high official

Chapter 51

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When they returned to the police room, the two seniors still couldn't speak from ear to ear.

"His grandma's is indeed a family tradition!" Zhang Mazi was so excited that every grain of pockmarks lit up, and he grinned loudly and said, "This time we caught up with us by ten times!"

"Sure enough, there are talents from generation to generation, and new generations replace old ones"!" Zang Dianli also praised: "I only planned to help you earn money for wine, but I didn't know that my brother is the master of rip-offs!"

Wang Xian is so ashamed, his family background is not considered, this should belong to his own skills... After all, is it a good skill to know how to cheat? As for morality, he has already eaten it with audit reports up.

"Ahem..." Wang Xian coughed dryly, handed the kit to Zang Dianli and said, "I just want to relieve my hatred, so let's share the money."

"Are you kidding? If you don't take it, you will look down on us!" Zang Dianli said without negotiating: "There are five sticks in total, one for each of us, and two for the rest, one for Mr. Li and one for Mr. Wang. After all, In the name of them, even if they stab the basket, they will have to wipe their asses."

Wang Xian had no choice but to accept the two gold bars. I don't know if this counts as the "black money" that the old man said?Forget it, let's talk about it when Dad comes back.After all, he was considered a gentleman in his previous life, so he didn't like this kind of blatant blackmail. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was Li Sheng, he wouldn't have said it.

"Don't you care about Fourth Master Ma?" Zhang Mazi happily put away the gold bars, and asked in a low voice, "Li Sheng seems to have come to his door, and he scolded our Master Hu yesterday. We ate alone."

"Don't worry about him." Official Zang Dian said nonchalantly, "You can get some money and send him off some other day."But the officials are foreigners, and they are lonely, and the officials are locals, and they form gangs. Whether the officials can suppress the officials, or the officials can counter the officials, you have to fight to know.Obviously, Fourth Master Ma didn't raise his prestige, so his sense of presence was extremely low...

After the distribution of spoils was over, Zhang Mazi asked Wang Xian: "By the way, you said Mr. Wang is going to be a prisoner, are you serious?"

"Brother Zhang's arrest ticket, do you take it seriously?" Wang Xian asked with a smile.

"Oh..." Zhang Mazi hesitated when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly: "How cunning!"

Actually, Li Sheng guessed right.There is no such thing as how to confess and interrogate according to the prosecutor. It is all fabricated by Zang Dianli and Wang Mazi to extort money from him.But this is not the point, the point is that he abetted He Chang, and it was known by others.He was worried that if he didn't comply, his opponent would report him. With that cold temper, he would definitely investigate thoroughly!
Li Sheng was looking forward to He Changqiu's decision, death without proof, when the hidden dangers were eliminated, there would be nothing to be afraid of.

The old subordinate officials like Zang Dianli and Zhang Mazi, who had an insight into his mentality, came to blackmail him every day.Because the closer to the Autumn Judgment, the easier it is to blackmail.There is no such shop in this village, and after the Autumn Judgment, they will not be able to succeed.

As for Wang Xingye, since he came to Beijing, he hasn't contacted his family. How can Wang Xian know his latest developments?But at this juncture, Li Sheng didn't dare to believe it... Moreover, he still had the intention of spending money to eliminate his grudges, and really hoped that Wang Xingye would let him go for the sake of money...

Rubbing the gold bars excitedly, Zhang Mazi said in high spirits, "Shall we go tomorrow?"

"Ahem..." Wang Xian coughed twice and said, "Is it too late?"

"You can't hurry up." Zang Dianli said with a look of 'time doesn't wait': "Although the sheep are fat, they can't hold back the tigers and wolves. If we act slowly, the king will take advantage of it."

"That's right." Wang Xian nodded, that Wang Ziyao is not a good guy either.He went to see the Zhihu allotted to him, and it was true that it was a single house.I went in and saw that I hadn't lived in it for two years, and it was already in a state of disrepair. It had to be repaired, and I lost my interest immediately.

In the next half month, Wang Xian's life should not be too comfortable.Zhang Hua and Xun Dianli took most of the people to the countryside, and he led a dozen people to stay behind. Because Zhang Sihu was afraid of being caught in the basket, he took away all the seals of the household house, and Wang Xian could only deal with some daily affairs. It's very easy to work at once.

In his free time, he was invited to dinners and drinks from time to time, and went home to stay for a night every now and then, so naturally he was not empty-handed every time.Either carry a chicken or a fish to improve the food for my mother and brothers and sisters.He even felt that being able to live like this for a lifetime was not considered a failure.

Until that day, he witnessed that scene with his own eyes...

That day was October [-]th, not the day when the notice was released, and the yamen was very quiet.Wang Xian was drinking tea with Wu Wei in the public house when he suddenly heard drums beating outside.Wu Wei couldn't help but wondered: "Someone is beating the drums to appeal for grievances!" He opened the side window and looked out.

Wang Xian's public house is in the upper one, and the side window is facing the Yimen. He saw the servants of the Zaoban class and hurried out to check what happened. After a while, he hurried in again to report to the county magistrate.

The sound of the drum resounded through the county government office, which had already alarmed the county magistrate in the signing room.This is the first time since he took office, someone beat drums to appeal for grievances. Wei Zhixian was a little excited when he heard the sound.

It was Mr. Sima who was experienced and reminded: "Dong Weng, yesterday was the day to file a complaint. Why did the owner have to wait until today to file a complaint? Let's talk about it after we figure it out."

"What's the matter, it happened suddenly." Wei Zhixian said indifferently: "Besides, the state system, if someone beats the drum, he must be promoted immediately, and there must be no mistakes."

While talking, the Zaoli came in and reported: "Master, it's not good, someone is beating the drum to complain!"

"I heard it a long time ago." Wei Zhixian gave him an angry look and said, "Who played the drums?"

"A group of talented scholars in the county school."

"Ah..." Wei Zhixian was taken aback, and immediately stopped eagerly asking, "What's the matter?"

"Well, they won't say it, they won't hand over the certificate until the grand master is promoted!" Zaoli replied.

"..." Wei Zhixian frowned, looking at Sima Qiu.It must be a major event that can make a group of scholars collectively sue.Wei Zhixian didn't realize that he had been an official for less than a year, and his first reaction when encountering a problem was not how to solve it, but whether he could suppress it...

Sima Qiu also frowned and said, "We can only decide according to the situation. If Dong Weng finds it difficult, he should accept the case first and open the court at another day."

"Indeed." Wei Zhixian nodded, then left the signing room, and came to the second hall to sit upright.

"Shengtang..." Zaolis cursed a hundred times in their hearts, and the voice calling for Shengtang was naturally loud.

"Who plays the drums?" Wei Zhixian slapped the gavel.

"Report to Tang Zun," Zang Dian of the punishment room hurriedly reported: "It is Li Yu, Yu Yifan and other 12 students from this county who sued Zhang Hua, the household secretary in this county, and Xun Sancai, the Dian, who fabricated the case out of thin air. Excessive taxation, molesting women, fish and meat township and other [-] crimes!"

"Oh..." Wei Zhixian became overwhelmed when he heard it. Seeing that the tax collection deadline is approaching, but he has not completed half of it, he is in a hurry to catch up, and he probably will use tricks next.Unexpectedly, it was rebounded so quickly, and it was the most troublesome student to file a complaint.

"Biography." Wei Zhixian said a little weakly.

After a while, more than a dozen county student members, wearing jade-colored soap-bordered wide-sleeved shirts, black silk sash around the waist, black soft scarves on their heads, and two long belts hanging from the back of their heads, came in together with their heads held high and their faces darkened. .

After standing still under the hall, the members of the sentient beings bowed their hands towards Wei Zhixian, which was regarded as a salute.The Ming Dynasty gave preferential treatment to scholars. As long as they passed the examination, they could see that the officials would not kneel and would not be punished.Now he is suing the yamen again, unwilling to weaken his momentum, so he doesn't even owe him a bow.

Wei Zhixian was also one of the students in the past, so he has a natural affection for these juniors, of course, the premise is that they don't make trouble for him.He didn't pat the gavel either, and said with a pleasant face: "You students, you don't work hard in your studies, what are you doing here?"

"Report to old parents." The student who answered was 27 or [-] years old, handsome and burly. It was Li Yu who was the leader. Things! However, there is injustice in the village, and the people are miserable. We study to report to the country and bring peace to the common people. How can we turn a blind eye to it?"

"What's wrong with you?" Wei Zhixian asked with a downcast face.

"There are several people, including Zhang Hua, a subordinate official in this county, who openly violated the national law and the ancestral system. They used the name of their old parents and took their minions to the countryside to urge teachers. Punishment will be added to reassure the people and set the record straight!" Li Yu said sadly and angrily.

"Do you have evidence?" Wei Zhixian asked.

"Students are disciples of saints, how could they make a false accusation without evidence?" Li Yu said loudly, "There are nearly a hundred pieces of evidence against these few people, which can be said to be conclusive. Please bring this dog to justice immediately!" As soon as he finished speaking, The two scholars each held a stack of thick papers and presented them in the hall.

"There is also a blood book jointly signed by the people of this county and presented to the old parents!" Another thin, gloomy student unrolled a thick scroll, and saw that there were at least a thousand bloody handprints on it!Then he heard him recite aloud: "In the past, Confucius passed Mount Tai and said: 'My boy knows it, and the tyranny is fiercer than a tiger!' Now I am a wicked official in Fuyang, and I am nothing more than a tiger and a wolf..."

This "Call to the Officials for Lishu's Disgrace" was written extremely powerfully, and when I read it in class, it can be said that a slap, a slap, a whip, a scar, and the magistrate of Wei was stunned.But it was not easy to stop, so he could only listen patiently, and Fang couldn't wait to say: "I have accepted your case, and after reviewing it, I will choose a date for arraignment!" He patted the gavel and said: " Back out!"

"Absolutely not!" Unexpectedly, the students immediately shouted: "The old parents can't delay!"

The yamen servants hurriedly shouted 'Quiet', but it was of no use at all. The students shouted forward and surrounded Weizhi County: "When the people are hanging upside down, the old parents have to delay, please issue a sign immediately to arrest the criminal!"

(End of this chapter)