"Boss Cui, since you are here to help take a look, seeing that Han Liu and they are gone, why did you hide the gold coin in your sleeve?!" Shen Zhanghua was busy with the Wei family and began to knock Cui Xishun to death.

Cui Xishun's intestines were all repentant, and he hated to slap himself a few ear scrapers. He was speechless and could only keep silent.

"Our law says that the common people shall not use silver or gold. Even the Queen Mother and the masters of the palace only wear grass velvet flowers on weekdays. Shen Zhanghua respectfully hugged his fists to the south.

"They brought gold bills to your store, and you didn't say dissuasion and report, but tried to exchange them in vain, what should you be guilty of!" Shen Zhanghua was stern and aggressive.

Cui Xishun knelt with his head down, like a clay sculpture and wood carving. He complained bitterly in his heart, he really didn't eat mutton and got into a commotion.

Seeing that Cui Xishun was dead or alive, he didn't speak. Shen Zhanghua took a sip of tea and moistened it, and stopped talking. The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became solemn.

Only then did the Wei family realize that they had really broken the law, and they didn't know what kind of punishment they would receive, and they were terrified.

Cui Xishun bit that there was no real exchange, thinking that the young magistrate was just scolding, but unexpectedly, he suddenly lost his voice as he spoke.

He sneaked up and glanced up, and saw that Shen Zhanghua was looking at him like a fox. Cui Xishun's forehead suddenly appeared with fine sweat, this kind of thing, to put it bluntly, can be big or small. The gold has been confiscated, and the people will be released in the court, or locked up for a year and a half, and then it will be up to the county to see what the county is happy to do.

"Master Zhixian, I am guilty of being in your hands, I have nothing to say, I will be at your disposal. You also know that Wanfu Qianzhuang is one of the best in Qinghe County and even Jiangling City, and its shopkeeper is not something you can dispose of if you want to! After a while, Cui Xishun finally couldn't hold back and spoke.

Hu Hanliu came up with his ear and muttered a few words to Shen Zhanghua.

"Hehe, the prince will be guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law, let alone you! I only recognize the king's law here, and I don't recognize who your backstage master is!

Besides, if your master knows what you are doing, don't say that he protects you, I'm afraid you will lose your life. Shen Zhanghua sneered.

Cui Xishun's death-white face was red for a while, green for a while, and extremely ugly.

The county government sits in the north and faces south, and the entrance of the government is the street. Such a young and handsome county magistrate tried the case, and the people who came to see the excitement surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Let's, let's, let's." More than an hour later, the county Cheng came with Du Huaibing and Du Mei.

"Hey, look at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dressed well, what's the matter, this kid is dressed like a flower."

"You came later, I don't know why. Let's watch. ”

The onlookers pointed and pointed, and the voices were buzzing.

Du Mei was taken to the county office, and his mind was still confused. She was washing clothes at home, but she was dragged into the carriage by Du Shicheng and bumped all the way to the county office. On the road, the county Cheng told Du Mei and Du Huaibing the ins and outs of the matter.

When she saw the eldest aunt whose face was beaten so that she couldn't recognize it, the uncle who was lying on the ground with blood, and even the always strong grandmother collapsed on the third aunt with scattered temples, she wanted to laugh inexplicably.

"Who is standing in the hall?" Shen Zhanghua continued to try the case.

"Didn't you ask me to come, you don't know who I am?" Du Mei turned around and looked at the county order behind the public case. Du Mei is just a thirteen-year-old girl, ignorant and fearless, and clear-minded, and does not feel afraid.

Shen Zhanghua didn't expect a teenage girl to stand in the majestic lobby and dare to talk to him like this in the face of a bloody scene. When he looked at her, he had a sense of contemplation.

The girl in front of her was thin and fair-skinned, and her bright eyes were pure and untainted with a trace of worldliness. The clothes on her body were patched and patched, much worse than those worn by her three elders, but they were still clean and fresh.

Zhou was beaten speechless, and when he heard Du Mei speak boldly, he didn't know that the county had punished Du Mei for a crime and beat him up.

"Du Mei, your third aunt said that this gold coin is yours, but is it true?" Shen Zhanghua automatically ignored Du Mei's unreasonableness and continued to ask.

"On the morning of my father's accident, two sons asked for directions, and they rewarded me." Du Mei said truthfully.

"Back to the county master, his father is Du Erjin, the one who provoked the accident in the Huaishui River." Du Huaibing followed up and explained.

"Oh." Shen Zhanghua felt a little sympathy when he looked at Du Mei again.

"Do you know that this is 10 taels of gold?" Shen Zhanghua asked again.

"I don't know." Du Mei shook her head, she had no idea what 10 taels of gold was worth.

"Do you remember asking passers-by?" Shen Zhanghua was impressed by this young girl, but she was not afraid of pressure.

"I don't recognize it. A good-looking boy rode a tall black horse, and the other wore a military uniform. Dumay struggled to recall.

The county man on the side pinched his fingers and counted the next day, his face changed, and he lowered his head and attached Shen Zhanghua's ears: "A few days ago, King Yan returned to Beijing and passed through Qinghe County, he had a pure black BMW, called Moyun, and his personal guard was Zhao Ji'an. ”

Shen Zhanghua's eyes rolled, I'm afraid that only King Yan has such a big hand, besides, except for the palace, how can the people have such a delicate and delicate gold bill.

"Since it is thee, it is thee. Why did they get it to the county seat to verify the exchange? "How could Shen Zhanghua, who is from a wealthy family, understand Du Mei's suffering.

"My grandmother and aunt framed me for stealing from the house, tore my clothes, and robbed them. As for validation and redemption, I don't know at all. Du Mei said, looking up.

Wei and Zhou were exposed by Du Mei in public, and they couldn't hold their faces, but they didn't dare to make a mistake in the lobby, except for poking her with a knife, they could only endure it.

The crowd of onlookers, like water droplets dripping into boiling oil, exploded immediately.

"What kind of person is this, it's not unbearable to watch. Even the children's things have to be grabbed! What a sin! ”

"A child without a father has a hard life!"

"I see that the two members of the uncle's family are not fighting enough!"

"That old woman is not a good thing, I didn't beat her, it's really cheap for her!"

Listening to the crusades behind, the Wei family was eager to find a crack in the ground to get into. Even Xie Shi, who was kneeling in a row, felt panicked.

Wei Shi climbed two steps tightly, pulled the trouser leg of Du Huaibing, and whispered: "Uncle, you help me to ask for a favor, we really don't know about this crime." ”

Du Huaibing felt that the Wei family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had gone too far with Du Mei, and she had simply lost the face of the eight generations of the Du family's ancestors. But in court, he is still the head of the Du family, and Du Jiagou's Li Zheng broke his bones and tendons, and his elbows had to be turned inward.

"The county lord, you are all in poor control, and you are right.

You see, they are all first-time offenders, and the third son of her family is still a talented man, that is, she is confused for a while.

Besides, the village women in the countryside don't know that gold and silver are important materials controlled by the state, so you can just let them go.

In the name of Li Zheng and the patriarch of Dujiagou, I promise that they will never dare again. Du Huaibing said with a smile.

The matter is almost clear, and Shen Zhanghua has no intention of entangled with a bunch of mud legs. He cleared his throat and said to the Wei family, "I read that you are a first-time offender, and you have already received a punishment. Now that you are in the midst of a guarantee, I will let you go back. I hope that you will be honest in the future, and if you commit another crime, you will not be spared! ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The four of Wei agreed again and again, kowtowed, and staggered up from the ground.

"Is the gold coin ......?" Wei still remembered.

"Hmph, you still want to return the golden bill, is it that the words of this county order are not clear enough!" Shen Zhanghua was so angry by the Wei family that he was shocked: "The confiscated gold must be handed over to the treasury!" ”

Wei wanted to ramble on something, but he was pierced by his cold eyes, and he was immediately silenced like a chilling cicada.

Shen Zhanghua turned his head and said softly to Du Mei: "In the final analysis, the gold coin is yours, although the treasury should be collected according to the law, but if you are innocent and suffered, this county will reward you with a lot of money to comfort your heart." ”

Du Mei was silent, not that she didn't want it, but that she wanted it, and she couldn't keep it, so it was better not to have this trouble.

Shen Zhanghua saw Du Mei bowing his head and was silent, and he knew in his heart: "This hanging money is rewarded by the county government, if you are forced to go, just come and sue me!" ”

With this sentence in his support, Du Mei hurriedly knelt down and thanked him. In the blink of an eye, the county Cheng really took a bunch of money from the back hall and handed it to Du Mei.

The Wei family was in pain and angry, staring at Du Mei and carrying the money in his arms, and now with the verbal promise of the county order, they could only watch dryly, and did not dare to act rashly.

"Good!" Watching the lively crowd applaud, they sympathized with Du Mei and admired their parents even more. "Boss Cui, you know the law and break the law, and the crime will be added to the first degree. Sentenced to one year in prison! Shen Zhanghua turned to Cui Xishun and said loudly.

"Master Zhixian, this is not fair! The subject is fine, but I should go to jail? Cui Xishun could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and said hurriedly.

"Otherwise, it's okay to hit 50 big boards, and the punishment will be effective!" Shen Zhanghua didn't want to argue with him, so he said in a deep voice.

50 big board, don't say that he is a pampered middle-aged man, even an iron-clad man in the barracks, I'm afraid he will have to be scrapped.

"Is there any other way?" Cui Xishun is like a frosted eggplant, and he is unrestrained.

"I still have a shortage of silver to build the road, if you donate voluntarily, the merits and demerits will be compensated, but I can spare you." Shen Zhanghua was waiting for him with his pockets open.

"Lord Zhixian, I am willing to pay 100 taels of silver to build the road." Cui Xishun already knew why Shen Zhanghua was pinching him, and the result of his stubborn resistance was to cut his flesh and bleed to survive.

Shen Zhanghua was silent.

"200 taels." Cui Xishun stretched out two fingers and shook them.

Shen Zhanghua stroked the startling wood.

"300 taels." Cui Xishun's face turned pale, and he trembled and stretched out another finger.

Shen Zhanghua casually fiddled with the order in the sticker, as if he was hesitating which one to choose. There are three colors, white, red, and black. According to the unwritten rules, white sticks, casual beatings, red sticks, open skin and flesh, black sticks, hurt muscles and bones.

"500 taels, this is my best ability, otherwise, you still let me go to jail." Looking at Shen Zhanghua's movements, the sweat on Cui Xishun's forehead flowed down his cheeks, and he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and said through gritted teeth.

"I knew this was the case, why did I have to do it in the first place!" Shen Zhanghua flicked his sleeves and stood up.

"Exit the hall ......," the officials on both sides shouted as usual.

Cui Xishun sat on the ground with a buttocks, unable to hold on any longer.

The follow-up delivery of the silver money was naturally handled by the county Cheng and Han Liu.