Early the next morning

Before dawn, the magistrate was woken up by the housekeeper.

The story goes like this:

Earlier today, around the fifth day of the day, when the maid in the mansion started cleaning the garden, he found that a person's upper torso was placed on the big stone that brought to the Feng Shui to the ground.

There were two legs under the torso. Several maids who were cleaning the garden were frightened by the scene. After a while of crying, the maids and guards rushed over one after another.

There was such a big noise early in the morning. After the old butler was awakened by the noise outside, he immediately put on his clothes and went to the garden to check. After learning about the basic situation, he immediately woke up the magistrate who was still sleeping.

"You go and call the two captains over." Surrounded by a group of guards, the magistrate saw the scene of the corpse placed on the stone in front of him, and then ordered the butler beside him.

The butler nodded and responded, and was about to turn around and leave the backyard.

"Wait, go to the private school and call Mr. Wei." The magistrate thought for a while, and added to the old housekeeper again. The housekeeper received the order, bowed a favor, and hurried out of the backyard.

The magistrate looked at the corpse in front of him, and his eyes showed a hint of anger and a little disgust, and his body subconsciously took a step back.

"After the customer has seen it, he will carry it to the woodshed and take care of it." After that, the magistrate shook his cuffs, carried his hands on his back, and walked towards the main hall.

The two captains quickly arrived, and after inspecting the bodies one after another, they went to the main hall to meet the magistrate.

"Sir, these thieves are too bold. Why not be a good person to call on the brothers from the county government to detain all the people involved in gambling this time and interrogate them strictly." After visiting the magistrate, one of the head-in-laws with a beard immediately clasped his fists and said loudly.

The magistrate picked up the teacup on the table, gently swept the foam on the surface of the tea with the lid, smelled the fragrance of the tea back and forth, and drank a small sip, but didn't say anything.

"Sir" the head-bearded captain kept arching his hands, and was standing there with awkward face on his face. He didn't know what to do, so he had to bend over and wait for the magistrate to speak.

Half a cup of tea has just passed.

Mr. Wei is here.

The magistrate who was still alive just now, when he saw Mr. Wei arrive, he immediately left the chair and greeted him. While walking, he put the teacup on the wooden table next to the high-backed chair and walked up with a smile.

The head-catching captain who was originally erecting his waist, bent down at some point, and bowed his hands even turned into bowing.

Mr. Wei took a look at the scene in the hall and quickly turned his eyes away.

After the magistrate exchanged greetings with Mr. Wei, the few people were preparing to start today's meeting, except for the head-catching bearded who was still bent over.

Mr. Wei bowed to another captain, then walked to the opposite side of the captain, without saying a word, and then he put on his clothes and bowed to the end.

Seeing this scene, the magistrate's smiling face gradually became restrained. He quickly walked to the two of them, held Mr. Wei's elbow with one hand, pointed at the goatee's head and said:

"A captain should be reserved, don't always bend over. Sorry, sir, I'll make you laugh." After the magistrate finished speaking, he reached out to support Mr. Wei. Mr. Wei stood up with the strength of the magistrate's hand and immediately walked up to support the magistrate's bearded captain. Seeing that the magistrate did not stop him, the captain began to tremble and straighten his waist again with the help of Mr. Wei.

At this time, the captain knew that what he said just now was probably unhappy with the magistrate. Thinking of this, the captain first bowed to the magistrate and said "Thank you." Then he bowed to Mr. Wei, and after whispering "Thank you", he stood on the other side of the front hall and stopped talking.

After the magistrate sat on the main seat, today's meeting began.

After watching Mr. Wei sit down, the magistrate began to say, "Everyone! I believe everyone knows what happened in the county during this period. Then I am not hiding it anymore. The remaining corpses in the suspected corpse dismemberment case this morning were found by a maid in my garden." The magistrate stopped, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Mr. Wei.

"I guess, sir, are you trying to know what tricks these thieves are playing?" Mr. Wei asked in his eyes, looking at the magistrate.

The magistrate sitting in the head nodded slightly and signaled Mr. Wei to continue.

"My thought is that this is the thief showing you goodwill. Sir, this 'trunk' and 'legs' are no more than ordinary corpse fragments. At present, it can be regarded as one of the most valuable "gifts" in our Guobei County." Mr. Wei continued.

"So precious... Then why don't they keep it in their own hands?" The magistrate interrupted Mr. Wei's words.

Mr. Wei slowly stood up, carrying his hands on his back, lowered his head and thought for a while, and continued, "The capital is small, so you don't make much money, so it's natural that it's a good deal to send it out."

The two captains and the three of them, including the magistrate, all showed thoughtful appearance.

The captain who had never spoken before spoken: "You mean, they want to bribe the government and commit crimes again? Use the same method to make another profit?"

Mr. Wei smiled and bowed and said, "Caomin can only think of so much. If he thinks about it, the ink in his stomach will not be enough. The magistrate, if there is nothing else, Caomin will continue to go back to the private school to teach." Mr. Wei is a smart person, and he knows that he should leave.

The magistrate did not try to keep Mr. Wei. After saying a few polite words, he ordered the old housekeeper to send Mr. Wei back to the private school.

Before Mr. Wei was about to step out of the threshold and leave, the voice of the magistrate came again: "The county government has become much more abundant these two days. Remember to come to the private school in two days."

Mr. Wei stopped, turned around, bowed to the ground, and said, "The Cao people thanked you, sir."

The magistrate smiled and waved his hand, and Mr. Wei left with the old housekeeper.

After returning to the front hall, the magistrate sat back on the first seat and began to give instructions to the two captains.

"You are going out to spread the news now, just say that the county government has found new corpse fragments." The magistrate picked up the teacup beside him, held it in both hands, and kept rubbing the teacup in his hand, and chanted in his mouth.

"When rumors spread, you will let someone release details about the parts of the body to confuse the judgment of the county people and make people unable to tell whether the fragments of the corpse in our hands are 'trunk' or 'legs'." The magistrate stared at the tea leaves floating up and down in the tea cup and kept talking about his action plan.

"By the way, you go and find a gambler and tell him to prepare five hundred taels of silver for me, and I will have it tomorrow morning." After saying this, the magistrate finally started drinking tea slowly.

"Why don't he give it?" asked the goatee.

The magistrate looked up at the goatee's head, shaved the tea powder again, and took a sip of tea. Then the magistrate pursed his lips, frowned, and pushed the tea cup onto the table randomly.

After spitting out the tea in his mouth with a "Bah!", the magistrate picked up the corner of his clothes and wiped his mouth slowly. The magistrate of Guobei County spoke casually:

"The thirty-seven rules of Daliang are for those who gather to gamble or open gambling privately."
Chapter completed!