Before, the people outside the county office almost denounced Jiang Zhen again, but now, everyone is puzzled.
"The emperor actually sent an imperial decree to this Jiang Zhen, what is the origin of this Jiang Zhen?"
"That Jiang Zhen was married to someone else's house. Looking at it this way, it's not right that the imperial envoy asked him to support his parents in old age..."
"The whole village is talking to that Jiang Zhen..."
…
The people of Hecheng County were talking a lot, and at this time, even those scholars who came here with Zhou Maohe were also a little puzzled-this Jiang Zhen, is he good or bad
However, Zhou Maohe was even more angry.
These people must be from Jiang Zhen's side, and they spent money to find them!
"Aren't you guys doing perjury for Jiang Zhen to see that he is rich?" Zhou Maohe said angrily.
"Sir, we didn't..." Jiang Ping looked at Zhou Maohe cautiously, and when he was frightened by Zhou Maohe, he couldn't speak clearly.
However, he said that it was not smooth, but some people could. Zhao Liu knelt down on the ground and said directly: "Sir, you are wronged! Jiang Zhen has never committed any crime of unfilial piety. He has been the most filial since he was a child. Working at home, at the age of five or six, he was able to help and take care of his younger brother, at the age of seven or eight, he went to work in the fields, and at the age of eleven or twelve, he did more work than his father!"
"Everyone in our village knows that he didn't come to our house before, and he did all the farm work of the Jiang family."
"It's Jiang Chengxiang, Jiang Xiaomei, who was brought up by him!"
…
Zhao Liu continued to talk, and when she said this, the people of Hexi Village immediately reacted.
Yes, the former Jiang Zhen was very, very filial!
"That's right. When Jiang Zhen was still in the Jiang family, he did all the rough work of the Jiang family."
"This Jiang's family is a bit delicious. It has always been eaten by the two younger sons. Boss Jiang didn't eat a single bite, but he was not angry."
"Mrs Jiang always beats him, and he suffers from it."
…
The people of Hexi Village were talking one after another, because they were telling the truth and they were very confident.
The people outside were noisy, and Zhou Maohe didn't even chase them away, and even let them talk.
However, he didn't quite believe it.
Those rich people are the most treacherous, and they are also good at bribing others with money. Most of these people are bribed!
Zhou Maohe looked at the noisy people with a cold face: "Don't talk nonsense, if you give false testimony for money and disturb the court, everyone will be beaten 20 times!"
Twenty boards? When the people of Hexi Village heard the words, they were immediately a little scared.
They were a little afraid of the government. Now that they heard that they were going to be beaten, they naturally flinched, but none of the bodyguards under Jiang Zhen flinched.
"Sir, what we said is the truth!"
He Chunsheng glanced at his father, who also said loudly: "My lord, when my youngest son was not married, at home, I treated him much better than the two Jiang family treated Jiang Zhen, my lord, he should also give him My money! I have to give it! He wants to support me!"
When Zhou Maohe attended those officials in the DPRK, he was eloquent, but in front of a group of people, he couldn't say a lot of words.
He is all for the people, these people, why don't they understand? They even helped that Jiang Zhen!
What kind of good person can someone like Jiang Zhen be? !
"Master Zhou, I have something to say." Jiang Zhen said suddenly.
Jiang Zhen was in a bad mood all the way before, as if he was blocked by something, but now, he has already figured it out.
He doesn't live in a peaceful age at all now. Some things, when it's time to fight, have to fight.
Of course, the most urgent task is to solve the immediate problem first.
Jiang Zhen glanced outside the yamen, and saw that Zhao Jinge was standing at the door anxiously, and the people of Hexi Village were also looking at him worriedly.
He suddenly calmed down.
He'll be fine.
Jiang Zhen looked at Zhou Maohe and said directly: "Master Zhou, you came to me last time at my mother's birthday banquet. I'm afraid you already know everything about what the Jiang family wants to sue me. Now, may I say a few words?"
Hearing Jiang Zhen mention about the birthday banquet, Zhou Maohe became angry.
At that time, he kindly wanted to persuade Jiang Zhen, but he didn't expect that Jiang Zhen would not listen to him at all, and even let people kick him out!
Looking at Jiang Zhen's attitude at the time, he knew that he must be bad to his parents, and that's the case...
"You said, I want to see, what can you say!" Zhou Maohe said.
Jiang Zhen didn't say a word, instead he pulled his belt, ripped off the clothes on his body, and took it off.
Although it is winter now, Jiang Zhen is not afraid of the cold because he has been exercising, and he doesn't wear much clothes. At this moment, he took off his clothes at once.
"You!" Zhou Maohe wanted to accuse, but was suddenly speechless again.
There are many old wounds on Jiang Zhen's body.
The wounds on Jiang Zhen's body belonged to the original Boss Jiang.
During the years when Boss Jiang was in the Jiang family, he was beaten and injured a lot by the Jiang family. There were many wounds on his body, and he had never been healed. Those wounds naturally turned into scars.
Jiang Zhen pointed to a deep wound on his arm: "Master Zhou, this wound was caused by my mother when I was seven years old."
He pointed to the burn on his other arm: "Master Zhou, this burn was burnt by my mother when I was sixteen."
"This injury was drawn by my father with bamboo when I was fifteen years old."
"And this wound..."
…
Boss Jiang had a lot of wounds on his body. In fact, it was not only the hands of the old lady Jiang butcher, but some wounds were left when those people of the same age as him in He Xicun bullied him.
But at this moment, Jiang Zhen framed it all on Mrs. Jiang and Butcher Jiang. Anyway, these two people may not remember how many times they beat Boss Jiang.
"You..." Zhou Maohe looked at Jiang Zhen talking there and was speechless for a while. He didn't know that Jiang's father and mother were so bad to Jiang Zhen...
The scholars who came with Zhou Mao and he all fell silent for a while.
Everyone sympathizes with the weak. Before the Jiang family looked too pitiful, they sympathized with the Jiang family, but now...
"Sir, he is my son, what if I hit him? My lord, he still beats us!" Madam Jiang cried.
It's just that she is crying so much now, and the people who sympathize with her are obviously not as many as at the beginning.
Zhou Maohe frowned, and then said: "Jiang Zhen, your parents gave you flesh and blood, even if they were punished, you should take it well..."
"Sir, I haven't finished my words yet!" Jiang Zhen said: "Master Zhou, I am not sympathetic, I just want to tell Master Zhou that their words cannot be trusted... They should never have told you that I was in Jiang's house. For more than 20 years, I have lived a life that is not as good as horses and horses."
Zhou Mao's face stiffened. Before, he really didn't know Jiang's father and mother, and he treated Jiang Zhen so badly.
"My lord, they are not good to me, but as the lord said, I was born and raised by them, and what they did to me, I should also bear it." Jiang Zhen said: "Sir, before I left home, I always Work hard and bear no complaints, never have any complaints, and have never done anything to them after leaving home, please ask the adults to investigate!"
"You are talking nonsense, you obviously beat us again and again!" Mrs. Jiang and others said in succession.
"Sir, if I really want to beat them, why don't they leave Hexi Village and flee elsewhere?" Jiang Zhen said.
"You don't support your parents. Seeing that your parents are hungry and indifferent, what do you have to say?" Zhou Maohe asked again.
"I want to ask the adults to find someone to search for these people." Jiang Zhen said suddenly.
"A body search?" Zhou Maohe was taken aback.
"My lord, let me search and find out if my parents are really hungry!" Jiang Zhendao, he is very good at observing others. After seeing these people in the Jiang family before, he discovered one thing.
There must be money hidden on Mrs. Jiang's body, but her waist is bulging.
"Why do you need to search?" Mrs. Jiang said immediately, and then said to Zhou Maohe: "Sir, didn't you say you must give us a fair one? Lord, why don't you lock him up?"
Among the Jiang family, Jiang Chengxiang is the smartest person, but after hearing Jiang Zhen said he was going to search, he jumped in his heart and panicked.
Before, after that Young Master Shen gave them the money, he divided the money into three parts, one for him, Jiang Chengcai, and his mother.
Jiang Chengcai's share was probably taken away by Huang Min, but for his share, he only gave Zhu Shufen twenty taels, and the rest of the silver... He hid it all on his body.
He was afraid of being stolen or even taken by Zhu Shufen, so he would naturally put it on his body, and his parents probably did the same.
In the past, they would never have done this, but recently, isn't it because the family has been unhappy, and they are still being bullied in the village? How dare they put money at home? If it gets knocked over...
Madam Jiang was still making a fuss, but Jiang Chengxiang took out the money on her body: "Sir, I have some money with me." He took the initiative to take it out, and it was better than being found out anyway.
"Why do you have so many taels of silver on you?" Zhou Maohe was surprised that this person actually took out forty taels of silver at a time, obviously not as poor as he appeared!
"Sir, not only does he have it, but my mother should also have it." Jiang Zhen said.
"Yes, my lord, my mother also has it. It was given to us by a young master who saw us as pitiful." Jiang Chengxiang said quickly.
"Gift? Who will give you so much money? You are clearly not poor at all. You deliberately changed your dirty clothes and pretended to be poor to harm me." Jiang Zhen said, "Sir, when I entered the Zhao family, the Zhao family was poor and white. , even if there is no land, Zhao Jinge has a pair of children, and he has to work for a long time to earn money to support his family. The family eats gruel every day, but it is the Jiang family. One, the adults said that I forced my parents to live separately, but I dare not recognize them. But they, now they are afraid that they are jealous of the Zhao family property, so they want to harm me. "
The fact that Jiang Chengxiang has so much money on his body has already made people suspicious of the Jiang family. Now Jiang Zhen said this...
Yes, the Jiang family at that time was far richer than the Zhao family.
Jiang Zhen hasn't put on his clothes yet, and is naked. He straightened his back and spoke neither humble nor arrogant, always convincing people.
Zhou Maohe's expression froze.
If what Jiang Zhen said was the truth, then...
Zhou Maohe had only heard one side of the Jiang family, so he had a preconceived opinion on Jiang Zhen, and now...
"Jiang Zhen, you can't deceive me!" Zhou Maohe patted the gavel again.
"I don't dare, I'm telling the truth, and I ask the adults to check it out." Jiang Zhen said.
"My lord, if Jiang Zhen hadn't saved my life when he went to the capital, I'm afraid he'll still be poor now... Alas, I shouldn't have given him a lot of money out of gratitude, causing him to be targeted and sued for his money. Court." Zheng Yi sighed and said, "And this money was not given to him alone. At that time, Brother Zhao Jin was pregnant and he was still protecting me..."
"Yeah, when Jiang Zhen had no money in the past, why didn't they sue Jiang Zhen?"
"When Jiang Zhen left the Jiang family, the Jiang family was already rich. If Jiang Chengcai hadn't been defrauded of so much money, how could they have gotten to where they are now?"
"The Jiang family is actually not that poor now. They still have a lot of land! Jiang Chengxiang can still carry forty taels of silver with him."
…
There was a lot of discussion, and at this time, the people of Hecheng County were already biased towards Jiang Zhen.
Zhou Maohe only felt that he could not hold the gavel in his hand.
Everything before that is really a coincidence.
He had never noticed the Zheng family at all. After all, the Zheng family had no other promising people except Mr. Zheng Er. It was different from those gentry who were deeply rooted and formed a party for selfishness. When he came to Jiangnan this time, what he wanted to investigate was actually someone else. That letter made him furious, and he ended up here.
Zhou Maohe was still thinking deeply, but Jiang Chengxiang was getting more and more anxious.
It's another imperial decree and this one after another... If this goes on like this, I'm afraid that Jiang Zhen will retreat completely!
Why is this imperial commissioner so pedantic? The trial is the trial, why does he want people to listen to it, and allow people outside to discuss it
Jiang Chengxiang was in a hurry when someone came outside.
Seeing those people, Zheng Yi and Zhao Jinge, both felt relieved.
There are two people who come. One of them was the people Jiang Zhen rescued from the water bandit den, both men and women. As soon as they came, they knelt down and cried, interceding for Jiang Zhen.
Zhou Maohe asked people to go outside to take a look, and soon found out what was going on.
When Jiang Zhen escorted Zheng Yi back to Beijing, he once defeated a group of bandits and rescued many people from the bandits, and the people who opened the escort bureau were all rescued from those water bandits. Give those people a way to live.
Zhou Mao and this person have always sympathized with the weak, and they felt a little uncomfortable. At this time, the other side of the people who came came over. The leader was a white-haired old man, and next to him stood the second uncle of the Jiang family. .
The second uncle of the Jiang family used to reprimand Jiang Zhenlai, which was plausible and confident, but now he came to the yamen, but he shrank his neck like a quail, and looked like he was too scared.
He was very scared at the moment.
Before Zhao Liushi and Zhao Fugui brought the villagers of Hexi Village to the county seat, they relied on Xiaozhi to move them with reason, but he was different.
The elders of the Jiang family were all tied up by Zheng Yi.
Zheng Yi made up his mind to save Jiang Zhen, so he thought of a way to treat his own body with his own way.
Since the Jiang family can sue Jiang Zhen, why can't he find someone to sue the Jiang family? In the Jiang family, it is not that there is no one who is higher than Jiang's butcher.
After coercing and enticing several elders of the Jiang family, these elders of the Jiang family are all obedient.
They were afraid of the imperial envoy, but they were also afraid of the Zheng family and Jiang Zhen.
Their family members are now in Zheng Yi's hands... No matter what, they are going to sue the Jiang family.
Daqi treats the elderly very kindly. Elders over 70 years old can see officials without kneeling. Zhou Maohe has always respected the elderly. Even if they knew that these people should be here to save Jiang Zhen, maybe Jiang Zhen bought it. , but still let the yamen invite them in respectfully.
"Everyone, you also came to plead for that Jiang Zhen? He didn't pay attention to his parents, so it's always wrong..." Zhou Mao said peacefully.
"Sir, we are not here to plead for Jiang Zhen, we are here to sue people." The old man in the lead said.
This old man is the oldest and oldest elder in the Jiang family.
He is not like the second uncle of the Jiang family, who is always jumping around. In fact, he has always been reckless. Every day, he waits for a few sons to bring him food. After he finishes eating, he sits at the door of the house, or Sleepy, or tell stories to the younger generation in the family.
But at this moment, all the people in his family were taken care of by Zheng Yi, so he could only meddle in his own business.
Zhou Maohe was startled and immediately said, "You also want to sue Jiang Zhen?"
"No, my lord, what I want to sue is Jiang Chengcai. He is lazy, forcing his parents to sell land for him to squander. After being deceived, even his own sister was sold by him, which is simply unfilial." The old man said, "Afterwards, he forced his old mother to work in the fields to support him, which is like a beast."
"My lord, I would also like to sue Jiang Chengxiang. He cheated his parents for money. He was not doing his right job all day. All the affairs of the family were taken care of by his old father. He was drinking and eating meat in the county town, but leaving his father at home to starve. "The old man said again.
"What?!" Zhou Maohe was startled, he never thought that it would come out like this, and someone would come to sue the other two sons of the Jiang family.
"You are talking nonsense, my success is the most filial!" Mrs. Jiang said immediately: "Sir, you can't listen to his nonsense!"
"My lord, I'm telling the truth. You can tell by looking at their hands." The old man said again.
Mrs. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, has had a really hard life over the past year. Their hands are all covered with calluses and there are many frostbitten wounds.
Zhou Maohe had seen the hands of these two people before and felt more sympathetic to them, but now look at their hands, and then look at Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang's hands...
These Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang have no calluses on their hands! Especially Jiang Chengxiang, his hands are very well maintained, and those hands do not belong to a countryman at all, but belong to a scholar.
It's Jiang Zhen...
Jiang Zhen stretched out his hands. There were no frost cracks on the hands, but they were covered with calluses, black and thick, and there were many scars on them.
Zhou Maohe didn't believe Jiang Zhen's words very much before, but now he was stunned.
"Sir, Jiang Chengxiang forced his parents to separate the two brothers because his brother was defrauded of his money. Many people in Hexi Village knew about this, and asked the adults to investigate." The old man said again: "At that time, this Jiang Chengxiang's wife brought her mother's family to the house to force her parents-in-law... The letter of separation... "
The old man looked at the second uncle of the Jiang family, and the second uncle immediately took out a note.
"My lord, this is what we let them share, but it's different! My lord!" Mrs. Jiang said.
The old man glanced at Mrs. Jiang, pointed at her, and said slowly: "Sir, I have to sue her, Mr. Jiang. This Mrs. Jiang is not a virtuous wife, and she is not kind to her mother. It's time to leave. She was right."
Madam Jiang was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
She was also accused? !
At this moment, Zhou Maohe already knew that he was mostly being calculated.
Although Jiang Zhen is not a good person, but Jiang Chengcai, Jiang Chengxiang, is also not a good person!
"My lord, Jiang Zhen has already joined the Zhao family. We can't control it. These Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang are not filial to their parents. The adults must punish them." The old man said again.
"You are talking nonsense!" Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she wanted to tear the old man up.
No matter how filial piety is in the law, the countryside has always been ignored, and now Mrs. Jiang doesn't feel that it is wrong to beat the old man at all.
"You immortal..." Madam Jiang hated the old man so much that she pulled the old man to the ground.
"How unreasonable!" Zhou Maohe saw this, but he was angry.
This man actually attacked an old man with white hair in front of him!
Jiang Chengxiang also secretly shouted "bad".
He only thought that the imperial messenger believed them, and Jiang Zhen really did not support his parents, so he would definitely be able to sue Jiang Zhen. He never thought about it, and it even involved himself.
It's all because of this imperial commissioner's fault. If it wasn't for his sticky and sloppy work, how could this happen? !
Jiang Chengxiang hurriedly went to pull his mother, and it was only at this time that Mrs. Jiang realized that the face of the imperial envoy was particularly unsightly.
This this…
Madam Jiang was in a hurry: "Chengxiang."
"Mother..." Jiang Chengxiang's hands trembled a little.
"We won't sue, we won't sue Jiang Zhen, let's go!" Mrs. Jiang heard Jiang Chengxiang explain a lot of things related to the crime of unfilial piety these days, and now she was frightened.
She can't let Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang have an accident!
When Zhou Maohe heard her words, his face turned black immediately.
This this…
He was so angry that he brought so many people here, and in the end, the trial came and went, but it turned out to be a farce? ! No, he was simply being played with, this Jiang family... is really unreasonable!