Chapter 145
Liu Captou and others were demoted one level and called Li Shen, the seventh uncle of the county magistrate, "Seventh Uncle" because Liu Captou and the government officials were of low status.

However, Baixian Cheng is only one level lower than the county magistrate, and is a minor official with a salary from the court.

If he does well, he may be promoted to an official position elsewhere in the future.

For example, he was promoted to a higher-level clerk in Fucheng.

Therefore, he did not need to lower his status and just politely called Li Shen Mr. Mulang.

Li Shen said, "Mr. Bai has handled the case so quickly, and the villagers have no objections. Naturally, Mu has no objections. Mu is just delivering a message to the villagers. Everything depends on the wishes of the county magistrate and Mr. Bai."

Bai Xian Cheng nodded, "If you have Mr. Mulang, this is what I will do."

At that moment, the Prime Minister of Bai County ordered Liu Captou to lead the government servants to escort Qin Wugui home, search out the property and food, and return them to the villagers.

Li Shen still had to watch over the students and had no time to go, so he arranged for his little follower Zhou Heiniu to go and watch for him.

The young boy patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Musheng."

In front of Qin Wugui's house, there were several big men from Qinjia Village surrounding him.

When everyone saw the government officials escorting Qin Wugui, they all asked Zhou Heiniu who was following them, "Heiniu, can we move Qin Wugui's food now?"

It turned out that after Qin Wugui was imprisoned, three powerful villagers came forward to rob Qin Wugui's family's belongings as compensation.

But a total of thirteen families lost food.

These three families cannot all be moved away.

Besides, in the chaos, it is very likely that someone will move more.

Other honest villagers will not receive compensation and will suffer losses.

Li Shen thought of an idea and found the toughest men in Qinjia Village and ordered them to take turns guarding Qin Wugui's fields and houses.

Even the members of Qin Wugui's family were kicked out to prevent them from quietly transferring their property.

Seeing the government officials coming, the big men heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, they no longer had to stay up all night to watch.

Zhou Heiniu, the little follower sent by Li Shen, said about Li Shen's arrangement, "Of course, you can rest. Brother Musheng said, let's start checking Qin Wugui's family's belongings now. There is food to move, but there is not enough food." The property is worth it.”

"Okay, okay, great! I knew Mr. Mulang would definitely speak for us villagers. Mr. Mulang is a good man!"

"Yes, Mr. Mulang is a good man!"

The villagers cheered together.

The dejected Qin Wugui was pushed to the door of his home.

Liu Captou led the government officials to guard both sides of the door.

The men from Qinjia Village who were on guard opened the door and invited Bai Xian Cheng into the house.

Bai Xian Cheng sat up with a field book in his hand and said, "Come one by one, Song Qingfeng's family!"

"Sir, my father is weak and can't walk. I will come here for him." Song Dalang stepped forward and saluted.

"Okay, now, come and compensate your family." Bai Xiancheng nodded.

On the other side, Tian Li was placing the abacus he brought on the table, sitting next to Bai Xian Cheng, doing the records and calculations himself.

There was a lot of food piled in the back house of Qin Wugui's family.

The villagers spontaneously brought out the food.

The Prime Minister of Bai County ordered someone to take a scale and weigh it one pound at a time.

According to records, Qin Wugui confiscated the villagers' private fields for two years.

However, this year's food has not been handed in yet, so we will only pay for one year's supply.

The villagers have no objection to this.

The food in stock is only enough to compensate seven families.

The rest will be deducted from property.

Bai County Prime Minister ordered Qin Wugui to find property from home to pay off the debt. "Whether you move furniture or vacate the house to pay off the debt, Qin Wugui, you decide for yourself."

How could Qin Wugui dare to negotiate any conditions?
Once the furniture is emptied, it will be impossible to live.

It takes time to buy it.

Forget it, let’s pay the money. "The villain is willing to pay with some money." Qin Wugui said.

"Find him quickly and hand him over." Bai Xian Cheng shouted.

"Yes, yes." Qin Wugui nodded hurriedly.

He went into the back room, took the hidden key, and looked for the silver that had been stored in the secret compartment.

But I found that the money was gone!
Qin Wugui was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed that his mother-in-law must have taken the money and ran away.

As a last resort, he had to take out the money he had hidden and give it to Bai Xian Cheng.

Seeing hundreds of taels of silver being taken out for nothing, his heart began to bleed.

Tian Lizheng did not let him go, shook his head and said, "Brother Wugui, why do you think you are doing this?"

Qin Wugui was so angry that he couldn't speak.

What can he say?
This was his mother-in-law's instigation.

But now, he was caught, but his mother-in-law was missing.

Not only did he run away, but he also took away the money hidden at home.

After the villagers' compensation has been dealt with, the next step is to be punished.

The government officials pulled him into the yard and beat him twenty times in public.

The onlookers all applauded.

After the matter was settled, Capt. Liu arranged for someone to find a truck from Qin Wugui's house and locked him in the truck.

Bai Xian Cheng and his entourage came to Master Song's house and reported the results of the trial to Li Shen.

Li Shen nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."

Bai Xian Cheng smiled and said, "This is all the responsibility of my officials. It's getting late and we have to go back to the county seat."

However, Mrs. Song's family thanked them for coming to handle the case and had already prepared dinner and wine.

Liu Toubai, the county magistrate, could not resist his hospitality. After having dinner at the Song family, he took Qin Wugui to the county seat.

People from Qinjia Village crowded the streets to see him off.

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It's getting late in the blink of an eye, and it's time for school to end.

Li Shen and Zhou Heiniu returned home.

Zhou Heiniu is a talkative person. When he entered the courtyard, he immediately called Lin Xirou and talked about what happened in Qinjia Village today.

"Sister-in-law Lin, do you know? The upright man in Qinjia Village was caught by the Yamen, and all the money and food he had embezzled was returned."

Lin Xirou was not surprised. She walked towards Li Shen and said, "Mu Sheng, did Qin Wugui say anything else? Did the people from the county government say anything else when they tried the case?"

Li Shen frowned slightly, "No."

"How did things go so smoothly? There was no further investigation in the Yamen?" Lin Xirou was surprised.

"Is it going well? Sister-in-law Lin?" Zhou Heiniu asked puzzledly.

Lin Xirou blinked, "It's not bad, it's just..."

"At present, as long as the villagers in Qinjia Village have no ideas, that's fine. As for the rest..., if things are still fishy, ​​they will be exposed sooner or later." Li Shen pointed to his legs again, "I remember you said, wait for Qin After the matter in Jiacun is settled, can you open this hard shell for me? Let me walk? "

Lin Xirou nodded, "I know, I'll help you untie it after dinner."

She didn't need him to remind her of it.

She had long wanted him to walk faster.

Li Shen smiled, "Okay, I'll untie it tonight."
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After dinner, the Zhou brothers helped Li Shen lie down on the couch in the courtyard.

Lin Xirou walked toward Li Shen holding a big hammer in her left hand and a pair of scissors in her right hand.

The Zhou brothers opened their eyes wide when they saw the two murder weapons, "Sister-in-law Lin, do you want to amputate Brother Musheng's leg?"

 There is too much to do today and not enough updates. I will make up for it tomorrow =_=
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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