Village chief Yang rested at home for another two days and was finally able to do some heavy work, so he discussed it with his younger brother and sons.
"Go dig up those bones in the ground tonight."
The imagination was so beautiful that before it got dark, they actually received the yamen runners sent by Lord Chang, who took both families directly to the government office.
As for the bones not being dug up first, if that person really has a mental problem, it is possible that they would bury their bones in the fields.
Lord Chang decided to interrogate the Yang family first, and after they confessed, he would dig out the bones and deal with them separately.
Meng Shijie was plowing the fields, so he was the first to notice that the yamen runners had come to the village.
Because they had dealt with yamen runners along the way, they were not afraid of seeing officials like other villagers.
Meng Shijie was very excited when he saw the yamen runners coming.
The old ox carried the plow and pulled it up to the ridge of the field.
As soon as he entered the village, he found that the Yang family had been taken away. He was so happy.
"Hey, what's going on?"
Meng Shijie deliberately came forward to show his concern in an exaggerated manner.
But the Yang family ignored him completely.
But Meng Shijie didn't care.
"Could it be that your family has done something immoral again?"
The Yang family wanted to curse at Meng Shijie, but there were yamen runners next to them, and there were more than a dozen of them, who were there specifically to escort them, so they didn't dare to say a word.
I had no choice but to hold my breath and continue walking with the yamen runners.
Meng Shijie watched them from the village entrance and shouted.
"As a human being, you should accumulate more virtue!"
"That's right, call them immoral!
These two families are really nothing.”
Ruan is now becoming more and more like a country woman, and her previous arrogant attitude has gradually been worn away.
[Wow, the dark clouds above their heads are so black they could be ink, even the two children are no exception.]
With such excitement, everyone must watch.
When Leng Yingshuang carried Meng Shuyan over, Meng Shuyan saw that both the Yang family and the other families had black clouds like ink above their heads.
After hearing this, the Meng family, who originally wanted to go forward to watch the fun and make fun of them, stopped in their tracks, fearing that they would be affected by their bad luck.
"Has the matter of the bones been discovered?"
When Doctor Zhou asked the question, he was looking at Meng Shijie, and Meng Shijie quickly waved his hands.
"It's not me. I've been plowing the fields at home these days and haven't been to town. I didn't file a complaint with the authorities.
I'd like to, but the evidence is insufficient."
Everyone thought about it and it made sense.
Yongxing, who is behind the crowd, hides his achievements and fame.
The yamen had their own methods of interrogating people, and the torture was truly brutal.
At first, the Yang family didn't dare to admit it.
In the end, it was Yang Youcai's wife who couldn't hold it in anymore and confessed.
He also confessed, and there was nothing others could do even if they wanted to deny it.
I don't want to be tortured anymore.
Village chief Yang was tortured so much that he had to explain the whole story.
The reason was that three years ago, many people in the village went out to serve in the military and were unable to come back.
Many of those widows remarried, but some who did not want to marry stayed in the village.
Due to the war at the time, grain taxes increased and many people could not afford it.
At this time, whoever has more land can take a breather.
Once, Yang Youcai took a fancy to a widow and wanted to rape her. The widow refused and struggled with him. Yang Youcai accidentally killed her and asked his eldest brother to help cover up the incident.
Once there is a first, there will be a second. Yang Youcai has never changed his bad habits and has always had improper thoughts about other widows in the village.
But his reputation in the village was so bad that the widows would rather raise their children in hardship and eat coarse food than commit themselves to him.
Yang Youcai resorted to bullying and abuse of force, resulting in the death of two more people.
All the property of the three families belonged to the Yang family.
However, other people still found out about Yang Youcai's murder.
Yang Youcai, who tasted the sweetness, came up with an idea.
Most of the men who left the village died, and none of them came back.
If there were no one else in the village, all the best fields in the village would belong to their Yang family.
So he decided to kill all the widows and children.
In this way, not only all the property, houses and land of the villagers also belonged to them.
Not only did those people from their village who went out to serve in the military never return, but the situation was similar in other villages.
Because of the small population, no one will come to investigate for the time being, and they will just assume that everyone in their village has died out.
It’s not that there aren’t any villages like this. In some villages, there is really not a single household left.
So they wanted to take advantage of this loophole so that they could plant more land every year, get more harvests, and not have to pay taxes.
But with so many people dying at once, they didn't want to move everything up the mountain one trip at a time, because that would be a huge project and would easily be discovered by others.
Sometimes villagers from several surrounding villages would often go up the mountain to look for things.
I might as well just bury all the bodies in the ground and use them as fertilizer.
The two large mansions at the entrance of the village belong to two of the wealthier ones.
After the killing, they moved in.
Since there were only two families left in the village, Village Chief Yang naturally became the village chief.
He also recruited the Meng family on their first day of arrival, but didn't want to let them divide the land because he was afraid they would discover the bones buried underground.
But unexpectedly, it was discovered.
As the saying goes, God is watching what you do. It’s not that there is no retribution, it’s just that the time has not come yet.
Even Lord Chang, who had seen everything, found what the Yang brothers did horrifying and insane!
Village chief Yang and Yang Youcai were immediately sentenced to death.
Of course, this case has to be reported to the prince for review and approval before the execution can be carried out.
For example, the village chief's wife was executed immediately, and the sons of the two families were also beheaded because they also killed people.
Only the daughters-in-law of the two families were forced. They were not the main murderers and did not kill anyone. They were considered accomplices.
Considering the current small population, women are directly sent to border military camps to make use of their remaining energy.
The children have been influenced by adults and have grown up in a crooked way. I guess this is the result of eradicating the problem completely.
Even if he didn't die, he would probably be exiled to the frontier to do hard labor.
The younger ones may not survive on the road, after all, the journey is long and it is winter now.
When the news reached Sanshan Village, Meng Zhou and others were stunned.
It was Officer Li who came to deliver the message.
He brought four people to dig up the bones, and they couldn't just leave them in the fields.
In addition, the homes of the two Yang families were raided.
[Wow! A golden meteor shower is falling on Dad’s head!]
Not only has all the bad luck been swept away, but now my dad is shining!
Eradicating evil and eliminating treachery is a great virtue! 】
Meng Shijie suddenly felt warm all over and felt very comfortable.
Seeing that the Meng family and the others were very happy, Officer Li said to them, "The prefect wants each of you to send a representative to the government office tomorrow to elect a village chief."
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