After letting Ruan's lady go home, Li You thought that there were about two possibilities behind this, one was that her son really did something rebellious, and the other was that Ruan's was in love with others and wanted to get rid of his son.

Immediately, Li Tuiguan pointed to a miscellaneous servant in the hall and said, "You quickly follow the plaintiff and see who she is talking to on the way out of the yamen." ”

Then Li You dispersed, got up and went to Zhao's house to visit Zhao Liangyi to express his gratitude, and he is now qualified to take the initiative to visit. He also asked Zhao Er to inscribe a couplet, ready to hang it in the Tuiguan Hall.

On the second day, the small officials in the government knew that Li You was trying the case today, so they flocked to it. This is not the boredom of the few people in the first month, the main reason is that Li Tuiguan is newly appointed, and they are not very clear about the style of this lord's judgment, so they all come to watch the trial today.

In the jargon, it is called watching the wind, which is a compulsory course for a small official. Only by finding out the surname of the official can the officials prescribe the right medicine to fish in troubled waters, can they do what they like to avoid their taboos, and can they hide their power and make trouble. What's more, a criminal officer like Li You needs to find out his surname clearly, he can make the prisoner's encounter in the sky and the earth in a single thought, and it is easy to find the opportunity to operate and make money in it.

I hope that the new official is a new hand, this is the common voice of all the officials in the hall.

Li You entered the public hall and sat down, saw many onlookers, smiled slightly, and did not disperse the crowd. As an official from a small official, Li Tuiguan understands this very well, and he also needs to appear in front of people.

Plaintiff Ruan went to court, and her talented son Yang Jian was also brought over from the county school, and several classmates followed. In addition, Yang Jian's uncle and cousin were also present to testify.

The case was opened, Li You first put Ruan's aside and took a closer look at Yang Xiucai, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen, he patted the case and shouted: "Since you are a scholar, how can you not be unreasonable, why is you not filial?" ”

Yang Xiucai's identity can not kowtow and kneel, but only arch his hand and say: "Students read sage books, I don't know how the truth is." Now the defendant is disobedient and has offended his mother. The mother wants her son to die, and she dare not disobey, although she has no hatred when she dies. ”

Li You is strange, this Yang Xiucai doesn't defend himself at all. It is estimated that he is retreating as advancing, and if he really wants to beat him to death, a few classmates next to him will definitely not look at it.

This trick may still be useful for others, but my lord, I have always speculated on others with the greatest malice, Li You thought. Then he asked, "Do you know who instigated your mother?" ”

Yang Xiucai shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Several classmates next to him came forward to testify: "Classmate Yang has a good character, has no bad morals, and it is impossible to offend his mother." ”

Yang Jian's uncle also said: "I have never heard that my nephew is not filial. ”

Everyone talked about it, and they all said that Yang Xiucai is not like a disobedient person, and he will not say anything about his mother's half of his mother when he dies now, and he is not unfilial no matter how you look at it. It's a pity, for some reason, it is difficult to escape the crime of being convicted by my mother.

Of course, Li You could also see that there was something else, and said to Ruan: "Your son is guilty of disobedience, and this official can be the main staff to be killed, but the coffin money must come out of itself, you go out to buy a coffin now." ”

Ruan Shi thanked him and left the office. Li You called the two officials on duty and said, "You follow out, and whoever talks to her will take it and bring it back." ”

Sure enough, after a while, the two officials escorted back a middle-aged Taoist priest and Ruan's face was defeated.

Which of the officials in the yazhong is not smart? Seeing this, it can be concluded that this Taoist priest and the Ruan clan must have a love affair, and it only depends on how the master judges. At the same time, he said in his heart that this new promoter does not seem to be confused, and he can still have such an idea.

Li You asked, "Who is the Taoist priest under the hall?" ”

The Taoist priest replied: "Back to the old man's words, the poor Tao is easy to change, and it is the Xuanzhen view of knowledge." Su and Ruan's acquaintance, now said that when they learned of the lawsuit, they came to help. ”

Li You reprimanded: "Full of nonsense! A woman's lawsuit, with the help of her husband's family and her mother's family, what kind of basis do you have as a Taoist priest to dare to be more coarse? It was you yesterday, it's still you today, is it really as blind as the official? Call me left and right! ”

But when he saw that Li Yi Chang Li Zhiguan laughed a few times, he shouted: "I can't hide it from my master, and the poor road has been recruited." I have known Ruan Niangzi since childhood, so far she has no husband, I have no wife, the two are happy, how can Yang Jian get older, repeatedly obstructed from it, so that the two of us can not become a long-term husband and wife. Poor Dao instigated Ruan Niangzi to complain of disobedience, her woman Taoist family did not know much, they were all poor Dao tried their best to provoke, the sin is only in me, I only ask the old man to spare Ruan Niangzi. ”

Ruan Shi also kowtowed on the ground at this time: "They are all concubines and ghosts, and they have nothing to do with Li Daochang!" Back then, the concubine's parents were greedy for money and promised the concubine to the Yang family, and Li Daochang became a monk sadly. Now that her ex-husband has died, she has been raising her son for ten years as a concubine, and she wants to remarry. Unexpectedly, the rebel son did not miss the kindness and forced the concubine to observe the festival, and the concubine begged helplessly, so she had to sue for disobedience, hoping to get out of it, and it had nothing to do with Li Daochang! ”

In the eyes of everyone, I only feel that this lonely man and widow are really affectionate and righteous, but they can't get married because of their creation, and they are competing to take the blame for themselves, which is pitiful and worth a sigh. In this year, although the widow can get a table after keeping the festival and keeping the results, it is also regarded as a glorious lintel, and there are other rewards. But for one or two decades, no one knows the cold and the heat, the lonely pillow and the feeling of being cautious and depressed everywhere is not so pleasant, so the world is unwilling to keep it, and you can remarry after the mourning period.

And it's no wonder that Yang Xiucai kept silent, probably because he didn't want to expose his mother's scandal, and he didn't want to say about his persecution of his mother, which was not a glorious thing after all.

The case has come to light at this point, I don't know how Li Tuiguan sentenced the pair of men and women, about 80 canes of guilt, the mother told the son that he was forced to be helpless in a hurry, but no matter what, this is also a more reasonable sentence.

However, Li Tuiguan sneered a few times, and suddenly slapped the case, "I will pull the thief down and beat him left and right!" ”

Li Zhiguan shouted: "The poor road has been recruited, what does this mean, my lord?" ”

"The official judges things, first talks about his heart and then looks at his deeds, and his heart is the first to act. You thief, you dare to cover it up! Li You said: "Although I advocate the observance of festivals, I do not prohibit women from remarrying. If there is an obstruction from the husband's family, the prosecutor can approve it, and this matter is often the case. Why did the Nguyen family kill their son in order to be a long-term couple? Why do you dare to talk to this official? ”

Li Zhiguan couldn't speak.

Li You turned to Ruan's again and said: "You have been a widow for ten years, and you can still provide for your son to study, and you can spend your time leisurely, it seems that your deceased husband has left you a lot of wealth." If there is a son, it is naturally the son who inherits the family wealth; If you don't have children, I'm afraid all the family wealth will go to you and your husband, yes and no! ”

Li Zhiguan and Ruan never dreamed that the old man would be able to break the hearts of the two of them out of thin air, and Zhang Huang was dumbfounded.

Looking at the expressions of this pair of men and women, everyone knows that Li Tuiguan's speculation is not far from ten, if there is such a plot, it is not worth a light sentence. Everyone sighed in their hearts, the old man was young but his eyes were like electricity, and he could easily see through the inside story, but some of them were more serious and eventful, and he was too harsh.

The scribe next to him wrote a confession, and Li You said to Li Zhiguan: "The thief intends to defraud others of their money, and he dares to fool the government with luck, do you admit your guilt?" Or eat the board and eat it until you die? ”

Li Yichang had no choice but to draw a charge. Li You immediately sentenced: "The monk and the good family are in harmony, this is the first sin; instigating others to disobey the law and falsely accuse each other of mother and son, which is the second sin; Coveting other people's money with the intention of murder and embezzlement is the third crime. Several crimes were punished together, and the offender was punished, with eighty rods and ten flails, and three thousand miles. ”

On the spot, a servant pulled Li Zhiguan aside and went to be executed, and I don't know if he had survived the eighty rods.

Before sentencing Ruan, he saw Yang Xiucai stand up and pleaded: "There are cases of not prosecuting the law, although the mother has falsely accused, and the student does not want to sue back, and I also ask the chief to let the mother go, so as to fulfill the filial piety of the student." ”

Good showman, do you want to be a filial son? Li You seemed to be smiling, and after a while of silence, he reprimanded: "Yang Xiansheng! Although there is a saying that a husband dies and obeys his son, but a widow remarries, obeys her in-laws according to the law, and there is a saying that she marries for the first time and obeys her relatives and remarries from her body. As a son of man, you can just obey orders, how dare you do everything possible to obstruct your mother's remarriage, and dare to say filial piety when you repeatedly disobey your mother's orders! Guilty? ”

Yang Xiucai argued: "My lord's words are wrong, the court shows the righteousness of the festival, and the students persuade the mother to keep the festival, what is wrong?" ”

Li You laughed and said: "You already know that your mother and Li Zhiguan have a private relationship, and you have ruined your reputation, so where do you start to keep the festival?" What are you forcing your mother to guard? Do you want to hide people's eyes and ears, deceive the government, and deceive a table to decorate your façade? This official hates you the most for deceiving the world and stealing fame! ”

Yang Xiucai was speechless for a while.

Li You said in the righteousness of Ling Ran: "The wind of the world says, its feelings are worrying, the son takes the mother as the goods, the mother takes the son as the enemy, and the court makes trouble, corrupting the hearts of the people, how can it only be sad and not teach, it should be guided by the law, how can the good be promoted without punishing the evil?" Xiucai Yang Jian regards his mother as a strange commodity to live in, wolf-hearted dog-lunged, and falsely talks about filial piety. In order to save the principles of heaven, report to the school officials and win their fame! ”

In the name of filial piety, Yang Xiucai's classmates did not dare to come forward to say anything.

Uncle Yang Xiucai stepped forward and replied: "My nephew has no evil deeds. ”

Li You said coldly: "This official will first discuss the heart and then the action when deciding the case, and the sentence will be heavy if the heart is not right." Besides, how can a mere fifteen or sixteen teenager persecute his mother by himself, I am afraid that there is a close family partnership between you and her husband's family behind him. It's just that the weak woman complained about the inconvenience of her husband's family, so she didn't show you. ”

"That's a mistake..."Uncle Yang Xiucai hurriedly said.

Again... Li You shouted: "Shut up! Diao Min dares to bully his official when he is young? If a widow is given a certificate, her family is exempt from service. He himself is unwilling to keep the festival, presumably it is your husband's family forced for his own selfishness, and he dares to shamelessly step forward to protect each other, the true way yamen is like your backyard? Fines you for twenty silver deposits! ”

Immediately, some onlookers felt that this Li Tuiguan was simply like a knife, and there was some truth in catching and rectifying whom. And I also tasted it, and many words were addressed to the auditors.

Li You continued to sentence: "The widow Ruan family, who made peace with others, and for her own selfish affairs, falsely accused her son for her life, and after cutting off her ex-husband, she invaded her husband's wealth, and her heart can be punished. ”

Yang Xiucai couldn't help it again, and he could bear it if he wanted to ask the academic officer to take away his fame, and he escaped when he went back to communicate with the academic official. But if his mother is really going to be sold into slavery, where will he put his face? Hurriedly stepped forward again to plead.

Li You praised: "It's really a great filial son!" The officer should be considerate. Then it was changed to "Eighty rods."

Then he looked at Yang Xiucai and asked, "What do you think of the filial son?" ”

Yang Xiucai didn't dare not be filial to his son, and said: "My mother is weak, and I am willing to punish her son with her body." ”

"Good!" Li You said: "Xiucai Xianggong is not punished as a scholar, but now he is willing to be punished by his surrogate mother, and the official has to be grateful for one or two, so... Execute! ”

Are you really fighting? Yang Xiucai froze.

Li Yichang and Yang Xiucai were in good health, they were beaten with eighty canes and did not die, they were carried out of the yamen, and one continued to be flailed and the other was thrown to their families.

After watching it, the government officials sighed: "This official is shrewd and cruel, has insight into people's surnames, and can beat the plaintiff and the defendant to death when he breaks the case, and fines the witness 20 taels of silver. My generation will not have a good time in the future. ”

It was recorded at the time that Li Tuiguan's judgment of the case was like a mirror and a candle, and there was nothing to hide, and his common words of presumption of guilt did not know what he meant. He is also jealous and hateful, his eyes are not tolerant of sand, he is good at using torture to re-enforce the law, and the law is serious, and he is afraid of the evil in the house, and he does not dare to enter the court lightly. There are also people who say that Li Tuiguan can't help but be suspicious of being self-proud.

Actually, Li You is an excellent actor, as a criminal officer, it is not easy to be brilliant if he is not strict and resolute, and he is an excellent official, which one is not an all-rounder?

(To be continued)