Xue Ji said nothing wrong, and the woman who was already frightened was even more unable to argue at the moment, only to see her face pale and her eyes widened, her whole body couldn't stop trembling, and her mouth was half open but she couldn't make a sound at all.

Xue Ji rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand to lift the startling wood, and the heavy loud sound that smashed on the table woke up a few people who were still in a sluggish state, and he looked at Lord He, judging from his expression, he really didn't expect this at all.

Looking at Mrs. He, who had a miscarriage not long ago, she thought that the doctor had prescribed the wrong prescription to cause her to come here, and she hated the doctor before, but today she realized that the real murderer was a concubine who taught her to be difficult everywhere. Mrs. He hated this concubine so much, if it weren't for the court, she would probably pounce on this woman and tear this woman alive.

And Lord He's concubine room still had a trace of luck, trying to argue for herself, she squeezed out tears on her face, covered her chest with her hands, and cried movingly: "My lord, you also said that the price of saffron is the same as gold, and the concubine is ...... How could a concubine be able to afford it! How could he murder Madame like this, my lord knows it!"

This quibble happened to fall into Xue Ji's calculations, how could he afford it? Eating the people's fat ointment, sucking the blood of the people, I don't know how much unclean money and grain entered the private treasury of He Fu, how could a few taels of saffron not be able to afford it!

Xue Ji was angry from the heart, slapped his palm on the table in front of him, stood up suddenly, and shouted, "This official just wants to ask about this, Lord He!"

Lord He was caught off guard and was named, and he was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw Xue Ji's angry face, remembering that Li County had not been peaceful recently, and somehow he was a little weak-hearted, his eyes were a little more timid, and he hesitated to get up and respond: "The lower official is here."

Xue Ji looked at him and kept sneering in his heart.

is such a thing, dare to reduce the agricultural tax of the imperial court to 21 to 1 out of ten, bully the court and the people, and think about adding oil and water to his own pocket when the disaster comes. Li County is only a few dozen miles from the center of Qianzhou City, and he thinks he can hide it from anyone with his little means?

"Lord He, how much is the agricultural tax set by the imperial court? Take one out of ten...... Right?"

Xue Ji was so angry that he showed a look that seemed to be smiling instead of smiling, and stared at Lord He in a cold sweat. As soon as he heard Xue Ji's words again, from his spine to his waist to his legs, he began to weaken, and he knelt on the ground without standing still.

"No, no, no. The agricultural tax set by the imperial court should be, it should be 21......"

"Oh!" Xue Ji's face showed a sudden expression, and then his gaze became fierce in an instant: "How did this official hear that the agricultural tax set by the imperial court was unaffordable for the people of Li County, and he raised a sign outside the yamen of your county to resist?" Lord He is a good official, and he has reduced the tax to 20 to 1 for the imperial court, and the people love you very much!"

In the end, his voice became deeper and deeper, Xue Ji was praising him, this was ironic about him!

Lord He couldn't kneel down now, from the day he started to do this, he should have expected that there would be today, but a steady stream of white silver was sent to his mansion and entered his treasury, he had long forgotten this fright, and became more and more confused.

Now he thought he was proud and rich, but he didn't know that the guillotine was hanging above his head.

"My lord, Lord Xue, there is no such thing! I don't know what you're talking about, you can't talk nonsense!"

People always want to struggle when they are dying, and Lord He is no exception, he thinks that since Xue Ji has not yet come up with evidence, he has not yet reached the end of his death.

How could Xue Ji let him down? This took out the old notice found in Li County from his sleeve, glanced at the two husbands and concubines kneeling in the hall, snorted coldly, and slapped the physical evidence on the table.

"How do you know that the notice written by the county himself, and a copy is posted in front of every household in Li County." Xue Ji said, looking down at the already somewhat dilapidated paper, and couldn't help but sneer: "Why didn't you expect to bury the root of today's bane when you were rushing to loot the people's fat and people's ointment?"

Lord He was already sweating profusely, and his eyelids sank and he almost fainted, but he insisted on forcing himself to wake up. He looked up at Xue Ji, his heart was crossed, and he argued, "Your Excellency is wronged! A few years ago, the imperial court went to war with Hurong in the north, and indeed increased taxes, and this notice was issued at that time!"

"You're still counting on quibbles when you come to me!" Xue Ji didn't know what to do

Angry, he should still laugh at his boldness, he is ignorant, ridiculous.

"Yes, the war between the imperial court and Hu Rong increased the agricultural tax, and this matter was personally handled by me and Chen Yu, the current head of the household department, and my memory is not bad, this matter is an old matter of Genghe's twenty-two years! Since the twenty-third year of Genghe, Lord Chen and I went down to the two prefectures and counties of Jiangling in the south of the Yangtze River to ask for grain and grass, and the imperial court did not feel sorry for the people anymore, and restored one out of twenty. Your notice clearly says Geng and April 23, how can you explain it?"

Lord He was already speechless, he only knew that Xue Ji came from Beijing, stayed in the household department for a while, and then transferred to the military department, and then fell to Qianzhou. No matter how he calculated, he couldn't imagine that Xue Ji knew everything about the past taxes he was trying to fool, and he couldn't imagine that the excuse he used to struggle was in Xue Ji's arms.

"I, I'm ......"

He opened his mouth, speechless.

Xue Ji snorted lightly and looked at the two below.

"Mrs. He's miscarriage case, Li County's civil mutiny case, do you two have anything to say?"

In the middle of the night, there was silence in the hall.

"If not, draw a charge over there."

Xue Ji took a picture of the shocking wood, and with an order, the husband and concubine were taken down and sent to Qianzhou Prison.

"Someone, send the transcript and confession and my handwritten letter to Chang'an."

It was a long wait from the day the letter was sent, Xue Ji didn't know what the current situation was in Beijing, he didn't know that Chang'an was coming at this time, and naturally he didn't know when the two cases he sent to him would be shelved.

One month, two months, three months, and it was never approved. I don't know if King Ning is in a difficult situation, and the letter he sent to King Ning's mansion has not received a reply.

Xue Ji began to hesitate, he was not helpless, he wanted to poke this matter up, there was someone who could help him...... Chen Yu.

He knew very well what kind of suspicion he would receive if he let King Ning know, and he also knew that if King Ning became a great treasure one day, what he did today would become a lever to be used at any time.

But in the end, he still made up his mind and wrote a letter in a calm breath, without too much personal feelings, just talking about things. After the letter was written, it was sealed with wax oil, and then sent to Chang'an and Chen Yu's hands.

Geng and the spring of the twenty-eighth year

Chen Yu really did not disappoint Xue Ji, even if there was no mention of personal feelings in that letter, and there was no polite words, but Chen Yu still adhered to the love of a brother and friend, and participated in the affairs of Li County in Qianzhou for Xue Ji thousands of miles away.

In the final analysis, Mrs. He's miscarriage is an official's family, so naturally there is no need to go to the court. However, it is different for Lord He to deceive the court and conceal from the people to increase agricultural taxes privately, and this matter is not trivial, and once it is sparse, it immediately shocks the government and the opposition, and I am afraid that these officials, who have seen a lot of ups and downs in the court and the central government, and are accustomed to fishing in the quagmire, did not expect that such a small place in Qianzhou in the southwest, a small magistrate of Li County, would dare to do such a bold thing.

Imperial Doctor Cheng Bufu has been suppressed everywhere for a long time, and he can't impeach the people in the court, and there are intricate forces everywhere, but this Li County magistrate has no background, right? It's a matter of conclusive evidence, if he doesn't scold a few words, he won't be the imperial historian Cheng Bufu.

"Your Majesty, this person's crime is heinous, the dignified court ordered the officials to do this evil thing, maliciously oppressed the people of Li County, greedy for the people's fat, in the opinion of the ministers, his crime should be punished!"

Who doesn't know that? As soon as Cheng Bu's words came out, he gave the Manchu Dynasty a blank look.

Qin Heng couldn't listen to his nagging the most, and interrupted him before he could start a tirade.

"What Aiqing said I already know, this case was handed over to the Criminal Department for conviction, and after the conviction, it was directly sent to Qianzhou, so that Xue Ji could tie up this surnamed He and send it to the capital."

Qianzhou

Xue Ji sent the surname He into the capital according to the holy decree, but there were too many messes left.

The most obvious thing is that the old one must be replaced by a new one, and Li County cannot do without a county head.

This is quite easy to solve, since the imperial court has the surname He, it is natural to expect this matter, even if it is a finger, a person will be appointed from Qianzhou or the next Shu County to take office, which is not to worry.

What gave Xue Ji a headache was the surname He

's family has a wife and a concubine, and this concubine is also guilty. It stands to reason that this concubine plotted to kill her son-in-law and tried to frame the doctor who diagnosed the pulse, and it must be difficult to escape the death penalty, but the problem lies in how to put him to death.

Ordinary women are mostly sentenced to death after showing humiliation to the public, but Xue Ji can't see this kind of situation the most, if he is allowed to sentence, he will not make up his mind.

Moreover, this matter has already spread in Qianzhou, the woman's opinion is already chewing the root of the tongue, this kind of spoiled concubine and wife style is disdainful, once spread, the concubine surnamed He has become a demon who everyone wants to kill and then quickly, what is the crooked idea of burning the pig cage at the stake in an endless stream, and Xue Ji has a headache.

"Your Excellency, you are too kind." Ma Zhixian was drinking tea beside him, and he couldn't help but sigh when he saw him so troubled. "In the people, this kind of woman dipping in the pig cage is already light, since the court has not issued an order to deal with her, then it is up to you, you might as well comply with the will of the people to dispose of her, which can not only calm the anger of the people, but also prevent future troubles, you say that you still have something to make up your mind."

Xue Ji couldn't help sighing, glanced at him sideways, and shook his head again: "I have never had such a sentence as dipping in a pig cage in the law, and it is lively to deal with the people like this, but it is not in accordance with the etiquette law......

Ma Zhixian couldn't help Xue Ji, put down the teacup and stood up to leave, walked to the door and looked back at him, and sighed.

"You, a businessman, are more corrupt than a serious Confucian student."