Chapter 281: Face to face
And he was given the same lunch as they did, and then in the afternoon he had his hands and feet tied and taken into the guest room to rest, and an official was left to guard him, but he was not allowed to suffer any inhuman suffering.
Su Cimo didn't have any expression on his face when he thought about it, he just glanced at the official with an indifferent look, and then said: "Don't be afraid, I'll go downstairs to meet him now, and see that he knows that I arrested his son, and this scene can't be acted on." ”
Su Cimo said, and asked the poor official to be optimistic about the son of this county order, and she would go down alone first to meet the Zheng county order.
At that time, Tuoba Heng in the city had already received the letter sent by Su Cimo, and after seeing the letter, he was very interested in the county government that Su Cimo said.
Tuoba Heng thought like this, although Su Cimo did not ask him to help investigate the case in the past, he just asked Tuoba Heng to send people from it to check the details behind this Zheng Ting County Order. But Tuoba Heng still couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and when he thought of Su Cimo's first day in office, Tuoba Heng's heart felt more and more unable to sit still.
With this thought, Tuoba Heng felt a little bored when he sat in the room, and it was not interesting to watch anything, so he immediately decided to go to Yangfu County in person to see how Su Cimo would judge that Zheng County Order.
After making this decision, Tuoba Heng drove to the Yamen of Yangfu County with his men and horses.
Su Cimo took the other officials downstairs except for the two officials who were guarding the son of the county order.
At this time, in the lobby of the inn, in addition to the guests who came to beat the top and the inn's Xiao Er and the shopkeeper, there were also a large number of idlers gathered in the lobby to watch the excitement, blocking the door of the inn.
Suddenly, everyone saw a young and handsome man with a delicate appearance and clear eyebrows appeared at the staircase on the second floor, at this time, he was slowly walking down the ladder on the second floor step by step.
Suddenly, some people looked at Su Cimo with some puzzled expressions, because they felt that this person didn't look fierce, and he wasn't like such a barbarian who would arrest people indiscriminately, how could this county magistrate dare to say that this person kidnapped his son!?
When Su Cimo saw the county order Zheng Ting standing in the middle of the hall, he slowly brought a faint smile, looking at Zheng Ting, Su Cimo came over and came to this hall, Su Cimo saw that in addition to his Zheng County Order, there was also a big person, that is, Zhang Mingchang, another imperial historian of their household.
Su Cimo saw Zhang Mingchang as soon as he got downstairs, so he opened his mouth and said hello to Lord Zhang: "Lord Zhang! Why are you in this little inn!? ”
Zhang Mingchang's face was originally not good-looking, but when he saw Su Cimo talking to him, he smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Su, it was Lord Shangshu who said that he was afraid that you would not be able to solve the matter here alone, so he ordered me to come and assist you." But as soon as I arrived at the county office, the county magistrate took me to this inn and said that you had robbed his son by force. ”
Su Cimo was helpless, although he was indeed inexperienced in doing things, but Zhang Mingchang said it directly in front of so many people, afraid that she was unreliable, which really made Su Cimo embarrassed. But she didn't continue to take it to heart, but looked at the county order with a very ugly look.
"Zheng County Order! You say I kidnapped your son!? But what proof is there!? Su Cimo asked in a cold voice.
As soon as Zheng Ting heard this, his face became ugly, and then he stared at Su Cimo and said, "Of course I have evidence!" All the people of my town have seen that you have taken my son away. ”
Su Cimo's face suddenly turned red, and he was a little choked by the words of this Zheng County Order, this Zhang Mingchang just came here, and he didn't figure out the ins and outs of the matter, but he was very beautiful by what Zheng Ting said, and suddenly began to wonder if this Su Cimo really didn't understand the laws of this dynasty, so he arrested people indiscriminately.
If his conjecture was true, it would be too embarrassing.
"Hmph, I haven't had time to go to you, but you have sued the wicked first, right!? Your son was hit by the official who robbed a girl on the street, so the official arrested him according to the law, now you should know why the official took your son!? Su Cimo didn't get angry when he saw his chaotic atmosphere and slandered her for arresting people, but became more and more quiet and explained the ins and outs of the matter to this Zheng Ting.
As soon as Zheng Ting heard that, he was immediately unhappy, and then he frowned, showing an anxious look, and then said to Su Cimo anxiously: "You are talking nonsense!" Originally, I just found an excuse to arrest my Xiu'er, why are you making up reasons here!? Lord Zhang, you fledgling Imperial History are going to arrest people if you don't know what's going on, you have to help the subordinate think of ideas! ”
Zheng Ting denied it in every possible way that he refused to admit that his son Zheng Xiu had a bad reputation in private, and always did those things that robbed people's daughters, so he quickly changed the conversation, and then framed Su Cimo as a person who didn't understand the rules and didn't understand the law, and said that she arrested people indiscriminately.
Originally, Su Cimo was very angry, but when he saw that he was unforgiving, he opened his mouth and bit people indiscriminately, and he became even more angry. What's more, is this reason or crooked!?
Su Cimo was so angry that his brows gathered for a moment, and then he said: "Zheng Ting, this official warns you again, I am the fourth rank of the imperial court, and this official advises you, don't slander the imperial court official, otherwise, the consequences should not be told by me, you should know what will happen in your own heart, right!?" ”
Zhang Mingchang doesn't know whether what Su Cimo said about Zheng Xiuqiang robbing the people's girls is true or false, and no matter how Zheng Ting says it, it is also the county order of the county government, so he doesn't know what to fight for, what not to fight, right? Suddenly, this adult didn't know who to believe.
"Master Su, I don't care so much about right and wrong, in short, now that I'm here, you have to give my son back to me, otherwise I won't leave!" Zheng Ting said like a scoundrel, turned around and sat on the bench on the side.
Zhang Mingchang also knew that this Zheng Ting might not be able to contradict Su Cimo, no matter how he said that this Su Cimo was also a new official, a fourth-grade official appointed by the emperor, but this Zheng Ting may have thought of his son, so he couldn't bear to let Su Cimo take it, afraid that his son would have an accident in her hands.
Suddenly, Zhang Mingchang looked at Su Cimo with a worried look, and then said: "Master Su, you took away Zheng County's son, can someone prove to you that he did commit the crime of robbing people's daughters!?" ”
Su Cimo looked at Zhang Mingchang looking at her with a straight look, and suddenly she also thought about it carefully, at that time, only those vendors on the street saw the matter, and how she tried Zheng Xiu. But she thought of the group of vendors on the street who saw Zheng Xiu chasing Chunhong, no matter how Chunhong asked for help, those vendors didn't dare to care, and she could guess that those vendors should not testify against her.
Immediately, Su Cimo thought of Chunhong again, but immediately, Su Cimo shook his head again, Chunhong is just the daughter of an ordinary people's family, and he pulled her out to testify at this time, but he was afraid that in the future, the scheming Zheng County Order would attack Chunhong's family, which would be very unbeautiful.
Thinking of this, Su Cimo shook his head again and replied, "No." ”
Suddenly, Zhang Mingchang leaked a look of anxiety, and then said: "Look, how can you be casual in this case!?" It stands to reason that robbing and molesting women are all things that the county commanders in the government should be in charge of, and you didn't come to investigate this case of molesting people's girls, so why bother to do more errands for yourself!? ”
As soon as Zheng Ting heard this, he was immediately happy, and then he laughed and said: "That's it, I advise Master Su, you should return my son to me as soon as possible, and let the lower officials personally escort him back for trial!" ”
As soon as Su Cimo heard this, he immediately felt bad in his heart, because this offender was Zheng Countyling's biological son, if he was allowed to try the case by himself, wouldn't Chunhong have to suffer?
Su Cimo's face suddenly turned angry for a moment, and then he continued to Zheng Ting: "This biological son has broken the law, and his father has come to try the case, in this way, do you think the people of Yangfu County will buy it!?" ”
Zhang Mingchang is very optimistic about the nosy style, at least in his opinion, Su Cimo, a fledgling newcomer, is already very good at doing what he is doing, why should he be nosy, looking for this Zheng County Order is not happy!?
So he frowned, looked at Su Cimo with a somewhat dissatisfied look and said, "I said, junior, your style of doing things shouldn't be like this, if you don't have full evidence, you shouldn't care about this matter anymore, not to mention that you arrested him." You're really reckless in doing that! You should know that it is the officials who should be more cautious and cautious in doing things. ”
"That's it! Why don't you apologize to our father and son for taking my son away!? Let's not talk about the good case you can't handle, just say that the evidence is insufficient, do you dare to hide him privately!? Zheng Ting said with a high-spirited look.
Su Cimo was very helpless, and said in her heart that this adult Zhang really shouldn't care about her idle affairs, so she immediately walked to Zhang Mingchang's ear, stretched out her hand to cover his ear, and whispered quietly.
Su Cimo told Lord Zhang about the fact that Zheng Ting's fish and meat people were deducting grain taxes. also said that his reputation in the market is very black and smelly.