Chapter 2851 Murderer Three
Manbao felt that this case was difficult to judge. The murderers of the child included people from the Guo family, people from Wu Dafu's family, and even people in the same alley were not innocent. If it weren't for the rumors, there would not have been such a disaster today.
"How will you judge?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Trial according to the law and sentence according to emotion."
Manbao was silent for a moment before saying, "I've decided to temporarily set up the medical office in Beihai County. Tomorrow, have someone show me the houses in the county government office, and I'll pick one."
Bai Shan nodded: "Okay."
However, it sounds good when you think about it, but in fact, Beihai County does not have any ready-made vacant houses.
Song Zhubu's forehead was sweating as he explained, "Sir, our Beihai County is small and poor. We haven't had such incidents of property confiscation and seizure in years. Even if there were, they would be sold soon."
The county town is so small, and there are only a limited number of good places.
If there is a confiscated house for sale, wealthy families can buy it for a small amount of money. If that doesn't work, they can divide the house into several parts and rent it out directly.
It’s an income after all, right?
Among them, the most important one is County Magistrate Lu, who will not miss any opportunity to generate income.
Song Zhubu found the deeds to the two houses owned by the county government and explained the situation to Bai Shan. "These two houses are both in the east of the city, where it's quite noisy. I've had these houses for many years and just couldn't sell them. Later, County Magistrate Lu came and divided the houses into several rooms and rented them out. I can make a few taels of silver a year."
Don't underestimate a few taels of silver. Maybe the county magistrate's salary comes from it.
Bai Shan looked at the contract at the back. A house was divided into three rooms and rented to three families respectively. The shortest lease was until the year after next. It was impossible to ask them to move. Bai Shan didn't want to bother them, so he said, "Then rent it."
Song Zhubu, who was about to wait for him to say "build", was stunned and asked uncertainly, "Rent?"
Bai Shan nodded. "I've taken a look. The rent in Beihai County isn't that high. A two-story house costs about ten taels of silver a year. Let's just rent one."
Manbao also nodded and said to Song Zhubu, "Please ask Song Zhubu to find all the pawnshops in the county for me."
Song Zhubu hesitated and said, "Renting... it's not easy to rent. You're going to use it as a medical office. Wouldn't it be better to build one?"
Manbao said, "The Imperial Medical Bureau has no money. Can your county afford this?"
Bai Shan, who was standing by, immediately said, "We don't have any in our county either."
He looked up at Song Zhubu, his eyes threatening, "Perhaps Song Zhubu is willing to provide some support?"
Song Zhubu came back to his senses and said quickly, "Even the adults can't afford this money, how can a small clerk like me afford it?"
"Then rent it," Bai Shan made the final decision and said to Zhou Man, "You go find a house first. I still have to go out."
Zhou Man nodded and said, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll talk to Master Song later."
Song Zhubu felt a little uneasy. They were a man and a woman alone, and the adults were not around. Would it have a bad impact?
But before he could say anything, Bai Shan turned around and left.
Man Baoze and Song Zhubu asked, "Do you have a map of the county?"
Song Zhubu: "...The map is confidential. It's with you, sir. How could I possibly have it? And that's a map of the entire Beihai County, not a map of any individual city."
Manbao nodded, pulled out a piece of paper and said, "It's okay. I took a general walk yesterday and have some impressions. Let's just draw a picture now."
She didn't care about the distance of the ruler. She simply drew a box on the white paper, marked the county government office, divided it into east, west, south and north, and drew the road. She looked at Song Zhubu and said, "This avenue in front of the county government office..."
"It's called Menqian Street..."
Manbao said, "I remember there's a fairly large alley here..."
"Yes, this alley is called Haizi Alley. Many of the people living here used to go to sea..."
After Song Zhubu finished speaking, he felt a little annoyed. Why did he say everything?
Manbao was very satisfied and continued to mark out the places she had walked yesterday, every street and alley, even marking out the wellheads she saw, and thus she got to know the county town bit by bit.
Bai Shanze asked someone to call everyone in that alley to the county government office, and then opened a court to try the case.
County Magistrate Fang and County Lieutenant Dong were both very concerned. This was the first case since Bai Shan took office, and it was only his second day in office.
Understanding a person is not just about what they say, but also about what they do and how they do it...
After this case, we will have a rough idea of what kind of person their new county magistrate is.
So County Magistrate Fang and County Lieutenant Dong remained silent, waiting to see how their county magistrate would judge the case.
They can keep their composure, but it is difficult for the people below them.
The entire county government office was paying close attention to this matter, but Bai Shan had just arrived and was so young that he couldn't help but feel in control. Someone quietly approached County Magistrate Fang and County Lieutenant Dong and said, "I heard that the people from the Wu and Guo families were all arrested by the adults themselves. It's really no big deal. It was just a quarrel between neighbors, and the adults actually arrested them directly. If this is also considered a case, then we will have too many cases to handle in the future. When the number of cases reported by the end of the year is too high, people who don't know will think our Beihai County is some kind of bandit den."
"Yes, Lord Bai is young after all. He has to personally handle every little thing he encounters. You must know that those in power need to know how to employ people. It's better to let the village head handle such trivial matters."
County Magistrate Dong listened with a smile, but did not express his opinion. However, County Magistrate Fang said with a sullen face, "Is it the lord who is the superior, or are you the superior?"
The faces of the officials who were discussing the matter froze slightly.
County Magistrate Fang said, "Your Excellency has your reasons for doing this. If you have any opinions, please raise them with me in person. Don't criticize me behind my back."
The officials lowered their heads in embarrassment.
When County Magistrate Dong saw them leave, he smiled and said to County Magistrate Fang, "Master Fang, why are you so angry? They are just complaining about you. We thought you were the next county magistrate after Master Lu left."
County Magistrate Fang said expressionlessly, "I've only been County Magistrate for two years. I've achieved nothing, and I'm not educated. How could I possibly be appointed County Magistrate for no apparent reason?"
County Magistrate Dong: ...
County Magistrate Fang said, "The prisoner is coming up ahead. Let's go take a look."
Obviously, he was not without worries, as it was Bai Shan's first time in class after all.
Bai Shan himself was nervous, but only for a moment. When Wu Dafu and Guo Dalang were brought up, he sat high in the hall, looking down at the three of them, the yamen runners on both sides, and the neighbors who were summoned to listen to the court hearing. The tension in his heart was slowly soothed.
Bai Shan picked up the gavel and slammed it casually. With a "bang" sound, not only did the people below startle, but he himself was also startled.
He couldn't help but glance at the gavel, let out a breath quietly, and remembered to use less force next time he hit it.
He looked at the people below with a sullen face: "Who is here? Tell me your name."
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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