Tian Ergeng's words not only surprised the villagers, but even the soldiers of Jinyiwei and Jingying were stunned, as for Cui Yingyuan, who was beside him, he almost wanted to step forward and shake him awake, but Tian Ergeng, who was too frightened by him.

The words that Tian Ergeng once regarded as difficult to say began to flow out of his mouth without hindrance after he stammered the first sentence.

After watching the attention of the Zhuang guests in the audience finally attracted by himself, Tian Ergeng shouted nervously and excitedly: "Are you planning to beat people to death like this, even if you seek justice?" ”

"These village heads and companions bully us villagers on weekdays, aren't you here to administer justice for us? Why don't you let us hit him? Someone in the crowd said indignantly.

As this voice answered, the Zhuang guests also echoed one after another, and their eyes showed a look of distrust for Tian Ergeng and the sergeants around him.

Tian Ergeng didn't care about the disrespect of the person who spoke just now, but continued to shout: "Of course this is not justice, this is just a private vent of anger. If you want to seek justice, you should tell you about the grievances you have suffered, and then let them accept the court's justice for their crimes and mistakes.

If you just beat them to death, who will know your grievances? Outsiders don't know what crime they committed and died, they only know that there was a civil rebellion in Huangzhuang and people were killed. You are not seeking justice now, but helping them cover up their crimes. ”

Looking at Zhang Ying, who used to show off his power in the village, now he is lying on the ground with his head in his hands. Ye Qi's heart felt a lot more relaxed, he gritted his teeth and suddenly walked out of the crowd, tilted his head and said to Tian Ergeng on the stage.

"But how do we know if you officials will let them go after receiving the benefits?"

"Yes, yes, these bosses and companions know a lot of nobles, what if they are released and come back to take revenge on us."

"Bold, what is your identity, you dare to talk to adults like this..."Yang Huan saw that the Zhuang Ke who were originally pushing each other with the sergeant quieted down under Tian Ergeng's words, and suddenly thought about showing a thing or two in front of adults.

He saw that a young villager dared to stand rudely and raise his head to talk to the adults, and suddenly stepped forward with two brocade guards, intending to punish one or two, and by the way, kill chickens and monkeys, and deter these ignorant villagers.

The villagers, who were originally a little quiet under Tian Ergeng's words, suddenly began to be a little dissatisfied, and several teenagers stopped in front of Yang Huan and the others, not allowing them to arrest Ye Qi.

Looking at the Zhuang guests who had calmed down a little, when they were excited by Yang Huan's actions, Tian Ergeng suddenly scolded Yang Huan, a henchman.

"This idiot is simply not enough to achieve and more to lose." Tian Ergeng thought so in his heart, but his mouth didn't stop, and he scolded angrily: "Stop, Yang Huan, you back off for me." ”

Hearing Tian Ergeng's angry voice, Yang Huan realized that he seemed to be patting the horse's leg on the horse's leg.

He curtly lowered his hand on the hilt of the knife and quietly took 4 or 5 steps back. After watching the official on the stage scolding his subordinates, the villagers breathed a sigh of relief. Although their emotions are extremely excited now, the official on the stage has been helping them after all.

Moreover, this official said that he represented His Majesty, so these Zhuang guests did not break through the constraints of the last wisdom. They always expected that this Jinyi Wei master, who represented His Majesty, would be able to breathe a bad breath for them.

Tian Ergeng looked at Ye Qi who was standing in front of the crowd, and a trace of unhappiness quickly flashed in his eyes, but he said with a smile on his face: "You have this worry, and you should do it." Since you are not sure whether they will get a fair trial, you can elect a few representatives of high moral standing to participate in the prosecution and trial of them. I see that you are so righteous and outspoken, it can be seen that you should have a good reputation in the village, and you can be the first villager representative. ”

Originally, he was going to disagree, so he instigated the Zhuang guests to break down the blocking line in front of them, composed of thin soldiers, and killed the five brothers of the Zhang family first, Ye Qi, who listened to Tian Ergeng's response, and suddenly hesitated.

Ye Qi, who is also a clever person in Huangzhuang, is one of the few bankers who can freely enter and exit Huangzhuang and Shunyi City.

The steward eunuch runs a small restaurant in Shunyi, but Ye Qi's family has the skill of making wine. Using the grain produced in Huangzhuang to make wine, and then selling it in Shunyi, is one of the means for the stewards and eunuchs to make extra money.

It is precisely because he can go out freely that Ye Qi is a person who has seen the world. He knows best what a group of shameless and cruel people these stewards and eunuchs, official schools, village heads, and companions in the imperial village are.

So he had been preventing several teenagers from going out before, for fear of forming a grudge with the Zhang brothers, and then inviting revenge.

But with the appearance of Granny Yan, these teenagers finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed out to testify against the Zhang brothers.

The life of the Zhuang guests in Huangzhuang is difficult, not to mention the heavy taxes, and they have to endure the bullying and exploitation of the stewards and eunuchs, the official school, the head of the village, and the companions. Most of the bankers can barely survive, and most of them need to support each other, so the relationship between most bankers is relatively solid.

Ye Qi watched these teenagers grow up, and they were like brothers. The death of Brother Hao of the Yan family has made him blame himself, complaining about why he followed his father on a long journey, but no one in the village stopped Brother Hao'er's impulse, which led to the tragedy of the Yan family.

And now, since several teenagers have impulsively gone out to testify against the Zhang brothers, Ye Qi, who understands the ruthlessness of the Zhang brothers, does not plan to let the Zhang brothers leave this venue alive, and he has helped to incite the anger of the villagers.

Ye Qi's idea is that the law does not blame the public, as long as everyone rushes up and kills the Zhang brothers, presumably the official family will not be able to hold so many people accountable. Afterwards, he also planned to flee the village and go to the south to earn a living.

However, the unexpected actions and words of the brocade-clothed official on the stage made the bankers hesitate. On impulse, Ye Qi suddenly jumped out, hoping to expose the lies of these officials and gentlemen, so that the bankers would not be fooled.

But the legendary lawlessness and the official of the brocade guard who could stop the crying of children did not use his power to pressure them to succumb, but agreed to let them elect representatives to participate in the trial, which made Ye Qi stunned for a moment.

When Ye Qi was in a daze, a middle-aged man in his 40s plucked up the courage to ask Tian Ergeng on the stage: "This official, is what you said true?" Are you really here to do justice to us? ”

Tian Ergeng looked at the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Your Majesty." Since Your Majesty said that he would give you justice, is there anything you don't believe? ”

An elderly farmer suddenly said in a voice: "In the play, it is said that the emperor is all golden mouths, since this official said that he meant long live the lord, then he will definitely not deceive us poor people." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he knelt on the ground in the direction of the southwest capital, and muttered in his mouth: "Long live the Lord Shengming, remember our poor people, the original Buddha blessed Long Live Lord to live a long life..."

With this old man taking the lead, the villagers in the venue all knelt down one after another, praising the emperor in the direction of Beijing.

Then the villagers quickly elected 9 people, plus Ye Qi designated by Tian Ergeng, a total of 10 representatives.

These 10 people are all relatively authoritative figures in the village, and with their assistance, the order of the venue suddenly became neat.

When the bankers complained about the sins of these bankers and their companions, although they were emotional, there was no longer any sign of the chaos that had just now almost rioted.

Zhang Ying has just been beaten by dozens of people, plus he was beaten 10 times before, and now he is almost half his life.

Looking at Zhang Ying's fate, the remaining brothers of the Zhang family and the rest of the Zhuang Tou and his companions became extremely honest, and admitted the accusations of these Zhuang guests one by one.

The Jinyiwei Bookstore, which is responsible for recording the content of the complaint, has experienced a lot of shady scenes inside Jinyiwei, but it is still shocked by the evil deeds of these Zhuang heads and companions.

No matter how evil Jinyiwei is, he has a bottom line. Moreover, Dongchang and Jinyiwei generally have two purposes, one is to compete for power, and the other is to seek wealth.

But these bosses and companions are harmful, sometimes just because they want to have fun.

According to the records of these crimes, except for the youngest of the Zhang brothers, a total of seven of them should be sentenced to death, while nearly 20 of the more than 40 people should be sent to the frontier to serve as soldiers, and the rest should be imprisoned for two to three years.

The law enforcement system of Huangzhuang has always been under the jurisdiction of the celebrant supervision, and the locality, the criminal department, and the Dali Temple have no right to intervene. But just one village is going to sentence 7 people to death, and even Tian Ergeng is a little uneasy in his heart.

There are about 30 villages in the three imperial villages, and according to this ratio, basically 2-3 hundred people will be sentenced to death.

Although there were 249 types of death sentences in the Ming Dynasty, there were 13 types of death sentences for miscellaneous criminals and 20 types of death sentences under the Regulations on Questioning Punishment. However, the power of the death penalty lies in the hands of the emperor, and in order to stabilize the hearts of the society, the Ming Emperor generally adopts a cautious killing attitude.

Except for the Taizu and Chengzu periods, other years in which the Ming Emperor executed death row prisoners never exceeded 1,000 people a year, and there were even years in which only more than 10 people were executed in a year.

Now that the three Huangzhuang are cleaned up, about 2 or 300 people will be executed, Tian Ergeng is afraid that this will make Chongzhen dissatisfied with him and think that he is a cool official. So after nightfall he shut himself up in his room and pondered the question of punishment.