In the past few years, there have been many cases in Taicang Eight Counties, but they are all trivial matters, even if they are bigger, they are also cases of theft and robbery. It is worth mentioning that in the past few years, there have been no cases of rape, adultery and robbery.

Generally speaking, the eight counties can be regarded as peaceful and harmonious. It is the first time that such a big battle has appeared today, and its liveliness is far better than when Yangzhuang was built a few years ago, but this time it is a case, and even involves human lives, I don't know if the people of Lin'an County have been oppressed for a long time, and they have been affected by this, and the voices of people are boiling in an instant.

Li Xiao knew from the files sent by the procuratorate that the eight counties of Taicang were relatively unremarkable, but several pieces of information showed that the eight counties on the edge of Jingshi City did not seem to be as calm as they seemed on the surface. This point has been deeply experienced since he came to Lin'an County.

He always felt that every place was the same, how could there be a place without even a beautiful woman. This is very suspicious.

To get back to the point, he doesn't care about the greasy things in Lin'an County, he is not a saint, let alone a nosy boring person, today's incident of Wang Goudan's wife and children reporting to the official is just a seasoning in a boring day for him. As the saying goes, grabbing the dragon can't suppress the head snake, it's okay to watch the show, if he is allowed to interfere, it is absolutely impossible, Taicang Eight Counties can exist like this for several years, it is not without his own way.

When I came to Lin'an County, it was crowded with people outside, and the people were angry and loud. In the county office, Wang was kneeling, and her son did not appear, but was left to be cared for by a familiar neighbor.

Hao Guo ordered that children should not go to the palace. This child's age refers to before the chief horn and the golden hairpin, that is, before the age of twelve in the Hereafter. The hall is extensive, but it does not only refer to the hall of the yamen. It can be said that this is Haoguo's law on the protection of minors.

There were already a lot of people, so Li Xiao only brought Zhou Shuyi alone, and the little girl Chuchu stayed in the courtyard, plus two officials from Jingzhao Yin Mansion accompanied her, which was a bit safe. Standing outside the yamen, I couldn't see the situation inside. He shrugged helplessly, and was about to leave, when suddenly a voice came from not far away, it was the county Cheng Mei Youqian.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Meixian Cheng got up late today, and when he came in a hurry, he happened to meet Li Xiao and the others who were standing outside the door and were about to leave.

came over and said: "Lord Li Senjun, why is there a seat outside and inside the yamen, why don't you go in and sit?" ”

It is reasonable to say that Li Xiao joined the army as Jingzhao Yin Mansion, so he is naturally qualified to listen, but he can't say anything when he shouts like this. It's just that when his words fell, the people outside the yamen turned their eyes one after another, wanting to see who the lord who joined the army was.

Some knowledgeable old people explained that this joining the army was the joining army of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and Jingzhao Yin Mansion was in charge of Lin'an County, so naturally, the official position of this Li joining the army was higher than that of the lazy fat man Chang Laifu on the high seat inside. And it is a Beijing official, and within the same rank, the Beijing official is more convincing. In other words, this Li Senjun is fully qualified to preside over today's case in place of Chang Laifu.

Hearing the old man say this, some people's eyes had a touch of longing, what is Chang Laifu like, they couldn't be clearer, there is an official from Jingzhao Yin Mansion to support the case, it is definitely better than Chang Laifu. But more people are vigilant, and there have been a few Beijing officials over the years, but those people are all in the same stream as Chang Laifu, for only silver, who cares about their life and death.

"Childe, what are we going to do, do you want to go in?" Zhou Shu leaned into Li Xiao's ear and asked in a low voice. He glanced at the surrounding situation, and the blazing gaze of the people of Lin'an County made his body shudder.

Li Xiao was about to leave, but Mei Youqian's arrival made his situation awkward. Of course, he had two options, one was to leave and the other was to enter. There is no loss in the first way, but it will make his status in the hearts of the people drop a little, but he has no prestige at all, and this road is naturally the best choice. And the second way, going in to observe, in fact, there is no loss, and it has nothing to do with him how the case is decided. In fact, no matter which path he chooses, there is no loss for him.

Anyway, it's boring, so why not go in and sit.

He nodded, arched his hand towards Mei Youqian, and said, "Then, please ask Mei Xiancheng to lead the way." ”

Mei Youqian smiled in return, stretched out his hand behind him, and made a gesture. He glanced sideways at the group of people next to him, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyes. I was supposed to rest today, but because of Wang's report, I had to clean up and come over to do something.

Li Xiao didn't look at the people, for the affairs of the Wang family, he knew what they were thinking, but there was no way, he couldn't help much, although the Beijing officials looked beautiful, but the officials of the Jingzhao Yin Mansion were here, and it was better for a servant to speak. The group of them was able to live and eat in Lin'an County, relying only on the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor, how could he join the army with these seven grades.

Powerless. He smiled bitterly, and followed Mei Youqian into the yamen from the side door of the Lin'an Yamen.

In the main hall, Chang Laifu seemed to have already talked about Li Xiao's appearance, and prepared a wooden chair early, not in a conspicuous place, but in a place on the side, clearly saying: "You just watch the play quietly, don't show your head if you have nothing to do." ”

Li Xiao smiled faintly, not caring about this, as Mei Youqian sat on the chair under the leadership, Zhou Shenjun stood with him. From beginning to end, Chang Laifu's eyes did not come over, even if Mei Youqian said a few words in the past, Chang Xian Ling just looked at the woman in the hall.

Does this mean that he is conscientious in his duties, or is there no one in his sights?

Li Xiao smiled and took the tea handed by Mei Youqian. The latter treated him quite politely because he received the Lantian Jade Cup. He glanced at everyone in the hall, and it was strange that the county lieutenant Ding Tianer did not show up today, and after asking Mei Youqian, he knew that the county lieutenant Ding was ill today and was recuperating at home. casually exchanged a few words, and he didn't bother with Ding Tianer.

With a "snap", the startling wood in Chang Laifu's hand slapped heavily on the wooden case, making a heavy sound, and the dust on the desk scurried around comically, and Chang Xianling's fat body shrank back comically at the same time, coughing a few times in a row.

The official in the hall did not pay attention to the movements of the county magistrate, and the water and fire stick in his hand quickly knocked on the ground, and at the same time made a solemn "mighty" sound in his mouth.

This is a bit of an ascension.

Chang Laifu coughed twice, tidied up his somewhat messy clothes, and said to the woman in the hall: "Who is here, what is the matter?" ”

It's more or less formal.

The next process was a little boring, Wang wiped his tears and replied, and then directly sued Yang Zhuang for killing her husband Wang Goudan, and the people outside the hall also responded, some asked Chang Laifu to deal with it seriously, and some loudly reprimanded Yang Zhuang for this behavior.

One thing to mention is that for so many years, Yang Zhuang appeared suddenly, a year behind Chang Laifu's time in office. In addition to the daily intersection of the two families, there is no contact, naturally, the people do not think that there is an invisible relationship between Yangzhuang and Lin'an County.

Yangzhuang now has a great reputation in Taicang Eight Counties, and it is the richest existence, which is not something that ordinary people can deal with, so they pinned their hopes on Chang Laifu, but the people who knew Chang Laifu's style were worried that this county magistrate would turn big things into small things and small things, so they would come together to support the Wang family.

In fact, over the years, the rapid rise of Yangzhuang is inseparable from the Lin'an County Ya, but the people can't see the relationship clearly, they don't understand, they only think that it is because of the inaction of the Lin'an County Ya. Chang Laifu and his people acted extremely aggressively, and because of their good political performance, they couldn't be blamed by the superiors, so even if the people went to Beijing to complain, it would be useless.

Therefore, the deepest one, Lin'an County Ya and Yangzhuang absolutely have a relationship, without the support of the official, it is impossible to do so big with Yangzhuang's small stone business.

This is what Li Xiao saw from the procuratorate's file.

"Childe, they may return in vain today." Zhou Shu leaned into Li Xiao's ear and said softly.

He also read the file, and with his years of experience in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, Zhou Senjun also noticed that something was wrong in it. From what happened in the Yamen just now, it is obvious that Chang Laifu doesn't want to care about this matter, or rather, he is deliberately shielding Yangzhuang.

In the hall, only the plaintiff Wang has been kneeling, but he has not seen the defendant Yangzhuang's people appear for a long time, and Chang Laifu has not been heard, the meaning of which is obvious.

Chang Laifu yawned and asked Wang again and again, from when he found it at the beginning, to whether there is any evidence now, but he did not mention Yangzhuang at all. And his topic gradually developed in the direction of Yang Zhuang's favor, in other words, Wang Goudan was killed by Yang Zhuang, but Chang Laifu thought it was accidental negligence, and the main reason was because of Wang Goudan's theft.

"Reversing black and white." Li Xiao frowned slightly. Not to mention whether Wang Goudan really stole or not, even if it is theft, the crime of homicide should be sentenced, and there is no evidence of accidental negligence, just because of a few words from Chang Laifu, it was fixed, which is not in accordance with the law.

However, I have to admire Chang Laifu's ability, a series of questions made Wang speechless, and he could only keep sobbing to show his grievances, and at the same time weakened the momentum of the people outside.

"Wang, can this official think so?" Chang Laifu glanced at Li Xiao intentionally or unintentionally, raised his head slightly, and then said: "Wang's dog stole valuables in Yangzhuang, and was later discovered by Yangzhuang's guards, and then came to this yamen to complain, and then did not change his life, and clashed with Yangzhuang's subordinates on the way back, which led to the current situation......

"Smack!" Shocked Tang Mu was shocked again, the corners of his mouth rose, and he continued: "Therefore, the fate of the Wang family's dog is caused by himself, and Yang Zhuang ...... Independent. ”