Chapter 73: A twist
Although Magistrate Hu was very surprised, he still seemed very calm on his face. He coughed twice and said, "I am already tired. If you have anything to do, I will discuss it tomorrow."
County Magistrate Zhao nodded and asked with doubts: "Dang Zun, you came to the prison in person at such a late night. Is there anything here? If you send someone to deal with it, why should Tang Zun come in person?"
As the dignified princess of a county, he ran over to a dungeon that was both rotten and dark in the middle of the night, which was naturally very abnormal.
Magistrate Hu and Zhang Dahu looked at each other as if nothing had happened, frowned and said, "Mr. Zhao, is it because of my official's actions that he still needs to report to you carefully?"
He and Zhang Dahuzi had already discussed that he would shoot the prisoners in the armored room without knowing it and eliminate the evidence of the crime. However, the Zhao County Magistrate suddenly came over and got disorganized, which made Hu County Magistrate very angry.
County Magistrate Zhao was not anxious or impatient, but just shook his head and smiled, "The Lord is respectful, and I have no other intentions." After a pause, he said, "Yes, Master Zhang, how many people are imprisoned in this dungeon now? Show me your list, I am idle tonight. Since I am here, I will check the number of prisoners by the way!"
Zhang Dahu was stunned, and Magistrate Hu also changed color slightly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhao, it's dark, what prisoners are checking at this time... It's very dark here, you go first!"
Who knew that the humble and obedient county magistrate Zhao, who used to behave in the past, was abnormal today and smiled and said, "Tang Zun, as a county magistrate of a county, said that the number of prisoners in the cell can be checked at any time... Even in the middle of the night, it will not be disturbed!" He looked firm, and looked like that, he must check the cell tonight.
Magistrate Hu narrowed his eyes and finally realized that County Magistrate Zhao, who usually looks as gentle as a sheep, suddenly showed his fangs tonight.
He didn't investigate the prison early or late, but he just came to investigate the prison at this stall, and the matter seemed very strange.
County Magistrate Zhao had already reached out and said to Zhang Dahuzi: "Leave the roster to me!"
Zhang Dahuzi looked at Hu County Magistrate, but saw Hu County Magistrate looked strange and pondered slightly. Hu County Magistrate nodded slightly. Only then did Zhang Dahuzi go over to get the prisoner's list and present it to Zhao County Magistrate with both hands.
County Chief Zhao seemed to be smiling, took the roster, turned around and went out.
When Zhang Dahuzi saw County Magistrate Zhao go out, he hurriedly approached County Magistrate Hu and said panic: "Sir, I'm in trouble now... There is a body in the room with a size of A. The surname Zhao will definitely find it..." Beads of sweat as big as beans appeared on his forehead.
Although the poisoning of braised pork was ordered by the Magistrate Hu, Zhang Dahuzi personally poisoned it. Once the matter was thoroughly investigated and the truth was revealed, Zhang Dahuzi would not be able to escape the blame.
However, the Magistrate Hu no longer looked panicked on his face, but instead looked sinister and said in a low voice: "Zhang Dahuzi, you are the person I trust the most. You and I know what happened today. Once you are caught, you and I will not have a good ending...!" His murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Qingliu County is well-connected, and there are many merchants from south to north. It is a big piece of fat. Some people have always been thinking about it..."
Zhang Dahuzi rolled his eyes and whispered: "What is the meaning of the elders... County Magistrate Zhao has always wanted to take the position of the elders and replace him?"
"I am negligent." County Magistrate Hu sneered: "The person surnamed Zhao is indeed hiding deeply... but if there is no one behind him, with his own strength, he will never dare to challenge me!"
"What the lord is talking about...the other end of the city?"
Magistrate Hu nodded slightly and said, "I am the first to recommend Mr. Wu. To put it bluntly, the second prince is behind this... Many of the taxes that our Qingliu County secretly withheld over the years are to respect the second prince..." He looked dark: "I am cautious in recent years, just because I am worried that those who have ulterior motives in the city will seize the handle of my official... But this time I am afraid that the country boy will fall into the hands of that country!"
Zhang Dahuzi said in a panic: "Sir, you...you must not have anything to do!" He was a confidant promoted by Hu County Magistrate Hu. He has lived happily under the care of Hu County over the years. Once Hu County Magistrate Hu fell, Zhang Dahuzi naturally would not have a good life in the future.
What's more, if Fatty Fan really wants to be launched, even if Magistrate Hu's future is destroyed, he will definitely be implicated.
County Magistrate Hu said in a deep voice: "Zhang Dahuzi, do you want to continue to enjoy the glory with me in the future?"
"Sir, tell me!" Zhang Dahuzi was not a fool either. Knowing that Hu Magistrate had a scheming, he said with a fierce look on his face: "As long as the master gives orders, he goes up to the mountain of swords and seas of fire, even the young ones dare to do it!"
Magistrate Hu raised his hand and made a knife shape, then cut it hard.
Zhang Dahuzi looked slightly surprised in his eyes and whispered: "Sir, your consciousness is..."
"Don't do it, since the Zhao man hit the knife, he cut him off, and then he blamed Chu Huan and the others directly." Hu Magistrate Hu said in a silence: "Zhang Dahuzi, do you dare to take action?"
Zhang Dahuzi pondered slightly, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I know what to do!" Without saying a word, he turned around and walked out of the prison guard room and quickly chased Zhao County Chief.
In the dim prison passage, County Magistrate Zhao was slowly walking into the prison. Zhang Dahushou was walking very fast and he had already chased after him. County Magistrate Zhao turned around and narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Zhang Dahushou.
"Second Duke, I will accompany you to check the number of people." Zhang Dahuzi suppressed the nervousness in his heart and smiled: "Second Duke, don't worry, every prisoner who comes in here will be registered on the roster. Every prisoner who goes out, the little one will cross out his name!"
County Magistrate Zhao nodded and said, "I'm idle, just take a look!" Without saying much, he turned around and continued walking in.
Zhang Dahuzi followed behind. Under the dim light, his smiley face had instantly become extremely gloomy. His eyes were full of murderous intent. He slowly pulled out his knife and slowly raised it. The blade pointed the blade at the back of Zhao County Cheng's head, with a ferocious look. He gritted his teeth and was about to chop it down.
County Magistrate Zhao was obviously alert, so he turned around suddenly. Seeing Zhang Dahushou raise his knife and sternly said: "What are you...what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to chop you!" Zhang Dawei smiled grimly, and with force on his arm, the big knife slashed down.
Almost at this same time, a shadow flew towards Zhang Dawei's shoulder like a meteor in the darkness. With a "bang", the shadow hit Zhang Dawei's shoulder blade. With a "click" sound, Zhang Dawei's shoulder blade was instantly shattered. His arm just happened to hold the knife. When the shoulder blade was broken, the whole arm was in a sudden pain and heartbroken. The big knife in his hand could not be cut down, but it was already falling off his hand.
From the dim passage, several people rushed up like wolves and tigers. One of them was the first to be the tiger's back and bear's waist, wearing a felt hat. Before Zhang Dahun could react, he kicked Zhang Dahun's back. Zhang Dahun screamed "Ouch" and was already kicked to the ground.
Zhang Dawei fell to the ground, County Magistrate Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to the man with a tiger-backed and bear-waisted waist, "Thank you, Lord Wei, for helping him... It seems that they are really ill-intentioned!"
This Lord Wei is tall, wearing black clothes, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a cold expression. He just nodded slightly to County Chief Zhao, waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Tie him up!"
Two strong men behind him came forward immediately, and had already prepared a thick rope around his waist. He tied up Zhang Dawang.
Zhang Dahuzi looked angry and cursed: "Who are you? Do you dare to trespass into the county jail? Are you going to rebel?"
Lord Wei picked up a scabbard from the ground, and just now Zhang Dahun slashed at Zhao County Chief. At the critical moment, it was Lord Wei who threw the scabbard with all his strength. The scabbard hit Zhang Dahun's shoulder blade and saved Zhao County Chief.
Lord Wei put the knife in his hand into the scabbard, and when he walked to Zhang Dahuzi, he looked at Zhang Dahuzi coldly and said lightly: "Little prison guard, you dare to assassinate the county magistrate, you are really going to rebel." He waved his hand and said, "Take him to the lobby, Lord Lan is waiting there!"
Two big men pushed Zhang Dahu and walked out of the prison.
County Magistrate Hu was extremely nervous in the prison room. Waiting for the news about Zhang Dahuzi, he felt nervous at this moment. If he had known that things would develop to this point, he would never provoke Chu Huan.
At the beginning of the fight, he was already trapped in the chess game. After that, in order to win this game, Hu County Press pressed forward step by step and tried everything, but the move of poisoning people had a huge change. The miscalculation of this move made him at a disadvantage everywhere and ended in the chess game.
The strange movements from outside made County Magistrate Hu even more nervous. He got up from the chair, squinted his eyes and pondered slightly, and heard the knock on the door of the prison guard's room.
Magistrate Hu hurried forward, opened the door and asked anxiously, "How is the matter done?"
"Not good!" The man outside said calmly: "One mistake in one move will lose everything... Magistrate Hu, you are so brave!" In the voice, a burly figure slowly walked into the prison guard's room, which was Lord Wei.
When Magistrate Hu saw this man, he was shocked and took a few steps back, opening his mouth wide, unable to speak for a while.
Lord Wei didn't even look at him, so he walked straight to the chair and sat down, and said coldly: "Magistrate Hu, do you recognize me?"
Magistrate Hu finally recovered and fell to the ground with a "ordinary" kneeling and said in panic: "Secretary... Hu Wei, the magistrate of Qingliu County, paid a visit to Lord Wei. He didn't know that the Lord was here, but the Lord... The Lord was wrong and welcomed him. Please forgive me!"
Lord Wei put the sword in his hand on the table and said straight to the point: "Hu Wei, someone went to the Governor's Office to seek justice. He sued you for not having to distinguish right from wrong and wrong, and wrongly accused the good man. Lord Wei was very angry when he heard about this, so he sent Lord Lan and the officer to investigate thoroughly...!"
"Sir, it's unjust!" Hu Magistrate Hu hurriedly said: "The lower-ranking official has been an official in Qingliu County for several years. He sighed for his worries, but he was afraid that he would betray the emperor's kindness, be cautious everywhere, be honest in his official position, and never frame good people!"
Lord Wei sneered, "It's a good statement. Just now, your prison chief wants to kill the county magistrate, what's the explanation? I came here, not for anything else, just for the murder case of Chu Huan. Now Lord Lan is in your county hall lobby. How about it, Lord Hu, let's go to see Lord Lan together!"
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