Chapter 18: The First Arrival in Zhangwu

Di Renjie felt that he didn't do enough delicate last night, and he couldn't greet Lord Zhao's wife, reckless, reckless!

"Lord Zhao was an honest official before his death, and his income was not high, and he often paid to help the poor outside, and his family's expenses were very thin, so his life has always been very poor, and now that Lord Zhao is gone, let her live like this!" Master Luo said emotionally again, tears appeared in his eyes.

Di Renjie also felt that he should help them, after all, Zhao Hainan had also done a lot of good news for the people of Zhangwu during his lifetime, so naturally he should also respect her widow, and chatted with Master Luo for a while, and then let Master Luo leave.

Tell the housekeeper Zhao An and ask him to fetch ten taels of fine silver and send it to the Liang family.

Zhao An was originally the housekeeper of Zhao Hainan, the former magistrate of the county, and he was also a slave with the master's surname, so he naturally respected his wife Liang, so of course he agreed to do it.

It wasn't until the evening that Zhao An found Di Renjie with a bitter face, saying that the Liang family didn't want his silver, and said that it was useless, and asked him not to take the silver in the future. Di Renjie was stunned on the spot, he didn't expect that the mother and son still had such integrity, it can be seen that the two of them still follow the rules of the former magistrate Zhao. Since the other party doesn't want it, there is no need to send it over with a thick face, and then you can only go and see it yourself, if there is anything you need to help them govern, just help them.

Di Renjie was a little puzzled by the death of his predecessor, Lord Zhao, and asking Master Luo was tantamount to asking in vain. At the same time, I also found that Master Luo seemed to know a lot of inside information, and he deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb and deliberately concealed it. I really wanted to get to the bottom of it and ask him to tell the truth, but after thinking about it, he was unfamiliar with the place when he first arrived in Zhangwu County, and once the disaster came out of his mouth, it would not be good for anyone, so he put Zhao Hainan's bizarre death aside for the time being.

Plastic day, the sky has just lit up the fish belly white, Zhangwu County Yamen outside the public hall is already a figure Shanshan, gossip and talk endlessly, today is the yamen's announcement day, the so-called announcement day, is the day of the opening of the court to ask the case. Every fifteenth day of the new year is the official announcement day.

Today is the fifteenth, it is the day of the announcement, so many people have come to watch the excitement in advance, the people know that there is a new acting magistrate, want to come and see how this magistrate is?

In the county government, Di Renjie was also ready to go, Shuqi had already dressed him in a green satin official robe, tied his waist with a jade belt, and gently put a black crown scarf on his head, and the two official wings swayed up and down.

Di Renjie is already quite handsome, and in the matching official uniform and hat, he is really powerful. Shu Qi looked stupid for a while, how wide his mouth opened, and he didn't know what flattering words to say.

"Stinky boy, what are you looking at! Do I have flowers on my face? Seeing Shuqi looking at himself with envy in his eyes, Di Renjie asked jokingly.

Shu Qi also felt his gaffe, and quickly lowered his head in embarrassment, muttering in an inaudible voice in his mouth: "Young master, you don't know how good you look in this dress!" The little ones just want to see it a little more! ”

"Oh! Is it? If you want to see it, just wait for the young master and I to come back after I finish ascending, and then let you see enough, okay! Di Renjie didn't care, and pinched Shuqi's delicate face as he spoke.

"Young master, the little one also wants to ascend to the hall with you, so I can take care of it." Shuqi was stunned and said.

"Mm-hmm, that's fine. After all, you are the descendant of the work, you have a family heirloom, and when there is a difficult problem, you can also consult one or two. Di Renjie smiled and left the back office.

Today is Di Renjie's first day of trying the case, and it is inevitable that he will be a little excited and excited. I warned myself in my heart that no matter how difficult and miscellaneous cases I encountered, I must be on the right level, and I must not engage in favoritism or corrupt the law.

Of course, it is also accompanied by some nervousness, the new official takes office with three fires, and this first fire is that it cannot be ignored, and it is necessary to do something that is recognized by the people, so as to establish and establish their own prestige, and the opening of the court is undoubtedly the best proof, so today's trial must show some real skills, not only to ignite the first fire, but also to burn vigorously.

When they came to the public hall, the people outside the public hall had already surrounded the gate, and they all stared curiously at Di Renjie, who had just come out, followed by the master Luo 10,000. Originally, Master Luo was the master who managed the miscellaneous affairs of a county, and he had no right to intervene in criminal cases, so he didn't have to listen to the case, but at present, there was no criminal master, let alone a clerk, so Di Renjie asked him to come and replace him. By the way, if you don't understand, you can also consult.

Di Renjie's face was also calm, and he swaggered to the top of the public hall, and inadvertently held back the wooden plaque with the words "Clear Sky" written on the top of his head, which made his heart skip a beat, this wooden plaque has decayed and is not in shape, and the words on it are not clear to read. muttered in my heart: "Shouldn't it fall, don't hit yourself, that's wrong." ”

Now is not the time to worry, I sat on the Taishi chair above the public hall, and the official table in front of me was very simple, just a piece of shocking wood, and then a pen holder and an inkstone with a brush hanging.

Shuqi stood behind Di Renjie, and there was an extra object in his hand at some point, which was a ring ruler, presumably used to punish the prisoner.

Master Luo leaned over to Di Renjie and muttered a few words, it turned out that the first case to be tried today was a three-legged tripod of jade. Di Renjie cleared his throat, picked up the shocking wood on the table, and slapped it heavily on the table, the shocking wood made of boxwood was really loud, and the ears were a little astringent, and with the shooting of the shocking wood, Di Renjie drank out two words seriously, "Silence!" ”

As soon as they heard this voice, the people outside the public hall suddenly became silent, the people have always been afraid of officials, as the so-called people do not fight with officials, they all understand this truth, Di Renjie's voice just fell, and the officials in the two rows of the public hall shouted in unison: "Wei... Wu..."The voice dragged on, and at the same time, they each picked up the cane in their hands and began to chop the ground, making a thumping sound, so as not to surround their ears.

After the officials were completely quiet, Di Renjie spoke: "Take the plaintiff and the defendant to court!" ”

I saw a red-faced man on the side of the public hall striding forward, this person looked very scary, with an amazing scar printed on his dark face, I heard that he had caught the bandit and stayed, it turned out that this person's name was Liu Kuiyi, and he was the head of the third class of Zhangwu County. Wu Yi naturally didn't say anything, but he just had a hot temper and ignited the fire.

Today, Di Renjie and him met for the first time, I heard Master Luo talk about this, it seems that this big man's appearance is very consistent with him, it must be Liu Zhutou, it seems that he is the original tiger general, and he will have more contacts in the future.

Liu Zhutou strode out of the court directly, and brought in two people from the crowd of onlookers outside, these two people, one was short, slightly fat, and wearing coarse linen clothes like ordinary people, which should be ordinary people, and the other was slightly gorgeous, presumably businessmen.