Chapter 52: The Former Southern Dynasty Chen Family
Grandpa Li suddenly heard Li Rizhi say that his daughter was not dead and Li Guiniang was still alive. When his eyes were neutral, he shone with a hint of regret. He didn't expect that he would be deceived. Since that's the case, he shouldn't tell the truth. I don't know if it's too late to regret it now!
Not only did Mr. Li think so, but the three sons behind him also have the same idea. Anyway, it was not them who said the matter just now, but their mother. Can they say that their mother is confused? So they talk nonsense, so they can repent and maybe they can save the five acres of land!
The four men in Li Gui's family are not the kind of people who can hide things in their hearts. Whenever they have thoughts in their hearts, they immediately show their faces, but they didn't say it immediately, because even if they regret it, they have to think about what to do. After all, there are so many people here, and I have seen everything just now!
Li Rizhi said it intentionally and suddenly tried the reaction of the four men of the Li family. It seems that they are still unwilling to accept it and still don’t want to cooperate in solving the case. Since they are not honest, they can only scare them to be honest, so as not to have any evil spirits!
Li Ri knew: "You don't want to return the Ma family's betrothal gift, so you instigated Liu Baogan to kill Ma Shuanzhu. However, Liu Baogan was kind-hearted and did not obey your vicious tricks, so he did not kill Ma Shuanzhu. You are the main culprits, and that Liu Baogan is the accomplice."
He casually pointed to a son of the Li family and said, "I see that he has a bad person with a deer-headed and mouse-eyed look. He must be a bad person. He was the one he instigated Liu Baogan to kill and tie him up. If he couldn't find Liu Baogan, he would just use him to punish him and chop his head!"
The accused son of the Li family was shocked and shouted: "This, this, this is too unreasonable. Even if I don't look good, I won't be cut off my head!"
Zhang Laoliu smiled and said, "Water is in your head. We are people from the government. Whoever reasoned with you may be pretending to be that monster, but Liu Bao did nothing bad things!"
Zhang Laoliu stepped forward, dragged the Li family son out, took off the Li family son's belt, and tied him up!
The members of the Li family left the house together, shouting for injustice, crying for the sky and the earth, shouting for injustice, as if they were really flawless.
Li Rizhi shook his head and said, "I just said, let you make meritorious contributions. If you find Liu Baogan and prove that you are just accomplices, of course you don't need to behead you. If you can't find Liu Baogan, your daughter cheated on the Ma family's betrothal gift and almost killed the only son of the Ma family and burned the Ma family's house. In this case, you still think not to repay the betrothal gift and to shelter. Do you know that it is a crime to not report it if you know it!"
Zhang Laoliu smiled and said, "I don't know how they look. Such people only know how to take advantage of others, but don't care about their lives!"
The villagers of Xiaoma Village applauded and helped Zhang Laoliu to guard the Li family's son. The crowd immediately left the Li family. Under the guidance of Fu Guibao, they left Xiaoli Village and rushed to the Chen family manor.
The people from the Li family also followed. When they left the village, many villagers from Xiaoli Village came to watch the fun. In fact, they also heard about what happened in the Li family. Many of them had seen Liu Baogan and Li Guiniang having a secret meeting. Xiaoli Village was so old that this kind of romantic thing was the most popular thing for villagers to say. It was so popular that it was rumored that it was a mess, but it was just not told to the people of the Li family.
The villagers of Xiaoli Village were extremely excited and didn't know what they were going to be excited about. They ran out to watch the fun without sleeping at night, and they were talking a lot. Some even held the hands of the women of the Li family and asked questions, which was more concerned about their own affairs.
The men from the Li family followed and kept begging, wanting Zhang Laoliu to release him, but Zhang Laoliu ignored them and only cared for the Li son to rush on his way.
The road was carried by Fu Guibao, and it was dark. Even if the villagers lit torches, they could not recognize it for about 40 times in the dark. He had been to Chenjia Manor, but it was during the day and took a bus. The departure point was not Xiaoli Village, so he only walked less than half a mile away and encountered a fork in the road. Fu Guibao didn’t know which road to point!
From Xiaoli Village to Chenjia Manor, it is not far away, but not near. For villagers who are busy farming every day, no one can walk dozens of miles to other people's manors, so Fu Guibao can't point out the way out, and no one can point out the way out.
Looking at the fork in the road, Zhang Laoliu hesitated and said, "I know the direction of the Chen family manor, but I haven't been there, but it's useless to just know the direction..."
At this time, Dad Li came over and nodded and said, "Caomin knows that Caomin will give the teacher the way. As long as you walk faster, you can reach the Chen family manor before dawn!"
Li Rizhi exclaimed, he had a good memory and said, "I remember you said you didn't know how to get to Chen's Manor. You have never been there. Why do you know the road again now and you still know the time it takes to get there?"
It was too dark and I couldn't see Li's expression clearly. But when I heard the sound, he felt a little ashamed. Li's father said, "Caomin, remember, I remember it wrong. I used to be there, but now I remember it!"
Li Rizhi didn't say anything. As long as he led the way, Fu Guibao was relieved. He bragged too much before and finally someone took over and could continue to show the way.
Zhang Laoliu pushed Dad Li and asked him to walk in front of him, saying, "Your family is really unhonest. You have to be tough on you before you can tell the truth. You don't want to be reasonable and you have to wait until others are even more unreasonable than you, so you are willing to cooperate. Why bother!"
Mr. Li was speechless, but his two sons were still defending: "I really forgot, I didn't lie, I didn't lie."
The three of the Ma family accused him of being too unkind and dared to do anything immoral for the sake of five acres of land!
The road to Chenjia Manor is not difficult to walk, especially the closer you get to the manor, the easier it is to walk on the road. The last three or four miles of road is actually a stone road. The stone road is clean and flat, which is much easier to walk on than a dirt road.
It was really before dawn that I arrived at the Chen Family Manor. It was such a big manor, with many wealthy families in Xingyang, but there were probably only one manor with such a large manor. No wonder Fu Guibao said that the Chen family was the richest in Xingyang.
Zhang Laoliu stepped forward and slapped the village gate and shouted: "The officials in Xingyang County handled the case. Listen to the people inside, open the door quickly so as not to delay the case handling!"
It is true that the Chen family is a huge wealthy family, but they have no backers in the government, and there is no clan member to serve as an official in the court. No matter what background the Chen family had before or not, it was a real royal family in the Southern Dynasty. Now it is the Tang Dynasty. As long as the Chen family has no one in the officialdom, Zhang Laoliu, a young constable, doesn’t have to care about anything!
Zhang Laoliu slapped the village gate with a loud bang, and then kicked it twice!
Fu Guibao looked behind and thought, "No wonder my father insisted on letting me be an official. Nowadays, no matter how rich I am, it is useless. I have to be an official. The Chen family is so rich, but a small official still dares to come to the door. It is better to have power than to have money. You can't mess around in the future. You have to study hard!"
There was someone in the gate. It was the most sleepy time. The servants of the Chen family were woken up, so of course they would not be angry. The servant inside said angrily: "Who is this? Why did you kick it to the door? Are there any hatred or hatred?"
The door was not opened, and only a corner door was opened. The servant showed his head and looked outside. He saw that there were many people standing outside, holding torches. The one who came forward to kick the door was an official wearing a uniform and dressed in a man!
The servant of the Chen family thought: "Is it a strong man? An official sent a group of strong men to go on a certain tolerance, and then he pulled him around and came to my house? Why are there two children? Could it be that even the children should be treated as strong men?"
The current situation is unforgettable for the servants of the Chen family to think too much, so he walked out of the door, bowed to Zhang Laoliu, and said, "This man wants to take someone to work with money? Is it okay to pay more money!"
The servant thought that the official was extorted by the name of encouraging the men. Anyway, the Chen family had money, so as long as the official did not make things difficult for the Chen family, it would be no big deal to spend a little money!
Zhang Laoliu sneered, grabbed the collar of the servant's clothes, and shouted: "Is your groom called Liu Baogan?"
The servant was startled. When he heard Liu Baogan's name, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I wonder what the Crazy Master is asking him for?"
Zhang Laoliu said: "He is a robber who murders and sets fire and abducts women. The case he committed was committed today. We are here to catch him. He will be in this manor now. If he escapes, he will be regarded as you hiding prisoners and helping him escape!"
The servant shouted immediately: "I am wronged, wronged, what evil things did Liu Bao do have had nothing to do with our manor..."
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and report to your master. Also, I'll send someone to arrest Liu Baogan now. Let's go in and wait. I'll give you two quarters of an hour. If you can't catch Liu Baogan, I'll arrest you!" Zhang Laoliu pushed the servant away and entered the manor first.
Li Rizhi followed in. Although Fu Guibao didn't look at him being chubby, he actually arrived first, and got up later than Li Rizhi, but rushed into the manor first than Li Rizhi.
After rushing into the gate, Fu Guibao exclaimed: "It turns out that this is the way it is at night. I have lit so many lanterns, which is more generous than my family!"
Li Rizhi looked into the yard and saw carved beams and painted buildings. There were hundreds of lanterns under the eaves, illuminating the entire front yard. Although there was no one in the main hall, there were also large candlesticks that were lit with dozens of candles on it, and all the candles were lit.
Li Ri knew: "There are no one here, why don't you nod your head? Who did you lit the candle?"
Fu Guibao rushed into the main hall, rushed to the couch, sat down comfortably, and said, "Maybe there was a happy event at home, otherwise I wouldn't have lighted candles like this. It's not that I feel sorry for the money, but I'm afraid of causing a fire. The Chen family must have a banquet today, I don't know why!"
Li Rizhiqi said: "How do you know? Are there any signs?"
Fu Guibao smiled and said, "You don't understand the life of rich people, and I'm too lazy to explain. I'm so tired today. The road I'm almost on my way to catch up with the sum of my life!"
Li Rizhi also felt sore waist and legs. It was fine when he was on the road. Now, once he felt relieved, his fatigue immediately hit his body. He also sat down and said, "I'm hungry and tired. If I could have some snacks, I would have soaked my feet in a basin of hot water!"
Chapter completed!