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Li Wengui was immediately overjoyed, he was about to report to the official, but he didn't expect Jiang Zhixian to come by himself, it was too timely, but Tang Lian felt strange, the case that happened last night, Jiang Zhixian came at noon, it shouldn't be for Zhang Junbao's death!

Li Wengui hurriedly ordered the gate to be reopened, and at this time, everyone in the Zhang family didn't care about making trouble in front of the Li Mansion, and ran to block the road and shout grievances. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The whole Lushan Town was a sensation, and every household went out to see the excitement, and surrounded the inn where Jiang Zhixian temporarily stayed three floors inside and three floors outside, and there were many discussions.

Tang Lian squeezed into the courtyard of the inn, bowed to Jiang Zhixian, who had just come out of the sedan chair, and said, "Xiaohe Township is Baozheng Tang Lian to see the county gentleman!" ”

Jiang Zhixian frowned, "This county is here to handle the case, so that the idle people have left, and they have to interfere with the case." ”

Mo Jun, a staff member who came together, whispered on the side: "It is a common practice for the people to watch and handle the case, which is conducive to the formation of the name of the county monarch Qingtian, and I think it is better to stay." ”

Jiang Dadao nodded, he heard this sentence very well, so he changed his words again: "You can listen, but you are not allowed to make noise!" ”

At this time, the shopkeeper moved a wide seat, Jiang Dadao sat down and said to Tang Lian: "This county came to Xiaohe Township this time, because Xiaohe villager Li Yanqing sued the squire Zhang Junbao for forcibly seizing people's land and beating Li Wen villager Li Yanhu to death, and his life is at stake. ”

Mo Jun, a staff member next to him, stepped forward and handed a list to Tang Lian, Tang Lian was completely stunned, it turned out that he was not here for Zhang Junbao to be killed, but for the murder of Li Yanhu in Li Wencun, at this time, Tang Lian suddenly saw Li Yanqing, and he was standing behind the magistrate.

Tang Lian looked at the list, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Qiyu County Junjun, the defendant on the list, Zhang Junbao, is dead!" ”

Everyone was stunned, the defendant was actually dead, what else is trying in this case? Jiang Dadao hurriedly asked: "Zhang Junbao committed suicide in fear of crime?" ”

"It should not have been a suicide in fear of sin, but someone shot with an arrow last night."

Jiang Dadao's head suddenly became big, he couldn't hinder Li Yanqing's face, so he came to Lushan Town to investigate the case, but he didn't expect the suspect to be killed again, and it became a case within a case, how can he investigate?

He glanced back at Mo Jun, and Mo Jun hurriedly said: "These should be two cases, the case that Li Xie Yuan sued is relatively simple, although Zhang Junbao is dead, but his son is here, let his son come out to respond to the lawsuit, if he should be arrested, he will be compensated, and this case can be closed first." ”

Jiang Dadao basically listened to the ideas of the staff, and also felt that Mo Jun made sense, he looked at Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Mo Fuzi suggested, Xiaomin is willing to accept it!" ”

Jiang Dadao nodded, and said to Tang Lian: "Zhang Jun is dead, but his son is still there, let his son replace his father to respond to the lawsuit, and the people on the list will be found together, and he will be sent to the autopsy!" ”

At this time, the news has spread, the county magistrate came to Lushan Town to handle the case is Xie Yuan Li Yanqing sued the Zhang family, Li Wengui happened to squeeze over, he heard the rumors, and his heart suddenly panicked, it turned out that Li Yanqing rushed back to the county seat overnight the day before yesterday to complain, so does this matter have anything to do with himself?

He turned around and was about to slip away quietly, but Tang Lian stopped him, "Wengui, don't go, the magistrate invites you over, your name is on the case list." ”

Li Wengui was so frightened that his legs weakened for a while, and he hurriedly pulled Tang Lian aside and asked in a low voice, "This matter has nothing to do with me!" Why did the magistrate call me? ”

Tang Lian looked at the list, "It seems that you are just a witness, not a defendant." ”

Li Wengui breathed a long sigh of relief, just a witness, he was afraid that Li Yanhu's death would involve him.

Tang Lian whispered to Li Wengui again: "It just so happens that the magistrate is here, and the matter of Zhang Junbao will be solved together, so that the Zhang family will not let you go." ”

Li Wengui nodded, this is the big thing that makes him big, Zhang Junbao was killed and his own, nine times out of ten it was done by the people of Li Wencun, let the magistrate try them.

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Half an hour later, more than 20 people involved in the case were brought to the inn and stood in a courtyard full of courtyards, ready to be questioned by the magistrate, and when Li Dayin heard that the magistrate was going to try the case of his son being beaten to death, he knelt on the ground and wept silently.

At this time, the two servants also came back from an autopsy, and the person headed by the leader bowed down and reported: "Qiqi County Jun, we were ordered to investigate the cause of death of Li Yanhu, a villager in Li Wen Village, and found a large number of traces of beating with sticks on his body, fatally wounded on his head, and it can be confirmed that Li Yanhu was beaten to death by a random stick." ”

Jiang Dadao nodded and asked Zhang Mudao, the second son of Zhang Junbao: "The place of murder is on the land of the Li clan, after the investigation of this county, Li Yanhu did not infringe on the interests of the Zhang family, why did your father lead people to commit murder?" ”

Zhang Mu had a fire in his heart, his father was obviously killed, but now he has become a murderer, there is no heavenly reason, but when the magistrate asked, he had to answer, he distinguished: "My father has reached a contract with Li Wengui to buy land, and the land belongs to my father, but Li Yanhu and others are unreasonable to obstruct it, the two sides have a fight, not intentionally killing, but accidentally injured in a fight, please know the county Mingjian!" ”

"Where is Li Wengui?"

Li Wengui hurriedly walked out and bowed, "The villain is here!" ”

In the Song Dynasty, the trial of cases was generally to stand and kneel, and there was no provision that they must kneel down to hear the trial, and the villagers were generally afraid of official authority, so they would often kneel down to redress their grievances, and the officials would also listen to the convenience and would not deliberately obstruct them, and only the suspects must kneel down to hear the verdict when they confessed.

Therefore, it is common knowledge that officials do not kneel in the Song Dynasty, and squires with a slight status like Li Wengui and Zhang Mu will not kneel easily.

Of course, Jiang Dadao knew Li Wengui and drank together a few times, but now is not the time to make friends, he glanced at Li Wengui and asked coldly: "Zhang Mu said just now that his father and you reached a land sale contract, is there such a thing?" ”

Li Wengui took out the contract and presented it to the magistrate: "There is indeed such a thing, this is a contract, please take a look at the county monarch." ”

The official took the contract and wanted to hand it to Jiang Dadao, Jiang Dadao flipped through it, but handed it to the staff member Mo Jun, Mo Jun said a few words to Jiang Dadao, Jiang Dadao frowned, "Li Wengui, the land in Xiaohonglin is not in your name, what right do you have to sell it?" ”

This is the crux of the case, is it legal to buy and sell?

Li Wengui hurriedly said: "Qiyu County Jun, that piece of land is owned by the family, and the villain is currently the patriarch of the Li family, and he has the right to dispose of that piece of land!" ”

Next to him, Mo Jun said: "There has never been such a decree that land is owned by the family in the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, it is only in the name of a specific person, I have seen the land registration, and that land should be owned by Li Wenyou, and it has nothing to do with you."

Of course, there will be certain conventions in the countryside, but even if as you said, that land is family land, and you, as the patriarch, want to sell him, either you first transfer the land to your own name, or take out the power of attorney that all the clansmen entrust you to buy and sell the land, as long as you take out any of these two things, you can dispose of them as you like, do you have them? ”

Li Wengui secretly scolded in his heart, he also gave gifts to Mo Jun during the New Year's holidays, why didn't he help himself at the critical moment, could it be ..... Did Li Yanqing, that little bastard, buy it with a lot of money?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it became, even if he wanted to take out twice the benefits, now was not the time, he had to look at Mo Jun, hesitated for a moment and said, "The villain is handling it, and it hasn't been completed yet!" ”

"Smack!" Jiang Dadao slapped the table heavily, "Since there is no proof that you have the right to dispose of that land, then this county can declare that your sale and purchase contract is invalid." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Dadao glared at Zhang Mu, "Then Li Yanhu's death is your father leading people to commit murder!" ”

Zhang Mu was startled and hurriedly explained: "My father didn't want to kill anyone, but there was a fight at that time, the situation was very chaotic, and it was at night, my father couldn't stop it, it was those young people who did it without permission, and it had nothing to do with my father!" ”

As soon as he said this, more than a dozen Zhang family disciples kneeling next to him suddenly shouted, "Obviously, your father spent money to let us grab the land, and it was also his order to beat the other party to death, but now you are putting the responsibility on our heads, do you want to be shameless?" ”

"Don't be noisy!"

Jiang Dadao roared, everyone suddenly quieted down, more than a dozen Zhang family children glared at Zhang Mu hatefully, Zhang Junbao clearly said that he would bear the human life, but now it's good, his son actually pushed it cleanly, which made more than a dozen Zhang family children angry.

At this time, Mo Jun whispered a few words to Jiang Dadao, Jiang Dadao nodded and said: "Since the defendant is dead, this case has become an ownerless case, as an accomplice, the fifteen children surnamed Zhang who participated in the beating each have 100 canes and serve hard labor for one year, and Zhang Junbao's family needs to compensate Li Yanhu's family 300 yuan as a pension and funeral expenses, this case is over, can the plaintiff Li Yanqing have any objections?" ”

Li Yanqing stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Li Yanqing has no objection!" ”

He gave Li Dayin a look, and Li Dayin hurriedly kowtowed: "Xiaomin Li Dayin is willing to accept the verdict, and there is no objection!" ”

More than a dozen children of the Zhang family were so angry that their chests were about to explode, pointing at Zhang Mu and stomping his feet and scolding, but Zhang Mu was silent, and when these dozen people were escorted away, he stepped forward and kowtowed: "My father did not commit murder, but since the county gentleman has been sentenced, we are willing to compensate, but my father was killed last night, and I also implore the county magistrate to investigate this case and give my father justice!" ”

Jiang Dadao had a headache, as a magistrate, there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring, no matter if it didn't work, he had to reluctantly ask: "How did your father die?" ”

"My father was shot dead with an arrow last night, and there are officials at the scene who can testify!"

Jiang Dadao was stunned for a moment, how could there be an official present, he felt that there was something wrong here, so he immediately asked, "Where is the official now?" ”