Chapter 124 - Brother-in-law
The mule cart gradually drove away from Mancheng and disappeared on the official road.
The grass is green and the breeze blows.
Brother Mule resisted the temptation of the roadside and hurried on.
Bang Chi Bang Chi.
I thought to myself, in the end it had to bear everything.
Song Huan and Yan Liu were walking on one side of the mule cart, Fu Yuanzhi was driving the cart, and Adi was sitting on the shaft of the cart.
Because supplies had been replenished, there was no room left in the carriage for people to stay.
Song Huan and Yan Liu have good physical strength, so walking is nothing for them. They regard it as exercise.
They were chatting and suddenly a topic came up.
Yan Liu calmly threw the bomb.
So he thought about it secretly for a long time, secretly thinking that this was a good opportunity to make money.
Perhaps, it is not impossible that this is also a source of their income.
Yan Liu thought, at least the county magistrate in Mancheng is better than the magistrate in Qiancheng.
Perhaps, the county magistrate is an upright official and would not do such a thing?
The two of them instantly overturned their previous guesses.
Turn around and leave silently.
The single hero's strategy succeeded.
Shan Xiong listened to the magistrate's words, and based on his understanding of the magistrate for so long, he secretly figured out that there was a 90% chance that Gan Yunyuan's case would be turned over and reconsidered.
What happened to the Gan family this time is one of them.
Although some of this involves him being aggressive and trying to gain fame and improve his political performance, these are nothing as long as the people benefit.
The Gan family suffered like this because they failed to handle their relationship with Lu San well.
He paced back and forth.
Song Huan thought of the previous situation with the government officials in Lu County and said, "It's not impossible."
Yan Liu threw out this third scenario, "From what I've learned, he is not a county magistrate who just sits there and eats nothing. Instead, he is a good official who serves the people wholeheartedly."
This is the result he obtained through two days of inquiring.
Hit the mark.
Without the current county magistrate, the people in the city would have lived in dire straits for who knows how long.
A figure stepped out from the shadows.
The money fell into either the hands of Shan Xiong or the county magistrate.
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The people don't care about your petty thoughts. As long as their lives are easy, then the other party is a good official serving the people.
At the carriage shaft, on Brother Mule's side, Song Huan and Adi said in unison, "What?! There is no such person as my uncle-in-law?"
Shan Xiong chose an opportunity during his duty, slipped out of the government office, and went to Gan Yunyuan's home to find his widowed mother.
I saw the county magistrate sighing and walking around several times in a state of dismay, then he brushed off his clothes and entered the study.
I found several obvious omissions in it.
The county magistrate's wife came over with a cup of soup and looked at the magistrate in confusion on the porch.
Song Huan said, "Without my uncle-in-law, all this would be false.
But in fact, it has unknowingly fueled Lu San's arrogance and ambition.
He rather agrees with this idea.
After all, it is his family matter, and outsiders cannot interfere too much.
Everyone will know what happened after that.
He went through the details of the so-called "Gan Yunyuan rape case".
When he invaded the Gan family again and again, the Gan family just ignored him, thinking that they had a noble character and did not bother to argue with fools.
Therefore, she had said before that it was impossible for government servants to support themselves on salary.
Adi nodded, only these two speculations were consistent with why the county magistrate overturned his original statement.
Speaking of Lu San, Song Huan's incident with the Gan family also sounded the alarm for his brother.
She was only temporarily pulled up to take up the post at the beginning, and she was considered an outsider. They would definitely not tell them about the twists and turns involved.
I'm afraid Lu San will hold a grudge even more, and the Gan family will make the same mistake again.
The magistrate never expected that his scene of self-reflection and regret would be seen not only by his wife, but also by another person who had been sitting quietly in the dark.
He gauged the situation and made up an "uncle-in-law", and ended up defrauding him of one hundred and fifty taels of silver.
What's going on?
I heard my husband couldn't help but say to himself, "It's wrong! It's wrong! It's wrong to accuse a good person! Ouch!"
Yan Liu nodded.
While he was inquiring about the information, many people praised the current county magistrate. Not only that, they also brought out the previous county magistrate to suppress him.
It's better not to come forward at this time. She should drink the soup by herself.
This person is the Yamen servant - Shan Xiong.
It's easy to get along with a gentleman, but hard to guard against a villain.
Adi said, "Excluding the county magistrate, who is a good official, then it is very likely that the government servant came up with this idea, and he is good at making his own decisions?"
If the Gan family hadn't gone out of their way to find out if a county magistrate's "uncle-in-law" had ever appeared, they would never have known the twists and turns.
However, situations like the Gan family also depend on luck. If a bastard like Lu San hadn't come up with such a plan...
Any more would be overstepping the mark.
As a friend who has only been with me for a short time, this is enough.
When facing people like Lu San, you should not act too weak and incompetent, otherwise such people will take advantage of you and think you are easy to bully, and then they will bite your nose and do some outrageous things.
The county magistrate's wife looked at the closed door and then at the cup of soup in her hand.
The current situation in Mancheng is the result of Mancheng County Magistrate using his status and ability to do his best.
In fact, the changes in Gan Yunyuan's case were nothing more than the county magistrate's meditation and self-repentance.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will be disputes.
Adi rubbed his chin and analyzed, "I prefer the county magistrate. Shan Xiong is just a yamen servant. How could he have the ability to persuade the county magistrate to overturn the case he decided?!"
When Shan Xiong went to court again the next day, he saw that the turning point in Gan Yunyuan's case was exactly what he thought.
Just like what happened this time.
(Extra)
In the afternoon of that day, the magistrate was alone in the back hall, thinking about the case that was handled in the courtroom in the morning.
The county magistrate’s wife, “???”
The Gan family needs to adopt the attitude of "don't cause trouble when nothing happens, and don't be afraid of trouble when something happens", and give Lu San a heads-up in time so that he doesn't dare to do it again.
Although she had some contact with government officials, she had few contacts. Many of them were gray income by default, and she didn't know the inside story.
But the two of them also ignored one situation.
They will find ways to collect fees, make extra money, and make some shady gray income.
Song Huan nodded in agreement, "This analysis is correct. However, there is another possibility, that is, the two cooperate, the county magistrate takes the majority, and the rest goes to the Yamen."
Judging from the words of the people, the previous Mancheng County Magistrate was very ineffective.
Yan Liu nodded seriously.
Although Fu Yuanzhi warned him before leaving, it depends on Gan Yunyuan whether the other party took it into his heart.
By then, Gan Yunyuan's grievances will also be redressed.
This time, due to good luck, the Gan family survived the disaster safely.
If the Gan family doesn't show any attitude or means to scare Lu San this time.
After the county magistrate's wife also leaves.
When Shan Xiong went to the Gan family, did he take the initiative to implement this plan, or did the county magistrate ask him to go?"
Yamen servants are divided into established and unestablished.
But because yamen servants can have these gray incomes, many people are vying to become yamen servants.
Most government servants rely on deception to support their families and have enough food and clothing.
They have so many deceptions that I can't even finish them. They really deceive them at every turn, every day, and I can't even finish them all if I have exhausted all the bamboos in the mountains.
Chapter completed!