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Chapter 84 Searching the Guo Family
  If you want to be rich, cut leeks, especially big and fat ones.

The Guo family's "Yihe Hao" used to monopolize the county's grain and oil business for many years. Although it has declined recently, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, so it must be a good leek.

Lin Feng had long wanted to raid the Guo family, but he couldn't do it as he didn't have any suitable evidence for the crime. This time the Guo family actually took the initiative to collude with the Mongolian Tatars to attack the county. If they let go of this opportunity to make a fortune by looting their homes, God would not tolerate it.

Considering the current special situation, in order to prevent anyone from the Guo family from escaping, they went out to call the police. This time Lin Feng arranged an unprecedented large team to search the house.

Fang Xiaoyu led 10 capture squad yamen officers as the vanguard of the house raids, and Fang Tiezhu led a 100-person civilian team as a support force, responsible for surrounding the Guo family. In order to confirm the guilt of the Guo family, Jiang Yin from the execution room was also asked to come.

At the same time, Lin Feng also ordered Su Shunnian to lead a team of government officials to seal down the "Yihe Hao" grain and oil store in the county.

Soon, a huge army of raiders arrived at Guo's house.

Fang Xiaoyu first escorted Guo Lian over. When the Guo family's porter saw Guo Lian, he quickly came up to greet him and said, "Steward Guo, you are back."

Guo Lian said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Hurry up and open the door. The boss of the county government is coming in for business."

When the concierge saw that Guo Lian seemed to be under control, he immediately wanted to go in and report the news, but was controlled by the government officials brought by Fang Xiaoyu.

Under the leadership of Guo Lian, the group went straight to the Guo family lobby.

Lin Feng came to the lobby under the protection of everyone, found a seat at the top and sat down, looking at the layout of the Guo family's lobby with interest.

I saw a calligraphy hanging in the middle of the lobby, which said "Poetry and Calligraphy Heirloom", signed by the censor Guo Sheng. It seems that the Guo family is also related to the censor, no wonder they are so bold.

"Guo Lian, you're back. How are things going?" A voice came from outside.

Then, Guo Xiangdong, the head of the Guo family, came in. He was stunned when he saw Lin Feng and others, and then immediately said: "Your Majesty, County Lin, is here. Why didn't you inform us in advance?"

Lin Feng glanced at him and said: "Master Guo, it has happened that you colluded with the Mongolian Tatars in an attempt to capture Fugu City, both inside and outside. You should surrender yourself as soon as possible and strive for leniency."

Guo Xiangdong immediately panicked when he heard this, but he managed to stay calm and said: "My Guo family has been doing business in Fugu for generations, how could we possibly hook up with the Mongolian Tatars? The county magistrate must have made a mistake."

"Made a mistake? Guo Lian, please tell me." Lin Feng was too lazy to talk nonsense.

Guo Lian covered his face with his hands and said hesitantly: "Master, the people in the north of the city have been arrested. Let's just admit it."

"You old guy, you actually framed the master's family. What did you do in the north of the city? This is obviously your personal behavior. I don't even know. How can I recognize you?"

Guo Xiangdong is still a sensible person and knows that he must not admit the crime of colluding with the Mongolian Tatars to attack the city. If he admits it, the consequences will be to confiscate his family and exterminate his family.

In addition, he thought that he was lucky enough to be cautious at that time and did not send the Guo family's nursing staff to help the Mongols seize the door. They were all dead soldiers of the Liu family, and only the housekeeper came forward on his side. If you refuse to admit it, even if you have only one witness, you will not be found guilty.

However, he didn't know that he was facing Lin Feng. Now that Lin Feng knew that it was the work of the Guo family, how could he be constrained by whether there was any so-called conclusive evidence of guilt?

"Haha, Patriarch Guo is really tough with his words. I want to see if it's your words that are tougher or our torture tools." Lin Feng mocked.

"Lin Feng, I am a gentry. You cannot use torture to extract confessions. My brother is Guo Sheng, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If you dare to mess around, I will definitely go to the capital to sue you." Guo Xiangdong was anxious. He was so embarrassed that he started calling Lin Feng by his first name.

"Oh, can a dead person complain?" Lin Feng asked.

"Dead people? You want to kill people and silence them? How dare you!" Guo Xiangdong shouted angrily.

"Kill to silence? Don't say it so harshly. The head of the Guo family was just discovered to have colluded with the Mongolian Tatars and became a shameful traitor. It is normal for him to commit suicide out of fear of guilt." Lin Feng thought about how much more time this case needs. Reporting at all levels, this guy still has connections with the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital, so it would be better to kill him and kill him.

"Ah! How dare you..." Guo Xiangdong obviously refused to commit suicide out of fear of crime. He shouted and tried to rush out, but Fang Xiaoyu held him down and blocked his mouth. "Xiaoyu, please help Patriarch Guo. This traitor has a bad reputation. It's better to die. Guo Lian, do you think Patriarch Guo committed suicide or committed suicide?" After Lin Feng arranged the assisted "suicide", he immediately Threaten Guo Liandao.

"Ah, suicide, suicide. Guo Xiangdong still had a trace of shame. He felt that he had become a traitor and had no face to see others, so he committed suicide." Guo Lian quickly thought of reasons to prevent himself from being "suicided" too.

Guo Xiangdong, who was still struggling, heard what Guo Lian said, and his eyes shot out with an angry look that could burn him to death a hundred times. In his heart, ten thousand grass and mud horses ran past, and you still have a trace of shame, need. Suicide, I want to live, I want to live!
  It's a pity that it's too late, Lin Feng will not keep this kind of enemy.

After dragging down Guo Xiangdong, who was infinitely attached to his life, Lin Feng asked Jiang Yin to arrest and interrogate other members of the Guo family on the spot to ensure that the evidence of his collusion with the Mongolian Tatars was confirmed.

Lin Feng himself naturally followed Guo Lian's confession and went to the Guo family's warehouse.

After Fang Tiezhu opened the warehouse door, he consciously stood at the door and let Lin Feng appreciate the harvest first. He now knew Lin Feng's hobby very well.

The Guo family's warehouse is divided into two parts. One is a grain storage warehouse. It is very large. There are at least four to five thousand dan of grain stored in it. The largest grain and oil merchant in the county did not build it.

Lin Feng naturally would not waste the limited space to store food, so he took a quick look and left.

The other warehouse is very small and contains gold, silver and various treasures collected by the Guo family.

Lin Feng first checked the gold and silver. There were about thirty silver boxes in total. Each box contained about 500 taels of silver, totaling 1.5 taels. There was also a box of gold, containing about 300 taels.

After checking other items, there were some ginseng, antique calligraphy and paintings, pearls and jade, etc. Among them, there were actually three matchlock guns, several hundred kilograms of gunpowder, and a batch of weapons and armor.

Now, there is all the evidence that Guo Xiangdong intended to rebel.

The Guo family is dead this time, so there is nothing to worry about. Lin Feng decisively took all the gold and ten thousand taels of silver into the space, leaving only five or six thousand taels to cope with it. It was not easy to get hold of other antique calligraphy and paintings, so I didn’t take them.

After Lin Feng collected the gold and silver, he walked out of the warehouse and asked Fang Tiezhu to take people to search for the Guo family's property and register it. For such a big case, the higher authorities must come to investigate.

Since there were so many people involved in the Guo family, the county jail could not hold them. Lin Feng asked Jiang Yin to lead people to clear out a side courtyard and imprison all the Guo family members here, waiting for disposal.

At this time, Fang Xiaoyu also came out of Guo Xiangdong's room and said to Lin Feng: "The county magistrate, Guo Xiangdong of the Guo family has committed suicide because of his failure in colluding with the Mongolian Tatars!"

"Oh, this happened. Inform them to conduct an autopsy and keep a report." Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood!" Lin Xiaoyu replied.

"Jiang Yin, sort out the evidence of the Guo family's crimes, especially the evidence of colluding with the Mongolian Tatars and concealing weapons for rebellion, and make the file more solid." Lin Feng ordered.

"County Lord, I feel that it is not good to write that Guo Xiangdong committed suicide in the file. Last time Ding Yingqi committed suicide, and this time he committed suicide, it will easily be suspected." Jiang Yin put forward his own opinion.

"Then how should I put it?" Lin Feng agreed upon hearing this. Where did the evil people in Fugu County get so much shame and commit suicide frequently.

"How about writing that he violently resisted arrest and was killed? For such a serious crime of colluding with the Tatars, he would definitely not be arrested willingly." Jiang Yin suggested.

"Okay, this is more reasonable. Just follow the unified explanation of being killed for violently resisting arrest, and explain it to Guo Lian," Lin Feng said.

"Understood!" Jiang Yin and Fang Xiaoyu replied. They had experienced the Ding Dianshi incident and were already very skilled at doing this kind of thing.

　Another big fortune.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)