Xie Chengye's foundation was not very good, so Xie Xiuwen simply detained him to study at Fuyuan Villa. The Mr. Juren he invited was still there, so he simply asked him to teach with several other juniors from the Xie family.
Now that Cheng Jingzhou has become successful, he naturally has to find ways to support his family members, but he is still young and has a father who is a scholar in the family, so Cheng's father can do all the things before taking the scholar examination.
Cheng Jingzhou has a lower official position now, so he really can't be of much help.
Moreover, Cheng's father and Cheng's mother also wanted the young couple to take care of themselves in the capital. As long as they didn't let the family worry, it would put the family at ease.
Xie Rongzhao no longer continues to put his thoughts into the Harvest Workshop. Basically, most of the things are left to Ding Datou. Of course, there are also several squires who have invested in the stock and have placed small stewards in it, but big things It's all up to Ding Datou.
Xie Rongzhao was free now and began to think about her several embroidery shops. The female workers recruited in them were either some women from nearby, or some poor people who had suffered. Now the business of this embroidery shop is stable, and finally The main purpose is to give women an extra income, which means that their status in the family can be slightly improved, so that they will not be rejected by the family and eat free rice, and then sell it early for money.
Du Zhihe's official position was demolished, and it was not easy for the Jiahua County Lord to go to the emperor to plead for mercy. After all, it was involved in a lawsuit over human life, and the Jiahua County Lord had to take care of the court's face.
The Du family has also stopped because Du Zhihe's official position is gone.
Cheng Jingzhou received a complaint on this day, and it was filed against no one else but the Du family.
Cheng Jingzhou called the person to the court. After questioning, he found out that the person who came to complain was the master who had come to greet the guests. His name was Sun Er. He was now in his early thirties, and his temples were stained with hoarfrost and his complexion was yellow. The body is thin and thin, which is really inconsistent with the actual age.
"Sir, please make the decision for the villain!"
Sun Er knelt in the courtroom and began to cry about his experience.
But it turns out that welcoming guests to the restaurant was originally the ancestral property of Sun Er's family. After Sun Er's father passed away due to illness, it was passed down to him.
Sun Er was originally two brothers, but his elder brother died before he reached adulthood, so he was the only son in the family, so he naturally inherited the function of welcoming guests.
But the year before last, when the Du family sent someone to talk about buying it to welcome guests, Sun Er thought he was joking and repeatedly said he wouldn't sell it.
Unexpectedly, the other party simply went to find someone to cause trouble. For several days, no business could be done in the restaurant. Later, Sun Er was reminded that the second son of the Du family had become a royal relative. This was what he was going to do from now on. Sun Er was afraid of the high official.
"Later, the Du family sent a housekeeper to come and force me to buy my guest. Although I didn't want to, I had no choice but to agree. But they actually bought and sold it by force. They insisted on taking away me for only five hundred taels. The restaurant, together with the land deed, was worth at least eight hundred taels of silver in the market. Because the price was too low, I didn’t agree. Unexpectedly, my son was beaten up that night, while my family was The eldest son who was studying was also injured in the arm."
Sun Er wiped away his tears as he spoke: "Please let me investigate clearly. If this villain even tells a lie, he will die badly!"
To be able to swear such a strong oath shows that he has really been wronged.
"Since it happened the year before last, and I took office last year, why didn't you come and report the case?"
Sun Er shrank slightly: "Back to my lord, the year before last, the villain reported his grievances to the court twice, but in the end not only did no one redress the villain's grievances, but the villain was also fined twenty taels of silver, and the villain received twenty Banzi. You went to Feng County last year, but I really didn’t dare to try again. I just wanted to see if you could offend the Du family. It wasn’t until the Du family was punished when the father-in-law was cleared, and later even the second son of the county prince was punished. Only after you were arrested did the villain become convinced that you were different from the previous adult, and then he dared to complain."
To put it bluntly, I am afraid that you will join in the same trap again and beat me to death. How will my whole family survive?
"How are your two sons doing now?"
"Sir, my eldest son has been recuperating at home for more than three months. Later, after he recovered, he was told that the private school would not allow him to study any more. In desperation, I had no choice but to ask relatives to send him to another county to study. , As for my child, the injury was not serious, he was just very frightened, and he had a fever after standing for several days, and he took medicine all the time."
Cheng Jingzhou understood, that is to say, the eldest son's arm was injured, which really had a great impact. After all, he was a scholar, so he paid great attention to this.
"Come on, let's go to the Du family to inherit the family."
Sun Er's petition included the steward of the Du family and the uncle of the Du family, Du Zhixing, Du Zhihe's eldest brother.
Cheng Jingzhou read the statement again. The handwriting was powerful and the wording was very concise and clear.
"Who wrote this piece of paper?"
Sun Er hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "Sir, it was written by my elder brother. Due to the great changes in our family the year before last, my restaurant was forcibly occupied by the Du family, and they didn't even pay a tael of silver, so my family is now living in a difficult situation. , Dalang wanted to save some money and wrote it himself."
"Well, everything written on this was dictated by you?"
"Yes. The villain is actually literate, but his writing is not pretty. Da Lang was worried that you would be annoyed by the ugly writing, so he started writing."
He is quite attentive.
Cheng Jingzhou didn't ask any more questions and sent Song Bingdao to take people outside to investigate. It would be best if he could bring witnesses directly.
When Du Zhixing and Butler Du were brought to the lobby, they were still very unconvinced. Du Zhixing even just bent over and did not kneel down.
This scene angered Cheng Jingzhou.
"Who is standing in the hall?"
Du Zhixing looked around and said quickly: "Sir, I am a villain, Du Zhixing, and my father, Du."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a scream.
"How shameless! Why don't you kneel down when you come to the court?"
Du Zhixing was so frightened that Butler Du on the side tugged on his robe: "Uncle, you are white and you must kneel according to the law."
Only then did Du Zhixing realize that he had no fame.
You are used to being domineering in Feng County, how could you think of kneeling down to others?
But he couldn't help it at this time. Before he could kneel down, the Yamen servant on the side came over with a stick, and Du Zhixing fell to his knees with a plop.
Hiss!
Du Zhixing's expression was painful, it really hurt!
"Du Zhixing, steward of the Du Mansion, now the mistress Sun Er is suing you for forcibly occupying his property. Before that, you also repeatedly bullied his eldest son's arm and injured his youngest son. Now I ask You guys, is what he said true?"
