There are more and more family members who came to reinforce outside Shuntian Mansion, about no less than 200 people, and the crowd is crowding in front of the yamen.

And the Liu family suddenly broke out, it was inevitable that the father and son became arrogant and looked down on poor relatives, and the people who came and went were all decent big families, so the relatives were reluctant to come if something happened, and the friends did not want to come with their own identities, and the number of people on both sides was high.

The messenger was busy separating the two groups of people, and the scolding between each other was endless, and the Zhou family had the upper hand.

There is no need for Yu Qian to hear these cases in person, and today the second-in-command Fu Cheng and a general judge are sitting in court, and the relevant witnesses have been brought from other places.

Xu Hao had nothing to do and wandered around the corner of the hall to watch the excitement, and the officials didn't care about him when he received his benefits.

Liu Gongzi invited a well-known lawyer Song Qiaozui, and the complaint read: Liu Yuan, the supervisor of the complaint, is the filial son of Liu Sixiao, the governor of Tongzhou, Hebei, and the lawsuit is a fortune plot: unfortunately marrying a wicked Zhou Du woman as a wife, this woman is not virtuous, and the paradox of disobedience cannot be counted.

On the sixth day of the first month, because of a small suspicion of family matters, he was armed with a sharp knife and wanted to kill Yuan. Liu Yuan therefore avoided and went out on the street.

Zhou Du led a total of more than 200 relatives to flock into the house, beat Liu Yuan to death, destroyed the doors and windows, and robbed all the jewelry and clothes.

still want to cheat money, make false accusations, and appeal against grievances. Sued: Zhou Du, more than 200 people from Zhou Bala and Zhou clans. Dry evidence: Neighbor Yu Chengxian, Gao's.

To say that the case has dragged on for many days, the complaint will usually be heard soon, unless there is evidence or other reasons, such as the official is sick.

And this case turned out to be that Liu Gongzi was worried about losing the lawsuit, so he secretly found a money-hungry Zhou Qing of the Zhou family.

Zhou Qing is in his thirties, and he is still Zhou Du's grandfather in terms of seniority, and the whole Zhou family hates him but is afraid of him. Liu Gongzi asked Zhou Qing to let the Zhou family stop, and promised to compensate 500 taels of silver in addition to the dowry, and the 20 acres of land for the marriage were also returned to Zhao.

But he forgot that Zhou Qing was a mixed bag. I cared most about a face, and said at the time: "If you want to make peace, go and tell your father-in-law yourself, although I see silver like a fly seeing blood, but I don't want to sell my granddaughter for money!" I want to be sorry for my granddaughter who died unjustly, don't think about it. ”

Zhou Qing immediately left, Liu Gongzi knew that he couldn't hide it from his father, so he sent his family to Tongzhou to report the news in the starry night. instructed him to find Mr. Yin and Yang on the grounds of human life, deliberately leaving difficulties, and it was delayed for seven or eight days.

What he has seen and heard these days, Xu Hao knows that the corruption of Shuntianfu has reached a very powerful level, which shows the local atmosphere, so it is difficult to say that the officials are difficult to govern, and the Ming Dynasty is not the separation of powers? In fact, no matter how perfect the system is, it can only rely on personal ethics in the end.

Sixty taels of silver for corruption were skinned and executed, and there were various punishments such as Ling Chi. What's worse is that it will implicate the whole family, and even then it can't stop the corruption and bending the law.

The imperial historians of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Procuratorate even dared to scold the emperor, and the officials were impeached if they had a little flaw, and the eunuchs were also officials. According to the judicial department, the criminal department plays a supervisory function, and there are clear streams all over the world, Xu Hao can't think of how else to formulate national laws. Is it better to change the name and the political system? It's too profound.

At this moment, Fu Cheng Fang Fu suddenly became furious, and said angrily: "Someone will beat Mr. Yin Yang to the forty boards, and bring the messenger in charge of this case." Upper clamp stick. ”

Liu Yuan, who was standing inside waiting to go to the hall, had a green face, glared at Hu Desheng for help, and said hurriedly: "What's going on?" Favoring one side as soon as it comes up? ”

Hu Desheng didn't know Fang Fu very well, and said, "Don't worry, wait and talk about it first." ”

Not to mention that Liu Yuan was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, Fang Fuyi inside said in a righteous manner: "Human life is very important, the ticket has been issued for more than ten days, no one is allowed to go to trial, and the murderer is allowed to seek love everywhere, how much money do you two slaves receive from him?" Dare to sell the law boldly! ”

The two outcasts knelt on the ground and defended: "Liu Jiansheng and his concubine were seriously injured by Zhou Du's father and son, and they only recovered from their injuries in the past few days. Besides, the dead lady had a lot of false names during her lifetime, and the witnesses went to other places, so they delayed the submission, how dare the little ones accept bribes? The cash branch is detained in the women's prison, and Liu Jiansheng is a talented person, and his wife committed suicide, so there is no need to be detained. ”

Fang Fu said: "Let's spare the two of you a stick, and if you dare to break the law, you will be beaten to death." ”

Xu Hao looked at the middle-aged female witness Gao who brought up, her appearance was beautiful and very energetic, she walked to the front of the hall and knelt down, and saw Fang Fu and said: "You have to tell the truth, if you dare to take sides, my stick will not be merciful." ”

Gao shouted: "You old man is so scary! The slave family is the mother-in-law of a family with a foundation, why are you beating me? ”

Fang Fu said angrily: "If an official wants to fight, he will fight, no matter what foundation you have or not!" ”

Gao glared and said, "What's wrong with the official?" If you want to beat, I'll carry you to beat the drum, but my grandfather has passed away for a few years. ”

Xu Hao shook his head speechlessly, and said in his heart that this Fu Cheng is actually a person who does not understand world affairs? Another stupid person who was read by the eight strands.

Fang Fu also glared at Gao, and said with a weak heart: "If you don't tell lies, how can I beat you?" Say. ”

Gao smiled proudly, knelt on the ground and said slowly: "I live opposite the door with the Liu family, because he is a village eunuch, who wants to be inferior to him?" Never visit his house. I remember that last winter, the dead Zhou sent Liu Daguan out, so he saw her, and stood and chatted with a few mothers-in-law on the street, and after talking for a while, the words were scattered.

On the sixth day of the first month of this month, I was cleaning up a few cocoons at home, and there was movement outside, and I asked the children what was wrong? The children said that they were angry with the lady of Liu Xianggong's house, and ran to the gate and shouted.

At that time, I also said that it was embarrassing, and the daughter-in-law of the eunuch was not afraid of people's jokes. At that time, I wanted to go out to see the excitement, but I didn't have to go out because I had a job in my hand. Not long after, my neighbor Yucheng came to my house first and said that the right door was at the house of sister-in-law Liu, and she ran to the street to sprinkle, what did it look like? It's not easy for me to come forward and persuade her. Sister-in-law Gao, if you don't persuade her to go home, no one else can persuade her. ”

From the unafraid appearance of seeing the official at the beginning, to the unhurried telling now, it can be seen that Sister-in-law Gao is a spicy and knowledgeable woman.

Xu Hao savored her words, unwilling to slap the rich neighbor, it seems that he is a backbone person, and the neighbor came to her for the first time, proving that he is very prestigious in the neighborhood, and it stands to reason that such a person will not dirty his reputation for money.

When Gao Shi said this, he suddenly frowned and said, "This is going to be long." The slave family is separated by a layer of Xia cloth pants, and the knees of the material are too thin to pad, let me get up and say, right? ”

Fang Fu nodded and said, "Okay, you just get up and say." ”

Gao stood up with satisfaction and continued: "At that time, I hurriedly went out, and when I got to the street, it wasn't Zhou who was holding a kitchen knife and scolding him for fighting against Wang Ba's wife. ”

Fang Fu asked, "Who is she scolding for being a prostitute woman?" ”

"Who else could it be?" Gao said with a smile: "Wang Ba is naturally a big official of Liu, and the adulteress is a golden branch. ”

Fang Fu asked, "Who is Jin Zhi?" ”

Gao Shi said in surprise: "Jin Zhi is the red sister on Qin Huai, and she is very famous." Haven't you ever had a drink with her? Didn't you watch her sing? ”

Xu Hao almost laughed, when he saw Fang Fu coughing, his face was slightly red: "Nonsense!" You go on. ”

Gao pursed his lips and said, "I stepped forward and said: 'Sister-in-law Liu, we who are women either see the truth in our hands or say it loudly, do you dare to be a man like this?'" Running out into the streets, what's the matter, hurry back. ’

Sister-in-law Liu wanted to complain to me, and I said, 'I'm impatient to listen here. Go to your house and talk about it. 'Sister-in-law Liu shouted that her husband heard the adulteress's instigation to divorce her, so I said you go in quickly, just because you are spilling on the street, and it is not unjust to be divorced. ”

Fang Fu asked, "Where were the Golden Bought people at that time?" ”

Gao said disdainfully: "Just like her bear." It's long gone. ”

"Then where was Liu Yuan at that time?"

"Liu Daguan is hiding in the second gate and looking out, he is also a soft egg without bones."

"What did Liu Yuan say when he saw you entering the house?"

"What else can I say? begged me to stop my grandmother and not let her go into the street, and said nothing else. ”

Fang Fu nodded and said, "That's it." The Zhou clan shouted unscrupulously outside the gate, Liu Yuan didn't dare to make a sound behind the door, and Jin Zhi also hid without a trace. Obviously afraid of her, what else can't get out of the anger, will go to death? ”

Gao Shi cried and laughed: "Look at you foolish master, for example, someone has wronged you, are you in a hurry?" People are in a hurry, and the person who wronged you still dares to come closer? ”

Fang Fu smiled: "Don't play tricks." Did you go in and what did you say? ”

Gao replied: "I pulled her in, this is the first time I have been subjected to the Liu family." She asked me to sit down, and I asked her what she had been wronged about, and she said that her sister-in-law, Haihui, was originally a girl from her relative's family, and then she left home and brought a sister-in-law from the countryside, and she went from early morning to noon, and passed by the golden branch gate. ”

Fang Fu interrupted her words and asked, "Then Jin Zhi and the Zhou family don't live together?" ”

Gao Shi said angrily: "I can't understand you, can there be two donkeys tied to this trough?" Naturally, one lives in the front and the other in the backyard. ”

Fang Fu pondered for a moment and asked, "Then who lives with Liu Yuan?" ”

Gao sighed: "If he can live in two places, then there will be no such things, since marrying Jin Zhi, it is said that he only rests in the front yard, and he can't go to the backyard for half a step." ”

Fang Fu nodded and said, "Tell me what happened when my sister-in-law passed by the Golden Branch Gate." ”

Gao said: "When Jin Zhi bumped into him, he shouted together, saying that Haihui was a Taoist priest, and that sister-in-law was a monk, and they were raised by Liu's sister-in-law, and they did not avoid people in broad daylight, which ruined the Liu family's style." Liu Daguan's ears were on fire when he heard this, and he immediately called Old Man Zhou and her brother to come and go home after taking a break. If you want to say that a woman's family has wronged something else, what is the matter of raising a man, don't make people anxious and can't think about it? ”

Fang Fu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the Taoist monk is pretending to be a sister-in-law, and there are such evil things." ”

Gao shouted: "Master, that sister-in-law is the girl of Liu Youji's family, named Xiao Qingmei." The sister-in-law in the countryside is surnamed Guo, who has never been to a small household in the city? He didn't come to our house for a walk? ”

Fang Fu hurriedly said: "She doesn't dare to come to my house, my lady doesn't see any messy people." Let me ask you, when did Zhou hang himself? ”

Gao said: "I persuaded her to come out and go home, who knows how she was hanged?" ”

Fang Fu asked, "Did the Zhou clan ever tell you that you want to seek death?" ”

Gao said: "She didn't say that she wanted to seek death by herself, but only said that she wanted to fight against Liu Daguan Jin Zhi." ”

Xu Hao listened to it for a long time, and couldn't help but look at the other party's mansion with admiration, these questions were simple and clear, and he had already asked the whole ins and outs clearly.

Fang Fu asked the reason clearly, and ordered: "You go down first and show Sister-in-law Gao tea." Bring Hai Hui and Guo Guzi up. ”

Soon two nuns were summoned, and Xu Hao and everyone looked over intently, wanting to see if it was a man pretending.

Fang Fu looked at Guo Guzi and asked, "Where are you from?" Why did you come to Beijing? ”

Xu Hao looked at the other party's chubby, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he really couldn't tell the difference between the male and female at first glance, but Haihui's fine skin and tender flesh were indeed a woman, no wonder she was suspected by Jin Zhi.

Guo Guzi replied in a rough voice: "I am a native of Jingzhou, Shandong, and accompanied the imperial prince Jiang's family to burn incense on the top of Mount Tai, and later entered Beijing. ”

Fang Fu said: "You are such a fat woman, why don't you see milk on your chest?" ”

Without saying a word, Guo Guzi raised her hand into the robe and pulled the bandeau down, and suddenly jumped out of two pots of big, propping up the shirt high, and Haihui next to her saw this, and she also untied the bandeau to show him the milk.

Fang Fu hurriedly said, "No need. This official asked you, since you voted for the imperial prince Jiang's family, why didn't you raise yourself in Jiang's mansion, and went around the streets to cause people to be ruined, and the two of you should each pay 100 first. And I will spare you, and each of you shall be fined twenty stones of grain. (To be continued......)