Our Mommy is the Best Investigator!

  Chapter 795 Convincing people with reasoning

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant were taken aback by the sudden action of the county magistrate Zhan He, and they all knelt down and persuaded: "Master county magistrate, what are you doing? , no complaints, what is your sin?"

   After persuading him, County Captain Tong secretly cast a threatening look at Zhan He.

  This subtle movement has already been noticed by Chu Nanzhi.

  At this moment, she understood why Zhan He sat idle in the courtyard when he first entered the government office, deliberately neglecting himself to show off.

  The magistrate of a majestic county still depends on the eyes of the county magistrate and county lieutenant. He is controlled by others everywhere, and he is indeed aggrieved.

"Magistrate Zhan, although you play tricks and act lazy and inactive in front of me, even a little rude, I know that you are not a mediocre person. The tragedy of the Qian family happened only half a day ago, and you have already made your autopsy conclusion Look carefully and have your own unique insights.”

  Chu Nanzhi held up the official hat in his hand while speaking, and put it back on for him with a solemn expression:

"Even you have studied the dossiers of the old lady, so it can be seen that you have been studying these two cases with all your heart. Today, I am here personally, and I am determined to investigate this case. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me truthfully." After all, this Langzhou city is not decided by the so-called famous families, since it is on the territory of the empire, there are laws to follow and laws to convey."

  Looking sharply at Yan Xiancheng and the county lieutenant, Chu Nanzhi's words became sharper:

"Since this palace is in this position, if you can't even protect your own children, if you can't seek justice for those mothers who are pregnant for ten months, how can you live up to the virtuous name of mothers in the world? Which one of you present has no family and children? , can you bear to see your own wife suffering, and your soon-to-be-born child stillborn?"

  The loud and loud words left the county magistrate and county lieutenant speechless, and they immediately lowered their heads and dared not speak again.

Jen He saw that the Queen was determined to take care of this matter, so he sighed and replied: "Since July, in just over a month, the county has reported nearly a hundred cases of maternal deaths due to dystocia. Ten times more than usual."

At this point, Zhan He was so choked up that he couldn't speak. After pondering for a long time, he continued: "The official is very sad about this. There are thirteen counties in Langzhou, and each county has at least twenty counties. It's really hard to guess what's going on in the rest of the counties."

  This shocking number made Chu Nanzhi and Chu Wenbi startled.

Chu Wenbi couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "In the small Jichun County alone, nearly a hundred women died of dystocia in one month, and what an astonishing number of women who induced labor due to national mourning ?”

  Chu Nanzhi could hear the deep meaning in Zhan He's words.

  The medical conditions are poor these days, and it is inevitable that women in a county will die due to dystocia, but there are so many people in this month, it can be seen that there is something tricky in it.

   The more people who think about it are the deaths caused by induced labor due to national mourning, the government reported it as dystocia in order to conceal the guilt.

   And this is only the count of those who died of dystocia, and those who have successfully aborted their fetuses do not know what a huge number it should be.

  The method of inducing labor these days is really cruel, let alone when it is time to give birth.

  At this moment, she really realized what it means to have policies above and countermeasures below.

Just like what Chang said at the beginning, the first emperor had done little in his reign for more than 20 years, but he was indeed an emperor who cared about the people. Before he died, the only measure to benefit the people was ruined by low-level officials. It is chilling to think about it. .

  Since Lin Jinxiao went north and asked her to assist in Langzhou affairs, for the sake of her newly born little Ruiji and Ruisi, and for the sake of this unfair world, she is also determined to fight against the famous families in Langzhou to the end.

Looking across the crowd like a knife's edge, Chu Nanzhi said to Zhan He in a heavy tone: "Magistrate Zhan, today I have promoted you as the chief officer of the Tingwei Mansion to inspect Tingwei Shi in Langzhou. If you find out the puerpera who suffered from the national mourning in each state this time, if you encounter obstacles, you can bring the official documents of the Ting Wei Mansion and cooperate with the local government offices to arrest them immediately."

  Hearing this, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant all lowered their heads in panic, only Zhan He clasped his fists proudly and said: "Your official will fulfill his mission, and he will thoroughly investigate all unjust cases in all counties in the state."

   As soon as the voice fell, a heavy crutch sound came from outside the courtyard.

  Chu Nanzhi looked up and saw Tang Weiming leading a white-haired old man strolling in.

  Although the old man was in his twilight years, he walked vigorously and calmly. Every step he took was like a cold wind, which added a little chill to the scorching courtyard.

  Chu Nanzhi sat firmly in the hall, quietly watching the old man walking forward step by step.

  Wait until the old man stepped into the main hall, he just bowed his hands to her neither humble nor overbearing: "Gu Lei, a grassroots man, has seen the queen."

  Such a calm demeanor really has a bit of everyone's demeanor, Chu Nanzhi guessed that this old man should be the great Confucian in Gujiazhuang.

  Holding the attitude of courtesy first and soldiers later, Chu Nanzhi didn't attack him directly, but smiled gently and said: "Mr. Gu doesn't need to be too polite."

   As he spoke, he glanced at Tang Weiming: "Give me a seat for Mr. Gu."

   "Dare not."

  Gu Lei moved the crutch in his hand forward, with a straight body, and said solemnly: "I heard that the queen summoned me, and the grassroots dare not not come. I don't know what the queen summoned the old man to come, please tell me clearly?"

Seeing the arrogant attitude of the little old man, but he was so polite that no one could find any faults, Chu Nanzhi could only look at Zhan He with a wry smile, and replied with deep meaning: "It seems that Mr. Quite preconceived?"

   "The empress is serious, the grassroots are just commoners, how dare they disrespect the empress."

   Gu Lei replied with a flickering eyebrow.

   "Old Gu's words are wrong."

Zhan He glanced at him with ill intentions: "I heard that it was Mr. Gu's slight remarks about the Queen's childbirth last month that caused the whole Langzhou city to fall into the state mourning and cessation of childbirth, causing many women to die due to dystocia. Now they are even more willing to kill six members of Qian's family, a good citizen in this county, to maintain the old system."

   "Magistrate Zhan, you are not a gentleman when you spout blood without proof. Is this what you do as an official?"

Gu Lei calmly glanced at Chu Nanzhi who was sitting upright, and replied calmly: "Yes, the grass-roots people do have some criticisms about the Queen's death in the country, and even at this moment, the grass-people still think that the queen's move is against the late emperor. disrespectful."

"Gu Lao is famous all over the world, and he pays attention to convincing people with virtue, and as the chief officer of the court captain's mansion, I always only accept reason, but since Gu Lao is holding on to the matter of Ben Gong's childbirth, then Ben Gong will be with you today." Be reasonable."

  Chu Nanzhi's Liu eyebrows slightly trembled and a slight smile curved, and he said slowly and generously:

"I abolished the system of martyrdom in the early years of my dynasty. It can be seen that the sages of the previous emperors valued human life far more than the previous dynasty. I think this alone is enough to make the world return. The unfailing foundation, but Mr. Gu insisted on the old rituals, asking the expecting women to give up their flesh and blood, even a dead body, and asked how is this different from the system of human martyrdom?"

  Gu Lei's eyes paused when he heard this, but he didn't know how to answer her.

  (end of this chapter)