While they were still discussing, Qian Jiujiu had already received news from Rabbit: "Don't look for him anymore. Niu Yishi is dead. He was killed and has been put into the pot. And that group of people is right in the center of the mountain. They look like they are a group of experts."
A group of masters? There are some martial arts sects in Xianyou Town. After all, it is such a good place, so it is not surprising that some people from these martial arts sects are interested in them. Qian Jiujiu frowned: "Can you tell which sect they are from? Can you tell by their clothes?"
The rabbit quickly sent back the message: "They are all wearing black clothes. That's how it looks in the eyes of animals."
Qian Jiujiu walked towards Mu Yexiao, who had already begun to doubt the martial artists: "Could it be the martial artists who did it? Madam, why are you here?"
Mu Yexiao turned around and saw Qian Jiujiu. He couldn't help but ask, then he understood something, coughed twice, and felt a little embarrassed.
Qian Jiujiu whispered to Mu Yexiao what Rabbit had just told her, and Mu Yexiao nodded immediately: "I see. Liu Yifang, your guess is right, someone carried the cow away, go catch up and take a look."
Liu Yifang glanced at Qian Jiujiu and bowed: "Meet the Madam."
Then he turned around and chased after the deep footprints. Tian Er had also been paying attention to these detectives. When he saw someone was about to leave, he instantly became alert: "Sir, do you have any clues?"
Mu Yexiao didn't know what to say, so he just said, "Let's go and see."
A group of people followed Liu Yifang and ran into the mountain. Soon they saw an extinguished fire on the hillside, as well as cow bones and a cow head next to it.
Apparently, these people were too lazy to bother and just threw the bull head away. In this mountain, if there is a smell of blood, it will soon attract wild beasts, which will eat them all up, leaving nothing behind, and no one will know what will happen.
What was unexpected was that the new county magistrate, Mu Yexiao, actually brought all the people in the county to look for the cow, so it was discovered so quickly that the wild beasts had no time to show up to help destroy the body!
When Tian Er saw the cow's head, he immediately recognized it as his cow Dahua. He rushed over and hugged the cow's head: "Dahua, Dahua. Who the hell killed my cow?"
They had originally been planning to get the cow back, but now it's dead and the fields on their small farm have not been plowed yet. What should they do
The people in the small farm all started crying. Some were sympathizing with Tian Er for the loss of the cow, while others were worried about what to do with their own fields.
Mu Yexiao looked at these people, then glanced at Qian Jiujiu, who sighed, "Don't worry, our government will find a way to catch the person who killed your cow. As for the fact that your cow is gone, our government will temporarily take the criminal to compensate you with a cow."
The government office paid compensation on their behalf, which had never happened before. The people in Xianyou Town all discovered that the adults who came this time seemed very different.
Everyone was actually a little curious. The cow had been killed, and no one saw who killed it. How would the government officials find the person? But no one dared to ask. When Tian Er heard that the government would compensate him for his cow, he was not happy.
After all, he had raised Dahua for two or three years and had a deep affection for her. He then returned to the government office and asked Liu Yifang to lead him to the market and buy him a cow to take back.
The people in Xianyou Town saw that the people from the yamen really bought a cow for Tian Er, and they all talked about it. Some said that Tian Er was lucky, some said that the yamen was kind, and there were all kinds of things said.
After Qian Jiujiu returned to the government office, he said to the Queen Mother: "Mom, I'm going to draw a cartoon. I'll show it to you when I'm done."
The Queen Mother also wanted to see Qian Jiujiu as soon as possible, so she nodded. In fact, when she went up the mountain just now, the Queen Mother saw a good place and wanted to build a courtyard here.
It's a good opportunity to go out for a walk while I have some free time. Maybe I can find a better place! I called Nanbeibei and asked them to go out for a walk together. Nanbeibei and others went out with the Queen Mother.
After Qian Jiujiu returned to the room, she roughly drew the people that the animals mentioned by Rabbit saw, including their clothes and appearance, and gave it to Mu Yexiao.
"This is the news about the cattle thieves. Ask Liu Yifang to continue investigating. These people are in the forest. I'm afraid they are doing something shameful."
Generally speaking, no normal person likes to go into the mountains and forests. Zi Jiang looked at the painting that Qian Jiujiu took out and frowned: "I always feel that I, a painter, am redundant."
Qian Jiujiu glanced at Zi Jiang and said, "You are very self-aware. I have something else to do. I will go back first."
Fang Shaohua looked at these people and felt that it was strange to be with them. He looked at Mu Yexiao and said, "Sir, do you still want to continue handling the affairs?"
Mu Yexiao nodded: "No one has come to complain, so let's continue. What's the next thing?"
Fang Shaohua took out the records and raised his eyebrows. This lord, I'm afraid you will be speechless when you hear about the next event.
“It’s where a chicken belongs.”
Mu Yexiao almost thought he had heard it wrong: "What is it?"
Fang Shaohua explained: "Your Excellency, it was the Li family and the Zhang family who were fighting over a chicken, and both claimed that the chicken belonged to them."
Mu Yexiao was sure that he had not heard wrongly, and suddenly he felt a headache. Did he have to deal with chickens, ducks, and cows every day
"Where is the chicken now? How was it judged before?"
Fang Shaohua took a look at the records and said, "As for this, in the past, adults would just kill the chicken and give half to each family."
This idea seems good. If we really can’t tell them apart later, let’s do this: “Go and call the two people who stole the chickens over first.”
The two women who grabbed the chicken this time were naturally Zhang and Li. As soon as they came in, they looked at Mu Yexiao and knelt down: "Sir, that chicken belongs to me."
Another one was not to be outdone: "Sir, that chicken belongs to me."
Mu Yexiao watched the two people arguing, and suddenly looked at them and said, "Who of you can prove that the chicken belongs to one of you?"
Zhang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. What did the lord mean? "My lord, that was the chicken I raised since I was little. Its tail was cut off. If you see the chicken and look at its tail, you will know it is mine."
Li was naturally unwilling to be left behind: "Sir, the chicken's tail has been cut off. Anyone who sees the chicken will know. How can this be considered a feature? My chicken has been marked since it was young. A thin black rope is tied to its claws."
Mu Yexiao was curious. Since there was evidence, it would be easy to say: "Bring the chicken up."
These people must have been bored to death. Someone actually went to court over a chicken. Others also found it very strange. In this small place, small matters were usually handled by the village head.
Normally, the government would only be called in when someone was killed, but who would have thought that these two women would go to the government office just because of a chicken? Everyone was curious.
Soon the chicken was brought up. When Mrs. Li saw the chicken, she was so excited: "This is my chicken. Look at her feet. She has my black line."
Zhang was unwilling and looked at the black line: "Look at the chicken's tail, I cut it!"
Mu Yexiao was troubled by the quarrel between the two: "Do your neighbors know that you raise chickens?"
Zhang looked at Mu Yexiao and said, "Sir, Li is my neighbor, otherwise he wouldn't have stolen my chicken. He stole my chicken just because he lives close to me."
Li snorted twice: "You're talking nonsense, that's my chicken, you stole it. Don't think I'm easy to bully, you always steal things from my house, I won't let you this time."
At this time, Fang Shaohua suddenly remembered that these two people were famous shrews in the street. They would quarrel over big and small things. What's more, they were neighbors. They really had a big quarrel every three days and a small quarrel every two days.
The neighbors next door were used to it. Who could have thought that these two people would actually come to the government office to make trouble? Looking at Mu Yexiao: "Sir, how about we each take half."
Mu Yexiao had never seen this kind of street quarrel before and found it very interesting. He looked at the two and said, "Alright, shut up. What you two just said is not evidence. It's better to come up with strong evidence to prove that the chicken belongs to one of you."
"Otherwise, I have reason to suspect that this chicken does not belong to any of you and that you stole it from somewhere else."
Judging from the feathers, the chicken in front of him was clearly a pheasant. Mu Yexiao looked at the two women angrily and took a deep breath. They came to the government office to cause trouble for no reason.
The two women didn't know that the man in front of them knew the chicken. They looked at each other and then actually tried to grab the chicken.
Mu Yexiao slammed the gavel and said, "Stop it, arrest the two women. This is a court. What do you think this place is? How dare you do this here?"
After the two women were arrested by the bailiffs, Li was still unwilling to give up and looked at Mu Yexiao: "Sir, this chicken is really mine."
Mu Yexiao raised his eyebrows: "I didn't say it's not yours, but you need to prove that this chicken is yours."
Li frowned and said, "I have been feeding this since I was a child. How can I prove it? I have already said that the adult refused to acknowledge the rope."
Mu Yexiao laughed: "Oh, this rope, you said you tied it when the chicken was young, you are obviously lying. If you tied it when the chicken was young, the mark would be deeper as the chicken grew up. It seems you are lying. This chicken belongs to Zhang. Someone come..."
Seeing Mu Yexiao was about to give the chicken to Zhang, Li's expression changed instantly: "Even if the chicken is not mine, it is not Zhang's either."
Mu Yexiao had already asked Rabbit for help and asked the chicken, and found out that the owner of the chicken was not the two women, but someone else.