Chapter 14: Confrontation in Court
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"What about others?"
"Lu Bantou is bringing him!"
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Wang Xian Ling heard that everyone was coming to the county government on the road, and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to change into official uniforms, and after a little thought, he felt that something was wrong in his heart, his nephew was far away in Liaodong, if he wanted to come to Luoyang, he would inevitably defect to his uncle, but why did he have no family letter and no message before, why did he come to Luoyang recklessly?
Wang Xianling frowned and asked, "What is the age of the scholar and how does he look?" ā
The official patted his ass and said: "Lord Hui, your nephew is young and weak, and he looks dignified and extraordinary!" In the future, it will be the dragon and phoenix among people, the heavens-"
Wang Xianling gasped and scolded: "Fart, the nephew in this county has already passed the age of establishment, how can he be weak?" Did the man ever report his name? ā
"No...... I never ......"
"Daring!" Wang Hailin really didn't expect that under his rule, someone would dare to make a big statement in front of the officials, swaggering and cheating! Wang Hailin commanded with a gloomy face: "Ascension!" I want to see who dares to pretend to be a family member of the imperial court in Luoyang County, and he is bold! ā
Zhu Yousong followed the official messenger and swaggered through the city, without the slightest consciousness of seeing the official, and saw the people on the street pointing at his group, speculating what they had done, so that they would be taken by the official. There are not many opportunities to become the focus of attention, Zhu Yousong saw that there were still a few slender young women in the crowd, and wanted to take out a folding fan and splash a few to death, coquettish. But when his hand touched his neck but touched the air, he remembered that the folding fan had been destroyed in the battle with Zhang Youcai, which inevitably deepened Zhu Yousong's disgust for Zhang Youcai......
Zhu Yousong followed a group of people through the streets and alleys and finally arrived at the county government of Luoyang County, where there were two big stone lions squatting outside the vermilion gate, and there was a horse-tethered stake next to it. Zhu Yousong followed the crowd into the yamen, and when he walked to the side of the drum, he reached out on a whim and picked up the drumstick and was about to knock it......
Lu Benmiao, who was walking in front, turned around and looked at it, and his eyes were about to pop out. Zhu Yousong claimed to be the nephew of the county master, and he didn't want to open his mouth to scold, so he hurriedly snatched Zhu Yousong's drumstick and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying: "Childe, this drum is not for beating, let's go in quickly, heh...... Hehe...... "Xiaoxiang Pavilion is this bullshit thing, one is the brother-in-law of the county Cheng, and the other is the nephew of the county order, and I don't know who is far away and who is close to them." If the drum is beaten, and the magistrate is promoted to the court when he hears the news, then he will have to hand over the complaint, and there will be no room for maneuver in all official affairs, and this beam will be dead......
Zhu Yousong didn't know what was powerful, but he knew that he didn't care. He beat the drum on a whim, and since the drumstick was taken away by others, he had to give up and follow Lu Benmiao into the county office.
"Wei ...... Wu ......"
As soon as I entered the lobby, I heard the screams of the soap hall standing in the hall. Zhu Yousong raised his eyes and looked around and was full of curiosity about everything in front of him, he could go to a pharmacy for a long time, and the first time he saw the ancient ascending hall aroused Zhu Yousong's interest. It's a pity that there is only one Zhang Youcai and Yu Niang Yingxiang's aunt and nephew in the hall now, and he, a "righteous man" who acts bravely and bravely, is not a direct party and cannot go to court now.
In the sound of the water and fire sticks, Wang Zhixian walked out of the back hall with a frowning and gloomy face, and when he arrived at the picture of the blue sea and red sun on a sunny day, he picked up the startled wood and "snapped", and Langsheng asked: "Who is in the hall, report your name!" ā
Yu Niang knelt on the ground and first choked up and said: "Lord Zhixian, slave Liu Yuniang, sue Zhang Youcai, a wealthy businessman in this county, for trespassing in Xiaoxiang Pavilion during the day, in a vain attempt to tarnish my nephew Xiang'er's innocence, and beg the eldest master to be the master of the slave family......"
Wang Zhixian saw a handsome young woman kneeling on the ground crying, there was a delicate and timid little girl beside her, knowing that these two people were the people Lu Benmiao brought back from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he coughed lightly and frowned and asked, "Where is Zhang Youcai?" ā
Zhang Youcai has already given the restraints on his body at this time, although his family has a lot of money, but the businessman and Lehu belong to the same lowly nationality, and he still has to kneel on the ground at this time, he heard Wang Zhixian ask and wailed, and cried without saying a word: "Wronged~ Lord Qingtian!" I am a wealthy businessman in this county, I repair bridges and roads on weekdays, donate money to study and do all the good deeds, and today I pass by the Baili Lane-" said and pointed to Liu Yuniang and said sadly: "Today I passed by the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the Baili Lane, this prostitute was coquettish and tempted me into their yard, and I was also fascinated by them for a while, and entered the embroidery building called Xiang'er, who knew that before sitting down and eating two mouthfuls of tea, they had to ask for money, a hundred taels of money!" ā
Zhang Youcai was originally born in a bad skin, framing and planting false accusations and beating a rake is his forte, he saw that Yu Niang wanted to interrupt him and hurriedly shouted: "My lord! The villain is not from a good background, but fortunately the ancestors blessed in recent years, he got up early and was greedy for the night and finally saved some savings, and he was grateful for the kindness of his ancestors on weekdays, and the county respected the teachings, and he has been law-abiding, but this Xiaoxiang Pavilion is really too deceitful! They are a small third-rate brothel, and a girl actually paid a price of 100 taels, and the villain didn't even see each other once, so she had to pay 100 taels of silver. If the villain doesn't comply, their thugs will beat the villain, and as soon as he goes! As he spoke, he opened his clothes, revealing his decorated body.
Zhang Youcai bowed to the ground and burst into tears: "My lord, the grass people are telling Xiaoxiang Pavilion that they have kidnapped good people, used lynching without authorization, and tried to kill people in vain in order to seek money!" ā
Zhang Youcai said a lot of true and false, and installed the encounter of Yingxiaolou in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and finally opened his clothes to let Wang Xianling see Zhu Yousong's "masterpiece". Zhang Youcai said that Wang Zhixian was also confused, and he couldn't figure out who was the sufferer.
Yu Niang argued: "My lord, he is lying! He-"
Wang Zhixian slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "You two, who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?" ā
Liu Yuniang and Zhang Youcai kowtowed at the same time: "The villain (slave) is the plaintiff!" ā
The two argued, and Wang Zhixian shouted: "If you two dare to roar in court again, you will each play thirty boards!" It is rumored that Lu Benmiao, the arrester of this county, went to the court to ask! ā
Lu Benmiao entered the hall in response, and Wang Zhixian asked: "Lu Bantou, what was the scene you saw when you entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, who was true and who was false in what the two of them said, come together one by one!" ā
Lu Benmiao said respectfully: "My lord, I entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion at that time, and the battle has ended, and the two sides are facing each other. ā
"How was Zhang Youcai at that time?"
"I was tied to the ground by the people of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and I was injured."
"What about Liu Yuniang?"
"She was in the house and hadn't come out yet."
Liu Yuniang said: "My lord, that friend is indeed ......."
"Lord Qingtian, Xiaoxiang Pavilion hijacks villains and acts as robbers......"
The situation was deadlocked, and the witnesses should have been summoned, Wang Zhixian slapped the startled wood, and was just about to stop the two, when a middle-aged man in his thirties came out of the back hall, walked straight to Wang Zhixian's side and bit his ear. Zhang Youcai's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Liu Yuniang with a sneer, the person who came was his brother-in-law Liu Ting, who was now the second official of Luoyang County, and the official residence was the county leader of Luoyang County.
Wang Zhixian bit his ear with Liu Ting for a while, and nodded, today he didn't want to severely punish Zhang Youcai, not to mention that he was originally a squire in his county, and he made a great contribution to Luoyang County. A Qinglou woman was originally a dusty guest, shameless, debauched and self-conscious, did she still want to set up an archway when she was a bitch?
There is obviously a big suspicion in this case, if Xiaoxiang Pavilion really hijacked Zhang Youcai, then they will definitely not send someone to report to the official, but every time Yu Niang wants to speak, Wang County's surprise will go down, how can she be given a chance to argue?
At this time, what is practiced is the rule of inaction, what is said is that the people do not raise officials and do not hold accountable, and the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and an official's political achievements are not judged by how many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases he has tried, but by the payment of taxes, the population per acre of land, and the stability of society under his rule. After all, the county magistrate is a county parent official, since he has become a parent, who wants someone in the family to always submit a complaint every once in a while? This kind of lawsuit-loving person was undoubtedly Diao Min in the eyes of the county officials at the time.
What's more, Liu Xiancheng just talked about his relationship with Zhang Youcai, and promised him many benefits, since there is no substantial harm to both parties, then it is preferable to make this matter a big thing small, and a small thing is the most desirable. But this matter is settled, and there is one more thing that is not finished.
Wang Zhixian made up his mind about the case, and the next thing was just for show, so he asked slowly: "Liu Yuniang, you sued the rich gentry of this county with the intention of slandering people's innocence, why did Lu Arrest see him being tied to the ground at that time?" How can he commit adultery? ā
Yu Niang replied: "Today, I am fortunate to have the help of a son, so that I can protect Xiang'er's innocence." ā
"Is he here?"
"That boy came with me and the others, and he must be waiting outside the hall at this time."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Wang Zhixian's mouth: "Pretending to be a relative of the imperial court, then start with me, a fake nephew, even if what everyone in Xiaoxiang Pavilion said is true, as long as he bites the identity of that untrustworthy scholar and falsifies, what he says will no longer be credible, and at that time I will see how Xiaoxiang Pavilion argues!" ā
Wang Zhixian made up his mind in his heart, and said in a shocked voice: "Bring the Xiaoxiang Pavilion certificate!" ā