The light of the torch was dim, but it could still illuminate a small patch of land in front of me. As far as the eye could see, there was a ridge of sprouts that had just grown.
Obviously no one in the Yan family who has been confiscated for two years knows how to grow vegetables in the garden, and the Xiao family who just got out of this hole...
Man Bao held up a torch and went up to look at the vegetable field that had been opened. After walking for more than ten steps, he found that it was still a vegetable field and couldn't help but stop.
Even Bai Shanbao couldn't help but marvel, "How many vegetable fields have been opened."
Zhou Lang was confused, "Just grow vegetables, why do you have to pretend to be a ghost and scare people?"
The neighbors who followed were shocked and shouted: "Tell me, where did their family come from so many vegetables to sell? It turned out that they took over the Yan family's garden to grow vegetables."
"I, I thought their family rented land outside the city..."
"Their family is so brave," a neighbor exclaimed in amazement, "How did they come up with the idea of growing vegetables in this garden?"
Naturally, we can only ask the Xiao family outside.
The three government officials threw the Xiao family together and took care of them. Someone came out and told them that the Xiao family had opened a large vegetable field there, so they were pretending to be ghosts to scare people.
They don't really believe this.
So Yamen Jia climbed in and took a look, and finally silently retreated from the cave together with Man Bao and the others.
Yamen servant A said: "First block up all the holes and bring the Xiao family back to the Yamen."
He paused and then asked Li Zheng, who had just arrived with sweating profusely, "Who else is there in the Xiao family now?"
Li Zheng said quickly: "There is also Xiao Dalang's wife and a three-year-old child."
Officer A then nodded, "Okay, we won't take them into custody for the time being, but you have to send someone to keep an eye on them. If the mother and son escape, it's still your responsibility."
Li Zheng said "yes" repeatedly, and the yamen officer warned the neighbors, strictly prohibiting them from entering Yan's house again, and then escorted the Xiao family away.
Manbao and the others waited until everyone dispersed before going back, excitedly saying that they would go to the Yamen for interrogation tomorrow.
Mr. Zhuang breathed out a breath, turned around and was about to go back to the study. After thinking about it, he felt something was wrong, so he called the three children to him and gave him a lesson. "You are too courageous. We are new here. What if the government servants don't show up tonight?"
Come here, there is no one to support you, or everyone here knows about the Xiao family pretending to be ghosts, let me see what you do."
Man Bao whispered: "If their family hadn't been so cruel, we wouldn't have wanted to make such a big fuss."
Zhou Lang nodded repeatedly and explained: "Sir, it was me who knocked the copper basin."
Mr. Zhuang snorted. If it weren't for this, he would have given them more than a scolding.
He asked: "Where is their linen?"
"It's unlucky if it's burned. Hot water happens to be burning in the stove. I just put it inside and burn it. No one can find it."
Mr. Zhuang then nodded and waved: "Okay, go wash up and go to bed. Get up early tomorrow to study. You can go to the county government to have a look."
Mr. Zhuang said: "Come back and tell me after reading it, and think about it for yourselves, whether you did the right thing tonight or the wrong thing."
The three of them agreed obediently.
Man Bao said: "Sir, you are tired, why don't you stop reading for now?"
Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, sir, let me help you go to rest."
Bai Erlang cleverly said: "Sir, I'll get you some water."
The three of them worked together to calm down Mr. Zhuang's anger, and then they went to wash up and go to bed.
The next morning, they got up early, read morning lessons first, and then went to write. When they were about to finish writing two large characters, they put their things away and went to the county government office to join in the fun excitedly.
Mr. Zhuang took a look at the calligraphy they practiced today and shook his head slightly. Seeing that they were almost running to the door, he didn't stop them.
It happened that he was going to see Lan Cheng today and was too lazy to take them.
Zhou Lang was also particularly interested in haunted things, so he went to the county government office with them excitedly.
Fuguo County in Yizhou is Huayang County, and Kangxue Street is within the jurisdiction of Huayang County, so the person was escorted directly to the Huayang County government office.
Across the street from the county government office is the government office, and next to the government office is the government office on Jiannan Road. It can be said that there is not much in that area, except for the number of officials.
But there are also many ordinary people, especially around the Huayang County government office, because it is the outermost area of the government office. Basically, high-end restaurants, restaurants, and even antique shops are not far from the county government office.
Because further inside are the government offices and Jiannan Dao government offices, and they can't even get in.
The fact that Kangxue Street is haunted is not only famous in Kangxue Street, but also in the entire Yizhou City. So early in the morning, when they heard that someone had caught the ghost on Kangxue Street, many people ran there.
The county government joined in the fun.
When Man Bao and the three of them arrived, the outside of the county government office was full of people watching, and they couldn't squeeze in at all.
Bai Shanbao thought for a while, then dragged the two of them to find the gatekeeper and said, "We were the ones who caught ghosts last night, and we are here to testify today."
"testify?"
"Yes, don't we need witnesses in this trial?" Bai Shanbao asked naturally.
The yamen officer thought the same thing. Seeing how young the three of them were, he thought they were called by the yamen officer who was watching the night last night, so he turned sideways and let them in through the small door.
Seeing Zhou Lang and Daji trying to follow, they stretched out their hands to stop them.
Man Bao immediately said: "They are my brothers, and they also had a share in catching ghosts last night."
The yamen officer then stopped his hand and said, "You are not allowed to move around once you are in."
Except for Daji, the other four people all responded in unison, "Yes!"
Enter from the small door, walk along the courtyard, and then walk to the small courtyard outside the lobby. If the people want to watch the trial, they can only watch outside the courtyard and cannot go inside.
The courtyard is where witnesses and prisoners stay, and it is said that executions were also carried out in the courtyard.
When Li Erlang squeezed to the front with the help of the other four people, he looked up and saw the five Manbao people who were stretching their necks to look in.
Li Erlang:...There is always a feeling of being one step behind others in everything you do.
Magistrate Tang of Huayang County straightened his clothes, sat on the chair and signaled that he could go to the hall.
Unlike Luojiang County, which did not have a major case for ten days and a half, Yizhou is very prosperous, with many people, both rich and poor.
When there are more people, various cases are likely to occur, including murder, robbery and theft. There are no cases that Magistrate Tang has not seen before, only cases that he cannot solve.
Therefore, unlike Yang Heshu who only held a court every seven or eight days, Magistrate Tang was very satisfied if he could hold a court every two days.
Therefore, he had a lot of experience in court trials. As soon as he entered the court, he was stunned. He had Xiao Erlang, who was pretending to be a ghost, brought up first, and then he took the time to ask the yamen officer, "Were the Xiao family members detained separately last night?"
"Yes, in accordance with your Majesty's instructions, all the prisoners who follow the group are detained separately. The principal criminal is on one side, and the accomplices are detained separately."