Daming Junior Scholar

"Oh, I almost forgot, Mr. He just arrived in Paju, so I'm afraid he doesn't know me yet. My little one's surname is Niu, one character for each. It's the punishment book in our government office."

He Jia'an understood that this so-called punishment book was the head of the punishment room in the government office.

Although he is the head of the punishment room, isn't he too rough in doing things? He arrested people in front of so many ordinary people outside. If you are reasonable, you can do it, but you are obviously unreasonable.

"Why?"

"The little one is here."

"Let me ask you, what crime did the dragged person commit?"

"Returning to my lord, this rascal dares to make loud noises and cause trouble in front of the government office. Of course, he must be arrested. Without severe punishment, it is not enough to deter this group of rascals."

As soon as he heard that the water tank would punish him severely, the person being dragged stopped immediately, and his body began to twist violently, but was firmly held down by the four yamen servants, unable to move at all.

After hearing Niu Wei's words, He Jia'an smiled slightly, looked at the dragged man, and said to himself quietly: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't doubt your words, but no matter how I look at it, I feel that this person seems to have something to say, You guys let him go first, I want to hear what he wants to say."

"Can't let go."

Before the four yamen servants let go, Niu Wei suddenly jumped out, waved his hand to stop the movements of several yamen servants, and when he looked at He Jiaan again, the expression on his face became somewhat ugly.

"Why not?" He Jiaan asked curiously.

Why can't you let him go? Only the cow knew it in his own mind, paused, and reluctantly found a reason: "Everyone, this scumbag is stubborn. If you let him go, you might hurt the adults, so let the villains deal with it. You guys, hurry up and send this person to the execution room."

"Wait a minute." The four yamen servants were about to drag him away, but He Jiaan suddenly called out, and the four of them stopped immediately, looking back and forth between He Jiaan and Niu Wei, not knowing who to listen to good.

Niu Wei finally realized this time that He Jiaan was obviously trying to feel sorry for him, and the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and he said coldly: "Master He is new here, and you don't know many things, so this kind of trivial matter still needs to be solved." Let the villain do it, what do you think is okay?"

Regarding Niu Wei's threat, He Jia'an didn't take it seriously. What he was most concerned about now was where did Zhang Tianliang's so-called compensation money go? Did it go to the common people?It was still swallowed privately by some caring people.

Now He Jiaan doesn't even bother to pay attention to Niu Wei, and takes a step forward to untie the rag that is stuck in the man's mouth. At the same time, he also took a step, stretched out his hand and grabbed He Jiaan's wrist, threatening: "Master He, no."

'boom! '

"what!"

There was a slight collision sound in the air first, and then a muffled groan was heard. When I looked again, I saw Niu Wei standing aside holding his wrist in cold sweat, staring at Tang Tang not far away with hatred. In Lin's body, he probably didn't expect that this thin young man was actually a hidden master.

At this time, He Jia'an finally pulled out the rag that was blocking the man's mouth. After pulling it out, the man immediately shouted: "Master Qingtian, please forgive me. The villain was really wronged."

"What grievances do you have? Slowly come to me, and I will definitely give you justice."

Chapter 1172 Who is lying

This is the first time He Jiaan has come to the lobby of the government office.

Because I just wanted to ask clearly, and I didn't bother to prepare for the promotion, so I just let the four yamen servants stand aside, but the cow had already slipped away at some point.

He Jiaan doesn't care about his whereabouts, anyway, as long as he still wants to be the punishment book in this government office, he has to come back here honestly, unless he thinks the position of the punishment book is of no use to him, then there is no need Besides, anyway, I have never seen a time when there is still a lack of people in the yamen.

When they reached the lobby, Chen Yue'e brought a cup of tea first. He Jiaan thought about it, and asked Tang Lin to serve the tea to the person standing in the lobby. After seeing him take a sip to calm himself down, he asked slowly: "The people in the hall report their names."

"Hui, Master Hui, the younger one's surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Zhi."

Uh?

I don't know who gave this name. What kind of ambition can he have after giving this name? He deserves to be an honest person for the rest of his life.

He Jiaan continued to ask: "Wu Zhi, let me ask you, why did you come to make trouble in front of the government office this early in the morning, and what grievances you have, please tell me quickly."

As soon as he heard it, Wu Zhi's face was filled with grievances, he knelt down with a plop, and said repeatedly: "My lord, the little one is really wronged."

Then Wu Zhi told his grievances from beginning to end.

This Wu Zhi is actually a native of Paju. His ancestors used to fish for a living. Later, when the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, the family’s fishing boat was pulled over and burned. His ancestors bought a piece of land in the outer suburbs of Paju and started After becoming a farmer, after several decades, the ban on the sea has not been so strictly enforced, and the government will turn a blind eye to those who go to the sea, as long as you pay your daily taxes and money , and go fishing with you.

In this way, the Wu family began to use fishing nets again. In Wu Zhi's generation, the family has fields and boats, so they can live comfortably.

But just a few days ago, people from the government found their village and said that their land was expropriated by the government. In the future, not only the land would be confiscated by the government, but even their village and the wharf would be taken away. It was taken over by the government, and it was said that a guard-like existence would be built here in the future.

Although everyone is reluctant, they all understand that the village is a natural good port, and it is normal for the government to look at it, especially the compensation given by the government makes everyone quite satisfied. The good land is 15 taels of silver. Mu, each household in the village will pay 20 taels of cash.

Wu Zhi did the math, and with the five acres of fertile land in his family, he could almost receive nearly a hundred taels of money, which was considered a lot of wealth for him. I can go to the countryside to buy some houses and fields to continue my current life, and I can still have some left over. Secondly, I can also stay in Paju directly and use the money to start some small businesses, which can be regarded as a better life. .

But what I never expected was that after I moved my house, the money I got was not consistent with what the government had promised. The fertile land of each household was only compensated with five taels of silver. It was a discount and only paid ten taels. Like this, I thought I would get nearly a hundred taels of silver, but in the end I only got 35 taels.

With such a big difference, of course everyone was not satisfied with the result, and the yamen servants took out another document, telling them that if they didn't mortgage it, they wouldn't even give them the 35 taels of silver.

This can be regarded as filling another firewood on the flames in everyone's hearts. Wu Zhi is naturally unwilling. This is not the first time he has come to the government office to make trouble. After the last time he came, it was also Mr. Niu who just It is said that Mr. Zhang in the government office will leave soon, and this matter will not be resolved until the next magistrate takes office.

Since Mr. Niu said so, Wu Zhi and his party were waiting on the pier every day. As soon as He Jiaan arrived, he led the young and old in the village to the gate of the government office early in the morning to seek justice. Not only was he slapped in the face, but he was almost arrested.

After listening, He Jiaan thought for a moment. In fact, this matter is not very troublesome. It is caused by the fact that the money is not enough. Now I only need to understand two things, and this case is considered a case. Can get to the bottom of it.

The first point is whether the money promised by the government is the amount Wu Zhi said. If Zhang Tianliang really promised it before he left, there must be a note written by him in the house, and it can be found out just by checking.

The second point, if the money was really distributed as promised by Zhang Tianliang, why did it fall so much after it reached the common people? Where did the rest of the money go?Will it be embezzled by a middleman?

In fact, He Jiaan didn't want to ignite his three fires so quickly, but he couldn't let this matter just let it go. After thinking about it, He Jiaan said kindly: "This old man Wu, what do you say?" I have already remembered the question, but it will take a certain amount of time to verify it. How about this, you give me three days, and within three days, I promise to investigate this matter clearly To be clear, if Zhang Zhifu had really promised you this way at that time, I would have sent you the money."

"Maybe what your lord said is true?" Probably because he was frightened by these officials, Wu Zhi still didn't quite believe He Jiaan's words.

He Jiaan nodded and said: "Of course it is true, don't worry, if you come here three days later and I avoid the door, you can just stand at the gate of the government office and scold me."

Wu Zhi was also amused by He Jiaan's words. Although He Jiaan agreed to scold him, he would not dare to scold him if he had the guts. .

He Jiaan asked Tang Lin to send Wu Zhi out, and he was in a daze with the few numbers he had just written down. Chen Yue'e at the side came over and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, do you think what Wu Zhi said is true?" really?"

He Jiaan looked up at her, and asked curiously: "Have you been in Paju for so long, haven't you heard any news?"

Chen Yue'e shook her head and said, "I'm not as leisurely as you think. The flower fields outside the city and the workshops outside the city require me to run around. Didn't you see that I'm so tanned?"

Indeed, looking at Chen Yue'e's slightly dark face, He Jia'an felt a little guilty for a while, and after hastily made a bunch of promises, Chen Yue'e nodded in satisfaction.

After the topic returned to this case, Chen Yue'e finally had her own opinion, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I think there must be a big villain manipulating this case."

"Oh? Why?" He Jiaan was taken aback.

"Think about it, the magistrate Zhang is about to leave, so why would he care how much money is left in the treasury? If he can use the money to buy himself a reputation as an upright official, why not do it? ?”

"So, he gave these people a price they couldn't refuse, and then allocated the money. He thought he would have a good reputation, but who would have thought that someone secretly withheld the money .”

"Yes." He Jiaan nodded: "It makes sense."

After receiving He Jiaan's compliment, Chen Yue'e was even more excited, nodded and said mysteriously: "I can still guess who did this."

"who is it?"