Li Cheng was dumbfounded, and he really didn't know what was going on.

Li Fu was aggrieved and shouted: "The eldest lord Mingjian, the prince has driven out our father and son, and we are not slaves, the deed of resignation is true, and the eldest lord cannot wronged a good person." ”

Zhang Tiansheng sneered: "This official still has a letter of resignation and a deed here, take it to the father and son, so that you can be convinced." ”

The scribe listened, and immediately handed the letter of resignation and the deed in his hand to Li Cheng and his son.

Li Cheng saw it and immediately said: "Master, this is also the father of Xie Quan and Lin Xiuniang, a daughter is sold to marry twice, it is really annoying and hateful, it is not the fault of the villain's father and son." ”

"Fart." Zhang Tiansheng said angrily: "The date written on this book is still before the deed that your father and son got, it is clear that you are holding the master hostage with slaves and embezzling the money of the Hou Mansion, although the amount is not large, you Diao slave is afraid of the severe punishment of the prince, so you find such a reason to make trouble, I am the official of the Great Wei, how can I see such a wicked person like you framing the Great Wei clan?" What's more, the prince of Nan'an Hou is a person who is born sincere and filial, if you are deceived by such an evil servant, it will be difficult for the official to see people talk. ”

This time, Li Cheng opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

At this time, he still didn't understand that if he fell into the trap, Li Cheng would not be Li Cheng.

He faintly regretted in his heart, this matter was a little too Meng Lang, he didn't plan to act at all, and he didn't even take into account these loopholes, so he shot quite eagerly, and then was decisively seized by the prince to fight back, judging from the current situation, it can be regarded as a big defeat.

The letter of leave and the deed can be handed over to Xie Quan and Xiuniang's father and daughter to sell the two, which is not a big crime. The account books are difficult to explain.

Kong He is also a powerful person, hidden household, impostor, these things have not been investigated, but Li Cheng has been corrupted for many years, of course, Li Cheng has no minister's money, he uses the excuse of collecting minister's money, each family charges an extra three or five wen per month, because of the lack of money, that is, those dealers are asked to make up a wine money, tea money, although each family is not convinced, no one has fallen out with Li Cheng because of this trivial matter, it is also a trivial matter for Li Cheng, just rub the oil.

Unexpectedly, it is in such a trivial matter, the matter of the hidden household Nan'an Hou Mansion cannot be reported, if the civil official knows, he will definitely use it to make a fuss, maybe there will be a major incident in the world to inspect the clan hidden household, how can the Nan'an Hou Mansion gain a foothold in the clan circle? During the period of Xuanzong, the hidden households were investigated, and the clan in the world was in an uproar, and then the clan had its own measure, and the court also acquiesced in this matter, after all, the officials were extremely high and the treatment was generous, and the court did not want to make the clan too cold.

The hidden family didn't report it, and the prince actually let people find out about this trivial matter, he was only greedy for a few dollars a year, and Li Cheng's wine money was not enough for a year.

Li Cheng suddenly regretted this matter at this time, if he was brought into the trap by the prince step by step, it was ridiculous that he had been smooth sailing for more than ten years, he was really dizzy, if more than ten years ago, when he was cautious, he would definitely not fall into the trap of the prince.

Zhang Tiansheng didn't say much, threw down the stick, and took Li Cheng's father and son out of his own yaqian officer, and after a while, there was the sound of hitting the board, Li Fu cried wolf howl, and kept begging for mercy, but Li Cheng just snorted, and did not make a begging for mercy and screaming.

After the board has been beaten, the two fathers and sons will be brought to the front of the county government in front of the ya, locked in a station cage more than one person high, this cage is to fix the two hands, only the head is exposed, people can only stand all the time, day and night can not rest, is quite a harsh punishment, if the weak and sick people, one day stand down may stand to death, but Zhang Tiansheng saw that Li Cheng and his son were as strong as oxen, standing for three days is fine, even if they stand dead, it is just a trivial matter, the punishment of Da Wei is quite cautious, the death offender has no right to punish the county order, and the government can only be punished at the first level, and the government is sentenced at the first level, It also had to be reviewed by the Sentencing Department all the way, and then sent to the Beijing Criminal Department and Dali Temple for final trial, and finally decided by the imperial pen.

However, the magistrate has the right to punish the prisoner with corporal punishment, whether it is beating the board or standing in the cage, it is in the mind, even if the person is beaten to death or shackled to death, the magistrate will not receive any punishment.

Of course, some cool officials also like to use corporal punishment for small things, and there are too many non-punishment deaths and injuries during their tenure, and they will also be criticized.

This is a delicate balance, the magistrate can use the method of playing the board and standing in the cage to deal with the evildoers, and the court will only support it.

But the magistrate can't be a cool official as he likes, otherwise he will destroy his future.

After the Li family's father and son were taken out, the officials of the torture room hugged their fists and said: "My lord, if the people of the Hou Mansion are not interrogated, will someone say anything gossip, which will damage the reputation of the adult?" ”

"How so?" Zhang Tiansheng flicked his sleeves casually and said: "You don't pay enough attention to the newspaper, and you don't know the movements of Fucheng, so you naturally don't know what's going on." Xu Zixian, the son of the Hou of Nan'an, has already caused a sensation in Fucheng, well, it is estimated that it will spread to the states of Fujian Road in a few days, and then the rest of the newspapers will reprint, and Xu Zixian will soon become famous all over the world. ”

The scribe said: "Even if the prince is famous in the world, if we deal with it hastily, some people will say that adults will bend the law." ”

"Bullshit." Zhang Tiansheng scolded a foul word and said, "Then Li Cheng may try to ask for help, but as long as the people in our county are not stupid pigs, they will know how to choose." ”

The clerk asked: "What should I do with the Li family's father and son after standing in the cage?" ”

"On the surface, their embezzlement over the years adds up to less than 100 yuan, just fine 100 yuan of family property and pay compensation to Nan'an Hou Mansion, go to the ash quarry in the south of the city to serve a month of labor, return the stolen money, and forget it."

The official frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

Zhang Tiansheng smiled and turned around.

Of course, this matter is not so simple, maybe it also involves deep-seated struggles and contradictions, he Zhang will only get involved if his brain is broken, there are counties such as Houguan County in Fucheng, there is also the prefect above, and then there is the Criminal Division, the pacification of the envoy Division, really something big, it is also a headache for these yamen, it is not related to themselves, he Zhang is just punished according to the law, and no one can find fault with it.

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As soon as the cage was erected, the Li father and son, who were beaten and bloodied, were dragged out of the lobby, and then put them in the cage.

Kong He looked at Li Cheng, who was angry and silent, suddenly chuckled a few times, and turned to leave.

The news spread in the afternoon, and before dark in the evening, many people rushed from various towns to the Houguan County between Shan'anze Town and Fucheng to see the excitement.

For the upper class, Li Cheng had never heard of him at all, but for many people in the nearby market towns and villages, Li Tiguan of the Nan'an Hou Mansion was a well-known person.

He is a tyrant in the countryside, who has never suffered anyone's losses for 30 years, but today he has planted a big heel all of a sudden, and many people don't know what to do, but when they saw the Li family father and son being shackled, they were really happy in their hearts.

"I heard that it was handed over by the prince of Nan'an, and the county lord agreed to it when he saw it, slapped twenty small boards, and stood in the cage to show the public."

"I will also serve a month of hard labor to recover the stolen money."

"Li Tiguan is planted."

"Where's the Li Tiguan? The post of steward has been dismissed by the prince. ”

"It's amazing, it's amazing, the son of the world doesn't seem to be good at stubble, and he is ruthless."

"What? Li Cheng and others should have suffered this retribution a long time ago. ”

"Yes. The article of this son of the world was published in the weekly newspaper, I read it, it was touching, he was a filial son. can force such a person to such a role, Li Cheng has really done all the evil. ”

The people present couldn't help but talk a lot, and Kong He listened for a while, his eyebrows stretched...... Now he vaguely understood Xu Zixian's intention to find a way to publish that article.

Sure enough, the people in the upper echelons know very well the meaning of the word "name", which is not only a false name, but also a false name can be converted into actual benefits......

Some people even began to accuse the Li family of their father and son in public.

An old woman picked up some vegetable leaves, rotten eggs and other things from the vegetable field, and threw them on the face of Li Cheng who was standing in the cage.

Someone recognized this old woman and said with emotion: "My family was greedy for money, returned my daughter to the Li family as a concubine, and asked this Li Cheng to sell it to the Fucheng Goulan, and died within a few months, which is really a sin." ”

"This guy is really hateful, wait for me to spit on him."

The person who spoke really stepped forward and spat on Li Cheng's face, Li Cheng opened his eyes and looked at it, his eyes showing a fierce light.

"Dare to be fierce." The man was two hundred and five, and he stepped forward and snapped a few mouths, and Li Cheng was dizzy.

"I told you to occupy my family's river beach and my father to death." Someone came from a few miles away just to slap Li Cheng's face with the sole of his shoe, crying and scolding while beating.

"You told my father to do hard labor, and he vomited blood when he was tired."

"Tell me to pick up manure for people to irrigate the fields, and you will take all the money."

More people rushed over, pointing at Li Cheng and scolding, rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves will soon bury Li Cheng, Li Fu on the side did not dare to speak, bowed his head and said nothing, there are still people who have not forgotten him, and from time to time someone comes over to give this guy a few big mouths.

Li Cheng did something, of course, Li Fu also had a part, bullying men and women, robbing land and property, floating wealth, all kinds of evil things have been done, Li Cheng is not convinced, and it is the first evil, the most fierce, Li Fu pretended to be a dead dog, and still couldn't avoid being slapped, and after a while, his face was swollen like a pig's head.

The people in front of the yamen saw that it was not a problem, and they came out from the county government to maintain order, and they were in chaos for a while.

Someone went in to report the matter, Zhang Tiansheng was very relieved when he heard this, and said: "It turns out that this Li Cheng is really a tyrant in the township, and this official handles this matter very well, so let's stop a rope, throw vegetable leaves and spit on it, and you can't be killed, this official must act according to the law, go." ”

Of course, Zhang Tiansheng felt happy, it was a good thing to remove the local tyrant for the local officials, even if it would not add much points during the evaluation, it could be passed on to future generations, and it may still be an interesting rank event when he was an official hundreds of years later.

For a small person of Li Cheng's level, Zhang Tiansheng feels that this is enough, he can't sit on the dog meat, he is a dignified second-class jinshi, a county magistrate, and he can't chase and beat a small person.

Li Cheng has been scolded all the time, but no one has come up to fight again, but this feeling is also uncomfortable. Especially the hot pain on his buttocks, and the standing cage still restrained his hands and head, which was also very uncomfortable.

Since he was in his twenties and served in Nan'anhou Mansion, Li Cheng has never been at the mercy of others.

There was a gloomy and fierce light in his eyes, and at this moment, of course, he hated Xu Zixian and the others to the core.

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