Xu Zhiqiong asked Guan Xicheng to write a piece of complaint in prison and fingerprint it.
He followed Xue Yun to Hanyun Academy with the complaint.
Xu Zhiqiong asked to see the studio where Guan Xicheng lived. The owner of the school, whose surname was Yun, was a scholar.
Yun Xiucai had never seen Xu Zhiqiong and asked, "What do you two want to do in the studio?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I am the lawyer hired by Guan Xicheng. There is injustice in this case!"
Yun Xiucai sighed and said, "The county magistrate has already decided this case, so why are you here?"
"The county magistrate has sentenced the case, but the Ministry of Punishment has not yet reviewed it. Even if the Ministry of Punishment has reviewed it, Liang Daguan's family will still have to review it. Even if the case is brought to Liang Daguan's family, I will fight it to the end!"
After speaking, Xu Zhiqiong gave Guan Xicheng's paper to Yun Xiucai.
After Yun Xiucai finished reading, he sighed and said, "You are indeed a lawyer with integrity. Come on, I'll take you to see it!"
The three of them went to the Zhaishe. There were no traces of the case two months ago at the scene. Yun Xiucai said: "Three days after the incident, the county magistrate sent people over to clean up the place. He also said that this Zhaishe has been here for three years." No one is allowed to live there.”
The Xini County Magistrate is quite cautious and wants to destroy the evidence.
Xu Zhiqiong took away some pen and ink tablets and various books in the room, scraped some wall coverings from the walls, and took them with him.
Yun Xiucai said: "What are you going to do?"
Xu Zhiqiong took out two taels of silver and gave it to Yun Xiucai: "Don't ask any more questions, and don't tell anyone about this!"
Yun Xiucai pushed Xu Zhiqiong's hand away, shook his head and said: "I am a scholar, I don't want this money. I know that this kid Xicheng was wronged, and I only hope that you, the litigant, can clear his name!"
The two left the school and walked on the road. Xue Yun said: "Shouldn't we tell Yun Xiucai about this? With our skills, do we still have to work hard to get a few things from the studio?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "What if I tell Yun Xiucai?"
"I'm afraid he will tell the county magistrate."
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "The county magistrate has known about it for a long time. Let's go to the county prison to visit Guan Xicheng. Can he not receive the news?"
"If he receives the information, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle. You don't know how powerful he and Xini are!"
Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile: "There are some people who are better at making peace with each other than him, just wait and see."
"What if he is scared and defensive?"
"If he knew how to be afraid, he might still be able to keep this black gauze hat!"
Xue Yun smiled and said: "You really want to go to the Ministry of Punishment to file a complaint, will you win?"
Before Xu Zhiqiong could answer, Yun Xiucai suddenly chased after him: "Two heroes, move slowly!"
Xue Yun sighed: "When trouble comes, I know this old scholar won't let it go."
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Yun Xiucai and said, "What else can I do?"
Yun Xiucai hesitated for a while and asked, "Can I let me take another look at the complaint?"
Xu Zhiqiong frowned: "What do you think it does?"
Yun Xiucai gritted his teeth and his eyes were red: "On the night of the incident, I was in the school. Those people were vicious. I was timid and didn't come out to help Xicheng. This complaint, please give me your thumbprint. If the prosecutor goes to the Ministry of Punishment to file a complaint, I would like to Go and testify!”
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and praised: "The scholars of Daxuan have not broken their spines!"
Yun Xiucai pressed his fingerprints, and Xu Zhiqiong and Xue Yun went to Guan Xicheng's home.
Guan Xicheng's father died early, and fortunately his family was still well off. However, in order to fight this lawsuit these days, Mr. Liu sold off all his family property. Now there is only a shabby house left, without even a bed in it.
Mrs. Liu was lying on the straw mat recovering from her injuries. Today she went to the Yamen to complain to Guan Xicheng, but was beaten twenty times by the county magistrate and crawled all the way back.
Mrs. Liu was not afraid when she saw two strangers entering the house.
If you are not afraid of death anymore, what else is there to be afraid of?
Xu Zhiqiong squatted next to the straw mat and showed the paper to Liu, who asked, "What is this?"
She can't read.
Xu Zhiqiong read the petition to Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu rolled down from the straw mat after hearing half of it and wanted to kowtow to Xu Zhiqiong.
"Get up, don't kneel!"
Xue Yun looked at Xu Zhiqiong and found that he was particularly disgusted by others kneeling down.
Mrs. Liu said with tears in her eyes: "You two heroes, do you want to avenge my child? I don't know where you two gods came from. You can take whatever you want from my house. To put it shamelessly, I am three years old this year."
Sixteen, not yet forty, you can sell me, you two strong men, I kowtow to you, kowtow to you!"
Mrs. Liu cried heartbreakingly, and Xu Zhiqiong said: "What's the use of crying? Put your fingerprint on the pleading paper. On the day of retrial of the case, you have to go and go in good shape!"
Ms. Liu is of little help to this case, but she has to live. Only if she lives can Guan Xicheng have the courage to live.
Xu Zhiqiong left ten taels of silver for Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu didn't dare to ask for it. Xu Zhiqiong said angrily: "Just take it for you. Do you know where Qiu Yueze lives?"
After the accident, Qiu Yueze was still studying for the exam in the county town, but the school no longer accepted him and he rented a house by himself.
At night, while Qiu Yueze was still reading under the lamp, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly appeared in front of him.
Qiu Yueze, who was very skilled, stood up suddenly and said, "Who are you?"
Xu Zhiqiong raised his foot and kicked him to the ground. He looked down at him and said, "I am Guan Xicheng's friend. Do you know why I came to you?"
Qiu Yueze got up, lowered his head and said, "I can't help him. You can hit me, scold me, or kill me."
Xu Zhiqiong sneered and said: "What you said is somewhat conscientious. Why didn't you testify for Guan Xicheng in the first place?"
"I went to testify. The incident happened because of me. How can I not tell the truth? But the county magistrate said that I had nothing to do with this case and beat me out. Now I can't wait to pay for Xicheng's life!"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "Let me ask you, why did you form a relationship with Geng Dejun in the first place?"
Qiu Yueze said: "I was listening to music in Goulan during the day. I fought with him over a dancer. At first he suffered a loss, but then he found someone else. I was afraid and found a place to hide. Who
I know it will harm Xicheng."
"Do you know the people he is looking for?"
"I know a few of them. One of them is Xie An, who is a famous troublemaker in the county."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Write down what you knew that day and use it as testimony."
…
Xie An was having dinner at home, and he was the only one at the table.
When he was eating, his wife and three children had to watch on the floor. Only when he was full could his wife and children be served to the table. This was the rule he set.
Today he came back a little late and ate late. The three-year-old child couldn't bear to be hungry and secretly took a piece of tofu on the table to eat.
When Xie An saw it, he kicked the child down and cursed: "Damn, there are no rules at all."
The child was lying on the ground crying loudly. Xie An stepped forward, grabbed the child's hair and slapped him in the face: "You cry? You cry! Hold it back!"
The child kept being beaten and couldn't hold it back. Xie An was angry and raised his fist. His wife stepped forward to stop her, but was knocked over by his punch. Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, but he hit her back.
Xu Zhiqiong punched him on the bridge of the nose first. Xie An covered his nose with tears streaming down his face: "Who are you? How dare you hit me? The bridge of my nose..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward, grabbed his hair, pushed him to the ground, and punched him several times.
Xie An's mouth was twisted because of the hammer, and he cried loudly: "Grandpa, don't hit me. I, I don't recognize you. You hit the wrong person!"
Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Cry! Cry again! Hold it back!"
Xie An couldn't hold it in anymore, so Xu Zhiqiong kicked him in the mouth twice, and he couldn't hold it in anymore.
His wife and children were frightened and wanted to run out the door. Xue Yun blocked the way and said: "Don't run, it's none of your business. Just stay here."
Xu Zhiqiong grabbed Xie An's hair and asked: "Two months ago, you followed Geng Dejun and beat Guan Xicheng?"
Xie An nodded and said, "Master Geng is my friend. You should consider this good man..."
Xu Zhiqiong pushed Xie An to the ground, and then kicked his face. Xie An cried, "I'm convinced, grandpa, I'm convinced..."
"Hold it back!"
Xie An held back, and Xu Zhiqiong then asked: "Do you know how to read?"
"No, I don't recognize it."
Xu Zhiqiong said to Xue Yun: "Write it for him. Write down everything that happened that night and ask him to fingerprint it."
After writing the testimony and pressing the fingerprints, Xu Zhiqiong and Xue Yun had just left, and Xie An was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger.
He turned around and pushed his wife down, punching and kicking her: "Tell me, where did this person come from? Did you bring it on? You bitch, did you..."
Xu Zhiqiong came back, suddenly grabbed Xie An's hair, pushed him to the ground and slapped his face.
"Grandpa, I know I was wrong!" Xie An howled in a hissing voice.
Xu Zhiqiong beat him harder and harder: "You cry! Still crying! Hold it back!"
…
After collecting several testimonies in succession, it was late at night, and Xu Zhiqiong and Xue Yun found an inn to stay.
The inn was very close to the county government office. Xu Zhiqiong was used to staying up late, so he was not in a hurry to sleep. He went to the small dark room first and relived the scene of the night of the incident. The scene at that time was exactly the same as what Guan Xicheng had described.
He found another mouse and went to the county government office to investigate.
The county magistrate Tian Jinping didn't sleep either and was discussing matters with the county magistrate.
"What are the origins of those two people who went to the prison to find Guan Xicheng?"
The county magistrate said: "We are still investigating. They are all foreigners. One is named Yunxu. I heard that he lives in our county. The other one doesn't even know his name. He seems to be a lawyer."
"Litigator?" Tian Jinping said angrily, "He is clearly a litigator who wants to make evil people cause trouble for this county!"
"Sir, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
"Go to Yunxu's house and bring his family to the Yamen to stay for a few days."
This is a common method used by Tianzhi County. Some evil people do not know how to live or die, but as long as their family members are caught, they will behave a lot.
The county magistrate was in trouble again: "This Yunxu has no family and is a bachelor!"
Tian Jinping said angrily: "Even if his family is not here, this person must have an origin. He must find out for me within three days!"
"The whereabouts of these two people are elusive and difficult to trace," the county magistrate looked troubled, "Sir, how about we take a look at Guan Xicheng's case again."
"What are you looking at!" Tian Jinping said with wide eyes, "Are you saying that the county made a wrong judgment?"
"But he did..."
"What's wrong? Wasn't he the one who killed the person? Shouldn't he pay for his life with his life? Do you think Guan Xicheng was wronged? There were so many people in the workshop that night, why did Geng Dejun hit him instead of hitting others? A slap in the face couldn't make a sound, but Guan Xicheng didn't do anything.
No injustice!”
"But among them..."
"Stop talking about the things involved. Who can tell clearly what is right and wrong," Tian Jinping waved his hand, "This county is in charge of peace. It is worthy of the emperor's favor and conscience. In everything, the overall situation should be the most important thing. How can it be tolerated?"
Is it true that a young person makes short remarks and makes false remarks?"
The county magistrate nodded repeatedly: "That's what your Excellency said."
"Go and find out the origins of these two people. Let's discuss it tomorrow!"
…
Xu Zhiqiong stayed away all night, and Yang Wu sat in the yard, feeling uneasy.
Why are you worried? Do I have any intention?
Yang Wu asked himself, it seems that there really is no such thing.
The fog was so heavy tonight that the Hanging Flower Gate (the door between the front yard and the main yard) could not be seen from the main courtyard. Yang Wu always felt that something was going to happen.
There was a rustle in the front yard, as if there were footsteps.
Yang Wu bravely walked to the front yard, passed the hanging flower gate, and looked around in the front yard, but saw no one.
In the main courtyard, there was an unburned paper figurine, which slowly opened its eyes.
Under the mist, the paper man walked slowly towards the hanging flower door.
Yang Wu was still patrolling the front yard, unprepared for what was behind him.
The paper man came behind Yang Wu, stretched out his hands, and had ten nails, which grew to two inches long in the blink of an eye.
The nails slowly stretched towards the back of Yang Wu's head. Yang Wu suddenly raised his head, and a figure appeared in front of his eyes!
"Who! Who is coming! Here! Sit down!" Yang Wu was frightened and said several words at once.
"What are you shouting for? You're shocked!" Xue Yun came and was also startled by Yang Wu.
Yang Wu let out a sigh of relief: "Why are you here? Where is Ma Shangfeng?"
"Judge Ma can't come back yet. It's a bit cold in Shanxun County. I'll bring some clothes for Judge Ma."
Yang Wu shook his head and said: "There are no clothes here, his clothes are all in the mortal world."
"That's all, I'll buy him one."
Yang Wudao: "You are not in a hurry to leave. If you are not in a hurry, stay here for one night and accompany me to relieve your boredom."
He wanted to find someone to keep him company.
Xue Yun shook his head and said: "Urgent, there is a lot to do, I have to leave now."
"Then you go, I won't send you off!" Yang Wu returned to the main courtyard and sat down.
Xue Yun stood in the front yard for a moment, raised his head, looked at the fog around him, and whispered: