Chapter 789
Zhou Dalang and Zhou Sanlang walked around the mountain and didn't find anything wrong. Old Zhou became more and more confused. "What's wrong with Baldy? Why does he hide when he sees me?"
Zhou Dalang said, "He hides whenever he sees me. Today, when the third brother and I were going up the mountain, we ran into him heading towards the village entrance. As soon as we met, he turned and ran away. I couldn't stop him even if I called him. Dad, don't you think he has really done anything to let our family down?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Old Zhou said, "I'll go talk to his father later to see what Baldy has been up to lately."
Old Zhou went out for a stroll and soon returned. He said, "Laitou is out gambling again. I don't know how much he lost. When he came back yesterday, not only was he limping, but his finger was also swollen from being pinched."
He sighed and said, "I don't know if this kid feels guilty, so he has been hiding from people these past two days. Not only from me, but also from the village chief."
Qian sneered, "Does he feel guilty? Even if he does, he shouldn't be showing it to you. I heard him banging things around at home last night. If he really feels guilty, shouldn't he be showing it to his family?"
Although they said that, the Zhou family didn't take it to heart anymore. Baldy would hide when he saw them, but they didn't want to see him.
The village chief also looked down on Baldy, but he gambled outside and people came to the village to collect debts. As the village chief, he certainly couldn't escape.
So he was also worried.
But what was even more worrying was the people in Lai Tou's family. They hadn't slept well for two nights in a row, but no one came to visit. Even Lai Tou's father couldn't help but wake him up early in the morning and asked, "How much money do you owe outside?"
"How much do you owe? When did I ever owe anyone money?"
"You were gambling outside that night, and you lost, didn't you?"
When he mentioned that night, Lai Tou was filled with fear. He roared, "Who said I lost the bet? It's because you guys kept nagging me about losing money at home. That's why I only lose money when I go out to gamble. All my good fortune has been ruined by you nagging me..."
The bald man looked at him carefully for a while, and when he was relieved after confirming that he had not borrowed money from outside to gamble, he went out to reassure his wife and children at home.
But the bald man couldn't sleep, so he lay on the bed and started cursing. He didn't stop until he had let out all the anger in his chest.
At this time, County Magistrate Yang in the county government office had just received the things that County Magistrate Tang had sent.
He needs to take these things back to the capital and give them to various people.
Perhaps he felt that it would be a waste not to use the free labor, so County Magistrate Tang not only asked people to deliver a lot of things, but also a big box of letters, all of which were addressed to relatives and friends.
The person who came to deliver the gift was an acquaintance of County Magistrate Yang, County Magistrate Tang's personal attendant. He smiled and handed over another box, saying, "Young Master Yang, this is the gift list written by my master. If you give it to the person according to the list, you won't make any mistakes."
County Magistrate Yang snorted as he took the gift list and said, "Your master is quite thoughtful. I'm returning to Beijing to visit relatives, not to escort them, and you've actually prepared two carts of gifts!!!"
The follower smiled embarrassedly with his head down.
Magistrate Yang flipped through the gift list in the box and discovered that they were all gifts to old friends, classmates, his wife's younger brother, and various other teachers in the capital. He then handed the box to Wan Tian and asked, "I heard that Tang He has offended almost all the powerful officials in Yizhou City. I saw some earthenware gifts for officials from the Ministry of Personnel. Is he being transferred back to the capital?"
The attendant looked around and found that the servants who were counting the things were relatively far away. The only one standing here was Wantian, so he said, "My master said that this kind of thing will take at least one or two years to complete, so he is not in a hurry."
"With Uncle Tang here, will it still take another year or two to operate?"
The attendant lowered his voice and said, "It was mainly because of the young master that he settled those refugees. If he left now, I'm afraid all his efforts would be wasted. So..."
So what he was trying to do now was not to get transferred back to the capital, but to avoid being transferred out of Yizhou City.
County Magistrate Yang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "He finally listened to my advice."
The attendant smiled and said that if it weren't for County Magistrate Yang, County Magistrate Tang would have wanted to be transferred back to the capital last year. Although he had only been exiled for two years and shouldn't have been transferred, his father was the Left Censor-in-Chief, so it was still possible with some effort.
County Magistrate Yang had an argument with him because of this. The two of them exchanged letters for more than two months. It was when Young Master Ji accidentally fell off his horse that County Magistrate Tang got a good opportunity. He couldn't help but take action and thus found himself trapped in Yizhou City.
Now even if the King of Yizhou and others wanted to take him away, he would not leave.
County Magistrate Yang nodded with satisfaction. He would have to stay in Luojiang County for another three years. If Tang He left, he would be so lonely here alone.
After handing over the items, the attendant casually asked, "Has Young Master Yang's case been solved? Before coming here, my master said that if there were any difficulties, he could mention it to the governor. When Young Master Yang returns to the capital, he will come over and sit with him. We can't let a case delay Young Master Yang's marriage."
County Magistrate Yang rolled his eyes and said, "No need. It's not a big case. I can handle it after I return from the capital."
Having said that, County Magistrate Yang still took it to heart.
Lai Tou has been staying in Qili Village all this time and has not come out, and he has no way of finding out any news about Qili Village.
It was not until this time that County Magistrate Yang realized that Qili Village was too far inland and too remote. Unless he had people in the village, it would be impossible for him to get any news from inside.
The village is not big and is remote. Any stranger who enters will be discovered by the villagers, so he can only ask people to pay attention to people coming out of Qili Village. Then he found that Lai Tou seemed to be scared and did not dare to appear in the county town in the past few days.
County Magistrate Yang became more and more certain that there was a secret in Qili Village, a secret between Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin, and the secret was not small and involved a wide range of people, otherwise the cowardly bald man would not dare to say a word.
County Magistrate Yang frowned and pondered for a moment before asking, "How are Bai Shan, Zhou Man and the other two doing in Yizhou City?"
The attendant thought he was worried about his three children being bullied in Yizhou City, so he quickly said, "Don't worry, Young Master Yang. My master has always taken good care of them. As long as they don't cause trouble for the King of Yizhou, there will be no problems in Yizhou City."
County Magistrate Yang: No, that’s not what I meant.
But looking at the proud look on his follower's face, County Magistrate Yang didn't say it out loud.
In the end, he didn't ask County Magistrate Tang to come and help. Instead, he transcribed a copy of Baldy's confession and gave it to him to take back. He said, "Tell your master that this was asked by a timid villager. He didn't get anything out of them, but I'm sure there's something wrong with them. Let your master see how I should proceed with the interrogation. I'll continue when I return from the capital."
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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