Nongmen Shenjue

"Hey, poisoning and killing people, what did Li Daxing do?"

"Li Daxing is just a scoundrel, relying on the same surname as Li Siye, he insisted on making connections. On this street, the east and the west are taking advantage of each other. In the face of Li Siye, everyone just endured it. Who would have thought that Li Daxing was a dissatisfied person who actually started to blackmail people. Four days ago, he stared at a foreigner and deliberately bumped into him with a vase in his arms. Let's go, insist that the bottle is inherited from the ancestors, and make people lose money."

The guest couldn't help but interjected: "It's not clear that this is blackmail!"

"Hey, who doesn't know. He only focuses on those outsiders. He obviously looks at those who are rich and powerful, and he doesn't bother to provoke them. This time he chose a country guy, thinking that he was sure, but he didn't know After admitting his account and yelling, several strong men came out from the nearby store, and Li Daxing was immediately frightened, his soles were slicked with oil."

"Then later..."

"Later, it was said that he couldn't swallow his breath and felt ashamed, so he found a few acquaintances and wanted to teach those acquaintances a lesson. Considering that there were so many people on the other side, they took a fancy to a single person and sent them away I was beaten for a while, but I didn't know how to measure it. The shot was heavy, and my head was full of blood. I carried it to the hospital. The doctor said that if I came a little later, I couldn't be saved. The other men came, all of them were red-eyed. He even said he wanted revenge."

"Revenge is reasonable, but what does it have to do with Lao Sun's glutinous rice rolls? How many foreigners can poison Lao Sun's house?" What's more, Li Daxing was so precise that he ate poisonous glutinous rice rolls. It's not easy.

"The yamen handles the case, so who knows." As he said this, the expression on his face was completely different.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the yamen opens to the south, don't come in if you have a reason but no money", not to mention, everyone knows how the local county magistrates behave.However, if things don't fall on me, one thing more is worse than one thing less, lest disaster come out of my mouth.

Mu Qingyan heard the whole story, and looked at Wen Jixue: "Who are they?"

The general characteristics are consistent, and it is only a guess without witnessing it with my own eyes.

However, Changliu Town was exactly where they were going.

Xuejia's ancestral home is in Xuejia Village under Changliu Town.

Back then, the Xue family was condemned by the nine clans. Although it was said that the married daughter was not involved because of being married and obeying the husband, in fact, if such a big incident happened to the Xue family, it is impossible for those old in-laws to be safe and sound.Those who marry girls from the Xue family, those who are more kind, are divorced, or sent to the temple, and those who are more vicious, make people hang themselves, die of illness, and even the children born can't live.

Back then, the Xue family was overthrown, and many married daughters died because of it.Xuejia Village is not all people with the surname Xue, and there are also people with other surnames. The Xue family was affected after the accident, and they were forced to leave their hometown and find another way of life.

Xuejia Village, once famous for producing two great generals, has long been a deserted village.

After leaving the rice noodle shop, the two of them sat in the teahouse, inquiring about the more specific situation and the information about the "murderer".It is said that a total of six people were arrested, and one of them still had a head injury.The six people have the same surname, they are brothers, uncles and nephews, and their family lives in Huangpo Village under Changliu Town.

He also said that these six often work as porters in the city, transporting goods to merchants, they are diligent and capable, and have a good reputation.I just delivered tea to the tea shop before, and sold a batch of dried fruits back. After changing hands, I saved some capital and bought a piece of cloth from the cloth shop. I am planning to return home.

"It's all right, it's those six people." Mu Qingyan didn't expect that the six people he met in the temple would get involved in a life lawsuit.Although I haven't asked about it myself, I instinctively feel that something is wrong. After all, even spectators who don't know the inside story will question it. Why did the local government lock up people so quickly?

Faint official?

Wen Jixue said, "Do you know where Huangpo Village is?"

Mu Qingyan heard that his tone was abnormal.

"I told you that Xuejia Village was a big village at the beginning, and more than half of them belonged to the same family as the Xue family, and there were about a dozen households with foreign surnames. After the incident with the Xue family, these people all left the village. Among them, seven households made their home in Huangpo Village. , they are all surnamed Zheng." Wen Jixue paused for a moment, and then said: "Although these people are not surnamed Xue and have left Xuejia Village to avoid suspicion, their household registration information is specially noted in the government. For example, this time As for the matter, if they are innocent, it is very likely that the government will take them as the scapegoat to quickly close the case so as to fulfill their political achievements. There is no more suitable scapegoat than them, ah, just because they were in the same village as the Xue family, Now they are inferior to others, and the lower ranks are more noble than them."

The Zheng family speculates that most of the other Li village families are not in good condition. Up to now, I don't know how many people are still alive.

This is already a disguised form of "sitting together".

The county magistrate's daring and reckless behavior was due to the special household registration of the Zheng family. Even after many years, the Xue family was murdered by the nine clans for treason. Who would dare to get involved easily?I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten up by him.It's not the first time to think about doing things like this, full of loopholes, without covering up at all.

Yueliang Prefecture is a scattered state, which belongs to Fu, and the Zhizhou is from the fifth rank.

Although the case happened in the state city, according to the laws and regulations, it was handled by the county government.

It was Guining County that tried the case. The county magistrate was surnamed Xi, and he had been an official in Guining County for five or six years.Before that, he had been the magistrate of Tianyu County for six years.Guining County and Tianyu County happen to be two counties under the jurisdiction of Yueliang Prefecture. Under normal circumstances, officials are elected every three years. One or two years.

Since Wen Jixue has made arrangements in Yueliang Prefecture, he naturally knows a thing or two about this county magistrate.

"This county magistrate is named Xi Yong. He doesn't have much talent for being an official. He is used to flattery and bullying. He is from an ordinary family, but he is married to a good family. His daughter is married to the legitimate son of the Wu family, a member of the civil servants. , this son was in poor health when he was born, and often took medicine, resulting in obesity and bad temper, making it difficult to find a suitable marriage. After Xi Yong found out, he took the initiative to go up to marry him.

The daughter of the Xi family is beautiful in appearance and quite talented in poetry. Xi Yong had already made a plan to foster her daughter with relatives in the capital, and tried every means to make her famous.At that time, Xi Yong was nearly forty years old, and finally got to the bottom of the list, and was worried about his way out. Seeing that the Wu family could make a plan, he naturally would not let it go.Although the Wu family looked down on Xi Yong, the son of the Wu family took a fancy to the daughter of the Xi family. "

"A Yuanwailang, so capable?" Mu Qingyan knew that Beijing officials were different from foreign officials, but if he was just a member of the Ministry of Officials, he would not have that much power to protect Xi Yong.

"It's just a nepotism of in-laws. The daughter of the Wu family is the concubine of Rongjun Wang, and she is not an ornament of the jade certificate. Now that she has a son by her side, she can still speak in front of the Rongjun Wang. However, the concubine above is suppressing her tightly. The other party's family background is good, and Concubine Li Gui also needs to give some face. It is estimated that to make up for it, so King Rong Jun gave some benefits to the Wu family, and the Wu family will naturally benefit Xi Yong."

He actually got involved with King Rong.

Speaking of which, although the emperor has many sons, there are only seven or eight who really show their capital, and the others are not good.Originally, the king of Rongjun was considered to have strong stamina, but unfortunately, the incident in Wanxia County severely damaged the vitality of Concubine Li Gui.

Originally, he didn't pay much attention to Xi Yong, but now he became sensitive.

Xi Yong was transferred from Tianyu County to Guining County, rooted in Yueliang Prefecture and did not leave, it must have been intentional.It's just that this intention is purely for self-interest, or is it related to Xuejia Village?

Regarding Wen Jixue, Mu Qingyan also became suspicious.

"How do you want to deal with this time?" He asked Wen Jixue.

Wen Jixue already had an idea: "Go to Guining County first, and meet this Xi Yong for a while!"

As for the few people in Huangpo Village, since it was already the end of the year, even if the case was concluded, the case had to be reported layer by layer, and it was impossible to make a final judgment before the end of the year.

Before leaving, Mu Qingyan went to Li Daxing's house.

Li Daxing's family is in the south of the city. His parents are gone. His elder brother got married and separated. He was given two rooms and half a kitchen.A wall was built in the middle of the original courtyard, and the family was divided into two, each with a door, independent of each other.Li Daxing was lazy and treacherous since he was a child, and he had a bad relationship with his elder brother. After the separation, he rarely saw each other. He is nearly 30 years old and has no daughter-in-law. Therefore, he can eat enough for the whole family.

In the past, he only took advantage of the neighbors, but later he climbed up to Li Siye, and he was everywhere in the south of the city.

Speaking of Li Siye, who owns a dental and car dealership under his name, gathered a group of scattered people, occupied the south of the city, and was quite wealthy. Anyone who was looking for work or doing business here would not dare to offend him.Furthermore, Fourth Master Li acted impartially and did not wantonly bully others. He looked amicable and gave a good impression.

This can be seen from the tone of the owner of the rice noodle shop when he mentioned Mr. Li.

Although Li Siye and Li Daxing are both surnamed Li, they are not related, and they are not related at all.If you want to find out how Li Daxing climbed up to Li Siye, the most reliable theory is that Li Daxing lost his dog and Li Daxing found it.After that, he took the initiative to flatter him. Fourth Master Li probably thought that he was quite clever, so he asked the people below to take care of him.

Just as Mu Qingyan and Wen Jixue turned around a street corner, a few big dogs ran towards them, barking ferociously. They were almost half a person tall, with tall bones and sharp teeth.Afterwards, two young men pulled on the dog's leash, panting, and kept shouting, "Ancestor, slow down, slow down."

Wen Jixue pulled Mu Qingyan out of the way, and watched several big dogs and people pass by with cold eyes.

Mu Qingyan narrowed his eyes, and his expression was a little unhappy: "Could this be Fourth Master Li's dog?"

Usually people keep dogs, at most one or two.And because the bigger the dog, the better it can eat, and ordinary households can't afford it.Such a fierce and powerful big dog, there are five at once, and the coat color is uniform, black and shiny, they must be carefully raised.How could he be able to walk freely on the streets of the city without someone to rely on?

Wen Jixue raised his eyes and looked forward: "This Fourth Master Li is quite interesting."

However, Mu Qingyan shook his head: "It seems that the rumors are not credible. Don't look at outsiders mentioning Li Siye without disgust, they seem to have a good impression, but just look at him running dogs on the street, you can know that he is domineering in his bones."

After all, the five fierce and fierce dogs can hurt people if they are not careful.

In ancient times, there was no vaccine, and being bitten by a dog could easily lead to death.