Chapter XVII

Let's say that in the evening of the same day, in the courtyard of Wang's house in Qingmu Village, Mr. Wang was writing in the study, and suddenly the family came to report, saying that the county commander of Tongyuan County sent a letter. Master Wang took the letter and opened it, couldn't help frowning, put down the letter, and asked the family to quickly call the housekeeper to come over.

After a while, the housekeeper came, and Master Wang said, "That old man Zhang's son is back and went to the county office to sue us, saying that we were the ones who made the fake deed." He also said that he had the deed that the old man Zhang exchanged for us back then as evidence. ”

"Hurry up and check, is the deed still there?" Master Wang ordered.

"Do you mean the deed of the broken house that I got in exchange with Mr. Zhang?" replied the butler, and got up and went to the tent.

After a while, the housekeeper came back, handed a piece of paper to Master Wang, and said, "I found it, it's this one, please take a look." ”

Master Wang took it, looked at it carefully, and then said with confidence: "This thing must be put away, and no one can take it, otherwise it will be troublesome." So be it. I'll keep this deed here, you can go and talk to the bookkeeper and make a note. ”

Wait until the butler is gone. Master Wang walked into a side room, came to the front of the Buddhist shrine, only to see him stretched out his hand and fiddled under the Buddhist shrine, and the Buddhist altar automatically slid to the side, revealing a hole in the wall, inside is a very beautifully crafted box.

Mr. Wang took out the key he carried, opened the cabinet, and put the deed inside. After closing the shrine and checking that it was correct, he left satisfied.

All of this was heard by Tianci, who had been waiting outside the courtyard gate for a long time, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That night, Tianci sneaked into Wang's mansion, obtained the deed, and rushed back to Tongyuan County overnight.

The next day, the three of them came to the county office again as promised and presented the deed to Wu County.

When the county lord got the documents, he was shocked, and said calmly: "This physical evidence will be handed over to me first, and after the county will check the authenticity, I will make a final conclusion, and you will come to hear it tomorrow." With that, he ordered him to quit the church.

Zhao Jian and Mu Yang were angry, but Tianci smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Here, Wu County ordered to send someone to Qingmu Village to inquire about the situation, and after receiving the report, Master Wang looked suspicious, and immediately went to the wing room to open the cabinet for inspection.

This look, it was terrible, it turned out that the cabinet was empty, and a few hundred taels of silver tickets were gone, and he shouted at the moment: "Not good!" and ordered someone to report back to the county magistrate.

Master Wang thought about it and was not at ease, so he ordered someone to prepare the car immediately, and rushed to the county office to meet the county elder in person.

After Wang and Wu met, Wu County Ling handed over the deed submitted by Tianci to Master Wang for review.

When Master Wang saw it, his face suddenly lost blood, and he said: "Yes, yes, it's this, this kid stole to my house, it's really bold, I'm about to arrest him!"

The county commander's face sank: "Arrested?

"Ah?!What should I do?" Master Wang was a little flustered.

Wu County Ling said cunningly: "Don't worry, since it is really this deed, you can take it back." After that, he handed over the deed to Master Wang.

Master Wang took the deed, confused, and stunned.

The county order also said: "You just go to someone to copy a fake one according to this deed, and give it to me, I have my own arrangements." ”

Only then did Master Wang suddenly realize and take the order to leave.

Early in the morning of the third day, Zhang, Zhao, and Chu went to the county yamen to wait, and from time to time, they listened to the drums in the county yamen and ascended to the hall, and the officials came out to pass the three people into the hall to wait for trial.

The three of them entered the hall, but they saw that the county lord was sitting high in the hall, and there was a side seat next to it, and there was also an official.

The county magistrate was shocked and said: "You wait for the physical evidence presented yesterday, this county order is inconvenient to certify privately, I invite the county master today, in front of all of you, to verify its authenticity in front of everyone, how about it?"

"I beg the county magistrate to cut it. God's gift replied.

"Okay!" the county lord raised his hand and raised a deed, saying, "Please hand this deed to the master bookkeeper for verification on the spot." With that, he handed over the deed to the official and handed it to the chief bookkeeper who was sitting on the side seat.

The master of the bookkeeper took the deed and examined it carefully for a while, and replied: "This deed is obviously a forgery, and the seals and signatures are all forgeries. ”

"Bold fanatics, dare to cheat, deceive the county, what else can you say?" the county lord shouted in shock.

"Can you hand over the physical evidence to the villain?" said Tianci.

After the county magistrate nodded in approval, the official stepped forward to take the deed and hand it over to heaven.

After Tianci took the deed and read it, he said: "Lord County Commander, I also think that this deed is a forgery, can you also take out the fake deed handed over by my father back then and let the master bookkeeper compare and identify this one?"

Seeing that Tianci confessed to the fraud so easily, the county commander was secretly happy in his heart, so he said: "Okay, this county has made your wish and let you die clearly." That is, someone went to get the fake deed provided by Zhang's father back then.

After the original evidence was obtained, the two deeds were handed over to the master bookkeeper for examination.

After careful inspection, the master said: "These two deeds are fake, and they are clearly from the same person, and the seals and signatures are the same." ”

"Oh, that's strange, the fake deed that my father provided back then and this deed were both made by one person, so could it be that I made a fake?" said Tianci, pretending to be confused.

"That's also your father and son teaming up to fake, come on, take down this person!" the county commander was angry.

"Wait!" cried Tianci.

"I didn't hand over this deed to the adult yesterday, but somehow it was replaced with this one? With that, he took out a deed from his bosom and presented it to the master bookkeeper.

The master of the bookkeeper took it and carefully identified and inspected it, and after taking out a magnifying mirror to examine it, he said, "This deed is genuine and absolutely correct." ”

"Can you give evidence in court?" asked Tianci again.

"That's natural, no doubt about it. The bookkeeper replied.

"Then hand it over to the county magistrate and ask the county magistrate Qingtian to be the master of the people. "The first way of the heaven-sent series.

The county magistrate took the deed from the main book and looked at it, it was exactly the same deed as yesterday, and thought to himself that it had been handed over to the old rich man Wang yesterday, why did it appear here again, and he couldn't help but blush and white for a while. As everyone knows, the deed presented to him by God yesterday is just a copy of the craftsman who asked the craftsman of the painting workshop to copy carefully.

"Okay, this physical evidence is indeed true, it shows that the Zhang family did hold the real deed document back then, as for what happened to the fake house deed, I will definitely give you an explanation after I will interrogate the Wang family and ask the reason for the matter. That's the end of today's trial, retire!"

"The county magistrate is slow, since it has been confirmed that what my father said is not true, and it is really wronged, I beg my lord to exonerate my father first. God's gift pleaded.

"Well, this, okay, you can release your father first, but don't be busy with justice first, let this county slowly investigate the case. The prefectural magistrate said with some embarrassment.