Xu Lichang bowed his head and said humbly: "Xia Yan was a scholar in Dade for five years. He used to live in Songhua Lane, but there were many people in Songhua Lane. I only know that he died in the second year of Dazhen. There is only one daughter and son-in-law in his family. Don't know about the rest."
Zhai County Magistrate asked, "Does he have any other relatives?"
"Of course there are. He is a member of the Xia family of Hongtian Village, and he seems to be buried in Hongtian Village after his death."
The county magistrate Zhai finally understood why Zhou Man came to him, the old bastard Xu Lichang was dishonest.
As the head of the village, the hundred households under his command will not only know them in detail, but also the clan behind each household will know everything about them.
Otherwise, why should he be the head of the village
The head of the village is either a person of high morals or high prestige, or a person with a powerful family whose ancestors have lived here. How could he not understand the people under his rule
They know more and more details than the county magistrate.
The county magistrate Zhai didn't just come to Shangzhou, so he naturally knew Mr. Xu and the twists and turns.
He snorted coldly in his heart, glanced at Zhou Man and Bai Shan who were calm and calm, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and asked, "Then who is living at No. 23, Songhua Lane?"
Xu Lichang froze, bowed and said, "The head of the household is Xia Yi, by the way, he is also from the Xia family in Hongtian Village, so he should be Xia Yan's relative."
"Is the house his? Or who rented it to him?"
Xu Lichang glanced at Zhou Man and said: "It should be his, but I didn't hear that it was rented."
The county magistrate Zhai slipped his cup and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu is so unfamiliar with the government? He doesn't even know if he is a tenant? This county remembers that the population is checked every spring, right?"
The population of the tenant and the population of the householder are not counted together. These are two separate achievements.
The sweat on Xu Lichang's forehead brushed off, and he didn't know if it was hot.
The three of Man Bao sat quietly aside, and no one spoke.
After a while, just when Xu Lichang was hesitating whether to speak, the county magistrate Zhai raised his head and said, "Come here, go to Songhua Lane to invite Mr. Du and Mr. Zhu to come, and then ask someone to call Xia Yi, um, this The county remembers that Xia Xia in Daxi Lane next to Songhua Lane, the county remembers that his family is also from Hongtian Village, right? Go and invite him too."
Man Bao and Bai Shan twitched their lips. Sure enough, they still had to find the county magistrate. Could there be a local snake more powerful than the county magistrate in this world
Ahem, of course, they didn't mean that magistrate Zhai was a local snake.
Xu Lichang swallowed, and hurriedly said: "Xia Xia seems to be seriously ill, I'm afraid he won't be able to get up."
The county magistrate Zhai said indifferently: "Go and invite him first, if you don't come please invite Xia Rui."
Man Bao asked, "Who is Xia Rui?"
Zhai County Magistrate: "Oh, he is Xia Xia's son."
Man Bao nodded and waited quietly.
Xu Lichang, who was sitting on the lower stool, wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't keep his face. The main thing was too unexpected. Zhou Man appeared suddenly and didn't say anything, yet he was able to find the county magistrate in such a short time. Come, let the county magistrate stand in for her.
Xu Lichang pressed his thumb on the knuckle of his index finger, his fist tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again, and finally he opened his mouth to start the topic again, "I remembered that Xia Yi's family has a lease, so they are not tenants."
County magistrate Zhai glanced at Zhou Man and saw that she didn't respond, so he said to the house deed that his subordinates had been holding down all the time: "Coincidentally, Mr. Zhou also has a house deed in his hand. If the original house deed is not invalidated, how can he get it?" Obtained a new house deed from the county government?"
Xu Lichang stared at the house deed for a while, speechless.
The county magistrate Zhai has already ordered, "Let the householder check it."
He glanced at Zhou Man and said, "Check the records from fourteen years ago to ten years ago, let's start from fourteen years ago."
The messenger agreed and withdrew.
So everyone turned their heads to look at Chief Xu, and County Magistrate Zhai said, "Director Xu, you shouldn't be ignorant of this, right? Buying and selling a house requires the signature of the chief."
Like Manbao and the others, if they want to enclose land in the village or buy land to build a house, they need to report to the village chief. Even when they buy a shop in the county town, they have to tell the village chief.
Because property and population are important conditions for assessing household quality, and household quality determination involves tax payment, the taxes paid by upper households and lower households are quite different.
Every district chief has a charge in his hands or in his heart, and the magistrate Zhai seemed to scoff when he said that he didn't know whether Xia Yi's family was a tenant or the head of the household, but etiquette restrained him.
The Lichang sighed, stood up and knelt down to confess his guilt, knowing that he had gone wrong, he should be more frank when he entered the county office, and he couldn't fool Zhou Man and the three at home like he did at home.
Xu Lichang said: "Xia Yi's house should have been lived in twelve years ago, and the Xia clan decided to distribute it to him."
He said: "My lord, Xia Yan has no heirs. After his death, the clan has the right to take back his property and redistribute it. Xia Yi's family is Xia Yan's closest relatives."
That's true, but why should he hide it
Magistrate Zhai looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man slid the cup and said lightly with the corner of his mouth: "My father is a married man, so the land and real estate are naturally my parents'."
County magistrate Zhai almost dropped his teacup, marrying him
Xu Lichang had expected her to say this earlier, and said without much change in his complexion: "It seems that the Xia clan didn't come back after seeing Zhou Yin take Xia Xin away, and the tombs of the Xia clan and his wife had no one to pay homage to them, so It was determined that they would not come back, so the family property was divided."
Zhou Man sat up slightly and asked, "Then where are the tombs of my grandparents?"
Xu Lichang didn't expect that she was asking this question, and thought she was trying to make a difference for her parents. When she was at his house, she only said that her parents died early, but she didn't say the reason.
Xu Lichang paused, but finally said: "It's on Da'an Mountain not far from the city."
That's not what he said before.
Man Bao and the others all glanced at him, but they didn't care, but asked carefully: "Where is it in Da'an Mountain?"
"On the east side of the mountainside, your parents erected a monument back then, so you can find it."
Man Bao frowned and asked, "Why not be buried in Hongtian Village?"
When fallen leaves return to their roots, they are usually buried in the village.
Lizhang Xu didn't speak, but County Magistrate Zhai comforted him and said, "Da'an Mountain is also a good place, where many virtuous and talented people from our Shangzhou were buried."
Man Bao nodded.
While they were talking, the servants who had gone out to invite people came back one after another. To Man Bao's surprise, another person was carried in lying on a wicker chair.
The county magistrate Zhai also stood up in surprise, and introduced to the three of them: "This is Xia Xia, he is a famous silversmith in Shangzhou, and there are many high-ranking officials who come to ask for a piece of silver jewelry with a hundred gold coins. .”
When the talent was brought to him, Xia Xia had already squinted his eyes to look around, and fixed his gaze on Zhou Man, pointing at her and asking, "You, are you the eldest lady of the Xia family?"