Chapter 42: Handling the Case (II)
Zhang Laohan once joined the army and also fought against the Yellow Turban, and this yellow horse was Zhang Laohan's mount when he fought against the Yellow Turban.
After several years in the army, although there is no great achievement, there is also hard work.
The army commander saw that Zhang Laohan was pitiful, and he had a deep relationship with the yellow horse, so when Zhang Laohan retired from the army, he made the decision and rewarded the yellow horse to Zhang Laohan.
For several years, Zhang Laohan has been dependent on the yellow horse, and when he is poor, he can't eat a mouthful of food, so he has to let the yellow horse eat good forage, which shows the depth of his feelings.
And Guo Ming wanted to take this yellow horse as his own, although this horse was too old to fight on the battlefield, but he also had the assets to show off when he rode it.
A good horse is always a good horse, just like a Tibetan mastiff, even if he is old, he is also a Tibetan mastiff, and he also has face when he takes it out.
Although he has countless wealth, good horses are hard to find, if it weren't for this, Guo Ming would not have taken a fancy to the old horse that couldn't fight.
After Zhang Laohan was dragged out of the lobby, Guo Jia said again: "Guo Zhi, you forgot to throw away some things at home, retreat." ”
Guo Jia already knew before that Zhang Laohan and Guo Zhen were lying, and they had already divided the plans just now, and Guo Jia had confirmed it in his heart.
caught the thief and took the dirty, Guo Jia struggled with no evidence to make this decision.
How could Guo Ming not hear Guo Jia's words, the officials protected each other, he thought that Guo Jia was the same, and he was reminding himself.
I didn't dare to hold it up, so I hurriedly read the novel xstxt and thanked > novel: "Thank you for being too worried." With that, he exited the lobby.
Guo Jia glanced at Wang Dali beside him, and Wang Dali followed with understanding.
"Take the next one." Guo Jia shouted again.
Two more people walked into the hall, one was a Confucian in his forties, and the other was a middle-aged man with a rough appearance.
After the two bowed and bowed, Guo Jia said: "Tell me what you are told." ”
"My lord, I am killing pigs and selling meat, this guy passed by my stall, since he stole my silver taels, please make the decision for me." The rough-looking man said.
"Shaft, dare the wicked sue first." The Confucian snorted coldly and arched his hand: "Yu Taishou, this fang is greedy for my daughter's appearance, and I have rejected several proposals, so I hold a grudge."
Today, when I went to buy meat, I encountered this fang, and he brought up the matter again, and I didn't obey, so he made a threat, wanting to insult my name, and hoped that the adults would make a clear decision. ”
Guo Jia asked, "Is there any evidence?" ”
The man said: "Yu Taishou, the villain saw it with his own eyes, how could it be fake?" ”
"Shaft, dare to insult me!" Confucian Sheng said again: "How can the same literati be the first thing to do with dog thieves?" I hope to be too open-minded! ”
The two of you say a word, I say a word, and they quarrel non-stop in the hall.
"Smack!" Guo Jia patted the wood in surprise and said: "Since he said that he stole your money, then how much money is there, where is it!" ”
The man hesitated, raised his hand and pointed at the Confucian student's chest and said, "Taishou, two silver coins, just put it on his chest!" ”
Money, the ancient unit of weight.
One pound is equal to sixteen taels, and one tael is equal to ten cents.
There is an idiom called half a catty and eight taels, which means that the weight is the same, and the meaning is equal, in ancient times, one catty was sixteen taels, and half a catty was eight taels.
The Confucian scholar said again: "Taishou, although I have silver taels in my arms, I didn't get it from other places, and please keep it clear." ”
"Then, get some water!" Guo Jia sneered, knowing that the two of them had been tricked, whether they stole or not, they would know when the water came.
The two people in the hall looked at each other, a little puzzled, could it be that this Taishou would still play tricks? Take a basin of water to know who's lying?
"That man, you said that the Confucian stole your silver taels, and the Confucian said that he didn't steal it, so I'll ask you." Guo Jia said again: "You will personally take over the purchase and sale of silver, yes or no?" ”
"Yes!" The man looked up at Guo Jia in surprise, but he was a little confused in his heart.
Guo Jia said again: "Left and right, throw all the silver taels on the Confucian student into the water." ”
Left and right, Confucian did not dare to resist, the man was puzzled.
"Can you really tell who's lying with a basin of water?" Yuan Jian was a little curious.
After putting all the silver taels on the Confucian student's body into the basin of clear water, Guo Jia said again: "That butcher, you go up and take a closer look at what is in the water?" ”
"Can this water still show that I'm lying?" The butcher mustered up the courage to step forward, and when he fixed his eyes, the water in the basin was still clear.
Guo Jia ordered left and right to come forward and watch, and the result was the same as what the butcher saw.
"Left and right, take out the silver of the Confucian scholars." Guo Jia waited for the silver to be taken out and then said, "Put the silver on the butcher's body into the water." ”
Guo Jia asked the butcher to come forward to watch again, and the butcher's face changed greatly after seeing it.
When the butcher's silver was put into the water, a layer of grease rose on the top of the originally clear basin of water.
The butcher slandered Confucian for having a weak heart, and when he saw that the matter was revealed, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "Taishou, the villain knows that he is wrong, and he won't dare to be here next time." ”
The butcher's silver has been taken over by him himself, and the meat is turned over all day long, and there must be grease on his hands, and when he touches the silver, the grease on his hands will definitely stick to the silver.
And the silver on the Confucian body did not float up the grease after being placed in the clear water, which was enough to expose the butcher's lies.
Guo Jia slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Left and right, drag it out, fight twenty!" ”
At the same time as dragging the butcher out left and right, Wang Dali escorted Guo Zhi into the lobby.
"Smack!" Wang Dali threw the old saddle he was holding on the ground, and laughed: "Strategist, this guy is really not a good person, and he has been stolen by me!" ”
"Good!" Guo Jia smiled slightly, looked at Guo Ming and asked, "Do you still need a retrial?" ”
Guo Ming arched his hand and begged for mercy: "I still hope to be too gracious, and the lower officials don't dare to be there." ”
Guo Jia broke off and shouted: "Punish me for half a year, send it to the old man, drag Guo Ming out, and fight forty!" ”
"Mrs. Guo spares your life, we are our family." Guo Ming cried and begged for mercy with a sad face, and the family in his mouth meant that the two people had the same surname Guo.
Guo Jia snorted coldly and said: "Knowing the law and breaking the law, bullying others, it's not bad if I didn't pick up your official skin." ”
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Guo Jia dealt with more than a dozen such difficult cases in this day, and the people who came to avenge their grievances all smiled.
At noon the next day, Guo Jia finally dealt with all the government affairs that had accumulated in the past few days, and went to a good restaurant in Bohai City with Wang Dali for dinner.
Wang Dali went to make it convenient first, leaving Guo Jia alone in the inn to order.
"Shopkeeper Tong, today's food is not to the master's appetite, what can you do!" A rather scoundrel voice sounded in Guo Jia's ears.
The shopkeeper hurriedly apologized, did not take the money for the wine and food of the scoundrel and his accomplices, and gave a jar of good wine.
The two little scoundrels took the jar, smiled and patted the shopkeeper's flattering smiling face, and walked away.
After passing by Guo Jia's dining table, his eyes lit up, and the leader was quick and grabbed the Zhan Lu sword that Guo Jia put on the dining table.
"Put it down!" Guo Jia pressed the scabbard with his left hand and shouted.