Before Zhang Yue's words were finished, some of the plaintiffs changed their faces, some began to whisper, and some people stood restless.

"Take the suspect!" The magistrate slapped the wood, and then broke off his drink, which made the noisy lobby quiet again.

Then, some officials tied up and threw in a few people who were shouting grievances in front of the yamen yesterday but did not appear in the plaintiff's line today.

The officials took out the hemp kernels from the mouths of those people, and there was no need to torture them, and several people one by one clearly explained when and where, what they said to whom or what they looked like, how much money they took, and what they needed to do and what they said in front of the county yamen.

Then it is to explain where the silver taels are going, whether they are spent, where they are placed, or to whom.

The more he listened, the more ugly his face became, and the county magistrate instructed: "Send someone to pick up the dirty silver according to what the offender said." If anyone hides and refuses to hand it over, they will be arrested. ”

Zhang Yue beckoned the people to do things separately, and Jiang Yifan said to the plaintiffs: "All the fathers and elders came to the yamen to complain about grievances, and asked this official to give you the family members who uphold justice, and they are now detained in prison." According to the visits of the officials, the detainees are all ruffians and bullies in the township, and they are used to committing crimes in the township. ”

The plaintiffs looked at each other and began to make a commotion, didn't they come to make a fuss for a few days to earn money? Why do you look wrong?

At first, some people wondered if it would be okay to withdraw the complaint now and not sue it. As for the people in prison, if they stay in prison for two more days, won't they be able to stop at home for two more days?

"If the plaintiffs have any objection to the visit of the officials, the yamen can send the sufferers to testify. But ......" Jiang Yifan paused, his sharp eyes swept over the crowd, and continued: "However, if the bitter master is heard, the yamen will treat the harm to the township as a separate case, and if the matter is true, the detainees and false accusers will all be dealt with according to the law, and then they will inevitably suffer from a period of hard labor." ”

Most of them were shocked just now, and a few still indignant thorns popped out when they heard the words "bitter master" and "false accuser", and their faces also showed hesitation.

"Now the trial of yesterday's case of framing a good citizen in a snack shop, and the plaintiff will state his grievances in the order in which he handed over the pleadings yesterday. First of all, what do you do when you go to the snack shop? The food in the casual snack shop is very expensive, and if the offender goes to the snack shop, he will tell him how much money he has at home and where the money comes from. Come, say one by one. ”

Zhang Yue, who was sitting on the side of the hall, received Jiang Yifan's signal and began to ask questions.

The ruffian family, who was already skeptical about the situation in front of them, saw and heard the series of events just now, and their hearts were already beating drums, how could they tell how the ruffian family could have the money to patronize the snack shop? It can't be said that the money was given by someone, isn't that the fact that the adulterer was bought and rushed to the court?

For a while, none of the plaintiffs who were standing in order were willing to come out first. The lobby of the county government was noisy.

With a "snap", Jiang Yifan slapped the shocked wood vigorously and shouted: "Bold!" ”

The water and fire sticks of the officials in the hall were struck together, accompanied by the power of the officials shouted from the mouths of the officials, and the noise stopped.

Jiang Yifan shouted coldly: "Boldly disrupt the people, there are villains in the family who are not controlled, but take the opportunity to take advantage of it, and dare to come over to help people make trouble in the court, what is your intention?" ”

One of the cowardly, with a bend of his knees, fell to his knees. One person knelt down, and a large piece of hula knelt behind him.

The words of "adults forgive sins" and "adults have a lot" kept coming out of their mouths, and it was a lot of noise.

Shocked again, Zhang Yue shouted: "What is the trouble, if you make any more trouble, tie up the others and go to the house to copy the dirty silver!" Stand up, come quickly if you have grievances, and if you don't have grievances, all retreat, and you have to make noise in the public court and disrupt the office of the yamen! ”

As soon as the dozens of plaintiffs heard this, they admitted that they could retreat if they had no grievances, and that they would not go to their homes to copy the dirty silver, so they immediately kowtowed, and after shouting 'Thank you, your lord's kindness,' they took a few steps back on their knees, got up, and ran through the gap in the crowd of onlookers outside the yamen.

In the blink of an eye, a group of people who were still excited yesterday immediately left cleanly, and there was room in the county hall for a group of officials who planned to be promoted to handle the case.

Jiang Yifan watched the officials disperse the onlookers, shook his head slightly, and said to Zhang Yue: "Take the uncle of the Liang family to the second hall to ask about the case." As he spoke, he turned out of the table and walked towards the second hall of the yamen in the back.

The official guarding the door opened a small door at the back of the hall, and on a chair next to the door, Liang Qiyuan, who was paralyzed with five flowers tied up and a hemp core in his mouth, and two errand guards stood behind him.

At this time, Liang Qiyuan, but overnight, he had no former majesty, his face was haggard, and his eyes were full of helplessness.

Last night he was arrested by the servants and thrown into a dark, damp cell in the prison, and until the morning no one came to speak to him and told him why he was in such a situation.

He also thought fiercely, when his brother-in-law rescued him, how could he stumble and make trouble for Jiang Yifan, so that he would be dismissed from office like the previous magistrate, and get out of Qingyuan County in a gloomy manner, forever losing his career.

When a few errand officers gagged him again, tied him up, and took him to the small room on the side of the lobby, and listened to the questioning process, Liang Qiyuan was in a hurry, if he was really convicted and rushed into the yamen, it would be a rebellion that could not escape. There are big and small rebellions, and openly gathering crowds to storm the court is a big crime.

The second hall is more than half smaller than the hall where the case is asked, Jiang Yifan sits on the top with a cold face, the chief bookkeeper and the county lieutenant of the county government sit on the chairs on both sides, and the two scribes sit behind the table with pens, waiting to make a record.

As soon as Liang Qiyuan entered the door, he was pushed down by two escorted officials and knelt on the ground.

Jiang Yifan asked in a cold voice: "Liang Qiyuan, did you understand the case in the lobby just now?" ”

At this time, Liang Qiyuan had already removed the hemp core in his mouth, and he looked up at the indifferent face and the decent and kind speech in his memory with a gloomy face, but now he had a gloomy face and a sharp gaze, shaking his lips and unable to speak.

Jiang Yifan asked again: "If you don't keep quiet, are you resisting the court and the laws of the court?" ”

Another crime.

Liang Qiyuan was frightened, and stumbled to speak: "Grass, grass people don't dare, don't dare." The grass people all heard, heard. ”

Jiang Yifan continued: "It's good to hear it, the county government's servants have already been sent out to get people, and now we can confirm that the two miscellaneous servants of your family have been in frequent contact with several detainees. And these two people have also confessed that all the ruffians who bought off the ruffians were arranged by the housekeeper of the Liang Mansion.

Nowadays, things are also simple, the housekeeper of the Liang Mansion can get it immediately, there are witnesses to confront him, supplemented by interrogation or torture, and it is easy to ask what happened. ”

Liang Qiyuan's face was like ashes, he spent so much money and worked hard to plan the strategy and means, but it was so vulnerable that it was recognized and destroyed in an instant. Read the latest chapters, stay tuned