Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

When Wu Bantou led his men to the Jin family, he made as much noise as Li Chang had instructed, and brought six or seven of his men to knock on the door.

Jin Biao had some reputation among the gentry in Buyeo County. The gatekeeper had never expected that the Jin family could be surrounded by such a group of yamen runners with such a covetous eye.

"Which government officials are you from? What can I do for you?"

Although the momentum was high, Jin Biao had not yet been convicted of the crime, so Wu Bantou was still quite polite.

"Please inform the judge that Wu Shou from the Magistrate's Office has been ordered to do this. Please cooperate with Mr. Jin."

"Yes, please wait a moment, sir. I will report it right away."

Weren't they the plaintiffs? Why were they surrounded like defendants? The concierge didn't hesitate to run in and report.

Jin Biao frowned after hearing the announcement from the concierge: "Please ask them to go to the front hall. I'll be there soon."

The doorman rushed back and invited Wu Bantou and others to the front hall to serve tea.

Jin Biao came over quickly and bowed to Wu Bantou as soon as he entered the room: "Thank you for your hard work, Wu Bantou. How did you find time to visit my humble abode?"

Wu Bantou also politely returned the greeting: "Mr. Jin, you are too polite. I am here to perform official duties under orders."

As he spoke, he took out the official document and said, "Someone testified in court that there are many doubts in the case of Yan Guixiang. In addition, your maid Kou'er was found to have been poisoned. These matters require Mr. Jin to personally go to the hall with us to explain clearly. Please cooperate with us."

Jin Biao's expression twitched slightly, but he remained calm and said, "I wonder if there is anything suspicious?"

Wu Bantou naturally could not tell him the witness's testimony, so he just said, "I don't know anything about the case either. When Mr. Jin comes to the court, the judge will tell me."

Jin Biao was silent for a moment, then he took out a large ingot of silver and handed it over: "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Wu..."

This time, Wu Bantou dodged slightly to the side and did not take the silver ingot. He said, "Don't worry, Mr. Jin. I just want you to come to the court to explain the situation. The judge is wise and will not embarrass you."

Jin Biao felt depressed when he saw that Wu Bantou refused to accept the money.

Wu Bantou ignored his expression and continued, "We have also been ordered to investigate the poisoning of your maid Kou'er. Please cooperate with Mr. Jin."

"Of course, Captain Wu, feel free to ask. I and the servants in the mansion will tell you everything we know."

After hearing Jin Biao's words, Wu Bantou was no longer polite and ordered several of his men to gather all the servants in the mansion together and interrogate them one by one.

Wu Bantou himself invited Jin Biao to one side and asked him in person.

Jin Biao naturally would not let himself get involved in this matter.

He was just a staff member in the mansion. There was Yang Zhong in the outer courtyard and Mother Zhao in the inner courtyard. He rarely worried about anything.

Although he had heard about the death of the little maid, he actually didn't know much about the situation.

Wu Bantou didn't expect to get anything out of the question, it was just a routine matter.

He just needs to create more momentum.

Outside, in Fuyu County, Zhang San and Li Si had already found a group of hangers-on from all walks of life and asked them to start spreading the news that something had happened to the Jin family.

Within two days, the news had spread all over Fuyu County, and people couldn't help but talk about it whenever they met.

"Hey, have you heard? He was the one who falsely accused Mr. Jin's wife of adultery! It is said that he wanted to frame her because he couldn't stand her sickness. What do you think this man was thinking..."

"What? That's not the case. I heard that he looked down on his wife because of her low birth and felt ashamed, so he poisoned her and made her sick all the time..."

"I remember hearing that Mr. Jin treats his wife very well. When his wife was sick and couldn't eat, he went everywhere to find delicious food for her?"

"If he was really that good to his wife, why would she run away with the money? Where else can you find a wealthy family like his? If he was really good, why would his wife run away?"

Another person suddenly realized, "That's right! I said I always felt something was wrong. He said he was so good to his wife, why would he run away from her? He must have discovered that he had evil intentions, so he ran away."

Another person interrupted and said, "No, no, didn't his wife poison him? I remember saying his wife poisoned him? How come he poisoned his wife again?"

"When did you get the news? Haven't you heard about the recent events that have been spreading like wildfire? The bailiffs from the Magistrate's Office have been staying at the Jin family for several days. It is said that the entire Jin family, from the master to the servants, have been interrogated several times."

……

The rumor spread like the wind and spread out of Fuyu County and to every corner of Fuyu County.

In a certain town, several rice pounders hired by a wealthy family were squatting on the ground, chewing bran cakes and talking about recent news with relish.

"......You said this rich family is really chaotic. Sometimes the husband hurts his wife, and sometimes the wife hurts the husband..."

"Isn't it? Even though we don't live as well as they do, we don't have to worry or be afraid..."

The other rice pounder was listening to the conversation between the two people. He was gradually stunned and unconsciously stopped putting the bran cake into his mouth. Some inexplicable emotions surged in his eyes...

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Xu Ningfu

Since finding Miao Wang's wife and children, Qin Yunhe sent a message to Zhuzi and others that they could come back.

Soon Zhuzi rushed back from Xunlin County to report.

"Sir, I'm back to report. This is a letter from Lord Lin to you." As he said this, Zhuzi took out a letter from his arms and presented it to him.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. It's a pity that you made this trip in vain."

"Don't say that, sir. There is no way to investigate a case without taking detours."

"You go down and rest first."

Zhuzi nodded and stepped back.

Qin Yunhe relaxed a little and went to open Lin Zhaotang's letter in a good mood.

Qin Yunhe had been having a headache over this case these days, and only after reading Lin Zhaotang's letter did he feel a little relieved.

I didn't expect that he would be stunned after reading just a few sentences, and quickly gave instructions.

"Xiao You, go call Zhuzi back."

Zhuzi was called back before he even returned to the duty room, and he was a little confused.

"Sir, do you have any orders?"

"Did you hear about the incident where the Xunlin County Magistrate encountered robbers on his way to take up his post?"

Zhuzi suddenly realized and nodded, "I heard about it. The teacher rushed to the Xunlin County Office the day before yesterday in a mess. Everyone in the county office was shocked at the time. It was the first time I saw Lord Lin get angry. At that time, I said I would report to the government to send troops to eliminate him."

"How is the teacher's injury? Is there any casualty?"

“No one was killed, and the teacher was only slightly injured.

The teacher had some chivalrous spirit, and he went to take up his post without servants or family members, and went alone with his luggage and a horse. It is said that when he passed Qushan, robbers rushed down to rob property, and asked him to leave his horse, luggage and property behind and leave.

The teacher had a bad temper, perhaps because he had a lot of money and property, he just refused to fight and started fighting.

However, the teacher had learned some martial arts from others when he was young, and he was not as weak as ordinary scholars, so he fought with those people for a few moves and escaped on horseback. "

It seems that the robbers in Naqu Mountain do kill people and do not just rob property as rumored.

If this is the case, then this shouldn't be the first time the robber has done something like this. Why haven't we ever heard of anyone getting into an accident on the road?

Qin Yunhe went to read Lin Zhaotang's letter again. In the letter, Lin Zhaotang also said that he wanted to ask the prefect to send soldiers from the garrison to suppress the bandits.

But he was worried that the prefect would not be willing to send troops, so he wanted Qin Yunhe to mention it to Gu Zhi and ask Gu Zhi to help talk to the prefect.

The murder of his fourth brother’s family in his previous life has always been a knot in Qin Yunhe’s heart. Now that something happened again, he naturally would not ignore it.

"Zhu Zi, go to Gu Tongzhifu and tell him that I have something to tell my senior brother and ask him when it would be convenient for him to come over."