Chapter 458: There's a big fuss

Chapter 458 It’s a big deal

"Of course we were caught. If we hadn't been caught, do you think we could be here to watch the fun? People sent by Zou County Cheng had already driven us away. Look, who is here to drive us away now."

"Old Xutou is right. The Zou family is the most overbearing. They always like to distinguish between officials and civilians. If Zou Xiancheng hadn't been arrested and lost the qualification to give orders, he would have had us kicked out long ago. .”

Zou Xian Cheng listened to the words of the people around him, his face was terrifyingly gloomy, but he knew that he was at a disadvantage now, and Jiang Dahu had a grudge against him. Even if he asked Jiang Dahu to drive away these onlookers, Jiang Dahu would not agree and would still Will laugh at him in turn.

Zou Xiancheng would not do such a self-humiliating thing. He only looked ahead and walked with his head held high, as if he was innocent and had been falsely accused by Zou Jiang.

Jiang Xianwei glanced at Zou Xiancheng and sneered in his heart. As expected, he is an old fox, and at this time he is still pretending to be a gentleman who has been framed. Unfortunately, Zou County Cheng is destined to be imprisoned this time.

Zou Mansion is not far from the county government office, but because there were too many people watching the excitement along the way, Zou Xiancheng and his party had to walk for a full two-quarters of an hour before reaching the county government office.

 County Magistrate Xu had been waiting for Lieutenant Jiang to **** the person. When he saw the person arriving, he immediately patted the scaffolding and said: "Quiet, quiet, Xuan Zou Youlian comes to the court."

Yang Bantou and a group of government officials opened the way, and Jiang Xianwei brought Zou Xiancheng to the court.

Zou County Magistrate is still an official and does not need to kneel. He straightened his back and walked into the court. Looking at County Magistrate Xu in the hall, he bowed and said: "I see you for your humble position. There is injustice in this humble position. I want to sue Zou Jiang for falsely accusing me of this humble position. Please, sir." Accepted."

As he spoke, he took out the paper he had written early in the morning and hid in his lapel, and handed it to Magistrate Xu.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Shao immediately said: "Your Majesty the County Magistrate, Shao has a reputation as a scholar and can serve as a litigator for Zou County Magistrate. Please allow the County Magistrate to accept the case."

County Magistrate Xu accepts all complaints filed by the people. If Zou County Magistrate's case against Zou Jiang is not accepted, then Magistrate Xu will use his power to murder his subordinate magistrate. If this matter reaches the Fucheng Yamen, Magistrate Xu, the chief official, will not have to do anything. .

As soon as the words of Zou County Cheng and Master Shao came out, not to mention the people who were watching the excitement, even County Magistrate Xu was shocked and sneered in his heart. He knew that Zou Xiancheng was the top tyrant in Tianfu County, but he didn't expect that Zou Xiancheng would make a counter-complaint when he reached this level.

Master Tian was so angry that he almost pointed at Zou County Cheng and cursed him. How could a man named Zou be so vicious, and actually did this to them?

Jiang Xianwei and Zou Xiancheng have worked together for half their lives. They know Zou Xiancheng's shamelessness. He is not surprised at all when he hears this. The old **** said calmly: "Zou Youlian, you said Zou Jiang falsely accused you, do you have any evidence? There is no evidence." Just say that others have falsely accused you, but you are really good at calling out injustice. Please note that Zou Jiang is accusing you, but the evidence is conclusive."

Master Tian immediately came to his senses and reminded County Magistrate Xu: "Sir, when you present the evidence, just destroy the evidence and put the person named Zou in jail first."

The man surnamed Zou complained as soon as he came. He was a tough nut to crack. They couldn't spend too long with him in court. If this drags on for a long time, the person named Zou will inevitably have other troubles.

Magistrate Xu immediately said: "Master Jiang is right, everything comes first. Since it was Zou Jiang who sued you first, you should deal with his petition first. Come on, present the evidence."

Master Tian immediately explained the culpability of Zou Jiang's lawsuit against Zou Xiancheng.

"Zou Jiang, formerly known as Jiang Sheng, sued Zou Youlian for embezzlement and perversion of the law during his reign. He embezzled 10,000 dan of grain tax and 1,400 taels of head tax from Tianfu County. He also took advantage of his position to embezzle 1,100 acres of paddy fields and dry land from others. Two thousand six hundred acres, fifty-seven houses, and thirty-one shops." Master Tian pointed to the wooden box on his desk and said: "This is the account book submitted by Jiang Sheng. It clearly records the amount of Zou Youlian's embezzlement, and the amount of money he committed. There are five letters written to the scribes of Silifang in Hukou Town, Xianggui Town, and Yonglu Town, as well as several village chiefs and village chiefs. They are all evidence that Zou Youlian conspired with them to seize the villagers' fields, houses, and shops. "

"We have checked these letters and account books. The fields, houses and shops mentioned in the account books are all true. Now 20% of these things are in the name of the Zou family, and 20% are in the name of Master Shao's wife. As for those who are not Those who are under the names of the Zou family and the Shao family will send people to investigate."

"The handwriting on the letter was written by three people. The other two were not found, but one of them is Master Shao."

After Master Tian finished speaking, he looked at the pale Master Shao and said with a smile: "Master Shao, you don't have to be a lawyer for Zou County Cheng anymore. Come on, tie up Shao Qizhuang and listen to the trial together!"

"Yes." Three government officials immediately rushed over, **** Master Shao, who was still in a daze, and held him on the ground.

Master Shao's knees hurt, and he finally came to his senses and shouted: "It's wrong, it's wrong, I didn't help Zou County Cheng do anything corrupt and pervert the law, I'm wrong!"

You really get what you're afraid of. Master Shao has helped Zou County Cheng do a lot of evil things over the years and got a lot of benefits. Today, Zou County Cheng was sued by Zou Jiang, and he started to be afraid. He was afraid that he would be implicated, so he joined in Prison.

Magistrate Xu said: "If there is no injustice, evidence will speak for itself. If you have evidence to prove your innocence, I will handle it impartially and release you in court. If not, you will have to be detained for trial."

“These are just the gains of corruption and abuse of law. In the past few decades, Zou Youlian has also committed evil deeds of abusing power for personal gain, collecting money to murder people, and taking advantage of being in charge of the corvee service to consign good people serving the corvee into slaves and sell them to the south of the Yangtze River!”

Master Tian pointed to another wooden box containing evidence and said: "These are all the evidence that Zou Youlian used good people to sell bad people and sold good people!"

When the people surrounding the yamen gate heard this, they were completely shocked and angry. They pointed at Zou County Cheng and said: "Zou Youlian, you old beast, you actually turned good people who went to do corvee into slaves and sold them, you still don't." people?!"

"Hey, my second son went to do corvee work more than ten years ago and has never come back. The government said that he is dead, but there is not even a body of my second son. Is he dead or was he filled up by Zou Youlian? Sold into slavery?!”

“My eldest son is also the one who never sees people alive or dead…”

"The same goes for my men. They never came back after going to do corvees. My father-in-law and mother-in-law went to the Yamen to ask many times, but they couldn't get anything out of them every time. I wanted to look for someone in the place where my men were doing corvees, but the Yamen didn't even know where they were. Give me the address. My parents-in-law died with their eyes open because of this matter. Twenty years have passed and my son has gotten married and given birth to a son, but his father’s body has not been recovered yet. Buried in that grave is A set of clothes for my man.”

“Oh my god, is my man dead or sold?” An old woman originally brought her grandson to watch the fun, but now she was sitting directly at the gate of the government office and crying.

Other people who had family members who went to do corvee work but were said to be dead, but who did not bring their bodies back, were all furious. They went crazy and rushed into the government offices to seek explanation from the Prime Minister of Zou County. This matter was considered a big mess.

 (End of this chapter)