Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 246 Report to the police, strict investigation

Shen Nankui waved his hand, "Don't touch him yet, ask him to pay some money, and then we'll let him go."

Zhong Shan was puzzled. "Madam, this man is full of lies. Why don't we follow the clues and find out who is behind this, but let him go instead?"

"No hurry, just do it."

Zhong Shan nodded and asked, "But he broke the night curfew. Should we report it to the government?"

"No need, just ask him to pay more money."

Shen Nankui warned again: "Remember, tell those on night duty to be alert. If anyone comes again, arrest them immediately."

"understand!"

Two days passed.

That morning, Shen Nankui was having breakfast with Gu Yichuan when Zhong Shan came again and said excitedly, "Madam, Master, we caught someone!"

Before the two of them could ask, he told them everything.

"Madam, we followed your instructions and took turns to guard the academy in four corners. As expected, another person came at the second watch yesterday. We found him, but did not rush to take action. We waited until he entered the foundation of the academy before we surrounded him and caught him. This person was carrying a fire starter and tung oil, and it seemed that he was going to set a fire. Now that he has been caught red-handed, please give instructions, Madam and Master!"

Shen Nankui said: "Report to the police and conduct a strict investigation."

"Yes!"

After Zhong Shan left, Gu Yichuan smiled and complimented, "My lady is really good at playing hard to get."

Shen Nankui picked up a piece of pickled bamboo shoots for him with chopsticks and said, "Zhou Zun also put on a good show."

Gu Yichuan was naturally aware of what happened in the academy, but the government did not make any statement just to show it to those people.

The arsonist was tied up and taken to the government office. As soon as he was fastened to the rack, he confessed everything even before he was threatened.

This man's name was Gao Chang, and he was originally a street thug who was idle and idle.

A few days ago, someone suddenly came to him and told him that if he set a fire at a certain place, he would be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. At first he didn't have the courage to do so, but the man said that the place was under construction and there was no one there, so setting a fire would not kill anyone. It was just that he had some personal grudges with the owner of the foundation, so he wanted to set fire in revenge. As long as Gao Chang was willing to go, he was willing to give a deposit of twenty taels of silver first, and then pay the remaining thirty taels after the task was completed.

Gao Chang was very excited. Fifty taels of silver was not a small amount of money. If he could get this money, he could live comfortably for another two months.

But setting fire at night is not a trivial matter. Although he is greedy for money, he is still a little hesitant. After all, if this matter is really as simple as that person said, he would go there himself. Why would he spend a lot of money to hire outsiders to do it?

The man saw his worry and persuaded him, "This is not a risky matter. I cannot show up, so I hired you to go. Even if you are caught, the owner of the house would not dare to make a fuss. You may not know that someone threw manure on the foundation of the house a few days ago, and the owner of the house only extorted some money from the person. Go boldly. If you are caught and demand compensation, I will help you pay the money."

Hearing what he said, Gao Chang felt relieved and took advantage of the night to go to the place the man mentioned with his arson tools. However, he was caught as soon as he arrived at the place and before he could even blow down the fire stick to light it.

Captain Sun asked him, "Who hired you to set the fire?"

Gao Chang said: "I don't know about this, but I'm a street stalker and I'm not completely without any tricks. The man gave the deposit and left. I quietly followed him for a while and heard someone calling him "Shanzhang"?

Chief of the mountain?

When Shen Nankui heard the news, a flash of understanding flashed through his mind.

It turned out that it was the people from Yongzhou Academy who were behind this.

However, there are five or six academies of various sizes in Yongzhou. I wonder which academy this principal belongs to?

Although he didn't know who it was, now that he had a clue, Gu Yichuan did not hesitate. He immediately summoned the heads of the six academies and asked Gao Chang to identify the person in court.

Gao Chang remembered the man's face and recognized him immediately. He pointed at the headmaster of Hanwen Academy and said, "He was the one who asked me to do these things!"

The headmaster of Hanwen Academy was named You Kangping. Seeing this, he wanted to deny it, but the places he passed that day were exactly the same as the time mentioned by Gao Chang, which was like ironclad evidence.

The big fish is out of water, so there is no reason to let the small fish go.

The bailiff arrested the man who had mistakenly knocked over Ye Xiang in the academy and brought him to trial in court.

In the court, the county magistrate sat high up, and two rows of yamen runners with swords were watching him covetously. Dao Yexiang was so frightened that his legs went limp. He dared not lie anymore and confessed everything. He was also instructed by You Kangping.

Gu Yichuan slammed the gavel in his hand, his face showing majesty without even getting angry.

"You Kangping, do you have anything else to say?"

Seeing that the matter had already been settled, You Kangping calmed down, stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, and snorted coldly, "Nothing to say!"

Gu Yichuan's eyes turned cold and he scolded: "As the head of the academy and a role model for others, how could you do such a heinous thing?"

"I am violating the law? Humph! Gu Zhouzun, you are a man who has read the books of sages and is a top scholar, but you indulge women to set up a women's academy. Such a ridiculous thing is unheard of and makes you laugh. I think you are the one who is doing the opposite!"

"You Kangping, you still don't repent?"

You Kangping's neck stiffened. "I'm right. Women's academies should not exist in the world. I burned it down to get rid of harm to the people!"

"Stubborn and audacious!"

You Kangping ignored Gu Yichuan's scolding and shouted: "I have the title of Juren, I don't kneel before the officials, even if you are the governor, you can't torture me!"

Gu Yichuan sneered, "I cannot torture you, but you have violated the law by hiring a killer to set the fire. Moreover, you have a great reputation and are the head of the academy. Such behavior has a bad influence and is aggravated. I will report to the court and first strip you of your reputation, and then arrest you and interrogate you!"

When he heard that his honors and reputation were going to be revoked, You Kangping really panicked.

He originally saw that Gu Yichuan was young and a new official who had just been promoted not long ago, so he wanted to scare him and make him feel afraid and not dare to punish him severely.

But who would have thought that this legendary young governor would be so difficult to fool?

He glanced secretly at Huang Jian who was standing on one side of the court, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Didn’t they say that the government doesn’t care about what’s going on over there?

How come he was just about to take action when all his secrets were immediately exposed?

Did he deliberately give me false information?

Gu Yichuan noticed his gaze and also looked at Huang Jian, only to see that the latter looked nervous and did not dare to look You Kangping in the eye.

Gu Yichuan asked, "Sir Huang, I see that you look different. Do you have a different opinion on this case?"