Gu Zhan was also shocked by the reactions of the people.

Although he knew that the government had a bad reputation nowadays, and he also knew that many people were in awe of the Jinyiwei, but he thought that the Jinyiwei were responsible for maintaining public order on weekdays, and they had to deal with these ordinary civilians a lot, so it should be relatively better.

But he didn't expect that these ordinary civilians would be so afraid of Jin Yiwei.

They just showed up and did nothing, causing such a big panic.

He couldn't help but have some doubts,

Can such Jin Yiwei really stabilize public order?

However, others had already arrived at the scene and did not have much time to consider the issue, so they led them directly into the yard.

all of a sudden,

All the civilians dispersed involuntarily. If it weren't for the guards blocking the door, Gu Zhan doubted that these people would just disperse in a rush.

"Who is the owner of this house?" Gu Zhan asked.

Although there were many people in the courtyard, it was completely silent.

Many people quietly set their sights on an old man with dark skin and wrinkles on his face.

The old man's whole body was tense, and his eyes as he looked at Gu Zhan were full of fear. He wanted to stand up, but his legs and feet were numb and unable to move.

at this time,

A woman in mourning clothes had a pale face and walked over hesitantly. Then she knelt down in front of Gu Zhan with a bang and said in a tearful tone: "Sir, please let my father-in-law go. He is old.

, I can’t stand the torture. My man is dead, and my two uncles are also dead. We don’t dare to hold on to the house anymore. When we finish the funeral, we will move. You can do whatever you want with this house.

Yes, sir, please show kindness, sir..."

Gu Zhan was stunned, he didn't understand what was going on.

The old man also stood up at this time, walked over with great dignity, knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, we know we were wrong. My family has only one seedling now. Please give me a way out!"

As the old man spoke, he pulled a little boy of five or six years old to kneel on the ground and kowtow.

Gu Zhan looked confused and hurriedly supported the old man and said, "Old man, have you misunderstood? I received a report that someone in your family was poisoned and died, and I came here to investigate the situation!"

The old man's wrinkled face showed fear and confusion as he said, "You...what do you want to investigate?"

"The truth about death." Gu Zhan said.

The old man was stunned for a moment, seemed to have come to his senses, and hurriedly pointed to the mourning hall and said: "Sir, my family has no money. We really have no money. Look, the coffins in front were all bought by the villagers. We really have no money."

I don’t have any money to pay!”

Gu Zhan frowned and said, "Old man, you really misunderstood. I'm not here to ask for money. I'm really just here to investigate the situation. I received a report that your deceased died of poisoning, not a normal death."

The woman kneeling on the ground suddenly said in despair: "Sir, our family is about to die, are you still unwilling to let us go?"

Gu Zhan took a deep breath and said, "I said I was here to investigate the situation, why don't you believe me?"

The woman took a deep breath, the expression on her face became decisive, and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it just a different trick to force us? If you want to kill or behead us, just say it directly. Why bother with this? What investigation situation, you

We all know he was poisoned, so why are you pretending to investigate?"

Gu Zhan frowned and said, "So, do you know the specific situation?"

The woman in filial piety sneered and said, "Who doesn't know? There are dozens of families and hundreds of people in Mubo Alley. Who doesn't know that they want to occupy our house?"

Gu Zhan frowned,

I glanced at the civilians in the courtyard, and judging from their expressions, they all seemed to know the inside story of this matter.

"Since you know the murderer, why don't you report it to the official?" Gu Zhan asked doubtfully.

"Report to the official position?" said the filial woman: "Is it useful to report to the official position? Haven't we ever reported to the official position? Not only did your Jinyi guards not arrest those evildoers from the Tianshui Gang, but you arrested those who reported to the official position. Who would dare to report to the official position?"

Sir, just tell me what you want to do, our family is like this now, we only have three lives left, you can just take it!"

Gu Zhan frowned tightly.

At this time, Chen Fei suddenly came over and said: "Sir, listen to what they mean, this matter involves the Tianshui Gang, let's leave first, and we will discuss it later when we get back."

Gu Zhan was slightly surprised. He had also heard of the Tianshui Gang and knew that it was a big Jianghu gang. However, what surprised him was Chen Fei's reaction. As a Jinyiwei, he was actually afraid of a Jianghu gang and avoided it upon hearing it.

retreat.

Although he had always known that the government was corrupt, now Gu Zhan finally understood the extent of the government's corruption.

When even violent government agencies like the Jinyiwei are afraid of Jianghu gangs, it goes without saying that the level of corruption is high.

However, Gu Zhan can't figure out the situation now.

His predecessor had always been studying under the protection of his father. Although he could not be said to be indifferent to what was going on outside the window, he did not know much about the outside world. During the time he took office, he was either in Baihusuo or Goulan.

I don’t know much about Qu, and my time is still short and I haven’t been exposed to anything.

In this regard, he chose to listen to Chen Fei's suggestion and go back to understand the situation first.

However, just as he was about to greet people and leave, he saw a group of uniformly dressed men from all walks of life outside the small courtyard. There were almost twenty of them. Each one of them was holding a shining steel knife in his hand, as if the Jin Yiwei didn't exist.

Swaggering into the yard.

The leader was a fierce and strong man with a scar on his face. He walked directly to the old man and said viciously: "Old man Jin, although your son is dead, he must repay the five hundred taels of silver he owed us!"

Old Man Jin lost his voice and said: "Our family owes you no money, and we still have five hundred taels. There is no such thing at all..."

"Snapped"

The strong man slapped Old Jin on the face directly, sending Old Jin flying to the ground, and cursed: "Old man, I'm giving you face. If I say you owe me, you owe me!"

The filial woman cried out sadly and hurried to help old man Jin.

The civilians around them were all trembling and did not dare to speak.

While talking,

The strong man touched his chin, looked around, and said, "Since you don't have the money to pay back, then let's give your house..."

As he said that, the strong man looked at the pretty good-looking woman in filial piety and said, "Just use your shabby house and your daughter-in-law to pay off the debt!"

Saying that, the strong man grabbed the filial woman's hand and dragged her away.

The filial woman's face was full of despair, and she said timidly: "You...do you still have the royal law?"

"Wang Fa?"

The strong man sneered, suddenly looked at Gu Zhan and his group who were not far away, laughed strangely, and said: "Oh, speaking of Wang Fa, I forgot that all the Chai Ye from Jin Yiwei are still here.

, how about you come and tell this bitch what the king's law is?"
Chapter completed!