The people from Minyang?" The presiding judge was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Fan Sidao.

Although the official in charge of the trial today does not belong to the Fan family, he knows in his heart that His Majesty's consent to the public trial of this case is to give the Fan family face, and His Majesty must hope that the Fan family can clear his name, so he cooperated with Fan Sidao when he tried the case just now.

Fan Sidao's calm face was slightly puzzled, and he didn't seem to know about it.

The presiding judge pondered for a moment, but still said, "Since it is related to this case, let's bring it to the court." ”

The crowd watching from the periphery took the initiative to give way and asked the officials to bring in the people who had just been crying out outside.

The presiding judge couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the people coming, because there were not just one person but more than two dozen people who came in.

Among them, there are men and women, old and young, and their clothes are also very different, some wear coarse cloth and straw sandals, and their faces are weather-covered like people from mountain villages, and some wear long shirts with tiaras and behave like scholars.

As soon as these men came in and knelt before the chief inquisitor, except for the scholar who seemed to have a meritorious reputation, the two dozen or so knelt in the hall.

The presiding judge frowned and asked, "Do you have any grievances to sue?"

The scholar who could not kneel bowed his hand and said: "My lord, we are all local people in Minyang, and I heard that the Fan family was falsely accused and wronged, so I specially rushed to the capital to seek justice for the Fan family. ”

The kneeling men also spoke.

"My lord, the Fan family is a good person! A few years ago, there was a famine, if it weren't for the Fan family leading the rich families in Minyang to give porridge for disaster relief, I am afraid that more than half of the people in our village would have starved to death!"

"Yes, my lord, the Fan family also took the lead in building bridges and roads, many of our people in Minyang have received the favor of the Fan family, the Fan family is a family of goodness, and there is no such thing as fish and meat adjacent!"

"My family is a farmer of the Fan family, and my father was seriously ill last year, thanks to the Fan family borrowing money to treat my father, my father got better. ”

"And me, I have also received the favor of the Fan family......"

These people were talking about the good deeds that the Fan family had done, and the court was very lively for a while.

The presiding judge had to slap the alarm to maintain order.

The scholar hurriedly helped to appease the twenty or so fellow villagers, and after they quieted down one by one, he bowed his hand to the chief judge of the head again, and said with an angry face: "My lord Mingjian, the Fan family not only gave porridge and built roads to take care of the widows and orphans, but also opened several academies in Minyang, so that our children from poor peasant families have the opportunity to read and write and gain fame. Such a family has been framed and oppressed by the people, and in the fish and meat township, how can we and other people who have received the favor of the Fan family agree? We are bound to seek justice for the Fan family!"

"Please give the Fan family justice!" The kneeling people responded one after another.

At this time, Fan Sidao, who had been silent, got up and bowed to these people who shouted for the Fan family, with a look of emotion.

On behalf of the Fan family, Fan Sidao thanked all the neighbors who came all the way to show their support. ”

Those people were very excited to learn that Fan Sidao was the son of Fan Ge Lao, and they greeted each other, and Fan Sidao also responded gently, without a little impatience.

The presiding judge and the two jurors were surprised to see that the Fan family was so popular with the people, and they also went with them, and did not stop Fan Sidao.

The people who gathered outside the yamen to watch the excitement were very moved when they saw this, and there were many discussions.

"I didn't expect the Fan family to do so many good deeds, I blamed them before. ”

"Listening to them say this, there are more than those who have received the favor of the Fan family. ”

"The Gao family is really, it is the evil servants of the Tang family who harm them, why do you have to bite the Fan family?"

......

At the end of the trial, the focus of the people in Beijing has shifted from the Gao family's case to the Fan family's good deeds. In the end, it was Fan Sidao who persuaded these people in Minyang to leave first, and let the presiding judge continue to try the case, so that the public trial could continue.

However, at this time, the Fan family has won the hearts of the people, and no one doubts that the Gao family's affairs are related to the Fan family.

The presiding judge closed the case very neatly, sentenced the evil servant to be beheaded, and several ruffians and accomplices involved in the case were exiled, in addition to returning the Gao family's property to Gao Zhong's mother and son, and ordering the Tang family to give the Gao family an additional 2,000 taels of silver in compensation.

Gao Zhongshi did not object to the verdict, and the onlookers were quite satisfied with the verdict.

This public trial finally ended with the result that the Fan family wanted.

After watching the excitement, the onlookers left the official yamen one after another, while discussing the affairs of the Fan family with great interest.

"Good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil, this Fan family has done so many good deeds, no wonder the court is prosperous. ”

"Those who have received the favor of the Fan family are also grateful, just now I heard them say that they want to ask the court for the people of Minyang to give the Fan family a 'good family' archway. ”

"With this archway, I'm afraid that no one will dare to wronged the Fan family at will in the future. ”

......

An inconspicuous blue-curtained carriage stopped at the mouth of the alley far outside the yamen, and He Linwan sat in the carriage and drank tea carelessly, looking indifferent.

Xiao Mu frowned, pursed his lips and sat opposite He Linwan, listening to the chattering voices outside, his hands clenched into fists.

Today, in addition to the two siblings, there are only coachmen sitting outside to catch the carriage.

He Linwan raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Mu, sighed lightly, put down the teacup, held Xiao Mu's hand, and gently broke his fingers one by one.

"You have to come with me, and when you come, you have to be angry with those who have nothing to do with it, so why bother?"

He Linwan didn't plan to take Xiaomu out today, but Xiaomu has been following her closely these days, and she can't get rid of it, so He Linwan had to take him out with him.

Xiao Mutou looked at He Linwan and said with some indignation: "These people only know that people are the same, they are really stupid!"

He Linwan smiled when he saw his angry appearance, and touched his head, "What's so angry about this?"

Xiao Mu bit his lip and said, "I'm angry that they don't know anything, but they raise the Fan family so high!"

He Linwan asked him: "Do you think it hurts to fall on the ground or to fall from a high place?"

Xiao Mu subconsciously replied: "Naturally, it hurts more when you fall from a height." ”

After saying what Xiao Mu reacted to, he was stunned, and his original anger gradually eased, and his eyes were contemplative.

He Linwan knew that Xiao Mu was smart, so he didn't say anything, just opened the curtain and glanced out carelessly.

At this time, Fan Sidao was walking out of the yamen, his expression was calm, his steps were not hurried or slow, and he had a bit of elegance that did not like things.

The staff who followed him said with a smile on his face: "...... The Fan family has done a lot of things over the years, even if His Majesty sends someone to Minyang to verify, he is not afraid, this imperial archway is already nine out of ten. With it, the reputation of the Fan family will definitely be able to reach a higher level. ”

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