Chapter 266 This is a big deal, we need to report it to the police
The five men dug underground at the Jiang family's house day and night. When they had dug two meters deep, they really dug out two boxes.

In the box, there were silver ingots sparkling with light.

"It's rich! It's rich!"

The village chief's eldest grandson excitedly picked up the silver ingot.

The second and fourth brothers also lay on the ingots and laughed happily. So much wealth belonged to them.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss."

A group of snakes and centipedes crawled out from under the box, climbed onto the silver ingots, and climbed onto the five people.

The five people who were blinded by wealth finally realized the danger, but it was too late, they were surrounded.

……

The next day, the five people did not go home for dinner as usual, so the village chief sent a grandson to the end of the village to call them.

This grandson never came back.

The village chief sent another one.

The village chief felt something was wrong after he sent out three grandsons in a row and none of them came back.

He took all the young men in his family to the end of the village. Before they arrived, they heard a hissing sound. He hurriedly stopped his family members.

"Something's wrong. It's the sound of snakes crawling. Why are there snakes in the yard? It sounds like there are quite a few of them.

Oh no, the second brother and the others...

Quick! Go and call the villagers to help."

The villagers came, each holding a hoe and a sickle, but when they heard the hissing sound in the yard at the end of the village, no one dared to step forward.

In the end, it was the eldest son of the village chief's family who led people to push open the gate from a distance with wooden sticks.

As soon as the gate was opened, swarms of snakes and centipedes crawled out of the yard.

"Run!"

The villagers dispersed.

Only the village chief's family wanted to kill these snakes and centipedes and try their best to rescue the family members who were entangled by the snakes.

However, the more he killed the snakes, the more there were, and the fewer centipedes there were. Not only did he fail to rescue his dying family members, but several of them were bitten by snakes and centipedes.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

The village chief was furious and asked his family to evacuate, but the snakes kept chasing them.

Done!Done!
The village chief ran and looked back, and saw his family members falling down one by one.

The villagers who were hiding at the courtyard gate and peeking out were trembling in their calves. How could there be so many snakes and centipedes?

What did the village chief's family do?
The Jiang family had lived there for several generations without any problems. But after the village chief's family moved in, they kept doing something mysterious every day. They actually found so many snakes and centipedes.

Could it be that they had disturbed the snake and centipede nests, causing the snakes and centipedes to not let them go?

It was not until the village chief was bitten that the snakes and centipedes stopped chasing. Then, as if summoned by something, they crawled towards the back of the village in an orderly manner.

The villagers sat down on the ground and decided to crawl away. Otherwise, they might also die at the hands of snakes and centipedes.

After a long time of calming down, the villagers gently opened the gate and rushed out after making sure that the snakes and centipedes had left.

On the village road, not far away were the bodies of the village chief's family members.

This is a serious matter, we need to report it to the police.

The official is here.

Two boxes of gold ingots were carried out from a deep pit under the main house at the end of the village.

The two boxes of gold ingots are official silver.

Official silver!
This matter is simply outrageous!
"Injustice!"

The only man who was rescued was the village chief. He was the only one whose bites were relatively minor. The snakes and centipedes retreated in time, and the villagers helped him to detoxify.

"Sir, this courtyard belongs to the Jiang family. I really don't know what's going on with this official silver."

Grandpa Jiang was called over, with Wolf Two still following behind him.

"Sir, no one has lived in my yard for a year. While we were away, a group of inexplicable people suddenly appeared and built a house for my family.

They also blew up the kitchen, and then there were speeches about divine punishment. We really couldn't live in Nanshan Village anymore, so we moved to the farm my son bought.

When the graves were being moved, the village chief came and took a fancy to my family’s grave site. I thought I had to sell my fields as well, so I bundled them together and sold them.

What I wanted was five hundred taels of silver. The village chief haggled with me for a long time and finally got it down to four hundred taels. Seeing that he really wanted it, I sold it to him.

As for how there was official silver, snakes and centipedes, I really have no idea. I beg the officials to investigate."

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers immediately began to talk about it.

Four hundred taels to buy the yard and the cemetery land?

A shop in the county town only costs about 200 taels, but buying a yard in the village costs 400 taels? Although there are still a few acres of land and cemetery, it is not worth it no matter how you look at it!

There must be something wrong here!
The county magistrate listened to the villagers' discussion and asked the people around him to record it. He also sent a few people to ask the villagers about the affairs of the village head and the Jiang family. The affairs of the Jiang family still needed to be verified in the state capital, so the county magistrate put the matter on hold until tomorrow.

As a suspect, Grandpa Jiang was watched by the yamen runners, but he looked upright and fearless and went to visit the village chief in a grand manner.

"Village chief, my family has lived here for generations and has never thought of digging underground. How did you think of digging underground? And you actually dug out some silver.

Did you know about the silver long ago? Otherwise, why did you keep digging for two meters and not give up? You even dug out the groundwater."

"fart!"

The village chief roared, "You are trying to frame me."

"I took so much money to frame you?"

Grandpa Jiang looked innocent, "My Jiang family was once so poor that we couldn't even afford a meal a day.

If I knew there was so much silver in my house, would I let my son go hunting? Would I let my daughter-in-law die of illness? Would I let Xiaoyu starve to death and steal dog food?

Village chief, no matter what, you can't put the blame on me.

I deeply sympathize with the fact that so many people in your family died because of these two boxes of silver, but you can't make random accusations because of it.

The house was sold to you many days ago. If something happened to your house, and you blamed the previous owner, is there any justice in this world? Wouldn't the buying and selling market be in chaos?"

"you?"

The village chief turned away angrily and said, "Go away. I don't want to talk to you. The officials will decide right and wrong."

Grandpa Jiang nodded in agreement. "You are right. The officials will decide right and wrong. Have a good rest. Goodbye."

The runner told the county magistrate what Grandpa Jiang said when he visited the village chief. The county magistrate waved his hand to signal the runner to keep an eye on both parties.

……

The next day, the yamen runner who went to the provincial capital to verify the situation of the Jiang family came back.

Everything Grandpa Jiang said was true. Jiang Nian did buy a small farm on the outskirts of the state capital, and the several young and strong servants who followed him were also bought by Jiang Nian.

The dates of all the land deeds and indentures matched the dates of Jiang Nian's re-registration after he returned.

Jiang Nian had lost his memory for more than ten years and was bought by General Niu's Mansion in the capital and became a slave.

After he regained his memory last year, he knelt down and begged General Niu to release him from slavery. General Niu, moved by his filial piety, did not ask for any money to redeem him and released him directly.

When Jiang Nian returned to the county town with the wages and rewards he had earned over the past decade, he met his aunt Jiang Xianghui.

Jiang Xianghui felt that there was something fishy about Jiang Nian's disappearance and amnesia, so she told him not to return to the village yet, but to settle down outside, and then take Grandpa Jiang away from Nanshan Village.

The county magistrate interrogated all the members of the village chief's family and heard something strange about the eldest son of the village chief from the village chief's daughter-in-law.

Just because of this strange thing, the county magistrate opened the mouth of the village chief, who admitted that his family had coveted the Jiang family's wealth for generations, and then insisted that the silver belonged to the Jiang family.

Grandpa Jiang denied it, "If my ancestors had money, could they not tell me? Would anything happen to my son and daughter-in-law?

This murder was entirely caused by the greed of the village chief's family. How much faith and determination does it take to dig more than two feet deep? "

The county magistrate felt that what Grandpa Jiang said made sense. Even if it was official silver, if it was in the hands of the Jiang family, it could be dissolved and turned into private silver for use. How could they just leave the silver unspent and let their only son die in the mountains?

“I have already investigated the case. The official silver is of unknown origin and has nothing to do with the Jiang family or the village chief’s family. Confiscate it!

The village chief's family has the intention of committing murder for money, causing great disaster and showing no remorse, and continues to slander the Jiang family. Such a greedy and foolish person should be removed from the position of village chief.

The murder of the village chief's family was self-inflicted and has nothing to do with others. Considering that you are the one who sent off the young, I will not pursue the matter of your false accusation and murder of Jiang Nian.

If you continue to be stubborn, you will go to jail to sober up! "

"puff!"

The village chief vomited blood and fainted. Not only did he lose all his children and grandchildren because of the Jiang family's wealth, but he was also removed from his position as village chief.

His family is completely finished.

……

Grandpa Jiang left the village with the county magistrate.

Grandpa Jiang bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, County Magistrate."

"No need to be polite."

The county magistrate hurriedly bowed in return. Last night, the younger generation of the Niu family brought him a message saying that General Niu wanted to protect the Jiang family. How dare he disobey?

"I am really ashamed that I failed to convict the village chief on Jiang Nian's behalf."

The village chief insisted that it was his eldest son who did it alone, and that his family was coveting the Jiang family's wealth. However, he also warned the younger generations not to murder anyone, and that he had not taught his eldest son well.

The eldest son of the village chief's family died from snake venom and there is no evidence to prove his mistake.

"No problem."

Grandpa Jiang had a tolerant look on his face. "Forgive others when you can. My son's safe return is the greatest blessing."

After seeing off the county magistrate, Grandpa Jiang got into the carriage and his face turned cold.

Village chief, it doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it. How can being in jail be as difficult as facing other people pointing fingers at you outside?
"Wolf Two, go back to the village."

"Yes!"