Chapter 88

"Not yet. I can't close the case until the confession of the two dogs is sorted out and handed over." Xu Xin didn't expect that Qingzhu was more worried than herself. The corners of her mouth rose and her smile grew stronger.

He can see that Xu Xin is in a good mood at this time. Why not laugh a few times? His family will be happy.

Xu Xin just took office, in addition to Shi Xiaorui's case is left behind, there is no other case, have nothing to do, plan to go back to the government early.

Two people not only out of the yamen, and in the street around, they found behind someone secretly follow.

Xu Xin and Qingzhu exchanged their eyes and turned into an alley. Then they hid behind a big tree and watched secretly.

After a while, a middle-aged man turned in and looked forward, as if looking for something.

Xu Xin came out from behind the tree and asked, "are you looking for me?"

The man was surprised, quickly embarrassed smile: "adult!"

Green bamboo also came out. He stared at the man who followed them for a long time. He always felt very familiar. Then he suddenly remembered something and said, "you, aren't you the man in charge of our yamen prison? I've seen you several times

After Qingzhu said this, Xu Xin also felt very familiar and asked, "what's the matter with you following me?"

The man saw that Qingzhu had recognized him, and he didn't hide it any more. He said directly, "yes, the little one is working in the prison. The little one's name is Liu Qiang."

"Oh," Xu Xin nodded and looked at Liu Qiang. The normal office of the Yamen officer is dressed in official clothes, but the man is dressed in plain clothes. I don't think he is the official today.

"Villains have something to report to adults." Liu Qiang seems to have gathered up his courage to salute Xu Xin.

Xu Xin saw that the man was following him secretly. At this time, she said these words again. She thought that there must be something inconvenient for him to say. He could only say it when there was no one in private. He looked around and made sure that there was no one. Then he took a few steps towards Liu Qiang, lowered his voice and said, "what's the matter?"

"It's about the case of Shi Xiaorui." Liu Qiang also lowered his voice.

Xu Xin is silent for a while. Isn't Shi Xiaorui's case almost closed? Then Liu Qiang suddenly says this. Is there any secret that he doesn't know? I don't think it's harmful to Shi Xiaorui.

Liu Qiang nervously looks at Xu Xin. Seeing that he doesn't speak, he doesn't dare to open his mouth for fear of irritating the county magistrate.

After a while, Xu Xin thought it was necessary to listen, so she asked, "how do you say that?"

Seeing Xu Xin's questioning, Liu Qiang said, "I heard today that Er Gouzi had confessed the fact that he was there. Shi Xiaorui was unintentional."

But Xu Xin is not very comfortable. Liu Qiang's words all show that this person is paying close attention to himself or this case. Is there any connection between this person and this case? Xu Xin doubts, of course, inexplicably being monitored that kind of mood is certainly not good.

Xu Xin did not speak, continue to listen, want to know what Liu Qiang would like to say next.

Liu Qiang cautiously said: "thanks to your wisdom and insight, you can clear away the injustice of Shi Xiaorui. Fortunately, you stopped Lin county magistrate's judgment of the case the day before you took over, so that Shi Xiaorui didn't die in vain."

Seeing that Liu Qiang praised himself, he was a little confused. He didn't understand what the man wanted to say. Only when he mentioned Lin county magistrate, he said, "every county magistrate is the same. Lin county magistrate may be eager to close the case when his term of office is approaching and his affairs are busy."

"My Lord, not everyone is as upright as you are." If Liu Qiang has a point to say.

Seeing that he still didn't know what to say, Xu Xin didn't have the patience and said, "just say what you want to say. Don't go around."

"My Lord, as far as I know, a man named Li Fugui entrusted the magistrate of Lin county to punish Shi Xiaorui. That's why the county magistrate of Lin tried the case in a disorderly way, and sentenced Shi Xiaorui to death. " At this time, that Liu Qiang just said forget the subject, he is to denounce Nalin county magistrate.

Hearing this, Xu Xin's brows wrinkled. He thought that the case was over, but he also implicated the former magistrate.

Xu Xin pondered for a while and asked, "why did you say that now?"

"It's a matter of Lin county magistrate. I didn't dare to say that. Today, I heard that the adults thought of a way to make the two dogs tell the truth and return Shi Xiaorui's innocence. Then I thought that the adults must be a good official to distinguish right from wrong. So I told you what happened between the Lin county magistrate and Li Fugui secretly, so that none of those evildoers could escape." Speaking of this, a trace of hatred flashed in Liu Qiang's eyes.

"Well." Xu Xin glanced at Liu Qiang. He didn't expect that the magistrate of Nalin would do something so reckless. Before, he thought that he was too optimistic. He thought that he was just confused. It seems that there is something wrong with the magistrate of Nalin! At the same time, he was thinking about what kind of intention this man had in mind to inform against Nalin county magistrate and Li Fugui.

Seeing that Xu Xin didn't seem to believe it, Liu Qiang said in a hurry: "the magistrate of Lin county has always been in contact with Li Fugui, and has received a lot of benefits from him. This is something that all the Yamen know. If you don't believe it, you can find out if you want to know. And Li Fugui secretly asked the magistrate of Lin county to handle the affair of Shi Xiaorui, and several people in the Yamen knew about it. "

Xu Xin patted Liu Qiang on the shoulder and said, "I already know about it. Go back. I'll go back and think about what to do."

Liu Qiangyuan thought that Xu Xin would say some righteous and awe inspiring words after hearing his words, and then denounced Lin county magistrate for being an official. But he did not expect that Xu Xin just said such a sentence lightly, and his heart suddenly cooled down. He did not say anything more. He just nodded dejectedly, sighed and said: "the little one went back first." Then he turned and left.

Looking at Liu Qiang's back, green bamboo sighed: "this officialdom is dark, corrupt officials can be seen everywhere."

Xu Xin did not speak, out of the alley, continue to return to the house.

Green bamboo chased up and asked curiously, "my Lord, do you believe what Liu Qiang said?"

Xu Xin said lightly: "what do you believe or not, tomorrow you find a few people to ask in private, can have this matter."

Green bamboo nodded and said, "don't worry, my Lord. I will ask you clearly."

Xu Xin thought again and said, "let Constable Zhang come to the back hall of Yamen tomorrow."

"I see." Qingzhu is frank in his promise. He knows his family's temper. Now that he knows about it, he will check it carefully. To tell you the truth, there may not be many honest officials like his family in the whole country.