This morning, a village in the territory of Jiujiang Prefecture. Eighty-one? Chinese (8) ??.? 8 (8) 1?Z?(1) .COM

While people were eating and chatting under the big tree at the head of the village, several fast horses galloped from the road in the distance, raising a cloud of dust on the road and attracting everyone's attention.

When several horses approached, people could see the people on horseback, the tall, thin man in the lead, dressed in civilian clothes, and the rest dressed as official uniforms.

Out of fear of the yamen servants, the people who were originally talking and laughing suddenly closed their mouths, and looked at the people who came curiously, not knowing what was happening.

"This old brother, let me ask, where does the Zhang family in your village live where their children died three years ago?"

When he came to the entrance of the village, the tall thin man in the lead turned over and dismounted, and asked a middle-aged man in his forties who was closest to him.

This tall and thin man is naturally Lu Xiaoming's henchman, and this time he came to perform an important task, so his attitude is very kind.

After all, Li Hongyu has already come to Jiujiang, and even Lu Xiaoming feels frightened, not to mention the thin and tall man, naturally he can no longer act as arrogantly as before, and it will not be good to pass it on to Li Hongyu.

Hearing the tall and thin man call himself "brother", the middle-aged man in his forties was suddenly a little confused, you must know that the servants of the Yamen are all flying and domineering after going to the countryside, and the tall and thin man obviously has a more noble status than those of the Yamen, but his attitude is very different.

"Master, my lord asked you!" Seeing that the forty-year-old man was stupid there, a middle-aged woman in her thirties on the side hurriedly reached out and pulled the corner of his clothes to remind.

"I know, I know, his family lives in the south of the village." The middle-aged man in his forties suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly pointed to the village and said to the tall and thin man, looking submissive.

"This old brother, I'm sorry for you to show me the way." The tall, thin man glanced up at the village and said to the forty-year-old man with a smile.

"Okay, sir, please!" Hearing this, the forty-year-old man nodded again and again, handed the dishes and chopsticks in his hand to the middle-aged woman next to him, and then led the thin and tall man into the village.

"Are these poor masters here to find the Zhang family? Could it be that Second Uncle Zhang went to the yamen to sue again? ”

"No, the second grandfather and the second grandmother are always at home these days."

"Complaining? This yamen belongs to Chen Papi's family, and he doesn't even accept the case according to the inspection envoy department, where can he go to sue? ”

"But what are these poor masters doing? The case of the Zhang family has long been closed! ”

"Let's go, let's see!"

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When the tall and thin man and his party left, the people at the head of the village immediately whispered to each other, and then followed behind in a swarm to watch the excitement.

In the south of the village, a family with low courtyard walls and a few thatched huts.

"Second brother, the people from the yamen are here."

An old man in his sixties was sitting in the yard chopping wood, his left leg seemed to have some problems, and he could only stretch out and not curl up, and a teenager led a group of children into the yard and said loudly to the old man.

People in the countryside call each other according to their seniority, don't look at this teenage boy is young, but his generation is the same as the old man, so he is called "second brother".

"People from the Yamen?" The old man was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then subconsciously clenched the axe in his hand, looking very vigilant, and his face showed a little anger.

Three years ago, Zhang Laohan's eldest son, eldest daughter-in-law and Zhang Laohan's daughter went to the county seat to buy fabrics, but unexpectedly met Chen Ergongzi, and the daughter-in-law was molested by Chen Ergongzi.

Zhang Laohan's eldest son naturally wanted to protect his wife, but he was beaten violently by Chen Ergongzi's men, Chen Ergongzi not only ruined Zhang Laohan's eldest daughter-in-law, but also rewarded Zhang Laohan's daughter to his subordinates, and let his subordinates ****.

Afterwards, Zhang Laohan's eldest daughter-in-law and daughter were shameless and committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and the eldest son was also seriously injured and died.

Zhang Laohan's second son was not angry, and he went to the county government to sue Chen Ergongzi when he was young, but it was easy to enter the yamen and difficult to get out of the yamen, and he was arrested and put in prison by the county Cheng in the name of secretly communicating with water bandits, tortured, and was beaten to death the next day, and then hung his body to show the public.

In an instant, the son, daughter-in-law and daughter of the Zhang family were separated from Zhang Laohan, which made Zhang Laohan heartbroken, and his temperament changed greatly.

The county government naturally would not accept Zhang Laohan's case, so Zhang Laohan went to the government again, and the overstepping sue was to be punished, and he would not necessarily receive the board, Zhang Laohan was blasted out after the government received a board.

This made Zhang Laohan turn his heart sideways, and went to the provincial capital to report to the Yamen, and the officials of the Yamen of the Ministry of Investigation did not beat him, but did not accept his case, but notified the county government to receive people, and Zhang Laohan was brought back by the county government's messengers.

The official of the county government did not move Zhang Laohan this time, and let him go when he arrived at the county office, but as soon as Zhang Laohan left the county office, he was targeted by two local ruffians and lame one of his legs with a stick, and one of them also said viciously to see how Zhang Laohan sued this time.

After this toss, Zhang Laohan is completely dead, after all, he is just a flat-headed commoner, and he is also more than half a hundred years old, how can he go to the yamen to sue again after being lame?

Besides, this yamen is not a place to be reasonable, the officialdom protects each other, and even according to the inspection and envoy department does not accept him and hopes, he can't go to the capital to sue the emperor, the farthest place he has been to in his life is the provincial capital, and there is not enough to go to the capital.

But today, the people from the yamen actually found the door, and out of hatred for the yamen servants, Zhang Laohan was naturally vigilant, thinking that there must be nothing good.

"Master, this is the person you are looking for."

Just as Zhang Laohan looked at the courtyard gate with an angry expression, the forty-year-old man led the thin and tall man in, pointed to Zhang Laohan and said to the forty-year-old man.

"Second uncle, the master of the yamen is coming to you."

Then, the forty-year-old man walked to Zhang Laohan, who was holding the axe in his hand, and said after snatching the axe in his hand, "It was sent by the prefect, for the sake of the case!" ”

"Lord Prefect?" Zhang Laohan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that more than two years had passed, and the prefect suddenly cared about his case.

"Uncle, the prefect recently looked through the previous case files, and inadvertently found that your case was full of suspicions, so he specially sent me to investigate."

At this time, a tall thin man stepped forward and said to Zhang Laohan with a smile, "If you have any grievances, you can tell me." ”

"Know...... Can the prefect avenge me? Zhang Laohan looked at the tall and thin man in disbelief, his face was full of surprise, things happened too suddenly.

"The prefect is the parent official of Jiujiang, how can he sit back and watch the people in his jurisdiction suffer injustice?" The tall and thin man nodded when he heard this, and said with a straight face.

"Master, the villain is wronged, the injustice is as deep as the sea!"

Zhang Laohan finally reacted at this time, his legs bent, and he knelt down for the thin and tall man, and couldn't help the old tears, he was already desperate, but he didn't expect God's mercy to make the case see the light of day.

"Uncle, please get up quickly." Seeing this, the tall thin man hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, and said solemnly, "Don't worry, the prefect loves the people like a son, if you really have grievances, he will definitely avenge you!" ”

"Lord Xie Zhifu, Lord Xie Zhifu!" Hearing this, Zhang Laohan knocked his head three times in a row, and then was helped up by the tall and thin man.

"It seems that the prefect is going to avenge the Zhang family this time." The onlookers were happy for Zhang Laohan when they saw this, and Zhang Laohan did not seem to have suffered in vain for so many years.

When the thin and tall man left, he took away Mr. and Mrs. Zhang, sent them straight to the mansion, and sent his henchmen to take care of them, forbidding anyone to approach.

Soon, the news that Lu Xiaoming was going to overturn the case for Zhang Laohan's family spread all over Jiujiang Mansion like a whirlwind, and it was already a very gimmick for the prefect to overturn the case, and now one side of the case involves the Chen family, which makes this matter the top priority in Jiujiang Mansion and even several state capitals along Poyang Lake, no one expected that Lu Xiaoming would suddenly make trouble to the Chen family.

Of course, compared with ordinary people, those local magnates know more things, and naturally know that Lu Xiaoming will definitely not do this because he "loves the people like a son", otherwise this case would have been overturned a long time ago, so why wait until today.

To be precise, many local magnates already knew that the Chen family did not give gifts to Lu Xiaoming, and then Lu Xiaoming began to turn over the old man's case, and his intention was naturally self-evident, it must be to give the Chen family a powerful look.

As for the outcome of the matter, those powerful people already knew that Lu Xiaoming would definitely not kill the Chen family, but just knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, as long as the Chen family sent the appropriate "heart", then Lu Xiaoming naturally turned the matter of the case into a small matter and a small matter.

Therefore, those powerful people were secretly talking about this matter, speculating about how much the Chen family would have to pay this time to save the day.

There is an old saying that is good, the county order that breaks the family, and the Lingyi who destroys the door, which means that a county can make people ruined, and Lingyi can destroy people, which means that the power of the magistrate is huge, and it is impossible to provoke.

Therefore, Master Chen's actions this time are really inappropriate, even if Lu Xiaoming is about to lose power, but he is the prefect of Jiujiang after all, and he has also given the Chen family enough shelter in the past year.

As for the gift to Lu Xiaoming, those local magnates think that this is a very normal thing, after all, this is an unspoken rule in society, which is an out-and-out power and money transaction, which is beneficial to everyone, and both sides take what they need, and no one wants this unspoken rule to be broken.

However, Master Chen's approach undoubtedly undermined this tacit understanding and broke this unspoken rule, and he was naturally secretly accused by those local magnates who benefited from it.

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