Guo Zhiyuan naturally didn't know that because of this incident, the mood of the poisonous king bee had changed so much, but at this time, he didn't care about it, because there was another accident, and a tragedy occurred in Anfuli, the jurisdiction of Gutian County, where a family of five collectively hanged themselves!

Five lives! This is the first time that Guo Zhiyuan has had such a tragedy in Gutian County, so he attaches great importance to it and personally leads people to Anfuli to investigate the scene, the local governor obviously didn't expect Guo Zhiyuan to come down in person, and he looked a little flustered, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but be suspicious, could it be that this case is not just as simple as suicide?

The head of the family who hanged himself was called Liu Changfu, and his wife Liu Chen, and his three children, two girls and one man, the eldest was only thirteen years old, and the youngest was only eight years old.

However, after the head catcher and the servant who came with Guo Zhiyuan to inspect the scene, they reported to Guo Zhiyuan, saying that there were no suspicious traces in the house, and the five people all died of suffocation, and they did not struggle violently before they died.

Guo Zhiyuan called the lieutenant chief to ask again, and the chief there was obviously a little distracted, only saying that Liu Changfu's family was already poor, and he contracted lung disease last year, and his livelihood became more and more difficult, and he usually did not grudge with others, thinking that he couldn't think of looking for a short-term opinion, Guo Zhiyuan became more and more suspicious, but he also had to rely on these lieutenants to manage the county government, so it was not good to get angry immediately, and asked quietly: "Does the deceased have other relatives?" ……”

"Liu Changfu's parents died early, his immediate family is gone, and there is only one cousin who is closest to him, and he doesn't have much contact on weekdays, so I'm afraid I can't ask anything......," the chief said cautiously.

Guo Zhiyuan frowned, the chief here obviously didn't want to investigate this matter thoroughly, so he prevaricated in every way, Guo Zhiyuan naturally couldn't let him get his wish, waved his hand and said: "This official has his own plans, you go and find the deceased's cousin quickly, and this official wants to ask him for questioning......"

There was no way to go there, so he had to ask someone to find the cousin of the deceased, and after a while, the person came, and Liu Changfu's cousin looked like an honest farmer, and the chief was cautious in front of Guo Zhiyuan, but in front of the people, he was very majestic, pointing at Liu Changfu's cousin and said sharply: "Liu Guifu, the county official is looking for you to ask, you have to answer carefully!" ……”

That Liu Guifu was already honest, and he scared the chief here more and more into a master, only knowing that kneeling in front of Guo Zhiyuan was trembling, and he couldn't even speak, Guo Zhiyuan was already very dissatisfied with the chief there, and immediately pointed at him and scolded angrily: "Is it the official asking or you asking?" You get me out! ……”

The chief was trained by Guo Zhiyuan and went out in disgrace, Guo Zhiyuan helped Liu Guifu up, and said with a pleasant face: "Liu Guifu, you don't have to be afraid, do you know why your brother Liu Changfu's family died?" Just tell the truth, this official will call the shots for you! ……”

Seeing that Guo Zhiyuan was so approachable, Liu Guifu didn't cower as much as before, but he still seemed very hesitant and stammered: "Return... Back to the county official's old man's words, grass... Neither the grass people nor my brother ... Not how to get along, no... I don't know what he thinks... Can't think of ......."

Guo Zhiyuan knew at a glance that Liu Guifu was not telling the truth, and pointed to the room next door where the corpses of Liu Changfu's family were parked and said: "If you can't think about it for a while, why did your brother Liu Changfu and his family of five all die?" Can't even your underage nieces and nephews think about it? Such a tragic case is something that even others can't turn a blind eye to, let alone your cousin? Your brother's family is still cold, and you, as their compatriots and relatives, dare not speak up for them, your brother's family may be blind to the spirit of the sky?! ……”

That Liu Guifu was obviously also touched by Guo Zhiyuan's words, gritted his teeth, knelt down in front of Guo Zhiyuan again, and cried: "The grass brothers and their family were really forced to death by the county's Chenghe pawn shopkeeper, and I beg the adults to be the masters of the grass brothers and their families!" ……”

This pawnshop is what we often call a pawnshop, Guo Zhiyuan read history books when he was a child, and often read books mentioning that pawnshops are an important tool for the exploitation of ordinary people by the landlords and gentry class in the old society, but there is no intuitive feeling about this, after all, pawnshops also appeared in modern society later, and it seems that it is not as terrible as written in the book, but now he has witnessed a tragedy of family destruction happening around him, and the culprit is this pawnshop, so when he heard it, his eyes flashed coldly, and he asked: " How did this Chenghe pawn shop force your brother's family to die? You talk in detail and listen to the official, as long as what you say is true, the official will be the master of your brother's family! ……”

Liu Guifu sobbed and began to tell the beginning and end of the matter, it turned out that Liu Changfu's family was originally not a desperate poor family in the village, and there were more than ten acres of paddy fields at home, which was more than enough than the above, but since Liu Changfu suddenly got lung disease last year, the family situation has plummeted, Liu Changfu was the main laborer of the family, and now he has lung disease, his body is not as good as before, not only can he not work in the field, but he also needs to spend money to buy medicine, and he has hollowed out the family at once, Liu Chen has to take a few underage children to work in the field, But they have no experience after all, so last year's harvest was much worse than before.

But the tax has to be paid, the county officials came to collect it several times (Guo Zhiyuan had not yet taken office at that time), Liu Changfu was forced to mortgage the family's ten acres of paddy fields to the county's Chenghe pawn shop, and barely paid the tax, but Liu Changfu's health deteriorated, naturally there was no money to pay back to the pawn shop, not to mention that the capital was not paid, and even the monthly interest was not paid, so as soon as the spring was opened, Cheng and the pawn shop came to take away the ten acres of paddy fields that Liu Changfu mortgaged to the pawn shop.

These ten acres of paddy fields are Liu Changfu's lifeblood, he naturally refused to let the pawn shop take away, and begged the pawn shop shopkeeper to give him some more grace, and when there is a harvest in the field, he must repay the money, this pawn shop shopkeeper is to Liu Changfu's family of ten acres of paddy fields to lend him money to pay taxes, naturally it is impossible to agree to the grace period, and with Liu Changfu's situation, the grain grown in the field will definitely not catch up with the rate of interest growth.

This pawn shop has raised a lot of strong thugs, at the moment the pawn shop shopkeeper ordered, several fierce thugs immediately stepped forward and forcibly pulled Liu Changfu's hand on the contract of field transfer and pressed the finger print, these ten acres of paddy field is Liu Changfu's only dependence, now the paddy field is gone, the livelihood of the whole family is gone, Liu Changfu thought more and more desperately, so he took the whole family to find a short view!