Space at hand: Pick up a prince to farm

Chapter 99

Song Chen had already sent the agreement to the government for filing.

With Cang Yi asking one of the questions, the magistrate of Baofeng County, where Chongyun Town belongs, took this matter very seriously.

Song Chen handed a piece of complaint to the county magistrate. When the magistrate saw the location and parties involved, he hurriedly took people to Beiguan Village himself.

Three gongs sounded to clear the way, and the county magistrate's carriage arrived at Beiguan Village.

The people in Beiguan Village were frightened by this formation, and they knelt down to salute fearfully.

Only when the magistrate's carriage was far away did someone react and spread the news throughout the village.

Everyone watched the county magistrate's carriage go directly to Old Song's house, and they really couldn't figure out why. In less than half a year, Old Song's house was on official business for the second time.

Old Man Song, who was waiting for Mr. Song Zhou to drink medicine in the room, heard something was wrong with the movement outside and walked out to take a look.

Through the low wall outside, Old Man Song could see the official officers outside at a glance.

At that moment, he felt happy, presumably it was Lao Liu who got the job done.

The sixth son of his family is really quite proud, and it costs less to hire the county magistrate than others.

"The common people have seen the county magistrate." Old Man Song hurriedly ran out and knelt in front of the magistrate's carriage.

When the magistrate in the carriage heard someone talking, he slightly opened the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. Kneeling outside was an old man.

"Who is kneeling outside?" the county magistrate asked in a deep voice.

"Returning to the county magistrate, Song Wancai, a common man, is Song Qingyun's father." Old man Song hurriedly introduced himself to his family, and also brought Song Qingyun in by the way.

"You are Song Wanchai. Come here and kidnap him to this county."

As soon as Old Man Song announced his name, the county magistrate had him tied up without saying a word.

Old Man Song was stunned and hurriedly cried out for injustice.

"My Lord County Magistrate, the common people have been wronged. Are you mistaken? Didn't my sixth son tell you?"

Old Man Song didn't dare to speak too clearly, but the rope on his body almost made him lose the ability to think.

The county magistrate snorted coldly, "You're wronged. What's wrong with you? Look carefully at this agreement. It has your fingerprint on it. This county doesn't recognize you at all."

The county magistrate's words mercilessly exposed the illusion in Old Man Song's heart.

He thought that the county magistrate was invited by Song Qingyun to find connections, but he didn't expect that he came to arrest him directly with an agreement.

"Your Majesty the County Magistrate, the common people have been tricked. This agreement is the fingerprint that the common people were forced to press." Old Man Song knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

Except for Lin Maofeng, no one else in the village knew about the agreement he signed with Song Chen.

"Forced to press fingerprints?" The county magistrate simply did not sit on the carriage.

"This county received this agreement a few days ago. The people from the plaintiff took it and filed it. This county remembers that according to this agreement, you took 50 taels of silver and left. Is there anything like this?"

After all, Old Man Song was just an old man from the country. No matter how courageous he was, he was being questioned like this in front of the county magistrate, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.

The county magistrate knew immediately, "You took the money, but you said someone else forced you to press your fingerprints."

I want Yinzi, but I don’t want to do anything.

Old Man Song clenched his molar teeth and remained silent. Because they heard these noises, the two families, Song Lao Er and Song Lao Wu, quietly came out to take a look, and happened to hear about the 50 taels of silver.

Only then did they realize that their father had such a large sum of money.

However, it was impossible for them to stand up and say anything at this time. The county magistrate was so intimidating that they dared not speak out.

Old Man Song was lying on the ground, cursing Song Chen desperately in his heart.

She actually did it so brilliantly that she actually sued him!
The matter has come to this, and he absolutely cannot let her go like this, "Sir, Cao Min is really unjust. You have also seen the agreement. Cao Min has made an agreement with her. I will help her negotiate the mountain, and she will give it to me." She received 100 taels of silver as a reward, but Cao Min had already gone to Shiping Village to help her negotiate the mountain, and she felt the price was too high, so she wanted to go back on her word."

The county magistrate wants to create the image of himself as the great master of Qingtian. Even if he has already made up his mind, he will still go through the formalities symbolically.

"Someone, go bring the other party to the agreement."

"Yes, my lord."

The county magistrate put his hands behind his back and directed people to bring Song Chen over, and ran away as soon as he finished speaking.

Not long after, Song Chen came, and with her came other members of the Song family.

"The grass people have seen the county magistrate."

As soon as Song Chen arrived, he bowed to the county magistrate first. She couldn't kneel down, so the county magistrate didn't care about her, "Are you Song Chen?"

"Sir, the common man is Song Chen."

"This county wants to ask you, did you force Song Wanchai to sign this agreement?" Song Chen looked at Old Man Song who was kneeling on the ground, "Sir, he signed this agreement with me voluntarily, and the people present at the time were still There is Li Zheng from our village, and he took the initiative to find me."

Song Chen told the story of that day in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"I was still confused at first. We have no contact with him for a long time. He took the initiative to ask me for help. I didn't expect that he was trying to trick me. There are less than 5000 acres of barren hills in Shiping Village. He Take me to buy it with [-] taels of silver. Dare I ask the county magistrate, are all the barren mountains in our county so expensive?"

The county magistrate did not know what Song Chen said. When he heard what Song Chen said, he became furious.

The land purchase and sale prices are all set by the imperial court, and then reported and adjusted by local officials as appropriate. What did he hear now?
A barren mountain of less than 5000 acres costs [-] taels of silver!

Does this still take him as the county magistrate seriously?
"Bring Li Zheng from Shiping Village to this county!"

The official did not dare to delay, so he rode his horse and galloped towards Shiping Village.

Shiping Village is still some distance away from Beiguan Village. While waiting for Shiping Village to be brought, the county magistrate had already almost finished interrogating Old Man Song.

Furthermore, the Zhou family of Song Dynasty was brought out.

"Sir, I heard that Song Wancai is planning to sell the land, and I think he wants to return the 50 taels of silver. So I would like to implore you, sir. If he really intends to do this, you can just use the land as compensation without pursuing any further investigation." Just silver.”

Song Chen sincerely requested the county magistrate.

But when Song Wancai heard this, he didn't even care that the county magistrate was still there. He jumped up and scolded Song Chen, "You shameless girl, you want my land, just dream! I won't give you the money. You can’t even imagine it. I’m your grandfather. Is it still illegal for you to give me some money?”

Lin Maofeng hurried over and said, "I have met the county magistrate."

The chiefs of each village were appointed by the county magistrate. Magistrate Lin Maofeng knew him. When he saw him coming over, he frowned slightly and said, "Lin Maofeng, tell me what is going on."

"Yes, my lord."

Lin Maofeng told everything about the agreement signed between Song Chen and Song Wancai and the fact that Song Chen's father, Song Dashan, asked himself to leave the clan.

"I was present when the agreement was signed, and I also read the agreement to Song Wancai. He pressed his fingerprint after confirming that there was no problem. After signing the agreement, Song Chen gave him 50 taels of silver. As for the grandfather he was talking about, Song Wancai Chen’s father, Song Dashan, had severed ties with Song Wancai two months ago and invited himself out of the Song clan.”

The county magistrate narrowed his eyes, "Is there any record for leaving the clan?"

In the countryside, it is not uncommon for people to ask themselves to leave the clan, but most of them are just words.

"There are filing documents, and Song Dashan's family has opened a new household registration." Lin Maofeng replied.

The county magistrate nodded, "In this case, there is no relationship between Song Chen and Song Wancai, so there is no such thing as a younger generation being filial to an elder. According to the content of the agreement, Song Wancai did not complete the agreement and violated the agreement. Double compensation is required. In other words, Song Wancai In addition to the 50 taels taken away before, Song Chen also needs to be given 150 taels of silver as compensation!"

There was nothing wrong with the agreement Song Chen sent over. He just needed to figure out whether it was signed voluntarily or forced.

As soon as the number 150 taels came out, Old Man Song almost fell into the mud because he could still jump just now.

"Sir, grass people, grass people..."

He couldn't shout out that he was wronged, otherwise he would be saying that the county magistrate had unfairly decided the case, but how could he have so much money to compensate?

But if he couldn't get the money, he would go to jail, and Lao Liu's path to the imperial examination would be ruined.

Song Chen!

Song Chen!

Why don't you die!

"You signed the agreement voluntarily. Because the defendant went to the Yamen for breaking the contract, the county came here to resolve the case. Do you still feel that you were wronged?" The county magistrate looked at Song Wancai coldly.

As the county magistrate, he could naturally see that there were some problems with this agreement, but if Song Wancai hadn't been greedy, how could it have been like this.

"Grass people, we don't feel wronged. It's just that we can't afford so much money. Even if we sell our land, we only have about ten acres of land. Moreover, we have a seriously ill wife at home who needs to drink soup every day. Grass people..."

Song Wancai made a sad face, trying to win sympathy.

But Song Chen's thoughts were unusually lively. She felt strange that Mrs. Song Zhou was ill before. It happened that Old Man Song was about to sell land at that time. She absolutely did not believe that Old Man Song would sell land in order to treat Mrs. Song Zhou's illness. of.

"I know a little bit about medical skills. Since I bumped into her, I'll go and help her." Song Chen also asked someone to ask Li Langzhong before, but Old Man Song only asked him to get medicine, not to check his pulse.

Old Man Song knew that Song Chen knew medicine. It was said that she cured the sick young man in their Wang family.

She must not be allowed to check her pulse.

"No!" Old Man Song refused loudly, "My old lady has quarreled with you many times, and I'm afraid you will harm her."

Song Chen was not surprised, but the county magistrate spoke again.

“This county is here, how could anyone dare to harm others under the eyes of this county?”

"The doctor is kind-hearted. Even if she has done so many things to harm me before, I will not harm her at this time. This is my basic bottom line as a person. Don't worry, I won't charge you a penny for medical treatment. The 150 taels you owe me will be paid with your land. If it’s not enough, I won’t argue with you.”

Old Man Song lowered his head, his eyes full of resentment.

(End of this chapter)