Poor Family 1

  Chapter 142 Taking Flowers and Moving Trees (Part 2)

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Li Wengui was overjoyed immediately. He was about to report to the police. He didn't expect Jiang Zhixian to come by himself. It was so timely, but Tang Lian felt strange. The case that happened last night, Jiang Zhixian came at noon. Zhang Junbao's death comes!

  Li Wengui hurriedly ordered the gate to be reopened. At this time, everyone in the Zhang family didn’t care about making trouble in front of Li’s house, and rushed to block the way to cry for grievances.

  The entire Lushan Town was a sensation, every family went out to watch the excitement, surrounded the inn where Jiangzhi County temporarily stayed, with three floors inside and three floors outside, and there was a lot of discussion.

   Tang Lian squeezed into the courtyard of the inn, bowed to the magistrate Jiang who had just come out of the sedan chair, and said: "Xiaohe Township Capital Baozheng Tang Lian sees the county magistrate!"

  Jiang Zhixian frowned, "This county came to handle the case, and let the idlers leave, so they had to interfere with the case."

  Aide Mo Jun who came with him said in a low voice: "It is common practice for the common people to watch and handle cases, which is conducive to the formation of the county's reputation as Qingtian. I feel that it is better to stay."

  Jiang Dao nodded. He heard the words very pleasantly, so he changed his words: "You can listen in, but no noise is allowed!"

At this time, the shopkeeper moved a large seat, Jiang Dao sat down and said to Tang Lian: "This time, the county came to Xiaohe Township because Li Yanqing, a villager from Xiaohe, sued the squire Zhang Junbao to seize the people's land and beat Li Wen's villagers. Li Yanhu's death, human life is at stake, this county is here to investigate this case, please Du Baozheng summon relevant people to come for questioning, in addition, I will send my assistant to go to the autopsy, Baozheng should do these two things first!"

The staff member Mo Jun next to him stepped forward and handed a list to Tang Lian. Tang Lian was completely stunned. It turned out that he did not come here for the murder of Zhang Junbao, but for the murder of Li Yanhu from Li Wencun. At this time, Tang Lian Lian suddenly saw Li Yanqing, who was standing behind the county magistrate.

  Tang Lian looked at the list, and hurriedly bowed and said, "I report to the county lord, the defendant Zhang Junbao on the list is dead!"

  Everyone was stunned, the defendant died unexpectedly, what is the trial of this case? Jiang Dao hurriedly asked, "Did Zhang Junbao commit suicide in fear of crime?"

   "It should not have committed suicide in fear of crime, but was shot to death with an arrow last night."

  Jiang Dao Dao suddenly felt dizzy. He originally came to Lushan Town to investigate the case because he couldn't get in the way of Li Yanqing's face. Unexpectedly, the suspect was killed again and became a case in the case. How can he investigate?

He glanced back at Mo Jun, and Mo Jun hurriedly said: "This should be two cases. Li Jieyuan's case is relatively simple. Although Zhang Junbao is dead, his son is here. Let his son come out to respond to the lawsuit. If he should be arrested, he will be arrested. If you pay, you will pay, and this case can be settled first."

   Jiang Dao basically listened to the ideas of his staff, and felt that what Mo Jun said made sense. He looked at Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing quickly stepped forward and said, "Master Mo's suggestion, Xiaomin is willing to accept it!"

  Jiang Dao nodded, and said to Tang Lian: "Zhang Junbao is dead, but his son is still there. Let his son respond to the lawsuit instead of his father. The people on the list are called together, and the other one is brought to the autopsy!"

At this time, the news had already spread that the county magistrate came to Lushan Town to handle the case, and Li Yanqing sued the Zhang family. I went to file a complaint, so does this matter have anything to do with me?

  He turned around and was about to slip away quietly, but Tang Lian stopped him, "Wen Gui, don't go, the county magistrate invites you to come over, your name is on the case list."

  Li Wengui was so frightened that his legs became weak for a while, and he quickly pulled Tang Lian aside and asked in a low voice: "This matter has nothing to do with me! Why did the county magistrate call me?"

   Tang Lian looked at the list, "It seems that you are just a witness, not the defendant."

  Li Wengui heaved a long sigh of relief. He was just a witness. He was afraid that Li Yanhu's death would involve himself.

  Tang Lian said to Li Wengui again in a low voice: "The county magistrate just happened to come and settle the matter of Zhang Junbao together so that the Zhang family won't let you go."

  Li Wengui nodded, this was the big deal for him. Zhang Junbao’s killing was none of his business. In all likelihood, it was done by the people of Li Wen Village, let the county magistrate interrogate them.

Half an hour later, more than 20 people involved in the case were brought to the inn and stood in a yard, ready to be questioned by the magistrate. When Li Dayin heard that the magistrate was going to try the case of his son being beaten to death, Li Dayin knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably. .

At this time, the two forensics also came back from the autopsy, and the leader bowed down and reported: "Qi County Lord, we were ordered to investigate the cause of death of Li Yanhu, a villager in Liwen Village, and found a large number of traces of beatings with sticks on his body. The fatal wound was on the head. It can be confirmed that Li Yanhu was beaten to death with random sticks."

  Jiang Dao nodded and asked Zhang Junbao's second son, Zhang Mudao: "The place where the murder was committed was on the land of the Li clan. After investigation by the county, Li Yanhu did not infringe on the interests of the Zhang family. Why did your father lead people to commit murder?"

Zhang Mu's heart was full of anger. His father was obviously murdered, but now he has become a murderer. It is unreasonable, but when the magistrate asked him, he had to answer. Purchased the land contract, the land belonged to my father, but Li Yanhu and others blocked it unreasonably, the two sides fought, it was not intentional killing, it was an accidental injury in the fighting, please learn from the county magistrate!"

   "Where is Li Wengui?"

  Li Wengui hurried out, bowed and saluted, "The villain is here!"

In the Song Dynasty, cases were generally heard by standing up and kneeling. There was no rule that people must kneel down to hear the trial. Generally speaking, villagers feared the power of officials and often knelt down to redress their grievances. Hear the verdict.

  So it is common sense not to kneel when seeing an official in the Song Dynasty. Li Wengui and Zhang Mu, a country gentleman with a little status, would not kneel easily.

Of course, Jiang Dao knew Li Wengui and had a few drinks together, but now was not the time to talk about friendship. He glanced at Li Wengui and asked coldly: "Just now Zhang Mu said that his father and you have reached a land sale contract, but Is there such a thing?"

  Li Wengui took out the contract and presented it to the county magistrate: "This is indeed the case. This is the contract. Please have a look at it."

The yamen servant took over the contract and wanted to pass it to Jiang Dao. Jiang Dao flipped through it, but handed it to Mo Jun, an aide. Mo Jun whispered something to Jiang Dao. The land is not in your name, what right do you have to sell it?"

   This is the key to this case, is the sale legal?

  Li Wengui hurriedly said: "Qi County Lord, that piece of land is owned by the family, and the villain is currently the patriarch of the Li family, and has the right to dispose of that piece of land!"

  Beside Mo Jun said: "In the laws of the Song Dynasty, there has never been a rule that the land should be owned by the family. It is only hung in the name of a specific person. I have read the land registration. The land should be owned by Li Wenyou and has nothing to do with you.

Of course, there will be certain conventions and customs in the countryside, but even if, as you said, that piece of land is family land, and you, as the patriarch, want to sell him, you must first transfer the land to your own name, or take out all the clan members The letter of entrustment entrusting you to buy and sell the land, as long as you take out one of these two things at will, you can handle them at your discretion, do you have it? "

  Li Wengui cursed secretly in his heart, he also gave gifts to Mo Jun during the New Year and holidays, how could he not help himself at the critical moment, could it be that he was being punished? ． ． ． ． Did that little **** Li Yanqing buy it with a lot of money?

  The more he thinks about it, the more likely it is. Even if he wants to take out double the benefits, now is not the time, so he can only look at Mo Jun, hesitate for a moment and say: "The villain is handling it, it hasn't been completed yet!"

   "Crack!" Jiang Dao slapped the table heavily, "Since there is no proof that you have the right to dispose of that piece of land, then the county can declare that your sales contract is invalid."

  Speaking of this, Jiang Dao glared at Zhang Mu, "Then Li Yanhu's death was caused by your father leading someone to commit murder!"

Zhang Mu was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "My father didn't intend to kill anyone, but there was an armed fight at that time, the situation was very chaotic, and it was at night, my father couldn't stop it, those young people did it without authorization, it has nothing to do with my father !"

When he said this, the dozen or so children of the Zhang family who were kneeling next to him suddenly yelled, "Obviously your father paid us to grab the land, and it was his order to beat the other party to death, but now you put the responsibility on us." Pushing it on our heads, do you still want to be ashamed?"

"be quiet!"

Jiang Dao let out a loud roar, and everyone fell silent immediately. A dozen or so Zhang family children glared at Zhang Mu bitterly. Zhang Junbao clearly said that he was ordered to bear the burden. The children of the Zhang family were furious.

At this time, Mo Jun said something to Jiang Dao in a low voice, Jiang Dao nodded and said: "Since the defendant is dead, this case has no owner. Each of the children will have one hundred sticks and one year of hard labor. In addition, Zhang Junbao’s family must pay Li Yanhu’s family three hundred guan as pension and funeral expenses. This case is closed, does the plaintiff, Li Yanqing, have any objections?”

  Li Yanqing stepped forward and bowed: "Li Yanqing has no objection!"

  He gave Li Dayin a wink, and Li Dayin quickly kowtowed: "Xiaomin Li Dayin is willing to accept the verdict and has no objection!"

More than a dozen Zhang family children were so angry that their chests would explode. They pointed at Zhang Mu and stomped their feet and cursed, but Zhang Mu remained silent. After these dozen people were escorted away, he stepped forward and kowtowed: "My father didn't There was no murder, but since the county lord has made a verdict, we are willing to compensate, but my father was killed last night, and I implore the county lord to investigate the case and give my father justice!"

  Jiang Dao Dao had a headache. As the county magistrate, there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him, so he couldn’t help but ask, "How did your father die?"

   "My father was shot to death with an arrow last night, and there are yamen servants at the scene to testify!"

  Jiang Dao Dao was stunned, how could there be a yamen servant here? He felt that there was something wrong with it, so he immediately asked, "Where is the yamen servant now?"

  (end of this chapter)