Chapter 4 Eating Lawsuits
A horse-drawn carriage drove into Gejia Village. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
On weekdays, the mud road straw shoes, even if Ge Yenian has a stroke in bed and goes to Jiangdu to fight a lawsuit, he is reluctant to call a carriage, and the two men of the family carry the bamboo couch over.
As soon as the car came, children frolicked, and chickens and ducks scattered.
A scholar came from the carriage, looked left and right, and saw a cropper in the field, so he came over and asked, "This old man, this is Gejia Village?" β
The old man looked at the carriage, stood up with a hoe in his hand, nodded, and said, "Exactly." β
The middle-aged scholar asked again, "Is there a woman surnamed Wang in that village?" Can the old man know his origin? β
Recently, Lin Lan has been making a lot of trouble, and when she saw the scholar asking about this, she said, "You're talking about the Ge Wang family, right?" This woman is also bitter, she came to our village with an oil bottle more than ten years ago, and later married Ge Sanquan, an honest man in the village. Later, her husband died, and now she has a lawsuit again, alas, there is more luck and less luck. β
"Eat lawsuits? Where is she now? β
"Jiangdu County Ya."
The middle-aged scholar frowned, "What kind of lawsuit can they eat?" β
"The dung tank exploded!"
"Huh?"
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Outside the county office, there have long been a lot of people who join in the fun. It is rumored that the old lady of the Ge family was blown up by a dung tank and suffered a stroke. This kind of news is undoubtedly a once-in-a-century joke, and many people don't care about farming, and take some time to see what is going on.
After a burst of mighty sounds, the county magistrate finally sat down in the hall slowly, read a lawsuit, and then swept his eyes downward, patted the wood in shock, and shouted: "Lin Lan, are you guilty!" β
Ordinary timid people, when they encounter such a scene, they are estimated to be immediately frightened, and they generally say everything when they pour beans from the bamboo tube, but who is Lin Lan, it was common to eat and spend the night in the bureau in the past.
It's not that Lin Lan is a bastard, but the world is too bastard, Lin Lanshu is a big hit, and there are many people who want to get the Lin family's enterprise, and those people seize the handle of the Lin family's son's flamboyant personality and keep making trouble.
"Back to the county master, the grass people don't know the crime."
The county magistrate frowned, and when he saw that the intimidation failed, he went to the point, and said: "The official has read the complaint, and the facts of the case are relatively clear, Ge Fang sued Lin Lan's mother and son, and he held a grudge and took revenge on the Ge family and Ge Yenian, causing a stroke. So, Ge Fang, do you have any evidence? β
Ge Fang was a few years ago, so he could stand and speak, "Back to the county master, before January, my father, as the chief of the village of the Li Chang and the head of the Gejia Village, wanted to take back the two mansions of the Ge Wang family's mother and son according to the ancestral rules.
Lin Lan, the son of King Ge, was resentful, first killed the dog to vent his anger, and then came to the door to beat my father, but my father was old, but he was kind-hearted and did not want to entangle with him, so he asked him to return the two rooms of his deceased husband Ge Sanquan after the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he did not expect that just a few days ago, he suffered this catastrophe......"
Ge Fang said, then raised his robe, hid his face and wept.
After listening to Ge Fang's statement, the county magistrate asked, "Your Majesty Lin Lan, what else do you have to say?" β
"County master, the mirror hangs high above this court, dare to ask whether this case is a lawsuit, do you pay attention to evidence?"
The county magistrate raised his eyebrows and said, "That's nature." β
"Just now, the Ge family's big show relied on their own speculation, and there is no real evidence, which can be said to be a bunch of."
"You!" Ge Fang, who was still pretending to sob, was humiliated with a big red face and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"You go on." The county magistrate motioned for Lin Lan to continue.
On the day of the incident, the grass people and the six sons of the village, Tietou and Ah Hu gathered together to roll the dice, and only after hearing a loud noise did they rush over to look. The place where the incident happened in Ge Yenian is two hundred steps away from us, let me ask the county master, how can the grass people be not present at the time, how can they murder Ge Yenian? β
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the hall.
"This cheap son of Ge Sanquan hasn't been seen for a few months, how did this mouth become so dexterous, when he saw people, he hid and walked, and he didn't let out a fart, and now he ...... Tsk, look at Ge Fang's big show, his face is green. β
"Alas, if you want me to say, this old man Ge is not an authentic person, so he will suffer such a catastrophe, and now he is making such a big fuss, it is really embarrassing."
"Silence!" The county magistrate was shocked, "The witnesses are the six sons, the iron head, and the tiger." β
Lin Lan held her mother's hand and comforted her that it was okay. Since Ge Wang's family was rumored to be in the court, his whole face was pale and he had been trembling.
After a cup of tea, the bastards in Gejia Village were taken to the hall by the officials. The county magistrate put down the teacup and asked, "Who is in the hall?" β
"Back to the county master, the villain's six sons (Tietou, Ah Hu)."
"This official asked you and the others, on the day of the crime, but gambling with Lin Lan?"
"Yes. On that day, Brother Lan was booming and won hundreds of copper coins in a row. Brother Lan doesn't come often on weekdays, but people are happy, and he gave his brother a few fifty wen, and when he was about to leave, there was an explosion outside, and we went there together. When we got there, Old Lady Ge had already been carried out. β
The county magistrate nodded, confirming that what Lin Lan said was true.
Lin Lan said again: "The county master of Qiqi, according to the people who were in the Ge family at the time, after the accident of the grandfather Ge, the official personally asked the grandfather Ge, according to the grandfather Ge himself admitted that there was no one else on the side at that time, so this case has nothing to do with my mother and son. β
Lin Lan's perfect alibi proved his innocence from both sides, so no matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster in the dung tank explosion of Master Ge, it had nothing to do with him Lin Lan.
Ge Fang saw that the odds were gradually tilting in favor of Lin Lan, and immediately said, "Please ask the county master to know it." How can this vat explosion be so powerful. There must be a demon who murdered my father. β
When the county magistrate heard this Ge Fang, the more outrageous he became, his nostrils snorted, and he said, "Ge Fang, you are also a scholar, how can you believe in some ghosts and gods?" I look at this case......"
Just as the county magistrate was about to decide the case, he glanced at the gesture of the master beside him, paused for a moment, and said: "According to the opinion of this official, first detain the defendant in the yamen, and wait for the official to send the official to the scene to see it often, and then make a decision tomorrow and leave the court!" β
Lin Lan swept his eyes, and clearly saw that the master and Ge Fang had a trace of eye contact, and understood that this case was probably not as simple as he thought, and it could be easily closed.
Everything was as Lin Lan expected, not long after the county master entered the inner hall, Ge Fang hurriedly came in, and directly bent down to greet the county master, and said, "See Uncle Niu." β
"Alas, what is the master and not the master."
"You and your teacher are in the same department, and you are a few years older than your teacher, so you deserve it."
"Okay, I said virtuous nephew, the human and physical evidence in this case is not good for you, why do you want to fight such a ridiculous lawsuit?"
Ge Fang said with a smile: "Uncle Shi doesn't know, this Lin Lan's mother and son are not from this village. After Ge Sanquan died, his father was lonely, so the little nephew was like finding a companion for him. In this way, it can cut off the tongue of the people in the village, and secondly, it also allows the old father to enjoy his old age in peace, but I didn't expect it...... Ge Fang sighed. β
As soon as Niu Hejun heard the reason, he naturally understood what kind of wishful thinking this Ge family was playing, and wanted to reap both people and money, but he was disturbed by a dung tank, so he smiled and said: "Hehe, then according to what the virtuous nephew saw, how should this official's case be decided?" β
Ge Fang stepped forward, shook his hands with Niu Hejun in the wide sleeves, and said with a smile: "The county lord is hanging high, and naturally he has made up his mind in his heart, how can the little nephew be able to influence it." I'm waiting for tomorrow when the grandfather gives the little nephew justice. β
Niu Hejun smiled slightly and watched Ge Fang walk out of the door.
"Master, what do you think?"
The criminal master who was silent on the side said: "Ge Fang is Gu Zizhang's protΓ©gΓ©, and adults at this level must not be ignored, as for the so-called human and physical evidence, it is left to the small one." β
"What's the other party's origin? Don't steal chickens and rice. β
"After checking, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and this little thing is still very easy to solve."
Niu Hejun closed his eyes and waved his hand, and said, "Go, go, this official is also going to rest." β
When the master walked away, Niu Hejun took out a small wooden box from the side and sent a few ingots of silver in his pocket into the wooden box.
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Lin Lan and Ge Wang were not imprisoned, but were arranged in a miscellaneous room in the yamen. Among the men in the yamen also came to deliver food. Ge Wang's heart was always uneasy, for fear that something big would happen to Lin Lan.
"Lan'er, you tell your mother, have you been involved in the matter of Old Lady Ge?"
Lin Lan said with a smile: "Mother, these six sons and tigers have proved that they were all gambling with them at that time." That old lady Ge and his son clearly want to take revenge on us, so whether it is in the hall or in the court, mother, you must remember, do not compromise, do not mediate, rather not say, than be afraid of the child to eat lawsuits, and promise something, understand? β
Ge Wang nodded.
The sound of the door lock sounded, and Master Chang touched his two beards and said with a smile: "Is the food in this yamen still appetizing?" β
Ge Wang sat in his chair, just nodded, and didn't say anything else. Lin Lan smiled: "Thank you for your hospitality." Our mother and son depend on each other, and they have no long things, and he will have a chance to repay each other one day, and he will definitely repay each other. β
"Don't. This matter can be tried as soon as possible, which is the greatest reward for someone Chang. β
Lin Lanzuo smiled and said: "Everything that the grass people can say has been said, as for the rest, it depends on how the county master judges the case." β
Master Chang smiled: "You guys are short-sighted. Look at it, the old man Ge is still squatting in the pit, and now he is still in bed with a stroke, this Ge family just wants to find a fig leaf to cover this accident. If you admit it, someone will intercede for you, and the two rooms will continue to live in you. β
The corners of Lin Lan's mouth twitched, and sure enough, what did she say, this guy really had an affair with the Ge family, "Master Chang, this yard is the same thing." Old Man Ge had an accident, and no one wanted to see it. This has nothing to do with my mother and son, so even if the clan wants to take back those two mansions, our mother and son will not admit it. β
Master Chang glanced at Lin Lan with a little surprise, he had never seen the earthly buns in the world, and he had already been tricked by his words. "Well, since you don't accept Chang someone's suggestion, you can only wait for the county master to judge the case."