Gu Zhengchen stared at Guo Baobao, who had very sharp teeth.
He was right about one thing. Guo Siwu and others were only witnesses, providing clues and supporting the case. They were not suspects in the case. It was impossible to torture these people until there was no evidence.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Liang: "Ms. Sun was digging graves at night and accidentally dug up your ancestral grave. I have been to Hezhuang and found that Sun's grave is in a ravine and depression, and the geomantic omen is not good. The Sun family is just a family, not It’s enough to know Feng Shui. Your family can hire people to do work and is paid 20 cents a day. It’s not like a household. You don’t know Feng Shui, so you placed your ancestors’ tombs in ravines and low-lying areas and used stones as tombs, right?”
Just when Guo Liang was about to say something, Guo Baobao spoke up again: "Master County Master, not all low-lying places are unfavorable in Feng Shui..."
Snapped!
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Baobao and shouted angrily: "I am interrogating the person involved in the case, and it is not your turn to talk to me. If you dare to say more, slap me!"
Guo Baobao looked ugly.
Guo Liang hurriedly said: "The Taoist has the final say regarding Feng Shui. The Taoist's place has excellent Feng Shui. All you need to do is use a stone as a tomb to condense the Feng Shui and ensure that future generations have no worries. We are just building a tomb for peace of mind. This is not the end of it." Didn't you violate any laws?"
"Taoist?"
Gu Zhengchen suddenly remembered that the person who obeyed Sun Niang and did not move her grave was a Taoist priest. He couldn't help but ask: "Who is the Taoist priest in your mouth?"
Guo Liang said bluntly: "The concept of Islam is from Geshan."
Gu Zhengchen kept this in his mind and asked: "I heard that the Liang family's ancestral tombs are empty tombs with only coffins and coffins. Wucheng Mountain is used as a mountain to protect the ancestral tombs. The road up the mountain is blocked and people are not allowed to enter the mountain. Is this true?"
Guo Liang repeatedly cried out that he was wronged: "Master County, there are more than one entrance to Wucheng Mountain, why did you seal the mountain? It's just that there are tigers and ferocious leopards in the mountain, and the people who chop firewood on the mountain suffer most from them. As time goes by, no one dares to enter the mountain. Why? Does this mean we have to close the mountain?"
"Tiger?"
Gu Zhengchen stared at Liu Boqin, Zhao Doubei and others.
Liu Boqin replied seriously: "My lord, in Jurong Maoshan, Wucheng Mountain and other places, there are indeed tigers, leopards and other ferocious beasts. When some hunters go into the mountains to hunt elk and deer, they often suffer from tigers and leopards if they encounter them."
Gu Zhengchen nodded.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was normal for tigers and leopards to be found in the mountains and forests. Tiger skins and tiger whips were not that valuable these days, and hunters did not have shotguns. They used bows and forks to seek skin from tigers, but tigers did not agree...
Gu Zhengchen said solemnly: "Since the mountain is not closed, then everyone can enter the mountain through the mountain road next to your ancestor's tomb?"
"That's natural. The mountain belongs to the imperial court. If the imperial court doesn't say anything, who dares to seal the mountain?"
Guo Liang acted like I was a good citizen.
"That being the case, the mountain road is open. If anyone blocks your access to the mountain, I will charge you with it." After Gu Zhengchen finished, seeing Guo Liang's agreement, he asked again: "Is the Liang family's ancestral tomb just an empty tomb with only coffins?" Make an altar?"
Guo Liang hesitated for a moment, then admitted: "That's true."
Gu Zhengchen looked at the clerk. The clerk picked up the recorded recruitment paper. After Guo Liang confirmed the bond, he presented it to Gu Zhengchen. Gu Zheng looked at it, slapped it, and said seriously: "Sun Niang digs the grave." The case was originally caused by her husband's grandson's request to move the grave in a dream. The grandson moved the grave in the middle of the night and dug up the stone grave by mistake. She was arrested for the crime of digging a grave. Her original intention was not for profit or making money. In addition, the ancestral grave of the Liang family was not The tomb is just an altar, and although the stone is removed to reveal the coffin, it is only an empty coffin and does not disturb the deceased."
"Thus, it is inappropriate to convict Sun Niang for digging a grave. Now that the grave digging case has been cleared up, Sun Niang is found not guilty. However, she damaged the Guo family's altar first, so she should be sentenced to certain compensation or repair of the altar. There may be objections. ?”
Sun Niang was so moved that she knelt down and thanked him: "I thank you, the county magistrate."
Guo Liang snorted and said very generously: "There is no need for compensation. The altar has been repaired. Let's call it a day."
Sun Niang thanked Guo Liang.
Gu Zhengchen looked sharply at the audience and said solemnly: "The case of Sun Niang's grave digging has been concluded. However, the case of the missing Sun and the missing Sun needs to be carefully investigated!"
"The case of Sun Yiyi's disappearance?"
Zhao Doubei was a little confused and quickly reminded: "County Lord, Sun died in a landslide, how can he be missing?"
Gu Zhengchen chuckled and said coldly: "The corpse in the hall was taken from Sun Yiyi's stone grave, but this corpse is not Sun Yiyi!"
"What?"
Liu Boqin, Zhao Doubei and others were surprised, and the people watching were talking a lot.
Gu Zhengchen said solemnly: "According to the testimony of Chief Zhishui, the old man, and Sun Niang, Sun Yi was five feet six inches tall, but this skeleton is only five feet tall when put together. Even with the skin and flesh, it is still the same height as Sun Yi." Serious discrepancy! I can conclude that the deceased is definitely not Sun Yiyi, the real Sun Yiyi has disappeared!"
"disappeared?"
Sun Niang's heart tightened.
Guo Baobao squinted at Gu Zhengchen, this person is not simple.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Ning, who was kneeling in the hall, and asked, "Sun Er's disappearance, you should still remember this, right?"
"cherry"
Doctor Guo Ning returned quickly.
Gu Zhengchen's lips twitched: "Details of what happened that night."
Guo Ning raised his head slightly: "On the evening of March 4, 2016, I was already asleep. About the second watch, someone knocked on the door. I got up to check..."
Gu Zhengchen listened carefully. Guo Ning's testimony was basically consistent with Sun Niang's testimony, and there were not many differences.
"After you wrote the prescription, you returned to Hezhuang with Sun Erkou. Where did you separate, so you can see that he went to grab the medicine?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Guo Ning shook his head: "It was getting late that day. Sun Erkou and I separated at Huaishukou west of Hezhuang. He went south to Wang's Pharmacy to grab medicine. I went east and returned home. Later I heard that Sun Erkou was missing. .”
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Ning: "Do you still remember what Sunniang's illness was that night and the medicine prescribed that day?"
Guo Ning said calmly: "Sun Niang's syndrome is qi deficiency, wind and cold, and unfavorable lung qi. These symptoms are common, and the prescription has long been memorized."
"Give him paper and pen."
Gu Zhengchen ordered.
The scribe obeyed the order and handed the pen and paper to Guo Ning. Guo Ning quickly wrote it down, and the scribe handed over the prescription.
Gu Zhengchen took a look and saw that they were all names of traditional Chinese medicines, such as Astragalus, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Chenpi, etc. After accepting them, he asked: "Did you two meet anyone on the way back to Hezhuang?"
Guo Ning thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Think carefully, has anyone spoken to you or seen you?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Guo Ning thought about it carefully, and suddenly said: "Master, I really met someone. That night, when we arrived at the locust tree entrance in Hezhuang, the Geshan man met us face to face and exchanged a few words with us."
"Geshan people, the one from the Qingzhen Temple?"
Gu Zhengchen stared.
Guo Ning nodded slightly: "Yes, he is from Geshan. He just said a few words to me and then left."
"What is he?"
"I just asked the common people why they went out so late at night. Seeing that Sun Er was in a hurry to grab medicine, he also gave him 20 coins to help. The Geshan native is a good Taoist."
Gu Zhengchen nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and asked the scribe to give Guo Ning a picture, and then said: "Sun Yiyi and Sun er are missing, we must find out. The identity of the deceased also needs to be found out. Now I order the scribe to post the portrait Announcements were posted in various places, asking for clues. Order the district chiefs, armor chiefs, and elderly people in various places to interrogate the people and report all the missing persons and accidental deaths since July 4, 2017. Anyone who conceals anything and fails to report will be severely punished! This is Mr. Zhao, you are responsible for this matter!"
Zhao Doubei stood up quickly: "I will stop with the respect of the county."
Gu Zhengchen looked at Guo Jie, Guo Ning, and Guo Liang: "The county government failed to show up three times after sending the letter sign, and you still dare to openly confront the government officials. Considering the suffering you have already suffered, I will not pursue it any further. In the future, The letter card has been issued, and if you dare to prevaricate and refuse to come to the county government office, I will arrest you directly as if you have a criminal record! Retreat!"
"mighty!"
The water and fire sticks in the hands of the government officials pounded the ground in unison, Gu Zhengchen turned and left, and the people began to disperse.
Guo Liu wiped his cold sweat and arranged for people to carry Guo Jie out. This guy suffered a lot and would not be able to walk in a short time.
Out of the county government office.
Guo Baobao looked at Guo Liang and said solemnly: "If you insist that the ancestral tomb is not an empty tomb, you won't be able to get away with it in the blink of an eye!"
Guo Liang shook his head and glared at Guo Baobao: "Sun Niang was not an important person before, but he kept holding on to her, and now we are in today's predicament! Let her leave the county government as soon as possible, and let this matter be understood. , can’t go on any longer.”
Guo Liu agreed with Guo Liang's method and said to Guo Baobao: "I let Sun Niang stay in the prison cell in the first place because I was worried that she would complain again and again. Now that the new county magistrate is strong and he is good at using tricks, we must be careful. That's right. The so-called ancestral tomb was just moved there four years ago and cannot withstand investigation. Guo Liang is not to blame for this."
Guo Baobao saw that the matter had come to this, so he said no more.
A group of people entered the Guo family's mansion in Jurong. Guo Liu and Guo Baobao told the old man Guo Dian and Guo Dian's eldest son Guo Sheng about the court trial.
Guo Dian thought for a long time and said, "Wucheng Mountain can no longer be sealed."
Guo Baobao smiled and said: "The old man doesn't need to worry about Wucheng Mountain. It is the mountain of Hezhuang. Even if the seal is lifted, can the people of Hezhuang still be able to enter? Besides, there are tigers and leopards in Wucheng Mountain, and dead people - yes It’s a common thing!”
Guo Dian nodded.
Guo Sheng just wanted to talk.
Guo Shan walked in and said, "I just received news that someone saw Liu Xian coming back."
"came back?"
Guo Sheng's face lit up and he quickly said: "Let Liang Bin and Li He go find Liu Xian to find out the situation, and tell Chen Zhong not to leave Jurong so early, as he may return to the county government!"
Seeing that Guo Dian had no objection, Guo Shan turned around to make arrangements.
When Liang Bin and Li He heard that Liu Xian had gone to Yushitai to sue Gu Zhengchen and returned, they were happy and hurried to look for Liu Xian outside the Nancheng Gate.
In the past few days, Liang Bin and Li He almost hated Gu Zhengchen to death.
I can no longer be a good official, and I can't go back to the county government. The skills I have trained for many years suddenly have no use. How can I live my life?
You can't go back to farming. These hands can no longer hold the hoe.
After hearing that Gu Zhengchen had taken control of the county government, even the official Chen Zhong resigned and temporarily moved out of the county government. The county magistrate and chief registrar did not dare to oppose Gu Zhengchen anymore. A group of officials and government servants adopted Lian Yin. He became Gu Zhengchen’s lackey!
"Liu Xian!"
Liang Bin and Li He pushed to the door of Liu Xian's house and rushed in eagerly.
Li He shouted: "Liu Xian, tell us quickly, are you going to be unlucky if your surname is Gu?"
Liang Bin stepped into Liu Xian's room and looked at Liu Xian who was preparing the package. His expression froze: "Uh, Liu Xian, what are you doing?"
Liu Xian glanced at Li He and Liang Bin, his Adam's apple moved, put the package on his shoulders, comforted his sobbing wife, walked towards Li He and Liang Bin, and said with fear on his face: "I want to run away. Just take care of yourself..."
