Liaozhai Great Sage

Once I left, it was not back to normal.

Chapter 7 Seventeen

The next day.

Li Xiuyuan sat in the yamen early on and read the files of Fang Shengyu's assassination case.

There was no particularly useful information on it, except that Fang Shengyu, the former magistrate, was stabbed to death with a sword, and the place where he died was in the yamen office of this yamen.

"There is nothing to judge in such a case. As long as Fang Shengyu's wronged soul is found, everything will be solved." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself; "There is no case that is faster and more convenient than asking the deceased directly, and there will be no unjust case. Possibly, or just looking in the mirror, you can quickly know who the murderer is."

"But in the past, the mirror was in the hands of Ma Dong and Niu Er. They took the mirror to catch the sheep seller, and they didn't come back for several days."

At this time, a headhunter under Cui Wei's command came from the direction of the yamen's office, cupped his fists and saluted, "Return to my lord, Fang Shengyu's soul was not found behind the yamen's office, he must have been lost, his soul is not over seven , in a daze, the humble officer can't deduce where he will go. But he should still be wandering in the capital, it is impossible to leave the capital."

"That's right." Li Xiuyuan said; "However, the capital is so big that it is not easy to find Fang Shengyu's wronged soul immediately. Who of you people from the six doors can summon the soul? Just call Fang Shengyu's soul."

"Returning to my lord, the head catcher who is proficient in the spell of evocation is not in the capital at the moment. He was transferred outside the capital to investigate the disappearance of the prince some time ago. He has not returned yet. It may not be easy to transfer back to the capital." Head catcher said.

"..." Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but change slightly.

He knew that the missing prince, needless to say, must be Zhao Rui who was imprisoned in the tiger map by himself. It seems that the fruit he planted will be tasted very soon today.

"Since summoning the soul is not possible, then ask God, which is the nearest temple near the yamen?" Li Xiuyuan said.

"It's Daojun's temple." Catcher said.

Daojun?

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately dispelled the idea. This Daoist Lord was granted the godship after the death of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and he had snatched his divine power in Tiangong before. He was regarded as an opponent. How could such a thing be asked of the opponent? to the temple?

"Forget it, if you can't summon the soul, and you can't even ask the gods, then you can't use the power of ghosts and gods. You can investigate the case as you want, and you can't take shortcuts." Li Xiuyuan shook his head, and he was not depressed.

A small case cannot be solved without relying on ghosts and gods.

"Where is Fang Shengyu's body?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"Three days ago, Mr. Fang's wife sent someone to take him back, and now he is having a funeral at the mansion."

"Three days ago? It is written in the file that Fang Shengyu was stabbed four nights ago. Are the family members in such a hurry to bring back the body after one night?" Li Xiuyuan immediately stood up and said, "Let Cui Wei bring a few people along with him." I'll go to Fangfu to have a look."

"Yes, my lord." The catcher clasped his fists and left immediately.

Soon, Cui Wei led a team of people and followed Li Xiuyuan out of the magistrate's office.

But as soon as he walked out of the Yamen, many literati and officials immediately surrounded him.

"Come out, come out, Master Li is finally out."

"My lord Li, I dare to ask my lord, why is this official suddenly dismissed from office when I'm doing well? This is a document from the Ministry of Officials to be removed. How can I be dismissed just by my lord?"

"That's right, I'm not convinced either, so please give me an explanation, my lord. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll just sit in front of the yamen and not leave."

These literati blocking the door are all people who did not show up at the Yamen yesterday and were dismissed by Li Xiuyuan.

Their official positions are not high, but they are all born as scholars, and they caused quite a commotion when they started arguing.

Li Xiuyuan stopped, looked at them and said, "Who said you were dismissed from office? This is a non-existent thing. Someone must be slandering you. Your official position is still there, and what qualifications do I have to dismiss your position if I go to a magistrate? "

"Ah? No?"

The literati were dumbfounded immediately, they were planning to make a fuss, and some even wrote memorials for impeachment, but when this sentence came out, it made them feel like they were hitting cotton.

"Since we have not been dismissed from office, why did your lord send someone to stop us from entering the yamen? What's the reason for this?"

"That's right, I'm a clerk in the yamen, why don't the adults let the villains in?"

Li Xiuyuan smiled and motioned to the crowd and said: "Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient. The official is investigating the case of Fang Shengyu's assassination. The murderer suspects that it was the work of the Wutong Sect demon. Maybe someone in the prefect's yamen has access to the Wutong Sect." The demon murdered the former magistrate, so I took office yesterday, but the officials who didn't come feel that the murderer must have a guilty conscience, so they dare not show up."

"In order to carry out the official affairs of the yamen, and also to avoid the Wutong Sect monster from mixing in, so this official made this decision to temporarily suspend all those who did not come to the yamen yesterday. After the investigation is clear, the murderer will naturally return everyone's innocence."

"But before that, if someone continues to make trouble in the yamen and obstruct my investigation, I have reason to suspect that someone is a Wutong sect demon who deliberately fanned the flames and destroyed the case, I will immediately order the arrest of the six doors Seize the person who is suspected to be the demon of the Wutong sect in the prison cell and interrogate him severely."

"If you are innocent people, you will naturally not feel guilty, and you will naturally understand the difficulties of this official, and you will not come to the Yamen to make trouble. What do you think?"

Hearing this, the literati who made trouble suddenly fell silent.

It seems very reasonable to say so, isn't it the most suspected of causing trouble now, and is it possible that he is in collusion with the Wutong Sect demon?

Li Xiuyuan squinted his eyes again and said: "Of course, I also welcome everyone to report each other. For example, if someone is the most vicious, and someone is suspected of being involved with the Wutong Sect, as long as the report is successful, the official will be reinstated immediately. Alright, now the official I'm going out to handle the case, do you want to continue to make trouble, or go home temporarily and wait for the news of the case to be solved?"

"My lord is far-sighted, and I was almost instigated by others. If I ruined your affairs, I will be guilty."

"Your Excellency is right. The clean will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. The officials are innocent and upright and are willing to stay at home and wait for the good news that your lord has solved the case. This proves that the officials have nothing to do with Wutong Sect."

"I was almost bewitched by the monster, and I was stuck in the mud and couldn't escape. Thank you for reminding me, the villain will leave now."

These literati and officials who were about to make trouble immediately calmed down under Li Xiuyuan's few words of persuasion, and they all expressed their support for Mr. Li's work and were willing to wait at home. Anyone who disagreed might be a demon of the Wutong Sect.

How could they bear the charge if they were charged with it.

Li Xiuyuan smiled, but led Cui Wei and others to leave the yamen smoothly.

As for these people to wait, God knows how long they have to wait.

And those who didn't come to greet me yesterday must be dissatisfied with me, or they are from political opponent factions. What's the use of putting such a group of people in the yamen?

Are you making trouble?

Drive them out first, don't spoil your own affairs during this period, after the matter is over, it has nothing to do with you.

"If they make trouble again, you send someone to arrest the leader of the trouble, and then write a confession, grab their hands, draw a sign and send it to me. I will send it back to the official. Those who make trouble will never be able to turn over for the rest of their lives, so just now they were just polite before soldiers." On the way, Li Xiuyuan gave Cui Weidao instructions.

"Yes, my lord." Cui Wei felt a chill behind his back.

One must know that Master Li had been polite before, but he changed his attitude in a blink of an eye.

And the methods are really ruthless, it doesn't matter whether other people are Wutongjiao demons or not, if they are arrested first, they will be framed, and then they will be directly submitted to the officials.

This is to kill them all, and there is no chance for others to reverse the case.

No matter how you look at this method, it doesn't look like it was used by an upright and good sense organ. No matter how you look at it, it looks like the method of a treacherous minister, very sophisticated.

Of course they don't know, Li Xiuyuan humbly learned this from Li Linfu.

Honey belly sword ah.

It's just that I don't know how much I learned from Li Linfu.