Jia Yu's Detective Case

"My lord, Magistrate Zhou just said that the Zhou Family Village suffered another disaster this year. There was no harvest, and the grain tax could not be collected again." Man Shun said.

Jia Yu rubbed her sore eyes helplessly:

"Tell him to come in and talk. We've all lived here for half a month, and we're all fine. Why are they so afraid of being eaten? They dare not enter the yamen in broad daylight."

Thinking that he arrived at the Yunzhou government office half a month ago, he didn't expect to come in and see that it was empty inside, from the judge, Shimu to the yamen servant, there was only one empty yamen here, which made him almost think that he went to the wrong place .

After searching for passers-by, I found out that there are monsters in this yamen. It is said that the former Zhizhou died here, and was eaten alive by monsters. After eating Master Zhizhou, the monster's mana became stronger, even in the daytime. So no one inside dared to stay here, and there was only an empty yamen to welcome Jia Yu, the new magistrate.

Jia Yu asked someone to find the officials of the yamen, they were only willing to welcome Jia Yu outside to talk to him, no one dared to enter the yamen, and advised Jia Yu not to live in, the former Zhizhou had a mansion in Yunzhou, Invite him to live there, and it would be better to work there in the future.

How could Jia Yu agree to such a ridiculous thing? Just kidding, he has gained a lot of knowledge along the way, how could he be afraid of monsters when he reaches the end of the world?

It's just that he has been living here for half a month, and he hasn't even seen a ghost.

Judge Zhou walked in tremblingly, his legs were trembling:

"See you, see you, my lord!"

"Sit down, don't worry, even if there are monsters, they should eat me, doesn't it mean that monsters only like to eat Zhizhou, you are safe!" Jia Yu couldn't help stabbing.

Judge Zhou smiled wryly:

"My lord, you are joking. How can monsters be picky eaters? It's not because the lower officials are timid. A dozen or so members of the family depend on the lower officials to make a living. How dare they risk themselves?"

Jia Yu doesn't bother with this matter either, as long as he lives here well, they will be able to come back to work sooner or later.

"Let's talk about Zhoujiazhuang. I read in the literature that Zhoujiazhuang has suffered disasters every year for the past ten years. What kind of disaster can last for ten years? And how do the villagers have enough food without food?"

"If you rely on the mountains, people won't starve to death. The terrain there is relatively flat. In Taizu's three years, [-] mu of fertile land have been reclaimed. In the first few years, the harvest was not bad. People in Zhoujiazhuang did not worry about their livelihood. In the past ten years, I don't know. What happened, every month before the harvest, there will be disasters, either sudden pests, eaten by birds, or scourges by wild animals.

You said that if you usually encounter such disasters, you will charge some more, right?However, it is not the Zhou family village. Every time they are killed, there is no harvest. Do you think this is unusual? "

Jia Yumo, it's not unusual, once it has something to do with ghosts and gods, nothing is unusual.

"Is Zhoujiazhuang far from the state city?"

"It's not far away. It's less than ten miles east of the city. It takes an hour to walk there."

"It just so happens that I'm free today, so let's go to Zhoujiazhuang to find out!"

"Okay, let's go and ask some yamen servants to go with us?"

Jia Yu nodded and did not object to his proposal.

It takes only an hour to walk on a ten-mile flat road, but the mountain road is not so easy to walk, and it takes twice as long.

Jia Yu, Cang Zhengze and Man Shun brought a dozen or so family members, and Lord Zhou brought his master and five or six yamen servants with him.

Before leaving, Di Lang and Jia Yu said they wanted to go together, but Jia Yu refused.

Most of the time, Jia Yu would not give him any work, but only told him to study in the government office with peace of mind.This time it might take a whole day, so why would you ask him to follow along.

Jia Yu didn't say anything when he saw the yamen servant guarding Master Zhou.

A yamen is like a small imperial court, and the same applies to the emperor and the courtiers.

I am a later Shangguan, but the people below have worked together for several years and are familiar with each other and even have interests entangled with each other. I am not an "outsider" who can easily shake.

Even the yamen servant, who took the money from the government yamen but didn't want to do things for him, how could he bear it?

But things always come step by step.

"Your Excellency, you will arrive at Zhoujiazhuang after crossing this mountain!" Judge Zhou's chubby body climbed the mountain very hard.

Jia Yu looked sideways:

"Where is Master Zhou from?"

"Below Suijun County." Judge Zhou gasped.

Jia Yu had read the local county annals, so she naturally knew that Suijun County belonged to Yunzhou, and naturally it was a place with many mountainous areas.

Jia Yu closed her eyes and asked:

"Master Zhou has been to Zhoujiazhuang before?"

"Hui, Mr. Hui, yes, yes, every year the local officials who don't pay the tax will go to check it in person."

Jia Yu nodded in praise and said:

"Master Zhou is really diligent!"

"It's not something that should be praised by an adult!"

After climbing for another half an hour, I found a gentle place to rest.

The servants of Jia's family lacked this kind of exercise, and they all collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, panting for a rest.

Jia Yu shook her head as she watched, that's it, if he really meets bandits and monsters, can he protect him well?

Cang Zheng handed the water bag to Jia Yu:

"Tired? Do you want me to carry you?"

"Don't you feel tired?" Jia Yu's legs were indeed sore, but she didn't exert as much effort as Judge Zhou.

Boss Cang smiled and shook his head.

Jia Yu patted him:

"I got it, I'll climb it myself."

"You won't be tired even if you carry it on your back!"

"I know, but I feel bad!" It was the first time I said such words, but it was so natural.

Boss Cang smiled.

"Okay, then when you are too tired to walk, I will carry you on the back for a while, and then walk by yourself after you rest."

"Okay!" Jia Yu smiled contentedly.

He doesn't know how many years he can live, but it is also a kind of happiness to have such a person to accompany him in his lifetime.

Man Shun's physical strength is good, he is not as tired as the others, he was about to go up to serve his master, and asked if he was hungry, so he was fed a mouthful of dog food.

Well, there is no need for him to be courteous if there is a regular son.

Seeing the relationship between his uncle and Mr. Zheng Zheng, he couldn't help but sigh, there is really a fate between these people.

My uncle and Mr. Zhengzheng became confidants after they met for the first time, and they were even more inseparable after sitting and lying together. Even the waiters like him and Xiaoqing had to stay far behind, because Mr. Zheng would often personally deal with his uncle's affairs. do it.

After Master Zhou calmed down, he smiled wryly at Jia Yu:

"It makes adults laugh, I am strong on the outside and very weak on the inside."

"As long as there is no influence at ordinary times, it is not a big deal. Mr. Zhou has been a judge in Yunzhou for five years, right?"

"My lord is right, it's been five years."

"Then you should know something about adults?"

"Master Yu came to Yunzhou to take office the summer before last. He worked hard in Yunzhou for one and a half years. He cared very much for his subordinates, colleagues and the people under his rule. He is a prefect with a professional title!"

When Jia Yu asked about the former Zhizhou Master Yu, Master Zhou was not surprised, he came as soon as he opened his mouth, as if he had already made a draft in his stomach, Jia Yu couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

"Then how did Master Yu get eaten by monsters? Who is the witness?"

"My lord, if there are no witnesses, then it is a monster. Can you choose your identity if you eat people? If there were witnesses at that time, wouldn't they be eaten too?"

Jia Yu was surprised:

"Since there are no eyewitnesses, why did Xun spread that the lord was eaten by a monster?"

"Your Excellency does not know that there are usually legends of monsters in the government office. This Lord Yu disappeared for more than ten days for no reason and could not be found. Was he killed by a monster? What is even more coincidental is that before the Lord Yu was killed, he Taking over a case involving monsters harming people, comparing the two, does not make people suspect that he was eaten by monsters!"

Jia Yu narrowed his eyes:

"That is to say, no one can tell whether Master Yu was killed or not?"

"Oh, my lord! The villain knows that adults don't believe in ghosts and gods when they are young, but this person who can't see people alive or dead is still the same after half a year. It's obvious that adults are killed! It's true when I found out When I didn't see you for ten days, Xiaguan and Xie Butou searched Yunzhou almost all over, but they couldn't find any suspicious person, and finally decided it was a monster."

Jia Yu: ...

It turns out that this is how the officials below solve the case. If they can't find the corpse or the suspect, they will put it on the ghosts and gods.

"My lord, let's go to Zhou's Village as soon as possible. Speaking of monsters on the mountain... I always feel chills on the back of my neck!" Master Zhou said embarrassingly.

Jia Yu glanced at him with a smile:

"Master Zhou is right, let's go on after resting!"

A group of people hurriedly got up to rectify, and went to Zhoujiazhuang again.

Half uphill and half downhill, it's not too difficult to walk.

However, as soon as he entered the Zhou Family Village, Cang Zheng frowned and pulled Jia Yu down, whispering in his ear:

"Be careful later."

Jia Yu was shocked.

Glancing at the boss, the boss nodded.

Before entering the village, I passed the fields in the village, and I saw that the fields were empty. At first glance, I could only see the color of the soil very neatly, and I didn't even see the straw, let alone guess what crops had been planted.

After entering the village, there is no need to worry about finding someone. All the men in the village gathered under the largest old locust tree in the village, discussing how to farm next.

The older ones looked disheartened, the younger ones gave no hope, and all of them were extremely thin.

Seeing Jia Yu and the others, the village chief hurried forward:

"My lords!"

"Get up, old man, are you the chief of Zhoujiazhuang?"

"It's the old man. My lord, please forgive me. I don't know what my lord is..."

"You old man is really blind. This is the newly appointed Lord Zhizhou of our Yunzhou. Lord Jia is in front of you!"

"It turned out to be Master Zhizhou, the old man Zhou Da met Master Zhizhou!"

"I met Master Zhizhou!"

The villagers beside him also hurriedly saluted.

Jia Yu waved her hand:

"Get up, everyone. I heard that there was no harvest in Zhoujiazhuang. It just so happened that I just took office, so I came here to find out what happened. The village chief told me about the specific situation, so that I can understand."

"Yes, it's my lord, please sit down at the old man's house and listen to the old man speak slowly."

"Lead the way!"

Jia Yu was on alert.

Ever since he got close to the big locust tree, he noticed a prying sight. He thought it was because of the locust tree, but when he didn't want to look closely, the sight came from a distance.

Chasing along the line of sight, there was nothing unusual, only the green distant mountains in sight, but Jia Yu became more vigilant.