Volume 2 Debt Repayment Chapter 149 Grievances
"I want this person, don't leave here, I'll go get some money back", Wang Xiao looked at the young man, thought for a while, and wanted to buy this young man.
The money is not enough, there are still tens of thousands of taels left, this is not his mother's dowry, you can spend it no matter how you want, a hundred taels for a person with such a firm mind, no matter how you say it, it is earned.
After leaving the West Market, he came to the salt shop, and without saying a word, he took out a silver ticket of 10,000 taels and slapped it on the counter: "Take me 500 taels of silver, and the rest will continue to be exchanged for silver tickets and return them to me."
Xiao Er had already remembered Wang Xiao's face, and immediately went to the back room to get the money and informed the shopkeeper by the way.
The four of them kicked more than 100 taels of silver back to the West Market, came to the young man, untied the money bag from Xiaohong, and threw it at the man: "I live in the East Market, the inn not far from the Yuelai Restaurant, and you will come to look for me after you finish dealing with the affairs at home."
The young man was not hypocritical, took out a deed of sale that had been prepared by someone early, dipped a little mud from the person on the side, pressed his handprint on the deed of sale, handed it to Wang Xiao, and then left without knowing his head.
"Childe, just let him go? What if he doesn't come back", Xiaohong asked curiously, looking at the young man's deed of sale.
Wang Xiao put the deed of sale into his arms: "If you don't come back, you won't come back, just buy a lesson, don't we have money now, we don't have to save like before, let's go around, pick a few servants and we'll go back."
A few young and capable girls from good families were selected from the people, carrying a stack of deeds of sale, and throwing five taels of silver to the little girl, and the group returned to the inn in a mighty manner.
Sitting at the low table in the inn, Wang Xiao drank the freshly boiled herbs while thinking about what had just happened.
The young man was right, he went back to Taiyuan in such a gloomy way, next time he wanted to take revenge, he didn't know when he would have to wait, he couldn't wait for a moment now, his mind was full of revenge, now that everything was settled, it was time to complete what he had always wanted to do.
Secretly stuffed thousands of taels of silver tickets into the maid's clothes, and Wang Xiao found an opportunity for no one to pay attention to him and walked out of the inn.
The west of the East City is Xuanyang Fang, next to it, and the north of Xuanyang Fang is Pingkang Fang, a famous place for fireworks.
Wang Xiao's purpose is Xuanyangfang.
Being able to be close to the most populated place in Chang'an City, Xuanyangfang naturally has his confidence, that is, Wannian County Ya is located in Xuanyangfang.
Went out alone, I heard that the county government is near here, but I have never seen it, I turned around in Xuanyangfang for a long time, only to find that the county government is in the corner of the handover with Pingkangfang in East City, the whole county government does not have the grandeur of Taiyuan County Ya at all, if it is not for the constant Wuhou in and out, it is said that it is an ordinary house Wang Xiao also believes.
When I came to the gate of the county office, a one-person high drum face came into view.
If the people have grievances and there is no way to report them, then they can beat this drum to avenge their grievances, and when the drum sounds, no matter what the county order is doing, it must arrive in time, otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty and will be impeached.
However, no one knocked on this drum in general, the relationship between the people and officials in the Tang Dynasty was still good, and there were not too many officials to exploit them, the people were rich, but most of their money was food, and it was not easy to blow up some money.
If it weren't for the fact that there was really a big grievance, no one would take the initiative to beat the drum, and the people would sue the officials, no matter what, they would have to take a few boards first, which is called killing the mighty stick.
This is really not the government's unreasonable trouble, prohibiting the people from complaining, Dengwen drum and lung stone all appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, during which they were destroyed and extinguished, sometimes they were activated, and sometimes they were thrown away, intermittently from the Zhou Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and they have never been truly annihilated.
The lung stone is a red stone that is one person high, it is on the side of the drum of grievances, if the person who has grievances really wants his grievances to go straight to the heavenly court, then stand on the side of the lung stone for three days, Miss Wu Zetian has a clear order: "The court to the drum and the lung stone, do not need to defend, there is a mallet drum standing stone, so that the imperial history is heard."
That is to say, as long as you knock on the drum or erect a lung stone, it will be the imperial history to receive your case, and your grievances will definitely be cleared up for you if there is no accident.
But kindness is not easy to repay, because where there will be so many grievances, many people who don't understand what is going on in the drum indiscriminately, making the people above miserable, there is a clear record of a peasant, lost a pig, and directly fought the lawsuit in front of the Song Dynasty, this is only recorded, and the rest of the irony does not know how much else happened.
That's why there is a saying about killing the mighty stick, mainly to let the complainant think clearly, whether your grievances are worth these dozens of boards, and it's not even worth being beaten, so don't come to the royal court to complain, just find a county order or something to do it.
What Wang Xiao wants is to poke this matter in front of the emperor, the bigger the trouble, the better, the dignified prince came out to open a restaurant, the name is not right, no matter what you say, it is enough for the prince to eat a pot.
When I came to the drum, I stabilized my mind and picked up the drumstick.
The surrounding Wuhou servants surrounded them, and they were all gearing up, waiting for the moment when the drumsticks fell.
Wang Xiao was stared at like a wolf on all sides and broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, but the arrow was on the string, so he had to send it, tremblingly raised the huge drumstick, gritted his teeth and smashed it down.
"Boom. Boom. Knock", the drum sounded three times, and before Wang Xiao put down the drumstick in his hand, the servants on all sides paved it up:
"Catch him, don't let him run away", I don't know where a shout came from, Wang Xiao was tied into a zongzi without even having time to react, and the servants pushed and shoved him into the lobby.
Wannian County Commander had already dressed up and sat on the main seat, and when he saw the bitter lord coming, he immediately took out the token: "Young and tender, with fine skin and tender meat, what grievances can there be, first hit forty boards."
Wang Xiao came down in a cold sweat, and even the cloth towel covering his head began to be sticky, getting rid of the pull of the servants, and shouted at the moment: "I am the son of the Wang family, who of you dares to touch me, I have an official body in my family, yes, I have an official body."
Wannian County's heart twitched up at once, and finally Cheng Chumo and they settled down, and they didn't bother him every day, but now there is a more tricky one, fortunately, this token was not thrown, otherwise it would be a lot of fun.
"It's up to me to do something, untie him, and then let's wait for Yushi to come", the county order inserted the token back, and closed his eyes, whoever likes to take care of whom, anyway, he doesn't care.
The family and Cheng Biting Jin are still different, how to say that the county order is also in the official system, and the size also has a little friendship with the families of those little ancestors.
But the family is different, the eyes of the people there are higher than the top, most of them don't take him seriously, if something happens to this son in the hall, the resistance of the Wang family will definitely be enough for him to drink a pot.
Wait, anyway, it's not his business, it's a trivial matter, even if he knocks on the drum, it's just his county order to deal with it, the big thing is reported, the small thing and the mud are over, and now this matter involves the family, that's a big thing, it's a big thing, it's only appropriate to let the imperial history take over, after all, most of them are people from the family.
After waiting for a short time, I listened to the singing outside: "Wei Zheng Wei Yushi arrived".
The county magistrate swooped up from the main seat, constantly tidying up his appearance, and at the same time cursing in his heart: "Why is this plague god, there is fun to watch now, Wei Zheng is famous for not helping relatives in the gang, and he is not a person from any party, no one's face is seen, this kid in the hall is not a big deal, then there is a lot of suffering."
A dark crimson robe flashed, and then an old man who was nearly half a hundred years old appeared, with a neatly trimmed beard, a tightly furrowed brow, a pair of eyes that were not pleasing to the eye, and his face was full of wrinkles like a knife and an axe, and he seemed to know that this old man was a very serious person.
Sure enough, before he walked in front of the county order, Wei Zheng stopped in front of an errand officer, frowned and helped the errand officer's hat: "The hat is not worn well, there is no face of the government, and it is not an example."
The messenger nodded again and again, looking excited.
The county magistrate checked the dress on his body again, and then hugged his fists: "Wei Yushi, why are you here today, come and come to the seat, this case is really going to trouble you."
Wei Zheng was not polite, and stepped into the main position given by the county order, and asked the county order: "There are not many affairs today, I will come out for a walk after I finish dealing with it, and I happened to meet the person you sent, and the old man will follow to take a look, there is really a big grievance today?" Tell me the details."
"Ouch, how much time has it been, the lower officials haven't had time to ask, I just know that this is the son of the Wang family, depending on the situation, the status of the Wang family is not low, and the rest haven't had time to ask, it's better for you to be old, hehe", the county commander looked embarrassed, and finally smirked at Wei Zheng.
"Hey, Wang family, no wonder, you kid, slippery, okay, the old man takes this matter, you can be an observer on the side", Wei Zheng heard that it was a matter of the family, and he had a plan in his heart at the moment.
"Hehe, that's really thanks to Wei Yushi, the lower officials are grateful", the county order was also simply, sat down in the position of the clerk, thanked Wei Zheng, and prepared to record it when he picked up the pen.
Wei Zheng didn't rush to try the case, but just pointed to the county order: "I know that it is not easy for you to do this county order, and I don't want to touch this matter, but if there are other things that you can touch on you, you still shirk it like this, don't blame the old man for impeaching you when the time comes."
The county commander put down the pen, stood up and saluted Wei Zheng: "What the imperial history said is that this official must be honest and do a good job as a parent official."
Wei Zheng nodded, and slapped the shocked wood: "Who is in the hall, report the name."
Wang Xiao stood there, holding the white cloth on his head, and hugged his fists: "I am a native of Taiyuan, Wang Xiao, the eldest son of the second room of the Wang family, has grievances today, and I specially invite Lord Yushi to judge."
Wei Zheng's brows furrowed even tighter, the second room of the Wang family, or the eldest son, is indeed a little difficult to deal with, but at this time, he can't allow him to think too much, and immediately asked: "What grievances do you have, report it quickly, right and wrong, you have your own imperial history to call the shots."
"I want to impeach, impeach the prince of the dynasty to open a restaurant privately, compete with the people for profit, seize the people's fat and people's ointment, regardless of the hardships of the people, spend all the time drinking, and linger in the land of fireworks", Wang Xiao held his head high and pressed all the charges he thought about before on the prince's head.
"What?" Wei Zheng stood up in shock, and pointed at Wang Xiao with trembling fingers: "You impeached the prince for lingering in the land of fireworks?" ”。
Wang Xiao nodded, man, said that this one must be good, which man does not steal food.
"Then do you know how old the prince is this year", Wei Zheng's beard was blown up by him.
Wang Xiao shook his head.
"Phew, Zhuzi, Zhuzi, the prince has just turned twelve this year, how did he go to the land of fireworks, come here, drag him down, and throw him out of the county office", Wei Zheng roared, if it wasn't for the county order to stop it quickly, maybe Wei Zheng would have personally gone down to teach this kid a good lesson.