Walking into the yamen hall, I saw two rows of officials lined up left and right, the county commander Chen Guanyu sat on the hall, with a plaque of "Zhengda Guangming" hanging on his head, his face was very good, with a national face, three long beards, and his face was full of righteousness. If you don't know his details, you will think that he is a good official at first glance.

In fact, this guy is really not a good person, he should be greedy, and he should be greedy, and he should be fierce and harsh to the people.

The second young master entered the lobby, his legs and stomach were still a little flashing, and Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang supported him left and right.

Ma Qianjiu has seen some of the world, when he was young, he often followed the eldest young master to run around, and he has seen many big people, even the prefect of Xi'an Mansion, he has also seen it, so he is not afraid at all when he enters the county yamen, and he walks steadily. He squinted and saw that Zhu Ba was also walking steadily, and the hand holding the second young master was very calm and powerful, and he was a little surprised in his heart, this Zhu Ba is really a character, ordinary people go to the county hall, I am afraid that it will be even more unbearable than the second young master, but if he is calm, he is really a little bit of a doorway.

Walking to the hall and standing still, Chen Xianling laughed heavily, and slapped the startled wood in his hand: "Bold, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" ”

The second young master was stunned, he had no fame, he should kneel in this case, and then he felt that he should study hard before, and if he had a fame, he would not be humiliated by others at this time. But this thought was only fleeting, and a lazy person like him, even if he swore to study hard, forgot all the oath the next day.

After hesitating again and again, the second young master still knelt down. Ma Qianjiu also knelt down slowly, he was a little worried that Zhu Baken would not kneel, from the past two days of getting along, he faintly found that Zhu Ba seemed to have an arrogance in his bones, if he refused to kneel at this time, it would be troublesome. His worries were unnecessary, and Zhu Ba also knelt down slowly, not as if he was not so arrogant, and Ma Qianjiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang in the previous life sat on the throne of the world, before he sat on the throne of the emperor, he had nothing, struggled in the mud, survived in the stinky ditch, crawled in the pile of corpses, and even once when he was defeated, it was his Queen Ma who fled with him on her back...... He doesn't have a face that he can't pull down, and when the situation requires it, he can kneel to anyone, but when he kneels, he is still a king in his bones, and he has no intention of giving in.

"Smack!" The startled wood slapped again, and Chen Xianling sneered: "Ma Zhibin, do you know why I sent you to the court today?" ”

Ma Zhibin is the second young master, he was about to say that he knew, but Zhu Yuanzhang behind him gently stabbed him, he suddenly woke up, and hurriedly said: "I don't know!" Young Master Ben is not guilty at all, the county lord sent me here, I don't know what happened? ”

"Bold!" Chen Xian Ling slapped the shocking wood again, which shook the hall and buzzed, and the function of this shocking wood was to deliberately create a huge noise to shock the people and make them afraid of the prestige of the official.

The second young master was stupid and lacked scheming, and he was shocked by these two shocks, and his face turned slightly pale.

"Spread the people of Xigu Village!" Chen Xianling said loudly.

At the sound of an order, the side door of the lobby opened, and several servants walked in with ropes leading a group of peasants, about thirty or forty people, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little familiar with these people, and he had seen several of them when he went to fight in Xigu Village last time. The peasants had already been tortured, their buttocks were beaten high and swollen, their heads hung low, their bodies cowered, and they walked out step by step. Walking into the hall, thirty or forty people knelt down together, and there was a lot of noise.

In the courtyard outside the yamen hall, many people were crowded to watch the trial, and when they saw this group of villagers coming out, they immediately heard the cries of some women, who turned out to be the women of Xigu Village, who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, hoping to let their men go back as soon as possible.

When this group of people knelt down, no one looked at the second young master, and no one dared to look at Ma Qianjiu, but two of them secretly glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang a few times, their eyes were full of apology, they obviously betrayed the Ma family, but they didn't feel sorry for the second young master, they only felt that Zhu Bugling went to the court, and they were a little reluctant to go.

After they "sent" to the Ma family, although the filial piety money paid is lighter than paying taxes to the government, it is still a heavy burden, and the Ma family will still use various methods to treat them harshly, so their hatred for the Ma family will not be less than that of the government. If someone can't afford to pay the filial piety money to the Ma family, Zhu Ba will not drag people out and beat them like the previous Qi stewards, but allow them to delay for a few days.

Chen Xianling snorted coldly: "The people of Xigu Village ...... The magistrate has come to ask you, is your property still in your name? ”

"Not here!" The villagers of Xigu Village said in unison: "It has been given to others." ”

"Are you still ordinary farmers?"

"Not here!" The villagers replied, "They have been sold, but they are slaves." ”

Chen Xianling sneered: "Why give a good field to others?" Why did a good farmer sell himself into slavery? Why do you still live in Xigu Village and cultivate the fields after selling your land? Give me all the tricks. ”

The villagers don't answer!

Chen Xianling "snapped" and sneered: "What you are doing is clearly 'trickling', falsely reporting your own land in the name of others, in order to evade servitude, you people are harming the interests of the court, and it is the crime of deceiving the king." ”

In fact, before Zhu Yuanzhang and they came, this group of villagers had been beaten by Chen County's order, and they had asked everything they should have asked, but now they just went through the motions again.

Chen Xianling said with a smile: "The crime of bullying the group was originally intended to punish the nine clans, but God has a good life, and this official has no desire to kill." Now I give you a chance to mend your ways, as long as you point out the instigators and confess to which family your property was 'sent', I will be lenient. ”

The villagers raised their heads, and all the thirty or forty glances were focused on the second young master, and countless hands were raised, wanting to point at the second young master......

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been kneeling without making a sound, suddenly spoke, and he said loudly: "Lord County, the matter of 'trickery' has been a bad habit for hundreds of years, and it has been popular in the world since the middle of this dynasty. ”

He deliberately found the county order to shut up, and everyone waited for the opportunity for the villagers of Xigu Village to speak, the scene was already very quiet, and the needle could be heard, and he spoke very loudly, and his voice was raised far away, and all the people outside the hall could hear it clearly. This time it was as if a stone was thrown on the calm surface of the lake, stirring up a thousand waves......

When the women of Xigu Village heard this, they immediately cried out: "Yes...... It's okay for other people to 'trick and send', who did we recruit in Xigu Village to provoke whom? Why do you want to arrest my man? ”

Many of the people in Tangwai Station were sent to the Ma family, the Zhang family, the Li family, the shirt family and other wealthy families, and they immediately coaxed: "Pucheng * County doesn't care, Chengcheng * County doesn't care, Mizhi * County doesn't care, why do we have to take care of the 'trick mail' in Baishui County?" ”

Although there are many people who shout not to check the "tricks", most of the people are ordinary people who do not have "tricks", so the ordinary people also shouted: "The tricks are not right, they should be checked." ”

"That's it, are you still reasonable?"

"Although Lord Xianzun usually doesn't do his job, he did the right thing this time."

"I also support the county lord to investigate the trick!"

"It's strange, is Chen Guanyu going to change from Chen Pipi to Chen Qingtian?"

"Lord County, we support you! Check the trick! ”

Listening to the noise outside, Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly happy in his heart, as I expected, the emotions of the people were mobilized, in this kind of turbulent situation, any official always has to maintain his reputation, being called "Qingtian", it is always better than being called "plucking skin", this is the weakness of people's hearts, even the most corrupt officials in the world, at this time will be fluttering, Chen Guanyu is about to take the bait......

As Zhu Yuanzhang expected, Chen Guanyu listened to the noise outside, and was very proud in his heart, there were obviously more people who supported him to investigate the trick than those who opposed it, this time not only could he clean up the Ma family, but also give himself a good reputation. For a moment, he thought he was a clean official.

Zhu Yuanzhang in the hall actually chanted something in a low voice, the voice was not big or small, just so that the people outside the hall could not hear it, but Chen Guanyu and a cadre of officials heard it very clearly. He recited a very impassioned sentence: "When a Beijing official is not loyal to the master, when a local official is not interested in the people's livelihood, and he does not pay attention to justice in the township, he is not worthy of being called a gentleman." ”

Due to the anger of the crowd and the chaos of the scene, Chen Guanyu listened to Zhu Yuanzhang read these words, and he didn't have time to think about what these words meant. I just think this passage is very well said, and it is very righteous. He was worried about missing a few words that filled the scene, so he quickly memorized them in his mind, and then said loudly to the people outside: "Don't quarrel, everyone, this official has already decided, investigate the treachery, and sweep away the evil spirits." When the Beijing official is not loyal to the master, when the local official is not interested in the people's livelihood, and he does not pay attention to justice in the township, he is not worthy of being called a gentleman. ”

These words were really imposing, and they immediately caused a burst of cheers from the people outside......

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart: Stupid county order, do you know the source of this sentence? This is what Gu Xiancheng, a member of the Donglin Party, often says, this Gu Xiancheng, known as one of the eight gentlemen of Donglin, is the leader of the Donglin Party. You were fooled by me and muttered a famous quote from him, if the shirt family doesn't come out to clean you up at this time...... I won't be surnamed Zhu!