Zheng Gangling is a relatively old-fashioned gentleman-type scholar, and he can become a county magistrate because of his articles, but if he wants to be flexible, he is a little worse, especially in solving cases.

However, fortunately, Li Rizhi far surpassed Zheng Gangling in this regard, and gave Zheng Gangling an idea, and the idea was very simple, as soon as Zheng Gangling heard it, he knew that it would work, and he would definitely be able to ask!

Bringing Murong Zhi's wife to the second hall, Zheng Gangling said to this sturdy woman: "No matter how hard-mouthed a prisoner is, as long as dozens of boards are beaten, he will recruit whatever he wants." Your husband Murong Zhi has already recruited all of them, but he said that it was the silver you stole and had nothing to do with him, and now the official comes to ask you, did you steal Wang Dawan's silver? ”

Of course, Murong Zhi's wife can't admit it, although she is afraid, she also knows that this kind of thing can never be admitted, and she doesn't believe that her husband will confess, as for saying that it was the silver she secretly exchanged, it was pure nonsense, because the silver was obviously changed by Murong Zhi himself, how could it be her!

This sturdy woman refused to confess, which was naturally all expected by Li Rizhi, so he also prepared a few words for Zheng Gangling, as long as Zheng Gangling said it in order.

Zheng Gangling said again: "For the matter of stealing and exchanging silver, according to my "Tang Law", I will be beaten a hundred boards, and then exiled for 3,000 miles, it is estimated that I will be beaten and exiled again, and I will lose half of my life." So your husband said that you stole the silver, and you should bear all the blame, and he said that the silver is still there, and he is willing to return the big bowl to the king, if you don't believe it, the official will ask him face to face! ”

After that, Zheng Gangling didn't care about Murong Zhi's wife's reaction, he walked directly to the door of the second hall, opened the door, walked into the lobby, and shouted loudly outside: "Murong Zhi, is the silver word still there?" ”

Immediately after, Murong Zhi's voice came: "In, in, the silver word is still there!" ”

Although the distance is quite far away, it is quiet in the middle of the night, and the sturdy woman can still distinguish clearly, it is indeed the voice of her husband Murong Zhi!

After getting the reply, Zheng Gangling walked back to the second hall, closed the door, and said to Murong Zhi's wife: "What your husband said, you must have heard it, who of you got the silver, make it clear, otherwise you will be punished!" ”

Murong Zhi's wife sat on the ground, trembling all over, and stammered: "Recruit, all the slave family recruits, but this thing is really not done by the slave family!" ”

As she spoke, she began to cry, although she didn't dare to cry loudly, but she could really hear that she was really sad, maybe she didn't expect this to be the result, her husband actually betrayed her and let her take all the blame!

In the second hall, Li Rizhi couldn't bear it anymore and secretly walked out from behind the screen, because there was only one candle in the second hall, which was placed in front of Murong Zhi's wife, so he could see the fierce woman clearly, but the other party couldn't see him clearly.

Murong Zhi's wife cried: "Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master of the slave family!" Obviously, it was Murong Zhi's dead ghost yesterday, seeing that the skin bag stored in the cabinet of Wang Dawan was full of silver, but when he registered, he did not write the silver bag, but the money bag, so he poured out all the silver, and then stuffed it with copper coins, these things were all done by him, not by the slave family! ”

The thought of the possibility of being punished by a hundred boards and being exiled for three thousand miles, the sturdy woman was so frightened that her whole body trembled, and if she was put on the board, she would have to lose half her life if she didn't die, and if she was exiled for three thousand miles, she would be dead and alive, if she really said that she was a person who stole silver, then her life would end here.

The sturdy woman is very puzzled, her husband is usually very good to her, how can he change his mind when he encounters a big event, and he is such a waste, he didn't say that as long as he doesn't admit it, no one can take him, why is he only beaten by the board, and he recruits everything, what a useless waste!

Zheng Gangling snorted, clapped his hands, recruited two errands, and called a clerk, saying, "Take her down, record her confession, and let her sign and draw the charge." ”

When the messenger took away Murong Zhi's wife, Zheng Gangling suddenly smiled and said: "When I first heard about this case, I really felt a little helpless, but let you know that this case was solved so easily." ”

Li Rizhi was very proud, and said: "Nephew pinched his fingers, in fact, this case is such a small matter, it can be solved casually!" ”

Zheng Gangling also smiled, I wanted to say that my nephew liked to brag at a young age, but after thinking about it, he really didn't brag, didn't he easily solve this case!

After waiting for a while, the messenger escorted Murong Zhi's wife back, and the secretary presented the confession, Zheng Gangling looked at it, and saw that the confession was completely in line with the specifications, and the handprints were all pressed, so he said: "Escort her to the courtyard in front, everyone on duty tonight should be careful, just don't kill anyone, and if you do anything else, just let them toss this half night, and the rest of the people will wait, go back to sleep!" ”

The messenger and the clerk agreed in unison and escorted Murong Zhi's wife to the front yard, where there were exclamations and reprimands from the officer.

The matter was solved, Zheng Gangling took Li Rizhi to the back house, and the two uncles and nephews were hungry, but they should not eat too much before going to bed, but they ate some supper casually and went back to the room to sleep.

The front yard of the county government is lively, the servants are disgusted with the people of the Murong family, and they can toss these poor masters in the middle of the night, since you toss the poor master, then don't blame the poor master for tossing you!

The servants lit another candle and put it in front of Murong Zhi's wife, and then put another candle in front of Murong Zhi, except for the moonlight in the entire courtyard, there was only the light from these two candles, so that the guests who were witnesses, as well as Murong Youniu, could all see the couple's faces clearly!

Murong Zhi was shocked, seeing his wife kneeling beside him, he hurriedly said, "You mother-in-law, why are you here?" ”

"You damned ghost, do you think I'm here myself?" His wife was also anxious, and said disregardlessly: "If you hadn't recruited everything, and said that it was the silver I stole and exchanged, could I kneel here, you worthless thing, as long as you don't admit it, why should you admit it?" ”

Murong Zhi didn't understand for a while, he said, "What? What did I do? ”

But he didn't understand, but the people listening next to him understood, as long as he didn't admit it, why admit it? Doesn't that mean that Murong Zhi stole the silver, and these people kindly testified for him, but as a result, they suffered this unjustified disaster and were escorted here to kneel in the middle of the night!

At the thought of committing perjury, not only were the guests angry, but the chief Murong Youniu almost fainted, he only felt that his future was all over, this was really a pit by his relatives, and it was impossible for him to continue to do it here!

Murong Zhi and his wife spoke, and the servants reprimanded them to make them quieter, and after the reprimand, they all left the courtyard and found a place to rest. As soon as the servants left, the people in the courtyard were in chaos at once!

Murong Youniu sat down on the ground all of a sudden, pointing at Murong Zhi so angry that tears flowed down, and he said: "Murong Zhi, you conscience thing, you are going to trap me to death, I am the chief, I am also an official family, you dare to pit me!" ”

The lieutenant chief is really not an official family, but Murong Youniu sees it bigger than the sky, and now he has committed perjury, and he has been exposed by the county magistrate, how can he, the lieutenant chief, continue to be the lieutenant chief, and if he can't be the lieutenant chief, it will make him uncomfortable than asking for his life!

Those guests who were witnesses were also very angry, and they were kind enough to help, after all, they saw that Wang Dawan was talking about money bags, not silver bags, so they made a favor and helped the shopkeeper to testify, and they also counted on Murong Zhizhi to repay their kindness and reduce two of their hotel money, after all, everyone is not rich.

Murong Zhi's wife hasn't understood the taste until now, she still thinks that Murong Zhi has confessed, and put the charge on her head, she is a tough woman, not so easy to bully, this dead ghost in the family is just inadequate!

Murong Zhi scolded the stupid mother-in-law, this is obviously fooled, she is still holding on, this stupid mother-in-law actually confessed first, she had to beat her, and she turned against the sky!

The two of them first quarreled in a low voice, and after a while, the voice became louder and louder, Murong Zhi was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he slapped his wife in the face; Then his wife was also angry, and she was quite strong, how could she be beaten in vain, and when she stretched out her hand to scratch it, she scratched five blood marks on Murong Zhi's face!

The two of them started fighting, and Murong Youniu was extremely angry, reached out and grabbed Murong Zhi's hair, and shouted, "Scratch him, scratch him!" ”

Murong Zhi's wife really pounced on it and scratched it fiercely, screaming at the dead ghost while scratching, the guests next to him didn't dare to speak loudly, let alone beat people, kneeling in the yamen, who can not be afraid, especially since they are all from other places, the most feared thing is to eat lawsuits in other places!

The guests saw that Murong Youniu was beating people, they hesitated at first, it can be seen that the three of them were in a mess, but they did not come out to scold, their courage also increased, they rushed over together, and beat Murong Zhi, and after a while, even Murong Zhi's wife was beaten, and Murong Youniu's body was also hit a few times!

There was a mess on their side, but the officers did not immediately come out to stop it, and after a quarter of an hour of fighting, the people in the courtyard were tired, and the officers came out, forcibly pulled the people away, and made them kneel again!

The leading errand is a head catcher, named Duan Baokang, and he is the leader among the errand officers on duty tonight.

Duan Baokang held a lantern in his hand, walked up to Murong Zhi and his wife, and saw the two of them lying on the ground and humming, although they were beaten enough, they were not worried about their lives.

Duan Bao Kang laughed heartily, and said to Murong Youniu and those guests next to him: "Are you reluctant to let them be, or you haven't eaten at night, you haven't killed them for so long!" ”

Murong Youniu said with a bitter face: "Don't dare, don't dare, the villain is a law-abiding person who knows etiquette, how can he beat people, and besides, the two of them are not guilty of capital crimes, if they are beaten to death, then these guests will not become murderers!" ”

The faces of the guests changed in unison, and what he said was as if he didn't hit anyone just now, but in fact, he was the first to move!

Duan Baokang shook his head and said: "It seems that your lieutenant chief can't be the lieutenant chief, I originally thought that you could start beating these two thieves, after all, you are the lieutenant chief, you must put justice first, you can't just think that they are your relatives, but you didn't even do it, it seems that this is a bend of the law for personal gain, I don't think you can be this lieutenant chief!" ”

"If you want to say that there is no justice, the villain can't be humble anymore, in fact, the first blow to these two thieves is the villain's hand!" Murong Youniu immediately said.