The next day, Fang Yingshi took a look outside the county government office as he had done over the past two days. After a while, he saw Fang Yingshi leading a middle-aged man with a sinister look on his face back, and reported to Fang Yingwu: "This is
The person claimed to be a relative of the He family who complained, and wanted to see the county magistrate, so he boldly brought him over."
Fang Yingwu saw this and asked calmly: "Who are you? Why do you want to see me?"
The man replied: "This little man is the uncle of Mr. He's husband's family. His surname is Chai Dan and his given name is Dong. Today I want to see the eldest sir. He is here specifically to settle a lawsuit."
When Fang Yingwu heard the words, his heart moved. It was probably those words. The other party Yingshi said: "Please come, Mr. Lou!"
Listening to Chai Dong continue to say: "My nephew has no choice but to complain here. Thirty acres of land in her family is indeed occupied by a wealthy man. The man died again, so there is no livelihood at all, so I have to
Come and complain."
Fang Yingwu didn't say anything, he leaned on the Taishi chair and closed his eyes to rest. Chai Dong secretly glanced at the county magistrate. Seeing that the county magistrate had no reaction, he took the initiative to speak: "My nephew is a bit stubborn and is determined to file a complaint.
, but the villain has been persuading me for the past two days. But she said that she knew this case was difficult to handle, but if she didn’t sue, she would starve to death, so she might as well sue to the end.”
Lou Tianhua happened to come in at this time. Hearing Chai Dong's words, he interrupted: "Stop talking nonsense, aren't you just here to complain?"
Fang Yingwu winked at Lou Tianhua, asked Lou Tianhua to take charge of the negotiations, and then walked away. As a dignified county official, he naturally had the dignity of a county official.
Chai Dong watched Fang Magistrate leave, glanced at Master Lou a few more times, and then gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't have any worries about your livelihood, I will be able to persuade my nephew to drop the lawsuit."
Lou Tianhua said impatiently: "Tell me clearly, how much money do you plan to ask for for her?" Chai Dong immediately replied: "Thirty taels."
Lou Tianhua said angrily: "Don't let the lion open its mouth. Even in the south of the Yangtze River, thirty taels is enough to buy ten acres of land. You are really a coward! The maximum is five taels. If you don't want it, get out!"
Chai Dong said with a shy face: "Mr. Lou, you are simply sending a beggar away. The honorable person of the county is not short of money."
Lou Tianhua sneered: "This is just sending beggars. If it weren't for the benevolence of the county, you wouldn't even have these five taels. Besides, if you save five taels of silver, it will be enough for your nephew to live for a year!"
Chai Dong then begged: "Please add more. It would be a good thing if the lawsuit is settled and everyone would be happy." Lou Tian spat at Chai Dong and said, "Bah! Not even a penny more!"
Chai Dong saw that he really couldn't get much, so he could only say angrily: "Five taels is just five taels, but it requires official silver, otherwise the villain will not be able to believe it."
Lou Tianhua sneered and said: "Five taels is not much, but you can't give it away for free. If you take the money and disappear, but Mrs. He is still blocking the gate of the county government, what should you do? So I will only give it to you.
Open an IOU. When did you persuade your nephew to leave? When did you come to me with the IOU to collect money?"
Chai Dong was extremely dissatisfied, "Don't you think you can trust villains?" Lou Tianhua replied unceremoniously: "I really can't trust you."
Chai Dong had no choice but to accept the IOU and murmured: "I may not be able to convince you immediately, but it will always take a day or two."
After leaving the gate of the county government office, Chai Dong took a look at He at the corner of the eight-character wall. But he did not stop and walked directly to the tea stall with a pergola across the street, ordered a large bowl of herbal tea and drank it slowly.
I don't know how much time passed, but the sound of gongs sounded in the distance, and everyone in front of the county government gate vaguely saw a team appearing at the street entrance.
When I got closer, I saw that the procession was quite grand, similar to the procession of the county magistrate, except that the number of people in the procession was slightly smaller. A knowledgeable person looked at the sign and immediately identified that this was the imperial censor's patrol on the streets.
The imperial dynasty not only had the county magistrate attached to the capital, but also the censor who patrolled the city, probably to make up for the shortcomings of the county government. After all, the affairs of the county magistrate were complicated and trivial, and at the same time, according to tradition, they could not easily leave the county government.
It was impossible to respond quickly to public affairs, so the censor patrolling the city was established, specifically to suppress the streets, correct moral conduct, prioritize human life and other criminal cases, and accept reports from the people.
However, it was said that when the imperial censor's team passed by the front street of the county government and walked outside the gate of the county government, the people gathered outside the county government gave way and stood on both sides of the street to watch.
At this moment, an unkempt and slovenly woman rushed out from the corner behind the crowd, knelt down in front of the censor Yi, and blocked the way of the censor.
The people who were indifferent at first suddenly cheered up and gradually gathered around to watch. The situation was obvious. This woman must have blocked the street to complain, and it was a lively sight! After a few discussions, they all knew that this woman had been occupied for her own land.
The matter has been filed with the county government for several days.
The city patrol censor who appeared today is called Zhao Wenhuan. He was originally the censor of Henan Province among the thirteen censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
There are more than a hundred censors in the Capital Procuratorate. Although they are all called censors, their assignments are different. Zhao censor was originally responsible for supervising the work of cleaning up military households and camps. He was the so-called censor of the Qing army, but yesterday
, he suddenly received a reassignment from Dai Jin, the imperial envoy to the right capital, and took on the task of patrolling the city.
But when Zhao Yushi was on patrol here, he heard from the leader that someone was blocking the street to complain, so he got off the sedan and asked, "What grievance do you have?" The woman raised her head and said, "Sue the magistrate of Wanfang County for shielding powerful people and bribing and intimidating civilian women.
Put the lawsuit aside and ask the censor to take a closer look!"
The surrounding people were in an uproar. How could Fang Qingtian do such a thing? Zhao Yushi raised his head, looked around, and ordered to the people around him: "Temporarily borrow the Wanping County Government Hall to try the case."
Speaking of the city patrol censor, there is an unwritten convention. When the city patrol censor receives a case while patrolling the streets, he can borrow a nearby Yamen place to try the case. This is unique to the city patrol censor.
privileges. Anyway, there are many yamen in the capital, and you can find yamen courts almost wherever you go.
When Zhao Yushi wanted to use the Wanping County Courthouse, the county magistrate Fang Yingwu could not sit firmly in the yamen and had to go out to greet him. Fang Yingwu was shocked when he suddenly heard that he had been sued by the He family.
Time doesn't quite understand what happened.
Did Mr. He have this idea from the beginning and set a trap against herself, or did Chai Dong fail to persuade her and deliberately delayed the case, which made Mr. He angry and even went crazy to sue herself?
Fang Yingwu was thinking about it in his mind, and directed the officials to close the gate of the county government office and keep out all the idle people. But Zhao Yushi turned around and said: "I always handle cases with integrity, why can't I see others?"
Where? Let’s open the door and let the people come to the court to watch!”
Fang Zhixian frowned when he heard this, and a shadow cast over his heart. From the perspective of officials protecting each other, it was only right for Zhao Yushi to try the case behind closed doors in order to save his own face. But this patrolling censor deliberately wanted to make it public
Judging from the case, this is something a bit abnormal.
PS: The Writers Association held a meeting yesterday, and today we will practice driving and have a simulated road test. I have to work hard to catch up on updates tonight. I will post the first update first!
