Judgement

Chapter 150

Chapter 150

"Boom, boom, boom..." The Mingyuan Drum outside the Huizhou County Government was knocked loudly by Qi Ying, and the Huizhou County Government's Mingyuan Drum had not been used for a long time, and the ashes on the drum skin were shaken. Rinse and shake off.The people in Huizhou City are already rich, and they would not come to the county government to file a lawsuit because of three melons and two dates.Even if he had to go to court for a major incident, there was a county magistrate who was a living treasure.The unreasonable one who gave the silver became the reasonable one, and the reasonable one who refused the silver became the unreasonable one.After a few times, no one is willing to go to the county government to file a lawsuit. He Tongda has served as the county magistrate for more than a year and can count cases with ten fingers.

Qi Ying beat the drums to complain, and two servants came out from the yamen, shouting loudly: "What are you doing?"

Qi Ying said confidently: "Of course I came here to report the case and complain about grievances. As a member of the Gongmen, why do you ask us? This is asking the big guys to come and listen to what the tolerance elder brother said!" Qi Ying said indignantly It attracted many pedestrians at the gate of the county government office, and they pointed to the three silent people tied up in the car.

The blind Zou Ping couldn't see or speak anyway, so he hid in the carriage while biting the hemp rope.Among the two Taoists, the fat Taoist had a gourd on his head, and the skinny Taoist was hanging limply with one arm.Among the crowd of onlookers, there was also a big teapot who knew Wanhualou. Among these men, only a young girl played the drum.Various speculations and discussions arose one after another, and some said that the three must have played in Wanhualou, and the girl was beaten for not paying.Some also said that Wanhualou used its power to rob the women of the people so that the sufferer would sue the county government...

The two servants rushed into the yamen to report to He Tongda with more and more people. After a cup of tea, the gate of the yamen finally opened, and the servants stood on both sides cursingly holding water and fire sticks.Qi Ying and the big teapot grabbed the hemp rope and dragged the three people in the car into the courtroom. The county magistrate's seat was empty, and the gate of the county government office was surrounded by onlookers.

After a long time, two people turned out from the back hall, one was the thin and short He Tongda and the other was Master Xie with a white face and a doggy beard.He Tongjiang was wearing a double-breasted gown jacket, the official uniform was slung over his shoulders, and the official hat was not on. He yawned and sat on the Taishi chair, wrapped the official uniform on his shoulders on the back of the chair, and took a drink. Feng Cha raised his head and looked at the five people kneeling in the hall.

"Huh? Why are you here, Big Teapot? Speaking of which, I haven't been to Wanhualou for a few days. How is little red girl? I really miss that sloppy hoof. Go and tell her later that I have been really tired these few days. You can't get away."

The big teapot smiled awkwardly: "My lord, today we don't talk about Fengyue, we only talk about business."

He Tongda widened his eyes and scolded: "What business do you have, boy? Did you kidnap this girl and be sued..."

"Cough...cough...cough..." Master Xie coughed a few times and interrupted He Tongda, and He Tongda sat up straight and patted the gavel tree and asked: "Who are the people kneeling down there? Untie the ropes of those three people for Lao Tzu, I have never seen anyone who entered the hall and escaped. Please report your name quickly, and the big teapot will start with you."

The big teapot replied: "Respond to the words of the adults, the villain Zhao Jingang."

"Minister girl Qi Ying."

"Master Qingtian, you have been wronged." The fat Taoist cried.

He Tongda exclaimed in shock: "Oh, you are a dog with a bloody head and scum, you want to scare me to death. You must not be a good person with a hideous appearance. Come and beat him twenty boards." The guards on both sides couldn't help but say He kicked the fat Taoist on the back, stripped off his coat and raised the water and fire stick, and beat the fat Taoist to death with the stick.

He Tongda waited until he finished beating the fat Taoist and asked: "How is it? Roasted pork with bamboo shoots tastes good, right? Let me tell you, all the people who came to my place complained of injustice at first, and then they stopped complaining. Let me ask you if you are still wronged or not? Blind man, what do you look at, and then I will beat you together..."

Master Xie pulled He Tongda and said, "Master, you should ask them what they are going to court for."

"Yes, yes, yes, what Master Xie said is too correct. That who, just that girl. The little girl is still very beautiful, are you a girl from Wanhualou? I will see you tomorrow, Master. , what's your name?"

Qi Ying was angry and ashamed and said: "My lord, Qi Ying, the daughter of the people. These three people conspired to defraud the Huizhou ancient family of money."

He Tongda turned his head and asked softly, "Master Xie, what does the Huizhou Gu family do?"

Master Xie laughed and said, "The Huizhou Gu family is a rich merchant on the ground in Huizhou. Three generations have been in the business of medicinal materials. Every time the Gu family stomps their feet in Huizhou, they tremble three times, especially Gu Jing, who accounts for half of Huizhou's wealth!"

"Hey, this case is good. Let's ask for more money from Gu Jing later on. Anyway, Gu Jing has plenty of money." He Tongda's happy eyes narrowed.

Master Xie hurriedly waved his hand and said: "My lord, the way to be an official is that you can get some money and some money can't get it. It's the so-called rewarding businessmen by rewarding the people. In the future, if you want to make your way to the top, you will have to rely on those rich and powerful merchants Jia Gui, My lord has to judge this case well, let Gu Jing accept your affection and think of you well."

When He Tongda heard that Gu Jing's money could not be taken, he turned around angrily and asked: "Qi Ying, what is your relationship with that Gu Jing? What does it have to do with you if he was cheated of the money? He didn't even come to report the case to you." What kind of case should you report? Could it be that you and him are good friends?"

Qi Ying almost burst into tears at He Tongda's words: "My lord, I am a neighbor of Gu Jing's family. I am often taken care of by the Gu family. These three people have been conspiring to swindle the old man's money since half a year ago. I bumped into him today." So come here to report the crime, I hope your lord will make a clear decision."

He Tongda slapped the gavel and shouted: "The three of you are so courageous, I asked you to give the money that I couldn't get. Tell me, how much money did you cheat others?"

The three blind men in the hall were already trembling with fright, the skinny Taoist hadn't spoken since he was escorted into the car from the Wanhua Building, and the fat Taoist lay on the ground humming in a low voice after being hit by a board.

"Fatty, what do you mean by that? Master, I am working hard on the trial, but you are disturbing me down there. Come on, give him another [-] slaps."

The fat Taoist said anxiously: "My lord, I am wronged. It was all the idea of ​​the blind man. He gave him all the money we cheated, and I can't remember how much money we cheated, probably more than one hundred thousand taels of silver."

"What? More than [-] taels of silver? Master, I have been the magistrate of Huizhou for more than a year and I haven't got so much money. The three of you have settled more than [-] taels in half a year. You...you...you..." He Tongda said angrily. Immediately jumped up from the Grand Master's chair, grabbed the water and fire stick from the officer's hand and hit the fat Taoist head-on.It doesn't matter where you hit it, anyway, you can hit it wherever you want...

The fat Taoist wailed and rolled all over the ground, He Tongda cursed fiercely while beating him: "If you tell me to lie to others, you will pay back more than one hundred thousand taels of silver! I don't see you giving me a tael, I will cut it off today!" Kill you." Except for the big teapot Zhao Jingang, the few people kneeling in the hall have never seen Huizhou county magistrate such an unreasonable master. The howling was so frightened that he collapsed into a pile of mud.

Master Xie ran down the hall and stopped He Tongda, saying: "Master, don't fight any more. You beat him to death even if the real master didn't come to the hall, and this small case will become bigger."

He Tongda flicked the water and fire stick and gasped, "It's been a long time since I beat someone with my own hands, I'm exhausted. What kind of master, who hasn't come yet?"

It is said that it is better to carry the chamber pot for the wise than to light the lamp for the stupid. Whether people believe it or not, Master Xie believes it now.Master Xie anxiously said: "Gu Jing! The plaintiff has not passed on yet!"

He Tongda suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes, sir, I am as tired as my grandson, so Gu Jing is still comfortably nestled at home. You are all dead, why don't you pass on Gu Jing." The guard also knew the county Ling is a master who thinks that what comes out is what comes out, so if you don't want to be punished, just obediently carry the lottery and pass it on to others...

He Tongda was pulled back to the grand master's chair by Mr. Xie and poured tea for him.He Tongda took a sip of tea and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the official uniform on the back of the chair, looked at Qi Ying with fascinated eyes and smiled: "I said, girl, if you have nothing to do, go and help Gu Jing catch the liar, How much benefit should he give you. Look at the few people around you who are greedy for money and lustful, look at me again, blind man, pull out those eyes and feed them to the dogs."

"Old...Master, I am wronged...I am blind, what can I see?" Zou Ping said tremblingly.

"That's right, the blind man can't see it. No, the fat man has recruited you as the mastermind. How can you hide more than one hundred thousand taels of silver if you can't see it?"

The blind man hurriedly said: "I put those banknotes on the wall of the old house in the south of the city, and everything except the expenses is there. Please forgive me, my lord, please spare my life, my lord..."

He Tongda thought that more than [-] vain money had been stuffed into the crack of the wall by the blind man, swallowed hard and said distressedly: "You blind man is so ignorant, the bank notes are hidden in the crack of the wall, Isn’t the sky wet and wet? Someone, go to the south of the city and tear down the wall of the blind man’s house, and bring me the bank notes.”

"Yes" the two guards took the order of the county magistrate to go to the wall.

He Tongda cheerfully said to Shou Taoist again: "Are you dumb? I don't have anything here, just something that makes people speak. You can see that the fat man lying on the ground has passed out. Do you want to try it too?" try?"

The skinny Taoist glanced at the fat Taoist and said: "Since all the winners and losers have been arrested, you can kill or chop as you like, so there is nothing else to say."

"Hey, you have backbone. I like people with backbone. I went to move the iron stool to see whether his bones are hard or the iron stool is hard."

The guards carried up a strange-looking iron stool. The stool had a bare frame without a top. There was a piece of beef tendon soaked in water on the back of the stool and a square piece of nail board under the stool.The guards tied up the skinny Taoist like wolves and tigers...