I was playing ball, and I was just thinking about getting away with it, and I forgot to cut the knot book.
"Provincial Governor Mingjian, where did he give us the knot-cutting book? He clearly robbed it by force!"
"Yes, this money is not even enough to buy steamed cakes, so he is sending beggars away!"
"He forced it into me, Governor Mingjian!"
"Provincial Governor Mingjian, don't listen to what Mr. He said. He raped a common woman, not a human being!"
"..." "..."
The people complained one after another.
He Wei's face turned pale and he was about to speak. The head of the He family next to him slowly turned back and looked at the people.
When the common people saw the warning and murderous intent in the eyes of the head of the He family, they immediately fell silent.
They remembered something.
How could the common people compete with the gentry? Even the government had to rely on them.
I'm afraid this governor is not going to let it go.
The people were scared and their eyes were red with disappointment.
"The book of cutting is outside, I will order someone to get it now." The head of the He family withdrew his warning eyes and turned back to bow to Xie Yuan.
Cui Xunzhi wanted to speak, but Xie Yuan nodded: "Okay, then I will be waiting here. When will the cutting book be brought, when will it be proven that the young master is engaged in human trafficking, when will I release him."
In this era, personal buying and selling is common.
He can't stop it, this is the general trend.
The head of the He family gave the servant next to him a look. The servant understood and immediately left with the people.
While waiting, Cui Xunzhi walked over and bowed, and asked quietly: "Master, this disciple is confused - look at the appearance of the He family and his son, it is clear that they have not written the knot cutting book, why did the master ask the head of the He family to go back and get the knot knot?"
Book?"
"If you don't let him take it, it will be difficult to convince the public and release these women." Xie Yuan said with a smile.
Cui Xunzhi was stunned, and then his eyes suddenly trembled: "Master means..."
Xie Yuan blinked at Cui Xunzhi and made a silent gesture to her.
Cui Xunzhi understood and stopped talking.
After everyone waited for two cups of tea, the servant that the head of the He family had sent away quickly came back, bowed to the head of the He family, and then placed a pile of paper on the table in front of Xie Yuan.
Xie Yuan read a few pictures and slowly reached out to rub the paper.
This action made the head of the He family feel his heart in his throat.
For a moment, Xie Yuan slowly stretched out his hand, and the darkness at his fingertips was particularly eye-catching.
He looked at the head of the He family with a smile on his face: "The head of the He family is really eager to prepare. The ink is not even dry on this book. It seems that it is indeed a cut book."
The head of the He family was embarrassed for a while.
It was still exposed.
"Come here, the head of the He family secretly created the Knot Book to protect his son. This is regarded as disregarding the law and he will be punished with twenty floggings." Xie Yuan raised the so-called Knot Book with a smile on his face.
The attendants came up to restrain the head of the He family. The head of the He family became anxious and immediately shouted: "I, the He family, have dozens of officials in the court - Xie Yuan, how dare you bully the official family!"
"The families of officials are also common people. Dazai once told me that I can manage the common people in Yangzhou. Now the head of the He family says that I can't control it, so why not? The head of the He family no longer wants to be a common people. He wants to be a common people.
If you are unworthy of your descendants, will you be able to rebel and rebel?" The smile on Xie Yuan's face became even wider.
These words directly blocked the curse of the head of the He family in his throat.
If the two high hats of being unfilial and treason are given to him, he will be able to take advantage of them.
Not only him, but the entire He family in Lujiang will be wiped out and their heads will be displayed to the public.
Just like the Fan Yang Lu family back then.
Thinking of this, the head of the He family could only grit his teeth and let Xie Yuan get beaten twenty times.
Seeing that the head of the He family was defeated, the eyes of the common people shone again.
Xie Yuan dares to hit the head of the He family, can he also handle the case of nobles seizing civilian women?
A slap in the face would kill half the life of the pampered He and his son.
Xie Yuan sat upright and began to interrogate the case: "He Wei, someone has accused you of robbing a girl, can you plead guilty?"
"I don't plead guilty. These are all lies!" He Wei immediately lied.
"Bring witnesses."
After Xie Yuan finished speaking, a pale-faced woman was helped up.
This woman was the one whose family was ruined after being robbed.
When Xie Yuan came today, this woman had been looking for life and death and was locked up in the woodshed.
Because he paid special attention to this woman, Xie Yuan found someone to take her out.
The woman knelt down in the courtroom and kowtowed hard to Xie Yuan: "A civilian woman sued He Wei, the third man of the He family, for robbing civilian girls, oppressing the people, and forcing the civilian women's families to death. Why do you ask the governor to make the decision for the civilian women?"
This knock caused her forehead to break.
Xie Yuan nodded: "If it is true that he raped a civilian girl, I will naturally uphold justice for you."
"You said I forced your family to death, where is the evidence?" He Wei chuckled.
"You colluded with the county magistrate and asked my father to be beaten to death after his lawsuit failed. He was beaten to death by you!" The woman suddenly raised her head and stared at He Wei with splitting eyes.
He Wei was a little scared, and he shrank his neck and looked at the head of the He family as if asking for help.
The head of the He family gave him a look of relief, and then said in a deep voice: "Your father died of illness, why did you beat him to death? Little woman, don't speak arrogantly and slander the children of the gentry! If you are found out,
, be careful, your three clans are not protected!"
The woman's face suddenly turned pale and she subconsciously looked at Xie Yuan.
"The head of the He family does not have an official position, but he does have a lot of authority." Xie Yuanxiao, "Since her father was beaten to death, we invited the widower to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Not to mention that it is disrespectful to the corpse to open the coffin for an autopsy. It has been three months, the weather is hot now, and the corpse has already decomposed. How to conduct an autopsy?
The woman was fine and agreed to Xie Yuan's request.
Xie Yuan then invited his uncle to dig out the coffin of the woman's father and open the coffin for autopsy.
The moment the coffin was pried open, a stench hit the sky.
Despite the stench all over his body, Wu Zuo inspected the corpse in front of everyone. He found that the leg bones were broken and continued the inspection. Then there was a trace of shock in his eyes——
"Prefect, this old man was beaten to death. The flogging should have been on the buttocks, but the executioner broke his ribs and the ribs pierced his internal organs, and he died."
He Wei still wanted to quibble, but Xie Yuan arrested the person who was to be executed that day.
These people have all been beaten and confessed truthfully.
"You executed people secretly, oppressed women, forced common people to death, and ignored the laws and regulations made by me. You are so audacious!" Xie Yuan chuckled, then said coldly,
"I order the He family and his son to release the civilian women without delay. The He family and his son have perverted the law for personal gain, oppressed the people, and sentenced them to thirty floggings, no family property, and assassination from the frontier!" This chapter has been completed!