Above the hall of the Zhuji County Ya, Yang Chen was wearing a black gauze hat, a cyan plate-collar official uniform, and an emu toner on his chest, sitting behind the big case, looking very imposing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Below it, there stood about twenty officers in three shifts on either side, armed with water and fire sticks.

Seven people knelt under the hall, but they were obviously divided into two groups. There are two people on the left, one is Cai Yingyang, who is being bound, and there is a young man next to him who looks a little similar to his eyebrows and eyes, but is a few years older than him and a lot thinner. The five people on the right hand side are an old man with white hair and four strong men. Just looking at their dark and rough skin, you can deduce that these people are all dealers.

Just now, Yang Chen had already asked about their respective identities. That old man is the patriarch of the Chen family in Chenjiaao, and he is also the chief of that area, called Chen Bo, and the other four are his sons and nephews. The two on the other side are members of the Cai family, and the young man next to Cai Yingyang is called Cai Feiyang, a child who has not yet been admitted to the show.

At this moment, Chen Bo—if Yang Zhen was present, he would surely feel funny when he heard his name—was kowtowing to Yang Chen again, "Please also ask the eldest master to make decisions for us." That Cai Yingyang, the youngest son of the Cai family, actually killed Chen Yang, the nephew of the grass people, because of a personal grudge, and wanted to abscond in fear of crime afterwards......"

"You are talking nonsense, when did I kill someone!" Hearing Chen Bo say this, Cai Yingyang suddenly became anxious: "I didn't want to escape, but I just happened to be leaving, so you brought someone to say that I killed someone and wanted to take me!" ”

"Smack!" A startled sound sounded, and Yang Chen stiffened his face and scolded: "Presumptuous, this official is asking Chen Bo now, what are you talking about!" If you commit it again, be careful that the official will convict you of a crime of roaring in court! ”

"Forehead ......" Cai Yingyang was stunned when he heard this, Cai Feiyang beside him hurriedly pulled his shirt and gave him a slightly calm look, and the former lowered his head and kept silent.

"Chen Bo, you get up and speak." Yang Chen saw that he was also in his seventies, and he couldn't bear to let him continue to kneel, so he said with a pleasant face.

"Thank you, sir!" Chen Bo also knelt on his back and had a sore back, after all, he was old, so he stood up after kowtowing and thanking him.

"What's going on here, you have to tell me carefully." Before, the people of the Chen family insisted that Cai Yingyang killed a clansman named Chen Yang, but the Cai brothers flatly denied it. This is Yang Chen's first trial of the case, and it is such a major case of human life, so naturally he does not dare to be sloppy in the slightest, and it is impossible to just listen to the words of one family.

As a common man in this era, there are not many officials, but now because it is a complaint, his mood is even more excited. Listening to the old man's question at this moment, the old man's brain was confused, and he opened his mouth and said: "Back to the old man, if you want to explain the cause and effect of this matter, you have to start from fifty or sixty years ago......

When Yang Chen heard this, he frowned, how could he go so far. But before he could react, the old man had already gushed out: "But it was also our Chen family's kindness that raised a disaster." I remember that during the Zhengde period of the previous dynasty, the Cai family fled from Henan and migrated to the area of my Chenjiaao, and we let them live here because we pity them......"

It turned out that the Cai family was not a native of Zhuji, and only moved to Chenjiaao when they were in Zhengde. At the beginning, the two ethnic groups got along quite well, after all, one side has a lot of people and has been passed down in the local area for several generations, and one party has just arrived, and there are few people and loneliness, even if they are bullied, they can only admit it.

But with the passage of time, the Cai family continued to multiply here, and after the population grew, the situation was a little different. After all, there is not much fertile land that can be cultivated in the area of Chenjiaao, and when the population is smaller, it can still be shared, and when the population of the Cai family increases and the demand increases, it is inevitable that there will be contradictions between the two ethnic groups.

When contradictions accumulate too much, it is inevitable that they will really take action, and even hurt people. For this reason, in fact, the Zhuji county government also dispatched people to dissuade them, but after all, it was only a small friction, and the county government generally only persuaded them with the mud, so that the patriarchs of the two clans were optimistic about their own children.

At the beginning of this year, similar conflicts occurred between the two families, and this time there was a figure in the Cai family who gave the Chen family an extremely headache, and that was Cai Yingyang. He was born with divine power, and he also learned some martial arts, and with the strength of one person, he was able to beat more than ten young and strong men of the Chen family with their heads and rats, and for a while, Cai's momentum overwhelmed Chen's.

But Cai Kewen, the patriarch of the Cai family, that is, Cai Yingyang's father, felt that it was wrong for the two families to fight after all, so he sent Cai Yingyang to Hangzhou on the one hand, and apologized to the Chen family on the other, which eliminated a bigger dispute. That's why Cai Yingyang went to Hangzhou.

I don't want the two ethnic groups to coexist peacefully for less than half a year, and the conflict occurs again. This time, it's because of the water source. After this spring, the rain was generally insufficient, and because of its location in the middle of the mountain col, it was even more difficult to get water, and it was only relying on a small river in front of the village. As the weather gets hotter and the river becomes shallower, it will no longer be able to meet the irrigation requirements of all the fields of the two tribes.

Finally, just ten days ago, because the people of the Chen family snatched the source of the river and did not let the people of the Cai family take water, the two families quarreled again, and then a big fight ensued.

During this period, Cai Kewen, who had rushed to dissuade the fight, was unfortunately injured in the head by the red-eyed Chen family, and fainted at that time. At this time, the feud between the two families was even deeper, and it happened that Cai Yingyang came back at this time, and when he heard that his father had his head broken, he was even more furious, and threatened to teach Chen Yang, who injured his father by mistake, a lesson.

Fortunately, Cai Kewen was not seriously injured and woke up soon. Quickly spoke out to dissuade a larger brawl for the time being, but the matter was not resolved.

And early this morning, someone found Chen Yang dead on a mountain road a few miles away from the village. There were no injuries on his body, but he was hit hard in the back of the head and fell to his death. After learning the news, the Chen clan believed that it was the Cai family's people, and naturally they wanted to avenge the injured patriarch. At this time, Cai Yingyang happened to be carrying a burden and was about to leave, thinking of the words he released before, everyone was even more sure that he killed Chen Yang, and immediately started to tie him up to see the official.

In fact, with the skills of these people, they can't hold Cai Yingyang at all. However, Cai Kewen, who learned the news, hurried over and forced his son not to resist, so Cai Yingyang was tied up and sent to the county government for trial. And because he was not worried about this son, Cai Kewen asked his eldest son Feiyang to come to the county government together.

This explanation, from Zhengde Nian to the present, has taken more than half an hour. After Chen Bo finished speaking, he couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow again: "Please ask the eldest master to make decisions for me and the other people!" This Cai clan is really too deceitful, who would have thought that we would take in such a group of white-eyed wolves back then! ”

After Yang Chen listened to the ins and outs, he heard some doorways. In fact, what Chen Bo cares about most is not that his nephew and grandson were killed, but the contradictions and struggles between the two clans. At the same time, he also found that this case was not as simple and clear as Chen Bo said, at least it was still a question whether Chen Yang died at the hands of Cai Yingyang.

Thinking of this, Yang Chen looked at Cai Yingyang: "Cai Yingyang, the Chen family said that you killed Chen Yang, can you admit it?" ”

Cai Yingyang hurriedly shook his head: "I didn't, I've been thinking about it in the ancestral hall for the past two days, and I haven't left the house at all, how can I kill someone?" And what I said that day was just to teach him a lesson, and I never thought of killing him. ”

"Really? You say you are in the ancestral hall, but can anyone testify? ”

"This ......" Cai Yingyang thought for a while, but shook his head helplessly: "Except for the eldest brother who brings me food every time, I am the only one in the ancestral hall." ”

"Master, he is clearly lying, obviously he killed my poor nephew, but he still said that he was in some ancestral hall, that was just an excuse he was looking for!" Chen Bo accused again.

At this time, Yang Chen didn't know what to say. Although he felt that this case was not so simple, judging from the rhetoric of the two families in front of him, it seemed that Cai Yingyang was still quite likely to kill someone.

It is not only the first case after he became an official, but also such a major homicide case, plus this is his opportunity to seize the power of the county government, Yang Chen naturally can't help but be cautious, so he said: "Come on, first put the suspect Cai Yingyang in prison, and after the official investigates carefully, the case will be tried again." Chen Bo, there are a few others, you all go back first. This official promises you that this case will be tried to the ground. After speaking, he was shocked and said a word of resignation.

In the majestic sound of the servants on both sides, although the people of the Chen and Cai families were still a little dissatisfied in their hearts, and they still had something to say, they could only endure it for the time being. In fact, they all know that it is impossible to decide such a large case at once, and it always takes a process.

When the officials escorted Cai Yingyang out of the hall, he saw Yang Zhen who was still hearing the trial outside the hall at a glance. Suddenly, his spirit was lifted, and he hurriedly shouted at him: "Second brother, I ......"

I didn't want Yang Zhen to shake his head at him slightly, signaling him not to say more. Although he didn't know what Yang Zhen meant, Cai Yingyang, who was accustomed to acting according to Yang Zhen's wishes, immediately stopped talking.

However, all this still fell into the eyes of Xuan Chuang on the side, and he showed a thoughtful expression at that time.

But soon, his face became a little ugly again, because he saw Yang Chen, who was dressed in an official uniform and had a lofty spirit, also walked out of the lobby. Thinking that Yang Chen had such an opportunity today, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. So he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Lord County has really worked hard for you, is this case still easy to decide?" If the adults feel that there is a difficulty, the lower officials can help. After all, you have only just come to this county, and you don't know much about the customs and customs of this place, so it is not easy to judge such cases of fighting and killing between two tribes. ”

Yang Chen just smiled faintly when he heard this: "This doesn't need to be worried about the history of Xuandian, since this official has taken over the case, he has his own measure!" ”