mtl008 Chapter 144: Village Chief Jiang's Three Sins
Chapter 144: Village Chief Jiang's Three Sins
Shen Nanzhi rolled his eyes and deliberately frightened them, "That's the hand of the King of Hell, punishing the wicked. Didn't you see the color, it's gray, doesn't it look like the hand of a dead person?"
"Ah, help me! I don't want to die here! I won't dare to do it again! Dad, save me! Please ask for forgiveness and admit your mistake to the ancestors of the Chen family."
Jiang Dawang was the first one who couldn't hold back his tears and cried even louder. At this time, everyone in the village got up and started their day's work. They were alarmed by the noise on the mountain and many people came.
Village chief Jiang was so angry that he wanted to strangle his stupid son to death.
Jiang Daxi couldn't help crying, and said, "Dad, I'm scared too. I really saw a ghost. The ghost hooked my third brother's feet with its claws. It was so scary."
After eating the roast chicken and drinking the beer, Shen Nanzhi burped and continued to annoy Village Chief Jiang: "Don't beg him, he did all this for Jiang Chen. Who can blame him for being successful?
Now that your eldest brother is gone, Village Chief Jiang will probably regard Jiang Chen as the pillar of your family and expect him to take care of your family.
But your father has been smart all his life, but he might be confused about this matter. Jiang Chen has his own parents and brothers, so even if he takes care of you, how much can he do?"
Jiang Dawang has been jealous of Jiang Chen for a long time. He has been a child of other people's families since he was young. Which child in the village has not been beaten because of him?
He simply felt that his son was not as good at studying as others. He got angry whenever he thought about it, and beat his child when he was angry. The young people in the village did not like Jiang Chen.
However, Jiang Chen also looked down on these peasants. How could they help him?
They are not the same kind of people. Deep down, I discriminate against them.
Jiang Dawang's jealousy and dissatisfaction reached its peak: "Dad, are you really going to abandon your own son for Jiang Xiucai?"
"Shut up and don't listen to her instigation. How could Dad not love you? I'll rescue you first and then go home."
None of Jiang family's cousins dared to take action, but Shen Nanzhi said, this was the hand of the King of Hell!
"Village Chief, this is not a good idea, right?"
"What's wrong with that? Can Shen Nanzhi tell the truth?"
Shen Nanzhi was unhappy: "If I am not telling the truth, it is also learned from you. Think about it yourself, how many bad things have you done following Jiang Chen?
This lie, once you start telling it, there will be countless lies to cover it up. Village Chief Jiang, you have been tricked to death by Jiang Chen, so think about it carefully. "
Village Chief Jiang didn't believe it: "Shut up and stop instigating here."
"The mouth is on my body, and I am happy with it."
Shen Nanzhi wanted to see how they got the person out and enjoyed the fun.
It was Village Chief Jiang who took action. He jumped down himself and dug a few times. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, the villagers came forward to help.
It was broad daylight, the sun was shining brightly, and no evildoers dared to show their faces, so they became a little braver.
"Jiang Zhongyang, you are too much. You even dared to dig up my ancestral grave. I, Chen Hu, will never forgive you."
The people of Yushu Village came over again, carrying Chen Hu. When they saw them digging up the Chen family's ancestral grave, they accused them, "This is too much. I've never seen such vicious people in your village. What hatred do you have to dig up people's ancestral graves?"
"That's right. Killing people is not the right path. It's too much to disturb people's ancestral graves."
The people of Shimo Village ignored it and could not even start a quarrel. They all distanced themselves from the matter: "This was done by the village chief. We were not involved."
Chen Hu was so angry that he started crying. He didn't cry because he was hurt, but he couldn't help crying because his ancestors were disturbed and he was the one who was incompetent and unfilial.
Shen Nanzhi said: "Brother Chen, don't be angry. They will be punished. The most important thing now is to move the graves of our ancestors and find a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to give our ancestors peace."
Shen Qingshan said, "Yes, settling our ancestors down is the most important thing. What are you still doing in the grave? You still want to destroy the bones of the ancestors. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Jiang Daxi was about to cry. He also wanted to come out, but wasn't it impossible?
He had brought shame upon himself to his grandmother's house. He did not dare to blame his father, but could only hate Jiang Chen. It was all because of him. Without him, there wouldn't have been so many things happening in his own village.
Shen Nanzhi continued to comfort Chen Hu: "Chief Ding has already reported to the police. They will pay the price. Don't be sad."
"Well, thank you, Nanzhi."
Chen Hu understood that if Shen Nanzhi had not discovered this matter, all his ancestors would have been dug out, and he would have been passive and threatened by Village Chief Jiang.
After all this trouble, it was noon and Ding Xiangrong came with the officers. The people from the two villages stepped aside and waited for the officers to make the decision.
The one who came this time was an old acquaintance, Captain Yan, who came in person. He had a hunch that all the cases related to Miss Shen were lucrative.
The last time we suppressed bandits, they each received ten taels of silver, and also made a lot of extra money, more than twenty taels. Everyone made a fortune.
The yamen received more benefits. Only a very small amount of the horses and grain were handed over, and the rest were used to subsidize the yamen. They were the ones who benefited. At least they had horses to ride when they went to the countryside to handle official business. In the past, they had to walk, which was hard work, and no one was willing to go to the countryside to handle cases.
Captain Yan just nodded slightly to Shen Nanzhi, and in front of so many people, he did his job impartially and pretended to be unfamiliar.
"Village Chief Jiang, why did you dig up people's ancestral graves? Doing such an evil thing?"
Village Chief Jiang had no choice but to confess, "Chen Hu left the village without permission and challenged my authority as the village chief. I wanted to threaten him, but I was too careless and did something wrong. I am willing to take full responsibility, compensate Chen Hu for his losses, apologize to him, and restore his grave."
Seeing that he was still honest, Captain Yan asked Chen Hu, "What do you say? How much compensation do you want?"
It is best to resolve matters like this privately. The county magistrate has a lot to do and would find it troublesome, so there is no need to disturb the county magistrate over trivial cases.
Chen Hu said: "I don't want money, I want him to go to jail."
Chen Hu is not short of money, he just wants to vent his anger.
Captain Yan was in a bit of a dilemma. For such a small case, he would only spend about half a month or ten days in jail, so it would be better to ask for some silver.
He looked at Shen Nanzhi, who came out and said, "Sir, this is not just a case. Brother Chen was injured by someone pushing him. I suspect it was done by Village Chief Jiang."
Village Chief Jiang's eyes flashed with fear, and he said, "Mr. Shen, you are talking nonsense. Do you have any evidence?"
"There must be evidence, right? There must be evidence. This is just one of the charges against you. You occupied the villagers' land and teamed up with Jiang Chen to harm the villagers. This is the second crime.
You robbed Widow Xu of her money and forced her entire family to death. This is the third crime. You can deny it now, but the county magistrate will find a way to make you speak."
Village Chief Jiang was furious. "You are talking nonsense. The villagers voluntarily sold those lands to Jiang Xiucai to compensate for your divorce. It's all your fault. You caused the whole village to lose so much land."
Shen Nanzhi: "Don't put all the blame on others. It's true that I will compensate you, but I only need 600 taels of silver. How much did you get for the remaining 400 taels?"