I become a god in another world

Chapter 510 True and False Ghost Case
Chapter 510
Zhang Chuanshi reached out and wiped his forehead twice, and finally slapped his head twice with his palm, making a dull "bang bang" sound, and finally said:

"My father ran around and finally found out the reason."

The case originated from the previous year, when a family surnamed Guo, eleven of whom were murdered.

The deceased Guo Zhengbao and his wife Huang had three sons and two daughters. Two of their sons grew up and got married. Among their two daughters, one was engaged and waiting to be married, while the other was still looking for a date.

The coroner's examination showed that the case broke out at 1:45 am.

The deaths of all members of the Guo family were extremely tragic. Huang and her two daughters and daughter-in-law were all raped before their deaths. As soon as this case occurred, it caused great panic among the people, so the government opened a case for investigation.

After the government investigated, a neighbor of the Guo family reported that at the end of the night of the incident (around 1 a.m.), he saw a strong man passing by near Guo Zhengbao.

Finally, based on the testimonies of the coroner, neighbors and night watchmen, it was determined that the offender was Zang Xiongshan, and he was arrested.

But something strange happened.

After Zang Xiongshan was arrested, he cried out that he was innocent.

Because Guo Zhengbao, where the incident happened, lived in the north of the county, and the master that Zang Xiongshan worshipped happened to open a bamboo product shop in the local area. He usually lived in the shop, which was only about half a quarter of an hour away from Guo's home, so he was a neighbor that he could deal with on a daily basis.

"What happened in between was so far away that we were in the Imperial Capital at the time, so we don't know much about it."

Even though they were close, it had been many years since the incident and Zhang Chuanshi was still young at the time and didn't know many things.

All in all, Zhang Chuanshi later heard from his father that the case was an injustice.

Because the most powerful piece of evidence is: Zang Xiongshan was not in the county on the night of the incident.

His adoptive father had been seriously ill in bed a few days ago, and the villagers sent him a message. So ten days before the incident, he asked for leave from his employer and rushed back to Erlang Village where his adoptive father lived to serve.

The day when Guo's family members died was also the day when his adoptive father died. According to Zang Xiongshan's confession afterwards, his adoptive father died at the end of midnight.

Erlang Village is thirty or forty miles away from Guanjiang County by mountain road.

The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk on, not to mention it was dangerous in the middle of the night. Ordinary people couldn't fly with wings, so how could they reach the north of Guanjiang County in less than an hour?
As soon as Zang Xiongshan's adoptive father died, he immediately asked the prestigious elders in the village to help him preside over the funeral, hoping that his adoptive father would leave in glory.

The villagers did not sleep all night as they were preparing for the funeral. In the early morning of the third day, the constables came, locked up Zang Xiongshan, and said that he had committed a serious crime and put him in jail.

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When Zhang Chuanshi mentioned this old case, Zhao Fusheng was also listening carefully.

The case happened a long time ago and he did not witness it personally, so it was good enough that he could clearly explain the cause and effect, as well as some minor details.

But after listening to it, Zhao Fusheng still felt confused.

"This is something weird."

She said:
"First, it was late at night when the crime happened. Someone spotted Zang Xiongshan in the north of Guanjiangkou County. Was it because they mistook him for someone else? Second, Zang Xiongshan was far away in Erlang Village when the crime happened. According to what you said, when his adoptive father died, the whole village was helping to arrange the funeral. This should be proof of his alibi."

Even if the government intends to arrest someone to take the blame, they must be cautious when the case involves the village or clan.

It might arouse public anger. At that time, the people were not civilized and the situation would escalate if they disagreed.

The initial case of Kuailiang Village is a typical example.

The fight between Zhuang Laoqi and Gou Laosi at that time led to the Kuai Village Cage-sinking Case. When he heard about Kuai Liang Village, the expression of Wan'an County Magistrate Pang suddenly became much more cautious, for he knew that the case involving the clan would not be easily resolved.

However, Zhao Fusheng is not a naive person and does not think that some cases can be determined based on evidence alone.

With ghost disasters rampant in the Han Dynasty, some strange and bizarre clues are likely to bring two originally unrelated things together.

She looked at Zhang Chuanshi:
"You mentioned a key point. The neighbor and night watchman in the north of Guanjiang County mentioned that they saw Zang Xiongshan at the end of midnight, and Zang Xiongshan's adoptive father also died at the end of midnight (about 1 a.m.). These two time points have something in common. Is it weird or coincidence?"

Zhang Chuanshi lowered his head and gave a thumbs up:

"Your Excellency is wise."

He flattered her a little, and finally said seriously:

"When the county officials came to arrest people, my uncle thought it was a misunderstanding and that as long as he explained everything clearly, he would be allowed to go home."

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned in the end.

"Not only is it not clear, it is impossible to explain it clearly." Zhang Chuanshi said:
"Because the body of my uncle is missing."

"The body is missing?" Wu Shaochun asked in surprise, then he reacted immediately:

"The evil ghost has revived?"

The reason for the resurrection of evil spirits has always been the most troublesome problem for the Demon Suppression Department of the Han Dynasty, and there is no rule at all.

No matter whether one is poor or rich in life, no matter if one dies suddenly or naturally, once a person dies, there is a possibility that the evil spirit will revive.

If Zang Xiongshan did not lie, and his adoptive father really died before midnight that night, then the body could not have disappeared for no reason. The only possibility was that the evil ghost had resurrected.

"It's hard to explain." Zhang Chuanshi shook his head.

"But according to the testimony of the tribe members at the time, many people helped my third uncle bathe this uncle and put him in his burial clothes. The people of Erlang Village made sure that he had indeed died before putting him in the coffin."

But if he's alive, I want to see him in person; if he's dead, I want to see his body.

Now that there is no evidence of verbal claims, the government naturally does not believe them. Instead, they think that Zang Xiongshan is extremely vicious and is trying to argue his way out of the crime.

Anyway, since there were both witnesses and physical evidence, he was sentenced to rape and murder of the women of the Guo family. Because the incident was exposed and the entire family was slaughtered, he could not escape the death penalty and was thrown into prison.

If things had ended here, that would have been all.

Unfortunately, the weird things didn't end there.

Afterwards, the people of Erlang Village in Guanjiang County were dissatisfied with the punishment by the government. They remembered that their ancestor of the Zang family was once a ghost controller of the Demon Suppression Division, so they thought about going to the Demon Suppression Division for help.

"The tribe members hope that the ghost riders of the Demon Suppression Department will lend a helping hand for the sake of their former friendship."

Zhang Chuanshi sighed:
"It would have been better if I hadn't gone. But if I did go, I'd have gotten into big trouble."

The villagers of Erlang Village originally wanted to gather the strength of the entire clan and petition the Demon Suppression Bureau on behalf of Zang Xiongshan.

He is a sincere and kind person. Whenever anyone in the village is in trouble, he will help them.

Now that he's in trouble, the villagers don't want to stand idly by.

I thought that by bringing up the fact that the ancestors of the Zang family were also ghost riders, I could get some sympathy from the ghost riders in Guanjiang County at that time. However, it turned out that this person didn't believe what the people of Erlang Village said at all.

Zhang Chuanshi quietly looked up at Zhao Fusheng, and suddenly burst out laughing:
"Sir, he doesn't believe that our ancestors were once ghost riders."

After that, he asked Zhao Fusheng:

"Sir, do you believe such a ridiculous thing? In fact, I have some doubts -"

He was still mumbling, and Zhao Fusheng nodded firmly:
"I believe."

Zhang Chuanshi seemed to turn a deaf ear to it:
"In fact, I have been doubting whether my father lied to me. My Zang family has never produced any great figures or glorious people. Otherwise, how could we have fallen to such a state?" When he said this, he seemed to wake up suddenly and looked at Zhao Fusheng:
"My Lord, what did you just say?"

Zhao Fusheng said again:
"I believe."

Zhang Chuanshi was stunned:

"You believe—"

Zhao Fusheng said:
"I believe that your Zang family did have a ghost rider in their ancestry. I believe that even if Zang Xiongshan committed many evil deeds later on, he was not the one who committed the bloody murder of the Guo family. I also believe that the people of Erlang Village tried to save him, but the ghost rider in Guanjiang County was cruel and vicious. He treated the murder case as a ghost case and forcibly created a false case."

She said several sentences in a row.

Zhang Chuanshi's tears suddenly flowed out.

"Yes, my third uncle lost all his conscience and did all kinds of bad things. He deserves to die, he deserves to be killed, but he was innocent before!"

When Fan Wujiu heard this, he scratched his head.

Although he missed a short part of the preceding events, he understood everything about the case in Guanjiang County later on.

He listened to every word, so why did Zhao Fusheng know that Zang Xiongshan was innocent in the Guo family massacre?
"Brother, do you understand?" he asked in a low voice.

Fan Bisi nodded and said:
"The suspicion lies in the cause of death of the woman in Guo Zhengbao's family."

"good."

Zhao Fusheng responded:
"The moment a ghost is revived, the rules have already been set. It will only act according to the rules and will not make unnecessary movements."

The woman of the Guo family was raped and then killed. This is clearly an evil act that only a human could commit. It was just that after harming someone, the man intended to blame the crime on the ghost.

"People know that ghosts are cruel, but ghosts don't know the viciousness of human hearts."

Meng Po felt something and sighed.

Ghosts are naturally terrifying, but once people become cruel and brutal, they are no less evil than ghosts.

"It was not done by a ghost. On the day of the incident, Zang Xiongshan was in Erlang Village, which is a long way from Guanjiang County. If he wanted to harm people, he would not be able to do it."

After Zhao Fusheng's analysis, Fan Wujiu finally understood:

"It was intended to frame him."

Zhang Chuanshi said disheartenedly:

"But no one expected that the ghost rider in Erlang County would be so cruel. Sir, why do you think this is the case? Is it because of his ghost riding?"

He was puzzled.

In Zhang Chuanshi's heart, Zhao Fusheng was smart and wise, and could see through people's hearts. He felt that Zhao Fusheng could give him a satisfactory answer to this question that had troubled him for many years.

"Not only do they not believe that my Zang family has ever controlled ghosts, but they think we are talking nonsense and have killed all the people in Erlang Village--"

Zhang Chuanshi's words made everyone frown, especially Zhu Guangling, who could empathize with this case.

He was also worried that his family would not be properly taken care of after his death. Naturally, the ending of the Zang family now made him even more frightened and uneasy.

Large streams of dirty water flowed out of his facial features, his face turned pale, and he almost didn't want to reach out to wipe it off.

"Master Zhao, I also want to know the answer to his question. Can you help me solve it?"

Mr. Xie also raised his head and stared at Zhao Fusheng.

"It's not the influence of ghosts, it's just human nature."

Zhao Fusheng sighed.

"Human nature?" Everyone was stunned when they heard the answer.

Meng Po was also puzzled:
"My Lord, I do not understand the meaning of this statement."

"The people of Erlang Village were wrong to go to the Demon Suppression Division. They misjudged people's hearts." Zhao Fusheng calmed down his emotions and said:
“There’s a saying that the victim is guilty.”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Chuanshi was puzzled.

Zhao Fusheng sighed:

"This is a complicated matter. In short, after a tragedy happens, people are unwilling to admit that they live in a dangerous environment, so they try to find the cause from the victim, thinking that he made a mistake and caused the crime to happen."

Everyone was confused by her words. Zhao Fusheng continued:
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand what I'm saying. Take the story of the villagers in Erlang Village as an example and you'll understand."

"The ancestors of the Zang family had ghost riders, and their descendants were well taken care of. Some of the clan members were even moved to the Imperial Capital." When she said this, everyone nodded:

"Correct."

Among them, Zhu Guangling nodded the most heavily.

After he became a ghost rider, the Zhu family's life immediately became much better. They became rich and had status.

Fan Bisi also said:
"After Zhao Duan of Wan'an County died, the rest of the Zhao family was taken care of by the Imperial Capital Demon Suppression Division."

His words seemed to be a proof, and Zhu Guangling's ugly expression immediately eased a lot.

Zhao Fusheng saw that everyone was vaguely unconvinced, so he smiled:
"You see, you are unwilling to believe this fact. In fact, it is because you are ghost riders that you dare not and are unwilling to believe that after you die, the court will treat your family and descendants poorly, causing your own tribe to be bullied in the future."

Zhu Guangling originally wanted to refute.

But after all, he had been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child, and he was both smart and sensible. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that what Zhao Fusheng said was indeed reasonable, so he shut his mouth.

“So other ghost riders would not believe such words, because they don’t want to believe that after their death, their family members would be reduced to the lowest class of villagers like the Zang family in Erlang Village, and be at the mercy of others.”

Zhao Fusheng said:

"Once they resist believing this, the ghost riders may develop ill will towards the villagers of Erlang and take extreme actions."

There is no rule of law in this world.

The power of a ghost rider is might.

The villagers' pleading for mercy escalated the situation. After the Demon Suppression Bureau intervened, the case immediately became weird and was eventually defined as a "ghost case."

Once involved in a "ghost case", the local authorities no longer have the right to interfere in the case.

The Demon Suppression Division had the power of life and death in the local area, and all the villagers were killed.

At that time, Zang Xiongshan originally wanted to wait for the government to investigate the case and give him justice. He believed that one day he would be cleared of the injustice and released from prison. He never expected that it would end up with such a tragic ending.

When he heard that many villagers in Erlang Village were arrested and tortured to death for being involved in "ghost cases", he was extremely angry.

At the same time, a real ghost case occurred in Guanjiang County.