On both sides, the yamen cooperated with the stunned wood and shouted at the same time: "Mighty" The two family members of Wanfu originally came to the county government to follow the second son to complain, who would have thought that they would encounter such a scene, first hit the board, and then were frightened by Hu Xiaotian's official authority, at this time they were already in a state of disarray, the two knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The adults are wronged" Hu Xiaotian pointed to one of the family members and said: "You give me the original truth, tell me how you found the second son, if you dare to tell half a lie, I will definitely make it impossible for you to get out of here alive." ” Blatant intimidation, but intimidation is effective most of the time.
The family member was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again: "My lord Mingjian, Zhao Liang and I were on duty the night before, we patrolled to the vicinity of the east chamber at the second watch and found a black-clothed masked man on the ground, we thought it was a snitch, but when we lifted the veil, it turned out to be the second son." ” In addition, the family named Zhao Liang said: "My lord, what Guo Biao said is true, we found out that the second son hurriedly reported to the eldest son, and then we were busy inviting the second son to Langzhong."
Hu Xiaotian knows the situation best that night, Wan Tingsheng was knocked out by him with a stick on the head, and he was also dragged to the vicinity of the East Chamber and thrown there, as for the rest of the matter, he didn't know, and sneered at the moment: "It seems that you don't want to tell the truth if you don't torture you, when you found out the second son, you thought he was a snitch, and just said that the second son fell on the head after drinking, which sentence is true and which sentence is false" The two family members were speechless.
Hu Xiaotian grabbed the red sticks in front of him, there were at least ten of them, and there were a hundred boards facing up.
The two family members were so frightened that their faces turned white, and the five boards just now had already beaten them to death.
If there are another hundred boards, even if it is shared by two people.
I'm afraid that both lives will be hung up at the same time, and I must die in this court.
The officials and officials, including the chief bookkeeper Guo Shouguang, all heard that the county lord had guided the case elsewhere, but because of their identities, no one dared to speak out to stop them.
But I heard Hu Xiaotian say angrily: "I still haven't explained honestly, who caused the injury on Wan Tingsheng's head?"
The two family members were so frightened that Hu Xiaotian had already pulled out all the red sticks.
Zhao Liang was timid, seeing that Hu Xiaotian was about to throw out the red stick, he was so frightened that he burst into tears and said, "My lord, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Guo Biao was stunned when he heard this.
Spicy next door, it has nothing to do with you, could it be that I did this Guo Biao wailed: "My lord, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Human life is at stake, I already have conclusive evidence in my hands, the injury on the top of Wan Tingsheng's head is clearly caused by someone hitting him with a stick, if you don't tell the truth, I will put you in prison together, convict you of an accomplice in killing the master, and wait until the autumn queen to behead together."
Zhao Liang had been frightened by Hu Xiaotian at this time, and his inner defense line had completely collapsed. said in a trembling voice: "My lord, that's all made by the eldest prince" This remark was full of surprise.
No one thought that the development of the case was full of twists and turns, Wan Tingchang originally came to sue Liu Kuohai, but the court trial came here to ask about the new situation, and things were developing in an unfavorable direction for Wan Tingchang.
Hu Xiaotian asked the two family members to sign and draw on the confession on the spot.
After getting these two confessions, Hu Xiaotian asked Liu Kuohai to be escorted down first, and then knocked on the shocking wood hard.
He raised his voice and said, "Bring Wan Tingchang to me" Although Hu Xiaotian's voice was loud, it unfortunately didn't have any effect.
The officials didn't buy him, the new county magistrate, and they didn't hear it.
Stand there indifferent.
In the end, it was Murong Feiyan who went out to get someone, only to find out that Wan Tingchang had already fled.
In fact, as early as when Wan Tingchang recognized Hu Xiaotian, he felt that the situation was not good, and after staying outside for a while, a familiar official revealed the situation inside to him, Wan Tingchang was shocked when he heard it, and he didn't think much about it, so he turned around and fled from the county office.
Hu Xiaotian heard that Wan Tingchang had fled, and he was not in a hurry to take someone.
In fact, he also saw that the third-class officials did not listen to his orders at all, and even if he reluctantly passed the order, he would inevitably be disgraced.
A group of officials all looked at him quietly, thinking that Hu Xiaotian would continue to toss, but they didn't expect Hu Xiaotian to wave his hand and say, "Retreat" Everyone breathed a deep sigh of relief, Guo Shouguang mentioned the matter of picking up the wind and washing the dust for Hu Xiaotian, but Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and said: "No, I still have important things to do, I'll talk about it another day at this time." ” When Hu Xiaotian was sitting in the hall, Guo Shouguang had already asked Hu Xiaotian to temporarily arrange a room to rest, Hu Xiaotian came to this temporary office to take off the official mansion and change into ordinary clothes, Liang Dazhuang poured a cup of tea and sent it over, and said happily: "Young master, you are really majestic in the public court today, killing all sides." ” Hu Xiaotian took the teacup, took a sip and said with a smile: "Don't call me young master in the future." ” Liang Dazhuang took a deep look and said, "Yes, Master Hu" Both the master and servant laughed at the same time.
Hu Xiaotian slowly put the teacup on the table: "Da Zhuang, now that I have come to Qingyun safely, you can go back to the capital for two days." ” In the past, Liang Dazhuang must have been overjoyed when he heard the news, but now he feels that it is better to stay here and feel comfortable going back, today he has seen Hu Xiaotian's majesty in the court, if he always follows his side, he will not worry about the day when he will not soar in the future, with such an idea, Liang Dazhuang pounced and knelt down in front of Hu Xiaotian: "Young master, I will not go, since the day the master sent me to serve the young master, I have set a grand ambition, and I will follow the young master before and after the saddle for the rest of my life." ” Hu Xiaotian smiled secretly, when did being a slave become a grand ambition, he nodded and said: "If you don't leave, stay and arrange an errand for you in two days, get up." ” Liang Dazhuang stood up with a happy face.
Murong Feiyan walked in with the two testimonies of the Wanfu family just now, and handed them to Hu Xiaotian, Liang Dazhuang knew that the two of them had something to discuss, so he hurriedly retreated.
Hu Xiaotian looked at Murong Feiyan and said with a smile: "How many points can I score today?"
Murong Fei said: "At the beginning of my tenure, I didn't know how to be a low-key person, I was sharp and aggressive, if it weren't for me and Liang Dazhuang supporting you behind your back, no one in this Qingyun County Ya would be willing to stand in the same camp as you." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "If you love to stand or not, sooner or later I will sweep all these disobedient guys out of the house." ” Of course, Murong Feiyan knew that he was not talking big, and sat down on the Taishi chair next to Hu Xiaotian: "What are you going to do?"
Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "The confessions of the two family members can be refuted at any time, and it is difficult to convict Wan Tingchang, but with these two testimonies, Wan Boping's old fox will willingly come up with a sum of money to settle this matter." ” Murong Feiyan looked at Hu Xiaotian with some surprise: "Hu Xiaotian, you don't want to do justice, your mind is full of how to collect money, are you worthy of the trust of the imperial court?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Please, don't go online with me at every turn, I haven't seen him if my official has anything to do with the emperor, it's my father who arranged it for me, I'm worthy of him."
It's not that you said that I was sharp and aggressive, so I decided to be obscure.
We just came, and we wanted to get rid of Wan Boping, it's not that easy, not to mention that I still have a lot of integrity on my head. ” Murong Fei said: "You want to use these two testimonies to blackmail Wan Boping" Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Don't say it so ugly, what is blackmail, I just want to make the best use of people, make the best use of things, new to Qingyun, unfamiliar with life, few friends are absolutely impossible, do you say it?"
Murong Fei said: "You are so traitorous, you are destined to be a traitor in the future." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "In these years, corrupt officials are everywhere, all treacherous and insidious, I want to be a good official, be a clean official, I can't be honest, I must be more treacherous than them, worse than them, in order to defeat them." ” It was the first time Murong Feiyan had heard this kind of logic, and a pair of beautiful eyes habitually rounded: "How can a traitor be a Qing official?"
How can a traitor be a clean official, Lao Tzu doesn't take a stitch from the people, I have to be a local tyrant and a bad gentry, and I am a corrupt official, so what's the matter if such an official is a traitor Although Hu Xiaotian refused the request of his subordinates to pick up the wind and wash the dust for him, but the chief bookkeeper Guo Shouguang did not dare to slack off, and specially asked someone to bring lunch, there is a cook in the county office, who is responsible for the diet and daily life of the county order Xu Qinglian's family on weekdays, his cooking skills can only be said to be second-rate, but it is already rare in a small county like Qingyun.
Hu Xiaotian filled his stomach and inspected the prison room accompanied by Murong Feiyan.
The layout of the prison cells in Qingyun County was originally not large, and it was divided into two sections, men and women, but there were no prisoners in the women's prison, and Hu Xiaotian personally sent four prisoners into the prison room in the morning of this morning, and there was no room in the men's prison, so these four people were temporarily locked up in the women's prison.
Hu Xiaotian went to the men's prison, he sat in the torture room, and asked the jailer to bring Zhou Batian over.
Zhou Batian walked into the torture room with shackles, the lights in the torture room were bright, and the two officials wanted to lock Zhou Batian on the pillar, Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and said, "You don't need to go out first." ” Zhou Batian heard the official's voice, raised his eyes, and immediately recognized that the official in front of him who interrogated him was the cellmate who was imprisoned in the same cell that day.
Hu Xiaotian asked the two jailers to go out, holding Zhou Batian's file in his hand and said: "You were imprisoned for fighting in the street, and you have been in prison for three months so far, and the sentence was originally one month, but before the sentence is over, you will have an incident, either beating people or making trouble, so the sentence will be continuously extended." ” Zhou Batian stood there and looked at Hu Xiaotian vigilantly.
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you continue like this, you are ready to spend your whole life in prison, and you want to sit through the prison."
Zhou Batian said: "The adult is young, but he acted very well, but he didn't know what he wanted from Zhou."
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