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"Crack!" The gavel sounded again, "What is it? I need to know the exact amount. If you can't answer it, or you made a mistake...Hmph! This case might be a bit strange."

The man was sweating profusely and became nervous: "There should be 120 seven and three renminbi, no, no, it should be 130 two taels and seven renminbi, no, no, it should be..."

"How much is it?!"

The man wanted to cry without tears: "My lord, we only earn pocket money to buy some salt. How did we know it's so small?"

With an idea, the man pointed at the woman, "My lord, you can ask her again."

The woman blushed: "The money bag is mixed with my money and his money. I don't know how much money he has, so how can I know how much money is in this money bag? But my lord, I have a total of 99 taels of silver on me. I use one I bought a hairpin with Zhang Bailiang's silver ticket... That's right! The owner of that shop can testify to me."

At this point in the case, the onlookers felt that something was wrong, as if there was something else hidden.

The woman made a gesture to invite witnesses, but Li Quan raised his hand to stop her, and said calmly:

"No need. Then I'll ask the defendant again, you said you only earned pocket money, why are there so many ingots of silver in your pocket?"

"I... I went to the bank to change it."

"Since the money has been exchanged, why don't you remember?"

The man was getting more and more flustered by the question, the clothes on his back were already soaked, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted:

"Back to the adults, the villain has a bad memory and often forgets things."

The taste of trying to cover up is getting stronger and stronger, and the onlookers are also beginning to suspect.The man's excuse, though far-fetched, was not sufficient to convict him.

The case seems to have reached a bottleneck, and I am afraid that there will be no more questions based on this way of thinking. Li Quan thought that he had to change his way of thinking.Then asked:

"You said that you are an official official and merchant of imperial court documents, so you can take a look at the documents that license the sale of salt."

There was nothing to worry about in terms of paperwork, the man showed no pretense, and immediately took out the paperwork and handed it over to the yamen servant.

In the process of receiving the paperwork, Li Quan asked unhurriedly: "Is this money you got from selling salt?"

"Yes, it's all the money I saved from selling salt."

Li Quan paused for a moment, looked at the document for a long time, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Salt seven, right? How much is a catty of salt?"

This is not a difficult problem. Looking at the county magistrate's strange smile, the man always felt uneasy, so he replied helplessly: "A catty of salt is three qian."

"you sure?"

"Indeed... sure!"

"Snapped!"

"Yanba Qi, are you convicted?!"

Li Quan suddenly raised his voice, everyone was shocked.Everyone outside started talking:

"What? What's the matter? The county magistrate has a case settled?"

"I don't know! Let's have a look first."

The common people were confused, and so were the people in the county government office. Yan Baqi was so frightened that his chest was stuck to the ground:

"Your Excellency, you are wronged! I... What crime did I commit?"

"Trafficking in private salt! The crime should be executed!"

I have a mother!

This crime almost scared Yan Baqi to pee.

You said that the sky is bright, why did you suddenly put such a crime on yourself?

Selling private salt?

Even if they hide a little official salt, Ba Qi dare not do it.The salt seller is more aware of how much the imperial court attaches importance to the salt land, and if you lend him a few guts, he will not do such a mindless thing.

Yan Baqi was terrified, really terrified, burst into tears, kowtowed to the elder in the hall, the dog's head bumped against the ground, and called out repeatedly:

"You are wronged! Master Qingtian is wronged!"

Seeing Yan Baqi so nervous, the onlookers also saw that the other party was not pretending.Those who know Yanbaqi will not believe that Yanbaqi sells illegal salt.

Is the county magistrate going to wrong the good man?

Li Quan didn't change his face, and said calmly:

"Your official document states that you are only a salt dealer, and you can get 25 catties of salt from the superior salt merchant every month. It is calculated at three yuan per catty. Excluding the cost, even if it is all sold out, you can get [-] catties of salt every month. The profit is no more than two taels of silver. You will be counted [-] taels of what you get in a year. According to official documents, your right to sell salt starts with four years of money. Therefore, your profit from selling salt is only a little over a hundred taels of silver! This is still It's calculated for you.

And there are a total of 130 taels in the purse.How do you explain it?Could it be that you didn't eat or drink for four years, and didn't spend a penny?Where did this extra silver come from?You also said that all the money in the purse comes from selling salt.Since it is not obtained from official salt, it is obtained from private salt!How much do you have to sell for the tens of taels of silver you earned by selling private salt?As far as this crime is concerned, it can destroy your whole family! "

"No... no! My lord is wronged, my lord is wronged!" Yan Baqi's face was ashen, his forehead was bleeding, but he kept kowtowing for mercy.

After listening to Li Quan's analysis, everyone suddenly realized.

There is indeed a problem with this salt seven!

"Snapped!"

"Yanbaqi! I will give you one last chance to explain, tell me! Where did the extra money come from?"

"I'm recruiting! I'm recruiting!" Yan Baqi never dreamed that he was only greedy for a hundred taels of silver, and in the end he ended up with the felony of stealing and beheading all his families.

If all the families were hacked because of this incident, Lord Hades would probably die laughing.

"My lord, it's noon today. This girl passed by my salt stall, and accidentally slipped the purse. The villain picked it up out of curiosity, and found a lot of cash inside. The girl found it in time, and happened to see it when she turned around. I put the money bag in my pocket, so I came up to ask for it. The villain was greedy and didn't want to return it, so I quietly put the money inside into my purse while the girl was on schedule, but the girl's purse was thrown away by me, and I was thrown away. The wild dog took it away."

Li Quan smiled and twisted his beard: "So, this girl is telling the truth?"

Yan Baqi regretted endlessly: "It's Mrs. C who is telling the truth."

"Snapped!"

Li Quan straightened his official hat, held his head high, and raised his breath and said loudly:

"Yanba Qi knew that he would not return the property, deliberately cheated, and he was lying in the court, and despised the court. Now he confesses in person, without evidence. First, the judge ordered Yanba Qi to return the girl 99 cash and compensate her for the loss of her purse. Two taels of silver, totaling 100 taels. And received twenty taels of rod, as a warning to others. Yan Ba ​​Qi, do you have any objection?"

"Two... twenty!"

Paying back the money is a minor matter, but being punished is a major matter, but seeing the county magistrate's face unchanged, Yan Baqi had no choice but to nod in agreement.

It's better to take [-] blows from the board than to chop all over the house.