Gu Shu was also shocked by the reaction of those people,

Although he knew that the reputation of the government was not good now, and he also knew that many people were very in awe of Jinyiwei, he thought that Jinyiwei was responsible for maintaining law and order on weekdays, and he would deal with these ordinary civilians a lot, so it should be relatively better.

But he didn't expect that these ordinary civilians would be so afraid of Jinyiwei,

They just showed up and did nothing, causing so much panic.

He couldn't help but be a little suspicious,

Can such a brocade guard really stabilize public order?

However, the others had already arrived at the scene, and they didn't have so much time to think about it, so they took people directly into the courtyard.

Suddenly

All the civilians involuntarily dispersed, if it weren't for the fact that there were brocade guards blocking the door, Gu Chu suspected that these people would just disperse in a hurry.

"Who's the owner of this house?" Gu Shu asked.

Although there were many people in the courtyard, there was no sound.

Many people quietly set their eyes on an old man with dark skin and a wrinkled face.

The old man was tense, his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Gu Qi, and he wanted to stand up but his legs and feet were numb and he couldn't move.

At this moment,

A woman in filial piety clothes was pale, hesitantly walked over, and then directly knelt in front of Gu Chu with a "poof", and said with a crying voice: "My lord, please let my father-in-law go, he is old, he can't stand the torture, my man is dead, and the two uncles are also dead, we don't dare to guard the house anymore and don't let go, when we finish the funeral, we will move, you can do whatever you want with this house, my lord, please be kind, my lord......"

Gu Chu was stunned, he didn't figure out what the situation was.

The old man also stood up at this time, walked over tremblingly, knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, we know that we are wrong, my family is now a lone seedling, you can give me a way out!" ”

As he spoke, the old man pulled a little boy of five or six years old to kneel on the ground and kowtow.

Gu Chu looked puzzled, hurriedly supported the old man, and said, "Are you misunderstanding, I received a report, I heard that someone in your family was poisoned and died, and I came to investigate the situation!" ”

The old man's wrinkled face was full of trepidation and puzzlement, and he said, "You...... What are you looking into? ”

"The truth of death." Gu Qi said.

The old man was stunned for a moment, seemed to have reacted, hurriedly pointed to the mourning hall, and said: "My lord, my family has no money, there is really no money, you see, the coffins on the face were bought by the villagers with money, we really have no money to make offerings!" ”

Gu Chu frowned and said: "Old man, you really misunderstood, I didn't come to ask for money, I really just came to investigate the situation, I received a report, the deceased in your family died of poisoning, not a normal death." ”

The woman kneeling on the ground suddenly said in despair: "My lord, our family is going to die, are you still unwilling to let us go?" ”

Gu Shu took a deep breath and said, "The official said that he was here to investigate the situation, why don't you believe it?" ”

The woman took a deep breath, the expression on her face became resolute, and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it just a trick to force us, if you want to kill or chop, just say it directly, why bother with all this, what kind of investigation, you all know that you were poisoned, what are you pretending to investigate?" ”

Gu Chu frowned and said, "So, do you know the specific situation?" ”

The filial woman sneered and said, "Who doesn't know? Dozens of families and hundreds of people in this mud bottle lane, who doesn't know, isn't it just to forcibly occupy our house? ”

Gu Chu's brows were tightly locked,

glanced at the civilians in the courtyard, and looking at their expressions, they seemed to know the inside story of this matter.

"Since you know the murderer, take the initiative to report it." Gu Qi said flatly.

"Reporter?" The woman in filial piety said, "Is it useful to report to the official?" Didn't we report to the authorities? Not only did you Jinyiwei not arrest those wicked people of the Tianshui Gang, but arrested the people who reported to the official, who would dare to report to the official? My lord, just say what you want to do, our family is like this now, there are only three lives left, you can take it! ”

Gu Shuyan frowned.

At this moment, Chen Fei suddenly came over and said, "My lord, listen to what they mean, this matter involves the Tianshui Gang, let's go first, and think about it in the long run after we go back." ”

Gu Chu was slightly surprised, he had also heard of the name of the Tianshui Gang, and knew that this was a big gang, but what surprised him was Chen Fei's reaction, as a Jinyi guard, he was afraid of a gang, and he avoided retreating.

Although he has always known in his heart that the current government is rotten, but now, Gu Chu can be regarded as understanding the degree of decay of this official mansion.

When even the violent institutions of the government like Jinyiwei are afraid of the gangs in the rivers and lakes, there is no need to say how corrupt it is.

However, Gu Shu can't figure out the situation now,

His predecessor has always been studying under the protection of his father, although he can't talk about not hearing things outside the window, but he does not know much about the outside world, and during the time he took office, he was either in the hundred households, or he listened to music in the hook column, and he didn't know a lot, and the time was still short, and he hadn't been exposed to anything.

In this regard, he chose to listen to Chen Fei's suggestion and go back to understand the situation first.

However, just as he was about to beckon people to leave, he saw a group of uniformly dressed men appear outside the small courtyard, almost twenty people, each carrying a bright steel knife in their hands, and directly swaggered into the courtyard as if the brocade guards did not exist.

The leader was a fierce and strong man with a scar on his face, who walked directly to the old man and said viciously: "Old man Jin, although your son is dead, he can't fail to pay back the five hundred taels of silver he owes us!" ”

Old man Jin lost his voice and said: "How can our family owe you money, and it is five hundred taels, there is no such thing at all......

"Smack"

The strong man slapped the old man Jin directly in the face, whipped the old man Jin to the ground, and scolded: "Old thing, give you face, I said that if you owe you, you owe!" ”

The woman in filial piety let out a sad cry and hurriedly went to help the old man Jin.

And the civilians around them all trembled and did not dare to speak.

While talking,

The strong man touched his chin and looked around, and said, "Since you don't have the money to pay it back, then ...... your house."

While speaking, the strong man looked at the woman in filial clothes who looked good, and said, "Just use your broken house and your daughter-in-law to pay off the debt!" ”

As he spoke, the strong man grabbed the hand of the filial woman and was about to drag it away.

The filial woman was full of despair and said sadly: "You ...... Do you still have the royal law? ”

"Wang Fa?"

The strong man sneered, suddenly looked at Gu Qi and his party not far away, laughed strangely, and said: "Oh, speaking of Wang Fa, I forgot that the poor masters of Jinyi Wei are still here, how many poor masters, or, you come to tell this girl what is Wang Fa?" ”

Gu Shu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly, "You...... Teach me how to do things? ”