Chapter VII: Suing the Silver and Clearing Grievances (II)

The county magistrate leaned down, bent down to look left and right at the two basins, and did not see any difference between the silver carts in the two basins containing water, turned around and returned to the back of the board, flicked the brim of his hat with his hand, and then pulled the collar again, and slowly sat down on the stool.

People outside the county office are also very curious, what is the difference between the silver carts in the two basins, and they all want to know what the silver of the crime looks like?

"Miss, if curiosity kills people, I'm really anxious, why is it so slow?" Biyun pouted and said, he kept standing on tiptoe when he spoke, raising his neck straight, his eyes wide open, and he looked anxiously at the two basins in the yamen with the strength of breastfeeding.

"Biyun, what are you anxious about?"

"It's still a good mentality of the young lady, no matter what happens, you can not be impatient." After Biyun finished speaking, he looked at the official again.

Syllable! After a sound, the county magistrate shook the startled wood on the board and shouted: "Chenyi, you... DID YOU KNOW... Guilty? Good... It's huge... The guts? How dare you... Dare to tease Ben... This officer? ”

Chen Yi was taken aback, he looked at the silver in the two basins, pretending to be looking at the basin, no, he clearly remembered that when he put the silver in the bag into the basin, there was obviously a little layer of grease floating on the surface of the water in the basin, and when he looked closely, it turned out that the water was too cold, and the grease was attached to the inner wall of the basin.

"Lord Qingtian, I see that the three of them are obviously in a gang, they are working together to lie to you, Lord Qingtian, you must be the master of the villain!" Behind him came the aggressive and harsh voice of the butcher.

"Lord Qiqi, only by torture can the guilty silver confess, ask the person to give the villain a chance, if the guilty silver still does not confess, the villain is willing to accept any punishment."

The people around the onlookers began to talk again, this is the trial of the silver first, and then the torture of the silver is really strange, there are more of them every year, but people still want to card how you execute the silver.

"It's just... It's unreasonable... Make trouble, I'll see first... First of all, you... You give... With torture... Hit twenty... After the big board, see if you are still ... The return person pleaded not guilty. The county magistrate stammered.

"Torture the silver, and return the silver a clean slate!" The person who spoke was Biyun, and after Biyun shouted, the surrounding crowd also shouted: "Torture the silver, and return the silver a clean slate." The sound of the voice came to the yamen.

Chen Yi turned his head, looked at the little girl who was shouting and smiled.

The county order, inadvertently startled, and hurriedly clapped the startling wood in his hand, which made the sound of the shocking wood, like a drop of water falling into a river, completely showing its effect.

Although the weather is approaching winter, the beads of sweat on the forehead of the county order keep sliding down to both sides of the cheeks, and the public opinion is embarrassed, at this time, the county order is mentally drummed, you say that this will be agreed, it will damage the official authority, if you don't agree, and the public opinion is difficult, it is really a dilemma, this will really hate Zhang Butcher, you said you don't buy pork, I will encounter these things, and glared fiercely at Zhang Butcher's place. If Zhang Butcher knows what the county order thinks at this time, it is estimated that he will collapse and die, and I will provoke you as a meat seller.

The master, who was standing behind the county commander, walked to the county commander's side, bent down, put his lips to the county commander's ear and said, "My lord, I don't think it's as good as this, you ......." When I heard the county order, my eyes lit up

"Well, Master Qian... Master, you... You and me... I want to send... The same. The county magistrate Tian said shamelessly to the master, touching his beard as he spoke.

"Quiet, solemn... Quiet, this official is subjected to... Commissioned by... Holy, it is for... In order to make... Benefiting a... On the one hand, there must be benevolence... A heart of benevolence must be benevolent... An act of kindness, I won't... will be wronged a... A good man, but never... In a pig's eye... Won't be wronged... Wronged one... A bad guy, this official is in... In the Chen... Tatsuyiichi... A discernment... Discernment machine... Opportunity. The prefectural commander stood up from the stool, faced the place where the palace was, raised his hands over his shoulders, and said respectfully.

"Good!" The onlookers applauded and cheered loudly.

Chen Yi, if it hadn't been through two lives, I'm afraid it would have been a mess of moving and messing, who made the ancients think so purely.

"Chenyi, you... You said you wanted... To give silver... Silver Shi... Shi Shi... What the... Crime, crime, crime ”

"Lord Qiyu, silver is different from people, it is not a mortal fetus, there is a saying that real gold is not afraid of fire." After Chen Yi finished speaking, he looked at the two observation brothers standing beside him, and then said: "I want the two official brothers to find two pots and basins that are on fire, and put them under these two basins, and then the adults will know that it is the silver in the basin that has committed the crime, and then the adults will also know who is lying and who is deceiving you." ”

The two officials glanced at their lord, and when they saw the lord, they said, "You two will do as he says." So the two of them hurriedly walked in from behind the yamen, and after about half a pillar of incense (that is, more than two minutes), the two officials came out of the back room with two braziers, came to the yamen, and looked at the two braziers that were blazing.

"Chenyi, why do you want... To put the basin in... Put on the fire... Plus in the fire... What about heating? The county commander asked curiously.

"Lord Qiyu, before coming to the county office, when passing by the meat stall in the town, I specially asked Li Er, who also sold meat not far from Zhang's butcher, and in the process of chatting, I knew that Zhang's butcher had a special preference, and after returning home at night, he would wash the money from selling meat every day with clean water at home."

"Lord Qingtian, I am really wronged, what can this prove? Do I go home at night to clean the silver taels, I usually love to be clean, do I still have to go to jail? Yes? Guys, you're commenting, am I right? Zhang Butcher turned around as he spoke, facing the crowd of onlookers and said.

"yes, that's right." People talked about it.

"Yes, you say... What do you say? The county commander touched his beard and said to Chen Yi in a heavy voice.

"Lord Qiyu, Zhang Butcher is not wrong, the fault is that his habit of washing silver every night has become the key to solving the case, because it is winter now, and the oil on the silver will not float on the surface of the water in the cold water, only after the water in the basin slowly becomes hot, the lard on the silver will slowly leave the surface of the silver, and float a layer of oil on the water, which happens to prove that the money is not Zhang Butcher's own. It's someone else's. ”

Chen Yi, after speaking, looked at the pot burning on the fire, the cold water in the basin gradually became hot, and after a while, a pot of water surface, floated out a little oil flowers, Chen Yi looked at the oil flowers in the pot, the more he looked at it, the more he loved.

"There has been, there has been, my lord, there is really an oil flower on the water surface of the basin on the left, my lord, come down and take a look." The two officials who had just gone to fetch the brazier hugged each other excitedly. Said to the prefectural order.

"In the public ... In the court, there was a loud noise... What is the noise? Cheng He... What is the system? The prefectural magistrate said as he hurriedly walked over.

I walked to the basin, bent down to take a closer look, and there were really some large and small oil flowers floating on the water surface of the basin, and I shouted:

"It's true, why didn't the old man think of it? Not bad? Not bad! Butcher Zhang, what else do you have to say? The county magistrate glared at Zhang Zhang Butcher viciously.

Butcher Zhang was anxious, and hurriedly said with a quibble: "Lord Qingtian, you are wronged, this cannot be used as evidence." ”

"Okay, you... Sheet... Butcher Zhang, this will be... You're still there... In the quibble, then you come... to explain a... One time, two basins... The water in the basin, why ... Will it not be alike... Same? Seemingly... It doesn't have to be big... Big, big punishment for you... You're not recruiting. The county order, shocked the wood to slap the board, only to hear a snap, the county order stammered and said:

"Come... Come on, give me a big... Punishment awaits. ”

As soon as the words of the county order were finished, seeing that the two officials were about to come over, Zhang Butcher had an idea and knelt on the ground: "Master, I went home last night, I was too tired, and there were some silver taels that were not cleaned, so I lay on the bed and fell asleep, and it will appear, there are oil flowers floating on the water in a basin, and there are no oil flowers floating out of a basin, lord, you have to make decisions for me." Zhang Butcher looked at the county order with a pitiful look.

At this time, the county commander was also up and down in his heart, so he looked at Chen Yi again.

Chen Yi was also a little stunned at this time, how could he forget this problem, and he was about to win.

Chen Yi looked at the two basins carefully, thought for a while, and said to the county order: "Lord Qiyu, I still have a question I want to ask the butcher, and after this question is asked, I am willing to be punished." ”

"Okay, you... You ask? The county magistrate said impatiently.

Biyun, who was standing outside the yamen, whispered sullenly: "It's really a dog official, turning your face faster than turning a book." ”

"Butcher Zhang, do you really remember clearly, you only cleaned a part of the silver last night and rested early?" Chen Yi walked to the basin on the right, turned around and accidentally knocked the basin to the ground, patting the butcher felt that Chen Yi should be annoyed,

"That's right, I'm pretty sure, I didn't clean the silver last night, I felt very sleepy, I was going to rest for a while to clean the silver, who knew that I was lying in bed, and I slept until dawn, and I hurriedly put the washed silver in my pocket, and the silver that was not washed was in my arms, and hurriedly came to set up a meat stall, who would have thought that this morning would encounter such an unfortunate thing, it was really unlucky." Zhang Butcher thought for a while, felt that there should be no problem, and his victory was in sight, so he spoke.

"You've thought about it, is that really the case?" Faced with Chen Yi's second time asking the same question, he felt that Chen Yi was annoyed and angry.

"I've thought about it, I've thought it clearly." Said smugly.

He will know that this is the pit that Chen Yi dug for him, and he is waiting for him to jump into the pit.

"My lord, all the officials and big brothers, you have heard clearly."

"That's right, so Butcher Zhang didn't lie, and it's time to close the case." The county order is completely nonsensical about Chenyi's approach.

"Come on, give me the dog's egg water and aquatic life... Betting into the large... Prison, waiting to be issued... Hair falls. "The officials were preparing to take the aquatic and dog eggs and walk in the direction of the prison, but they had not yet taken a step.

Chen Yi couldn't take his eyes off it, looking at the water surface of the basin on the right, and gradually the silver from the bottom of the water floated out of the splash, and shouted loudly: "Wait, my lord, I can prove that Butcher Zhang is lying." ”

The official who was standing next to Chen Yi saw Chen Yi looking at the basin, and the two of them also looked over curiously, only to see that oil flowers gradually floated out on the water surface of the basin, and shouted excitedly: "My lord, there are also oil flowers in the basin on the right side of my lord, come and see it." ”

When the county order was heard, I thought about what was going on at this time? Didn't Butcher Zhang say that the silver had not been cleaned, why would oil splashes float on the water surface of the two basins? I ran over to see that there were really oil flowers floating on the water. This will be a pig should also understand that the Zhang butcher is lying, and the county order said angrily: "Hurry up and put ... Combining aquatic and... And the dog egg gives... I put it on. ”

When Zhang Butcher heard this, he was anxious about this impossibility, and hurriedly ran over to take a look, only to see oil flowers floating on the water surface of the two basins, and shouted: "This is impossible, I obviously remember that last night, after cleaning all the silver, there will be oil flowers floating on both sides of the water." ”

Chenyi, listen, sample! Finally showing the fox's tail, he deliberately asked the crowd of onlookers, "Uncles and aunts, big brothers and sisters, what did you just hear?" ”

"We heard, this is impossible, I remember last night, after all the silver was washed, there were oil flowers floating on both sides." The crowd of onlookers said in unison.

"Quiet, good... Okay, you're a Zhang... Butcher Zhang, do you know... Guilty? With a snap, the sound of people chatting stopped.

"Lord Qingtian, the villain is confused for a while, the villain has an eighty-year-old mother and a two-year-old child, please be gracious, and the adult is gracious." Zhang butcher knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

After Zhang Tuhu announced the verdict, the people also dispersed and went to do their own things, Chen Yihe helped Shui Sheng and Goudan just walked out, and saw Uncle Zhao and his son driving an ox cart over.

"Brother Chenyi, thanks to you this time, otherwise Shui Sheng and I would probably be imprisoned."

"Brother Chenyi, I will definitely repay you for this kindness in the future." Shui Sheng also said to Chen Yi.

"What in return?" At this time, Uncle Zhao rushed over and said.

"Uncle Zhao, we are talking about Brother Chenyi's life-saving grace to us this time, and we will repay it in the future." Shui Sheng and Dogan said.

"Well, thanks to Chen Yi this time, otherwise you will be in big trouble, come, you and Goudan will sit on the ox cart first, let's go back, and the matter of repaying the favor will be said when we go home." After Chen Yi, Uncle Zhang, and Uncle Zhao's son helped the two of them into the car, they rushed back in the direction of Chenjia Village with the moo of the big yellow cow.

Before their figures disappeared on the floor line, three people came out from behind the yamen, and these three people were the three of them.

"Miss, what do you see? People are far away, reluctant? Wouldn't you really be interested in him anymore? ”

"What are you talking about, dead girl? It's time for us to open this place and rush to Luoyang. ”

Looking at the figure of Chen Yi and his group in the distance, he vaguely felt that he would still meet him.