Chapter 8 The Qin Clan
"My mother", when the rich man saw the words "Death-free gold medal, imperial gift mirror" on the royal gold medal, he was already so frightened that he fell to the ground almost immediately, and he didn't dare to say a word, and quietly waited for the fate.
At this time, Qingzi saw that tens of thousands of people all knelt on the ground, this lineup was simply frightened, almost completely stunned, and heard the senior brother say what he was "Tian Wenjing, Tian Daren", and he was even more stunned.
What Tian Wenjing, Lord Tian, is just my senior brother Runzhi.
Originally, he didn't plan to kneel, but when he saw tens of thousands of people kneeling, he looked up and saw Runzhi throwing him a look.
Qingzi was quite witty, and immediately understood the meaning of Runzhi, and followed everyone to kneel down.
I don't know what kind of flower fragrance, faint and elegant, hazy, gently fluttering into people's nostrils, people feel a refreshing taste.
Tens of thousands of people knelt down on the square of the temple, and all the people didn't even dare to come out, after all, the people in such a small place, the sentence "Seeing the gold medal is like seeing the Yongzheng Emperor himself" has completely stunned their hearts.
They never imagined that such a small place would even involve the most powerful emperor in the world today.
In their opinion, the power of this gold medal is beyond their reach in their lifetime, so they feel extremely shocked and surprised in their hearts, and of course they are more curious about how this big official, who is honest and honest and loves to fight for the people, will deal with this matter, but the result is sure to be fair.
"Everyone, please get up, this official will definitely deal with this matter impartially", hearing the wise and martial "Tian Wenjing" Lord call everyone up, how could the adults not listen to their words, so some of the bolder ones began to get up, and others also got up.
The people were so frightened that they were silent, and they didn't dare to leave their positions without permission, but they stood up and looked at Runzhi motionless, wanting to see how the fabled righteous and wise official would handle the matter.
"Auntie, please get up, this official will uphold justice, please tell me the cause and effect of this matter now, if there is a grievance, this official will administer justice for you" Runzhihe said a ragged peasant woman in her forties.
"It's this... In this way, the grass farmer Zhang settled at the foot of Daming Temple Mountain, because Daming Temple subcontracted the land to this horse landlord, and the horse landlord subleased me the rent of cultivated land by nine cents per mu more than usual, thinking that last year's bumper harvest, the harvested rice could be enough to pay the rent. But when the landlord saw the bumper harvest of rice, he temporarily increased the rent of rice to more than three times that of before, so that even if the grass people added up all the rice, it would not be enough for their rent, and it happened that the daughter-in-law of the grass people did not know where to get this dress, and everyone said that this dress was very valuable, and they thought that this dress would be enough to pay this year's rent. The grass people have inquired with the people of Ma's house, and they can use this clothing to pay the rent on their behalf, and they will be delivered here today, but they never thought that Master Ma would say that this dress is his son's clothes! There are such people in the world! Please be the master of the grass people."
As Zhang spoke, tears flowed down his eyes, his eyes were almost red and swollen, and a few traces of blood appeared in his sockets.
"Ma, you also explain the situation to the official in detail, if there is a grievance, the official will deal with it impartially", Runzhi said to the landlord of the Ma family.
"My lord, I am a big family near Daming Temple, how can such a sesame thing trouble an adult to do it himself, this small... Thing... A trivial matter, this dress should be given to her, rent... Nope... Don't do it", the rich man saw that everyone had risen, so he also stood up, but his heart was still terrified.
"Originally, this peasant woman stole my son's clothes out of nowhere, and this clothing was one of the gifts I gave to my son for his 20th birthday.
"Things still have to be figured out, do you want to discuss it later", Lord Tian Wenjing must be very authoritative, and there is no doubt at all.
"Obey your orders!"
Zhang and Ma said almost in unison.
"Zhang, where is your son and daughter-in-law now?" Runzhi asked Zhang gently.
"Because my son was conscripted, now I am serving in the military on the far northwest border, and I haven't come back for several years, and now my life and death are uncertain, my daughter-in-law specializes in textiles at home, and today I came to pay the rent with my illness, and the woman in black linen clothes not far away is", Zhang said, pointing to a young woman who was also crying not far away, while rubbing his nose, he was extremely sad, and the people around him were touched.
"Zhang's daughter-in-law, come over and tell me where you got this dress?" , Runzhi asked Zhang's daughter-in-law cordially.
Zhang's daughter-in-law approached slowly, although Zhang's daughter-in-law was wearing black linen clothes, but obviously looking at her face, it was very good-looking, like a flower growing in a pile of weeds.
"Hui lord, I am the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, Qin, because the rice harvested by the family is not enough to pay the rent, the Ma family has recently wantonly abused my family, one day the young master of the Ma family forcibly broke into my house, and violently attacked me, I desperately resisted, and at night he took advantage of my sleep, climbed over the wall and forcibly committed violence to me. Although I shouted loudly, but the neighbors on the left and right were afraid of the power of the Ma family, so they did not want to help, and after all, they defiled it, and when they left, they left this garment because of negligence, thinking that they wanted to help my family pay the rent to compensate for their heavenly punishment, but I never thought that the master of the Ma family would be like this" Qin said so, and unconsciously wept bitterly.
"You can rest assured, this official will administer justice for you!" Runzhi said to the Qin family.
"If that's the case, then it would be great, the people's wife thanked your lord!" Qin wiped away his tears and said hoarsely.
"Ma, your son can be here," Runzhi asked the rich man Ma in a sharp voice.
"Returning to my lordship, my son came in because of an incurable disease, and he is recuperating at home, this woman's words, adults must not listen to them," said the rich man of the Ma family.
"This official ordered you to send someone to let your son come here immediately, and let the county order come here immediately, just say Tian Wenjing, Lord Tian is waiting here with a gold medal", Runzhi issued an official order to Ma.
Because Runzhi's voice was so harsh, there was almost no room for rebuttal, so the rich man of the Ma family had to send his family to do so.
The wind tore the horse's hooves, and after a while, two teams of men and horses in the distance came to meet them, the first team was led by a tall but decadent young man, obviously the young master of the rich man's family. The second team was not far behind the first team, and the local magistrate came galloping with all his men.
On the square of Daming Temple in Nuoda, people stared at Runzhi's every move, almost staring intently, for fear of missing the scene of the rare governor handling the case on the spot in a hundred years. When I saw that Runzhi was mobilized to a certain extent and his language was clear and reasonable, I believed that with the imperial court member Tian Wenjingtian here, he would definitely enforce the law impartially and protect justice.