Watching Hua Rujin and Shu Jinxuan leaving, Ye Chengkuan held a few pleadings in his hand and hesitantly asked Ting An: "How many daughters does the Hua family have?"
"That's a lot. The Hua family already has..."
Just as Ting'an was about to elaborate, Ye Chengkuan interrupted him uncertainly: "The Hua family...six rooms?"
I remember meeting Liufang’s daughter at the county government office when I was a child.
It's just that after so many years, the memory is already a little blurry.
"Oh, it seems they are two girls and one son."
Ting'an was also a little unclear. The old lady rarely mentioned anything about the Hua family in her previous letters.
"Who am I engaged to?"
Ye Chengguan suddenly became curious.
"I'm afraid it's this one. I also remember that she's the lady from the Sixth Fang. I just heard from the old lady that the Sixth Fang was married to the Dou family."
Ting An replied meticulously: "But the other two children of the sixth master of the Hua family are said to have been born in the past two years. They are just baby babies now. When the master got engaged to the Hua family, the second young lady was not yet born."
Ye Chengguan suddenly realized: "Then go home today..."
It seems that I wrongly blamed her before.
This woman did not go there for a wedding.
It's just that she didn't mention the mirror at all, so she remained calm.
Ting'an shook his head blankly, as if he didn't know what kind of monsters the two people he saw earlier were.
In comparison, he felt that the young lady from the Hua family was much more pleasing to the eye than the mother and daughter.
In a blink of an eye, Ding An saw the short two-line complaint in the young master's hand, and was stunned: "Young Master, this is also considered a complaint? It has to be formatted or not, it has to be..."
"Well, the format doesn't matter, as long as you can understand it."
Ye Chengguan smiled calmly.
Although he had just taken office, he had heard many good stories when he was in Beijing. Many litigants were able to turn around a major settled case with just a few pleadings.
I didn't expect that the daughter of the Hua family was so smart. She could tell the key points with her simple twenty-digit numbers, which was much smarter than the talkative lawyers she had seen.
Ting'an was a little worried: "Sir, I have heard some things about the Dou family in the city these days. The Dou member is a well-known philanthropist in our county. He is highly valued by Magistrate Liu.
I have been congratulating you for the past two days, and I have also specifically warned you about the Dou family. Doesn’t this mean that you are trying to embarrass Magistrate Liu?"
"Thousands of taels of silver were spent for no reason. If he gets a fair verdict, why bother to do so? It's obvious that he interfered with this case."
Ye Chengguan recalled his contact with Liu Cheng in the past two days. There were dozens of backlogged cases in the county. He did not mention any of them but only mentioned the Dou family's marriage, which showed that he had something hidden in his heart.
"Young Master said that, and I think it's really strange."
Ting'an said: "This morning when I came to the county government to set up a carriage, I saw Lu Dianshi leading someone out. He said that the second son of Mr. Dou's mother-in-law wanted to do something unfaithful to his brother and sister, and was injured. Mr. Dou was always kind to others, but he
Only Dou Erlang cannot discipline his own son well. If Dou Erlang is so virtuous, I am afraid that I will not be much better. If he is really kind-hearted, he should be very compassionate and should not forcefully hold on to a boy who has barely passed the age of hairpin.
A young, weak woman was left a widow at home, and I heard that this time she was forced to die."
I thought that the Hua family had canceled the marriage with the young master because they had a better family, but I didn't expect that they married into the Dou family. This is really puzzling.
Ye Chengguan listened to the bookboy's ramblings, but his eyes were lost in the complaint: I was widowed on the day of my thirteenth marriage, and my uncle was a widower. I was in a dilemma, so I told him to return home.
Every word is like iron, and every word is sharp and sharp.
How can such a portal allow a young woman to maintain her integrity with peace of mind?
There is probably something wrong with holding people hostage.
While he was thinking, he suddenly saw the county magistrate Tang Haoran and the magistrate Lu Xiuyuan hurried in with all the officials in the office. The sound of complicated footsteps suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
"Your Excellency, you are so diligent. I heard that you joined the county government before the sun rises. The lower officials are really ashamed."
County Magistrate Tang Haoran secretly glanced sideways at the complaint in his hand and complimented with a smile.
Ye Chengguan raised his eyes unhurriedly and glanced at the county magistrate who was speaking. His gentle eyes gradually turned dark: "The county government has a backlog of countless old cases, including dozens of missing persons cases. As a child, there are so many cases."
If one of the parents cannot find these young sons and girls earlier, how can the county feel at ease?"
"Your Excellency acted vigorously and resolutely. In just a few days, I found out the whereabouts of many missing people from the captured people. I believe it won't be long before they can be found and reunited with their families."
Tang Haoran continued to maintain a flattering smile on his face and answered cautiously.
"But...there are still more than a dozen cases of missing girls with no trace, right?"
Ye Chengguan looked solemn and picked up a case file on the desk, his face even more cold: "There is also an old case of a wealthy businessman from a neighboring county who disappeared in this county. I heard that the family members of the victim have been pleading for many years to no avail. It sounds like it is
It’s heart-wrenching.”
Hearing this, everyone frowned.
I don’t know if he is alluding to the previous magistrate’s inability to handle the case, or if he is trying to knock you all.
Seeing that no one answered, the atmosphere in the hall also darkened. Ye Chengguan immediately changed his expression and said with a pleasant smile: "Master Dou came at the right time. After all, you and Dou Yue, the famous scholar in our county, are still from the same family.
I'll ask you to go there in person and send the approval documents for the Hua family's daughter's remarriage license to two places."
"this......"
Several people seemed particularly embarrassed.
Tang Haoran quickly reminded: "Sir, Magistrate Liu has already made a decision on this matter. If you rashly change the verdict of this case, wouldn't you make things difficult for Magistrate Liu?"
After a pause, he continued: "Besides, the girl from the Hua family is married to the matchmaker of the Dou family. Logically speaking, this is a family matter of the Dou family and the government should not interfere."
"Since the official wife is married to a matchmaker, how can there be any reason for the official wife to die for others?"
Ye Chengguan's face gradually turned sullen: "If this precedent is set, how many more women will be forced to death throughout the county in the future?"
One sentence can render people speechless.
"Furthermore, even a chaste woman should do it voluntarily. Is there any reason why she should be forced by her husband's family?"
He was full of contempt for this behavior.
"The young lady of the Dou family has completed the mourning period for her deceased husband. She is no more than a hairpin and has no heirs. It is up to her to decide whether to stay or go. Why did the Dou family detain someone based on a marriage certificate? If a married woman happened to be a daughter-in-law, uncle
My sister-in-law has committed adultery, incest, and other scandals that are immoral. If the county knows about it and refuses to judge her, will I blame you, the county magistrate, or will I let the county be punished?"
I have long heard that the county magistrate Tang Haoran has a close relationship with Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng's official career is not upright and he has been promoted through flattery and flattery. This guy will protect him.
Ye Chengguan's eyebrows flashed, and he angrily threw the complaint in his hand at his face.
Tang Haoran looked at the eye-catching twenty-cross complaint with dull eyes, and his heart was frightened: The scandal of Erlang of the Dou family is already known to everyone. If he continues to be partial, something worse will really happen, and it will be impossible to pursue him.
It's your own responsibility.
A stiff smile emerged from the corner of his mouth. He picked up the complaint and handed it back to the desk respectfully. He smiled flatteringly and said, "What you are trying to teach me is that your subordinates will personally go to Dou Mansion and advise Dou to act according to orders. After all, in this world,
There is no talk of ghosts and gods, I think it must be someone pretending to be a ghost to scare people."
Then, he signaled to the chief clerk, Dou Yiheng, and the official, Lu Xiuyuan, and led the clerks out together.
Ye Chengguan listened to the second half of his words and seemed to have something to say.
However, he never paid attention to heresies such as ghosts and gods. He looked at Ting An with a faint gaze and asked, "Are all the books I want available?"
Ting An frowned: "I went to several bookstores, and there are many books on the book list that the young master made."
Ye Chengguan thought for a while: "I heard that the Ningyuan Bookstore in the south of the city has the most complete collection of books. I will go there in person after finishing my official business later."