Chapter 16: Visiting the Father
On that day, everyone comforted Tianci in every possible way, Zhao Jian made an appointment with Muyang, and the next day he accompanied Tianci to visit his father in the county prison. Mu Yang also immediately asked his father for a warrant, and after the arrangements were made, Tianci and Zhao Jian said goodbye to the Chu Mansion and returned to the inn to rest.
The next day, Mu Yang drove from Chu Mansion to the inn, picked up Tianci and Zhao Jian, and came to a prison camp 3 miles away from the county seat.
It was a place where prisoners were held for hard labor, where stones were mined every day, shaped into shapes, and then loaded into trucks for the construction of houses and fortifications, and Zhao Jian heard that Zhang's father was imprisoned here.
Mu Yang took the two of them to the front of the camp to negotiate with the outpost, and showed the warrant of Captain Chu, and an adjutant came to bring the three into the camp, arranged to sit in a side room and wait, and then went to bring the prisoners to see them.
After a while, the door opened, and a jailer led in a man, but he saw that this man was unkempt, withered, and his eyes were dull, and his body was already very weak, and he looked like he was about to die.
Tianci fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was his father Zhang Laohan Zhang Shijie.
Tianci shouted, "Dad!" and pounced, knelt in front of the old man, hugged the old man's legs and cried bitterly.
As soon as the old man heard the voice, his eyes immediately lit up, and he was stunned for a moment, and he lowered his head and raised the head of the kneeling man with his hand, and looked at it carefully.
Looking at each other, the old man also shouted, "Wolf boy, my son!" and knelt down to kneel and hug Tianci.
The father and son hugged their heads and cried, crying silently, and the audience was moved for a while.
Mu Yang and Zhao Jian stepped forward to help the two of them to the chair and sit down, after the father and son sighed for a while, Zhang's father said: "Son, you are finally here, if Daddy didn't want to meet you, he would have gone with your mother a long time ago, why wait until today." ”
Tianci wiped his tears and said: "My father and mother suffered this great disaster, and I didn't know it for my son, which is really unfilial." Daddy, you're suffering!"
"Son, I have been framed by the rich man. Father Zhang said with a long sigh.
"At that time, my family also had a partial house in the village, which was close to the backyard of the Wang family's house, and later the Wang family expanded, and sent someone to discuss with me, asking me to let the house out, saying that it was to replace a firewood house on the back mountain with me, and promised to give me the maid Xiao Qin who was sick and could no longer work in Wang's house, which is your aunt Qin. I was happy for a while, so I agreed, and immediately exchanged the title deed with his family, handed over the house, and I took your mother and moved to live in the firewood house in the back mountain. ”
"Your mother relied on the herbs I went to the mountains to pick, slowly recuperated, and the disease gradually improved, and we opened a piece of land in the back mountain, which can grow some food, but we can talk about it for a living, and we also live a happy life of male farmers and female weavers. Zhang's father recalled.
"I never thought that the Wang family would come to make trouble again, destroy my home, and harm my son, let alone that they used a fake deed to deceive me and trap me in injustice, this breath is really hard to swallow. Zhang's father said very sadly.
"That was originally a lie made by the Wang family, and it was blamed on you, which is really hateful. Mu Yang said resentfully.
"Yes, I said that there was no evidence in the lobby, and the Wang family even refused to admit it, if only I could get the deed I exchanged with the Wang family back then, I could clear my name. ”
When Tianci heard his father say this, he took the case and said angrily: "This gangster surnamed Wang killed my mother and wronged my father, and his crime is unforgivable! I will definitely go to the county government to sue him, make him confess his crimes, and clear up my father's grievances." ”
"It's just that I want to wronged my father to stay here for a few more days, and then I will come to pick up my father and reunite after I go to overturn the case for you. After that, God bowed to his father and bowed to him.
Mu Yang immediately took out some clean clothes for Zhang's father to change into, and presented the food he brought to Zhang's father to enjoy. On the other hand, he took out silver taels and beat the jailers, guards and others one by one, so that they could take care of Zhang's father for their lives, and they would be grateful. After receiving the reward, everyone thanked them, and they all said that they would live up to their trust, so that they could rest assured.
Seeing that Mu Yang thought so thoughtfully, Tianci was very grateful and relieved. Only then did he say goodbye to his father and come out with the group.
After the three of them got into the car, Tianci said, "Now go to the county government to file a complaint." ”
Zhao Jian said: "I can't be busy, this matter must be considered in the long run, the key is that we have no evidence in our hands now, and we have to think about getting the deed." ”
"Yes, but the Wang family is so big, where can I find that deed from decades ago?" Mu Yang said with some concern.
"It's okay, I have my own arrangements, now we just have to go to the county government to complain. After saying that, he let the coachman set off and went straight to the county office.
When everyone came to the county yamen, Tianci went up to beat the drum and voice the grievances, and after a while, a messenger came out and let everyone go in to express their grievances.
The three of them came to the county government hall, only to see the officials holding sticks on both sides, and the county lord stood up behind the case, glared angrily, and shouted: "What are you waiting for to shout injustice, report it according to the truth." ”
Tianci stepped forward and said: "My father Zhang Shijie was unjustly sentenced to prison by this county three years ago, and now I am waiting to overturn the case for him." ”
"Zhang Shijie?" The county lord couldn't remember who it was for a while.
"It's Zhang Laohan who was sentenced to prison for forging the deed three years ago, don't you remember?" Mu Yang stepped forward and added, thinking that you also received a lot of silver from my father for this matter.
"Oh, the case has long been closed, and the human and physical evidence is conclusive. The county order remembered that Zhang had always been loyal and honest, and had no criminal record, so he was given a light sentence as appropriate. What are you saying about overturning the case now, and is there any evidence?"
"Of course there is evidence. My father had a small house in Qingmu Village back then, and the Wang family wanted to occupy my family's homestead land due to expansion, so he proposed to exchange the firewood house on the mountain with my father, and then exchanged the house deed. The fake house deed held by my father was originally made by the Wang family, and what the Wang family got in exchange was my father's original house deed. Now that I have found this deed to prove my father's innocence, I have come to redress the case and ask the adult to call the shots. Tianci stepped forward and stated unhurriedly.
When the county magistrate heard Tianci say this, he was shocked and couldn't help but look a little panicked. "Yes, then you can submit it to Lord Ben to verify the authenticity. He said.
Mu Yang and Zhao Jian were also a little worried when they heard Tianci say this.
At this time, I heard the heavenly gift say: "The deed is already in my hands, but I came in a hurry today, and I did not bring it with me, but I will come tomorrow and submit it to the adults for examination." ”
When the county lord heard this, he was furious for a while, and scolded angrily: "If you wait for the yellow mouth and white teeth, you dare to come here to tease the yamen, if there is no evidence, Xiu will sue again, and don't hurry up and give me a retreat." "Let's let the officials and others coax the three out of the court.
After coming out of the county office, Tianci said to the two: "Please Sister Muyang and Brother Zhao go back first, I will go to the village to get the house deed, and come back tomorrow to file a complaint." After speaking, he said goodbye to the two of them and went straight to Qingmu Village.
The two of them didn't understand how to get physical evidence from God, so they returned with suspicion.