March's prosperity, spring flowers.

There is water and land communication, as a place to connect the surrounding counties, if there is no Yellow Turban Rebellion, Chang and other places, it should be prosperous commerce.

The meal time was not long, but by the eyes of people, on the street in front of the temple in Changshu County, the passengers were in a hurry.

Several businessmen, who were passing by here, went to the West Market to sell, and subconsciously glanced at the tall and majestic Changshu County Ya, and couldn't hide the hatred in their eyes.

Three years ago, the newly arrived county magistrate of Changshu colluded with the local big households, and the officials in the county temple colluded to increase taxes and rebuild the county temple, which led to the destruction of many families and families.

In this way, the people's fat and ointment are eaten, so the ordinary people are worried about the people, and the officials in the county have no good face.

In the county temple, the officials suppressed each other, and some cases were suppressed, which made the people of Qianshou and the county government have less trust.

When he was a year ago, Zhang Jiao led the Taiping Road uprising, if it weren't for the squire and the official temple to deter, maybe many people would have rebelled with kitchen knives and hoes.

Under this medieval way, fighting and eating small people, if you want to survive, it is extremely difficult.

Suddenly, a young man pushing a wheelbarrow subconsciously glanced at the wooden board used to announce the outside of the gate of the county temple, his eyes froze, and he stopped and said lightly:

"Wangjun, look at me, am I dazzled? The dog official of this county temple actually wants to openly try Chen Er's cattle stealing?

Didn't you say that Chen Eryu county government cares?

Poor old man of the Qian family, all the things that live have been lost, if it weren't for our persuasion, his son would not have killed people to take revenge! ”

The middle-aged man called "Wang Jun" looked at it, his face changed constantly, and said, "Who knows how? But then publicize, I will have nothing to do at noon, so it is better to call the neighbors and see what the county government is going to do? ”

What he said quickly provoked everyone's heads.

As soon as the middle of the day arrived, the entire official temple was already surrounded by many people watching the excitement.

And Liu Qi, as posted in the notice, has already placed a few cases outside the gate of the official temple.

County Lieutenant Dong Wei, Gong Cao Xuhui and others have their own important matters to deal with, and they know that Liu Qi is "doing nonsense" today, and they will not come.

When Liu Qi arrived and sat down, many people saw such a young person, and then heard the remarks of others, and knew that it was the newly arrived county magistrate, and they were all embarrassed.

Liu Qi was in front of him, he had expected it, he followed the steps, and asked the pavilion guards to call all the parties brought early, and then recorded them in the book and began to question.

Speaking of which, this case is a theft case with clear facts.

According to the Han law, theft is divided into three categories: individual theft, joint theft, and self-theft.

The party Chen Er's cattle are generally stolen alone, but the stolen thing is a "cattle", according to the Han Law Firm, the crime is added to the first degree.

Such as "Salt and Iron Theory. "Criminal Virtue" states: "The horse thief dies, and the cattle thief increases, so the capital is important and the capital is not light." ”

Whoever steals an ox shall be punished with shackles.

What made the people angry was that Chen Er stole the cow, although some people saw it, but the father and son of the Qian family who were stolen in the end not only lost the cow, but also apologized to Chen Er. According to rumors, there were people in the county temple who were sheltered.

It can be said that such a person who protects is also bold.

According to the "Law of Theft" currently practiced by the Han Dynasty, it stipulates: "If you plan to send someone to steal, if you teach someone to steal (what), the person will use his words and wisdom (knowledge) to steal and divide, and it will be the same law as the thief." ”

And in order to prevent bandits, between the pavilions, there is also the duty of "seeking thieves".

Early this morning, Xu Case was ordered by Liu Qi to take two villagers who had been called by Liu Qi as pavilion pawns to Chen Er's residence, and on the way, Zixiao County changed the county order, or if something happened, his legs were so frightened that his legs were weak.

It was not only Chen Er who was scared of his weak legs, but also Zhang Ren, the little official who was standing in the gate of the county temple and looking out, but also had a pale face. Chen Erzhi's little sister is his concubine, I thought that things had passed like this, how could she know that there would be waves again?

This time, once the incident happens, it will affect many people.

However, judging from the new county magistrate's handling of things, he first hated the county lieutenant, and he felt a little "stunned", and what he did made people even more uneasy.

"Chen Er, are you guilty?"

Liu Qi's voice was already loud, and his questioning was even more neutral, and the crowd of onlookers quieted down.

With a loud shout for this, Chen Er was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said: "Back to the county gentleman, the villain is wronged, and he doesn't know the crime!" ”

The father and son of the Qian family who were outside heard this, their eyes were red, and they wanted to scold, but when they saw the young county magistrate, their eyebrows were raised: "If you know your mistakes and don't change them, the crime will be added to the first degree, and you will bring witnesses and evidence!" ”

In order to handle the case thoroughly and regain his reputation among the people of Changxi, Liu Qizao sent Xu and Huang San to cooperate with the villagers led by Li Zhansuo to silently visit and investigate inside and outside the city, try their best to restore the facts of the case at that time, and proceed from reality to give both sides a fair disposition.

When the witnesses were brought, they were also small people, and the officials were already afraid, but under Liu Qi's inquiry, they carefully explained the matter.

In fact, the facts of this case are well known to the people of Guonei!

The emphasis is on discipline.

"The human and material evidence are all there, the facts are clear, Chen Er, do you still have something to say?

Zhang Anything is there?

Call it to the next! ”

When Zhang Ren arrived, Liu Qi inquired carefully, and there was a record of the clerk beside him.

This public verdict lasted nearly two hours.

For the recovery of the case, there is also an inquiry, which is enough to dry the mouth, but Liu Qi is tireless, and there are more and more onlookers.

Under heavy pressure, Chen Erzhong still took the lead in confessing, and the rest of the matter was simple, and Liu Qi dealt with it according to the law.

Zhang Ren, who was guilty of harboring, was removed from his official post and was punished with Chen Er.

Of course, in this case, there are more than one officials involved, but to deal with too many officials at one time will cause changes in people's hearts.

But when the people around saw this, none of them changed color.

"Chen Er's case is finally over!

The county magistrate here, don't look young, but it's really unusual! ”

"Hmph, but just deal with one official, and the murder case of last year, this county magistrate may solve it?"

In the face of praise or doubt, Liu Qi did not say anything and explain anything to everyone, but after saluting in front of everyone, he went to the county temple.

Chen Er, Zhang Ren and others were taken into custody.

However, since today's incident, the word of mouth of the people has spread that within a few days, the new county magistrate is not afraid of power and punishes people who have committed crimes, that is, from the county seat to the Changxi township.

In the next half a month, Liu Qi arranged for epidemic prevention and control, and dealt with several old cases, all of which were related to local clans or officials. However, in order to deal with the main culprit, the matter was not expanded, so county lieutenant Dong Wei and others did not obstruct much, and secretly were on guard.

In this matter, whether it is in the county temple or among the people, the prestige of his new county magistrate has suddenly become a lot.

There are even people who give it the title of "strong leader".