Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 507 Yujiang County

County magistrate Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said to County Captain Jiang: "You should hurry up and arrest these two people and torture them, and you must find out about Zou Hai's fake household registration."

"Yes." Jiang Xianwei responded, and immediately asked Luo Wu to arrest Li Shuli and Chi Shuli.

The homes of the two scribes were in an alley not far from the county government office. Luo Wu led people straight to the two scribes' homes, and easily escorted the two scribes to the county government office.

On the way, Li Shuli and Chi Shuli asked in panic: "Yamen Luo, what did the county magistrate ask us to do in the county government? We are all good officials who handle things impartially, not cruel officials who wait for exploitation. The magistrate wants us to go to the county government office. Mingchao."

Since Zou Xiancheng was arrested and imprisoned, they, Zou Xiancheng's cronies and clerks, were confined at home by the county magistrate and could not go anywhere.

They were very worried and wanted to exchange news, but there were yamen servants guarding the door, and their news could not be sent out at all. Even the food, meat and vegetables purchased at home were bought by the yamen servants.

Luo Wu's youthful innocence had faded, and he became resolute. Hearing this, he said without looking sideways: "Luo is just a small yamen servant. If the two scribes have any questions, I will see you later. Your Excellency, you can ask yourself."

That said, Li Shuli and Chi Shuli wished they could strangle him to death on the spot.

After a cup of tea, Luo Wu escorted Li Shuli and Chi Shuli to the county government punishment room.

Li Shuli and Chi Shuli almost fainted from fright, jumped up and said, "Luo Wu, didn't you say that the county magistrate summoned us? Why did you bring us to the execution room? What do you want to do?"

The accompanying yamen servants had already dragged Li and Chi into the gate of the punishment room, but Luo Wu closed the door of the punishment room with a bang, and turned around and said, "The county magistrate has said that you two will be tortured. We are only following orders."

"Use, torture! The county magistrate wants to torture us?" Clerk Chi was so frightened that his feet softened, but he pretended to be tough and said: "We are officials in the county government, and we are paid by the imperial court. You can't just torture us , This is a violation of the criminal law!"

Luo Wu smiled, and said to the two: "Li Shuli, Chi Shuli, are you not sure whether you have violated the criminal laws of the Great Chu?"

After saying that, he said to Bantou Jiang who had been waiting in the execution room for a long time: "Uncle Jiang, here comes the executioner."

Bantou Jiang nodded, it was nonsense, and he directly asked the yamen servant to tie the two scribes to the rack and began to torture them.

The punishments in the county yamen's torture room are not comparable to those in the army. They are just small punishments such as pinching hands, ironing irons, and whipping salt water. However, Li Shuli and Chi Shuli are literati, and they have been pampered for decades. Punishment, I was afraid that I would die in the torture room, but I couldn't hold it anymore in less than half an hour, crying and saying: "We recruit, we recruit, stop beating..."

If the fight continues, their lives will be gone.

However, Li Shuli and Chi Shuli are quite smart. They demanded: "We want to see the county magistrate Xu... If we can't see him... we will not say anything!"

Luo Wu sneered at this, and he didn't even say that he died, the punishment in the execution room was too much to handle, it was obvious that the two were afraid of death, pretending that they would rather die than surrender.

But he still got up and went to call Xu county magistrate and Jiang county captain.

Zou Jiang, Jiang Qi, Yang Bantou and the Qin family brothers also came together.

There was a strange smell in the punishment room, and the magistrate Xu covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief and said, "I just want to ask you, do you know Zou Hai, the steward of the Zou family? Do you know that Zou Youlian has handled the household registration for him? How many are those?"

He added: "You are clear about what Zou Youlian committed. It is a crime that has been condemned by the nine clans. As accomplices, you yourself will not be cured. But as long as you answer honestly, your family members may be exonerated."

The world is afraid of death, and even more afraid of the death of the whole family. The two scribes both have sons, and they are both smart people.

Clerk Li was relatively timid, so he burst into tears when he heard this, and begged the county magistrate Xu: "My lord, my lord can leave a queen for my family. My Li family has two generations of single passers-by. My son can't be convicted." .”

The county magistrate Xu said angrily: "What are you crying for? I don't have time to listen to you crying. Hurry up and clarify the matter of Zou Hai's household registration, so that your son can be exonerated."

Li Shuli nodded hastily: "Yes, yes, I'll just say it for a humble job."

But they have dealt with too many household registrations, it is hard to tell directly, and they can only look at the 34 household registrations.

Fortunately, both of them have good memories. After checking the 34 household registrations that Zou Xiancheng had personally handled, they finally pulled out three household registrations.

"It seems to be these three cards. At that time, Zou Xiancheng said that some slaves in the family were going to be released and that they were going to be given new household registrations. But this kind of rhetoric, everyone understands, is just an excuse." The two scribes said. I have been in this business for a long time, so I know some things. Many officials and wealthy households like to use this trick to hide some of their family wealth.

The county magistrate Xu got the three household registrations, and saw that one of them belonged to the Zhongzhou Kang family, he was overjoyed: "The Zhongzhou Kang family is here, so these three household registrations must be correct."

But the remaining two are a little far away, and one is even in the south of the Yangtze River. I'm looking for it at this time, and I don't know if I can catch someone.

But no matter what, someone must be sent to arrest him, and Zou Hai cannot be allowed to escape.

"Lieutenant Jiang County, without further ado, hurry up and take someone to arrest Zou Hai according to the address on your household registration." County Magistrate Xu said excitedly: "Don't worry, I will write letters to Governor Liang and General Guo, and they will Help us, this matter of going over the government and arresting people will not be hindered."

Zou Jiang kept silent, but stared at Shuli Chi with a frown... When Shuli Li made a confession, he noticed with sharp eyes that there was something wrong with Shuli Chi, as if he wanted to say something but was afraid to say it.

Qin Sanlang also noticed it. He directly pulled out the knife, pointed at Clerk Chi's neck with a squeak, and asked in a deep voice, "What else do you know? Tell me!"

Clerk Chi shivered in fright, and subconsciously said: "I, I, I said, Tong Lao San from Tong's family in the county once spent money to ask me to apply for a new household registration, and it was done in Baihe Town. I saw that the household registration was done for me. It was from Tong’s hometown, and the money given was high, so I took the cash and settled it... But after a few days, I saw Tong Laosan drinking with a man in Futai Building, and what he was talking about seemed to be about household registration. At that time, I kept an eye out and asked a few beggars to follow the man, only to find that the man entered Zou's house through the back door of Zou's house!"

"Thinking about it now, that man should be Zou Hai."

County magistrate Xu was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately said to Mr. Tian: "Quickly check the booklet and see where the main family of this household registration has moved to?"

It must no longer be in Baihe Town, Tianfu County.

Master Tian and Master Yu hurriedly led the scribes to search for the household registration booklet of Baihe Town, and they found it in less than an hour.

"The head of the household is Sun Dazhu. He is fifty years old and has lost his wife. He has a son named Sun Tianxi. Three years after he settled in Baihe Town, his family moved to Yujiang County, and his household registration was also transferred there." Master Yu said holding the booklet.

(End of this chapter)