Chapter 802 Confession (2)

"Just talk about Zhou Yin, such as how he was when he was a child, what he was like when he grew up, how he sold himself back then, how he left home, what happened when he returned home, what did he bring back home, What did you say and what did you do?" Magistrate Tang nodded at the table and said, "If you tell the truth, I will let you go after I find out that the matter has nothing to do with you, but if you lie, I will go to Qili Village After questioning, if there is a discrepancy with what you said, then..."

Just as he was about to speak evil of Zhou Yin, the man who shrugged himself off for a moment paused, and said honestly: "Zhou Yin, he has been smart since he was a child..."

Scarlet Tou is only two years older than Zhou Yin, but he has also lived in Zhou Yin's shadow since he was a child, and he has envied Zhou Yin since he was a child.

Because he had a good life and was too likable.

Twenty years ago, their family lived better than the old Zhou's family. Don't look at the life of the Scarlet Tou's family is the worst, but the life of the old Zhou's family is the best.

When he was young, the life of the Laidou family was much better than that of the old Zhou's family, and the life of the old Zhou's family was the worst one at that time.

Because there is only one son in their family, and there are too many children in the old Zhou family, and they are all half-grown children. At present, the children do not do much work, but eat a lot, so they are very poor.

But in such a difficult day, Zhou Yin's life is going well, which makes the head envious.

Of course, he felt that living a good life did not mean eating well and dressing well, but that Zhou Yin was at ease, and his sister-in-law Qian was pampering him.

Six or seven-year-old children, who can go to the county with adults?

But Zhou Yin can, as long as Qian Shi or Zhou Jin go to sell or buy things in the county, Zhou Yin will definitely follow.

And every time he enters the county, he will definitely be able to buy a piece of candy.

So in the whole Qili Village, all the children envied him.

And when he was eight or nine years old, Zhou Yin could go to the county town to play by himself, and he even learned to read by himself. And because Zhou Yin is good-looking and smart, all the adults in the village like him. During the Chinese New Year, everyone pays New Year's greetings, and he gets more pastries than other children.

Laitou knew that Tang County Magistrate was going to ask the people in the village, so he didn't dare to hide it, so he told about the eleven-year drought in Dade, Zhou Yin sold himself and found jobs for the people in the village.

Scarlet head said: "Because of this, everyone in the village is grateful for his kindness. In the third year of Dazhen, he took his wife and children back to the village, and everyone in the village went to his house to see him, and heard that he wanted to settle in the village. The chief also said that he would choose a good piece of land for him, and then we would build a house for him together, and it was also because of this that we followed the old Zhou family to hide it from the officials."

Magistrate Tang asked, "What did he bring back home?"

"Only two bags. He came back with the caravan. He said that he was afraid that the road would be unsafe. It would be difficult for him to take his wife and children with him, so he only took two bags on the road. The rest of the house was entrusted to a friend to bring back. Because there were too many things, he was left behind, and he even said that he had brought presents to everyone in the village." Laitou said: "Then he stopped in the village for two days and then brought his wife and said that he would go out and bring things back, but this They didn’t come back once they went there, and the people who went up the mountain to hunt and dig wild vegetables saw them being chopped down and brought them back.”

"And what about their luggage?"

"It's gone. At that time, they only had a suit of clothes on them, and nothing else."

"He didn't say what he did for a living when he came back?"

"That's right, he said he was also farming, occasionally doing some small business," Scarlet said after hesitating for a moment, "He told us that his father-in-law was a scholar, and he fell ill halfway after he went out with the caravan. When he stopped in some state and was dying of illness, the scholar thought he was pitiful, so he gave him some water and rice, and took some medicine for him, so he got through that hurdle."

"Then he often went to the Xiucai's family to help and run errands. The Xiucai took him in because he saw that he was hardworking." The scarlet was a little suspicious and envious, "The Xiucai only had one daughter, so he was recruited as a son-in-law." , They came back after the end of retirement for Mr. Xiucai and Mrs. Xiucai. All the family property of Mr. Xiucai was given to him.”

Tang County Magistrate quickly flashed an official document in his mind, and said, "Shangzhou?"

Scarlet head's eyes lit up, he nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's Shangzhou, it's Shangzhou."

Tang County Magistrate was more doubtful, he asked: "It is said that Zhou Yin is a bandit, but where did he rob and who did he rob?"

"How dare we ask the official, let alone me, even Zhou Jin's family doesn't know about it."

Magistrate Tang asked again, "What about Zhou Yin's associates?"

Scarlet head: "I don't know, I've never seen it before, maybe it's Zhou Yin's friend? But we don't know each other, we haven't seen it before."

The next thing is to ask three questions. He knows what happened before Zhou Yin sold himself, and what happened after Zhou Man was brought up by Zhou's family, but the man in between doesn't know anything at all.

County magistrate Tang came and went to inquire, and found that he really didn't know anything, so he waved for someone to take him down.

The scarlet head became timid, and quickly asked: "Sir, my lord, I didn't lie, you will know as soon as you go to the village, you, can you let me go first?"

Magistrate Tang looked at him and asked, "Are you sure you want to go back to the village? If the people in your village know that you have confessed everything..."

Scarlet's face turned pale, then his family would definitely be kicked out of the village.

Lingtou swallowed his saliva and asked, "Didn't you say that if you concealed a prisoner, you would be treated as an accomplice?"

"That's right, but Zhou Yin's charges are not certain yet, so I won't question you people from Qili Village." County magistrate Tang knew that he might not understand what he said, so he said bluntly: "But you confessed. The secret that your village has kept for many years is the truth."

The scarlet head burst into tears immediately, and cried out: "My lord, this little one listened to your confession, you can't hurt the little one."

"I won't harm you," County Magistrate Tang said, "so you should stay in the county government recently, and keep your mouth shut. Unless I ask you, no matter who asks you, don't say too much. Wait." This officer has found out the matter, regardless of Zhou Yin's guilt or innocence, this officer will let you live, but if you talk nonsense, it will spoil the good work of this officer..."

Scarlet head immediately promised, "The little one will definitely not talk nonsense. From today onwards, unless an adult asks, the little one will be dumb."

County magistrate Tang nodded in satisfaction and ordered him to be detained.

Jiang Qi submitted the written record to Magistrate Tang for review.

County magistrate Tang read it over and confirmed that it was correct, then signed it, then put the transcript away and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Jiang Qi looked at him silently, Tang county magistrate ignored his gaze, and said: "Jiang Qi, go and find out the list of Dazhen's official officials in the past three years, as well as the announcements issued in that year, and the source, I will ask .”

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