Chen Xiaomu said with stern eyes: "In order to obtain the bounty, you abused your authority and deliberately made a fuss out of a molehill. Shouldn't you be slapped?"
Zhang Feijiao was dissatisfied and said: "Master Tongpan, before you came to take office, most of the government officials in the government office had caught such unruly people who secretly discussed the court and abused the court officials, and they all got the favor of the court. Bounty, including Capt. Li, who was directly promoted to the eighth-level chief arresting officer of the new capital for catching Wang Lianshan, the emperor's designated prisoner! Only the villain has always been empty-handed. He wants to make meritorious service to the court, but he is unable to do so. I got the chance. Today, I finally got a chance to catch a traitor for the court, but I didn’t expect to be scolded by Lord Tongpan!”
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu said in surprise: "According to what you said, are there still many prisoners convicted of speech crimes like this in the prisons of Xinjing Mansion?"
Zhang Fei paused for a moment and said hesitantly: "There should be at least a hundred people reporting back to Lord Tongpan!"
After hearing this, Chen Xiaomu took a breath and said with emotion: "So many people have been arrested in the jail! No wonder when I went to the Xinjing Mansion Prison to interrogate Zhang Yong last time, there were so many people in the jail crying out for injustice. It seems that , there are really a lot of grievances in this government prison!"
Chen Xiaomu's inadvertent sigh really frightened many people on the spot. You must know that most of these prisoners who were convicted for their words were imperial prisoners who were captured only after the imperial court paid a bounty, let alone a general judge. , even Wei Wen, the chief minister, dared not ask about this matter! Now you, a little general judge, have casually judged these imperial prisoners as being unjustly accused. Isn't this a slap in the face of the royal family! You are too courageous!
However, Chen Xiaomu did not notice that the atmosphere in the courtroom had changed subtly at this moment. He still turned to his master Ye Duzheng and said: "Master Ye, find a few people tonight and lock everyone in the Xinjing Mansion Prison." Bring me all the prisoner files. I want to review them one by one. Not only must I release those innocent people who have been wrongly accused, I must also apologize to them and compensate them for the losses caused by their imprisonment.
Ye Duzheng's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly shook his hands and said: "Master Tongxuan, this is absolutely impossible. Most of the prisoners in the government prison have been convicted and convicted, and there are still many criminals inside. They are all crimes designated by the emperor. Among them, criminals such as Wang Lianshan just mentioned were sentenced to death by the Ministry of Punishment. The first batch of people who returned to the capital have been taken to the execution ground to be beheaded in the past two days. However, Master Bai and Master Jia were transferred by the emperor this time. I left in a hurry, so I stayed behind to hand over to Magistrate Su and Mr. Chen!"
Chen Xiaomu smiled calmly and said: "It doesn't matter, just think that I am reviewing it to see if there are any unjust, false or wrong cases! If it is really heinous, I will never be lenient!"
Ye Duzheng thought that there was nothing wrong with what he said, so he cupped his hands and said, "I obey."
After talking to Ye Duzheng, he turned around and saw Qingkui still kneeling upright in front of the public case. Chen Xiaomu was really speechless, shook his head gently, and said helplessly: "Old man Qing, why don't you leave? Do you have to give me an order?" Will the Yamen kick you out?"
At this moment, Qingkui suddenly did something unexpected. He banged his head against the gray bricks on the court floor. With a crisp "bang" sound, blood suddenly dripped from Qingkui's forehead. Chen Xiaomu was so frightened that he suddenly stood up from the official chair, rushed to Qingkui's side, stretched out his hand to support Qingkui's swaying body, glared and said angrily: "Old man Qing, what are you doing? Do you want to use this to blackmail the government?"
Qingkui reached out and wiped a handful of the blood that had flowed from his eyelids, and choked with sobs: "The little old man has nothing to repay the great kindness of the official, so I can only kowtow to thank him!"
Chen Xiaomu didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He sighed and said: "Old man Qing, what do you want me to say about you? I let you go home because you have not committed any crime! Why should you be so grateful? Let's do this. How about I find someone to bandage you briefly and send you home?"
Qingkui forced a smile and said: "My lord, I don't need to trouble you anymore. I am a martial arts practitioner. I carry wound medicine and a bandage with me. Just let me bandage it myself!"
"Okay, stop being stubborn." Chen Xiaomu said as he turned around, preparing to ask Wei Yuxin to come over and help. At this moment, a tall girl with a pretty face walked out of the crowd and walked towards him timidly. When she came over, the two government officials who were standing in the hall quickly stepped forward to stop her with sticks. Chen Xiaomu shouted: "Let her come here."
Qingkui looked back when he heard the sound, his face suddenly lit up with joy, and he smiled and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Master, this is the little old man's granddaughter Wan'er!"
"Oh, really!" Chen Xiaomu boasted casually: "Old man Qing, you are lucky. Your granddaughter is so beautiful. She will definitely marry a good man to honor you in the future!"
Qingkui clasped his hands in fists: "Young man, please give me a favor!"
While they were talking, Qing Wan'er had already come to the two of them. First, she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes and wished Chen Xiaomu a long blessing. Then she took the wound medicine and bandage from her grandfather Qing Kui's hand without saying a word, and quickly handed him to Chen Xiaomu. The wound on Grandpa's head was bandaged, and the whole movement was done in one go, without any sloppy feeling!
Chen Xiaomu finally breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said to Qingkui: "Old man Qing, please let your granddaughter go home to recuperate. I still have business to do here! Don't make any more trouble for me."
"Hey, hey!" Qingkui agreed repeatedly, and then with Qing Wan'er's support, he turned around and walked slowly outside the courtroom.
After leaving the court, Qing Wan'er patted her chest, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, you scared me to death. Fortunately, you met a good official today, otherwise this matter may not be rectified!"
Qingkui said thoughtfully: "Wan'er, if you can marry such a husband in the future, grandpa will die in peace!"
Hearing this, Qing Wan'er lowered her head and said shyly: "Grandpa, my granddaughter knows that she is not worthy of him given her current condition. However, if you can persuade your father not to move to Qin, your granddaughter will have a chance to get close to him!"
"Oh!" Qingkui stopped when he heard the sound, looked his granddaughter up and down, and said in surprise: "So, my eldest granddaughter has fallen in love with that boy?"
Qing Wan'er nodded without hesitation, and then boasted fiercely: "Grandpa, look at him, not only is he handsome and handsome, but he also seems to have divine help in solving cases in the court, and the poems he wrote are even more impressive. He is amazing, and he has become a sixth-rank official at a young age. Based on his current conditions, my granddaughter estimates that even if we search all over the world today, it will be difficult to find someone who can compare with him!"
Qingkui smiled and added: "The key is that he is still a good official! Isn't he?"
You know, at this moment, Qing Wan'er suddenly slapped her head and screamed: "Oh no! Daddy and the others have gone to Qin before I came to the government office. Let's go after them quickly, shall we?"
Qingkui stamped his foot: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's go and chase him. If your father dares to really move to Qin, see if I don't break his legs!"
After seeing off Qingkui and his grandson, Chen Xiaomu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that it was already getting late, he was about to announce his resignation. It happened that Huang Qide's family came to the spot at this moment to deliver a fine of 5,000 taels of silver. Chen Xiaomu immediately took it She took out two thousand taels of silver notes and gave them one thousand taels each to Yao Sanniang and Granny Ji, telling them to take the silver and go home and live a good life. Yao Sanniang and Granny Ji took the silver notes and immediately knelt down in front of Chen Xiaomu. Thank you very much, Chen Xiaomu quickly stepped forward to help them up one by one, and comforted them again.
At this time, Ye Duzheng also started to pack up the documents and record the confessions of the paintings, preparing to take them to the back hall for archiving. The crowd watching the excitement at the door gradually changed from crowded to loose, and the people surrounding the outermost layer had dispersed. Went a lot.
Just when everyone thought that the day was over and it was decided to retreat, a young man with handsome features and about twenty years old suddenly rushed out from the dispersing crowd. He rushed to the public case and said, "Plop." "He fell to his knees with a sound, and his movements were so fast that even the yamen standing in the hall didn't have time to react!
Chen Xiaomu was stunned and had to sit down on the official hat chair again, staring at the young man, waiting for him to tell him what happened. The crowd who were about to disperse also stopped and looked at this scene.
The young man knelt in front of the public case. He first looked around, then turned back and glanced hastily at the crowd. He seemed to be uneasy. Chen Xiaomu slapped the wooden door and said impatiently: "Kneel down." When people come to report their names, why do they kneel down in front of the hall?"
The young man trembled when he heard the sound, and then he said: "Master Tongpan, the common man's name is Zhou Zhi, and he lives in Nanjie Alley in Xinjing City. I have something to ask you to make a decision for the common man!"
Chen Xiaomu slowed down his tone and said slowly: "Let me tell you, if I can make the decision, I will definitely make the decision for you!"
Zhou Zhi thought for a moment and said: "The grass-roots man was a cattle dealer before. Just before he was going to the Mongolian country to sell cattle last autumn, he not only brought the capital of the cattle sale, but also brought the profits accumulated from the previous two cattle sales. One thousand taels of silver were handed over to his wife Fang for collection. Unexpectedly, when the grassroots bought cattle in the Mongolian country, they encountered a conspiracy between local cattle dealers and the government. Not only was the cost of buying cattle confiscated by the local government, but the local government also confiscated the money. Even people were arrested and thrown into government jails. Because the grassroots were unfamiliar with the local area, no one came forward to help the grassroots. It was not until this fall that fortunately, a sister of the grassroots went home to visit relatives, and she learned from her neighbors that The grass-roots people went to the Mongolian and Wu Kingdom to sell cattle last autumn and have never come back. They followed the Mongolian and Wu Kingdom and rescued the grass-roots people from the prison. Who knew that on the way back, they encountered Zheng and Chu fighting again. The capital was being occupied by the Chu people at that time, so I had no choice but to hide outside the city with my sister for more than ten days. I waited until the Chu people were defeated and evacuated before entering the city! Unexpectedly, when I returned home, I saw that at home The old house had already changed hands to a new owner. After asking the neighbors, I found out that less than two months after Cao Min left home, his wife Fang had someone sell the house and move away. As for where to move. The neighbor didn't know much about it. He just said that he had seen her once near Diaojia Youfang on Heqing Street in the north of the city about a month ago, and he had never seen her again since then. So Caomin and his sister made a calculation. He decided to go directly to the Diaojia oil shop and stay there. Finally, Huang Tian paid off and stayed with the people until the evening of the third day. When it was getting dark, he saw the Fang family holding a baby in his arms and coming out of the oil shop to see off the guests. In a hurry, he hurried forward to stop her. Unexpectedly, the bitch said that she didn't know the grassroots at all, and shouted the name of Diao Yishui, the owner of the oil shop, and asked him to take the guys from the oil shop to come out and beat the grassroots! Fortunately! Cao Min's sister knew some boxing and kicking skills to avoid suffering a disadvantage at that time. Later, after being persuaded by nearby neighbors, they came to Xinjingfu Yamen to see the official. After asking about the cause and effect, Mr. Jia asked the original Cao Min's neighbors to testify. Only then did I realize that what Cao Min said was true. It was not as Diao Yishui said. It was Cao Min who saw his wife's beauty and deliberately stepped forward to tease her. However, what made Master Jia embarrassed was that Cao Min got married to the Fang family in a hurry and did not marry her in a hurry. They did not go to the government to register to receive the marriage certificate, so the marriage between Cao Min and the Fang family was not recognized by the government, and the government had no reason to punish the adulterer and adulteress!"
Later, after Mr. Jia intervened, and the grass-roots people were already disheartened by Fang's bitch, she only asked that the grass-roots people return the thousand taels of silver that the grass-roots men had given her to collect before leaving. From now on, they would no longer be with her. She was obsessed with other things. "
At this point, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but breathe out from his nose. He must have been very angry. After calming down the anger in his chest, Zhou Zhi continued: "Unexpectedly, this bitch heard me mention it. She immediately denied the thousand taels of silver that she had given him for collection, saying that there was no such thing and that I was deliberately trying to blackmail her! At first, Mr. Jia asked me if I had any witnesses! It turns out that my parents were already there. He passed away several years ago, and one thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. How can such a secret be known to outsiders? Naturally, the common people will not have any witnesses to this matter! "
