Chapter 1035

Many officials gathered in front of the gate of the sheriff's house, including civil servants and military generals.

When they heard the news of the sheriff's sudden death, they were shocked and came to the sheriff's house to verify the truth.

At this time, the gate was blocked by these officials. The guards of the sheriff's house did not dare to fight them. They could only guard in front of the door with shields to prevent these officials from rushing into the sheriff's house in a hurry.

The changes here attracted the attention of the people in the city, and more and more people gathered here.

They also want to know whether the sheriff is dead or not?

With the passage of time, the sheriff did not appear, and the door of the sheriff's house was closed. No one came out to give an explanation. This evasive attitude made the hearts of officials sink rapidly.

They only suspected that the sheriff had an accident. Now it seems that their suspicion is likely to be true.

As a senior official of the third grade, the sheriff is in charge of the land of a county and a real frontier official. His life and death is related to the pattern of the whole Lu'an county.

Especially those local officials who followed Jian Shujie.

They almost tied their future to Jian Shujie. Once Jian Shujie disappeared, their future would be worrying.

After all, who knows who the next new sheriff will be?

If the new sheriff has a grudge against Jian Shujie, the confidants left by their former officials will certainly become a thorn in the eye.

If things really get to that point, they must be prepared in advance, at least to find a way out for themselves before the new sheriff arrives.

Now, the life and death of the Sheriff has become their most concern.

The mood of the officials gradually became excited.

Some impatient officials even wanted to rush into the sheriff's house to find out, but they were stopped by the guard at the door.

The generals immediately sent a message back, and soon a large number of soldiers and horses were transferred.

The onlookers were shocked. I'm afraid they transferred the officers and soldiers of the whole Fufeng city. It's really a big deal!

The sheriff's house was tightly surrounded by the army.

The guards at the gate turned pale with fear of the battle in front of them, and their arms holding shields trembled.

The two sides were deadlocked and the atmosphere was tense.

At this time, the originally closed gate of the prefectural mansion was suddenly opened from inside!

Everyone present was stunned.

They all turned their heads and looked in the direction of the gate.

But the sheriff in a dark cloak stepped out.

Behind him were two guards with swords and extraordinary skills.

In fact, these two guards are from Tianmen.

Yu Jiu specially arranged them to follow Jian Shujie. It was called to protect Jian Shujie's safety. In fact, it was to monitor Jian Shujie's words and deeds.

Once Jian Shujie makes any strange move, the two Tianmen people disguised as guards will immediately stop Jian Shujie.

Jian Shujie stood still on the steps in front of the door, glanced at all the officials present and asked in a deep voice.

"What are you doing? How dare you be so presumptuous in front of the sheriff's house?"

The officials had prepared for the worst. At this time, when they first saw the sheriff appear in front of them unharmed, the mood that had sunk to the bottom of the valley soared again.

This is really a test of people's tolerance.

After a short pause, the officials finally recovered. They hurriedly saluted the sheriff, bowing and boxing. The movements were not neat at all, and even a little messy.

A civil servant came out of the queue and said loudly.

"When I heard that the sheriff had an accident, I was very worried. I rushed to disturb him. If there is any disrespect, I hope the sheriff can see that in the past, the sheriff was still responsible and didn't have the same experience as the sheriff."

Others also began to beg for mercy, hoping that the sheriff would not be dissatisfied with their abruptness.

Jian Shujie: "I'm just unwell. Don't listen to the rumors outside."

Everyone saw that the sheriff was indeed much thinner than before. His face looked quite pale and looked very bad. It was obviously because he was ill. It must be because the sheriff didn't show up just now.

With a reasonable explanation for everything, the officials were finally completely relieved.

……

In the dark dungeon, it was still so dark.

Wen old city sat on the ground, his back against the cold and hard wall, and bursts of severe pain came from his chest.

He dared not touch or move, for fear of aggravating his injury.

In order to ignore the pain from the injury, Wen Jiucheng tried to divert his attention by talking.

He shouted big brother.

Fang Wujiu, who was locked in the opposite cell, replied, "what's the matter?"

Wen Jiucheng: "will Jian Shujie really stand on our side?"

Fang Wujiu: "well, this is his only way out."

Wen Jiucheng: "but his wife is still in Tianmen's hands. If he suddenly rebelled, Tianmen will kill his wife. Can he be cruel?"

Fang Wujiu: "if the sheriff's wife is still alive, Jian Shujie really can't be cruel."

This answer stunned Wen Jiucheng.

He asked in surprise, "you mean the sheriff's wife is dead? But how do you know?"

Fang Wujiu said slowly.

"Before you came here, I had some contact with Jian Shujie..."

Half a month ago, it was still this cell.

Fang Wujiu leaned against the wall and said to the people in the cell next door.

"As a sheriff and a senior official of the third grade, you should have many capable and strange people. How can you be easily controlled by the people of Tianmen?"

It took a long time to hear Jian Shujie's answer.

"They first controlled my wife. I was afraid they would hurt her before they could control her."

How clever is Fang Wujiu? I figured out the whole story in an instant.

He asked, "have you ever seen your wife since you were locked up?"

Jian Shujie: "I've seen it twice."

Fang Wujiu: "when was the last time?"

Jian Shujie is probably remembering. It took a long time to say.

"I don't remember. It was a long time ago anyway."

He has been locked up for too long. He can't tell the changes day and night in his cell. He has long lost his sense of time.

Fang Wujiu: "haven't they let you see your wife recently?"

Jian Shujie: "they say my wife is ill and inconvenient to go out. They will bring me a letter written by my wife every few days."

Fang Wujiu's tone became a little deep: "are you sure those letters were written by your wife?"

Jian Shujie's voice suddenly became impatient: "what do you mean?"

Fang Wujiu's mood is always calm and calm.

"I don't mean anything else. I just doubt that those letters were written by others imitating your wife's handwriting. The real sheriff's wife may be gone."