Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 121
The day after Qin Tian subdued Shanmu and the others.

Early this morning, the cold wind was raging and the weather was gloomy. Qin Tian just woke up and washed his face when he heard the sound of drums outside.

"What's going on?" Qin Tianning asked with an eyebrow.

At this time, a yamen servant hurried over: "My lord, someone is beating a drum to complain."

In front of the yamen of each prefecture, there is a drum and a bell. When the bell and drum ring, officials must go to court.

This is a rule handed down from the time of Liu Bang in the Han Dynasty. If officials violate it, they must be severely punished.

Of course, the law stipulates this, but more often than not, not many officials obey it.

When Qin Tian heard someone beating drums to appeal for grievances, the corners of Qin Tian's eyes froze for a moment, he was afraid that he would still come.

"Ascension!"

With a loud shout, the yamen servant immediately issued an order, and after a while, Qin Tian, ​​who was wearing an official uniform, led people to the lobby.

"Bring people up."

"mighty……"

Soon, a thin man was brought up from the outside by the yamen servants, but the county yamen at this time was different from the later generations of yamen. There is a wall, and the main function of this wall is to prevent the people outside from seeing the trial inside.

Therefore, when the thin man went outside the lobby, although there were many people standing outside waiting for news, they couldn't see what was going on inside.

Qin Tian looked at the man in the hall and asked, "You beat the drums to complain, who do you want to sue?"

The man said: "Returning to your lord's words, the grassroots are going to sue Master Zhou Zhou."

Qin Tian raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you suing Zhou Zhou for?"

"Caomin borrowed him a penny a few days ago, but today he wants Caomin to pay him back ten pennies. This is nothing short of robbery. Sir, please be careful."

Hearing this, the servants in the hall looked at each other and complained to Zhou Zhou that they hadn't encountered such a situation for a long time.

This time when the new county magistrate encountered this incident, they suddenly wondered how Qin Tian would deal with it.

Qin Tian was sitting high in the lobby at this time, with a look of surprise on his face, he said: "You borrowed him a penny, and he wants you to pay back ten pennies?"

"Yes, my lord, Caomin lent money to his wife to see a doctor, but I didn't expect him to ask Caomin to pay back so much money, Caomin...there is so much money, he said that if Caomin didn't pay back the money, he would buy my wife To be a slave to pay off debts, this... this... Your Excellency must be the master of the grassroots."

The man was crying in the lobby, Qin Tian suddenly patted the table, and shouted: "Zhou Zhou is so courageous to do such a thing, come and bring Zhou Zhou to me."

Hearing these words, those yamen servants' hearts suddenly moved. They didn't expect that Qin Tian would dare to oppose Zhou Zhou, but they were shocked, but they didn't dare to say more, and someone immediately ran to announce Zhou Zhou.

Zhou Zhou was already waiting at the mansion, he just wanted to see Qin Tian's attitude, when he heard that Qin Tian wanted him to go to the county government, Zhou Zhou frowned deeply: "This Qin Tian, ​​really intends to fight against the old man?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Zhou snorted, and then followed the yamen servant to the county yamen.

When he came to the county government office, Zhou Zhou saluted and said, "I don't know why my lord Xuan Caomin came here?"

Qin Tian glanced at Zhou Zhou, and asked: "This person sued you, saying that he borrowed you a penny of money, but you asked him to pay back ten pennies. Is there such a thing?"

Zhou Zhou was not in a hurry, and said, "Return to your lord's words, there is indeed something."

Qin Tian frowned, his expression turned cold, and he asked again: "He also said that if you don't pay the money, you are going to sell her wife as a slave, is there such a thing?"

"Returning to my lord, this matter also happened, but Caomin is doing things according to the regulations. When this person borrowed Caomin's money, Caomin had already said that he would have to pay back five hundred cash a day. If he didn't pay after a few days, He is going to sell his wife to be a slave to pay off the debt, all of this is clearly written in black and white."

As he said that, Zhou Zhou brought up a contract, which was a very rough piece of paper. After Qin Tian took it and read it, he found that there was actually this on it.

After reading this, Qin Tian looked at the man in the hall and asked, "This is written in the contract, what are you suing Zhou Zhou for?"

The man panicked when he heard this, and knelt down to Qin Tian: "My lord, the villain is illiterate. They asked me to draw a bet. I don't know what they wrote. Because I lacked money, I just pressed it. Your lord clearly noticed that they didn't make it clear to the grassroots..."

Qin Tian naturally understands this matter, but Zhou Zhou is obviously reasonable in this situation, and his current soldiers and horses have not yet been trained, so it is not appropriate to fall out with Zhou Zhou, so at this time, Qin Tian suddenly He shouted: "That's enough, you didn't notice it yourself, but now you sue others, how can you ask me to help you?"

"My lord... my lord..."

"Retire!"

Qin Tian didn't say much, and directly withdrew from the hall. The matter was considered to be over. After a slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Zhou's mouth, he turned and left.

Zhou Mansion, not long after Zhou Zhou arrived home, Lu Jiu came.

"Lord Lu, it seems that your worries are unnecessary. This Qin Tian is still with us. Look at how much he protects me today." Zhou Zhou was a little proud, because anyone could see Qin Tian's behavior today. Obviously protecting him.

Lu Jiu was a very cautious person, and said, "Don't get complacent too early, he just can't find a reason to condemn you."

Zhou Zhou curled his lips. He felt that Lu Jiu took Qin Tian too seriously. How powerful can a teenager be?

But he didn't need to fall out with Lu Jiu because of this, he just asked: "In your opinion, what should we do next?"

"The matter of Qin Tian protecting you, we still need to spread the word, so that the people in the entire Longkou County know. If this is the case, Qin Tian can't argue with it, and he can only join us."

Under the pressure of public opinion, he wanted Qin Tian to have no choice.

Zhou Zhou nodded after listening: "This is easy to say, leave it to me."

After the two of them said this, Lu Jiu withdrew, and before the evening of that day, many people in Longkou County knew the details of today's trial.

The complainant was obviously cheated by Zhou Zhou, but Qin Tian not only did nothing to Zhou Zhou, but instead reprimanded the complainant.

As the news spread, the common people immediately gave Qin Tian a new name: Dog Officer.

"I thought the new county magistrate would be able to make decisions for our people, but it turns out that he is just a dog official. No one will save us."

"Who says no, the dog officer has already protected Zhou Zhou like this, how will we live in the future?"

"Oh, dog officer, dog officer will not die well, will not die well."

"That's right, the dog officer must die..."

The common people were filled with righteous indignation, and Qin Tian, ​​hearing Qin Wu's report in the Longkou county government, could only sigh softly, his heart was suffering.

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(End of this chapter)