Chapter 001 Neighborly War "Hiss, be gentle, be gentle."
He took off his seventh-grade official uniform embroidered with embroidered ripples.
Xiao Qiang was leaning on a chair holding a bronze mirror.
Xiao Si, a maid dressed as a book boy, was busy helping her young lady remove the mustache stuck to her mouth.
Seeing the grinning look on her young lady's face, the maid Xiaosi said with great distress: "Miss, you actually look quite similar to the eldest son.
As long as you put on the official uniform, most people won't be able to recognize it.
Why do you have to suffer this?
It’s a sin, I have to put on two mustaches every day.”
While talking, the maid Xiaosi finally took off her beard.
Xiao Qiang took a look in the mirror and saw that her upper lip was a little red.
She said with a sullen face: "Xiaosi, don't you think your lady will be more powerful and more like a man if I put on a beard?"
Xiao Si secretly rolled his eyes in his heart.
Even if he really grew a beard, his young lady would not be able to become a man.
"No, I have to do some research and find an adhesive beard that is easy to remove but not easy to fall off.
Otherwise, it will be too painful."
Xiao Qiang said to himself.
"Auntie, my mother asked you and Xiaosi to come out to eat quickly.
If you don't eat, the food will be cold."
A little girl of three or four years old ran in at some point.
"Okay, Auntie, let's go to dinner now.
Our Lian'er is so good."
As she spoke, Xiao Qiang made three strokes, five divided by two, and asked the maid Xiaosi to help her change her clothes.
Pulling the little niece on the ground to the living room.
"Sister-in-law, there is a lot going on in the yamen today.
Are you tired?
Come sit down and eat quickly.
I don't know when your brother will come back."
A dignified-looking young woman said as she served a bowl of soup to her sister-in-law.
There were three dishes and one soup on the table, one meat and two vegetarian.
A plate of stir-fried meat with beans, a plate of cabbage and tofu, and a plate of tofu mixed with green onions.
Then there is a small bowl of egg soup.
There are a few steamed buns placed in a small bamboo basket next to it.
The maid Xiaosi was waiting on the young master to eat.
After Aunt Zhang served the meal, she went back to the front yard to eat with her old man.
"Sister-in-law, don't mention that my brother is a white-eyed wolf who left the mess in the Yamen to me.
He ran away and had a good time outside.
I really don't know what you see in my brother."
Xiao Qiang saw her sister-in-law who worked hard to take care of the family.
I wanted to scold my unreliable brother Xiao Xiang.
Mrs.
Zhang's face overflowed with happiness when she thought of her husband-in-law.
Because my husband, Xiao Xiang, got into the top three in the examination, he could obviously become a high-ranking official.
But for the sake of himself and his newborn daughter, he refused the emperor's marriage offer.
He said that he would not marry that princess.
It is conceivable that the end result is to be demoted to Wan County, a remote and remote place, and become a small seventh-grade county magistrate.
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Xiao Xiang was frustrated with the imperial court.
I accidentally discovered that my sister is very talented in handling cases.
Just ask your sister to disguise herself as herself and go to court every day to interrogate the case.
He himself went out every now and then to meet friends with martial arts and make friends with heroes from all over the world.
Looking at his sister-in-law.
Xiao Qiang curled her lips in disdain, saying, "A woman who falls in love really can't afford to be hurt."
"Your brother, he is a good man with a sense of responsibility and responsibility," sister-in-law Zhang said with a happy face.
Xiao Qiang could only sigh secretly, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
"Sister-in-law, you and Aunt Zhang should make less tofu and sell it in the future.
Look at you, you are so tired and thin.
You may feel distressed when you wait for my brother to come back."
Xiao Qiang said while eating her meal.
Sister-in-law Zhang makes tofu with Aunt Zhang and her family at home.
Then Uncle Zhang sells them on the street to supplement the family income.
"Come on, Lian'er, eat more meat."
Xiao Qiang picked up a piece of meat and put it in her niece's bowl.
After hearing what her sister-in-law said, Mrs.
Zhang couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart.
My sister-in-law and my husband are not in the same family, so I don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are.
The salary of the Qipin County Magistrate's court is only a dozen taels of silver a year.
But to support a family of several people, it’s really hard to make ends meet.
My husband often took the book boy Zhang San out with him.
This poor family lives on a rich road, and no one should bring any money with them when they go out.
Speaking of which, our county magistrate Xiao Xiang’s family has a total of seven people.
There is Xiao Xiang's wife Zhang, daughter Xiaolian, and sister Xiao Qiang.
Then there are the servant Aunt Zhang’s family of four.
Xiao Si, the daughter of Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang, became the personal maid of her younger sister Xiao Qiang.
His son Zhang San became Xiao Xiang's schoolboy.
Aunt Zhang's two previous children unfortunately died in infancy.
In the old society, it was said that it was easy to make a living by relying on one's name, and the mistress and mistress didn't even have names.
Just scream like this, and grow up as you scream.
The next day, someone in Wanxian's yamen was beating drums to complain.
The fake county magistrate Xiao Qiang was sitting in the lobby with her legs crossed.
The gavel in his hand clattered loudly.
Looking at the two old women arguing in the hall, their heads were a little big.
"Mr.
Li, you stole my eggs, and you still dare not admit it?"
"Fart, Mrs.
Wang, which one of your eyes saw me stealing your eggs?
It was your old hen that ran to my house and laid the eggs.
My gourd grew over the wall and climbed to your house.
You even stole one of my gourds?"
"How can the gourds I picked in my yard be considered stolen?"
The two old women in the hall were quarreling.
"Quiet, be quiet, say it one after another, be careful, I will punish you for the crime of roaring in court," Xiao Qiang shouted angrily, holding the gavel in hand.
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The government officials on both sides kept banging the water and fire sticks on the ground, shouting: "Mighty" Xiao Qiang thought to herself that this was nothing to do with the Qipin County Magistrate.
After all, he was also the magistrate of the county, and he was the magistrate.
But in ancient times, what we did every day was the work of a police officer.
Even trivial matters can be brought to court by ordinary people.
I finally understand why the yamen door faces south.
If I want to file a lawsuit and get money, I have to find a way to fix it.
These people have nothing to do but have enough to eat every day.
The two old women became angry when they saw the county magistrate.
I felt a little bit afraid in my heart.
Then he shut his mouth obediently.
Xiao Qiang pretended to cough, and Xiao Si, pretending to be a book boy, immediately handed over a cup of hot tea.
Xiao Qiang took a gentle sip of tea.
Then he said: "The plaintiff speaks first, and the defendant will speak after the plaintiff has finished speaking."
Also, starting from tomorrow, a moral box will be set up outside the Yamen.
Anyone who wants to file a complaint must first throw ten coins into the ethics box.
When the money is saved enough, it can be used to help people build bridges and roads, or it can also be used to fund digging rivers.
There are also eight characters that should be written on both sides of the courtroom: "Leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist."
From now on, all prisoners who come to court must recite it first.
Otherwise, I will let you taste the water and fire stick first."
The two old women listened to the county magistrate's words.
I couldn't help but feel a thump in my heart, secretly glad that I came a day early.
Otherwise, ten copper coins are not enough for young and old.
In the future, we can still resolve such small matters privately.
Because spending ten coppers on such a trivial matter is really not worth it.
"Master, it's like this.
Old lady, I found that my chickens haven't laid eggs in the past two days.
But yesterday I saw Mrs.
Li eating boiled eggs.
They obviously don't raise chickens.
I suspect that Mrs.
Li stole my eggs. " Mrs.
Wang said angrily.
"Master, these are the eggs that Mrs.
Wang's own chickens laid on my haystack.
How can the eggs I picked up at my house be considered stolen?
If it is considered stolen, then she also picked my gourds."
Mrs.
Li also He opened his mouth to argue.
Xiao Qiang glanced at the old woman kneeling in the hall, and her eyes turned to something more thoughtful.
He said, "Mother Wang, Mother Li, you two have been neighbors for so many years.
Think carefully about whether the other party has helped you."
The two old women didn't understand why the county magistrate would ask such a question, but Mrs.
Wang thought for a moment and then said: "Master, that was when the old woman was young and gave birth to our little son.
At that time, the child's father was working in the fields and was not at home. .
It was Mrs.
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Li who helped find the midwife, and together with the midwife, she helped my son Goudaner deliver the baby."
"Mother Li, have you ever thought of this?"
Xiao Qiang turned her face and looked at Mother Li and said.
"Master, I've thought about it too, old lady.
When my mother-in-law was still alive, she always bullied my natal family and often didn't let me have enough to eat.
It was Granny Wang who secretly gave me two eggs from time to time."
Granny Li and Granny Wang remembered What happened back then made my eyes red.
Xiao Qiang saw that the heat was up, and then continued: "When you two complain about others because of some trivial things, you should think more about how well they treat you.
As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors.
If something happens to your family, The help of neighbors is really indispensable.
It doesn't matter if you pick two eggs from her house and she picks a gourd from your house.
Youdao is that harmony brings wealth.
Thinking about the friendship between neighbors for so many years, is this still a big deal?
Think about it clearly, let’s go back together."
After hearing what the county magistrate said, Mrs.
Wang and Mrs.
Li looked guilty on their faces.
They said in unison: "Master, we know we were wrong.
We will get along well in the future and never come to the county government to cause trouble for you again."
After saying this, the two old women kowtowed to the county magistrate and supported each other.
Got out.
Xiao Qiang looked at the hourglass next to her and was about to quit.
I saw a government servant walking in hurriedly.
He bowed to himself and said, "Master, something happened.
A headless female corpse was found in Zhanghewan."
Xiao Qiang couldn't help but frowned when she heard this, "Let's go, prepare your horse and call the gangster, and we'll go there together."
Zhanghewan Village is located at the junction of Zhanghe River and Luanhe River.
The fast-flowing river makes a turn here.
It was originally called Zhanghewan, but later because there were many people named Zhang here, it was changed to Zhanghewan.
This morning, several women who came to the river to wash clothes found a headless female body washed down from the upper reaches.
I was so frightened that I notified Li Zheng in the village to report the case to the county government.
Wu Zuo held a special tool and carefully inspected the body.
At this time, the body had been swollen and turned white due to being soaked in river water.
The people who were watching the excitement stood at a distance and watched the scene.
"Sir, this female corpse is about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The female corpse has been soaked for too long.
According to the wounds on her body, she may have been strangled to death after being violated.
But the murderer killed everyone, why did he still take the head off?
Cut it off," Liu Cheng'an, the widower, said while inspecting it.
Xiao Qiang looked at a bracelet on the wrist of the female corpse and fell into deep thought.
Although she didn't know much about jade, Xiao Qiang could tell that the bracelet on the wrist of the female corpse was not cheap.
So since the murderer didn't even take off such a precious jade bracelet, it can be seen that the other party did not steal money or kill for sex.
"Captain Li, take someone with you to check upstream to see if there are any missing women.
And focus on the homes of landlords and squires," Xiao Qiang said.
Li Captou said yes and walked upstream along the river with his servants.
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Xiao Qiang had someone take the headless female body to Yizhuang, and then took her back to the county government office.
The next day, Capt.
Li came to report that Landlord Wang's daughter-in-law was missing.
Landlord Wang and his son took their servants to Yizhuang and saw the headless body of the woman.
They burst into tears.
The crying was more painful than the death of my own mother.
Landlord Wang's son only shed a few symbolic tears.
"My virtuous daughter-in-law, how come you have such a miserable life?
A good person was killed by a thief like this."
After Wang Landlord cried for a long time, he strongly demanded that the county magistrate must catch the murderer and avenge his daughter-in-law.
And he is willing to put ten taels of silver into the merit box as a charity deposit for the people by the county magistrate.
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