Gu Zhengchen has seen many people change their faces, but it is rare to see people change their faces as quickly as Zhou Nong.
The saying that a phoenix in distress is worse than a chicken is absolutely correct.
In the eyes of the government officials and Quanzhou Prefecture officials, it was only a matter of time before he got out of Quanzhou Prefecture. On the surface, he nodded and bowed in salute, but when he turned around, he could curl his lips, stare, and spit.
Zhou Nong gained courage and lost his fear when facing Gu Zhengchen.
As a prefect, he is just an empty post. Without a seal, he can't do anything.
If you can't do things, then what kind of governor are you...
Those who fail in the struggle have only one fate, and that is to leave. As for whether they are sent all the way by the court in a carriage, or whether they walk out on their own two legs, that is the way of leaving, not the result of leaving.
Now the government officials are talking about Qin Xin, Wu Kang, and Gao Huigao, who left Jinjiang City and went to Tong'an County to participate in politics. As for you, Gu Zhengchen, you have no power!
Thinking of this, Zhou Nong returned to his usual fierce and aggressive nature, pointed to the injured leg, and continued: "He hurt me, how to punish me, Gu Zhifu is the most knowledgeable about laws and regulations, so it should be clear, right?".?? m
Xiao Cheng smiled, you are really brave.
Gu Zhengchen raised his feet and pointed to the drawer in his hand: "We will discuss the matter of him hurting you later. Just now you used this drawer to kill me, should you settle the account first?" "
Zhou Nong was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "Misunderstanding——"
"Is it a misunderstanding?"
Gu Zhengchen stood up, picked up the drawer and slammed it down!
Click!
The drawer suddenly shattered!
Zhou Nong screamed and rolled over, hugging one leg, and shouted in pain: "Prefect Gu, you!"
Gu Zhengchen looked at the broken drawer, turned around and picked up the bench, with a cold look: "You like breaking people's legs, don't you?"
Zhou Nong looked at Gu Zhengchen in fear, and moved his body on the ground: "You are the prefect, you cannot indiscriminately torture the people... Waiter, Daguang, save me!"
Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoer and Wang Daguang were about to step forward, but then stopped.
Xiao Cheng turned a chopstick in his hand and said coldly: "I advise you to stay where you are, otherwise, I will think that you intend to murder the prefect. To ensure the safety of the prefect, I will kill you immediately."
Zhou Xiaoer and Wang Daguang looked pale.
A dull sound came out, followed by a shrill scream.
Zhou Xiaoer trembled all over, looking at Gu Zhengchen who kept swinging off the bench, his throat felt dry.
Is this really the prefect?
How could a civil servant be more arrogant than a military general and actually take action himself!
Poor brother Zhou Nong, it looks like he can't save his leg.
Gu Zhengchen dropped the bloody bench, looked at Zhou Nong who had fainted, turned around, picked up the wine bottle, and poured it on Zhou Nong's face.
Zhou Nong woke up and looked at Gu Zhengchen as if he were seeing a demon. He trembled and begged for mercy: "Prefect Gu, please spare my life. Please spare my life."
Gu Zhengchen emptied the wine, bent down, and looked at Zhou Nong coldly: "Didn't you just tell that person that you don't have any memory if you break a leg? You need to break another one. Now that you have a broken leg, do you have any memory? "
Zhou Nong's tears were so painful that he cried: "I have a memory, I remember it."
"Remember what?"
Gu Zhengchen asked.
Zhou Nong was stunned.
Yes, what do you remember? You didn’t say anything. I remember nothing.
Gu Zhengchen grabbed the wine bottle and hit it directly on the ankle of Zhou Nong's other leg. With Zhou Nong's scream, the wine bottle deflated directly.
This thing is not made of pure iron and copper, but mixed with tin.
Gu Zhengchen threw down the wine bottle, stood up, looked at Lin Fu, Lin Wen and others, then glanced at the people watching at the door, straightened his clothes, and said in a deep voice: "I am still in Quanzhou Mansion, how dare everyone So arrogant. Xiao Cheng, take them to the government office!"
Zhou Xiaoer and Wang Daguang's legs were trembling.
Xiao Cheng was not polite and used these two laborers for free: "Carry him away!"
Zhou Xiaoer resisted in his heart. Although Gu Zhengchen was the prefect, he was not qualified to give orders and take care of things. But seeing that one of Zhou Nong's legs was disabled, Gu Zhengchen was murderous and seemed to have unfulfilled intentions. Zhou Xiaoer did not dare to disobey.
Gu Zhengchen walked towards Lin Fu and Lin Wen, took out more than twenty copper coins and put them on the counter: "The extra coins are to compensate for the drawers and wine bottles. If they are not enough, I will make up for them."
"Enough, too much."
Lin Fu wanted to retreat.
Gu Zhengchen waved his hand: "The tax department came to you to ask for taxes, but did you give them a tax stamp?"
Lin Fu hurriedly rummaged through the counter and found a thick stack: "Sometimes, tax stamps are given, and sometimes they are not. If you come to ask for tax stamps, you will be criticized. In the past six months, no tax stamps have been given. , just asking for money with empty teeth."
Gu Zhengchen picked up a tax stamp, looked at it, and then handed it to Lin Fu: "Take the tax stamp and the account book to the government office. This person's leg..."
Lin Wen leaned on his crutch and said eagerly: "Prefect Gu, Lin Wen, a common man, had his legs broken by Ambassador Zhou, just because they asked for too much tax and I didn't want to give it, so they..."
Government office.
When the yamen officer saw Gu Zhengchen coming back, he thought he was going in, but unexpectedly he grabbed the gavel and started beating the drum of injustice.
Qin Xin was so angry that he yelled in the second hall: "Who is beating the drum of injustice!"
Huang Shen, the yamen servant, ran in and shouted in a panic: "Gu, Gu Zhifu..."
Qin Xin's head got bigger.
One of your magistrates is beating the drum of injustice at the magistrate's yamen. Who is he complaining about? Why do you feel that the entire magistrate's yamen is wronged?
Ascend to the hall!
Qin Xin sat down, and Wu Kang also sat aside.
Before the two squads of yamen officers finished shouting, Gu Zhengchen had already walked into the lobby. He looked at Qin Xin who was sitting in his seat and Wu Kang who was supposed to be eating and sleeping in the prison cell. He raised his hands and said, "What happened to me today?" If the matter is unfair, I am the litigator. Qin Tongzhi should have time to accept the case, right?"
Qin Xin stood up and sat down again, always feeling something was wrong.
In the final analysis, he is just an acting prefect, but Gu Zhengchen is a real prefect after all. Although Gao Shenzheng gave him his seal, Gu Zhengchen left a very deep impression on others, especially when he was working hard for days...
"I wonder what injustice happened to Magistrate Gu?"
Qin Xin had to respond.
Gu Zhengchen turned sideways and looked at Xiao Cheng, who handed over a piece of paper.
Qin Xin took the paper and looked at it carefully, his expression became extremely ugly.
Gu Zhengchen said bluntly: "Ambassador Zhou Nong of the Taxation Department used the guise of collecting taxes to rob people's wealth. He was greedy and unbridled and harmed countless businessmen. However, some businessmen refused to obey and frequently beat people and even cut off their limbs. Such evil people have controlled them for a long time. The Department of Taxation is really heartbreaking.”
Qin Xin felt a dull pain in his back molars. This group of people can really make a fuss. Can't you wait for Gu Zhengchen to leave before collecting taxes? Do you have to bump into him?
"Pass on Zhou Nong!"
As soon as Qin Xin finished speaking, he saw someone carrying a person over.
When Zhou Nong saw Qin Xin, he burst into tears and complained: "Qin Tongzhi, I was just going to collect taxes, but I was beaten by Magistrate Gu's entourage. Later, I don't know how I offended Magistrate Gu, and he cut off my hair directly." Legs, ugh, is there any more law for the king? Qin Tongzhi wants to uphold justice for us!"
Qin Xin trembled when he heard this.
What's the situation, Gu Zhengchen takes action himself?
This guy's hands are too cruel!
Qin Xin hesitated for a moment, looked at the paper, and whispered: "Prefect Gu, there is a big discrepancy between your paper and what he said. He seems to have broken his leg, this -"
Gu Zhengchen admitted frankly: "I broke his leg."
Qin Xin was surprised and quickly looked at the scribe.
That means, if you remember it, this is a crime, and an official cannot break someone's leg casually.
When Qin Xin saw the clerk nodding, he raised the gavel and shouted sternly: "Gu Zhengchen, as a court official and the prefect of Quanzhou, you beat your subordinates. According to the court law, if officials fight, they will be punished with a hundred punishments... "
"Which order do you follow?"
Gu Zhengchen asked rhetorically.
There are many regulations on "fighting" in the Ming Dynasty Law, and there are many details. There are regulations on how many officials should be beaten, how hard they should be beaten, and what kind of punishment should be given. But the problem is that these regulations are all about the situation of subordinates beating superiors. Regarding the situation of superiors beating subordinates, subordinates, and handymen, the vague ones are basically not written...
Of course, the absence of regulations does not mean that there are no restrictions. If there is no clear explanation, you can also choose the general fighting regulations to judge. A fight like this with a broken leg would basically cost you a hundred sticks and three years of compulsory labor...
Qin Xin’s verdict was correct, but the citation of the regulations was wrong.
Gu Zhengchen pointed out the problem to Qin Xin very responsibly.
Qin Xin was a little confused. He didn't know if Gu Zhengchen was stupid. Since you are looking for death, it's no one else's fault. Hurry up and get the warrant.
Suddenly, Qin Xin became depressed. He couldn't be beaten now. The government could only deal with the punishment of rods. The crimes of imprisonment and exile needed to be sent to the provincial government for approval...
Gu Zhengchen cleverly avoided the province when judging the case, but he couldn't avoid it. Looking at Zhou Nong's broken leg, there was no way to avoid it.
Qin Xin calculated that it was true that Gu Zhengchen broke the man's leg, and it was reasonable to lock him up temporarily. There were enough reasons for the court to investigate. As soon as he picked up the order, he saw Gu Zhengchen approaching and was surprised.
Gu Zhengchen stared at Qin Xin and said calmly: "He wanted to murder me, so breaking one of his legs would be a light thing. If I hadn't been in a good mood these days, he would have died."
"Conspiracy?"
Qin Xin shivered and looked at Zhou Nong.
Zhou Nong quickly denied it.
Lin Fu and Lin Wen arrived, and as witnesses, they confirmed that Zhou Nong took a drawer and smashed it at Gu Zhengchen's head.
There are also hotel clerks, watching the drinkers.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Qin Xin: "Qin Tongzhi, you are sitting in this position, but you don't know how to review the case. The petition I handed in was to accuse Zhou Nong, the ambassador of the Taxation Department, of illegal acts, but you kept staring at me and asking questions Ask me, why are you looking for an opportunity to hit me?"
Qin Xin's face was pale and he couldn't resist: "I just saw that he was injured and just discussed the matter."
The crime of murdering the prefect is really too big.
Not to mention breaking his legs, even if he was killed at the time, he would still be innocent when it came to the emperor.
Gu Zhengchen glanced at Zhou Nong, who looked ashen, and said slightly: "You said that the president has a memory. Now it seems that he still has no memory."
Zhou Nong almost went crazy when he saw Gu Zhengchen looking at his other leg...
He is not a human, he is a demon!
