Start with a blood-drinking sword and destroy the world of immortal cultivation
Chapter 19: Questioning
An hour and a half later, Ye Buwen ordered the soldiers to collect the papers.
There were fifty-four papers in total.
Ye Buwen started marking the papers.
"Master Li, you are old, but you keep doing this. You don't know how to play. The pornographic articles are totally unattractive."
"Master Huang, it's a little interesting, an old prostitute."
"Master Li, damn, a heavy wife minotaur, included in the suspect list."
"Master Tian, this person has a talent for writing pornographic articles.
Damn, the chapter is broken.
Someone, drag this person away and continue writing."
...
Ye Buwen read carefully and judged their values and experiences from the words they wrote.
You can tell a person by his words, and you can tell a person better by his articles.
Especially for novices who have not been baptized by writing skills.
What they write is often not separated from their own experience and values.
So the pornographic articles written by this group of people exposed their cross comments at a glance.
And Ye Buwen only needs to find those with abnormal cross comments and violent tendencies, and the murderer is likely among them.
"Zhong Zhuqing, you only wrote these few words?" Ye Buwen looked at the examiner, then at Zhong Zhuqing.
At this time, he was quite bold, even daring to look back with contempt.
Ye Buwen smiled coldly, and said indifferently: "You will know the pain later."
The suspicious papers were placed on the right, and the unsuspected papers were placed on the left.
After a screening, there were only ten suspicious papers left.
Ye Buwen began to interrogate.
The first person to be operated on was naturally Zhong Zhuqing, who had only written a few numbers.
"Mr. Zhong, your article only has a few hundred words. You are admitting that you are the murderer who raped and killed the woman."
Zhong Zhuqing showed disdain: "You just want to insult me and kill me. Why should I do what you want?"
"What's more, I am well-read in poetry and classics. Writing such a dirty article is a blasphemy to my talent.
If you want to kill me, do it quickly. I, Zhong Zhuqing, won't even frown."
Ye Buwen took a deep look at Zhong Zhuqing. This guy has changed his temperament after being locked up for a few days. He is not afraid of death.
"If you want to die, I will grant you your wish."
"But before I, Ye Buwen, kill you, I will convict you, so that everyone knows that you deserved your death."
After that, Ye Buwen took out a notebook.
"Zhong Zhuqing has been the magistrate of Xianggucheng County for more than thirteen years.
The total amount of his property is more than 230,000 taels of silver.
During his tenure, his property increased inexplicably.
Eleven years ago, in the year of the flood, he suddenly increased the money by 20,000 taels and bought the land of the victims.
In the same year, the court provided 100,000 dou of grain for disaster relief, but the county treasury had no grain.
Ten years ago, the money suddenly increased by 25,000 taels.
In the same year, the soldiers were in turmoil and many ironwares were lost.
Nine years ago, the money suddenly increased by more than 30,000 taels.
In the same year, it was a bumper year, but the grain tax was the same as usual.
Eight years ago..."
Zhong Zhuqing's expression changed drastically. He became more and more panicked as he listened, and said anxiously: "Don't say it, don't say it."
"This is slander, and it adds to the crime." Zhong Zhuqing looked at the people and shouted loudly, "This is slander, I, Zhong Zhuqing, have never done this."
However, the people looked at Zhong Zhuqing with contempt.
The people knew what he did.
"In the thirteen years of my tenure, the account book shows that I have obtained a total of 570,000 taels of silver, and an inexplicable large expenditure of more than 200,000 taels."
"County Magistrate Zhong, please tell me where the money came from and where the money went." Ye Buwen closed the book and questioned Zhong Zhuqing.
"Slander, this is slander, I have never received so much money." Zhong Zhuqing said angrily.
"I calculated this from your account book, how could it be slander."
After Ye Buwen finished speaking, he looked at the others: "I have also calculated your account books in detail, and there are many inexplicable expenditures and incomes.
I am very interested in every one of them, especially the recent ones.
Is there any money among them to hunt me down, or to bribe soldiers to search the mountains? I will discuss it with you in detail next."
The heads of the families were shocked, and their eyes looking at Ye Buwen were like devils.
How did he find out in such a short time?
In fact, it was not easy for Ye Buwen to find these things. He worked non-stop for two days and requisitioned the results of dozens of accountants.
Moreover, Ye Buwen studied economics in college and had nearly ten years of accounting experience.
Otherwise, he really couldn't handle such a huge amount of data.
The accounting methods of these families were too rough and scattered.
However, this sweeping audit allowed Ye Buwen to obtain a lot of useful information, even close to the truth.
"Kill the dog official Zhong Zhuqing, kill the dog official Zhong Zhuqing." The data released by Ye Buwen made the people angry, and the crowd shouted to execute Zhong Zhuqing.
Zhong Zhuqing was indignant: "Why is there no name when you are about to die?
Ye Buwen, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost.
I curse you for three lives and three generations, and curse your descendants, and you will all die miserably."
"Tsk, just incompetent rage."
Ye Buwen was disdainful and didn't care about Zhong Zhuqing's words. If his casual words were effective, the human beings in this world would have perished long ago.
Ye Buwen continued to interrogate.
"Master Li, judging from your article, you seem to be a man who likes married women.
And there are many violent tendencies in the article.
Have you ever participated in robbing women and raping them?"
"Sir, I am wronged. I have never done that. I have always used money to lure them, never forced them."
"Then please explain why your family bribed the police and the county magistrate with hundreds of taels of silver after the Gong case happened?"
"Clan Master Li, Master Li, and Magistrate Zhong, can you please tell me.
If you don't tell me, I'll treat you as the ones who raped and killed Gong and beheaded you. "
Master Li looked at the head of the Li family with panic in his eyes.
The head of the Li family panicked at first, then calmed down and replied: "It's because of business matters."
"What business? Why do you need to pay?"
"In the dyeing business, I gave you money to ask for Magistrate Zhong's care."
"Magistrate Zhong doesn't run much business. Your dyeing business has been going smoothly for so many years. There's no need to spend a lot of money to ask Magistrate Zhong to take care of it."
The head of the Li family hesitated and couldn't explain for a long time. Under Ye Buwen's fierce gaze, he changed his words and said: "I made a mistake. I am planning to open up the wine business.
Please ask the county magistrate for relevant qualifications. "
"There is no expenditure on developing the wine business or preparation of related materials in your family's account books." Ye Buwen continued to press.
The head of the Li family was asked this question and had nothing to say.
For a moment, the head of the Li family, who seemed to be quite old, knelt down to Ye Buwen and said, "Please investigate clearly."
Ye Buwen looked a little strange. The head of the Li family was actually knocked down by his few words.
It feels a bit like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
"Master Li, your father has nothing to say. Do you have anything else to defend?"
Master Li's face trembled and his eyes filled with tears: "That woman committed suicide. I didn't kill her. I really didn't kill her."
This statement is tantamount to asking for help.
The soldiers looked at Ye Buwen with a little admiration.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s Mr. Qingtian who can figure out a case in a few words.
How could there be such an excellent general with extraordinary force and intelligence, and he also treated his soldiers well?
After hearing what Master Li said, all the people were shocked by Ye Buwen's operation.
Then there was an endless stream of voices calling for the execution of the Li family, his father and his son, and Zhong Zhuqing.
Ye Buwen raised his hand and shouted: "Quiet, I still have questions and continue to ask."
Perhaps because of the initial establishment of prestige, everyone immediately fell silent and continued to eat melon.
"Gong's case is a big mystery, and everyone in Gong's family died.
Master Li, who did this? "
"It's definitely not us." Master Li immediately denied it and shook his head, "I only bullied the Gong family, and I definitely didn't kill their family."
Ye Buwen asked Zhong Zhuqing: "Magistrate Zhong, have you investigated this case?"
"Kill me, kill me. I won't tell you anything, I won't tell you anything." Zhong Zhuqing looked like a madman and only repeated one sentence without saying anything.
"Hmph~" Ye Buwen was quite indignant, this old guy was so stubborn.
"Master Luo, judging from your article, you have a violent personality, have no interest in matters between men and women, and like to torture and kill with force.
In your family's account book, there are more than 20 bribes paid to Magistrate Zhong. What is the purpose? "
When the head of the Luo family was questioned, his liver and gallbladder split. He knelt down and confessed: "I killed several maids when I was young due to excessive sexual indulgence and old age.
Magistrate Zhong used this as a threat, so I paid to settle the matter. "
"How many? More than that!" Ye Buwen asked again, as if he knew everything.
“Ten times one hundred taels, five times two hundred taels, six times two hundred fifty taels.
I have learned about Magistrate Zhong’s price, which is one hundred taels for a disabled person and two hundred taels for a dead person. "
"If you don't recruit from the real facts, how many people have you killed, not just maids, but also civilians?" Ye Buwen shouted.
"Forget it," Ye Buwen waved his hand a little tiredly, "Drag him down and behead him. There is no point in asking how many people there are. One person is already a death sentence."
Ye Buwen picked up the next test paper, and all the masters in the audience were in danger, fearing that they would be called on.
"Master Hu..."
"Master Lin..."
The interrogation continued step by step.
If you don’t ask, you won’t know. If you ask, you will be shocked. These landowners and gentry have done too many dirty things, and everyone is constantly taking advantage of them.
In addition, Ye Buwen also asked about some unexpected gains.
According to a family head, he had been blackmailed several times by Zhong Zhuqing because a dead body wearing his servant's clothes was found outside, and he was sent by people from the Yintian Gang.
It's noon and the sun is shining brightly.
Ye Buwen rubbed his head and looked towards the city gate, with a little expectation in his calm expression.
Suddenly, a group of soldiers wearing armor walked out, escorting dozens of people.
These people were uniformly dressed in black uniforms.
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