Guo Liu, He Feng and Zhou Xin, the chiefs of Hezhuang, all came.
Guo Liuyuan didn't want to come, but when he saw Yao Zhen and thought of his cruel methods and the miserable state of Guo Jie and others, he didn't dare to refuse.
Gu Zhengchen briefly got to know He Feng and Zhou Xin, and then looked at Guo Liu. This man had a somewhat similar appearance to Guo Dian, the old man of the Guo family, but he didn't have a cane in his hand, and he looked older.
"Guo Liu, I heard that the government servants disturbed your chrysanthemum banquet yesterday. It's really because of my lax control."
Gu Zhengchen smiled and held his hands.
Guo Liu looked ugly. This incident had already made the Guo family the laughing stock of Hezhuang. The county magistrate did not show any respect, and regardless of the occasion, he fought and forcibly led people away. This made it clear that the new county magistrate did not give the Guo family face!
He Feng and Zhou Xin looked at each other. They heard yesterday that Guo Liu's chrysanthemum banquet was smashed and Guo Jie and others were arrested on the spot. They had to confirm it three or five times before they dared to believe it. Unexpectedly, it had only been one night and the county magistrate was here. , and openly mentioned this matter.
Seeing the aggrieved face of Mr. Guo Liu, He Feng and Zhou Xin felt secretly happy. Damn it, you too have this day...
Guo Liu raised his hand and hummed: "If you don't say anything, then you should be stricter. If the county magistrate doesn't care, haha..."
Gu Zhengchen's eyes narrowed slightly: "From what I hear, do you plan to help me take care of it?"
Guo Liu looked at Yao Zhen coldly: "How can ordinary people take care of it? However, there are unpredictable storms today, and people can fall to death even if they walk at night. Who knows which one will come first, good or bad."
Yao Zhen couldn't believe that he, a dignified bodyguard of Mu Mansion, was actually threatened by a village chief?
"Good fortune and misfortune are impermanent, this is what Guo Lizhang said."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly and pointed sideways at the stone tomb in the ravine: "This is Sun Yiyi's tomb. As the chief, you should know it, right?"
Guo Liu, He Feng and Zhou Xin nodded.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if there is a murder in the territory, the village chief must report it to the government as soon as possible and cooperate with the government in the investigation. It cannot be concealed or delayed.
Regardless of how Sun Yiyi died, after all, he died in the territory of Hezhuang, and it was impossible for the mayor to be unaware of this matter.
Gu Zhengchen said sternly: "In July, Sun Niang asked her grandson to have a dream and dug a grave at night. As a result, she dug the Guo Liang family's ancestral grave by mistake and was arrested and sent to the county government. You should also be aware of this."
The three of them continued to nod.
Gu Zhengchen said solemnly: "This case arises from this tomb, and it should be investigated from there. Now we are ordering people to move stones to open the tomb, collect the bones, and send them to Zhishui for burial. Do you have any objections?"
He Feng and Zhou Xin quickly said: "There is no objection."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Liu, who looked uncertain: "What, Guo Lichang has something to say?"
Guo Liu glanced at the stone tomb and said: "The county prince wants to move the tomb, who dares to object. However, there are no Taoist monks to do it at this time. If the tomb is opened rashly, it will cause resentment, ghosts and ghosts, which will be shocking." What should we do if we harm the people nearby?"
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Sun Niang, then at the stone tomb, and said with concentration: "Sun Yi accidentally fell, and was crushed to death by a landslide after falling. In the final analysis, it was because of his carelessness that he got into Guo Lichang's mouth. There is also resentment, could there be grievances hidden in it?"
Guo Liu's brows moved slightly, his old face drooped: "The common people just said it casually. After all, this place is gloomy and it is a depression. The energy gathers and never dissipates. If nothing can be done, it will be hard to calm people's hearts."
Zhou Xin thought for a while and persuaded: "Master, would you like to invite a few people to come over?"
Gu Zhengchen looked at the sky and saw that when he finished the rituals, it was gloomy, but it was still afternoon. If he really went to ask someone to do the rituals, it would be evening after he finished his work.
The tombs are usually moved during the day and the soil is not moved at night.
This also means that the grave cannot be moved today!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Liu. This man wanted to delay time. No matter what, he couldn't do what he said.
"There is no need to do any ritual work. I am relocating Sun Yiyi's grave and specially invited the Buddhist beads belonging to Ruqi, the elder of Jinling Tianjie Temple. With such a magical instrument, all the violent spirits will be at peace."
With that said, Gu Zhengchen put his hand into his sleeve, took out a string of gleaming glass beads, and said to Guo Liu, "Is Elder Ruqi's magical weapon enough?"
Guo Liu took a deep breath.
Tianjie Temple?
It can be regarded as the first temple in the Ming Dynasty. There are many eminent monks in it, and the most famous ones are the abbot Zong Lai and the elder Ruqi. Elder Ruqi visited Chongming Temple in Jurong not long ago, and the Guo family also went to invite him, but Ruqi left Jurong in a hurry.
Why does Gu Zhengchen have Elder Ruqi's Buddhist beads?
Zhou Xin, He Feng, Sun Pin, and Sun Cheng were surprised by Gu Zhengchen's methods. Who dares to disobey the Buddhist beads of the eminent monk of Tianjie Temple? If something ghostly happened, it would be a slap in the face of Buddhism. This kind of hat Who dares to buckle randomly?
Not to mention the small temple in Hezhuang, even the monk Zhizai from Chongming Temple came here in person, and he dared not say that his Taoism was comparable to the Buddhist beads of Elder Ruqi!
With such a magic weapon here, it will be as good as a large-scale ritual ceremony.
No one doubts the authenticity of the beads. This matter concerns Tianjie Temple and Ruqi, and Gu Zhengchen would never dare to make a mistake openly.
Gu Zhengchen handed the prayer beads to Sun Niang. Sun Niang took the prayer beads, and her heart was full of gratitude. Such a gift from a Buddhist monk, the county magistrate took it out immediately, in order to save her dead husband.
"Let's move the grave."
Gu Zhengchen shook his sleeves and gave the order.
The strong young man of Zhishui went down the ravine and began to move the stones away. There were mostly small stones on the top, which was not difficult to move. The stones below were quite big, and it took two or three people to work together.
Gu Zhengchen looked towards the road to the east and saw that the two young men who had gone to pass on Sun Wuliang and Sun Hao came back. There was no trace of Sun Wuliang and Sun Hao, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Reporting to the county magistrate, Sun Wuliang and Sun Hao took their wives and children to their parents' home yesterday and have not returned yet."
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Guo Liu and saw the man's sneer, so he did not ask further questions and ordered the Zhishui villagers to go down and help move the grave.
Half of the stone tomb was opened, and there was an old piece of clothing.
After Sun Pin took it, he presented it to Gu Zhengchen.
Gu Zhengchen looked at it and saw that there were some black blood stains on it, mostly on the chest. It didn't look like he had been injured somewhere and had wiped off the blood. He ordered Yang Liang to put it away.
The bones of the hands and feet began to appear, but the stone pressing down on the head and chest was really big. It took a lot of effort for the ten people to move it away. Looking at the bones below, the chest and ribs were all broken. Although the skull was intact, there was a hole in the skull. There are also cracks.
Sun Niang walked over, knelt down and cried non-stop.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Wu Zuo Song Er: "The coroner is not here, so I will temporarily take over for him to examine the bones, find out the situation, and report back."
Song Er agreed and walked down.
Gu Zhengchen, Yao Zhen and others also followed.
After Song Er looked at the skull and bones, he reported carefully: "Your Majesty, the forehead of the deceased is broken. It seems that he has been hit hard. There are as many as five cracks. It should not be caused by a heavy blow. The sternum is completely broken. It should be a serious blow." It was caused by pressure or external force. There was no heavy stone pressure on the leg bones and hand bones, but the left leg bone was also broken..."
Gu Zhengchen looked at the pile of bones and asked, "The skull was hit hard many times. Do you think it was caused by stones?"
Song Er was stunned, looked at the big stone that had just been removed, and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, judging from the scene, the big stone was pressing down on the head and chest of the deceased. If it were a landslide and rolling stones, and such a heavy stone fell, it stands to reason that ——This bone should be completely broken. In addition, it is difficult for a stone to be able to suppress five cracks, and it is not ruled out that over time, cracks will develop under the heavy pressure..."
Gu Zhengchen walked over and squatted down to look at the cracked skull. He saw a small hole the size of a finger on the crack on the side. He couldn't help but look at Song Er: "Is this it?"
Song Er looked at it and said carefully: "It seems to have been caused by a blunt object."
Gu Zhengchen stood up, looked at the tattered clothes on the lower body of the corpse, and asked Sun Niang: "Look at this clothes, does it belong to Sun?"
Sun Niang stepped forward to check and saw two patches on the knees of Chang's legs. There were also two patterns on the edges of the patches that could not be found without looking carefully, so she said to Gu Zhengchen, "Yes."
Gu Zhengchen straightened the tattered clothes, then looked at the corpse on the side, and found that the clothes were obviously longer, and asked again: "How tall is Sun Yi?"
Sun Niang stood up and said quickly: "He is a head taller than a common man, and should be five feet and six inches (based on the Ming ruler, not the Qin and Han rulers)."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Sun Pin, Sun Cheng and others.
Sun Pin quickly said: "County Master, we are familiar with Sun. Although we have not personally measured her, she is roughly five feet and six inches, which is much taller than Sun Niang."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Song Er and others: "Carry the bones to the roadside and put them together."
Song Er and others carefully restrained themselves, spread a straw mat on the roadside, carefully put the bones together, and measured them with a work ruler, and found that the bones were just five feet tall.
"Master County, this..."
Song Er was a little confused.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the skeleton with a cold look in his eyes: "Five feet, six inches missing. There is no way this person is Sun Yiyi!"
"ah?"
Sun Niang was stunned and looked at the skeleton in front of her at a loss.
If it is not the grandson of my husband, then who is it? Where has your husband gone?
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Liu and said coldly: "So many people have seen it with their own eyes, but they still got it wrong. It seems there must be a mystery to it! I don't know if it's dark and can't see clearly, or if it's intentional!"
Guo Liu turned sideways and said nothing with a cold face.
Gu Zhengchen chuckled: "If you want to cover up the truth with one hand, you need to at least be careful! Don't think that you can really replace the ghost by finding a scapegoat! He Feng and Zhou Xin, who identified this as Sun Yiyi, congratulations There are five people in the village, among them Guo Jie has arrived at the county government office, and the other four will be sent to the county government office tomorrow morning. If one person is missing, we will never forgive!"
"In addition, Sun Wuliang and Sun Hao from Zhishui should be found immediately. No matter where they are, they should be sent to the county government early tomorrow morning! Sun Li, Mr. Sun, leave this matter to you! Yang Liang, you Come help!”
Everyone took orders.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the low-lying ravine, slowly raised his head, gazed at the greenery of Wucheng Mountain, turned around and said, "Bring the skeleton to the county government office. I will send documents to various places to find the missing Dingkou and determine his identity as soon as possible."
Yao Zhen and Song Er agreed to take the bones away.
Guo Liu looked at Gu Zhengchen who was leaving, his eyes slightly cold. He turned to face the servant who came up and said, "Send a message to the old man. Tell him that Gu Zhixian is investigating the true identity of the skeleton and summon witnesses to Sun Yiyi's death."
The servant agreed and left in a hurry.
Gu Zhengchen was sitting in the carriage, looking at the bones wrapped up under his feet, flipping a copper coin in his fingers, and said quietly: "So, Sun Yiyi has been missing, two disappearances, huh, I'm afraid there are more than two." Get up! The pit of this sentence is deep enough!"
[Some readers have questioned the things in the book, and specifically explain that the suspension of the imperial examination, the victory of the war, the placement of prisoners, and the folding of cotton cloth are not made up by the author. They are all mentioned in historical materials, including the time. Please refer to " "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty", "History of the Ming Dynasty", "Ming Tongjian", etc.
Influential figures, such as court officials, Buddhist Zonglu, Ruqi, etc., are also from the time and are not fabrications.
Although historical novels are fictitious, they do not dare to falsify major historical facts. Jingxue does not make them up randomly, but he will use historical materials to process, polish and arrange the story.
Thank you all for your support, keep up the good work, thank you. 】
