Chapter 39: How is it possible?
[Break out today, never break your word! ] 】
Mountain bandits!
On the way back to the county seat to report the tragedy in Daze Village, Pang Feihu quietly said the murderer of the village.
It turned out to be a mountain bandit with at least 30 or more people, looking at their methods of slaughtering the village and the weapons they were equipped with, either big knives or giant axes, they must be a group of habitual bandits.
Moreover, Pang Feihu said that if it weren't for the fact that this group of mountain bandits thought that the county government still had a large number of well-armed strong soldiers coming one after another, Pang Feihu believed that in today's battle, the brothers of the soap class would all give their lives to Daze Village here.
Guo Ye listened to it, and couldn't help but be afraid for a while.
However, the ten miles and eight townships in Longxi County have always been peaceful, and there are no mountain bandits at all, how could such a cruel mountain bandit appear for no reason?
And his own inference is correct, the Baiji Pharmacy arson case and the Daze Village Massacre case must be for the same purpose.
This purpose is to completely cover up the secret that Uncle Jiu accidentally bumped into and keep it from the world.
It seems to be a big secret to be able to slaughter all the seven people in the Baiji Pharmacy and nearly 300 unarmed old and young women and children in Daze Village for the sake of a secret.
However, judging from the time of the crime, the mountain bandits who slaughtered the village and the suspected culprits in the arson case are not the same people.
Could it be that there are people in the county town who are in harmony with the mountain bandits and are embarrassed?
Guo Ye carried the old lady and the little sister to the donkey, walked on foot, led the donkey, and slowly followed Pang Feihu and other brothers in the soap class into the county seat.
As soon as he entered the city, Pang Feihu did not delay much, and ran straight towards the mansion of the county lieutenant Gu Dezhao, who had to report the tragedy in Daze Village to his immediate boss as soon as possible.
This case is too important for a small team leader to handle.
Guo Ye told the brothers to go home early to rest, hoping that starting tomorrow, the entire Longxi County government will begin to be restless.
After Zhu Pengchun, Gan Zhushou and the others supported Cheng Erniu, who had collapsed and fainted, and after the other officials left, he also led his little sister and the old lady to rush back in the direction of Yauma Hutong.
After returning home, he brought his father back from Wang Zhi's oil shop, arranged his father and mother to rest in his master bedroom, arranged the little sister who had fallen asleep to rest in another side room, and went to the small courtyard to sit on a rocking chair to rest.
It's not so much a break, but an attempt to clear my mind full of doubts and speculations.
At this time, it was dawn, the sky was hazy and bright, and the husband who had already been on the watch knocked on the bamboo board to remind the hour that it had already passed the fifth watch.
Lying on the rocking chair blowing the slight morning breeze, crunching and rocking the rocking chair, listening to the slight snoring from the head father and mother in the house, and the whispering of the little sister in the dream from time to time, Guo Ye said in his heart, fortunately, neither the father and the little sister had an accident.
I don't know why, Guo Ye thought of Wu Xiuxiu for no reason at this time, who never pretended to be a color to himself.
If his small courtyard is bigger, Wu Xiuxiu can also live with him, the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, and the husband sings and follows the wife during the day, and at night? How nice it would be for the red sleeves to add fragrance at night, and the family would live happily together.
Originally, he was like a fish in water in the soap class, and he also had a slight reputation in the county, and the business of the word flower hall was red and red, and it seemed that he was really worried about eating and drinking.
When the time comes, buy a larger yard, take good care of your father and little sister, and then enhance your relationship with Wu Xiuxiu, how beautiful and desirable is this life?
Unfortunately, everything changed in just one night.
Baiji Pharmacy Arson Case,
The tragedy of Daze Village,
Two cases happened one after another, so many people died, and the two cases seemed to have nothing to do with him, but there was his shadow mixed in them.
And the only clue in the two cases was completely cut off because of the death of Uncle Jiu.
What did Uncle Jiu see in the mountains?
Where did these bandits come from?
Who is the suspected arson hidden in the county?
Uncle Jiu's death was too sudden, and when everything seemed to be about to come to light, it was covered with a layer of majestic fog, and everything became no longer clear.
Guo Ye muttered the words that Uncle Jiu left for his father: "The little one didn't see anything, and the master spared his life." ”
What the hell is that master?
However, one thing is certain, the so-called master in the mouth of the old ninth uncle must have a thin status in the county, otherwise the old ninth uncle would not have honored him, and the old ninth uncle would not know him.
So who is this master?
Guo Ye guessed in his heart, and at the same time fell asleep in a daze, even the leaves of the old locust tree in the courtyard floated on his face, he didn't know it, and slept soundly
At noon, the massacre of Daze Village and the arson case of Baiji Pharmacy spread one after another in the county, and the entire county was in an uproar.
Whether it is the streets and alleys, or the teahouses and wine shops, there are many discussions, and even more when they hear that there are mountain bandits committing crimes in the tragedy, everyone is already in danger.
Even Gu Weiyong, the county magistrate who has always been low-key and doesn't show up much, couldn't sit still.
The two cases were concurrent, and it was still such a major case, involving more than 300 lives, if one of them was not handled well, Gu Weiyong's head would not be guaranteed.
You must know that it is now the third year of Zhenguan, Haiyan Qingping, Guotai and Min'an, and the major case of more than 300 lives is almost unavoidable.
The county commander Gu Weiyong did not dare to be sloppy, changed his usual low-key style, and hurriedly summoned the county magistrate Wu Kui, the six Cao Zuo officials, and the county lieutenant Gu Dezhao to quickly return to the yamen to discuss matters.
After some deliberation, Gu Weiyong ordered the officials of the Sixth Cao Zuo to immediately arrange for people to post notices in various conspicuous places in the city, so as to reassure the people, and not to let there be civil riots in Longxi County.
Secondly, Gu Weiyong gave a death order to the county lieutenant Gu Dezhao, asking him to solve the case within a one-month time limit, otherwise starting from his county lieutenant, to the third class of government officials and strong class soldiers, all of them will be dismissed and investigated.
In other words, my county magistrate has not had a good life, and none of you subordinates who are ineffective can think about living a peaceful life.
Subsequently, Gu Weiyong dismissed everyone, leaving only his staff master, and Wu Kui, the second county magistrate, to continue the conversation.
After leaving the official office of the county magistrate, the county lieutenant Gu Dezhao also returned to his official room in the left side of the county office, and sent the chief to follow Qian Gui to summon the head of the third class of officials, Pang Feihu, Qin Wei and others rushed to discuss the matter.
Since the prefectural commander has given a death order, he will carry it out.
When Pang Feihu, Qin Wei and others came, Gu Dezhao didn't talk nonsense, and gave a death order to the head of the third shift, and solved the case within half a month, otherwise everyone would get out of the way.
The county commander gave him a one-month deadline, and he gave the people below half a month's deadline, this is his way of commanding, and he always left a buffer for himself.
Whether it is the soap class or the station class, from today onwards, all the work in hand will be stopped, and they will go out to investigate the clues of the two cases, and Gu Dezhao rarely warned Qin Wei sternly, if he still dares to fight here, be careful of his position as the head catcher.
It seems that Gu Dezhao also moved the real fire this time
After the three squad leaders left Gu Dezhao's official room, no one spoke, and they all returned to the big room where the officials of each squad were resting to prepare to gather their subordinates.
The first thing Pang Feihu did when he returned to the soap class room was to send someone to Yauma Hutong to invite Guo Ye, the kid, back to discuss the matter.
In the entire soap class, only this kid has a flexible brain, and he can't count on the rest.
After a while, after Guo Ye received Pang Feihu's notice, he asked his father and mother to rest at home and not go out, and then left the house and hurried to the yamen to see Pang Feihu.
Guo Ye walked through the streets and alleys, and when he passed by Zhenniang's bean flower shop, he suddenly saw Zhenniang squatting at the door of the store crying, and said in his heart, what's the matter?
Although he wanted to go over and ask what was going on, he didn't have time to pay attention to it because of Pang Feihu's urgency.
Walking and walking, before I reached the gate of the county government, suddenly a small hand behind me was tugging at the placket of his clothes, who is it?
Guo Ye turned around and saw a half-old child biting a candy man in his mouth, and asked with wide eyes, "Are you Guo Ye?" Is it the official in the yamen, Brother Guo? ”
Belch?
Guo Ye couldn't help but laugh, could it be that now the reputation of the little brother is already famous in the entire Longxi County, and even such a little kid knows it?
Then he nodded noncommittally, and then touched the child's head, and had no time to delay with the child, so he turned around and was about to leave.
But the boy just grabbed him by the placket of his clothes, and then took out a piece of letterhead from his crotch, handed it to him, and said, "Well, just now an uncle bought me candy man, and he asked me to give it to you." ”
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
Guo Ye watched the child take out the letterhead from the crotch of his pants and didn't feel funny, it's not good to hide somewhere, it's not where to hide, this unlucky child.
But when he slowly opened the letterhead, he was dumbfounded, and stood in the middle of the street in a daze, at a loss.
I saw that the letterhead read: "I know who set fire to the Baiji pharmacy, if you want to know the murderer, tomorrow night after a watch...... See you or leave!"
Seeing the name of the person who made the payment, Guo Ye choked on his throat fiercely, and almost didn't suffocate.
Beneficiary???
Guo Ye wiped his eyes, for fear that he had seen the wrong ......
It turned out to be him!!
How can it be? How could it be him?