Boom! Boom! Boom!
The drum of grievance was beaten outside the governor's office.
"Shengtang!" A shout came from the Yamen lobby.
Governor Liu was dressed in a crimson official uniform, with a golden pheasant patch on his chest that was a second-grade civil servant. He was sitting calmly behind the desk in the lobby.
Sitting on the left and right sides of him were Zhang Huai, the second-grade commander in chief, who was in the scarlet official uniform of lion tonic, and Li Kaiyang, the third-grade deputy commander-in-chief in scarlet official uniform and tiger supplement.
"Bring the accuser." Governor Liu was stunned.
Xu Shunqing, who had been waiting outside for a long time, was brought to the lobby, knelt on the ground, and cried: "Please make the decision for the little people."
"If you have any grievances, just tell us one by one, and I will make the decision for you." Governor Liu asked expressionlessly.
Xu Shunqing knelt down and said: "The common people are suing Liu Heng, the proprietor of Lingqiu Tiger Flag. This man was originally a vicious bandit leader on Lingqiu Hutou Village. He was greedy for my Xu family's property, so he killed Xiaomin's father Xu Youcai. Later, he took over the family property of the common people and asked the adults to make decisions for the common people."
After saying that, he banged his head and knelt on the ground.
Zhang Huai, the commander-in-chief, said: "Sir, we will finally know something about the bandits in Hutou Village. Li Huaixin, who was the guard of Lingqiu at that time, led the troops to wipe out the bandits on Hutou Village. Later, he was promoted to the post of Donglu because of his merits. General, so what this person said is completely false."
Xu Shunqing, who was kneeling on the ground, heard Zhang Huai's words and said hurriedly: "Sir, everything I said is true. Not a single word is false. Please tell me."
"Bold." Governor Liu was stunned and scolded Xu Shunqing, "I haven't let you speak yet, who allows you to speak wantonly."
"The common people know the crime, the common people know the crime." Xu Shunqing accused him repeatedly.
Governor Liu said: "Next time, I will punish you for a crime that will make you roar in court."
"Thank you, sir." Xu Shunqing trembled slightly and secretly glanced at Deputy Commander Li sitting on the right side of the governor.
Li Kaiyang coughed and said: "My lord, I don't dare to agree with General Zhang's words. My lord doesn't know something. The people below always like to make some fraudulent things to deceive the superiors."
Zhang Huai, who was sitting opposite, said with a dark face: "Deputy General Li means that I will help the generals below to deceive the imperial court!"
"The general doesn't dare." Li Kaiyang said, "Maybe that general Li also deceived the commander-in-chief."
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Governor Liu's face sank and he said, "Shut up, please, or else you two will come up and decide the case for me?"
"The general will not dare."
Zhang Huai and Li Kaiyang stood up at the same time, bowed and saluted Governor Liu behind the desk.
Governor Liu snorted coldly, and then said to Xu Shunqing who was kneeling below: "Since you said that your family's property was taken away by Liu Heng, can anyone prove it?"
"Yes." Xu Shunqing said, "Xu Laifu, an old servant in Xiaomin's family, can prove it."
Zhang Huai, who was sitting in his seat, said: "You said he was an old servant in your family, so naturally his words cannot be trusted."
Li Kaiyang on the other side said angrily: "Whether you believe it or not, you have to bring the witness to the lobby first, and you won't know until the Lord asks. Is it possible that Mr. Zhang, what are you worried about? You don't dare to let the Lord call the witness."
"I have nothing to be afraid of." Zhang Huai flicked his sleeves.
Governor Liu, who was sitting behind the desk, said: "Xu Shunqing, can you hear clearly what Mr. Zhang just said? You asked an old servant at home to testify for you. How can you make me believe whether it is true or not?"
"Sir," Xu Shunqing said, "Xu Laifu colluded with Liu Heng, the proprietor of Tiger Character Banner, to plot to seize the family property of ordinary people. Now he is working as a steward in a village in Tiger Character Banner. Later, he was grateful for the kindness of his old master, so he agreed to serve as the owner of the village. The people will testify and come forward to report Liu Heng."
Governor Liu said: "That being the case, let's bring Xu Laifu to court!"
"I thank you, sir." Xu Shunqing kowtowed repeatedly.
Li Kaiyang glanced at Zhang Huai with a smug expression.
Zhang Huai leaned back on the chair and said nothing.
Soon, Xu Laifu was taken to the lobby by two officers.
"Xu Laifu, a common man, kowtows to the governor and the two commander-in-chiefs." Xu Laifu kowtowed to the ground.
"Xu Laifu." Governor Liu said, "I would like to ask you, did you collude with Liu Heng, the proprietor of the Tiger Flag, to seize the Xu family's property?"
Xu Laifu raised his head and glanced at Xu Shunqing who was kneeling beside him.
Xu Shunqing on the side urged in a low voice: "My lord is asking you something. If you don't hurry up and reply to me, just tell me how you and Liu Heng of Tiger Character Banner tried to seize my Xu family's property and how they killed my father."
"Sir." Xu Laifu withdrew his gaze and looked at the governor behind the desk and said, "My young master likes to gamble. This is a well-known fact in Lingqiu. He was also visited because of his gambling debts. Finally, my family The master was pissed to death."
Having said this, he raised his hand to wipe the tears from his eyes.
"You're talking nonsense." Xu Shunqing stood up excitedly, raised his finger and pointed at Xu Laifu and said, "You old fool is talking nonsense."
After saying that, he pounced on Xu Laifu.
The surrounding police officers took Xu Shunqing back with the water and fire sticks in their hands and pinned him to the ground.
"Bold!" Governor Liu behind the desk slapped the crowd and said angrily, "Come here, pull this man who roars in court down and beat him twenty times."
Several guards came up and lifted Xu Shunqing to a bench outside.
"Sir, he is talking nonsense, he is talking nonsense." Xu Shunqing shouted loudly.
"Hit!" Governor Liu grabbed four black-headed sticks from the bamboo tube on the desk and threw them out.
The officers outside held up the Wangfa sticks in their hands and struck each one with a stick.
When Xu Shunqing was first beaten, he shouted injustice and scolded Xu Laifu for being ungrateful, but soon his voice turned into a scream.
The twenty big boards were quickly finished, and were picked up by the guards and thrown into the lobby.
Governor Liu didn't even look at Xu Shunqing, and said to Xu Laifu: "Xu Laifu, go on, what is going on?"
Xu Laifu glanced at Xu Shunqing, who was lying on the ground sucking the cold air. There was a hint of unbearableness in his eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
Just listen to him continue: "Sir, my eldest young master was fond of gambling when I was alive. Later, after I was angered to death by him, not only did I not restrain myself, but I even got worse. I sold everything in the family and finally used it all to gamble. Even my wife was pissed to death by him."
At this point, tears trickled down from the corners of his eyes, and he continued: "The grassroots have accumulated some money over the years. Seeing the hardships my young master lived, they all gave it to my young master. Later, when the grassroots heard about it, he took it to a gambling house to lose money." Empty."
"It's not like this, it's not like this." Xu Shunqing endured the pain and tried to defend herself.
Li Kaiyang's expression became extremely ugly while he was sitting in his seat.
"It seems that this Xu Shunqing is basically a gambler. He came up with ways to falsely accuse others in order to defraud people of money. Maybe there is someone behind it!" Zhang Huai looked at Li Kaiyang opposite with a sneer.
Li Kaiyang suddenly said: "Sir, even if Xu Shunqing is making a false accusation, it still cannot prove that Liu Heng is not the bandit leader of Hutou Village. I hope you will notice clearly!"
