Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 222
In the left hall of the Yamen in Kaifeng, Bao Zheng was hearing the case of Fan Mingren suing Fuguiqiao Guanpudian. Not to the lobby, but still refused to leave.

The only person who left was Fugui Qiaodong advocate Yaocheng. He felt that it would be a shame to respond to the lawsuit here, so he entrusted Wu Da shopkeeper with full authority to respond to the lawsuit on behalf of Guanpudian.

In fact, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant needs to appear, but their respective lawyers entrusted to make statements.

In the lobby, the two litigators fought fiercely.

Guo Lianshi's voice was relatively high-pitched, and his tone of accusing the other party was very severe. He wanted to overwhelm the other party in terms of momentum.

"We all know the rules of buying Guanpu. The order is divided into two. The Guanpu order is given to the customer, and the bottom order is left in the Guanpu store. At the same time, the Guanpu store has to record it. With such strict procedures, how can Fan Guan blackmail you?

But you not only closed the old Caomen Guanpu store, but also disappeared the original shopkeeper. You obviously didn't want to bear the high Guanpu compensation, and you even said that Fan Guan was blackmailing you, it is really shameless! "

The litigator entrusted by Fuguiqiao Guanpudian is surnamed Wang, and he is also a well-known litigator in the capital. He has rich experience and is good at grasping the essence.

The lawyer Wang knew that Guanpu shop was indeed at a loss. From a common sense point of view, Guanpu shop was a bit untenable. They should not close the old Caomen Guanpu shop, nor should they replace the shopkeeper, people with a discerning eye You can tell what's going on at a glance.

However, he took advantage of the fact that the other party had no conclusive evidence and no witnesses. After all, common sense is common sense, and the law is the law. The government cannot judge a case based on common sense, and must have evidence and witnesses.

He said eloquently: "As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. There is a kind of person who knows that some things cannot be done, but he wants to do them anyway. Just like we all know that in winter, people can't walk on the surface of the Bian River. It is easy to crack and fall into the water, everyone in Bianjing knows this is common sense, but there are still people who fall into the water and drown every winter. For the same reason, we all know that it is useless to fake Guanpu tickets, but you can guarantee that there is really no People make fake checks to get the money?"

Wang Lianshi glanced at Bao Zheng, saw that he did not interrupt him, and continued: "As for the closure of the old Caomen branch and the transfer of the original shopkeeper you said, that is an internal matter of Guanpu store, and has nothing to do with this matter. , you also know that when the old Caomen Guanpu store was closed, they ran to the main store, didn’t the main store know? What’s the point of them closing the old Caomen branch?”

At this time, Guo Liaoshi bowed to Bao Zheng and said: "I would like to report to Mr. Bao that Guanpu tickets are printed with consecutive numbers. The plaintiff provided five copies of Guanpu tickets, the third of which is five taels of silver to bet on the boy's trial. First, I won the bet and won 160 taels of silver, which has already been exchanged at Guanpudian.

Then the first and second copies, the fourth and fifth copies, and the third copy are obviously linked together, but Guanpudian does not recognize these four copies. Isn’t it funny? The middle one is recognized because the amount is small, so what is the reason? "

Bao Zheng nodded, and said to the yamen servant: "Where is the defendant? I have something to ask him."

The yamen servant ran out, and after a while, shopkeeper Wu walked over quickly, bowed and said, "Xiaomin is Wu Qun, the big shopkeeper of Fuguiqiao Guanpu Store, entrusted by the proprietor, to represent Guanpu Store to respond to this case!"

Bao Zheng didn't criticize, because Fan Mingren sued Guanpudian, not Zhang Yaocheng, so Zhang Yaocheng can ask the big shopkeeper to come forward, as long as he can represent Guanpudian.

Bao Zheng asked: "Why do you Guanpu store think these four lists are counterfeit?"

"Reporting to the senior officials, because there is no record of these four orders in the record book of our store, and there is no corresponding order, so it is easy for us to judge."

"But as far as I know, the orders in Guanpu Store are all serial numbers. Since you have exchanged the middle one, there should be orders with four numbers before and after. I am right!"

Shopkeeper Wu secretly hated him. He didn't know that the shopkeeper had exchanged the middle order in the chaos, which made him very passive now. Although he had made preparations, it was a fake after all. Bring out the counterfeit.

But now that the evidence is here, he has no choice but to admit it. He can only nod, "We do have a list!"

"Then please bring out the four copies of the same number of slips, and the record book, please, to prove your determination."

Shopkeeper Wu was helpless, so he had to order a clerk to go back to get the list and records. Bao Zheng asked a secretary to go with a few yamen servants. The government has the right to use such evidence.

Panlou Street is not far from the Kaifeng government office, and when Bao Zheng finished drinking a cup of tea, Shu Lingshi and the other side's buddy had already returned.

The secretary held a big box in his hand, inside was a thick registration book, and beside it were four customs receipts. The bill was also taken together.

Shuling envoy whispered to Bao Zheng: "The boss asked me to tell Shaoyin that this case involves the face of a noble concubine. Please pay attention to this."

Bao Zheng sneered, and moved out the noble concubine at every turn. The Zhang family is this kind of person, Zhang Yaozuo is this kind of person, and so are his brothers, but they forgot, who is Bao Zheng?

Bao Zheng spread out the four bills and compared them with the four bills of the plaintiff in his hand. The four bills were all bets on Yiguan money, betting on Zhang Qiu from Bianliang County to win the first place in the boy's test. Obviously none of them won. Naturally, the customer would not come, and the four copies of the slips were all stamped as failed.

Since the other party's four bills are original bills, while the plaintiff's four bills are original bills, with different formats, different papers, and different handwriting.

Of course, this just proves that the original bill and the original bill are not the same bill, either the plaintiff made a forgery or the defendant made a forgery.

Bao Zheng took out the five taels of silver that had already been paid for comparison.

After a comparison, we can see some clues. The paper is different. Although they are all jute paper, the paper that has been exchanged for the back slip is a little yellow and a bit old, while the paper of these four back slips is relatively new, and the prints are all different. They are the same, they are all on the same board, and the number is written on it by hand. Although the handwriting is very similar, it can still be seen that it was not written by the same person.

Bao Zheng then compared the plaintiff's four original slips with the five taels of silver bottom slip, and found that they were exactly the same, with the same paper and the same handwriting.

Bao Zheng sneered, and flipped through the record book again. He found that the thick hemp rope bound in the thick record book was actually new, and the record book had been there for a long time, which meant that the record book had been opened and found again. The two pages of registration are also relatively new, and they are not the same as before and after.

Bao Zheng slapped the gavel, and sternly said to shopkeeper Wu: "Your four copies of the receipts and record book are clearly forged, not the originals. As an official, can't you tell it?"

Shopkeeper Wu was at a loss for words for a while, but Wang Lieutenant next to him said calmly: "The senior official feels that the original slip does not match, because the original slip has been destroyed, but the government needs it, so they temporarily make up four."

Shopkeeper Wu nodded quickly, "That's true. We will destroy these useless orders in time, because there are too many orders, and keeping them is very troublesome, so we won't keep them."

"Then why isn't this one destroyed?" Bao Zheng raised Yang's five taels of silver.

Lawyer Wang said with a smile: "This is the winning ticket, of course it must be kept. This is the general practice of closing shops. Shopkeeper Wu, I'm right!"

Shopkeeper Wu Da hurriedly said: "It is for this reason that we have indeed destroyed the original list, and we will also destroy the winning lottery after three months, as is the case with Guanpu stores."

Master Guo Song said from the side: "Since you can't produce evidence, why insist that our four lists are fake?"

Litigation Master Wang smiled triumphantly, "Of course Guanpudian thinks your list is a counterfeit, and you also think that we are a counterfeit. Since both sides insist on their own opinions, do you have any witnesses? Bring out witnesses, maybe you can turn the tables."

At this time, a hearty laugh came from outside the hall, "Unfortunately, I can testify for the plaintiff!"

A young man in a white brocade robe walked into the hall without haste with a folding fan, followed by Fan Ning. Mingren was overjoyed that Fan Ning really found this imperial student surnamed Cao.

When Bao Zheng saw this student, he was stunned. The young man winked at Bao Zheng, signaling Bao Zheng not to reveal his identity.

Bao Zheng glanced at Fan Ning behind him, feeling really funny in his heart, it seemed that Fan Ning didn't know who this young man was, and it took him a long time before he asked with a smile, "Why is Ya Nei here?"

(End of this chapter)