"Caught? Who? Xie Xuan was taken aback, they only found out a little bit yesterday, but they didn't expect Xie Qingshan and them to have caught the murderer, how could they not be surprised?

Liu Sinian and Liu Siyun also hurriedly asked, it took a lot of effort for them to listen to the news yesterday, and they were going to do a Di Gong Bao Zheng, who knew that the case would be solved today.

"It's Wu Qingxi, that turtle bastard!" Xie Qingshan gritted his teeth, forgetting for a moment that the grandfather and grandson of the Liu family were still beside him, and cursed hatefully:

"When I went back yesterday, I told Ping An and Hirata about your Grandpa Han's guess, and they were already suspicious that it was him! At night, while I slept with your grandmother, the two of them secretly climbed over the wall with sticks into Wu Qingxi's house, and turned out the four iron kettles used to boil water and warm up in our vegetable shed from his house. It's a sure thing! This wild mongrel, he also didn't cry when he saw the coffin, and insisted that he didn't steal our vegetables, I think no matter how hard he is, he is also a grasshopper in autumn - he jumped his head in a few days, and called him nonsense, wait until he sees the official! ”

Xie Xuan hurriedly asked, "Then where is Wu Qingxi now?" Entered the county office? ”

"Not yet!" When Xie Qingshan heard the question, his face became even more angry: "The close relatives of his Wu family in the village are all blocking us from kidnapping him to see the official!" said that everyone has the iron kettle, and we can't blame him if we lose it, and we want us to come up with real evidence, and said that he Wu Qingxi's family didn't find the food that stole our family. I said, could it be that he couldn't keep the hundreds of catties of vegetables he stole from the iron rooster and ate them at home, so he must have sold them! Where to find evidence? They only stopped, and we were not allowed to tie up Wu Qingxi, I can't do it, you Han Ye is well-informed, I'll come to ask him for an idea. ”

"Then did you ask Grandpa Han? Xie Xuan asked.

"This is not closer to you, I will pick you up first, let's go to find your grandfather Han together!" Xie Qingshan said.

In fact, he is also because Xie Xuan is no longer as childish as before, and he can often come up with some ideas that others can't think of, and take Xie Xuan away, which also means to listen to her opinions. However, it is not good to say this in front of everyone in Baicaotang.

After saying that, Xie Xuan packed up a few bottles of newly made noodles and bath beans, took the leftover buns and dumplings from yesterday, and went to Han Yayu's tooth shop with Xie Qingshan.

Who knew that Liu Siyun and Liu Sinian heard that the Xie family had caught the thief, and they were also involved in the investigation and other matters yesterday, so they realized that as one of them, they would definitely go together, and pleaded with Liu Yitian to ensure that they must pay attention to safety and not make trouble.

Liu Yiti felt sorry for his grandson and granddaughter who came all the way, Linzhang County is not as good as the capital, the territory is too small to have a place to play, and it is not as prosperous as the capital, I am afraid that the two children will be bored, under the sweet pleading of the two, where can I hold on, I had to agree. sent a small servant, Liu An, to drive the carriage and serve with him.

"Doctor Liu, don't worry, even if something happens to me, I won't let them have an accident!" Xie Qingshan looked at Liu Yiti's embarrassed face, and although he still had something to do in his heart, he still took the initiative to say. He remembered Liu Yiti's kindness and inherited his love, where could he let these two children have an accident?

Liu Yiti thanked him again and again embarrassedly.

Xie Qingshan drove the mule cart, Xie Xuan and Liu Sinian and Liu Siyun took a carriage, and the two carts hurried away, and they arrived at Han Yayu's tooth shop in a short time.

After several people greeted each other, Xie Qingshan couldn't help but repeat the matter again.

"Hey! All the iron kettles of our house have been confiscated, the evidence is conclusive, and his family still refuses to admit it?! Han Zhengye sneered a few times, "Isn't this deliberately spilling and letting us kidnap people to see officials?" ”

"Isn't it?" Xie Qingshan's dark face turned blue with anger when he thought about it, "I was still there in a stalemate when I came!" ”

"Grandpa Han, can't we go to the official? Would you like to ask the county government to arrest someone? Xie Xuan asked tentatively.

Although she still doesn't know how to deal with such things in the Ming Dynasty, she also knows that the feudal era is different from the rule of law in later generations, and the feudal era has always been "rule by man", never paying attention to evidence and case-handling procedures. As long as an official finds a person guilty, even if there is no real evidence, then he is guilty. That is, if an official believes that a person is not guilty, even if the evidence of the crime is placed in front of him, he can reverse black and white and say that he is not guilty.

As long as there is no boiling of public resentment and sideways glances from colleagues, it can be said that the power of a county official is very large, enough to cover the sky in the county.

Although county officials are also subject to the jurisdiction of other officials, this restraint is very weak, and often these officials have the same interests in the system, who will offend their colleagues for the sake of so-called justice, for the sake of a small person?

Therefore, Xie Xuan asked this question in order to understand the style of the bureaucracy in Linzhang County.

Xuanxuan, it can be, but when it really gets to that point, things are not so simple! Han Zhengye said earnestly.

"What's not easy? Is it reasonable for his family to steal things? If I am in the capital, I will go to the Inspectorate to sue him, the evidence is conclusive, can he still reverse black and white? Liu Siyun listened to two sentences next to him, couldn't help but be indignant, and said.

"Yunyun, one place and one rule, let's listen to what Daddy Han has to say first." Liu Sinian patted Liu Siyun on the shoulder and stopped her.

Han Zhengye said with a smile: "The capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is naturally clean and peaceful. We can't compare with a small place like Linzhang County, and all kinds of food and cards in the county government are required, if there is no accommodation up and down, even if you are the bitter master, you can't stand it! ”

"Is that all? I'm not reconciled! Xie Qingshan said hatefully: "It's just that he stole vegetables, and even destroyed my family's vegetable shed, this is a desperate way out!" ”

Han Zhengye lowered his head and thought for a while, and then asked Xie Qingshan solemnly: "Brother Xie, there are two roads now; Do you want to just teach Wu Qingxi a lesson, turning big things into small things and small things? Or do you want to take the opportunity to take this bad breath so that those scoundrels will not dare to covet your family's money in the future? ”

"Of course, it's this bad breath, if you can make those splashes who wander around my house all day long retract their hearts and don't dare to disturb anymore, it would be better!" Xie Qingshan said without thinking.

Xie Xuan asked, "Grandpa Han, if it's the former, what will happen?" If it's the latter, what price do we have to pay? ”

Han Zhengye couldn't help but applaud and praise: "It's still Xuanxuan who recognizes it clearly!" ”

Liu Sinian raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, but he was silent beside him, listening carefully to Han Zhengye's words.

"If you just want to teach Wu Qingxi a lesson, so that he doesn't dare to mess with you again, it's much easier. It's just to find the lieutenant chief and the elders in the village to call the shots, let that Wu Qingxi compensate you for your losses, and give him another lesson! If it is the latter, we will have to pay dozens of taels of silver to open up the upper and lower joints of the yamen, not only to ask Wu Qingxi to compensate for the losses, but also to give him a slap, hit dozens of boards, and go to prison for a few years, so as to deter other scoundrels who want to covet the Xie family! ”

Han Zhengye said meaningfully: "The prison is no better than the outside, I don't see the light of day all year round, I often don't eat, and the cell boss is ruthless, and if you are locked up for a few years, you have to shed your skin if you don't die......"

After saying that, everyone fell silent.

"This ...... I'm afraid it's going to kill people...... It's just sneaky, where is the big grudge? Or...... Just teach him a lesson? ”

After a while, Xie Qingshan hesitated and said.