The next day, after breakfast early, Dong Jiang and Tie Qian said goodbye to Wen Chou and went to Taolinsai, Wen Chou was grateful.

Wen Chou found Liu Zhong and explained the fact that Jiang Hui sued Zhu Yong in Zhukou Pavilion Sanheli one by one, and said: "I want to cure Zhu Yong's crime, but the people in the township are afraid of his might, can you find one or two reliable and clever people to secretly visit the people in the house and collect evidence of the crime?" ”

"Such a despicable person, I have long wanted to bring him to justice, but people are soft-spoken. I should do my best in this matter! Hearing this, Liu Zhong gritted his teeth and said. These light heroes look down on these people who do things in the fish and meat country, and they call themselves light heroes, and they usually don't want to mention their names, so as not to tarnish their reputation.

"Thank you Liu-kun for that!" Wen Chou held his hand and said sincerely.

"As a wanderer, I not only want to guard against foreign thieves, but also to govern the inside! will not disappoint Wenjun. Liu Zhong said gratefully.

In the Han Dynasty, the gift of holding hands is a special etiquette for people who are very close, and the other party holds your hand, which means that they attach special importance to you, and if you withdraw your hand, it is very impolite. Therefore, Liu Zhong was very grateful to Wen Chou for treating him with a hand-holding courtesy.

And many of the villagers were summoned to the lobby by Wen Chou.

"Ahem, I gathered you here today for the farm tools of the previous days, and now that the farming has passed, and the villagers have reaped a bumper harvest, it is time to solve the problem of farm tools." Wen Chou coughed lightly and said.

"Then how does Wen Jun want to solve it?" A servant asked.

"Just rearrange these bamboo slips according to each pavilion, and then go to the pavilion villagers to ask for them one by one." Wen Chou pointed to a black box in the hall and said briefly.

"Are you going to go down to the middle and collect it door-to-door?" A servant asked.

"Not necessarily, if you can gather all the villagers to the pavilion and ask them to hand over what they have to hand over one by one." Wen Chou said.

"One kiosk per person?" An official asked.

"Well, each villager is responsible for a pavilion, as long as they can collect farm tools, money, and food in sufficient quantities, but remember not to bully the villagers and fill their pockets, otherwise, the king will be ruthless!" Wen Chou said solemnly.

"No!" The crowd agreed in unison. After nearly three months of various things, Wen Chou's iron-blooded side has been deeply engraved in the hearts of the villagers. Don't look at his usual humble gentleman, especially easy to get along with, if he touches his moldy head, it will definitely make you lose and complain!

"I'm going to bother you." Wen Chou finally gave up.

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Wen Chou saw that everyone was busy, of course, he also had something to do, and even if the villagers sorted out the list, he had to verify it in the end, not because he didn't believe the villagers, but because most of the villagers were from their own villages, and they wanted to prevent the villagers from inquiring about their personal affairs.

Wen Chou flipped through the lawsuit files on the side, after all, these cases could not be delayed for too long, there would not have been a bamboo slip that specifically recorded trivial matters between the villagers, if there was a villager lawsuit, it was often solved on the spot, and the reason why these bamboo slips appeared was because it was too busy some time ago, and Wen Chou couldn't cope with it, so the assistant official recorded it. Now that the whole township is on the right track, he can't let these cases backlog anymore, otherwise the prestige he has built up in the township will be in vain!

Until the middle of the day, after lunch, the township officials sorted out the entries recorded in the bamboo slips one by one, Wen Chou checked, after seeing that it was correct, the villagers were sent out of the official temple, and went to each pavilion to collect the money for farm tools, of course, each person had three or five village guards to follow, in order to assist.

Wen Chou ordered the villagers to call the villagers in the case one by one, and he wanted to sit in court to decide the case. For a time, except for a few old men in charge of miscellaneous affairs, the entire official temple was empty.

After a while, the official temple became noisy again, but it was not the official temple personnel, they were all villagers who came to complain! Wen Chou sat in the hall, asked the villagers to explain the reasons one by one, and then mediated in the congregation, such as disputes on the side, he really didn't bother, just need to explain them to the villagers one by one.

"Who is in the hall, and what is the matter?" Wen Chou said.

"Villain, forestry in the township pavilion, sue Wang Chang in the township pavilion Yangchun to beat the villain!" A young man in a hakama robe spoke. His clothes are often sewn, just like the image of a poor little villager! As he spoke, he rolled up his cuffs, only to see that the bruises and lumps on his arms had not yet dissipated, and the damage was obvious.

"Wenjun, the villain is wronged!" A young man who was still at a loss just now heard the words and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down. He is Wang Chang, who was at home, and suddenly heard that there was a call from Wenjun, although he didn't know the reason, he also hurried over, but he didn't want to get into a complaint.

Wen Chou sat upright in the hall and looked at the two people who were bowing down the hall. He said: "Forestry, can there be human and physical evidence? ”

"People in the countryside can testify to it!" Forestry said.

"Villain, I would like to be a witness, Wang Chang did beat forestry with a cane!" A townsman stepped forward to bow down.

"Oh, so the case is clear? Wang Chang, do you have anything to say? Wen Chou said. I thought: "Since this township Tinglin clan was defeated by it, could it be that the villagers have bullied the people surnamed Lin in their distant branches in order to vent their anger?" ”

"Wenjun, I, I'm ......" Wang Chang bowed to the ground and trembled. He didn't expect that Forestry would have the audacity to sue him.

"If there is a grievance, it will be prosecuted, and if there is no injustice, it will be pleaded guilty, why is it so sloppy? If you refuse to admit your guilt, you will be punished severely! Wen Chou said in a deep voice. Wen Chou looked at the forestry industry and the people in it, and asked sternly: "Can your words be the truth?" If there is the slightest discrepancy, you will be punished. I have sent the countrymen to inquire in the country. ”

"Wenjun, what we said is true! Wenjun. "Forestry Worship Road.

"I—I confess!" Wang Chang trembled.

"Oh, Wang Chang, did you plead guilty and fight in forestry? Could there be a reason? Wen Chou was surprised. He just said a few words sternly, and Wang Chang confessed, and he was surprised.

"I confessed, and there was no reason, it's just, just because I was oppressed by the Lin Qing clan in the past, and now I am gone, so I have found forestry to vent." Wang Chang trembled.

"Now that he has confessed his sin, according to the law: 'Bear to hurt a man, and pay the money.'" asked Forestry and Wang Chang, "Who are you and the others?" Seeing this, Wen Chou said.

"A few days ago, I followed Wenjun Yukou and was promoted to the top creation!" Forestry said.

"I, I'm a public servant." Wang Chang did not participate in the affairs of the imperial court, and in the past thirty years, the imperial court has only given the civil lord once, and of course he is only a first-level duke.

"If you fight and hurt someone, you will be fined eight taels for beating your lord. and endure punishment. Wang Chang, can you be punished? Wen Chou said.

"Can I redeem it?" Wang said freely.

"According to the law: 'Ransom, 12 taels of gold', 'Injury, 4 taels of compensation' so that you will compensate 24 taels of forestry gold, that is, 3 catties." Wen Chou said.

"Wenjun enforces the law fairly and strictly, which is the blessing of my people!" Forestry and its people bow down again.

In this way, although the judgment of the article and the ugly case could not satisfy all the villagers, its reputation for fairness and strictness spread far and wide.

It wasn't until sunset that Wen Chou was able to deal with the backlog of cases. And the villagers who went to the pavilions also returned one after another, and because of the growing reputation of Wen Chou, things went very smoothly. A total of 1,238 sickles, 1,335 hoes, 398 ploughs, 206,231 yuan, and 3,000 stone of grain were recovered. Most of the villagers chose the lease method.

Wen Chou checked them one by one, and then asked people to send the farm tools to the Wen's ironware shop in the township and city, and let the townsmen guard them. And the money and grain were sealed in the treasury in the official temple, and these grains would not be distributed to Wen Ji and other Wen clansmen, and the money was fine.

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