While Ye Chengguan looked at Zhang Xiu and Xiao Wazi who were frightened in the hall, he waved to Dianshi Lu Xiuyuan.
When Lu Xiuyuan came closer, he asked in a low voice: "Is this Xiu Guo really Zhang Yuan's nephew?"
"indeed so."
Lu Xiuyuan replied quietly: "Xiaguan has gone to Maoyuan Village to verify that Zhang Yuan does have such a nephew in front of him. He has been living in the old house, but he will go to the village to visit Zhang Yuan from time to time. All the villagers in Maoyuan Village recognize him.
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After saying that, he looked at the little child who was crying silently in the hall, frowned and said: "As for this young master, I don't know. According to the villagers of Maoyuan Village, Zhang Yuan never mentioned any heirs in his family during his lifetime.
Case."
"So, Zhang Yuan is not from Maoyuan Village?"
Ye Chengguan asked.
"I moved to Maoyuan Village a few years ago because Maoyuan Village is close to the county seat and is convenient for doing business."
Lu Xiuyuan replied: "And the relationship between Zhang Yuan and the murderer Han Chun's family is not bad."
"If it's true, why did Han Chun kill Zhang Yuan?"
Ye Chengguan asked again.
Lu Xiuyuan replied: "According to Han Chun's account, it was because of some quarrels and manslaughter that occurred that year."
"I see."
Ye Chengguan nodded suspiciously.
Although the officials in the Yazhong believed that Han Chun had asked an expert for advice and deliberately hid Zhang Yuan's head, and only said it was manslaughter in his confession, he still felt that there were too many strange things about the case.
Since he had admitted to manslaughter, why did he hide the head?
And the behavior of the two cousins made him feel even weirder.
After thinking for a while, he reorganized his thoughts, looked at brother Zhang Xiu steadily, and deliberately tried to say: "Zhang Xiu, your uncle is dead, so Han Chun did not commit murder intentionally, but manslaughter. Do you think this is good?
This county released Han Chun and asked the Han family to try to raise a sum of money to compensate the Zhang family. What do you think of this county's decision?"
"big"
Zhang Xiu was in doubt.
The rest of the people were also surprised and almost cursed the dog officer.
“Please answer the county’s questions head-on.”
Ye Chengguan lowered his face and urged.
He didn't care about other people's eyes.
Zhang Xiu was startled and nodded hesitantly: "That's fine."
He raised his head and looked at the court with a solemn look, and then said in detail:
"The grassroots heard that the Han family is not rich. If Han Chun is killed, the Han family will not be able to get any more money. My uncle just moved to Maoyuan Village and several brothers from the Han family helped him a lot. I want to come to Han
It is true that Chun did not intend to kill his uncle, and Cao Min is not unreasonable. My uncle has been dead for so many years, and we cannot let Cao Min, his cousin, completely lose hope just for a moment of hatred."
"Clearly, clearly."
Ye Chenggui frowned and nodded.
He is really someone who can forget everything for money.
After some suspicion, he looked thoughtfully at the crying baby beside him: "Young master, do you agree with your brother's statement?"
The little guy's face was dirty, and he was wiping away a few dry tears while looking up at the crowd.
After looking at each other for a few seconds with Zhang Xiu, he turned to face the court and replied firmly: "Sir, I listen to my cousin."
"Very good."
Ye Chengguan pursed his lips and smiled bitterly: "Then how much money are you two brothers going to claim from the Han family?"
"Three to three hundred taels, maybe."
Zhang Xiu carefully looked at Ye Chengguan and said: "My cousin has just turned five years old. In the future, he will have to go to school, marry a wife and have children. The food, clothing, housing and transportation plus the betrothal gift from the future betrothal, building a new house, etc., there is no need to talk about it.
Got this number."
Ye Chengguan and everyone frowned when they heard this: They just had to support this little kid until he died.
Zhang Xiu felt that his explanation was not detailed enough, so he added: "My lords, there are three brothers in the Han family. Isn't it too much for a family to pool together a hundred taels of silver to save one life?"
"Hey, Zhang Xiu, are you seeking justice for your uncle today or are you here to find someone to extort money?"
Tang Haoran turned pale with anger and said angrily.
Ye Chengguan raised his hand in a calm tone: "It's indeed not too much. The county will go to discuss with the Han family in person. You two brothers should go back and wait for the news."
After that, he stood up and walked into the inner hall.
Lu Xiuyuan followed closely behind. He always felt that the magistrate's verdict today was a bit outrageous. How could he kill someone and only pay money to settle the matter.
If this continues, there will be no such thing as killing someone to pay for his life. It will become a way for rich people to use money to kill people to vent their anger.
He was about to open his mouth to persuade, but Ye Chengguan coldly threw out a few words: "Prepare your horses and go to Maoyuan Village."
Hua Rujin led her family to stroll around the south of the city for two hours. The entire Jiangling City was noisy in the afternoon, with everyone rushing to grab rice from the Meng family rice store.
Shu Jinxuan saw something was wrong, so he grabbed a passerby and asked, "Brother, are you all rushing to buy rice to go to Yuezhou to provide disaster relief?"
"What kind of disaster relief are you looking for? Today, the price of rice at the Mengjia Rice Shop is 20% lower than usual. Let's grab more and go home to stockpile."
After the man said that, he opened his hand and ran away, for fear of not being able to catch up.
"If this continues, I'm afraid the Meng family's rice business will really go bankrupt."
Shu Jinxuan looked at the dazzling brocade weakly. On his face, he seemed to sympathize with the Meng family's experience, but in his heart, he felt secretly happy.
The aunt of the second bedroom has fallen so hard this time that she has no intention of trying to embarrass her cousin again.
Listening to the noise everywhere, Hua Rujin just walked around with Cai Baiwei and Xiao Douding expressionlessly while shopping. When she saw the beautiful clothes and jewelry, she went in to look around.
Anyway, this is the Meng family's father and daughter asking for trouble, and they do not deserve sympathy.
I bought some clothes for my family of five in a ready-made clothing store, added some jewelry, and applied some rouge. Watching the setting sun, I headed to the Jinhu Tower on the riverside.
This restaurant and the other four most famous restaurants in the south outer area of Jiangling City are all government-owned and privately owned. However, what is different from other places is that although Jinhu Restaurant also recruits some singing girls and piano players, they are all just for show.
Therefore, this place is no longer just a place for men to talk and laugh, but also a place where wealthy women with money and leisure often come to relax and listen to music.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw a young man leading a half-grown baby walking in with a cheerful face.
As the young man walked away, he happily praised the little baby in front of him: "You performed well today. I will reward you well. But next time you go to the court, you have to cry more realistically. The county magistrate is new here."
Yes, he looks like a stupid young man who is easy to deceive, but I found that the county magistrate next to him is probably an old fox who will not be able to deceive him, so I have to be more cautious."
After hearing this, the little baby quickly nodded in obedience.
When the two of them realized that Hua Rujin was following them, Shu Jinxuan and his party immediately stopped talking, lowered their heads, and strode into the restaurant.
Hua Rujin felt puzzled when she heard:
Why don’t I think the new magistrate is an easy deceiver?
Could it be that the person named Ye is just comparing every dollar with me, paying too much attention to my affairs and being wary of everything?
Glancing in the direction where the big one and the small one disappeared, Hua Rujin suddenly frowned.
Cai Baiwei also heard some clues: "The two people seemed to be talking about Mr. Ye just now, right?"
"I think I went to court to get an advantage and behaved well."
Shu Jinxuan sighed: "Young Master Ye has just taken office, so it is difficult for him to understand everything clearly. Moreover, I see that these two people will not do any shameful things without hiding it from the government. After all, the younger one is only a few years old."
"maybe."
Hua Rujin didn't care about the matter anymore, picked up little Muyang and walked inside: "Let's go in too."
As soon as we entered the door, there were many freshly prepared dishes placed on the table. The fragrant taste made the two little beans drool.
Hua Youen pointed to the steaming big pig's knuckle on the table and shouted: "Aniang, Aniang, I want to eat that."
Cai Baiwei was so anxious that she quickly stopped Xiaodouding's restless little hands: "That's for watching the food, not eating."
"Yes, we will ask the store to make one for you later."
Hua Rujin also echoed.
In my impression, these days, the custom of looking at the food and watching the banquet is retained in all banquets held by the dignitaries and the common people.
Although most restaurants have wooden menus hanging at the door, they also prepare some dishes in advance so that diners can understand the various dishes at a glance.