Magistrate Yang: ...It’s okay to pick up one child, how could it be possible to pick up two children?
But when he said this, Magistrate Yang really remembered that although old Zhoutou was very old now, from Magistrate Yang's perspective, he did look a bit like Man Bao.
"Is that a relative of their family?" Magistrate Yang asked: "Is there any particularly rich and powerful relative in their family?"
When he came out of the mansion, Magistrate Yang, who had been accustomed to all kinds of conspiracies and struggles since he was a child, and was tortured by various scripts, immediately thought of various scenarios, but soon he rejected them one by one.
As the magistrate of this county, although he didn't really want to check his children's family background, why did their family produce a new wheat seed?
So he took advantage of the household registration to check the old Zhou family. For five generations, their family had no wealthy relatives that they could use.
Then there is only...
"Did their family ever rob or steal?" Magistrate Yang said thoughtfully, stroking his chin: "It can't be picked up. If it is picked up, it should be sold for money, not such a treasure.
Give it to your daughter to take with you."
Boy:......
He silently withdrew and poured water for Magistrate Yang, but Magistrate Yang shook his head, denied these speculations, and waved his hand: "Forget it, we'll talk about it tomorrow, go clean up, I'm going to bed."
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The next day, Magistrate Yang opened his office early to look for household registration information. Everyone in the office was still on vacation, and only the old official guarding the door was there.
Listening to the noise in the information room, the old official moved his buttocks to let his back get more sun, and muttered: "It's better not to have a family. You can come to the Yamen if you want, and no one will bother you."
County Magistrate Yang checked through the household registration of Qili Village and found nothing wrong. He couldn't help but touched his chin, looked over the household registration of the old Zhou family again, and then his eyes fell on Zhou Yin's
On the name.
At this time, Zhou Yin's status was dead, and the death was registered the year before last, but he died a few years ago.
Magistrate Yang calculated the date and place of his death and found that they did not match up.
Magistrate Yang thought for a while and called his attendants, "Go and call Laichun. I remember it was him who went to Qili Village to report the funeral the year before last, right?"
"yes."
The reason why County Magistrate Yang remembered this incident was because of Man Bao. She once mentioned to him that the person who went to her house to report the funeral ate one of her chickens and finally took one of the chickens away.
So in the spring, he was transferred from the yamen servant who was on a business trip to do some hard work in the yamen.
If you work in the field, you not only get extra money, but also have a greater chance of promotion. If you work as a coolie in the yamen, you will basically be a coolie for the rest of your life.
Laichun's family lives not far from the county government office. They went out for a parade last night and haven't gotten up yet, so when he heard the county magistrate's call, he ran over without even washing his face.
The entourage brought him to Magistrate Yang with a look of disgust on his face. Magistrate Yang frowned slightly, then asked him to sit down with a smile, and asked: "You went to Qili Village once the year before last and gave a visit to a family named Zhou.
Have you ever reported a funeral?"
Laichun didn't know that he was demoted because Man Bao complained, so he thought about it for a long time before he remembered, nodded and said: "Yes."
"Then this county wants to ask you, have you verified your true identity? Is the Zhou Yin reported here really the Zhou Yin from Qili Village?"
Laichun's intuition was not good, so he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, right, isn't it written on the document that came here, that it is Zhou Yin of Qili Village?"
"It wasn't written in the funeral report, but it was written as Zhou Yin of Mianzhou. Mianzhou is so big, how do you know he is Zhou Yin of Qili Village in Luojiang County?"
Kaichun choked and said after a while: "Zhou, the Zhou family said so too, this is their family."
"Oh? The Zhou family said this is their family?"
"Yes, yes, that's what the Zhou family said. When I reported Zhou Yin's name, they said they were from their family. They also said the clothes they took back were from their family. I heard they even used them as a tomb.
"
Magistrate Yang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then this county wants to ask you, how many times has Zhou Yin returned to his hometown since he sold himself?"
"Not even once." It's not like Laichun couldn't remember everything. At that time, he was chatting with the Zhou brothers, and they also talked about it. Now his memory revived, and he finally remembered something," their family said
, the man has never come back since he sold himself and left."
The smile on Magistrate Yang's face fell and he asked: "Since the person has never come back, how do they recognize the person as soon as they see the clothes?"
The cold sweat on Laichun's forehead fell in a flash.
Magistrate Yang knew at a glance that he was fishing in troubled waters, and probably didn't even check it carefully. Just because there was a man named Zhou Yin in Qili Village, he sent the funeral report directly.
County Magistrate Yang closed Zhou Yin's book with a "snap", his face became gloomy for a moment before he waved his hand and said: "Stand down."
Laichun stumbled back to the door, turned around and ran away.
Magistrate Yang looked at the household registration of Lao Zhou's family, but still didn't see anything wrong. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Magistrate Tang.
Magistrate Yang told Magistrate Tang that he would be leaving for Beijing to get married in a few days. Is there anything he needs help bringing back?
You can help with transportation for free.
After greeting each other, Magistrate Yang asked his question. After thinking about it, he copied a copy of the books of brothers Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin and sent them to him.
However, Magistrate Yang did not tell Magistrate Tang that the owner of the longevity lock was named Zhou Man, only a young girl from a poor family.
Magistrate Yang wrote the letter, sealed it, and handed it to his servant: "Send it to Yizhou City immediately to Tang He."
"yes."
At this time, Manbao and the others, who had played all night, had just slept enough, climbed out of bed, and ate breakfast and lunch together.
"Tomorrow we are going to Yizhou City." Man Bao looked up at her sister-in-law while eating hot noodles.
Xiao Qian said with a smile: "The jar of vegetables for you has been packed a long time ago, and there are also a lot of pickles dried at home. They are all kept by your fourth and sixth brothers."
Man Bao happily agreed.
Early the next morning, they set out from Qili Village, went to the county town to pick up Mr. Zhuang, and then set off for Yizhou City.
Because they had to enter the city before dark, the carriage was running at full speed, so they took a break at noon to let the horses rest. They didn't dare to sit any longer. After all, it was getting dark very quickly now.
A fast horse passed them by, but they didn't know that this fast horse belonged to Magistrate Yang, and he brought back Magistrate Tang's handwriting.
Although the inn can also bring things to the capital, valuable things are still not dared to be sent randomly, so County Magistrate Tang really has something for Magistrate Yang to take back.
But this has to be packed up slowly. The things can be sent to Luojiang County a little slower, but the letter can go ahead.
The magistrate of Tang County taught him: "How is the relationship between brothers Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin? If they are deeply in love, after receiving the funeral report, can they collect the corpse at the place where the incident occurred? Or have they inquired about the past merchants? If not, it needs to be investigated."