The yamen on both sides shouted at the same time in coordination with the gavel: "Mighty!"
The two servants from Wanfu originally came to the county government office to file a complaint with the second son. Who would have thought that they would encounter such a scene. They were beaten first, and then frightened by Hu Xiaotian's official power. At this time, they were already out of their minds. They knelt down.
Lying on the ground, he said with a trembling voice: "Sir...it's unfair..."
Hu Xiaotian pointed at one of the servants and said, "Tell me the story of how you discovered the second young master honestly and truthfully. If you dare to tell a lie, I will definitely prevent you from walking out of here alive."
Naked/naked threats can be effective most of the time.
The servant was so frightened that he kowtowed and said: "Your Excellency Mingjian, I... Zhao Liang and I were on duty the night before. During the second watch, we patrolled near the east chamber and found a black-clothed and masked man on the ground... We thought it was a burglar.
, but when the veil was lifted, it turned out to be... the second young master."
Another servant named Zhao Liang said: "Sir, what Guo Biao said is true. We found out that the second young master hurriedly reported the news to the eldest young master, and then we were busy hiring doctors from all over the second young master..."
Hu Xiaotian knew the situation best that night. He was the one who knocked Wan Tingsheng unconscious with a blow, and he was also the one who dragged Wan Tingsheng to the east chamber and threw him there. As for what happened next, he was not clear about it. He sneered at the moment: "It seems that I won't give it."
You are not willing to tell the truth during your torture. When you found the second young master, you thought he was a snitch, and you just said that the second young master fell on his head after drinking. Which one is true and which one is false?"
The two servants were speechless.
Hu Xiaotian grabbed the red stick in front of him, and he pushed down at least ten sticks. In total, there were a hundred sticks facing up. The two servants were so frightened that their faces turned pale. The five sticks just hit them hard.
If another hundred dollars were paid, even if it were shared between two people, I'm afraid both lives would be lost at the same time, and they would have to die in this courtroom.
The subordinate officials, including the chief clerk Guo Shouguang, all heard that the county magistrate had directed the case elsewhere. However, due to their status, no one dared to say anything to stop them. However, Hu Xiaotian said angrily: "I haven't told you honestly yet.
Who hit Wan Tingsheng with the injury on his head?"
The two servants trembled in fright, and Hu Xiaotian had already pulled out a handful of red sticks.
Zhao Liang was timid. Seeing that Hu Xiaotian was about to throw out the red lottery, he was so frightened that he burst into tears and said, "Sir, this matter has nothing to do with me..."
Guo Biao was stunned when he heard this. Mala next door has nothing to do with you. Could it be that I did all this? Guo Biao wailed: "Sir...this matter has nothing to do with me either..."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Human life is at stake. I already have conclusive evidence in my hands. The injury on Wan Tingsheng's head was clearly caused by someone hitting him with a stick. If you don't tell the truth, I will put you both in prison and convict you as an accomplice."
The crime of killing the master will be punished together in the autumn!"
At this time, Zhao Liang was so frightened by Hu Xiaotian that his inner defenses completely collapsed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Sir... that was all what the eldest son asked us to do..." As soon as this statement came out, the whole room was shocked. No one expected the twists and turns in the development of the case.
, Wan Tingchang originally came to sue Liu Kuohai, but when the court heard here, he asked about the new situation, and things developed in a direction that was unfavorable to Wan Tingchang.
Hu Xiaotian asked two servants to sign and stamp the confession on the spot. After obtaining these two confessions, Hu Xiaotian had Liu Kuohai escorted down first, then he knocked on the gavel tree heavily and said loudly: "Give me Wan Tingchang."
Bring it in!”
Although Hu Xiaotian's voice was loud, it was a pity that it had no effect. The government officials did not buy into him as the new county magistrate. They all pretended not to hear and stood there indifferently. In the end, Murong Feiyan went out to get the person. Only then did he discover Wan Ting.
Chang had already escaped. In fact, Wan Tingchang felt that the situation was not good as early as when he recognized Hu Xiaotian. After the guy stayed outside for a while, an acquaintance of the government officials revealed the situation inside to him. After hearing this, Wan Tingchang
He was so horrified that he turned around and ran away from the county government office without thinking too much.
When Hu Xiaotian heard that Wan Tingchang had escaped, he was not in a hurry to arrest anyone. In fact, he also saw it. The third class of government officials did not obey his orders at all. Even if they reluctantly passed on the orders, they would definitely be disgraced.
A group of subordinate officials looked at him quietly, thinking that Hu Xiaotian would continue to torment him. However, they did not expect that Hu Xiaotian actually waved his hand and said: "Quit!"
Everyone breathed a deep sigh of relief. Guo Shouguang once again mentioned the matter of taking care of Hu Xiaotian, but Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and said, "No, I have other important things to attend to. Let's talk about it another day."
While Hu Xiaotian was sitting in the hall, Guo Shouguang had already arranged a temporary room for Hu Xiaotian to rest. Hu Xiaotian came to this temporary office and took off his official clothes and put on ordinary clothes. Liang Dazhuang poured a cup of tea and brought it over, and said happily: "Master, you
I was so majestic in the court today, killing everyone."
Hu Xiaotian took the tea cup, took a sip and said with a smile: "Don't call me young master in the future."
Liang Dazhuang bowed deeply and said, "Yes, Mr. Hu!"
The master and servant both laughed at the same time.
Hu Xiaotian slowly put the tea cup on the table: "Dazhuang, now I have arrived in Qingyun safely. You can go back to the capital after staying for two days."
In the past, Liang Dazhuang would have been overjoyed when he heard the news, but now he feels that it would be better to stay here than go back. Today, he has witnessed Hu Xiaotian's majesty in the court. If he always follows him, he will not
Worried that he would not be able to prosper in the future, with this thought, Liang Dazhuang knelt down in front of Hu Xiaotian with a plop: "Young Master, I won't leave. Since the day when the master sent me to serve the young master, I have made great ambitions in this life.
Everyone must follow the young master in front of and behind the horse."
Hu Xiaotian chuckled to himself. When did being a slave become a big ambition? He nodded and said, "If you don't want to leave, stay here. I'll arrange an errand for you in two days. Get up."
Liang Dazhuang stood up with a face full of joy.
Murong Feiyan walked in with the two testimonies given by the servants of Wanfu just now and handed them to Hu Xiaotian. Liang Dazhuang knew that the two of them had something to discuss and quickly withdrew.
Hu Xiaotian looked at Murong Feiyan and said with a smile: "How would I rate my performance today?"
Murong Feiyan said: "When I first took office, I didn't know how to be a low-key person. I was sharp and aggressive. If it weren't for me and Liang Dazhuang to support you from behind, no one in the Qingyun County government would be willing to stand in the same camp as you."
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you like to stand or not, sooner or later I will kick out all these disobedient guys."
Of course Murong Feiyan knew that he was not talking big words, and sat down on the imperial chair next to Hu Xiaotian: "What are you going to do?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "The confessions of the two servants can be overturned at any time. It is difficult to convict Wan Tingchang. But with these two testimonies, Wan Boping, the old fox, will willingly spend a sum of money to settle this matter."
thing."
Murong Feiyan looked at Hu Xiaotian with some surprise: "Hu Xiaotian, you don't think about justice, you only think about how to make money. Are you worthy of the court's trust? Are you worthy of the emperor's favor?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "Please, don't go on the line with me all the time. What does my official have to do with the emperor? I have never met him. It was my father who arranged it for me, okay? I just need to be worthy of him. Not you."
Do you think I am sharp and aggressive? That's when I decided to hide my power. We just arrived and wanted to get rid of Wan Boping. It's not that easy, not to mention that I have Xu Qinglian on my head."
Murong Feiyan said: "You want to use these two testimonies to blackmail Wan Boping?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Don't put it in such a bad way, what is extortion? I just want to make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of things. I'm new to Qingyun, and I'm not familiar with the place. It's absolutely impossible to have few friends, don't you think?"
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Murong Feiyan said: "You are so treacherous! You are destined to be a treacherous minister in the future."
Hu Xiaotian said: "In these days, corrupt officials are everywhere, and they are all treacherous and insidious. I want to be a good official and an upright official, but I can't be honest. I have to be more cunning and worse than them before I can defeat them."
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This was the first time Murong Feiyan heard this kind of logic, and his beautiful eyes widened out of habit: "How can a traitor be an upright official?"
How can it be impossible for a traitorous official to be an upright official? I don't take advantage of the common people, but I trick the local tyrants and evil gentry and corrupt officials. So what does it matter if such an official is treacherous?
Although Hu Xiaotian refused the request of his subordinates to help him, Guo Shouguang, the chief clerk, did not dare to neglect and specially asked someone to bring lunch. There was a cook in the county government who was responsible for the daily life of the county magistrate Xu Qinglian and his family.
My cooking skills can only be said to be second-rate, but in a small county like Qingyun, it is already considered rare.
Hu Xiaotian filled his stomach and inspected the prison cell accompanied by Murong Feiyan.
The prison structure in Qingyun County was originally small, divided into two sections for men and women, but there were no prisoners in the women's prison. Today, Hu Xiaotian personally sent four prisoners to the prison cells while sitting in court in the morning. There was no free space in the men's prison, so they were temporarily moved to the prison cells.
These four people were all in the women's prison. Hu Xiaotian went to the men's prison. He sat in the execution room and asked the jailer to bring Zhou Batian over.
Zhou Batian walked into the execution room with shackles. The execution room was brightly lit. The two government officials wanted to lock Zhou Batian on the pillar. Hu Xiaotian waved his hand and said: "No! You go out first."
Zhou Batian heard the official's voice, raised his eyes, and immediately recognized that the official interrogating him was the inmate who was imprisoned in the same cell that day. Hu Xiaotian asked the two jailers to go out, holding Zhou Batian's hand.
Tian's file said: "You were imprisoned for fighting in the street. You have been in jail for three months. The sentence was originally one month, but before the end of your sentence, you would get into trouble, either beating people or making trouble.
That’s why the sentence will be continuously extended.”
Zhou Batian stood there and looked at Hu Xiaotian warily.
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you continue like this, you will spend your whole life in prison. You have to sit through the bottom of the prison!"
Zhou Batian said: "My lord, you are young, but your acting is very good, but you don't know what you want from Zhou?"
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