Chapter 21: Confronting the Court
A team of messengers arrived at Xu's Yizhuang in a menacing manner, drove away all the onlookers, and the messengers beat people with a ring ruler, and the good deeds shouted and scolded endlessly, but they didn't dare to contradict it, so they could only walk clean.
"Xu Bantou." The team leader's team leader walked to Xu Chang's side with a smile, everyone is doing things in the same yamen, naturally they all recognize it, this team leader is Xu Chang's colleague, called Hu Wei, and his peers are enemies, don't look at the usual brothers, but now when he sees Xu Chang in trouble, he can't help but show his villainous face.
In fact, if it is Xu Chang who takes people today, I am afraid that it will not be better than Hu Wei, the workplace is sinister, the two are both team leaders, and there is usually no friction, and now it is the Qiantang gentry Zhang Jia who personally beat the drum and complained to the Xu family father and son, everyone knows that Xu Bantou is already more auspicious.
Hu Wei smiled at Xu Chang Senran and said, "On the orders of the county honor, I came to mention Xu Bantou and his virtuous nephew to the Yali to pass the hall, and I was offended." Someone came, kidnap the two. ”
Xu Chang looked at Hu Wei coldly and said, "If I don't run, what are you doing here?" Our colleagues have been in the league for many years, and they don't even have this kind of affection? Isn't it just going to the yamen, why bother you? We will go ourselves. ”
After all, Hu Wei brought several errand officers who knew Xu Chang, and they usually took care of him, but he didn't want to tear his face like Hu Wei at this time, so an old official stepped forward and said to Hu Wei: "The county just asked the two to go to the yali for trial, and they didn't already determine what kind of Wang Yang thieves they were, they were all their own family, and they still don't need to be tied up." ”
Hu Wei had no choice but to smile coldly, hold his big belly, wave his big hand, glared at Xu Chang, and said, "Then Xu Bantou, please." ”
Xu Chang smiled slightly, raised his legs behind his back and left, Xu Qian was also calm, he is now a person who has seen the world, even the prince has been there, but he is not afraid of anything, he did not forget to tell Deng Jian, said: "Brother Deng, this place is taken care of by you, I will go back to the yamen with my father." ”
This tone is like going to travel to the yamen, which made Deng Jian frightened, but also did not forget to admire the courage of this Xu brother.
Deng Jian hurriedly responded and said: "Brother Xu is easy to go, if you really want to be sued, my good brother Deng, naturally take care of your family and this Yizhuang, yes, and Miss Mengting, I will also take care of it properly." Brother Xu, don't worry, your father is my father, your brother and sister-in-law are my brother and sister-in-law, your handmaid is my handmaid, and your silver ......"
This is Deng Jian, the icing on the cake has his share, and he also has him to send charcoal in the snow, and he will never be able to run away from him when he falls into the well, Xu Qian has long known that this guy has mostly coveted Zhao Mengting for a long time. He glared and said, "You dare! ”
Deng Jian consciously lost his words, and hurriedly said: "Brother Xu thinks crookedly, I'm just making an analogy, Deng is a righteous and thin cloud, but he is an unborn loyal and brave person, how can he do the river and demolish ......"
Hu Wei was already very impatient, and shouted: "Don't be long-winded, go quickly, don't go, don't blame me for not being emotional." ”
The father and son of the Xu family went directly to the yali, and when they entered the yali, they waited under the corridor, and waited for Nahu to go in first to report, only to hear the majestic voice of the Su County Order: "Take someone to commit a crime." ”
"Mighty ......"
The sound of water and fire sticks beating came out, but whenever this posture was made, it showed that the trial was a big and important case, and there was no such pomp and circumstance in ordinary neighborhood disputes.
Xu Chang is an old official in the county government, of course he knows the inside story, and the county respected Fang Cai did not say the person who brought the defendant, but directly called his father and son as criminals, which made Xu Chang feel a little weak, which shows that Su County Ling has a tacit understanding with that Zhang Taigong, and he has already made up his mind to rectify Xu Chang's father and son.
Don't ask about right and wrong, mustard people's lives, pointing to the deer as a horse, these words are originally the basic style of the Ming officials, although the official reputation of the Su County Order is not bad in Qiantang, but his official reputation is brought out by the gentry, and the public opinion in this county is also in the hands of the gentry, Xu Chang has been a messenger for decades, of course, he knows the inside story here, the collusion of the officials and gentry is the norm, and it is news if he does not collude.
Xu Qian saw that the old man's confidence was insufficient, and gently patted the back of the old man's hand with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Daddy, I'll talk later." ”
He knew that although the old man was an old oilman, his long-term habit had developed a fear of the official, so he could only come out at this time.
When the two entered the lobby, they saw the majestic Su County Commander sitting behind the case, while Zhang Taigong was sitting on the side with a playful face, and when they saw the Xu family father and son coming in, Zhang Taigong's eyes fell on the two of them like a dragonfly, and then left indifferently.
Shocked Tang Mu patted, Su Xian Ling already had a plan in his heart, and shouted, "Who is in the hall?" ”
Xu Chang and Xu Qian's father and son bowed down, and Xu Chang said: "Villain Xu Chang." Xu Qian followed: "Boy Xu Qian." ”
"Xu Chang, Xu Qian, are you two guilty?" Su County's order is majestic enough to give Xu Chang and his son a chance to defend themselves, so he directly defined the two of them first.
Xu Chang was immediately frightened, but Xu Qian was quite calm, and said, "The kid doesn't know what the crime is." ”
Su Xian Ling glanced at Zhang Taigong, Zhang Taigong just smiled at him, Su County Ling nodded tacitly, and then sneered: "Bold fanatics, do you dare to quibble?" Zhang Weng sued you for beating his son today, and harassed the Zhang family with mourning music at Zhang's house, what do you have to say? ”
Xu Qian said: "It is clear that the son of the Zhang family beat me, he brought a total of two family members, and he is older than me, I am just a weak crown year, dare to ask the county respect, the three adult eldest sons came to the door of the Xu family, but said that I was a weak crown boy beat him, what is the reason?" ”
Su Xian Ling was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, and secretly scolded this Taigong Zhang for really treating the yamen as a slave of his family, and used it if he wanted to use it to retaliate, and at the same time he was annoyed that Xu Qian dared to talk back at a young age, so he didn't know anything.
In fact, according to Su County's idea, since the Zhang family wants to be angry, it's a big deal to take the father and son to fabricate a crime at will, and then let people beat dozens of boards. But now Xu Qian has a hard mouth, and looking at Xu Qian's conversation, he doesn't look like an ignorant fool, I'm afraid that there will be a little trouble in this matter today.
He was sitting precariously, his eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "But after all, you hurt the son of the Zhang family." ”
Xu Qian said: "If you go back to the adult, the son of the Zhang family is injured, but the villain is also injured, the adult does not ask about the villain's injury, but only values the injury of the son of the Zhang family, but why?" Moreover, Zhang Gongzi invaded my house with people, and he was the one who instructed people to do it, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, not to say that it is an ordinary small people, even if the official in the government wants to come to the door to get people, he also needs to have a card ticket, although Zhang Gongzi was born in a gentry family, but he is also white, neither an official errand, nor a card ticket, this is a trespass, he hit the villain is a crime, the villain beat him, but it is a legitimate counterattack, it is reasonable, it should be an adult to take Zhang Gongzi, ask him for his guilt. ”
said it in the slightest, and also moved out of the Da Ming Law, and I couldn't find fault at all.
Originally, Su County Ling was only a cheap fool, but now it seems that this young man is becoming more and more difficult, he raised his eyes, and saw that there were many people outside the hall, obviously some good people saw that the father and son of the Xu family were detained, and transferred to the county government to watch, Su County Ling was secretly vigilant in his heart, looking at today's posture, it seems that both sides are unwilling to give up, and they are clearly trying to fight to the death, this public case wants to be successful, not only to give an explanation to the Zhang family, but also to make this Xu family young man willing to admit the guilt, but I am afraid that it is not easy.
Zhang Taigong watched silently from the sidelines, and when he saw Xu Qian's tongue so powerful, he couldn't help but snort coldly at this time: "What a sharp-toothed servant, when he arrives in the court, he dares to be hard-mouthed!" ”
Xu Qian coldly counterattacked: "What a shameless old thing, he committed murder, and he dared to deceive Shangxian and reverse right and wrong." ”
Zhang Taigong was originally watching silently from the sidelines, just waiting for this Su County Order to come forward for him, and when he heard Xu Qian scolding him for being shameless, he was suddenly furious, and new hatred and old hatred came to his heart together, and scolded: "Dog servant, do you really think there is no royal law?" If you don't kill your cheap servant today, I will write it upside down. ”
Xu Qian sneered: "It is said that the Zhang family is a gentry family, but it turns out that it is also a waste of fame, and the character Zhang is still a Zhang when it is reversed, and he doesn't even know the words, so he also came to pretend to be a gentry?" ”