Han Lian took a deep breath and said to Wu Kejiu: "Outside of the little member, I only have one daughter, Yueniang, who has been a baby since she was a child, and she is afraid of melting in her mouth, and she is afraid of breaking it in her hand, and she has not suffered any grievances since she was a child." Don't say that she is a maid and a concubine, my daughter is unwilling, even if she is willing, she will not serve others. The small ones persuade the little ones, don't look for a family, why force us to be at home. ”

Cao Jucheng on the side heard this, and couldn't help but say: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about!" My cousin only wanted to accept your daughter because he saw that she was a little beautiful. If you talk about concubines, how many of my cousins' families don't have them, and there is still one in your family! We have traveled all over Linying County, and there is no one who looks as good as your daughter, and there is no one who can compare to her by three or four points. Because she accepts her, where do you want her to serve! When I arrived at Wu's house, I naturally ate and drank well, and there were maids and maids waiting for me. You old man, why are you so ignorant! ”

Han Lian shook his head and ignored the two of them with a dark face.

Wu Kejiu thought in his heart and shouted: "Come on, this old man doesn't need to be punished!" ”

At this moment, suddenly there was a commotion outside. Before the people inside could react, several big men rushed in.

Wei Zhisi, who was walking in the front, looked at the situation in the room, and suddenly changed color: "Chen Jiejie, are you confused?" You have captured people with archers, how can you let civilians interrogate here? The official asked, how to explain? ”

Wei Zhusi is a subordinate of the county order, and Chen Jie's top boss is the county lieutenant, hearing this, he said indifferently: "The Han family was originally a foot shop to which the Wu family's 'Qixiangju' belonged, and they sold other liquor in the store, so it was not appropriate for them to come to the trial!" ”

Wei Zhisi said sharply: "What kind of nonsense, let the people go to the official office to lynch, your sin is not small!" The money is all over, take people away quickly! Also, Chen Jiejie is confused, and he will be detained first as soon as he is released, and wait for the official to decide! ”

Qian Du, who followed behind, had his hands forked, and commanded his subordinates to step forward, and even Chen Jiejie grabbed them together.

Chen Jiejie was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Zhu Si, County Lieutenant Xu is still in the countryside and has not returned to the county, how can you arrest me?" ”

Wei Zhisi's face sank as if he was about to drip water: "Just now, the state quickly came down and said that we were harassing the people in the name of prohibiting alcohol. The county will not try this case again, and two days after tomorrow, the Sutong verdict in Benzhou will come, and he will try it himself! ”

Hearing this, Chen Jiejie was taken aback: "A small case, why did it alarm the state?" ”

"Are you pretending to be confused? You are arresting a petty official from Du Juren in this county, who is a township tribute jinshi, and when he arrives in the state, he will hand it over in the form of a piece of paper, and the governor will personally receive him. After asking about the reason, he asked the general judge to try it himself. You're in a big mess this time! ”

It's certainly not that simple. Shi County Ling ignores political affairs, the former governor doesn't care about him, and the new governor is different. Mei Xun, who just came to Zhizhou, was released to Xuzhou with a bachelor from Hanlin, and as soon as he came, he heard about the strange thing of Shi County's order, and he had already thought of impeaching him. It happened that at this time, Du Xun went to the state to sue, and with this reason, he just came to clean up the Shi County Order, and the others were all incidental.

In the trial of this kind of case, no matter how much attention the state attaches importance to it, it is enough to send a record to join the army or to judge or push the official. The general judgment has the duty of supervising the officials of the state, and it is in response to the Shi County Order.

Su Shunqin entered the office with grace, and later passed the Jinshi examination, and he was proud of his talents and was extremely high-spirited. Now is the time for the rise of the status of scholars, and Su Shunqin himself is one of the most vocal among the scholars at this time. As soon as he heard that the Xianggongshi was being bullied like this in the county, he became angry. At that moment, a warrant was issued to the county, and then he and Du Xun hurried over.

Wei Absi got the warrant and was shocked, knowing that this time the matter was a big trouble. He is an old official, he has seen everything in the officialdom, and after thinking about it for a while, he understands that Shi County's order is only afraid of being planted. Immediately talk to the county order, and then bring the head of the capital over, and take the prisoner away first.

Shi County's order is an old man with a special name, and the things in the officialdom are far less clear than Wei Zhisi, and when he was still confused there, Wei Zhisi had already acted resolutely. first sent someone to watch the Han family's foot shop, and did not allow Wu Kejiu's people to harass him again, and then sent a capable subordinate to find out the cause and effect of the matter, and then came to pick up people in person.

What alcohol is forbidden or not, the general judge came in person, and he didn't come here for this matter. It is not a major case such as a human life lawsuit, and it is rare for a general judgment to be heard directly, and it is just that other officials have completed the general judgment and the governor has reviewed it. When the general judgment came, it must have come towards the officials of Linying County.

As soon as the matter was asked, the Du family and the Han family made wine from the lees, and they played a sideline game, or they did not violate the ban, and Wei Zhisi knew how to deal with it. Su Tongju and Du Xun came back together, the tendency is very obvious, and there is no need to ask again about this case.

Qian Dutou Wei Zhu Sima was the first to look forward, and he took someone to take Chen Jiejie at the moment.

Wei Zhusi pointed at Wu Kejiu and said: "This Diao Min, how dare he buy off the public and lynch him in the place of the official, is there still a court law in his eyes?" I took it together, and when the general sentence came, I asked for the guilt! ”

Qian Du made a promise and led someone to take Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng together.

Wu Kejiu was shocked, he has always wanted wind and rain in Linying County, how could he ever have such a thing, shouting there.

Wei Zhisi knew in his heart that there must be a big disaster for the Wu family this time, and he frowned at the moment, making people block Wu Kejiu's mouth.

Put people in custody and put people in custody, and put people in place, Wei Zhisi looked at the house, frowned, and said: "County Lieutenant Xu is also ignorant, the county government has its own cell, why did he get this place out again?" When the sentence came, it was another sin. Qian Dutou, you go out and order all the archers, send people, and wait for them, and all of them withdraw to the county office. Whose yard is this, count the money to him, and it will have nothing to do with the county in the future. ”

The money was all answered, and he took his subordinates to do it in a hurry.

In both the state and county, there are often private cells outside of the formal cells where special prisoners are held. For example, female prisoners, even pregnant and the like, are not suitable to be kept in formal prison cells. This is a gray area, everything is normal and naturally fine, at this juncture, if the general sentence is asked, it is locked in a private prison, and it is a criminal evidence of the county's failure to repair political affairs.

The Du family made wine from sake lees, and without Wu Kejiu's dedication to cleaning up the Han family, it would have been fine. Now that the matter has come out, Du Zhongxiao's body has been punished again, and according to the meaning of the handwritten sentence, it must not be good. After Su Tong was judged to be from a famous family, he was a limelight figure in Shilin, this time it was the Xianggong Jinshi who was deceived by the local wealthy, how could he not find a reason to get back to the field? The governor is coming to the county order of the county, and the general judgment may not be.

Wei Abssi has been in this position for many years, and he knows the doorway better than anyone else. The injuries on Du Zhongxiao's body were ordered by Wu Kejiu to be beaten, and they belonged to the lynching of the people in the official government, and it was only Chen Jiejie who colluded with Wu Kejiu who was unlucky to be investigated. As soon as this small courtyard was withdrawn, when asked in the future, the people in the county did not know about this place and this matter, and they all pushed it to Wu Kejiu and Chen Jiejie.

Everything was ordered, and Wei Zhisi said to Du Zhongxiao: "Little official, the Wu family sued you for colluding with the Han family's foot shop to sell private wine, which is a serious crime in the imperial court. Although it is not appropriate for them to be tried here, but whether they are guilty or not will be judged after all. If you have an injury, I will call a wise doctor to treat you later, but I can't let you go back, and you will be wronged in the county cell for a day or two. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Oshi, why don't we brew privately?" It's just that Wu Kejiu fell in love with the daughter of the Han family and forcibly accepted her as a concubine, so he colluded with Chen Jiejie and falsely accused us. Charge Si Mingjian, we have really been wronged, why don't we just let it go home? ”

Wei Absi sighed: "Alas, little official, the matter has come to an end, and if you don't figure it out, I'm afraid it won't be over." Selling private liquor in this dynasty is a serious crime, and if someone sues him, he must be tried clearly, and the prisoner cannot be released, nor can he wronged a good person. Taking a step back, it was really Wu Kejiu's false accusation, which is also a crime, and it must be tried clearly. The petty official was helpless, and he was wronged in prison for two days, and waited for the general verdict to come and try it in person. ”

At this point, Du Zhongxiao knew that his father's case was probably successful. And looking at Wei Zhisi's nervous appearance, I was afraid that the people who came to the trial would be not small. Although he is not very familiar with the current official system, Du Zhongxiao also knows that it is not a trivial matter for the general judge to come in person.

Seeing that Wei Abssi hurriedly urged the detainees to leave, Chen Jiejie hurriedly said: "Abbot, we belong to colleagues, so let's inform the county lieutenant!" ”

Wei Zhisi said impatiently: "When the general judgment comes, the county officials will welcome it from afar, and I have already informed the county lieutenant." Don't be lucky, you don't want to be lucky, even County Lieutenant Xu was hurt by you this time, don't expect him to speak for you! ”

Wu Kejiu was most familiar with the county lieutenant of this county, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but become anxious, and said to Wei Zhisi: "You are just a small official, how can you manage the affairs of the county lieutenant?" Let me go back quickly, or wait until the county lieutenant returns—"

Wei Absi said coldly: "When the county lieutenant comes back, I'm afraid that I will send you to death row!" robbing people's daughters, colluding with public officials to detain good people, and daring to lynch here, which is not a felony! If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful with your palm! ”

Hearing this, Qian Dutou on the side picked up the torture instrument next to his palm, and looked at Wu Kejiu viciously.

The Wu family is a wealthy family in their hometown, and they usually work as a prestige in the county, and I don't know how many officials have received their benefits. Even Wei Absi himself also takes money from the Wu family every month. It's just that this time the general sentence came to try in person, and the officials in the county didn't dare to play tricks, and they couldn't take care of everything.

Wei Zhisi was also afraid that Wu Kejiu would be forced to be anxious and shake everything out, and everyone would be ugly at that time. It was a warning first, so that Wu Kejiu would not talk nonsense. If the person is detained, Wei Zhusi will also inform the Wu family, don't tell all the dirt in the past, otherwise everyone will not be able to step down. This time, it was Wu Kejiu who messed things up, and everything was pushed on him, and the Wu family found a way to be rescued slowly afterwards.