Guo Zhiyuan naturally didn't know that this incident actually caused such a big change in the mood of the Poison King Bee, but at this time he had no interest in this matter. Because something happened again, a tragedy occurred in Anfuli, Gutian County, and a family of five collectively hanged themselves!

Five lives! This is the first time that Guo Zhiyuan has such a tragedy in Gutian County, so he attaches great importance to it and personally leads people to Anfuli to investigate the scene. The local village chief obviously did not expect Guo Zhiyuan to come down in person, and seemed a little panicked. Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel suspicious. Could it be that this case is not just a suicide?

The head of the household who hanged himself was Liu Changfu. The one who hanged himself was also his wife Liu Chen, and his three children, two women and one man. The oldest was only thirteen years old and the youngest was only eight years old. The death of the person who committed suicide was very scary, with a purple face and a long tongue. Guo Zhiyuan couldn't bear to look at it after a glance, especially among the deceased, there were three underage children, which made him very heartbroken and determined to investigate the case to the bottom of the truth!

However, after the headmaster and coroner who followed Guo Zhiyuan to inspect the scene, they reported to Guo Zhiyuan, saying that there were no suspicious signs in the house. All five of them died of suffocation and did not struggle violently before their death. It should have been suicide. Guo Zhiyuan was surprised. Since it was indeed suicide, why did he look panicked when he saw him just now?

Guo Zhiyuan called the village chief and asked again. The camp was obviously hesitant. He only said that Liu Changfu's family was poor and had lung disease last year, making his livelihood more and more difficult. He did not make any grudges with others. He thought that he was unable to think about it for a while and Guo Zhiyuan became more and more suspicious. However, if he wanted to manage the county government, he had to rely on these village chiefs, so he was not good to get angry immediately and asked quietly: "Does the deceased have other relatives?"

"Liu Changfu's parents died early, and his immediate family members were gone. The closest one was only one cousin. He didn't have much contact with him on weekdays, so I'm afraid he couldn't ask anything..." The place said carefully.

Guo Zhiyuan frowned. It was obvious that he did not want to investigate the matter thoroughly, so he tried every means to make excuses. Guo Zhiyuan naturally could not let him do what he wanted. He waved his hand and said, "I have my own concerns. You can find the deceased cousin as soon as possible. I want to ask him for a question..."

There was no choice but to ask someone to find the deceased's cousin. After a while, the person came. Liu Changfu's cousin looked like an honest farmer. He looked cautious when growing in front of Guo Zhiyuan, but he was very majestic in front of the people. He pointed at Liu Changfu's cousin and said sternly: "Liu Guifu, the county magistrate is asking you for a question, you must answer carefully!"

Liu Guifu was already honest and frightened to the Chang here, and he became even more and more terrified. He only knew that he was kneeling in front of Guo Zhiyuan and shivered, not even saying anything. Guo Zhiyuan was very dissatisfied with Chang here, and immediately pointed at him and shouted angrily: "Is it the official who asked me or you? Go out for me!..."

There was a long scolding from Guo Zhiyuan and went out in a dusty face. Guo Zhiyuan helped Liu Guifu up and said with a smile: "Liu Guifu, you don't have to be afraid. Do you know why your brother Liu Changfu's family died? Just tell me the truth, and I will make the decision for you!..."

Seeing that Guo Zhiyuan is so approachable, Liu Guifu was not as timid as before, but he still seemed very hesitant and stuttered: "Return... the words of the county magistrate, Cao... Caomin and my brother are not... not how to deal with each other, no... I don't know how he thinks so... can't think about it..."

Guo Zhiyuan knew that Liu Guifu didn't tell the truth at first glance. He pointed to the room where Liu Changfu's body was parked next door and said, "If you just can't think about it for a moment, why did your brother Liu Changfu's family die? Is it even your underage nephew and nieces unable to think about it? Such a tragic incident can't be ignored by others, let alone your cousin? Your brother's family's body is not cold. As a close relative of their compatriots, you dare not speak up for their righteousness. Your brother's family's spirit in heaven may be in peace?!..."

Liu Guifu was obviously moved by Guo Zhiyuan's words, gritted his teeth, knelt down in front of Guo Zhiyuan again, and cried loudly: "The Caomin brothers' family was forced to death by the county's Cheng and Dianpu shopkeepers. Please make the decision for the Caomin brothers' family!..."

This dictionary shop is what we often call a pawn shop. When Guo Zhiyuan was a child, he often reads books that pawn shops were an important tool for the landlords and gentry class to exploit ordinary people in the old society, but he had no intuitive feeling about it. After all, there was a pawn shop in modern society, which seemed not as terrible as the book was written. But now he has witnessed a tragedy of family destruction and his family destruction happening around him. The culprit is this pawn shop. So when he heard it, he had a cold light in his eyes and asked: "How did this Cheng and Dian shop force your brothers to die one by one? Tell me in detail that as long as what you said is true, I will decide for your brothers to die one by one!"

Liu Guifu sobbed and began to tell the whole story. It turned out that Liu Changfu's family was not considered a poor family in the village. There were more than ten acres of paddy fields in the family, which was more than the best. However, since Liu Changfu suddenly suffered from lung disease last year, his family's situation plummeted. Liu Changfu was the main laborer of the family. Now he has lung disease, his health is worse than before. Not only can he not go to work, but he also needs to spend money to buy medicine, which emptyed the family's foundation in a row. Liu Chen had to take a few underage children to work, but they had no experience after all, so the field harvest last year was much worse than before.

However, the taxes must be paid as appropriate. The county yamen runners came to collect the debt several times (at that time, Guo Zhiyuan had not yet taken office). Liu Changfu forced himself to mortgage the ten acres of paddy fields from his family to Chenghe Dianpu in the county, and then he barely paid the tax. However, Liu Changfu's health was getting worse and he naturally had no money to pay the money back to Dianpu. Not to mention that he could not pay back the capital, he could not even pay the monthly interest. So as soon as the beginning of the spring, Chenghe Dianpu came and wanted to take away the ten acres of paddy fields that Liu Changfu had mortgaged to Dianpu.

These ten acres of paddy fields are the lifeblood of Liu Changfu, so he naturally refused to let Dianpu take it away, begging the shopkeeper of Dianpu to give him some grace for a while and waited for the harvest in the fields to repay the money. The shopkeeper of Dianpu only borrowed money to pay taxes for the more than ten acres of paddy fields of Liu Changfu's family. Naturally, it was impossible for him to agree to give him a grace period. Moreover, with Liu Changfu's situation, the grain planted in the fields would definitely not keep up with the rate of interest growth.
Chapter completed!