Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 455 Thinking Back to the Past

Someone in the crowd said, "It's Widow Wang's fault. Her own yard is still empty, but she insisted on occupying the land outside the house."

Meng Changqing smiled at everyone and said, "I think there are some wise people among you. But Wang Lamei is not the only one who is wrong in this matter."

Meng Changqing turned to look at Li Erfang, "Are you not wrong?"

Li Erfang scratched his face in embarrassment, "I didn't expect her to do such a thing. Alas! I was wrong."

"You didn't expect it." Meng Changqing sneered, "Did the Qian family tell you?"

"He did say that, but he meant that the Wang family occupied his land. I came to see that his land was not occupied. I thought it was too simple."

Meng Changqing didn't bother to argue with him, "I don't care what you say, the facts are in front of everyone.

This house was built beyond the residential land. Someone told you about it, and you admitted it, but you didn’t stop it.”

Listening to Meng Changqing's words, Qian Laoliu felt refreshed. He pointed at Li Erfang and said, "His butt has long been in the house of Widow Wang!"

Meng Changqing raised his hand and asked him to stop.

"I don't care why you don't care about this matter. In the final analysis, you are wrong in this matter."

Li Erfang nodded helplessly.

"Since you made a mistake, you have to take responsibility."

Li Erfang admitted his mistake with a good attitude, "I will take responsibility for my mistake. No matter what punishment you give me, I will accept it."

"Well, you are a man of integrity to say that." Meng Changqing praised him first, and then said, "Within two days, you will help Wang Lamei to demolish the part of her house that exceeds the residential land. You will bear more than half of the losses she causes."

Although Li Erfang felt a pain in his heart, he still nodded in agreement.

"This is the responsibility you should bear. Next is my punishment for you." Only after Meng Changqing said this did Li Er feel truly scared.

"You are unfair, you listen to one side and deceive your superiors, and you have no regard for the law. I will never use someone like you again." Meng Changqing said, "From now on, you will no longer be the village chief."

Li Erfang immediately fell to the ground, and his son ran out from the crowd to support him. Meng Changqing continued: "The government will pay you the wages for today without missing a cent. Since what you did is not a big threat and you are willing to actively make up for the mistakes you made, the county government will not impose any other punishment on you.

In the future, if your child wants to be a village chief or work in the county government, the government will not have any prejudice, as long as his character and ability are up to standard. "

Li Erfang's heart was broken into pieces, but it slowly pieced itself together. He knelt down and thanked Meng Changqing again and again.

After returning to the county government office, Cheng Guang knelt down in front of Meng Changqing in the courtyard, "Sir, I am wrong."

Meng Changqing helped him up and said, "Follow me into the study."

"Yes."

When Meng Changqing entered the study, Cheng Guang knelt down before his buttocks even touched the stool, "Please punish me, sir."

"Get up, Brother Cheng." Meng Changqing sighed helplessly, "I don't blame you, I only blame myself."

Cheng Guang's face was filled with guilt.

Meng Changqing pretended to be serious and said, "I asked you to do too many things."

"No." Cheng Guang felt that Meng Changqing's behavior was even more unpleasant than scolding or beating him up. "It's because I'm not as capable as Captain Yang that this happened."

"Don't say that." Meng Changqing poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him. "Not to mention you, even if it happened to me, if I have a lot of things to do, I will inevitably be careless."

The more Meng Changqing said he didn't blame him, the more uneasy Cheng Guang felt.

He saw clearly the expression on Meng Changqing's face when they were in the village just now. It looked like Li Erfang had done something small. If the damage caused was a little bigger, Meng Changqing would definitely make him bleed.

Cheng Guang recalled the scene when he first came to Beishan County, that night when the bandits were executed and Meng Changqing checked the corpses one by one.

It had really been so long that he almost forgot what a ruthless person Meng Changqing was.

"Sir, I really know I was wrong." Cheng Guang promised, "No matter what happens in the future, I will investigate it thoroughly."

Meng Changqing smiled at him and said, "I believe you."