Chapter 27 Search for Me
"How dare you! Who are you?"
With a cold glance, he had become the county magistrate for many days and had a kind of imposing aura without anger. Although Shen Yu had already guessed who the person was, he couldn't lose his aura.
"I am the advisor of the Changling County prefectural government office. I am here to arrest you on the prefect's orders!"
"Oh? On the orders of the prefect? What a joke! My position is appointed by the court. Do you want to arrest me? Do you have a document from the Ministry of Personnel? Do you have a document from the Ministry of Justice?"
“Hey, you…”
"That means I have nothing!" Shen Yu couldn't help but sneer and said lightly, "You have nothing, but you dare to bark in Bai'an County and say it's not a joke!"
Shaking his head in disdain, Shen Yu's eyes were full of ridicule. Not to mention a legal advisor, even if the prefect himself came, so what? He should be ignored. Shen Yu's attitude also made the legal advisor on the other side itch with hatred.
He was a fourth-rank official in front of the prime minister. He had followed the prefect for many years and was his confidant. In the past, as long as he came out, everyone would give him some face. But this young county magistrate was completely a fool. He was indeed still a young man and didn't know the ways of the world!
If he could provide himself with good food and drink, and then find ways to show his filial piety, perhaps he, as a legal advisor, could say a few good words. However, since this little county magistrate had killed the young master, it was impossible for him to save his life. At least he could suffer less, and he believed that he had this ability.
But now, this young county magistrate came up and started to blow his nose and glare at me. Damn it, did he really think he had a good temper?
Young man, you have narrowed your own path!
"Mr. County Magistrate, do you really think that you are something just because others call you 'Mr.'? You still need documents from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice? What a joke! In Changling County, the prefect's word is the law! Come on, take him away!"
"Let's see who dares?" At this moment, Zhou Yuan's voice was heard outside, followed by many constables and bailiffs from the county government, who rushed over in a black mass.
"Why, so many people gathered here, do you want to rebel?"
"Hey, Master, please don't misunderstand. They are not rebelling, but catching thieves, thieves who have no respect for the law! " While speaking, Shen Yu also glanced at the master and asked coldly, "Master, I wonder what rank you are and what position you hold?"
"You, me!" These words really hurt his heart. If he hadn't failed the imperial examination, how could he have become someone's staff? Staff, of course, have no official position, but they also depend on who they are with. He is the prefect's man!
"Then you have no official position? A teacher without an official position dares to lead troops to arrest me and wait for the imperial court to appoint me. Who gave you the right? The prefect? Even he has no right to dismiss me!"
"You, you are so outrageous!"
"I am being presumptuous, so what!" Looking at the angry but helpless look of the master, Shen Yu felt relaxed for some reason. The fatigue of the past few days seemed to be swept away. It would be even more satisfying if he could punch him in the face twice.
"Bang bang!" At this moment, the county yamen's drum was struck, which made Shen Yu frown slightly. He was still planning to take advantage of the victory and directly anger the lawyer to death, but at this time, the county yamen's drum sounded. Once the drum sounded, he had to go to court to handle the case.
"I have something else to do, so I won't entertain you!" Turning around, Shen Yu didn't care about the obviously ugly faces of several people. He straightened his official uniform and walked out, leaving the master and his group staring blankly.
"Arrogant, too arrogant. I want to see how long he can be so arrogant!"
Shen Yu didn't hear the master's gnashing words at all. Even if he heard it, he would just laugh and bark helplessly.
At this moment, Shen Yu had already entered the lobby, but he saw an unexpected person there. Sun Heling, the richest man in Bai'an County, what was he doing here?
As the richest man in Bai'an County, he was previously known as one of the three major families along with Cai Zhong's Cai family and Feng Zhong's Feng family. Who would dare to provoke him? What could possibly have happened that required such a big fanfare!
Although he was full of doubts and he knew the person, Shen Yu still followed the procedure and asked, "Who is this person?"
"Sir! I, Sun Heling, want to file a complaint!"
"Oh? Then who are you suing, Mr. Sun? What's the matter?"
"Sir, I want to sue the Bai'an County Magistrate Shen Yu! I'm accusing him of robbing women and taking human lives!" After saying this, Sun Heling immediately bent down and lowered his head, fearing that he would look at Shen Yu in the hall.
"Sue me?" Hearing this, Shen Yu almost thought he had heard wrongly. Although he had successively eliminated Cai Zhong and Feng Zhong during this period, he had never taken action against the Sun family. Sun Heling, the richest man in Bai'an County, had always been honest and not as arrogant as Cai Zhong and others.
Shen Yu was really surprised that he suddenly showed up at his house and threatened to sue him.
"That's nonsense, Sun Heling. Do you know what it means to slander an official of the imperial court? Who gave you such courage?"
"Everything I said is true. A few days ago, you, the county magistrate, came to my house as a guest and fell in love with my newly adopted daughter. You took her back to the county government office regardless of any resistance. I learned from the maid of the county government office that my daughter refused to obey you, and you, in your anger, threw her into the well alive!"
"My daughter, why do you have such a miserable life?"
"Damn it!" Shen Yu couldn't help but tremble at the other party's words, but this play was too fake. Just howling, but no tears. Brother, can you be more careful!
It is said that these rich people also like to adopt some goddaughters. Cai Zhong is like this, and so is Sun Heling, and they like to put the blame on him.
"No, it's bad!" In an instant, Shen Yu had a bad feeling in his heart. Since Sun Heling dared to come to complain, it would not be groundless, he must have been prepared. And the timing of his coming was too coincidental.
Shen Yu frowned slightly and immediately glanced at Zhou Yuan beside him. Zhou Yuan seemed to understand and was about to leave quietly, but was stopped by the person next to him.
"You are the chief constable of Bai'an County, right? Where are you going? Do you want to destroy the evidence?" At this moment, the legal advisor from the government office came with soldiers and stopped Zhou Yuan.
"Don't worry, my poor victim. I'm here on behalf of the prefect . You can tell me if you have any grievances!" With a cold snort, the lawyer strode forward with a righteous look on his face as if he was going to stand up for the people.
"Yes, I have been wronged!" As if he had found his backbone, Sun Heling immediately shouted, "I want to sue Bai'an County Magistrate Shen Yu. He forcibly took my adopted daughter in front of my servants. Then, because my adopted daughter refused to obey in order to protect her innocence, he became angry and threw my poor daughter into the well alive!"
"Oh? Is there any evidence?"
"Yes! My servants can testify that he raped my daughter. The maid at the county government office also saw with her own eyes that my poor daughter was thrown into the well by him. They can all testify!"
"Shocking and lawless!" The two sang in unison. In the end, the master looked extremely distressed, and he almost said that he was irreconcilable with evil.
"The county magistrate is a good official, how could he do such a thing!"
"You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Who knows what these people are like behind the scenes?"
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The scene in the county government office caused a lot of discussion among the onlookers, and it was obvious that someone was leading the discussion, and the comments were becoming increasingly unfavorable to Shen Yu. It must be said that the people followed the crowd and were easily led astray.
"Impossible, my lord would not do such a thing!" Zhou Yuan held the knife in his hand, his eyes wide open with anger. This was obviously a trap set by someone, how could he not know it!
"We will know if we search it. The victim said that his adopted daughter was thrown into the well. If that's the case, then search it. If nothing is found, it will naturally prove that this person is slandering you. But if something is found, County Magistrate, I'll be embarrassed... Humph!"
"Someone, search for me! Don't wrongly accuse Lord Shen!"
