Guo Zhiyuan was furious when he heard this, a very happy family was forced to die by Chenghe Dianpu, and he was furious and said: "This Chenghe Dianpu is really hateful, for the sake of more than ten acres of paddy fields, it will force people to die!" Don't worry, this official will definitely make the decision for your dead brother's family and give them justice! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan returned to the county government angrily, and immediately sent the official to pass the shopkeeper of the Chenghe pawn shop to come over for questioning, but after waiting for several hours, the official who sent out had not brought people, Guo Zhiyuan became more and more angry, the shopkeeper of the Chenghe pawn shop obviously did not take his own county order in his eyes, and sent the second batch of officials to urge, and sent out three batches of officials to pass the people, but there were a few people who came with them, several justices of the peace and a person that Guo Zhiyuan never expected--- Chen Huaili!

Seeing Chen Huaili coming uninvited, Guo Zhiyuan chuckled in his heart, he was also carried away by anger, he didn't think to investigate the background of this Chenghe pawn shop first, the background of being able to open a pawn shop in the county is definitely not simple, this Chen Huaili came uninvited, most likely he is the behind-the-scenes boss of this Chenghe pawn shop, Chen Huaili, as the largest landlord in Gutian County, has a lot of power, not a last resort, Guo Zhiyuan does not want to clash with him head-on.

Of course, today's Guo Zhiyuan is no longer the Guo Zhiyuan when he first came to Gutian to take office, naturally it is impossible to let go of this matter because Chen Huaili is the behind-the-scenes boss of this Chenghe pawn shop, on the contrary, Chen Huaili's arrival has raised his attention to this matter to a higher level, the Chen family is the largest landlord force in Gutian County, nearly half of the fields in Gutian County are the Chen family, I think the Chen family has not used such means to annex the fields of ordinary people, if so, the conflict between Guo Zhiyuan and Chen Huaili is almost inevitable, Because Guo Zhiyuan could not sit idly by and watch this kind of situation of stealing the people's land happen, because he knew that an important reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was precisely because the landlord group's encroachment on the people's land at the end of the Ming Dynasty had been completely out of control, and a large number of landless people chose to join the peasant rebel army.

Although Guo Zhiyuan felt that the conflict with Chen Huaili was inevitable, he still had to do face work, stood up to greet him, and said to Chen Huaili: "Old Chen is a rare guest, how do you think about coming to my county hall to sit today?" Could it be that this case has nothing to do with Chen Lao? ……”

Chen Huaili naturally would not directly admit that he was the behind-the-scenes boss of Chenghe Pawnshop, and arched his hand to Guo Zhiyuan with a big thorn, and said with a smile: "The old man is the head of the Justices of the Peace, but he failed to perform the duties of a Justice of the Peace, and he is very ashamed, I heard that my lord is trying the case today, so I came to listen to it, I have heard that the old man and several Justices of the Peace also want to see it, and Lord Guo will not welcome it......"

Guo Zhiyuan listened to his heart and sighed, in order to solve the financial crisis, he had to launch the Justice of the Peace system to solicit donations from the squires, which mentioned that the Justice of the Peace has the privilege of participating in the trial of the county government case, but during this time, there were no major cases in Gutian County, all of them were small cases such as some neighborhood disputes, and at the beginning, a few Justices of the Peace came to listen to it, but then they felt bored and no one came, so it did not cause too much constraint to Guo Zhiyuan, But today, Chen Huaili obviously came prepared, and specially invited a few justices of the peace to come together, obviously to demonstrate to himself, it seems that today's trial is destined to not go well!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan became more and more vigilant in his heart, but he also smiled quietly: "Chen Lao is enthusiastic about county politics, and he is really a model of the squire. ……”

Waiting for Chen Huaili and a few justices of the peace to sit down, Guo Zhiyuan looked at a middle-aged man kneeling in the hall, this person was wearing a long shirt, with a long beard, his eyes flickered, obviously very treacherous, although he knelt, but his waist was straight, and he did not panic at all when he saw Guo Zhiyuan, the county official, and he was very fearless.

Guo Zhiyuan's brows furrowed even tighter, this person was just a shopkeeper under Chen Huaili, but he was so fearless in front of his own county official, he naturally wanted to kill his majesty, he slapped the shocked wood hard, and shouted: "The person who kneels in the hall is the shopkeeper of Chenghe Diandian?!" ……”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Huaili suddenly interjected: "Wait, Master Guo, the old man is a little confused, there is always a bitter master in this case, I don't know where the bitter master of this case is?!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan almost scolded Chen Huaili, this Liu Changfu's family was all forced to death by Chen Huailicheng and the shopkeeper of the pawn shop, where to find the bitter master? ! With Liu Guifu's honest character, he wants to be the bitter master and Chenghe pawn shop to fight a lawsuit, but he is afraid that he will not have the courage to kill him, but since Guo Zhiyuan has granted the privilege of a justice of the peace to participate in the trial, Chen Huaili asked this is not a Yue, so he had to suppress his anger and said: "The bitter master of this case has hanged himself and committed suicide, so he can't go to the court, this official has investigated and learned, and learned that the bitter master of this case had negotiated with the shopkeeper of this Chenghe pawn shop before hanging himself, so it is rumored that he came to inquire......"

"Oh!" Chen Huaili dragged out his tone and said: "Since the bitter master hanged himself, then it should have nothing to do with others, of course, the adult passed on this honesty and the shopkeeper questioned, he should cooperate, but the adult is just a routine question, there is no need for people to kneel all the time, Chenghe pawn shop shopkeeper is also my Chen clan, the old man also knows, he has some old problems in his legs and feet, can not kneel for a long time, and please look at the old man's thin face, allow him to stand and answer......"

said without waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to nod his head in agreement, and waved his hand to the shopkeeper of the Chenghe shop and said, "Chen Donghai, you get up!" Chen Donghai also stood up honestly and unceremoniously immediately, bowed and said: "The old Xie clan is considerate, and the county official Xie is gracious...... He put the old Xie clan thoughtful in front, obviously only Chen Huaili, the patriarch, and Guo Zhiyuan, the county official.

Guo Zhiyuan saw that Chen Huaili was so arrogant, and his anger was even worse, but he was not good at tearing his face with Chen Huaili on such a trivial issue, so he forcibly suppressed his anger, nodded and said: "Since Chen Lao intercedes for you, this official will allow you to stand and answer, Chen Donghai, have you ever forced Liu Changfu to forcibly let him transfer the ten acres of paddy fields under his name to you?" Causing his entire family to hang themselves? ……”

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Huaili hurriedly interjected: "The old man thinks that it is very inappropriate for adults to ask the case like this, this debt repayment is justified, how can Lord Guo say that Chen Donghai forced Liu Changfu to hang his whole family to commit suicide?!" ……”