The two came to the court one after the other, but Wang Shichang preemptively said: "Master, then Liu San wants to kill and commit murder, I implore you to call the shots!" ”

When Wang Ying, the magistrate of the county, heard this, he said coldly: "In broad daylight, when the street is murdered, where are the criminals?" ”

The messenger knelt down according to Liu San, but Liu San held his chest and said, "I'm not a human prisoner!" ”

Syllable!

Wang Ying slapped the shocked wood and said angrily: "Who is making a noise? ”

Liu San broke away from the errand behind him, and then said: "Grass farmer Liu San, sue Wang Shichang for grass management of people's lives, my mother and my sister-in-law were killed by him, beg the adult to judge!" ”

Wang Ying asked, "You two, who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?" ”

Wang Shichang took the lead and said: "Master, I am the plaintiff!" ”

Liu San hurriedly said: "Lord Zhixian, I am the plaintiff!" ”

Syllable!

The shocking wood sounded again, and Wang Ying said in a deep voice: "Above the public court, no noise!" ”

Immediately afterward, he said: "No matter who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant, in short, the two of you are for the same thing, who will talk about it first?" ”

"I'll say it first!"

Wang Shichang hurriedly said: "Master, this person's name is Liu San, he went to sea two years ago, there is a sister and an old lady left in the family, it is not easy for the grass people to see their mother and daughter, everyone is from the same village, so he ordered someone to send some silver to his family......"

"You fart!"

Liu San was about to rush over immediately, but was held down by the errand behind him.

In the court, Wang Ying had a black face and said: "Liu San, if you dare to roar at the court of filial piety again, the official will beat your board first!" ”

Liu San looked aggrieved and said, "My lord, he is lying......"

"Whether it's a lie or not, the official has his own conclusion, you two come one by one, Wang Shichang, you continue!"

Wang Shichang squinted at Liu San, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"His sister-in-law is also a grateful retribution, saying that she is willing to marry the grass people as concubines, and the grass people have not been out of the main room for many years, and they have the intention of taking concubines, so they should come down, who knows......"

Speaking of this, Wang Shichang subconsciously looked at Liu San, and his body quietly moved to the side.

Wang Ying, the magistrate of the county, saw the clue and said: "Don't worry, there is this official, no one dares to touch you!" ”

Wang Shichang swallowed his saliva and continued: "...... Who knows, his sister looks like a proper person, but in fact she is a lewd baby slut, not long after she got married, she seduced the next person in the family, and after being broken by the grass people, she was ashamed and committed suicide...... It's gone......"

Liu San's face turned red, and he roared: "Wang Shichang, you beast, you have harmed my mother and sister-in-law, but you are reversing black and white here, I will fight with you!" ”

However, he was held down by the servants behind him and could not move.

Wang Ying, the magistrate of the county, smashed the shocking wood and reprimanded angrily: "Liu San, you have roared at the filial piety court many times, you have not listened to dissuasion, you have despised this official, come to someone, pull this person down, and beat the twenty boards!" ”

"He's lying, he's lying!"

Liu San didn't defend himself, just stared at Wang Shichang.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his two gazes were like sharp swords, but Wang Shichang didn't care at all.

The messenger dragged Liu San outside and executed the cane, but Liu San gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

In the lobby, Wang Shichang finally reassured and said with a smile: "Uncle Cousin......"

"Huh?"

Wang Ying glared at him, and his tone was very dissatisfied.

Wang Shichang understood and hugged his fists, which means that I understand the rules, and I will thank you when I look back.

In fact, Wang Ying is not a relative of his family at all, but is from Linfen, Shanxi, and basically has nothing to do with Wangjia Village in Changping.

However, I don't know where Wang Shichang found a genealogy, he insisted that the Linfen Wang family and the Changping Wang family were originally a family, and finally talked about the backup of an uncle and nephew.

Wang Ying looked at his nephew, who was two years older than him, and originally didn't plan to recognize this relative, but helplessly, the other party gave too much silver......

So, Wang Shichang began to show off, the county master is my cousin!

Today's matter, Wang Ying knows, it must be Wang Shichang's problem, because he knows this eldest nephew too well, but he wants to find a reason to drive Liu San out.

The reason is simple, what are the identities of these two people?

One is a famous local squire, and the other is a mud leg.

Just ask, who would offend the local squire for a mud leg?

Unless the man gets kicked in the head by a donkey!

After only a cup of tea, the messenger dragged Liu San back to the lobby.

His back was covered in blood, but he didn't snort.

But I don't know that the county government is also particular about playing boards.

Sometimes it looks like the beating is very heavy, the beating person is sweating profusely, and the person being beaten is crying out, but in fact, it is not a big deal.

This hand is called hurting the skin and not hurting the bones, and it uses the rotation force, which is to recycle at the moment of contact, just like this force is usually used when breaking the eggshell at home.

The other is just the opposite, which is called hurting bones and not skin, and using penetrating strength.

That is, when you beat someone, you have to treat the flesh as if there is nothing, that is, a skeleton is placed there for you to beat, and you have to hit the bones directly.

To use an inappropriate analogy, this is what is used when chopping ribs in the kitchen.

It's easy to hurt the skin and bones, and you can hit anywhere.

If you don't hurt your skin, you will pay more attention to it, and if you are thin, you will hit the thigh bone, and if you want to abolish people, you will hit the pelvic bone.

Don't look like it's easy to say, you really have to do it, but you can't practice it in a day or two.

Let's just say that this hurts the skin and doesn't hurt the bones, and there are different techniques such as "head board" and "breath off board".

The first board is to use the upper third of the board to hit, without the end, the board falls on the prisoner, and at the same time the head of the board is also on the ground, which is equivalent to the air, it looks fierce, and the sound is also strong, but in fact, there is not much energy.

The cut-off board refers to the mid-drain when you slam down, so that the board moves in free fall in the second half of the trajectory, so that it is not interesting to hit it.

These are the tricks that the errand will only make when he receives money, which is an unspoken rule, because the magistrate of the county ordered to beat, and the errand officer below could not help but fight, but the severity of the beating was in his own hands, and if the person who was tortured understood the rules, he would immediately give the officials a look, which meant that the brother beat lightly, and I could repay it in the future.

For such people, the officials are just putting on a show, and they don't know how to fight at all.

In some places, playing boards has even become a business.

There is a small story among the people that someone was arrested and put in prison, and he saw three people in prison who were beaten to the board, and one of them was given ten taels of silver, and he was beaten to the bone and lay down for more than a month.

The second one gave fifty taels, and the spanked ass blossomed, and he also rested for half a month before he was able to get better.

The third one had money and gave a hundred taels, but the board was not much heavier than Mr. Private School's ruler, and he was fine that night.

This man asked the errand in charge, everyone has given money, why bother to make a three, six, nine, etc.?

The answer is, if we don't play the board according to the price, who will be willing to pay more?

It can be seen from this that such operations have long been accustomed to local yamen.

In Changping County, Wang Shichang was very close to the county government on weekdays, and these errand servants did not receive less benefits from others on weekdays, so they naturally fought desperately.

However, what they encountered today was a hard bone, the board was down, they didn't hide, they didn't shout, they just carried it hard.

The twenty boards came down, and there was already a lake of flesh and blood under the clothes.

Liu San returned to the lobby, knelt on the ground, gritted his teeth, pointed at Wang Shichang and said, "Lord Zhixian, what he just said is all nonsense!" ”

"Oh?"

Wang Ying, the magistrate of the county, smiled and said, "Whether it is nonsense or not, the official will decide." Now that he's done, it's your turn. But hear clearly what is happening, and tell the truth, and if it is not true, you will be punished for the sin. ”

Liu San gritted his teeth and said: "After the grass people went to sea, Wang Shichang forced his little sister to marry him as a concubine on the grounds that the grass people borrowed silver, and the grass people didn't borrow his family's silver at all!" ”

"Immediately afterwards, my little sister was killed by his wife, Wang Qian, my old lady went to Wang's house to want an explanation, but was beaten to death by his family's nursing home, these are two lives, and please know the county lord to be the master!"

Wang Ying calmed down and asked, "Are what you said true?" ”

"Back to my lord, everything is true!"

"You said you went to sea two years ago, how did you know these things?"

"The villagers told me in person!"

"Well, even if what you say is true, is there any evidence?"

"Evidence ......"

Liu San suddenly became confused, everyone knows it, what evidence do you need?

Besides, it's been more than a year since the incident, where can I find evidence for you?

"This official asks you again, is there any evidence?"

"Grass People...... No evidence......"

"There is no evidence, but there is witness?"

"Yes, yes......"

Liu San hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhang, who is the grass people, can testify, and many people in the village know what happened, so adults can ask." ”

Wang Ying nodded and said, "In this case, Liu San and Wang Shichang will be temporarily detained, and the trial will be conducted after the official asks for witnesses!" ”

The messenger stepped forward, put Liu San up, and took him to prison.

Before leaving, Liu San suddenly asked, "Didn't you say that both of them should be detained, what about Wang Shichang?" ”

The officer smiled contemptuously and said, "What do you want?" How could Master Wang be locked up with you? ”

Liu San was puzzled: "That...... Where's the other one? ”

"Nonsense, of course it's home!"

"What?"

Liu San was furious, got up with the pain in his buttocks, and asked, "Why can he go home?" ”

"Want to know?"

The messenger suddenly stopped, walked forward slowly, and whispered, "If you have money, I can send you back." ”

"You ......"

Liu San's expression was furious: "You know the law and break the law!" ”

The officer smiled: "You kid still knows a lot, and you still know how to break the law?" ”

"Hmph, you let go of the criminals, aren't you afraid of being asked?"

"Haha......"

The officer seemed to hear the joke and said, "Master Wang can't run away, and he will come to the hall tomorrow, what crime am I asked?" Besides, Master Wang is the cousin of the magistrate, and the magistrate doesn't stop him, do I dare to stop it? ”

Liu San said indignantly: "Then wait, there is a witness tomorrow, how do I think he can quibble?" ”

"You, you......"

The officer couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Let me say what is good about you, just rely on you, you have no power or power, you have mud legs, why fight with others?" Do you think those villagers will speak to you? ”

Liu San was suddenly stunned, as if he understood something.

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you, today's beating of your board is to give you a long memory, who can be offended, who can't be offended, you can figure it out yourself!"

After the officer finished speaking, he turned his head and left, Liu San suddenly felt weak, and slowly fell to the ground.

The pain in his ass came, and he had to change his position and lie on the ground to feel a little better.

On the second day, the congregation continued.

Wang Shichang was already kneeling in the hall, it was obvious that people didn't run, and they didn't need to run, just go home and sleep, and then come back to continue the hall.

Wang Ying, the magistrate of the county, sat in front of the hall, first patted the shocked wood, and then said: "Liu San, did you say yesterday that if you have a lie, you will be punished according to the anti-sitting?" ”

Liu San nodded and said, "The grass people said it! ”

Wang Ying blackened his face and said: "Okay, you asked others to murder two lives, if this crime is verified, it will be a capital crime, and now this official has sentenced you to the crime of reversing, can you plead guilty?" ”

Liu San was suddenly shocked and said, "My lord, I didn't speak, it was indeed him who killed my mother and my sister-in-law!" ”

"Bold!"

Wang Ying said loudly: "This official asked thirteen people today, and they all said that they didn't know about it, and you still dare to quibble?" ”

Liu San seemed to look surprised and asked, "My lord, who are you asking?" ”

"Naturally, it is from Wangjia Village, among which is the old Zhang Tou of your family, he personally admitted that your sister committed suicide, your mother is seriously ill, and there is no one around to take care of her, this is caused by your unfilial piety, but now you are turning around and framing others, are you still quibbling?"

"I, I...... Nope! ”

After hearing this, Liu San's face turned pale and said, "My lord, I want to see those villagers, and I want to testify with them face to face!" ”

Wang Ying sneered: "It seems that if you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, the official will fulfill you, come here, bring someone with a witness!" ”

"Bring a witness!"

Immediately afterwards, Lao Zhangtou was led in by the servants, and when he saw Liu San, he instinctively avoided him, as if he didn't dare to look him in the eyes.

Liu San hurriedly asked: "Uncle Zhang, you told me about my sister-in-law and my mother, why don't you recognize it now?" ”

Lao Zhangtou lowered his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know anything......

Liu San seemed to realize something, and asked again, "Uncle Zhang, are you ...... Have you been threatened? ”

Lao Zhangtou didn't answer, just turned over and over and said he didn't know.

At this time, other witnesses also came in, and Liu San raised his eyes to see that they were all from Wangjia Village, and they were all his neighbors.

However, like Lao Zhangtou, they all kept their heads down, and either did not speak or said that they did not know.

Liu Sanmeng turned his head and saw Wang Shichang's smug face, and at this moment, he finally understood.

The villagers must have taken his family's money, or they were threatened and did not dare to testify.

This world, black and white are reversed!