delicious little cook

Chapter 514
Everything was ready, and it was the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. On the fourth day of the lunar new year, it was said to be an auspicious day in the imperial calendar. In the morning, the Ou's Car Shop sent a carriage to take Bai Rui to the street of Yingtian Fuya to meet the old man Li, who was a former master of punishment.

As soon as Old Uncle Li showed up outside the yamen, the yamen servants at the gate immediately greeted them warmly with fists cupped. Old Uncle Li walked up the steps, exchanged greetings with them as if they were juniors, and then stuffed a piece of broken silver into the palm of one of them. Let them wait smartly, and come out and yell when the adults are about to be promoted.

"Uncle Li is going to file a complaint?" The yamen looked at Bai Rui who was standing at the bottom of the steps. Although he didn't recognize her, he had seen her talking to the old man before.

"Yeah, I got a certificate."

"It must be a great grievance to invite you to fight this lawsuit."

"Isn't that right, the person standing below is a widow, and she brought an only daughter, a pair of mother and daughter without a family, and some people refused to let them go, and they wanted to force the mother and daughter to death. Tell me, this is normal Something a human can do?"

"Tsk tsk, poor man, no wonder your old man helped out."

"Oh, she looks like a weak and young woman, it's hard for her to have such courage."

"That's how I said it. It's a great courage for her to come to this place and file a complaint as a woman. I appreciate this. She's going all out. Why don't I try my best to help?"

"Uncle Li is benevolence and righteousness, we juniors should be ashamed in front of you."

"I haven't seen it for a while, but this mouth is getting better and better at talking." Uncle Li laughed and patted the young man, "You help me keep an eye on it. I will take someone to sit in a nearby teahouse, and come over when you hear the sound."

"Uncle Li, don't worry, when your lord is promoted to the council, you will be the first to go in."

Old Uncle Li chuckled twice, turned around and went down the steps, and called Bai Rui to rest in a nearby teahouse, waiting for the Fu Yin to come back to the official office in the morning

When the second water was added, the sound of gongs beating to clear the way was finally heard from the street, and my lord returned to the yamen.

Bai Rui was about to pay the bill agitatedly. Uncle Li stopped her, and the two continued to rest. He was familiar with the customs and rules of the yamen. Only the adults came back from the court, and they had to tidy up before they were promoted to the council. Waiting for the movement inside, It's just right for them to go over here, and the yamen servants will put them first. When the pleadings are handed over, they will add new talking points to the people in the capital.

After the two of them drank the second pot of tea, Old Uncle Li saw the clerk at the gate of the yamen making signal signals in the direction of the teahouse, so he called someone to pay the bill, and went downstairs. Yimen, go straight to the courtroom.

Old Uncle Li is an old man who went out of Yingtian Mansion. Even the current governor still remembers him. All the people in the audience curiously looked at the female plaintiff who knelt down as soon as she entered the lobby, while Old Uncle Li took out a thick scroll from his arms. The pleadings are presented to the court to express grievances.

Mr. Fu Yin took the pleading paper from the yamen servant, read it slowly while unfolding it, and the first few lines pointed out the theme. Bai Rui sued Zhou Hongshou, the judge of Dali Temple, and his family to bribe others. People, and in the following content, it is also stated that Bai Rui was once the second daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and at the same time, she was also Bai Kou's elder sister, and a long-term employee of Gu Yun, the eldest son of Duke Ye's mansion.

Seeing that it was related to Duke Ye's mansion again, Mr. Fu Yin immediately remembered the case last year. The final result was that Mr. Gu lost his position and resigned. Because he could not find the missing eldest daughter-in-law, he abused his wife and daughter. It was a fact again, so the eldest son was finally sentenced to exile for several years and went to do hard labor in the mines. Who knows if he was ordered to complete his sentence.

The contents of the pleadings are very detailed. When Uncle Li met Bai Rui, she said many details that only she knew. The process of settling in Tianshuifang made every word of the whole article full of blood and tears, and Mr. Fu Yin felt sympathy before he finished reading it.

"Zhou Hongshou, as a judge in Dali Temple, is in charge of hearing cases. He is familiar with the law, but he knows the law and broke the law. It is in vain that he has been an imperial court official for many years!" After reading the pleadings, the governor slapped the table angrily.

"My lord, I implore you to be the master of the women and to avenge the grievances for the women." Bai Rui kowtowed to the ground with tears in her eyes.

"For the sake of your orphans and widows, let's record the dozens of boards that the people sued the officials for now. When the lawsuit is over, if you lose the case, you can return it together."

"Thank you, sir." Bai Rui kowtowed to the ground again.

"Come here, go to Dali Temple to preach to Zhou Hongshou." Fu Yin threw a green-headed lottery to the hall, and immediately two slaves came out to pick up the lottery and went out to do business.

Mr. Fu Yin then asked Bai Rui to be sent to the back house, and asked his wife to serve a few cups of tea. It would take some time for Zaoli to return from the successor of Dali Temple, and he took this opportunity to announce his resignation and give him his current criminal name. Together with the old man Li, the master and the three of them went to the second hall of the office to discuss the case together.

"Old Li, your mouth is really serious. You don't let us know at all. We are not prepared at all." Fu Yin smiled and shook his head, not angry.

"Your Excellency misunderstood, it is because we really dare not, not to surprise you on purpose." Old Uncle Li cupped his hands with a smile.

"But it's true, the number of people with strict mouths in the yamen can be seen, and the mouths of the Zaoli servants underneath are like a sieve. If the news is leaked and Zhou Hongshou's family is on guard, this lawsuit will have to be fought."

"The plaintiff is thinking this way, so he hopes to end the case before the annual leave."

"Looking at the facts written on the pleading paper, the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive, and there shouldn't be too long a delay."

"Then there will be a second trial tomorrow, Mr. Lao, and the plaintiff will bring witnesses."

"Okay, just press them step by step, let them have no time to prepare, and see if they will recruit other people if they are pressed. It is written in the pleadings that the defendant wants to force the plaintiff to remarry. I don't know if they have found out. Who is the one who wants to be the bridegroom?"

"With the support of Duke Ye's government, the behind-the-scenes instigation was naturally found out. It's just that it's not easy to write it down in this pleading paper. We have to find a way to force Zhou Hongshou and his family to speak out in court."

"Tell me who that person is first? Can my yamen handle him?"

"Your Majesty Fu Yin is a dignified official of the third rank, so naturally he can manage a mere official doctor, Wang Chen'an."

"An official doctor wants to marry a widow?" The Xing Mingshi who was sitting on the side was a little surprised, "Is it for Bai Kou? That little girl is in the limelight these days, and people talk about her every day."

"That's right, that's what Wang Chen'an came up with. His first wife had passed away for several years, and he only had a concubine to take care of his daily life. During the few days of winter hunting, Bai Kou provoked the sage's fury in the dragon tent but Unscathed, she still serves tea in the tent every day. It is not an exaggeration to say that Bai Kou is blessed with divine grace? This Wang Chen'an is already so old, and he has to make some preparations for the elderly. Isn't it Bai Kou's brother-in-law if he marries Bai Rui? , the only descendants of Bai Yehong who stayed in the capital are this pair of sisters, and they finally reunited. How can a younger sister let it go when her sister is bullied like this? Bai Kou has the temperament to dare to kill."

Uncle Li compared the knife with his hand and wiped it on his neck.

(End of this chapter)