62. Guess
After the story of Mr. Luo, everyone present fell into deep thought for a moment, thinking about how the county magistrate solved the case.
The authorities were confused and bystanders were clear. After hearing the story, everyone knew who the real murderer was, but the county magistrate was not a prophet. He always had to find out the case step by step.
Fan Xing tapped the seat gently with his fingers. After a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned to pour wine to drink.
Seeing this, Master Lin was angry when he frowned, but he couldn't even think of it, but he just had an anxious look in his eyes.
Eunuch Zhao claimed to be a master of power and tricks in the palace, but now he is also confused.
Including the head of the Honglu Temple, Bo, the eunuch Xiaoyi and others, they also frowned and thought deeply.
Mo Sicheng of Honglu Temple thought for a moment, then shook his head, not thinking about the answer, but simply stopped thinking about it.
Mr. Luo just drank and didn't look at everyone.
The thief leaned back, crossed his hands on his abdomen, and his thumb kept spinning, but his mind was thinking quickly about what Mr. Luo said just now.
He has had countless dealings with the government and has been walking in the world for a long time. He can be said to be a good person. Although he can't solve the case, he vaguely feels that the key to solving the problem lies in the story just now.
But he has always been an action-oriented person and is really not good at using his brain. After thinking about it for a while, he felt impatient in his eyes.
Su Che sat on the chair, holding the shadow sword in his hand, and the scabbard was resting on the ground, calm and powerful.
He knows the answer.
It’s not because of how smart he is, but because he had heard this story. Sufu told him when he was a child.
The story is not as what Mr. Luo told. In fact, this is a real case, which happened in counties not too far from the capital.
In the original version of the story, after Li Si reported to the official position, the county magistrate did not find out the truth. He was a suspicious person by nature. Instead, he believed that Zhang San's wife Wang had an affair with someone and then killed Zhang San. He then arrested Wang and Li Si, tortured the two, but found nothing.
Later, although the county magistrate released the two men, he secretly sent a constable and yamen runners to monitor them, hoping to find clues from them.
Because of this, Wang's reputation was damaged and Li Si's reputation was also affected. Regardless of whether he was guilty or not, as long as he entered the yamen and was punished, what would the neighbors think? Not to mention that there were yamen runners passing by everywhere from time to time, which was obviously a suspicion that had not yet disappeared.
Afterwards, Wang was unable to live here and hanged himself. Li Si also committed suicide by jumping into the river where Zhang San was killed.
There was rumors that the two had an affair and plotted to murder Zhang San. Later, they were so anxious that they felt guilty, ashamed and angry about Zhang San. In the end, they felt sad and condemned their conscience, and both committed suicide.
Finally, when the case was settled, Su Dingyuan passed by this county. When he was staying overnight, he heard the postmaster telling the matter. That night, he sent someone to the county government to pick up the files and then asked someone to take Maliu directly.
Su Che was angry at the people of the county and the county magistrate at that time, but was shocked by his father. The truth that the county magistrate had not found after searching for nearly a month, Su Dingyuan just read the file and revealed it. He was really wise and brave.
Later, Su Fu told him the key points and even warned others that the most important thing to be careful in the world is others.
But Su Fu did not say anything about what happened next, whether it was the fate of the county magistrate or the subsequent cooking. At that time, he would always use some small stories to reason with Su Che.
Since this case is true, how did Mr. Luo know about it? Su Che thought that even if the case was reported, it would still belong to the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Rites never asks about these things.
Could it be that Mr. Luo from that county, or is he the county magistrate of that year? Su Che shook his head secretly, feeling that his thoughts were too coincidental.
If this is true, what is the purpose of Mr. Luo's speech and revealing his ugly things back then? You know, he is the Minister of Rites. No matter how many years have passed, if someone really mentions it again, it will also have an impact on his future career.
Su Che's thoughts were only a few breaths, and instead stopped thinking, he sat quietly.
The thief gently pulled his sleeve and asked with his eyes.
Su Che's eyes moved.
Of course, the thief can understand it, but for some reason.
Half a moment later, Eunuch Zhao smiled and said, "It seems that the two little captains have no clue yet."
Director Lin scratched his head and said, "Oh, even I can't figure it out. That county magistrate is really powerful."
Mo Sicheng glanced at Fan Xing who was silent and said, "After Lord Luo just spoke, I saw Lord Fan smiled knowingly. I think he had seen through the truth long ago."
Everyone looked at each other.
Fan Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Luo is really clear. He is just analyzing the case for us. You don't know this, but Fan is a survivor after all, and if he doesn't care about it, he will be ashamed of the emperor and his position is a bare-headed meal."
"Then let Lord Fan tell me quickly, this is really itchy." Director Lin said hurriedly.
The other people also spoke like this.
Fan Xing glanced at the drinking minister Luo, who was smiling faintly, and naturally signaled him to say it clearly.
"Okay." Fan Xing responded, put down his wine glass, and said, "Then Ma Liu knocked on the door and called the third lady. He must have known that he had no husband in the room."
As soon as the words came out, everyone thought about it for a moment and suddenly realized "ah".
"So that's it, Lord Luo has already said it clearly just now." Director Lin patted his forehead.
"I am worthy of being the chief constable of the Six Gates. I admire him when I see the little things." Eunuch Zhao bowed with a smile.
The few people looked at each other and smiled, and they all clinked glasses and drank, but instead they were a little cold to Su Che and the others.
Mr. Luo just smiled and drank with a few people, but his expression was no different.
Su Che and the other two took their leave, but no one said anything.
...
When he returned to the guest room, the thief coach whispered: "You have guessed it long ago?"
Su Che knew that there was no one around at this time, so he said, "It's not that you guessed, you knew it."
"What does it mean?" The Tuo Shuai was puzzled.
Su Che did not hide it, so he explained the matter in detail.
"So bizarre?" The Tuo Shuai said in surprise: "So you suspect that Mr. Luo might be the county magistrate of that year?"
"It may also be from that county town." Su Che said.
"He must be that county magistrate!" said the thief confidently.
“Why?”
"intuition."
Su Che rolled his eyes.
"You have to think, if he was really the county magistrate, why would he say this?" said the Tuo Shuai: "This must be for you."
Su Che frowned slightly, "What do you mean is he deliberately exposed his identity to me?"
"In other words, he knows who you are." said Tuo Shuai: "But he shouldn't be hostile."
Su Che nodded, based on the fact that Mr. Luo was really the county magistrate back then, the other party should not be hostile to him.
Because he is now the Minister of Rites, it means that he has not been affected by the incident that year. Otherwise, the one who found the truth at that time was Su Dingyuan, which was enough to dismiss the county magistrate.
This shows that Su Dingyuan let him go.
So, what is Mr. Luo’s actions tonight?
Su Che's heart moved and thought of his father's instructions.
"Is he the helper arranged by his father?"
I thought so, but Su Che would not believe this person easily, let alone this is just his guess and the Tuo Shuai.
Chapter completed!