Up and down, how many colleagues and subordinates are involved?
What makes Yan Zheng even more worried is that he did not know about this case in advance. Once the case is overturned, he will not be able to escape the charge of negligence.
What a pity, he has only half a year to retire and return to his hometown to live in peace and happiness!
Moreover, the most terrifying thing is that he knew it was wrong, but he still had to cover it up.
Because once the lid is opened, it is easy to miss. Maybe someone else will find out something, and he will follow them to the ground...
Therefore, one word immediately came to his mind: the only way to succeed in officialdom is to procrastinate!
First drag... drag it in front of you.
Then let the people below quickly find this person to complain, give money when they should, and threaten when they should...
As for Chang Hou...?
Let’s put it off for now!
~
"Um!"
Thinking of this, Yan Zheng cleared his throat and said, "You say there are grievances, but you don't even know where the grievances come from or who you want to sue? How do you ask me to resolve it?"
Xu Ping'an was stunned again, and then immediately said loudly, "Sir, the villain's father, brother-in-law, and neighbors all died on the boat fishing for sand for the government..."
"Oh, then do you sue the shipbuilding department or the government office?" Yan Zheng said again, "Every injustice has its owner and its debtor has its owner. If you want to tell me, who are you suing?"
"this....."
"Hey, I feel the same way about your loss of a loved one!" Yan Zheng sighed, "In matters that are litigable, someone must be sued. You must first figure out who you want to sue."
As he spoke, he sighed, put down the complaint in his hand with trembling hands, and continued, "I want to help you redress your grievances, but there is nothing I can do! Go back, write the complaint properly, and then hand it to Wuchang Mansion first."
"Wuchang Prefecture has its own criminal officers and military commanders to investigate and find out the whole story..."
"ha!"
Before he finished speaking, the audience suddenly burst into sneers.
From the sound of the voice, you knew it was Chang Sen.
"Changhou, I am reviewing the case, you..."
"Damn you!" Chang Sen pointed at Yan Zheng's nose and scolded, "I used to listen to the older generation of military leaders show off all day long, saying that they massacred several cities on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month.
How many people, how many women have robbed gold and silver..."
"At that time, I had just been studying for a few days. After listening to what they said, I felt that those older generations had dark hearts and no conscience at all!"
"But after listening to your words today, I understand that you are the real black heart!"
Yan's face tightened, turning blue and purple, and he said angrily, "Hou Chang, why did you insult me in court..."
"I insulted your grandma!" Chang Sen yelled, "Are you a fucking human being? Send this case back to Wuchang Prefecture? If Wuchang Prefecture takes this case, why bother you?"
Yan Zheng slightly lost his virginity, and immediately said, "Wuchang Prefecture's refusal to accept her is the Wuchang Prefecture's dereliction of duty. What does this officer have to do with me?"
"You said you are not human! You are still quibbling!" Chang Sen stood up and continued to curse, "Look back and see what is written on the top of your head?"
Yan Zheng turned around in shock and shook his head.
Just above his head, there are four big characters, hanging high in the mirror!
"Wuchang Prefecture refused to accept the case, so I found you! You asked the case to be sent back to Wuchang Prefecture. Do you think this case is a scam?" Chang Sen said angrily, "Dozens of lives! That's dozens of lives!"
"But this case...?"
Before Yan could speak seriously, Chang Sen cursed again, "What a simple case! Why didn't my father, brother-in-law, and neighbors say anything after they died?"
"If you go on business trips to the government, you get pensions. If you hire workers for businessmen, you get compensation. But now there's nothing? Not only that, but the Wuchang Prefecture doesn't accept their cases, and some people don't allow them to file complaints. They demolish their houses and don't allow them to make a living by doing housework."
Those who go in have those scoundrels keeping an eye on their whereabouts!"
The more Chang Sen talked, the angrier he became. "You can figure these things out if you have a brain. Why don't you try it? You say there is no evidence? You say there is no defendant?"
"If the Wuchang Prefecture doesn't accept it, and you don't accept it, does it mean that the person's death was in vain? Even if there is no defendant! As an official, don't you also want to find out why someone's relative died, and why someone is not allowed to file a complaint? Isn't that right?
I need to give them an explanation? I just need an explanation, is it so fucking difficult?"
Yan Zheng was so scolded that he trembled all over, "Master Hou, I am a third-rank official in the dynasty..."
"You're so stupid!" Chang Sen scolded again, "I'm still a top-notch Marquis, and I'm a hereditary idiot!"
"Even if you are a prince, you cannot insult the court ministers!" Yan Zheng was afraid that Chang Sen was not afraid of him, so he was waiting for Chang Sen to go crazy and scold him.
This will give him a step up, right?
"Chang Hou, you are so outrageous today. As a noble military attaché of a foreign relative, you interfere in local government affairs..."
"I will peel off your grandma's skin!" Chang Sen scolded again, "I am the emperor's uncle! Help my nephew look after this family property, it is only natural and right!"
"This matter is of great importance, so I must be cautious. This is a people's lawsuit against an official, not a lawsuit among ordinary people! I am cautious, and it is justified! Huh! Changhou, you have said something rude and wait to be involved!" Yan Zheng waved his sleeves, "The Xu family
One case, the facts are unclear and the case is sent back to Wuchang Prefecture for retrial, withdraw from court!"
~~
"Wait a minute!"
Suddenly, a voice came from down the hall.
I saw a scholar among the people watching the excitement and said, "Since the prosecutor is unwilling to interrogate, or feels that it is impossible to interrogate, then let Chang Hou do the interrogation!"
Immediately, the scholar sneered again, "What happened to the people suing the officials? When did the Ming Dynasty stop allowing the people to sue the officials? You don't even know this law. Are you not an official of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Who are you...?"
Before Yan Zheng could finish his words, Chang Sen rushed to the hall in a hurry.
"Go, go, go, go!" Chang Sen cursed, "Leave me alone!"
Yan Zheng was furious, "You..."
Instantly, his voice suddenly stopped.
Because he suddenly felt that the tall man next to the scholar, who was looking at him with a sneer, looked so familiar.
boom!
Chang Sen slapped the gavel fiercely and stood under the hanging plaque on the mirror, "Chang Dabiao!"
"Yes!" A member of the Chang family will come out.
"When you went to pick up the Xu family and the complainants in the morning, were there any gangsters who stopped you?" Chang Sen asked.
"Yes!" Chang Dabiao said happily, "When the neighbors were going out, a dozen scoundrels came up with sticks to threaten them, but they were knocked down by the villain with three punches and two kicks!" He said, bowing, "Hey, Mr. Hou.
They were all caught and tied up!"
"Bring it up!" Chang Sen shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of soldiers took a dozen strong men with bruises and swollen faces, dragged them to death and threw them in the hall.
"Hit first!" Chang Sen slammed down another gavel, "Break your legs!"
"yes!"
Without the servants taking action, the Chang family soldiers picked up a few scoundrels and aimed them at the knee joints.
Two clicks!
Woo!
There was a commotion among the crowd watching the excitement.
With a few crisp sounds, a few scoundrels rolled their eyelids and passed out without even screaming. Their legs were directly interrupted.
"Sir, spare my life..." The remaining scoundrels shouted desperately.
"Tell me, who asked you to follow?" Chang Sen asked, pinching his waist.
"It's Captain Wu from the Military and Horse Division, instructing the villains to keep an eye on these unruly people...these neighbors' every move."
"Where's Team Leader Wu?" Chang Sen said again, "Catch him!"
"yes!"
~~
After a while, a shift leader was pulled in shivering.
Without waiting for Chang Sen to ask, he knelt down with a bang and said loudly, "Master Marquis, it was the command of the Commander of the Army and Horses Division that asked this villain to find someone to keep an eye on!"
"Hmm... If you're interested, break one of your legs first and stay on the sidelines!"
Click!
Another leg was directly broken, and another person passed out.
"You are official servants. Official servants wear official clothes. Official clothes are conscience! The court gives you a salary, not to kill the people!" Chang Sen sneered, "Damn it, it's easy to break a leg!"
The crowd was eerily quiet.
It's the first time you see a case being tried like this. You can't help but break your legs first?
Suddenly, Xu Ping'an shouted in the hall, "Changhou, Bao Qingtian is still alive..."
"Hahaha!" Chang Sen smiled complacently, but then he caught a glimpse of the emperor's face and quickly asked, "Where is Wang Guangjing?"
Not long after, Wang Guangjing, the military commander of Wuchang Prefecture, was brought up.
His face was earth-colored, and he was shivering and sweating like rain.
"Tell me, who told you to send people to watch people and prevent them from complaining?" Chang Sen said angrily, "Did you steal their house?"
"Master Hou! How dare you do this to someone as big as a sesame official?" Wang Guangjing said quickly, "It's all the intention of the higher-ups?"
"Say, who?" Chang Sen said impatiently.
"Qian Dayong, the head of the Shipping Department, and Bai Buyi, the tax collector, secretly found the villain and said that the Xu family was slandering the imperial court. If these unscrupulous people don't keep an eye on them, they will sooner or later bring trouble to the adults..."
"Okay, okay, I understand!" Chang Sen waved his hand again, "Catch the person he mentioned!" He said, touching his chin, "Break his legs too!"
~
Not long after, two officials, dripping with cold sweat and looking like they were fished out of the water, were pulled up.
Qian Dayong, the head of the Shipping Department, and Bai Buyi, the tax collector.
Their lips were trembling and they couldn't stand still.
"Let me ask you!" Chang Sen asked Qian Dayong, "Did you recruit his relatives in the name of digging sand for the imperial court?"
"Kekeke..." Qian Dayong kept chattering his teeth, "Yes..."
“Then why aren’t people receiving pensions when they die?”
"Yes...give it, give it, I haven't had time to give it yet..."
"Damn it, your mother, you don't even blush when you tell lies. The fish eats all the bones and dregs. Did you remember to pay me if you didn't come?"
"Kekeke..."
"Let me ask you again, why don't you let anyone complain?" Chang Sen asked again.
"Yes... gurgle... The lords of Wuchang Prefecture said... we can't let unruly people... sue officials. It would be disrespectful to the court..."
"Haha!" Chang Sen laughed, "Everyone else is dead, but you still have to show your dignity!"
As he spoke, he roared loudly, "Why didn't the body be fished out when the ship sank?"
"This..." Qian Dayong looked at Bai Buyi with a pale face.
"You fat man, tell me!" Chang Sen turned around and said.
"Yes, yes...it's because!" Bai Buyi's body was shaking with fat, "It's because...it can't be fished out..."
"Okay!" Chang Sen grinned, "Okay!"
As he said that, his face suddenly changed, "Torture!"
"Master Hou! Master Hou!" the two people exclaimed.
As the two screamed, Chang Sen grinned and showed his white teeth. He turned around and said to Yan Zheng, who was standing there, "You can understand such a simple matter in just three times, five, five and two. You have to talk to me."