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  Chapter 300 298【Ethical dramas and martial arts films】

  Xinjiang, the shore.

   There is an Eight Immortals table and three long stools.

  Playing mahjong, if one of the three is missing, the next one will make it work.

"boom!"

  Feng Shenglun slapped the gavel and shouted: "Bring suspects Fei Yingqi, Fei Zhengshi, Fei Ren, Fei Pu..."

   It was already afternoon at this time, many gentry did not leave, but more people came to watch.

   There are even passenger ships soliciting business, bringing people here to hear the trial, and just floating on the river to watch the whole process.

   Throughout the morning, they were collecting testimony, witnesses, evidence, and writing various case materials. Even the officials from the Li Ke and Hu Ke were seconded to help, otherwise everyone would not be able to sleep tonight.

   Zhao Han has actually left a clear message: the case will be heard by the river.

  What do you mean?

  The public trial is held in front of countless gentry and common people, and they are not allowed to leave until the trial is over, so let’s set up a tent by the river.

  In addition to officials from Qianshan County, officials from Guangxin Prefecture also came. There is also the Integrity Yamen of Guangxin Mansion. They are responsible for auditing records today. After collecting all kinds of information, they will review the officials involved.

  As for Feng Shenglun, the county magistrate, he could judge officials, but he needed the cooperation of the honest government office.

   Zheng's whole body was already limp, and he couldn't even stand firmly. The suspect must not be allowed to kneel now, so a stool was brought and she was seated for trial.

   "Fei Ren, Fei Pu," Feng Shenglun asked, "Did you two beat Fei Liang on the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the eleventh year of Chongzhen?"

Fei Pu was standing there, but he was so frightened that he suddenly knelt down: "Master, please forgive me, I really didn't want to beat him to death. When I beat him, I put down my strength, but it was Madam who told me to beat me hard, and also scolded me for eating so much that I didn't have the strength. "

   "That's right, Madam ordered me to beat me. My arm was sore, Madam ordered me to beat me harder." Fei Ren also knelt down.

  Feng Shenglun asked: "The wife you are talking about is Fei Yingqi's wife Fei Zheng?"

   "It's her." The two evil slaves said in unison.

  Feng Shenglun asked again: "Why did Fei Zheng beat Fei Liang?"

   Fei Pu replied: "Fei Liang's leg was beaten badly before, and he didn't get out of bed until he was raised for a month. He went to the town to report to the police, and when his wife found out, she was arrested and beaten up."

   "How did Fei Zheng know that the servant sued the government?" Feng Shenglun asked.

  Fei Ren said: "Zhang Fu, the civil official in the town, personally went to Fei's house to report the news."

  Feng Shenglun told the officials of the Guangxin government: "According to the investigation, Zhang Fu went out with the army and is likely to be the deputy mayor of the newly occupied land. Specifically, whether he went to Huguang or Jiangnan, we have to ask the official election office of the Jiangxi Chief Secretary."

  Integrity officials record immediately.

  Feng Shenglun asked Zheng Shi again: "Fei Zheng Shi, but Zhang Fu, the civil official of Ehu Town, secretly tipped you off?"

  Zheng sat stupidly and didn't speak.

"boom!"

  Feng Shenglun slapped the gavel fiercely: "Fei Zheng, I will ask you again, but Zhang Fu tipped you off!"

   Zheng was still speechless.

  After asking three times in a row, Feng Shenglun said: "Since you don't speak, it's considered tacit consent. Bring the parents of the victim Fei Liang to court!"

  A middle-aged couple was brought over, crying that their son died unjustly.

  Inquiring about the cause and effect, Feng Shenglun said: "Fei Liang was brought home on the second day of the twelfth lunar month?"

  The mother of the deceased just cried.

The father of the deceased said: "On the night of the second day of junior high school, the four of them brought my son back, saying that he was injured when he fell into a ditch. How could it be that he fell? The skin and flesh on the waist were all smashed, and the bones were visible. ..." The man became more and more excited as he talked, and shouted at the crowd, "The folks are all commenting, who can fall like that in a ditch? My son! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo and...""

  The crowd of onlookers talked and pointed at Mrs. Zheng.

   Mrs. Zheng was still sitting stupidly, as if wandering away.

  After getting to know many details, Feng Shenglun asked: "After Fei Liang died, did you report to the officials?"

"Go," said the father of the deceased. "The county magistrate at that time, surnamed Kong, sent two officials and a foreman to conduct an autopsy on my son. After less than half a stick of incense, he insisted that my son fell to his death." of."

  Feng Shenglun said to the clean government officials: "I have sent people back to the county to investigate the files. These three people who have handled them will definitely be able to find out who they are."

  Due to the temporary absence of three important persons, the murder case could no longer be tried.

  Then proceed to try other cases, mainly about the Zheng family forcibly recruiting Liangmin as servants, and then beating and insulting the servants for a long time.

  These cases are simple. Not only are there witnesses, but many helpers are still injured.

   The trial was going on, and suddenly two more people came to cry for innocence.

   It was Mrs. Zheng who posted employment advertisements in Ehu Town. They felt that the wages were not bad, so they applied to Fei's family as servants. Due to Zheng's long-term beating and scolding, the two would rather not have their monthly wages, and both would leave Fei's house. As a result, the Zheng family sued the officials and ordered them to pay for liquidated damages, but the county government officials favored the Zheng family, causing the two servants to borrow money to pay the compensation.

   When this matter was brought out, the audience was in an uproar.

  Before beating people to death has already accumulated public outrage, but now I hear this kind of unethical thing again. If someone works as a servant for you, it's fine if you don't get paid, but you still beat the servant to lose money?

  Patriarch Fei Yuanlu was trembling with anger: "This... this wicked woman has completely disgraced Fei's face!"

An elderly gentleman surnamed Lei shook his head and sighed: "When you marry a wife, you should marry a good man. My Lei family chooses a daughter-in-law without looking at her background or appearance, only her character. Such a bad woman will never enter my Lei family." courtyard wall."

   "Hey, the Zheng family is also a big family of Guangxin, how could they raise such a daughter?" Another elder was heartbroken.

  Before releasing the slaves, which big family didn't abuse them?

  But it can’t be used for public opinion!

   What's more, there are no domestic slaves now, and servants are also good people. Since they are good citizens, they cannot be abused, and the gentry must correct their attitude.

   After a while of interrogation, Fei Yingqi suddenly shouted: "Master, I want to report this wicked woman for murder!"

   "The case of beating Fei Liang?" Feng Shenglun asked.

"There is another murder case," Fei Yingqi said, "This wicked woman is jealous and forbids me to take a concubine. So I secretly kept a second wife, and this wicked woman even pretended to let me take the second wife home when she knew about it. I believed her nonsense, and really took my second wife home to be my concubine, but I was beaten to death by this wicked woman for a reason!"

  The audience was in an uproar and became even more sensational.

   "Jealous woman, jealous woman! Such a jealous woman should have given up a long time ago!" The old man surnamed Tang looked angry.

  Feng Shenglun asked, "Where are the corpses?"

   "It was buried on the back hill of Fei's house in Ehu, and I put a jade pendant as a funeral object." Fei Yingqi said.

   "Hahahahaha!"

   Mrs. Zheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and laughed wildly, "Fei Yingqi, you hate me so much, why don't you dare to divorce your wife?"

  Fei Yingqi sneered and said: "Men, you have to fight it out, and you can talk about any scandals!"

  An even bigger melon?

  All the gentry and common people pricked up their ears, and even the officials in charge of adjudicating cases had an expression of waiting to hear gossip.

  Mr. Zheng did not break the news immediately, but asked Feng Shenglun: "Master, will my crimes affect my children?"

Feng Shenglun cupped his hands towards the west, and said: "Under Mr. Zhao's rule, there will be no implicated matters. As long as your children have not violated the law, they will not be implicated. However, your husband and wife have committed a serious crime. Some family property and land property will be fined and confiscated, and there will not be so much property left to the children."

  Zheng turned her head and looked at her husband: "For the sake of my children, I don't bother to mention your scandal, it makes me sick to think about it!"

  Fei Yingqi was not afraid, and yelled: "Speak up, you have ruined your reputation anyway. If there are too many lice, it doesn't itch, and you will die together. Say it quickly, the little mother will not say it!"

   "I won't say it!" Zheng Shi sneered.

  Fei Yingqi opened his throat and shouted: "Okay, don't tell me, I will say it myself..."

"Shut up!"

  The old man Fei Yuanyi yelled loudly. Although he didn't know what was wrong with his son, it must be very embarrassing for him to be used by his daughter-in-law and dare not divorce his wife for so many years.

  Family ugliness cannot be publicized, Fei Yuanyi finally couldn't bear it anymore, and threw out his crutches in anger.

  Fei Yingqi dodged and was about to speak when he heard a "bang bang bang" sound. Feng Shenglun slapped the gavel and said, "Silence, don't roar in court!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Everyone laughed, and felt that today was worthwhile, and it was ten thousand times more exciting than singing a big show.

  Unfortunately, the last big melon seems to be not intended to be split.

   Fei Yingqi sat on the ground slumped. He had held back this scandal for thirty years, as if being strangled by a rope and about to suffocate.

  When he was thirteen years old, he was ignorant about sex, and rolled into bed with the mother of the book boy, and this woman was also his nanny. He was actually seduced, and ended up getting the nanny pregnant. After getting married, he was still secretly having a tryst with the nanny, but was caught by his wife Zheng.

   Zheng's personality changed drastically, which is probably related to this matter.

   It's like a romantic and ethical drama.

  Big gentry, which one didn't have a bit of dirty stuff?

  The trial of the case was not finished that day, and the officials collectively rested by the river. Some pitched tents, and some slept on boats. Anyway, no one was allowed to leave until the case was settled!

   The big uncut melon left everyone unsatisfied.

   What is even more regrettable is that many people came too late and did not see Zhao Tianwang's demeanor.

  The restaurant in Fei Ruhe's family is booming now. Merchants traveling from south to north must eat in the restaurant, and the restaurant was even renamed "Longxinglou".

  Zhao Han worked as the second shopkeeper here, and personally taught various "palace dishes".

  Fei Chun used to tell stories and novels here, Chen Maosheng once sang operas here, and Zhang Tieniu often came here to eat.

   There have been countless versions of their stories.

  For example, Zhao Tianwang was the royal chef in his ancestors, and he mastered many palace dishes that have been lost. Every time Zhao Tianwang came to the restaurant, he deliberately chose a noisy place and concentrated on reading to exercise his will.

  Chen Maosheng is regarded as a master of Yiyang opera. According to those who have heard him sing opera, Chen Zhangsi's opera opera is unmatched in ancient and modern times. Before his death, an opera fan wanted to listen to Chen Zhangsi sing an opera. After the opera was over, the man recovered without any medicine.

  There is also Fei Chunfei, the head of the storyteller, who can tell hype, even "Gourd Baby" has been rewritten as a novel.

  The legend of Zhang Tieniu is the most outrageous, because all the coolies on the dock know him. These coolies love to brag, and the more they talk, the more evil they become. Zhang Tieniu has to eat five catties of rice every day, and he can lift a hundred catties of sacks with one hand. The sworn brother was killed by the eunuch, Zhang Tieniu resorted to the Tiyun jumping method, stole the elder brother's head hanging on the pole, and crossed the Xinjiang River on a bamboo pole.

  At this moment, on the passenger ship in the river, a scholar who had finished reading the excitement was writing a novel.

  The title of the novel is "Biography of the Sons and Daughters of Wind and Cloud", and the overall style imitates "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

  There are several male protagonists, namely: Xin Zhao (Zhao Han), Li Heming (Fei Ruhe), Li Zhen (Fei Chun), Wang Jushan (Zhang Tieniu), Yang Tianwei (Pang Chunlai).

   This scholar obviously collected a lot of information, plus various hearsay.

  In his writing, Yang Tianwei (Pang Chunlai) is the son of a general in Liaodong. Because the eunuchs colluded with the Tartars, his family was ruined and he was exiled in the rivers and lakes. In Laoshan, I had to meet strangers, learned half a volume of Taoism, three volumes of military art, and five volumes of political strategy, and also learned a lot of superior martial arts.

  The first tens of thousands of characters in the novel are all about Yang Tianwei (Pang Chunlai).

  As for Zhao Xin (Zhao Han) and others, they are his apprentices in Qianshan.

  Zhao Han set fire to the county government, Zhang Tieniu robbed the head late at night, these stories are all linked together. Chen Maosheng is even described as an assassin, singing is just to cover up his identity, and he specializes in assassinating corrupt officials.

  Ma Liaoyang and Zhang Puwei, the two leaders of the Secret Esoteric Sect, unexpectedly also made an impressive appearance.

  Ma Liaoyang and Zhang Puwei are heretics.

  Yang Tianwei (Pang Chunlai) only got half a volume of Daoist books, but he was able to beat two leftist monks to serious injuries with one against two.

   Therefore, after they left Mount Lead, the two heretics dared to rebel.

  Even the history of Yanshan County, who was stabbed to death by Zhao Han, became a master of martial arts in the novel. The plot of Zhao Han setting fire to the county yamen almost turned into a solitary raid into a dragon's pool and a tiger's lair, and in the end, he flew over the walls and left over the city wall.

  Xiu Cai put away the pen and paper, went to sleep with his clothes on, and waited to continue watching the case tomorrow.

  (end of this chapter)