Chapter 2945 Discovery
Bai Shan waved his hand and someone went to check the land on both sides. When they went to Zhaojiazhuang, they were kind enough to help the Zhao mother and son move their belongings to Dajing Village. It was very convenient because the Jia family's pots, pans, etc. were left behind, so they could move in that night.
Bai Shan did a good deed and moved the household registration of Zhao Dalang and his mother from Zhaojiazhuang to Dajing Village, and even replaced the head of the village.
He said to Qi Dalang, "Qi Lizheng, you must take good care of the villagers under your jurisdiction from now on."
Qi Dalang agreed.
The Zhao brothers and the clansmen from Zhaojiazhuang were helpless and could only watch helplessly as Zhao Dalang and his mother went from being villagers of Zhaojiazhuang to villagers of Dajing Village.
The other party seems quite popular.
There was no other way, so Bai Shan simply left a group of yamen runners to look after the county government's property - the crops on the fields that had just been confiscated.
Obviously, no one could gain any advantage from this tough-minded county magistrate.
Because of Bai Shan's threat of migration, they all dared not act recklessly, although they were jealous of the confiscated land in the hands of County Magistrate Bai.
Bai Shan stood up coldly and noblely, ignoring them completely.
He asked Qi Dalang to assist the yamen runners in managing the public assets of the county government, and also asked the yamen runners to help Qi Dalang keep an eye on the villagers of the two villages so that he could manage the villages as soon as possible.
Bai Shan brought the Jia family back to the county town.
Jia Dalang was sentenced to death by beheading and was temporarily imprisoned in the death row along with his four other friends. His official documents had been submitted to the Governor's Office, which would send them to the capital after reviewing them. The Ministry of Justice would then send the documents back after verifying that there were no problems.
Bai Shan could then behead Jia Dalang and others in Beihai County as a public warning to others.
If the Ministry of Justice has doubts, or if the other party's crime is so heinous that it is believed that public anger cannot be appeased without the death penalty, then the death row prisoners will be taken to the capital.
The Ministry of Justice will review the case again and change the sentence if necessary, or impose the death penalty if necessary. However, in that case, the people watching the execution will be the people of the capital.
However, Bai Shan doesn't think there is anything fun about killing people, especially beheading people.
Having lived in the capital for many years, they never went to the Caishikou where people were killed to join in the fun.
So Bai Shan still had some complicated feelings about sentencing someone to death by beheading for the first time.
Seeing him sighing, Zhou Man asked, "Are you scared?"
Bai Shan shook his head. "I'm not afraid, but I feel a little uncomfortable. I used to think there were far more good people than bad people in the world, and that this was true everywhere. But this case has taught me that when a place becomes evil, there might not even be a single good person left."
In order to trace the source of the crime, Bai Shan thoroughly investigated every household in the vicinity during this period, and it was true... no one was completely innocent.
The reason why Jia Dalang has become what he is today and why he can attract so many people is because there are so many bad people in that place.
For so many years, they have been rampant in the village, but no one has thought of stopping or resisting them.
Zhou Man thought about it, and to make him feel better, he changed the subject and asked, "How do you plan to arrange for the rest of the Jia family?"
The reason why Bai Shan took Jia Erlang and his mother and two children away was that he thought they would not be able to live well or even survive if they stayed in Dajing Village.
As the bandit leader, Jia Dalang was collectively hated by the villagers of Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village. Jia Wu was also captured by him. Without someone to deter, the remaining members of the Jia family were like little gray mice falling into a wolf's den.
Although Bai Shan doesn't like all of them, all of them are his responsibility, his people, so he must be responsible for them.
"It would be difficult for them to fit in anywhere else, and their property was confiscated. I'll give them some land, and if the news gets out, the fine won't count." Bai Shan said, "So I plan to send them to the new salt fields, let them live by the sea, and work as long-term workers in the salt fields."
"They don't have land or fishing boats, so life might be hard at first, but as long as they're honest and hardworking, I'll find a way to make their lives better."
"When will it be sent?" she asked. "I haven't seen Li Wei for a long time. I wonder how he's doing at the salt works."
Bai Shan said, "Don't worry, Inspector Luo is there. He's mainly in charge of drying salt in the salt fields. What could possibly happen?"
Zhou Liwei, who was fine, was lying in the grass at this time. He waited for a while until the rustling sounds died down before he stood up slightly.
The fisherman who came with Zhou Liwei was a little scared and whispered, "Master Zhou, let's go quickly. If they set fire..."
Zhou Liwei whispered, "They won't set fire."
"Oh, Master Zhou, you can't think too highly of them. We had a wildfire here before, and it burned down an entire mountain. Our village chief said that the fire was set by someone from the Song family."
Zhou Liwei lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you count? There were twenty people in total. Two people were enough to set the fire. Why did so many people come in?"
He pulled the fisherman and ran back, holding a rabbit in his hand. "Let's go back to find Inspector Luo."
As the sky grew dark, Inspector Luo was leading his men on their final circuit around the salt pan. Seeing Zhou Liwei running down the mountain, he cheerfully called out to him, "Brother Zhou, are you up the mountain looking for game again?"
Zhou Liwei gave a fake smile to the farmhands who were leaving the saltworks, reached out and grabbed Inspector Luo, and walked aside, whispering, "We just ran into a group of strangers on the mountain, at least twenty of them."
"Impossible. We also blocked the intersection ahead. How did they get in?"
Zhou Liwei pointed to his own eyes and said, "I saw it with my own eyes. They were even discussing how to avoid your inspection team and get a look inside the salt pan. Not only me, but Liu Wulang also saw it. He went up the mountain with me today."
When Inspector Luo heard this, his expression turned serious. "I'll take some people up there to take a look."
Zhou Liwei stopped him and said, "I didn't dare look at them at the time. I just stared at their feet. There were twenty pairs of feet that passed by me, but there may not be only twenty people entering the mountain. You should bring more people."
Zhou Liwei's face also looked gloomy. He lowered his voice and said, "Give me some people. I'll lead them to patrol the salt fields. We must not let anyone see what's happening at the salt fields."
Now this area has been divided into fields, sparkling with light. Although there is not much salt in the fields at this time, if such a strange scene gets out, who knows if they will guess it?
This is my uncle's trump card, so we must keep it safe.
Inspector Luo nodded repeatedly. He had also seen Zhou Liwei and his men extracting salt recently. It was a shocking sight...
See you at 10:30 pm
(End of this chapter)
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