Lu Ming

Chapter 397
After staying in the county yamen all night anxiously, the magistrate came to the county magistrate, and on the next morning, he waited for Bian Butou, who returned to the yamen for his order.

As everyone expected, Butou Bian failed to summon Master Xiong back.However, Catcher Bian was able to do business this trip, because he brought a subordinate sent by Xiong Dao to deal with the interrogation.

Now that the person is here, let's hurry up to ask questions. The helpless Lai Xianzun just wants to let this farce pass quickly-every day the farce drags on, his prestige will be weakened.

You must know that Lai Xianzun was not idle last night.Whether it was the friends he invited in private to inquire about the inside story, or the various "friends" who came to the door "confidantly" to work for the county priest, he dealt with seven or eight of them.Therefore, Lai Xianzun has now thoroughly figured out the beginning and end of this farce, and because of this, he hates the Xu family who dragged him into the water more and more.

Since this case involved a lot of shady people and various gangsters, the county government deliberately closed the front door today and adopted a less influential "closed door trial" method.

However, although the method of hearing the case behind closed doors can isolate some people who are watching the excitement, there is no way to isolate some people who have been waiting in the hall early in the morning.

This group of people is full of stomachs, wearing silk and satin. They are either the second steward of a certain mansion or the third steward of a certain house. They all carry their master's name cards in their arms, and they are arrogant. of.

These people came with accomplices from the prosecution and support from the defense. In the end, the Yamen had no choice but to start a trial with the participation of privileged onlookers.

Amidst the classic bass chorus of "Mighty.", wearing a seventh-rank civilian uniform, with a brocade embroidered on the patch, the Laixian Zun came out from the back hall step by step.

After a "pop" sound of a gavel, everyone was silent, and then Lai Xianzun followed the routine, opened his mouth and asked both the prosecution and the defense under the public case, "Who is under the hall?"

A middle-aged man with big ears and a pointed stomach, wearing a brocade robe and an emerald green ring first bowed down to salute, and then returned: "Reporting to the county lord, Xu Zhong, the housekeeper of the Xu family."

At this point, the prosecutor's representative, Steward Xu, straightened his back, and glanced at the person beside him with the eyes of a bumpkin.

The defense representative standing next to him is a military academy wearing a brass bucket hat, a big red fat jacket with double breasts, and iron boots.

This military academy is tall and fat, with big arms and round waist, face like the bottom of a pot, full of beards, fleshy face, full of military ruffian taste.

Feeling the disdainful look from Butler Xu beside him, the military academy immediately took out a black lacquered wooden plaque from his arms, and then shouted in a loud Hokkien accent: "A certain house is the front office of General Cao of Nan'ao. The personal soldiers took Chief Yan Tiexia, and met Taizun."

The county magistrate here came to listen to the prosecution and the defense. After reporting their family names, they hummed and planned to follow the process mechanically to the next step.

However, before he could open his mouth, something happened in the hall.Butler Xu pointed at the military academy and yelled, "You bastard Qiu Ba, why don't you kneel down and salute when you see the magistrate?"

"Hahaha!" Yan Tiexia first laughed twice when he heard the sound, and then while holding the official badge in his hand, he raised his head and said: "This school is a dignified seventh-rank general, an official ordered by the court, what is the law of the Ming Dynasty?" One said, Qipin wants to pay homage to Qipin?"

At this moment, Lai Xianzun's stomach was filled with sour water, and his mouth was full of bitterness - he wished he could drag this stupid butler Xu down and beat him to death with a stick.

Yes, after 200 years of unremitting efforts by the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, the military officer's "forced style" was finally suppressed little by little.In the late Ming Dynasty, military officers of the same rank were completely speechless in front of civil officials, and became de facto subordinates.Not to mention the seventh rank, there are thousands of households in the fifth and sixth rank guards who rely on hereditary yin officials, and they will also take the initiative to bow down in front of the real power seventh rank hall.

However, unspoken rules are unspoken rules after all, no matter how they are usually implemented, this kind of thing cannot be brought to the table after all.Even the emperor himself pretended to be confused at most, and it was impossible to express his support publicly.

You must know that at the beginning Zhu Baba was nothing more than stipulating that subordinates should bow down to their superiors, but he never stipulated that military officers of the same rank should kneel down to civil servants.

So this is why the county magistrate hates Xu's family: the general soldier behind Xiong Dao is clearly going to make trouble, and even sent out the military academy, but at this time the Xu family has repeatedly pushed himself to the fore. He wanted to be arrested, but today he came here to talk about kneeling. At this juncture, which county magistrate would dare to make Qiu Ba kneel down?

You don't have to use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, but you must use a sledgehammer to kill a cow.

The current situation is: the Xu family does not want to pay the price of a sledgehammer, but has repeatedly tried to use the privilege of a scholar-bureaucrat to get Xiong Dao.However, privileges are used to deal with small people, and now we have to deal with a powerful general who holds military horses. The small knife of the county magistrate is not qualified at all! Qipin county magistrate.

Seeing the embarrassing Lai County Magistrate saying nothing, the junior Yan Tiexia walked around the hall with a disdainful face, and then yelled loudly: "I'll just say it, who in this Daming Court would dare Fulfilling the laws of the Ming Dynasty? Is there any law of the king?"

After pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, he seemed to be a man of the army, but Yan Tiexia, who was quick to talk, circled around Butler Xu the next moment: "I said, my lord, I don't know how high your official residence is?"

Steward Xu has been used to arrogance for half his life, how could he notice the danger today.He pointed his halberd and shouted loudly: "Bastard, I am the second housekeeper of the Xu family. You are a big sesame seed, Qiu Baguan, and you don't even inquire about it. Can you provoke the Xu family?"

"It turned out to be a white body." The next moment, Yan Tiexia's face shook with a smile that was not a smile, then grabbed the two fingers of Butler Xu, and twisted them down hard.

In the hall, housekeeper Xu screamed and fell to his knees at Yan Tiexia's feet.

Yan Tiexia held onto those two fingers, and shouted loudly at the county magistrate: "A white body, roaring in the court, insulting officials of the seventh rank, dare to ask Taizun, what crime should such a person deserve?"

Lai Xianzun has been numb by the endless repertoires of these two people.

Just now, seeing the faces of these two people who don't care about their family at all, a certain person has completely recognized the situation and planned to do business - only by doing business can he let this farce have a reputation for himself. Only by minimizing the blows can the people behind the eyeliner outside the hall be able to pick no mistakes.

So Lai Xianzun patted the gavel and said expressionlessly: "Young schoolboy, just let Steward Xu go."

Immediately afterwards he said: "Xu Zhong is white, but roaring in the courtroom, he has no eyes on the superiors, first write down the twenty killing sticks, and settle the settlement after the case is over."

When Yan Tiexia heard this, he nodded in satisfaction, and let go of Butler Xu's finger: "The Taizun is really Qingtian."

Butler Xu, who was sitting on the ground and clutching his right hand, immediately showed an expression of disbelief when he heard the verdict, and even forgot the sharp pain in his fingers for a while.

He opened his mouth, first glanced at the expressionless county magistrate, then turned his head to look at the row of puppet-like government servants who did not move. It's too late to be silent - the basic skill of a butler is to observe words and emotions. By this time, if he still can't see the situation clearly, he is not worthy of being the second butler.

After a lively foreplay, seeing the scene quiet down, Lai Xianzun coughed and finally started the formal trial.

"Today, Mrs. Xu sued merchant Xiong Dao for setting fire and assaulting people. Where is your principal, Xiong Dao, in that small school?"

At this time, Yan Tiexia put his arms on his chest, his legs straddled, his eyes turned up, and he said to the beam above his head: "Master Xiong went to Fuzhou to visit his elder Xiong Fujun a few days ago, and he is no longer in Jiading. False accusation!"

The county magistrate rolled his eyelids when he heard this.It doesn't matter if Xiong Dao is in Jiading or not, anyway, everyone knows that Xiong Dao will not show up in court, so his questioning just now is just a procedure.

Unexpectedly, this question blew up another Xiong Wencan, the elder of Xiong Dao's family!

Xiong Wencan's recommendation of Cao Pirates was reported by the imperial court, so Xiong Dao, whom Cao Pirates sent to manage the private port, is actually Xiong Wencan's clansman.

Fang Wei, who wanted to understand the whole story in an instant, really had an MMP to say at this time: the Xu family of the dog day killed Lao Tzu, and this helped me offend another Fengjiang!
After coughing again, the county magistrate's attitude became a little gentler: "Mr. Yan, the pleadings told you to burn down four mulberry gardens in the neighboring village the night before yesterday. Is there such a thing?"

"There is absolutely no such thing!" President Yan cupped his hands and bowed to the hall at this moment: "Tai Zun, the Xu family has no proof and no evidence, and just opened their mouths to insult people's innocence, please be the master."

After the county venerable heard this, he turned his head to look at Butler Xu who had already got up from the ground - he should show any evidence now.

The Xu family has a fart proof.

They originally planned to play with power and influence, but ended up fighting with each other. When Steward Xu found out that he had to be reasonable in the court, he was caught off guard: "Your private port is next to Zhuangzi, so it's not your fault. Let it go, and who is it?"

Yan Tiexia had no choice but to face the county magistrate and spread his hands, showing an awkward yet polite smile: "I don't want to see a suspected neighbor stealing an axe today. My lord, I have heard that this evil gentry of the Xu family is used to framing and framing and robbing the property of good people. "Seeing you today, the rumors are indeed true."

At this moment, Lai Xianzun looked helpless: "Then Xu Zhong, I will ask you again, is there any evidence?"

Butler Xu stuttered, thinking about it, he could only use a tactic of delaying the attack: "This... I think someone must have seen the thief set the fire that night, and I will find out when I go back to check it next time."

"So, let's wait until we find the evidence."

When the county magistrate said this, he patted the gavel, and took advantage of the situation to put the case of arson on hold indefinitely.

The next thing the county lord asked about was the case of assaulting civilians: "...injured many tenants of the Xu family, is there such a thing?"

"My lord, there is indeed such a thing."

Yan Tiexia laughed and nodded in recognition.

(End of this chapter)