Two half-hundred-year-old men came out of the crowd and knelt on the ground.
When Zhao Kuan saw it, he immediately stopped kneeling and asked them to stand and reply.
The two old men simply stood up, then handed over their hands and told Zhao Kuan their names.
Zhao Kuan lowered his head and glanced at the reason for their appeal. He felt helpless and asked, "Didn't Li Zheng mediate your dispute?"
The two old men said angrily: "I don't agree with Li Zheng's mediation."
"That's right, he's totally trying to make peace with himself."
"Okay," Zhao Kuan asked, "Zheng Laozhang, since you are the one filing the complaint, you should speak first."
The two old men were fighting over a piece of vegetable land. They were both survivors of Luoyang who had returned to Luoyang. The difference was that the place of return this time was in Zheng Laozhang's village. The two old men met when they were fleeing. The two families fled together.
some feelings.
Another old man's surname was Fang. His previous village had too few people and was invaded by the rebels. The houses were dilapidated and difficult to live in, so he followed the yamen's choice and went to Mr. Zheng's village, which was divided next to Zheng's house.
Lived in an old house.
Because both families had a small family, in response to Zhao Hanzhang's suggestion, the two families paired up and worked together.
To show their closeness, the Zheng family generously took out the vegetable plot that had been sown at home, weeded and hoed the land with the Fang family, and gave them half of the vegetable plot.
As a result, not long after the vegetable field was opened, the two families started to quarrel over the types of seeds to be sown next year. Zhao Kuan asked a few questions and understood that the people who had the disagreement were actually Mr. Zheng and Mr. Fang. Their families were very casual.
, doesn’t care what vegetables the neighbors grow.
But the two old men were different. They were very stubborn. One insisted on planting the same vegetables, and the other insisted on planting different ones. Then Zheng Laozhang decided not to play with Fang Laozhang, so he wanted to give it to Fang Laozhang.
The vegetable plot was recovered.
Of course, Mr. Fang refused. This vegetable field was overgrown with weeds before. The two of them weeded and loosened the soil together. Why should he take it back when he said it would be taken back?
Moreover, there is no reason to take back something that has been given away.
So Mr. Fang only promised not to play with Mr. Zheng anymore, but it was impossible to take back the vegetable plot.
Zhao Kuan's head is about to grow old. What he fears most is this kind of case where the public is right and the mother-in-law is right. Alas, it seems that things are not going well here, and the case has been brought to the county government.
But Zhao Kuan still mediated for the two of them, the soft one came first, and after persuading them to relax their defenses a little, he decided that the vegetable land that had been given to the Fang family still belonged to the Fang family, and it was up to the Fang family to grow whatever they wanted.
Decide that neighbors should understand each other and help each other. It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. In the future, each other will need to take care of each other.
Zhao Kuan asked the Fang family to send some vegetable seeds to the Zheng family, and the matter was over.
Mr. Zheng and Mr. Fang murmured twice, but still agreed, expressing their acceptance of the county magistrate's judgment.
It's just that the two sides were still a little awkward. They turned their heads to one side, not looking at each other, and just turned their heads left and right as they walked out.
Zhao Kuan continued, and people were called to the hall one after another. There were all kinds of disputes, as small as neighborhood family disputes, as big as people complaining to officials.
The person kneeling on the ground at this time was suing a minor official from the governor's office.
"...Then Chen Dalang relied on the influence of his younger brother Chen Erlang and insisted on taking my sister as his concubine." The man kneeling on the ground wiped his tears and said: "The young man sent by the school to help the village said that this matter should be reported to the police.
The county prince will definitely make the decision for me, and the county prince will not just sit idly by and do nothing."
"But I just had this idea. I don't know how they knew about it. They sent people to stop me at the entrance of the village and beat me. I lay at home for four or five days. I had to run out early this morning with the help of people from the school.
Report to the official."
When Zhao Kuan heard this, he was so angry that he was stunned and asked: "Do you know this matter?"
"Chen Li is the uncle of brothers Chen Dalang and Chen Erlang. Naturally, he knows it. He also brought people to my house to smash things and told me not to talk nonsense outside."
Zhao Kuan's face turned cold.
Zhao Hanzhang, who was watching, also turned cold.
Zhao Kuan looked aside and summoned two government officials, "Go to Xiaochenzhuang immediately and summon both Li Zheng and Chen Dalang for questioning. Be smart and ask a few more people."
Wang Siniang on the side immediately said: "County Lord, I will take them there."
Zhao Kuan frowned and looked at her, "Someone died on the east side of the city. The county captain has taken people to investigate the case. We will meet the Chen family and the Xiao family later. Xiao Chenzhuang can just let the two Yamen go."
Wang Siniang: "I'm worried that they won't investigate carefully and will be fooled by the Chen family. This matter involves the governor's office and the envoy. If it's not handled well, I'm afraid it will arouse public anger."
Zhao Kuan thought so, but he didn't want to face the crying Xiao family and Chen family alone.
He sighed and waved his hand to let her go.
Wang Siniang became happy, immediately put down her pen and left with the two yamen servants.
This case could not be decided at once, so Zhao Kuan asked the government officials to take away the young man who complained.
The young man trembled and asked: "The county, the county king, are you going to hit me?"
"What's wrong with you?"
The young man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "The villagers said that if you file a complaint, you will be punished."
Zhao Kuandao said: "The governor of Zhao is exempted from this regulation. Anyone who files a complaint under the rule of Yuzhou and Luoyang, whether he files a complaint against a superior, a wife files a lawsuit against her husband, or a son files a lawsuit against his parents, does not need to be punished."
This article has also been announced, but in the past six months or so, Zhao Hanzhang has often announced some things, which not everyone can remember, so most people still don't know.
Seeing that the young people in the hall and the onlookers were all bright-eyed, Zhao Kuan said slowly and honestly: "However, although there is no need for punishment, if it is found that it is a false accusation for the lower body to accuse the superior, then he will be punished for the crime of false accusation.
That’s more than just hitting the boards.”
The young man immediately said: "It's not a false accusation, County Lord. I definitely didn't make a false accusation. This matter has caused quite a stir in our village. Many people can be my witnesses."
Zhao Kuan nodded and waved him off. Then he looked at the time and saw that the Chen family had been sitting on the mat waiting, so he decided to continue the interrogation on an empty stomach.
He said to the government officials: "Bring the Xiao family and Chen family here."
The two families who were caught fleeing were the Xiao family and the Chen family, while the Chen family crying in the lobby was from another family, and they were brothers to the captured family. They came to plead for mercy and let Zhao Kuan be released.
The two families were brought out of the prison in a state of embarrassment and disgrace. When they met twice, the Xiao family was somewhat related to theirs, so they huddled together and cried.
The main event was coming, and the young man standing next to Zhao Hanzhang became energetic and stared with bright eyes.
He clicked his tongue twice and said with some admiration: "I didn't expect County Magistrate Zhao to actually hear the case in court. I thought he would hear the verdict secretly."
Zhao Hanzhang stood with his hands folded and asked: "What's so special about this case? Why can't it be tried justly?"