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Lin Dahe unfurled the yellowed scroll, and the system immediately displayed an analysis: [Forgery Document Feature Detection]
1. The seal lacked gold powder reflection.
2. The mulberry paper was recently manufactured to appear old.
3. The handwriting had an 87% imitation rate.
"The Zhou family bribed the land registrar." Old Soldier kicked the trembling Shiye, "The real land registry is..."
"In the state treasury." Cui Xiaoman interjected suddenly, "My father said that the Yellow Register is renewed every ten years, with copies stored in the county and originals sent to..."
A sudden call of a night owl echoed outside the kiln. Old Soldier instantly extinguished the campfire, and the three held their breath, hearing the sound of hooves approaching from afar. Lin Dahe peered through a gap and saw Zhou Liangzhang galloping along the official road, followed by two Yard Officers in black clothing—what hung at their waists were not water and fire sticks, but standard waist knives!
"Wei Su's soldiers." A cold glint flashed in Old Soldier's single eye, "It seems the Zhou family is getting anxious."
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The next noon, Zhou Liangzhang indeed stormed into Lin family's fields with a surveying team. He waved that scroll of forged documents in his hand, followed by three officials carrying measuring ropes. The most conspicuous was a Shiye wearing a square hat, who was holding an inkstone and shouting, "By order of the county magistrate, we are here to re-survey the fields!"
"Go ahead." Lin Dahe kicked aside a boundary stone, "Start measuring from here."
Zhou Liangzhang exchanged glances with his men, and Shiye immediately noted in the ledger: "East to the river ditch, measuring one acre and seven tenths..." This figure was a full thirty percent less than the actual amount!
"Wait." Lin Dahe suddenly squatted down and peeled back the moss at the bottom of the boundary stone, "Seventh Uncle, come take a look at this."
On the stone were clearly engraved the words "Wanli Year Thirty-Eight Lin Zhou Boundary," alongside deep axe marks—the notarization made by Li Zheng during the land division back then.
Zhou Liangzhang's face turned ashen: "Nonsense! This is clearly..."
"What is it?" Cui Xiaoman suddenly led over a dozen villagers who surrounded them, "Is it possible that the grain chief wants to say this stone was buried just last night?" She deliberately stepped on the compacted ground.
Aunt Wang, watching from the crowd, suddenly exclaimed: "Oh! Isn't this the mark left by Old Huang's dividing axe back then!" She pointed at the dent on the stone, "I saw it with my own eyes on my wedding day!"
The crowd buzzed with discussion. Zhou Liangzhang abruptly pulled out a document stamped with a red seal: "Everyone shut up! The government has written in black and white..."
"This seal color is wrong, isn't it?" Lin Dahe raised his voice suddenly, "Real official seals are made with vermilion mixed with gold powder; yours looks like it's made with chicken blood."
Shiye's hand trembled, causing the inkstone to fall to the ground and shatter into two pieces. Zhou Liangzhang's cheeks bulged as he suddenly raised his hand to strike—
"Silence!"
The thunderous command startled everyone into silence. One-Armed Veteran appeared on the ridge of the field at some point; his tattered clothes had been changed to dark arrow sleeves, and a gilded copper plaque hung at his waist. When sunlight hit it, the words "Imperial Guard Northern Supervisory Office" glared painfully at everyone’s eyes.
"I have been investigating for some time." Old Soldier—now called Zhao Zongqi—revealed the true Yellow Register, "Zhou Shichang forged documents and encroached upon people's land; according to law..."
"Shut up!" Zhou Liangzhang suddenly pulled a dagger from his sleeve. "Charge at them!"
The two men in black swung their blades, but Zhao Zongqi, with a swift motion of his one arm, sent three dark projectiles flying from his sleeve. The foremost black-clad man let out a scream as he fell to the ground, three iron spikes embedded in his thigh—exactly the kind that the Mad Old Woman had given him earlier!
In the midst of the chaos, Lin Dahe's system interface began to flicker violently: [Hidden Function Activated! Character Background Scan Initiated]
In his field of vision, translucent tags appeared above the heads of all the villagers:
• Aunt Wang: [Palace maid from the Tianqi era, repatriated due to the "Palace Relocation Incident"]
• Seventh Uncle: [Former County Office Executioner, now retired]
• Doctor Li: [Apothecary apprentice from the Imperial Medical Institute, fallen due to the "Red Pill Incident"]
• Cui Xiaoman: [Orphan of Military Doctor Cui, descendant of the maternal Qijia Army]
Most astonishing was Zhao Zongqi—his tag was continuously updating with task records, the latest one glaringly stating: [Monitor potato planting techniques to prevent them from flowing into the Later Jin.]
"Watch out!"
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