The night is already deep.

The two officers, Li and Wang, were temporarily detained in the prison because they were not convicted and were just suspects. They were from the Six Gates and were all acquaintances. They were arranged in a double room in the A-numbered cell, which is located in the Zhaoxing prison cell.

Opposite of.

After the two confessed, they were in fear of retaliation from Tan Shifei, so they whispered in the cell.

Wang Silian said: "Old Li, let's confess Mr. Tan. With his methods, he will not let us go lightly. You can't really trust that man named Fan, can you?"

Li Sicheng said, "Neither of these two people is easy to mess with. Mr. Tan has made it clear that he doesn't want to see anyone named Fan, so he will stumble him. Unexpectedly, we two became the scapegoats. At this time, it is no longer a question of whether we can believe it or not."

, do we have any other choice?"

Zhao Xing saw that the two of them had been talking for a long time, but there was nothing special about it, but he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

According to Fan Xiaodao's speculation, Li and Wang confessed to Tan Shifei. The investigation team will come to investigate tomorrow. To settle the matter and silence Tan Shifei, tonight is the only chance.

Third watch time.

The door of No. A's cell opened, and Fu Zhiyun, the prison chief, came in carrying a jar of wine and a food box.

Zhao Xing thought to himself, here we come.

He held two stones in his hands, full of caution.

Fu Zhiyun came to the two's cell and said, "Lao Li, Lao Wang, are you asleep?"

Li Sicheng said, "How can I sleep when such a big thing happens?"

"That's what I know. I'm on duty tonight and I have nothing to do anyway. I specially brought wine and food to have a drink with you. I got this from Jiang Nanchun. It's not cheap. Eat it while it's hot. Once you're full, you can go on the road.

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Li Sicheng said in a trembling voice, "Is this a decapitation meal?"

Fu Zhiyun said, "What are you thinking about? It's just a gathering of old friends." He then said to a few followers, "You guys, please retreat!" The jailers retreated, leaving only three people in the room.

Wang Silian's face turned pale, "We did not betray Mr. Tan."

Fu Zhiyun poured wine for the two of them personally and put the food on the table, "What are you thinking about? What happened tonight has nothing to do with Mr. Tan. Come on, come on, why don't you eat?"

The two of them had been hungry for a day and were already ravenous. After seeing the delicious food and wine, they already understood what was going to happen and where there was any appetite. Wang Silian picked up a chicken leg and gnawed on it, saying, "I don't have much appetite."

Li Sicheng also took a bite and asked, "Why isn't it hot anymore?"

Zhao Xing thought to himself, he didn't expect that to kill these two people, the prison boss would have to do it himself. It seems that they are quite courageous.

Fu Zhiyun handed them the wine, "Don't just eat, drink some."

Zhao Xingxin said that it was too bad. Poisoning in food would easily leave traces in the stomach, and it would be very easy to detect ordinary things. But if poisoning was done in wine or with sweat medicine, after the two fell asleep, they would be covered to death.

Unconsciously.

He shouted, "Prison leader, I'm thirsty too. Let me have a glass of wine!"

Seeing someone in the cell opposite, Fu Zhiyun frowned and said, "Why are you shouting if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"

Zhao Xingdao said, "Isn't the cell leader asleep too?"

"I have business!"

Zhao Xingdao said, "I have no business, I'm just thirsty."

"You alone are worthy of drinking my wine?"

Zhao Xing asked, "Why, the wine is poisonous?"

Fu Zhiyun was furious and called the jailer, "Where did this lunatic come from? Why was he locked up in No. A dormitory? Why didn't I know? What did he do?"

The jailer said, "This kid attacked the head catcher from six doors."

"That's it, you have to be locked up in the A-class house?"

"Vice-President Fan personally confessed it."

When Fu Zhiyun heard this, he was immediately unhappy.

Among the six gates, everyone keeps his own stall and earns his own money. The arrangement of the dormitory has always been handled by him. Even Tan Shifei never interfered.

Thing, is your hand stretched too long?

It seems that it is not unreasonable for Mr. Tan to drive him away.

"Okay, if you want to drink, I'll give it to you!"

Fu Zhiyun handed the wine over from the window, Zhao Xing took it, smelled it, and found nothing strange. He took a sip and said with a smile: "Good wine, a good man from the prison cell. Don't worry, the wine is for the sake of face. Tonight

I will never say a word to anyone about what happened. Even if you kill two people, I can pretend that you didn’t see it!"

Fu Zhi was so lucky that he was shaking all over, "Get it away for him."

The jailer was confused, "Master Fan said that he could not be moved to another cell without his order."

Fu Zhiyun said, "Okay, if you don't want to change, we will! Change them both to No. A-6."

The jailer opened the cell door and sent the two men to No. A-6.

Li Sicheng said, "Lao Fu, don't kill us."

Fu Zhiyun said, "Who said they were going to kill you? I came to you tonight because I was entrusted by Master Tan to give you two a message. The investigation team will come tomorrow. As long as you don't confess Master Tan, he will have a way to protect you."

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"really?"

Fu Zhiyun said, "Although Mr. Tan's methods are a bit extreme, his words still carry weight. You two betrayed Mr. Tan once. Mr. Tan doesn't care and will give you a chance to change your ways."

Li Sicheng knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times outside, "Lao Fu, please don't worry Master Tan. Tomorrow our mouths will be sewn together with thread, and we will never say a word!"

"As long as you know, it's getting late, so I'll leave first."

Fu Zhiyun walked out of the cell and when he passed by Zhao Xing, he kicked Zhao Xingmen hard. He used too much force and hurt his foot. Zhao Xing said, "Sir, are your feet okay?"

Fu Zhiyun said coldly, "Mind your own business. If you fall into my hands in the future, I'll give you a hard time." After that, he left the house.

Zhao Xing was full of suspicion, but he didn't kill anyone and silence him?

Are there any other variables?

…

Early the next morning, the people from the Inspector's Yamen came to the Magistrate's Yamen.

The Zhetai Prefecture is located in the Governor's Yamen, just across the street from the Magistrate's Yamen. However, the Zhetai Prefecture manages the criminal names, laws, and ranks of the entire Jiangnan Road, which is higher than that of the Jinling Prefecture. Pan Feng, the Jiangnan Inspector, personally leads the team.

Due to the earlier notification, the prefect Xie Yu took Fan Xiaodao and Tan Shifei to greet him at the main entrance early in the morning.

Pan Zengtai was also unambiguous, and went straight to the point without any nonsense, saying: "Two days ago, when the six-door government officials were being tortured with sticks, two government officials accidentally beat someone to death. This incident made a big fuss in Jinling City. Mr. Zengtai

I am also deeply concerned about this. After all, he is responsible for this. If it is not handled properly, it will not look good on anyone if the superiors are blamed!"

If it gets too big, it won't be good for anyone.

In one sentence, the nature of the investigation was determined.

Big things are reduced to small things, small things are reduced to small things.

Xie Yu said, "Everything will be done according to Master Jitai's orders."

When Fan Xiaodao heard this, he felt something was wrong. He took a step forward and said, "Sir, there is something fishy about Captain Jiang being killed with a stick."

Pan Jiantai asked, "Who are you, so faceless?"

Fan Xiaodao said, "This official is Fan Xiaodao, the deputy chief catcher of Jiangnan Liumen."

Pan Jiantai has known this person for a long time. He heard that he was very troubled in the capital. He offended Princess Taiping and was forced to leave the capital. "Are you Fan Xiaodao?"

"Exactly!"

"It is recorded in the file that you were the one who fired Colonel Jiang and ordered the punishment with a stick?"

"Exactly!"

"Then should you bear the first responsibility for Captain Jiang's death?"

Fan Xiaodao shook his head, "That's not the case."

Seeing him contradicting her like this, Pan Zengtai felt unhappy and was about to get angry when someone came to report from outside the door, "My lords, people from the Jiang family are here to withdraw the case!"

"Withdraw the case?"

The visitor handed over a piece of defense paper, which said that Captain Jiang had always been in poor health. He had suffered from an old illness a few days ago. There were signs of it before he went out. Although it was related to the execution, it was not the main reason.

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Pan Jiantai heard this and said, "Since the owner of the case has withdrawn the case, in my opinion, there is no need to continue the investigation."

Fan Xiaodao said, "The death of Colonel Jiang is bizarre and strange. I have important evidence to present!"

Pan Jiantai said, "Why, you didn't hear what I said?"

Xie Yu stepped forward and gave him a hand, signaling him not to speak.

Pan Zhitai cursed loudly and said, "You have stabbed Lou Zi, and I wiped your butts. Why, you still think I can't wipe them clean? If this kind of thing gets too big, no one will be able to step down. Why don't you report the case to the capital and let the imperial court send someone to do it?"
To be continued...