Several bitter masters recounted how Li Ni forced her daughter to death, and Youshu stamped an official seal on the form, convicting her of persecuting people's lives. Unexpectedly, Li Ni was very violent, and after the initial panic, she pointed to Youshu's nose and asked, "Just with a few statements and a few one-sided words, the county master will convict my brother and sister of the death penalty, and my brother and sister are not satisfied, so it is necessary to ask the petitioner to go to the state capital to file a complaint, and if the state government does not make a sound, I will go to Beijing to sue the royal court, and this life is not over with you!" ”

Youshu treats everything very rigorously and seriously, and will never make conclusions lightly without repeated verification. He looked at the crowd that had already surrounded the yamen and said, "She wants evidence, and the official will give her evidence." There must be many people among you who have a clear conscience, can you stand up and give circumstantial evidence to these neighbors? Nowadays, the world is chaotic, people's hearts are not ancient, and it is difficult to live, and we still need everyone to work together and help each other to have such a glimmer of hope. ”

Everyone saw that he was earnest, and slowly a few bold people stood up and testified against the Li brothers and sisters. Because the Li family has the support of the county master, they are unscrupulous, and they hold so many handles in everyone's hands that they can say seven or eight things when they open their mouths. And most of the people who were taken away yesterday were the villagers of Lijia Village, so the onlookers who came to watch today were all in-laws from all walks of life, so there was no reason not to help. Everyone, you and I added the testimony sentence by sentence, and Shu recorded them one by one on the top, and in only half an hour, he recorded a thick pile of confessions, indicating who said, how old he was, and where he came from.

Youshu handed out the pleadings one by one, and asked the literate readers to help them read it, and if there were no mistakes or omissions, they pressed their own handprints. The people did not notice anything unusual, but the onlookers who came to watch were shocked. The county master only has one head and one pair of hands, but there are seventeen or eighteen mouths in the hall to speak at the same time, he can not only record it immediately but also write it word for word, what kind of skill is this? He alone is enough to write seventeen or eighteen clerks at the same time!

It is a very common thing for Youshu, but in the eyes of others, it is so shocking, and the scholars in Suichang County, who originally slandered and abused him in private, have changed their tone from this day on, and have become admiration and reverence. Of course, Youshu never cares about the eyes of others, and just does her own thing. He threw a thick stack of confessions in front of Li Ni and asked lightly, "Is this evidence enough?" ”

Li Ni looked up at him, her eyes full of fear. This person in the hall is not Zhao Youshu in her impression at all, when he stares at people, there is no trace of emotion in his eyes, as if you are just a dispensable object, and whether this object is necessary to exist depends on his thoughts.

She was scared at this time, and went forward on her knees to hug Shushuang~, but she was pressed to the ground with sticks by the officials on both sides, unable to struggle.

Youshu threw two torture sticks, first beat the two brothers and sisters with 50 boards, and then confiscated their family property, and then announced their retirement. Everyone had a lot of memories of Fang Cai's court trial, and discussed endlessly as they walked. Since the young county magistrate came to Suichang, it has been a long time since there has been such a happy case, of course, they are also worried that this is just a temporary convulsion of the county magistrate, and it may sprout in a few days.

"Probably not, I just heard that the county master has taken people to raid Li Ergou's house. This house has been copied, and you can't regret it, right? ”

"Could it be that he fell in love with which girl again, so he found a way to solve Li Ni's poisonous woman?"

"Hey, what's he doing so much? In short, the wicked have their own evildoers! Let's take a walk and go to Lijia Village. ”

"Yes, I've never seen a house raid before!"

The crowd that had just dispersed slowly gathered again, and walked towards Lijia Village, while the people of Lijia Village followed behind the county magistrate, quite excited. Youshu has always been neat and tidy, as soon as she went, she smashed the door of the Li family, took care of all the servants, and then began to copy and inspect things, and piled up gold, silver, jewelry, grain and cloth, account books and other things at the door, allowing the villagers to watch.

The sun was a little heavy outside, and the sun made people dizzy. Youshu ordered someone to bring a set of tables and chairs, put them in the shade of a tree to enjoy the coolness, and waited until the Li family could no longer find a grain of rice, spread out those account books, and quickly looked through them.

"Li Ergou is rampant and domineering in the township, and he has done a lot of evil, all of which are based on the power of the official, so the official also has the responsibility of negligence, and I have confessed to the villagers here." Speaking of this, Youshu stood up and bowed down to apologize to the onlookers.

If those officials are good at buying people's hearts, they will definitely take action, or take off their hats and cut their hair, or punish themselves, in short, they must do a full set of acts. But Youshu is too sincere, and his mind is relatively simple, he secretly thought that although I didn't suffer the hundred boards, I had endured all the pain after returning to my soul, and it was retribution, and I didn't need to show more.

He didn't put up any tricks because he wanted to do more practical things, but the villagers obviously couldn't understand it, although they didn't even dare to say it, they suddenly realized in their hearts: it turned out that the reason why the county magistrate collapsed Li Ergou was because of his family wealth. It is said that "the county order of the broken family, the mansion of the destroyed door", this is really true. greedy for money and greedy to find a high-sounding reason to kill people first, and then logically confiscate the family property, the county lord's methods have grown again, and everyone's life will be even more difficult.

The villagers were silent, and then showed a sad look, and the people who came to see the play also felt something, and their eyes were red. They have endless despair suppressed in their hearts, and there is a lot of anger that is difficult to vent, but there is no way to deal with it except patience. In this world, to live one more day is to accumulate a little more suffering, until the pain is no longer alive and the blood is exhausted.

Youshu was extremely sensitive to his surroundings, he straightened his waist and forced his mental strength to look up at the sky with his eyes. While everyone could only see the bright sun, what he saw was black clouds and turbulence, and occasionally a few thin dragon shadows hovering in the air.

The black cloud is the people's grievance, and the dragon shadow is the calamity that lives by the people's grievances. Once they absorb the grievances of the people, they have the ability to turn the world upside down, which is why large-scale natural disasters often break out when the people of the world are struggling to make a living. Youshu has only seen similar descriptions in books, but she doesn't know that the scene in reality is countless times more depressing than that. There is no light in the sky, only sickness on the earth, the rain and dew that fall turn into floods, and the steaming heat turns into drought.

How can you dispel the heavy clouds and make the bright future reappear? But doing nothing is obviously less feasible, just do your best. Thinking like this, Youshu rubbed her dry eyes, looked at the surrounding villagers again, and said slowly, "From today onwards, all the money that Li Ergou put down will be invalidated, this is your IOU, take it back separately." ”

He began to shout one by one, but the surprise came so quickly that the villagers did not react, and shouted two or three times before one of them staggered out and took the IOU with trembling hands. He originally had a house and land at home, and lived a very prosperous life, but because he offended Li Ergou, he was falsely accused by the other party. Li Ergou set all kinds of traps to defeat his family, and forced him to write this IOU that would be difficult to pay off for the rest of his life. A few days ago, because he failed to repay the interest in time, Li Ergou said that he wanted him to take his eight-year-old daughter to arrive, and the family was thinking about whether to hang himself, but he didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly.

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian, thank you, Lord Qingtian!" After the man was sure that the IOU was correct, he knelt down and kowtowed, until his forehead was knocked out~ The blood still refused to stop. This is a life-saving grace, or it saved the lives of his whole family of seven! From today on, he will no longer scold the county master, even if he has done a lot of evil things, but today alone is enough to offset all hatred.

People are like this, when their own interests are involved, hatred comes quickly, and gratitude also surges.

Youshu ordered someone to help him up, and said officially, "You don't need to kowtow to the official, just stand aside when you get the IOU, don't delay the time of the people behind." "Li Ergou's pile of belongings has a history, and I don't know if I can dispose of them before dark.

The man's heart became more and more grateful, and he hurriedly stood to the side, while the people in the back of the line looked at each other with eager eyes. The vast majority of people in Lijia Village were forced by Li Ergou to borrow money in various ways, and the fields, houses, and children were all taken away by him to pay off the debts, but it was like a bottomless pit that would never be repaid. They dreamed that God would open his eyes and send a fairy to save them, but they didn't expect that the living fairy would be the county master.

However, no matter what he did, it would be nice to be able to do something practical for the people now. Looking at Dayong, it is estimated that there will never be a second such good official.

Amid the cheers, thanks, and tears of joy from everyone, Youshu began to dispose of the land after handing out the IOU. There was a starving ghost on the side, and he didn't need to send someone to inquire to know which family these fields belonged to, and how they fell into the hands of Li Ergou. It can only be said that Li Ergou is not wronged even if he dies a hundred times, and among the hundreds of hectares of fertile land, eight ~ ninety percent of them are forcibly snatched, making a good Lijia village impoverished and miserable.

Of course, Youshu also has to tell the truth, the chaos in Lijia Village is mainly the reason why "Zhao Youshu" indulges and ignores. As an ancestor, it is understandable for him to come to help pay off his debts.

"These ten acres of land originally belonged to Li Jimin's family, Li Jimin was careless in walking, and hit Li Ergou, Li Ergou said that his leg was broken, and asked him to compensate twenty taels of silver, or break people's hands. Li Jimin is a scholar, and he was about to take the children's life test, how could he break his hands, so he wrote him an IOU. "The starving ghost saw that the lord drew ~ a field deed, and immediately attached his ear to explain it.

"The profits are rolling, and you can't pay them off, and in the end you can only use the land to pay off the debt." Youshu shook her head, slapped the deed on the table, and shouted, "Who owns the ten acres of land by the pond in Dongtou?" Take it back for yourself. Tian Qi had already written Li Ergou's name, if he didn't check the transfer documents, he shouldn't know who the original owner was, so he could only let everyone take it themselves.

The villagers gradually became bolder, and they also had a lot of trust in the county master, and immediately a white scholar came out to take the deed, and then knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Not only can the debts be written off, but even the fields that were taken away can be returned, there is such a good thing in the world? However, such a good thing did happen, and the villagers who got the land deed back cried so much that even the people from other villages who came over to join in the fun were full of tears and mixed feelings.

"County master, you are a living bodhisattva who saves suffering!"

"The little one kowtows to the master, may the master live a long life!"

"Thank you, the county master, the little one is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay your great kindness!"

Outside the gate of Li's house, there was a group of people kneeling in the dark, and the cries and thanks were all in one, which made Youshu extremely embarrassed. In his previous life, he didn't like the court very much, and he hid in the star-picking building to study metaphysics when he had nothing to do. Besides, he didn't think he had anything to be thankful for, the reason why the villagers suffered was all because of the sins created by "Zhao Youshu", and Zhao Youshu was able to be an official, but he was sheltered by himself and his master. What he is doing now is really insignificant, it is just to make up for his mistakes.

He waved his hand to let everyone get up, and then distributed Li Ergou's grain, and the people of Lijia Village did not distinguish between men, women, and children, and registered the total amount of silver taels to make a book, and there were widows, widows, and children, and those who had difficulty in making a living were each given five taels, and the rest were packed into boxes and brought back to the county office.

"Folks, the rest of the money will be used by the official to buy food for emergencies, if you are not at ease, the official will make a public announcement at that time. Okay, that's all for today, let's go our separate ways. Youshu waved her hand.

"County master, don't be busy, let's go to our house for a meal!" The village chief hurriedly shouted, and then a chorus echoed it. They didn't care what to do with the rest of the money. It has long been a well-known secret that all the stolen property was embezzled by the dog official, and Mo said that the county magistrate left most of the money and grain to the villagers, but he swallowed it in one bite, and others couldn't say anything.

A person like Xiao Zhao County Ling is enough to be called a "clean official" in Dayong Country.

King Yama stared below, where did Youshu dare to eat the food of the villagers, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse. Seeing that he was leaving, the group of people who were cowering in the corner couldn't help it, and shouted sharply, "County master, are you leaving?" You don't care if I'm dead or alive? We were also robbed of the land money and grain by Li Ergou, why didn't we even see a child now. ”

Some villagers next to him wanted to speak but stopped, but they didn't dare to open their mouths because of their fierce eyes.

Youshu was waiting at this moment, pointing to the person who was at the head and said, "Li Gui, your land was sold to Li Ergou on your own initiative after you lost your gambling." From then on, you have been in cahoots with Li Ergou and the wolf bèi and persecuted your neighbors. You are Li Ergou's number one thug, and there is more than one life on the stall. If you take the initiative to speak, the official will reward you with fifty sticks, and then bring them back to the yamen for trial. Fellow villagers, if there is anyone who has been wronged because of him, please ask someone to write a letter tonight, and tomorrow you will come to beat the drum, and the official will wait in the public court. As soon as the words fell, two strong men pressed the startled Li Gui to the ground and banged into a bang.

The rest of the little Luo Luo hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to confess. Youshu ran a general sweep of his mental power to know which of them still had human lives in his hands, and pointed out three people to be punished with canes, and then took them all away.

Such a thunderous method, such a clear discernment, made a cadre of villagers stunned. After waiting for a long time to disappear around the corner, some villagers exclaimed, "Good people! We were all wrong before, the county master is a very good person! ”

The scholar named Li Jimin before had never been nosy, but this time he took the initiative to speak, "If anyone wants to write a letter and come to my house at night, I will serve myself." ”

The villagers applauded and were grateful, and then you helped me and I helped you, and dispersed while talking and laughing. In this originally lifeless small mountain village, there seems to be something quietly changing-

Youshu put several prisoners in prison, hastily ate a dinner and went back to sleep, and suddenly someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night, saying that Li Gui had died violently.

"How can you die suddenly?" Youshu was so frightened that she forgot to put on her robe and shoes and went to open the door.

"The little one doesn't know, so I'll have to ask the jailer." After all, he is a newly hired servant, and he is not very clear about the Taoism in the yamen.

Youshu looked up at the starving ghost hidden on the beams of the house. He immediately flew out to inquire about the unjust ghost in the prison, and after a while, he turned around and said, "My lord, it turns out that the jailer and Li Gui are old friends, and the two of them have a close relationship with Wang Fu, saying that when Wang Fu comes back, this matter will be over, and you can go in and squat in the cell by yourself." The two of them chatted and ate and drank, Li Gui was so drunk that he lay on his back on the ground, choking to death by the pickled things he vomited. ”

This kind of death is really strange. Youshu went to the cell to inspect and made sure that it was an accident and not murder, so he ordered someone to find a place to place the body temporarily, and then turned around and put the jailer in for dereliction of duty, and the trial began together tomorrow. Before leaving, Li Ergou was still shouting, saying that he and his sister would be able to go out soon, so he didn't want to be complacent.

"You don't know, do you? My sister has slept with Lord Wang a long time ago, and you are just a turtle grandson, hahahahaha! The shrill laughter echoed through the hallway, but it didn't make Youshu frown. Who did Li Ni sleep with and what did he have to do with him? Left and right are just dying people.

When he returned to his room, he closed the curtains, and fell asleep with his head glued to the pillow, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself kneeling in an empty and gloomy hall, with heavy shackles on both hands and feet. Before he could react, he heard a hollow and strange voice coming from above his head, "Is it Zhao Youshu of Suichang Zhi County?" ”

How could it be him? Youshu immediately looked up, and sure enough, he saw King Yama sitting upright on top of the high hall, his sharp eyes hidden behind the mask as if they were about to pierce his body. That look is intimidating, because when he looks at you, you feel that you are not alone, but an ant that will be crushed into powder.

Youshu reluctantly settled down and replied, "It's down." In his heart, he quickly thought about why he was arrested, and eight ~ nine times out of ten it was related to Li Gui, who had just died.

As soon as he thought about this, he saw two ghosts escorting Li Gui out of the shadows, also kneeling under the hall, while the fourth prison master he had seen before was sitting on the left side and listening.

"Li Gui, what crime did you sue Zhao Youshu of Suichangzhi County?" King Yama asked in a deep voice.

Li Gui died of accidental suffocation, and naturally did not dare to lie in front of the king of Yama, who knew the world's feelings, so he accused the other party of the crime of unfair handling and abuse of punishment, saying that he distributed the money and food of the Li family but did not distribute it to himself and his brothers, and said that he had an eighty-year-old mother and a child who was waiting to be fed, and his life was also very difficult, even if he could not receive help, he should be punished lightly. If he hadn't been beaten with a cane and then put in a cell, he wouldn't have drunk wine in sorrow, and he wouldn't have choked to death if he hadn't drunk it.

In a word, the reason why he died was because of Zhao Youshu's harm.

Youshu was stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't imagine that there were people in the world who were so brazen as to do this. He was very nervous at first, but then he felt that he had a clear conscience, so he slowly relaxed, blinking a pair of black and white round eyes to look at King Yama, making sure that he felt his innocence.

King Yama didn't seem to expect anyone to dare to stare at him, and he couldn't help but glance at him a few times, bumping into his crystal clear pupils, and couldn't help but flash his mind slightly. At this time, Li Gui's statement was also over, and he was shrinking his neck to peek at the people in the hall. The obscene expression, the cloudy and evil eyes, should have been a commonplace demeanor, but they were extremely annoying in comparison. King Yama looked at Youshu and asked, "Do you have anything to defend yourself?" The tone was imperceptibly gentle.

Youshu is calm on the surface, but he is more or less afraid of this master, because his origin is not simple, if he is recognized, he may be eaten. He didn't want to come up with a lot of reasons to delay time, so he arched his hand and said, "My lord, I don't have anything to say here." People are watching the sky, and they will know which is right and which is not. ”

Wow, so calm! Compared to that day, I don't know how much style I added, but I didn't waste this clean and clear skin. The Fourth Prison Master mused.

King Yama looked at him deeply and ordered in a deep voice, "Take the people to be executed." ”

Before Li Gui could be happy, he was dragged down by two ghosts, and then a miserable howl came. The king of Yama did not give up, and took all the witnesses he mentioned earlier to hell for interrogation, and if there were false accusers, they were all taken down and flogged. Li Ergou was also among them, and his tongue was pulled out for slandering Youshu, and then another ghost sent him to re-sew it, screaming worse than a pig to be slaughtered.

Seeing that they were not good, Youshu was relieved, and secretly thought happily: This king of Yama is really as I thought, he is extremely fair, and he knows everything that happens in the world. Whoever tries to lie in front of him has to be weighed. When you meet him again in the future, you must not say a word of nonsense.

After the execution of the people was completed one by one, Yang Shou was exhausted and entered the eighteenth layer of hell, and Yang Shou was not finished and put back, King Yama stood up and wanted to leave, as if he thought of something and asked, "Since you know that the next time you are sued, this king will personally interrogate you, why do you do ~ things so harsh?" If you turn a blind eye to Li Gui and the others, you will not suffer such an unwarranted disaster. ”

There were once people who did evil and were caught in hell, and then released because of the accumulation of virtue by their ancestors, and after returning to the yang, they all became great good people, helping people when they saw them, never asking why, and trying their best to avoid conflicts with anyone. But the person in front of him is just the opposite, the water chestnut on his body has not been smoothed, but is sharper, and it looks a little interesting.

Youshu didn't want to say authentically, "It's the real sin to let go of the wicked people because they are afraid that they will get into trouble, and let them harm more ordinary people and create more injustices, right?" In my opinion: let the people have support for the old, education for the young, support for the poor, help for the difficult, widows, lonely and disabled people; There is hope in despair, and justice in grievances; Being well fed and clothed, and living in peace and joy is the true well-being. Shen Zhen should be given fierce medicine, and in troubled times, he should be punished with heavy punishment, and he should be lenient and merciful when dealing with the wicked, and he should be lenient and merciful when he treats the good people. I asked myself if I had done anything wrong, and I believe that you can see what is going on. ”

The last sentence was undoubtedly a sycophant, but the king of Yama seemed to be very satisfied, and his cold gaze melted slightly, and then he chuckled away.

I didn't expect this kid to be very good at talking, and he actually made the Lord of the Netherworld laugh, and he should be on the rise! The fourth prison master shook his stiff neck and shoulders, and went to open the shackles for Youshu, although he couldn't see his expression while wearing a mask, the admiration and envy in his eyes were extremely obvious.