Chapter 91 Mr. Tai Liu is so righteous!
Tai Jizong hurried forward and whispered, "My two lords, our family's surname is Tai. Our little baby was lost a while ago, but thanks to the help of the young master of the Zheng family, we were able to find him. Therefore, our family has been in frequent contact with the Zheng family."
"Now that I heard that the Zheng family was in trouble, I hurried over to see if there was anything I could do to help."
The two officers had participated in the search for Young Master Zheng before, so they naturally knew the details of the matter.
After hearing what Tai Jizong said, I finally understood.
One of the officers sighed, "Why should we help? All the Zheng family members are dead, not a single one is left!"
Another also waved his hand and echoed, "It's really tragic. Many people were burned to charcoal and their original appearance is unrecognizable. However, the Zheng family was first hacked to death, then doused with oil and set on fire. It happened in the middle of the night, so basically no one could escape."
After saying that, they put Butler Zheng down and went in to continue their work.
Old Master Tai suppressed his sadness and called his son over. The father and son found a clean place to put down the body of Butler Zheng.
Seeing that he died with his eyes open, Mr. Tai reached out and wiped his eyes twice, but it was no use.
Old Master Tai thought about it, and seeing that those onlookers didn't dare to come forward and were far away, he bent down and whispered something in Butler Zheng's ear.
"Young Master Zheng is in our home, I will keep him safe."
After saying that, he reached out to wipe it again, and Butler Zheng closed his eyes.
Tai Jizong couldn't help shedding tears and choked up, "Dad, Butler Zheng has been thinking about me..."
Old Master Tai shook his head and signaled his son to speak less. With so many people present, it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
Then, he stood up and called his clansmen to come forward, leaving five or six of them to help guard the bodies of the Zheng family members, to prevent anyone from being greedy and searching through the bodies for valuables, which would be too embarrassing and would not allow the deceased to rest in peace.
The rest of the brave clansmen followed him into the Zheng family yard.
The officer in charge of the scene was also an acquaintance. He had dealt with the Tai family in the casino murder case and the child trafficking case.
At this moment, they were also happy to have someone to lend a hand.
After all, carrying corpses is not a good job, and everyone is afraid of bad luck.
After being busy like this for a while, more than 30 members of the Zheng family, young and old, were finally placed outside the courtyard gate.
Several rows of corpses were laid out on the ground, and even the most daring and playful person would tremble in their legs at the sight of them.
For a moment, there were at least two or three hundred people watching the excitement, but the silence was so great that you could hear a pin drop.
At this time, three or four carriages hurriedly arrived, and several men in silk clothes jumped out. They all looked like they came from wealthy families.
They all frowned, looking unhappy, and asked the police about the whole story.
Upon hearing that the Zheng family had been killed, one of them stamped his feet in anger, "What should I do? When Brother Chen left, he asked me to take good care of the house. Now that it's like this, how can I explain it?"
Another person also said, "Yes, yes! Who could have thought that such a disaster would suddenly happen when life was so good! Madam Zheng is in poor health and hardly goes out. What kind of evil villain did she offend?"
The officer persuaded them for a long time and received a generous reward. Then he said, "Master Jingcheng of the torture room has already had people examine the injuries and recorded them. We are just waiting for investigation. Now that the weather is getting warmer, the bodies of the Zheng family members may not be kept for long. Gentlemen, please take a look... Are there any arrangements?"
Several men subconsciously looked at the corpses of the Zheng family. The burnt and dirty bodies in their eyes made their faces look even worse, and they were a little hesitant for a moment.
At this time, Mr. Tai stepped forward and saluted, saying, "My dear gentlemen, I am from Taijia Village in the south. My little baby was lost a while ago, and fortunately, he was taken care of by the young master of the Zheng family. My family is very grateful.
"Now that I heard that the Zheng family was in trouble, I brought some clansmen to help, as a way of repaying Madam Zheng and Young Master Zheng for their help.
"We are willing to help collect the body and bury it, but our family is poor and we can't afford to buy a coffin or other things..."
These men were all good friends of Zheng's uncle. They had many business dealings with him before and had promised to take care of Mrs. Zheng and her son.
When the Zheng family suffered misfortune, they were not so much sad as they felt more guilty for breaking their promise.
They always felt it was unlucky to ask them to personally take care of the Zheng family's funeral affairs.
After all, people who do business value auspiciousness and success.
Now that someone is willing to take over the trivial matters of the funeral, they are naturally happy, as it just costs a little more money.
Someone immediately responded, "So it's Master Tai Liu. We also helped with the search for the kidnapper, but we didn't expect your family to save Young Master Zheng first. Every time we talk about you, we admire you so much. Now, the old man is still willing to lend a hand, which is naturally the best."
"Yes, yes. Mr. Tai Liu is so righteous. When Brother Chen comes back, we will definitely tell him in detail what happened today."
"Then I'll trouble you, old man."
The others quickly agreed.
Mr. Tai refused to take credit for it and kept returning the greetings.
Soon, several people discussed it and each of them took out one hundred taels of silver, adding up to five hundred taels of silver, to buy coffins for the Zheng family and arrange funeral affairs.
Old Master Tai used the excuse that the farmers didn't know how to write and do math and asked them to send someone to keep the accounts.
It is obvious that they don't want to touch the money, don't want to cause trouble, and naturally don't want to make any profit from it.
The merchants were all shrewd people, and seeing this, they treated Mr. Tai with even more respect.
The Tai family is poor, but the Tai family members are noble and upright, and they have no guilt!
The Zheng family's yard is at the edge of the town. It was originally built for quietness and spaciousness, but now it is also very convenient.
The mourning shed was built directly on the open space opposite the yard, and the coffin shop also sent coffins here in carts of different sizes, causing pedestrians on the road to avoid them, and naturally the discussion became more lively.
Old Master Tai found a few elderly maids and hired them to re-dress and groom the women of the Zheng family and put on their funeral clothes.
As for the men, Grandpa Tai and his clansmen would do it themselves.
Everyone is instinctively afraid of corpses, let alone those who were killed first and then burned.
But according to the rules, everyone who comes into contact with the deceased will give some money to get rid of bad luck.
Several of Zheng's uncle's friends were very generous and each gave one or two taels of silver as hard-earned money.
Moreover, there had been several years of continuous natural disasters, and many people in the Tai family had died, and they were all buried by everyone.
So, with these two factors combined, everyone in Taijia Village was busy and willing to do it.
The old man gave his share of the silver to the maid in charge of the female relatives, and asked her to carefully identify which one was Madam Zheng and bury her separately so that it would be convenient for Young Master Zheng to pay tribute to her in the future.
The old woman also did her duty and chose the one with the greatest possibility from the bodies of the female relatives.
Although most of the female corpse was burned, it could be seen that her skin was well maintained before birth. Moreover, the slippers on her feet were made of fine brocade and the embroidered patterns were extremely delicate.
The old man called Tai Jizong forward, secretly asked him to hide the embroidered shoes, and found an excuse to quietly return to the village.
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