After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

After Liao Qilin returned to the county office, he reported the situation in Chenjia Village to the county magistrate Wu Shi one by one, and finally said:

"It is true that the Jiang family has planted a lot of cotton, and many families in the village are also planting it. The specific yield per mu can only be counted after the cotton is harvested."

Wu Shi nodded, "Brother Liao has worked hard."

Liao Qilin smiled: "Don't talk about hard work, it's only natural for me to do things for the Ming government."

Ever since he resigned from the Magistrate Mei, Liao Qilin recommended himself to be an aide to the Magistrate Wu. During these days, he deeply felt that he had chosen the right employer.

Although this person has no background, he is indeed a competent and good official. Unlike the county magistrate of Namei, he was on the way to earn money in addition to earning money during his tenure. If he followed such a person, he would not only have no achievements in this life, but in the future Maybe there will be bad luck to follow.

Wu Shi asked Liao Qilin to sit down, and Wu Rui came over and poured some tea before leaving.

Wu Shi picked up the teacup and blew, "The prefect of Luzhou sent a letter today asking me to reopen the case of the Han sisters abducting and trafficking children. Brother Liao, what do you think of this matter?"

Liao Qilin pondered for a moment, and said: "The Ming government should be cautious about this matter. Since the eunuch wrote the letter, he must want to exonerate the Han sisters. You might as well review the case again. If there are no doubts, we will let Han The sisters were released on bail."

Looking up and seeing Wu Shi's displeasure, Liao Qilin said again: "The Ming government has just come to Qinchuan County to take office. If you offend the prefect for such a trivial matter, will you have to pay for it?"

Wu Shi sneered and put down the teacup: "What if I don't let them bail?"

Liao Qilin cupped his hands at Wu Shi: "Why should a senior official offend the prefect for a trivial matter? Just because we let them go on bail doesn't mean they are innocent, but if you don't care, the prefect will definitely have countermeasures. If you really let them off If you commit a crime, the file you sent will definitely be reprimanded, and the eunuch will have a reason to dismiss you by then."

It is a big mistake for an official to judge a wrong case. His immediate superior has the right to dismiss him from office, and even the supervisory censor can't say anything.

Wu Shi frowned: "The Chen family filed a complaint today, saying that the Jiang family's child is the biological daughter of his second son, and that they want to confess their relationship with her in court."

Liao Qilin suddenly said: "Look, this is the trick of the Chen family. They want to exonerate the Han sisters. If you really let them admit their relatives in court, I'm sure they will have a way to make the fake thing come true. Really, in this way, the Han sisters will be innocent."

If the child is Han's biological daughter, the nature of the case will change, and the Han sisters would not have hired murderers to kidnap other people's children. Then, Wu Shi's previous convictions for their crimes were all wrong.

Thinking of the child's earnest entrustment, Wu Shi became stubborn and sneered: "I don't believe in evil, since they want to do a blood test, let's do it. The case of the Han sisters hiring a murderer is a foregone conclusion, no matter the child Whether it belongs to the Chen family or not, the crimes of the Han sisters are not affected.

Anyone who dares to break the law under my rule should be punished as he should.As a parent official, if the county magistrate can't give the people reasonable fairness and justice, it doesn't matter if the county magistrate doesn't do it. "

Seeing that the county magistrate was stubborn, Liao Qilin shook his head and said nothing more.

The next day, Yingbao, her parents and younger brothers had just finished breakfast when they saw a villager come to the door with two yamen servants.

"The county magistrate is trying the case in the township hall, and he ordered me to come and bring Jiang Yingbao to confess her blood." A yamen servant said.

Although Jiang Sanlang already knew something, he was still very angry.

He hugged his daughter and got into the mule cart without letting his wife follow him. He drove the cart with his second brother and went to the town with the yamen servant.

The little milk dog Xiao Hei followed behind the mule cart barking and running after the mule cart.

Seeing this, Yingbao had an idea, and hurriedly asked her father to stop and carried Xiao Hei into the mule cart.

"Why did you bring it up?" Jiang Erlang was puzzled.

Yingbao chuckled: "It's very useful."

Didn't she want blood to confess her relatives? She asked Gouzi to recognize the Chen family's blood as well.

Today, County Magistrate Wu came to Chuanhe Town in person, and with the master bookkeeper, scribes, and other yamen servants, he set up a court in the village to hear Chen Laoshuan's complaint in public.

Because the township was notifying in advance, the villagers of Dongxichen Village all went outside the township hall, huddled together and waiting for the hall to open.

"Don't be afraid, Bao'er." Jiang Sanlang was afraid that his daughter would be frightened by this kind of fighting, so he comforted him softly: "Father is always here."

"Bao'er is not afraid." Ying Bao didn't feel scared.In his previous life, he had encountered a scene bigger than this, how could he be afraid of such a crowd now.

In the hall, County Magistrate Wu sat at the main seat with a solemn expression.

On both sides of the courtroom were the clerk Bo and others, and there was another middle-aged stranger sitting alone, who seemed to be the person who came from Fucheng to supervise the trial.

This time Jiang Sanlang stood in the dock, and the plaintiffs were Chen Laoshuan and Chen Changping.

It was the first time in Yingbao's life that she saw Chen Changping up close, and she still felt quite uncomfortable.

This person looks sanctimonious, but he is actually selfish and vicious.

"Senior officials, Xiaomin Chen Changping sued the overbearing daughter of the Jiang family for not returning her. The child he picked up actually belongs to my Chen family. Xiaomin asks the officials to make the decision to let my little girl go home." Chen Laoshuan Chen Changping raised his head and saluted.

Jiang Sanlang sneered, and also stepped forward to salute: "Master, Chen Changping is talking nonsense. Our whole village knows that the daughter he discarded had a large birthmark on her wrist. Aunt Wu, the midwife, can testify to this. There is no birthmark on my Yingbao's wrist, so how could it be his Chen Changping's child?"

County Magistrate Wu nodded and patted the gavel: "Bring the midwife Mrs. Wu here."

Jiang Dalang had already invited Fourth Aunt Wu, the midwife, to wait outside the public hall, and when the yamen servant yelled out, Fourth Aunt Wu tremblingly stepped forward.

"Women pay their respects to high officials." Fourth Aunt Wu plopped down on her knees.

Magistrate Wu: "Stand up and answer."

"Yes." Fourth Aunt Wu got up, bowed her head, and didn't dare to look up.

"Mr. Wu, I want to ask you, did you attend the birth of Chen Changping's wife?" County Magistrate Wu asked.

"It was delivered by civilian women. Mrs. Chen Changping gave birth to four daughters, all of whom were midwife."

"Do you still remember what Chen Changping's youngest daughter looks like? What are the characteristics?"

"Senior officials, the newborns look normal when they are just born. The women only remember a red birthmark the size of a copper coin on the wrist of Chen Changping's youngest child, and don't remember anything else."

Magistrate Wu turned to look at Jiang Sanlang, "Show your daughter's wrist."

Jiang Sanlang obeyed and rolled up Yingbao's sleeves, only to see that the two wrists were smooth without any birthmarks.

"Chen Changping, Chen Laoshuan, can you two see clearly?" Magistrate Wu asked with a serious face, "Does this child have a birthmark on his wrist?"

Chen Laoshuan knew that the baby girl had no birthmark, so he said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Master, what was my granddaughter's birth like? The midwife's words may not be credible. Who knows if the Wu family was bought by the Jiang family?" It's over."

"You fart!" Fourth Aunt Wu was angry, pointing at Chen Laoshuan and scolding: "My mother dares to swear to the sky that what she said is all true. The child who was picked up at the beginning had a birthmark on the wrist. Before that, Mrs. Han deliberately went to You asked me, and I told the truth, why do you say that the Jiang family bought me?"