After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Liao Qilin came outside the court and asked loudly, "Who is playing the drums here?"

"It's Xiaomin beating the drums to express his grievances." Jiang Sanlang stepped forward to salute.

Liao Qilin looked at the man in front of him: "If you have a grievance, why don't you write the pleadings and submit it first, why are you beating the drums?"

Jiang Sanlang: "Xiaomin has written a pleading paper and submitted it, but there has been no news for several days. Xiaomin is worried about the safety of his daughter and is anxious. He just caught a kidnapper and brought him to the Yamen together today."

Liao Qilin: "Who did you give the pleadings to?"

"Sun Lizheng from our township submitted it, and the yamen returned the receipt." Jiang Sanlang handed over the receipt of the pleading paper.

Liao Qilin took a look and frowned.

The signature on the receipt is Lin Huaisheng, the chief bookkeeper of the yamen.

Liao Qilin thought for a while, and was about to return to the inner hall with the receipt, but was stopped by Jiang Sanlang, "Please return the receipt to Xiaomin, sir."

This thing is the evidence that I submitted the pleadings, how could it be taken away by a scholar-like person.

That's right, this Liao Qilin is a scholar. Because he had no hope of passing the exam, he joined the Mei County magistrate as an aide, helping the county magistrate to make suggestions and handling some unimportant official duties.

Liao Qilin's face darkened, "What? Do you think someone will ignore your receipt?"

"Don't dare."

Jiang Sanlang said he didn't dare, but he still insisted: "If Xiaomin doesn't have the receipt in his hand, the officials will ignore Xiaomin's complaint, and please return the receipt to Xiaomin."

Liao Qilin's expression was not good, he looked around and saw dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him, so he had to return the receipt to Jiang Sanlang.

Back in the inner hall, Liao Qilin said to the county magistrate Mei: "The person who beat the drums outside once handed in the pleadings, and it was Lin Zhubo who took over and signed the return receipt, which was stamped with the official seal."

The magistrate of Mei County became angry when he heard it, and slapped the table: "You bastard! Now that the pleadings have been recorded, why don't you show them to me? Call Master Lin here!"

The complaints that have already been recorded belong to the case in his own hands. If he transfers it to the next one without authorization, then his performance appraisal will definitely be flawed. How can County Magistrate Mei not be angry.

Not long after, Master Lin walked in with his neck shrunk.

The county magistrate of Mei sat behind the desk and asked coldly, "Did you accept the case of the man outside?"

Lin Bo knew that he couldn't hide it, so he directly admitted: "It is true that the subordinates accepted the interview, but you said that the lawsuit and other matters were temporarily postponed, so the subordinates..."

"That's enough! Don't put your dereliction of duty on the head of the official!"

The county magistrate of Mei was furious, "Where's the pleading paper?"

He was about to resign, but this bastard actually made such a thing for him, and his superiors knew about it, so his hard work for so many years, wouldn't it be completely negated because of a trivial matter.

You must know that after resigning from office, local officials have to go to the higher-level state government to continue their posts, wait for the supervisory censor to evaluate their merits, and then decide to dismiss them based on the results after the evaluation.

The content of the assessment is divided into four good and three best.

The four virtues are the four aspects of morality, sincerity, publicity, and diligence; the three are the three aspects of governing affairs, persuading teachers, and nurturing.

As long as someone who is seriously unqualified in a certain aspect is found, his career in this life will almost come to an end.

Lin Zhubo silently took out a paper from his sleeve and presented it to him.

The staff took over and handed it over to the county magistrate Mei.

The magistrate of Mei County opened up and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked, the angrier he became.

"Who are these Han sisters? Hurry up and get them! And that Chen Ergou, if you can't catch him, call the rest of his family for questioning!"

The magistrate of Meixian threw down two green lottery sticks.

The head catcher on the side had been waiting for a long time, and quickly took it over and clasped his fists, "Yes! This subordinate will do it now!"

It's a good job to arrest people. When they arrive in the village, they will not only be able to eat and drink, but they may also receive some benefits.

Afterwards, the magistrate of Mei County immediately ordered people to be promoted to the hall, and then asked to bring the Jiang family into the Qinmin hall.

Sitting behind the case, the magistrate of Mei County slapped the gavel and asked, "The plaintiff will give his name!"

A yamen servant dragged Jiang Sanlang to the plaintiff's stone and asked him to greet the county magistrate.

"Xiaomin Jiang Sanlang, I have met the high officials." Jiang Sanlang greeted the county magistrate.

Mei County Magistrate: "Who are you suing and what are you doing, tell me one by one."

So Jiang Sanlang told about his daughter who was suddenly taken away by someone drugged.

"Xiaomin has caught a kidnapper named Zhang Mazi. He has admitted that he and his father-in-law Chen Ergou did this together, because someone hired them to rob him and said that he would give a sum of money afterwards. .”

When the magistrate of Mei County heard that one criminal had been caught, he felt relieved and ordered the defendant to be brought up.

Zhang Mazi was pushed by two yamen servants to kneel on the defendant's stone.

At this time, Zhang Mazi was already frightened. It was the first time he saw an official when he was in his 20s. He shook his head and kowtowed to the officials above. , Xiao, the villain was deceived by his father-in-law."

I agreed to give him a consistent amount of money, but in the end I gave him a hundred coins. It is really not worthwhile for me to hide in Tibet these days and not be able to reunite with my wife and children.

The magistrate of Mei County slapped the gavel: "Report all the things you have committed, and if you miss a single word, the criminal law will serve you!"

So, Zhang Mazi told everything he knew like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, and at the end he choked up and said that he had been hungry all day, and saw a child holding half a piece of rice cake at the entrance of the alley, so he grabbed it and ate it.

The documents of the magistrate of Mei County were recorded one by one, without missing a single word.

In the end, Zhang Mazi signed the confession and received another [-] boards before he was dragged to the county government prison.

The next step is to wait for the police to get the person back.

Of course the county magistrate Mei would not wait in the courtroom. He retreated to the inner room first to discuss with his staff how to close the case.

The first trial of this case went well, and the Magistrate Mei was in a very good mood, and even asked an aide to prepare the questions to be asked in the next trial.

When Jiang Sanlang came out of the court, he asked his wife to take Yingbao and his parents back to his elder sister's house to rest first, and he took a few villagers to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

Unexpectedly, before the meal was finished, the second elder brother Jiang Erlang and two villagers turned Chen Ergou back.

"Sanlang, we caught him over there, and we chased him for two blocks before catching up." Jiang Erlang kicked Chen Ergou, "Do you want to send him off now?"

Jiang Sanlang squinted his eyes, "Let's ask him first, who is the employer, if he dares to tell lies, I'll cut off his tongue."

Chen Ergou was gagged, and yelled loudly when he heard this.

"Be honest!" Jiang Erlang kicked him again, taking out the rag from his mouth.

Chen Ergou spat, spat out the rags in his mouth, and shouted: "Jiang Sanlang, how dare you!"

"Why don't I dare?" Jiang Sanlang stepped on the bench, slapped him, and said with a sneer, "If you dare to touch my child, I will make you pay with my life!"

"Yo, the tone is not small!"

Suddenly several yamen servants rushed in, and the leader was Chen Guanglu.

I saw Chen Guanglu winking at the yamen servants, and the yamen servants rushed forward, and Chen Ergou fell into their hands.

Jiang Sanlang's face darkened, knowing that he could not fight with the government servants, let alone compete with Chen Guanglu at this time.

Seeing Chen Guanglu coming, Chen Ergou smiled and said, "Guan Chen is here to save me..."

He recognized this official as Xiao Han's husband. He had also been to Xichen Village before and talked to him.

Before he finished speaking, Chen Guanglu had already received a slap on the face.

"Take it back to the yamen!" Chen Guanglu glanced coldly at Jiang Sanlang and the others, and ordered the yamen servants to take Chen Ergou away.