Chapter 785

County Magistrate Yang: ...It's fine to pick up one child, how could it be possible to pick up two children?

But when he said this, County Magistrate Yang really remembered that although Lao Zhoutou was very old now, from County Magistrate Yang's eyes, he and Man Bao really looked alike.

"Is that a relative of their family?" County Magistrate Yang asked, "Is there any particularly rich and powerful relative in their family?"

Coming out of the gate of the mansion, magistrate Yang, who was used to all kinds of conspiracies and struggles since he was a child, and was poisoned by all kinds of scripts, thought of all kinds of situations in an instant, but soon, he himself vetoed them one by one.

As the magistrate of this county, although he didn't really want to check his child's family background, why did their family produce a new wheat seed?

So he had the convenience of checking the household registration to check the old Zhou's family. There were no wealthy relatives in their family for five generations.

Then only...

"Could it be that their family ever robbed their house or stole it?" County Magistrate Yang rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said, "It can't be that they picked it up. If they really picked it up, they should sell it for money, not such a precious one." Bring it to your daughter."

Boy: ...

He silently withdrew to pour water for County Magistrate Yang, but County Magistrate Yang shook his head, denied these speculations, and waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll talk about it tomorrow, go clean up, sir, I'm going to sleep .”

The next day, County Magistrate Yang opened the yamen ahead of time to search for household registration information. The yamen was full of people who were still on vacation, and only the old guards at the gate were there.

Hearing the sound in the reference room, the old official moved his buttocks so that his back could get more sunlight, and muttered, "It's better not to have a family. If you want to come to the yamen, you can come to the yamen, and no one talks about it."

County magistrate Yang checked all the household registrations of Qili Village and found nothing wrong. He couldn't help but rubbed his chin, read the old Zhou's household registration again, and then his eyes fell on Zhou Yin's. on the name.

At this time, Zhou Yin's status above is dead, and he was registered as dead the year before, but he died a few years ago.

County magistrate Yang calculated the date and place of his death, but found that they didn't match up either.

County magistrate Yang thought for a while, and called his followers, "Go and call Laichun, I remember he was the one who went to Qili Village to report the funeral the year before last, right?"

"yes."

The magistrate Yang remembered this incident because of Man Bao. She once mentioned to him that the person who went to her house to report the funeral ate one of her chickens, and finally took another chicken away.

So Laichun was transferred from a yamen servant on a business trip to do some coolies in the yamen.

Going out to work not only has extra money, but also has a greater chance of promotion. Working as a coolie in the yamen basically means being a coolie for the rest of your life.

Laichun's family lived not far from the county government. They paraded through the streets last night and hadn't gotten up yet, so when they heard the county magistrate called, he ran straight here without washing his face.

The entourage brought him to County Magistrate Yang with disgust on his face. County Magistrate Yang frowned slightly, then smiled and asked him to sit down, and asked, "You went to Qili Village once last year and gave it to a family named Zhou. Reported for a funeral?"

Laichun didn't know that he was demoted because of Man Bao's complaint, so he thought for a long time before remembering, nodded and said: "Yes."

"Then the county asks you, have you verified your real identity, is the Zhou Yin reported this time really Zhou Yin from Qili Village?"

Laichun's intuition was not good, he tremblingly said: "Yes, right, isn't it written in the paper that came in, it is Zhou Yin of Qili Village."

"It wasn't written in the funeral newspaper. It was written about Zhou Yin in Mianzhou. Mianzhou is so big, how do you know that he is Zhou Yin from Qili Village, Luojiang County?"

Kaichun choked, and said after a while: "Zhou, the Zhou family also said so, this is their family."

"Oh? The Zhou family said this is their family?"

"Yes, yes, that's what the Zhou family said. When I reported Zhou Yin's name, they said it belonged to their family. They also said that the clothes they took back belonged to their family. I heard that they even used them as a tomb. "

Magistrate Yang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then the county asks you, how many times has Zhou Yin returned to his hometown since he was sold?"

"Not once." Laichun can't remember anything, he chatted with the brothers of the Zhou family at that time, and he also talked about it. Now that his memory has recovered, he finally remembered something, "their family said , since he sold himself and left, he never came back."

The smile on County Magistrate Yang's face dropped, and he asked, "Since the person never came back, how did they recognize him as soon as they saw the clothes?"

The cold sweat on Laichun's forehead fell in a flash.

County magistrate Yang knew at a glance that he was fishing in troubled waters, and he probably never checked carefully, just because there was a man named Zhou Yin in Qili Village, so he sent the funeral newspaper directly.

County magistrate Yang closed Zhou Yin's book with a snap, his face gloomy for a moment before he waved: "Get back."

Laichun stumbled back to the door, turned around and ran away.

County Magistrate Yang stared at the household registration of the old Zhou's family, but he still didn't see anything wrong. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to County Magistrate Tang.

Magistrate Yang told Magistrate Tang that in a few days he will be leaving for Beijing to get married, is there anything he can help bring back?

Can help piggyback for free.

After greetings, County Magistrate Yang took advantage of the opportunity to raise his own questions. After thinking about it, he copied a copy of Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin's books and sent them to him.

However, Magistrate Yang did not tell Magistrate Tang that the owner of the longevity lock was Zhou Man, and only mentioned a little girl from a poor family.

County Magistrate Yang wrote the letter and sealed it, handed it to the servants and said, "Send it to Tang He in Yizhou City immediately."

"yes."

At this time, Man Bao, who had been playing wildly all night, was full of sleep, got up from the bed, and ate breakfast and lunch together.

"Tomorrow we are going to Yizhou City." Man Bao looked up at her sister-in-law while eating hot noodles.

Xiaoqian smiled and said: "The jars of vegetables for you have already been packed, and there are also a lot of pickles for you to dry at home, all of which are kept by your fourth and sixth brothers."

Man Bao agreed happily.

Early the next morning, they set off from Qili Village, went to the county seat to pick up Mr. Zhuang, and then set off for Yizhou City.

Because they wanted to enter the city before dark, the carriage galloped, and they took a rest at noon to let the horses rest. They didn't dare to sit longer, after all, it was getting dark quite quickly now.

A fast horse passed by them. They didn't know that this fast horse belonged to County Magistrate Yang, and he brought back County Magistrate Tang's handwriting.

Although the post station can also bring things to the capital, but still dare not send valuable things casually, so County Magistrate Tang really has something for County Magistrate Yang to take back.

But it has to be sorted out slowly, the things can be sent to Luojiang County a little later, but the letter can go ahead.

The county magistrate of Tang taught him: "How is the relationship between Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin brothers? If they are deeply in love, can the corpse be collected in the place where the past happened after receiving the funeral report? Or have you inquired with the past merchants? If not, you need to investigate."

Good night