"Zhen Changrong, a humble official, would like to welcome the two imperial envoys!"
Zhen Changrong was still a step ahead and arrived at the county government office first. As soon as he walked in, he saw the imperial envoy's flag. He hurriedly led the chief bookkeeper, county commissioner, Dianshi, inspection and other officials to kneel outside the gate of the county government office.
At this time, the news of the imperial envoy's arrival also spread like wildfire among the crowd, and the streets outside the county government office were filled with fearful and curious people watching the excitement.
Call!
The driver tightened the reins and the carriage stopped.
A foot wearing an official boot stepped out, and Zhen Changrong instantly felt as if he was shrouded in a huge shadow. His whole body trembled, and he knelt down even more humbly.
When Bao Zhao got off the carriage, what he saw was a group of officials with their heads buried in the soil and their buttocks raised higher than their backs. He suddenly looked disgusted.
"Are you Jurong County? Raise your head and speak!" Bao Zhao growled.
Zhen Changrong was shaking so much that his arms could no longer support him. He only felt the urge to urinate. He suppressed the fear in his heart and raised his head.
"Hehe!" He forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "I don't know if the two imperial envoys are here. Long live this humble position."
Hearing this, Bao Zhao's face became even more disgusted, and he sneered, "Are you also a Jinshi? Ha!"
After saying that, he rolled his sleeves and entered the county government office.
Zheng Ci, the minister of Dali Temple, had no expression on his face, but said in a cold tone, "Jurong County, get up and come in with me!"
"Thank you, sir!" Zhen Changrong got up on his hands and knees, "Your Majesty, please have tea in the backyard!"
"What else are you drinking tea for? Are you here to drink tea as an official?" An angry scolding came from inside the county government office, "The lobby of the county government office is a drum-beating hall!"
At this time, the escort officers and others who followed the two imperial guards shouted to the crowd on the long street.
"Your Majesty has learned that there is an unjust case involving the Wang family in Jurong County. He specially ordered Minister Bao Bao of the Ministry of Punishment and Zheng Zheng, Minister of Dali Temple, to come and investigate."
"The two imperial envoys will be in the county government hall, and you and other common people can listen!"
After saying that, a group of soldiers armed with weapons took control of the county government office like wolves and tigers.
The people watching on the long street suddenly turned into boiling water after a short period of silence.
~~
Dong-dong-dong, the drumsticks at the gate of the county government office sounded, and people poured into the county government office like a tide. After a while, it was filled with water.
If the soldiers hadn't tried their best to maintain the situation, they might have rushed right under Bao Zhao's nose. Moreover, the crowd behind them was still chattering non-stop.
Bao Zhao stood in the lobby and glanced at the plaque hanging high on the head of the magistrate's chair.
Then he raised his hand to Zheng Ci and said, "Brother Zheng, please!"
Zheng Ci also cupped his hands and said, "Please!"
Then the two imperial envoys, Da Ma Jin Dao, sat side by side in the usual seats of the county magistrate.
Zhen Changrong and others stood in the hall with their heads lowered and worried. He was not the only one who was frightened. Basically, all the officials in Jurong County were sweating profusely.
Within a few breaths, his forehead was covered with sweat.
"quiet!"
A high-ranking chief of the Qing Duan Department of the Ministry of Punishments shouted loudly, "When the imperial envoys ascend to the court, there is no need to make any noise!"
In the lobby, it suddenly became quiet.
"I am Dr. Bao Zhao, the Imperial Censor of the Ministry of Punishment, and I have come here to investigate the case under the imperial orders." As he said this, Bao Zhao looked at Zhen Changrong, who was already unsteady on his feet, "Now, I have something to ask you!"
Poof, Zhen Changrong knelt down again and kept kowtowing. His lips kept moving, but no sound came out.
"There is a citizen in Jurong County, Queen Si Qiao, who is suing Mr. Li for rape. Is there anything wrong with that?" Bao Zhao asked loudly.
"Yes...yes!" Zhen Changrong shivered for a long time before he said.
"Wang filed a lawsuit against Li for adultery, but Jurong County ruled him guilty of adultery. Is this true?"
Suddenly, Zhen Changrong fell softly, like mud, "Yes!"
Bao Zhao was furious when he saw how ugly he was.
But he still suppressed his anger and said, "What evidence do you have for your conviction of adultery? Then Li, have you ever interrogated him in detail?"
Zhen Changrong's heartbeat seemed to be in his throat. He was speechless and felt his head was buzzing.
"Hey, answer me!"
With a bang, Baozhao slapped the wood in the hall.
"Yeah!" Suddenly, Zhen Changrong felt a mouthful of phlegm blocking his chest, his vision went dark, his body tilted, and he fainted.
When Bao Zhao saw this, he was speechless for a moment.
After a moment, he sighed, "What can I say to these officials?" Then he sighed again, "They are as harsh as tigers to the people, and as cowardly as rats to others. When they are officials, they are just official bugs. No.
, it’s an official maggot!”
Zheng Ci also shook his head and looked at the officials in the hall, "Where is the county magistrate?"
"The humble job... is here!"
"You tell me!" Zheng Ci said.
The county magistrate was in his early teens, with white hair, and said in a trembling voice, "I told the two imperial envoys that there is such a case."
After saying that, he calmed down and said, "The county magistrate personally conducted the trial that day, and in my humble position, I was just a spectator."
"Wang filed a complaint, but there was no evidence. She just cried."
"And Li said it was Wang's choice and could tell the story in detail."
"Li also said that Wang is just for money..."
Bao Zhao suddenly interrupted, "Have you ever tortured him?"
"No!" said the county magistrate, "Li is also a relative of the emperor, and he carries a high-ranking military cavalry officer. The county magistrate said that he cannot be tortured!"
"Then I ask you, why did you finally listen to Li and be sentenced to adultery?" Bao Zhao continued to ask.
"This..." The county magistrate hesitated for a moment, looked at it, and said, "I only found out about it after the fact. The magistrate said that there is no solid evidence for this kind of case."
"Both parties hold different opinions, and there is no way to tell the difference. Moreover, Mr. Li wanted to settle the matter and said he was willing to compensate the Wang family. The county magistrate probably thought that one more thing is worse than one less thing, so..."
"Imperial Envoy, Your Majesty!" At this time, Zhen Changrong suddenly woke up again and shouted, "The humble position is really handled impartially. There is indeed no evidence to prove that Li committed adultery. The Wang family is a citizen and Li is an official. It is the duty of the people to complain to the officials.
..."
"Shut up!" Bao Zhao yelled angrily, "If there is no solid evidence, then there is no need to investigate? If there is no evidence, then there is no need to investigate the case? What's the use of the government then?"
"How can the people sue the officials? This dynasty has laws. Even if there is no need to knock on the que, the people can still sue the officials!"
After saying that, he sneered twice and said, "Come here, bring Wang Sanqiao to the court, and then go find Wang Siqiao to come over!"
After he finished speaking, Wang Sanqiao, whose eyes were full of hatred, went to the hall and knelt down, looking at Zhen Changrong and others as if they were eating people.
Then Wang Sanqiao shouted, "Your Majesty, the little girl wants to sue Li for raping a common girl, and the Jurong County magistrate is bending the law for personal gain to protect the evildoer."
"Are you ready to sue the government from the people?" Zheng Ci said.
"If I could clear my wrongs, why would I regret this life? It's a pity that my sister was made unconscious by them." Wang Sanqiao cried.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, Wang Siqiao is a crazy person!" Zhen Changrong said loudly, "Because she is crazy, the humble official did not take her words into consideration!"
At the same time, he thought to himself, "If we can't find Wang Siqiao, there will be no master of suffering. How can we convict me without a master of suffering? At most, it is a dereliction of duty and a miscarriage of justice, but it is not a bending of the law for personal gain!"
"The emperor today is not like the Supreme Emperor, who skinned and cramped his entire family and beheaded them at every turn!"
But suddenly, he seemed to have seen a ghost.
I saw the crowd outside the county government office dispersing like a tide, and then a few soldiers in iron armor came up with two people.
The woman in front who only knew how to cry, crying heartbreakingly, who else could she be if she wasn't Wang Siqiao?
Isn’t that unkempt, bruised and swollen man in the back the same as his master?
Zhen Changrong was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out and his mind went blank.
Bao Zhao looked at him contemptuously, "When I first entered the official career, I worked as a supervisory censor in the local area. How can I be deceived by such methods?"
Downstairs, behind the soldiers who came up with the two men, a member of the Qian family stood up and said with cupped hands, "I would like to inform you, the Imperial Envoy, that I will follow Xietai's orders to find the Wang family in their home."
"At dawn today, unknown people came to take the Wang family hostage, but they were captured by the general!"
"And this master tried to escape through the west city gate, but he was caught by the general!"
"Hard!"
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"Ah! Ah!"
After Wang Siqiao went to the hall, he jumped up and down and screamed like crazy.
After seeing his sister Wang Sanqiao, he hid in her arms and calmed down.
"Sister, sister!"
The helpless cries made those who heard them really sad and those who saw them shed tears.
Wang Sanqiao hugged her sister and cried, "A girl from the common people is acting like this when she is frightened, but it is normal on weekdays!"
Bao Zhao's eyes were calm, "She will definitely be unable to speak like this. I will ask you again if you want to file a complaint on her behalf!"
"Yes!" Wang Sanqiao looked around and said decisively, "If we don't wash away our grievances, my sisters will be worse off than dead!"
As he spoke, he snorted coldly and looked at the crowd watching the excitement outside the county government office. "After the accident, everyone called my sister a bitch, making sarcastic remarks and making irresponsible remarks. Today I will let them see, what is the truth?"
"
"That's great!" Bao Zhao said expressionlessly, "Bring someone to attack Li Long!"
After the words fell, several more soldiers came in, pushing a gray-faced man in his twenties.
This man was indeed tall and tall, and showed great talent. He knelt down when he entered the hall and cried, "Your Majesty, I am wronged, wronged! I am a royal relative, how could I rape such a common girl? What kind of women do not have in my family? It is obvious that she is
She can't get money, so I'm falsely accusing her!"
"You still haven't regretted it when things happened!" Bao Zhao sneered, "Don't you know that your father has been escorted to Beijing?"
"Ah!" Li Long was stunned for a moment.
He was caught at home last night, so naturally he didn't know what happened to his father.
When I heard this, everyone was dumbfounded.
His confused eyes looked helplessly at the people around him, asking for help. Zhen Changrong couldn't hope for help, and everyone else lowered their heads and trembled.
Suddenly, he noticed his master's gaze.
The other person kept winking and shaking his head.
He understood what the other party meant and suddenly thought, "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, I am unjustly accused. They are making false accusations."
"It was Wang who seduced me..."
"Shut up!" Bao Zhao gave him a cold look, then turned to Wang Sanqiao calmly, "There is indeed no evidence in this case, and your sister has gone crazy and cannot be talked about."
"And the people you are suing are all officials, do you want to continue suing?"
Wang Sanqiao held her head high, hugged her sister, and said, "Sue!"
Bao Zhao nodded approvingly, "You said you wronged me, but I believe it, but it's a state law. I can't convict them without evidence just because I believe you."
"So, since you want to file a complaint, you have to take the last step!" He said, shouting, "Get on the nail board!"
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As the name suggests, a wooden board with nails.
The people complain to the officials and say they are wronged, but how to prove that you are wronged? That is to roll over the nail.
If the person making the complaint can risk his life, then there must be injustice.
Death proves injustice!
In fact, throughout the ages, even such a cruel method of proving injustice has not been available to many people.
Everyone is looking at Wang Sanqiao.
She let go of her sister who was holding her tightly, stood up resolutely, then looked at the people around her and smiled inexplicably.
The wooden boards are densely packed with nails that shine brightly, making people shudder.
But she looked at those nails with disdain.
"ah!"
She shouted loudly, closed her eyes and jumped forward fiercely, blood would be splashed in the next second.
"Woo!" The people watching the excitement outside the county government office all closed their eyes.
But the next second, the imagined pain did not come.
Wang Sanqiao's body still maintained a forward posture, and the two crossed water and fire sticks on her abdomen blocked her body, making her only one step away from those nails.
The head of the Cleaning Department of the Criminal Department slowly pulled Wang Sanqiao up and smiled at her.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, Wang has been proven wrong!" the chief shouted.
"The law of the land is above the law of nature! You are a weak woman, but you dare to risk your life to prove injustice. So what if I, the officer, can see you die on the spot?"
Bao Zhao picked up the Xingtang wood and slapped it fiercely, "Here comes someone!"
"exist!"
"Tear off the official uniforms of Zhen Changrong and all Jurong County officials!"
"Li Long will be punished if he commits a crime!"
"Here!"
This chapter has been completed!