Kuai Chuan's face-slapping gold finger

Chapter 60

"Slap—" Nie Xiangwen slapped the butler on the face.

The noise was so loud that even the coachman could hear him. He shrank his neck and drove more steadily.

Inside the carriage, the butler lowered his head to cover the resentment in his eyes. "It's the young one who didn't inquire clearly, please punish the young master."

Nie Xiangwen saw that he was obedient, and that he was useful on weekdays, so the anger in his heart finally calmed down a little: "Forget it, you don't know that I have a big brother, heh, I have been away for four years and have not heard from him. It turns out that he is going to get promoted and make a fortune." gone."

He really never expected that this Nie Shan'en is still a prodigy in reading, but he was admitted to the number one scholar in four years. If he had known that he had such a good fortune, he really shouldn't have done everything back then!Otherwise, Nie Shan'en will still be the same as before, a good brother who loves him and a dutiful son of the Nie family. He has a brother with a great career, so what about Liu Lan'er?Even those official girls who look down on his status as a businessman can probably marry him!

But he just doesn't like Nie Shan'en, even though he has a mother and a compatriot, his body and appearance are only mediocre, but Nie Shan'en is tall and handsome, handsome and handsome, why?
He who owns the bitch is the protagonist of this world!

The housekeeper hesitated and said: "Young Master... Since the new county magistrate is your elder brother, it should be a good thing for the Nie family, but why did you just meet him..." As if he had a grudge against you, half-hearted No face was given.

"Good thing?" Nie Xiangwen responded as if he had eaten a fly. He thought that it would be better to let Nie Dafu and Mrs. Ma come over.Furthermore, Hongguo ruled the world with filial piety, if he dared to do this, wouldn't he be afraid of losing his official position?But after thinking about it, even if Nie Shan'en really treated Nie Dafu and Mrs. Ma honestly, their family would not dare to sue!Not to mention that the people have to be punished with a hundred rods first to sue the officials. If everyone knew about the separation of the family back then, it would hurt them even more...

"My eldest brother is mean and ungrateful. In order to save my father's life, my mother did something wrong to him, so he separated from the family, left Dongshan Village without saying hello, and moved to Xiaguan. Even the ancestral home has been abandoned..." Nie Xiangwen was worried: "Now that he has become the county magistrate, we are afraid that we will be sad. We should listen to the advice of my father-in-law and move to Fucheng."

Even though the Nie family had already bought a big house with three entrances in Fucheng, he had been reluctant to live in it. Because of his reputation and family background back then, marrying Miss Liu was considered a high prospect. Liu Yuanwai has never been in front of him all these years. Being too polite and always pointing fingers made him very unhappy. It wasn't until Liu Yuanwai moved to Fucheng last year that he felt more relaxed.

Now because of Nie Shanen, he said that he must not take the initiative to send it to the door to be abused by Liu Yuan. It's really unlucky!

The butler rolled his eyes, he was very clear about the conduct of the three members of the Nie family, what happened that day must have been too much, so that he would not hesitate to turn against his close relatives.But after all, he ate the food of Nie's family, so he said: "Young Master, why did you want to retire? You have been operating in Xingyang County for many years, and there is no connection between the top and bottom? But if something happens to a new county magistrate, who will let him go?" It's still unknown who will go..."

When Nie Xiangwen thought about it, it made sense, Xingyang County is his home field now, why should he hide?Throughout the ages, there are countless people who have lost their official positions due to poor political affairs and unrefined government. If there is trouble under Nie Shan'en's rule, or some unjust, false or wrongly sentenced, even if the emperor is optimistic about his eldest brother, it will be difficult. Can accommodate!
He glanced at the housekeeper appreciatively: "Go back to the cashier and get 50 taels of silver, and say that the Lord rewarded you."

"Thank you, Young Master, for the reward!" The butler beamed with joy.

Into May, the weather turns hot.

This year's winter was much warmer than before, and the monsoon seemed to always smell of humidity. Coupled with the continuous high temperature and drought in the north of Hongguo, Yang Zhao had a bad premonition.

In another month, Xingyang County will enter the rainy season. If the rainfall is frequent and the water is concentrated, it is likely to cause floods!Xingyang County is located in the lower reaches of the Songjiang River. The terrain is low in the east, west, high, and middle parts. Once a flood breaks out, it will be a disaster!
He deliberately consulted the county annals. It has been a hundred years since he wrote to Hongguo. There have been more than ten floods in Xingyang County, and 11 people died of floods. Among them, Hongkang was the most serious in the past 16 years. The dam, the flood broke out, and flooded into Xingyang County. More than [-] people were killed, and more than [-] people were homeless. engulf...

After the flood, the plague raged, and thousands of people died of various diseases. Xingyang County was empty, with corpses piled up like hemp, thousands of miles of barren graves, and no people.

As a county parent official, Yang Zhao shouldered the honor and disgrace of the life and death of the county people. He visited several respected old people in the county and confirmed his judgment again. The inspection gate officers in the village take turns guarding the river every day to record the water level of the river without any mistakes.He also copied the flood control measures and escape methods learned from the present world into a book, and handed it over to the villages and towns, organized the people to study, and asked the book office to copy several copies, and sent them to nearby counties and magistrates.

In any case, prevent problems before they happen.

One day, as soon as he returned to the county government office from the embankment, he saw many people gathered in front of the government office. Show sympathy.

The yamen servants behind Yang Zhao pushed aside the crowd, stepped forward and shouted, "Who is making noise in front of the county yamen?"

Some people recognized Nie Shan'en, and hurriedly knelt down to pay respects to him, but in a blink of an eye they were all dwarfed.

Among them, a woman in plain clothes hurriedly kneeled in front of Yang Zhao and shouted: "You are wronged! Master Qingtian, the women have grievances to tell, please save the son of the women!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a certificate from his bosom and presented it. The yamen servant glanced at Nie Shan'en, saw him nodding slightly, and then accepted the certificate.

It turned out that the couple were from Pu'an Village under the jurisdiction of Xingyang County. The head of the household was surnamed Zhang, known as Zhang Dahu. They had a son named Zhang Fugui, who was [-] years old. Queen Cuihua failed, so she ruthlessly killed the other party, and then dumped the corpse in the river in an attempt to destroy the corpse.As soon as the case came out, the Yamen tried it overnight. After multiple investigations, it was confirmed that the results of the autopsy and the testimony of all parties were consistent. He was sentenced by the previous county magistrate for the crime of prostitution and murder, and he was sent to death row. cut.

A few months later, Zhang Dahu suddenly retorted, saying that Zhang Fugui had never met Wang Cuihua at all, so how could he do anything wrong to her?It was clearly Zhang Fugui who passed by the reservoir, saw Wang Cuihua fall into the water, and bravely jumped into the reservoir to rescue her, but when she was rescued, she was already out of breath. The so-called witnesses did not see him kill at all, but just ran into him and Wang Cuihua. The body just stays in one place.Not long after, the Wang family rushed over. Seeing that the Zhang family was well-off, they wanted to take the opportunity to extort money, but Zhang Fugui refused. People assembled a good confession and sued Zhang Fugui to the Yamen!

Yang Zhao's eyes dimmed after reading the testimonial. This family is interesting.

A homicide case in the county is an extremely tense matter for the county magistrate. If he is a little careless, losing his official position is easy, and even the head of the project may not be able to be saved.

For Hong Guo's cases of more than imprisonment, after the trial by local officials, the higher-level officials will interrogate the defendant again, read out the indictment, and review the confession. If there is no error, it will be reported to the inspection officials stationed in each state by the Ministry of Punishment, and finally the case will be closed.

Under such a strict review system, no county magistrate would dare to act rashly.

That is to say, if the facts were as stated in this petition, the former county magistrate would never have ignored so many loopholes.

Since Yang Zhao took office, he has already gone through the files stored in the county government office. He knows Zhang Fugui's case well and has no doubts. Moreover, the case was convicted in February and the case has already been reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Want to reverse the case at this time?

He looked at the woman kneeling at his feet coldly, and seeing her averting her eyes, he already had some calculations in his heart.

The previous county magistrate was surnamed Wu. He got an A in the three-year examination and studied under Zuodu Yushi. Now he has been promoted to the post of general judge and has gone to Fucheng.The woman came to file a complaint at this time, and she must have already prepared witnesses. He will definitely find out many doubts in the retrial, and the case can be sent back for trial from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In this way, he not only offended Wu Tong, but also offended There are many officials at the state level, but if he doesn't investigate... Yang Zhao looked at the situation in front of the yamen, and sneered in his heart. I'm afraid this family will spare no effort to ruin his reputation and make him restless every day!

This incident was aimed at me, and the mastermind behind it was self-evident.

Yang Zhao originally planned to live in peace with Nie Xiangwensheng's mother until his mother came, but since he came to his door automatically, he accepted it.So he said: "I have accepted the case, and the case will be heard in two days. You should go back first."

"Why two days later? The woman's son is suffering right now, and he can't wait another day!" The woman did as he expected, and immediately began to cry: "What if the end comes and there is no trial? Who are we going to reason with... woo woo..."

"Presumptuous!" The yamen servant immediately stepped forward and scolded: "My lord promises a thousand gold, since you have agreed, you will definitely interrogate, how can you wait for doubts? If you don't leave, I will treat you as deliberately disturbing the court, so don't leave!"

The woman choked, feeling a little frightened, and seeing that the people onlookers were all trying to persuade her, knowing that there would probably be no trouble today, and seeing that Zhang Dahu was always winking at her, she kowtowed tremblingly to Nie Shanen: "Thank you." Lord Qingtian is willing to clean up my son’s grievances, and the woman will set up a longevity card for you when she returns home, and worship day and night!”

Yang Zhao smiled but was not smiling, he wanted to set him up before leaving, this family is really interesting.

On that day, this "injustice case" spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and quickly spread throughout Xingyang County. Because the previous county magistrate did not allow the people to listen in on the case, many people did not know the reason and easily believed the Zhang family. rhetoric.

A servant reported the situation to Yang Zhao, and he said calmly, "Let them go." Then he said to the two young men in the hall, "I've worked hard for you this time. Thanks a lot."

One of them said: "Don't dare, it's our blessing that the young one can work under your hands."

Another person said: "Exactly, I have long heard that the big family is not a good thing, and the small one can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people... Isn't it a little inappropriate for us to say this?" After that, he laughed at himself smiled.

As the sun was setting outside, a servant girl came in and lit a candle, and the main hall was brightly illuminated.

If anyone in the know sees these two young men at the county magistrate's house, their jaws will drop in shock. They are actually the famous gangsters in Xingyang County—Wang Gouzi and Gui Qi!
(End of this chapter)