Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 325
Snapped!
Jia Huan patted the gavel, and then asked: "Plaintiff, who is your surname? Can you tell me your name? Also, why did you sue the defendant?"

The plaintiff clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency, the county magistrate, your student Song Qing is a student."

"Today, the students went out to participate in the cultural gathering. Unexpectedly, they met this mud-legged guy on the way. At that time, he had meatballs he stole in a lotus leaf and he didn't know where he stole them. Then he bumped into the students without looking, and he defiled the students. The gown on my body.”

"The gown that the student is wearing is a Confucian scholar's gown. It is a treasonous act for a mud-legged person to disrespect Confucianism. The student did not want to hold him responsible, so he only asked him to give me a long gown. Unexpectedly, the mud-legged person refused. That’s why the students sued him.”

After the Confucian scholar finished speaking, the peasant man next to him hurriedly said: "My lord, I know that the meatballs wrapped in the lotus leaves were not stolen. They were given to us by the boss who worked for us."

"The younger one was given some meatballs, which he planned to wrap in lotus leaves and take home for the children to eat. The younger one didn't bump into the scholar. It was the scholar who didn't look at the road and bumped into the villain. On top of the meatballs wrapped in lotus leaves."

"The clothes of Mr. Xiu Cai cost three or four taels of silver. I really can't afford to pay for it! I beg you, sir, for your enlightenment and mercy!"

After listening to the man's words, Jia Huan roughly understood the truth of the matter.

That student Song Qing must be from the Song family, and Song Wen must have deliberately made things difficult for him in this case.

They didn't even bother to find outsiders, so they simply found someone in their own homes to file a lawsuit with the county government.

This case is extremely small, but it is not easy to handle.

This Song Qing deliberately soiled his clothes, but there was no evidence to prove the man's innocence in this kind of thing.

If you really want to find a witness, the person you find will definitely testify for Song Qing.

Jia Huan didn't believe that Song Wen was responsible for this and would not find a few witnesses to perjury.

The reason why these witnesses did not come forward was probably because they wanted to find witnesses and then backfire to get their own ideas.

Therefore, Song Qing had a perfect chain of evidence to prove that the man had soiled his clothes, so it was only natural that he should pay for a new piece of clothing.

But it happened that this man was very poor and couldn't afford new clothes.

Now that the problem has been thrown to him as the new county magistrate, it now depends on how he, the new county magistrate, will judge the case.

When the evidence is conclusive, he can't do it even if he wants to do it for personal gain.

However, if the man is really sentenced to compensate Song Qing's silver, Jia Huan believes that this case will spread quickly.

The ridiculous and incompetent reputation of Jia Huan, the new county magistrate, will be stuck on his head and he will never be able to take it off again.

After ruining his reputation, it is simply impossible for him to push for change.

Such a vicious calculation!

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but said to the man: "I haven't asked you yet, so don't speak. If you dare to speak without asking next time and affect my judgment of the case, I will order someone to slap you." , did you remember it?"

After hearing this, the man said angrily: "The common people have taken note of it."

Jia Huan asked Song Qing: "Song Qing, let me ask you, do you know him? Do you know which village he is from and what his name is?"

Song Qing shook his head and said, "Sir, the student doesn't know him. The students he associates with all his life are noble scholars. How have you ever looked at these mud-legged people?"

Oh, it turned out to be a random person I found on the street. If that's the case, then I'm relieved.

Next, Jia Huan asked the man: "Let me ask you, you soiled a scholar's clothes, do you have any money to compensate?"

The man hurriedly said: "Sir, the little one is..."

Jia Huan's face sank and he shouted: "Shut up, I'm asking you whether you have money to compensate. I haven't asked you where you are from and what your name is?" "Just answer whatever I ask. If If you don't answer the question, I have to order someone to slap you."

Hearing what Jia Huan said, the light in the man's eyes gradually dimmed.

In the past two days, he heard that the county magistrate Lang, who had won six yuan in a row, had come to their county. He thought that a great master Qingtian had come.

Unexpectedly, this great master Qingtian did not care for the poor, but for the nobles.

Come to think of it, this county magistrate, Zhuangyuan Lang, comes from a noble family and is highly respected. How could he be interested in poor people like them?
Thinking of this, the man couldn't help but show a sad look on his face.

The accusers also had Cao An and Song Wen who were secretly eavesdropping, with sarcastic looks on their faces.

Although the champion county magistrate had great literary talent, he was just a fool when it came to judging cases and had no practical knowledge.

In this case, even if there is no reason for losing the official seal, his reputation will be destroyed quickly.

In the lobby, the defendant man said helplessly: "My lord, the common people can't even afford to eat at home. Where will the money come from to compensate the scholar? My lord..."

Before the defendant man could finish speaking, Jia Huan said: "You soiled someone else's clothes, and according to the law, you must compensate others. But you have no money."

"It's better than this. Come here, I will write two words on the palm of your hand, and you can go to the pawn shop to pay him five taels of silver."

After hearing this, the defendant man was so surprised that he hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed to Jia Huan.

Then he walked up to Jia Huan.

Jia Huan put a pen on the palms of his hands and wrote one word each.

After the writing was dry, Jia Huan said to him: "Clench your fists and don't let others see it on the road. After you go to the pawn shop and show it to the pawn shop man, he will naturally give you five taels of silver. Go quickly." !”

The defendant man said hurriedly: "Thank you, sir!"

After saying that, he clenched his fists tightly and strode away from the county office and headed to the pawn shop.

In the lobby, the accuser Song Qing, as well as Cao An and Song Wen who were secretly eavesdropping, all had expressions of astonishment on their faces.

None of them expected that the new county magistrate's judgment would be so absurd!

Even if you are the number one scholar, but you are not a master of calligraphy, are your calligraphy inlaid with gold?Two words can be worth five taels of silver?
What's more, this word was not written on paper, but in the palm of the mud-legged man.

No matter how good your handwriting is, you can't take it off, so how can you use it as money?

Not to mention, this way of handling it is extremely absurd.

Cao An and Song Wen have realized that with just this one case, they can completely ruin the reputation of the new county magistrate.

The new county magistrate is really ridiculous and incompetent.

Let's say that the defendant man walked quickly and quickly arrived at the pawn shop in the west of the city.

The pawn shop clerk couldn't help showing disdain when he saw that his clothes were in tatters and he was just a mud-legged man.

He couldn't help but ask: "I wonder what the guest wants to be? You might as well take it out and have a look."

The defendant man immediately stretched out his hands and said loudly: "I want to be these two words, and I want to be five taels of silver."

(End of this chapter)