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Chapter 52 The County Magistrate Steps Down
  The night is melting, a crescent moon hangs in the sky, a cool breeze blows, and the insects in the grass make a faint chirp, one after another, sweet to the ear.

Shen Jia was sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing. Suddenly, a subtle sound came from outside.

Shen Jia jumped up to the roof and saw a man with the head of a snake and the eyes of a rat, carrying a cloth bag and wandering around the wall of Shen's house. Finally he came to the door of Shen's house. He pushed the door gently and found that the door did not move at all, not even a gap.

The man raised the cloth bag in his hand and planned to throw it in from outside the fence, but found that the mouth of the bag had to be tied tightly, otherwise the snake would bite him, and it was useless to throw the bag tightly.

The man walked back and forth twice, but still couldn't think of a way.

Shen Jia lay on the roof and watched the show quietly.

The man dropped the bag on the ground and wandered around the village. Half a quarter of an hour later, I saw him coming up carrying a table.

When Shen Jia saw the table, his face darkened, and he really wanted to curse his eighteenth generation ancestors.

It was a table for worship, and there were candle marks on it. I don’t know where this person moved it from.

Shen Jia fell from the roof, "What do you want to do?"

"Ouch! What a ghost!" After saying that, he ran away with the table on his shoulders.

Shen Jia pouted, someone so afraid of death would dare to do bad things? I don't know how to put down the table and run faster. What an idiot.

Shen Jia flicked something on him, and a quarter of an hour later his body would start to itch. After five days and five nights of itching, his whole body would fester and die.

Shen Jia would not be soft-hearted towards such a scumbag who sold his wife and daughter.

Shen Jia jumped into the wall with the bag and found that the lights in the house were on.

Shen Zhuoyun and Mrs. Gu walked out wearing clothes.

"Jia'er, is that a poisonous snake in the bag?" Gu asked nervously.

Shen Jia shook the bag and said, "Yes."

Mrs. Gu snatched the bag and scolded: "You kid, you know it's a venomous snake, but you're still dangling it. How dangerous it is!"

Shen Jia stared at Gu blankly. Even though she was so scared, she still suppressed her fear and grabbed the bag in order to keep the danger away from Shen Jia. This was her instinctive reaction.

Shen Jia smiled and stepped forward to take the bag, "Don't worry, mom, these snakes can't hurt me yet."

After Shen Jia finished speaking, she took the bag and went to the kitchen. She wanted to take out the snake gallbladder.

Snake gallbladder is a good medicine for coughs, and the venom of poisonous snakes is also a good poison. These cannot be wasted.

With the help of Shen Zhuoyun and Gu, Shen Jia quickly cut out the snake's gallbladder.

The venom was also taken out and placed in a porcelain bottle.

Shen Zhuoyun and Gu went back to their room to sleep, while Shen Jia went directly to the pharmacy to make medicine.

The next day, after it got dark, Shen Jia came out of the pharmacy.

I found that the house was deserted and only Mr. Gu was at home.

"Mom, where did dad, eldest brother, Yun'er, and An'er go?" Shen Jia asked curiously.

Gu said with a smile: "Someone came to report this morning that the county government office was surrounded by officers and soldiers early in the morning. Your father took Hao'er and the others to the county seat to watch the excitement."

"The magistrate's movements are quite fast!" Shen Jia praised.

"There are people in Qi Xuan who are capable, so the investigation and evidence collection will certainly be quick."

"Well! I won't join in the fun." After Shen Jia finished speaking, he went back to his room to rest.

When Shen Jia woke up, the sun was about to set. Shen Yun and Shen An each moved a small wooden stool and sat at the door of Shen Jia's room, waiting for her to get up. When they heard the sound of Shen Jia opening the door, they both stood up.

Shen An shouted in surprise: "Sister, are you awake?"

"Well, Yun'er, An'er, why are you here?"

"We have good news for you."

"What good news?"

Shen Zhuoyun heard Shen Jia's voice and knew that she was awake, so he came over.

Shen Yun and Shen An secretly glanced at Shen Zhuoyun and thought to themselves, Dad is the worst. They were the ones who told their sister the good news, but he insisted on joining in the fun.

Shen Zhuoyun pretended not to see the dissatisfied expressions of the two little brats and said: "Today the magistrate publicly tried Magistrate Meng and Master Meng at the county government office. Zhu Fugui and the mining villagers were witnesses, and gold was found from the secret room of the county government office. , and Wei Yuming provided a lot of evidence that the county magistrate was corrupt, perverting the law, and disregarding human life.

The witnesses and material evidence were all there, and the evidence was conclusive. The prefect finally sentenced Meng County Magistrate and Master to be dismissed from their posts, detained in Fucheng, and exiled to northern Xinjiang three months later. When Magistrate Meng was being taken away by the prefect, he was still shouting that he was wronged and said that he would sue, but unfortunately no one paid attention to him.

Some people in Yixian County who had been oppressed by Magistrate Meng threw rotten vegetable leaves at him. One of them, an elderly couple, even threw feces on him. Later, some people wanted to follow suit, but were stopped by the prefect. "

The Criminal Law of the Great Zhou Dynasty stipulates that prefects and county magistrates are not qualified to execute the death penalty. They must report it to the Inspection Division. If the Inspection Division finds that there is no problem after review, it will be reported to the Ministry of Punishment. Then it will be reviewed by Dali Temple. After inspection by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it can be carried out by various localities. Officials carry out executions.

That's why Li Hu had the courage to poison, set fire and kill people, because they knew that even if they were proven to have committed murder, they would not be able to kill them immediately.

It will be several years later that the ancient transportation system has been reviewed at all levels.

So it was usually punishment with a cane or exile.

"The prefect got a huge benefit this time. He got such a big credit for nothing. He will be promoted to a higher rank in the future." Shen Jia praised.

"His luck has always been very good." Shen Zhuoyun said with a smile.

"Where is Wei Yuming? Can he successfully become the county magistrate?"

"It's necessary. If the prefect recommends him, who dares not to let him go up?"

"Sure enough, there are people in the court who are easy to get things done! A powerful person only needs a word, but it reaches a height that ordinary people cannot reach in their lifetime." Shen Jia sighed.

Shen Zhuoyun said quietly: "That's why many people are obsessed with power and are unwilling to let go of privileges, endless glory and wealth, and honoring their ancestors..."

Shen Jia pouted: "Although power can bring many benefits, it can also cause great harm. Once people have power, they will slowly lose themselves and abuse their power to seek their own personal gain."

Shen Zhuoyun seemed to be touched and said: "So after people have rights, they must always stay awake and stick to their true intentions, so as not to make mistakes."

Shen Yun and Shen An looked at them aggrievedly and listened to their words that were difficult to understand.

The two chatted for a while, and then Shen Zhuoyun went to the field to look at the seedlings.

Shen Yun and Shen An burst into laughter instantly, and they chattered about what they had seen and heard today.

"Sister, that old grandpa and grandma are so miserable!"

"Why?"

Shen An's face turned red and he said angrily: "Their son was beaten to death. They went to the county government to file a complaint, but they were beaten twenty times by Magistrate Meng!"

Shen Yun added in a sweet voice beside him: "The son of the grandfather and the grandmother were selling eggs in the county town. They had a conflict with a bully in the county town and were beaten to death by the bully.

The grandfather and grandmother went to the county government to complain. The magistrate had been bribed by the bully, and they were beaten twenty times by the magistrate. Their home was not far from the county seat. When they heard that the county magistrate had been arrested, they brought feces from home and poured it on the magistrate as he passed by in a jail car. "

(End of this chapter)