Chapter 106: The Bride Who Jumped Into the Yellow River (3)
After Zhang Liu finished shouting, everyone walked into the yamen and went straight to the lobby, everyone came to the lobby, the hall was already brightly lit, Governor Lu had not yet arrived at the hall, Master Cui was sitting in front of the bookcase on the side, and Feng Zhutou stood on both sides with a few catchers. Most of the catchers are almost home. Everyone was talking in the lobby, and after a while, I heard someone shouting in a long voice: "Master Lu has arrived." Everyone immediately quieted down, only to see a middle-aged man wearing a prefect's official uniform and walking into the lobby at the backyard door, prefect Lu Zhanyuan walked to the front of the hall and sat down, looking down carefully for a while, except for a few young men and women who did not know each other, most of the others were acquaintances, because this was a case that was handled not long ago. Governor Lu was a little puzzled, and secretly wondered: "What's going on with this Gao Yuanwai, how did you get your daughter-in-law to get into the lobby of this mansion." So he patted the wooden hall and said, "Ascend to the hall." Feng Zhutou followed and shouted loudly: "Sheng, Tang." The catchers followed and shouted, 'Woo.' ’
Zhao Laogen's father and son and Ye Zi all knelt in front of the hall, and the housekeeper and matchmaker of the Gao Mansion also stepped forward and knelt down. Lingyu stepped forward and said, "Down there is that Zhang Gongzi." 'Lu Dadao: "It's so late, what should you be guilty of disturbing the rest of this mansion." Lingyu said: "The matter is urgent and needs to be resolved, I heard that Lord Lu is a young official who loves the people like a son, and it is a common thing to save the people from fire and water, so he boldly beat the drum and voice the grievances." Master Lu said, "Since you have come to beat the drum and see your grievances, why don't you kneel." Lingyu said: "I'm sorry for my lord, the grass people have a disability since they were children, but they can't kneel. ’
Lord Lu, the prefect, said angrily: "This mansion has only heard of people who can't stand, and has never heard of people who can't kneel. I want to see if you really can't kneel or if you can't kneel. After a pause, he said to Feng Zhutou: "Feng Zhutou." Zhang Gongzi said that the government is a clean official. Since you should solve problems for the people, you will cure Zhang Gongzi's inability to kneel, and you can show the love of the people. Lingyu smiled and said, "Then thank you to the prefect." After speaking, he took two steps forward and stood in an open space in front of the hall, Feng Zhutou called a catcher to come over to help, and the two of them took a stick and put it on the crook of Lingyu's leg and pressed down hard, but there was no response. Feng Zhutou called the four catchers to come over quickly, and the six people, one stick and one head, and the three people put them in the crook of Lingyu's legs and pressed down, and the six people tried their best to hold back their red heads and sweat, but they still didn't move. Feng Zhutou had no choice but to order to take the stick away.
Feng Zhutou thought for a while, called a few catchers to the side, whispered for a while, and then returned to Lingyu, or the three of them grabbed the stick, this time not close to the pressure, but left a moment and bent towards Lingyu's legs. Master Lu said secretly: "This time you have to break your leg and fracture it." He was dumbfounded before he was happy, it turned out that Feng Zhutou and the six of them were catapulted three pairs away, and the six of them were ejected and lay on the ground. Several people hurriedly got up and stood on both sides, and Feng Zhutou stepped forward and replied: "My lord, the small door is incompetent, and it can't cure Zhang Gongzi's stubborn disease, please punish the adult." Lu Dadao: "It turned out to be a stubborn disease. I can't blame you either. Feng Zhutou walked behind Master Lu and whispered to him, "My lord, this Gongzi may be a master of the rivers and lakes. It's better to be careful, these people can do anything if they are in a hurry. Governor Lu nodded.
The prefect Lu Zhanyuan said: "Zhang Gongzi's leg is a stubborn disease, and the government is powerless, if you want to treat it, please ask Gao Ming, you can tell me if you have any grievances." Lingyu said: "The grass people have no grievances, the drums are played for others, and the grievances are sounded for others." Lu Dadao: "Who are you talking about?" Lingyu said: "I'm talking about this Zhao family father and son." ’
Governor Lu looked at Zhao Laogen's father and son and said angrily: "Zhao Laogen, why don't you have a long memory, your son was imprisoned for stealing, thanks to Gao Yuanwai, who saw that you were honest and pitiful, he didn't pursue it and married you, you came to sue again today, who is the complaint." Zhao Laogen said: "I don't want to sue anyone, I just want to break the marriage contract with Gao Yuan's family." Lu Dadao: "Gao Yuan's foreign family conditions are so good, why do you want to dissolve the marriage contract." Zhao Laogen said: "Because my daughter jumped into the Yellow River on the way to get married, thanks to Zhang Gongzi and they rescued me, I don't want my daughter to die again, so I want to dissolve the marriage contract." ’
Governor Lu said: "Gao Yuanwai, are you willing to dissolve the marriage contract?" Gao Yuanwai said: "I don't want to break the marriage contract, but I also don't want to marry a dead man to go home, if the Zhao family is bent on breaking the marriage contract, it's okay, but you have to agree to my conditions." Lu Dadao: "Tell me what the conditions are." Gao Yuan said: "First, I want the Zhao family to return the bride price of 300 taels of silver, and second, I want to continue to investigate Zhao Laogen's son Zhao Tusheng for theft and put him in a prison cell."
Governor Lu said: "Zhao Laogen, are you willing?" Zhao Laogen said: "It's okay to return the bride price, but it's not three hundred taels, and we haven't moved the bride price of his family to return it to him; Governor Lu was shocked and said angrily: "Boldly Diao people Zhao Laogen, are you saying that this mansion is a dumb official who does not know right and wrong, and Zhao Tusheng has been wronged." Zhao Laogen said: "The grass people don't dare, although the adults are Qing officials, but you are closed by Gao Yuanwai." Master Lu said: "You are scolding the official in a roundabout way, come on, give me a heavy beating of thirty boards." Feng Zhutou walked to Zhao Laogen's side with two catchers, and was about to drag him over to fight.
Zhang Lingyu said: "Wait, Lord Prefect, Zhao Laogen is just telling the facts, how can it be said that he is scolding you, may I ask my lord, who proved that Zhao Tusheng was a thief when you tried this case at that time, and what did he steal." When Lingyu spoke, her fingers flicked Gao Yuanwai, the housekeeper, the matchmaker, and the housekeeper all clicked on the deaf and dumb acupoints.
Governor Lu said: "There are housekeepers and family members of Gao Mansion who can testify that Zhao Tusheng stole the silver of Gao Yuan's foreign family. Lingyu said: "Excuse me, my lord, what is the amount of silver, is it a big ingots or a small silver ingot." Governor Lu secretly said: "At that time, there was no trial at all, how can there be any physical evidence, I can just say a number, anyway, these witnesses are all present, see what else your kid has to say." Thinking of this, Governor Lu said: "It's all small silver ingots, a total of ninety-eight taels." Lingyu said: "My lord, you said that the small silver ingot is ninety-eight taels, who can testify." Governor Lu said: "Of course, there are the housekeepers of the Gao Mansion and those few family members who can testify, and they were caught red-handed." Zhang Lingyu said: "My lord is sure that there will be no mistake. Governor Lu said: "Do you think that this mansion is old and dizzy?" ’
Zhang Lingyu said: "My lord, please ask the housekeeper how much silver he has." After speaking, he flicked his fingers three times to solve the acupoints of Gao Yuanwai and the housekeeper and the matchmaker. Governor Lu said: "Butler, how much stolen silver did you say Zhao Tusheng stole from. The butler thought for a moment and said, "One hundred and fifty taels of big ingots." There was a stir in the lobby. (To be continued......)