Chapter 44: I'm the only one who does everything
"Might-Force-"
On the top of the wide public hall, there is a huge plaque, with four big characters painted on a black background, "Mirror hanging", like the eyes of the gods. People stand under it, and they can't help but hold their breath and concentrate.
Li Fan, the magistrate of the county, sat in front of the three-foot public case, Wang Fuli stood behind, Wei Ming, Zhao Gong, and Dai Gang were all in the hall, and the officials on both sides were in charge, and the people outside the fence were crowded and crowded.
Of course, these people came from Song's Restaurant, and they can be said to have gone out to hear the truth of the case.
"Who's in the hall?" Li Fan asked as usual.
Zhao Gong was barefoot, shrunken his head and trembled, Dai Gang's mouth was bitter, I really didn't expect to send myself to the court in order to pick Zhao Gong a few small money, "If you go back to the county, the villain Dai Gang, a native of Zhangtang Village, is the local chief armor." He pointed to Zhao Gong again, "This is our grain chief, also from Zhangtang Village, named Zhao Gong." He glanced at Wei Ming again and wanted to introduce him, but he didn't know what Wei Muzi's name was.
Wei Ming didn't need his introduction, he saluted and replied, "Hui County, Wei Ming, a grass person, a native of Luting Village, and these two belong to the same mile." ”
He was young, his speech was clear, and he was not stunned or trembling, and Li Fan looked at him twice.
"The three of you, why are you here?" Li Fan continued to ask.
The first person to reply must have the first impression, Dai Gang hurriedly grabbed the words, slammed his head, and said quickly: "County Zun Mingjian, the villain and Zhao Gong are the chief armor and grain chief in this room, a few days ago, I found that the Wei family privately tun salt, and lowered the price of salt, fooled the villagers in ten miles and eight townships, and went to his house, saying that exchanging salt for grain actually lowered the price of salt!" Let's see that this is amazing, it is a violation of the law of Daxing, how dare we not ask, and kindly come to persuade us, but we were driven out by the Wei family, and we didn't dare to hide it, so didn't we report it to Zhang Zhutou? The county respects Mingjian, and the villain does not dare to hide it! ”
He said that he didn't dare to hide it, but in fact he skipped all the things about changing grain, and the people who heard the trial outside were all people who had heard the storytelling of tall and short students, and immediately someone "puffed" a mouthful, "Distort the facts!" ”
Someone outside conscripted Dai Gang, and there was chaos, although Li Fan didn't believe what Dai Gang said, but it was not okay to go on in chaos, and immediately patted the Tang Tangmu, "Quiet! ”
Zhao Gong was frightened again, but he also saw that the magistrate was suppressing those who spoke unfavorably to them.
In other words, is the county heading for them?
Zhao Gong suddenly realized this, and knelt down to kowtow, "Lord County, the grain sent down by the county in front of me was snatched away by the people of Luting Village!" They ran to my grain chief's house and robbed all the grain, and later I learned that it was the bad idea of this kid from the Wei family, he told them about the Guo family next door, Guo Tianda brought people here, and shouted at the people of Dixi Village and Jiuxi Village! This Wei family and Guo family's sin is unforgivable! ”
Zhao Gong thought that the magistrate was facing him, and hurriedly told all the pain in his stomach.
But what Guo family, Guo Tianda, Dixi Village, and Jiuxi Village have a woolen relationship with this case?
Rao is Li Fan has been the magistrate of the county for many years, and he was also surrounded by Zhao Gong and frowned.
He didn't understand, but Wei Ming and Dai Gang did.
Wei Ming said in his heart that this Zhao Gong, if he had to bring the Guo family to him, it was nothing more than that he was afraid that the Guo family's population would grow, and he would have the support of the Wei family's grain, and he would be the chief of grain and the chief of the li. In just one of these one hundred and ten households, this little power and small profit can make a person so obsessed.
Dai Gang doesn't care so much, the most important thing for him now is to bring Zhao Gong's words back, he hurriedly said, "County Zun, think about it, where did the Wei family get the grain, isn't it that the Guo family robbed the big guy's rations and traded them for the Wei family?" ”
His untrue remarks have aroused a wave of opposition from outside.
Wang Fu had already looked at Zhao Gong and Dai Gang unpleasantly, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes at the moment.
What an ignorant villager! There's no limit to!
Li Fan frowned, the words were all spoken by the two of them, Wei Ming didn't even have time to speak, but the kid was not in a hurry.
"Smack!" The startled wood slapped again, calming down the noise, "Silence! ”
Zhao Gong didn't know what Li Fan was thinking, he just felt that this magistrate was really good, his waist was straightened, and he was waiting for the Qingtian Lord to call the shots for him and snatch the grain back for him, and the Guo family and the Wei family were all imprisoned and punished, isn't this going to be done?
The money was not spent in vain.
Thinking so, he blinked his old eyes and looked at the county magistrate with an expectant expression, this magistrate is so handsome, and he is a good person at first glance!
The county magistrate seemed to know his eagerness, and immediately opened his mouth, "Wei Ming, you come here." ”
Alas?
Why do you get that dead boy to talk? What else is there to say about this? Directly pressed the dead boy to the ground, picked up his pants and beat him!
Zhao Gong was stunned, he was stunned, Wei Ming had already saluted and spoke.
Wei Ming opened his mouth, and there was not a word of nonsense next to him, and he told the truth in a few words.
"Back to the county, Wei Ming, a grass farmer, saw that there was surplus salt in the village's homes, but there was no food to satisfy hunger, so he deliberately pretended to be the identity of 'Cui Qiye', found the Sheng family, a passing grain merchant, and persuaded the Sheng family and Cui Qiye to exchange salt for grain, the price of salt was three yuan set by the government, and the price of rice was eight yuan according to the price of rice in Laizhou. The obtained Yangzhou rice was traded with the villagers, and it was exchanged for nine coins, and the price of salt was raised selflessly. Now more than 1,400 catties of salt have been collected from the villagers, and more than 50 stones have been exchanged for the villagers' grain. ”
As soon as these words came out, it was so quiet inside and outside the court that it could be heard.
After a few breaths, it suddenly seemed to explode.
Li Fan was stunned, how could a child do such a big thing? Collect thousands of catties of salt and trade dozens of stones of grain?!
Wang Fu was even more dumbfounded, Zhao Gong didn't understand at all, seeing this situation, his heart trembled with fear, and Dai Gang counted the accounts in Wei Ming's mouth with his fingers.
The commotion outside the hall almost toppled the roof of the porch, "God! Cui Qiye turned out to be a fake! There is no such person at all! ”
"But this kid is not much different from the tall and short students, it's just that the tall and short students didn't say the identity of Cui Qiye!" There is humanity.
Someone suddenly shouted, "What is almost?" Far from it! Didn't you listen to the kid surnamed Wei? They are the fake identities, eight dollars to get other people's grain, and then nine dollars to exchange with the villagers, this pound of salt will earn a penny of silver! ”
This man's account was clear, but he frightened everyone present at once.
Originally, Cui Qiye's grain was sold at a lower price, but this Cui Qiye was fake, and the Wei family did not reduce the price, but raised the price of a penny to make a profit!
Is this still an act of righteousness?!
Outside the public hall exploded into a pot of porridge, Wei Ming listened to all the words outside.
It seems that the tall and short student, it is Cui Zhi That's right, it must be her small body that can't pick up the tall man, so she simply named the short student, which is also interesting.
He thought about it and looked up to see Li Fan come back to his senses from his stunnedness.
Li Fan looked serious and asked him, "What you say is the truth?" You came up with everything before and after?! Can someone instruct you? ”
Wei Ming shook his head fixedly, "Everything I do, I am alone." ”