Chapter 289: People's Hearts and Opinions

The next day, Gu Du set off and brought Lisa with him, saying that she would have a formal meeting with Zedi.

Traveling to Zeming County in a few days, it will be late, and the group will go to the post house to check in, and when they will arrive at the post house, someone on the side of the road suddenly shouted: "Lord Gu!" ”

Gu Du looked sideways and saw a man about fifty years old, with a long round face and decent dress.

Gu Du felt that this person seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he reined in the horse, the man didn't dare to approach, bowed on the side of the road, and said: "Lord Gu, the villain used to be a salt merchant in Lingyu County, and the villain's name is Li Deshi, and it was the adult who moved the villain to Zeming County." ”

Gu Du nodded in response, "Oh, you've always been okay?" ”

Dongfang Xia Lan pursed her lips and smiled, in fact, Gu Du still didn't think about it.

Li Deshi knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Adult, villain...... Not good. ”

Gu Duwei frowned and said, "Come with me." ”

brought Li Deshi to the post house, Li Deshi told Gu Du that after he came to Zeming County, he opened a cloth village, and everything was going well, but a year ago, the county government requisitioned military supplies and asked him to donate cloth, saying that he was sewing military uniforms for the soldiers in front.

Li Deshi donated 20 horses, but the county magistrate Changchun said that he was greedy for money and unjust, and said that he was originally a pariahs in the Lingguo, and it was Gu Guo's uncle who was benevolent and benevolent, so he moved him to Zeming County.

Now that the soldiers in front of him are bloody, Li Deshi only donated 20 pieces of cloth, and his heart can be punished!

Li Deshi argued two sentences, saying that he was a rebel and a citizen of Zeguo, so he was beaten by the county order, and within a few days, after nightfall, Buzhuang suddenly caught fire, and no one rescued him, and he burned all his blood and returned home.

And not only Li Deshi, all the salt merchants who moved in that year, their businesses were set on fire or smashed.

They jointly sued the official, but the county magistrate said that no one could see it, and the arson could not be found, and as for the person who smashed it, because there was no witness, the two sides insisted on their own words, and finally it was settled.

To this day, Li Deshi and others do not talk about running a business, even if they go to the street to buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt, it is twice as expensive as others, and some traders even directly say that they will not sell it to the people of Lingguo, and they will starve to death.

Gu Du smiled bitterly, he commanded the army to fight, in order to unify the world and the people to be safe, who would have thought that it would be like this? But who is right and who is wrong in this matter?

If it is said that Guan Changchun bends the law, in fact, he is not partial, no one sees the arson, where can he arrest people? If there is no one to testify against the person who smashed it, how can the accuser be convicted on the basis of his or her own words?

This is all handled in accordance with legal principles, even if Gu Du is allowed to try these cases, there will be no difference.

In the final analysis, these things are not just a matter of legal principles, they are the people's hearts and public opinions, and the hatred accumulated over hundreds of years will not disappear in an instant with his domination of the world.

Suddenly remembered what the East didn't hear and said back then, on this grassland, the blood stained the earth, the bones are like mountains, and the hatred accumulated over hundreds of years is hated to the bones, who will stop? Who can stop?

Li Deshi knelt down and begged: "Lord Gu, the villain doesn't want to complain to the adult, in fact, the county order is also reasonable, if it weren't for the compassion of Lord Gu, the villain's family would have been a lonely ghost on the side of the road, the villain just told Lord Gu about the matter, it's not that the villain doesn't know how to lift, it's really embarrassing, the villain wants to go back to his hometown, please ask Lord Gu for permission." ”

Gu Du sighed and said, "I'll stay here for a few days, please go and tell the others, if you all want to go back, pack your luggage, and I'll send someone to escort you." ”

Li Deshi burst into tears, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you, Lord Gu." ”

Li Deshi left, Gu Du sat at the table and drank a cup of tea silently, got up and said to Dongfang Xia Lan, "I'll go out." ”

Dongfang Xia Lan responded: "Go ahead, don't be upset." ”

Gu Du nodded, opened the door and came out, Yun Jincai also opened the door, and asked, "Do you want me to accompany you?" ”

Gu Du replied in a dull voice, "No need." ”

Gu Du arrived at the county office, identified himself, and the messenger hurriedly led him to the back house, Guan Changchun rushed to the middle gate after receiving the report, bowed down and saluted: "I don't know if the handsome man is in person, and he is far away." ”

Gu Du said: "No need to be polite, I passed through here on my way back to the court, met an old man, knew something, and wanted to come over to talk to you." ”

Guan Changchun turned sideways and said, "Dashuai, please go to the back hall for tea." ”

When I sat down in the back hall and served tea, Gu Du said: "The old man I met was a salt merchant in Lingyu County back then. ”

Guan Changchun replied: "That's true, these people's properties have been set on fire or smashed, and the lower officials have tried their best to investigate and deal with them, but there is no evidence, it is really embarrassing. ”

"No need." Gu Du waved his hand and said, "I know that you enforce the law impartially, and I didn't come to ask you about the crime, I just wanted to talk to you casually." ”

Guan Changchun stood up, lowered his head and said: "The lower official is at fault, a year ago, he requisitioned military supplies from the people, and it was indeed biased, and the lower official is willing to be punished." ”

Gu Du sighed and said, "I only want to ask you, are you an official or a bandit?" ”

Guan Changchun replied: "The marshal Mingjian, although the lower officials act biasedly, they will never dare to enforce the law and break the law, and besides, the people's will is like this, and there is no need for the command of the lower officials. ”

Gu Du nodded and said, "Yes, you just need to show your attitude and stir up public resentment, and someone will act." ”

Guan Changchun said: "The marshal is so responsible, the officials are terrified, and I ask the marshal to make it clear." ”

Gu Du said: "Shengdou Xiaomin may like and dislike arbitrarily and don't know the general situation, but you, as the head of a county, are in charge of the prison and the pastor, but you are also willful, and you have to attribute the evil consequences to the people's hearts. ”

Guan Changchun frowned and said: "The marshal is right, but the lower officials think that after all, they are from the Spirit Kingdom, not my race, and their hearts must be different." ”

Gu Du nodded and asked, "What about me?" I also grew up in the spirit kingdom, and I am also a rebel, what do you say? ”

Guan Changchun said: "Why should the marshal be confused? Dashuai and Lingguo have the hatred of killing their wives and children, and they have the merit of conquering the world in our Zeguo, how can they be compared with those people? Besides, the soldiers in front of them fought bloodily, but they were greedy for money and unjust, filling their own pockets, how could such an act not make people feel cold? ”

"Alas......" Gu Du sighed, shook his head, and said, "That's it, I have allowed them to move back to Lingyu County, and you will have peace of mind in the future." ”

Guan Changchun bowed down and responded: "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Gu Du sighed again, got up and said, "I'm leaving." ”

Guan Changchun responded: "Congratulations to the handsome." ”

Back at the inn, Dongfang Xia Lan looked at his face and asked, "Didn't make sense?" ”

Gu Du sighed, sat down and replied, "It doesn't make sense." ”