Chapter 389

Xiao Baoshan said, "do what we should do. The people are in the onlooking stage. What they want is our attitude. They can't give up now. As long as we insist, someone will believe us!"

"Well, the people of Mobei city don't know what justice is. Now what we have to do is to return them justice and let them continue to believe in justice!"

Ye Xiaoxian continued to send porridge at the gate of the city.

Xiao Baoshan continued to lead people to wait in the Yamen.

As Xiao Baoshan said, we must let the people in the city see their persistence.

There are bodyguards stationed at the yamen gate all day. The bodyguards brought by Xiao Baoshan are much more energetic than the soap service here before, and have a sense of dignity. They feel very serious, not a child's play.

On Ye Xiaoxian's side, there is spring breeze and rain like care. Occasionally, when sending porridge, she can send half a steamed bread so that beggars can eat some dry.

After holding on for seven or eight days, a man finally came to play drums and complain about his grievance.

The man's name is Zhang Da. He is now a beggar. He used to be from yueyuegou. He opened a wine shop in the city. He came to accuse the Ji family of occupying their wine shop. He was homeless and his wife and children died in the war.

Zhang Da is now a beggar. He was born loveless and homeless. He doesn't even want to survive this winter.

Earlier, he even gave up begging. If there was no charity, he would starve to death. Besides, Mobei hasn't reached the deep winter yet. He thought that even if he didn't starve to death, he would die cold in this deep winter.

Unexpectedly, ye Xiaoxian sent porridge at the gate of the city. Beggars could get it. Because he couldn't stand hunger, he went to get a bowl.

After several days in a row, Mrs. Hou sent porridge every day, and he went to get it every day. Now he heard that Mr. Hou was guarding the county yamen, so he thought, just come and complain about his grievances.

Anyway, I don't want to live. Do you care about more lawsuits?

When someone came to the door to appeal, Xiao Baoshan immediately asked someone to start the trial.

The presiding judge was Yao Xiancheng, and Xiao Baoshan just sat aside to listen.

However, as soon as he sat there, he gave people a sense of righteousness, which made Zhang Da feel very calm, like a Bodhisattva protecting himself.

"Zhang Da, what grievances do you have? Tell me quickly!"

Zhangda Road: "The grass people used to be from the Moon Valley. They rented a wine shop of the gentry Ji's family in the county. Because the grass people have ancestral brewing skills, the business is doing well. Who knows, the Ji family saw that the grass people's business is booming, so they wanted to own the grass people's wine shop. They not only took back the shop and no longer rented it to the grass people, but also beat the grass people and took the grass people's accumulated livestock for many years as their own. Cao min led his wife and children back to the countryside. They sent threats three times and four times. Cao min's wife was ill and couldn't help the intimidation for three days. She soon returned to the west, and Cao min's daughter starved to death later... "

Yao Xian Cheng glanced at Xiao Baoshan, but Xiao Baoshan still sat like a clock. Obviously, he was listening attentively and hoped Yao Xian Cheng would continue the trial.

Yao county Cheng asked Zhang Da again, "you said that squire Ji occupied your wine shop. How did he occupy it? What was the process at that time?"

General Zhang told us that the housekeeper of Ji's family and a son of Ji's family, Ji Di, were the people who came to occupy it. At first, they asked Zhang Da to give up the wine shop. Zhang Da refused on the grounds that it was not time to rent the shop. In the end, they ended up like this.

Yao county Cheng asked, "do you have any evidence and witnesses to prove that you ran that wine shop?"

"The people around the shop can be used as witnesses, and the shop rent agreement in the hands of the grass people can be used as material evidence." When Zhang Da finished, he handed over a lease agreement he had in hand.

The lease agreement was kept by him. He always thought it might be used in the future. Although the agreement was crumpled and smelled of sweat, it had the seal of Ji's family and the name of the wine shop at that time.

It used to be called Zhangjia winery, but now it is changed to Ji family winery.

When the trial came here, Yao county Cheng looked at xiaobaoshan again. Xiaobaoshan finally said, "go and pass on the merchants near the winery."

Yao county Cheng was about to send the soap service of the yamen, but Xiao Baoshan waved his hand: "let my men go."

Xiao Baoshan said, and several bodyguards went out immediately.

……

At the same time, the four townships Kun also got together, this time at Ji's house.

This time, they were so calm. Master Ji walked around with his back hands in the front hall. Although the other three were sitting, they were also fidgeting. They didn't drink a mouthful of tea in front of them.

Master Ji said, "this Xiao Hou is really soft and hard. He really opened this hall!"

Master Ma thought for a moment and said, "if you open it, it's the big seat. What if he has material evidence? The material evidence has expired for a long time, and there are witnesses. The shops in that street are yours. Who dares to testify for him? It's just a beggar."

Master Ji said ferociously, "I knew he dared to sue. I should have killed him!"

Master Ma said, "it's not too late. Go around that street now and see who dares to testify."

After that, he said to several other humanitarians: "we all go back and think about what has happened at home recently. Remind the relevant people to be smart. The servants at home and those who have received our money should be reminded, so as not to make them hot headed and report like Zhang Da."

Master Ma said, the others couldn't sit still and left without drinking tea.

……

In the street, master Ji sat on a chariot and four people looked up and walked in the street.

He first went to his own shops. The distillery is open today, but few people came to buy wine. The shopkeepers of several shops near the distillery were taken away by the guards of xiaobaoshan.

Master Ji didn't speak, but walked down the street with a straight face.

In addition, those shopkeepers who were not called to the Yamen were like seeing the God of plague. They didn't dare to say a word, but stood respectfully.

The Yamen tried the case again. Everyone has been talking about it for a long time. They said that even if the bodyguard of xiaobaoshan came to take people away, it's probably useless. Who dares to tell the truth?

When the masters of the Ma family, the rich family and the Wu family came back, they immediately ordered their family to make a careful investigation to see if there were any cases in hand recently. Today, they went out to warn them that there should be no trouble.

……

Yamen.

Several shopkeepers near the wine shop have been taken to.

As soon as these people arrived and saw Zhang Da inside, they immediately understood something.

Zhang Da's complaint is nothing more than for his former wine shop. They all know these things.

Yao Xiancheng saw that someone had been brought to the, so he began to interrogate: "you guys, do you recognize Zhang Da below?"

Several people looked at Zhang Da together. They knew him clearly, but they couldn't make a sound.

Zhang Da called the names one by one and said, "Liu Hai, those who open sugar water shop, Bi San, cotton shop, Cheng Qijiao and gold shop, you don't know me, but I know you."

After Zhang Da finished, these people obviously felt guilty.

Yao county Cheng clapped with surprise: "bold, do you know where this is and who is sitting on it? This is the county yamen. The sitting God of war, Xiao Hou, is going to preside over justice for the people of Mobei County today. If you dare not tell the truth, don't blame him for asking you and shielding criminals in the future!"

Several people are even more guilty.

Bi San, who opened the cotton shop, admitted: "I know this man. He used to open a winery next to my shop. His business was very good. Later, I don't know why he didn't do it."

When Bi San finished, Cheng Qijiao, who opened the gold shop, then said, "yes, yes, he opened the winery. The previous shop was opposite my shop. Later, the winery changed its name, and Zhang Da didn't know where to go."

Liu Hai, who opened the grain and water shop, also recognized people.

Yao county Cheng asked again, "do you know why he quit his good winery if he said he would quit?"

"This... Villain doesn't know." Bi san dao.

The other two also said they didn't know.

County Magistrate Yao asked, "Zhang Da said that his tavern was taken back by the gentry Ji's family. Do you know this?"

"I don't know!" Bi San Xian Dao.

The other two followed Bi San's rhythm and said they didn't know.

Yao county Cheng took another startling picture: "do you think you can be safe if you don't tell the truth? This kind of thing happened to Zhang Da now, but it didn't happen to you for a while. At that time, no one will testify for you. What kind of situation should you be in?"

The men looked at each other, then bowed their heads and dared not speak again.

Yao Xiancheng sighed and looked at Xiao Baoshan with helpless eyes, indicating that he was really powerless. He has seen this kind of thing a lot. Sometimes it is not that he is unwilling to try the case, but that everyone is afraid of the four squires in Mobei county.

Xiao Baoshan also looked at the people kneeling below and said, "well, you know Zhang Da and identify that he used to open a distillery. That's enough. This is very important news for our Yamen. Thank you for providing it. You go back first."

The three people looked at each other again, which... Finished the trial?

Won't it be retried later?

When they went out of the yamen, they looked trembling.

Yao Xiancheng wondered why he let them go so soon?

Xiao Baoshan stood up and said to Yao county Cheng, "Zhang Da, I'll take it back first. The case will be tried another day."

"Lord Hou, these... Those people haven't said anything yet."

Xiao Baoshan was sure: "don't worry, he will say."

Yao Xiancheng: "

He thought to himself, are you better at trying cases than me?

Does Lord Xiao still have means?

……

Xiao Baoshan took Zhang Da home to be taken care of by others.