Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 58
After hearing Wang Yue's words, the people in the hall looked at the imperial envoy in puzzlement, not understanding how Hu Daniu's ten coins came into Wang Yue's hands.

Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, Wang Yue took out a paperweight like a copper tiger button and said bitterly: "This old man is good at writing poems all his life! That day Hu Daniu asked the old man why he didn't write poems. The paperweight is available, but the new work is afraid of falling into the wrong hands. Unexpectedly, Hu Daniu actually took this matter seriously, so he bought this paperweight for the old man for ten yuan!"

Obviously he didn't have any kindness to Hu Daniu, and Hu Daniu's family was poor, so Hu Daniu came to Jingshan County with great difficulty and even wanted to buy a paperweight for him.

"My lord, I have already asked the shopkeeper of the Wenfang Store in Jingshan City. He has proved this matter and is waiting to be summoned in the hall!" Wang Yu also sighed inwardly, and saluted Yang Jizong.

Yang Jizong looked at this handsome and eloquent prince, then nodded lightly and said: "The shopkeeper of the Chuanwenfang shop is here!"

"The villain is Jiang Cheng, the shopkeeper of Jingshan Wenfang Store. The villain has just gone to identify the corpse. That person did come to the store to buy a paperweight!" Jiang came to the hall and immediately explained the whole story.

Liu Jiamo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed out a flaw as if he had caught a life-saving straw: "My lord, if he lied, he must have been instructed to perjure himself! How can this kind of paperweight be worth ten pennies in Jingshan? At most, it can only be sold for five renminbi, no, it can be bought for three renminbi!"

Huh?
When the people in the hall heard the flaw Liu Jiamo pointed out, they couldn't help but look at Wang Yue in the hall, and couldn't help but suspect that Wang Yue was behind the scenes.

Liu Zhixian and the two shopkeepers were extremely nervous just now, but they were all secretly relieved at the moment.

"I am ashamed of myself, I think Hu Daniu is an honest man, and he came to our Jingshan border from a foreign country, so...he directly asked for ten yuan, and ended...in the end, he probably thought that the things of scholars are so expensive, so he didn't return it. Pay the price!" The shopkeeper confided the truth with a guilty face.

"This world is bullying honest people!"

"No one knows the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, but how many of us common people know the value of a paperweight?"

"Who is giving false testimony? Our common people can see this clearly. Some people in Jingshan have already covered the sky with one hand!"

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When the people in the hall heard the whole story, they felt a sense of sympathy, and complained for Hu Daniu one after another. At the same time, some people insinuated about Li Guangming who was listening in the hall.

Li Guangming's hearing was pretty good, and when he heard that the people in the hall seemed to be pointing the finger at him, his whole face really sank, but he planned to turn around and severely punish these troublemakers.

Yang Jizong's eyes fell on Li Guangming complicatedly, he thought that this old man in the officialdom would handle his relationship with Wang Yue well, but he didn't want to offend him to death.

It's just that he doesn't have a deep friendship with Li Guangming. In fact, even if he has a deep friendship with Li Guangming, it is impossible to favor such a perverted person.

Yang Jizong coughed lightly, and said to Li Guangming, "Lord Li, according to the certificate from the shopkeeper of the study shop, Hu Daniu spent ten renminbi to buy a paperweight. I wonder if you still have doubts about this?"

"My lord, I want to make things clear. Now that I know the whereabouts of the ten cents, Hu Daniu naturally doesn't have enough money to buy a catty of salt!" Li Guangming seemed to be a different person. He bowed his hands to Yang Jizong kindly.

"Your Excellency in Taiwan, I agree with Liu Jiamo's guess just now. Someone here was instigated to give false testimony, but the person who gave the false testimony was not the shopkeeper of the study shop, but the shopkeeper of the salt shop and the teahouse. Hu Daniu bought a paperweight as a foreigner. You are being bullied by others, so how could you not go to the salt store to buy salt as planned, but grab salt from a scholar in a teahouse in full view?" Wang Yu knew that Li Guangming was the mastermind behind the incident, so he was about to point the finger at it The two shopkeepers said.

Yang Jizong looked at the shopkeeper thoughtfully, and flipped through the file in his hand again, and found that the testimony of the two shopkeepers was indeed questionable, but they seemed to have skillfully kept their words to a close.

"My lord in Taiwan, maybe Hu Daniu really lost his salt. He happened to see the salt in the student's hand, so he came up to grab the student's salt. This case may also be caused by a misunderstanding!" Liu Jiamo rolled his eyes and immediately threw out the salt. The new rhetoric said.

"Liu Jiamo, I remember you saying that Hu Daniu was following you, and you left the teahouse in a hurry because you suspected that Hu Daniu wanted to steal your salt!" Wang Yu frowned slightly, and said seriously.

Yang Jizong was flipping through the files, so he nodded lightly and said, "That's right! According to your testimony, you suspect that Hu Daniu wants to steal salt, so you actually think Hu Daniu is a villain!"

"Masters in Taiwan, the students may be nervous. Hu Daniu is physically stronger than the students, so the students should take precautions! The sages have said: A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall!" Liu Jiamo explained.

Wang Yu found out that Liu Jiamo was also a difficult person to deal with, so he asked Yang Jizong for inspection: "Your Excellency, the current flaw lies in this bag of salt! If it is true as Liu Jiamo said, this bag of salt is what he walked in from salt." If you bought it with silver, you shouldn’t be short of catties. If it was bought by Hu Daniu, then naturally it will be maliciously confiscated by the salt shop, this bag of salt is not worth it!"

The people in the hall found that the matter had gone full circle and returned to the bag of salt.

"Come on, this salt is about to be inspected!" Yang Jizong realized that this was indeed the biggest flaw in the case, and immediately gave an order in a deep voice.

An old official from a household immediately stepped forward, reached out to take Wang Yu's bag of salt, and then picked up the problematic scale in full view of everyone: "The old official uses this scale to weigh salt. We used this scale to weigh salt that day, and it was indeed Hu Daniu who went to buy salt that day. If it is not enough, then..."

"Old guy, what are you talking nonsense, hurry up and weigh the salt!" A few impatient men in the hall heard the old official nagging, and immediately expressed their dissatisfaction.

Yang Jizong knew that scholars have this kind of stinking problem, so he also ordered in a deep voice: "Say it!"

The old official hurriedly saluted Yang Jizong, but he didn't dare to delay any longer. He immediately put the bag of salt on the weighing pan facing Yang Jizong's direction, and began to weigh the salt cautiously.

Although the old official's hands were trembling, he pushed the rope of the weight to the star carving of one catty very steadily.

The dark clouds that had just dissipated made a comeback again, causing the entire county government to be shrouded in dark clouds.

"Did it come out? Did the result come out?"

"What's the situation with that scale? I'm so anxious!"

"You don't need to ask, the question said it must be 'a lot of weight'!"

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The people in the hall looked like ants on a hot pit facing the old officials who turned their backs. Everyone looked anxious and wanted to know the results of the weighing in the hall, but some people remained very confident.

It's just that everyone in the hall reacted differently, and Wang Yu's eyes widened in disbelief at this moment.

In his eyes, after the old official pushed the rope to the moment of one catty and released it, the beam of the scale tilted upwards, proving that the package of salt was not sold by the defective scale.

"Masters from Taiwan, the student was wronged! The student did go to the salt shop to buy salt that day. As for the twists and turns, the student is not aware of it. The student is also the victim!" Seeing the result of the weighing, Liu Jiamo immediately called out to Qu with tears. road.

When Yang Jizong saw the test result, which proved that the bag of salt was not withheld, he also turned his head to look at Wang Yue helplessly.

Wang Yue frowned, although he was quite certain that Liu Jiamo was turning right and wrong, and Li Guangming behind him was constantly making tricks, but he still didn't know what the problem was.

After all, it is not 100% sure that Liu Jiamo did not buy salt that day, and there is a certain probability that Hu Daniu caught the wrong person.

"Master Imperial Envoy, this case has come to light! Even if you have friendship with Hu Daniu, you can't wrong the old man's student, so let's leave this case alone!" Seeing the result, Li Guangming suggested to Wang Yue who was opposite.

Lu Song, who was standing behind Wang Yue, saw that the case seemed to be closed, so he opened his mouth and said: "When the humble official came down, His Majesty personally told the humble official not to underestimate the people in the local area, and to pay close attention to the surrounding affairs. Turn the grass and look forward to the wind! At that time, the humble official didn't know the reason for the holy will, but seeing it today, His Majesty is really insightful!"

"What do you mean by that?" Li Guangming frowned slightly, looking vigilantly at the Jinyiwei Baihudao who came down from the capital.

Wang Yue and the others looked at the Jinyiwei hundred households in puzzlement. They also didn't know what he meant by saying these words, let alone why His Majesty was involved?

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