“The sky light is good, the ground light is good, Yuanda’s blue sky is the best.
Judge public cases, handle private cases, and judge unjust cases in the clear sky of Yuan Dynasty.
Deliver sesame seed cakes, open porridge shacks, and save beggars and poor people.
Build roads, build ships, build bridges several feet wide..."
A group of children were walking on the street singing new nursery rhymes, looking very happy.
Ten days have passed since the news spread that Yuan Chixin was appointed as the magistrate of Pingbo Prefecture.
Even though it was only ten days, the atmosphere in Pingbo Mansion was completely new.
After taking advantage of the two pavilions to take power, Yuan Chixin first sorted out all his officials and servants.
After eliminating some of the worms and speculators, he communicated several times with many small and medium-sized gentry and merchants who were oppressed in various major cities. With the help of these people, he firmly controlled the bottom level of Pingbo Mansion.
He also began to recruit people from the private sector to form new soldiers. Yuan Zhong was appointed as the commander of the soldiers. Rewards and punishments were clear and fair.
In just a few days, a team of nearly a thousand people was formed.
It's just that because there is only bad silver in the treasury and it cannot support more people, the expansion can only be postponed.
Yuan Chixin will not just sit back and make money, but will cooperate with small and medium-sized gentry and merchants to make money.
This series of actions will undoubtedly endanger the interests of the four companies and the three merchants.
It's just that the impact is not big yet. The four merchants know how powerful Yuan Chi is and have not yet made up their minds to continue the fight, so there is no movement for the time being.
Yuan Chixin also knew that the time had not yet come, so he did not further stimulate these people and deliberately controlled the development momentum.
In addition, they also attach great importance to the judgment of cases in Xing Prison and the litigation of common people.
In just a few days, more than 20 unjust, false and wrongful cases have been rectified.
For this reason, it is called "Yuan Qingtian" by the people.
In fact, Yuanzhixin still feels that he deserves to suffer.
Because the prisoners in many cases involve some people from the four and three business houses.
In order not to provoke these people, he just let the wronged people go without bringing the real villains to justice.
He is still deeply loved by the people, which really makes him feel ashamed.
On this day, Yuan Chixin was sitting behind the desk dealing with a lot of things. Ye Ming was sitting leisurely on the Taishi chair beside him, not doing any work at all.
Yuan Chixin didn't say anything about this person's temperament that he didn't like to work.
If someone can give you advice at a critical moment, just be satisfied!
It's just strange to say that this person clearly said that he wanted to find those seven special things, but in the end, he never mobilized people to look for them, and he had no idea of going out to look for them. He seemed very leisurely all day long, not in any hurry. .
While I was busy, I suddenly heard someone report that someone was beating the drum of grievances outside and wanted to complain.
Nowadays, grievances are usually reported directly to the "Shumin Pavilion" and drums are played directly. This must be unusual.
Yuan Chixin immediately paid attention to it and called people to the government office.
The complainer is a woman, and she came here to complain that her husband was wronged.
To put it simply, this family was relatively poor. One day, a guest came to the house, who was a distant relative of his husband.
At that time, there was no other place to live in the house, so they removed the door panel of the house and used it as a bed.
As a result, I woke up early the next morning and found that this relative had died in his hall.
All that was left on the door was a pile of putrid flesh.
This frightened the couple and also attracted neighbors to check.
How can one explain clearly when such a dead person in the family is dead?
Her husband was caught and imprisoned.
Since the family was poor, no one wanted to pay attention to them, so they planned to leave them to the Queen of Autumn, waiting to be executed.
His wife appealed several times, but was kicked out of the government office and ignored.
This time, I came to complain again after hearing about the name "Yuan Da Qingtian".
When Yuan Chixin heard about this, he carefully observed his wife's expression and felt that it didn't look like she was lying, so he decided to investigate the case.
He ordered his clerk to check the case files and found that the records were basically consistent with what the woman said.
Since there are no other suspected murderers, her husband is indeed the biggest suspect.
"Mr. Shanyuan, what do you think?"
Yuan Chixin respected Ye Ming's opinion very much.
"I think it would be better to go see her at her house."
Ye Ming said with a smile.
Yuan Zhixin heard the words and felt that it made sense, so he planned to go and see for himself.
Anyway, the government office has a "Shumin Pavilion" to handle various affairs. As long as he is not absent for a long time, everything can run normally.
So, Ye Ming, Yuan Chixin, and Yuan Zhong took a few personal guards and followed the woman to her home.
As soon as they left the government office, some people saw a few people outside. Some people immediately shouted, "Yuan Qingtian has come out to visit and solve the case!"
As soon as he shouted, the people around him immediately gathered around to see Yuan Chixin.
Being surrounded like this, Yuan Zhixin was also a little flattered.
Unexpectedly, just doing the official duties, but not doing a very good job, he was so supported by the people, which is really flattering.
After the people watched for a while, they took the initiative to make way for them to pass.
The group walked in front, followed by a large group of people, obviously intending to watch this outing to investigate the case.
When Yuan Chi saw everyone behaving like this, he wanted to drive them away, but he couldn't say it at this time, so he just acquiesced that these people would follow.
A large group of people followed the aggrieved woman to her home.
This family is indeed poor, with only one bedroom and a main room.
Even the kitchen is a random shed set up outside.
Yuan Zhong should go in first to check.
After going around, nothing suspicious was found.
Yuan Zhixin asked:
"Which door panel did the deceased sleep on?"
"This one on the left."
The woman pointed to the door panel, which still had some wet blood.
Yuan Chixin asked his guards to come forward and remove the door panel to check.
After just checking, I still found nothing.
Great talents are not necessarily all-rounders, but Yuan Chixin is very good at handling political affairs.
But faced with this matter that obviously involves detective work, it's a little difficult to handle.
Subconsciously looking at Ye Ming, this person has always given people a sense of mystery, and I don't know if I can tell if there is something wrong with the door panel.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "It's so troublesome to guess. Since the deceased was sleeping on this door panel and the accident happened, just find a living thing and put it on it to sleep."
When Yuan Zhixin heard what he said, he thought it made sense and was about to ask someone to find a living creature to try.
Someone immediately contributed a rooster to the scene.
Tie the rooster to the door panel and watch the changes.
Everyone looked at it and found that there was no change and everything was normal.
Ye Ming smiled and said: "The deceased slept all night, so the rooster should be left alone for an hour or two!"
The next thing is to wait, a group of people gathered around the door panel to watch.
They didn't let everyone wait for more than an hour, but within half an hour, something went wrong with the rooster tied to the door panel.
The rooster, which had been operating normally, suddenly began to fester and smell, with black smoke rising out of it.
However, the rooster, who was obviously awake, didn't seem to notice, and his body was rotting without any reaction.
After a while, the rooster turned into a puddle of rancid meat in front of everyone's naked eyes.
When many people saw this, their faces turned pale and they vomited on the spot.
Yuan Zhixin's face didn't look very good either, and he suppressed his nausea and said:
"Everyone, stay away from this door!"
Everyone was quite obedient, and everyone stayed far away.
Many people even looked at the door panels of their homes with fear on their faces.
When the wronged woman saw this, she was also shocked. She didn't expect that the door panel of her house was so scary.
At the same time, there was also a hint of joy in his heart, and he immediately knelt down beside Yuan Chixin and said:
"Sir, you have seen it, everyone has seen it too!
There is something wrong with this door panel, not my husband who killed me. Please make the decision for the women of the country! "
The facts were in front of them, no one could believe it, and the onlookers were talking a lot, thinking that her family was infected with evil spirits.
Seeing this, Yuan Chixin expressed on the spot that the wronged woman and her husband were not guilty.
He also ordered people to light a fire and throw all two door panels of the house into the fire.
The neighbors were afraid that something similar would happen to them, so they also threw the door panels of their homes into the fire.
Under the fire, it could be seen that the other door panels were burning normally, but the door panel where the rooster was rotting burned "sizzling", as if it was not wood, but flesh and blood.
A disgusting fishy smell then spread, making you want to vomit.
Fortunately, the fire was effective in the end, and the strange door panel was completely reduced to ashes.
When one person in the crowd saw this, his eyes flickered and he quietly left without a trace.
After handling this matter, Yuan Chixin was about to return to his office when he heard a voice full of disdain:
"Who made this place smell so bad? It's really disgusting."
When the people heard the sound, they immediately hid on both sides of the road in fear, feeling as if they were avoiding snakes and scorpions.
Yuan Chi looked around and saw that the person coming was a young man under twenty with an arrogant look on his face.
He has a handsome face, holds a folding fan in his hand, and thinks he is very elegant.
Behind him were a group of evil slaves who didn't look like good people at first glance, and they looked very arrogant.
"Who are you?"
Yuan Zhixin didn't recognize the person in front of him, so he asked.
"You don't even know me? It's in vain that you dare to come to Pingbo Mansion to be an official. You really don't know what to say."
The young master looked like he was looking at people with his nostrils. He folded the fan in his hand and said to the evil slave behind him,
"Tell them who I am!"
Immediately, an evil slave stepped forward and said loudly:
"Listen carefully, the person in front of you is the Young Master of the Yan family of Pingbo Mansion, and he is also Yan Gao.
Our young master's sister is the prince's favorite concubine. Even you, the so-called prefect, are not qualified to show off in front of our young master. Do you understand? "
Yan Gao, who was originally looking arrogant, heard this and rolled his eyes at the evil slave behind him with some dissatisfaction:
"Just talk to me, why are you bringing up my sister's affairs?"
The evil slave immediately laughed, slapped himself, and apologized profusely.
The young master named Yan Gao took a step forward and said to Yuan Zhi:
"You seem to be very arrogant recently, even some old guys in the family told me not to mess with you.
What a joke, who am I afraid of? Even if you are the prefect, what can you do?
Not even a dog owned by my brother-in-law!
Let me tell you, Pingbo Mansion is my master’s territory, and you’d better behave with your tail between your legs here.
If you know what's going on, go back to your academy and teach. "
Yan Gao started to curse with great enthusiasm. Just when he was about to curse a few more words, his voice suddenly fell silent.
Looking again, Yuan Zhong appeared in front of him at some point, grabbing the collar with one hand and holding a dagger in the other hand, pressing it against his neck.
Young Master Yan Gao had never encountered such a thing in his life, and his face instantly turned pale with fright.
The evil slaves behind him were also shocked. Some wanted to come up to save people, but they were knocked to the ground by Yuan Zhong several times.
Yuan Chixin took a look at Yan Gao, who was so frightened that he was about to pee his pants and still clutching the folding fan in his hand, and said:
"If you insult the superior officer in public, you will be slapped twenty times according to the law."
"Bold, how dare you, our young master..."
One of the evil slaves screamed, but did not become arrogant and was pushed to the ground by two guards.
Yuan Chi glanced at this evil slave with his heart:
"Are you a slave? If you are a slave and scold an official, according to the law, you will get fifty bucks."
With that said, Yuan Chixin went straight to the government office, and Yan Gao and others were also escorted there.
Seeing this, everyone cheered and followed closely.
Seeing that he was really going to the government office, Yan Gao couldn't help but become frightened.
It's just that this guy is stubborn and refuses to beg for mercy for the sake of face.
Soon, a group of people were pinned at the entrance of the government office and were beaten in public.
The scolding evil slave died before he even finished fifty strokes.
On Yan Gao's part, since it was not yet time to break up with the four merchants, Yuan Chixin still asked the Yamen servant responsible for the execution to stop. He only had the skin on his buttocks, without beating him to death or maiming him.
In the end, it was the Yan family who came to pick him up.
Due to the serious loss this time, the Yan family did not cause trouble and left in despair.
When the people saw the new magistrate, the Yan family was speechless and cheered, feeling that good times were coming.
Yuan Chixin, on the other hand, looked thoughtfully at the direction in which the Yan family was leaving...
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