The capital city should now be called Zhangjing. After the new name, everything seemed to be settled. County Sheriff Li took a carriage and headed towards the County Sheriff's Mansion. There were familiar streets along the street. Nothing seemed to have changed. He could only hear the sound in his ears.
He came back to his senses after hearing more and more words in Wu dialect. However, apart from the accent, the people living in the city gradually couldn't tell the difference between outsiders and locals. The new arrivals had already integrated in, mostly because they settled here.
The new city is still being expanded, but not everyone is waiting to live in the new city. Many people who have moved from Xijing have already settled in the city. Sheriff Li looked at the street. He was about to go to the Sheriff's Mansion, which is close to the palace.
, has always been a gathering place for the powerful, so about three families here have changed their homes.
In addition to the earliest Cao family, two other families were expelled from their homes because they were involved in criticism of the court affairs and wrote some poems and letters in memory of the King of Wu and disrespectful to the emperor.
Their properties were also confiscated and then quickly sold to the gentry who moved to Xijing.
This is not the end, it will continue. Sheriff Li knows that there is a problem, and others know it, but no one knows how to stop it, because the officials who report this kind of case and handle this kind of case hold up the original
The emperor said, if you don't like Xinjing, then leave.
Who dares to accuse the emperor of saying something wrong? Then they will probably be expelled too.
One emperor and one courtier. Although this is not appropriate to use here, the principle is this. It is inevitable. After the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, as many powerful families were established as new dignitaries, many powerful families were destroyed. Although Wu State
It was just a vassal state, but who allowed the vassal states to be arrogant and domineering without the imperial court for so many years. As a royal minister, he knew how much resentment the emperor had towards the vassal kings.
These grievances made it inevitable for the emperor to anger the people of the princes and kingdoms.
Sheriff Li sighed, lowered the car curtain and stopped looking. Now he doesn't care about many cases in the Sheriff's Mansion. There are many people rushing to do such cases - this is a good opportunity to make friends with the new rich and accumulate fame.
Commander Li is now sitting in the mansion reviewing documents. Except for cases involving His Majesty's orders, he does not come forward. He enters his room in the mansion. He still has time to drink tea, but this time the water has just been boiled, and several officials have expressions on their faces.
The weird one came in: "Sir, someone has come to report to the official."
Sheriff Li stared at the boiling water on the stove and asked casually: "What's the matter?"
"He said he was beaten," said an official.
Sheriff Li laughed out loud: "How do you ask me about the sentence after being beaten?" He cursed in his mind, "What kind of trash? If someone beats someone, just beat him back. Why should I sue him? In the past, when I was full and had nothing to do,
, just sue the official, no matter what time it is now.
The subordinate officials looked at each other and said with a wry smile: "Because the one who came to complain is Miss Danzhu."
Sheriff Li almost threw away the kettle he just picked up: "Has she been molested again?"
Governor Li thought over and over again and came to see Chen Danzhu. In addition to intervening in cases involving the emperor, there was actually Chen Danzhu. Now there is no King Wu, Wu Chen has left, and so has her family.
Chen Danzhu actually dared to come and sue the officials.
Sheriff Li came to the front hall and saw Chen Danzhu sitting there. He was in a trance and returned to last year. He was even more embarrassed than last year. This time, his hair and clothes were all messed up. There was not a girl next to him, but three girls were even worse -
Chen Danzhu was applying medicine to the wound on the corner of the mouth of one of the girls.
Was he really beaten?
But it's not surprising that Chen Danzhu was beaten. A strange thought came to Governor Li's mind - he should have been beaten long ago.
"Master Sheriff." Chen Danzhu called first, spread the powder on Yan'er's mouth, looked at it carefully, then looked at Sheriff Li, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, "I want to sue the official."
Chen Danzhu couldn't believe her tears - Sheriff Li quickly stopped her: "No need to cry, what did you say happened?"
Whether it was for opening a drug store and selling counterfeit medicines and getting beaten, or for blocking people's way to see a doctor and getting beaten, or for Wu Min who had to leave his hometown to vent his anger because of a difficult life - look at this Chen Danzhu, how many chances do he have of being beaten?
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"It's a young lady named Geng." Chen Danzhu said, "Today they went to my mountain to play, arrogant and domineering, dominating the mountains and waters, scolding my father, and beating me -" she covered her face with a handkerchief and cried again
stand up.
Hey, it turned out to be a quarrel between the ladies? Then is this really a loss? The tears are real, County Sheriff Li looked at her curiously——
"Lord Sheriff." Chen Danzhu put down his handkerchief and stared at him, "Are you laughing?"
Did he laugh? Sheriff Li Su Rong said: "How can I laugh at such a brawl in broad daylight? Miss Danzhu, since they are all girls, have you talked to me in private?"
"I don't want to have peace talks." Chen Dan raised her eyebrows, "I'm going to sue the officials, and she's not the only one. They're such people-"
As he spoke, he covered his face and cried, then pointed at Zhu Lin and the others standing beside him.
"I, even though I was given a bodyguard by General Iron Mask, I was still beaten. This was not just a beating on me, it was a slap on the general's face. A slap on the general's face was a slap on His Majesty's face -"
"Okay! Miss Danzhu, you don't need to say anything." Sheriff Li quickly stopped him, "I understand."
His eyes fell on these guards, with a solemn expression. He knew that Chen Danzhu had guards around him. Legend has it that they were given by General Iron Mask. This news came from the city gate guards, so Chen Danzhu never passed through the city gate.
Need to check——
Now that Chen Danzhu has said it himself, it seems to be true. This kind of thing cannot be faked.
For the sake of the Iron Masked General’s people——
"The surname of the person who hit the person is Geng? Do you know which family it belongs to?" Sheriff Li asked. With so many people in the capital, there are many people with the surname Geng.
Chen Danzhu called Zhulin: "Have you inquired clearly?"
Zhu Lin knew what she meant, lowered his eyes and said, "It's the Geng family who lives in Liuye Lane, Dongcheng, Xijing."
Governor Li's brows jumped. He naturally knew that this Geng family was the one who bought the Cao family's house. Although Geng family had not been involved in the Cao family's affairs from beginning to end, he didn't know if there was any action behind the scenes.
This Geng family is indeed an extraordinary family. Looking at Chen Danzhu again, it seems that it is not surprising that such a person beat Chen Danzhu. Chen Danzhu has encountered hard problems. Since they are all hard things, let him
Let them touch it themselves.
Sheriff Li coughed lightly: "Although it's a trivial matter between girls -" Chen Danzhu glared again at this point and said loudly, "But it's wrong to hit someone, come on."
He shouted, and several subordinate officers stood over.
"You go to Geng's house and ask what's going on."
The subordinate officials responded and wanted to leave, but Chen Danzhu called them to stop them again.
"There were many people present at that time." She held her handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of her eyes, and said, "If the Geng family doesn't admit it, those people can testify - Zhulin, write the list to them."
Okay, you have the final say when you get beaten. Commander Li waved his hand to the officials, who then looked towards the bamboo forest.
What can I do about the bamboo forest? Apart from the one I dare not write about, I can just write a few others.
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When the officials from the county governor's office arrived with official envoys, the Geng family mansion was also in a commotion.
When Geng Xue came in, the servants and girls cried as if they were dead. When they saw Geng Xue being carried down, they really looked like they were dead. Geng Xue's mother's legs went weak on the spot. Fortunately, Geng Xue returned home quickly.
When she woke up, she couldn't faint even if she wanted to. Her body was so painful from the beatings.
The doctors were hurriedly invited, and the uncles and aunts were also alerted. For the time being, they could only buy a large house for the Cao family. The brothers should still live together and look for opportunities to buy a house next time.
The maids, servants, and servants each told their stories, and Geng Xue even cried and scolded her by mentioning her name. Everyone soon understood what was going on.
The name Chen Danzhu is also familiar to the Geng family. How come he bumped into this evil girl? And even started a fight?
Is this an accident or a conspiracy? This idea flashed through the minds of the Geng family members for the first time, and they ignored Geng Xue's words to hurry up and have Chen Danzhu beaten to death.
Life is like a chess game, and Mr. Geng, who is good at chess games, has always been cautious in doing things. He was about to call his brothers to the study to discuss the matter, and then sent someone out to inquire about everything before making a conclusion——
But as soon as the planning started, the police came to the door to report that Chen Danzhu had sued their family, and the county guard wanted to invite them to go to court——
Mr. Geng immediately became angry. This is really a bad person who complained first. No matter what the conspiracy was, it is unjust to beat someone so confidently. It doesn’t matter if Chen Danzhu is a bad person. A phoenix with fallen feathers is not as good as a chicken, let alone Chen Danzhu.
Danzhu is not even a phoenix! She is just the daughter of a royal minister. In front of aristocratic families like theirs, she is nothing more than a sparrow at best!
"Come here," Mr. Geng shouted, "carry the young lady in a sedan chair. We also want to file a lawsuit."
When he saw Miss Geng being carried in in a small sedan chair, Governor Li gradually looked shocked.
Miss Geng recombed her hair, wiped her face and changed her clothes. Her face looked clean and without any damage. However, Mrs. Geng rolled up her daughter's sleeves and skirt with her own hands, revealing the bruises on her arms and legs. Whoever hits whom will get beaten,
Even a fool can understand this.
This is really the old saying, the bad guys complain first
Sheriff Li looked at Chen Danzhu, who had disheveled hair and was calm and composed——
She was deceived again, Chen Danzhu's tears really couldn't be believed!
