Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 39
Trying to sort out his thoughts, Xiang Kang finally opened his mouth and said in a calm tone: "Xianzun, your analysis makes sense. If I were in your position, I would definitely suspect that I might become the son-in-law of the Yu family." The person who actually bribed the murderer to kill the son of Shanyouwei of Lingxian County."

"That's right, when Shan Youwei's son rushed to propose to Yu Shu from the Yu family, I was indeed a penniless poor boy. I couldn't find any valuables on me except for the Ice Crack Sword left by my ancestors. Something. The reason why Mr. Yu agreed to marry his daughter to me was completely forced by Shan Youwei. In order not to marry his daughter to the son of Shan Youwei whose ex-wife died inexplicably, he could only agree to me. Using me as a shield to temporarily get rid of Shan Youwei's entanglement, in fact, he doesn't look down on me at all, he doesn't like me, I know this very well."

"As the county lord guessed, the two aunts of the younger generation did bring the wild geese to the Yu family to propose marriage to the Yu family, and asked Yu Gong to fulfill their promise to marry their daughter to me. Yu Gong really reneged on his promise and found various excuses to delay Rejection is just an idea to delay the matter."

"But you guessed wrong, Mr. Xian." Xiang Kang's words suddenly turned a little bit, and he said: "It is the eldest daughter that Duke Yu promised to marry me at one time. A virtuous wife and loving mother that cannot be asked for. But the county lord, you will never believe it. In fact, I have no feelings for her, and I have another sweetheart in my heart."

"Heh." Magistrate Zhou laughed out loud, and said sarcastically, "Xiang Kang, you're right. I really don't believe what you said. How can you not be tempted by such a good woman?"

"I have no way to prove that what I said is from the heart." Xiang Kang shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "But the county gentleman understands your misunderstanding of the junior, because if the junior stands in your position, I will also understand it." I am very skeptical, what can a poor boy who has been rejected to marry a rich and beautiful wife not be able to do?"

"Bringing the murderer to assassinate Shan Youwei's son not only got rid of the rival in love, but also took the opportunity to plant the blame on Duke Yu's son, and then pretended to be a good person and sold a huge favor to the Yu family, so that the Yu family would be grateful. The next thing I can do is to marry my daughter to me to repay my kindness, and I have a beautiful woman and a rich dowry from the Yu family.

"That's right." Magistrate Zhou nodded and said calmly, "This is also the key reason why I suspect that you are the real culprit behind the scenes."

Xiang Kang also nodded and did not refute. He just asked, "Master Xian, now this junior only asks you one question. Since this junior is the culprit behind the scenes, why does this junior still run around, kowtow, and beg someone to save Mr. Yu?"

"Nonsense!" County Magistrate Zhou said with a sneer, "If you don't do this, how could the Yu family accept your favor? Marry their daughter to you in order to repay their kindness?"

"Then why don't you just put on a show and let the Yu family take care of me? Why do you want to try your best to really save Mr. Yu? Even risking being suspected by the county lord, you ran to the county lord's house in person Come to beg you to save him?" Xiang Kang raised his voice slightly, and said, "Wouldn't it be more beneficial for the younger generation to let Mr. Yu die tragically in the Ling County Prison? At that time, Mr. Yu, who only has Mr. Yu's son, his Didn’t the rich family property all have the surname Xiang? It all belonged to me, the son-in-law? Didn’t I get more as a junior?”

County magistrate Zhou was stunned, and only then realized that he had forgotten to consider this point—if Yu Zhi really died in the hands of Shan Youwei, the situation would indeed become more favorable to Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang would indeed be able to get more benefits. Multiple benefits.

After hesitating for a long time, County Magistrate Zhou replied slowly: "Perhaps you are worried. If Mr. Yu died in prison, and the Yu family resolutely repented of the marriage in a fit of rage, and even more unwilling to marry their daughter to you, you would You are running out of people and wealth, so you are running around trying to rescue Mr. Yu and sell favors to the Yu family."

"It's possible." Xiang Kang nodded calmly, and said, "However, you can ask my elder brother Feng, before I decided to make a fake case to temporarily save Mr. Yu's life today, how did Yu Shu of the Yu family treat me?" What attitude? Have you ever said something that you must rescue her brother before you can marry me?"

County Magistrate Zhou turned his attention to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong was quite loyal, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the officials can testify that at that time Yu Shu of the Yu family had already admitted that she was the fiancée wife of Brother Xiang Kang. I didn't say anything that brother Xiang must first rescue her brother before agreeing to marry Brother Xiang. Moreover, the servants can tell that Yushu from the Yu family really likes brother Xiang Kang."

County Magistrate Zhou stopped talking, and Xiang Kang said again: "Master of the county, how difficult is it for me to rescue a felon from the county prison for such a powerless and powerless commoner? Shrunk, and racked his brains to come up with a way to make a fake case, to create an opportunity for the county lord to intervene in that case, and then frankly admit the truth to the county lord, willing to be convicted in order to save people, how to ask a person with ulterior motives, How could a despicable person who is greedy for money, sex, and unscrupulous means make such a sacrifice? Especially if Mr. Yu died innocently, the biggest beneficiary would still be me, why should I spare no effort to save others?"

County Magistrate Zhou was completely silent. After a long time, County Magistrate Zhou waved his hand, held down Xiang Kang's official messenger to understand, and immediately let go of him. Then County Magistrate Zhou also said: "Mr. Xiang, don't blame me, you really The most suspicious. And I can tell you clearly that I still have some doubts about you and will continue to investigate."

"Junior don't dare." Xiang Kang cupped his hands, and said again: "Xianzun, you can investigate anyway, but before continuing to investigate, this junior still begs you, you must find a way to rescue the younger brother of the Yu family. You are innocent. You love the people like a son, you should not want to see an innocent commoner in Daqin being tortured to death by the bad deeds of Shan Youwei, right?"

County magistrate Zhou was silent for a while, and then said: "The case of Mr. Yu's family is complicated if it is said to be complicated, and it is not complicated if it is not complicated. That Shan Youwei handles it all by himself, and your big brother Yu will be dead. Shan Youwei will definitely impose the crime on him by any means, and will definitely find a way to drag you into the water, and kill you and Mr. Yu with one stone. , use you to vent your anger, and use you to bury his son."

"Then what should we do?" Xiang Kang asked.

"The best way is to find a way to get Shan Youwei out of this case." Zhou County Magistrate replied: "If someone else presides over the investigation of this case, it will be very easy to clean up Mr. Yu's innocence."

"Then what should I do?" Xiang Kang asked.

County magistrate Zhou showed embarrassment, and said: "This is easier said than done. After all, I am not the magistrate of Ling County, and I have no right to directly intervene in the officialdom of Ling County. Moreover, Ling County does not belong to Sishui County. Even if I can Asking the sheriff of this county to intervene will not help."

"Xianzun, isn't Young Master Yu dead?" Feng Zhong interjected worriedly.

"It's not impossible at all." County Magistrate Zhou said in a deep voice, "If we can get some criminal evidence against Shan Youwei, we can force the county magistrate of Ling County to let Shan Youwei withdraw from the case."

"County Honor, can you sue Shan Youwei for abuse of punishment?" Feng Zhong, a veteran case handler, said cautiously: "Today in the pavilion at Yanji Pavilion, the officials saw with their own eyes that Shan Youwei abused punishment, how about using this excuse to sue him? "

"It's useless. Abuse of punishment is a crime for officials. If the county magistrate of Ling County is determined to protect him, you can't sue him." Magistrate Zhou shook his head.

"How about investigating the case of his daughter-in-law's suicide?" Feng Zhong refused to give up, and said, "When I was dealing with officials in Ling County, I heard that Shan Youwei's daughter-in-law died for some reason, but Because Shan Youwei protected his son, no one dared to pursue it. If we can find out the truth of that case, not only can you force Shan Youwei to withdraw from the case of Young Master Yu, but you can also bring him down directly?"

"Is there such a thing?" Zhou County Magistrate asked in surprise: "Shan Youwei is suspected of covering up his son's murder, and the person who was killed was his daughter-in-law?"

"The officials dare not lie, it is absolutely true." Feng Zhong replied truthfully: "This matter has been circulated among the people in Ling County for a long time. The Shiling Pavilion under the administration of the officials borders Ling County, so I have heard it more than once. And the officials also heard that Shan Youwei’s daughter-in-law was probably strangled to death by his notorious son, who pretended to hang herself.”

"If that's the case, then that Shan Youwei's son deserves to die!" Magistrate Zhou snorted coldly, and glanced at Xiang Kang who was still seriously suspected by him.However, after careful consideration, County Magistrate Zhou shook his head and said, "This method is unrealistic. Let's not say that this matter is not within the scope of our officials' powers. What is the result? By that time, that Mr. Yu has either been killed by Shan Youwei, or has been beaten into a trick."

Feng Zhong had no choice but to keep his mouth shut obediently, and Xiang Kang, who had been racking his brains all the time, suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said: "Master, if this junior has a way to prove that Shan Youwei once had a feud with the Yu family , can you let Shan Youwei withdraw from the case of Mr. Yu?"

"That's fine." County Magistrate Zhou replied: "According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, if the officials who are investigated have Chen Zhijie, they can't participate and must avoid suspicion. But you need hard evidence to do it, just rely on oral testimony, You can't trust people."

"The younger generation has ironclad evidence." Xiang Kang nodded quickly, and hastily told about his plan to deceive Dian Misan in Yanji Pavilion to write ironclad evidence, and then said: "I will give the bamboo slips to Duke Yu later. The evidence used for their self-defense is definitely still there, and it can be brought out at any time to force that Mi San to testify."

"Sigh." County magistrate Zhou sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Xiang, do you know that I suspect that you did the thing even more now? Got a plan."

"But the county lord, if this junior is really so vicious, why don't you go one step further and deliberately ignore Young Master Yu?" Xiang Kang also smiled wryly, and said, "In this way, wouldn't this junior get more?"

"Maybe it's because your conscience is not lost, and you can't bear to do things too viciously, so you run around that Mr. Yu hard to make up for the guilt in your heart."

County magistrate Zhou guessed the truth, and then thought about it in his heart, secretly said: "This little Zhuzi is indeed very suspicious, but you can't conclude that this case was done by him just by guessing. If he really didn't do it, his future wife and brother He died too innocently. But if it was really him who did it, his future wife and brother would also die innocently, and it would be in vain. Let's talk about it after the person is rescued, and then it's not too late to find out whether this little Zhuzi deserves to die."

Thinking about this, County Magistrate Zhou sighed, and said, "Well, for the sake of your remaining conscience, and because that Mr. Yu is indeed an innocent citizen of Great Qin who was victimized, I cannot I am ashamed of the imperial salary, so I will help you with this favor."

After all, Zhou County Magistrate, who is proficient in the laws of the Qin Dynasty, made quick calculations, and quickly designed a method for Xiang Kang and others around the bamboo slips and Mi San to force Shan Youwei to withdraw from the case, and then agreed to arrange for the next phase of the case. In the name of investigating the so-called case of robbery and wounding, he went to help Xiang Kang and others.At the end, County Magistrate Zhou pointed to Xiang Kang and said, "Young Master Xiang, remember that I am helping you to save the innocent. I will investigate your matter to the end! Once it is found out that you did it, I will Officials will never forgive!"

"Wait until you go to Mangdang Mountain to catch that puppy nemesis Fan Kui first, otherwise you will never get hard evidence no matter how suspicious you are." , if it was really me who did it, this junior is willing to accept all the crimes he deserves!"

The matter was not over yet. In the early morning of the next day, County Magistrate Zhou arranged for his very capable subordinate, Sun Qianyu, to come forward and take two servants to Ling County to help Xiang Kang and others, and then temporarily drove Xiang Kang, Feng Zhong and others away. Let's go, and told Sun Yuyan alone: ​​"Sun Yuyan, besides what I just told you when you go to Ling County this time, there are two other things that you have to do quietly. First, you have to do it for me. The official secretly investigates whether that Duke Yu of Yan Jiting really received Xiang Kang's favor and broke his promise, and regretted that he did not want to marry his daughter to Mr. Xiang Kang. Second, you should conduct a secret investigation on my behalf... "

(End of this chapter)