Volume 1 Zhangqiao Iron Coffin Chapter 36: Shocking Change (Part 1)
oh?
Chen Taiji suddenly asked Xu Zun a question, which surprised everyone present.
The Imperial Censor in Charge of Criminal Cases was an official appointed by the Ministry of Justice to investigate major criminal cases in local areas. Strictly speaking, although he was also an official of the fourth rank, he was slightly lower than the Inspector.
However, Chen Taiji was different from ordinary censors. He was sent by the emperor to investigate the case, which was almost equivalent to an imperial envoy. He had supervisory privileges and naturally had a higher status than a governor.
But no one could have imagined that such an imperial envoy of such an important status would actually know Xu Zun?
"Me?" Xu Zun was also stunned, and nodded in acknowledgement, "Yes, I am Xu Zun!"
When answering, he hurriedly retrieved his memory, but there was no such person.
"Oh, you are indeed the son of Teacher Changlin!" Chen Taiji actually bowed to Xu Zun and said sadly, "It's been more than ten years. The last time I saw you, you were still a child!"
oh……
Xu Zun figured it out. It turned out that this person knew his deceased father.
"Do you know my father?" Xu Zun asked.
"Back then, I worked as a transcriber for Mr. Chang Lin in the Ministry of Justice," Chen Taiji said. "Once, due to my busy work, I even helped him take care of you for a whole day! I didn't expect that we would meet here today! What do you think? I have good eyesight, right? I recognized you at first sight!"
After hearing what Chen Taiji said, Xu Zun had some vague impressions in his memory. When he was a child, he often went to the Ministry of Justice and played with some minor officials because no one was looking after him.
"This shows that I haven't changed much, right?" Xu Zun hurriedly said, and then said in a familiar way, "So, I have to call you Uncle Chen?"
Cough cough...cough cough...
Xu Zun's shameless words made Luo Baiwan cough continuously.
"Yes!" Unexpectedly, Chen Taiji nodded without hesitation and said, "You really have to call me Uncle Chen! Come, let me see, the little Xu Zun from back then has grown up. He is really a young talent and a handsome man!"
Cough cough...cough cough...
Hearing the praise from the Censor, a few more people suddenly started coughing.
"Sir Chen," County Magistrate Taimin quickly echoed, "Xu Zun is now the Xinye County Magistrate. He has been in office for more than a year. He is young and promising. He will surely become a pillar of the country in the future!"
Cough cough cough…cough cough cough…
Hearing this, almost everyone in the county government was choked.
Everyone, talk in your heart, after you know Xu Zun’s “heroic deeds”, will you still say that he is young and promising, a young talent?
"Master Chen doesn't know yet," said Li Yan, the governor, at this time, "Xu County Magistrate is about to become the son-in-law of Shen Tiande, the Minister of the Court!"
"Oh, Mr. Shen's son-in-law? That's great!" Chen Taiji praised Xu Zun, "My dear nephew, Uncle Chen congratulates you first!"
" Thank you, Uncle Chen!" Xu Zun bowed quickly.
At this moment, all the people in the yamen were stunned. No one expected that such a serious occasion would turn into a large-scale family recognition scene!
Judging from the situation, are we going to send out red envelopes later?
"Oh..." Noticing the changes in everyone, Chen Taiji finally realized that he had lost his composure, and said to Xu Zun, "How about this, let's do business first today, and when we're done, we can have a good chat!"
"good!"
Xu Zun bowed again. He never expected that the censor who came from above was actually his father's student.
He had thought that this time the inspection would be unreasonable and unwilling to listen to explanations like the last time, so he had made some preparations for it. Now it seems that the situation is not as serious as he expected.
After entering the county government office, everyone sat down as host and guest, Chen Taiji on the left, Li Yan on the right, and the county magistrate Taimin could only sit on a chair on the side.
Governor Li did not waste any time and immediately explained his purpose to everyone, saying that the second occurrence of the Iron Coffin Case had attracted the attention of the emperor, so this time it must be investigated thoroughly, otherwise it would incur the emperor's wrath, and everyone knows what the consequences will be!
Governor Li's words were powerful and finally brought everyone back to the tense situation of the iron coffin case.
Next, according to the procedure, the first thing to do is to tell Censor Chen about the course of the Iron Coffin Case, as well as the current progress of the case and the clues found.
According to the rules, the person who narrates the case must be the main person in charge, that is, County Lieutenant Xu Zun!
Because of this, Qiu Yongnian and Luo Baiwan went to the Shen Mansion in person to plead for mercy today, which made Shen Tiande release Xu Zun.
However, no one knows what Xu Zun experienced during the three days when he was taken back to the Shen Mansion!
How will Shen Tiande and Miss Shen punish Xu Zun? Will they kick him out of the house? Will the wedding three months later come to naught? Will Xu Zun's career as a county lieutenant come to an end? These are still unsolved mysteries.
Similar to the reactions of the detectives, Qiu Yongnian and Luo Baiwan were also quite surprised when they saw Xu Zun walk out of the Shen Mansion unharmed.
After all, the last time it was just a storm of broken engagement, and Xu Zun was beaten so badly that he couldn't get out of bed for a week.
However, the two adults did not have time to study the situation in detail, so they hurriedly helped Xu Zun prepare the report.
After all, they are facing the imperial envoy and the provincial governor. If they say something inappropriate and are caught by others, they will be in a very passive position.
However, the truth was unpredictable. Who could have thought that Xu Zun was actually related to Censor Chen? This actually made Qiu Yongnian and Luo Baiwan feel a little more relaxed.
Xu Zun performed well today and quickly explained the details of the entire case clearly.
Moreover, when reporting on the investigation, he deliberately exaggerated how they devoted themselves to the investigation without sleep or food. His words were so exaggerated that Censor Chen nodded frequently.
Seeing the good results, Qiu Yongnian and Luo Baiwan looked at each other and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But unexpectedly, problems arose just after I breathed a sigh of relief!
When Xu Zun talked about finding a strange jade pendant in the Changsheng Temple in Qijiawu, in order to enhance the effect, Captain Zhao Yu presented the jade pendant to the adults for inspection.
The county magistrate looked at it but to no avail, and the governor looked at it and shook his head. But when the jade pendant was handed to Chen Taiji, Chen Taiji was suddenly surprised!
He looked at the jade pendant carefully again, and suddenly let out a cry of surprise and stood up!
"ah!!?"
The exclamation made everyone stunned for a moment. No one understood what was going on with Censor Chen.
"This...this, this, this...how is this possible?"
Holding the jade pendant, Chen Taiji felt dizzy and quickly supported himself on the table with his hands.
"Master Chen..." Li Yan asked hurriedly, "What's wrong with you? Is there any mystery behind this jade pendant?"
"I'm asking you!" Chen Taiji excitedly asked Xu Zun and the others, "Where is the body of that Taoist priest now?!"
"Your Excellency," Xu Zun replied, "It is stored in the charity cemetery! It is also stored with Liu Zhubu's body and the iron coffin!"
"Quick!" Chen Taiji said, trembling all over, "Take me to have a look, something bad is going to happen..."
