Chapter 0024 - Confronting the Official
Li Zhen's sister and brother returned home, closed the door and Li Quan began to complain to Li Zhen, "Just give them the deed, why do you have to fight, although you are happy after the fight, but they want to expel you from the family, what should you do?"
Li Zhencai didn't care about the family's affairs, he was more concerned about whether the eldest sister was injured, and at the beginning, the eldest sister seemed to have been beaten.
"Sister, how are you, I have medicine here. ā
"I'm fine, don't interrupt, I'm talking about you!"
Li Quan was really anxious in his heart, what should I do about this matter? Li Zhen smiled and comforted the eldest sister: "They haven't got the deed of ownership, they won't expel me from the family for the time being, and the head of the family doesn't seem to be here today, I guess the head of the family doesn't know about this matter at all, they did it without permission, let's talk about it when the head of the family comes back!"
"Can you still count on the head of the house to protect you?"
As he was talking, there was a heavy knock on the door of the courtyard, Li Zhen was stunned, a red light appeared on the wall of his current courtyard, and he hurriedly grabbed Li Quan, "Sister, I'll open the door!"
He walked quickly to the door and opened the courtyard door, only to see a few officials standing outside, followed by a dozen people, holding torches and carrying knives at their waists.
"What's the matter with you?"
"You are Li Gongzi! The Li family sued you for trespassing into the family temple and injuring the family, and the case has been handed to the county office, please come with us!"
The two officials were quite polite, they both knew Li Zhen, and they saw him riding and shooting, but they didn't dare to speak ill of him, so they locked him up and left.
Li Zhen shook his head, he was already sure that the head of the family, Li Jin, was definitely not there, and he actually used the official mansion for a stone wall, and there was no room for recovery, how unwise.
At this time, Li Quan's face changed color in fright, and he stepped forward and begged: "Two eldest brothers, my husband is also working in the county government, can you raise your noble hand and let my brother go!"
Li Quan's husband Cao Wen worked as a clerk in the county government, although Cao Wen was incompetent, but Li Quan's great reputation was outside, and both officials knew her.
A servant looked back in embarrassment, and at this time, a person came from outside the alley, it was Yang Yun, the county magistrate.
There was also a person behind him, who couldn't see his face clearly in the night, but Li Zhen had such eyesight, he recognized this person at a glance as the family elder who made them difficult tonight.
The person behind the county order was indeed Li Ze, he failed to coerce Li Zhen in the family temple, so he immediately went to the county office to report the case, and put pressure on the county commander Yang Yun to arrest Li Zhen and bring him to justice.
Although Li Zhen was performing in cavalry and archery, the county commander Yang Yun also sat in the stands, knowing that Wang Xiaojie valued this young man very much, but now that Wang Xiaojie is gone, and with the status of the Li family in Shazhou, Yang Yun has to give this face, and in desperation, he has to personally lead the officials to arrest Li Zhen.
Yang Yun coughed and said lightly: "I don't know what happened in your family, but the official has sent someone to examine the injuries, four people have broken their arms, and two have broken their leg bones, no matter what, they are your hands, the official will take you back first, and he will try you impartially, and he will never wronged you, I hope you can cooperate with the official to handle the case." ā
Li Zhen pointed at Li Ze, "Is he also cooperating with the county monarch in handling the case?"
Yang Yun glanced back at Li Ze and said quietly: "He is the plaintiff, and he needs to testify so as not to arrest the wrong person, this is normal, you don't have to think too much." ā
When Li Quan heard the word 'catch', he panicked even more, and hurriedly said: "Yang Xianjun, my brother was wronged, it was their Li family who deceived us and wanted to rob the property, and they did it first, my brother was forced to resist in order to protect me, and the daughter was also beaten by the Li family, and the girl was willing to testify." ā
"The official just said that he will not wronged anyone, Li Erniang, please rest assured, the official still has this reputation. ā
At this moment, a mocking voice came from behind him, "Why doesn't Yang County Order send the criminal tomorrow and arrest people overnight? Isn't it going to do something at night?"
Everyone turned around and saw Suo Mao walking around surrounded by more than a dozen family members, Suo Mao had just gotten the news, and he knew that the Li family had also started to do it.
Suo Mao was very worried that after Li Zhen was caught in the county government, he would be forcibly detained, and then the government changed the deed overnight for the record, and the stone wall became the property of the Li family, and the hope of the Suo family was gone, so he hurried here to interfere in this matter.
Yang Yun was stunned, why did Suo Mao come too? He hurriedly said: "This official is afraid that the criminal will escape overnight, so he came to detain him first, and has no other meaning." ā
Suo Mao smiled, "If you are worried about this, the Suo family is willing to guarantee that he will not escape." ā
Li Ze didn't expect Suo Mao to come, he couldn't get the Shibi title deed today, and there might be a change tomorrow, he was in a hurry, "Yang County order, the Li family has been injured a lot, maybe there will be a murder, he must be detained tonight." ā
Yang Yun didn't know what was going on, but because of Li Ze's face, he arrested Li Zhen overnight, but he didn't expect the Suo family to interfere.
He suddenly realized that behind this matter was by no means simple, and it was very likely to involve the struggle between the Suo and Li families, and if he acted hastily, he might end up implicating himself.
This matter must be made after clarifying the cause and effect before making a decision, and the head of the Li family did not come, so this Li Ze's weight is still a little lighter.
Thinking of this, he no longer paid attention to Li Ze, nodded and said, "Well, since the Suo family is willing to be the guarantor, the official will slow down a little." ā
He said to Li Zhen again: "Tomorrow at dawn, you can come to the county government to surrender yourself! This official will try this case tomorrow!"
After speaking, he ordered several officials to stand guard at Li Zhen's house, and he turned around and left, Li Ze hated it in his heart, but he was helpless, he couldn't say to Suo Mao, I will sell it to the Suo family when I get it back.
One is that the Suo family will never believe him, and the other is that the Suo family is even more afraid that he will open his mouth, so it is better to get it from Li Zhen.
So Li Ze just moved his lips, but he couldn't speak, so he had to stomp his foot hard and turn away.
Suo Mao took a deep look at Li Zhen and said, "Think about it! The Suo family may be able to help you again." ā
He turned around and left with his family, Li Quan closed the door, his legs were weak with fright, she was an ordinary woman after all, and she was at a loss in the face of this kind of lawsuit.
Li Zhen didn't say anything from beginning to end, he had seen through the entanglement of interests in the fog, and seeing that the eldest sister was worried, Li Zhen smiled and comforted her: "Sister, don't worry, I know what to do tomorrow!"
Shazhou is only a small state, under the jurisdiction of Dunhuang, Shouchang two counties, of which Dunhuang is the main county, concentrated seventy percent of the population of Shazhou, the county government is located in the middle of the county.
Early in the morning, Li Zhen and Li Quan went to the county government accompanied by several officials, and from beginning to end, Li Quan's husband Cao Wen did not appear, and yesterday his wife and mother quarreled, so he hid in the monastery outside the city to copy the scriptures, and has not returned.
"When Li Gongzi goes to the hall, his family can watch from the sidelines, and he is not allowed to enter the hall!"
At this time, Li Zhen took out a note and handed it to her eldest sister, whispered a few words to her, Li Quan nodded, and left quickly.
Li Zhen was led into the lobby by the officials, and the Suo family was a guarantor, and the officials were more polite to him, did not put shackles and shackles on him, and let him wait on the side.
Li Zhen also came to the county government for the first time, he had seen the real county government in Neixiang County in his previous life, and the current county government pattern has basically not changed for thousands of years.
It's just that there were no chairs in the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the seat of the county order was on a high step, the table was relatively low, and there was a couch behind it.
Above the table, there is a black plaque inlaid with gold edges, on which are four large white characters 'Clearing', and the pen is quite vigorous.
There are more than a dozen horse cards on both sides, written on them to be quiet, evasive, etc., and next to the horse cards are eighteen officials in soap suits, holding red and black sticks, all of them are tall, hideous, and look murderous.
In fact, most of the time, it is not the county order to try the case, but the county lieutenant to try the case, and the county order has all the opportunities, where is the time to try those trivial neighborhood dispute trivial cases, and only some big cases are tried by the county order.
Today's case is that the Li family sued the clansman Li Zhen for embezzling the Li family's property, forcibly breaking into the family temple, and injuring the family, but there is only one demand, demanding that Li Zhen return the family property.
The main prosecutor of the Li family is Li Ze, he is standing in the left corner, staring coldly at Li Zhen of the other party, today he is going to come up with a killer weapon, Li Zhen is doomed, although Li Zhen is strong in martial arts, but in front of official power, it is useless for him to have great martial arts.
Li Zhen was expressionless, as if he didn't see Li Ze on the other side, and at this time, a scribe walked out of the side door, "The county gentleman has arrived!"
Eighteen officials shouted together: "Ascend to the court-"
In the long dragging sound, the county commander Yang Yun walked out quickly, he was wearing a gauze hat, a green seven-grade official robe, black leather boots on his feet, a leather belt around his waist, and his face was very solemn.
Last night, Yang Yun had learned the details of this case, the key is the stone wall, the Li family believes that the stone wall belongs to the common property of the family, but the deed is in Li Zhen's hands.
This was originally an internal affair between the families, and few people would solve it outside the family, but the Li family had no choice but to take Li Zhen and came to report to the official.
And the Suo family also intervened in this matter, which made Yang Yun big for a while, and he had no way to solve it, but fortunately, just now the county Cheng Jian yƬ He could drag this case as long as possible, so that the Suo family and the Li family could reach a compromise privately, and the matter would be easy to do.
Yang Yun thought it was true, Li Ze wanted money, and the Suo family wanted to repair the stone statue, but it was not unsolvable, he could connect Li Ze and Suo Mao, so that the two of them could reach a compromise, and the case would be over.
As for Li Zhen's interests, Yang Yun really didn't think much about it, it really didn't matter.
Yang Yun sat down in front of the table, and the officials shouted again: "Might-Wu-"
"Smack!" Yang Yun slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Take the plaintiff and the defendant to the court!"
Last night, Li Ze changed the complaint overnight, since Li Zhen could not be arrested for the crime of hurting the family, then there was no need to dwell on the matter of making a big fuss about the family temple, he changed the focus to the request for the stone wall.
He and Li Zhen walked out of the waiting places on both sides at the same time, and at this time, dozens of idlers who were listening outside poured in, and Suo Mao also appeared, and he personally found the county Cheng last night and asked him to do something in this case.
He wasn't too worried, he understood the rules of officialdom, and he believed that the county had already greeted Yang Yun, so he stood aside with a smile on his face, waiting for today's court trial to be over.
Li Ze and Li Zhen bowed together and saluted, "See the county gentleman!"
Yang Yun nodded, and said to Li Zhen: "The Li family has withdrawn the lawsuit against you for disturbing the family temple, and today the official will not pursue this matter, I hope you will not be so impulsive in the future, let alone indiscriminately hurt people, do you hear?"
"Students understand!"
"Okay!" Yang Yun took Li Ze's complaint, unfolded it and looked at it, his brows furrowed slightly, Li Ze's complaint was different from yesterday's writing.
Yesterday, it was said that there are rules in the clan that unused property after ten years should be recovered by the family, but today the words in the complaint are gone, and it becomes that Li Zhen is not a member of the Li clan in Dunhuang and cannot accept the property of the Li family.
Yang Yun was just about to ask, a scribe rushed over and whispered a few words in his ear, Yang Yun was startled, why did he come, Yang Yun hurriedly got up and went out.
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