I become a god in another world

Chapter 206: Find out the inside story
Chapter 206
Xie Jingsheng's process of handling this ghost case is very interesting.

Zhao Fusheng paused for a moment on the words 'Xie Jingsheng', then tucked the file under his arm and began to look through the replacement list of the Demon Suppression Department personnel in Dahan in 204.

The first archived record of Dahan 204 was in January, followed by June.

Judging from the time Xie Jingsheng worked on the ghost case in 203, it can be seen that this person had a certain degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder and his time on the case was very evenly stuck.

There was only a short two-month gap between November 203 and January of next year, breaking Xie Jingsheng's rule of handling a case every four months during his tenure, and June was too late.

In two months, there was only one volume of files in January, while there were seven or eight volumes of files in June, forming a small mountain.

Therefore, Zhao Fusheng speculated: Could it be that January was not a mass casualty change caused by the ghost case, but Xie Jingsheng's personal transfer?

This was not a figment of her imagination.

Xie Jingsheng was not originally from Wan'an County. He had a background and backing. There was someone in his family who was a general in the Demon Suppression Division, and he himself was seconded from the state.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, Xie Jingsheng is more like coming to Wan'an County to work for a year, which is equivalent to a layer of gold, and he can be promoted when he returns.

As she expected, the transfer in January 204 indeed belonged to Xie Jingsheng.

It reads: In January 204, the General Office of the Zhenmo Division sent Lu Jing to serve in Wan'an County. Lu Jing, under the former Yizhou...

In addition to the brief personal file about Lu Jing, the following is about Xie Jingsheng's promotion.

This person performed well during his tenure, was commended by the emperor, and returned to Beijing to report on his work.

Zhao Fusheng collected these files one by one and put them back on the file shelf.

She had just stood for a moment when Fan Bisheng from outside came to call her and said that the carriage was ready.

Fan Bisheng worked swiftly, and while Zhao Fusheng was searching for information, not only the accompanying carriages and personnel were arranged, but also the luggage of Kuai Manzhou and Zhao Fusheng were packed.

The weather had turned cold by now, so I packed a few thick coats in the car.

There weren't many people from the Demon Suppression Department who came to see him off.

Zhao Fusheng made an impromptu decision to go to Fengmen Village. Some people have not received the news yet. The only people guarding the gate are the two brothers from Pang Zhixian County, their masters, and handymen.

Wu Shaochun stood in front of the car excitedly. Kuai Manzhou picked up a bunch of money and shook it in her hand. After seeing Zhao Fusheng, she raised the money and waved it a few times:

"Fusheng, salary."

Two anxious men, one old and one young, were standing beside the car with hands in hand. When they saw Zhao Fusheng, they both shuddered.

"Fusheng, money."

Seeing that Zhao Fusheng didn't reply, Kuai Manzhou shook the money string again.

Amidst the clanging sound, Zhao Fusheng saw in the little girl's hand a round knot made of fine hemp rope, with five copper coins with round square holes hanging on it.

She touched Kuai Manzhou's head, then turned to look at Fan Bisei.

Fan Bisheng received the inquiry from her eyes and said quickly:
"According to the rules of the Demon Suppressing Division, Kuai...the envoy should have a monthly salary of fifty cents. According to Manager Pang's wishes, she...based on two months, she should be given a hundred cents, but with so much money, it is not convenient to travel. Just give her five pieces of money to keep, and keep the rest of her salary in the house, and we will see how she arranges it later."

Kuai Manzhou ignored Fan Bisi's words.

She only had five pieces of money in her eyes, and she was obviously very happy about it. She was staring straight at Zhao Fusheng, and she was trying to hand the bunch of money into her hand: "Fusheng, money."

"What did you give me the money for?"

Zhao Fusheng held the money, somewhat dumbfounded:
"Don't you want a salary? Just keep it."

"I want to give you money."

The child hugged her legs and stood on tiptoes trying to put the money into her hands:

"I'll buy you some candy."

"..."

Zhao Fusheng vaguely felt that these words sounded familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.

Wu Shaochun and Fan Bisheng looked at the conversation between the two with strange expressions, feeling that something was wrong. However, the older and the younger looked as usual, one giving money and the other accepting it as a matter of course, as if others were making a fuss.

Fan Bisheng watched Zhao Fusheng take the money and put it into his arms. The five dollars that Kuai Manzhou had just collected a month and a half after entering the Demon Suppression Division was immediately returned to the boss's hand. The little girl even showed a rare smile.

Zhao Fusheng climbed into the carriage after collecting the money. Then he saw the other people's stunned faces and couldn't help shouting:
"Shaochun, get in the car."

Wu Shaochun suddenly realized this and quickly climbed into the car.

Fan Bisheng tried his best to calm down his expression, and then heard Zhao Fusheng calling him:
"Brother Fan."

He responded quickly.

"After I go to Fengmen Village this time, there are two things you should pay attention to for me."

"Sir, please tell me." Fan Bisheng said quickly and attentively when he heard that he had a mission.

"After the ghost case in Kuai Liang Village, Zhou Song from Wulitian Village, who was responsible for cleaning up the local aftermath, never came to the county to report his work. If he comes to the county after I leave, arrange for him to stay in the county for two days, waiting for my return. You can let Pang Qing talk to him in the meantime.”

What Zhao Fusheng was thinking about was the issue mentioned by Pang Qing about the purchase of goods by Yizhou ships when they returned from Zheng He's purchase of timber.

Pang Zhixian said that Wulitian Village was a relatively "wealthy" village under Wan'an County.

But when Zhao Fusheng went to Wuli Dian Village after the last ghost case in Kuai Liang Village, he didn't find anything related to 'wealth' in the lives of the people in this village.

In addition, the ghost cases in Kuai and Zhuang villages caused panic among the people in Wulitian Village. Zhao Fusheng decided to give the people in Wulitian Village a chance first and leave some cabins of the ship returning from Yizhou to Zhou. Song——As for whether Zheng He can get a boat, it is not within the scope of Zhao Fusheng's worries at all.

"Yes." Fan Bisheng wrote down her words and asked again:
"Sir, what about the second thing?"

"The second thing -" Zhao Fusheng thought for a while and said:

"After I leave, you find time to find Granny Meng and tell her that there are things you want to ask her when I come back."

This matter is not a big deal.

Mrs. Meng has been setting up a stall selling soup outside the begging alley, and the carriage back and forth only takes an hour. Zhao Fusheng specifically warned her at this time, could it be because she was involved in a certain ghost case?

Fan Bishi's mind suddenly became flexible.

Unfortunately, he has been in charge of more internal affairs recently and has not been involved in ghost cases for a long time. At this time, he had no clue when he heard Zhao Fusheng's words. After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only reply:

"Yes."

After finishing his instructions, Zhao Fusheng waved his hand:
"let's go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the middle-aged man driving the car raised his whip and shouted, and the car moved forward slowly.

After the vehicle set off, Zhao Fusheng's eyes fell on the people in the vehicle.

On this trip, there were five people in total, and three of them were from the Demon Suppression Division.

Except for one person driving the car, the person who stayed in the car was an old man about sixty years old. He wore a blue coat with patches on the armpits, hands, feet and shoulders. From time to time he reached out to smooth the folds of the fabric, looking a little uneasy.

Pang Zhixian mentioned that when they went to Fengmen Village this time, these two people were both from Gongmen.

When Zhao Fusheng stared at him, the old man's knees were tightly clamped, his forehead was sweating, and he blinked frequently.

"Are you from Changtiao Town?" Zhao Fusheng was the first to break the silence. The old man suddenly stood up and fell to the ground with a bang on his knees:
"Sir, I am a policeman from Changtiao Town. I am sent by Master Kong to come to the county to talk to Mr. Da Da."

"Did you tell Guo Wei that something happened at home and he was going to be dismissed from the county government?"

This man was quite young and was very frightened after seeing him. He did not dare to speak while sitting. Instead, he seemed to feel more comfortable after kneeling down.

Zhao Fusheng endured it and did not call him to get up immediately.

He breathed a sigh of relief:
"Yes, my lord."

Zhao Fusheng looked him up and down for a long time and suddenly asked him:

"Are you a native of Changtiao Town? What is your name? How old are you?"

Her sudden question made the old guard a little confused, and he subconsciously turned to look at Wu Shaochun.

For some reason, among the people in the car, Zhao Fusheng looked young and did not seem to be a vicious person. However, before he came, Magistrate Pang warned him that Zhao Fusheng was the lord of Wan'an County and must not Disrespectful to her.

After he got in the car, he felt panicked and scared. He felt that although the little master looked young, he was frightened for some reason.

In addition to Zhao Fusheng, Kuai Manzhou's presence also made him instinctively fearful.

He couldn't tell why.

This little girl was younger, like his grandson, but when he saw this child, he felt horrified from the bottom of his heart, and he did not even dare to look directly into Kuai Manzhou's eyes.

Among the few people, the policeman from the town and the county could have said a few words to him, but that man had to drive a carriage, and only Wu Shaochun was in the carriage, which made the old policeman feel at ease.

At this time, Wu Shaochun looked at him as if he was asking for help. Monk Zhanger couldn't help but be confused and said:
"When the adults ask you, just answer, what do you want me to do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old guard seemed to have been granted pardon and said quickly:

"This master has taught you a lesson."

After speaking, he replied:

"Sir, I am a native of Changtiao Town. I have lived in Changtiao Town for several generations. My ancestors said that I served an official who returned home, so I entered the public service."

The man from Gongmen spoke more logically than the average country villager. After he calmed down, he quickly explained his origins and indirectly proved that he had an "innocent family background" before he replied:
"My name is Cao Dazong, and I am now fifty-six."

Although the old man claimed to be only 56 years old, perhaps because of poverty, he looked older than he actually was and had lost a lot of teeth.

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

Although this person is younger than Zhao Fusheng expected, he is still 56 years old. He was already half a boy when the ghost case in Fengmen Village happened 43 years ago.

She suppressed her thoughts for the time being and prepared to get down to business first:

"Do you know that the county needs to recruit people this time?"

"know."

Then Cao Dazong nodded and said:
"As early as half a month ago, the county had already sent the results. Mr. Kong in our town -" When he said this, he seemed to have realized something, and hurriedly explained:

"Master Kong is our mayor, named Kong Youde. Master Kong sent officers to visit the village and persuade those people to enter the city, but the unruly people in the village refused to cooperate."

"Why don't you cooperate with the law?" Magistrate Pang had not mentioned these details before. He probably thought that they did not belong to the category of ghost cases and did not want to worry Zhao Fusheng by telling them.

But she still had a long way to go to Fengmen Village at this time, so she just happened to pass the time chatting with people. After understanding the situation in Fengmen Village, she could easily act according to the situation when she got there.

Cao Dazong said:
"There's no one around at all." He shook his head.

Such an answer was beyond Zhao Fusheng's expectation.

She originally thought that the villagers just didn't want to be recruited to work in the county, but she didn't expect that Changtiao Town went to recruit manpower several times, but all of them came to nothing.

"Don't Fengmen Village have a lot of people in the household registration?"

Even if the household registration number is watery, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. In a big village with so many people, even if someone in the village is well-informed and knows in advance that the official is going to dodge, how can a big village with hundreds of people be able to escape suddenly? To hide completely?

"I made a mistake."

Cao Dazong slapped himself in the mouth and said with a smile:
"The people in the village did not completely hide, but all the young and middle-aged people in the village hid, leaving only the old, weak, women and children."

These villagers are half civilians and half bandits. In the past few decades, the county's several pretentious crackdowns on bandits have developed the villagers' habit of sneaking into the mountains and forests.

When they heard that official officials were coming, many people immediately led their livestock into holes dug in advance in the forest.

It is impossible for the official to search the mountain on a large scale. Such a move would exhaust the veteran soldiers in the county to death.

The village bandits still believed in the past. Anyway, the officer's actions were just for show. As long as he hid in the mountains for two days, after the officer left, everything would be the same as before, no different.

"Every time we go back to the village, we don't see any young people, old women who are deaf and blind, or children who can't speak clearly. We don't even see any young women -"

Cao Dazong shook his head:
"When it comes to recruiting people in the county, those old women just pretend to be deaf and can't explain clearly."

After a few times, the town realized that these villagers were deliberately hiding from people.

When the mayor of the town, Kong Youde, realized what the villagers were doing, he became furious.

This time the county's mission was short and tight, and according to the county's wishes, the person who issued such a writ was the Demon Suppressor.

Although the people below do not understand why the Demon-Suppressing Division would recruit people near Fengmen Village and Huanggang Village, in the Han Dynasty, no matter it is a state, county, or county, as long as the word "Suppressing the Demon Division" is involved, it is The overriding task is something that needs to be dealt with first and for which local officials must cooperate unconditionally.

Even without this law of the Han Dynasty, the commanders of the Demon Suppression Division are all ghost controllers, extraordinary people who deal with ghosts. Who dares to disobey orders?

After learning that the task of recruiting people was an order issued by the Demon Suppression Division, in just half a month, Kong Youde was so worried that half of his hair fell out.

Every day he worried that he would not be able to complete the task. When he woke up the next day, he received a warrant from the county to kill him. He had trouble sleeping at night. Every day when he opened his eyes, he stared at the process of recruiting people.

Unfortunately, the two places designated by the county have always been plagued by banditry, which has been a malignant sore that has been entrenched in Changtiao Town for decades.

Not only the people suffered greatly, but even the government was helpless.

It's just that in the past, both parties did not dare to 'suppress the bandits' for the sake of superficial peace, and the other was worried about attracting the imperial army, and did not dare to openly rob and provoke the government. On weekdays, they continued to burn, kill and loot the people.

The town government has nothing to do with them.

After half a month, no one who Zhao Fusheng originally expected to recruit in Huanggang and Fengmen villages dared to sign up.

Bandits did not come forward, and ordinary people did not dare to come to the house. They were deeply afraid that after entering or leaving the government office, they would be targeted by bandits and then robbed.

"Under such circumstances, someone gave Mr. Kong an idea, which was to find a middleman." Cao Dazong talked for a long time and finally got to the point.