Open judgment was a way for officials in ancient yamen to show their wisdom and fairness, and at the same time to establish their prestige in front of the people! And the adopted method of hearing the case. Except for a very few cases, almost all cases use this open trial method. Therefore, no matter who they are, as long as they can abide by the rules of the court, they can enter the court or stand at the door to listen when the officials are hearing the case.
As soon as Chen Xiaomu came out of the hut, he saw Wei Yuxin not far from the hut, holding his nose and waiting for him! Chen Xiaomu walked up to her and said with a smile: "Miss Yuxin, I'm really sorry, just now...!"
"stop"! Wei Yu was afraid that he would mention the embarrassing incident that happened in the latrine, so before Chen Xiaomu could finish speaking, he quickly interrupted him and said coldly: "Today counts as one day!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he became more playful and teased her: "Today can be considered a day, but since you come to the government office to work as an errand, you must change into the clothes of the yamen official, otherwise you will stand in the court wearing this clothes. People thought you were coming in to watch the fun!"
Wei Yu thought it made sense and said cheerfully: "Okay, you can ask someone to find a new uniform without a hat, and I will put it on outside the clothes."
"That won't work. If you want to wear it, you have to wear it from head to toe. How unbecoming would it be for an official to go to court without a hat!" Chen Xiaomu refused.
Wei Yuxin really liked the exquisitely constructed hidden weapon called the "pistol" invented by Chen Xiaomu, so he hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and agreeing.
Chen Xiaomu returned to the court, and when he passed by his master Ye Duzheng, he asked him to send someone to find a new set of official uniforms and give them to Wei Yuxin who was waiting outside the court.
In order to get Chen Xiaomu's pistol, Wei Yuxin really worked hard. Not long after, she was wearing a black official uniform, a palm-wide purple belt around her waist, and a black four-cornered hat on her head. Entering the court, because Wei Yuxin was relatively thin and all the yamen uniforms were worn by male yamen servants, the yamen servant uniforms looked a little too fat on her body, but her clothes were fluttering when she walked, which was fine. It’s so beautiful!
After Wei Yuxin walked into the courtroom, he didn't know where he should stand in the courtroom, so he had to look at Chen Xiaomu. Chen Xiaomu's main purpose of coming to her was to protect himself. Of course, she had to be as close to him as possible. So he directly asked her to stand behind him.
At this time, more and more people were watching the excitement inside and outside the court. At first, Chen Xiaomu was so drunk that he just sat on his official chair and took a nap, not paying much attention to what was going on at the door of the court. Cheng Wen was brought into the court, and the government officials pounded the ground with water and fire sticks, shouting "mighty" in their mouths. Only then did Chen Xiaomu suddenly wake up in his official chair! "
Cao Er walked to the public case table, bowed and clasped his fists, saying: "Master Tongjian, I have been ordered to bring the criminal Yu Chengwen to the court and come to report to your Majesty!"
Chen Xiaomu was sitting on the tall officer's chair behind the official case. When he heard the sound, he looked down into the hall. Sure enough, kneeling down in the hall was a thin prisoner with disheveled hair, wearing a dark gray prison uniform and wearing long shackles on his neck and hands. His body was lying on the ground and shaking! After seeing this, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but feel pity, and motioned to Cao Er to step forward and open the long shackles Yu Chengwen was wearing, and find another stool for him to sit next to Granny Ji for the time being.
When Yu Chengwen kowtowed to thank him in fear, and then sat down next to Granny Ji with lowered eyebrows, Chen Xiaomu could see his face clearly. Although his hair was disheveled and his beard was unkempt, he could still see that he was handsome and handsome, and he was just like the adulterers in Chen Xiaomu's mind. The image of criminals is very different.
Thanks to the spread of news along the way when Zhang Feijiao and Niu Xiaobao were sent to the duck restaurant to catch ducks, as well as word of mouth from bad guys, it didn’t take long before almost everyone on the entire Zhuque Street was You know, the new judge in the government office is going to interrogate the duck. This is a strange thing that has never been seen in the ages! As a result, before Zhang Feijiao and his two men came back to discuss business, the entire government office was crowded with several layers of people just to watch the excitement.
Almost an hour passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Chen Xiaomu went to the hut again, but none of the two groups he sent came back to check in. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He turned to ask Ye Duzheng, who was sitting not far from him. : "Master Ye, how long did it usually take for these government officials to come back when they went out on errands?"
How could Ye Duzheng not know about the extortion and extortion of these government officials when they went on errands? When Jia Gui came to Xinjingfu and took office, it didn't take long for him to discover all kinds of shameful activities of the government officials when they went out to do errands. He immediately They took action to rectify it and fired several team leaders and governors who took the lead in extortion in the government office, but it was of no use. It seemed like a chronic disease in the human body that could not be cured no matter how hard it was treated. The old team leader was fired, and the new class leader was fired. My predecessor still had the same virtues, and even did better than the old boss! This group of government officials actually made Jia Gui lose his temper at all. He couldn't just fire all the government officials in the government office! Then who will do this errand! In the end, he had no choice but to turn a blind eye as long as it wasn't too much!
Now I see Chen Xiaomu asking myself about this matter, thinking that even the capable official Jia Gui can't take care of things, what's the use of talking to this person who looks like a playboy and an alcoholic! It is better to have one less thing than to do more. He explained to him at the moment: "Master Tongpan, the government officials in the government office were sent out to do errands. It seems simple, but in fact the process is very complicated. I am going to send you out to capture Wang Liangdi and those two people." As for a government official, they must first try to find Wang Liangdi, and then verify her true identity and confirm that she is herself before bringing her back to the government office lobby to give you a report!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded, feeling that it made sense, but he was puzzled: "Master Ye, does this duck also need to verify its true identity?"
"this……"! Ye Duzheng was speechless for a moment, paused for a moment, and could only excuse himself: "Zhang Degui, this kid, usually does things very carelessly. Maybe he is catching ducks all over the street right now! Haha."
Ye Duzheng's explanation was barely reasonable, so Chen Xiaomu had no choice but to wait patiently.
Let’s talk about the shopkeeper at Lao Yang Duck Restaurant. He ran all the way out of breath with the instructions of the cashier, old man Hu, and finally stopped at the door of a shop with a sign of “Baoqing Dye Shop” hanging on the door. At this time, the dye shop There were two horse-drawn carriages parked on the road in front of the door, and several people who looked like shopkeepers were coming in and out to carry items from the shop to the horse-drawn carriages.
The shopkeeper didn't think much and rushed forward and grabbed the dye shop shopkeeper who had just put the wooden box on the carriage, turned around and walked back, and asked hurriedly: "Brother, is shopkeeper Qing here?"
The clerk was startled by his sudden arrest. He turned around and looked him up and down, then breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily: "If you want to buy dye, go check it out elsewhere. Our Baoqing Dyestuff Shop is closed!"
"I'm not here to buy dye!" the shopkeeper said anxiously, "I have something urgent to do and I want to see you to celebrate your rejection!"
''Can you come to the shopkeeper if you have any urgent matter? "The clerk at the Dye Shop looked at the greasy clothes of the clerk at the Duck Flavor Shop and couldn't help but wonder.
"This...!" The waiter at the Yawei Restaurant was stamping his feet anxiously, but he didn't dare to tell the truth casually. At this moment, a pleasant female voice came from the room: "He Fu, stop standing around with others, hurry up. Come back and load the car. If you can’t load the car before dark today, you won’t be able to leave the city in time tomorrow morning.”
"Hey, hey, here we come." He Fu agreed and walked back, ignoring the waiter at the duck restaurant.
The waiter at the Duck Flavor Restaurant was so anxious that he quickly followed He Fu. When He Fu heard the footsteps behind him, he couldn't help but turned around and said, "Hey, what are you going to do? Why are you so shameless?"
The shopkeeper cupped his fists and smiled forcefully: "Brother, is there something urgent that I need to see Shopkeeper Qing? Please help me inform you."
After a slight hesitation, He Fu was about to speak when he suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from behind: "What are you doing with my father?"
He Fu looked back when he heard the sound, and saw a charming young woman wearing a pink fox fur cloak and a white fox fur snow hat appearing on the steps in front of the dye store. Seeing this, He Fu quickly pointed at the duck The clerk at the Weiguan store said to the woman: "Miss, I don't know where this rude man came from, and he kept pestering me to see the shopkeeper! I asked him what he wanted to see the shopkeeper, but he refused to tell me!"
The woman nodded and said to He Fu: "Go and do your work, leave this matter to me." Then she said to the duck shop clerk: "If you have anything to do, come in and tell me."
Not long after the man from the duck restaurant followed the woman into the house, he saw him walking out of the house, putting a bag of things in his arms, leaving Baoqing Dye Shop, and walked away.
He Fuzheng, who was busy moving goods, looked puzzled! Just now, the woman walked out of the house again and said urgently to several shop assistants who were busy moving goods: "We have finished all the work for today, you should go back first!"
He Fu put the wooden box he was carrying on his shoulders on the carriage, turned around and asked puzzledly: "Miss, my car is only half full, it's still early to be full!"
The woman frowned and said in a sullen voice: "I'll finish it when I say it's done. You go as soon as possible, or your wages will be deducted tomorrow!" After saying that, she turned back and walked into the house, and closed the door with a "bang", leaving A few shop assistants loading cars outside were stunned on the spot.
"Wan'er, have all the guys been sent away?" As soon as the woman bolted the door, a middle-aged man with an unusually shrewd face walked over from the yard and asked.
Wan'er nodded. Such a big change suddenly happened in her family. She was still in a daze and didn't realize it!
The middle-aged man didn't care much at this time, and said hurriedly: "Hurry, Wan'er, take your mother and siblings to the two carriages in front of the door and leave first. If you wait any longer, it will be too late. I guess the government will come to raid the office. Already on the way here!"
Wan'er said anxiously: "Dad, why don't you take your mother, brothers and sisters and leave first? I'll stay here and try to find someone to take care of it and rescue your grandfather!"
The middle-aged man glared and said angrily: "Wan'er, how long has it been? You are still talking nonsense here. You stay, who do you know? After all, dad has been making a living here for so many years. A small official in the government." I still know a few of them, I’ll ask them to spend some money to do some research, maybe I can rescue your grandpa!”
At this moment, Wan'er seemed extremely calm. He advised the middle-aged man: "Dad, I heard from the duck restaurant clerk just now that the two businessmen convicted grandpa of rebellion. This crime will implicate the family no matter where it is. , if you go to those officials to help you, wouldn’t they just come to your door and be arrested?”
When the middle-aged man heard this, his whole body trembled, and he thought to himself: "Yes, what if the officials I have found sacrifice themselves to ask for merit from the court? After all, the crime of rebellion is the highest in the laws of various countries today. For one’s serious crime, this contribution is definitely not small!”
In a hurry, the middle-aged man ran out of ideas and had no choice but to ask his daughter: "Wan'er, if you stay, who can you find to smooth this matter?"
Wan'er hesitated and said: "Dad, I heard that the shopkeeper Bao of Bao Fuji Buzhuang has some relationship with the Princess Qingfeng Mansion, and my daughter wants to try to find him!"
