A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 32 Misunderstanding
But it was said that Master Song came to Zhoucheng and went to Grandpa Liu's house. He handed in a greeting card and asked for an audience. After waiting for a while, he was ushered into the house by the housekeeper.

Walking through the garden, around the corridor, and into the living room, you will see an old man in his sixties sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle. He is broad and fat, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, just like an old Buddha.

Although Master Song had never met Old Mrs. Liu, just by looking at his posture and demeanor, he knew that this was the rightful owner, so he politely stepped forward to salute.

"Song Changping, who was born late, met Old Madam Liu."

Old Mrs. Liu hurriedly waved her hands with a smile and said politely:

"Master Song, don't be too polite."

"Master Song's name has been heard in the county for a long time."

"It's just that I'm getting older, I don't see many foreign visitors, and I don't have many contacts. Please don't blame Master Song."

"Hurry up and take a seat."

After Master Song finished the ceremony, he stood up and sat down beside him. There was a maid beside him who brought tea.

After the two old foxes were polite for a long time, seeing that Old Madam Liu had no intention of actively asking, and was clearly pretending to be stupid, Master Song became more convinced of his guess, and immediately asked:
"The Liu family has always lived in Yishui County, why did the old man suddenly move his family?"

Grandpa Liu's eyelids drooped, he stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said calmly: "As I get older, my body and bones are not as strong as before. There is a famous doctor in the city. If someone has a headache or a fever, it will be convenient for him to be treated nearby."

"Really?" Master Song said with a smile, "I thought the old lady came to the city to take refuge?"

Hearing these words, Old Madam Liu couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart. His hands shook, and two strands of his beard fell off.

After the boy from Qin's blacksmith shop escaped that day, he told the shopkeeper about the situation. After shopkeeper Qin heard this, he knew that he had been deceived, but for the sake of safety, he still made a special trip to Liu's house to meet him. Liu Xiaoguan confirmed it again.

Originally, Liu Xiaoguan learned the truth from Li Er and ordered Li Er and others to capture Li Gui who was pretending to be his name and cheating. However, Li Er and others never returned, and now they saw shopkeeper Qin coming to his door. When he came, Liu Xiaoguan became even more angry, so he wanted to take people to find Li Gui to settle the score.

But who would have expected that just halfway through, he got the news that the magistrate had been killed. Liu Xiaoguan was frightened and urinated on the spot. He returned home with the help of his family.

He did not dare to hide such a major matter from his father, so he hurriedly informed Old Madam Liu of the situation.

Old Mrs. Liu was also frightened. He knew very well that the murder of a civil servant was not a trivial matter. Those big turbans who went crazy would not reason with the Liu family.

Whether the Liu family has anything to do with the magistrate's death or not depends entirely on what the investigators say. If you say you have it, you have it; if you say you don't have it, you don't have it.

He was also decisive and immediately summoned shopkeeper Qin, threatening him with inducements and asking him to take care of his family and not talk too much.

Shopkeeper Qin was more scared than him. After all, the Liu family was just being dragged down, and the knife Li Gui used was a genuine Qin family product.

The two hit it off immediately, and each issued a gag order at home, strictly prohibiting any mention of anything related to Li Gui.

Old Mrs. Liu asked people to search for Li Er and others, hoping to seal the deal, but only found corpses, which saved a lot of trouble.

Even so, Mrs. Liu was still worried about whether there were other people with knowledge, so she simply packed up her things and moved the whole family to the city.

As soon as Master Song came to the door today, he was actually on guard in his heart, but after all, he was taking a bit of luck and deliberately pretended not to know. But now he was exposed by Master Song in front of him, and he knew that it would be impossible without heavy bleeding.

He sighed and frowned, "Oh, it seems that everything in Dingzhi County has been investigated?"

Master Song was overjoyed when he heard this, knowing that he had found the right person, so he pretended to be reserved and nodded, saying: "Old Mrs. Liu is meticulous in his work, leaving no flaws. It's just that the county magistrate is aware of everything, and finally found out the truth."

"But please be at ease, old lady. I just want to live out my term of office safely and have no intention of interfering in the affairs of the gentry."

Old Mrs. Liu nodded, feeling relieved, so he also expressed the Liu family's goodwill accordingly.

"Please rest assured, the county magistrate. From now on, the Liu family will take the county magistrate's lead in all matters concerning the county."

"Whether it is collecting grain, doing school work, or anything else, the Liu family will do their best to make everything go smoothly for the county magistrate, and he will be promoted after his term is over."

With this promise, Master Song's trip was complete, and he immediately stood up to salute and express his thanks.

"Thank you, old lady, for your understanding. I will reciprocate the favor. We will turn a blind eye to how the Liu family acts in the county. We will only help to make matters smooth and will not secretly hinder you."

The two kept their conversation secretive, thinking that they knew each other well, but in the end, they had a talk and reached an agreement.

The matter was done. Mr. Song hurried back to the county to announce the good news to the proprietor. He was about to leave immediately. Old Mrs. Liu said a few polite words and invited him to stay for dinner. After being declined by him, he gave up.

When Master Song went out, he saw the carriages and horses that had been prepared long ago, as well as the rich gifts prepared in the carriages.

He knew very well that this was the hush money given by the Liu family, so he didn't refuse, got in the car and left.

After returning to Yishui County, he learned that Li Gui had actually done such a big thing again and dared to attack and kill the army. Hundreds of people died. Liang Wanshen and his generals were completely wiped out, leaving no one alive.The remaining soldiers who survived did not know whether they ran away or were captured.

After seeing with his own eyes the "hush money" Master Song brought back from the Liu Mansion, Ding Zhixian felt relieved.

Fortunately, he and Old Madam Liu reached an agreement in time, otherwise, sooner or later, Li Gui would break into the county and cut off their heads.

Now that the two families are together, there is no need to worry about these things.

But another trouble arose, that is, he, the magistrate of Yishui County, had to wipe Li Gui's butt and clear up the mess in the military camp, otherwise the army would come back soon.

What does it mean to have two battalions of infantry dead?

The state can easily pull out another army.

After deliberation for a long time, Magistrate Ding and Master Song finally decided that since all Liang Wanshen's people were dead, they didn't care about taking a few more scapegoats, so they simply threw all the responsibilities to the dead Liang Wanshen.

So under Master Song's careful polishing, today's incident has nothing to do with the Yushan bandits, but with Liang Wanshen leading the troops harshly, often whipping the soldiers, and always deducting their rations.Under the grievances, an accident finally broke out.

Liang Wanshen and all the generals died in the rebellion. The soldiers who committed the crime were afraid of being held accountable by the court, so they set fire to the camp and fled in fear of crime. They don't know where they went.

The weapons, equipment, food and other materials stolen by the Yushan bandits were all destroyed in the fire.

The reasons are sufficient and reasonable, and the logic is closed-loop and self-consistent.

perfect!

(End of this chapter)