Du Zhixing naturally didn't want to admit his guilt, and at first he wanted to shout, but after being knocked by Cheng Jingzhou again, he was honest.

Steward Du didn't know the bottom in his heart this time.

How they made trouble in the first place, the surrounding neighbors all watched, and they were afraid that it would be in vain if they wanted to panic.

At present, it only depends on how much face this Cheng County Commander can give to the Du family and the Jiahua County Lord.

Sure enough, Ang Lee and Song Daring each brought a team of people out, and the results and witnesses they brought back were unfavorable to the Du family.

One of the uncles was also very annoyed and said: "Isn't it your second son who has climbed the high branches, is the guest building the property of your Du family or the property of the county lord's mother, can you make it clear yourself?" ”

This gets to the point.

Cheng Jingzhou remembered that when he first came, he also asked about the restaurant, and at that time people said that it had changed hands, and the new owner was the owner of Jiahua County.

But now, it's obviously not right.

Cheng Jingzhou didn't want to get involved in the mess they had there, but this case had to be tried first.

"Du Zhixing, now that the evidence is conclusive, can you plead guilty?"

Du Zhixing's face turned white with fright, he was not stupid, he knew that now that his younger brother has no official position, all the benefits of their family are gone, but his father still has a reputation for being a jinshi, this can't be fake, right?

Yes, their family still has the relative of the county lord of Jiahua, so they can't just watch themselves being arrested.

"Adult, villain, villain."

If Du Zhixing pleaded guilty or not, he couldn't say anything.

At this moment, Master Du hurried over: "Slow down, adult! ”

When he turned around and saw the person coming, Sun Er's face immediately turned a little paler, this is the master of Jinshi, no worse than the identity of the county commander.

Cheng Jingzhou sat still, frowned, and said, "Master Du, does he have new evidence to present?" ”

"My lord, there is no new evidence below, but our Du family is willing to settle privately with this Boss Sun, and we are also willing to compensate some more silver taels, you see?"

Such lawsuits, which do not involve human life, naturally do not have to be punished by the yamen.

But it's not like you, the defendant, who said that you can be private if you want to.

This depends on the attitude of the plaintiff, and secondly, it also depends on whether it complies with the provisions of the law, and if it does not, it cannot be settled privately.

Cheng Jingzhou didn't respond to Master Du, but looked at Sun Er first: "You also heard what he said just now, he is willing to compensate you more Yinliang just in the hope that you can withdraw the accusation against Du Zhixing, are you willing?" ”

Sun Er trembled his lips, and he didn't know how to choose for a while, he looked at the county master, and then looked at the old man Du on the side, he really couldn't judge whether the two of them colluded together, so he didn't know what decision to make.

Knock knock!

The drums outside rang again.

Cheng Jingzhou's eyes darkened: "Who is drumming?" ”

Song Daring took two people out for a trip, and soon brought three shabby-dressed people in.

"Adult, the villain sued the Du family, it's them! They forcibly occupied my family's house, and now they forcibly merged it into their Du Mansion, which is our family's ancestral home, which was built by my grandfather's generation, and it is gone! ”

"My lord, the villain also wants to sue the Du family, it's this animal, he snatched my daughter, my daughter is only fourteen, I haven't seen anyone alive or dead, and I still don't see a corpse, and I ask the adult to be the master of the people!"

When Cheng Jingzhou heard this, it was lively.

Master Du sitting in the hall can't sit still this time, why are you rushing together?

This case has not yet been settled, and there are two more bitter masters, which is not a joke.

Whispers outside the hall have already begun.

"Silence!"

Cheng Jingzhou asked them if they had written a complaint, and all three of them shook their heads, saying that their families were now poor and they were illiterate, so they did not have a complaint.

"I'm going to bother Xie Xiancheng."

"Yes, sir."

Xie Xiancheng asked them to re-say it one by one, and then recorded them one by one, and when they got to the back, the more Master Du listened, the whiter his face became, and the more cold sweat on his forehead became.

Xie Xiuqi finished writing here, and after he asked a few people to draw a postponement, there was a complaint.

Cheng Jingzhou still asked Sun Er first: "Sun Er, this official will ask you again, are you willing to settle in private?" ”

Sun Er may have felt that he had the same bitter master this time, and he was not afraid, so he simply stalked his neck and roared: "The villain does not accept reconciliation!" The villain wants to get back his own property, and he wants them to pay my family's medical money so that they can be punished! ”

Among the ordinary people watching the excitement outside, I don't know who shouted: "Okay! Have a backbone! ”

One person applauded, and then a second or third applauded him.

Hearing these cheers, Sun Er also felt that he had done the right thing, his back straightened a little, and he looked at Du Zhixing's eyes, hating to kill people to vent his anger!

Cheng Jingzhou saw that he did not agree to settle privately, and that there was all the evidence in this case, so he was not in a hurry to make Du Zhixing admit his guilt.

"Plaintiff Sun Erke got up and waited to the side, keeping quiet."

"Yes, sir."

This is the time to proceed with the interrogation of the remaining two cases.

"You said that the Du family forcibly occupied your house, make it clear, where is the location, when did you forcibly occupy your house, and in addition, what year was your house built, do you still have a memory?"

"Back to my lord, I don't remember the villain who built it specifically, but I only remember that it has been more than 30 years. At that time, Fengxian was far less prosperous than it is now, and it was a brick house built by ourselves. Oh, by the way, my grandfather was a mason, and he got a few brothers to help build it. Also, my house was originally on the east side of the Du family's house, across an alley from their house, and a family was also separated. ”

Cheng Jingzhou nodded: "When was your house forcibly occupied by the Du family?" ”

The plaintiff didn't have to think about it this time, and reported it directly: "That was three years ago, and their family initially said that they would buy our house for ten taels of silver, but our family did not agree. Although our house is only a small courtyard, there are seven rooms including the main house with wings, and there are two sheds. According to the market price, it was worth 80 taels, but our family did not agree, and then our house suddenly caught fire. ”

At the mention of this, a heroic man actually shed tears.

"Pity my father and aunt who slept so deeply that they couldn't wake up, and then it was our two brothers who went in and carried people out. But our house was also burned to the ground. There was no house, and then the housekeeper Nadu came to the door and threw us five taels of silver, saying that it was the money to buy this homestead and let us get out of the county. ”

Steward Du didn't say anything, but Du Zhixing didn't recognize this, and scolded directly: "You really don't know what to do, your house was burned down, we only buy your land, do we have to give you eighty taels?" ”