At this moment, someone came in and shouted, "Liu Laoer, there are yamen runners outside."
As soon as the words fell, the two men in their forties were stunned at first, then expressions of horror appeared on their faces, and they almost instinctively wanted to run away.
The next second, many yamen runners rushed into the house.
Huang Sanlang took three steps at a time and shouted, "No one is allowed to move. Anyone who moves will be beaten to death!"
Then he looked at the two people who had stood up and were about to escape and asked, "Are you from the Liu family?"
In an instant.
The old man who had been eating, with a face full of bitterness and hatred, and wrinkles all over his face, sat down on the ground with a plop and sighed: "Second brother, fourth brother, you knew you couldn't hide it. You shouldn't do this!"
One of them stared at him fiercely and said, "Boss, it was you who reported the incident. We should have killed you as well."
"take away!"
Huang Sanlang keenly sensed that something was wrong and immediately waved his right hand.
Many yamen runners rushed forward and captured the three Liu brothers.
The other guests were frightened and wanted to disperse, but the house was full of yamen runners who surrounded the mansion.
The whole village couldn't escape.
It was not until this time that Zhao Jun's convoy slowly approached the edge of the village and stayed nearby.
Facing the city to the north, several middle-aged men dressed as farmers were coming hurriedly. The two yamen runners in front took them outside, but Zhao Jun had not summoned them yet, so they could only wait outside.
After a while, Huang Sanlang came back and ran to Zhao Jun and said, "Dean, I've confessed everything."
"What are the causes and consequences?"
"The Liu family has four brothers. The eldest is honest and diligent, farming. The second loves gambling. The fourth is a scoundrel in the village. Only the third is relatively smart. He went to the county town to work at the age of twelve. Now he owns several shops and has a small fortune."
Huang Sanlang said, "Over the years, the second and fourth sons have borrowed money from him frequently and never paid it back. The third son was very unhappy, and after his parents died, he separated from them and cut off all ties. A while ago, the second son ran up a lot of gambling debts, and after failing to borrow money from the third son, he became scheming and conspired with the fourth son to murder the third son and seize his property. Unfortunately, they were caught trying to kill him in the middle of the night by Boss Liu."
"oh?"
Zhao Jun frowned and said, "Since this boss is honest and upright, why didn't he report it to the authorities?"
"Because the third son was busy with business and socializing in his early years, he didn't get married and have children. He didn't get married until he was in his thirties, and after marriage, he only had two daughters. The second and fourth sons used the third son's childlessness as an excuse to deceive the eldest son."
Huang Sanlang said, "What they said is that once the third brother dies and the two daughters get married, the Liu family's money will be taken away by outsiders. It would be better for the three brothers to divide it up."
"Human nature is truly unpredictable."
Zhao Jun sighed deeply, feeling sorry for what happened to the third son of the Liu family.
Ultimately, it is feudal ideas that are harmful.
If it weren't for the idea that daughters don't count as descendants, I think Boss Liu would have reported it to the police.
"Huang Anwen."
"Zhiyuan."
Huang Anwen hurried over.
Zhao Jun's eyes flashed coldly as he said, "This man killed his brothers and stole their property. Killing him is the only way to appease the public's anger. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
Huang Anwen agreed immediately.
"Call the people from the Farmers' Association over here."
Zhao Jun said again.
He glanced into the distance and saw several people dressed as farmers looking at this side timidly.
Although the Farmers' Association was a non-governmental organization established by the imperial court and supported by local governments, it had a semi-official background.
But it is only a semi-official organization, and it is also the lowest-level grassroots organization. It is not even an official, but can only be regarded as a rural farmers' mutual aid organization.
Normally, they would consider a county magistrate to be the highest official, not to mention Zhao Jun, the director of the court.
Therefore, everyone is very nervous at this moment.
Only Zhao Jun looked at those people seriously, because he knew that if he wanted to move the grassroots and eradicate those unhealthy tendencies among the people, he might have to rely on them!
(End of this chapter)
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