Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Transaction
"My lord, on what basis did you arrest him?" Luo Ming couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, this was the first time Li Yuntian had ordered someone to be taken, and then asked. The update is the fastest and most stable, and you have to be fast.
"Lawsuit!" Li Yuntian said two words lightly, since he wants to teach Yang Yungui a lesson, then he must be prepared, and let Yang Yungui be convinced at that time.
Not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the Tang and Song dynasties, the government advocated "ending lawsuits" and did not advocate the people to fight lawsuits, hoping that the people could "value peace" and live in harmony after encountering disputes.
It has only been more than half a year since Li Yuntian came to Hukou County, and Yang Yungui has successively written a petition to Liu Bo and Feng Boss to overturn the case, which is much worse than the nature of ordinary lawsuits, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he "started a lawsuit."
Hearing this, Luo Ming arched his hand, walked away quickly, and went to the Feng family to inquire who wrote the letter.
Chen Ningning's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, as if she didn't agree with Li Yuntian's approach, but she couldn't raise objections in front of those maids and subordinates, so she endured it.
"Master, is it inappropriate to send that lawyer to prison?" After eating a bowl of breakfast and entering the study, Chen Ningning opened the maid in the house, frowned slightly and said to Li Yuntian.
In her opinion, Li Yuntian's move was suspected of revenge, could it be that he was angry that the person who wrote the letter had made trouble for him?
"Madame doesn't know, this person is really hateful, and the two cases of overturning the case that the master encountered after his arrival came from this person."
Li Yuntian had already seen that she was going to ask about this matter, and after smiling, he explained, "According to the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to overturn the case, you must have conclusive evidence, but the two cases are plain and unremarkable, without the slightest merit.
Chen Ningning understood what was going on, bowed her head slightly, and her willow eyebrows gradually stretched, she thought that what Li Yuntian said was reasonable.
Ordinary people are illiterate and do not understand the law, but the lawyer is proficient in this way, knowing that there is no hope of overturning the case, and still writes a pleading, so that the complainant has nothing to do but suffer from flesh and skin, and this behavior is really hateful.
In this way, it is not unjust that the lawyer who wrote the pleadings was arrested and sent to prison.
"Perhaps, what does this person know, but it's not good to write it on the form, if you want to test the master, as the saying goes, don't be rude, and the master will naturally cure his frivolity." Li Yuntian felt that he could take advantage of this opportunity to give Chen Ningning guidance, so he leaned over to her ear and whispered.
Chen Ningning's eyes showed a look of astonishment when she heard this, and she looked at Li Yuntian in surprise, and she didn't understand what he meant for a while.
Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and winked at her slyly, this kind of thing needs Chen Ningning to figure out by himself, if he tells her the riddle, then Chen Ningning will not be able to benefit from this matter.
Although Chen Ningning had doubts in her heart, she saw that Li Yuntian didn't mean to find out, so she had to suppress the doubts in her heart, and secretly decided to find out the meaning of Li Yuntian's words.
A few days later, Li Yuntian went to the basement of Chen's house again and saw Wang San.
Compared with the last time, Wang San was much more decadent, his eyes were blank, his expression was dull, as the saying goes, mourning is better than heart death, thinking that his wife and children were going to be implicated by him and beheaded, he fell into deep self-blame.
"Your Excellency!" When he found that it was Li Yuntian who entered the room, a bright light flashed in Wang San's eyes, and he quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowing his head with a bang, "My lord, please be merciful, let go of the little wife and children, they don't know anything." ”
"Do you really want to save them?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian knew that Wang San's psychological defense line had been completely defeated, and looked at him and asked quietly.
"As long as I can save them, the small one is to go to the knife mountain, and I am willing to go to the oil pot." Wang San nodded repeatedly, and his eyes flashed with a look of expectation.
"Wang San, you are extremely evil, you should have been beheaded all over the house, but for the sake of those children, the official can't bear to let them lose their heads so early, if you can make meritorious service for the crime, then the official will let them live."
Li Yuntian stared at Wang San for a while, and said slowly, "However, their capital crimes can be avoided, and living crimes cannot be escaped, and this official will sentence them to exile to the frontier, otherwise they will not be able to confess to those unjust souls who were killed by you!" ”
"Thank you, thank you." Wang San couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and kowtowed to Li Yuntian again.
He didn't have the luxury of asking Li Yuntian not to hold his wife and children accountable, just like Li Yuntian said, if his wife and children were released, how would Li Yuntian face those victims?
Therefore, being exiled to the frontier is already the best result, although the life is a little hard, but he can save his life, so that his blood will not be cut off.
"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, there are conditions for this official to do this, if you can't make meritorious contributions, then this official has to act in accordance with the law." Li Yuntian looked at Wang San expressionlessly.
"Adult, the little one has also accumulated a lot of wealth in recent years, and he is willing to give it all to the adult." Wang San misunderstood what Li Yuntian meant, he knew that Li Yuntian would not let his wife and children go in vain, so he hurriedly offered a price.
In his opinion, Li Yuntian's move is nothing more than to get benefits from him, there is no one in the world who does not love money, Li Yuntian is not a saint, and naturally he can't get rid of the **** of money.
Wang San has been in Poyang Lake for 20 years, during which he has accumulated a huge fortune by robbing houses and houses, plundering merchant ships, and he has no way to survive anyway.
"Do you think the official is scarce of that money?" Li Yuntian sneered, the corners of his mouth showed a look of disdain, how could the bird know the ambition of the bird, how could he be the greedy for money and profit!
"Small gaffes, please forgive me." Wang San hurriedly stretched out his hand and slapped himself in the mouth, but he was quite disappreciative in his heart, he could see much more of a sanctimonious guy like Li Yuntian, he was honest and upright in his mouth, but in fact, he regarded wealth as his life.
"The official wants you to help the official eliminate the water bandits under you, if this matter is achieved, it will be regarded as alleviating your sins." Li Yuntian saw Wang San's eyes flickering, knowing that he didn't believe his words, and he didn't bother to bother with him, he said in a deep voice.
"That's nature, that's nature, the little ones are willing to lead the way for the officers and soldiers, and make sure that none of them slip through the net." Wang San was too busy to take care of himself at this time, where could he still take care of his former subordinates, nodded and said, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
His water nature is very good, if he can leave this dark ghost place, then as long as he reaches Poyang Lake, he will have a chance to escape.
As for his wives and children, Li Yuntian can dispose of them as he wants, anyway, as long as he escapes, he will find a woman to give birth to in the future.
"The island you live on is under the jurisdiction of Pengze County, do you think this official will go on an expedition?" Li Yuntian keenly noticed the abnormal look in Wang San's eyes, knew what his idea was, and said with a sneer, "You write a letter to Wei Kun and ask him to bring someone to Baishui Town, just say that the Chen family has bought a batch of gold and jade, which is worth a lot of money, and ask him to bring someone to rob it." ”
Although Pengze County and Hukou County were both under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang Prefecture, Li Yuntian, as the county commander of Hukou County, did not have the power to lead troops to Pengze County to suppress bandits, and doing so would not only anger the county commander of Pengze County, but also make him fall into a bad reputation in the officialdom for ignoring the friendship of his colleagues.
If he wants to send troops to attack Wang San's lair, Li Yuntian has two ways to go, one is to report to Jiujiang Mansion, and Jiujiang Mansion will come forward to encircle and suppress, and the other is to cooperate with the county order of Pengze County to work together to encircle and suppress.
For Li Yuntian, these two roads are not a good choice, once Jiujiang Mansion or Pengze County is notified, then the news may leak out, God knows if those water bandits have an inside line in the yamen.
Moreover, Li Yuntian was humiliated in the water bandits in Baishui Town last year, and only by eliminating those water bandits in Baishui Town could he completely wash away the humiliation on his body, and also give an explanation to the people who were affected and killed in Baishui Town.
At the same time, he also wanted to use a beautiful extermination war to restore his decree to Emperor Yongle, which was also a kind of reward for Yang Shiqi to write a letter to him, in order to show his talent and attract more attention from Yang Shiqi.
In Li Yuntian's opinion, he not only wanted to eliminate Wang San's gang of vicious water bandits, but more importantly, he used this incident to build momentum for himself, leaving an impression on Emperor Yongle and Yang Shiqi, and he was sure that one day they would think of him.
As long as Wei Kun led those water bandits to Baishui Town, then he gave Li Yuntian an excuse to go to their lair, the so-called rush to follow the power, Li Yuntian in order to prevent those water bandits from escaping and let people go to arrest them.
As for the magistrate of Pengze County, he could send someone to inform him at the same time as he sent his troops, and afterwards give him half of the bandits and booty captured on the island, and report the matter as if both sides were jointly suppressing the bandits, so that both sides would be happy, and he would not have any complaints.
Li Yuntian has always believed that eating alone is taboo, and even rain and dew are the king.
"Adults, small ones are illiterate." Wang San couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that Li Yuntian was going to lure Wei Kun and the others to Baishui Town, so he wouldn't have a chance to escape, so he said helplessly.
"Wang San, the official was kind enough to give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, but you don't know how to cherish it, do you really think that the official doesn't know about the collusion between you and Wei Kun? It seems that this official can only act according to the law! Li Yuntian sneered when he heard this, turned around and walked towards the door.
He knew that Wang San was a big man who could only write his own name, but Ergou told him that although Wang San couldn't write, he contacted Wei Kun by letter.
With Wang San's identity and status, he has rarely come forward to do those things that rob the house, unless it is an important matter like the last time he taught Li Yuntian, the magistrate of Hukou County, he went out, and he usually does not live in the old nest, but enjoys himself outside, and when there is something, he writes to command Wei Kun.
In this case, there must be something mysterious in the letter between the two, but Ergou has never seen the content of the letter and doesn't know it.
"Adult, although the little one is illiterate, but he has an agreed password with Wei Kun, the little one was worried that he would be suspicious and spoil the adult's business, so I wanted to go in person." Wang San's face turned green when he saw this, he never expected that Li Yuntian would even know such a confidential thing, and hurriedly shouted at him, for fear that he would leave.