Just like that, when the old lady hurried to the front door of her house after hearing the news, what she faced was not Li Dashan or more than a hundred villagers, but almost everyone in the past, pointing at the Qian family, asking Qian to
Everyone quickly corrected their attitude, took action, gave an explanation, and revealed the body of Li Jingui.
The old lady was very angry.
When has the reputation of the Qian family been questioned as much as it is today?
She had just distributed porridge and rice a few days ago. Are these people ungrateful for taking advantage of them? They are all ungrateful! The same goes for Li Dashan. He was clearly a prostitute before. He had already said that Li Jingui "let the Qian family handle it", but now it is clear
Just regret it! Huh, in vain of your kindness, you even ordered that woman to be your aunt, and planned to give her an identity and bury her in the Qian family, and give her a burial place. Now it seems that she is really unworthy!
The fact that so many people came here was clearly organized and premeditated!
It’s clear that I want money.
One thousand taels?
They dared to speak.
The old lady was really powerful. As soon as her face darkened and her aura opened up, she felt a sense of oppression.
"Well, Li Dashan! Your daughter set fire to my Qian's house and caused damage to my house. I haven't asked your Li family to take responsibility, but you dare to come and cause trouble? Your daughter is indeed dead, but it was her own fault. Later
She was playing with fire in the middle of the night and burned herself on fire. My Qian family was kind and prepared a coffin for her. Since you are here, her body will naturally be returned to you. But do we have to account for the losses she caused?
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The old lady used retreat to advance and immediately took the initiative. At least that's what she thought.
And if it was the usual Li Dashan, he would really feel guilty when he heard these words.
But because of Tao Ran's advance plan, Li Dashan was convinced that the Qian family had killed his daughter. Now the old lady's words were clearly a slap in the face after murder and arson, so how could Li Dashan obey?
Not only did he refuse the old lady's suggestion that he go into the house to fetch someone, he became furious, took off his belt and threatened to hang himself in front of Qian's house.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. What is there to be afraid of? The richer you are, the more afraid you are of losing your reputation and face! Just like what his daughter said to him that day, as long as you mess around in front of the Qian family, you are the Qian family.
What scares him the most! He can't let his daughter down.
"You rich people have no heart! You killed my daughter by committing murder and arson, and now you are unjustly accusing her of arson. You are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night! Your Qian family should hand over my daughter's body quickly!"
Li Dashan has his own plan. With his daughter's body, he can further claim compensation. He has to act steadily.
Li Dashan wants to hang himself.
Mrs. Zhang howled miserably.
The Li family's son jumped up and down.
The villagers shouted harshly.
The crowd also began to demand the Qian family to return the body to others.
The old lady was absolutely furious. While she was angry at Li Dashan for slandering the Qian family, she was also angry at the rampage of these unruly people.
Who committed the murder? Total nonsense!
Who wouldn’t give the corpse? It’s just because it’s inconvenient to give it openly!
But no one listened to their explanation.
The Qian family sent people out to drive Li Dashan away, but those country bumpkins not only refused to retreat, but also pushed forward and surrounded Li Dashan.
Mrs. Qian could only threaten the newspaper official.
Li Dashan was not afraid.
"I also want to report it to the government. I also want the government to investigate how my daughter died! Report it, report it quickly."
The scholar met the soldier, and the old lady realized how difficult Li Dashan was.
In order to settle the matter quickly, the old lady could only comfort her and asked the Li family to wait for Jin Gui's body at the back door. She immediately had someone send it there.
But Li Dashan still refused, and just lay down in front of Qian's house, asking the Qian family to take out his daughter's body.
The old lady also said that someone would send Jin Gui's body to the Li family.
Li Dashan still refused.
He lay upright, as motionless as a corpse, and asked his two sons to find a place for him to hang himself.
Cooperating with Zhang et al.
Due to the commotion, more and more people came to watch the excitement near Qian's house, and Qian's house was unable to evacuate the crowd at all.
Everyone knows about the fire last night. Not only did people die, but the Qian family is also suspected of murder and arson. For such a big thing, even if you don't have breakfast, you have to come here to eat melon!
Just like that, the road in front of Qian's house was packed to the brim.
The Qian family made a last-ditch effort. The housekeeper and several nuns went to several people in the Li family to convey the old lady's message: If you have anything to say, we can discuss it if you want money, but don't make trouble yet...
No fuss? Li Dashan felt happy. If he didn't make a fuss, how could he maximize the value of his daughter?
Li Dashan was so exhausted that he only wanted to see his body before he died. Otherwise, he would immediately prepare to hang himself.
Naturally, the old lady would not follow him and send Jin Gui's body out.
Firstly, it was unlucky. There were corpses placed in front of the gate. How could it be worthy of the ancestors above her head? Secondly, she heard that the charred corpse with almost only a skeleton left was scary. She did not want the Qian family to become a talking point among the people. Thirdly, the Qian family
Our reputation must not be ruined. Therefore, we cannot see corpses in front of our door, and we cannot let Li Dashan continue to hang himself.
The old lady here is still thinking about recruiting, but she doesn’t expect that the government will actually come...
It was not the officials from the Qian family or the Li family, but the road was congested, and the police patrolling the streets and the government officials came by themselves.
They were about to clear the crowd, but Li Dashan reacted quickly and rushed out, kneeling on the ground with a plop.
"Please make the decision, sir!"
He complained a lot. It was just that the fire at Qian's house burned his daughter to death, and now he refused to give her the body.
Now that there were hundreds of people watching, a few officials naturally had to act impartially and went directly to ask about Qian's family.
Just as the old lady asked for a step to talk, Mrs. Zhang jumped up again.
"What are you going to do? Why are you talking privately? What is shameful? Someone in the Qian family is an official, but you want officials to protect each other?"
After being shouted at by Mrs. Zhang, several policemen stood still and did not move forward. After this kind of thing was revealed, they naturally wanted to maintain their official reputation.
And the group of villagers brought in by Li Dashan once again played a role, holding their necks high and letting the officials make the decision for the people.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, I just wanted to clear the road, but in the end, I encountered a murder case. Several officials did not dare to be careless, and started to ask for the body of the deceased from the Qian family.
They went to ask their superiors and started to understand the case.
One of the government officials said that when there was a fire last night, their on-duty workers came to Qian's house. At that time, Qian's family clearly said that the fire was under control. Why did they say that there was a fatality last night not even two hours later?
Did the Qian family lie?
Why did they cover the fire?
The Qian family did not report truthfully and were suspected of lying about the fire.
Some people in the crowd also said that they came to the Qian family in the middle of the night to help put out the fire, but were driven away by the Qian family. Now it seems that there is a problem with the Qian family...
The old lady was already under great pressure, but after Li Dashan announced his last words, "The Qian family is going to force me to death," he actually hung up the lanyard that he had been preparing for a long time...
With so many people, he couldn't die anyway, so of course he had to let loose.
Damn it, naturally I didn’t make it. But the public’s discussion became even louder.
The Qian family couldn't bear the cost of two lives and the persecution of officials.
They finally compromised.
The body was brought in.
It was just dawn and the coffin had not yet been customized, so the body was carried out covered with a white cloth.
Li Dashan began to cry again that his daughter died without even getting a coffin, and scolded the Qian family for being evil-hearted.
After lifting the white cloth, Li Dashan was even more hysterical. He insisted that his daughter was murdered.
to be honest.
He was also frightened.
He knew that the Qian family was ruthless from the last injury on his daughter, but he really didn't expect them to be so ruthless. Li Dashan was also touched by the relationship between father and daughter. His daughter didn't even have a complete body. How could he do it?
Not upset?..
He had so many tears this time that he started to cry even more
It's a little more real and contagious.
"You hate my daughter so much for blocking your way, and you won't even leave her body intact?"
"How long did it take to burn? My daughter was burned like this?"
"No wonder people say that the fire last night lasted for almost three hours. You just let her burn and didn't try to save her at all, right?"
"You are the ones who started this fire! You just want my daughter to die! You have such a vicious heart!"
"Or is it that the reason why you burned her with fire was to destroy the body and eliminate traces so that no one would know what you did to my daughter?"
"No wonder you asked me to sign a deed of betrayal. If I sign it, won't I be in trouble with you and not even qualified to seek justice for my daughter?"
"You guys are so cruel! You are really not human!"
Li Dashan drank bitterly.
The people watching also started talking.
It's really not right.
There are many problems.
for example:
Only one person died in this fire. Was Li Jingui the only one in the yard? Only she was burned? But everyone else was intact?
for example:
The Qian family is one of the most prominent families in the city. These families are full of servants. Logically speaking, if they see a fire, they will be able to react immediately and put out the fire. It is difficult to start a fire, right?
for example:
It had rained a few days ago and the weather was dry. Even if a fire broke out accidentally, how could it be impossible to control it? Unless someone set the fire. Then Li Jingui couldn't burn himself to death, right? Someone deliberately set the fire? This seems to be the only reason.
Explain that fire is an uncontrollable state?
for example:
I heard that there are more than a hundred people in the Qian family. How could it take so long to put out a fire in such a small courtyard? Unless they didn't try their best, or they deliberately waited for the fire to burn through. Otherwise, there were only more than a hundred people.
If we work together, we can save such a small courtyard in an hour or two at most, right?
for example:
Even if the Qian family really couldn't control the fire, they would have let the officers, soldiers and neighbors who came to rescue them into the house, and everyone would have worked together, and they would have been able to control the fire within half an hour at most. But the Qian family lied! They lied about the intensity of the fire!
Everyone felt that something was wrong with the Qian family.
If they had been more proactive, it would have been impossible for Li Jingui to be burned like this. They clearly did it on purpose.
More and more people are beginning to believe that Li Dashan's accusation may be true.
These powerful people are really becoming more and more lawless! It is already hard enough for everyone in bad times, but do they still care so little about human life? The life of the poor is not life? Many people are beginning to feel unhappy, starting to complain, and starting to sympathize with the weak...
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More and more people began to suggest to Li Dashan that he should directly file a lawsuit against the Qian family, ask him to seek justice for his daughter, and ask him to ask the Qian family to compensate for the losses.
Some people in the crowd also said frankly that they were willing to write a pleading for him, list all the doubtful points, and help him fight the lawsuit.
Originally, Li Dashan had no intention of reporting to the official, but when he saw Mrs. Qian running over to talk to him in person, he could no longer hide his panic...
Li Dashan gritted his teeth and simply asked his son to carry his daughter's body and go to the Yamen...
Old Mrs. Qian went to stop him personally, but failed to stop him, and ended up falling down heavily.
She looked at the large group of people who followed Li Dashan to the Yamen, and for the first time in many years, she felt fear. There was still a lot of trouble at home! Something was wrong here again, and each one was worse than the last.
If this matter is not handled properly right now, I'm afraid the Qian family's century-old reputation will be ruined in one day!
And the eldest son.
The eldest son is an official and has a bright future.
The reputation of his family will have a direct impact on his career.
Since the murder case cannot be covered up, it can only be an accident, definitely not man-made or arson. Otherwise, the eldest son Wu Sha will be lost!
No, she still had to stop it quickly.
The old lady hurriedly went back to change her clothes and asked someone to prepare a sedan to go to the Yamen.
As soon as the fire surged up, a mouthful of phlegm came out with half a mouthful of blood, but Qian was frightened.
family……
At the Yamen, Li Dashan wanted to sue the Qian family for murder and arson. This was a big deal. The Yamen said they wanted to conduct an on-the-spot investigation, so after a brief court appearance, it was time for rest.
Li Dashan was invited to wait in the wing. He knew that it was not certain whether the government would investigate, but someone from the Qian family would definitely come to talk.
In order to keep the opponent under control, he did not let the villagers go home. Instead, he asked his sons to entertain the villagers to the teahouse to have something to eat and drink and wait for news from him. He was always ready to go to Qian's house to cause trouble...
I have to say, he got it right.
The government is also worried at the moment. Fires are no more important than others. The government has the obligation and responsibility to put out fires. In a certain sense, Li Jingui died in the fire, and they are also responsible. But the Qian family... they also have to give thin noodles. This is troublesome.
The common people are scolding, and if it is not handled properly, the yamen will definitely be scolded and the officials will protect each other.
So what they can do now is hope that Li Dashan will not sue and withdraw his complaint as soon as possible.
It just so happened that the Qian family also had this intention.
So the government was happy to act as an intermediary to help both parties resolve the matter.
After Li Dashan was eating and drinking for a while, Mrs. Qian arrived.
There were no outsiders, so the old lady asked him straight to the point how much money he wanted. She thought about it on the way here, and at the worst she could give him three to five hundred taels. He wouldn't refuse this, right?
However, Li Dashan choked the old lady again.
He didn't hide it, and directly took a mouthful: "Two thousand taels!"
"How many?"
Li Dashan raised two fingers: "Two thousand taels of silver."
"You are blackmailing me!" It was only a thousand taels just now, but now it has doubled? The old lady was so angry again.
"Why is it blackmail? The reputation of the Qian family is not worth this price. Besides, I don't buy or sell by force. You don't have to agree!" Li Dashan crossed his legs.
Just when he was in front of the Qian family, he heard someone in the crowd discussing the Qian family's financial strength. After hearing about the Qian family's property, real estate and antique collection in the city, Li Dashan felt that his previous bidding was conservative.
Seeing that the old lady came so quickly and wanted to talk to her so urgently, he decided to be bolder and doubled the previous price.
