crimes!"
The little prince Li Xuan was sitting next to Li Yi, turning his head to look at him from time to time, hesitant to speak.
He really wanted to learn the skill of how to read other people's minds, but he was worried that once Li Yi spoke, it would make him uncomfortable for several days.
At this time, Li Yi was depressed. He had read a lot of books about micro-expressions and FBI investigations a few days ago, and he used them so quickly. Could it be that all of this was predestined
After a while, a middle-aged man was brought in by a yamen servant, and after making him kneel in the hall, he said loudly, "My lord, bring the suspect!"
County Magistrate Liu slapped the gavel loudly, and said loudly, "Zhao Fang, I'm here to ask you again, whether you were responsible for the arson case at Jinxiu Cloth Village!"
Half a month ago, the Jinxiu cloth shop in the city was burned. Although there were no casualties, the cloth in the shop was completely burned, and shopkeeper Wu of the cloth shop suffered heavy losses.
After many investigations, the identity of the suspect was finally locked on the shopkeeper of another cloth shop not far from Jinxiu cloth shop.
The two cloth shops are not far from each other, so there is naturally a competitive relationship. Not long ago, Jinxiu cloth shop developed a new type of cloth, which was very popular in Qing'an Prefecture, and the threshold was almost crushed by customers. Naturally, Bu Zhuang was left in the cold, watching others get rich, and his mood was probably no different from that of Liu Zhixian seeing Zhou Xianwei suddenly promoted to magistrate.
Jealousy is terrible, everyone sells cloth, why is your business better than mine
In addition, there was a lot of personal grievances between the two of them, so, in the dead of night, on a dark and stormy night, the shopkeeper Zhao quietly came to the gate of Jinxiu Cloth Manor and lit a fire...
Then he got angry himself.
Shopkeeper Zhao was angry, and county magistrate Liu was worried. The case was not big or small. It stands to reason that both of them were businessmen with low status, so magistrate Liu didn't have to worry about handling it.
However, the shopkeeper of Jinxiu Cloth Manor is Mr. Tongsan, so County Magistrate Liu will have to think about it.
Although Zhao Fang is the most suspected, the evidence is actually not conclusive. Some heavy punishments, non-human homicide cases or other serious cases cannot be used. The use of such torture tools must also be reported to the superior, and the brand must be verified, and it is limited to one case. The same prisoner should not use it more than twice, otherwise it will be treated as torture to extract a confession.
A few days ago, Mr. Fu Zun personally sent someone to the county government to announce that the court meeting was approaching, and it was also the time when the censors were most active. He wanted to catch the officials like them. If the torture was improper, he would be labeled as a cruel official, which would damage the achievements of the government officials. In the coming year, he, the county magistrate, would not have a good life.
"My lord has learned from you, the little man was wronged." Zhao Fang said unhurriedly, "The villain did not set fire, so he is innocent."
The result was still the same as before. Seeing Zhao Fang's indifferent face, Liu Zhixian became a little annoyed, and said angrily: "Bold and unreasonable, do you really think that I dare not torture you!"
Then Zhao Fang knelt in the hall, didn't speak, just use the punishment if you want to, it's nothing to suffer a little flesh and blood, if you are convicted of arson, then the responsibility will be serious.
County magistrate Liu picked up a red punishment stick with an angry face, and was about to throw it out. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he waved his hand immediately, and the punishment stick fell to the ground, and said coldly: "The prisoner, Zhao Fang, set fire for no reason. The evidence It's true, and you dare to deny it... someone, drag him out for me, and cut him off!"
All the yamen servants were taken aback when they heard the explanation, they glanced at County Magistrate Liu, and then at Li Yi, the county magistrate is using what he has learned...
Li Xuan curled his lips when he heard the words. This kind of thing was new for the first time, but it was a bit boring the second time.
Li Yi was also taken aback for a moment, but he found this interesting, Mr. County Magistrate.
Hearing the words "drag it out, cut it off", Zhao Fang's face changed first, and he was about to speak subconsciously, but when he looked up, he saw the expressions on the faces of the yamen servants, and he was suddenly startled, knowing that this The county magistrate is probably intimidating him, a county magistrate does not have the power to control life and death.
Kneeling straight, he said loudly: "Sir, even if you beheaded the villain, the villain didn't set fire to it."
With this gesture, it really looks like he has been wronged and would rather die than surrender.
County magistrate Liu saw the expression on his face froze, and after being stunned, the anger in his heart could hardly be suppressed.
The same trick, why did it work so well when Li Xianwei used it just now, when he said a word, the man kowtowed to do it, but when it came to me, it was useless at all
Is this looking down on magistrate Liu
Seeing the faces of the yamen servants around him couldn't help laughing, County Magistrate Liu became even more angry, and when he had decided to execute the sentence, Li Xianwei stood up leisurely, bowed his hands to him, and said, "Human life is at stake." God, what your lord did... I'm afraid it's not right."