Li Xiang continued: "Official, the civilian girl is from outside the city. She lives in Hedong. She has parents and a young brother at home. It is not the civilian girl's wish to join the militia. My father often likes to drink. This The two or three taels of silver he earned a year were all used by my father to buy wine. As long as he liked drinking and gambling, there was nothing he couldn't get. After my father found out about the militia this time, he forced me to No matter what, you must join the militia. Only in this way can the family have enough to eat without having to pay taxes."
As she talked, Li Xiang's tears kept falling. Thinking of her father, Li Xiang cruelly pulled up her sleeves and saw that Huang Tongtong's arms were all covered with red marks. , some parts were bruised, and the wounds were clearly visible.
Looking at her arms, Li Xiang cried and said: "My father beat me. If I don't do what he does, he will beat me. My father often misses me and says I am a prostitute." There is no use for this person, and his appearance is not good."
After listening to these words, before Li Xiang could continue to complain, the prefect Gu Jiantong stopped listening and interrupted Li Xiang's dictation while he was kneeling in the audience.
"Okay, okay, no need to say more." Magistrate Gu said.
Li Xiang stopped talking and looked at the prefect Gu Jiantong with a tearful expression on his face.
"As for the specifics, I have roughly understood it. This matter is not only your responsibility, but also your father's responsibility. So, you are responsible for this matter, and I will give you the forty boards. Let's reduce it to thirty. In two days, I will see how little your father takes the government into consideration." Magistrate Gu said.
Listening to this, Li Xiang still had a slight reluctance on her face. This matter was all forced by her father.
Seeing that Li Xiang didn't say anything, the prefect Gu Jian came and said, "What? You still think my punishment is too much? Do you want to reduce it some more?"
Listening to the magistrate's words, thinking that it was worth anything to save his life, Li Xiang hurriedly said: "No, no, thank you, officer. Thank you, officer. The daughter of the people is willing to accept the punishment." As he said this, he continued to go Knock a few on the ground.
Seeing that he had finished speaking and kowtowed, the prefect Gu Jiantong looked at the two rows of yamen servants and said, "Come here! Take them to the front yard of the yamen and torture them!"
"yes."
I saw Li Xiang being taken out by the government officials.
At this time, the prefect Gu Jiantong picked up the gavel in front of the table and slapped it on the table. After a "pop" sound, the prefect Gu Jiantong said: "Quit!"
Seeing the people leaving one after another, and then watching the prefect Gu Jiantong get up to leave, fellow prefect Wen Yonghe hurriedly got up and rushed in front of the prefect Gu Jiantong.
"Prefect Gu, stay." Tongzhi Wen Yonghe called out.
After hearing the sound, Magistrate Gu stopped, turned around, and faced Wen Tong, who was walking in a hurry.
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Zhi looked over.
"Gu Zhifu, I forgot to tell you. The two people on this book do exist, but they are not in the government office now. They must have found a way to sneak out. Gu Zhifu, do you think...?" Wen Wen We all know.
After listening to Wen Tongzhi's words and thinking about it for a while, the prefect Gu Jiantong came and ordered: "In this case, you go and ask all the government officials and officials one by one, and you will know. I don't know yet. Do you believe that those two people can escape in full view of everyone?"
"Yes, I'll do it now." Wen Tongzhi hurriedly walked away.
The prefect Gu Jiantong also went to deal with official duties.
Soon, Wen Tongzhi gathered all the government officials and other officials in the front yard of the government office.
"Everyone, I have something to say. Today, two people are missing from the government office. One of them is named Cen Hu and the other is named Zhang Zhi. These two people were gone when the roll call was called in the morning. Everyone, may I Has anyone seen it?" Wen Tongzhi asked.
Listening to Wen Tongzhi's words, these yamen servants and officials started talking one after another. After waiting for a long time, no one came up with a clue.
As no one said a word for a long time, Wen Tongzhi couldn't wait anymore: "Didn't you really see it?"
There are so many people in this yamen, and the faces are all different and different. Who can remember who is who?
It was already pretty good that the official and the yamen servant knew each other.
Fortunately, just when Tongzhi Wen Yonghe was a little anxious about this matter, one of the Yamen servants said: "Tongzhi Wen, are the two of them about the same height?"
Wen Tongzhi didn't know this question. There were thousands of people selected. How could he remember just one person's face and height?
Wen Tongzhi looked at the yamen servant and thought for a moment. After a while, Wen Tongzhi asked: "Did you let them out?"
"In reply to the text, I know that when I was on guard this morning, these two people said that they had spoken to the prefect, and I will let them go now." The yamen officer replied.
After hearing this, after thinking about it, it seemed that those two people were the two missing in the book. Wen Tongzhi then asked: "What did those two people say?"
Fortunately, the yamen servant's memory was good enough and he answered according to what the two people said this morning: "One said he was going home to get some clothes, and the other said he had no time to pick up a decent souvenir, so he said he was going home to get them. , will be back in a moment."
"Did the two of them come back later?" Tongzhi Wen Yonghe asked again.
The yamen officer shook his head: "I didn't see the two of them coming back when I was guarding. The other two brothers took over the guarding later."
After listening, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe thought for a while, gathered some thoughts, looked at the officials and government officials standing in front of him, and asked: "Today, those responsible for guarding will stand up."
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, the rest can go back first. "
With this sound, most of the people left immediately, leaving only eight people.
Looking at these eight people, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe said: "Who picked up after them?"
"We." The two government officials stood up.
According to the yamen's own regulations, the guard changes every hour, with two people guarding each time, one on the left and one on the right. This rule is indeed somewhat good.
"Did you see two people coming in from behind here?" Wen Yonghe, a colleague, asked.
The two government officials shook their heads and said together: "I didn't see it."
At this time, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe was already very sure in his heart that the two people who ran out were the two people listed on the booklet. As for whether these two people came back later, Tongzhi Wen Yonghe was also unsure in his heart. guessed.
But he wanted to confirm again. This time Wen Tongzhi looked at the eight government officials standing in front of him and said: "In that case, I will not ask one by one. Did you guards see the two of them coming back later?" ?”
Seeing it, the eight people shook their heads together and said they didn't see it.
Afraid that his colleague Wen Yonghe would not believe him, a yamen servant said: "When we were guarding, all the people coming in and going out were our own yamen, no outsiders."
Listening to these words, Wen Tongzhi was already very sure in his heart that the two people would not come back later.
"Okay. I understand. You go ahead and do your work." After saying this, Wen Tongzhi walked towards the room where the prefect Gu Jiantong was sitting.
"What's going on? What did you find?" asked the prefect Gu Jiantong.
"Back to the magistrate, according to my official opinion, those two people were deceived into leaving around Chen time."
"Deceived?" Magistrate Gu Jiantong asked.
Tongzhi Wen Yonghe nodded and analyzed: "I have just asked the people in the yamen. Among them, the two yamen guards who were guarding Chen said that they lied about discussing with you and said they were going home to pick up clothes. The yamen officers thought so. I let them go without thinking much, and they never came back.”
After hearing this, the prefect Gu Jiantong was already a little angry. He sighed and asked, "Do you have any portraits of the two of them?"
Wen Tongzhi shook his head.
After seeing this, the prefect Gu Jiantong analyzed it: "It seems that these two people must have come in disguised as men. Knowing that they had to undergo a physical examination, they thought of leaving this government office. Since there is no portrait, it goes without saying that the names are forged. Yeah, I didn’t take care of this matter until now, I guess those two people have already run away. That’s all, let’s let them go.”
"Prefect Gu, those people who passed the physical examination...?" Wen Yonghe, a colleague, asked.
"Follow the requirements above and continue. People from other counties will probably arrive at Liangcheng Mansion tomorrow, and we will check the trouble together then. Let's check the people from Liangcheng Mansion first."
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