The Prefect stood up and walked out, and the Prefect’s wife followed suit, subconsciously following two steps before returning to her senses and stopping again.
“What’s going on?”
The housekeeper accompanied the County Magistrate as he walked outside and replied, “I’m not sure of the exact situation, a magistrate just came to report that the Third Prince had used torture on Master Wei.”
The county magistrate’s brain buzzed, when the guards gave him the message today he knew that the Third Prince had left Master Wei no good. But he thought that at most, he would just question him, but he did not expect the Third Prince to have someone torture him.
“My lord, what should we do?”
The steward had followed him since early in the morning and was anxious when he heard the magistrate’s report. If anything really happened to Wei, it would be the end of his official career.
The county magistrate had no idea what to do, he just subconsciously headed for the cell, no matter what, the Third Prince must be stopped.
Before they could reach the cell, the two heard the sound of screams.
The county magistrate’s heart tightened and he jogged up without regard to his image, running in one breath to the door of the torture cell and pushing it open, “Third prince, have mercy ……”
The words did not finish, saw the tragic state of Wei’s boss, shocked backwards a breath of cold air.
Wei’s boss was beaten with skin and flesh, blood flowing out from his injuries, staining even the ones at his feet red.
The county magistrate quickly stepped over and blocked in front of Master Wei, “Third prince, you can’t fight anymore!”
“Get lost!”
The county magistrate knelt down, “Third prince, think twice, although the Gu family is not to be feared, we cannot afford to mess with the old man, if he goes back to the imperial court and sues you, you will have come to Qingping County for nothing!”
“How could you have come in vain?”
The third prince’s eyes rolled with hostility, he wanted to beat Wei Ning into submission today and confess Gu Yi’s true identity.
“I’ve investigated, before the old gentleman’s lecture, he had gone to deliver meals to the old gentleman a few times, the poison was administered by him at that time.”
The County Master froze in shock and subconsciously turned back to look at Master Wei.
Master Wei shook his head with difficulty, “No, it wasn’t me!”
“If I say yes it is, go on and torture me until he confesses.”
“No!”
The county magistrate was willing to go out on a limb, he had to save Boss Wei today no matter what, “This is just a one-sided story, there is no evidence.”
“b*****d, if I say he did it, he did it, what proof is needed?”
“Naturally you need evidence, otherwise you would be abusing lynching!”
The third prince was furious and waved his hand at the guards, “Pull him down!”
The guards easily lifted him up and threw him outside the door, closing it with a clang.
Several magistrates outside the door were startled and were about to go forward to help, when the county magistrate climbed up with a bolt and rapped hard on the door, “Third prince, think twice, think twice!”
What he got in response was the miserable scream of the shopkeeper Wei.
The county magistrate rapped even harder.
The Third Prince turned a deaf ear to it.
The county eunuch turned and ran outside, all the way to the courtyard of the Duke of Qi, poofed down on his knees and eagerly raised his voice, “Your Highness, go and persuade the Third Prince, if you really kill Master Wei, none of us will be able to give an account.”
Qi Guogong was leisurely drinking tea inside the house, hearing the words only moved for a moment, ignoring him and continuing to drink tea.
Today, the woman named Xiuzhen had rushed Gu Qian, originally wanting her to take the opportunity to yank Gu Qian’s beard to see if it was a fake, but Gu Qian had revealed himself, and now all they needed to do was get Wei Xing’s statement, and they could go and get the man openly and honestly.
“Your Highness, please go and persuade the third prince ……”
The Prefect’s bellow was higher than his bellow.
The Duke of Qi listened impatiently before he slowly put down his tea and got up to walk outside, just all the way to the door when a rush of footsteps ran into the courtyard.
The court official’s face was tragically white, “Your Excellency, it’s not good, the boss Wei is dead! ”
The county magistrate’s brain buzzed and tried to get up, but found his hands and feet were weak.
The Duke of Qi was also stunned, and then came out with a big stride, “What did you say?”
“Wei, Master Wei has been killed!”
“How can that be possible!”
The Duke of Qi walked quickly towards the cell.
The magistrate tried to follow, but after a few crawls he couldn’t get up. The magistrate Shan Qian picked him up and stumbled after Duke Qi to the torture cell.
Boss Wei was lying on the floor, his body stained red with blood.
The Third Prince was thundering, “Rubbish, I told you to extract a confession, not to beat the man to death!”
The two guards knelt in front of him, their heads hanging low, not daring to breathe.
“Go and call the imperial physician to come here! ”
Lord Qi commanded.
The magistrates let go of the County Magistrate and turned and darted off to call for the imperial doctor.
The two imperial doctors, already asleep, were hastily shouted up and arrived with their medicine chests on their backs without even fastening their buckles. Seeing the tragic state of Master Wei, they drew back a breath of cold air.
“What are you still standing there for, save him!”
The Third Prince’s anger could have lifted the roof off the room.
The two imperial doctors hurriedly squatted down, one to check his nose and carotid artery, the other to check his pulse, and the moment their fingers touched Master Wei, they looked at each other.
“Well?”
The Duke of Qi asked eagerly.
Looking at the Third Prince’s appearance, he knew that Master Wei had not confessed. If the person really died, they really couldn’t give an explanation to the old man.
The two men simultaneously let go of their hands and stepped back a little, shaking their heads at the same time.
The Duke of Qi’s eyes went black.
The Third Prince became even angrier, “How come? It was just a few lashes on him. ”
The two imperial doctors did not dare to make a sound.
“Rubbish!”
The third prince kicked one of the guards on his heels.
The Duke of Qi calmed himself down, since the man was dead, they had to find an excuse to cover it up.
“Qingping County ……”
The county governor was already dumbfounded and did not respond.
Duke Qi frowned and shouted again.
Only then did the County Magistrate raise his head and look blankly at Duke Qi, with only two words in his head, “It’s over”.
This time it was really over.
“You quickly send someone to bring him ……”
Wanted to instruct him to throw the man to a mass grave, but was afraid of being discovered, “You quickly send someone to throw him to the mountains!”
As long as he is fed to the beasts and his bones are left untouched, no one will be able to find him.
“Guo, Your Excellency ……”
The prefect was shaking so much that he couldn’t speak.
“Don’t worry, with my lord and the Third Prince here, you will be safe, just do as I tell you.”
The County Magistrate’s lips trembled violently.
The Duke of Qi looked at him and cursed the waste, looking to the guards kneeling in front of the Third Prince, “You two, throw the man to the mountain!”
The two guards hurriedly answered yes, got up and walked over, lifted up Master Wei and headed out.
“Wait, take something to cover up!”
One of the guards found a sack and put Master Wei inside, and the two of them carried him out.
“Qingping County!”
The Duke of Qi sternly raised his voice and swept his gaze over the crowd of magistrates and the county magistrate, “Once you leave this door, forget all that you just saw! Go out first thing tomorrow morning and spread the news that he escaped from prison!”