Several bitter masters recounted how Li Ni forced her daughter to death, and You Shu affixed the official seal on the case and convicted her of killing her. Unexpectedly, Li Ni was very violent. After the initial panic, she pointed at Youshu's nose and asked, "On the basis of a few lawsuits and a few one-sided remarks, the county magistrate sentenced my brother and sister to death, and my brother and sister refused to accept it. It is necessary to ask a lawyer to go to the state government to file a lawsuit, and if the state government fails to file a lawsuit, go to Beijing to file a lawsuit against the imperial court, this life will never end with you!"
You Shu treats everything very carefully and seriously, and will never make a conclusion easily without repeated verification. He looked at the crowd of people who had already surrounded the yamen, and said, "If she wants evidence, this official will give it to her. There must be many people among you who have unshakable consciences. Can you stand up and testify for these neighbors?" Today, the world is chaotic, people are not ancient, and life is difficult, and we need everyone to work together and help each other to have such a glimmer of hope."
Seeing that his words were sincere, a few boldly stood up and testified against the Li brothers and sisters. Because the Li family relied on the support of the county magistrate, they acted unscrupulously, and there were so many handles in everyone's hands that they could say seven or eight things when they opened their mouths. And most of the people who were taken away yesterday were the villagers of Lijia Village, so the people who came to watch today were also in-laws from all walks of life, there is no reason not to help. Everyone, you will add your testimony one by one, and if you have Shu, you will record them one by one. In just half an hour, you will record a thick stack of confessions, indicating who said it, how old it is, and where it came from.
You Shu distributed the adverbs one by one, and asked literate readers to help read them. If there were no mistakes, they would put their own handprints. The people did not notice the abnormality, but the scholars who came to watch were all shocked. The county magistrate only has one head and one pair of hands, but he has seventeen or eight mouths to speak at the same time. Not only can he record it immediately, but he can also write it every word. What kind of skill is this? He alone is enough for seventeen or eight clerks to write at the same time!
To Youshu, something very commonplace, but in the eyes of others, it is so shocking to the world. The scholars in Suichang County who had slandered and abused him in private have changed their tone since that day and turned into admiration and reverence. Of course, You Shu never cares about the opinions of others, and just does her own thing well. He threw the thick stack of confessions in front of Li Ni and asked in a low voice, "Is this evidence enough?"
Li Ni looked up at him, her eyes full of fear. This person in the hall is not the Zhao Youshu in her impression at all. When he stares at people, there is not a trace of emotion in his eyes, as if you are just a dispensable object, and whether this object is necessary or not depends on his thoughts. between.
Only then did she get scared. She walked on her knees to hug Shu's legs, but was pressed to the ground with sticks by the yamen on both sides, unable to struggle.
Youshu threw two penalty sticks, hit each brother and sister fifty big boards each, confiscated their family property, and then announced her retirement. Everyone was quite fond of the court trial of Fangcai, and they discussed endlessly as they walked. Since the young county magistrate came to Suichang, it has been a long time since there has been such a heartwarming case. Of course, they are also worried that this is just the county magistrate going crazy for a while, and maybe the old way will germinate in a few days.
"Probably not, just now I heard that the county magistrate has already taken his troops to raid Li Ergou's house. This house has been copied, so I can't go back and regret it, right?"
"Could it be that he fell in love with another girl and tried to solve the poisonous woman Li Ni?"
"Hey, why bother with so many things? In short, the wicked have their own grind! Let's go and see Lijia Village."
"Yes, I have never seen what it looks like when a house is raided!"
The crowd that had just dispersed slowly gathered again, heading towards Lijia Village in a mighty manner, while the people from Lijia Village followed behind the county magistrate, quite excited. Youshu has always handled things neatly. As soon as she left, she smashed the door of Li's house, guarded all the servants, and then began to check things, putting gold, silver, jewelry, grain, cloth, account books and other items on the door, allowing the villagers to watch. .
The sun outside is a bit big, making people dizzy. A Shu ordered someone to bring a set of tables and chairs and put them in the shade of a tree to enjoy the coolness, until the Li family could no longer find a grain of rice and spread out the list of account books and quickly flipped through them.
"Li Ergou is domineering and doing a lot of evil in the village, all of which are based on the power of the official, so the official is also responsible for oversight, and I am here to sue the villagers." Speaking of this, You Shu stood up and rushed to watch the villagers. Bend over to apologize.
If those officials are good at bribing people's hearts, they will definitely take action, or take off their hats and cut their hair, or punish themselves with salaries, in short, a full set of performances. But You Shu is too sincere and has a relatively simple mind. He secretly thought that although I didn't suffer the 100 big board, but all the pain after the resurrection has been endured one by one, it can be regarded as retribution, and there is no need to express more.
He didn't put up any tricks because he wanted to do more practical things, but the villagers obviously couldn't understand it. Although he dared not say it, he suddenly realized in his heart: It turns out that the reason why the county magistrate destroyed Li Ergou was because of his wealth. . It is said that "the county magistrate who broke the family, the governor who destroys the family", this is indeed true. Greed for money to the point of first finding a high-sounding reason to kill someone, and then confiscate the family property logically.
The villagers were silent, and then showed a sad look, and the people who came to the show also felt it, and their eyes were red. They suppressed endless despair in their hearts, and there was a lot of anger that was difficult to vent, but there was no way to deal with them except patience. In this world, to live one more day is to accumulate a little more pain, until the pain is unbearable and the blood is exhausted.
Youshu is extremely sensitive to the surrounding environment. When everyone could only see the bright sunshine, what he saw was dark clouds and turbulent currents, and occasionally there were a few thin dragon shadows hovering in the air.
The black cloud is the grievances of the people, and the dragon shadow is the disaster that lives by the grievances of the people. Once they are full of people's grievances, they can turn the world upside down, which is why large-scale natural disasters often break out when people in the world are struggling. You Shu has only seen similar descriptions in books, but she doesn't know that the scenes in reality are countless times more depressing than that. There is no light in the sky, there is only suffering on the ground, the rain and dew that falls have turned into floods, and the steaming heat turns into drought. After a while, what kind of purgatory on earth will this Great Yong Kingdom be
How could he be able to dispel the heavy clouds and make the bright world reappear by himself? But doing nothing is obviously even less feasible, but do your best. Thinking like this, You Shu rubbed her dry eyes, looked at the surrounding villagers again, and said slowly, "From today onwards, all the money that Li Ergou put down will be forfeited. This is your IOU. Take them back."
He started calling people one by one, but the surprise came too quickly, the villagers didn't respond, and after shouting two or three times, one person stumbled out and took the IOU with trembling hands. He originally had a house and a farm, and lived a very prosperous life, but because he offended Li Ergou, he was corrupted by the other party. Li Ergou set all kinds of traps to defeat his family, and forced him to write this IOU that would never be repaid in his entire life. A few days ago, because he failed to repay the interest in time, Li Ergou said that he wanted his eight-year-old daughter to pay for it.
"Thank you, Master Qingtian, thank you, Master Qingtian!" After confirming that the IOU was correct, the man knelt down and kowtowed until he blew his forehead and refused to stop. This is a life-saving grace, or it saved the lives of seven members of his family! From today onwards, he will no longer scold the county magistrate. Even if he has done a lot of evil things, this one thing alone is enough to offset all the hatred.
This is how people are. When their own interests are involved, hatred comes quickly, and gratitude also rushes.
A Shu ordered someone to help him up, and he was official and authentic, "You don't need to kowtow to this official, just stand aside when you get the IOU, and don't delay the time of the people behind." Li Ergou has a history of this pile of property, and I don't know if it can be done. Get them out of the way before dark.
The man became more and more grateful in his heart, and hurriedly stood to the side. The vast majority of people in Lijia Village were forced to borrow money by Li Ergou in various ways. The fields, houses, and children were all taken away by him to repay the debts, but it seemed like a bottomless pit that would never be repaid. They dreamed that God would open his eyes and send an immortal to save them, but they never expected that the living immortal would be the county magistrate.
However, no matter what he did in the past, it is not bad to be able to do some practical things for the people now. Looking at Dayong, it is estimated that there will never be another such good official.
Amid the cheers, thanks, and tears of joy, Shu has issued the IOU and began to dispose of the property. With a starving ghost narrating, he didn't need to send someone to inquire about which family the land originally belonged to, and how it fell into Li Ergou's hands. It can only be said that Li Ergou would not be wronged even if he died a hundred times. Eighty-nine percent of the hundreds of hectares of fertile farmland were taken by force, making a good Li family village impoverished and miserable.
Of course, if you have Shu, you have to tell the truth. The main reason for the chaos in Lijia Village is "Zhao Youshu" indulging and ignoring it. As an ancestor, it is understandable that he came to help pay off the debt.
"The ten acres of land originally belonged to Li Jimin's house. Li Jimin bumped into Li Ergou because of his inattentive walking. Li Ergou claimed that his leg was broken and asked him to pay 22 taels of silver or break his hands. Li Jimin is a scholar. He was about to take part in the Tongsheng test, but he couldn't break his hands, so he wrote him an IOU." The starved ghost saw that the Lord had drawn out a land deed, and immediately went over to explain.
"The profit is rolling, and I can't pay it back. In the end, I can only use the land to repay the debt." You Shu nodded, patted the land deed on the table, and shouted, "Who owns the ten acres of land by the Dongtou Reservoir? Take it yourself. Go back." Tian Qi had already written Li Ergou's name, if he didn't check the transfer documents, he should not know who the original owner was, so he could only ask everyone to pick it up.
The villagers gradually became more courageous and trusted the county magistrate a lot. Immediately, a Bai Jing scholar came out to take the land deed, and then knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Not only can the debt be written off, but even the land that was taken away can be paid back. Is there such a good thing in the world? However, such a good thing did happen, not to mention the villagers who got their land deeds back to tears, and even the people who came to join in the fun from other villages had tears in their eyelashes and mixed feelings.
"Master County, you are a living Bodhisattva who saves suffering!"
"Kow to the master, I wish the master a long life!"
"Thank you, the county magistrate, the little one is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay your kindness and great virtue!"
Outside the gate of Li's house, a crowd of people knelt down, crying and thanking each other, making Youshu extremely embarrassed. In his last life, he didn't like going to court very much, so he hid in the Xingxing Building to study metaphysics. Moreover, he didn't think he had anything to be grateful for. The reason why the villagers suffered was all the fault of "Zhao Youshu", and Zhao Youshu was able to be an official, but he was under the shade of himself and his master. What he's doing now is really insignificant, it's just making up for his mistakes.
He waved his hands to get everyone up, and then distributed Li Ergou's food. The people in Lijia Village, regardless of gender, age, and child, each had a bag, and the silver and silver were added up in a register. There were orphans, widows, old and young, and those with difficult livelihoods were given five taels each. The rest were packed into boxes and brought back to the county government.
"My fellow villagers, the remaining money will be used by this official to buy food for emergencies. If you are worried, this official will publish a list at that time. Okay, let's go here today, everyone should leave." Shu waved her hand.
"Master County, don't rush to go, let's go to our house for a meal!" The village chief hurriedly shouted, and then drew a chorus of echoes. As for what to do with the rest of the money, they don't care. It has long been a well-known secret that all the stolen property was embezzled by the dog officials, not to mention that the county magistrate left most of the money and food to the villagers, even if he swallowed it in one bite, no one else could say anything.
People like the magistrate of Xiaozhao are enough to be called "honest officials" in Dayong.
King Yama was staring at him. How dare you eat the food of the villagers, so he quickly waved his hand to push him away. Seeing that he was about to leave, the group of people who huddled in the corner couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted in a shrill voice, "Master County, you're leaving now? You don't care if I wait for life or death? I was also robbed by Li Ergou from the fields, money and grain. , how come I haven't even seen a single child now."
There were villagers beside him who hesitated to speak, but because of their fierce eyes, they did not dare to speak.
It was at this moment that Shu was waiting, pointed to the man at the head and said, "Li Gui, you lost your gambling and sold your land to Li Ergou voluntarily. From then on, you have been in trouble with Li Ergou and persecuted the neighbors. Li Ergou's number one thug has more than one life on the stall. If you take the initiative to speak up, this official will reward you with fifty sticks and bring it back to the yamen for trial. Folks, if anyone is wronged because of him, please invite someone tonight. Write the letter, and I will play the drums tomorrow, and the official will wait in the court." As soon as he waved his hand, two strong men pressed the frightened Li Gui to the ground, and began to fight. .
The rest of the little Luo Luo quickly knelt down and kowtowed to confess their guilt. Youshu's mental power swept through them to know which of them still had life in their hands, and then ordered three people to be tortured, and then all of them were taken away.
Such a thunderous method, such a clear-cut observation, made all the villagers stunned. After the people had disappeared around the corner for a long time, the villagers exclaimed, "Good man! We all misunderstood before, the county magistrate is a great and good man!"
The previous scholar named Li Jimin had never been a nosy, but this time he took the initiative to say, "If anyone wants to write a letter, they will come to my house at night, and I will serve myself."
The villagers clapped their hands and applauded, grateful, and then you supported me and I supported you, talking and laughing away. This originally lifeless small mountain village seems to be quietly changing somewhere.
There was a Shu who put several prisoners in jail, and went back to the room to sleep after having a hastily dinner. In the middle of the night, someone suddenly knocked on the door, saying that Li Gui had died violently.
"How can you die suddenly?" You Shu was so frightened that she forgot to put on her coat and shoes and went to open the door.
"I don't know, I have to ask the jailer." After all, he was a newly hired servant, and he didn't know the rules of the yamen very well.
You Shu looked up at the starving ghost hiding on the beam. He flew out immediately and asked the unjust death ghost in the prison to inquire about the news. After a while, he turned around and reported, "Sir, it turns out that the prison guard and Li Gui are old friends, and the two are very close to Wang Fuguo. They said that they will wait until Wang Fu returns. The matter can be settled, and you can go into the cell by yourself. They chatted and ate and drank, Li Gui was so drunk that he lay on the ground on his back and was choked by the pickled stuff he vomited. died."
This way of dying is really weird. You Shu went to the cell to check and determined that it was an accident and not a murder, so he ordered someone to find a place to put the body temporarily, and then turned around and imprisoned the jailer for dereliction of duty, and the trial will begin tomorrow. Before leaving, Li Ergou was still yelling, saying that he and his sister would be able to go out soon, so that he should not be complacent.
"Don't you know? My sister has slept with Lord Wang for a long time, you are just a grandson, hahahahaha!" The harsh laughter echoed in the corridor, but it didn't make Youshu frown. Who has Li Ni slept with and why? There is only a dying person left and right.
Back in the room, the curtain was drawn, and he fell asleep as soon as his head stuck to the pillow, but when he opened his eyes again, he found himself kneeling in an empty and gloomy hall, with heavy shackles on his hands and feet, and he fell asleep as soon as he lifted it up. Ding Ling clapped for a while. Before he had time to react, he heard a hollow and strange voice coming from above his head, "Is this hall Zhao Youshu, the magistrate of Suichang County?"
How could it be him? Youshu immediately looked up, and sure enough, he saw King Yama sitting on the high hall, the sharp eyes hidden behind the mask seemed to pierce through his body. The staring eyes are terrifying, because when he looks at you, you will feel that you are not alone, but an ant that can easily be crushed into powder.
Youshu reluctantly calmed down and replied, "It's right here." But she quickly thought about why she was arrested. Nine times out of ten, it had something to do with Li Gui who just died.
Just thinking about this, I saw two ghosts escorting Li Gui out of the shadows, also kneeling at the foot of the hall, while the fourth prisoner I had seen before was sitting on the left.
"Li Gui, what crime are you suing Zhao Youshu, the magistrate of Suichang County?" King Yama asked in a deep voice.
Li Gui died of accidental suffocation. Naturally, he did not dare to lie in front of King Yama, who knew the world, so he sued the other party for injustice and abuse of punishment, saying that he distributed the money and food of the Li family but did not distribute it to himself and his several brothers. , and also said that he has eighty old mothers on top and children who are waiting to be fed, and his life is also very difficult. Even if he can't get help, he should be punished lightly. If it wasn't for being tortured by the cane for fifty and then put into a cell, he would not have been drinking suffocating wine in sorrow, and he would not have choked to death if he had not drunk suffocating wine.
In a word, the reason why he died was because of Zhao Youshu.
You Shu was stunned for a moment, completely unaware that someone in the world would be so brazen. He was very nervous at first, and then felt that he had a clear conscience, so he slowly relaxed, and blinked a pair of black and white round eyes to look at King Yama, so that he must feel his innocence.
King Yama didn't seem to expect that someone would dare to stare directly at him, so he couldn't help but glance at him a few times, slamming into his clear pupils, and he couldn't help but flickered slightly. Just at this moment, Li Gui's statement had also come to an end, and he was staring at the people in the hall with his neck shrunk. That wretched expression, cloudy eyes full of evil thoughts, which should have been commonplace for a long time, was extremely annoying in comparison. King Yama turned his head to look at Youshu, and asked, "Do you have anything to defend yourself?" His tone was indistinctly mild.
Youshu appears calm, but she is more or less afraid of this master, because his origin is not simple, if he is known, he may be eaten. He didn't want to use a lot of reasons to delay the time, so he cupped his hands and said, "Go back to my lord, I have nothing to say. People are watching, and they will tell what is right and what is wrong."
Ouch, so calm! Compared to that day, I don't know how much more style I added, but I didn't waste this clean and clear skin. The fourth prisoner thought to himself.
King Yama gave him a deep look, and ordered in a deep voice, "Take the person to execution."
Before Li Gui could be happy, he was dragged down by two ghosts, and then there was a scream of misery. King Yama didn't give up, and all the witnesses he mentioned earlier were taken to hell for questioning. Li Ergou was also among them. He had his tongue pulled out for slandering Shu, and then another ghost sent him to sew it up again. The bark was worse than that of a pig to be slaughtered.
Seeing that they were not good, Yushu was relieved, and secretly thought happily: This King Yama is as I thought, he is extremely fair, and he knows everything that happens in the world. Anyone who intends to lie in front of him has to be weighed. When I meet him again in the future, I must not say a word of nonsense.
A group of people waited for the executions one by one, and those who had their yang lifespan were sent to the eighteenth hell, and those whose yang lifespan had not expired were put back. King Yama stood up and wanted to leave, but he seemed to think of something and asked again, "I know that the next time I'll be charged, it's this king. Why did you act so harshly during the interrogation in person? If you turned a blind eye to Li Gui and the others, you would not suffer such an innocent disaster."
There have also been people who have done evil and been caught in hell, and then released because of their ancestors’ accumulation of virtue. After returning to the sun, they have become great people. They help people when they see them, never ask why, and try their best to avoid conflict with anyone. But the man in front of him was just the opposite. The water chestnuts on his body were not smoothed, but sharper, which was a bit interesting to look at.
Youshu didn't even want to think about it, "Just let the wicked go because you're afraid of getting into trouble, and let them harm more common people and create more injustices is the real sin? In my opinion: let the common people always have To support, to teach the young, to depend on the poor, to help the poor, the widowed, the lonely, the sick and the sick; to have hope in despair, to find justice in the midst of grievances; to be able to eat and clothe, and to live in peace and joy , is the real blessing. Shen Wei applies powerful medicine, and in troubled times, he should use heavy code, treat wicked people without mercy, and treat good people with generosity and kindness. I ask myself that I have done nothing wrong, and I believe that you can see things clearly."
The last sentence was undoubtedly flattering, but that King Yama seemed very satisfied, his cold eyes melted a little, and then he left with a low smile.
I didn't expect this kid to be so good at talking, and he actually made the Lord of Netherworld laugh. The fourth prisoner shook his stiff neck and shoulders and went to open the shackles for You Shu. Although he was wearing a mask and could not see his expression, the admiration and envy in his eyes were very obvious.