Li Dongsheng frowned and said, "Your family is rich, just give him a little money, don't dwell on this matter every day, isn't it good for everyone?" ”

Yang Bing shouted, "My lord's words are wrong, if this cemetery is really his family's land, then my family's money is nothing." 35xs But the problem is that this cemetery is my family's ancestral grave, and my ancestors are buried in the grave, so there is no reason for me to give money, so why should I give him money? If I give him money, it will be tantamount to acknowledging that this grave belongs to his family, and if he wants to move the grave in this name, my ancestors will be humiliated, and if I don't let him move the grave, he will definitely use the grave to blackmail me, and then ask me for money, what should I do then? ”

Li Dongsheng also felt that it made sense when he heard Yang Bing's words, so he asked, "You two families don't have real evidence for this cemetery, so can there be witnesses to testify to it?" You don't have a single person in your village who understands, do you? ”

Gu Sandao "The Yang family dominates the countryside with power and money, no one dares to come out to testify for me, and the villain has no friends, and no money for people to testify for me." ”

Yang Bing retorted loudly, "My lord Mingjian, it's not that there are no witnesses, it's that every time I want to bring witnesses, Gu San objected in the lobby, saying that I used money to buy people's certificates, so the previous county commanders and assassins didn't accept it, Gu San is a scoundrel in the countryside, and he can't find anyone willing to help him testify, it's not that no one dares to come out to testify." ”

Li Dongsheng said, "Gu San said that he has a family tree as proof, what is the proof of your family?" ”

Yang Bing said: "I also have a family tree at home." The point is that this cemetery is right next to my house, so I can't build a house next to someone else's grave, right? ”

Li Dongsheng looked at the sky and said, "The two of you say that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and you can't come up with evidence or anything, and the witnesses don't admit it on both sides." Flashing is a real nuisance. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's really a headache to be someone else, but it's still no problem for this official, it's not early today, so I'll quit." Later in the evening I will go and talk to your ancestors in the cemetery to see whose grave it is. Go straight to the graveyard tomorrow morning to make a distinction! With that, he got up and went to the backyard. A group of people were left looking at each other above the lobby.

Even Gu San and Yang Bing subconsciously glanced at each other, and they were speechless in their hearts. This lawsuit has been fought for ten years, and I have seen so many county decrees and assassination histories, this Li county order is really unique, ready-made living people don't ask, saying that they want to communicate with the dead people in the cemetery, can he do witchcraft?

Wang San, a guy with a poisonous tongue and a cold face, couldn't help but see Li Dongsheng's style: "Can you really communicate with the dead?" ”

Li Dongsheng looked at Wang San's eager eyes, and he was proud in his heart, it turns out that you Wang San also had such anxious times, and you also have today. He couldn't help but smile and said lightly, "Want to know?" ”

"Hmm." Three heads one.

"Guess."

Looking at the figure of Li Dongsheng, who was pretending to be like the wind, Wang San said, "I know." ”

Early the next morning, Li Dongsheng issued an order for Gu San and Yang Bing to go to the cemetery to hear the trial. The people in the entire county know that the new county magistrate who came yesterday communicated with the dead man last night, and I don't know how effective the communication is, which is also a rare thing. 35xs All the idlers followed Li Dongsheng's guard of honor and went out of the city to the cemetery, the scene was really crowded, there was a lack of gongs and drums, and the red flag was displayed.

Seeing that the two plaintiffs and defendants had arrived, Li Dongsheng asked people to put down their confessions by the grave, and at this time all the onlookers gathered in a circle, and there were a few people climbing up the tree.

Li Dongsheng looked around, and the noisy voices around him immediately quieted down. Li Dongsheng said: I have already communicated with the ancestors in the cemetery yesterday. He said that it has been too long, and the younger generations may not know each other, so you should go to the grave today to worship, and there will definitely be one person in this cemetery who will not be able to come to worship after today, so it should be regarded as the last worship. Wait for them to see who their descendants are. , and then tell the official to make a judgment! ”

After Li Dongsheng finished speaking, he ignored the surprised eyes of the people next to him, and motioned the two of them to go to the grave to worship.

After hearing Li Dongsheng's words, the plaintiff Gu San hurriedly got up, came to the grave and kowtowed three times, and retreated to the side to watch without saying a word.

Yang Bing slowly got up and came to the grave, gently stroked the tombstone with his hand, and said slowly, "Our own family's cemetery has been in a lawsuit for ten years because of the entanglement of Gu San, a villain, my father died of anger because of this incident, and I, an unscrupulous descendant, will continue to fight a lawsuit." Now this new prefectural magistrate says that he can communicate with you and find out the owner of the cemetery, and there has been no such prefectural magistrate since ancient times. Spirits of my ancestors in heaven, please bless me, if you can cut off my family, it will be a blessing for my descendants and a blessing for all my ancestors. But if the cemetery can't be cut off to my home, I will say goodbye to my ancestors, and there is nothing worse than this tragedy in the world! This is really wronged! Treat unjustly! The more Yang Bing spoke, the more sad he became, holding the tombstone and crying like this, and he couldn't stand up when he was sad.

Seeing Yang Bing sad like this, Li Dongsheng stood in front of him and said loudly to the crowd of onlookers, "Everyone is a person with ancestors, we worship our ancestors to let them accept the sacrifice of incense, this is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years, you see that it is not his own ancestor, will he cry so sadly?" I believe everyone knows whose graveyard it is, right? Do you want me to decide? ”

The onlookers also understood what was going on when they saw the situation here, and everyone shouted in unison, "Master Li is wise, we all understand." After speaking, everyone pointed the finger at Gu San, "What a shameless guy." ”

"It's really the first time I've seen someone who pretends to be an ancestor, and today is an eye-opener."

"He has been in a lawsuit for ten years, and this guy's heart is too dark."

"In the end, it's a jinshi, just make the case clear, we're blessed."

Let everyone scold Gu San for a while, Li Dongsheng waved his hand, and now that he is very prestigious, the scene immediately quieted down. He said to Gu Sandao, "The facts are here, everyone has seen it, you can't tell the reason why Yang Bing secretly gave me money, what do you have to say now?" ”

At this time, Gu San no longer had the courage he had yesterday afternoon, his legs were shaking, his gray hair was messy, and he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to apologize, "Master Li, it's the villain who is fascinated by the ghost, so he wants to take advantage of it, and begs the lord to raise his noble hand, the villain is old and can't stand the punishment."

Li Dongsheng listened to Gu San's words and sneered, "Raise your noble hand? Old? It's really a Diao Min. I have been suing for ten years for my own selfishness, angry at the owner of the cemetery, and troublesome so many officials, and now I have been exposed, and I am pretending to be pitiful in front of me, trying to escape punishment, and all the good things have been taken by you? Looking at Gu San, who was trembling on the ground, and the expectant eyes of the surrounding people, Li Dongsheng continued, "Zi said, why complain, to repay the grievances. Wouldn't it encourage everyone to be bad people if they don't punish them for bad deeds? Come! ”

Several officials grabbed Gu San on the ground, and looked at the new county magistrate majestically. Li Dongsheng said, "Gu San falsely accused others for money, pretended to be a descendant to defraud the government, although he didn't get much money, but he violated human ethics and had a bad impact, so he gave me fifty battles, and then exiled to Lingnan." ”

As soon as the words fell, the cheers around him sounded like a tide, and Li Dongsheng smiled and waved to everyone. His verdict today can be described as killing two birds with one stone. First, did he get the prestige of a capable official, and easily solved a ten-year backlog of cases; The second is that this case was solved in front of so many people, and no one said in the future that he was attached to a powerful landlord and protected by officials and officials, and he could also get a clean and honest official reputation.

After these two cases, Li Dongsheng's reputation immediately became famous in Ye County, and his legends were circulating in the streets and alleys.