Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 16
After entering the door and coming to the court, the layout inside is also the same as in the impression. There is an Eight Immortals table on the innermost step of the door, and a plaque of "Mirror Hanging High" is hung directly above it. Two people standing in the lobby There is a row of yamen servants, a small desk on one side, and a person sitting behind him. He seems to be a master. This person is about 40 years old, wearing a black Zhuangzi scarf, with a thin face, a long beard under his jaw, and wearing a light yellow The long robe, covered with a dark brown sleeveless jacket, sat there quietly, like an old monk in meditation.

"Who is in the hall?" the county magistrate spoke. The county magistrate's surname is Guo, and his name is Quan Yao, but people often call him "I want everything" behind his back, which is to mock him as an official who is unkind and greedy.

This County Magistrate Guo is in his thirties, with a fat head and big ears, and a fat ball-like appearance. The blue official uniform, which was originally extremely roomy, still looks a bit short when he wears it.

In the hall, Li Ce, Ding Cheng and others spoke to each other and narrated the general process. Of course, Ding Cheng would not admit that he ordered someone to act first, and both sides insisted that the other party did it first. Saying that the public is right, and the mother-in-law is saying that the mother-in-law is right, made the head of the county magistrate Guo big, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "This bunch of poor talents is really annoying!"

But the case still has to be judged, and the county magistrate Guo couldn't help but habitually look at the master. The master's surname is He, he is a down-and-out scholar, because he failed the imperial examinations many times, he finally gave up the idea and came to the county government to serve as a judge. This person has been the master of Zhending County for many years, and there have been several county magistrates in the middle, iron camps, and county magistrates with flowing water, but he has never been replaced as a master. This shows that The means of people are powerful.

Mr. He knew that County Magistrate Guo must be asking for help at this time. He knew this County Magistrate Guo, and donated an official with money. .

Master He pretended to cough twice, covered his mouth with a fan and whispered to the county magistrate, "Why don't your lord order both parties to show relevant witnesses?"

When the magistrate Guo heard this, his face was overjoyed, he nodded again and again, and hurriedly said to the audience: "Do you have witnesses for both of you? If you have something, you can present it, if you don't...that's a false accusation!"

As soon as Li Ce heard this, he immediately said: "My lord, there are witnesses for Xiaosheng. Earlier, Ding Cheng plotted against me. Many people on the street saw it clearly, and everyone can testify."

As soon as Li Ce finished speaking, the people outside the yamen who had good things started shouting, saying that they saw Li Ce being plotted against.

When Ding Cheng panicked, cold sweat ran down his back, and he couldn't blame himself even if he wanted to under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Guo County Magistrate saw that Li Ce quickly produced evidence, but Ding Cheng started to panic, and concluded that it was Ding Cheng's fault, so he said complacently: "Well, I have already made a judgment, Ding Cheng, you and I have nothing to do. , sneak attack Li Ce first, and falsely accuse Li Ce, um... this is really annoying, I will sentence you to a crime of slander, and you will be imprisoned for three days! Come here, take it down!"

As soon as County Magistrate Guo finished his sentence, some yamen servants came up to arrest Ding Cheng and others. Seeing that County Magistrate Guo was very fair, Li Ce couldn't help but give him a grateful look, but it was a pity that County Magistrate Guo didn't look at him at all.

Li Ce thought to himself: It seems that we should not listen to rumors too much, saying that the county magistrate Guo is incompetent, but now it seems that it is very reasonable.

In the hall, Ding Cheng and his group saw that the government servants were coming to arrest him, and they didn't care whether it would work or not, so they hurriedly shouted for injustice, while Li Ce smiled and bowed to the county magistrate: "Thank you, Mr. Guo, for making a clear decision, and for being fair to Xiaosheng. "

Magistrate Guo pretended to be magnanimous and waved his hands. He was about to say a few polite words of humility and modesty. At this time, a small yamen servant quickly ran to the case from one side, lowered his head to Magistrate Guo's ear, and whispered in a low voice. After hearing this, County Magistrate Guo stared and frowned first, then was overjoyed, and quickly beckoned the little yamen servant to leave.

Everyone watched this scene, County Magistrate Guo raised his head and found that everyone was looking at him, he coughed a little embarrassedly and said: "Well, this... There are still many doubts in this case, I think it's better to wait for the official to investigate clearly, and then do it tomorrow Sentence, and put them all in custody for the time being."

After saying this, the county magistrate Guo ignored the commotion of the people outside the hall, quickly got up and walked around the screen to the back hall.

Li Ce couldn't help but wonder, the trial was clear just now, why did he suddenly turn around and change it to a trial tomorrow?Is it necessary to postpone the trial until tomorrow for such a clear matter?

But County Magistrate Guo had already left, so Li Ce had no choice but to follow the yamen servant to the classroom.

It turned out that just now, the yamen servant told County Magistrate Guo that someone from the back hall came to visit him with a lot of money, roughly estimated at least a hundred taels, and said that he wanted him to suppress the case for the time being. Naturally, the two silver coins were from ear to ear, so they hurriedly wrote down the case and rushed to the back hall to check.

The person who came was none other than Ma Wencheng's father, Ma Fucai. When Ma Wencheng was sent home with his face covered in blood, Ma Fucai was frightened to death when he saw him, and then became furious, threatening to kill Li immediately. After hearing that Li Ce and others had been brought to the county government office, he rushed to the county government office to pay a visit to the county magistrate, hoping to use the magistrate's hand to punish Li Ce.

After listening to the horseman's explanation of his intentions, Guo County Magistrate said with a smile: "It's easy to say, I think it's a big deal, I have to trouble the horseman to go there personally, hehe... It's a small matter, a small matter, tomorrow I will take care of it." Sentence Li Ce to imprisonment for three days as punishment."

When Ma Fucai heard that the county magistrate Guo was only planning to imprison Li Ce for three days, he couldn't help being a little anxious. His purpose was not just to scare Li Ce. His son's injury was real. His son has grown up so much, and he has never suffered such a serious injury. Since he was a child, he was reluctant to be beaten. Now, he was beaten like this without knowing what he knew. How could he swallow this breath, so he hurriedly said to the County Magistrate Guo: "Master County Magistrate, the dog is indeed seriously injured. Is it too lenient to just let Li Ce go?
The county magistrate Guo hesitated for a while and said, "Then according to the wishes of other members, what should we do?"

Hearing the county magistrate's question, Ma Fucai gritted his teeth and made a kill gesture with his right hand.

County magistrate Guo was startled, and changed his face and hurriedly said: "No, then Li Ce is also famous, how can he be beheaded like this, absolutely not." He shook his fat hand and refused. look.

When Ma Fucai saw that Magistrate Guo disagreed, he also knew that he would kill Li Ce's head like this. County Magistrate Guo would definitely not do it. After all, he also wanted to be responsible. However, Ma Fucai has dealt with all kinds of people for many years He is very good at grasping people's psychology. From the various deeds of County Magistrate Guo, he guessed that this person is a greedy person, so if you hire such a person to do something, as long as the price is right, everything will not be a problem.

"I also know the difficulty of the county magistrate, but Li Ce is really deceiving people too much. My poor son is still lying on the bed and his life is unknown. The doctor said it is unknown whether he will wake up." Sleeves to wipe the corners of the eyes.

Ma Fucai deliberately exaggerated Ma Wencheng's injury. In fact, Ma Wencheng woke up a long time ago, and he was jumping at home and cursing Li Ce.

"If the county magistrate is willing to lend a helping hand and return justice to the child, the little people will have a great gift to thank them."

Ma Fucai didn't speak when seeing the magistrate Guo, he hesitated for a while and continued: "The 100 taels of silver is just a little respect from the little people, and there will be another 500 taels later, as long as the county magistrate is willing to uphold justice for the children!"

This Ma Fucai has also invested a lot of money, 600 taels of silver before and after, how much is that amount, you must know that in the Song Dynasty, the life of an ordinary person was only five or six taels of silver a year, and a little more than ten taels of silver a year. Even if he lives in a well-off life, this Ma Fucai is going to let go of his old roots, and he will also kill Li Ce.

Sure enough, when County Magistrate Ma heard the 500 taels, his eyes lit up in an instant. He just picked up the teacup and took a sip. When he heard the words, he got excited and the tea entered the trachea, which made him cough uncontrollably. Feeling able to speak, he anxiously asked: "Ma Yuanwai was just joking, right?" Those small eyes were narrowed into a slit, and the expression of greed was beyond words

Ma Fucai quickly replied: "How dare the little people make fun of the adults, and hope that the adults will help."

Hearing Ma Fucai's words, County Magistrate Guo couldn't help but feel happy: Li Ce, Li Ce, your life is really valuable. The county magistrate's annual salary is only one hundred and ten taels of silver. I didn't expect someone to offer 600 taels of silver to buy it. Your life, this official did not come for no reason, it also cost a lot of money, hum...you can't blame this official.

Ma Fucai saw the appearance of Guo County Magistrate, and knew that the matter could be settled, so he asked tentatively: "Guo County Magistrate?"

Guo Quanyao withdrew his reverie, and said seriously: "I never thought that such a lawless thing would happen in the jurisdiction of this official. Well, since Ma Yuanwai said so, then this official will preside over justice for you."

When Ma Fucai saw that the county magistrate Guo personally agreed to come down, he was overjoyed and said: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty is the best of the future, and the grass-roots thank you, my lord!"

County magistrate Guo was so helpful that he smiled and shook his hands, while pretending to be modest and said: "Where, where..." This Guo Quanyao is clearly illiterate, but he likes to be arty.

Ma Fucai continued: "That's it, Xiaomin won't bother you, I'll go back and get ready, and I'll send it to the adults' house in the evening, and Xiaomin will leave now."

"Well, then I won't be sent out." County magistrate Guo tried to stand up with his fat body.

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