Zhao's husband dragged his children and daughters, and with the help of the villagers, he took Zhao's body to the county government to hand over the paper, and the person who was the county governor in Jincheng County at that time was a native of Bazhong, Sichuan, surnamed Xue Mingrui, and the word Jianbang. A mouthful of Sichuan dialect, only in the lobby to use half-handed Beijing dialect, but also make people seem to understand or not, but this person is also upright to the official, also known as the Shangqing government is honest, and it is also considered a good reputation in Jincheng County.

Zhao's husband and the villagers and neighbors went to the county government to let the officials go in to report, and the wronged owner who had a complaint came to complain about grievances, and Xue Zhixian was discussing with the lord Bo Zheng of the county government about taxation and grain payment, and the lord Bo was also a small official of the nine grades under the county. At that time, some counties in the Qing Dynasty had the post of county officer, which was equivalent to a staff officer of the county, but according to my research, there was indeed no county in Jincheng County at that time, only the post of the chief officer.

For the magistrates of the Qing Dynasty, although there was a decision of the imperial court, there were 1,358 counties in the country at that time, and all the magistrates actually still had provinces to arrange for transfers.

According to the situation in Jincheng County at that time, there were more than 150 people in each position of the county government, and the source of this main book could be allocated by the supervisors at that time, the officials, the ambassadors of the Propaganda Division, the officials of the Soldiers and Horses, the Prison, the ambassadors of the Prefecture Tax Division, the state officials, the ambassadors of the Fucang, the inspectors, the history of the canon, and the ambassadors of the Daoku. While he was talking, someone reported a case, and someone came to complain.

When Lord Xue heard this, he ordered everyone to dismiss the meeting first and deal with the case first. So a long entourage followed him out to the lobby. Changsui, also known as Changban, is the county officials commonly used domestic slaves, family members, but they are not the kind of slaves and maids who have no personal freedom, but specially devote themselves to the yamen to be slaves as a profession, their relationship with the county officials is an employment relationship, personal dependence is not strong, and can freely choose the master, today with Li Guan, tomorrow can go to Zhang Yamen; their duty is to help the office, different from the slaves and maids who serve the master's daily life, and the official duties they are engaged in mainly include the door, the seal, the sign, the warehouse, the attendant, the duty, the book, Submissions, stickers, messages, etc.

The official led Zhao's husband into the lobby, and the rest of the people were waiting for the summons at the entrance of the lobby. When Lord Xue saw an honest middle-aged man standing in the hall with a grief-stricken face, he asked the people in that town and village, who was their surname, and what they came from.

Zhao's husband also simply replied to the question of Lord Zhixian, and handed over the paper, and Lord Xue looked at the paper and nodded yes. Then he asked: "This 'living Hades' in your village is too presumptuous (Sichuan dialect, I don't know how thick the sky is), right?

At that time, the so-called three classes of officials in the Qing Dynasty were soap, strong, and fast. It is a huge class and the lowest organization of the state and county yamen. Generally speaking, the soap squad is on duty, the fast squad is arrested, and the strong squad is poor, but in fact there is no clear separation, and the soap and strong second squad are jointly responsible for internal service, standing in the hall, execution, guarding, and other responsibilities; The so-called "three classes of government service" is only a general term, in fact, there are not only three classes, in addition to the soap, strong, fast three classes, there are also people, archers, poor grain, menzi, forbidden children, cooks, umbrella fan sedan chair drivers, etc., also belong to this class.

Lord Xue spoke, and someone immediately went to do it, and it didn't take much effort to bring back the "Living Yama King", the "Living Yama King" didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and he only replied when Lord Xue asked, Zhao was disrespectful, insulted first, and accidentally beat Zhao to death. Compensation has been made, if Zhao Jiajue has anything wrong, I hope that the Lord will mediate.

This Lord Xue is also nearly fifty people, An was the retirement of Qing officials from seventy to sixty years old, originally Lord Xue wanted to work hard for a few years, and get the local people peaceful and retreated, but I didn't expect to encounter such a stubble today, Lord Xue was a little angry. I thought, look at you kid is not a good thing, you are still obsessed with Lao Tzu (contempt), you want to get rid of (simple) after killing someone, do you think you will kill someone's chicken and a dog? This is a matter of life, and you have lost money?

Lord Xue saw that the "Living Yama King" had the intention of despising the court, and it seemed that if he didn't give you some color to see, you wouldn't be able to figure out what the word "Wang Fa" was, so he shouted angrily: "Come on, such a bad person, press the rod for me ten times and say it again!"

The chief entourage beside Lord Xue handed him a look, and this Xue Zhixian waved his hand and said to the "Living Yama King": "This official has always been straightforward and straightforward, and he has never abused lynching, do you have anything to say?"

This "Living Hades" is not a fool, and when he hears the sound of this Xue Zhi County, he is afraid that he will run into something tricky or unfavorable for his career. He raised his eyebrows and looked at him first. Busy said that he hoped that the adults would raise their noble hands and fall lightly, for the sake of the face of their relatives who were also serving the imperial court in the capital, and said that their relatives were at the level of the country's priests.

This Xue Zhixian was really worried when he heard it, it was too hateful not to clean up this kid, and it was not good to clean up and put himself in. The relative of the other person is not on the same level as himself at all, and it is easy to pick up a small county magistrate for him, he pondered for a while, it is better to be cautious. So he said: "The suspect is temporarily detained, and it will be determined after it is identified." ”

In this way, the case was suppressed, and soon the family of the "Living Hades" notified the relatives of the officials in the capital of the matter. The relative was also very annoyed, Emperor Kangxi still attached great importance to the law, tell me what you need from the "Living Hades", I will try my best to help, you said that you have nothing to do to kill me, how do you ask me to save you?

No matter if it's a relative, when I return to my hometown in the future, I mention that I am a person who doesn't recognize my six relatives and doesn't understand four or six, and I really have no shame to see Jiangdong's father. But if you don't care, I'm going to bend the law for personal gain, and if you don't make trouble, I'll be affected. Alas, it's a bastard! Cause trouble for me, do you think this Qing Dynasty belongs to our family?

The relatives of the country's priest wine complained, and they also had to think of a comprehensive strategy, and it was unreasonable for them to let people go back to Jincheng County, and it was probably inappropriate to let the family of the "Living Yama" carry letters, so it was better to think of a foolproof strategy.

After thinking about it, I thought of Dakui ancestor Dali Siqing, who was a member of the same dynasty, firstly, because his fellow villagers were all from Jincheng County, and secondly, he was also the highest official in charge of law, so it was more appropriate to speak out. They usually have a very close personal relationship and know each other better.

The relatives of the country's priest knew that the ancestors of Da Kui loved money as much as their lives, so they suggested that the family of the "Living Yama" should send some gifts and go over to say hello himself, so that he might be able to avoid this catastrophe.

At that time, the legal punishment in the Qing Dynasty was flogging, caning, imprisonment, exile, and death. The Qing Dynasty stipulated that county officials only had the power to sentence 100 canes for the crime of flogging, but the magistrates privately practiced extrajudicial laws and punishments, and engaged in torture to extract confessions, and the incidents of killing people occurred repeatedly. At that time, the ancestors of Da Kui knew very well that he had heard of this Xue Zhi County in his hometown of Jincheng County.

He knew that this person was quite honest as an official, and he also had a jealous and hateful character, and he was afraid that this "living Hades" would not escape the law if he was planted in his hands. Only as soon as possible can things be dealt with, and the intrigue in the officialdom at that time was also very complicated, although this Da Kui ancestor was a greedy person, but the punishment of corruption by Kangxi a few years ago also made him remember it vividly. He has restrained a lot, and no longer dares to blatantly ask for bribes.

Here's the thing, in order to defend the border passes, Kangxi Ye allocated a huge amount of money from the imperial court to Anxi County, Gansu Province, to build a military defense city. At that time, Cheng Jinshan and his son, important officials were sent from the imperial court to personally supervise the matter. After Cheng's father and son arrived at this desolate and remote place, they raised their eyes and saw that the sand dunes were continuous, and there were no people for thousands of miles.

But within a few years, Kangxi suddenly remembered this matter, and the defensive city that he had invested heavily in now did not know what was happening. He sent a messenger to inspect, and when he came back, he didn't dare to conceal it and had to report the situation truthfully.

After Kangxi heard the report, Long Yan was furious, and gave instructions to investigate to the end, and after finding out the truth, Kangxi did not show mercy and immediately ordered Cheng Jinshan and his father and son to be executed. The specific method is: the skulls of Cheng Jinshan's two sons are buckled together, the middle is carved into two dragons and beads with silver to form a drum frame, the upper and lower drum surfaces are made of the skin on their backs to form a human skin drum, and then the back of Cheng Jinshan's head is used to make a human head bowl.

In addition, a temple was built there, called Yongning Temple. And send a special person on duty to hit the skin drum every day to warn future generations.

To this day, the Yongning Temple is still there for visitors to visit.

Of course, the ancestors of Da Kui did not dare to face the wind again, so they didn't care about what gifts the "Living Yama King" would give, but he still had to give face to his colleagues and fellow villagers. Maybe this fellow villager will be used that day, so the attitude of this Dakui ancestor is still relatively positive, and he soon sent someone from the capital, clearly saying that there are other business trips, in fact, it is for this Zhao case.

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty at that time, this "living Hades" would definitely die, and at least 100 rods and 3,000 miles of exile. If you don't die, you have to peel off the skin alive, but it was the ancestors of Da Kui who saved this "living Hades", although Xue Zhixian had objections to the sentencing at that time, but there was no good way. The Jingguan had the right to take this "living Hades" away, and later changed it to death due to a mistake, and the staff 60 was exiled for 2,000 miles.

Zhao's husband was not satisfied and wanted to sue, but the lawsuit needed money, and the Zhao family had a problem making ends meet, so he had to give up.

This matter seems to be over, but in fact it is far from that simple.