In ancient times, the promotion of the court was a very majestic thing, and generally only major cases and unjust cases needed to be promoted to the court for trial, and ordinary disputes did not need to be promoted to the court.

Moreover, promotion is also a symbol of power, if Lu Yuan wants to remove an official with rank, he can only do it through promotion, and he will be convicted on the spot.

However, even if the evidence is conclusive, it still needs to be reported to the Assassin's Office, and the Assassin's Mansion will then report to the Jiedu Envoy's Yamen, which needs to be approved by both yamen at the same time.

If the dismissal of an official is 7th rank or higher, it needs to be reported to the Ministry of Officials for approval.

During the reporting period, the dismissed official can only be suspended from his post and cannot be imprisoned, and the conviction is valid only if the superior approves all of them.

Before Lu Yuan, there was no one to ascend to the court, but Li Xiancheng was a person from Jiang Tingshi, and Jiang Tingshi specially granted him the right to ascend to the court, which was also the fundamental reason why he was able to deter the other three officials and cover the sky in She County.

Qin Li was already waiting in the lobby, and after Lu Yuan sat down on the chair in the lobby, he stood next to Lu Yuan, and Hou Kaishan stood in front of Lu Yuan.

Master Yuan also walked in from the back hall and sat down behind a desk on the side, and he was responsible for recording all the process and details of the trial in the court.

The onlookers had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw that the court finally opened to try the case, they immediately became in an uproar.

Lu Yuan picked up the "shocking wood" and slapped it, and said loudly: "Silence! The crowd fell silent.

"Take the plaintiff!" Lu Yuan Road.

Under the leadership of the two officials, the father and son of the Xu family entered the lobby from the side hall, and Xu Baichuan and his son knelt down and bowed, and said in unison: "The grass people meet the county commander." ”

"Who is in the hall and why are you beating the drums?" Lu Yuan asked according to the procedure.

"My lord, the grass people's name is Xu Yun, this is my father Xu Baichuan, the matter started from the bet between the grass people and Chen Qian, the grass people lost the bet, and they admitted the bet and accepted the loss, but the original bet was a thousand taels of gold, who knew that Chen Qian had to say that it was 10,000 taels of gold.

Later, we went to court once, and it was a case judged by the county lord, and the judgment was 10,000 taels of gold, but the grass people were wronged, and the gambling contract was really written with 1,000 taels of gold. ”

"Hou Bantou, Xu Baichuan is sick, you go and move a chair for him, and then go to the back hall to invite Li Xiancheng to come over." Lu Yuan commanded.

After Li Xiancheng entered the lobby, Lu Yuan got up and arched his hand: "Lord Li, this case was tried by you before, so please come and listen to it." ”

Li Xiancheng said in his heart: "If you turn over my case and slap me in the face in public, don't blame me for making secret moves in the future." Said lightly: "It should be so." ”

Lu Yuan put a chair on him, asked him to sit down on the side, and said, "Pass the evidence." ”

A small official in the back hall entered the lobby with a piece of paper, and Qin Li took it and handed it to Lu Yuan.

After a closer look, I saw that the gambling contract was indeed written with 1,000 taels of gold, but the word "one" was dotted with ink.

Lu Yuan's heart was settled, and he said, "Take the defendant Chen Qian!" ”

After a while, Chen Qian went to the court under the leadership of Zhanyuan, and he bowed down and kowtowed: "I have seen the county commander." ”

Lu Yuan took a closer look and found that this person was the handsome man he saw when he was interviewing with Sun Shaoqing, he took the gambling contract and asked, "You said this is "ten thousand taels" of gold?" ”

"Yes." Chen Qian said in a deep voice.

Lu Yuan asked Li Xiancheng again, "Does Lord Li think so too?" ”

"This official is only responsible for asking questions, and this handwriting is judged by the three great Confucians of this county, Zhou Jing, Wu Xie, and He Fang, and they say that this is a "ten" character, and this official must of course listen to the opinions of authoritative figures. Li Xiancheng pushed the responsibility away.

Although Lu Yuan knew that he was passing the blame, he couldn't help it for the time being, and asked: "Zhan Zhutou, you are a local, can you recognize these three great Confucians?" ”

Zhanyuan used to be just a small dart master, but he knew the names of the owners of the twelve villages, but he had never heard of this Confucianism, and his face showed embarrassment.

Suddenly, I heard Old Man Xu say: "My lord, why don't I take this head catcher." ”

"Then there is the old man." Lu Yuan agreed.

So Zhan Yuan took Old Man Xu out of the court.

In fact, Mr. Xu is only in his forties, but after a serious illness, he looks relatively old.

During the waiting period, Lu Yuan confessed to Qin Li: "You go to the back hall to find Miss Sun or Miss Li to inquire, who is the most famous Confucian in this county?" ”

Then, he called Hou Kaishan closer and handed him the paper of the gambling contract:

"Brother Hou, you go to the street to find a gentleman who writes the pleadings, and ask if anyone can write ten of the same fake gambling deeds, and the handwriting and the ink on the word "one" should also be exactly the same, who can do it, and you can get a reward or two of silver in the yamen tomorrow. ”

Lu Yuan knew that those who wrote on the paper were good at imitating handwriting.

"Yes." Hou Kaishan received the order and walked out of the lobby with a serious face.

When he walked away, Lu Yuan said loudly: "Where is the head of the soap class?" ”

Among the officials standing in the hall below, the first person on the left came out and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

"In the name of your county, you go and invite thirty of the most famous people in the county to come over, and place them in the side hall to entertain them. Lu Yuan explained slowly.

"Subordinates obey." The head of the Nian team pretended not to see Li Xiancheng's cold gaze, and Hong Sheng took the order.

Qin Li came back first, and said in Lu Yuan's ear: "The most famous Confucians in this county are Zhuang Mozhi and Ji Yan. ”

"Does any of the two of them have a good relationship with the Chen family?" Lu Yuan asked in a low voice.

Qin Li scratched his head and said, "I'll ask again." ”

After asking, Qin Li told Lu Yuan that Zhuang Mozhi had a very good relationship with the Chen family, but Ji Yan had a somewhat eccentric temperament and didn't like to associate with these gentry.

Qin Li thought he had guessed Lu Yuan's plan, and said, "My lord, do you want to invite Mr. Ji to come?" ”

"Wrong, you go and invite Mr. Zhuang here." Lu Yuan smiled.

Qin Li's eyes widened, looking a little puzzled.

"Go ahead, be sure to bring him here." Lu Yuan urged.

Xu Yun looked stunned for a moment below, and asked, "My lord, are you—"

"Rest easy." Lu Yuan interrupted.

Xu Yun nodded, but he was still a little uncertain, Chen Qian next to him put his hands behind his back, and he was calm and relaxed.

With everything set up, the long wait ensued.

The people outside the hall whispered to each other, and Li Xiancheng's eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he was asleep.

Lu is supposed to sit upright, and his majestic image helps to make his subordinates feel awe of him.

After a while, Lan'er stood behind the ear door, glanced at the court, quickly returned to the back hall, and said, "Miss, there is still no movement ahead. ”

"I don't know what Lu Gongzi has planned." Miss Sun's brows furrowed deeply, looking a little worried.

She asked Su Liuying on the side, "Sister Su, you are familiar with Lu Gongzi, what do you think he will do?" ”

When she saw that Lu Yuan invited Su Liuying to the back hall, she believed that she was not Chen Qian's person, but she didn't know why she said that Lu Gongzi wanted to harm herself, and she was quite curious about the relationship between the two.

Su Liuying looked a little absent-minded, and said lightly: "Who knows what he wants to do." ”

After Hou Yue learned that Lu Yuan was the county magistrate, he had a good impression of him, and said with a smile: "Sister Su, now you know that Lu Xianggong will not harm Miss Sun." ”

"He looks a little different, but ......"

Speaking of this, she didn't say any more, she knew that several people had a very good impression of Lu Yuan at the moment, and not only would she not make them believe her empty words, but she might also make a fuss, so it was better not to say it.

Anyway, she absolutely didn't believe that Lu Yuan would change his ways, and vaguely guessed in her heart that he was deliberately pretending to be gentle and kind in order to pursue herself.

After more than half an hour, Hou Kaishan was the first to come back to restore his life.

"My lord, the matter is done." He handed over the fake deed.

Lu Yuan looked at a few similar gambling contracts, was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Ming diary will take that gentleman to the house to receive the silver reward." ”

"Yes."

Li Xiancheng and Chen Qian glanced at each other, and they didn't know what Lu Yuan was planning, but they had already made arrangements, so they weren't too worried.

Subsequently, Qin Li also came back to his life, he walked to Lu Yuan's side, and said in a low voice: "My lord, Mr. Zhuang has been invited and is waiting in the side hall." ”

"Very well, bring him into the second hall and put him in an ear room to wait."

Not long after, Zhan Yuan and Old Man Xu also returned, and Zhan Yuan said in a deep voice: "Lord Yu, the three great Confucians have been invited and are waiting in the side hall." ”

"Old man Xu, you go to the side hall and wait." Lu Yuan commanded.

Finally, the head of the junior class walked into the lobby quickly and said respectfully: "My lord, everyone is invited." ”

"That's good." Lu Yuan praised and said loudly: "Let them all come in!" ”

The onlookers had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw that the case had finally started to be tried again, they made a small noise, and the head of the senior class shouted "silence", and they quieted down.

Under the leadership of the officials, three old men entered the public hall from the side hall, and the three of them were Mr. Zhou, Mr. He and Mr. Wu from left to right, and said in unison: "I have seen my lord." ”

The three of them did not bow their heads, and they were very arrogant.