capital girl

Chapter 172
Li Yulou was a little confused, because she was not familiar with many of these words in Meng Shiyu's mouth.

"Shi Yu, are these easy to make?" Li Yulou asked.

"It's easy to do, as long as I want to do it, it's not difficult... It's just that there is no master in the yamen, so tomorrow's work will probably be difficult for you." Meng Shiyu said.

"It's not hard, I write very fast, as long as you don't think my handwriting is ugly." Li Yulou laughed.

"Your handwriting is indeed not very good..." Meng Shiyu said.

"How dare you say my handwriting is not good..." Li Yulou stood up and pressed Meng Shiyu's shoulder.

Meng Shiyu fell on the bed.

All I could hear was the creaking of the wooden bed and a painful whine.

"This bed has really been repaired." Meng Shiyu said.

Li Yulou nodded approvingly.

Nothing to say all night.Early the next morning, Meng Shiyu sat in the chair where the county magistrate sat and opened his mouth to hear the case.

Only Liu Wang, the yamen servant, was there, and the other yamen servants went out to find the owner of the case.

The case file has been under pressure for more than five years, and some things have already been settled.

The most recent case is almost a year old.

People in Linshui County came to watch curiously when they heard that the new Tuiguan was going to open a yamen to try cases.

It is incredible to see the figures sitting in the lobby like exiled immortals.

Such a person should live in the capital, or in the painting, how could he appear in a place like Linshui County.

After a while, three people came in, two women and a man, and one of the women was holding a child in her arms.

The three entered the Yamen lobby and knelt on the ground.

"Which one is Li Xiu'e?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"The girl of the people is Li Xiu'e..." The woman on the far side replied.

"You are going to sue your neighbor, Zhao Baomei, for seducing your husband and arresting them for adultery?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Yes..." Li Xiu'e looked at Meng Shiyu blankly, "But that was almost a year ago."

"Is this true?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Of course it's true. How could a girl make a false accusation? The child is already so old." Li Xiu'e pointed at the child in Zhao Baomei's arms.

The child looked like he was almost a year old.

"Are you going to sue them now?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"My lord, what are you telling me? I've already given her to my man. Now she is my sister, and we are a family..." Li Xiu'e said.

The people watching the excitement below burst out laughing.

"Did they sleep together before they confirmed their relationship?" Meng Shiyu asked, "Is there really a suspicion of having an affair?"

"My lord, it's not suspicion, it's the evidence. When I caught them, they were doing that kind of thing, without clothes..." Li Xiu'e said.

"Gao Yougen, can you admit Li Xiu'e's words?" Meng Shiyu looked like the man and asked.

The man felt a little ashamed, but nodded in agreement.

"There is a wife in the family but having an improper relationship with another woman is indeed an affair. According to the law of the Great Zhou, it will be thirty..." Meng Shiyu said.

"Ah, my lord, that was all a year ago, and now she is my concubine..." Gao Yougen argued while looking at Meng Shiyu.

The people below also followed suit.

"That's right, it was all done a year ago, and now she is his concubine, so what kind of cheating is it?"

"I just saw that this new official is good-looking, but his brain is not good."

"How could such a good head come to Linshui County?"

Meng Shiyu said, "The statute of limitations has not yet expired. Since you violated the law, you will be punished..." Meng Shiyu sternly said, "You must be responsible for what you have done..."

"My lord, I won't sue, is it okay if I don't sue?" Li Xiu'e said hastily.

After all, she was the one who had to serve the man after he was beaten with [-] slaps.

"Of course not. Now that it has passed the county government, the county government must decide..." Meng Shiyu said.

"Come here, the defendant confessed to what he did, and he was taken out to beat him." Meng Shiyu pulled a stick out of the barrel and threw it on the ground.

In this way, Gao Yougen was dragged out and beaten until he screamed.

"Fun official, how did you pass the sentence? Don't beat me, I won't sue..." Li Xiu'e was anxious and angry.

After being beaten, Gao Yougen was dragged back to the lobby of the yamen, crawling on the ground and moaning.

"Plaintiff, Li Xiu'e, do you have any other requests? For example, Gao Yougen will accompany you for a few nights a month, and you can mention anything in your life that needs special attention. I will make the decision for you." Meng Shiyu said.

"No more, we're going to invite a doctor..." Li Xiu'e said angrily.

Li Xiu'e and Zhao Baomei helped Gao Yougen leave together.

"This is a case of confusion. They are already a family. Now this man has to be served and taken care of by this woman. Is this helping this woman or finding trouble for this woman..."

The common people who watched the excitement outside were talking about it.

"The law is the law, and you can't stop talking about the law just because time has passed..." Meng Shiyu stepped down from his chair and said to the people watching the excitement.

"Now I tell you that this is the same sentence for any adultery case that happened at this time."

"The next case..."

The second case is that Grandma Zhou said that her chicken was eaten by a neighbor's young couple.

But the young couple didn't admit it.

"Evidence, you old woman, you have been arguing with us for two years because of a chicken..." Qian Daqiang said angrily.

"My little flower never goes out. She lays an egg for me every day. One day it suddenly disappeared. I went out to look for it. I smelled stewed chicken at your house and saw chicken feathers. That's my little flower. The chicken feathers are still here. ..."

Grandma Zhou took out a handful of chicken feathers as she spoke. Although it was a year ago, Grandma Zhou still held the chicken feathers in her hands with distress.

"My lord, please make the decision for me. My old man is dead. To me, Xiaohua is not just a chicken, but also my wife's family..."

"My lord, don't listen to her nonsense, this old woman is just looking for trouble, she is alone, and wants to quarrel with someone all day long..." Qian Daqiang said angrily.

"Did you steal Granny's chicken?" Meng Shiyu asked sharply.

This case is very difficult, because it was already a year ago, and it was a chicken case.

Even if you want to investigate now, there is no evidence. Who can find a chicken that has been dead for a year.

So the spectators looked at Meng Shiyu to see how he would judge the case.

"There is no adult, the conscience of heaven and earth..." Qian Daqiang replied, with an air of swearing.

"I see that you are lying..." Meng Shiyu said, "According to the law of the Great Zhou, theft is punishable by exile for three thousand miles. I see that you just stole a chicken. I will give you a lighter punishment. You will be taken out and hung on the archway to expose yourself to the sun. Three days."

"Ah, my lord, my man was wronged, we really didn't..." Qian Daqiang's daughter-in-law shouted anxiously.

"Stupid officer, stupid officer, how can you judge a case like this without mentioning evidence at all, stupid officer..." Qian Daqiang shouted.

"Yeah, how can the case be judged like this."

"I thought this fairy-like lord could do anything, but it turned out that he judged the case in a muddle."

……

Li Yulou looked at Meng Shiyu, and felt that the verdict of his case was indeed a bit inexplicable.

Meng Shiyu's face was solemn and unmoved, as if he couldn't hear the discussions around him at all.

"Zhou Wang," Meng Shiyu looked at Zhou Wang coldly, "pull him out and hang him on the archway at the gate of the government office..."

Zhou Wang took a step forward, grabbed Qian Daqiang, and dragged him outside.

The surrounding discussion is even worse.

Zhou Wang hesitated just now because he also felt that Mr. Meng's judgment was too subjective and arbitrary, so it was a bit too forceful to use torture as a trick in the public.

"Forget it, forget it, it's just a chicken, forget it, I won't sue..." Granny Zhou suddenly shouted.

"Grandma, don't worry, as long as he steals from me, I will definitely make the decision for you. This is the law. Don't say that he stole a chicken from you, even a needle, and I will punish him." Meng Shiyu told Zhou Grandma said kindly.

"No, he didn't steal the chicken. Yes, it was eaten by weasels. I saw it. It wasn't them. I deliberately wanted to quarrel with someone..." Grandma Zhou said suddenly.

Everyone looked at Grandma Zhou in shock. They thought she was pitiful just now, but now they think she is hateful.

"Grandma, why did you do this?" Meng Shiyu said, "If you are worried about Qian Daqiang...it's fine, I will definitely let him save half his life."

"My lord, what I said is true. I'm just too lonely. I want to talk to someone. I have no children. I'm an old woman alone. It's me who... framed this child Daqiang... I didn't expect the county government to return it to me." I can open the door to hear the case." Grandma Zhou said guiltily.

"Well, you apologize to Qian Daqiang and his wife. This matter is over, and this is not allowed in the future..." Meng Shiyu said.

Grandma Zhou agreed to come down and apologize to Qian Daqiang and his wife.

Suddenly, the spectators outside burst into warm applause.

"My lord, did you know from the beginning that Grandma's chicken was not lost at all?" someone asked.

"Of course..." Meng Shiyu said, "You can tell a lie..."

"However, grandma is understandable. When we are all old, we hope that someone will accompany us to talk..."

The onlookers praised Meng Shiyu even more.

The trial of the case was completed one by one, and it continued from morning to evening.

Meng Shiyu tried the cases very quickly, and often did not follow the routine to get unexpected results.

In the evening, the spectators kowtowed to Meng Shiyu at the gate of the county government office, calling him Lord Qingtian.

Li Yulou watched Meng Shiyu gain the support of the people, although his body was tired, he was very happy in his heart.

This is the result Meng Shiyu hoped for.

The next few days were spent like this.

Fortunately, the cases accumulated for five years were all tried in five days.

Li Yulou crawled on the squeaky bed enjoying Meng Shiyu's massage.

In the past five days, she has not lagged behind at all, she has been following, and her waist is about to break.

"Shi Yu," Li Yulou said in a voice, "Your hands don't seem to be as cold as before."

"After rubbing for you for so long, it will naturally generate heat..." Meng Shiyu said.

Li Yulou suddenly sat up and looked at him in surprise, "It was warm at the beginning, I felt it, but I didn't pay attention at first, but now that I think about it, it was warm from the beginning."

"Then what do you want?" Meng Shiyu asked.

Li Yulou kissed his lips with a bright smile, and a smile danced between his brows and eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"I want a child..." Li Yulou kissed again.

"But your waist is not good today." Meng Shiyu said.

"We don't play those strange moves today, okay, for the sake of the child, I have to stand on my head." Li Yulou said excitedly.

Meng Shiyu,...

She still didn't let go of her obsession.

Li Yulou kissed his lips, and pulled him down on the bed.

"This bed has to be changed..." Meng Shiyu said listening to the creaking sound of the bed.

Li Yulou smiled and said, "I'm used to it, there are accompaniment sounds when exercising..."

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the second day, there was no complaint.

"My lord, you are too powerful. You have tried all the cases accumulated by the Yamen for five years in five days." Zhang Dazhu, who was standing in the lobby of the Yamen, said with a smile.

"Yes, my lord, now the whole county is praising your lord, and your wife is also very good, saying that our Linshui County has hope, and a good official has come..." Zhou Wang said.

Other yamen servants also praised Meng Shiyu one after another.

"Okay, now do you think there is anything else in the Yamen that needs to be resolved quickly?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Is there anything else... It seems that there is nothing left, just wait for someone to complain." Zhang Dazhu said.

"How can we wait for someone to file a complaint," another yamen servant said, "As a parent officer, you should go out to find a case and see where people's livelihood is suffering. widow……"

"You really deserve to be beaten, Madam is still here, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Wang pointed at the yamen servant and reprimanded him.

Li Yulou looked coldly at this nonsense servant.

The yamen servant was so embarrassed that he wanted to bite his tongue off.

"Your salary is distributed to you with my own money, will it be the same in the future?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"No, of course not..." Zhang Dazhu suddenly understood, "Next, we're going to make money."

"Yes, we need money." Zhou Wang agreed.

Hearing Gao Yinzi's servants, they were a little worried, "My lord, the people in Linshui County don't have much money anymore."

"The common people don't have money, who has money?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"That...of course, those merchants, as well as the outsiders." Zhou Wang said.

"The common people don't have any money, so they ask for money from wealthy households and outsiders like them." Meng Shiyu said.

"But, my lord, these people are all related to the people above, and they can't be provoked... Just us can't even open the door of their house." Zhang Dazhu said worriedly with a frown.

Other yamen servants also echoed.

Meng Shiyu slapped the table with a slap, "They have people, and I have people too. Let's see if their people are stronger or my officials are stronger..."

"In this way, you go to these wealthy households and officials first, and tell them that the official wants them to collect taxes, calculate the tax burden according to their family wealth, and ask them to pay it on their own initiative, otherwise the official will use violence. It's gone." Meng Shiyu said in a solemn voice.

Perhaps it was Meng Shiyu who really gave them the courage to agree one by one and leave the Yamen.

Li Yulou looked at the two of them left in the yamen and asked, "Well, is this okay?"

"Of course not. It would be great if they idiots come back alive." Meng Shiyu laughed.

(End of this chapter)