Seeing that Zhuang Rou really wanted to try this case, Xu Shilin sneered, since he didn't know how thick the sky was, let her try.

Xu Tianfu glanced at Xu Tongju, and when he saw that he was sneering and not speaking, he knew that he wanted to see the excitement. So he said: "This daughter Liu is one of my nephews and daughters-in-law. The nephew was a miserable man, his parents died at a young age, and he finally bought some land, but he didn't want to leave even a successor, so he fell ill and passed away, leaving only an orphan wife. ”

"After the death of my nephew, this Liu family was restless and self-conscious, but he hooked up with others and became adulterous. Such an unruly woman should have been immersed in a pig cage so that my nephew's spirit in heaven could rest in peace. ”

Although Liu Shi picked up a life, he was still very weak, and he was half lying on the ground and said pitifully: "My lord, the women don't have it!" ”

"Hmph, I still want to quibble!" Xu Tianfu shouted.

Zhuang Rou glanced at them and asked, "Since it is a hook-up, what about the adulterer?" I won't have been killed by you. ”

Xu Tianfu snorted coldly, "The adulterer ran away." ”

"It's okay if you run away, just catch it and ask. What is the adulterer's name, and where is his home? Zhuang Rou said unhurriedly.

"No, when we entered, the adulterer was gone. When she had a man's dress in her hand and was still in her arms, it must have belonged to the adulterer. Xu Tianfu glared at the Liu family fiercely, and the reputation of the Xu family ruined her.

The Xu family who came with Xu Tianfu all stood at the door of the lobby and listened, and none of them were allowed to leave. Now when I heard him say this, they started talking about it, and there were endless words like shamelessness, all of which were insulting Liu.

"Shut up, be quiet!" Zhuang Rou scolded angrily, and the surroundings quieted down, and then she looked at Liu, who looked helpless and had a dead face, and asked, "That dress is really an adulterer's?" ”

Liu's face was sad, she had just escaped death, and her fear and sadness made her feel physically and mentally exhausted, "No, it was the clothes of the deceased husband, and the women took them out to see things and think about people." On weekdays, women take care of their daughters at home, and how to meet other men is wronged. ”

Xu Tianfu scolded coldly: "Don't quibble, it's obviously the adulterer's clothes, and there are many people to testify!" ”

Zhuang Rou looked at them expressionlessly, and said calmly: "Since you didn't arrest the adulterer, you don't even know who it is, and you think it's too messy just based on a piece of men's clothing." It's strange to me that it's not your nephew's clothes, doesn't his wife know better than you what your nephew's clothes are? ”

"And even if there is an adulterer, you have to tie people up and send them to the government, just hand in the physical witnesses. Whoever gives you the power will directly immerse people in the pig cage, which is a great crime of murder. ”

"I stopped this today, not only to save her, but more importantly, to save your Xu family. So many people kill one person, and the light ones have to be reinforced. She smacked her lips meaningfully.

Xu Tianfu glanced at Xu Tongju again, and saw that he just had a gloomy face, so he said unconvinced: "Hongzhou has always used a pig cage for women who do not abide by women's morals, which is a custom and habit that we have inherited for a hundred years, and it has nothing to do with killing." This is to protect the honor of the family, and it is what we should do! ”

Zhuang Rou shrugged and said, "No matter how big the family law is, it can't be as big as the national law." Since you say that the Liu family has an adulterer, then find out the adulterer, and you can't just kill her. If they want to die, the men will not escape the catastrophe, and they will die together. ”

"Before finding out the adulterer, their mother and son will temporarily live in the state capital, in the side of my yard, so that they will not humiliate your Xu family."

Then she said lightly: "As for you killing people in the street, just kneel first, and wait for the adults to come and decide." ”

Xu Tianfu stopped hearing this, "We didn't break the law, why should we kneel here." Besides, this woman doesn't abide by women's morals, we must bring it back, my nephew's flesh and blood are even if they are girls and members of the Xu family, and they can't live outside! ”

Looking at his angry appearance, Zhuang Rou suddenly asked, "Xu, how much wealth did your husband leave behind?" ”

Liu was wiping her tears, and she was simply surprised to hear that she could live in the state capital, so that she was not afraid of being killed by them when she went out.

At this time, when he heard the life-saving benefactor ask about the property, he thought about it and said: "Before the husband passed away, he left two courtyards, one house, two shops, and twenty-five acres of land. Now it is managed by the clan, and ten taels of silver are paid to the women every month for their livelihood, and half of the profits of the first year will be settled for me in June. ”

"June, it's not coming soon, it's time to settle the bill." Zhuang Rou said with a smile and glanced at Xu Tianfu deeply.

Xu Tianfu immediately said: "When there is no man in the family, the property is managed by the clan, and the family is like this, not that we want to forcibly seize the family property. She is a woman's family, and she can't show her face, so she is naturally managed by the clan. And with so many pairs of eyes watching, it is impossible to deduct her share of the money. ”

"Oh, I see, the rest will be decided by the adults." Zhuang Rou nodded, then pulled up Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, called out the little girl in the crowd, and led the two of them to the back.

"Wait, she's from our family!" Xu Tianfu immediately shouted when he saw it, she can't let people be taken away, and she should only be arrested, not an official!

Zhuang Rou turned his head and frowned and shouted: "The crime of roaring in the court is one more degree, you want to eat the board!" Shut up and wait here honestly, or I'll play 20 boards first. ”

Xu Tianfu gritted his teeth fiercely, only felt that his cheeks hurt his heart, the place where he was kicked just now had woken up from numbness, and he gritted his teeth like this, and found that a few of them had been loosened.

He covered his chin and looked at Xu Shilin, "My lord, what now?" ”

"As far as you talk a lot of nonsense, of course you are waiting for Lord Zhizhou to try your case, so wait for it." Xu Shilin picked up the teacup, drank it slowly, shook his head lightly with his eyes half-closed, and hummed a little song in his heart.

Looking at his official frame, Xu Tianfu scolded a few words in his heart, but he remembered that back then, Xu Shilin's family was so poor that he would die, and his mother always dragged him around looking for clan relatives to eat and ask for silver.

Now that he is proud of being an official, asking him to do something is to push back and block, and he is a seventh-grade official, but he can't even manage a small arrest.

Rubbish!

Zhuang Rou placed Liu and her daughter in a side room, so that Liu, who was half drowned, had a good rest, and later the adults would come back and maybe they would have to inquire.

"Thank you to the official, the life of the people's woman was saved by the official, since my husband passed away, the clan wants to swallow our family's property. They specially found a man from the Xu clan for me, one leg was broken because of gambling, and he was idle all day, and his previous wife was sold into the Qinglou. Seeing that there were no outsiders at this time, Liu pulled her and cried bitterly.

"I don't want to get married, I just want to live with my daughter, watch her grow up and get married. But they didn't let me go, and forced me to marry that bastard, and I forced me to die, but I didn't expect them to make such a cruel move to kill me. ”

Her daughter also hugged Zhuang Rou's legs and cried: "Sister, please save my mother, since my father passed away, the patriarch always brings people here, and the noisy and noisy ones either want to give me a stepbrother, or want my mother to marry." ”

Zhuang Rou touched her head and said with a smile: "The adults will find out about this matter, as for your mother's matter, you can rest assured, even if it is true, in the laws of our Dahao Kingdom, the most is exile, and she can't die." ”

Liu hurriedly said: "Official, the women really don't have *** The clothes were sewn by the women before my father-in-law passed away, and I wanted to wear them for the father-in-law during the New Year." The material was bought from Qianjin Fang, and at that time it was said to be a rare material, and other stores did not have it. ”

"At this point, as long as you look at the account book, you can know the day I went to buy the fabric."

"I understand, you can rest first, I'll see if the adults are here." Zhuang Rou nodded, let the two of them live here and not run around, and locked the door from the outside when they were discharged, for fear that someone would come over while she was not there to be a disadvantage for them.

As soon as she walked to the front of the state capital, she saw a servant walking in carrying boxes one by one, and there were people carrying beds and tables behind her. This should be the arrival of the little county king, so Zhuang Rou hurried to the front.

Chu Xia didn't think that as soon as he arrived in Hongzhou, he was about to go to try the case, and as soon as he got off the official sedan chair, Yang Qing greeted him and whispered what happened just now.

He knocked a few times on his hand with a fan, and then smiled: "General judgment? I don't remember saying such a thing, she's obviously my history. ”

"My lord, there is no history in the state capital, how should this be arranged?" The master said beside him, the judge is from the seventh grade, and he must report to the court. But the canonical history is not used, just a small steward who is not in the stream, and he is also in charge of prison and punishment, but he has no grade. As long as you make a note of it during the annual examination, you can hand it over to the ministry.

Chu Xia glanced at him, "She is specifically working for me, and I will come out of the Yulu, it doesn't matter if the state capital doesn't have a history, she is from Douhu County." You send a letter back and write a pen in the Douhu County Chronicle. ”

The two of them didn't talk behind the other people's backs, and the big and small officials in the Hongzhou Prefecture were standing next to them, listening to him like a child's play. And I'm not afraid of being sued, as if I came here to do whatever I wanted.

Everyone looked at each other, if it was really a well-known gentleman, it was so messy, I am afraid that the future will be sad.

"My lord, come and interrogate it, someone kills someone in broad daylight." Zhuang Rou squeezed over from behind the crowd and shouted with her hands outstretched. Everyone hurriedly got out of the way for her to come, this is the first female canon to be appointed casually in the state capital.

"Zhuang Dianshi, what kind of case is it?" Chu Xia looked at her and said with a smile.

Zhuang Rou was stunned, reacted immediately, pointed to the court and said, "My lord, over there, a large number of men want to marry her to the waste in order to rob the widow's property, and if they can't succeed in thinking about their stepson." In the end, it didn't work, so I thought that I had wronged her for having an adulterer, and I didn't even catch anyone, so I took a piece of clothing and said that it was an adulterer's and pulled it to dip in the pig cage! ”

After hearing this, Chu Xia said with a disgusted face: "It's so annoying, I have to try this kind of small case, is there any evidence?" ”

"No, they didn't catch the adulterer at all, and they killed people without the slightest evidence." Zhuang Rou hugged her hands and said angrily.

Glancing at her, and then at the officials who were staring at him, Chu Xia slapped the fan in his hand and said, "It's really a great crime, and he even ignored the law and lynched." However, this king has just arrived, and it is not good to torture him as soon as he comes, so let's do it, then fine him 1,000 taels of silver, take out 500 taels and pack the best restaurant here, and invite all the officials and officials of the state capital and those who have status here, and even call the miscellaneous servants who should be arrested. ”

"The remaining five hundred taels, seeing that this summer is hot and stuffy, will be divided among everyone in the state capital according to the usual rules."

The master interjected: "My lord, you don't need five hundred taels, two or three hundred taels is enough." ”

Chu Xia was surprised and said, "So cheap? Then just feast, no matter how much silver is left, just give everyone all the money to cool off. ”

"Yes." The master answered, and then called Yang Qing to the court to collect the fine.

The officials of the state capital all looked at the newly appointed magistrate in amazement, how could the official still be like this, and he would open his mouth and fine the silver without even trial?

Zhuang Rou glanced at him, this guy hasn't changed at all, he still scrapes the ground!