Starting from Dahuangli, Dasangli and Sanmali are just around the corner.
And when Cui County Lord led a large number of officials to this place, several nearby villages were already in full swing.
There is no way, let alone the nature of watching the excitement, let's just say that the case of Husband Ma's family is basically a major event that affects everyone in the nearby township... There is no way, who makes the Ma family the largest landowner in this township? Refers to
Maybe many of them came here this time just to see if Husband Ma was frightened like the rumors. If he was, would he be able to pay less rent for one season...
"Such a big case happened, hundreds of people gathered around, and there was no chaos. You, the commander, handled it well." Mr. Cui County got out of the car, and his first words were to praise the only decent subordinate here. "I heard that you, the commander, handled it well."
Last night, I was sitting in front of Ma's house with the murderer Jia Chao, which was quite courageous."
The elder of Da Sangli, who was lying on the ground to greet the vehicle, gave a wry smile when he heard this, but still did not dare to raise his head, and even his voice was trembling: "Your Excellency, the County Lord, the Taiping Dao Immortal Master who went to the countryside happened to come to our village last night, and he is preparing to perform the treatment today.
Fu Shui talks about heaven's will. Therefore, it was the immortal master who stepped forward to appease Jia Chao last night and vouched for me. I just had a duty to sit with you. Today I appease the nearby villagers and let everyone
It is also this immortal master who is waiting silently for the county king... The villain will never dare to take credit."
"It's Taiping Road again." Cui Xianjun shook his head after hearing this. He seemed a little bored, but he didn't want to interfere. He just waited quietly outside the inner door, waiting for the accompanying officials to go in and arrange things properly.
However, Gongsun Xun who was accompanying him was really shocked - the Taiping Road was originally the thing that concerned him the most. Previously, he thought that if the Taiping Road would achieve such success in the future, would it be really magical? But now
It seems that whether it is a real miracle or not, at least their "grassroots mobilization power" is really frighteningly powerful.
And according to my mother, this ability is the real hard power of a religion!
Just when Gongsun Xun was thinking about it, on the other side, the officials and soldiers of the county, who were riding swords and riding horses, had arranged everything in the middle and came to report back. Our Cui County Lord drooped his eyelids and gasped.
The cold air entered the inner door like a torture.
Sanmali Village is really simple, so the only place where Mr. Cui County can stay is Nama's husband's house... But this saves trouble.
Gongsun Xun was not polite and acted like a nephew of a gentleman from Cui County. He followed in with his head held high, and then looked around along the way. Sure enough, he saw a Taoist holding a nine-section staff in front of the open space in front of Ma Da's house.
, he was maintaining order there with benevolent intentions, allowing the residents to give space, etc. The surrounding officials and soldiers were also polite to this person, and even accepted his command.
Gongsun Xun stopped and stood on the side of the gate, observing this scene with interest.
On the other side, after entering the door of Ma's wealthy family, Mr. Cui County did not check inside the second door where the murder occurred, nor did he go inside to comfort the frightened Husband Ma, nor did he personally examine the case. Instead, he directly
He went into a side room and sat down, and then issued an order to have his subordinate Cao Cao from the county ask about the case in public at the gate.
There are specialties in the arts, Cui Xianjun was originally here to take charge, and Cao Cao, the thief under his sect, was the one who tried the cases and caught the thieves. It can't be said that there was anything wrong with his skills.
The first ones who came up were the suffering masters, who were actually remote tribesmen who were not there at the time of the crime and a group of women who were frightened and could only cry. As for Nama Husband himself, although it is said that he escaped through a dog hole at that time,
At this time, he was scared out of his wits, and he didn't want to come forward for a confrontation... So Cao Cao asked for a long time, but he only heard some nonsense pleading for a decision, which was of no use at all.
So the thief Cao Cao waved his hand and led these people down, and then continued to stand in front of the Ma Mansion and give orders: "Bring that Jia Chao up!"
As soon as these words came out, hundreds of villagers in front of the gate suddenly fell silent, and their voices were so quiet that it was as if one could hear a pin drop.
At this moment, the thief Cao under the sect, Cui County Lord in the ear room, and Gongsun Xun who walked up to the position between the ear room and the thief cao, all instinctively frowned... This is not to say that there is anything wrong.
The reason is that people who are used to being officials and in power are not used to situations beyond their control.
However, everyone was just stunned for a moment, and soon returned to normal. Cui Xianjun in the ear room once again narrowed his eyes towards the stove in the room, and Thief Cao also secretly laughed at his suspicion, and immediately urged again,
He asked the soldiers who had been waiting aside to press Jia Chao, who had his hands tied, disheveled and bloodied, up for questioning.
"Are you Jia Chao?"
"It's... the villain is Jia Chao."
"Did you kill the person?"
"I dare not lie to you, sir. Nineteen members of the Ma family have died, and I killed them all by myself."
"What weapon was used?"
"It's the waist knife that was brought back from the army... it has just been sealed up by the nobles in the county."
"How to kill?"
"First climb over the wall and lurk at the second gate. When the guests at the second gate, Tu Fu, all drank too much, he stabbed them one by one... like killing a chicken! Then he went straight into the inner house, and everyone inside was asleep.
There was no response, so I carefully tried my best... to kill them all with one blow, and I killed them all! Then, with the blood of those guests, I wrote a few crooked words in blood on the screen wall of the second door..."
"What words did you write?"
"The murderer is Jia Chao!"
"Why can you read?"
"I know my name since I was a child. As for the word "murder", I'm used to seeing it on military official lists and wanted pictures everywhere."
"That's true... Let me ask you again, you killed nineteen people in a row and never killed women or children. Why did you kill one of Mr. Ma's concubines in the end?"
"Because the horse husband himself escaped through a dog hole, I feel resentful..."
"Since you were so angry, why did you stop killing 19 people and stop killing them?"
"The grassroots people only wanted to cause trouble for Husband Ma and his minions, and had no intention of harming innocent people. Therefore, after killing the concubine last night, they felt that they couldn't bear it, so they put away the knife and wrote,
To avoid harming others...Now that I think about it, it was the cunning husband Ma who deliberately left the concubine to escape, just to mess with my mind."
"It is consistent with the results of the inspection." The thief Cao Cao sighed, and then finally asked another key question. "I heard that you just returned home from Lulongsai yesterday. It is time to settle down, establish a career, and live a good life.
Why do you want to do this to a big family in the village?"
This is to ask about the motive of the murder. If this matter is not dealt with, there will be no conclusion to this case.
"I won't hide it from you, noble man!" Jia Chao suddenly raised his head after hearing this, his expression and tone becoming excited. "It was not my original intention to kill someone, it was just that they forced me to have no way out!"
Gongsun Xun, who had been frowning, and his confidant Han Dang suddenly looked at each other, and they both saw the word surprise in each other's eyes!
"You have just been home for less than a day and you committed such a big crime, and you said you were forced by others. Where does this make sense?!" Thief Cao asked sternly. It was also a habit. When interrogating prisoners, you must not let the other party feel that
It’s just something to rely on. “Will this big boss force you to kill someone in half a day?”
"That's right!" Jia Chao answered with his head raised, completely ignoring Gongsun Xun who was beside Cao Cao, and then opened his mouth to tell what happened yesterday, from being led to the horse when he just came home, to what he heard while sneaking
Those plans were later repeated word for word, even the words "fierce as a tiger, ruthless as a sheep, greedy as a wolf".
When these words were spoken, the villagers were in commotion; Cao Cao, the thief in the county, was speechless; Gongsun Xun and Han Dang, who were originally a little surprised and uncertain, became silent; even County Lord Cui in the ear room was speechless.
I couldn’t sit still for a while... Even in Mr. Cui County’s opinion, the lethality of such words was greater than the case itself. Think about it, if such words spread from under your own rule, then what would happen to you?
How could it be better?!
Therefore, Gongsun Xun, who was standing in front of the ear room, was immediately waved in by Cui County Lord, and then quickly came out and loudly announced a message in front of everyone: "Cui County Lord has something to say, let your two and three sons listen.
Under his rule, there will never be any tyrants as fierce as tigers, officials as ruthless as sheep, and gangsters as greedy as wolves! He took the jailer Zhang and immediately led the county soldiers to capture the chief of the pavilion. He asked for the thief, and all the soldiers were captured.
He was tortured and interrogated to see if he had done anything to harm the people! Even the Qiangfu (township chief) of his hometown would report to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to remove him from his post and let him defend himself!"
At this point, Gongsun Xun, who was accustomed to being a county official, narrowed his eyes and added without permission: "County Lord Cui is so upright and upright, and he acts vigorously and resolutely. Why don't you and the villagers thank you?"
The villagers below looked at each other for a few times, and then, led by the Taoist holding a nine-section staff, they bowed down and worshiped.
Gongsun Xun, with a serious look on his face, accepted the bow for Lord Cui, who had not yet come forward. Then he took two steps back and let Cao, a thief from the county, handle the case.
"This big horse owner wants your horses first, and there are many witnesses, so it is probably true. As for his family and guests, they are talking wildly here, intending to do evil to your sister-in-law... Not to mention that it is just you who made one-sided remarks.
...I ask you, you killed nineteen members of the Ma family last night, including eighteen males and one female. The crime is unpardonable, but what else can you say?" Thief Cao looked at Gongsun Xun who appeared on the way.
The noble young master who came here took one look and finally asked the last and most crucial question.
"Speak to your noble lord!" Jia Chao ignored his hands being cut behind his back and leaned directly on the ground to plead. "The common people themselves know that the crime is unpardonable and they just want to die... There is only one thing that must be made clear, please lord.
listen!"
"Let him speak." Cui Xianjun in the ear room suddenly intervened in person.
"The county gentleman asked you to speak."
"Thank you, noble man!" Jia Chao tried his best to grab the ground with his head. "My father passed away five years ago, and my mother passed away two years ago. According to the law, although I have just returned home, my brother Jia Ping and I have already separated.
This time I came back from the army alone, with only a horse and a sword. Now that I have been involved in the case, I dare not say anything. However, my brother and sister-in-law, as well as the house, land and wealth at home, according to etiquette and law
Customs, but it should be what the elder brother deserves. What I ask for is that the noble man can not involve his brother and sister-in-law when he disposes of family property according to the law...that's all!"
Thief Cao lowered his head and said nothing... He knew that this was not the time for him to speak.
And sure enough, not long after, the county prince actually came out to speak in person: "I don't think you, a Guizhou head, actually know the way of filial piety and brotherhood. In this case, I will make the decision. The sealing of this family property will be done at an appropriate level, and your brother and sister-in-law will not be implicated."
"Thank you for your grace." Jia Chao burst into tears, as if he was truly grateful to the extreme.
"In that case." Gongsun Xun said suddenly. "The sword has been sealed and it's just a horse. Why don't the county king let me go to his brother's and sister-in-law's house in Dasangli and help the county bring it back? That's the end of it."
From beginning to end... I wonder what the county king wants?"
"That's fine." Mr. Cui County nodded casually and replied simply. After all, this prisoner wanted to die and there was nothing wrong with him. Hello, I'm ok. Hello everyone. The County Lord naturally looked at Gongsun Xun.
It's a lot pleasing to the eye. "This horse was originally given to me by your nephew. You go get it and go to his home to comfort his brother and sister-in-law. It is considered as a friend's wish... I will go back to Zhongting in my hometown first."
Rest in the dormitory, and the criminals must first be pressed into the pavilion for custody. If this happens, my dear nephew, you can come to me, and you and I can get close to each other."
After saying that, he walked away directly... Under the leadership of the Taiping Taoist, all the villagers hurriedly knelt down and worshiped each other again.
Gongsun Xun also bowed and bowed, and then glanced at Jia Chao, who was looking at him with a fearful expression. Without saying anything, he and Han Dang and others went directly to Jia Chao's house in Dasangli across the street under the leadership of the county soldiers.
Brother and sister-in-law’s house.
When he arrived at the other party's house and entered the already broken door, Gongsun Xun did not go to lead the horse, but directly drove away all the officials and soldiers, leaving only Han Dang as a guard. Then he put Jia Chao's brother in the house.
My sister-in-law called me out.
After several urgings, Jia Chao's brother finally stumbled out of the house with his wife, and both of them were pale and had red eyes... However, unlike the latter who was timid, the former immediately stood up as soon as they saw him.
The two people in the courtyard actually knelt down with a thump:
"Please, Master, save my brother!"
Before Gongsun Xun could say anything, Han Dang couldn't help but took a step forward, then grabbed this man by his collar and pulled him up from the ground:
"Is your name Jia Chao or Jia Ping? Are you a brother or a younger brother? If you can't tell me clearly, why should my young master come to help you save people?!"
As the saying goes: "When the false becomes true, the true is also false. There is nothing but nothing."
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