From Dajing Village to the county government, there is only one road leading to the official road, so as long as they stay at the entrance of the official road, they can always meet Jia Lichang and Sun Lichang coming out of it.
Bai Shan arrived at the entrance of the official road and waited in the woods on both sides.
The three government officials who were first took Feng Dashan out of the inner road and reported: "Sir, both of them have been notified."
Bai Shan asked: "Has anyone come out?"
"Yes, we said that the adults were concerned about farming and urged them to leave as soon as possible. When we left, they were already ready to come."
Bai Shan nodded and waved them back.
The group waited in the woods for more than an hour before they saw Jia Lichang and Sun Lichang coming up the official road on an ox cart.
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows. Unexpectedly, they were so close that they actually walked together.
In addition to Jia Lichang and Sun Lichang, they each brought a young man with them. At this time, they were sitting at one end of the bullock cart listening to Jia Lichang and Sun Lichang bragging.
"The county magistrate is very satisfied with us, but he saw that our two villages are poor, so he allocated an extra cow than yours..."
Sun Lichang said angrily: "I think you want to give the village in your charge a cow, right?"
Bai Shan looked at Lieutenant Dong, and saw a government servant running quietly from the woods and whispered: "There is no one behind, there are only four of them on the whole road."
Bai Shan nodded, raised his hand and moved forward, and said with a cold face: "Take it off and block your mouth. Don't let them yell."
When the officials heard about it, they immediately pounced from the forest like wolves and tigers on the four Jia Lichang men who had just driven to the entrance of their official road.
The four of them only had time to utter a scream and half a sentence, "What are you doing, you are oooooo..."
The four people were tied up, gagged and dragged to Bai Shan.
Sun Lizhang also met Bai Shan, so he struggled violently after seeing Bai Shan, not knowing why he was arrested.
Jia Lichang didn't know either, so he struggled a bit when he saw Bai Shan. But when he saw Feng Dashan kneeling not far away, and saw that he no longer had the official uniform of a government official, he immediately had a bad feeling.
Bai Sha met their gazes condescendingly and saw their expressions.
He raised his hand and asked someone to take Sun Lichang aside first, and then walked up to Jia Lichang and looked at him.
Jia Lichang was gagged and could only look at him with his neck raised, his eyes full of complex emotions.
Bai Shan moved his eyes to look at the young man who was pressed next to him, and asked: "If this county remembers correctly, he is your second son?"
Chief Jia Li could only nod.
Bai Shandao: "Jia Dalang said that all three of your sons participated in the robbery of Xiaoliu Village. When I lived in your house, I really didn't see that they had such courage."
Jia Lichang's eyes widened instantly, he screamed, struggled violently and shook his head.
Jia Erlang on the side was also frightened. He shook his head repeatedly, crying bitterly and whimpering in denial.
Bai Shan waited for the father and son to get excited before saying: "This county doesn't like people yelling. If you have something to say, speak slowly after removing the thing from your mouth. If you don't want to speak, wait until the county confesses Jia Dalang and others."
Those who came out will all be arrested, and we will send you back to the county office and make a pile of them before we decide whether to tell you or not."
This time Jia Lichang also cried, and he nodded repeatedly at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan then motioned to the Yamen servant to come forward and take the cloth from his mouth.
As soon as he took it out, Chief Jia immediately said: "Sir, I can't believe Jia Dalang's words. How could my three sons do such an unscrupulous thing? They didn't participate in the robbery of Xiaoliu Village."
"They didn't participate, what about you?"
Jia Lichang's face turned pale and he said, "Me, neither did I. I don't know anything about this matter."
Bai Shan sneered, "Really? But this county didn't look like you knew anything when you made the distinction just now."
He looked at him condescendingly and said, "Do you know why this county brought Feng Dashan?"
"As the saying goes, to capture the thief first, capture the king. Jia Dalang has a saying that makes sense. Is there anyone in this village who is more powerful than you, the village leader? You can organize so many people to rob Xiaoliu Village. You are the leader of the bandit.
It belongs to none other than that."
When these words fell on Jia Lichang's ears, Jia Dalang blamed all his actions on Jia Lichang.
Jia Dalang was so shocked that he felt like the sky was falling. He shook his head at Bai Shan, "No, no, sir, you can't believe the words of that bully Jia Dalang. He is famous for causing trouble to the whole village.
The bully, he was the leader of the robbery of Xiaoliu Village, and it has nothing to do with me..."
Bai Shan looked at him quietly,
Jia Lichang met his cold gaze, gritted his teeth, and could only kowtow and said: "Sir, the younger one is guilty. The younger one knew about this but did not report it. It is a minor crime, but it has nothing to do with the younger sons.
They really don’t know anything.”
Bai Shan smiled, sat down on a stone, leaned forward, looked at Jia Li and said, "You react quickly and know the right choices."
Jia Lichang was trembling all over, obviously terrified.
Bai Shan said: "Okay, this county can listen to you tell your side of the story and see how it is different from the confession process of Jia Dalang and others."
Jia Lichang raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead, as long as he was willing to listen to what he said. After all, it was not Jia Dalang's one-sided words.
"...That Jia Dalang is a villain from all over the country. Years ago, they got into a gang of gangsters, crossed the mountains and sneaked into Xiaoliu Village at night, and robbed all of Xiaoliu Village."
Jia Lichang quietly raised his head to look at Bai Shan, and saw that he was listening with a calm expression and looking at him with cold eyes.
Jia Li gave a long shudder. Although it was hard to speak, he still had to bite the bullet and continued: "Because there were many people participating in the robbery, many of them were people from Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village, and I, Jia,
A descendant of me, so I, I also heard some rumors."
The following words were even more difficult to say, but Chang Jia still said: "I, I asked someone to ask, and then I found out about this."
He immediately said: "I wanted to report it to the county government at that time, but Jia Dalang received the news and brought people to threaten me. Sir, the lives of my whole family are in his hands, I have to listen to him."
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He said: "Although I was unable to report it at the time, I have always wanted to report this matter to you, especially after you took office..."
Bai Shan sneered in his heart. After he took office, he summoned the chiefs of each township more than once. He also went to the county government more than once. There were so many opportunities that he didn't speak or reveal anything about this.
Who believes that?
However, this matter does not matter at the moment. We have to return to the county government to make a decision.
Bai Shan asked him with a sneer, "Since he has brought people to threaten you, it seems that you also know about the people who participated in the robbery of Xiaoliu Village? Report it to the county and find out who confessed to Jia Dalang
What a big difference, since you said your son was not involved, was your son added to the list, or did he replace someone?"
The lieutenant who originally wanted to plead that he didn't remember was shocked, swallowed his saliva, and immediately reported all the people he had found out, including those he suspected but had not yet identified.