Chapter 484: Bad bamboo produces good bamboo shoots

After the official documents and evidence were sent to the Fucheng Yamen, County Magistrate Xu began to feel uneasy, fearing that Magistrate Liang would reprimand him.

Master Tian saw him walking around and felt uneasy, so he comforted him and said, "Sir, don't worry. This matter is not your fault. Prefect Liang will not do anything to you because of this."

Magistrate Xu said with a sad face: "Originally, as long as the adults from Beijing came to take over, the case of the water bandits would be closed. But at this juncture, something like this happened to the Zou family. It is really disappointing!"

Then he pointed in the direction of the Zou family and said: "Who do you think the Zou family are? Not to mention Zou Youlian has committed many crimes. Among the three sons, the two eldest have corrupt personal ethics, and the last youngest son is dying. He committed such a big crime before, and everyone in his family is hysterical? Can't they do something that normal people would do?"

County Magistrate Xu hated the Zou family so much that he scolded the Zou family so much that they were frothing at the mouth. Master Tian silently took a few steps back to avoid his spit.

After County Magistrate Xu felt comfortable with the scolding, Master Tian said: "Although Zou Youlian and his son are not as good as animals, Zou Chengzu, born to the Bao family, is still good. At least he has not harmed anyone."

"Hmph." Magistrate Xu snorted coldly: "Zou Chengzu is only seventeen, and we don't know what his future will be like. Maybe he is like Zou Yuzhen, a person who will not only seek death, but will kill people if he does."

Mr. Xu now has a bad impression of the Zou family.

Hearing this, Master Tian could no longer speak for Zou Chengzu, and instead talked about the burning of houses and shops in the county town.

"Two shops were burned down, one clerk was killed and four were injured. These dead and injured clerks were all servants of the Xu family. Mr. Xu said that the county government should not worry about the loss of his family, and let you take care of the private residence. That’s it.”

The Xu family is a well-known landowner in Tianfu County. They have a big family and a big business. They will not be hurt even if they lose two shops.

After hearing this, County Magistrate Xu praised the Xu family and asked about the situation at the private residence.

Master Tian said: "Seven houses were burned, fifteen people died and five were injured. Among them, there were eight charred corpses in Chang Laopeng's house on Liuye Lane."

Magistrate Xu asked hurriedly: "The seven people who died were young men? How were the injuries of the other five?"

Master Tian replied: "Three of them are male heads, two are old people over fifty, and two are children."

"What a sin." County Magistrate Xu felt heartbroken when he heard this. Now that there are three men in charge, how will these three families survive in the future?

Master Tian continued: "The five who were burned are being treated at Doctor Zhou's home hospital... Doctor Zhou said that it is estimated that two more will die."

"What?" Magistrate Xu stood up from his chair in shock: "Why? Didn't it mean that the heart and lungs were not choked by the smoke? Why can't he be saved?"

Master Tian said: "Doctor Zhou said that the burned skin is difficult to heal and will rot. If it rots, the person will die."

He went to the Zhou Family Medical Center and saw the burned people, their wailing sounds, and the white cloths soaked with blood. He still broke into a cold sweat just thinking about it, how miserable it was.

County Magistrate Xu is not a doctor and cannot save people and treat injuries. After hearing this, he could only sigh: "Let Dr. Zhou do his best to treat me, and the county government will pay for the medicine."

After Magistrate Xu said the last half of his sentence, his heart ached so much, but he had to pay for the medical expenses, as people's lives were at stake.

As soon as they finished feeling sorry for each other, two yamen servants hurried over and said: "Sir, Mr. Tian, the people whose houses were burned came to the yamen wearing mourning clothes and carrying coffins, saying that they want justice from you!" Magistrate Xu has a headache. He wished he could faint on the spot, but he could only cheer up and take Master Tian to comfort the victims.

He drank all his saliva and let them see Zou Yuzhen's body. In the end, he paid out of his own pocket. One family gave him ten taels of silver and asked them to go back and bury the deceased first, and wait until there was a case in Fucheng Yamen. They will be notified of the news immediately, and they will be persuaded to return home through good and bad words.

When he returned to Houya, County Magistrate Xu almost collapsed from exhaustion, but instead of resting, he asked two government servants to help him go to the cell to see Zou Youlian.

Zou Youlian had been imprisoned for so many days and was already extremely decadent. When he saw Magistrate Xu coming to see him in person, he immediately said arrogantly: "I can let Master Xu Chongfeng and Xu Yu condescend to see me, a prisoner. The prisoners deserve nothing less.”

"It's not your mother's fault!" County Magistrate Xu was so angry at the Zou family's mess that he cursed. He pointed at Zou Youlian and said, "I came to see you today to tell you some good news. Zou Youlian, please listen to me." , your Zou family has become extinct. Your most beloved Yaoer was so insane that he set fire to your Zou family, burning your wife, your grandson, and your daughter to death. As for Zou Yuzhen, because of the banknotes he took with him when he escaped, Too many, and he was stabbed in the heart by one of his subordinates, and he died!"

After saying that, Magistrate Xu felt very happy and laughed happily several times, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot.

Zou Xiancheng knew that a big case had occurred in the county these days. He just thought that the escaped water bandits came back to take revenge, and he was secretly happy for a few days. But now when he heard Magistrate Xu's words, he stood up in shock and wanted to rush to the cell door, but was restrained by the shackles of his hands and feet and could not rush over. He could only say in a daze: "The Zou family is dead..."

Magistrate Xu shouted: "Are they all dead, or were they set on fire by your own son and burned alive?"

After hearing this, Zou Xiancheng's eyes widened. After a while, he spat out a mouthful of blood, lay down and fell down.

Magistrate Xu said to Bantou Yang: "Please come and see the doctor. Don't let him die, and don't let him commit suicide. He must live."

Having said that, he left happily.

Master Tian was afraid that something might happen to Zou Xian Cheng, so he did not leave. Instead, he waited until Dr. Zhou came to see him and said that Zou Xian Cheng would not die before he felt relieved.

Zou Xiancheng woke up after half an hour under Doctor Zhou's acupuncture.

But after waking up, Zou Xiancheng seemed to have been drained of all his vitality. He was crying silently and murmuring: "Jiang Sheng... you won... my fate will be worse than yours..."

He caused Jiang Sheng's family to be ruined, leaving him childless and a widow. Although he enjoyed wealth for most of his life, in the end his entire family died, and he saw that the six relatives of the nine tribes were also going to be exterminated.

As soon as he finished speaking, Team Leader Yang was afraid that he would bite his tongue and kill himself, so he immediately blocked his mouth with a piece of cloth.

Both Bantou Yang and Magistrate Xu had a different idea. Zou Xiancheng would not commit suicide. Even if the end was miserable, he would still be greedy for the last moment of his life.

…

Uncle Bao took Zou Chengzu's brother and sister back to Zou County Cheng's hometown. After asking the Zou clan to remove the names of Zou Chengzu's brother and sister, he picked up Bao's coffin and transported it back to the capital.

When passing by the county town, I learned about the major case Zou Yuzhen had committed. He was so frightened that he wiped his hands with cold sweat and said, "It's a good thing we came early. If we had delayed for another two days, Chengzu and Lan Hua would have been burned to death." .”

After Zou Chengzu learned that Zou Yuzhen and the gangsters burned many people to death, he immediately asked Uncle Bao: "Uncle, let's go to the county government... I want to give away half of my mother's dowry as a gift to those who were burned. compensation."

(End of this chapter)