Chapter VII: Grievances

Li Yuntian regarded this trip as a honeymoon trip, enjoying life to the fullest, and staying and flying with the green calyx on Poyang Lake, as if he had forgotten that he was the county prince of Hukou County, and had completely become a boy who traveled in the mountains and rivers. I'll tell you that the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?

One morning a few days later, on the busy lake with water transportation, Li Yuntian stood on the bow of the big boat that broke the waves, blowing a slightly cool lake breeze, and looking at the rippling blue waters of the lake, his mood suddenly brightened, and he left all his worries and troubles behind for a while.

"My lord, there's Whitewater Town ahead." A round-faced man of medium stature approached him and pointed to a town in the distance with cargo ships parked on the docks.

The round-faced strong man is Luo Ming, the head of the station class in Hukou County, and the three generations of his ancestors have been on errand in the station class of the county government, which can be described as the station class family of Hukou County, and has a lot of influence in the county office.

Baishui Town is the largest town in Hukou County, with the busiest cargo terminal in Jiujiang Province - Baishui Wharf.

The reason why Li Yuntian came here was because he heard that there was a restaurant in the town that the braised fish was a must in Jiangkou County, so he brought the green calyx to taste.

When approaching the dock, Green Calyx and Xiao Cui came out of the cabin, and for the sake of convenience, Green Calyx changed into men's clothes and became a handsome boy, with red lips and white teeth, protruding forward and backward, looking unique, which made Li Yuntian's heart flutter slightly.

The town is bustling with pedestrians and noisy sounds, and the stalls on both sides are full of customers, and the market seems to be quite bustling.

Under the guidance of Luo Ming, Li Yuntian and his entourage soon arrived at the restaurant, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant knew Luo Ming and hurriedly invited them to a private room upstairs.

Luo Ming didn't stay in the same room with Li Yuntian, he led people to the private room opposite, so as not to ruin Li Yuntian's interest.

The wine and food were quickly served, and the main dish was naturally the restaurant's best braised fish.

Li Yuntian took a chopstick and tasted it, the fish was delicious and had a long aftertaste, and it really lived up to its reputation.

After three rounds of drinking, just as he was enthusiastically telling Lu Cao and Xiao Cui how the Forbidden City was majestic, the door was suddenly pushed open.

A figure flashed in, knelt on the ground with a thud, held a white object high in both hands, and said loudly, "Lord Qingtian, the grass people have grievances to be avenged." ”

Li Yuntian looked fixedly, and the person kneeling there was a thin middle-aged man in a coarse cloth shirt, with several patches on his clothes, holding a piece of paper in his hand, with wrinkles on his face, dark and rough skin, and calluses on his hands.

At the same time, Luo Ming, who heard the noise, rushed over from the private room opposite with a few big men, and the two big men picked up the emaciated middle-aged man and dragged him out of the door.

"If you have any grievances, tell me carefully, and this official will be the master for you." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, since the other party recognized him, then he naturally couldn't be indifferent, so he waved his hand to signal the two big men to put down the emaciated middle-aged man, and asked quietly.

"Master Qiyu, the grass man is Liu Bo, a fisherman from Baishui Town, and Zhang Youcai, a grain merchant in the town, not only raped the grass man's daughter, causing the grass man's daughter to commit suicide by throwing herself into the lake, but also instructed the servants to beat the grass man's son to death. One of the grass people's legs was also crippled by someone he sent, and the grass people's mother-in-law couldn't bear the pain of losing her son, and soon fell ill and died. ”

The middle-aged man raised his head, climbed to the wine table on his knees, and said to Li Yuntian with a sad expression, "Master, the grass people's family of four is separated by yin and yang, please let the grass people be the master." ”

"How can this be reasonable, in broad daylight, Lang Lang, there are such murderers doing evil!" Hearing this, Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and slapped the table hard, looking angry, and said to Liu Bo in a deep voice, "You get up, Master Ben will definitely give you justice." ”

"Master Xie Qingtian, Master Xie Qingtian." Liu Bo's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he limped to the side and stood bent.

"Luo Bantou, bring that Zhang Youcai and that evil slave to Master Ben, and Master Ben will hold a trial here." Subsequently, Li Yuntian gave an order to Luo Ming in a deep voice.

Luo Ming hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something to Li Yuntian, but the corners of his mouth squirmed and he couldn't say it, arched his hand at Li Yuntian, and led the two of them to leave quickly.

"Master, this matter is strange, you have to be careful." After Luo Ming left, Lu Calyx leaned into Li Yuntian's ear and whispered a reminder, looking a little worried, this time Li Yuntian was traveling in a micro-service, how did Liu Bo know that he was coming? And he also found the private room where he was.

"Don't worry, the master knows it." Li Yuntian patted Lu Calyx's hand under the table and comforted her softly.

Then, his gaze fell on Liu Bo, who was standing there with his bent down, his brows furrowed slightly.

Li Yuntian has heard about Liu Bo's affairs, some time ago he seemed to have no intention of political affairs, he didn't go out of the door, and he didn't step out of the second door, but in fact, he asked Li Manshan to inquire about the affairs of Hukou County in private, and he already knew some of the grievances and grievances in the county.

This case occurred in the first half of last year, Liu Bo's daughter Liu Xiaolian sent fish to Zhang Youcai's mansion, and was inadvertently bumped into by Zhang Youcai.

Afterwards, Zhang Youcai asked his subordinates to send Liu Bo twenty taels of silver, and told Liu Bo that the ten taels of silver he owed to the Zhang family did not have to be repaid.

Liu Bo is an honest and responsible person, he didn't dare to deal with the rich and powerful Zhang Youcai, he wanted to settle things like this, and try his best to find Liu Xiaolian to marry her in-laws from other places, who would have thought that Liu Xiaolian would commit suicide by throwing herself into the lake that night.

Liu Xiaolian's brother Liu Husheng was young and vigorous, but his sister was so angry, he went to Zhang's mansion to reason with Zhang Youcai, but was beaten violently by Zhang Youcai's servants and killed at the door of Zhang's house.

When Liu Bo and his wife arrived, Liu Husheng was already out of breath, and Liu Bo's wife fainted on the spot, fell seriously ill, and died of illness not long after.

A good family fell apart in an instant, although Liu Bo is an honest man, but the clay man still has three points of fire.

Moreover, the more honest people usually are, the more stubborn they are, after burying his wife, Liu Bo, whose family was ruined, resolutely asked the lawyer to write a complaint to the county government, preparing to seek justice for his wife and children.

The former magistrate of Hukou County opened a court to hear the case, Zhang Youcai came prepared, and bit back in the lobby, not only framing Liu Xiaolian as a **** who attracts bees and butterflies and is a good person, but also fell into the water and died, and even Liu Husheng's death was said to be a violent death.

Because Zhang Youcai found a lot of human and physical evidence, but Liu Bo did not have a single witness by his side, he had to watch things being reversed, and he was convicted of false accusation by the magistrate, and ate a solid meal.

After being beaten from the board, Liu Bo was thrown out of the county government by the yamen, and was broken by a group of ruffians guarding outside the yamen in public, which was Zhang Youcai's revenge on him, and it was also a warning to others not to go against the Zhang family.

If it weren't for Chen Bozhao Chen of Baishui Town to send someone to send Liu Bo for treatment, I'm afraid his life would be gone.

Looking at the entire Hukou County, only Chen Bozhao dared to save Liu Bo, because the Chen family was the sworn enemy of the Zhang family, how could he let go of such a good opportunity to stumble on the Zhang family.

At the end of last year, Liu Bo went to the government office in Jiujiang City to beat drums and voice grievances.

Although he was a lawsuit filed by a higher level, it stands to reason that the government office does not need to accept it, but because two lives were involved and the cause of trouble was serious, the prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture personally opened a court to try the case.

As in the case of the county government, because Zhang Youcai had all kinds of favorable human and physical evidence, Liu Bo lost the case again, was convicted of a false accusation by the prefect, and was firmly punished with 30 boards, and asked the magistrate of Hukou County to take him back and reprimand.

As a result, the former magistrate of Hukou County arrested Liu Bo and put him in prison on charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and he was not released until two months ago.

If it weren't for Chen Bozhao's secret dredging, he would have died in prison.

Speaking of which, Liu Bo can be released thanks to Li Yuntian.

After Li Yuntian came to Hukou County to take office, he not only rectified the officials, but also checked the case files of those prisoners in the county prison, and he found that some prisoners had been detained for a long time because of relatively minor crimes, so he released those people with a stroke of his pen, including Liu Bo.

In the past, Li Yuntian already knew why those prisoners were locked up in the prison for so long, and thought that the people of the county government were derelict in their duties, but now he is clear about the doorway of the opposite, I am afraid that he has either offended someone like Liu Bo, or the people of the county government want to extort bamboo and arrest people in prison for their families to pay for ransom.

As for why Zhang Youcai can run rampant in Baishui Town, because his own brother is Zhang Youde and Zhang Si of the county yahufang, who dares to provoke him in Hukou County.

This is also the reason why Luo Ming hesitated just now, he should have reminded Li Yuntian of Zhang Youcai's details, but in the end he didn't say it, his behavior was very intriguing.

In fact, Li Yuntian didn't come to Baishui Town this time to eat braised fish at all, but wanted to meet Chen Bozhao, but he didn't expect Liu Bo to appear here, which was really unexpected for him.

Liu Bo's case has already been tried by the government office, and according to the regulations, Li Yuntian cannot accept the case, unless there is conclusive evidence that this is an unjust case, and then he takes the evidence and reports it to the Jiujiang Prefecture, and only with the approval of the prefect can he take Liu Bo's case and open a trial.

If Liu Bo doesn't understand this truth, it is understandable, but Chen Bozhao should know this rule, Liu Bo has neither evidence nor physical evidence now, how can he avenge Liu Bo? Forcibly holding a court trial will be punished by the superiors.

Liu Bo can find him to complain, Chen Bozhao must be the driving force behind the scenes, otherwise how would Liu Bo and the grass people know his whereabouts?

Regarding Chen Bozhao's move, Li Yuntian couldn't understand his intentions.