The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 322
Huo Yuanwai's punishment by the magistrate had a great impact on the big and small gentry in Lu'an Mansion.Many people with foresight immediately donated a large sum of money for the people to repair the damaged houses.Others did the righteous deed of opening a porridge shed, all they wanted was peace of mind.

And Xie Shen was naturally happy. Once this opening was opened, the pressure on the government office would be much less.

It is said that the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, but that also depends on the specific situation.

In normal times, Xie Shen would not want to break skin with these gentry.But now there are many natural disasters, and these noble gentry are pretending to be crazy and foolish, but they refuse to give some blood to help the people, and instead add trouble to the government by changing the law, so Xie Shen has no choice but to be ruthless and let them do bloodletting.

Fortunately, after Xie Shen gained power this time, the noble family of Lu'an knew that the magistrate was not easy to bully, so they calmed down a lot for a while.

This day, Xie Shen was in the back office as usual, singing with Xu Qianqian, when he saw Lu Zhongtian hurried in while enjoying himself, he feigned anger and said, "Why are you so flustered."

Lu Zhongtian scratched his head and said, "My lord, there are people complaining of grievances outside the government office."

Xie Shen thought it was something, and scolded with a smile: "My lord, I am a parent's official, isn't it normal for someone to come to the government office to complain?"

Lu Zhongtian looked embarrassed and said, "But this time is unusual."

Xie Shen frowned and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hesitate."

Then Lu Zhongtian said: "This time it is a woman who came to complain, and it is his father-in-law."

As soon as Xie Shen's complexion changed, he immediately understood why Lu Zhongtian looked strange.

"You keep talking."

Lu Zhongtian said hesitantly: "This woman's surname is Li, and her husband's family is from the Han family, a prominent local family. I don't know if this woman's life is poor or something, but her husband died just after she got married, and she didn't have time to consummate the house. Others said it was this. The woman's life forced her husband to death. The Han family is also a prominent family in the local area, so naturally they don't allow the woman to remarry. The woman has no choice but to keep the chastity for her husband. She is a widow at such a young age, so she is inevitably lonely."

Lu Gengtian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued: "Later, Han Yang, the patriarch of the Han clan, climbed onto his daughter-in-law's bed and forced her to serve her, do things under the bed, and enjoy the pleasure of fish and water. This woman probably couldn't bear it." , and then came forward to sue the father-in-law."

Damn, it turned out to be a case of picking up ashes.

Xie Shen felt a little dizzy when he heard this.

It is difficult for an upright official to judge housework. After all, this is the housework of the Han family. It is really difficult to judge clearly.

Xie Shen originally thought that the folk customs in Lu'an were simple and honest, but he never imagined that there would be things like picking ashes, which would be offensive to public morals.

"My lord, are you going to accept this case or not?"

Xie Shen waved his hand and said: "Of course I accept it, the sufferer has already sued the yamen, so there is no reason not to accept it."

After thinking for a while, Xie Shen said: "However, this case is not suitable for public hearing."

Lu Zhongtian nodded again and again and said: "A certain family understands, please rest assured, my lord."

But Xie Shen changed his official robe and walked through the second hall to the main hall, sat down before the public case, patted the gavel and said: "Ascension hall!"

The left and right yamen servants immediately poked with water and fire sticks, shouting the word "mighty".

Maybe it's the abdominal voice, but it sounds really majestic.

"Bring the Lord of Suffering!"

Xie Shen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Immediately, a yamen servant brought Li Sanniang, the sufferer of the case, to the court.

Li Sanniang was obviously entering the yamen for the first time, so she was very nervous.

She didn't even dare to look up at the magistrate, she immediately bowed down and said: "The women pay homage to Master Qingtian."

Xie Shen said lightly: "Get up and answer."

For women and children, Xie Shen really couldn't harden his heart.

But Li Sanniang shook her head and said: "If the Eldest Master doesn't take care of the women, the women will never get up."

Xie Shen took a deep breath, thinking that this is really a proud master.

"Do you have evidence to sue Eunuch for forcing you to accompany him?"

Naturally, it is not easy to speak directly about such indecent things, so Xie Shen had no choice but to be more tactful.

Li Sanniang paused for a moment and said, "The women are all evidences, the Elder Master can tell at a glance."

This kind of thing is naturally unfounded, but what does Li Sanniang mean by saying that the evidence is all on her?
Xie Shen was wondering, but Li Sanniang started to take off her shirt.

Only then did Xie Shen come to his senses, and quickly stopped and said, "What are you doing! Don't act recklessly above the yamen!"

Li Sanniang had just taken off her coat, but Xie Shen was too frightened to take it off again, and put the coat on her body again.

Seeing that Li Sanniang's eyes were full of tears, and that the spring tide might break the embankment at any moment, Xie Shen coughed and said, "I have read the pleadings you wrote, and you said that after your husband passed away, your father-in-law forced you to observe festivals to satisfy your selfish desires. I asked you to serve in his room, do you have any witnesses?"

Li Sanniang shook her head and said: "Since the women are married to the Han family, they are all members of the Han family, so there is no one who can speak for the women."

Xie Shen frowned slightly, thinking that this was indeed reasonable.

Li Xiaoji, the Lu'an Tongzhi at the side, approached Xie Shen and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask Wen Po to check whether Li Sanniang is a virgin, and at the same time, you can see if the wounds on her body are really what she said."

Xie Shen nodded.

Right now there is no witness, that's all.

After thinking about it, Xie Shen patted the startled wood and said: "Come here, take the suffering master Li to the ear room and have Mrs. Wen check it."

"The housewife thanks the Elder Master for his kindness."

Li Sanniang was very excited, kowtowing to Xie Shen repeatedly.

After Mrs. Li was led down, Xie Shen rushed to Li Tong who was beside him and knew, "What does Mr. Li think about this matter?"

Li Tongzhi had no choice but to say: "Talk is unfounded, seeing is believing. We'd better ask Mrs. Wen to inspect it before we talk about it."

Xie Shen was also very speechless.It is very unusual for Mrs. Li to come to the Yamen to sue after being bullied by her father-in-law for so long.

It can only show that the endurance of modern women is very unusual, and they don't want to fight to the death unless it is absolutely necessary.

After about a cup of tea, Li Sanniang was brought back to the hall by the yamen servant.But this time, there is also Wen Po, who is specially used by the magistrate's yamen, to attend the court together.

Xie Shen patted the gavel, shouted at Mrs. Wen and asked, "I ask you, is this Li Sanniang still a virgin?"

That Wen Po has been eating the yamen's official meals for more than ten years, and she has long been accustomed to this and immediately reported back: "Reporting to the Elder, the woman has just checked, and this girl is no longer a virgin."

Xie Shen sighed in his heart.

Then Li Sanniang died suddenly when she married the husband of the Han family, before she had time to do the Dunlun thing, it stands to reason that Li Sanniang should be a virgin.

The fact now is that Li Sanniang is no longer a virgin, but it cannot be directly proved that it was her father-in-law who did it.

"In addition, there are many welt marks on this woman's body, and there are traces of wax oil dripping."

The steady lady continued.

Hiss, Xie Shen took a deep breath.

This Patriarch of the Han family has too much taste, and he still has such a weird habit?
(End of this chapter)