Chapter 75: Court (1)

Li Chengqian and his party brought the bullies from Mujia Village to the gate of the county government. Li Chengqian signaled Wang Quan to come forward and beat the drum.

"Wang Quan, beat the drum to protest injustice! Let the county magistrate try these bullies."

"Yes!" Wang Quan accepted the order and was about to come forward

and beat the drum. "Let me do it!" Unexpectedly, Zhao Jie got there first and beat the drum.

"Dong, dong, dong..." The drum sounds spread outside the government office, and the yamen runners hurried to the court to wait for the county magistrate.

On the street outside the county government, countless people were watching, whispering to Li Chengqian and his party, and occasionally pointing at the kidnapped bullies from Mujia Village.

It was like watching a monkey show at a circus.

Gou Ge's face suddenly turned ashen with anger, and his hatred for Li Chengqian became even stronger.

He had never suffered such humiliation since he was a child. His father was a civil servant, so the villagers were afraid of him.

Gou Ge looked at the government office in front of him, his mouth slightly raised, a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself: You dead cripple, I'll make things difficult for you when you enter the county government office.

Gou Ge's father was not an official appointed by the court, but his two uncles were real officials appointed by the court. The

eldest uncle was a county magistrate of the ninth rank, and the younger uncle was a county lieutenant of the ninth rank.

It was because of the two of them in the county that Gou Ge could act so arrogantly in Mujia Village, and no one dared to do anything to him.

It happened that his father Du Li Zheng was also in the county government office today.

Once we get into the yamen, we will make sure these outsiders pay for what they have done, and let them know what will happen if they offend Du Gousheng. Gousheng glared at Li Chengqian fiercely.

Someone had already told this to the brothers Du Lizheng and the county magistrate.

In the back hall of the county yamen, the county magistrate, who had just sat down to rest, had not had time to catch his breath when he heard the drum sound and hurriedly put on his black gauze hat and went to the hall.

"Captain Zhang, what happened outside?" The county magistrate came to the hall and asked while sitting in the hall.

"Reporting to the governor, someone outside wants to sue the bully for bullying the village." Captain Zhang said.

"Where is the person?" the county magistrate asked.

"Waiting outside!"

Captain Zhang said. "Open the court! Summon the plaintiff and the defendant to the court." The county magistrate slapped the hall wood and said.

"Awesome..." the two shifts of yamen runners shouted loudly.

The yamen runners led Li Chengqian and others in from outside.

"Greetings, Your Excellency!" Gou Ge and others knelt down hurriedly, and Li Chengqian and others casually bowed to the county magistrate.

"Who are you? Why don't you kneel?" The county magistrate saw that Li Chengqian and others did not kneel.

"Your Excellency, I have a leg disease and it is inconvenient for me to perform the ceremony. I hope you will forgive me." Li Chengqian said.

The county magistrate took a look and confirmed that Li Chengqian did have a leg disability, so he did not pursue his crime of impoliteness in court.

"What about you? Do you also have a leg disease?" the county magistrate asked.

"Of course not! It's just that we are inconvenienced, and we hope that Your Excellency will forgive us!" Du He said.

Among them, the lowest rank is the sixth rank, which is one level higher than the county magistrate.

Asking them to kneel down before the county magistrate, even the fifth-rank county magistrate of Jing County would not dare to ask them to kneel down, not to mention the prince of noble status.

Dare to ask the prince to kneel down before him, it is really a longevity god hanging himself.

"Pa" the county magistrate was really a little angry, and slammed the wooden stick on the table fiercely, "What a bunch of unruly people."

"As the head of a county, such a bully bullying the villagers in the area under your jurisdiction has occurred, but you can't see clearly, it is really dereliction of duty." Di Renjie said.

"Mingfu, I am innocent!" Dog brother and his group shouted that they were innocent.

"Be quiet, be quiet..." The county magistrate saw that Gou Ge and his men in the court not only did not quiet down when he shouted "Be quiet", but shouted even more fiercely, and picked up the alarm stick and hit them hard.

"Mighty... mighty..." The voice of the yamen runners rang just right.

Only then did they stop crying out for injustice and looked quietly at the county magistrate in the center of the court.

"Come one by one and tell us what grievances you have. This county will make the decision for you. Who of you should speak first?" The county magistrate ignored Li Chengqian and others, looked at Gou Ge and others and asked.

"Mingshou, this group of people committed a crime in broad daylight and were caught by us on the spot. Why do we need to interrogate them again? We should convict them as soon as possible." Zhao Jie said.

"You said they committed the crime in broad daylight. Do you have any evidence or witnesses?" A voice came from outside the court.

Everyone looked back and saw three people walking in from outside the court. Two of them were wearing green official uniforms and black gauze hats. They were both in their thirties.

The other one was wearing a brocade robe and was about forty years old.

These three people were Gou Ge's uncle, the Fucheng County Magistrate, the Fucheng County Commandant, and Du San, the Li Zheng of Mujia Village.

"Mingsir!" The County Magistrate and Xiwang bowed, and Du Li Zheng prostrated himself on the ground.

"Yang County Magistrate, Liu County Commandant, and Du Li Zheng, why did you come together?" asked the county magistrate.

"To be honest with you, sir. I just heard that a stranger wanted to accuse the good people of Mujia Village in our county as tyrants. We came here to see how they are twisting right and wrong." Yang County Magistrate said. "

Please be careful, sir. My son has been familiar with Confucian classics since he was young. He is well-educated and well-mannered. I have taught him to distinguish right from wrong since he was young."

"My son will definitely not do anything to bully men and women. It must be this stranger who framed my son. Please help my son." Du Lizheng said sadly.

"Du Lizheng, please be patient. This county will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and give justice to the victim."

"This county will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will it tolerate any bad person." The county magistrate said.

"Thank you, Mr. Ming!" Du Lizheng knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Zhao Jie wanted to step forward to argue, what is the meaning of confusing right and wrong, it is obviously Lizheng's son who is bullying others by taking advantage of his power, and they are just helping out when they see injustice.

But he was stopped by Li Chengqian, who whispered: "Don't act rashly! First see how the county magistrate will judge, see if they are in cahoots, and then make plans."

Zhao Jie nodded as a consent, and Li Chengqian let go of Zhao Jie's hand.

"What County Secretary Yang said just now makes sense. Do you have witnesses or evidence? This county cannot just listen to your one-sided words and make arbitrary judgments." The county magistrate said.

"We are the witnesses. These people bullied men and women. We just happened to see them and then arrested them." Zhao Jie said.

"Haha! It's really a joke. You have no evidence and witnesses, but you dare to confuse right and wrong in this hall. What's more, you are the parties involved and cannot testify for yourself." Yang County Minister said contemptuously.

As long as they have no evidence to prove that their nephew is a bully, no one stands up to accuse his nephew Du Gousheng, even if they say it to the sky, it will be useless.

His nephew will definitely be acquitted in court!

"Humph! I knew you would make trouble!" Zhao Jie said dissatisfiedly: "I have their confessions signed by themselves. It clearly states what bad things they have done."