frightfiction Chapter 269: Stupid and Self-Righteous
Chapter 269: Stupid and Self-Righteous
The county magistrate took the portrait respectfully with both hands.
He lowered his head and looked carefully at the person in the portrait.
This is a man with a very honest face, but he has a pair of sinister eyes and looks very uncomfortable.
After looking at the portrait, the county magistrate said honestly, "General Shangguan, I have been here for a short time and I don't know this person."
"Could I ask my master to come and help me take a look?"
"He's been here for decades and may know this person."
Shangguan Chun said yes.
Soon, the lawyer came in.
He first bowed to Shangguan Chun and the county magistrate before taking the portrait from the county magistrate.
The magistrate said, "Take a look and see if you recognize the person in the portrait."
The master examined the portrait carefully before saying, "It looks a little familiar."
Shangguan Chun and the county magistrate knew something was up when they heard it. "Think carefully, who is it?"
The master thought for a while and finally remembered who this person was. "Do you remember the Gu family?"
"The Gu family?" The county magistrate thought for a moment before remembering who the Gu family was. "The Gu family that's in the tea business?"
The master said, "Yes, it is the Gu family."
"The Gu family does have quite a bit of land for growing tea, but the quality isn't very good, so they buy a lot of high-quality tea every year."
"The Gu family sent a lot of good tea to you before, but you refused it."
Now, the county magistrate completely remembered the Gu family.
He explained to Shangguan Chun, "General Shangguan, the Gu family has only become wealthy in recent years, relying on tea, so their style of doing things has the feeling of a nouveau riche."
Shangguan Chun nodded, motioning him to continue.
The county magistrate continued, "The Gu family wants to climb up the social ladder and have better development for the family."
"The Gu family had a very good relationship with the previous county magistrate and gained a lot of benefits."
"For example, more than 80% of the tea produced in the entire town is produced by the Gu family, and even more than 60% of the tea sold to the outside world is produced by the Gu family."
Shangguan Chun sneered, "The last county magistrate died too easily."
The county magistrate was a little embarrassed, but luckily he was very good at adjusting himself. "After I took office, I got rid of everyone's privileges in the shortest possible time."
"The Gu family has come to me many times for this, but I have never met them."
At this point, he curled his lips and said, "The Gu family also wanted to send their legitimate daughter to me as a concubine, but I directly refused."
With the lesson from the previous county magistrate in mind, he would never have any contact with the Gu family even if he was stupid.
The master took over and brought the subject back to the topic, "General Shangguan, this man is a small steward of the Gu family manor."
"During the time of the previous county magistrate, this man had helped the Gu family deliver special tea to him several times."
"It seems that this person is highly valued by the Gu family."
Shangguan Chun already understood something. "In other words, the Gu family has taken advantage of someone, and the other party wants the Gu family to use the disaster victims to cause trouble."
The county magistrate also thought of this, "For the time being, it seems to be so."
"We need to check to confirm the details."
Shangguan Chun waved his hand and said, "No need. Just arrest all the members of the Gu family and this little steward and interrogate them."
As he said this, he ordered people to arrest the Gu family and their steward.
The county magistrate and the legal advisor looked at each other and thought, this privilege is good, you can arrest people directly without any evidence.
The military moves quickly.
In less than half an hour, the Gu family and their steward were taken to the county jail.
The Gu family members were still confused and bewildered. They looked at the county magistrate in confusion.
"My Lord, what's going on?"
"My Lord County Magistrate, why are you arresting us for no reason?"
The county magistrate stood behind Shangguan Chun.
He raised his hand and pointed at Shangguan Chun, his attitude very clear, "This is General Shangguan sent by the court. He will handle the affairs of the disaster victims in this county."
When the people of the Gu family heard these words, some of them changed their expressions, while others were still confused.
"I don't like to be long-winded," Shangguan Chun stroked his chin and grinned widely, "I prefer to interrogate directly."
"Come on, torture the Gu family!"
"I want to see who is behind this and dares to do such a bold thing!"
……
Apricot Village.
Mu Baobao was pulling Zheng Xingguang to read a medical book together.
This medical book has many pictures, which were found by Dr. Deng specifically for Mu Baobao.
"Look, little brother, this is Sanqi."
She boasted, "Master said that Panax notoginseng is a very good medicinal herb..."
Zheng Xingguang, “…”
Although it’s fun to be with your baby, can you not read books?
He has no interest in ordinary books, let alone medical books.
But, the baby wants to watch, he can't say no.
Mu Baobao didn't notice his emotions at all, and was still trying hard to introduce the herbs he knew, and talked about the effects of these herbs from time to time.
After studying for this period of time, Mu Baobao has already known several kinds of herbs.
She memorized these herbs and knew their effects clearly.
Zheng Xingguang listened and could understand what was being said, but he just couldn't remember it.
When Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Qian saw the two children like this, they smiled at each other. It was really good to have a child to play with the baby.
Pingping and her family are usually busy with studies and household chores, so they don’t have much time to play with the baby.
The children in the village always have ulterior motives towards the baby, and some even dislike the baby.
Coupled with the incident of the baby being injured, they were even more afraid to let her play with the children in the village.
"Are you busy?" Cheng Zishi came.
Zhu and Qian greeted them quickly and continued with their work.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law knew that Mr. Cheng was here to look for Bao Bao or Prince Zheng.
Cheng Zishi came to find Zheng Xingguang this time.
"Prince Zheng, I have something to tell you. Can you come over here?"
Zheng Xingguang said something to Mu Baobao, then came to Cheng Zishi and asked, "Mr. Cheng, what do you want to say?"
Cheng Zishi lowered his voice, "The town's case of deceiving the disaster victims has been basically investigated."
"However, the real mastermind has not yet been found."
Zheng Xingguang's face was tense. "Who did this?"
Cheng Zishi said in detail, "The affairs in the town were handled by a small steward arranged by the Gu family."
"The Gu family was bewitched. Someone contacted the Gu family and promised that they could help the eldest son of the Gu family enter the official career and rise to prominence in the future."
Zheng Xingguang scoffed, "Does the Gu family believe it now?"
Cheng Zishi said, "The Gu family made their fortune from tea over the years, and they were protected by the previous county magistrate. They think things are a bit too simple."
Zheng Xingguang sneered, "Isn't it just that you're too stupid and too self-righteous?"
Cheng Zishi did not deny that the Gu family was indeed a bit too stupid.
The other party just said this, and the Gu family believed it and foolishly did such a thing.
Now that the Gu family has done such a thing, the entire family will surely be executed.