"Uh-"
The door was pushed open.
I'm not afraid of the doctor's smiling face, but I'm afraid of the Chinese medicine doctor's low eyebrows.
"Doctor Cui, how is my son's injury?" Shen Tong hurriedly approached and asked.
Cui Dafang shook his head and sighed: "My life is not serious, but there are many bruises and fractures on my body. If I don't protect them all, I will be disabled."
"Ah? My son!" Shen Tong wailed and rushed into the bedroom.
Shen Fang seemed to have been knocked out of his mind, staring blankly at the top of the bed with his mouth open, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
Shen Tong lay beside the bed and cried until he burst into tears.
"Second uncle, please don't be sad. I will never let my uncle receive this beating in vain," Song Che comforted, and first asked Shen Fang on the bed:
"Brother, what is going on? Why does the Zhang family suddenly break off the engagement?"
Shen Fang's throat was hoarse, and he faltered for a long time before finally saying weakly: "The Zhang family said... that their daughter has fallen in love with the third son of the Liu family, and they are already married. They are already married! Cough cough cough... cough... cough!"
Violent coughing.
No man would be angry if his fiancée ran away with someone else.
Shen Wenjun quickly poured a cup of tea, fed Shen Fangyun, and comforted him: "Brother, don't be impatient. There are many good women in the world, including the one from the Zhang family."
Shen Fang exclaimed, "I just can't swallow this! On weekdays, when his Zhang family comes to the inn to have wine and food, I don't take a penny. This... these are just small profits. When his family is in trouble, he comes to my house." The borrowed money, this... forget it, the gift of thirty thousand taels, not a cent back! Who does he think I am, Shen Fang! Ahem, cough... Poof!"
He was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Son!"
"Uncle!"
"Invite Dr. Cui quickly!"
"Okay, okay, I know the patient is angry, so how can I ask him more questions? If I don't want Mr. Shen to die, please get out of here."
Doctor Cui drove everyone out of the bedroom.
"Husband, I don't accept it either!"
Shen Wenjun gritted his teeth.
Of course, Song Che was not convinced. Bullying an honest person was nothing to do. He even bullied the Shen family.
"Go to Yangzhou Mansion, the Zhang family and the Liu family, and file a lawsuit together!"
…
Song Che, Shen Wenjun, and their second uncle Shen Tong wrote the petition and came to the Yamen together to submit the petition to the Yamen servants. After a while, Liao Heng walked out.
He was the chief registrar of the state capital, so the pleadings naturally passed through his hands.
Without waiting for Song Che to greet him, Shen Tong took off the baggage on his back and stepped forward to give it to Liao Heng: "Sir, this is a little bit of my thoughts. Please help my son!"
"Oh, Second Uncle, don't give money to everyone you meet. This is the yamen gate," Shen Wenjun quickly stopped Shen Tong, "And this Chief Liao is a close friend of Song Che. He will definitely be able to help us redress our grievances. "
Liao Heng pulled Song Che aside and asked in a low voice: "Does your petition say you want to sue the Liu family?"
"Can't you sue?" Song Che asked.
Liao Heng said: "The pacifier usually does not sit in the middle court to hear the case. Your dispute is a marriage or a fight, and the scholar is responsible for the trial. What a coincidence, the scholar in Yangzhou Prefecture is also surnamed Liu, and he is from the Liu family. Close relatives.”
Song Che hummed: "You officials, no matter how complicated the relationship is, it has nothing to do with me. Today I came to Zhouya just to seek justice for my uncle who was beaten. If an honest person is bullied, he will not get the justice." If you want to redress your grievance, you will return the thousand taels of gold, and I will return to Suzhou immediately. From now on, none of you will come to me."
Liao Heng sighed: "It's useless for you to threaten me. I'm just the chief clerk, and the scholar-cao is two levels older than me."
"Then why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Song Che pulled off his sleeves, supported his second uncle with Shen Wenjun, and walked into the Yamen.
Liao Heng curled his lips and said to himself: "It seems this guy is really angry." He also walked into the Yamen.
I waited in the courtroom for at least half an hour.
Liu Shicao dressed up before going to court. His face was full of energy, and he was as bloated as a ball. Corrupt officials often look like this.
"Snapped!"
The alarm sounded.
Amidst the powerful sounds, Shen Tong almost softened. Like his son, he was a weakling, no wonder he was bullied.
"I have reviewed the petition. Who is the victim, Shen Fang?" Liu Shicao asked loudly.
Shen Tong replied: "Your Majesty, Shen Fang is my son. He was beaten until he fainted and vomited blood. He was unable to go to court to redress his grievances, so I went to court on his behalf."
"absurd!"
Liu Shicao said hoarsely: "I have heard of joining the army on behalf of my father, but this is the first time I have gone to court on behalf of my son. If your son died, I would understand why you would go to court for him, but he is still alive, so why do you need to go to court on his behalf?" "
He waved his hand and said, "Since the master of suffering is not here, just retreat."
"Wait!"
Song Che said loudly: "According to the "Daliang Laws and Regulations", if the victim is unable to go to court due to injury or illness, his family members are allowed to file a complaint on his behalf. As a Yangzhou parent official, don't you understand this?"
Liu Shicao had just moved his buttocks, but he had no choice but to sit back again and glared at Song Che: "Who are you?"
Song Che glared back: "You don't care who I am, it's not me who is being tried today -
Zhang Yue'e from Zhang's Shoe Store and my uncle Shen Fang had already entered into a marriage contract with three matchmakers and six certificates, and received a bride price of thirty thousand taels. To suddenly break off the engagement is a breach of trust! Not refunding the betrothal gift is a domineering property! Beating others is intentional harm!
And Zhang Yue'e, as my brother-in-law's fiancée, was unruly and committed adultery with Young Master Liu of Liu's Merchant Company. That Young Master Liu, knowing full well that Zhang Yue'e was engaged, colluded with her;
I have written a pleading for all the crimes committed by these two families. Now that you have read this book, you want to ask us to withdraw from the court without even summoning you to court? "
The more Song Che talked, the angrier he became. He pointed angrily at Liu Shicao and cursed: "How the hell did you become an official!"
"Big...bold!"
Liu Shicao was first frightened by Song Che's momentum, and he took pictures continuously: "You, a citizen of Xingdou, dare to insult the imperial official in court... Come here! Wait with sticks and sticks!"
"Who dares to hit me!"
Song Che despised the court and said loudly:
"Gao Chen, the Privy Councilor of the day, respected me as sir! He Xuanzhang, the Yin of Luoyang Prefecture, was my uncle! The Prince of Anyang in the capital respected me as an honored guest! Even the current Holy Emperor gave me a gold plaque! You, a small fifth-rank scholar, An dare to touch me?"
Although Shen Wenjun didn't believe it, his eyes were shining.
"You, you, you...you crazy guy, you really think I can't touch you!"
Liu Shicao's words were incoherent, and he didn't know whether he was shocked or angry.
Song Che shouted again: "If you dare to touch a hair of my head, I will kill you tomorrow, and I will kill you the day after tomorrow!"
Liao Heng, who was writing on the side, added quietly: "Mr. Liu, I know him. He never talks big, only tells the truth."
Song Che flicked his sleeves, turned his back, glanced sideways at Liu Shicao, and said coldly:
"You are a relative of the Liu family and have a close relationship. You are not worthy of hearing this case. Let the economic appeasement envoy sit in the high hall."
