Chapter 545 Interrogation 4
Xiao Erlang never thought that anything would go wrong, because in the two years he had been pretending to be a ghost, every time he appeared, even if someone saw him, he would crawl away, and he was also alert and could always hide at the first opportunity.
He never thought that there were people like Bai Shan in this world. They saw a ghost squatting on the ground burning paper money, and they still came up.
But it could also be because he hadn't played a ghost for half a year and his duties had become somewhat lax.
But now that he had come to this, Xiao Erlang had to confess everything, so he pointed at Bai Shan and the other two standing beside him and said, "Sir, that night they also had their hair disheveled and were wearing sackcloth clothes. It was obvious that they were also pretending to be ghosts."
County Magistrate Tang glanced at the three boys and girls and asked Xiao Erlang, "How long have they been renting the Yu family's house?"
"Six days."
"How long has Kangxue Street been haunted?"
Xiao Erlang vaguely understood something, and said with his shoulders slumped, "Two years..."
County Magistrate Tang slammed the gavel and said, "Enough of the other talk. I simply want to ask you: do you plead guilty to the charges of stealing government property, breaking into a private residence, and dressing up as a ghost to scare people?"
Xiao Erlang lowered his head and said, "I admit it, but sir, I really did it according to the words of my parents and brothers. I, I am not the mastermind."
County Magistrate Tang slammed the gavel to quiet him down, then turned to the dejected Xiao Dalang and asked, "Xiao Dalang, do you plead guilty?"
Xiao Dalang opened his mouth, and County Magistrate Tang raised his brows. The yamen runners on both sides banged their sticks. Xiao Dalang immediately said, "I admit it, I admit it."
County Magistrate Tang was satisfied and ordered people to drag Xiao's parents up.
Manbao was still not satisfied after watching it. He didn't expect that they were worthless at all. They didn't even need to make any evidence and were directly identified by County Magistrate Tang.
She pulled Bai Shanbao, and the two of them quietly slipped away with Bai Erlang.
County Magistrate Tang glanced at them, did not stop them, and let them go.
The five people slipped out of the county government office and said, "The Xiao family is really amazing. They have been farming here for two years."
"Greed is insatiable," Bai Shanbao said. "If they weren't so greedy and only opened up a small piece of land and used a portion of the things, maybe no one would notice for ten or eight years."
After all, the house of a convicted official is not so easy to sell. Even if the government office is willing to sell it at a low price, no one will buy it if it is unlucky and there are rumors of ghosts.
It is common to waste ten or twenty years, but people like them, who get one and then want two, and then want three. Even if they don't catch ghosts, they will be caught one day.
Bai Shanbao frowned and said, "I wonder what they will do."
Manbao didn't know either. "Go back and look through the law book?"
Bai Erlang felt a headache when he thought of the thick and numerous legal books. He immediately said, "Even the legal books are not very detailed. It would be better to ask the teacher. Otherwise, with so many books, how long will it take you to find it?"
Bai Erlang asked, "And do you have the law book with you?"
Manbao pointed at Bai Shanbao and said, "He brought it."
Bai Erlang looked at Bai Shanbao and asked, "Are you crazy?"
"You're crazy. I just got some information from the provincial exam. Do you think I want to read it?" Bai Shanbao said, "I hate reading legal books the most. I always feel dizzy after reading them."
Manbao didn't like reading law books either, but some of the content was quite interesting, so he said, "I don't like most law books."
Bai Erlang slumped his shoulders and said, "It's over. If you don't want to watch, it must be very difficult. Won't it be miserable when I want to learn it?"
Li Erlang came over and asked: "...My Great Jin law book is difficult to read?"
Manbao and the others all turned around and were a little surprised to see him, "Mr. Li Er, why are you here too?"
Li Erlang coughed lightly and laughed, "I heard the county magistrate is trying a strange case today, so we came to see if you guys caught the ghost in there?"
Manbao and the other two nodded reservedly, thinking that it was getting late and they should go home to report to their husbands.
Mr. Li Er glanced at their expressions and said with a smile, "I'm new in Yizhou and not familiar with the place yet. I heard that Ganxianglou in Yizhou is quite good. How about I treat you to lunch?"
The three people who were about to say goodbye paused, raised their heads to look at Li Erlang, and then their eyes couldn't help but meet his.
Li Erlang smiled and said, "It's fate that we meet again. Besides, I owe you so much for your care. Let's go. I heard that the pot cakes at Ganxianglou are especially delicious when paired with their mutton soup."
Manbao couldn't help swallowing, and then the three of them followed Li Erlang together.
The four people behind Li Erlang couldn't help but lower their heads and laugh when they saw this.
Zhou Silang hesitated for a moment, then quickly pulled Daji to follow. He felt that it was not good for Yaomei to do this. How could she be seduced away by just a meal?
What if it’s a bad guy?
But when he came to his senses, they were already sitting in the private room of Ganxianglou, with ten people sitting at the full table.
This was not the first time that Li Erlang had eaten at Ganxianglou. He knew what was delicious, so he ordered quite a few dishes.
After the waiter brought the tea, Li Erlang asked about catching ghosts. He was very curious about how they caught the ghosts.
There's nothing wrong with saying this, it's just that it's not easy to say it in front of the neighbors on Kangxue Street. After all, the Xiao family has lived there for generations.
If they knew that they were also pretending to be ghosts to catch the Xiao family, they would be in trouble if the Xiao family had instigated them a little more that night.
But there is no need to hide these things from Li Erlang and others.
So they told Li Erlang about how they hid in sackcloth and waited for ghosts. Manbao also asked Li Erlang, "Mr. Li Er, you have more experience than us. Have you ever seen a ghost?"
Li Erlang: “…No.”
Manbao lamented, "Mr. has never seen it, and neither have you. What about you?"
The other four people who were being looked at were stunned for a moment, then shook their heads.
Bai Shanbao shrugged and said, "Look, I told you there are no ghosts in this world, but you don't believe me and still want to find ghosts."
"They are only a few of the people in this world who claim to have seen ghosts," Manbao said. "It's a pity that they were too timid. They neither went to talk to the ghost nor to verify it."
Li Erlang felt that he might be too old and could not keep up with their thinking.
Li Erlang coughed lightly, interrupting their discussion and finally bringing the topic back to the topic, "What do you think of the magistrate of Huayang County?"
Manbao nodded and said, "Very impressive."
Bai Shanbao also nodded. "The trial was very quick. Before I came here, the gentleman said that a case like this might not be resolved in three or four sessions, but it ended up being resolved in just one session."
"Have you heard of this magistrate before?"
"No," the three of them said flatly, "We've only met two county magistrates, both from our county."
Li Erlang asked with a smile, "Have you only heard of these two officials? That's a bit shallow."
Man Bao thought for a moment and said, "Not only that, I've also heard of the King of Yizhou. The King of Yizhou is also an official, right? A high-ranking official at that."
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