Chapter 727: Borrowing a Knife

County Magistrate Tang said indifferently: "A hundred households in a mile, how many people can there be in one household? You have lived here for generations and grew up here, but you can't even recognize the people in a hundred households. I am curious, how do you Choose the one who is the chief."

Cold sweat dripped off Mo Lichang's forehead.

County magistrate Tang picked up the gavel and slapped it fiercely, and shouted angrily: "The government and the people have colluded and shielded each other. Are you targeting this official, or are you all thinking about becoming a bandit and rebelling against the Great Jin?"

Upon hearing the words, Chief Mo Li and Chief Sun Li fell to the ground and shouted, "My lord, forgive me, we have absolutely no intention of rebelling."

Chief Mori turned his head to look at Li Chief Sun, and shouted, "Li Chief Sun, do you still want to protect the clansmen?"

Sun Lichang's face turned pale for a moment, and when he sensed a sharp gaze falling on him, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth secretly, but he didn't dare to show anything on his face, and immediately lay down on the ground to plead guilty, "My lord, forgive me, the little old man is guilty. The person being tortured in the hall is called Wang San, and he is a member of our family."

County Magistrate Tang said expressionlessly, "But his surname is not Sun either."

Sun Lichang was dripping with cold sweat, and said with a guilty conscience: "There is a clansman named Sun Dashu. Two days ago, the little old man occasionally heard a news that Sun Dashu took two or three nearby villages to play well. After a trip, I ended up earning a sum of money and returning.”

He said: "Because they are a group of young people who are idle all day long. I was very happy when I heard the news. I thought they had grown up and knew how to make progress. But later I vaguely heard that the money came from a dishonest account. This matter Chief Mori also knows, because there are several young people among them."

Now Morrie gritted his teeth.

Magistrate Tang's eyes fell on Chief Mori.

Chief Mori could only answer "Yes", and said: "It's just vaguely heard, and there is no actual evidence. After all, we are outsiders, so we can't come to ask them how to make money. Those who don't know think we want to rob them. their livelihood."

"Why are the officials I sent to investigate them always being perfunctory?"

Mo Lichang and Sun Lichang called Qu together, and said: "My lord, I really didn't perfunctory. The portraits brought by the men are very blurry. Maybe it's because we are old and dim-sighted, so we really can't recognize the paintings. people."

Magistrate Tang sneered.

Doesn't he know that the portrait is not blurred?

The original painting was drawn by Bai Shan. The client, Zhou Zhoulang, said that he looked very similar, and he hired an artist to take a picture. He compared it himself, and it was not much different from the real person.

Now tell him that the painting is blurry, is this making him stupid?

Bai Shan was also very upset, after all, he was the one who drew the original painting.

Very serious, Bai Shan directly stepped forward to pick up Wang San's portrait, walked up to him, compared his face carefully, and said: "Master Tang, although this portrait is not very similar to a real person, it is seventy percent like it." , I don't believe that people who are familiar with Wang San will not recognize him."

Mo Lichang and Sun Lichang looked up at Bai Shan quietly, wondering what this young man was doing and where he came from.

So he frowned slightly.

Bai Shan glanced at them and said: "My lord, the two village chiefs said that they are too old to be blind and can't recognize it. Could it be that the people in the three villages are also blind? It can be seen that they are deliberately covering up."

Mo Li loved Tang County Magistrate, but not Bai Shan. Hearing this, he said, "You little boy, how can you talk nonsense without evidence? My lord, everything we say is true, and we really have no intention of hiding it. .”

Magistrate Tang smiled at Bai Shan, "What do you say?"

Bai Shan took the painting and went back to Man Bao, saying: "Let's just treat what you're telling the truth, my lord, it's obvious that the two Li elders are so dizzy that they are negligent in their duties. The Li chief is supposed to manage the villagers on behalf of the court." , but they don’t even recognize their own hundred households, so how can they manage the villagers well on behalf of the imperial court?”

Bai Shan lightly lowered his head and glanced at the two kneeling on the ground, and said: "Your Excellency, why don't you sympathize with them and let them go home for the elderly."

Magistrate Tang nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "You're right."

Mo Lichang and Sun Lichang were pale, but they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Magistrate Tang smiled slightly and said: "However, even if Chief Mo Li and Li Chief Sun have done something, they have managed the villagers for many years on behalf of the imperial court. If they have done something, they will be punished, and if they have meritorious service, they will naturally be rewarded. Come here, and first ask for help." Chief Mo Li and Li Chief Sun went to live in Hou Ya, and tomorrow I will invite some chiefs to come and reward the two chiefs for their meritorious deeds."

Chief Mo Li and Li Chief Sun were taken aback for a moment, and immediately fell to the ground to decline, "Don't dare, dare not, we wait for such troublesome people to appear under our rule, it's fine if the Lord doesn't punish us, how dare we talk about merit?"

County magistrate Tang said with a half-smile, "The two old men are joking. We will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and of course we will be punished for misconduct."

Mo Lichang and Sun Lichang felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that he didn't leave them to reward them for their merits, but waited to punish them?

But……

The two of them thought about it carefully, they did, but there seemed to be no actual evidence to prove their guilt.

At most, it's negligence.

They killed people who couldn't recognize the painting, who can say they recognize it?

After all, the two of them are really old.

The yamen servant took the two of them down.

Magistrate Tang looked at their backs and sneered.

Man Bao stared at Magistrate Tang, then whispered to Bai Shan, "I think you were tricked by Magistrate Tang."

Bai Shan was not stupid, he said: "Are you saying that I shouldn't be the first bird?"

Man Bao: "Be careful that they hold your grudge against you."

Bai Shandao: "Then what should I do, I'm angry, and I just want to get back."

Seeing the two of them whispering in front of him, County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but nodded and said, "Can you restrain yourself?"

Man Bao and Bai Shan immediately quieted down.

Robber one, no, it was Wang San, who was dragged up immediately.

County magistrate Tang added some tea for himself, took another sip, and waved. The clerk immediately took a newly-discovered household registration booklet and stepped forward, saying, "My lord, according to Mr. Sun's confession, we have found Wang San's household registration, his name is Wang San, a family of eight people, both parents, two elder brothers, both of whom are married, and a nephew, who lives in the twenty-eighth household of Sunjia Village..."

Wang San, who was lying on the ground, looked pale.

County magistrate Tang glanced at him, dropped a stick and said, "Come here, go and bring the entire Wang family."

Wang San immediately raised his head, took two steps forward and said, "My lord, my lord, this is none of my family's business. They don't know anything, they don't know anything."

Magistrate Tang asked with a sneer, "What is none of their business?"

Wang San's face choked.

Magistrate Tang continued to ask, "It's none of their business, so whose business is it? Sun Dashu? Who else is besides Sun Dashu?"

After Tang County Magistrate asked, he slapped the gavel hard, and asked: "Let me ask you again, whether to recruit or not? If you don't recruit, someone will recruit for you. At that time, I won't have the time to listen to you." You said something and nothing. The officials took your portrait and went to the door of your house, but your parents and elder brothers denied it. This is the crime of covering up. No matter how serious the crime you committed, they will also suffer. What a punishment!"

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