Chapter 23 Don't let the cost of crime be too low

Seeing that the guy was smiling and nodding, Li Rizhi said loudly: "You took these two pheasants, did you want to be private?" These two pheasants are thin and small, and their coats are dull, not the two pheasants they were before! ”

He sat next to Cheng Zizi, Cheng Zizi didn't know why, turned around and said: "Master Rizhi, these two chickens are villains, villains will never admit their mistakes!" ”

The guy didn't know Li Rizhi's identity, but when he heard Cheng Zi call him young master, he guessed that Li Rizhi's identity was not low, and he still nodded and said: "Little young master said that it was funny, these two chickens belonged to this little brother, and my shopkeeper personally proposed it to be handed over to the villain, saying that she wanted to return these two chickens to this little brother, and this matter is private!" ”

On the side, the shopkeeper Park sat down dejectedly, thinking: "The matter of the two pheasants is small, but I just bet with them for a hundred times, and I can't go back, even the notes have been written!" ”

Li Rizhi smiled: "It's still your shopkeeper who is honest!" How about it, shopkeeper Park, it's you lying, the bet of a hundred yuan, let's pay it, the note in black and white is here. Well, by the way, if you deceive other people's pheasants, you have to hit the board, and if it doesn't hurt you, I'm afraid you won't have a long memory! ”

The man was still holding the pheasant in his hand, and he thought, "What's the matter, shouldn't you come, or shouldn't you bring the pheasant?" ”

Cheng Zizi rushed forward, snatched the pheasant from the man's hand, and said: "Who wants to be private with him, doesn't he still want to burn my house, let him burn it, as long as he compensates ten times!" ”

Li Rizhi saw that his plan was successful, he yawned and said, "Okay, go back to your room and sleep." By the way, Duan Zhutou, you'd better find the lieutenant chief here, and let the lieutenant chief send this shopkeeper surnamed Pu and his buddy Zhang Lao Wu back to the yamen, and let the county lieutenant deal with him, and the future affairs will have nothing to do with us! ”

Duan Baokang smiled: "Or, let me and Zhang Lao Liu take them back?" ”

Although he and Zhang Lao Wu have just knocked ten times each, everyone has a love for money, if they can escort the shopkeeper Park back to the county office, then there are many benefits on this semi-middle road, as long as they use means, it is not difficult for each person to knock out ten times!

Li Ri knew: "You still have to ask my uncle, I can't be the master!" ”

Duan Baokang said twice, "Then let's ask the lieutenant to take them, Zhang Laoliu and I still have to protect the county commander and the young master of the day!" ”

Li Rizhi went back to sleep, he called Cheng Zizi, anyway, the bed is big, it doesn't matter if the two of them squeeze it, as long as Cheng Zizi is not afraid of Zheng Gangling's snoring!

Duan Baokang and Zhang Lao Liu were also going to sleep, Duan Baokang said to Shopkeeper Park and Zhang Lao Wu: "It's going to be a while before dawn, or let's tie them up, and then hang them on the beam of this house, and hang them upside down?" ”

Zhang Lao Liu looked up at the beam, nodded and said, "Okay, this beam looks quite sturdy, let's give them an upside-down green onion and hang it!" ”

The two of them said this obviously to scare people, and the purpose of scaring people is to ask for money, how can the shopkeeper Park not understand the reason, he cried with a sad face, and said: "The two poor masters are merciful, how can the little old man escape, they are so old, they really want to hang the little old man, it is estimated that it will also take the life of the little old man." ”

He paused, and then said: "The little old man is willing to pay two times, and beg the two poor masters not to hang the little old man." ”

Zhang Laoliu pointed at Zhang Laowu and said with a smile: "What about this guy who is pretending to be my brother, is it also two pieces of money?" ”

"He is in good health, and he is not afraid of being hanged, please dispose of it at will with the two masters!" Shopkeeper Park refused to take money for Zhang Laowu.

Zhang Lao Wu grinned and thought: "Shopkeeper, you are really not righteous, I knew this was the case, I told you about deceiving the child pheasant at the beginning, and it can be regarded as surrendering, and you don't have to be hanged!" ”

Duan Baokang's face sank, Zhang Lao Liu immediately stepped forward and hung Zhang Lao Wu up, if he was willing to pay the money, then he would scare people by hanging it, but if he didn't pay the money, were you joking with you as an official? It must be hung up, otherwise if words don't count, who will be afraid of officials in the future?

Zhang Lao Wu wanted to beg for mercy loudly, but Zhang Lao Liu didn't wait for him to speak, and slapped him with a big slap and said with a smile: "I knew you were going to shout, so I hit you first, lest you shout and disturb others to sleep!" ”

Zhang Laowang's voice begging for mercy was directly beaten back into his stomach, he knew that it was useless to ask for an official errand, so he had to look at Shopkeeper Park with pleading eyes, Shopkeeper Park sighed and said: "I will pay for you these two dollars, but I have to deduct them from your salary!" ”

Zhang Lao Wu nodded immediately, he is now hanging from his head and feet, he is as uncomfortable as he wants, he just wants to get out of danger, salary or something, and he can't care about it!

Zhang Lao Liu put Zhang Lao Wu down, and patted Zhang Lao Wu on the shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile: "Your name is Lao Wu, my name is Lao Liu, we are a family anyway, anyway, as long as you take the money, we can say anything!" ”

Duan Baokang and Zhang Lao Liu laughed together, and they didn't care about Shopkeeper Park and Zhang Lao Wu, the two went back to the room to rest together, they lived in the same room, they were quite able to snore anyway, and no one affected anyone!

Shopkeeper Park and Zhang Lao Wu stayed in the lobby, you look at me, I look at you, the official is leaving, but they don't dare to leave, the two are relatively speechless!

Suddenly, Zhang Lao Wu slapped himself twice and cried: "I really regret it, why did I see those two pheasants, so I went to tell the shopkeeper, now I can cause big trouble, and I have to eat lawsuits, I have to be punished, and I have to deduct my wages!" ”

The shopkeeper Park thought about it, slapped himself four times in a row, and he cried: "It's all my fault, why don't you kill the two pheasants and eat meat, and then sell all the chicken feathers, I don't believe they can still find it, and my unlucky mother-in-law won't hand over the pheasants, what do you want!" ”

Zhang Lao Wu looked at him and said, "Shopkeeper, you are still unrepentant at this time, and you are still thinking about those two pheasants!" ”

The shopkeeper ignored him, and was still immersed in his own remorse, he did not regret that he had deceived the chicken, but regretted why he didn't eat the chicken as soon as possible!

After the rooster crowed all over the place and the light was turned on, Zheng Gangling got up and washed up, and had breakfast, and then said to Li Rizhi: "Other uncles don't ask, just ask if you let the person who cheated on the pheasant tell the truth?" ”

Zheng Gangling has planned well, with the help of Duan Baokang and Zhang Laoliu, if Li Rizhi has not solved the matter, then it is up to him to take action, in fact, it is much easier for him to make a move, under the punishment, he can't get any confession he wants, but it may not be a true confession!

Li Rizhi also took Cheng Zizi to eat breakfast, Cheng Zizi grew so big, it was the first time to eat breakfast, usually eating two meals, children from poor families, there is no habit of eating breakfast.

Li Rizhi turned his head to look at Cheng Zizi, seeing that Cheng Zizi lowered his head and tried to hide behind him, knowing that he was afraid of Zheng Gangling, after all, Zheng Gangling was a county order, even if it was snoring loudly and noisy people sleeping, but after all, it was still a county order.

Li Ri knew: "The shopkeeper Park didn't seem to want to tell the truth, but his family told the truth, and sent the two pheasants, saying that they wanted to settle the case privately, I asked Cheng Zizi to make a bet with the shopkeeper Park, and won him a hundred yuan, this money is enough for Cheng Zizi's mother to see a doctor, this case is in my opinion, it's almost the same!" ”

He picked out the important things of last night.

Zheng Gangling hummed and said: "That's fine, but you're not an official, you can't say that the case is over, it's really over, that shopkeeper Park still has to be punished, otherwise if someone else commits another crime in the future, as long as he apologizes and loses money, the crime can be over, then the cost is too low, so the punishment must be there, just look at their attitude of admitting their guilt, if the attitude is good, don't increase the punishment, if you become an official in the future, you have to be like this, understand?" ”

Li Rizhi knows that this is his uncle teaching himself the way to be an official, although it is not certain whether he can become an official in the future, but it is always right to prepare first!

He nodded solemnly and said, "I understand, I remember it in my heart, thank you uncle for your teachings!" ”

Zheng Gangling said to Cheng Zizi: "You use the 100 yuan you won for you with the bet of Rizhi, and go back to buy medicine for your mother to treat the disease, but it is not a way to sit and eat empty, you still have to have a skill, learn a craft, this is a long-term solution!" ”

Cheng Zizai knelt down and kowtowed to Zheng Gangling, thanked the county magistrate for being the master for him, and also said that he must learn the craft hard and settle down in the future.

Zheng Gang ordered someone to find the local lieutenant chief, and told the lieutenant chief to send the shopkeeper Park and his companions to the county office, and the county lieutenant handled the matter.

The lieutenant is very happy, he has long looked down on the shopkeeper Park, this old fox loves to take advantage of small advantages, no one in the town knows about it, many people have suffered his losses, but they have always had nothing to do with this cunning shopkeeper Park.

Now the cunning old fox met the county master, no matter how cunning he was, it was in vain, and finally made a mistake, the lieutenant took the letter, and then called a few young people, and escorted the shopkeeper Park and his buddies to Xingyang County Ya.

After the matter was dealt with, Zheng Gangling took Li Rizhi to set off, and then went to Shangyang Academy, before they could get out of the town, they saw a mule cart coming out of the Jindou Restaurant, and the driver of the car shouted loudly, driving the mule cart to Xingyang County.

Li Rizhi pointed to the mule cart in the past and said, "Uncle, that's the family of Shopkeeper Park, will they bribe the county lieutenant?" ”

Li Rizhi knows the county lieutenant, and he is a person who treats people very kindly, and he smiles all day long, but as long as he encounters a case and beats the suspect's buttocks, it is super ruthless, and he seems to have no other skills except for beating people and forcing confessions.

Zheng Gangling said with a smile: "They will, but the county lieutenant won't accept it, because I wrote a letter and told him everything I had done, the county lieutenant knows what to do, and the county lieutenant is a very smart person!" ”

Li Rizhi recalled it, and felt that the county lieutenant was indeed a thoughtful person, so he would not risk being known by his boss to collect a little money!

Cheng Zizi still followed Li Rizhi, still holding the two pheasants in his hands, as if he was a little fart.

Li Ri knew: "Brother Cheng, why don't you go home soon, take your mother to my family's hospital, and let my father take a good look at the disease!" ”