Chapter 72: Applying both hard and soft
Hu Magistrate Hu looked like a hypocrite. Chu Huan was disgusted in his eyes and smiled faintly: "The magistrate is really fair and honest, and the people are admired!"
Magistrate Hu forced a smile and was about to speak, but Chu Huan continued: "Sir, you are a parent in a county. Now someone in the prison has been poisoned to death for no reason. It is really inappropriate to ask the adults to investigate this matter. Caomin is just a rural villager, but he also knows some truths. If the Fucheng Department sends someone to investigate this matter, the adults can avoid suspicion, which will be beneficial to the adults!"
At this time, Hu Magistrate Hu didn't care why a villager knew about an institution like the Ministry of Justice. He just wanted to take out the body as soon as possible and said, "Chu Huan, I heard that you accidentally hurt someone's life, but someone wants to assassinate you in prison today. It seems that things are not that simple. With my years of experience as an official, you are most likely to be wronged...!"
Chu Huan stared at Magistrate Hu's eyes, expressionless.
He felt like a mirror in his heart. Today, he guarded Fatty Fan's body, and if he grabbed the key points of County Magistrate Hu, the old man must have known the interests of it, so he went out in person and tried to get the body away.
Seeing that Chu Huan was silent and still had no intention of dodging, Magistrate Hu finally couldn't help suppressing the flames of anger in his heart, and he lowered his face and said in an official voice: "Chu Huan, I am going to handle the case. If you obstruct the case, it would be a serious crime... You are already suspected of murder now. If you add the charge of obstructing the case of a poor person, even if I want to protect you, I will not be able to protect you." He coughed and said softly: "Go aside first, I will give you a word here. As long as you don't mess around, there will be no turning point in your murder case..."
Who knew that Chu Huan seemed to be a dumb person who was determined to eat the weight, and kept silent, and stood in front of the prison door coldly.
When Hu Magistrate Hu saw that Chu Huan was not good at it, he was anxious and sneered: "Chu Huan, it seems that you really want to stop the matter. I can tell you that this is a county jail, but you cannot tolerate you here. If you really don't dodge, don't blame me for being rude." His heart was full of murderous intent at this time, and he just wanted to cut Chu Huan into pieces.
The dignified magistrate was coerced by a prisoner who was imprisoned. If this matter was spread, it would be a must for the laughter of the world. However, magistrate Hu didn't know what to do at this time.
He didn't want to be so angry that he could only deal with the matter with these people under his command, but these people under his command were not Chu Huan's opponents.
He has been an official for many years and has never encountered such a situation.
He stared at Chu Huan, but Chu Huan stared at him fearlessly. The two of them looked at each other, and the atmosphere was stalemate for a moment, and the already dark and gloomy dungeon was extremely depressing.
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The moment Fatty Fan died of poisoning, Chu Huan realized that a huge opportunity had come. He could not even explain what the consequences of this incident would be, but he keenly felt that this matter must be a handle for Magistrate Hu.
County Chief Zhao had left the inexplicable words in the dungeon before, which made Chu Huan feel that there was a certain storm surging outside the dungeon. He himself didn't know what would happen, but his intuition told him that once he seized the opportunity, it would probably bring a fatal blow to County Magistrate Hu.
He could not know what County Chief Zhao would do next, but he believed that County Chief Zhao must be doing something.
He already had a keen sense of crisis, and this time, what he smelled was not his own crisis, but the crisis of this magistrate Hu.
Magistrate Hu came here in person at midnight, which made Chu Huan confirm that the magistrate must be full of fear. Only fear can the magistrate come here late at night and let him perform this scene.
The more feared the magistrate Hu was, the more Chu Huan was sure of the importance of grasping the handle in his hand. Moreover, Chu Huan felt in his heart that the magistrate must not be too arrogant like this. As long as he was afraid of hype, he would not make a big move.
Seeing Chu Huan's firm expression, Hu already knew that this matter was very difficult. He was threatened by a prisoner who was imprisoned in prison. Hu was both angry and helpless. He carried his hands on his back. After a long time, he sighed: "Chu Huan, you have the conditions, and I can let you out now!"
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Sir, I'm going to kill Chu Huan!"
Magistrate Hu's face turned gloomy and said, "Where do you start with this?"
"Sir, why bother ask me knowingly!" Chu Huan smiled faintly: "Caomin walks out of the prison, and then he can get out of the prison with his back foot...Caomin is afraid that he will not be able to walk out of this dungeon!"
Of course, this is a humble word.
Although the people of Hu Magistrate Hu knew that Chu Huan was very good at fighting, they still underestimated Chu Huan's true strength. If Chu Huan really wanted to leave here at this time, it would not be a difficult task for Chu Huan.
Magistrate Hu's mouth twitched, and he used both soft and hard, but Chu Huan refused to eat soft and hard. He finally couldn't hold back, snorted coldly, walked back with a sleeve, and Zhang Dahushou hurriedly followed.
Magistrate Hu walked into the prison room, sat down on the chair, slapped the table heavily, his face turned pale: "It's so unreasonable... it's so unreasonable..."
Zhang Dahuzi leaned over and said carefully: "Sir, what should I do about this matter?"
Magistrate Hu stared at the jumping lights on the table. The light shone, projecting Magistrate Hu's shadow on the mottled wall behind him. As the firelight twisted, Magistrate Hu's shadow was also twisted left and right, like a ghost.
"Chu Huan must die!" Hu Magistrate pondered for a while, and finally said gloomyly: "The body and physical evidence must also be disposed of!" He looked at Zhang Dahu, with a sinister expression and said coldly: "You have not done this matter well. You can come up with a solution for me now... If you can't think of it, you, the prison chief, don't do it!"
Zhang Dahuzi sweated on his forehead and stuttered: "Sir, little..." He suddenly showed a vicious look in his eyes, came forward and whispered: "Sir, I have no choice but to do a ruthless move!"
"What a tough trick?"
"The younger one has two tricks, so please listen, sir." Zhang Dahushou whispered: "The first trick is to simply burn the place with a fire. Let's pour oil on it, then go out first, close the stone door of the dungeon... A fire will burn, there is no water here to put out the fire, and the people inside will definitely be burned to death by a fire!"
Magistrate Hu took a breath, glanced at Zhang Dahu's beard and said, "You kid is really cruel. There are more than 30 prisoners in this dungeon. Can you burn all these people to death with this fire?" He narrowed his eyes, pondered slightly, and asked, "Is there another way?"
"Call up people, match them with bows and arrows, and say nothing. When you arrive at the A-shaped room, you will shoot all the people inside to death." Zhang Dahuzi said coldly: "All the people inside are dead, and Fatty Fan's body can be taken out..."
Magistrate Hu nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: "What if the superiors investigate this matter? Shoot them to death for no reason, and the other end of the city will definitely send someone to investigate!"
"Break out of prison!" Zhang Dahun whispered: "The prisoner in the A-shaped room intended to escape from prison and injured people. We had no choice but to shoot." He touched his swollen face, "Chu Huan had attacked us before, leaving evidence..."
Magistrate Hu smiled grimly on his lips and said, "Zhang Dahuzi, I have never taken care of you in vain on weekdays. At critical moments, I am still a little capable!"
Zhang Dahuzi showed a proud look and said with a smile: "Sir, if you agree, the young man will summon some people to come over now and go to the arsenal to take out the bow and arrow. Then he will not say anything at that time. He will take the bow and arrow and shoot them directly!"
Magistrate Hu pondered for a moment, his expression became firm, and said, "That's it. You can mobilize people now. Remember, you can't miss it again this time..."
Zhang Dahuzi nodded, turned around and left, reached out to pull open the door, and saw a black shadow standing outside the door. Zhang Dahuzi was startled, took two steps back, choked, pulled out his waist knife, shouting: "Who is it?"
Magistrate Hu was also surprised and stood up suddenly.
The black shadow outside the door said calmly: "Can the Lord be here?" In the voice, a person walked slowly into the voice, but he was the county magistrate Zhao who was always invisible.
County Magistrate Zhao suddenly appeared, Zhang Dawang opened his mouth wide, very surprised. County Magistrate Hu was also surprised, but soon calmed down, carried his hands on his back, coughed, and said, "It turns out that it is County Magistrate Zhao. In the middle of the night, what are you doing here?"
County Magistrate Zhao looked calm and smiled. He came forward, bowed to Magistrate Hu, and said with a smile: "Tang Zun is here. I checked the account of the household house today and found that there were still many taxes under it. I thought about it and couldn't sleep all night, so I went to the yamen to find Tang Zun, and said that Tang Zun had come to the prison, so my subordinates came here."
The county magistrate is the deputy of the magistrate. If you really want to talk about it, you can interfere in any matter in a county. The county magistrate is qualified to interfere in the punishment, households, workers, officials, rituals, soldiers, and various county affairs. The county magistrate is qualified to interfere in the matter, but the deputy is the deputy after all. It would be fine if the magistrate delegates power. If he does not delegate power, the county magistrate rarely can make a decision.
Usually, almost no county magistrate really delegates power to the county magistrate. Even if he gives some power, he is still a little irrelevant. Therefore, the county magistrate always plays a role in accompanying the prince to study. It seems to be very important, but the real power is very low.
Although the magistrate's rank is low, it seems that as long as he is an official, he can kill him. In fact, as the magistrate's magistrate, the power of a county is really great. The industry, commerce, finance, taxation, justice, transportation, people's livelihood, etc. of a county are all in the hands of the magistrate.
Magistrate Hu controlled Qingliu County. As his deputy, County Magistrate Zhao had almost no power at hand. It can be said that he was the most idle person in the entire Qingliu County official system. Magistrate Hu didn't take such a nameless person in his heart, and Magistrate Zhao was extremely low-key and humble on weekdays, which made Magistrate Hu even more ignored. Magistrate Zhao's low-key sometimes made Magistrate Hu forget that there was such a person under his command.
At this moment, County Magistrate Zhao appeared in the dungeon for no reason. Magistrate Hu was surprised, and a feeling of uneasiness arose deep in his heart. He had been in the officialdom for many years and was not a fool. This abnormal phenomenon made him feel an ominous sign.
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