Detective Di Renjie: The Mysterious Dynasty

Chapter 349: Outsmarting Xue Qinglin (Part )
The moment the county magistrate's eyes fell on the official document, a row of stars appeared in front of his eyes again.

He didn't know whether he was frightened or ashamed, or maybe Lin Yongzhong's slap was too hard, but he made a slight "click" sound in his throat, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed and fainted.

This sudden change caused a flurry of activity in the county government office. Even Lin Yongzhong himself was slightly embarrassed by the force of the slap, and his eyes kept falling on his palm.

Fortunately, Di Renjie was not a person who would take human life lightly. He squatted down and felt the pulse of the county magistrate.

"This is a fainting caused by excessive shock. It's nothing serious. You will wake up on your own after a short rest."

Lin Yongzhong was relieved when he heard that the county magistrate was not seriously injured.

"Carry him down, and when he wakes up, bring him to see me immediately!" Now that Lin Yongzhong had revealed his identity, he naturally began to give orders.

Upon hearing this, the yamen runners immediately rushed to carry the county magistrate and were ready to run away. The two yamen runners, one fat and one thin, were also among them.

Lin Yongzhong sneered and pointed at the two men: "You two stay!"

When the fat and thin man heard this, their faces instantly turned as if they had lost their parents, but they did not dare to disobey the order, and quickly turned around and knelt on the ground.

"We are blind and did not recognize your true identity. We hope you can be magnanimous and forgive us!" The two men kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Lin Yongzhong was a man of great ambition, so he did not get angry immediately. "Let me ask you, how did the old man Wu Si in front of the county government die? And what happened to Jinniang?"

The two men looked at each other and were about to speak, but they caught a glimpse of Du Er's warning eyes and immediately stopped talking, discouraged and dared not say a word.

Lin Yongzhong glared at Du Er, then pointed at the two bailiffs with his eyes wide open: "Why, it seems that you must let me punish you severely!"

When the two heard this, their faces immediately fell again: "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life, I will tell you the truth now!"

So the two of them told the whole story: "At noon today, Pingnan Marquis's housekeeper Du Er brought his thugs into the court and ordered us to go out and arrest Jinniang from Xiaopu Village."

"At this time, Jinniang's father came to file a complaint and was bumped into by Du Er. This evil villain was used to being tyrannical and ordered his thugs to commit the crime in court. After we persuaded them, they finally stopped. After they left, we went forward to check and found that Wu Si had been beaten to death..."

Lin Yongzhong looked at the evil servant: "Du Er, is that him?"

The two yamen runners nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"

However, Di Renjie gave the bailiffs a cold look, knowing that their statements must be concealing his own evil deeds.

On the contrary, County Magistrate Lin Yongzhong is quite methodical in his actions and is a promising talent.

Lin Yongzhong nodded and continued to ask: "Since the person is dead, why not use a coffin to bury the body, but expose the body to the sun? What's the reason?"

The faces of the yamen runners suddenly turned pale, and they trembled as they said, "This... Before leaving, Du Er threatened that if Jin Niang was not handed over by noon tomorrow, he would tear down the county government office."

"Therefore, the county magistrate ordered us to place the old man's body outside the yamen, lead Jinniang here, and then... then arrest her and send her to the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion..."

Lin Yongzhong couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and his scalp went numb with shock.

Di Renjie's eyes were burning with anger: "You are worse than beasts!"

Jinniang, who had been silent all the time, rushed forward like a vengeful beast when she heard this. She bit Du Er's neck hard. Blood immediately flowed out and Du Er let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

Ruyan was startled and hurried forward to pull away Jinniang, who was out of control.

Du Ershi covered the bleeding wound, and said in shock and fear: "You, you crazy woman, you dare to bite me!"

"Pa pa!" Ruyan slapped Du Er's face twice, and blood immediately flowed down the corners of his mouth.

Du Er was beaten so hard that he was spinning in circles.

Ruyan took a step forward and grabbed his neck with her hands. With a click, Du Er's eyes rolled back and his tongue stuck out involuntarily.

Seeing this, Di Renjie stepped forward to dissuade her: "Ruyan, no!"

Ruyan frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Uncle, why do we keep such a thief around?!"

Du Er's face was filled with fear and he wanted to beg for mercy, but his neck was held and he couldn't speak.

Di Renjie tried to comfort her again: "Ruyan, take care of Jinniang, this Du Er must be brought to justice!" Only then did Ruyan let go of her hand indignantly and helped Jinniang aside.

Lin Yongzhong's heart was bleeding when he saw Jinniang's nearly insane state, but he finally suppressed his words and remained silent.

He then turned to Du Er, his tone as stern as a knife: "Catch this evil slave! Make him confess his crime and sign his name!"

Du Er was finally able to speak at this time. Seeing that Lin Yongzhong had ordered him to be arrested, he threatened again: "Lin County Magistrate, you probably don't know how powerful the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion is! If you arrest me now, you will have to kneel down and beg me to get out at night!"

Lin Yongzhong sneered, showing no fear at all: "To tell you the truth, I heard about the rumors about Wuping and still dared to come to take up the post. I have no intention of returning alive! Even if I die here tonight, I will behead you, the evil villain, before the sun sets!"

Du Er saw that his threats were ineffective and immediately became flustered.

Lin Yongzhong turned around suddenly and looked at the yamen runners: "And you! I don't care what happened to the previous yamen, but since I took office, anyone who dares to collude with the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and oppress the people will not blame me for my vicious methods!"

These words were so important that the bailiffs immediately knelt down in a mass and said, "We dare not! We dare not!"

"Take him away and make him sign! I want to see the confession within three quarters of an hour!" Lin Yongzhong was unwilling to waste any more words, so he waved his sleeves and gave a decisive order.

The bailiffs dared not slack off at this moment. They rushed forward and quickly subdued Du Er.

Du Er wanted to continue cursing, but the yamen runners had already blocked his mouth with handkerchiefs, sweat towels and other things without Lin Yongzhong's order.

Seeing this, Lin Yongzhong finally let out a sigh of relief.

However, when he turned around to talk to Di Renjie, he found that Di Renjie and Ruyan were comforting the emotionally broken Jinniang.

When Lin Yongzhong approached, he found that Jinniang's face was covered with tear marks and her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she looked heartbroken.

Seeing his beloved daughter so heartbroken, as a father, he naturally felt extremely painful inside. He wanted to go forward immediately, wipe the tears from her cheeks, and comfort her.

But at this moment Di Renjie saw Lin Yongzhong coming over, so he handed Jinniang to Ruyan and turned to talk to Lin Yongzhong.

"County Magistrate Lin is a man of integrity, and he has eradicated all the corruption in the Wuping County government office. I am truly impressed by him!" Di Renjie's words were filled with sincere admiration.

When Lin Yongzhong saw this old man of extraordinary status turn around, although he was worried about his daughter, he had to bury it deep in his heart for the time being.

He smiled and replied, "I am ashamed that the county officials are so absurd, and I have made you laugh! Yongzhong is just a fox taking advantage of the power of the tiger. The county officials regard you and the chivalrous men as my helpers, so they are obedient to me."

"If it weren't for the martial arts prowess of the knights who shocked them, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to mobilize these stubborn officials with just this piece of paper!"

These words made Di Renjie look at him with new eyes. He never thought that a small county magistrate in front of him could see things so clearly.

For such a talented person, it is really a disgrace for him to be merely appointed as a county magistrate.

Lin Yongzhong glanced at Li Yuanfang and Ruyan again, and said solemnly: "Old man, Pingnan Hou Xue Qinglin will definitely not give up this time, so I have an unwelcome request. I want to ask you to stay and help. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie's eyes flashed with surprise, and his interest in Lin Yongzhong grew stronger: "Of course you can, but I wonder how County Magistrate Lin plans to deal with Xue Qinglin?"

When the name Xue Qinglin was mentioned, Lin Yongzhong's eyes became sharp involuntarily: "To deal with Xue Qinglin, we must find evidence against him. The confession of a wicked slave Du Er is probably not enough..."

When Di Renjie heard this, he couldn't help but stroke his beard and laugh out loud. He admired Lin Yongzhong more and more.

　I was very confused about what kind of image I should give Lin Yongzhong? Should I restore the original work or make him more perfect? ​​A slight change of pen here will create a completely different image.

　　Many people may not realize that this is a watershed in the plot. A slight change will lead to two different directions.

　　Finally, after thinking again and again, I feel that the image of "Lin Yongzhong" created by Director Qian is more reasonable. It is closer to the real image of "Lin Yongzhong", and it is also the reason why the Jiangzhou case has become a classic.

　　Many people watch "Shen Di" and immerse themselves in the suspense and various reversals, or immerse themselves in the pleasure of pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face. Perhaps few people can appreciate the core of the classic case.

　　The classic of Jiangzhou case lies not only in Di Renjie, Li Yuanfang and Ruyan, but also in Lin Yongzhong and Jinniang, and even Zhang Yi, Feng Wanchun and many others. However, the director did not put many details in the open, and it takes repeated appreciation to notice them.

　　Probably at the end of this volume, I might write a summary about the Jiangzhou case and talk about my many thoughts about this case.

　　I've said all this a lot, and it's late, and I'm also drunk...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)