The news that the criminal officer had come to check the prison quickly reached the ears of the jailer, and before Zhang Zhiyuan came, there was already a queue of people lined up in front of the prison gate.

Zhang Zhiyuan came to the prison accompanied by Chen Zhixian, and when he saw the appearance of the jailers, his face became even more ugly, and he said to Chen Zhixian, "Lord Chen, please." As he spoke, he walked to the prison first, and Chen Zhixian hurriedly followed.

Seeing the cell crowded with people, the smell of sweat mixed with the smell of feces and urine, in the hot and humid season, it is really disgusting to the smellers, and they may not feel that it smells so bad after staying in this environment for a long time, but it is unbearable for them to come in from the outside. Chen Zhixian couldn't help but cover his nose, he didn't want to smell any more of this smell.

The prison was not large, and they hurried out after reading it. Looking at Chen Zhixian's big exhalation, Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Chen Zhixian, what do you think?" ”

Chen Zhixian replied truthfully, "It's really not a place for people to stay. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said coldly, "You know. Then he turned his head and instructed the jailer, "Someone, move a chair for you Chen Zhixian, he will recognize the prisoners in this prison." ”

The cell boss ordered him to hurry up and bring three chairs, and asked the criminal officer and the magistrate to sit down.

After Zhang Zhiyuan sat down, he took the prison book from the young man's hand and ordered, "Take Li Niu." ”

Not long after, a man named Li Niu was brought out and knelt in front of the two.

Zhang Zhiyuan asked, "Your name is Li Niu?" If you don't go home to farm, it's a pity that you have so much strength. Are you in jail for beating your wife? ”

Li Niu replied cautiously, "Yes." That mother-in-law quarreled with my mother when she was fine, and she made my mother angry, and if she didn't beat her and taught her some lessons, she would make my mother angry to death. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile, "It's wrong for your wife to disrespect her mother-in-law, but it's normal for a family to live together and quarrel." But it's your fault to beat someone, especially beating your own wife, so that your children can see how bad it is, and it also ruins the relationship between husband and wife. Family conflicts, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, the family has a good talk together, talk about it, there will always be a solution, and you can't beat your daughter-in-law in the future. It's the autumn harvest season, and you're hiding here when you're busy, do you know what's wrong? ”

Li Niu said in a low voice, "The villain knows it's wrong. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "It's good to know that you are wrong, hurry home, work hard, and make up for your mistakes." ”

Hearing that this adult went home by himself, Li Niu didn't know if he had heard it wrong, knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, and turned his head to look at Chen Zhixian.

Chen Zhixian said sharply, "Lord Zhang asked you to go home, don't you understand?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan coldly stopped, "Lord Chen! He was extremely disgusted with Chen's attitude towards the people.

Li Niu asked hesitantly, "The villain's sentence is not over yet, do you want to come back after finishing your work?" ”

Seeing this kind of foolish person, Chen Zhixian was about to be angry to death, and said angrily, "Lord Zhang changed your verdict to not guilty, hurry back." ”

Li Niu understood, smiled innocently, and bowed to Zhang Zhiyuan and Chen Zhixian, "Thank you, my lord." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "Go back." Li Niu got up and strode out.

Zhang Zhiyuan saw that the people were walking away and said, "Chen Zhixian, it seems that you really forgot the ring tablet left by Taizu to the clouds. Can't you speak well before the people? ”

Chen Zhixian arched his hand and said, "Master Zhang doesn't know that in a remote place like Taihu County, it is difficult for parents and officials to discipline the people under their rule if they do not establish their prestige. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "You also said that it is difficult to manage, it is not impossible to manage, and if you put more effort into the people, it will naturally be easy to manage." It's not that I'm talking about you, if you often go out of the county government office, like Li Niu, you need to go to the county government court to talk about it? If you have time to walk around the streets more, things that can be adjusted in a few words, why make it so serious. ”

Chen Zhixian couldn't refute it again, and replied, "Master Xie advises." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan picked up the prison book and said, "Take Li Goudan." ”

After a short time, a thin man was brought to his knees before them.

Zhang Zhiyuan asked, "Li Goudan, are you in prison for going to Wang Yuan's house to provoke right and wrong?" ”

Li Goudan nodded tremblingly, "Yes." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said loudly, "Yes, if not, don't say it casually." The official asked you again, didn't you? ”

When Li Goudan heard this, he bowed his head and was silent.

After waiting for a while, before he could reply, Zhang Zhiyuan knew that there was a hidden secret, and it was not a simple provocation. Then he asked the people, "Do any of you know what is going on?" ”

The jailers and the officials who came to hear the news, look at me, I look at you, and finally one of the officials stepped forward and reported, "Go back to the adult, the villain knows something." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "Okay, let's hear it." ”

The official said, "Li Goudan's family lives in the west of the city, and he makes a living by fishing, and the fish he usually catches are sent directly to Wang Yuanwai's house, and Wang Yuanwai settles accounts for him every once in a while, a few months ago, Li Goudan's mother was sick and needed money to catch medicine, so he went to Wang Yuanwai's house to ask for fish money, but Wang Yuanwai said that the time for settling the bill had not arrived, and he didn't give a copper plate, Li Goudan made trouble at his house, broke a crockpot, and was told by Wang Yuanwai to the yamen. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhiyuan asked, "Who else is in his family?" ”

The official replied, "An old lady, a younger sister. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan asked again, "Is his mother's illness cured?" Is the fish money coming back? ”

The official replied, "His mother's illness is cured, and his sister went to ask for fish money, but she didn't want to come back, and it seems that she was ridiculed and scolded by Wang Yuanwai." ”

After listening to the officer's reply, Zhang Zhiyuan said to Chen Zhixian, "Lord Chen, if you know the people's livelihood as well as he does, you won't arbitrarily judge the case." ”

Chen Zhixian can only say that he really doesn't know about these trivial things, and he doesn't bother to understand them at all.

Zhang Zhiyuan asked again, "Li Goudan, what he said is the truth?" ”

Li Goudan replied, "Yes." ”

Then Zhang Zhiyuan said loudly, "Chen Zhixian, you have also heard what happened, now you think about it carefully and sentence it again." ”

Chen Zhixian replied, "The lower officials obey the order." Looking at Zhang Zhiyuan, after coughing dryly, he said to Li Goudan, "It's not wrong for you to ask Wang Yuanwai for money to treat your illness, but you shouldn't smash other people's things if you don't get money. If you don't have money, you can come to the official to call the shots, why do you want to do it. This county misses that you have an old mother and a weak sister, so I will let you go back today, and take good care of your family in the future, and don't make trouble again. ”

Li Goudan kowtowed and said, "Yes, Lord Xie." ”

The official reminded Chen Zhixian Dao, "That fish money? ”

Chen Zhixian glared at the official who had talked a lot, then looked at Zhang Zhiyuan, and had to promise Li Goudan, "As for your fish money, the county will send someone to help you get it back." After speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhiyuan again.

Zhang Zhiyuan nodded lightly, this Chen Ru is not confused, but he is simple and rude.

Chen Zhixian saw Zhang Zhiyuan nodding and breathed a sigh of relief, "Li Goudan, go back." Remember, if something can't be solved in the future, come to the yamen to find this county, and this county will call the shots for you. ”

Li Goudan kowtowed again and again, and the tears of emotion were left, and after thanking the two adults, he ran straight home.

Chen Zhixian has been basking in the scorching sun for a long time, and now he finally feels a little hot, so he smiled at Zhang Zhiyuan and said, "Lord Zhang, the rest will be handled by the lower officials." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said casually, "Then it's hard for Lord Chen, if you have a serious crime, you have to trouble Lord Chen to sort it out, I have to check them one by one." ”

Chen Zhixian took the prison book in Zhang Zhiyuan's hand and replied, "The lower officials obey the order." Then he instructed the officer, "Take Master Zhang to rest." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan got up and said, "After tidying up, send it directly to my room." After saying that, he went to the lodging with the servant to rest.

The next thing is not difficult for Chen Zhixian, isn't it just a light sentence, as long as those criminals who are guilty of murder and arson, robbing homes and houses, bullying men and women and other bad natures are imprisoned, and the others are educated and all put back, the matter will be completed.

Chen Zhixian thought so in his heart, so he did it. He didn't sentence them one by one according to Zhang's intentions, as long as he knew the proportions required above, he was very quick to do things. In less than an hour, he released more than a hundred people, and the entire prison was empty, but the headache came out.

The crowded cells were empty due to the departure of the vast majority of people. The prison that was originally peaceful has also become noisy because of the departure of most people. Those prisoners who did not leave shouted injustices one after another, and Chen Ru, who was noisy, had a sore ear, and finally he simply took the scribe to sort out the roster of felons, and as soon as he left, his ears were clean.

In the evening, Zhang Zhiyuan received the roster sent by Chen Zhixian personally, and he immediately opened it to check, and there were only 29 people in the roster, which was about the same as the number of people in the initial budget when he looked through the prison book. After carefully reading the roster, he asked, "Lord Chen, a few days ago, the Criminal Department reviewed a major murder and robbery case that occurred in Taihu County in April this year, and the execution date is not far away." ”

Chen Zhixian replied, "Approved by the Criminal Department, it will be executed on August 17, and there is still half a month. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, "My dynasty has never advocated the death penalty, and this is the only death row prisoner in your prison, so you still take me to see it." ”

Chen Zhixian asked in surprise, "Does Master Zhang want to retry the case?" ”

Zhang Zhiyuan replied, "The cases reviewed by the Criminal Department, how can it be said that they will be tried, I just went to see, the people of Taihu County are simple, and it is rare for a death row prisoner to appear in a few years, so you don't want to scrutinize it?" ”

Chen Zhixian persuaded, "If there is anything to scrutinize the condemned prisoner, he will be beheaded soon, don't get into bad luck." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan said, "I am different from Lord Chen, I am in the Criminal Division, so I can only deal with prisoners. Let's go check it out. ”

After speaking, he got up and went out, not allowing Chen Zhixian to shirk again.

The prison was empty, deserted, and very different from what it had been. Chen Zhixian accompanied Zhang Zhiyuan through the prison doors, and was very worried, these prisoners should not shout indiscriminately, how he usually handles cases, he knows very well, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no flaws to be caught by Zhang Tixing.