Guan Minglu was awakened in his sleep by the sound of coughing and stealing food in the yard, and hurriedly called out to his son: "Son, get up quickly, someone is in, hurry up and copy the guy!" ”

The two of them didn't care about wearing their clothes, one of them carried a stick in his hand, went out of the house and went straight to the grain hoard, split his head and covered his face, and said that he was fast, and his hands were up and down, and he beat the grain thief to the ground. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After the fight, Guan Minglu was still panting, and his son suddenly realized, "Dad, it's not good!" Was the thief killed? Why won't it move? ”

"Won't it?" Guan Minglu hurriedly went back to the house, lit the oil lamp, and took a closer look forward with the oil lamp, oh! Guan Minglu was stunned. Don't! It's true that the thief doesn't breathe! The two of them were suddenly at a loss.

Guan Minglu calmed down and said, "Go back to the house and discuss it!" ”

In this gap, Guan Shiqi quietly turned out of the yard and returned home. Close the door, put on the kang, turn off the lights, and go to sleep.

Guan Minglu and the two returned to the house, put on their clothes, and calculated what happened just now, since the thief was killed, what should they do next?

Guan Minglu suddenly remembered, "Hey! Son! Didn't Guan Shiqi come back from the yamen a few days ago? I don't know if I'm gone? ”

"I don't know!"

Guan Minglu instructed: "Then you hurry up and go to Guan Shiqi's house, if he is at home, call him to our house, and say that there is something important to discuss with him, the sooner the better." ”

The son was a little worried: "Dad! Guan Shiqi's father and you are cousins, and when he was alive, you were at odds. When he had a lawsuit with Yuan Fei, he asked you to come out and testify, but you didn't do it. Guan Shiqi will definitely hold a grudge against you, will he not care about this matter tonight, and even report to the official? ”

"No, it won't! He can't write two pipes in one stroke, and he will still read the love of his family. You just have to invite him, if he is at home, he must be invited, I have a way! ”

"Boom!" There was a sharp knock on the door.

"Who? Who's knocking on the door! A man's voice came from inside the house.

The cousin heard Guan Shiqi's voice, "Brother Shiqi, I'm my younger brother." Oh! Brother, you haven't returned to the yamen, are you still at home? ”

"What's going on in the middle of the night?"

"Yes! There is an urgent matter, my father told you to hurry over, and I will discuss it with you if there is an urgent matter! ”

"Tomorrow! Am I in trouble? ”

"Brother, you can't wait until tomorrow, the matter of burning your eyebrows, please, get up quickly!"

"Oh well! I put on my clothes. ”

Guan Shiqi got dressed, went out, and came to Guan Minglu's house with his cousin.

As soon as Guan Shiqi entered the house, he asked, "Second uncle, I can't sleep well in the middle of the night, what's the urgent matter that can't wait for tomorrow?" ”

When he spoke, Guan Shiqi squinted his eyes, pretending to be sleepy-eyed, yawning and sleepy.

Guan Minglu hurriedly said: "Shiqi, it's not good, someone died." ”

"What's going on?" Guan Shiqi asked as he pretended to be surprised.

"Someone entered the house just now to steal food, and the two of us came out to stop it, probably because the shot was too heavy, and accidentally killed someone!"

"Ahh Guan Shiqi still pretended to be surprised: "The person is really dead?" ”

"People are really dead!" Guan Minglu affirmed.

"Then don't you hurry up and report to the official! Human life is a major matter, it's not a joke, this is a murder! Guan Shiqi deliberately scared Guan Minglu.

"Big nephew, don't report to the official. It's not right for a thief to enter the house and steal, but it's wrong for us to beat someone to death, since ancient times, killing people pays for their lives, we don't have to pay for our lives, but we don't have to squat in prison for a few years? You are a fast arrester in the yamen, and you know better than me how to handle cases! ”

"Yes! When a person dies, the reporter has to be held accountable. "Guan Shiqi is serious.

Guan Minglu was stunned when he heard it: "Shiqi, you have a lot of experience, what do you say?" ”

Guan Shiqi didn't say anything, pretended to think, paused for a while, and said, "Second uncle, I want to hear your opinion, what do you say?" ”

Guan Minglu said his thoughts: "As long as this matter is tonight, people don't know it, you deal with it for me, even if the deceased's family reports to the official in the future, you help me suppress this matter......"

"Down? Homicide cases are different from other cases, but they are not easy to press, and they are generally investigated to the end! Guan Shiqi further gave Guan Minglu eye medicine.

"Anyway, we are a family, and you are doing this business, if you don't help me, who will help me?"

Guan Shiqi shook his head and said: "It's easy to say other things, the key is a matter of human life, second uncle, you are embarrassed for my little nephew!" ”

"Shiqi, tonight's matter, you have to help if you promise to help, and you have to help if you don't agree to help!"

Guan Shiqi thought of the fire, and after a while, Guan Minglu hadn't shown his hole cards yet!

Guan Minglu finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and said decisively: "I am willing to give you forty acres of good land, and ask you to help me do this, what do you think?" ”

Guan Shiqi pretended to think again, paused for a while, pretended to be very reluctant, and said to Guan Minglu: "Second uncle, just do what you say!" However, you are the second uncle, we are all a family, how can I ask for your title deed? ”

"One yard to one yard, it's important to save my life, and that's what matters. Wealth goes to people's happiness! Guan Minglu said as he took out the title deed of forty acres of fertile land from the cabinet and handed it to Guan Shiqi, and said solemnly: "Big nephew, it's all up to you!" ”

Guan Shiqi took the title deed and said nothing.

Guan Minglu said, "That's it! God knows this, you know it, I know! ”

Guan Shiqi took the title deed into his arms, and after leaving the house, he carried the deceased lying in the yard and went out of Guan Minglu's house.

In the dead of night, Guan Shiqi went straight to Yuan Ji's door.

There is an old crooked neck locust tree in front of Yuan Ji's house, and Guan Shiqi wants to use a rope to hang Yuan Ji from the tree. Due to the urgency of the situation, he realized that he had forgotten to bring a rope, so he took off his cloth belt and used it as a rope, and tied it around Yuan Ji's neck and hung it on a tree.

Then, Guan Shiqi pinched his nose, learned Yuan Ji's voice, and called his wife to open the door.

Yuan Ji often goes out to mess with flowers and grass, does not return at night, eats and lives impermanently, his wife is very angry and annoyed, when he hears the man's call for the door in the middle of the night, he is angry and scolds on the kang: "You die outside!" Fool around with your prodigal women! What are you doing back? ”

"If you don't open the door to me, I'm going to hang myself on the old locust tree at the door?"

"You hanged, I'm still idle when you're dead! Who to scare! ”

Guan Shiqi quietly left Yuan Ji's door.

Early the next morning, Yuan Ji's wife opened the door and saw that her man was really hanged on the crooked-necked old locust tree in front of her house, and she couldn't help crying bitterly, "Wrongdoer, I thought you were joking last night, who would have thought that you would find a short time?" ”

The news of Yuan Ji's hanging soon spread throughout the village. After Guan Minglu heard the news, he regretted that he forgot to see who the deceased was in the chaos last night? Now it seems that the deceased is undoubtedly Yuan Ji, because I have never heard of anyone dying in anyone's family. But there is a question in his heart, he doesn't understand and can't figure it out, Yuan Ji's family is wealthy, he doesn't lack food or clothing, how could a playboy become a grain thief? That's weird......