Boss Chen ran around in various ways, but was still doing nothing.
In the county, his relationship was not as good as Lin Miao's. As for the identity of the deceased's family through some other relationships, it was probably Qinghe who was afraid of being inquired and kept it very tight.
There were two more disturbances from the Qinghe Academy, and more and more students left the academy under pretext. The people from the county government office came again, and it was an ultimatum. Lin Miao finally couldn't hold on anymore, and let the people from the county government office take away the students involved.
At the same time, he took off his student shirt and asked himself to go to jail with the students.
In fact, this is not Lin Miao's business, but he insists that he is the owner of the Qingyuan Museum, and he is also responsible for the accident of the students in the library. In fact, Lin Miao was just afraid that someone in the prison would make a move and make a trick or something. With him watching, the county government would always have to be a little more cautious.
This matter is no trivial matter, Lin Miao is a student, or a student, and is registered in the imperial court. The yamen who came to arrest him did not dare to arbitrarily arrest him, and after a stalemate for more than half a day, the magistrate Hu invited Lin Miao away in the name of interfering with the county clerk.
The Qingyuan Academy was headless and chaotic. More and more students left the building and went home. Only Mr. Meng and Mo were left behind with a few students.
Boss Chen was heartbroken and annoyed at Lin Miao's pedantic behavior, so he could only run around again, hoping that there would be room for manoeuvre.
On the other side, Xue Tingxiang and others went to a village that was nearly half a day away from Huyang Township after getting the news that Zhao'er brought back.
Everything is just a matter of minutes.
Located in the county government office on Anren Street, Xia County, the county magistrate, with a rare dignified appearance, stared at a middle-aged man in a scribe's shirt and a flat scarf standing next to him.
He has long eyebrows and star eyes, and has a few long beards on his lower jaw. He has a handsome appearance and is full of scribes.
This person is the owner of Qinghe Academy, Gao Youzhi.
"You can be sure that nothing will go wrong, otherwise not only will I not be able to protect you, but the official himself will not be able to protect himself. That's not surprising for Lin Miao, but don't forget who his teacher is, although Lu Huanqing only The mountain chief of an academy was also born as a jinshi, with peach and plum all over the world, students all over the country, and there are not a few people who go out to serve as officials of the imperial court.”
"Uncle, don't worry, I guarantee that there will be no mistakes. Not to mention that Lin Miao is extremely pedantic, and with the heads of those people, I can't imagine that I will use Li Dai's peach stubbornness. Besides, the Sun family is still there. Look, what can happen."
"It's better." The magistrate Hu pondered for a moment, pinched his beard and said, "It's not too late, it's better to resolve this matter sooner, so that you can feel at ease. You will let the bitter master come back to the county government tomorrow to beat the drum and denounce the injustice. The trial will be held. At this time, once the charges are settled, sending the dead student to burial will surely not be able to overturn the case with their great ability."
"What uncle said is very true, I will go back and do it now."
The magistrate Hu nodded, and Gao Youzhi went down.
After he left, Magistrate Hu pondered whether there were any mistakes, and then put his mind at ease and served tea.
In fact, according to Huxian Magistrate's always cautious temperament, he is unwilling to take care of this matter, but Gao Youzhi worshipped his childless younger brother as godfather. . And over the years, he has also accepted the other party's benefits, and with the presence of the leading wealthy businessman in Xia County, the Sun family, the magistrate of Hu County is willing to go to this troubled water because of the large amount of money.
Now I just hope everything goes well. The inexplicable county magistrate always has a sense of unease, and his heart skips a beat, but he quietly experiences it, but he doesn't have this feeling, otherwise he would not be so decisive.
In the county government prison, a group of people was kept in a cell that was traditionally used to entertain related households.
This prison is also divided into three, six and nine classes. Those who have no power, no power, no relatives, and therefore can not get any benefits from them are the first class, and those who can only get some benefits from ordinary family backgrounds are the first class, and then they are divided up. Large and related households. The big households refer to the wealthy family, and the related households are the most untouchable type in the prison. They are usually the people who are specially explained by the county magistrate, who are not allowed to act rashly and should be served well.
Now there are such a group of people in this cell, and the county magistrate is not allowed to act rashly when he speaks in person. Correctly speaking, it is not a group of people, but that person, but this person is extremely difficult to deal with.
The jailers have spent a lot of time and failed to bring out the students individually. This scholar surnamed Lin was not as pedantic as he appeared to be. Several students were under his nose, eating, drinking, and sleeping.
In fact, occasionally the prison guards will also find it ironic. These scholars usually care about their own image the most, but now, in order to save their lives, they pee in the toilet in front of everyone and they don't feel insulted.
Lin Miao was sitting on the ground covered with thatch in white clothes, surrounded by a few young students, the oldest was only twenty and the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen years old. The faces of these students were pale, and their expressions were full of anxiety.
"Master, do you think we can still go out?" a student with a baby face asked.
Someone next to him interjected: "You're not talking nonsense, do you think we can go out?"
After hearing this, everyone turned pale, including Yu Ziyou and Wang Qi.
"If we had known that we would have refused their invitation that day, who would have thought that such a thing could be caused by a private fight."
"I don't believe that the person was killed by us. We are all helpless, how could it be possible to kill someone!"
"Then who knows, so many people, you punch me and kick me..."
"Silence!" Wang Qi shouted.
The jailer in the distance looked over curiously, seeing that there were only a group of scholars looking like they were about to cry in mourning, and then he turned away with a smile.
"Can you talk nonsense in a place like this?" Wang Qi's face was particularly gloomy.
The student who said the wrong thing just now defended in a low voice: "I just told the truth. At the time, I observed and said it was hands-on, but in fact, they just pulled each other a few times. How could they kill someone."
Another humane said: "If it wasn't for Yu Ziyou's domineering attitude, this matter wouldn't be able to cause trouble. He was the first to do it first."
This is true. Hearing that the big furniture is looking at Yu Ziyou who is sitting in the corner.
He raised his head and looked at the faces of the crowd a little ugly. At this time, he was like a chicken who had lost a fight, and he still looked like a superior person at ordinary times.
His eyes flashed and he smiled dryly: "How can you blame me, at that time..."
"Okay, calm down!" Lin Miao suddenly said.
The field suddenly quieted down.
After a while, Wang Qi thoughtfully said: "I think we should put the matter at the time into consideration. Since we are here, we will be arraigned soon. When we go to court, we must distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. This matter is How to start, how to process, and how to develop into hands-on must be clearly understood.”
"Brother Wang's words are very true."
Next, a group of people began to summarize the events of the day in a low voice that the jailers could not hear. There were a lot of quarrels, probably just to say who made a move and who made the move first.
Now that he has just entered the prison, he has started to fight infightingly, but the way of a scholar is relatively gentle, especially with Lin Miao watching.
Lin Miao sat beside him and closed his eyes helplessly.
The arraignment day is coming soon. In order to show his fairness and impartiality, the magistrate Hu deliberately allowed the people to listen in.
On the platform outside the main hall of the county government office, there were two or three hundred people in total who came to watch.
Among them, some of them came to file a lawsuit while they were being released, and some came from rumors. As early as a few days ago, there were rumors that two colleges beat and killed a student in the market. I have only heard that there were many fights between the market, and it was rarely heard that scholars would fight. Isn't Confucianism a firm believer in the gentleman's words but not his hands
This kind of news is very tempting to some people in the market, and I heard that the case is going to be tried today. If there is no such good thing, everyone will come.
"Ascension!"
With a strong and powerful call, the yamen stood at a trot speed, shouting Tang Wei, and the water and fire sticks poked on the ground. At the same time, the magistrate Hu, who was wearing an official uniform, walked out of the back hall with eight-character steps, followed by the chief clerk and the clerk.
The magistrate Hu sat down under the plaque hanging high in the mirror, and the clerk took out the complaint from the last release date and handed it over to the magistrate Hu for review. Generally, every time the notice is released, the undecided matters of the last time are tried first, and every March 69 is the day of the notice.
As time passed, more and more people gathered outside the main hall, and some of the cases at the top were finished. Magistrate Hu returned to the retreat hall to drink tea and rest for a while, and then Fang returned to the main hall.
When the hall was shocked, the clerk called out by name: "The Sun family and his wife sued several students from the Qingyuan Academy for beating their parents to death. The Sun family and the others from the Qingyuan Academy went to court."
Not long after, some people were brought in from outside the hall, all of them from Qingyuan Academy.
At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the hall, the sound was neat and loud.
"Kill for life! Kill for life!"
There were actually dozens of students wearing student shirts who walked in from outside the gate of the county government office. They lined up in three rows and walked towards the main hall of the central gate with angry expressions, and the people surrounding the gate couldn't help but give way.
The students were very disciplined and stopped before the platform. Not long after, another person came out of the crowd, but it was Gao Youzhi.
He scolded his face: "What do you say you are doing!"
"The owner of the museum, Sun He died innocently, I wish I could replace him as a classmate, we..."
"You guys!" After saying that, Gao Youzhi shook his head and walked into the lobby.
At the same time, Sun Youtian, the husband of the Sun family, knelt down in the hall with a plop and cried, "I beg Master Qingtian to call the shots!"
Seeing this, the people outside the door were full of pity, and they scolded the students of Qingyuan Academy for being wild and vicious, and even beat them to death if they disagreed.
The faces of everyone in Qingyuan Academy were pale.
Lin Miao sighed, but actually refused the yamen's intention to let him sit, but instead stood upright in the hall with a hunched back.
"Brother Lin." Gao Youzhi cupped his hands.
Lin Miao ignored it.
He let out a laugh, and then said with a sense of disappointment: "Although we were classmates and your father was my teacher, it is a matter of human life. I hope Brother Lin can forgive me."
Lin Miao raised his eyes to look at him, looking at his sullen appearance, he didn't know what to say.
This Gao Youzhi has always been like this, and he is best at putting on airs. Occasionally, he was extremely annoyed, and Lin Miao also had the heart to want to kill him, but after all, he was a scholar and not a ruthless person. Apart from gnashing his teeth in anger, he was helpless.
So just ignore it.
A yamen came forward and smiled at Gao Youzhi: "Gallery Master Gao, please take a seat. According to the rules of our county government, you are born as a student, and you are a bitter master. You should have one."
Gao Youzhi looked at Lin Miao, and the yamen also glanced at him and said with a wry smile, "Master Lin, he doesn't want to sit."
"Forget it, then Gao will be ashamed." After speaking, Gao Youzhi sat down on the armchair with his sleeves up.
There was another wave of prestige, and the first-ranked county magistrate said, "Who is under the hall? Sign up!"
A thin middle-aged man in a green shirt standing at the foot of the hall replied: "The student Zhu Hesheng was paid by the Qinghe Academy and came to represent the Sun and his wife. His emotions were out of control, and the rules in the lobby were messed up, and the director of the Gao Museum sighed that he could not replace him, so he invited students to come."
This Master Zhu was also born as a scholar, so he could call himself a student, and being able to meet the county magistrate not to kneel was a privilege granted by the imperial court to those who were worthy of fame.
The magistrate Hu nodded, and then looked at the people in Qingyuan Academy who were standing beside him: "Do you have someone to litigate on your behalf?"
After everyone looked at each other in dismay, Lin Miao showed a bit of bitterness before shaking his head and said, "No."
After a pause, he stepped forward and said, "I'll let the owner of the museum represent..."
"Wait a minute!"
At this time, there was a burst of cries from the crowd, and with the cries, Boss Chen walked into the lobby with an elegant young man in his twenties.
This young man was tall and tall, wearing a half-old dark blue scribe's shirt, outstanding and elegant. Judging from his description, he was not a great person, but he made Magistrate Hu stand up from the chair.
"Shen San Gongzi!"
Magistrate Hu bypassed the major case and came forward, his attitude was extraordinarily easy-going, and he could even faintly see that he was a little flattered, but he was still dignified and solemn.
"Honor Huxian." Shen Fu nodded in return.
He was born in a noble family, and although he was not an official of the imperial court, the Shen family in Xia County and even the entire Pingyang Mansion was a presence that would alarm everyone with a stomping of their feet.
The grandfather of the Shen family is a veritable third-rank high-ranking official who worships the minister of Taichang Temple. The second grandfather of the Shen family is the champion of Chengtian for 20 years, and now he is located outside the Jiangnan area as a prefect. Presumably after he returned to Beijing after his tenure expired, he was another important court official. Not to mention that the old grandfather of the Shen family was listed as a cabinet, but now he has gone west, but he still retains his prestige. It is not surprising that the magistrate Hu, with the respect of the magistrate, had to put down the air to welcome a younger generation of Shen Fu.
"I don't know that the third son is here this time—"
"I'm here to listen." Shen Fu said.
Hearing this, Magistrate Hu subconsciously looked at Gao Youzhi next to him. Gao Youzhi had also stood up long ago, and he shook his head inconspicuously after receiving the gaze of the magistrate Hu.
How could he invite someone like the third son of Shen, if he could really invite him, he wouldn't be a small restaurant owner in a backcountry.
Since it's not on the Qinghe side, then someone from Qingyuan invited it
When You Qi saw that he had just interrupted the man who was talking to Lin Miao, Magistrate Hu and Gao Youzhi's expressions were a bit ugly, and they couldn't help but guess what the third son Shen's intention was.
"I just heard in my spare time that there was a case of student murder in this county, and I came here to listen in on one or two. Master Hu, don't worry about it, just deal with it impartially."
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On the other side, Lin Miao said to Boss Chen, "Brother Mo Zhixian, it's your job."
Boss Chen's face was haggard, and his voice was dry: "What are you talking about, this Young Master Shen is just a chance for me to meet him, but I can't talk to him at all. I can invite him this time..." He paused before saying: " But with him listening in, Magistrate Hu and others will always have to worry about one or two things. Brother An Qi, I can only help so much."
Although Boss Chen didn't say it clearly, how could Lin Miao not know that the third son of Shen had the name of 'Bookworm'. This reputation is not a bad reputation, but it means that Shen Fu is crazy about books.
Boss Chen's family background, although he opened a small bookstore, the three generations of the Chen family have a fondness for collecting all kinds of unique books, and they also have a profound background. The Chen family had a handwritten copy of the Song Dynasty, which was of good quality and rare. The Chen family never wanted to show it to others. Shen Fu didn't know where to find the news and asked someone to come to the door.
But Boss Chen was reluctant to sell it, and fortunately Shen Fu was not someone who robbed people of his favor, so let that be all. This time, Boss Chen really had no way to ask for help, so he came to the door with a rare book, and then invited Shen Fu to come forward.
However, Shen Fu had explained in advance that he was just listening in. At most, there was an unfair interference in the judgment of the Hu County Magistrate. He hoped that Shen Fu would settle the matter for Qingyuan, so there is no need to think about it.
Lin Miao lowered his head and hugged his hands: "I am ashamed of my brother."
"What a shame, dead things are not important." Boss Chen waved his hands.
But Lin Miao was really ashamed. After this series of events, he was even a little confused as to whether what he insisted on was right or wrong.
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Hearing this, Magistrate Hu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
After thinking about it, the Shen family Xiang came from a reputation and had no old relationship with Lin Miao, so how could they possibly interfere. Don't be afraid of being asked by others to go out and go through the scene, but even if you go through the scene, you have to let the county magistrate be cautious.
However, he also thought about it clearly. In fact, the case is very easy to judge, and there are both human and material evidences. It is expected that people from Qingyuan will not be able to understand it. As long as the case is over, it will be a sure thing. Even if it is on the face of the third son, Nianqi and others are still young, and they will be sentenced to a crime of exile, which can not only gain a good reputation, but also in the three. I got a good impression in front of the son.
In fact, Magistrate Hu and Gao Youzhi didn't intend to put people to death at first, but they just wanted to save a person, and by the way, the Qingyuan Academy could not be opened.
The county magistrate was determined, and after asking Shen Fu to sit down, Fang returned to the big case.
In order to keep the main hall quiet, the yamen standing on both sides made another sound of slaughtering sticks. Boss Chen hurriedly retreated outside the main hall, and the inside and outside of the hall suddenly became quiet.
The magistrate of Hu County looked at the people in Qingyuan and asked, "Can you wait for someone to represent the lawsuit? If not, this official will start the trial."
The Qingyuan Academy naturally didn't have a lawyer, it wasn't because he didn't want to invite him. Once he came to the academy, the tree fell down and scattered. He couldn't take care of him. Except for his wife and daughter, there was no one else who came forward. On the other hand, Boss Chen wanted to hire a lawyer, but no one dared to take the case.
I invited a few people, and when I heard the details, they all shook their heads and waved their hands, otherwise Boss Chen wouldn't have made such great efforts to invite Shen San. He just wanted to make Hu County magistrate show mercy when he tried to judge the case.
"No." Lin Miao shook his head, stepped forward and said, "If the students have any mistakes, I will be the head of the library to represent..."
"Wait a minute!"
There was another loud call from outside the hall, and the county magistrate looked over, displeased in his heart, and made up his mind that if the emperor hadn't come this time, he would have to suffer a lot. called off? !