Chapter 123: Shotguns for Cannons
It is also said that Xue Xiaoren is unlucky, he relies on the family's thin land, and he does not look for a livelihood if he fails to do anything, so he spends his days idle, soaking in the teahouse and gambling house in the county seat, and asking about eating and eating.
On this day, he was having breakfast in the teahouse on Xitang Street, and when he heard that the county lord had risen to the court to ask about the case, he hurried over to see the excitement, and turned around to brag to his fox friends and dogs.
Zhengxing rushed to Yaqian Street and met Wang Bantou and his party.
This kind of helper is self-cooked, so Xue Xiaoren greeted Wang Bantou attentively and said, "Good morning, Lord Wang, where are you going on business?" ”
Don't look at Wang Bantou is like a dog in the yamen, but his status in the county is not low at all, it is equivalent to the captain of the county criminal police, a character who has to be respected in both black and white.
He was hurrying away with a sad face, when he heard someone squinting at him, and saw that it was an idler with oily hair and powder, so he asked, "Who are you?" ”
Xin said that he happened to meet such a thing, and asked him if he knew where Xue Xiaoren was.
Xue Xiaoren didn't expect Wang Bantou to be able to pick up the stubble, and when he heard his question, his bones were crispy by three points, and he hurried up and said with a shy face: "You are really a noble person who forgets things, but Xue Xiaoren, let's eat wine together in Cuihualou last time." ”
"Oh, really?" Wang Bantou replied casually, and then his eyes widened and said, "What do you say your name is?" ”
"Xue Xiaoren? It's not a 'villain' of a despicable villain, it's a 'Xiaoren ...... of 'Xiaoyi benevolence'"
"I don't care what kind of villain you are." Wang Bantou glanced at the catcher behind him.
As soon as he caught him, he stepped forward silently and grabbed him from the left and right.
"Let me ask you, did you report the Chu Liuxiang Tong Wai case?" Wang Bantou asked him with a wicked smile.
"Yes, yes......" Xue Xiaoren felt wrong, and wanted to retreat, but was caught by two catchers with a grapple, how could he still move? What's wrong? Lord, what are you doing with me? ”
"Nothing." Wang Bantou laughed loudly and said: "It's really effortless, bring it back!" ”
The two caught the fast and couldn't say anything, and they dragged Xue Xiaoren back to the county office and put him in front of the old man's hall.
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After being verified, Zhao Erye slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Xue Xiaoren, what evidence do you have to sue Chu Liuxiangtong?" ”
"Back to old parents? The villain has the dowry gift list he placed as evidence, he is a poor jingling Shandong old man, disappeared for a year and came back to get rich overnight? Isn't it a common way to make so much money? Xue Xiaoren hurriedly leaned over and replied, he has been messing around in the county all day? The performance of the officials is much stronger than that of the ordinary people.
"Yet? Zheng Ruozeng, the existing gentry of this county, was entrusted by Jiangnan Group to testify for Chu Liuxiang? Is he a hero of the anti-Japanese war, not a traitor of the Japanese people? What do you say about this? Second Master Zhao asked coldly:
"The heroes of the anti-Japanese war can't make that much money." Xue Xiaoren naturally had to be stubborn to the end.
"Don't be self-righteous? Open your dog's eyes and lore! Zhao Erye waved his hand as he spoke, and the official put a copy of the salary slip of the Jiangnan Group in front of him.
Xue Xiaoren's eyes widened, only to see Jiangnan Group in Longqing for three years? A total of 350 taels of silver were paid to Chu Liuxiang? He was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a while.
"Phew, disgusting!"
"False accusation!"
"Sit back, sit back!" Watching the lively people shouting indignantly? After the hero cleared his name? The main thing is, of course, to catch the bad guys.
'Bang', Zhao Erye slapped the shocking wood again? Majestic shouted:
"What about Xue Xiaoren? Are you a reader? Tell him to sit back on false accusations, and sin against him! ”
The so-called 'false accusation'? It is to punish the false accuser for the crime of false accusation. Since the Qin and Han dynasties in our country, there have been clockwork for severely punishing false accusations in order to extinguish evil spirits and improve people's customs. The dynasty is no exception.
Xue Xiaoren was frightened, but since he dared to denounce, of course he had considered the question of how to get out of the situation if the denunciation failed.
Hurriedly kowtowed like pounding garlic, and called out to hit the sky and said: "Old parents are good, the villain is just an enthusiastic citizen who hates the Japanese robbers, purely out of anger and report, and there is no intention of false accusation!" At best, it can only be regarded as a 'false report'......"
The so-called 'false accusation' means that if the accusation of another person is untrue, and it is not intentional, it is not considered a false accusation. Although there is also a punishment, it is much lighter than false accusations, which is basically the level of self-punishment of three glasses.
"You said you didn't mean to?" Zhao Shouzheng smiled evilly, and saw that he was excited again.
"Ah yes, not intentionally." Xue Xiaoren hurriedly cleared his eyes and said: "I have no grudge against Chu Zhuangshi in the past, and I have no enmity in the near future, what good is it to falsely accuse him?" ”
Zhao Shouzheng sneered and said, "Of course you have benefits, because you hooked up with Chu Liuxiang's wife who didn't go through the door!" ”
"......" The people were in an uproar, happy to hear it, oh no, they immediately scolded the adulterer, and the rag shoes and stinky straw shoes rained him down.
"Wronged, wronged!" Xue Xiaoren screamed loudly as he twisted his body to dodge. "We're just pure cousin cousins."
"Dare to quibble!" Zhao Erye slapped the case and shouted: "Bring witnesses!" ”
The official brought the old man Xiucai up.
"Uncle......" Xue Xiaoren still held on to the last trace of luck, there is a way that the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, not to mention that his uncle is so poor that he only has a face left.
"Phew, I don't have your nephew!" Who knew that Wang Laoxiu picked up his crutches and beat him, looking angry, as if he had just known that his daughter and nephew had a leg.
"You brute, you dare to seduce your cousin, are you still human, I'm going to gelding you!" Lao Wang beat Xue Xiaoren on the head with a cane, and if it wasn't for the official to stop him, he would have to open the scoop.
"Uncle, are you dizzy?" Xue Xiaoren was stunned, and he didn't know which tendon of this old thing was wrong.
"That evil obstacle has already recruited everything, and it is useless for you to deny it!" Wang Laoxiu said that he kowtowed to the eldest master, and said with tears in his eyes: "Students have no way to teach their daughters, they are not strict in taking care of their families, and they are guilty of sin!" The dog girl knew that she was ashamed of Chu Yingying, and she was already ashamed of herself. Please also ask the old parents to severely punish this evil animal that killed my daughter! ”
"Uh......" Second Master Zhao was stunned, he didn't expect it to be so miserable, didn't he say in his heart that he just broke his shoes? What's the big deal, as for it? Who hasn't done it, this county won't blame......
"Your daughter is dead?" Zhao Shouzheng asked angrily.
"This ...... Fortunately, it was saved in time...... "Wang Laoxiu said in a voice like a gnat: "Pick up a dog's life." ”
In fact, Wang Laoxiucai didn't want to do this, but how could he withstand the pressure of Jiangnan Group? didn't need Zheng Ruozeng to come forward and let someone bring him a word, he had to do it obediently. Otherwise, his whole family wouldn't want to mix in Kunshan.
"Oh, that's fine, that's fine." Zhao Shouzheng breathed a sigh of relief.
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Second Master Zhao asked Wang Laoxiu to retreat for the time being, and then 'snapped' again, and slapped the wood hard.
"Now you might as well invite it truthfully to avoid the pain of flesh and skin!"
The officials on both sides hurriedly took water and fire sticks and slammed them on the ground for a while, making a creepy tuk tuk sound.
Xue Xiaoren completely lost his curse, knowing that if he denied it, he would be beaten. He is not even a showman, and the county master can naturally fight as much as he wants.
He had no choice but to confess that he didn't want to lose his cousin's free **, and he was plotting for the Chu family's money...... According to the law, the accuser receives half of the stolen goods...... He falsely accused Chu Liuxiang of passing through, and then in the scolding of the people, he hung his head and signed the charge.
"Silence, silence!" Zhao Erye patted the shocking wood, quieted the people, and then announced the verdict in the court.
"According to the "Da Ming Law", anyone who falsely accuses others of flogging will be falsely accused of the second degree; The sins of exile, apostle, and rod are added to the three degrees of false accusation, and each sin is punished with a rod of one hundred, and the flow is three thousand miles. until the condemnation of the person who was falsely accused of the capital sin is condemned, but he sits back and dies; One hundred rods for the undecided, three thousand miles of flow, and three years of service! ”
Second Master Zhao recited the law fluently, and then said in a deep voice: "Therefore, this county sentenced Xue Xiaoren to one hundred rods, three thousand miles, and three years of service!" ”
Xue Xiaoren collapsed to the ground. Well, it's not just flesh and skin. A hundred rods are beaten down, and the skin and flesh are still not two?
"Chu Liuxiang was found to be falsely accused, acquitted in court, and gave the plaque of 'Anti-Japanese Artillery King' to show his merits!" Zhao Shouzheng looked at Chu Liuxiang kindly and said: "In addition, because Xue Xiaoren committed adultery first, after falsely accusing the disaster, let your marriage go to ruin, and was unjustly imprisoned for more than a month, confiscated his family property, and compensated you in full, let's talk about comfort." ”
"Ahh......h
"Ah, what, silly boy, why don't you thank Master Qingtian?" Zheng Ruozeng laughed and stabbed him with a cane.
"Oh, the grass people thank Lord Qingtian for his grace!" Chu Liuxiang hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously.
When the people saw that Zhao Erye's case was so crisp, they were all very happy, and they also shouted: "Lord Qingtian!" ”
"Don't say that, don't say that, I've not done enough......" Second Master Zhao was pretending to be modest, feeling like he was going to float. Lord Qingtian's words that he wants to hear most in this life are definitely in the top three.
"Go on, it's not over." Seeing that he was about to twist up in his seat, Wu Chengen hurriedly reminded in a low voice.
"Uh-oh." Zhao Shouzheng came back to his senses at this time, and then asked Chu Liuxiang: "Do you need this official to help you break the marriage contract with the Wang family?" ”
"Lift!" Chu Liuxiang's eyes were red and said, "I'm not a cuckold!" ”
"Hey, you haven't gotten married yet, and it's not green enough for you." Zhao Shouzheng waved his hand to comfort him, and then said to Wang Xiucai: "When I go back, I will return the bride price of Gengti, and make up a generous gift to apologize, did you hear it?" ”
"I heard it, I heard it." Wang Xiucai nodded hurriedly, secretly complaining in his heart, completely losing money, losing a lot.
"Don't be sad, it's a good thing, it's better than before you find out when you get married. Besides, the eldest husband has no wife. After today, with your reputation as the king of Kunshan, the matchmaker will definitely break through the threshold of your family! Zhao Shouzheng comforted Chu Liuxiang again.
"Oops." Chu Liuxiang nodded again and again, naturally saying what was what.
"Since the old parents said so, the old man is going to be cheeky and cut off his beard." Zheng Ruozeng suddenly interjected and smiled: "Don't look at my age, there is still a girl in the boudoir, although it is not from the main house, but she loves treasures, and her character and appearance are reasonable, I don't know if I can dare to ask my old parents to be a matchmaker, and say that I am with Chu Zhuangshi." ”
"Haha Cannon King Shotgun for cannon, I'll see it!" Zhao Shouzheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and slapped the case heavily: "It's so decided, quit!" ”
ps. It should be a cold, I lay down for a day with a headache today, and it was better at night, so I got up to write a chapter and quickly went to sleep, and I tried to get better tomorrow.