Bai Qing stood by the window and watched Xu Fang walk into the corner, but he could no longer see what was caught behind.

"Xu Fang is not small, but he is unpredictable and doesn't know what he is going to make. You must be careful. Lao Hu, let me go out later and find out the news of the Zhang family banquet last night. I have to know why Chen Zhi was targeted like this." Retracting his gaze, Bai Qing ordered an old servant beside him.

The old servant nodded, and then showed a look of hatred: "These aristocratic families have always looked down on us. Even the servants in the mansion are stubborn and are not easy to inquire. As long as the famous scholars have not made any comments, their servants dare not spread it casually. It is probably difficult to find out in a short period of time. The time limit given by Xu Fang's son is too short."

"Do your best," Bai Qing sneered, "These big families are just forcing each other. In terms of money, my Bai family is not worse than them. They are still pretending to behave like me. They are just Yu Yin, the ancestors, otherwise how can they compare with me?"

The old servant then cursed a few times, then changed the subject: "Master, you can't believe Xu Fang'er's words. What a person Wang Mi? Even the government is afraid of him. If you want to deal with a noble family, you have to use the hands of others? I see, this is Xu Fang tying the flag to deceive you."

Bai Qing smiled and stroked his beard, saying, "Don't I know? But that token is not fake. I have seen it when the bandits attacked two years ago. The relationship between Xu Fang and Wang Mi is absolutely extraordinary. His words may not be true, but it is not fake to be able to recommend Wang Mi for me."

"Master," the old servant's voice became a little weaker, "No matter how strong Wang Mi is, he is a rebel. He has been lurking in the past two years, sometimes recruiting refugees, causing trouble everywhere, killing many officials, and is the main criminal of the court. It is always a beheading business. We cannot mingle with such people, you..."

"I have my own plans," Bai Qing glanced at the old servant and revealed some thoughts. "I am determined to be included in the product. By then, the whole family will be promoted to heaven. This is the right way. Wang Mi is only a bandit for a while. I don't know how many such people were in the past, and they will eventually be awarded the title."

"Then you still?" the old servant was puzzled.

Bai Qing laughed: "Xu Fang wants to use me to suppress me with power, so I will take advantage of the situation. Wang Mi is a rebel. When I know a little, tell the government, are you a letter of fame?"

The old servant quickly complimented: "The master is still considerate. Xu Fang's little plot is nothing. By then, the master has made great contributions, and our Bai family may be able to take that step." After that, he suggested: "However, it is better to expose Xu Fang directly, so as to save the risk."

"Hahaha!" Bai Qing was said to be the center of his thoughts and couldn't help laughing, and then explained slightly, "Even if Xu Fang has that token of thieves, it seems to be just an ordinary meticulous work in the court. Killing is not enough to attract credit, and it may attract thieves, which is worse than a useless person. I just hope that Xu Fang is more cautious and not be caught by the government. Otherwise, the officials in this place will not want to attract thieves and are afraid of the court's inquiry. It will definitely be a killing to kill him. If a major event is turned down, then I will not have the chance to make meritorious. Such an opportunity will not be easy to find a second time."

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"Have Xu Fang been caught?"

Listening to this news, Chen Zhi was quite surprised. In his opinion, Xu Fang's actions were secret and seemed to have some plans. It should not be so easy to catch them. Chen Zhi also prepared some backup plans for this, but the news came so soon.

Overestimate him?

"That guy's bones are too soft," Zaoli, who reported the news, looked down on Xu Fang very much. "Chen Junzi, you don't know. When this man was arrested, he saw us, and said a lot of things. He asked us to send a message to the county magistrate. He also said that we could not take the responsibility of arresting him. He said that if we arrest him, he would not go out and wait for us to apologize to him."

"There is still this?" Chen Zhi was surprised when he heard this. This man's behavior was a little wrong, "What about?"

"Then?" the reporter couldn't help laughing, "We only took out the torture instruments and before we could greet him, this coward was afraid and begging for mercy. You said that if you were branded a few times, it would be fine if you beg for mercy. Just now, you were arrogant and turned around and begged. What kind of person is this? Then we don't need to torture. If you use words, he confessed the arson."

Is this a trick?

Chen Zhi was very surprised. He took it off after the first round of offensive continued? It was so weak that it was unexpected.

After a change of thought, he said to the person who reported the news: "Since that's the case, please send me back and tell Zhou Youzi, and say that everything will follow the law."

Zaoli nodded and said in a little embarrassed manner: "Well, Chen Junzi, look, why don't we hold on to him tightly and kill him in the next two days?" Seeing Chen Zhi looking over in surprise, he quickly explained, "The main reason is that the number of death row prisoners has just been handed over. It's late winter now. If you want to ask for a lot of days, you have to wait for the prison. You don't have to spend money to support it. This money is too wasteful to use on the dead. According to our wishes, since we are a servant, we are sure to be in charge of the master and cannot turn over the case. It is normal for a slave to kill him in the prison."

It turned out that when Emperor Zhaolie was alive, he always maintained some of the military camp laws established by Chen Hou. Even if Chen Hou was not there, he would not allow others to violate it. It involved regulations on sanitation and cleaning. In order to prevent plague, there were special arrangements for the treatment of the wounded and the dead.

When the world was first decided and the new Han Dynasty gradually became popular, when the new Han laws were formulated, contagion, plague and other matters were also considered. Therefore, in addition to the serious crimes that require slaughter, they were reported step by step, unified command, and when local executions were executed, they were done well in health and epidemic prevention, and at the same time they were meant to increase central authority.

Unfortunately, as soon as the times develop, the rules change, because when they are established, there are always places that are divorced from reality. After development, conflicts accumulate and eventually die in name only.

For example, if you arrest someone this week, you have to say a word to the Shoufu, who is also a township official, set a tone. The Shoufu will report the history of the county jail and go through the jailing procedures. For some convicted and humble death row prisoners, the people below will request the county magistrate to assist Cao while waiting for instructions. If there is no big difference, they will send people to the road and reduce financial expenditures. They will almost kill first and then report.

The county magistrate continued to report according to the procedures and informed the county officials that after a set of procedures, many death row prisoners had passed the first seven, and then the local government drafted a list and handed it over. After the central department approved it, they chose a day to be executed. At this time, some death row prisoners were almost rotten, and only a few typical people left to go to the execution ground for a walk.

Nowadays, the Xuzhou area has suffered disasters, and there is a shortage of money and food in the prison. The prisoners still occupy space. If you can raise one less, you will raise one less. Those criminals with humble status and political status are quick and strict, and they seize the time to eliminate harm to the people. Afterwards, they say that the prisoners are weak and they die suddenly in the prison. This way, everyone will be relaxed. Otherwise, the local finances will be tight and the superiors will not be reimbursed.

"This is very efficient at taking human life into consideration."

Chen Zhi was secretly surprised, but he also knew that no matter how well the system was designed, it would deteriorate after the erosion of time. Governing the country is ultimately governing officials. He wanted to set up a comprehensive rule and system, ignoring the hearts of officials, and thinking that they could be safe forever, that would be a dream!

Besides, he saw many dead people in his previous life, so he didn't think anything was wrong. Xu Fang's arson in front and provocation in the back made Chen Zhi very alert.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about arson. Chen Zhi knew that side effects would not hurt human lives, and at most affected objects. However, when Xu Fang set the fire, he thought that he would not not hurt innocent people. He wanted to burn it to death with his third brother, younger sister and Aunt Liu. He was extremely vicious and had no sympathy.

Now that the crime is confirmed and the law does not allow it, it is naturally a matter of following the rules and giving people convenience.

but……

"Even in order to save food, I would not be in a hurry to die suddenly just after the interrogation. I guess there are still problems in it. We must prevent the problem from happening..." He was not worried that Zhou Youzi would let the person secretly leave. Although this was ancient times, it was no different from later generations. Once a person was arrested, no matter when he was executed, he would be included in the file since the beginning of the culprit. Especially when the person was already in prison, he left the file, involving several departments.

Besides, it is reasonable and there is no reason for Zhou Youzi to do this.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhi nodded and said, "After this man was executed, he would like to ask me to send the items in his house and the items at home." Xu Fang's behavior was quite strange. Chen Zhi had to investigate it carefully to see what he could find. Be careful not to make any mistakes.

Zaoli responded with all his mouth, but was surprised by the decision of the young master of the Chen family.

While talking and laughing, Xu Fang's life and death were decided. Chen Zhi took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and handed it over: "I'll have some money to invite you to drink this time."

"It's not possible to use it, it's not possible!" The person who reported the news was a Zaoli who was monitoring and arresting Xu Fang. When he saw the broken silver, his eyes lit up and he thought it was amazing. The princes of the aristocratic family were generous and they all had big money, and when they took action, they were broken silver.

"Don't be polite. There are still things to bother you in the future. Don't blame me then." Chen Zhi handed over the thing, and the Zaoli refused and accepted it.

It must be too much to take out broken silver at one time, but in Chen Zhi's plan, it is not very useful to keep the silver. Instead of wasting it, it is better to use it to make connections. No matter how humble a person is, he will have his own uses.

"Zhou Youzi, don't worry, Chen has his own gift." After giving the money, Chen Zhi gave Zaoli another reassurance, and he couldn't help but let Zaoli have a favor with Dasheng.

"Everyone says that Mr. Chen Qi is a ridiculous man. When he sees it today, he is clearly a hero. He has given money and doesn't have to respect him. Such a good thing will be fought for next time. Moreover, such a young man has no airs to talk to such a rude person. He is such a good person. Whoever is making rumors about Mr. Chen Qi in the future must go and stop it!"

Thinking of this, Zaoli's eyes turned and said, "Chen Junzi, the evil slave found Bai Dada and the rascal Chen A San during the day. He seemed to have any plans, and it was strange. When he asked about this, the coward stopped talking, but he just muttered and couldn't understand."

Chen Zhi frowned slightly when he heard this.

Note: The prison history is not a censor, but a small official in the prison, at the county level.
Chapter completed!