Lord Moyu was forced to open

boom!
"Did he get water in his head? Instead of denying what he did, he even admitted it in court, and he was so arrogant. He really thought that the Jing family could cover the sky in Wusu County with such help from the government. Is it done?"

As soon as he returned to the Scholars Hall, Huang Tiansheng patted the table angrily and began to curse.

He has been an official for so many years and has received so much money. He has never seen such an idiot!
You didn't see how angry those people became, but you dare to be so arrogant, do you really think that you can do whatever you want with two stinky money?
Just when he was angry and decided to enforce the law impartially, to give this kind of rich man a little color.

Li Li, the master who was following behind, finally came back.

As soon as he came back, seeing the county magistrate who was furious, Li Li hurriedly closed the doors and windows, leaned over to Huang Tiansheng and asked in a low voice:

"Xianzun, when will we let Mr. Jing's family leave?"

Huang Tiansheng was furious when he heard this!

"Leave? He killed someone, why should the county let him go? Who does he think he is? He's just the son of a merchant, and he has committed public anger. If he is let go, the county's reputation will be notorious in the future. Already?!

impossible!Kill for life!To repay the debt, he has to pay with his life to appease the public anger! "

"My lord the county."

Li Li called softly, and the angry Huang Tiansheng turned to look at him in doubt: "What are you doing!"

Li Li pointed to the table, and Huang Tiansheng noticed that at some point, a bank note was placed in front of him.

Face value - 1000 taels!

Huang Tiansheng was silent.

Li Li continued from the side: "The housekeeper of the Jing family just gave it away. They also said that it was just a gift for the county lord. When their young master returns, there will be four thousand more."

"But...he killed people in public. He saw too many people. You can see the state of the people outside the courtroom. How dare I let him out!"

Huang Tiansheng looked at the bank notes on the table and almost salivated, but when he thought of the situation he had to face, he suddenly had a headache.

Li Li shook his head, leaned closer to Huang Tiansheng's ear and whispered: "Master Xian, this Jing family is not easy to offend!"

Huang Tiansheng frowned suddenly and said in dissatisfaction: "A majestic court official in this county can't afford to offend a merchant like him?"

Li Li looked around, and then continued: "Do you still remember how your predecessor died?"

"He was killed by Japanese pirates attacking the county government in the middle of the night..."

In the middle of speaking, Huang Tiansheng's words stopped abruptly, his pupils dilated instantly, and he looked at Li Li in disbelief.

"You mean?"

Li Li nodded and said:

"Before that night, the former county venerable had just been to Jing's house to ask for money for the maintenance of the city wall. As a result, that night, the former county venerable was killed in the county government office by Japanese pirates who rushed out from nowhere, and even his body was taken away." Hanging above the courtroom. "

Li Li was not the master Huang Tiansheng recruited, but he was left behind by his predecessor. After he took office, he was smart and familiar with the big and small offices in the yamen, so he stayed.

Now it seems that this is a wise decision. If he hadn't been kept, who knew the inside story, he might have died inexplicably.

As for the "maintenance of the city wall" he said just now, these are all hidden rules that have been agreed upon.

Every year, wealthy businessmen in the city have to pay the county magistrate some "city wall maintenance money".

This is said to be money for the maintenance of the city wall, but the city wall in Wusu County has not been repaired for almost 50 years.

To put it bluntly, this money is just the protection fee paid by each family to the county magistrate.

"Their well family..."

Huang Tiansheng also carefully looked left and right, and after confirming that there were no partitions and ears, I asked cautiously.

Li Li shook his head: "There is no evidence, but since the Jing family came here, Japanese pirates have sneaked into the city every few days, and many economic competitors have been wiped out.

The big guys didn't say anything on the surface, but they secretly thought that the Jing family was definitely in collusion with the Japanese pirates. "

"hiss!"

Huang Tiansheng stood up, paced back and forth for a while with his hands behind his back, and finally made up his mind: "Open the hall!"

Li Li quickly asked: "Xianzun, what do you mean?"

"Let's talk later."

When the court opened again, this time Huang Tiansheng directly cited the complexity of the case and did not temporarily take the defendant into custody.

After the crowd dispersed, he put it back carefully, and then he also got his own 4000 taels of silver.

After seeing off Jing's family, Li Li said suspiciously: "Master Xian, just as you said you were in custody, you released him. If the common people know about it, they won't..."

"If you know it, you will know it."

Huang Tiansheng didn't care and said: "These people are very forgetful. Now it just happened. They are angry, and there are so many people, so it is difficult to deal with it. The county first let them go in the name of taking them into custody.

And once they dispersed, that courage would dissipate, and it would be impossible for them to work together like today.

So what about the opposition of a few people?
After a few days, when everyone has almost forgotten about the incident, I will directly announce that the person killed by the servants of the Jing family will be arrested and executed instead, and the matter will be over. "

"Is this okay? The plaintiff won't make trouble?" Li Li was a little worried.

Huang Tiansheng said with complicated eyes: "If what you said is true, the plaintiff might not survive tonight."

"what!"

……

"Head of the house! Just now, the second aunt said that she saw that little bastard from the Jing family leaving behind the county government office. Let's go to the government office quickly, we can't let them get away!"

Ergou's mother, who had just arrived home, suddenly heard that the enemy had run away, and was about to drag her husband to the yamen in anger, but was stopped by Ergou's father, an honest carpenter in the village.

Ergou's mother seemed puzzled, but Ergou's father shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's useless, the county magistrate's meaning is already obvious, he dare not touch the Jing family."

"But he killed Ergou! Did our Ergou die in vain?" Ergou's mother burst into tears instantly.

Ergou's father was silent for a while, and then said: "There is nothing to do in Wusu County, you go and prepare, and bring the family's silver and dry food."

"What are you going to do?"

Ergou's mother stopped crying when she heard this and said in amazement.

"Go to Fucheng and appeal to the magistrate. If the magistrate is not good enough, then the county guard will fail. If the county magistrate is not good enough, we will go to Bianjing to sue the imperial court!

In any case, Ergou can't die in vain!I must make them pay the price, that little bastard must die! "

Ergou's father clenched his fists tightly, his eyes glistening.

It turned out that this honest man had been silent all this time, not because he was timid, but because he knew that they couldn't do anything to the Jing family here, and they had the possibility of avenging their son only if the matter was brought up.

After hearing this, Ergou's mother seemed to be grabbing a life-saving straw.

"Okay, okay! I'm going to prepare now! Master, we're leaving tonight!"

After finishing speaking, Er Gou Niang wanted to go to the kitchen, but at this moment, the door of Er Gou's house was violently broken open from the outside with a bang!

"Baga! You can't go there either!"

……

The next day.

The villagers of Zhaojia Village who passed by found that Zhao Ergou's house was actually destroyed last night. A human pig.

There were countless wounds on his body, and he was tortured before his death.

Among the crowd of onlookers, a child watched all this silently, tightly holding the bamboo dragonfly in his hand, his eyes were full of fear!
……

(End of this chapter)