Lu Jing saw that Jiang Runnong had been escorted, so he immediately glanced around, pointed to the county and said, "Write down all the people who followed Master Jiang just now." ”

Seeing that Lu Jing cleaned up Jiang Runnong cleanly, the county Cheng Changxing didn't dare to despise Jiang Runnong because of his youth, so he immediately bowed down cautiously and said, "Don't worry, my lordship, my humble position has been recorded." ”

Lu Jing nodded and continued to shout: "Punishment!" ”

Before the words fell, he immediately walked out of the eight officials, took off the shoes of He Ji and Zhang Jing, pulled down his socks, put on a clamping stick, and kicked down hard.

He Ji and Zhang Jing screamed and immediately fainted.

Several officials were a little overwhelmed in an instant, they originally wanted to behave well in front of Lord Qincha and make up for their previous mistakes, but they didn't want to overdo it, some lowered their heads, and some looked at Lu Jing, waiting for him to show them.

Lu Jing didn't care, and shouted directly: "Wake them up." ”

Immediately two more servants came up and poured cold water on them.

Lu Jing asked coldly, "To recruit or not to recruit?" I beseech you not to give your lives for that little bit of silver. ”

Seeing that Lu Jing was not to blame, the officials hurriedly grabbed the rope again, just waiting for the order to collect it immediately.

Zhang Jing saw that Lord Qincha had even cleaned up the county master, and he wanted to confess just now, but when he heard the question, he immediately shouted: "Lord Qingtian, the small one is willing to move, the small one is willing to move." ”

Seeing this, He Ji immediately shouted: "The villain is willing to confess." ”

Lu Jing glanced at the two of them coldly, and said to Zhang Jing: "You! ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly said: "That day, the little one heard a quarrel outside the hospital, so he opened the door to check, and saw that Zhou Li was pulling Master Cao and didn't let him go, the villain was trying to persuade him, so he saw Cao Lao, Cao Guozhen He slapped Zhou Li's head with an inkstone, and Zhou Li was in pain, still covering his forehead with one hand, and dragging Cao Guozhen with the other, and the villain was busy persuading. ”

When He Ji heard this, he immediately interjected: "He lied, he was clear at the time..."

Lu Jing didn't wait for him to continue, so he broke off and said, "Shut up, you will reply when the official asks." ”

Seeing that Lu Jing was angry, a servant immediately tightened the rope and tightened his feet, He Ji suddenly screamed miserably, and did not dare to interject again.

Zhang Jing was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly continued: "At that time, He Ji also went out to check, and when he saw them pulling, he ran to grab Zhou Li, and he kept flattering Cao Guozhen in his mouth, and hugged Zhou Li's arm to help him get out, then Cao Guozhen cursed Zhou Li a few words after getting out, and asked him to pay off the silver as soon as possible, and then took his things and left. ”

"Zhou Li not only didn't touch Cao Guozhen from beginning to end, but also took a hit on his head, and later the villain heard that Cao Guozhen was dead, and he thought that this bully died well."

"Who expected his son to come over, let the little one testify that Zhou Li beat him to death, the villain has always been law-abiding, naturally refused to respond to him, unexpectedly he took the villain's family to persecute, saying that if the villain didn't listen to him, he would kill the villain's whole family, the villain was forced to testify against him, and he also gave the villain twenty taels of silver, the villain has not dared to move, begging the lord to be gracious."

He Ji kept glaring at Zhang Jing, secretly hating in his heart, obviously both of them went to help flatter Cao Guozhen and pull Zhou Li, he actually said nothing and picked himself up, but he didn't dare to interject at the moment.

Lu Jing looked at He Ji again and asked him about the scene at that time.

He Ji immediately recounted the situation at that time, but it turned into Zhang Jing to flatter Cao Guozhen to help him get out, and the others were basically the same.

Lu Jing then ordered the two of them to sign and draw the pledge, and then sent a message.

He had already mixed in the crowd, and after coming to the court, he didn't wait for Lu Jing to torture him, and directly told Cao Ji about buying him.

Lu Jing frowned and asked, "Then how did Cao Guozhen die?" ”

He hurriedly replied: "Cao Guozhen was beaten to death, and there were two or three inch wounds on his forehead and the back of his head, which were fatal injuries, and the villain's injuries were found to be new injuries when they were examined, and judging from his corpse, he should have died on the same day." ”

Lu Jing asked again, "Do you adults know about this?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "I know, the villain made this matter clear to the eldest lord at that time, and the eldest lord asked the villain to make a fake wound on Cao Guozhen's chest, and reported the wound as an old injury." ”

When Wang heard this, he cried even more painfully, shouting and begging Lu Jing to call the shots.

Lu Jing asked the Wang family to stay in the class room to rest, and then issued a sign to order Cao Ji to go to court.

Unexpectedly, the official sent half a ring, but did not bring back Cao Ji, and someone in the crowd immediately shouted: "Cao Ji is still in the crowd, and he ran away when the adult was halfway through the trial." ”

Seeing this, Lu Jing ordered people to escort He Ji, Zhang Jing, Qi Zuo and others down, and sent people to watch over the Cao family and arrest Cao Ji.

Everything was arranged, and Lu Jing was about to retire from the hall when he saw someone in the crowd shouting grievances, so he ordered someone to bring him up.

The person who came was a young scholar, dressed in a green robe, and bowed and saluted: "Student Fu Zuo greets your lord." ”

Lu Jing saw that his body was like a pine section, his face was like orange peel, his clothes were simple, his body was thin, and his face was dish, so he should be a poor scholar, so he asked, "Do you have a reputation?" Is there a petition for immediate complaint? ”

Fu Zuo said respectfully: "The student has only passed the county examination at present, because his father is mourning and filial piety, and he has not yet passed the government examination. The student had come to file a complaint a month ago, and because he was not satisfied with the verdict, he asked the adult to call the shots. ”

Lu Jing then ordered someone to take the case file over, and the county Cheng Changxing hurriedly whispered the matter to Lu Jing briefly.

It turned out that the Fu family was also a wealthy businessman in the county in the early years, and later suffered a lawsuit, lost the family property, made food and clothing poor, the whole family went to the neighboring county of his father-in-law's house, when Fu Zuo's father was alive, he had married the Cheng family, two months ago Fu Zuo came to the Cheng family to pay respects, mentioned the marriage contract, unexpectedly the Cheng family has married the daughter to the Xue family.

Cheng's father wanted to withdraw from the marriage of the Xue family, and Cheng's mother wanted to withdraw from the marriage of the Fu family, and the Fu family and the Xue family wanted to marry Miss Yulian of the Cheng family.

After hearing this, Lu Jing asked, "What grievances do you have?" ”

Fu Zuoyu said: "The first examination was married to the Cheng family, and when the first examination passed, he instructed the student not to break his promise, and the student respected his father's order after the expiration of the filial piety period for his father, and went to the Cheng family to ask for marriage, how do you know that the Cheng family will allow the student's fiancée to be with his nephew Xue Mo." ”

"When the uncle of the Cheng family saw the arrival of his little nephew, he wanted to withdraw from the Xue family, and he was still allowed to join the students. The student then sued in court, but unexpectedly, the county prince was afraid of the Xue family's situation and sentenced the student's fiancée to the Xue family. This matter is obviously the student first set the marriage contract, where there must always be a first come, first come, even if it is to be judged, it should be awarded to the student, and the adult is asked to make the decision for the student. ”

Lu Jing pondered and asked, "Do you have a Gengshu wedding post, what is the dowry?" ”

Fu Zuo hurriedly took out the Gengshu wedding card from his arms and presented it to the desk, and said: "The dowry is six hundred taels of silver, the jewelry is a pair of red gold earrings, a red gold hairpin, a pair of gold-filled bracelets, a gold-filled Ruyi hairpin, a pair of silver bracelets, a silver bun flower, a pair of silver earrings, and a silver crown diamond, a total of eight pieces." In addition, there are four brocades, four Suzhou embroidery, and four rulers. ”

After Lu Jing read the Gengshu wedding post, he immediately ordered someone to pass on the Cheng family and the Xue family, and temporarily withdrew from the hall and asked Changxing where the Xue family came from.

Chang Xing asked, and said busily: "This Xue family is the sixth side branch of the Xue family in Jinling, it is the Xue family that has been spread in the south of the Yangtze River in a good year and snow, and the pearls are like earth and gold, and the girl of his family is married to the Cheng family, and Xue Mo is the nephew of the Xue family." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing knew in his heart that he was a member of the Xue family, so he asked, "Why is this Xue family in the local area?" ”

Chang Xing replied: "The Xue family is not in this county, but lives in Haizhou, just because this county is a coastal land, and this Cheng family is the largest merchant on the wharf in this county, the Xue family is related to his family, this Cheng family has only one daughter, if anyone marries his daughter, the Cheng family's family business will fall into the hands of whom, so the two sides will compete for their daughters if they don't give in." I heard that Xue Mo was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he was going to marry the daughter of the Cheng family in the next two days. ”

Lu Jing nodded, he already had a plan in his heart, and saw that he could not detain people in a moment, so he ordered: "In the past few days, you have temporarily taken the post of county magistrate, and put this county government in order, and those who are vegetarian have all been driven out of the county government. ”

"The humble position will be handled properly according to the instructions of the adults, and live up to the trust of the adults." Chang Xing hurriedly kowtowed, and was even more overjoyed in his heart, this treasure was really right, and thinking of those stubborn people in Fangcai, he planned in his heart that he would punish them well, and at the same time, he was also a little afraid of Lu Jing's ruthlessness, and was even more respectful in front of him.

Lu Jing also asked Jiang Runnong what mistakes he made during his time as an official and what wrongful cases he handled.

Chang Xing suddenly hesitated when he heard this, it was inevitable that he would be ungrateful if he betrayed Shangguan, but if he didn't say it, he was afraid of leaving a bad impression on Lu Jing, and if he waited for Lu Jing to find out, he would be guilty of covering up, so he confessed that Jiang Runnong had accepted private bribes and perverted the law for bribes.

Lu Jing commanded with a solemn face: "You find out all these things and find evidence, this official has his own ideas." ”

Chang Xing nodded hurriedly, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, since he had been offended, he simply brought down Jiang Runnong completely.

Lu Jing noticed Chang Xing's expression, and secretly sneered in his heart, leaving the matter to him to deal with first, seeing how he acted, and then making plans after he investigated his character.