"Lord Wang, you saw it. This Liu Gongzi is confident that there are people in his house, so he doesn't take us seriously at all. The county ordered.

"Someone in the court?" Wang Laohu said, "How do you say this?" ”

"Lord Wang is afraid, I guess Lord Wang is from Hangzhou, and he is also under pressure from above."

"Pressure?" Of course, Wang Laohu is aware of the pressure here, and this small county order should also be under pressure, but he still handles it impartially, which is indeed rare in an era like the Ming Dynasty. "Where did I get any pressure, I was just entrusted by Master Ma to review this case."

"Didn't you say there was something suspicious? I wonder what the adults found in the file? ”

"This dossier is dead, but man is alive. When I came to Fengchuan, I heard that the victim was an old man, but when I read the file, it turned out that there were three victims. ”

"There are three victims, and that's true." "The two are husband and wife, and the other is their old father. ”

"The old man was blinded by a beating, and this woman was miscarried?"

"Exactly."

"The place where the incident took place is the woman's house in the countryside of Fengchuan?"

"Exactly."

The cause of the incident was that when his wife's husband came to Fengchuan County to sell firewood, he accidentally hit him with firewood, so he beat his husband violently. still didn't understand the hatred, let people follow him to his house, and committed murder again, but unexpectedly he hit his old father too hard, blinded his old father, and caused his daughter-in-law to miscarry? ”

"That's just the way it is."

"What kind of person is this Liu Gongzi?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Bullying and bullying is a harmful party."

"This isn't the first time he's done a crime, right?"

"Xiaguan is Fengchuan who came to Fengchuan in March this year, and it hasn't been for a long time, so the previous things are not very clear."

"Then how do you know that he has been bullying and bullying the market for a long time, harming one party?"

"Justice is in the hearts of the people, he does evil on weekdays, and the folks in these four miles can testify to it." Prefectural Order.

"I'm going to take a look at the victim's family, and I'm going to ask the county magistrate to lead the way." Wang Laohu said.

"Yes, you can. However, it was already evening, and I thought I had dinner first, and it was not too late to go back tomorrow. The county ordered.

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow morning."

Xisha Natural Village is a suburban village under Fengchuan County, where the victim lives.

Wang Laohu, under the leadership of the county magistrate, came to the victim's home.

A man is fetching water in his small courtyard, and a woman is sitting in the courtyard, doing needlework. Seeing a large group of people coming, the woman stood up vigilantly and leaned behind the man.

After seeing that it was the county magistrate, their hearts stabilized. The man saluted the prefectural magistrate.

"This Lord Wang from Hangzhou is here to review your case." The prefectural order introduced them to them.

The man saluted the king and the tiger.

"It's very different from your small courtyard

To, hidden between the hills and green trees, the back of the house is full of mountains of green, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. Wang Laohu did not understand the case first, first sighed about the environment, and then asked: "I see that there are not many people in your village, and there are very few people you can meet on the road along the way." ”

"My lord, our village is quite large, but the households in our natural village are a little far apart." The man said.

"Behind this is your daughter-in-law?"

The man nodded and said, "It's my daughter-in-law." ”

"Men and women weave well, I envy such a farm life, the male is outside, the female is inside, the male makes money to support the family, and the female cooks and repairs clothes. I just saw my sister-in-law making clothes for my eldest brother? ”

Seeing that the woman did not answer, the man said to the woman behind him, "My lord asks you." ”

"I'm mending my husband's clothes?"

"Haha." Wang Laohu smiled, "This mending clothes is more annoying than doing." Can my sister-in-law show me the clothes in her hand? ”

"Lord Wang, we poor people are all in torn clothes, and I am afraid that I will stain my hands." The man said.

"Big brother, people are born without distinction between rich and poor, and the clothes they wear are just a piece of cloth that covers them, and there is no difference."

"My lord, you're joking, we're all coarse cloth clothes, and you're a silk forging, how can we compare with you?" The man said.

Wang Laohu insisted on seeing the clothes that the woman's hands were sewn in, so he took the clothes from the woman's hands, looked at them, and said, "This dress should have been around for some years." ”

"Lord Hui, I've been wearing it for six years."

"Look at the patches on this dress, this piece by piece, it is a testimony of your sister-in-law's love for you."

The man didn't expect that Wang Laohu didn't ask about the case, but started a routine with them.

"Sit, sir." The man said with some embarrassment, "Daughter-in-law, serve tea to the adults." ”

The county ordered: "There is no need for tea, we will leave immediately." He also had his own thoughts in his heart, afraid that the adults from Hangzhou would not be used to drinking the water in this village.

"Alas, my lord, the water here is the sweetest, and you know that I haven't drunk the water from this mountain for a long time." Wang Laohu said.

The man moved a few bamboo chairs and asked Wang Laohu and the county magistrate to sit down.

The woman served tea to several adults.

When Wang Laohu saw the man standing opposite him, he said to him, "This is your own home, please sit down." ”

"No, no, no, my lord, I'll just stand." The man said.

Wang Laohu said: "The eldest brother sits, and the sister-in-law sits too." Seeing that the two of them were a little panicked, Wang Laohu continued: "You don't think about yourself, you have to think about your sister-in-law, she just had no child, it can be regarded as a miscarriage, she didn't rest, and you let her stand for a long time, which is not good for her health." ”

Seeing that they had not moved, the county magistrate also said, "Lord Wang asked you to sit, and you can sit down." ”

Wang Laohu asked Wang Biao to bring two chairs to the two of them.

The people in the mountains are their own products, and so is this chair

It was made of moso bamboo, all natural, and the man and woman sat down opposite Wang Laohu. The two of them were a little unnatural, especially the woman, who kept rubbing their hands.

The prefectural magistrate also felt unnatural, and he had never sat face to face with the poor people, which seemed a little unnatural.

"As you know, I came down this time to review this case, so I came today to ask about the ins and outs of this case. So please tell me the big brother and sister-in-law the situation in Japan clearly. ”

The man told Wang Laohu about the events of that day again, and what he said was basically the same as what was recorded in the dossier. This matter seems to be very clear, it is a case of a rich son hurting and beating people.

"Sister-in-law, you just lost your child, why don't you rest in bed? This woman's body maintenance is the most important thing. ”

"My lord, I'm smiling at you, these days, Xianggong can't get firewood, he can only do some light work, if I sleep again, what kind of food will I eat at home." Woman.

"So my sister-in-law hasn't rested at the bedside since the day of the accident?"

"It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, my wife and children wouldn't have suffered." The man blamed himself again.

"Big brother, this has happened, and we have to face it bravely." Wang Laohu said, "What happened that day, can anyone testify?" ”

"A lot of people in our village saw it." The man said.

"How can many people see that your village is so far away from each other?" Wang Laohu was puzzled.

"We are far from house to house, but the news spreads quickly, as long as one person knows, it will spread immediately." As the man was talking, he saw a dozen or so villagers in the distance.

"Did this fellow know that we were coming, so he came to the eldest brother's house?" Wang Laohu asked.

"Adults are here, of course these people want to come and see the fun." The man said.

These villagers really went to the man's house, which proves that what the man just said is true, if something happens in a household, if one person knows, the others will also know immediately.

"In fact, I have already seen your case file, which is already well documented, so there is no need for me to investigate further. I am here today not only to learn about the case, but I have something more important to discuss with you. Wang Laohu said.

From Wang Laohu's mouth, the discussion came out, which made the man feel very strange. The prefectural magistrate was also puzzled.

"Discuss? What do you want to talk to? The man asked.

"Yes, I can't do this alone, so I have to discuss it with the victim."

"I wonder what you want to discuss with us?" The man asked.

Wang Laohu looked at the villagers gathered outside the courtyard and said: "Some of these villagers should be witnesses to this incident, they know what happened to this incident, and I and the county magistrate also know about this incident, and we also know that this incident has brought endless harm to you, sister-in-law, and your father's old man." According to the Ming law, the perpetrator will be imprisoned for three years. ”