In the eyes of everyone, the two yamen runners were brought in by a gray-haired old couple. They were holding a little girl of five or six years old in their hands, with nervousness and fear in their big black eyes. They kept hiding behind the old woman and grasping the corner of each other's clothes.

After hearing the yamen runner's report, Pang Sheng was relieved. There was no Zhao family beside the other party, and no one from the Wei family was escorted by him.

It is a good thing to have a new case. As long as the angry people can be quickly diverted and they no longer pay attention to their dissatisfaction with Liu Xincheng's judgment. If there is a place to vent their anger in their hearts, Pang Sheng would not mind punishing the defendants in the new case.

"These ignorant people do not understand the law. Generally, if the master kills his servants, he just casually charges him to show that his servants are at fault that harms his family, that is, he will be fined. The punishment of exile is already a serious punishment, and generally he will not be sentenced like this at all! These stupid people really think that the world is fair. Does the emperor commit the law and commit the same crime as the common people?

"Little do you know that now is the Confucian country, not the Legal family rule. The dynasty's laws and regulations are the first to protect the interests of powerful landlords! Well, they can't understand this. If these three people are really wronged, they will just double the punishment of the defendant. I don't need to get myself involved in the battle between Zhao and Liu."

Thinking of this, Pang Sheng coughed lightly and said to the three grandparents and grandchildren as kindly as possible: "Who in the hall, come and register... Forget it, since you have beaten the drum of injustice, it is wronged. Just say that, I will definitely uphold justice for you!"

The three grandparents and grandsons had already knelt down in the hall. Two squads of yamen runners with water and fire sticks, with their backs and bears on their backs, looking down at them with cold faces, like a demon god, which made them who had never been to the Jingzhao Prefecture yamen.

After hearing Pang Sheng's words, although he was kind, he was still full of official power. Not to mention that the little girl was trembling with fear, the two civilian elderly people were also worried.

The couple looked at each other, and what appeared in their minds was that before coming to Jingzhao Mansion, the "heroes" told them and the guarantee of "helping people" were given to them.

After calming down, the old man took out the folded shape from his arms tremblingly, opened his hands and raised it high, and said loudly in a trembling but clear voice: "The old man sued the Liu clans in Shimen County invading...invading my fertile land and injuring the old man's son and daughter-in-law... They lay in bed for more than half a month, and finally... they died one after another! Please make the decision for the people!"

After saying this, the old man was already in tears, and the six or seven-year-old girl burst into tears.

Pang Sheng felt a thud and said in his heart that it was not good. Why is it Liu again? He was really afraid of something but he would come. He asked quickly: "Liu? Which Liu?"

Zhou Junchen took the old man's confession, quickly glanced at him, turned around and presented it to Pang Sheng, "Hexi Liu Family."

The Liu family in Hexi is the Liu family where Liu Muzhi is located.

The last trace of luck in his heart was broken, and Pang Sheng's face suddenly became longer than a horse's face. He felt something in his heart, and turned to look at Zhao Ning. The other party had just helped Yu Niang out of the court door, and now he was outside the hall, standing in front of the onlookers, smiling, but his eyes were as sharp as a green hairpin out of the sheath.

When he came into contact with Zhao Ning's eyes, Pang Sheng was extremely convinced that his life was not easy today... He was ready to say that the difficulty in front of him was not easy to pass.

"It's Liu who is harming people again? Someone was killed by them!"

"Oh my God, how many domineering people are there in Liu's family?"

"I think Liu has nothing good!"

"The evildoers must be severely punished and justice in the world must be maintained!"

"We should arrest everyone from Liu and interrogate them one by one to see how many evil things they have done!"

The people were in a bad mood again. They were very dissatisfied with Liu Xincheng's verdict before and were still resentful to Liu. Now they heard the news that Liu was committing evil and killed people, and their anger went even further, especially the tragic situation of the old woman and the young son, which made their sympathy surge. In the end, this sympathy turned into anger towards Liu.

When Pang Sheng heard the noise from the onlookers, he had already despised these fools to the core. He would arrest Liu's people in two murders and interrogate them? It was really inexplicable.

However, Pang Sheng didn't say much. He had been an official for many years and had long labeled the public as stupid. When these people became emotional, they would take it for granted and talk nonsense. They didn't understand the law or the rules at all, and they didn't understand the officialdom.

"What is the evidence?" After reading the complaint, Pang Sheng looked up and asked the old woman in business.

"The old man has witnesses, he is the old man's neighbor and fellow villager. When Liu's thug beats the old man's son and daughter-in-law, they all saw it. Now three people are following the old man!" The old man quickly answered, and after saying that, he turned around and pointed at the young man dressed in a few farmers who could not squeeze in the crowd.

Even the witnesses were brought... Pang Sheng glanced at Zhao Ning again.

After getting a whisper from his confidant, he found another excuse to go to the second hall and meet the Great Elder of the Liu family.

"Sir Pang, you must suppress this matter! Sending someone to Shimen County to collect evidence will take a while, and it will take just a few days!" said the Great Elder of Liu urgently.

He was now sure that Zhao had to use civil cases to deal with Liu, and he didn't know how many such victims Zhao had found! Except for Xinxiang Town, because there were many people involved and the noise was very loud, they didn't notice the rest in advance!

But the problem is that after the White Clothes Association was destroyed, the Liu family sent someone to stare at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the main Zhao family mansion. Before Zhao Qiyue took a group of people out to "hunter", the people of the Zhao family did not move at all!

Where did the other party come from to collect Liu's various crimes of crimes?

Therefore, the second judgment, or hope, of the Great Elder of Liu, is that Zhao did not find many crimes in Liu!

If this is the case, then you only need to suppress or delay the case, and Liu will have time to make plans for a long time! After all, with sufficient eyeliner monitoring Zhao's main house, Zhao's sudden attack on Liu's family was unexpected. But this is not an irresolute problem. As long as you clarify the situation and plan the counterattack, the outcome is still unknown!

"The other party has a witness, and the people are in a turmoil now. They are shouting that our officials will handle the case impartially. We cannot help Mr. Liu in court." Pang Sheng said, he didn't want to do it too obvious and would have lost the blame. Although the dynasty law safeguarded the landlords and the powerful, both the emperor and the officials were calling the people as the water king and the boat.

Whether it is his Jingzhao Prefecture or other prefectures and counties, once the case is heard in the court, a large number of people will come to watch and cannot be driven away. Although Pang Sheng looked down on the civilians, he did not dare to fight against the people. After all, he also came from a noble family and valued the most. His reputation must not be broken, otherwise it would be difficult to gain a foothold. The children of aristocratic families, one of whom is famous on the streets, will be greatly affected. The Liu family had just two murder cases, and was scolded by the people outside the hall as if they were not as human, which is a powerful proof.

Therefore, officials of aristocratic families are more careful in their work, and everything else is easy to say, but at least they cannot be explicitly opposed to the people. This is not like those poor officials, who do not have huge family ties, and are often more bold in doing things.

Of course, things are changing. Today's generals and families are increasingly fierce due to the increasingly fierce civil and military disputes, and on the other hand, due to the threat of poor families, some families have become less and less likely to do things for their own survival and development.

Pang Sheng continued: "If Mr. Liu wants to delay time, he can only work hard on his own. When the yamen runners of Jingzhao Mansion go down to investigate the case, my official will also give me some advice."

The meaning of this is very obvious. He has to be tried "impartially" in the case in the Jingzhao Prefecture Court, but when the yamen runners go down to investigate witnesses, Liu can do a lot of work. Whether it is destroying evidence, creating evidence to distort the facts, setting up problems for the yamen runners to investigate the case, or turning a raid on accusing the plaintiff of being a troublemaker and turning the case into a lawsuit can delay time. In the least, you can always find a few thugs as scapegoats.

Pang Sheng would also ask the yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture to "be careful and serious" when investigating the case, not to miss any doubts, and to investigate the methods of gentleness and not to have conflicts with the Liu family.

In short, if you can find out a day, you can check it in three to five days. Even if there is no doubt about the plot, you have to investigate it because of Liu's one-sided remarks. As for the case to be delayed for a few months or the plaintiff becomes a defendant, it depends on the development of the situation.

"Then I thank Mr. Pang." The Great Elder of Liu agreed to Pang Sheng's plan.

The protection of officials and officials is the first lesson in the officialdom; the powerful and powerful are watching over each other and bullying civilians together, which is the basic quality of the powerful and powerful. Pang Sheng and the Liu elder are familiar with this.

When Pang Sheng returned to the lobby, the elder of Liu sat down again and continued to observe the matter. He looked at the direction of the gate of Jingzhao Mansion and sneered inwardly: "Zhao, I want to see how many cases you can make! Five, or ten? Ten lives or twenty lives? It's really a fool to want to deal with Liu's family with this! Without dozens of major cases and hundreds of lives, the Liu family's seven hundred years old family will suffer at most, so how could you be defeated by you?!"

Pang Sheng returned to the lobby and summoned the witnesses brought by the old couple. After a few replies, he said that the case was extremely serious and the impact was particularly bad. He must be investigated to the end, and the deceased should be cleared and the living should be explained. He will never tolerate the traitor and let the crime go unpunished!

Immediately, Pang Sheng arranged for the yamen runners, led by a captain to go to Shimen County to investigate the case, and called the captain aside, and personally "instructed" for a while before they could quickly investigate.

This move won unanimous support and praise from the onlookers. Some people even began to praise Jingzhao Yin's wisdom and justice, and apologized for his previous distrust of Pang Sheng, just like his attitude towards Zhao Ning changed from suspicion to support and praise.

Almost no one noticed that Tang Xing left the place early, caught up with the yamen runners outside the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, and pulled the captain from the market aside, giving him a few words.
Chapter completed!