Qin Tianming and Gao Yanjiao both returned to the Qiandong County government office. Although the sun was rising, the entire county government office was eerily quiet.
When the two of them entered the county government gate, they realized that all the county government officials were asleep.
It was three o'clock in the morning, but no one from the county government got up to handle official business.
How can such Daxia civil servants not corrupt the country?
Qin Tianming shook his head angrily. He and Gao Yanjiao had been exploring the tiankeng for at least seven or eight hours, but these gentlemen were still sleeping soundly. They were indeed very calm.
No wonder the entire country of Great Xia was threatened by its neighboring countries and seemed to be on the verge of subjugation. There seems to be a reason!
With the grassroots like this, is it far away that the building will collapse?
Qin Tianming was furious and strode to the gate of the county government office. There was a copper bell there, the kind of bell that is struck by people who complain about injustice.
Qin Tianming walked to the bronze bell, picked up the wooden stick and started banging it hard.
The Great Xia Kingdom imitated the Central Plains Dynasty and set up a big bell at the entrance of every county government office. If people had any grievances, they could go directly to the county government office and ring the bell to report to the officials.
Qin Tianming rang the bell vigorously, wanting to test the county government's alarm system.
Fortunately, the county government office was not completely dead yet. Qin Tianming knocked on the door randomly, and the gatekeeper of the county government office quickly came out to ask questions. At the same time, the county government office lobby immediately entered the acceptance mode.
Although the time dragged on for a long time, Magistrate Gao came up to the court an hour later.
According to Daxia state regulations, if someone rings the bell to complain to an official, the county magistrate must go to court in person to interrogate the matter personally.
So Gao Buwei didn't dare to neglect. Although he felt very uncomfortable, he still sat in the lobby.
The arrest squad and fast squad in the hall also hurried over, all with sleepy eyes, and they all stood in silence in the hall, waiting for the case to be handled in the hall.
Everyone stood in the hall and waited for a long time. Then Qin Tianming slowly walked up to the hall and stood in the center.
Magistrate Gao was a little dazzled. He looked at the two people standing in the hall with wide eyes and asked:
"Who beats the drum to ascend to the hall? What do you want to sue the officials for? Why don't you sue me quickly!"
Qin Tianming sneered a few times and said:
"Is Magistrate Gao really dazzled? Can't you see clearly that I am Qin Tianming? Qin Tianming, a common man, wants to report to the official?!"
Gao Buwei took a closer look and found two people standing in the hall, and he was immediately furious: one was Qin Tianming, and the other was his adopted daughter Gao Yanjiao.
It turns out that the person who rang the bell to call the official was none other than these two guys!
Magistrate Gao was immediately unhappy, suppressed his anger, and whispered:
"Nonsense! Aren't you two just fooling around?"
Qin Tianming said calmly:
"The villain is not fooling around, he really has something important to report to the official!"
Fa Cao Li Zhi was furious and shouted on the spot:
"Qin Tianming, what are you going to do? Are you tired of ringing the county government bell early in the morning?"
In the lobby, it was not only Li Zhi who was angry, but also Li Shitong and the guards. They were all annoyed when Qin Tianming rang the bell and delayed their sleep.
Seeing the officers glaring at each other angrily, Qin Tianming was not worried, but raised his head and said calmly:
"County Magistrate Gao, I came here from thirty miles away to report to the government! There is indeed a very important case to report to the government!"
An important case? !
Gao Buwei looked at Qin Tianming sideways, guessing in his heart that this boy was up to something, so he asked harshly:
"Qin Tianming, what do you want to report to the government?!"
Before Qin Tianming could speak, Li Shitong had already spoken angrily and said:
"County Magistrate Gao, I think Qin Tianming has an itchy bone. He dares to knock the county government bell when there is no urgent case. Does he want to get slapped?!"
The quick team members in the hall were all Li Shitong's manpower. Upon hearing Li Shitong's suggestion, they all came forward with their boards in hand and were about to start fighting.
Gao Buwei knew that Qin Tianming was a cautious person and would not act recklessly under normal circumstances, so he yelled to leave and dismissed the fast workers. He got up and left the hall, strolled to Qin Tianming, held back his patience, and asked:
"Qin Tianming, you said you wanted to report to the official. What did you report for?"
Everyone just waited until Qin Tianming couldn't explain the whole story, and then they would beat him up.
Qin Tianming was confident, he raised his head and looked at the beam above the county government hall, and said disdainfully:
"I want to report to the government that we found at least more than 300 corpses in the sinkhole. May I ask the county magistrate what you think about this?"
More than three hundred corpses? !
Everyone couldn't believe it when they heard this, thinking that this kid was definitely talking nonsense.
How come there are hundreds of corpses in the sinkhole?
impossible!
The county magistrate Gao Buwei was a cautious person and did not get angry immediately. He stared at Qin Tianming and asked:
"You said hundreds of corpses were found in that sinkhole? Is that true or false? You have to tell the truth!"
Qin Tianming replied coldly:
"Miss Gao and I explored the tiankeng at night and found a dark cave at the bottom of the tiankeng. There is a very strange place in the dark cave. We found more than 300 human heads and bones there. I don't believe that adults can ask your love. female!"
More than three hundred heads? !
Magistrate Gao was frightened when he heard this.
If what Qin Tianming said was true, wouldn't it be a big deal if there were more than 300 people in his jurisdiction?
Magistrate Gao turned back to stare at his daughter and asked seriously:
"Yanjiao, are you fooling around again?"
Gao Yanjiao's attitude was serious and she said seriously:
"Father, Qin Tianming is not messing around. The two of us did find more than 300 heads in the dark cave of the sinkhole! If you don't believe it, you can send a police officer into the cave to check!"
How could my daughter lie?
Gao Buwei heard that something was wrong.
Gao Buwei couldn't help sweating on his forehead. He turned around and asked Qin Tianming sharply:
"Qin Tianming, don't you dare to joke in court? Are you telling the truth?"
Qin Tianming replied coldly:
"Sir, if you don't believe it, you can send Li Tai and Han Meng to collect the corpses! If there is one missing, it will be my fault!"
When Qin Tianming said this, Magistrate Gao began to believe it.
He felt uneasy and had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
Imperial envoy Xu Ruhai is still in the county government. If it is true as Qin Tianming said, and another 300 corpses appear in the sinkhole, then there will be another major case in Qandong County, with more than 300 heads, both the government and the opposition. Shocked, how can he be a county magistrate? !
Gao Buwei hated how much misfortune the damn sinkhole had brought to him.
When he first took office, he was reprimanded by the court because of the corpses found in the tiankeng. Now Dali Temple wants him to retry the ghost case. But at this time, hundreds of corpses appear in the tiankeng. Doesn't this cost his life?
Gao Buwei touched the beads of sweat on his forehead with his long sleeves and whispered:
"Qin Tianming! Are you really sure that there are more than 300 heads in the sinkhole?"
Qin Tianming nodded and said:
"There is a cave inside the tiankeng dark cave. There are indeed many human heads in the cave. Moreover, some of them are very fresh heads. It seems that they were killed in the dark cave recently!"
Was he murdered in a cave recently? !
this,
this,
this,
Magistrate Gao said the word three times in a row and almost fell down.
Gao Yanjiao hurriedly stepped forward to support her adoptive father and said:
"Father, it is true. The scene inside the Tiankeng Cave was extremely cruel and bloody. There were many human skulls inside. My daughter saw it with her own eyes! Qin Tianming did not lie to you!"
Gao Buwei immediately felt a little exhausted. He asked someone to help him up to the execution hall. After sitting down, he rubbed his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said:
"Qin Tianming, does anyone else know about this?"
Qin Tianming replied:
"Only Yanjiao and I know about this matter, how do others know about it?"
Magistrate Gao felt a little more relieved and raised his head with difficulty and said:
"Right now, the Imperial Envoy is still in our county office, so we must not let his old man know about this matter, understand? I can naturally hide it from the court for a while! Because if this matter spreads, I'm afraid all of us will lose our heads! Do you understand?"
Fa Cao Li Zhi, who had just become angry, hurriedly stepped forward and asked:
"Master Gao, what do you mean?"
Gao Buwei got up and wandered in the lobby for a long time, and finally said:
"Don't let anyone know about this in advance. Let's set up a case team ourselves to investigate the situation first and see what's going on. Once we have some clues, we can report it to the court!"
Li Shitong, a member of the audience, thought he was smart and stepped forward and said:
"Master Gao, if it is true that there are hundreds of heads in the sinkhole as Qin Tianming said, then the case will be huge. If the court knew about it, wouldn't the new emperor be furious? At that time, the entire county government would be afraid Can’t keep it!”
Everyone nodded and agreed with Li Shitong's speech.
Gao Buwei's head grew three times out of thin air.
He was really confused. More than 300 dead people suddenly appeared in the area under his jurisdiction. Is this okay? After the court blamed him, could he still wear the black gauze hat?
The head may move!
Gao Buwei's first thought was to keep it secret, but if he didn't report the case to the court and the news spread and the court itself knew, it would be too late for Gao Buwei to die.
Neither sitting nor standing, Magistrate Gao was in a dilemma.
The entire lobby fell silent.
All the officers knew in their hearts that the Imperial Envoy Xu Ruhai was still in the county office, and it was a key point for the court to arrest prisoners at the end of the year. If such a big case happened again, everyone would be implicated.
It’s not just a matter of not being able to keep your job, it’s also a matter of not being able to keep your head.
Everyone was trembling with fear.
Therefore, Qin Tianming was the only one who was not worried.
He knew that these people were in a panic when something happened, and he could never get along with them.
Secondly, he signed a life and death certificate with Qiandong County, and he was very calm about death and not afraid.
Qin Tianming stood up and came to the center of the lobby, stood at the place where he had often stood since time travel, straightened his sleeves, and then said loudly:
"Don't be nervous. In my opinion, this may seem like a bad thing, but it's also a good thing!"
There were still lanterns swaying around, the arresting team and the fast team were still standing there, and Magistrate Gao was squatting in the lobby like the Lord of Hell.
The corpse table was still in place.
It is exactly the same as Qin Tianming's first case since time travel, without any difference.
Everyone was silent, and Qin Tianming continued:
"Magistrate Gao, sometimes good things can turn into bad things, and bad things can turn into good things, don't you think?"
It's a good thing to be proud of yourself? Is there such a good thing? !
There are so many dead people in the territory under your jurisdiction, no matter how you quibble, you can turn bad things into good things!
It's all because of you, Qin Tianming, who is so meddlesome. You want to check some sinkholes. How about now? You're going to cause even bigger trouble!
Moreover, my precious daughter is also involved. Wouldn’t this cost my life?
Gao Buwei got up from the Taishi chair, pointed at Qin Tianming with a shaky finger, stiffened his body and said:
"Qin Tianming, it's you who caused the trouble. Did you explore the Shima Tiankeng without any trouble? Now, if you cause trouble, let's see how you explain it to Mr. Xu!?"
