Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 235 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
you do not believe?

who do you think You Are?

This is the account book of Gouyuan!
Everyone looked at Zhang Fei with question marks on their faces, especially when they saw Zhang Fei's resolute face, they really wanted to go up and beat him up.

Why don't you believe it?

Li Kaidao: "Zhang San, this is the account book of Gouyuan."

Zhang Fei said firmly, "But I also believe my sources. Gouyuan's account books have absolutely no tax payment records for Zhou Yuanwai, so I think there is something wrong with that account book."

"A good show is coming." Su Shi said excitedly.

Su Zhe raised his eyebrows and said, "Since the other party dared to bring the account books here, it proves that they are quite sure. Second brother, don't be too happy."

In fact, this is also the voice of Mr. Lu. These account books have been made like this, and it is already difficult to determine their authenticity, so he handed the account books and a tax bill to Huang Gui, "You can show him."

"Yes."

Huang Gui took the account books and tax notes, went to Zhang Fei's shed again, and handed the account books and tax notes to Zhang Fei.

Zhou Cai, who was still relaxed just now, is inevitably a little nervous at this moment. It is self-willed to be guilty of a thief, and he inevitably glances at the crowd. Many eyes are cast on him, all with the same meaning, calmness.

We did it so perfectly that it was impossible to go wrong.

Sima Guang secretly glanced at Wang Anshi, seeing that his expression was also extremely nervous, he thought to himself, it seems that he didn't do any tricks.

Zhang Fei took the account book, and opened it to look it up. Xu Zhiqian also turned her head, looked at it, and suddenly said in surprise: "Ah! There are really Zhou Yuanwai's tax payment records."

As she said that, she looked at Zhang Fei again, "Could it be that we really made a mistake."

After hearing this, Huang Gui sighed secretly, you only found out now, it's already too late.

Shen Huaixiao and the others looked at Zhang Fei with a smile, expecting their hesitant and confused expressions.

Obviously, he was also deceived by Xu Zhiqian's acting skills, but this is not surprising, after all, Xu Zhiqian used her acting skills to deceive Zhang Fei.

There is no way, who let Xu Zhiqian have a father named Xu Zun, who is a daughter under his knees, and who doesn't know much about acting, how can she get along.

"Will not."

Zhang Fei frowned and shook his head, slowly flipping through the pages. Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows, fixed his eyes on a name on the account book, then turned his head to look at Lu Gong, and said, "Prefect Lu, There is something wrong with this ledger."

As soon as these words came out, Li Guozhong and the others immediately stood up.

has a problem?Impossible, he can't see it?Shen Huaixiao shivered all over, and beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.

Everyone in the audience held their breath, as if they could hear the sound of leaves falling to the ground.

Duke Lu asked, "What's the problem?"

Zhang Fei first replied: "This is the account book from two years ago."

Mr. Lu nodded his head.

Zhang Fei said: "But there is a record of Geng Ming's tax payment on it."

Lu Gong was taken aback for a moment, "Geng Ming?"

Many people present were stunned and didn't react.

Who is Geng Ming?

But the name seems familiar.

Zhang Fei said: "Master Lu may have forgotten that I fought a lawsuit for Geng Ming last time."

Lu Gong nodded dully, as if he hadn't reacted yet.

Zhang Fei said: "At that time, I had carefully investigated Geng Ming's information. He was forced by Wei Yushan to sell his land and house in three years. Tax records, at least four years ago, are unlikely to appear on the books for two years."

Zhao Yan, who personally tried Geng Ming's case, felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, "Yes! It is impossible to have Geng Ming's tax payment records in the account books two years ago."

When investigating this case, the details of Geng Ming and Wei Yushan were all investigated very clearly.

Shen Huaixiao, Du Xiu and others looked at each other in blank dismay, everyone's eyes were full of confusion.

impossible!
how can that be!

We obviously copied the account books from two years ago.

Of course Lu Gong also reacted, secretly happy in his heart, and said: "Hurry up and show it to me."

Huang Gui hurriedly took the account book to Lu Gong for writing.

Lu Gong took a closer look at the book, and as expected, it was written very clearly, Geng Ming, Baima Township.

Li Kai also got up to take a look, he couldn't help being dumbfounded, "Could it be the same name and surname?"

Before Lu Gongzhu could speak, Zhang Fei said: "It is possible to have the same name and surname, but it is definitely impossible to have the same name and surname in the same village and the same household population in the same village. We also checked at the time. There is only one Geng Ming."

Lu Gong frowned, "What's going on?"

Zhang Fei spread his hands: "I also want to know what's going on here. Errors in the account books are very common, but why Zhou Yuanwai's tax bills for two years can be matched with this wrong account book."

Lu Gong couldn't help lowering his eyebrows and looking at Zhou Cai.

Zhou Cai was not as calm and calm as before, he argued in a panic: "I don't know, I don't know anything."

Li Guozhong and the others on the opposite side were even more dumbfounded.

Didn't you say everything was done?

Logically speaking, it should be done.

Otherwise, the tax payment record just this week would not be on it, but why is it like this?

They must have made a mistake in the books.

This..

This Nima is embarrassed.

At this time, there were already deafening whispers inside and outside the courtyard, which showed how many people were discussing.

This is really weird.

Lu Gong patted the gavel, "Closing the hall for the time being, until I find out about this matter."

Then he got up and turned back into the lobby with a group of judges.

Entering the lobby, Lu Gong wrote to Li Kai and said, "Li Tong judge."

"exist."

"Go to Gouyuan immediately and find out what's going on."

"Yes."

At this time, Li Kai was also sweating profusely.

This problem is really big!

As soon as they entered the hall, there was a lot of public opinion outside.

This is incredible.

Is it haunted?
Wei Yushan, who was interrogating outside the door, slapped his chest several times, feeling lingering fear, fortunately he didn't participate, otherwise, this time it would really be over.

He is also a well-known big landlord in Kaifeng County, but because he pleaded guilty last time and took the initiative to make up the tax money, Wang Anshi had no choice but to take him out again.

Tang Ji leaned forward with a confused face, and said in a low voice: "There is no way there is any problem with the account book. When it was sent to Kaifeng Mansion, our people specially checked it again."

Cao Han frowned and said, "Could it be that he was tampered with beforehand?"

"It's impossible, unless!"

Du Xiu was startled suddenly, as if he realized something.

Gouyuan has always been under the control of their three divisions, except for the emperor, no one can hide from their eyes and ears and tamper with it.

Shen Huai became filial, "Don't talk so much, you should send someone to Gou Yuan to have a look."

"I'll let someone go right away."

Just as Du Xiu got up, he sat back suddenly with a pale face.

Shen Huaixiao asked, "What are you doing?"

Du Xiu blinked, then looked at Shen Huaixiao again, "Right now, Gouyuan is no longer accessible."

"Why can't I enter..."

Shen Huaixiao couldn't help but also looked shocked, his right hand trembled uncontrollably.

It turned out that when there was a water leak in the Gouyuan, the emperor directly sent people to inspect it. Since then, he has been watching it all the time, and there is no chance to tamper with it.

Tang Ji panicked and said, "What should we do now?"

How to do?
Shen Huaixiao and the others suddenly felt that they were already lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Su Shi suddenly nudged Su Zhe beside him with his elbow, "Third brother, should we consider changing to a bigger house?"

Su Zhe looked at Su Shi who was shy, and asked, "How much did Second Brother win?"

"Two 25 hits."

Su Shi blurted out a reply, but as soon as the words came out, he was stunned.

Su Zhe asked again: "What kind of house does the second brother plan to change?"

".!"

Su Shi gritted his teeth and scolded: "Those profiteers."

Wang Anshi said proudly to Sima Guang: "This is called Tianwang Huihui, sparse but not leaky!"

Sima Guang stroked his beard and nodded with a smile, "Yes! This is really satisfying!"

Wang Anshi's expression froze, "Junshi, you...why are you so happy?"

Sima Guang said: "I, Sima Guang, have always been right about things and wrong about people. I also hate such violations of law and discipline. If I can find out, of course I will be happy!"

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Anshi, "I mean Jiefu! You don't mean to implicate me, do you? Why are you so vicious?"

Wang Anshi cast a contemptuous glance at Sima Guang, waved his sleeves and said, "Okay! You don't have to put on a show here, you don't have any principles, it's really boring."

"strangeness!"

Fan Chunren frowned.

Qian Yi at the side asked, "What's so strange?"

Fan Chunren said: "Since Zhang San has such important evidence, why did he do so much yesterday."

"Yes!"

Qian Wei murmured: "If he had directly presented this evidence yesterday, it would be enough to secure the victory, so why bother to talk about it?"

Fan Chunren thought for a while and said, "What does Brother Qian think the purpose of this lawsuit is?"

Qian Wei was taken aback, "Taxes for tenant farmers."

Fan Chunren nodded.

"What are you looking around here for?"

Seeing Zhang Fei looking left and right, Xu Zhiqian said curiously.

Zhang Fei looked around, "Oh, I'm looking at how many people are involved, so I have to be more careful in the future."

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes, "Okay, our purpose is not to pursue these matters. We want to help those tenant farmers. It's just started now, and we still have to fight."

Zhang Fei glanced at Li Guozhong and others who were facing him, "You see, they are all like dead dogs, and the rest is purely my personal performance moment."

Xu Zhiqian glanced at Li Guozhong and the others across the way, and seeing that they were all ashen-faced and collapsed on the chairs, they had lost their combat effectiveness, so they almost didn't laugh out loud.

An hour later, Li Kai panted and returned to Kaifeng Mansion.

"The Gouyuan said that they made a mistake when sorting out the account books before. This... This is the account book for two years, which was five years ago."

"what?"

Cen Yuanli and Yu Zaishen were dumbfounded.

Can you still play like this?
Mr. Lu took the account book to see if there was any record of tax payment.

Li Kai asked: "Prefect Lu, what should we do now?"

This is a big problem.

Any fool knows that there must be someone who is cheating, and the background is not small.

Lu Gong snorted and said, "They asked for it themselves, and they have no one to blame."

I thought in my heart, hmph, you think you can cover the sky with one hand and cross the sea with one hand, this time you will feel better.

Zhang Fei was already sitting on a chair and yawning. Of course, he was the only one in the audience who was so leisurely and elegant, and the rest of them had already wiped their sweat and were almost dehydrated.

torment!

For many people present, this waiting process was undoubtedly a torment, and they didn't even dare to get up and leave. Whoever leaves at this time will feel guilty!
at last!

Lu Gongzhu, Li Kai and others walked from the lobby and returned to their seats.

Everyone looked at Lu Gong.

Mr. Lu looked directly at Zhou Cai, "Zhou Cai."

"The little man is here."

Zhou Cai almost slid off the chair trembling.

Lu Gong picked up the handful of tax bills and asked, "Where did you get these tax bills?"

Zhou Cai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Little people are paid taxes."

"Bastard!"

Mr. Lu slapped the gavel, "Just now the Gouyuan has found out that because the Gouyuan officials made a mistake when sorting out the account books, they accidentally bound together the contents of the account books five years ago and the account books of two years ago. But how could the tax bills you got from paying taxes for two years be recorded in the account books five years ago. Hurry up and get the real money."

Every official present knew in his heart that this kind of operational error was impossible, because every township's tax payment records would have the date written on the front, so there was only one reason, the account books had been swapped out in advance.

So here comes the question, how did the tax notes go up?

At this time, Zhou Cai's face was already pale, and he said mechanically: "The villain doesn't know, the villain doesn't know anything."

Many eyes around him told him nakedly, let's take it all down.

After you leave, I will take care of your wife!
"I don't know?"

Lu Gong snorted and said: "I see that you really don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin. Come here, pull Zhou Cai out for me, and beat twenty big boards."

Zhou Cai shivered in fright, and when he was about to call for mercy, Zhang Fei stood up suddenly, "Master Lu, regarding the account books, this is not within the scope of Xiaomin's lawsuit, and Xiaomin also reserves the right to sue them on behalf of Wang Xueshi. Power, but now, Xiaomin hopes to continue to try the case, so it is only fair."

Mr. Lu frowned, and thought, this officer handles the case, and I still use you to command it.

But after thinking about it, many people must be involved in the account book matter. If the investigation continues along this line, the case may be delayed, which is really unfair.

At the same time, he is also very clear about who is behind Zhang Fei, and only that person can transfer the account books. Wang Anshi does not have such strength.

Since Zhang Fei said so, it means that the emperor may not want to bring the falsification of the account books to the court for trial.

Lu Gong nodded and said: "Since you ask so, then proceed with the trial of the case."

Zhang Fei said again: "Xiaomin hopes to pass on the defendant Du Shaojing."

This return to the carbine stunned Lu Gong.

Zhou Caidu is already a dead fish, why don't you tell Du Shaojing what to do if you don't grab him and beat him?

It was checked yesterday.

But Mr. Lu soon realized that he was already a dead fish this week, and it was of no value to interrogate him. If you asked him anything, he might not say anything, and he could only wait for rescue.

But Du Shaojing was so arrogant yesterday that the imperial court was humiliated for a whole morning, and Zhang Fei would not be able to explain to the higher authorities if he did not get back this matter.

Lu Gong nodded, "Put Zhou Cai down first and pass it on to Du Shaojing."

(End of this chapter)