Volume 1 Chapter 14 Acting in the Court
There is a reason why Xu Hui is so arrogant, because the people in the township are all dependent on them and exist on them, and there are many things that depend on them.
For example, paying taxes and recruiting people's husbands, the people of the county government will not deal directly with the township Lizheng, basically these squires pay on behalf of the squire, if you offend the squire, you vomit blood if he can pay, and you spew blood if he levies.
For example, where to build bridges and pave roads, where to help the victims, the general county government people will not directly take care of it, or these squires to take the lead, if you offend the squire, the road, will not be repaired to you, there is a natural disaster, people have porridge to drink, you drink water.
Even if anyone can become a lizheng, they have to nod their big squires.
Therefore, Xu Hui believes that even if there are no cronies in him along the way, someone will come forward to stop him and save him.
If you don't save it, you look down on him Xu Hui, and it's strange if you don't give them small shoes to wear!
However, he ignored another big squire, Zhao Mu.
Zhao Mu is from a scholarly family, and he has basically not done any evil in the township, but he often does good deeds, and his prestige in the township is much greater than that of Xu Hui.
And there are several villages to pass through on this way to the county seat, many of them are Zhao Mu's people, as soon as he speaks, who will come out to save Xu Hui.
Even if there are a few people who are not Zhao Mu, they will be stumped by others if they want to get ahead, just kidding, Zhao Yuanwai and Xu Yuanwai wrenched their wrists, and there was no ball to go up to join in the fun, and they were panicked when they were full, right?
Therefore, what Xu Hui hoped to see, the situation of the villagers blocking the road did not appear, and he couldn't even see a person's hair along the way!
However, although no one stopped this way, Xie Zhenggang and the others also walked quite hard, because Xu Hui was too fat.
It's okay to say like Zhao Ergou and the four guards, just tie them into a string and lead them away, if you don't go, go up and kick them directly, and if you don't leave, go up and kick them to death.
Xu Hui is different, the county magistrate has said that he can't beat it, this guy is lying on the ground, it's really fatal.
This guy is not a lean and lean old man like Doctor Zhou Cheng, he can run up with a frame, he is simply a big fat pig weighing two or three hundred pounds, and the four of them can't lift one foot a little, not to mention that they have to walk more than ten miles.
In the end, Xie Zhenggang had no choice but to order Zhao Xing and the other four to carry him onto the bantam horse, and then tie him with a rope, and finally give the goods back to the county office.
The big squire Xu Hui was arrested, which was a great event, and soon the entire Pingyang County was well known, and many idlers who had eaten enough and had nothing to do began to gather at the county office.
In ancient times, it was not necessary to lock people up after they were arrested, and under normal circumstances, they had to be tried before they could be determined whether to be locked up or released.
This county magistrate trial is a rare wonderful show, basically as long as you open the body, you will run to see the excitement.
Soon, hundreds of people gathered outside the lobby of the county office, and Xu Hui's suspect and Zhang Fengxian's family were kneeling in the lobby and waiting.
Of course, there is one exception, this person is the squire Xu Hui, after all, he has a talent and fame, and if he doesn't get rid of his fame, he doesn't have to kneel when he sees the county order.
All this is ready, the suspects and witnesses have already knelt in the lobby, and the officials on both sides have been lined up neatly, and even the guards outside have been crowded into three layers inside and three layers outside, but the county magistrate has never appeared.
In fact, most people know that the county magistrate fell and injured himself, and the injury was very serious, I am afraid that he will not be able to come to try the case.
In general, in this case, the prefectural magistrate will entrust the prefectural magistrate to judge the case on his behalf.
However, this time it was different, because it was the big squire Xu Hui who committed the crime, and the county prince didn't seem to be able to judge him enough.
Of course, even if he is qualified, Zhang Bin will not let Hu Jiang come to trial, these two guys are in the same group, let Hu Jiang come to trial, not only Xu Hui will be acquitted, I am afraid that Zhang Fengxian's family will be unlucky.
The reason why he didn't show up right away was because he was putting on makeup!
In other words, this is not acting, what kind of makeup do you wear?
Here I have to explain the system of the dynasty, if you are an official, you don't wear an official uniform, but once you put on an official uniform, you have to wear it neatly and well.
For example, when the early dynasty was in the capital, there was a special picket to be stared at by the imperial history, once it was found that someone was not well-dressed, then it was good, after the end of the early dynasty, if it was a big man above the third grade, it might be a verbal warning, and if it was an official below the fifth grade, it would be a meal if it was dragged out directly!
Zhang Bin's head was injured in a fall, and the wrap on his forehead was the same as a zongzi, and the official hat must not be able to be worn, and the official hat was not well worn, so he had to deal with the strip of cloth on his forehead to ensure that he could wear the official hat.
After tossing for a long time, the county magistrate Zhang Bin finally appeared.
However, his appearance is a bit peculiar, he did not enter the lobby by himself, but came in by two officials, although the official hat was worn properly, the cloth inside seemed to be seeping out, and I don't know if it was plaster or blood.
In short, everyone can see that this county commander is sick.
Zhang Bin seemed to sit up straight with great difficulty, and then he picked up the shocking wood and patted it, and said weakly: "Ascend to the hall." ”
"Might--Wu", with the solemn and majestic calls of the officials on both sides, the whole hall quickly quieted down.
He first pretended to be surprised and looked at Xu Hui, who was standing below "mighty and unyielding", and then touched his forehead, and then bared his teeth and said, "What's going on, who arrested Xu Yuanwai?" ”
Xie Zhenggang, the head catcher below, immediately flashed forward from next to the official and said, "Lord Qiqi County, the villain received a report from the villagers ......." ”
He roughly described the whole process, and the rest of the place was covered in one sentence, only the situation after entering Zhang Fengxian's house was described in great detail.
Zhang Bin covered his forehead and listened, and couldn't help but glance at Xu Hui in surprise again, and then bared his teeth and said, "Hey, although the bow is jian!" ”
In general, above the public court, the county order did not ask questions, and no one could shout indiscriminately, otherwise it would be a roaring court, and it would be light to hit the board.
Although Xu Hui was arrogant, he didn't dare to be presumptuous when he arrived in the court, and the county magistrate didn't ask him, so he could only stand there arrogantly and silently.
Although after the word jian came out of Zhang Bin's mouth, he seemed to frown, but then he stretched out again.
What happened to Jian in the bow, what can you do to me?
Xu Hui hadn't watched "Da Ming Law" at all, so he naturally didn't know how serious Gong Lian's crime was.
Besides, he is used to being domineering in the countryside, and what "Da Ming Law" doesn't seem to have anything to do with him, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and of course the royal law does not go to the countryside, at least he thinks so, in the countryside, he is a lawless lord.
Zhang Bin didn't seem to know what to do with this goods, he touched his forehead and bared his teeth directly at Wu Shiqi, who was standing next to the servant: "Master Wu, what kind of crime should this bow be responsible for?" ”
Wu Shiqi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiyu County, Volume 25 of the "Da Ming Law Collection and Interpretation of the Supplementary Regulations", Criminal Law, the criminal Jian stipulates that although the bow is jian, hang!" ”
Lying in the groove and hanging, not only Xu Hui's face changed in fright, but Zhang Bin seemed to be taken aback.
He continued to bared his teeth and said: "This, according to what Xie Zhenggang said, it doesn't seem to have been done yet, right?" ”
Wu Shiqi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiyu County, Volume 25 of the "Da Ming Law Collection and Interpretation of the Supplementary Regulations", the criminal law, there are also provisions in the criminal jian, although the bow jian is not completed, the staff is one hundred, and the flow is three thousand miles!" ”
it, beat a hundred rods and then exile for 3,000 miles, this seems quite scary!