Chapter 14

Watching Hua Rujin and Shu Jinxuan leaving, Ye Chengwei held the few pleadings in his hand, and asked Ting An hesitantly: "How many daughters does the Hua family have?"

"That's too much, the Hua family has it"

Ting An was about to report in detail, but Ye Chengwei interrupted him uncertainly: "Hua family. Liufang?"

I probably remember that it was the daughter of Liufang who I met in the county government office when I was a child.

It's just that many years have passed, and the memory is already a little fuzzy.

"Oh, it seems to be two women and one son."

Ting An was also a little unclear. The old lady rarely mentioned the Hua family in her previous letters.

"Who was it that I had a marriage contract with?"

Ye Chengwei suddenly became curious.

"I'm afraid it's this one. I also remember that it's the lady of Liufang. I just heard from the old lady that Liufang was married to the Dou family."

Ting An replied meticulously: "But it is said that the other two heirs of the sixth master of the Hua family were born in the past two years. They are just baby babies now. When the master and the Hua family were engaged, the second young lady was not yet born."

Ye Chengwei suddenly realized: "Then go home today..."

It seemed that he had wrongly blamed her earlier.

This woman did not go there for a marriage.

It's just that she didn't mention the mirror at all, so she was calm.

Ting An shook his head blankly, as if he didn't know what kind of monsters the two he saw earlier were.

In comparison, he felt that the Miss Hua family was much more pleasing to the eye than the mother and daughter.

In the blink of an eye, seeing the short two-line petition in the young master's hand, Ting An was stunned: "Young master, this is also a complaint? If you want a format, don't you want it?"

"Well, the format is not important, as long as you can understand it."

Ye Chengwei smiled lightly.

Although he was new to the office, he had heard many good stories when he was in Beijing. Many litigators were able to turn around a big case that had been settled with just a few pleadings.

I didn't expect the Hua family's daughter to be so smart, and the concise twenty-character words got the point right, she was much smarter than the lip service lawyers I've seen.

But Ting An was a little worried: "Young Master, I have also heard about the Dou family in the city these few days. That Dou Yuanwai is a well-known benevolent person in our county, and he is highly regarded by the Liu Zhi County. I have come to congratulate you in the past two days, and I have specially instructed you about the Dou family, so you are doing this to embarrass Liuzhi County."

"Shooting for no reason costs thousands of taels of silver. If the judgment is fair, why bother, it's obvious that he's obstructed the case."

Ye Chengwei recalled the contact with Liu Cheng two days ago, there were dozens of cases backlogged in the county, he did not mention everything but only mentioned the marriage of Dou's family, which shows that he has a ghost in his heart.

"Young master said so, I also think it is really strange."

Ting An said: "I came to the county government this morning to set up a carriage, and I saw Lu Dianshi take someone out, saying that the second son of Dou Yuan's family wanted to misbehave with his younger siblings, and his life was hurt. This Dou Yuan is always kind to others, but The only thing that can't be disciplined is his own son. If Dou Erlang is so virtuous, I'm afraid he won't be much better if he is a good man. A weak woman who was a young woman is a widow in her own house, and I heard that this time she was forced to die alive."

I thought that the Hua family had a better family by retiring from the marriage with the young master, but I didn't expect that they married into the Dou family. This is really puzzling.

Ye Chengwei listened to the babble of the book boy, but his eyes were absorbed in the complaint: the concubine was married on the day of her thirteenth marriage, the widow was widowed, the uncle was evil, and he was in a dilemma, so he went home for the whole festival.

Every word is like iron, and the needle hits the nail on the head.

How can such a portal allow a blooming woman to observe festivals with peace of mind?
Forcibly detaining others is mostly because of misconduct.

While he was thinking, he suddenly saw Tang Haoran, the magistrate of the county, and Lu Xiuyuan, the Dianshi, leading all the small officials in the yamen, hurried in, and the sound of complicated footsteps interrupted his thoughts.

"Your Excellency is really hardworking. I heard that he entered the county government before the rising sun. The officials are really ashamed."

County magistrate Tang Haoran secretly glanced at the petition in his hand, and complimented him with a smile.

Ye Chengwei raised his eyes unhurriedly, and glanced at the county magistrate who was speaking, his warm eyes gradually turned deep: "The county government has a backlog of countless old cases, and there are dozens of missing persons cases alone. If one of the parents and officials cannot find these young children and girls earlier, how can the county feel at ease."

"My lord acted swiftly and resolutely. In just a few days, I asked about the whereabouts of many missing persons from the captured people. It must not take long for them to be found and reunited with their families."

Tang Haoran continued to maintain a flattering smile on his face, and replied cautiously.

"But there are still more than a dozen cases of missing girls, right?"

Ye Chengwei looked solemn, and picked up a case file on the desk, his face became even more cold: "There is also this old case of a wealthy businessman from a neighboring county who disappeared in this county. I heard that the family of the victim has been petitioning for many years without success. Worrying."

Hearing this, everyone frowned.

I don't know if he is alluding to the former magistrate's ineffective handling of the case, or he is beating you.

Seeing that no one answered, the atmosphere in the hall also darkened, Ye Chengwei immediately changed his face, and said with a pleasing smile: "Master Dou came just in time, so you and the famous scholar Dou Yue in our county are still in the same family. I will trouble you to go there yourself and send the approval documents for the daughter of the Hua family's remarriage to the two places respectively."

"This"

Several people seemed particularly embarrassed.

Tang Haoran hastily reminded: "My lord, Liu Zhi County has already made a decision on this matter. If Your Excellency changes the sentence rashly, it will make things difficult for Liu Zhi County."

After a pause, he continued: "Furthermore, the woman from the Hua family is married to a matchmaker from the Dou family. Logically speaking, this belongs to the Dou family's affairs, and the government should not interfere."

"Since the Ming media is marrying, how can there be any reason for the official wife to die alive?"

Ye Chengwei's face gradually turned sullen: "If this precedent is set, how many women will be forced to death in the whole county in the future?"

A single sentence left people speechless.

"Furthermore, even being a martyr should be done voluntarily. Is there any reason to be forced by the husband's family?"

He was full of contempt for this behavior.

"The young lady of the Dou family has spent the funeral period for her deceased husband. She is not yet old enough and has no heirs. It is up to her to decide whether to stay or not. Why does the Dou family detain him with a marriage certificate? If something happens to the daughter-in-law and uncle Sister-in-law's adultery and incest are scandalous scandals that are indecent, and the county knows but doesn't judge them. When the time comes, will you pick off your county magistrate's black hair, or let the county be punished?"

It has long been heard that Tang Haoran, the magistrate of the county, has a very close relationship with Liu Cheng, that Liu Cheng's official style is not correct, and Yin Zi was promoted to the official position by relying on his beard and flattery, this guy will protect him.

Ye Chengwei's eyebrows flashed, and he angrily threw the complaint in his hand on his face.

Tang Haoran stared blankly at the striking [-]-character complaint, and felt a chill in his heart: Everyone knows about Dou Jiaerlang's scandal, if he keeps his selfishness in mind, something even worse will really happen at that time, and he will be held accountable. It is my own responsibility.

With a stiff smile on the corner of his mouth, he picked up the complaint and handed it back to the desk respectfully, and said with a flattering smile: "My lord taught me that the subordinate officials will go to Dou's mansion in person and advise Dou to follow orders. There is no talk of ghosts and gods, I think there must be someone pretending to be a ghost to scare people."

Afterwards, he gestured to the chief secretary Dou Yiheng and the Dian Shi Lu Xiuyuan, and led the small officials back out together.

Ye Chengwei listened to the second half of him, seeming to mean something.

However, he never pays attention to heresies such as ghosts and gods. He looked at Ting An faintly and asked, "Can I buy all the books I want?"

Ting An frowned: "I went to several bookstores, and many of the books listed by the Young Master were missing."

Ye Chengwei thought for a while: "I heard that Ningyuan Bookstore in the south of the city has the most complete collection of books. I'll go there in person after finishing my official duties later."

(End of this chapter)

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