Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 631 Ugly Ghost County Magistrate - Wu Youde

Under the guidance of the housekeeper of Zhang's house, Li Chengqian and Zhuge Yi came to the so-called "crazy" old man's house in Wang Village, and what came into view was an old man with a gray beard pouting on the ground and barking with the dog at home, letting him The son on the side was indifferent no matter how much he kowtowed.

Li Chengqian didn't know if he was crazy or not before, but now it seems that this guy who insists on being the overlord with the dog doesn't look like a normal person, so how can he understand the situation? Walked around the village.

After he came out, he asked the housekeeper to send Zhuge Yi back to the Zhang Mansion. Zhuge Yi and Zhang Wanfu are old friends. After not seeing each other for a long time, they naturally have a lot to say. People, if it’s convenient, then it’s okay!Afterwards, I came to the Xichuan county government office with the inner guard unhurriedly, and after showing the inner guard's waist badge and Shang Shusheng's writing, I met the Xichuan county-Wu Youde who was "good at making conclusions about coffins".

I don’t know, I was really shocked when I saw it. This guy is not only thin and short, but also has two buck teeth and a pair of protruding ears. I have seen ugly ones, but this is the first time I have seen such ugly ones. Knowing that I thought it was underdeveloped in the mother's womb, so it ran out!
After exchanging pleasantries, Li Chengqian signaled Wu Deng below to put the case file on the table, and then asked quietly: "Magistrate Wu, this is the file of all cannibalism cases that happened in your county, should you say something?" , it can’t be the same as the dossier, you don’t know if you ask three questions!”

Hey, seeing this extremely ugly county magistrate sighed for a long time, shook his three-flat and four-shaped head and said: "General Qin is generous enough, and the gold leaf rewards you if you say it, squeak!" , It’s no loss that the royal guards are better than our local officials!”

kindness?Hearing his words, Li Chengqian turned his contemptuous eyes back. The county magistrate is not as incompetent as the "legend" says. He has already received the letter as soon as he came out of Wangcun. Tight, obviously not a mediocre person.What the hell, I missed it this time, I'm afraid this guy must have known about it when he went to Zhang's mansion alone!

"Money is a trivial matter. The general is just a momentary pity. Compared with Wu County Magistrate's thoughtfulness, it is far worse, isn't it?" Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and looked at Wu Youde opposite.

"Okay, licking blood with the knife head, people who have survived a hundred battles can still take pity on the common people, I admire you!" After finishing speaking, he picked up the file on the table and started talking.

Indeed, when the first cannibal case happened, he really didn't care about it. The place is no better than Gyeonggi, and it is normal for people to die. But in order not to panic the people, he can only characterize it on the surface. Wild beasts attacked, secretly dispatched government servants to investigate the Great Wushan Mountain in the west, because a group of bandits came out there last year.

But before those bandits took any action, cases of the same nature came one after another, which made Wu Youde a little unprepared, and immediately cast everyone down. The result was still no evidence, no clues, So he had to focus on the families of the counties who had reported missing cases.

After he communicated with the neighboring state capital, he found that these people were all moved out of Wangcun more than 20 years ago, which made him very puzzled. People who moved out of the same village died under the same method. Does it mean that the root of the case lies in Wangcun?

So, driven by curiosity, Wu Youde found the county annals of the previous dynasty in a corner of the treasury.During the Daye period, Xichuan County was designated by Nanyang King Zhu Jie as an army station to ensure a continuous supply of military supplies.But these Qiu Ba uncles are used to being lazy, where they can do this job and eat this hard work.

So they set their minds on the "two-legged sheep" in Xichuan County. Since they are all food and livestock, why not let them do it? After reporting to Nanyang King Zhu Jie for approval, they will be in the county. They seized the young men who cultivated the fields, and for the convenience of management, they confined all the men, women, old and children in the whole county in Wangcun.

But the cruel Zhu Jie army was not willing to let them plow the fields. They distributed the old and weak to the recruits to train their courage. Women and children were kept in captivity, and they were either killed for food or for lust. One meal, one full meal, and swallowing one's breath, planting food.

This situation continued until the third year of Wude. After the Tang Dynasty occupied Nanyang, there were less than [-] people left here. Some of them died during these years, and some moved to various villages or neighboring states. The only one left alive in Wangcun was the crazy old man who told the truth.

Regardless of who the murderer was, their purpose was to silence all the people in Wang Village back then. Although they always felt that something was missing, Wu Youde immediately told the suspicious point to the servants from the state and Beijing.But they confirmed that this inference was a bit nonsense, and who would target the people of Wangcun like this except Zhu Jiejun, it must be a coincidence.

Seeing that these "faint officials" don't take what he said seriously, then he can't use his hot face to stick to others' cold buttocks, so he chooses to keep silent. That's what happens in officialdom. If you do it for a long time, don't obstruct people's eyes.

These people are either the people in front of the envoy, or the experts in the cabinet, and they are all "experts". How can they take this ugly and ugly guy in their eyes.But what he didn't expect was that these two groups of people were so dead, which made him feel a chill in his heart.

The water here is so deep, even if the officials of the imperial court are wiped out, then this case will reach the sky, who knows that anyone who dares to attack the officials will be beheaded, they have nothing to fear!What's more, the official envoys of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are also considered as imperial envoys. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who dare to attack and kill the imperial envoys are a serious crime that will implicate the nine clans.

Such a disaster happened in his jurisdiction, he had to be more careful, don't drag himself into the case without finding out the case, so he hurriedly arranged the guards in every corner of the county, and carefully paid attention to the troubles here.

After listening to Wu Youde's explanation, Li Chengqian nodded. It is not bad for a county magistrate to be able to do this. He really can't ask too much from others. , and couldn't suppress the evil fire in their hearts.

"Magistrate Wu, I thought your reasoning was very reasonable, but two groups of guards from the imperial court have already alarmed the enemy, so you think this is the way to start the investigation!"

Li Chengqian believed that since this Wu Youde had so many thoughts, he must have a way to deal with the aftermath, otherwise he couldn't just wait for the third group of people to come.Even if he doesn't think about the victimized people, he has to think about his own black hat. If the case can't be solved, he has to follow the law and chatter! .
(End of this chapter)