Chapter 859
Chapter 859: The Heavens Reaching Church
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
Only after 2 more hours, Zhang Tie had seen the young thief who had stolen his money at the end of a remote alley in a residential area in the east of Youzhou City .
When Zhang Tie arrived here, although it was still windy and snowy, the alley had been surrounded by criminal hunters in solemn, black uniforms with crossbows and sabers in hands like ghosts within 100 m, even on the walls and the roofs .
"Tell them to get off the walls and roofs . The new year is coming, don't scare others!" Before entering the alley, Zhang Tie instructed the one beside him .
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the one on Zhang Tie's side made a hand gesture while those criminal hunters disappeared from the roofs and walls at once .
The one on Zhang Tie' side who waved his hands towards those criminal hunters was an old man, who looked solemn and a bit aggressive . This old man was Zhang Tie's assistant . When Zhang Tie was not in the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province, this assistant took charge of it .
Actually, this assistant had known Zhang Tie in Huaiyuan Prefecture in Waii Sub-continent . At that time, Zhang Tie returned to Zhang's old mansion after promoting to a knight . Coincidentally, Zhang Haitian's eldest wife was celebrating her birthday . Out of jealousy, some unworthy descendants of Zhang family aroused some filthy troubles in the banquet . In order to clarify his innocence, Zhang Tie fetched Zhang Yuanshan, the grand justice of Golden Sea City; by the way, those unworthy descendants of Zhang family were severely punished .
Given Zhang Yuanshan's position in Huaiyuan Prefecture, Huaiyuan Palace arranged for him to be Zhang Tie's assistant and cooperate with Zhang Tie to handle criminal cases .
Compared to Zhang Tie, Zhang Yuanshan was more experienced in criminal justice . Being severe and capable, he was the best supplement to Zhang Tie .
Count Long Wind was good at choosing people for jobs . During the period when Zhang Tie was not in Youzhou City, under the rule of Zhang Yuanshan, the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province ran orderly and no chaos occurred within the scope of the official duty of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province .
Because of this, Zhang Tie was extremely furious about the malicious impeachment of Gobbling Party .
The alley was piled with some sundries such as hencoops, honeycomb briquet and broken cases . Like other places, even though Taixia Country was good enough and Youzhou City was big enough, there were still poor people in this city . Some families lived in brilliant residences and pavilions while some families only crowded in humble abodes . Here was the second kind of residence .
Even big cities like Youzhou City were not full of fresh flowers or sunshine everywhere . There were also people living in dim places .
Those sundries were covered with snow as thick as 3 cm .
The ground in the alley was a bit dirty, which was muddy, thawy snow caused by numerous people's footsteps . They could even see the clear grains left by the soles of the leopard-headed battle boots of those criminal hunters in Youzhou Province on the snow . . .
The footmarks on the snowfield also implied that many criminal hunters had entered this alley before Zhang Tie's group arrived .
Even the residents in the neighboring residential area could not imagine that so many ferocious criminal hunters from yamuns could gather in such a remote place one day . Few people with a genial look could do a good job in this profession . Because those who looked genial could never frighten those evil and brutal people .
In such a snowy day, the criminal hunters dispatched by the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province were like black vultures with an awe-inspiring inauspicious qi . The residences in the neighborhood had long closed their curtains . Some brave guys dared only throw stealthy glances at them from behind the curtains .
At the end of the alley, Zhang Tie made a turn and caught sight of that young man whom he had met in the early morning .
Like a section of a deserted broken tree stump, that young man's corpse was lying beside some railway sacks of sundries, facing down . His body had almost been covered by snow .
It became silent in the surroundings .
After letting out a sigh, Zhang Tie squatted down in front of that corpse and turned it over .
Given his angular look, he was just 13 or 14 years old . Zhang Tie found his face had turned totally pale . By contrast, the location of his heart had been covered with blood . Due to the cold weather, his blood had been frozen before flowing out . Therefore, a few blood drops were left on the ground beside his corpse .
He was still looking up at the sky with an anguished and amazed look .
Zhang Tie watched this face seriously as he had not imagined that this juvenile whom he had met in the early morning could become an icy corpse . 'It's just a common crime of theft . He would be set free after being put behind the bars for about a year . Why are you so brutal?' Zhang Tie sighed inside .
"This man is called Lu Xiaoshuang . He had been jobless for many years and lost his family . When the Northeast Military Region decided to build Youzhou City, millions of people poured in the territory of Youzhou City . He followed the contingent of builders in and wanted to seek for a chance to survive himself . He was just a beggar and went on errands for people in the city . 2 years ago, a local ruffian called Wang Wu had him in his care and taught him how to be a thief; Lu Xiaoshuang then survived on theft . 2 hours ago, someone saw Wang Wu and Lu Xiaoshuang enter this alley . Finally, Wang Wu left here alone!" Zhang Yuanshan introduced this thief to Zhang Tie, "Wang Wu's corpse was also discovered in his home . He has already committed suicide by taking poison . Besides Lu Xiaoshuang, 7-8 thieves who worked for Wang Wu had been arrested and were being interrogated!"
Zhang Tie just put his hand on Lu Xiaoshuang's face as if he intended to close Lu Xiaoshuang's eyes .
In others' eyes, Zhang Tie's movement was nothing strange but driven by the mercy . Therefore, although Zhang Tie put his hand on Lu Xiaoshuang's forehead for a couple of seconds, he didn't arouse the doubts of those beside him .
Nobody knew what Zhang Tie was "seeing" and "hearing" in his mind .
Lowering his head as if he was gazing at Lu Xiaoshuang; however, nobody could notice Zhang Tie's glittering, exotic eye light .
After Zhang Yuanshan finished his words, Zhang Tie's fingers slightly trembled . Closely after that, he moved his hand away from Lu Xiaoshuang's face, when the latter's eyes were closed .
Zhang Tie picked himself up before sighing once again with emotions, "Buy a good coffin using the gold coins that he had stolen from me and bury him . Stop interrogating the other thieves . They're just poor people without any reliance . Have people send them to the Righteous Palace in Youzhou City and instruct them with knowledge; Confiscate Wang Wu's family property for public use . Send all the money to the Righteous Palace . Additionally, spare 100,000 gold coins from my compensation this year and send them to the Righteous Palace of Youzhou City too so that the Righteous Palace could have more homeless juveniles and beggars in . Prevent them from being misled by evil people anymore!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Zhang Yuanshan instantly cupped his hands and bowed towards Zhang Tie, "Benevolent Lord!"
It could be said that all the homeless juveniles and beggars across Youzhou City would survive themselves with the 100,000 gold coins donated by Zhang Tie . 100,000 gold coins was not a small figure . Even though they were deposited in the bank, their interests could also afford over 1,000 orphans and beggars each year .
The Righteous Palace of Youzhou City had just been in place lately after Huaiyuan Palace won the competition for the position of provincial governor of Youzhou Province . Of course, as it started from scratch, it could not take many people into its care . Before Youzhou promoted to an established province, there was no Righteous Palace in Youzhou City .
Zhang Tie revealed a smile as if he had forgotten about this "trifle", "Well, let's go back . Take a round across Youzhou City with me . As the new year is coming, we'd better guarantee a peaceful year for the commoners in Youzhou City!"
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