Looking at his expression, Gao Ping became even more certain that Xu Chong was the one who ordered this.
Xu Chong was in a very bad mood. He was not worried about what these people would reveal if they fell into Gao Ping's hands. After all, if the second assistant did not have some loyal people under him, how could he have sat firmly in the second position in the court for so many years? What annoyed him was that Aunt Shen was still alive.
If this old woman doesn't die, she will be a hidden danger.
At this time, County Magistrate Qiu also exclaimed, and couldn't help but feel a little suspicious: "These people killed people in the street, they must have some ulterior motive? Maybe for money, or revenge, but I see that this old woman is dressed in ordinary clothes and looks ordinary, how could she attract so many people... ..."
This sentence got to the point. Xu Chong frowned and wanted to end the topic quickly: "Who can say for sure? Maybe some people may not look good, but they have done a lot of evil things, so they attract enemies to seek revenge."
County Magistrate Qiu was so blocked that he didn't know how to refute. He secretly glanced at Xu Chong and felt that the young cabinet minister was indeed as arrogant as the legend said.
The body is still lying in the yamen. He was a scholar and was about to take the imperial examination. This is not a trivial matter, and Xu Yuanbo's suspicion of murder cannot be ruled out. However, Xu Chong is still so calm and composed. He is really fearless because of his family's power and influence.
He knew what was going on, and secretly disliked Xu Chong's attitude, so he smiled awkwardly, turned around and bowed to Gao Ping: "Please calm down, sir. This incident did happen in Shuntian Prefecture. We will definitely get to the bottom of it and will never let you down."
Gao Ping snorted coldly and said meaningfully: "It's better to be like this..."
Before he could finish his words, the people brought by Gao Ping suddenly shouted, "Lord, the old lady is awake!"
Xu Chong's heart suddenly skipped a beat and his face looked even worse.
County Magistrate Qiu hurried over and was relieved to see that the old woman had indeed woken up and stood up. In front of Gao Ping and the others, his attitude was naturally very warm. He squatted down and asked her, "Auntie, do you know these people? Do you know why you got yourself killed?"
Aunt Shen looked around, sweeping over the people kneeling on the ground with their heads down, and shook her head in panic, with red marks on her neck: "I, I don't know them..."
County Magistrate Qiu was very confused. Now that the old lady had woken up, he could tell at a glance that she was indeed an ordinary old lady. How could she attract people to kill people
Just as he was puzzled, he saw the old woman tremblingly stand up and walk towards the Xu family. He couldn't help but ask: "Auntie, do you know the owner of this house?"
Xu Chong immediately scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about?! How could we know such a person?!"
County Magistrate Qiu only asked the question because he saw that the old woman wanted to go to Xu's house like a crazy person as soon as she woke up. He didn't expect to provoke such a violent reaction from Xu Chong. He couldn't help but blink in confusion.
As if realizing that he was overreacting, Xu Chong controlled his temper and said, "Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. Maybe the wrong person was involved. Why are you asking so many questions here? This is not the government office. If you have anything to ask, why not go to the government office and ask."
Do these people really treat this as a court and treat them all as criminals
We went back to investigate but couldn't find anything.
He just wanted to get rid of the flies in front of him as soon as possible.
County Magistrate Qiu felt that this young cabinet minister was indeed difficult to get along with. He felt a little embarrassed for a moment, so he looked at the cabinet minister Gao beside him, wondering what the cabinet minister would say.
Gao Ge Lao asked Aunt Shen in a friendly manner: "Auntie, why are you staring at this house?"
"I..." Aunt Shen mustered up her courage, pursed her lips with a worried look on her face, and said in confusion: "I want to ask the lady inside, isn't her surname Li? Why did she suddenly say her surname was Qi? When she lived in our Shenjia Village before, many of us saw her..."
Xu Chong's face turned pale, and he subconsciously shouted: "Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about?!"
His expression suddenly changed and everyone was a little surprised.
County Magistrate Qiu was even more puzzled and didn't understand what was going on with Xu Chong.
Aunt Shen was startled and quickly took two steps back, looking at Xu Chong with a panicked expression, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
Gao Ping couldn't help but speak out: "What's wrong with you, young minister? I just asked a few questions. Of course, I will ask them again when I go to the government office. Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"
Xu Chong was impatient, but he couldn't say that the person Aunt Shen kept nagging was his wife, which would make the matter even more difficult to resolve. So he said casually, "Something happened at home, and my son is still lying in bed and can't move. I am suspicious and can't control my emotions for the time being. County Magistrate Qiu should first find out what happened to my son's classmates, so that he can get justice."
This makes sense. County Magistrate Qiu Zong nodded as if something was wrong. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a young man running towards him. He stopped and asked in surprise, "Why is he here too?"
Xu Chong looked over as he said and asked casually, "Who is he?"
"Oh, it's Zhang Tuiguan from Daxing County." County Magistrate Qiu also answered casually: "He is a good hand at handling cases."
Xu Chong's right eyelid twitched. Of course he knew Zhang Tuiguan, the minor official who had been keeping an eye on the Shenjia Village case. He had already spread the word, so logically he should have known how serious the situation was. Why was he still lingering around
Before he could react, Zhang Tuiguan had already trotted over and looked at Aunt Shen: "Aunt Shen, are you okay?!"
Aunt Shen hurriedly shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just... it was this gentleman who saved me..."
Gao Ping raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Who are you?"
"I am Zhang Gu, the magistrate of Daxing County!" Zhang Gu cupped his hands and explained to Gao Ping, "This lady is Aunt Shen from Shenjia Village. I found an unidentified body in Shenjia Village before and am investigating the case. Aunt Shen is the witness. Because some valuable jewelry appeared next to the body, I suspected that the owner of the body was unusual, so I visited the villagers and asked Aunt Shen for help. A few days ago, I learned from the pawnshop that this batch of jewelry was made in the same place as the one in Zhennan Palace, so I thought of asking for help from Grandma Xu and Madam Tong. Who knew that Aunt Shen happened to see Grandma Xu and recognized her..."
Xu Chong had already been unable to bear it any longer, and immediately glared at the fearless official: "She is so old and her eyes are blurry. Who is she? Do you believe what she said? You have no idea what you are talking about!"
How do the people below do things? ! How can this Zhang guy still speak nonsense here? !