Chapter 164: Public Trial Conference (1)

Bai Du glanced at Guo Zhiyuan respectfully, he believed that it was impossible for Guo Zhiyuan's shrewdness not to understand the stakes, but Guo Zhiyuan still had no hesitation to investigate the matter thoroughly, such courage made him unreachable, he was also infected by Guo Zhiyuan's pride, and stood up suddenly and said excitedly: "Okay! That Bai gave up his life to accompany the gentleman, if the adult wants to thoroughly investigate this matter, there is another key, that is, the local book, this book is also passed down from father to son, and he has long held the position of the book, so the fish scale book in their hands is the most complete and true, as long as he controls this book, and compares the fish scale book in his hand with the fish scale book kept in the county yajia cabinet library, everything will be clear! ......" (Note: The book, like the chief, is elected by the local government to assist the government in managing the duties of the local people, and its functions are somewhat similar to the current township land chief, but the townships and towns in the Ming Dynasty did not set up government agencies, so they are not considered state officials, nor are they appointed by the imperial court.) The cabinet library, a department dedicated to the custody of various data and archives of the county government, similar to the current Archives Bureau)

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Baidu with some surprise, he really didn't expect a small book to have such ability, if it weren't for Baidu, he really couldn't figure out the twists and turns here, no wonder even Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to rectify the rule of officials and clean up the problem of hidden fields. so that they have nothing to hide!

Chen Huaili thought that Guo Zhiyuan had softened in the county hall last time, and the case of Liu Changfu's family of five hanging themselves would definitely be over, but he didn't know that a few days later, Guo Zhiyuan actually wanted to try the case again, and he wanted to try the case with great fanfare, and specially posted a notice, what kind of "public trial" was going to be held, Chen Huaili was angry, and decided to give Guo Zhiyuan a little color, he contacted a large number of landlords, squires and scholars, and prepared to jointly force Guo Zhiyuan to the palace on the day of the "public trial"!

Soon it was the day of Guo Zhiyuan's "public trial", Chen Huaili took dozens of landlords, squires and scholars he contacted, and these people also brought their own families, adding up to more than 100 people, and went straight to the county government.

Chen Huaili sneered, if Guo Zhiyuan thought that he could wrestle with himself by relying on these mud legs, it would be a miscalculation, you must know that nearly half of the land in the county is in the hands of his Chen family, as long as he is ruthless and does not rent the land to these mud legs, Gutian will have to mess up, and Guo Zhiyuan, the county order, will also have to step down, so he immediately disdainfully tilted his head towards the family behind him, and his family members are used to showing off their martial arts, and immediately stepped forward to punch and kick the people who blocked their way, and scolded: " Dog thing with no long eyes, didn't you see my old man Chen coming? Get out of here! ……”

Although the beaten people were very angry, but the long-term fear of the landlord and squire made them dare not speak out, so they had to silently get out of the way, watching Chen Huaili and his party enter the county government with pride, as soon as they entered the county government hall, Chen Huaili felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, because in addition to the county government officials standing on both sides of the county government hall, there were two rows of regimental training township soldiers, one by one, standing straight, and the fierce spirit came to the face!

Although he felt that Chen Huaili felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, he didn't pay too much attention to it, he didn't believe that Guo Zhiyuan was so bold that he dared to openly act on them, landlords and squires, which was almost equivalent to rebellion, so he only hesitated a little and still swaggered into the lobby.

Ten chairs have been placed in the lobby, which are for ten justices of the peace, and their names are written on them, Sun Chuan and several justices of the peace who are mainly engaged in business have arrived, and they do not depend on the land for a living, so there is no conflict of interest with Guo Zhiyuan in this matter, but he only received Guo Zhiyuan's invitation to attend the "public trial", and he was chatting with Guo Zhiyuan at this time.

Seeing Chen Huaili and others coming, Guo Zhiyuan also stopped chatting with Sun Chuan and others, took the initiative to greet him, and said with a smile: "The official is about to send someone to invite Chen Lao, I don't want Chen Lao to have already arrived......

Chen Huaili naturally didn't give Guo Zhiyuan any good looks, snorted coldly and took a few justices of the peace who were good with him to sit in their seats, and other landlords and squires who were not qualified to sit could only stand under the hall with their families.

Guo Zhiyuan didn't care about Chen Huaili's rudeness, and said with a smile: "Since the ten justices of the peace have arrived, the official will start to try the case." As he spoke, he walked straight to the seat in the main hall and sat down, put away his smile, patted the startled wood hard, and said solemnly: "Chen Donghai, the shopkeeper of the shop with sincerity!" ……”

Chen Donghai had already been taken to the hall by the officials to wait, but he had Chen Huaili as a backer, so he didn't panic, he walked up to the hall without hurrying, and he didn't kneel, and arched his hand towards Guo Zhiyuan: "The grass people have old leg diseases, please ask the county official to allow the grass people to stand and answer......

"Not allowed!" Guo Zhiyuan slapped the shocked wooden road again with an expressionless face, and those officials immediately snapped the water and fire sticks in their hands neatly, and shouted in unison: "Kneel!" ”

Chen Huaili opened his angry eyes and was ready to attack Guo Zhiyuan, but when he saw Guo Zhiyuan's expressionless face, he endured it again, he didn't know what hole cards Guo Zhiyuan had at this time to dare to try the case with such fanfare, so it was not appropriate to tear his face with Guo Zhiyuan on such a detail. Chen Donghai saw that Chen Huaili did not make trouble, so he had to kneel down honestly.

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Chen Donghai and said slowly: "Chen Donghai, you will truthfully state the process of signing the land mortgage contract with Liu Changfu......

Chen Donghai naturally made up the words earlier, and told the compilation process in a mouthful of words, and said that he himself was like a good person, saying that he couldn't bear to see that Liu Changfu's family couldn't pay taxes, and then under Liu Changfu's bitter pleading, he agreed to lend him money to tide over the difficulties.

Guo Zhiyuan slapped the shocked wood hard, and scolded sharply: "Bold Chen Donghai! How guilty should you dare to make up lies to fool your own officials in court?! ……”

Chen Donghai relied on Guo Zhiyuan's support, and said stiffly: "What the grass people say is true, there is no lie, what is the crime?!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan sneered and said: "It seems that you don't go into the coffin and don't cry, the official has already given you a chance, if you don't cherish it, it's no wonder that the official, come on, bring witnesses!" ……”