"In the future, without my order, anyone who dares to kneel down for me will immediately leave the bandit suppression team. Anyway, you don't have to stay if you don't approve of me." Zhang Rui continued to say to the team members who had already stood up.
"I got it, Brother Six."
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The team members stood there straight and replied one after another.
Yuan Meide looked at Zhang Rui who was so unreasonable and wanted to ask him what he wanted to do? Does he still have a court in his eyes? Do you want to rebel now?
But looking at the more than twenty steel knives under his command and his attitude towards his orders, I still endured it for a while. Guangxi is a place where many ethnic minorities gather. Who knows whether he is a Han or a ethnic minority? If Shao Min really killed him immediately and hid in the mountains, he would have nowhere to cry.
"Everyone in the hall, I have exempted you from the ceremony of kneeling down. Why do you want to play the drum?" Yuan Meide asked knowingly.
Zhang Rui looked at Yuan Meide who was speaking in the courtroom, clasped his fists and said: "Sir, this group of bandits is entrenched in the mountains directly connected to the mountain. They specialize in killing people, stealing goods, kidnapping and extortion. We and other righteous people suffered greatly from them, so we rose up to resist and killed them. Waiting for capture. Now we have rescued seven suffering masters, please make decisions for them."
Yuan Meide nodded after listening to Zhang Rui's words. He thought to himself: "To know how to make such a coherent statement, and to be able to speak Wen Jue's words and speak eloquently, it seems that he is not a simple character."
So, Yuan Meide asked Zhang Rui
"Have you read any books?"
In response to Yuan Meide's question, Zhang Rui replied: "I have read a few books."
Yuan Meide then said: "Does that mean there is a pleading?"
"You still need to sue? This group of bandits has caused harm to our neighbors. How many people don't know about it? The people outside the door probably have people who have been harmed by them. Now there are even more suffering people here, why do we need to sue?" Zhang Rui said to Yuan Meide. He said it very disapprovingly.
When the people outside the door heard Zhang Rui's words, there was a commotion and pointing.
Zhang Rui's words did not speak highly of Yuan Meide, but they made the members of the bandit suppression team admire him very much.
"Sure enough, it's Brother Six. What he said is so profound that none of us can understand what it is. He is just like this official. He really is a fairy professor, otherwise there is no way to explain it."
"You need to know that according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, since it is a complaint, you must ask for a complaint, otherwise I will not be able to accept your lawsuit." Yuan Meide looked helpless.
"In this case, if I don't file a complaint, how about I just sacrifice myself to the bandits?" Zhang Rui asked
When Yuan Meide heard this, he understood that he had no charges, so he said: "Then you have to hand them over to the arrester Zhao Xinshi of our department first. After he finds out the facts and reports them to me, I can convict them as appropriate. "
When the people at the door heard this, some pedantic people said that Yuan Meide was in line with the law. But most people are not fools, and naturally understand that he wants to protect these bandits. They all said in their hearts
"Sure enough, there is no justice in this world."
"My lord is indeed fair and disciplined." Zhang Rui said with a smile. It seems that if he doesn't get a complaint, he might accuse me of bullying good people.
"It's easy to say that I have always been fair and honest, and I will abide by the laws of the Qing Dynasty." Yuan Meide was very happy to see Zhang Rui being forced to retreat step by step. I thought to myself: "You want to fight with me, a mud-legged guy who just read a few books? In your next life!"
"Master Zhang, I have something to ask you." Suddenly, Zhang Rui said to Zhang Chengsong beside Yuan Meide. As for the reason why Zhang Rui recognized Zhang Chengsong, it was because the two had met Zhang Chengsong when he came out to understand the situation.
"Leader Zhang, what's the matter?" Zhang Chengsong looked at Yuan Meide and saw that he didn't care, so he answered Zhang Rui.
"How much do lawyers nearby charge for helping people write lawsuits?" Zhang Rui asked.
"It depends on what the condition is. The average one costs a few hundred cents, the better ones cost between one or two taels of silver, and the best ones cost about five taels of silver." Zhang Chengsong replied one by one, while secretly laughing in his heart.
"I'm just thinking about writing a complaint now. Don't you think it's too late? Who dares to write a complaint for you?"
"In this case, I have five hundred taels of silver notes here. I would like to ask Master Zhang to write this complaint for me. I wonder if Master Zhang can work hard for me?" Zhang Rui said as he took out a few silver notes from his arms. Pick out a piece of five hundred taels.
Five hundred taels of silver notes were enough to move Master Zhang.
The people outside the door saw that it was such a big deal. I suddenly felt an inexplicable fondness for Zhang Rui in my heart. Regardless of other things, he was definitely a good person who was willing to spend so much on these suffering poor women.
At this moment, Zhang Chengsong had ten thousand wishes in his heart. You must know that the work he helped Yuan Meide cost was only a few taels of silver per month. Relying on the gray income from the surrounding areas, the amount is no more than ten taels.
After all, Yuan Meide has more than just one master around him. There are many others to take care of, so naturally his gray income will not be much. Moreover, Guangxi is still a land of poor mountains and rivers. There are not many people who can be scraped, and the only people who can show filial piety are some criminals.
Although he was very willing, he was even more unwilling to lose Yuan Meide's trust because of this. So he didn't show it, but looked at Yuan Meide's intention.
I saw Yuan Meide stroking his short beard and coughing lightly. He said softly to Zhang Chengsong: "Since he is so caring, Master Zhang, please help him! Helping others is the foundation of happiness!"
When Zhang Chengsong heard this, he immediately understood: "It seems that these five hundred taels of silver have nothing to do with me. Let's see if he can bear with his conscience and give himself 12 or 80 taels!"
At this time, Zhang Chengsong could only bow his hands to Yuan Meide and say: "Students please follow your teachings."
So, Zhang Chengsong asked the person taking the transcript to step aside and sit down himself. He said to Zhang Rui and others: "The master of suffering tells your story."
One by one, the seven women told the bandit's crimes and the various injustices and abuses they had suffered.
Especially when the woman whose breasts were cut told her tragic experience. The people outside the door burst into tears and burst into sympathy. Some people even wished she could say it again so that they could remember it and talk to others in the future.
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In a short while, Zhang Chengsong sorted out the affairs of the seven women, wrote them down and handed them to Zhang Rui.
Zhang Rui took the certificate in one hand and looked at it a few times. Then he gave the banknote to Zhang Chengsong, and Zhang Chengsong took it and put it into his sleeve without ceremony.
Then Zhang Rui handed the petition to Zhang Chengsong and asked him to hand it to Yuan Meide who was sitting in the lobby.
The whole process left everyone stunned. What happened to the whole thing? Just this piece of paper costs five hundred taels of silver. Is there any difference between this government and money grabbing? Even worse than robbing money.
The members of the bandit suppression team were angry. It was something that was obvious at a glance, but it still required Brother Six to spend a lot of money. Thanks to the arrival of Sixth Brother, if only these seven women came, wouldn't they be beaten out with sticks?
"He is indeed a dog official, bah, it's a shame that I knelt down to worship him just now. Compared with Sixth Brother, he is a scumbag. From now on, I will only listen to Sixth Brother, and I can't make him angry again."
Yuan Meide took the complaint from Zhang Chengsong, read it at random, and then said to Zhang Rui: "I have also accepted the complaint, and the matter is known. I will put these bandits in prison first, and they will be punished later." Convict him of other crimes. So be it! Retreat."
Hearing what Yuan Meide said, Zhang Rui hurriedly said: "Sir, this matter is already clear, why do we have to wait for another day to sentence him?"
When Yuan Meide heard Zhang Rui's words, he immediately cursed: "You bastard, do I still need you to teach me how to do things? After all, this is a matter of life and death. What's wrong with me being more cautious? You don't need to say more, just Retreat like this."
The sound of the killing stick hitting the floor tiles sounded again
"mighty…"
"Sir." Zhang Rui hurriedly shouted to Yuan Meide again.
Yuan Meide seemed not to have heard Zhang Rui's words, and the prince left the court table on the table and rushed back to the inner office.
Zhang Rui wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Zhang Chengsong who was above.
"Leader Zhang, don't be anxious. Since I have accepted your complaint, I will definitely redress the grievances of these women. Just go home and wait for the news!"
"No, I still want to ask. Should the government reward me and other volunteers for their bravery in capturing the bandits or give them an official position?" Zhang Rui explained to Zhang Chengsong.
After listening to Zhang Rui's words, Zhang Chengsong felt a burst of contempt in his heart: "You are stupid, aren't you? You still want to be rewarded with an official position? Besides, are you a captor? You are trying to cut off Yuan Meide's financial path. This poor and remote country Without the filial piety of these bandits, how can he make money?"
Although Zhang Chengsong looked down upon Zhang Rui, he still said: "Touchou Zhang is a brave man. I will definitely report back to you, sir. Please also ask Touhou Zhang to go back. I will definitely carry the message for leader Zhang."
After saying that, he held Zhang Rui's hand and gave him a sign of seeing off guests. Zhang Rui looked like he was hesitant to speak, so he had no choice but to walk outside the courtroom.
The bandits didn't speak a word from beginning to end, and they only smiled when they were about to be taken away and imprisoned by the government officials. He said to Zhang Rui: "Idiot, if I don't die, I will never be done with you."
The bandit suppression team members were very angry when they saw the deflated Zhang Rui leaving in depression. Angry at the officials in the court, he gritted his teeth and said secretly: "The government is so unfair, so who can we poor people count on? Who else can we count on?"
The seven women followed Zhang Rui and left. They knew that the government would definitely not convict these bandits. Otherwise, this would not be the result. Some even wailed and cried over the injustice of their experiences.
The people at the door saw Zhang Rui coming out like this, and they all made way for him. She felt sympathy and admiration for him. He was very sad about the injustice of the seven women following Zhang Rui, and at the same time expressed his unacceptable attitude towards the government.
In this way, with the sympathy of many people and the unacceptable result, Zhang Rui and others walked out of the Wuzhou Prefecture Yamen Court and walked out on Wuzhou Prefecture Street.
Zhang Rui, who was walking in front with a depressed look on his face, suddenly showed a smile where no one saw him.
