Chapter 541 Interrogation 1

The light from the torch was dim, but it could still illuminate a small piece of land in front of me. All I could see was a ridge of freshly grown vegetable sprouts.

The Yan family, which has been raided for two years, obviously has no one who knows how to grow vegetables in the garden, and the Xiao family who just got in and out of this hole...

Holding the torch, Man Bao went up to look at the opened vegetable field. After walking for more than ten steps, he found that it was still a vegetable field, so he stopped involuntarily.

Even Bai Shanbao couldn't help but marvel, "How many vegetable fields have been opened."

Zhou Zhoulang was at a loss, "If you grow vegetables, you can grow them. Why do you pretend to be ghosts and scare people?"

The neighbors who came in were stunned and shouted: "I said, where did their family get so many vegetables to sell? It turned out that they took over Yan's garden to grow vegetables."

"I, I thought their family rented land outside the city..."

"Their family is too bold," a neighbor exclaimed, "How did they come up with the idea of ​​growing vegetables in this garden?"

Naturally, I can only ask the Xiao family outside.

The three yamen servants threw the Xiao family together and took care of them. Someone came out and told them that the Xiao family had opened a large vegetable field inside, so they pretended to be scary.

For this, they don't really believe it.

So Yamen servant A climbed in and took a look by himself, and finally retreated out of the cave silently together with Man Bao and the others.

Yamen servant A said: "First block all the holes, and bring Xiao's family back to the yamen."

After a pause, he asked Li Zheng, who had just rushed over with sweat on his face, "Who else is there in the Xiao family?"

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "There is also Xiao Dalang's daughter-in-law and a three-year-old child."

Yamen servant A nodded, "Okay, I won't take them into custody for now, but you have to send someone to watch over them. If you let their mother and child escape, it's still your responsibility."

Li Zheng answered "yes" again and again, and the yamen guard warned the neighbors in the neighborhood that they were strictly forbidden to enter Yan's house again, and then escorted Xiao's family away.

Man Bao and the others waited for the people to leave before returning, excitedly expressing that they would go to the Yamen for interrogation tomorrow.

Mr. Zhuang let out a breath, turned around and was about to go back to his study. After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he called the three children to him and gave him a lesson, "You guys are a bit too courageous. We are newcomers. If the yamen servants don't Come, there is no one to support, or everyone here knows about the Xiao family pretending to be a ghost, let me see what you do."

Man Bao said in a low voice: "If it weren't for their family being too fierce, we wouldn't have thought of making such a big fuss."

Zhou Zhou Lang nodded again and again, and explained: "Sir, I knocked on the copper basin."

Mr. Zhuang snorted, if not for this, he would not have just scolded them.

"Where are their sackcloths?" he asked.

"It's burning, that's not auspicious. It happened that there was hot water burning in the stove. I just stuffed it in and burned it, and no one could find it."

Only then did Mr. Zhuang nod, waved his hand and said, "Okay, go wash up and go to sleep, get up early tomorrow and study, you can go to the county government office to have a look."

Mr. Zhuang said: "Come back and tell me after reading it. You should think about it yourself, whether you did the right thing or did it wrong tonight."

The three complied obediently.

Man Bao said: "Sir, you are tired, why don't you stop reading?"

Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, sir, let me help you to rest."

Bai Erlang said cleverly, "Sir, I'll fetch water for you."

The three of them worked together to calm Mr. Zhuang's anger, and then went to wash and sleep.

The next morning, they got up early, read the morning class first, and then went to write. After writing two large characters, they collected their things and went to the county government to join in the fun.

Mr. Zhuang glanced at the calligraphy they were practicing today, and shook his head slightly. Seeing that they were almost running to the door, he didn't stop them.

It just so happened that he was going to see Lan Cheng today, so he didn't bother to take them.

Zhou Zhoulang was also particularly interested in hauntings, so he happily went to the county government with them.

Fuguo County in Yizhou is Huayang County, and Kangxue Street is within the jurisdiction of Huayang County, so the people were directly escorted to the county government of Huayang County.

A street away from the county government is the government office, and next to the government office is the government office of Jiannan Road. It can be said that there are not many things in that area, except that there are many officials.

But there are also a lot of people, especially in the area of ​​the county government office in Huayang County, because it is the outermost part of the government office. Basically, high-end restaurants, restaurants, and even antique shops are not far from the county government office.

Because going further in is the government office and Jiannan Road official office, and they can't even open it.

The haunting of Kangxue Street is not only famous in the area of ​​Kangxue Street, but also in the whole Yizhou city. So early in the morning, when they heard that someone had caught the ghost of Kangxue Street, many people ran to The county government joins in the fun.

When Man Bao and the others arrived, the outside of the county government office was full of observers, and they couldn't squeeze in at all.

Bai Shanbao thought for a while, dragged the two of them to find the gatekeeper, and said: "We were the ghost hunters last night, and we are here to testify."

"testify?"

"That's right, don't you want witnesses in this case?" Bai Shanbao asked as it should.

The yamen servant thought so too, seeing that the three of them were so young, he thought it was the yamen servant who was watching the night last night who called them here, so he turned sideways and let them in through the small door.

Seeing that Zhou Zhoulang and Daji were going to follow, he reached out his hand to stop him.

Man Bao immediately said: "They are my elder brothers, and they also played a part in catching ghosts last night."

The yamen servant then stopped and said: "You are not allowed to walk around after entering."

Except for Daji, the other four all answered "Yes!"

Enter through the small door, walk along the yard, and then walk into the small yard outside the hall. People who want to watch the interrogation of the case can only watch from the outside of the yard, not inside the yard.

The courtyard is where witnesses and prisoners stay, and it is said that the execution is also in the courtyard.

When Li Erlang squeezed to the front with the help of the other four people, he raised his eyes and saw the Man Bao five people stretching their necks to look in.

Li Erlang: ...There is always a feeling that everything is one step behind others.

Magistrate Tang of Huayang County straightened his clothes, sat on a chair and signaled that he could go to court.

Unlike Luojiang County, which didn't have a single major case in ten days and half a month, Yizhou is very prosperous, with a lot of people, both rich and poor.

When there are too many people, various cases are easy to appear, such as murder, robbery and theft, there are no cases that Magistrate Tang has never seen, only cases that he cannot solve.

So unlike Yang Heshu who opened the courtroom only once in seven or eight days, Tang County Magistrate is very satisfied that he can open the courtroom again every two days.

Therefore, he has a lot of trial experience. As soon as he entered the court, he slapped the gavel and asked people to bring up Xiao Erlang who was pretending to be a ghost. Then he took the time to ask the yamen servant, "Was the Xiao family detained separately last night?"

"Yes, according to your lord's order, all the prisoners who follow the crowd will be detained separately. The main criminal will be kept on one side, and the accomplices will be detained separately."

Magistrate Tang nodded in satisfaction.

After thinking about it, I decided to write another chapter, so the next chapter will be updated around ten o’clock