The fifty-fourth chapter of the death of the goddess Wang.
The next morning.
Magistrate Liu, who was sleeping soundly, was shaken awake.
"Father, father, it's not good, it's not good, something big has happened in the county government." The voice came from County Magistrate Liu's son, Liu Juncai.
Liu Juncai looked anxious and urged Magistrate Liu to get up quickly.
"What's going on? You have to urge your father to wake up in such a hurry."
Magistrate Liu shook his head, feeling a little dizzy, but he slowly sat up.
Liu Juncai said, "Just now, a servant reported to me that all the furniture in the county government office had disappeared overnight. I came in and saw that it was indeed the case. In the back hall of the county government office, all the furniture and furnishings were completely gone.
They have all disappeared, father, this county government office must have been robbed."
"Huh? There is such a thing."
Magistrate Liu was startled, opened his eyes and stood up immediately.
But when he took a look inside the room, he found that it was indeed the case. All the vase decorations and seat screens in the room had disappeared. The entire bedroom was clean except for the couch he was sitting on.
"What on earth happened? How could such a good night be like this? This is the county government office. Which thief dares to come to the county government office to steal things?" Magistrate Liu immediately became angry: "Go, hurry up and call Xu
The arrest is here, I want to question him face to face."
"Father, wait a minute, I'm going to call Mr. Xu." Liu Juncai cupped his hands and left.
Magistrate Liu became furious when he saw the empty house.
What an abominable thief, even the furniture was completely clean.
"Wait a minute, everything will be fine with my money, right?" Immediately, Magistrate Liu was startled and ran to the side room next to him to take a look.
Seeing that the door was closed tightly and the copper lock was still in place, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But he was still worried, so he took the key and opened the door, and immediately saw the huge boxes in the house. Each box was sealed and safe.
"Fortunately, fortunately, my money was not stolen. This can be considered a blessing in misfortune." Only then did County Magistrate Liu feel relieved.
However, the anger in his heart still couldn't go away: "Damn it, you'd better not let me catch those thieves, otherwise I will have to kill them alive. You dare to steal things and sneak them into the county government office. You are really brave."
Already..."
He opened his mouth to curse, but in the middle of his curse, his voice suddenly stopped.
Something suddenly popped into my mind.
Last night, on my way back after having a drink in the yard, I seemed to see a group of people moving. Those people seemed to be moving things belonging to their own county government.
Immediately, Magistrate Liu was shocked, hurriedly put on his official uniform, and then rushed out of the door.
As soon as I walked out of the room, I happened to see the master summoning all the servants in the county government office. He seemed to be lecturing in the yard and seemed to be asking about the missing things in the county government office.
"Master, you came just in time. I was just going to look for you. Do you know that all the furniture in the county government office was lost?" Magistrate Liu came over angrily and asked.
"Back to your lord, I already knew this before, so I'm asking you questions now. These servants were in the county government office yesterday. They should know something about the situation, but my lord, this is strange.
None of my servants saw any thieves entering the house last night, nor did they hear any sound of moving anything."
The master said helplessly.
Magistrate Liu scolded: "How come no one saw it? I clearly saw a group of servants carrying things here yesterday on this road."
Then he pointed to a trail.
"Go and take a look to see if there are any shoe prints of the thief left there. Then let Capt. Xu send someone to trace them."
The master responded and went to investigate, but when he walked over and looked down, he saw that there were no footprints on the ground at all, not even a single footprint.
"Sir, my lord, there are no footprints here at all, just a few paths walked by earthworms."
"How is that possible?" Magistrate Liu ran over and took a look. Sure enough, he saw that there were only tracks left by earthworms passing through the soil on the ground, and there were no footprints at all.
If someone really moved the furniture, there would be no trace left behind.
"Did you make a mistake yesterday? Or maybe you were drunk last night and mistakenly thought that the earthworms were moving and that the servants were moving." The master said cautiously.
"No, no, I will never be wrong. Although I was drunk yesterday, I was not seriously drunk. I still remember that these servants who have moved have masters, and their masters are still my previous masters.
My old classmate’s name seems to be... It seems to be called, yes, I remembered it, it’s Zhao Jing, yes, yes, yes, it’s Zhao Jing.”
Magistrate Liu patted his head and finally remembered: "It's that Zhao Jing. When we took the scholar examination together, this person ranked higher than me."
The master was about to cry but said without tears: "My lord, please don't be frightened. Didn't you say that Zhao Jing died of a sudden illness on the way to take office? For this reason, my lord, you even wrote a memorial. Have you forgotten this?"
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"Dead, dead?" Magistrate Liu suddenly remembered at this reminder that Zhao Jing was indeed dead.
But if he died, who was the person he saw yesterday?
The master suddenly lowered his voice and said: "I heard that Zhao Jing passed by a big river on his way to Guobei County to take office. He lost his footing and fell into the water. Although he was rescued, he couldn't afford to fall ill. He fell ill within a few days.
He died of illness. Isn't it because he bumped into Zhao Jing's ghost?"
Magistrate Liu's face suddenly turned pale, and he felt a little cold all over.
I have been living with a ghost for more than a month?
No wonder I have always felt that the room is a little cold and there is no warmth elsewhere. I am afraid that I am sleeping with ghosts at night.
"Sir, are you okay?" The master saw that he was absent-minded and shook slightly.
"Nothing, I'm fine, I'm fine."
It took Magistrate Liu a while to wake up from his fear, and he took a few breaths before he calmed down a lot.
"Sir, are you still looking for the lost furniture? If it is really taken away by ghosts and gods, then we have to go to Goddess Wang and I for help. She is still being held in the Yamen," the Master said.
County Magistrate Liu said, "No, I'm not looking for it anymore. If it's really my classmate Zhao Jing who took the furniture, give it to him. Zhao Jing was poor and managed to become an official, but he died of illness on the way. So did I."
For those who miss the past, just give them ordinary furniture."
"If it is really the work of ghosts and gods, then your former classmate is still a ghost with high moral character. Although a lot of things were lost in the county government, some of the things we added later and the money in the warehouse were not at all.
The few, the few are all things left over from the previous county government." Master said.
After County Magistrate Liu heard this, he thought about it and found that it was really the case.
Isn’t it true that the money I have collected over the past month has not been touched?
It's Zhao Jingrenyi who knows how to leave something for himself.
"Sir, it's bad, something bad is going to happen." At this moment, a government servant hurried over and shouted.
"I'm fine, how unbecoming it is to yell and scream," County Magistrate Liu shouted angrily.
The yamen servant was shocked and frightened and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it was a small slip of the tongue. Please forgive me, sir. Something has happened in the county yamen."
"What happened?" Magistrate Liu asked.
"Wang, Grandma Wang died suddenly last night." The officer said with his hands raised, and then secretly glanced at Magistrate Liu's face.
Magistrate Liu's face suddenly turned gloomy: "Dead? How could Goddess Wang die when she was so good?"
"Well, I don't know for sure, I'm doing an autopsy, maybe I know for sure," the Yamen servant said.
"As soon as Grandma Wang dies, Li Dafu's matter will be in doubt. Today happens to be the public trial of Li Dafu." Master said in a low voice.
Of course County Magistrate Liu understood this and immediately ordered: "Follow me to the lobby. I will personally interrogate the gangster to see if the Li family sent someone to kill Goddess Wang and silence her."