Chapter 32: Slave Contract
Chu Fancai showed two long legs from the carriage, and the two splashers and handlebars quietly opened the distance between them and Zhang Rui, with an expression that I was not familiar with him.
Seeing Chu Fan pull out the iron ruler and come over with a murderous expression, he was even more silent, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
Chu Dashen stood with his legs crossed, rotated the iron ruler in his palm like a wind wheel, and shouted:
"Zhang Rui, are you guilty?"
Zhang Ruicheng was terrified, and said:
"Small, I don't know. ”
"Hmph, someone accused you of robbing property in broad daylight and forcibly abducting people's daughters in the downtown area. In the southern district of Yangwu County, at least a few hundred people witnessed it with their own eyes, do they still want to deny it?"
"Oops, wronged...... That Yan Yi has been a slave of my family for generations......"
As soon as he heard this, Yan Yi snorted fiercely and scolded:
"My slave deed was burned in public by your father, and I was restored to civilian status. Now I go to Qinghe Township to ask, and everyone in the township knows about it. The wolf-hearted and dog-lung things are in vain, and a handful of and urine are the size of the mouthful, and there is a mouthful of gruel for you to eat first. My father worked hard, and all the money he earned was put on your own to build a house and buy a land......"
Zhang Rui was unashamed and argued:
"Your father is a slave to my family, and of course the money he earns is mine. Your slave deed was burned, but your father's deed was not burned......"
"Alright, alright, don't argue. Otherwise, Hugh blames the iron ruler for being ruthless. ”
After Chu Fan finished speaking, he pointed at Zhang Rui and said:
"You said that his father was a slave to your family, but if not...... Hehe, unfortunately Chu went out in a hurry today and forgot to bring a rope to tie up the prisoner. had to wronged Zhang Gongzi, broke his legs to prevent escape, and then threw himself into the county jail. According to the law, when the autumn queen asks for beheading. Oh, it's the queen of autumn now, whether you can eat the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival or not depends on your own creation, and it has nothing to do with someone in Chu. Set foot on Huangquan Road, and don't look back in your life. Don't blame, don't blame ......"
Chu Fan's words were intimidation, but they were not all intimidation.
If Zhang Rui didn't have a certificate, he would have convicted the two major crimes of robbery and robbery, and he didn't run away with his head properly. As for breaking his legs, it has nothing to do with the rope, it all depends on the mood of the person who came to arrest him.
Zhang Rui was so frightened that he was urinating, and said hurriedly: "I have a certificate, I have a certificate......"
"Okay, then you stand up and speak. ”
Zhang Rui stood up tremblingly, carefully took out a folded piece of yellowed paper from his arms, and was about to hand it over to Chu Fan, when he saw Yan Yi's father and daughter surrounding, he shrank back again.
Chu Fan stopped playing with the iron ruler and waved his hand disapprovingly:
"The public is here, and the three bystanders are witnessing, are you still afraid that he will not be able to rob him? You, you, and the driver of the car all stand up. ”
Everyone stood up, and Zhang Rui handed the piece of paper to Chu Fan.
Yan Yi was so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her cavity, and she stood on tiptoe and stretched her neck to peep.
If the slave contract is fake, nothing will be discussed.
If it is true, the father and daughter will face a collapse, and life is worse than death.
But the old things from fifty or sixty years ago, all the parties have passed away, how to determine?
Chu Fan unfolded the piece of paper, glanced at it so-so, shook his head and said, "I can't tell whether this thing is real or fake." ”
Zhang Rui hurriedly said:
"Nature is true. The other day, I pulled out a box through a crack in the wall of the old house, and there were four slave deeds in it. Except for the name, everything else is exactly the same. The three old slaves died long ago, and they had no offspring. The one left is Yan Yi's father. ”
As soon as Yan Yi heard it, he knew that it was true, his face was dry, and his father was so confused and pedantic. It's right to repay the favor, but if you don't guard against it, you will ruin future generations.
Chu Fan still shook his head and said:
"Chu is only responsible for arresting thieves and chasing the murderer, this investigation and research is really not the director. It seems that the only way to do this is to escort you to the court, and the master of the criminal name will distinguish the truth from the false. This thing is crucial, Zhang Rui, you have to put it away. If it's fake, all ten of your heads will be cut off, huh...... If it's true, you can take Yan Yi's father and daughter away. Do you understand?"
When Yan Yi heard this, it was like five thunderbolts, and the sky was spinning in front of him.
Yan Wan'er hurriedly hugged her swaying father and wanted to cry.
Yan Yi told Chu Fan about the situation on the way, and the other party patted his chest and said that he would help his father and daughter get justice. I thought that a big savior fell from the sky, but who knew that it would be empty to catch the moon in the water.
But Yan Yi understood that Chu Fan could not be blamed for this incident. In fact, he beat Niu Ding to save himself, took out money to stop the horse, and worked tirelessly to go out of the city to chase the murderer and save Wan'er, he has done his best to save Wan'er, and he can't do better. It's only to blame God for being blind and not leaving an honest person a way to live.
Twenty years ago, Zhang Dahu burned the slave contract, and there were witnesses, but there was no physical evidence. Because Zhang Dahu was seriously ill at that time, he did not issue a certificate for the release of slaves. Everyone knows that Yan Yi's father is a slave, and once this slave contract is presented to the court, it will confirm his identity as the son of Wan'er and Wan'er, and the case will not be overturned.
Chu Fan folded the piece of paper as it was, handed it back to Zhang Rui, and urged everyone: "Let's go, let's go, don't rub it off, and follow me back to the county seat......"
Seeing this, the handlebar type knew the reason for seven or eight points, and prepared to turn the carriage. sighed in his heart, the swallow is laborious, but it is a pity that the Yanji South Store has been in the past ten years, and it is a pity that this little girl is like a flower......
Yan Yi sat down on the ground and panted heavily.
Yan Wan'er squatted beside her father, her face pale, and she looked at Chu Fan with teary eyes.
The red lips opened slightly, and he just had to call "Brother Fan" lightly.
The girl's hairpin was scraped off when she climbed out of the carriage, and her hair was scattered, and she was shy. He braided his shiny hair into a big braid, pulled out a few grass stems and kneaded them into small ropes, and hung them neatly behind his head, reaching to his waist. In the end, the daughter's family loves beauty, and pinched a few small flowers on it.
Chu Fan was stunned and remembered a poem. Treat me with long hair and waist, can a young man marry me?
But now was not the time for appreciation, and he quickly looked away.
The girl saw that his gaze was evasive, showing a look of disappointment and sorrow.
The two splashed skins wiped a handful of cold sweat on their foreheads, and their hearts were dangerous. If Zhang Renu's deed was fake, wouldn't his own head have to fly away with him? Finally, he left the city, and had to return to the court to check the book, and it took a lot of twists and turns, and he had to ask him for more money afterwards.
Zhang Rui secretly complained.
Originally, I robbed the property and robbed the people, and I returned to Qinghe easily and refreshingly, so I was so unhappy. Once you transfer back to the county seat, not to mention the trouble, you will have to fight a lawsuit. Although the slave contract is real, after it is presented to the court, what if the master says it is false? Only seventy or eighty taels were squeezed out, and I am afraid that most of them will be eaten.
He put away the slave deed, took out something from his cuffs, turned around half a circle to block the sight of Yan Yi's father and daughter, approached Chu Fan's side, and whispered sneakily:
"Brother Chu, there is another important piece of evidence below. You see it's not early, and there is no place to rest when you go back to the city, so it's convenient to go for trouble. Let me go back to Qinghe first, and then come to the door another day to thank you......"
After speaking, he stuffed the things into Chu Fan's hand.
"Hmph, there's no place, then stay in prison first. ”
Chu Fan impatiently pushed him away, pointed at the two splashers and handlebars with an iron ruler in his left hand, and said:
"Come here, all of you, and let me do it...... You two must dismount and walk. O vanna, you must turn the carriage around......"
When the three of them approached, Chu Fan said and spoke, as if he suddenly remembered that Zhang Rui had stuffed an "important evidence", and when he opened his right hand to see it, it was a small silver bill.
"What do you mean, you birdman?"
Chu Fan turned his head, and his face sank.
Zhang Rui couldn't turn the corner, and stammered and replied: "Small, small." A little bit of tea money ......"
"Hmph, you birdman is bold. How dare you bribe the tolerance and tarnish the innocence of our family!"
Chu Shenzhu's eyes widened.
"No, never. Brother Chu has worked hard all the way, in the down, in the ......"
Chu Fan sneered, held the silver coin in the palm of his hand, and said to the two splashers and handlebars:
"Hmph, this birdman paid bribes and was unwilling to go back to the county to fight a lawsuit. You can see clearly, our family didn't take his money, so take the trouble to be a witness. ”
After finishing speaking, he threw the silver back and smashed it on top of Zhang Rui's head.
The first time the three of them saw such an incorruptible white servant, they couldn't turn around, like a chicken pecking rice, and nodded in panic.
Yan Yi's father and daughter's hearts were like ashes, and they stared at all this blankly, silent.
Zhang Rui was self-defeating and had his face shaved, his face was red, and he squatted down in a panic to pick up the silver.
Chu Dashen Stick paced back and forth a few steps with his backhand, and said to himself:
"If you are determined to win the lawsuit, why don't you want to fight, and you have to pay for bribes. Isn't it, isn't it ......"
Zhang Rui was so frightened by his words "Mo Fei" that he squatted on the ground and forgot to stand up.
The two splashes and the handlebar style didn't get Chu Fan's next order, so they didn't dare to act, and they also thought, could it be that there is something strange here, what is the strange thing to see?
Chu Da Shen Stick stopped, slapped the iron ruler in the palm of his hand, and looked up to the sky for thought. After a dozen breaths, he suddenly asked, "Yan Yi, what is your father's name?"
Yan Yi was demented, and after being stabbed twice by Yan Wan'er with her fingers, she came back to her senses and replied: "The villain's father was given his name by Zhang Dahu, surnamed Yan Yi, one, two, three, four, one. ”
"Oh, it turned out to be called Yan Yi. ”
Chu Shenzhu scratched his head, thought about it again, turned around and said to Zhang Rui:
"I'm sorry you to open the slave contract and take another look, I didn't look at it carefully. ”
This was true, and everyone saw him and only glanced at it and folded it up.
Zhang Rui hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Chu Fan.
Chu Dashen didn't answer, and ordered: "Unfold it, show it to everyone, and help you testify." ”
Zhang Rui saw that Yan Yi's father and daughter also stood up and looked at this side, deliberately raised the slave contract and shook it, and sneered in his heart, so that the two of you slaves would completely die.
He put his hands flat and unfolded the piece of paper to Chu Fan first.
The other party seemed to be smiling, snorted a few times, and pointed to the two splashers and handlebars with an iron ruler.
Zhang Rui walked over and pulled the slave deed flat in front of his chest.
The young splash is illiterate, scratching his ears and cheeks, and he doesn't know what to do.
The old pimpy in his forties recognized a few words, and he was used to seeing the slave style, and his face suddenly changed drastically.
The handlebar style is also illiterate, but after a lot of experience in traveling north and south, he found something strange, and pointed to the slave in confusion and asked, "This, what's going on?"
Although Yan Wan'er has not gone to school, she has followed her mother to take care of the bookkeeping since she was a child, and she can recognize the rough and shallow words. Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he jumped up with excitement.
It was as if before the guillotine, and heaven forgave him.
Yan Yi rescued an official lady during the rebellion, married in distress, and also recognized words under the guidance of his wife. As soon as he saw the contract, he knew that Chu Fan had made a move.
It's just that in front of everyone's eyes, I really can't figure out how he came up with it, and the means are really unpredictable. When he saw his daughter bouncing around, he pulled her sleeve.
Yan Wan'er was overjoyed, seeing her father's eyes delighted, but shaking her head slightly, she held back her words and quieted down.
Yan Yi was determined in his heart, and watched coldly, knowing that Chu Fan must have follow-up arrangements.