Now that the cement is done, it's time to prepare for the rebuilding of the embankment. However, there is one more thing, that is, Bao Ping, who has just been arrested, and the matter of Yan Yanchang needs to be dealt with.

On this day, after the news of Bao Ping's case spread, the whole of Yuhang was boiling, because the embankment was related to the safety of the lives and property of the entire Yuhang people. In the past, when floods came every year, the levees did not collapse, and those in power did not pay attention to them.

Since Fengzhi County took office, as soon as the flood came, Fengzhi County led the people of the Yamen to rescue on the embankment, although the embankment still broke in the end, but the Fengzhi people bought time for everyone to move, at least everyone lost a lot of property losses.

In particular, the situation of Lord Feng leading by example and struggling on the embankment touched many people, and when it comes to Fengzhi County, no one does not say that he is a good official!

Now, Lord Feng has found out that the dam burst because the quality is not up to standard, and someone has embezzled the project money, and after the news spread, everyone is angry and eager to see the bad guys being judged.

Therefore, when the trial started today, the people watching the trial in the second hall were already crowded, and there was a long queue outside the yamen. It is truly a feat of thousands of empty alleys.

Suddenly, the people crowded at the second gate shouted: "Come out, Lord Feng is out!" ”

Suddenly, everyone fell silent for a while, and they all knew that when the case was tried now, it was necessary to be quiet. However, all the heads looked upward, as if an invisible hand was grabbing everyone's neck and lifting it up. Whether it is in the front, in the back, or even outside the yamen, it seems that as long as you raise your head, you can see the prisoner being tried.

I only heard Lord Feng pat the startled wood vigorously, and shouted: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" ”

The officials shouted Tang Wei, one after another, and the officials brought Bao Ping up.

Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers was scratched, and the trial began immediately.

I saw that Lord Feng would be shocked and shouted: "Quiet, quiet!" ”

The crowd of onlookers slowly stopped talking. I saw Lord Feng sitting majestically in an official mansion, and the hat wings flashed when they were beating the shocking wood, and they looked very solemn.

Next to him, a priest who records copywriting is recording, and there is a small guy who grinds ink.

On the desk, it was Sun Hu and Wang Ying, Dong Chao and Xue Ba standing on both sides.

The plaintiff knelt down when he heard Lord Feng slap the wood, and Lord Feng asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?" ”

Bao Ping hurriedly knelt down and replied: "The people in the grass people in Yuhang City are named Bao Ping!" ”

Feng Manlou asked: "Bao Ping, this official found out that you embezzled the money of the river workers, lowered the quality of the embankment, caused the flood to rush across the embankment, and caused the people of Yuhang to suffer. In addition, it is a fact that they are exhausted from labor and buried in the dike? ”

Bao Ping said unhurriedly: "Back to the adult, if there is evidence, the villain admits it, and if there is no evidence, the villain will not admit it!" ”

Feng Manlou said with a smile: "Okay, then the official will ask for a certificate first!" ”

But I saw the old man who lived by the river, that is, the old man that Feng Manlou met when he was rescuing the embankment by the river at the beginning, came forward as a witness.

Feng Manlou asked, "Who is in the hall?" ”

The old man replied: "Lord Hui, Qin Hun, a grass people, has lived by the river in Yuhang City for generations!" ”

Feng Manlou asked, "This official asked you, what did you see and hear?" ”

Qin Hun replied: "Lord Hui, the grass people live by the river, and they often see the contractors with the laborers, working day and night, those who are tired to death, as well as the crippled coolies in the labor, are all buried in the embankment, and the big water bursts the embankment, and all the bones rush up!" ”

Feng Manlou continued to ask, "Is there any other evidence?" ”

Qin Hun said: "Lord Huiyu, and those coolies, grass people, see that their food is very poor, two meals a day, two steamed buns without a meal, and a bowl of gruel!" And the accents are all foreigners! ”

After Qin Hun finished speaking, Feng Manlou asked Bao Pingdao: "This is the human witness, and the bones of the riverside embankment that burst and washed out are the physical evidence!" ”

Bao Ping quibbled: "My lord, the bones were washed out, and it can't be proved that they were buried by the grass people!" ”

Feng Manlou laughed and said, "You still have to quibble!" That official asked you? You are the foreman, you did not bury it, but by whom? ”

Bao Pingtui said I don't know! But he heard the wind manlou say: "Those bones were obviously buried when the embankment was built, do you know?" Could it be that the embankment was buried before it was repaired? Or who dug up the levees and buried the bones of so many people in them? ”

Bao Ping stumbled, not knowing how to speak.

But he heard the wind full of buildings and said: "The crime of killing the coolie who built the embankment, now that the human and material evidence is complete, you can't rely on it." Also, there is still a piece of physical evidence in the hands of this official! ”

After speaking, he saw that a servant presented an account book, which was received from Bao Ping, but he heard Feng Manlou say: "This is an account book collected from your home, which clearly records the river work payment every year. In seven years, the total amount of river work is 500,000 yuan, but the total expenditure for seven years is less than 100,000 yuan. 400,000 guan will be swallowed by you! ”

After speaking, he asked the official to ask for a witness, but it was Zhao Ziliang. However, Zhao Ziliang's rhetoric also changed, and he just said: "My lord, in order to be the foreman of the embankment, this Bao Ping got the right to build the embankment through the villain, from the previous master Bo Qian Wei Lun Qian, and Master Jiang, so the villain knows about it, and these river works have been distributed to him through the hands of the villain!" ”

Bao Ping knew that he couldn't deny this ironclad evidence, and he simply admitted it. And now Feng Manlou has no intention of pulling the two masters into the water, so he said so.

Feng Manlou said: "The official asked you, where did the remaining 400,000 Guan go?" ”

Bao Ping said: "All of them have been embezzled by the grass people!" ”

It seems that Bao Ping is going to fight to the end. But now he can't help it, even if he regrets it and wants to confess Jiang Yufeng, there is no evidence. Those ledgers that recorded Jiang Yufeng had been destroyed. Therefore, the surname Suo confessed to the end, anyway, he could still wait for the two masters to save him.

Feng Manlou asked: "The above crimes, the human and material evidence are complete, the people are guilty, they embezzle 400,000 yuan of river construction funds, and the construction of the embankment is seriously unqualified, resulting in the collapse of the embankment, wasting the court's money, and displacing the people. In addition, more than a dozen coolies died of hard labor, which constituted the crime of intentional homicide! ”

Feng Manlou's charges were announced, Bao Ping was expressionless, anyway, it only took more than ten days for him to be released from prison.

However, what Bao Ping doesn't know is whether Master Jiang and Master Dai will save themselves in the end.

But listening to Feng Manlou's verdict, he said: "Give Bao Ping a compensation of 400,000 yuan for the river work, and raid the Bao family's house until the compensation for the river work is completed." In addition, according to the law, it should be decided! Now that it is the autumn queen, the official will report to the state capital, and after seven days, he will be executed! ”

When Bao Ping heard this, his face was colorless, but there was still a glimmer of hope for luck in his heart!

After dealing with Bao Ping, the crowd outside who were watching the trial let out a roar of happiness. However, soon the news came out that Lord Feng was about to personally preside over the construction of the embankment, striving to build a embankment that could be used for hundreds of years.

Suddenly, everyone was even more happy, the last time Yuhang had such a good county master, I don't know when it was, maybe I have never had it!

The next step is to try Yan Yanchang's case. These two cases are very strange, one is that there is no plaintiff, and the other is that there is no defendant, but they are both human witnesses, and the physical evidence is complete, and it is already an iron case.

Especially in the case of Yan Yanchang, the plaintiff was already crowded in the lobby, and the evidence was piled up, and there was actually more than one person high.

Feng Manlou saw so many human and material evidence, and he was already angry in his heart, this Yan Yanchang died like this, it was really cheap for him.

Fortunately, this case is not difficult to adjudicate, Feng Manlou announced that these land deeds that were embezzled by Yan Yanchang were all invalid, and from then on, the people of the Long family could no longer get a penny from the merchants in Yuhang. Moreover, Feng Manlou still wanted Yan Yanchang to compensate, but after thinking about it, he was just a puppet, and now he is dead, looking at the current situation of the Long family, and the five children, he was compassionate, so he did not try it like this.

At this moment, it can be regarded as the merchants who completely liberated Yuhang, and the entire Yuhang suddenly burst into tears, and the reputation of Lord Feng suddenly became a popular figure on the street in Yuhang.

However, Zhao Ziliang's case was not tried in a red manner, and in view of his meritorious service, Feng Manlou was sentenced to exile in the northwest to charge the army. At the same time, on the one hand, he declared to the prefect's yamen, and on the other hand, he reported the above cases to the imperial court alone!

Zhao Ziliang is still grateful to Feng Manlou in his heart. However, now the approval of the imperial court has not come down, so I have to stay honestly in the prison of the yamen.

On this day, Feng Manlou invited Wang Qiong, the owner of the lime mine, and by the way, it was the riverside resident, the old man Qin Hun.

Both of them are very grateful to Feng Manlou.

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "Today, I invited the two of you to come here just to build the embankment. What the official wants is to buy some cement materials from Wang Dongjia, and as for the silver, let's pay with the silver ticket of Huitong Bank! ”

Wang Qiong said: "My lord, the grass people said that all the cement used to build the embankment was given to the adult at cost price, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the adult, and secondly, it can be regarded as making a contribution to the construction of the embankment!" ”

Feng Manlou said with a smile: "Well, in the future, Elder Qin will be responsible for recruiting the strong laborers in Yuhang City, and the daily salary of each person will be set at forty-five Wen." And the food must be taken care of, there must be meat every day, and everyone must ensure that everyone is full, otherwise why can't this job be done! Three meals a day, one in the morning, noon and evening! ”

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