OBS Chapter 267 Funeral
Chapter 267 Funeral
Yu Qing was in terribly pain.
"Shao Yin, you don't know that since Chen Bo became the county magistrate, the county magistrate Zhou Bi and I have not had power for a long time. This villain relied on the fact that he was a student of the Prince of Xiang and did not take small people like us seriously. If Shao Yin had not been so observant, I'm afraid we would still be sitting at home with our positions idle."
“Why don’t you report it to the state?”
"Sir, let alone the governor of the state, you are the Shao Yin of Henan Prefecture, the highest official in the Divine Capital Region. Do you dare to challenge His Royal Highness the Prince of Xiang?"
"Well, I see. That means you are afraid of the King of Xiang, so even if you are deprived of power, you dare not confront Chen Bo head-on."
"Shao Yin, you are wise." Yu Qing sighed, "If Shao Yin hadn't arrested the purple-clothed man and brought him to the county government office, I would never have come. Zhou Bi has also received my notice and will probably be here soon."
Li Cunxi walked back and forth outside the main hall with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed and his expression unfriendly.
The county lieutenant and the county magistrate did not dare to enter the county government office because of the county magistrate. This was the funniest joke Li Cunxi had ever heard, but it was actually true.
His cousin, Prince Xiang Li Dan, was truly a capable man. His disciples and former officials actually did such a thing after becoming officials. Could it be that Li Dan really didn't know that the main purpose of Li Cunxi's southern tour was to go to various prefectures and counties to eliminate corrupt officials?
No, Li Dan certainly knew it, but Li Dan’s disciples and former officials still did it, which is worth discussing.
Li Cunxi turned around, thinking as he walked, but in the end he couldn't figure out a clue.
He turned to Yu Qing helplessly and said, "From today on, you, Yu Qing, the county lieutenant of Liang County, will take over the post of county magistrate of Liang County. Summon Zhou Bi to the county government office. The two of you will review all the cases during Chen Bo's tenure. If there are any falsehoods, they must be strictly investigated and dealt with."
"Thank you, Shaoyin!" Yu Qing fell to his knees with tears in his eyes.
I finally vented out all the grievances I suffered over the years today.
Li Cunxi stretched out his hand, helped Yu Qing up, and asked Yu Qing to sit in the court. He also ordered the yamen runners to open the door of the county government office, post notices, and summon those who had been wronged to come to the county government office to appear before the judge.
It was getting late, and Yu Qing and Zhou Bi were dizzy from investigating cases, but they finally came to their last case.
This is a case in which two families are fighting over fruit trees.
The fruit tree against the wall of a house on the east side has lush branches and leaves, and many fruits and branches have reached the wall of the house on the west side.
The family on the west side believes that once the fruit from the fruit tree reaches their yard, it belongs to them.
The family on the east side who planted fruit trees were naturally unhappy, so the two families quarreled endlessly and went to the county government office to ask the county magistrate to judge the case.
It is obvious that the family on the west is not satisfied with taking advantage of others. However, if you say so, the family on the west will definitely not accept it and will go around spreading the word that the officials are not good people and favor the family on the east.
Yu Qing was overwhelmed and subconsciously looked at Zhou Bi.
Zhou Bi listened carefully to the debate between the two, then stroked his beard, looked towards the family to the west with a smile, and asked:
"You said that once something is in your yard, it belongs to you?"
The man of the house in the west held his head high and chest out, like a victorious rooster.
"That's right, Mr. County Magistrate, it is indeed mine, otherwise why would it appear in my yard?"
Zhou Bi turned to the male owner of the house to the east and asked again:
"This fruit tree was planted by your family, right?"
The man of the family to the east nodded and said:
"Sir, it was indeed planted by me."
Zhou Bi stroked his beard and said with a smile:
"It all started because of a few fruits. So the tree planter should cut off the branches that extend to the neighbor's house, and don't leave any of the fruits for them. If this happens again, I will go to your house and throw a few taels of silver. I'll see if you dare to steal it secretly."
Outside the court, Li Cunxi couldn't help but nod.
"He is a man who can distinguish right from wrong. There are many unruly people among the common people these days. If it were any other official, he would have found a way to saw the tree in half and give half to each family."
Wu Yanhao also nodded.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty looked very powerful, Wu Yanhao had traveled all over the country in the past few years and had seen all kinds of unruly people and stupid officials.
There have been cases where two families were fighting over a child, and an official got so angry that he sawed the child in half and gave each of the two families one half.
"It's already midnight, why hasn't Brother Jinghui come back yet?"
"I don't know, it should be soon."
In court, the last case was successfully concluded.
Yu Qing and Zhou Bi hadn't been so happy in a long time. Although they were very tired, they were laughing a lot.
The people outside the door couldn't help but praise the two of them for being far superior to Chen Bo, and there were waves of praise.
The two men left the court and went outside to bow to Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao.
"Li Shaoyin, Lord Wu."
Li Cunxi praised:
"You did a great job. You finished the review of 26 indictments in less than an hour and a half. You did a great job."
The two looked at each other and bowed hurriedly: "Thank you, Shao Yin, for your compliment."
"Okay, go and take a rest. We still need to work hard tomorrow."
"Thank you, Shaoyin."
The two of them bowed and left together.
As soon as Yu Qing and Zhou Bigan left, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the county government office. Hu Jinghui urged his horse to the gate of the county government office, grabbed Liu Wenbin from the horse's back, and dragged him all the way into the county government office.
"Cunxi, we brought the person back."
Hu Jinghui's body was full of blood, but the smile on his face was really bright.
He raised his head happily, walked in front of Li Cunxi, and threw Liu Wenbin, who was in his hand, to the ground.
Liu Wenbin, who was about fifty years old, was thrown heavily to the ground. He had been well-maintained for so many years and his skin was delicate and tender. He had never suffered such a heavy blow before and he screamed immediately.
"No barking dogs."
Wu Yanhao stretched out his foot, stepped on Liu Wenbin's face, and rubbed it hard.
"Brother Jinghui, what's going on?" Wu Yanhao asked curiously.
"This thief relied on his numbers and refused to come forward. I revealed my identity, but not only did he not surrender, he even dared to order his men to attack me."
Hu Jinghui remembered the battle outside Liu Mansion in Xiaoliu Village, and his face was suddenly filled with disdain.
He alone, relying on his own strength, without asking the detectives for help, killed dozens of servants and everyone in the Liu mansion.
"But unfortunately, after I broke into Liu's house, Liu Ergou's wife had been raped and killed by this thief for more than a day."
"..."
Li Cunxi was speechless and waved to the servants behind him.
The servant hurried over and asked, "What do you want, Li Shaoyin?"
"Go to the official residence in the back and bring Liu Ergou here. Let him meet Liu Wenbin for the last time. This can be considered as giving him an explanation."
"Yes, Li Shaoyin."
The servant trotted all the way to the official residence.