Sheriff Liu took the shackles and led two magistrates over.
The moment he saw them, Qin Qian could not resist standing up.
“You are Qin Qian?”
“Yes.”
Sheriff Liu waved his hand, “Cuff him!”
“What are you doing?” Qin Qian struggled, “Without evidence, you can’t just put me in chains!”
“Behave yourself!”
One of the officers restrained him, while the other put the shackles on him and dragged him out.
“Dean, I want to see the dean!”
“Shut your mouth if you don’t want to suffer! I’m telling you Qin Qian, not to mention the dean, even if the king of heaven came, he wouldn’t be able to save you!”
“You can’t frame people like this, I didn’t poison the old man, I have no reason to poison him, you can’t take me away like this!”
The students of the academy, who had all been driven back to their respective rooms, poked their heads out at the sound of his voice and exploded when they saw him being pushed out of the room in shackles by a few magistrates.
“It can’t really be him who poisoned him, can it?”
“Who knows? Knowing people, maybe we’ve all been tricked by him!”
“It’s possible, after all, he’s responsible for the old man’s tea.”
“What are you guys talking nonsense about? You don’t know what kind of person Qin Qian is, how could he have poisoned the old gentleman? It must be that those magistrates couldn’t find any evidence, so they took Qin Qian’s place as the culprit.”
……
The various voices of discussion were incessant, but Sheriff Liu ignored them all and escorted Qin Qian out of the school.
The first time I saw him, I was able to see him.
When they saw Sheriff Liu escorting the man out, they all raised their voices and asked, “Your Excellency, did he poison the old gentleman?”
“We haven’t found out yet, but he’s the most suspicious, so take him back to the court for a good trial.”
The students were furious and accused Qin Qian.
The onlookers, unaware of what was going on, also followed suit and accused, and some even threw things over.
The world has a lot of respect for scholars, especially for great scholars like the old man, who is even more respected, and yet Qin Qian had poisoned the old man! The more the onlookers thought, the angrier they became, and more things were thrown at them.
Most of them hit Qin Qian’s body, and before long he was in such a mess that he couldn’t look at them anymore, but the crowd didn’t stop there, they still chased after him.
In the crowd, someone from the Wei Yuan Dart Board saw all this and hurriedly turned around and went back to the dart board to tell Qi Wu a few people.
Madame Qi could not believe it.
These days they had deduced everyone’s reactions after the poisoning over and over again, but they had never thought that Qin Qian would be taken away by the county magistrates.
She looked anxiously at Qi Wu.
Qi Wu’s brow furrowed Avray.
“I’ll go check it out.”
Qi Run stood up and was about to head out.
“Stop!”
Qi Run turned back.
“They are only guessing now, there is no conclusive evidence, once one of us comes forward and is seen, it will be associated with us and all that has been done before will be for nothing. Let’s hold back for now, when someone comes from the capital in a few days Qian’er will be released.”
“Waiting for someone to come from the capital will take five or six days, if they are moved to torture, Qian’er he ……”
Mrs. Qi was anxious.
“The flesh and blood pain is only, Qian’er can bear it, what we do now is not to reveal our relationship with him so as not to arouse suspicion.”
……
The first time I saw him, I was able to see him.
He had the magistrate remove Qin Qian’s shackles and used a gentle tone to persuade him, “Not to mention our punishment, the dampness and darkness in the prison alone is too much for a well-bred gentleman like you. Take my advice and give an honest account, as long as the old gentleman is alright, you won’t be convicted of much.”
Qin Qian’s body was pelted with stones, the right side of his face was red and swollen, there were still rotten vegetable leaves in his hair, he reached out his hand to take them off, with anger on his face, “I repeat, I did not poison the old gentleman, the tea was prepared by the dean was the dean’s wife, I just served it up.”
“Don’t say it do you ……”, Sheriff Liu knocked his swollen half face with the handle of his knife, “OK, I’ll see if your mouth is hard or our torture equipment is hard, someone, take it to the torture room.”
……
After Qin Qian was escorted away, the county magistrate did not enter the house again, pacing back and forth in the courtyard, waiting for Sheriff Liu to give him the news. But after waiting until noon, the county magistrate could not wait any longer and walked into the house, saying to Song Wangyue, “Miss Song, I will go back and see, if the source of the poison is found, please send someone to tell me quickly.”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
The county magistrate hurried back to the magistrate’s office and called for constable Liu, “How is it?”
“This guy’s mouth is too hard, he can’t get anything out, he’s adamant that he didn’t poison himself, we don’t dare to hit him hard, if we kill him, we won’t be able to find out the source of the poison.”
“I tell you, no matter what means you use, you have to find out before nightfall, otherwise you don’t have to do this job as a constable, go home and eat dirt.”
“Yes, Master.”
Once again, Sheriff Liu hurried away.
The county magistrate turned back and forth in the hall in a hurry.
“Master ……”
The master came over cautiously.
“Speak!”
“The old gentleman’s poisoning is a matter of great importance, so I think I should send someone to send the news to the capital at a fast pace.”
The Magistrate stopped sharply to look at him.
The Master said, “It seems that if we can’t find the source of the poison for a while, I don’t know if the old man will still wake up. Even if the source of the poison is found and the old man wakes up, the matter cannot be concealed anymore.
The county magistrate turned and walked towards the back hall, “You come with me.”
When they arrived at the back hall, the master grinded, the county magistrate quickly wrote the zheng, called someone over and told him to send it to the post station, “Tell them to send it to the capital as soon as possible.”
The magistrate ran out with the folders, the county magistrate turned around the house a few times before lifting his feet and heading out, “Let’s go to the academy again and see what we find over there, today we will find the source of the poison even if we have to dig up the ground.”
The magistrates searched the academy from front to back, inside and out, even to every corner but found no trace.
The dean was so anxious that he was about to faint.
The county magistrate once again felt that he could not keep his black hat and asked Doctor Yao, “How many days can this silver needle seal last at most?”
“It is not easy to say, the old gentleman is old, I ……”
“You must hold on for a few more days, I have already written a fold and sent someone to the capital with a fast horse, when the emperor sees this, he will definitely send the imperial doctor over.”
Doctor Yao quickly exchanged a glance with Gu Yi, “Your Excellency, don’t worry, I guarantee that I will let the old man last until the imperial doctor comes.”