Chapter 7: The Secret of a Pot of Wine in Exchange for Secret One
After Qin Tai woke up, Zhan Xiaoxiao stopped crying, and the "old drunkard" master and "Ma Sandao" also hurriedly walked into the house again. The four of them surrounded Qin Tai, for fear that Qin Tai would have something bad.
When the attentive master found the injury on Qin Tai's face, he glanced at Xiao Lingzi, who had been watching it for a long time. Xiao Lingzi was also very suspicious of the injury on the face of his young master, Qin Tai went to investigate the case, and followed by Zhan Xiaoxiao, who was strong in kung fu. Later, Zhan Xiaoxiao didn't have anything to do, why did Qin Tai, the young master of his own family, not only faint when he entered the door, but also had injuries on his face?
Zhan Xiaoxiao didn't know if she was afraid that everyone would ask her about the injury on Qin Tai's face, or if she felt shy when she recalled her rude behavior just now, when Qin Tai woke up, she knew that Qin Tai had gradually improved, so she ran into her room alone and didn't come out. Because of this, she escaped an embarrassment and saved some face for herself.
When Zhan Xiaoxiao just entered, Qin Tai was helped by Xiao Lingzi to sit down in the small hall of the rented house. Xiao Lingzi handed over the certificate that he was giving him in the town again, and asked, "Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Did something happen? How do you faint? Still have a wound on your head? ”
Qin Tai looked at Li Zheng's letter and said, "It's nothing. Just now, when Zhan Xiaoxiao and I were investigating the scene separately, I vaguely saw a person. Zhan Xiaoxiao and I went to follow up, but I didn't expect this person to be very familiar with the local environment. Zhan Xiaoxiao will be kung fu, so I will follow first, and I will follow the mark left by Zhan Xiaoxiao in the back. Unexpectedly, I accidentally encountered a trap and hit my head. It was Zhan Xiaoxiao who helped me into the village, I thought it was okay, but I didn't expect to faint a little dizzy. It's really better now, nothing is going on. ”
Zailai Town is a small town, although now with the population of the town is increasing, the town is not much less than the population of a county that is avoided, but Zailai Town is still a town. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, there is no professional trial yamen in a town. If the people in the town want to complain, unless they go to the county government in a distant county to file a complaint, they can only complain to the local government. Li Zheng is the name of a position, and he is not a real county government official. Most of his positions were jointly elected by the local squires, and were personally appointed and dismissed by the local county magistrates. Although Li Zheng is an unpopular character, he may not even be considered an official, but he has a lot of power in his hands. He not only took the rice and grain issued by the government, enjoyed the benefits of the Ming civil servants, but also reached out to the local squires to ask for subsidies and benefits. Of course, his responsibilities are also very heavy, and he has to protect the interests of the squires in the local area, but also ensure that the people do not rise up to rebel, and there are no major cases in the local area. Local affairs must be reported and issued through him or his subordinates, and he must help the court collect taxes and help the court manage the law and order in the place.
According to the special geographical environment and economic development of Zailai Town, the Li Zheng here should be one of the big oil and water, and everyone should rush to be it. But the current Li Zheng has not changed Li Zheng since he fought the last opponent to become Li Zheng seven or eight years ago. Although Li Zheng is not like ordinary officials, he must be replaced every few years, but he will not let a Li Zheng work in the same place for a long time. But when he came to the town again, almost no one wanted to be a Lizheng, and no one ever mentioned that he wanted to change him. Originally, if there was a murder case in a lizheng, it meant that this lizheng had come to an end, but Li Zhengduo, who came to the town again, hoped that the government would directly exempt him. The reason is very simple, since he has been comfortable in office for two and a half years, strange things have happened almost non-stop when he comes back to town. Nearly 50 people have died in the local area, and he should be dismissed from office on the spot for the crime of failing to handle the case. But the bigwigs in the county not only did not allow themselves to resign and do nothing, but also allowed themselves to wear their heads to increase the security of the town again, and strive to solve the case as soon as possible. The county magistrate said that it is okay for Li Zheng to refrain from doing anything, and he can be directly removed from his post on the charge of ineffective handling of cases and lax supervision, but with the resignation of Li Zheng, Li Zheng will go to prison, and the crime is that he is an official colluding with prisoners, and he is ambiguous in handling the case. In this way, Li Zheng still dared to say something he didn't dare, so he had to think he was unlucky and continued to do it.
When Xiao Lingzi came to Zailai Town with Qin Tai's official certificate, and asked to take over the serial murder case in Zailai Town according to Qin Tai's intentions, Lizheng almost immediately agreed. I can finally leave the big baggage of years to others. He hurriedly issued a certificate in person, allowing Qin Tai to represent the government and the imperial court to investigate the case in Zailai Town. Everywhere they went, everyone had to fully cooperate, and Qin Tai could mobilize all the official forces in the town.
After Li Zheng handed the letter to Xiao Lingzi, he also added that soon he, who came to the town again, would bring people to bring all the materials to meet Qin Tai. At that time, Li Zheng's eyebrows were dancing, not like he was going to investigate the case, but like he was going to do some happy event. People who don't know still think that Xiao Lingzi is Li Zheng's new aunt, and the old daughter of Li Zheng's old man is about to get married.
When Qin Tai was still reading the letter, a large group of villagers came outside. They were men and women, with weapons in their hands. There are firewood knives for chopping wood, hoes for plowing the land, kitchen knives for cutting vegetables in the kitchen, brooms, flat poles, and a few holding ropes. They were all woken up by Zhanxiao's crying, and they all fell asleep as soon as it was dark. When I just slept soundly, I was woken up by Zhanxiao's cry like a pig, and no one could stand it. There is also a husband and wife who are running errands, and finally the wife coaxes the child and coaxes the child to sleep, and the two couples rarely have a "gift of Zhou Gong". When she was working hard, Zhan Xiaoxiao suddenly sang a big solo for such a girl, which not only violently terminated the process of husband and wife, but also almost caused her husband to become impotent. In order to protect her own interests, and for the happiness of her husband and the rest of her life, this village woman, who is not too old, shows her strong side. She put on her clothes and shoes as soon as possible, went to the kitchen of her house, and picked up the big kitchen knife at home, the purpose of which was to go and make the guy who was still yelling. "If you dare to make the old lady unhappy for a while, I will tell you to live in pain for the rest of your life. Today, my mother will not kill you, but I will also make you always remember how powerful my mother is. "This village woman is more intimidating than the old man. This kind of person must not be offended, and her husband knows it the most.
Such a large group of murderous people really scared everyone. The family who rented their house even asked them to get out. When the master knew that they had come here because of a small matter, he really sighed. I muttered in my heart: "My exhibition hero." You are such a troublemaker. No wonder your parents are willing to let you go out alone. You're just a troublemaker. Women dressed as men don't count, they also blend into the official mansion, you must know that this kind of reduction is known to others, not only will you die, but even all of us will take off this official clothes. Even if you are a woman, as long as you settle down and play for a year or two and leave, you will be fine if you don't say we don't say no. But you like your boss Qin Tai, and you want to play a love job. Do you think it's an easy thing to do? No, you beat Lord Qin Tai, don't think we can't see it. Now I've caused such a thing again, and I can't get out of it. We are the ones who are unlucky. ”
It is unreasonable to deal with these unreasonable villagers, and if you want to compensate them, it is estimated that it will not be fair to spend all the money of the five of them. It is estimated that it will not be so easy to go, depending on the situation, they will not let them go like this. The reason is not clear, it is not easy to fight, the money is not enough, and they do not have such a good physique when they are beaten, so they have to oppress people with power. The master who made up his mind put on the official style, even if he rarely does this, it doesn't mean that he, an old fritter in the officialdom, doesn't understand these things. When he put on an official appearance, it was indeed a little scary, and it was enough to scare the villagers.
When the master has revealed that they are from the government, they are here to help solve the case. Xiao Lingzi showed a letter from coming to the town again, proving everyone's identity.
When everyone learned that the five people were from the official family, and one of them was a senior official sent by the imperial court, who was older than the county official in their county, these villagers who did not have much knowledge did not dare to make trouble anymore. In their minds, the county lord is the heaven that they are high up and can never reach, and the five of them are people who cannot be offended. "It is estimated that the cry is worse than killing the pig for the big official, don't say a few screams, even if you really hand over something big, it's not easy to settle accounts with him. I heard that the people who are officials eat and sleep differently than our ordinary people, and I guess they also have some strange tempers. That big official must have some special quirks. We must be careful and take care of the elderly and children at home. By the way, I heard that officials like little girls, and if you have a girl, you must take care of the girls in your own family. "The long-tongued women in several villages have begun to use their strengths.
As soon as the morning dawned, Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao stayed in the room, one was to recuperate, and the other hid in the room and didn't dare to come out. Xiao Lingzi, "Ma Sandao" and "Old Drunkard" Master went to Murakami separately to understand the situation. But after yesterday's incident, everyone avoided them and didn't dare to talk more nonsense in front of them. But the "old drunkard" master unexpectedly only used a pot of homemade wine at home, and asked a lot of secrets in the village. Of course, the source is still the drunkard villager who talked nonsense after drinking, and he told the master about the murder in the village a day earlier.