Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 240 Feels Familiar

He Mengyou and He Zhi were brought by the yamen servants to Hucao Yamen.The two walked behind, and He Zhi took the opportunity to ask He Mengyou secretly, "Master, why did Hu Cao call you here suddenly?" If he could know the reason in advance, he would also like to have a countermeasure.

Compared to He Zhi's nervousness, He Mengyou didn't care much.But after all, he is the chief manager of the family, even compared to him, Grandpa believes in He Zhi, so He Mengyou is also polite to He Zhi, "It must be because of the house in Jiuquli.

My house was only sold for 120 taels, but now the house price has risen to nearly 500 taels, so I asked He Yijiu to come forward and sue Qian Laoer.Now it is definitely time to convict Qian's second son, and ask me to confront him. "

He Zhi frowned involuntarily, he knew exactly what happened in that house before.Out of caution, he whispered to He Mengyou again:
"Master, from my humble point of view, since the mansion is involved, it will be a loss, but if other things are involved, the loss outweighs the gain."

He Mengyou glanced at him, a little uncertain, "Isn't that already dealt with? It's been half a year, what else can be involved."

"Be careful sailing for thousands of years." He Zhi said affirmatively: "The young master will shift the responsibility of this matter to He Yijiu in the court later, saying that you don't know anything about it, and you also recognize the 120 taels of silver. It's best to return it immediately. Hall."

He Mengyou hesitated for a while, and half objected: "We'll see the situation later."

His house cost nearly 400 taels of silver even for the purchase and repairs, and he hadn't lived in it for a month, but now he was dismissed for 120 taels.

Although he is not short of that little money, but he just can't think in his heart, he is the grand young master of the He family, why should he have to swallow it by himself when he suffers a loss, he doesn't have the good temper to swallow his anger.

He Zhi sighed in his heart, there was nothing wrong, he could only secretly pray that nothing would go wrong.

But he was guilty of being a thief, and the more this happened, the more flustered he felt, and he always felt that something was wrong. If he really came to testify in court, why didn't the yamen servant tell him just now?

"Short..." He Zhi wanted to persuade him again, but the yamen servant in front suddenly turned his head to look at him, and he quickly shut up, bowed his waist and smiled.

At that time, Wei Pingxiao had already arrived at Hucao Neitang, and had listened to the first half of the hall.Seeing that he was silent for a while, Su Zhen asked: "Brother Wei also thinks there is something strange about this?"

Wei Pingxiao got up, peeked into the courtroom from the curtain of the inner hall, then turned his head, pointed to the middle-aged man in the hall and asked, "He belongs to the Pavilion Master of the Mountain Pavilion."

Su Zhen also walked over and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that."

Wei Pingxiao squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a while, then sat back with a confused face, pondered for a while, and then asked Wei Pingxiao: "Don't you think this person looks familiar?"

"Familiar?" Su Zhen thought for a while, then took a breath, "You really sound familiar when you say that. I said why the hall felt a little strange just now. At that time, my attention was all on the owner of the mountain pavilion. Think about it. Have we met this person before?"

Wei Pingxiao shook his head: "I'm sure I haven't seen it before, but I know who this person looks like. You rarely see him, so it's normal if you can't remember it for a while. But maybe I'm overthinking it. I'll see it later in the hall." .”

Su Zhen hurriedly said: "You can sit directly in the hall later, and I will sit and listen. Since the murder case is involved, it will not belong to my household Cao."

Wei Pingxiao didn't refuse, and nodded.They waited again until the yamen servant came into the room to report that all the people had arrived, and then they went to court.Wei Pingxiao sat in the hall, while Su Zhen consciously sat and watched the hall.

In the courtroom, He Yijiu was still kneeling on the ground, but at this time he had already been hit by [-] boards, his face was pale with pain, but he didn't dare to hum, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

Qian Laoer knelt on the other side, and Zhufeng stood beside him, staring at one place, slightly closed, standing still, but took advantage of his free time to meditate.

Wei Pingxiao slapped the gavel first, and then sternly shouted, "He Yijiu, you first sued Qian Erer for falsely declaring the house price, and then changed your story for no reason. Why did you change it, and tell the truth."

He Yijiu tremblingly said: "Back to the adults, the younger one already knows that his lawsuit is unreasonable, so he asks to withdraw from the court."

"You're lying." Wei Pingxiao's expression turned sharp, and his voice was so high that He Yijiu trembled in fright and almost fell to the ground, "Small...you don't dare."

Wei Pingxiao asked again: "In that house, a maid died. Is it a servant of the He family or a servant?"

He Yijiu blinked his eyes in a panic, and hesitated, "It's the family. No, no. Yes, it's a servant."

Wei Pingxiao continued to question, "Since you are a foreign servant, who did you buy it from? When did you buy it? Where is the deed of sale now? How old is he? Where does he live? How many people are there in the family? Tell me everything honestly."

He Yijiu was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and said in panic, "Returning to the adults, the small one is just the head of the house, and only deals with the sale and purchase of houses. As for the maid, the young one really doesn't know."

Wei Pingxiao snorted and said with a stern face, "You don't know, of course someone knows. Pass it on to He Mengyou."

Then he sternly said to He Yijiu: "He Yijiu, I won't let you speak later, if you dare to speak, I will immediately decapitate you."

He Yijiu trembled in fright, and put his head on the ground, panicking.

The yamen servant at the door immediately called out to He Mengyou, and soon, two yamen servants brought out He Mengyou and He Zhi from the witness room.

He Mengyou strode up to the hall, flicked his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed, "He Mengyou, a grassroots man, kowtow to your lord."

He Zhi also bowed his head slightly, and then knelt down: "Little He Zhi, please greet your lord."

"He Mengyou, can you admit that you are the original owner of the five houses in Jiuquli, and entrusted Qian Laoer to sell the house in the first month?"

He Mengyou responded yes.

Wei Pingxiao asked again: "Then why did you sell the house? But because someone died in the house?"

He Mengyou was startled, he really didn't expect to ask this question.He thought for a while, and replied: "The grass people in that house only live there once in a while, and they think it's useless, so they plan to sell it."

Wei Pingxiao didn't accept this, and continued to ask: "Has anyone died in the house before, who is the deceased, and what does it have to do with you?"

He Mengyou became a little uneasy, and glanced sideways at He Yijiu at the corner, seeing that his face was dripping with sweat, his heart sank.Sure enough, something went wrong.He thought about it for a while and replied, "Caomin doesn't know either."

In fact, He Zhi's heart was already alarmed, he was afraid that He Mengyou would say something inappropriate, so after listening to He Mengyou's words, he quickly replied: "My lord, the young master only lived in that house for a few days, so I don't know. "

Wei Pingxiao smiled, "You are the chief steward of the He family, I think you know it best, so tell me, who died in that house?"

He Zhi's lowered eyes were flustered, he didn't dare to look up, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I'm a slave."

He Yijiu, who was kneeling in the corner, was so frightened that his hands softened, and he fell directly to the ground.

When He Zhi heard his movement, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt that the gaze in front of him was like a fire burning on his body, and he was sweating for a while.

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