Great Feng Night Watchman

Chapter 11: Groping for Fish

Jingcha, Dafeng Beijing officials assessment system, once every three years, with the 'Four Characteristics' and 'Eight Laws' as the standard for promotion and demotion.

Unqualified officials, demoted, or even cut their posts to the people.

It was a matter of future prospects, which was understandable. The other side has a distant relative who is a governor, turn around and impeach, cool.

Changle County has a backlog of murders, which is something that can be a reason for political opponents to attack.

“How to die.” Qian X asked carelessly.

“Went to the countryside to collect rent, came back in the middle of the night, just happened to meet a beamer in the inner courtyard of his own house, and gave a click.” A fellow officer tsked.

“There are witnesses?” Qian X said.

“When the wife heard the commotion and went out to check, the man was already dead in the courtyard. But we found footprints on the outer wall.”

“Is it possible that an enemy disguised as a burglar committed the murder.” Qian X poured himself a cup of tea and took a few candied fruit from a fellow officer and dropped them into the cup.

He sounded as if he was discussing the murder with his colleague when he was in the police station.

“After asking his wife, children, servants, and neighbors in the neighborhood, the deceased hadn't been feuding with anyone in recent days.”

“Did the soldiers patrolling the night ask?”

“The Imperial Sword Guards said there were no suspicious characters in the neighborhood that night.”

The capital had three walls, the palace city, the inner city, and the outer city.

Although there are night patrol soldiers in the outer city, there is no curfew, the city gates remain open all night for twelve hours, and merchants and businessmen are free to enter and exit the city gates as long as they make a good report in advance and take the credentials.

This system greatly improved the commercial trade in the capital and promoted economic development.

Qian X nodded, “In that case, if it's a thief, it should be an acquaintance who knows that part of Kangping Street like the back of his hand.”

“How can that be?” The magistrates froze.

“The fact that the thief was able to enter and exit the mansion at night without being detected by the patrolling soldiers means that he has stepped on the spot and knows the patrolling patterns of the Imperial Sword Guards well.” Qian X analyzed while instinctively feeling for cigarettes in his pocket.

Disappointedly, he felt empty.

Can't help but remember when he was serving in the police department, at that time everyone was also sitting together in twos and threes, smoking cigarettes and discussing cases.

He was also therefore close to the ink, and caught the addiction to smoking.

Several fellow officers were taken aback and scrutinized Qian X:

“Very reasonable.”

“Why didn't we think of this one.”

“Ning Yan, after going to jail once, people have become resourceful.”

There was no systematic teaching program these days, constables handled cases based on experience, and the ones with the best performance could become constables.

“You did not think of it, but Wang constable must have thought of it, did the west side of the city go and ask?” Qian X is low-key and does not show off.

The same colleague replied: “Asked for two days, did not lock the suspect.”

The west side of the city is a slum, all are some people who steal chickens and dogs, mixed fish and dragons, generally out of the security problem, the government officials take white service, run over there, a catch a precise.

“Lost how much silver?” Qian X subconsciously unfolded reasoning in his mind and asked.

A fellow officer glanced at Qian X and felt that his tone was a little bit of the county magistrate's old man, so he answered, “No lost, the deceased just came back from collecting rent, and all that was collected was broken silver; copper money as well as rice and grain, how could the thieves possibly escape with a big box of silver money after killing?”

Incorrect!

Qian X narrowed his eyes, if I was the thief and had stepped on the spot, then I would have definitely chosen to steal it every other day, not today.

He didn't voice out this doubt, getting high on melon seeds, and continued to listen to his fellow officers kibitzing.

“It's a pity that such a delicate woman has to be widowed at such a young age. That body, tsk, can't even find such an outstanding woman in the hookah. Even if it's one or two pieces of silver for one night's sleep, I'd still be willing.”

“It's not young, just a twenty year difference from the one surnamed Zhang, seems to be in her early thirties. A woman of this age is most unable to keep a widow.”

Hearing this, Qian X lamented, “Thirty year old women are good, know how to do things, and can love people.”

Some old-fashioned words, but did not get the approval of his peers, the crowd looked at him and laughed and joked

If you want to follow the path of martial arts, you can't break your body until you break through the qi practicing realm. When the Yang Qi is dispersed, it is difficult to open the Heavenly Gate.

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The back hall where the county magistrate lives.

The dark-skinned Wang sheriff, who looked like an old farmer on a ridge, lowered his head and listlessly listened to the county magistrate master's reprimand.

County magistrate master surnamed Zhu, rich white fat, Yanzhou people, Yuanjing 20 years of the third grade jinshi, good at drilling, not good at official business, is a lack of business ability, but knows the way of the official readers.

He is a scholar with little business ability, but knows the way to be an official. The advantage is that he is quite conscientious, not too greedy, incompetent, but not disturbing the people.

The disadvantage is that he treats his subordinates with a bad temper and is prone to spitting fenfang.

“Incompetence, what incompetence.”

Knowing that Sheriff Wang still had no luck yesterday, Magistrate Zhu was furious.

“You are at least a seasoned veteran, a district murder case, so many days without a clue.”

Wang sheriff's forehead perspired, a thorn in his side.

Beijing inspection is imminent, Zhu magistrate is getting more and more irritable ...... Li Dianshi didn't dare to interrupt, even though he and Sheriff Wang were old friends for more than ten years.

Li Dianshi know, the county magistrate has been wanting to go up a promotion, promotion needs two conditions: backing, performance!

There is no political achievements, only backing, easy to be impeached, the position is not stable.

If you have achievements and backing, you can rise steadily.

Where to come from?

Jingcha is an important assessment standard.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu magistrate withdrew his gaze, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Officialdom rules, serving tea to send off guests!

Seeing this, Li Dianshi pulled the Wang sheriff who lowered his head and did not say a word, and the two left in a mess.

......

Sheriff Wang returned to the lounge with an ugly face, the chaotic chamber quieted down all of a sudden, everyone looked at Sheriff Wang cautiously.

“Chief, did magistrate Zhu scold you again?”

Sheriff Wang rolled his eyes, grabbed the tea and took a sip, “Damn, the man died and the thief left, where can I find him? Today is unlucky, I also dropped a penny of silver.”

That money is you dropped ah.... ...Qian X shrunk his neck and drank tea to hide his weakness.

The silver is obviously not related to you.

After listening to Sheriff Wang's complaints, a small constable gave him a bad idea: “Why don't you touch a fish?”

Qian X's eyebrows jumped.

Touching a fish, a technical term in the bottom officialdom!

It meant: find a scapegoat.

Restricted by technology and equipment, most of the cases in ancient times were headless cases with extremely low detection rates. Sometimes officials would look for a scapegoat to take the place of their superiors in order to get the job done.

The process is like this, first by the local people of the officials selected a group of often treacherous old bastard, the name written on the paper folded, the official hand touch.

Who touched, who is the scapegoat.

So it is called touching fish.

After the unlucky man locked, the official went to lock people, brought back to the Yamen a set of assembly line called 'bent into recruiting' down, the bones of even the hardest people also recruited.

The superiors are satisfied, the middle of the officials have been rewarded, the officials have been rewarded, you are good, I am good, everyone is good.

The scapegoat is not wrong, anyway, is a bad person, early to send him to reincarnation, but also for the well-being of the people around.

There are many, many more similar tawdry maneuvers in the officialdom.

Sheriff Wang nodded: “It can only be like this, Xiao Li, you go and do this, pick a few mixed up, older ones.”

Xiao Li was about to nod, when Qian X frowned: “Wait! Boss, this case has a lot of doubts, it's not impossible to start.”

Qian X did not recognize this reasoning.

Even though he hadn't been a police officer for many years, the three views he had established back then were still alive and well.

Although he was a crook, he didn't deserve to die. Even if he deserves to die, it's still one size fits all.

This side to find someone to take the place of, over there is not a cheap real murderer.

Sheriff Wang sank his face, didn't say anything, and looked at him with an unpleasant demeanor.

The crowd persuaded:

“Ning Banquet, don't be nosy.”

“It can't be helped that the chief gets scolded every day, and besides, Solemnity is just a mongrel who often commits crimes.”

Those with better relations said, “Chief, Ning Yan's family just suffered a big disaster, so it is inevitable that he is a little sensitive to this kind of thing.”

Sheriff Wang turned a deaf ear and stared at Qian X. Unhappy, he sank his face, “Tell me how to investigate!”

“Give me the dossier!” Qian X was straightforward.