As soon as he saw Lu's wife, Xiao Jiading chuckled in his heart, this woman was about forty or fifty years old, her hair was already a little gray, her mouth was thin, and her eyes were dripping and rolling. Based on his feelings, Xiao Jiading felt that this woman was not easy to deal with. At the moment, she is taking her two sons with her, who have just finished eating and are cleaning up. Hearing that the maid said that it was someone from the yamen, she immediately cried with a handful of snot and tears: "Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master for us!" Yan Erlang, who killed a thousand knives, he just beat my man to death with a stone like that! The sky is falling. God, they haven't paid me a penny until now! Our family is young, how can we live here, my poor husband, this Yan Erlang who killed a thousand knives......"

The woman cried and cursed, and secretly twisted the younger son's arm a few times, so the younger son also cried with Wawa, and for a while, the house was in chaos.

Xiao Jiading frowned, if this woman was allowed to take the initiative, this matter would not be easy to handle, he immediately shouted with a straight face: "What are you crying about?" I'm here to investigate the case, not to listen to your howl! Your man is not a good thing, the eldest man is critically ill in the house, but he beats and scolds the servant girl outside because of a little mistake, and flirts with her, the old lady asks him not to make trouble and he doesn't listen, and the slave who doesn't even care about the master's illness says pitiful?! ”

Xiao Jiading's reprimand under Ma Wei immediately had an effect. In ancient times, it was not like modern times, everything was focused on maintaining stability, and the most feared thing was to petition and make trouble, but in ancient times, it didn't care about you, the yamen was the first in the world, and if you were not honest, you would immediately go to prison on the rope, and the strict household registration system would not let you go around petitioning and making trouble everywhere. The official-oriented thinking also makes the people dare not say a word to the government, and fear of officials is a common problem of the people. Therefore, Xiao Jiading's reprimand, Lu's wife immediately didn't dare to cry anymore. She actually knows better than anyone else what kind of person she is as a man.

Xiao Jiading then took off his robe and sat down, and said, "This official came today to ask your opinion on this case. Say it! As he spoke, he asked the attendant maid to set up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Lu's wife's eyes were rolling. muttered and said, "Anyway, kill people to pay for your life, and pay off debts!" I don't have anything else to say, he Yan Erlang killed my man, and I want him to pay for his life! A matter of course! If he gets rid of the capital crime, I, I, I will take my family to the capital to sue the emperor! ”

The Tang Dynasty had already set up Dengwen drums outside the imperial palace in the capital, which was specially used for those who had grievances to directly report to the emperor. However, in many cases, this is just a symbol, and the emperor does not have time to listen to a common man talk about some cows, horses, chickens and sheep. Therefore, although the drum was set up, it was impossible for the common people to be allowed to beat it. If there is any grievance, it is still up to the local yamen to tell them. Therefore, the so-called complaint of Lu's wife is just a bluff. But Xiao Jiading can't let it go, otherwise. This woman really went around to tell him, even if he saved Yan Erlang's life. Tails are also left behind. I'm afraid that it will leave the princess with the impression that she can't do things. So this has to be settled.

Xiao Jiading said: "Killing people to pay for their lives, and repaying debts, that is a matter of course, this is right." However, if it is according to the royal law, Yan Erlang should not be sentenced to death. That is also the result of the emperor's grace, even if you go to the capital to sue the emperor, it will be useless! ”

Lu's wife's sharp voice resounded throughout the room: "He killed my man, shouldn't he be sentenced to death?" I don't believe that Wang Fa would judge like this! Who wants to judge like that. I'll go to the yamen and hit my head to death! I accompanied my man to the underworld, and the yamen of the yang world could not redress my husband's grievances, so I went to the yamen of the underworld and went to the king of Yama to complain! Hook away the soul of Yan Erlang, who killed a thousand knives! My hard-working husband, ......! ”

Lu's wife cried a lot again, but it didn't rain when it was dry.

Xiao Jiading slapped the table, stood up, and said angrily: "What howl? ”

Lu's wife was startled, her dry howl stopped abruptly, and she looked at Xiao Jiading with some fear.

Xiao Jiading said angrily: "I warn you, you dare to say that the court does not uphold justice, and you want to go to the underworld to sue the king of Hades, is it not as good as the royal law of the king of the Tang Dynasty?" You are maliciously slandering my Celestial Empire! Slander the current emperor! ”

Xiao Jiading's big hat was buttoned, and Lu's wife and children knelt down with a grunt, kowtowed, and said, "The women don't have it!" Official, the women don't mean that. ”

Xiao Jiading snorted heavily and said, "I can tell you, although your man is dead, the sins he created during his life are still there!" How many servants he has beaten, you can find out one by one! How many servant girls he has molested, but there are witnesses! And he disobeyed his master's orders, despised his master, and so on, all of which added up to enough to sentence him to ten or eight capital crimes! And you have to raid the house, and you have to connect it! ”

In fact, Tang Law's punishment is to choose a felony, not to merge the department, Lu Chao's evil deeds, really have to be investigated, according to Tang Law, the big deal is just a board, and it will definitely not be a capital crime, let alone a family or something. But where does Lu's wife understand how the criminal law is stipulated? As soon as he heard what the official of the yamen said, where was there any suspicion, an old face was red and white for a while, and he said with a bitter face: "That ......, that's his business...... and me...... It's okay, sir......"

Xiao Jiading then said in a fierce voice: "Your husband Lu Chao has done a lot of evil deeds, and Yan Erlang killed him because of your husband's evil deeds!" The royal law is the most fair, so naturally you have to consider these, you are a lowly maid, you dare to wantonly slander the royal law for being unfair! It's a capital offense! ”

This woman is also the maidservant of Zhang's mansion, and it was the master who paired her with the male servant Lu Chao, according to the rules of Tang law, the servant is equivalent to the animal, and it is the same as the livestock in the family. The status is the lowest, this humble social status cannot be judged at will by the court and the royal law, Xiao Jiading grabbed her sore feet, and indeed grasped her weakness. Suddenly frightened, his face turned pale, and he knelt and kowtowed.

Xiao Jiading saw that he was scared enough to scare her, so he softened his tone a little and said: "I read that you have the pain of losing your husband, and you have no discipline in speaking, and this official will not care about you for the time being." Let's talk about the matter of your husband Lu Chao first,—— how to judge the king's law, that is a matter of the court, it is the emperor's matter, and it is not your turn to make irresponsible remarks! Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Listen...... Hear me clearly......" replied Lu Nuonuo.

Xiao Jiading saw that the stick was almost over, and it was time to throw some carrots, a slight smile appeared on his face, and his voice was completely softened, and said: "Actually, that Yan Erlang also regrets it very much, he killed your husband, when the official interrogated him, he knelt and cried and begged me to express repentance to your mother and son for him." Willing to compensate your mother and son for five times, I don't know if you want it? ”

In fact, Yan Erlang didn't say so, and he didn't have this money, Xiao Jiading knew that many petitioners, in the final analysis, were just for money, so if they didn't come up with some money, things would always be unsettled. If there was no princess in this case, of course Xiao Jiading would not do it, and it would be what it could be judged like. But now, this case was personally assigned by the princess, and she asked to do things as well as possible, so if you want to do it well, you can only pay out of your own pocket. Then again, pay for the princess, as long as the matter is done well, the benefits in exchange for it, I don't know how many times more Lu Dao will be than this money. So Xiao Jiading brought almost all the family's money with him before he came out, just to do things. Anyway, now the construction of the flood control embankment is about to start, and once the construction starts, the stone mountains and barren slopes can be exchanged for copper coins immediately.

When Lu's wife heard that there was still money to take, she was immediately overjoyed, and she was busy saying that she was willing to accept it.

Xiao Jiading said: "Tomorrow at noon, you wait for me outside the yamen, and I will give you the money." However, you have to write me a guarantee to obey the court's judgment on Yan Erlang, not to shout injustices, and not to talk nonsense! Do you want to do it? ”

Lu's wife didn't know if her little eyes were rolling, and she looked at Xiao Jiading uncertainly, as if she was probing Xiao Jiading's hole cards.

Xiao Jiading sneered and said: "Don't make a mistake, take money and shout injustice, I have written down all the rebellious nonsense you just said that the court is not as good as the Yama Palace of the underworld, there is really that day, we have to settle the account!" ”

Lu's wife was startled, and hurriedly laughed and said: "The women don't dare, the women are willing to obey the judgment of the court, no matter how the court judges, the women don't shout injustice." ”

"That's good! I'll write a guarantee for you, you draw a bet! ”

"Good"

Xiao Jiading wrote a letter of guarantee, and didn't even read it to Lu's wife, so she asked her to draw a charge on it, and she didn't dare to say anything. Xiao Jiading asked the old lady's personal maid to be the middleman, and also painted a bet on it.

Xiao Jiading said goodbye at this time, and returned to the best restaurant in Jiulong County where they recorded the prisoners and their group.

Li Ke, the king of Shu, has already confessed, because the time is short and there are many things, as long as the case is handled well, he can report to him at any time. So after Xiao Jiading came back, he immediately reported to Li Ke.

This case had been handed over to Li Ke by the princess, and Li Ke said that there was no way to solve this case through normal means. In fact, the implication is to let the princess solve it through some abnormal means. Therefore, the princess handed over the task to Xiao Jiading and told Li Ke, the king of Shu, about it. Therefore, Li Ke knew that Xiao Jiading still had such a task. That includes this case.

Xiao Jiading took a stack of notes and said to Li Ke: "Old lady Zhang's servant Yan Erlang killed Lu Chao, a slave of the same mansion, I went to Zhang's mansion to re-investigate, and found that old lady Zhang had hoped that the yamen would not sentence Yan Erlang to death, and he also wrote a letter to the yamen, but unfortunately the letter was inadvertently damaged by the servant who sent the letter. (To be continued......)