Dong dong dong--
Liu Xuan had just drunk two mouthfuls of ginger soup when the injustice drum at the yamen was suddenly sounded.
Liu Xuan was stunned when he heard the drumbeat.
"It seems like someone is beating the drum to cry out for injustice!”
Liu Xuan put down the ginger soup, and Shangguan Wan 'er quickly helped Liu Xuan change into his official uniform.
There were only two or three cats in the yamen, three or five lazy yamen runners, a chief registrar in his fifties, and an official in charge of the prison.
When Liu Xuan changed into his official uniform and came to the hall, he found that the people beating the drums were three men in ragged clothes with bruises all over their bodies.
"Hall Ascension!"
Liu Xuan slapped the gavel on the table.
Pa!
The few yamen runners who were originally sleepy and tired were shocked. They straightened their backs and immediately became energetic!
"Might! Martial arts!"
Liu Xuan's gaze fell on the three people in the hall who were bruised and swollen.
"Who are you?"
Among the three of them, the leader was slightly older. He was the first to answer,"Sir Rong Bing, the three of us are tenants of Wang Youcai's manor in the east of the city. The people in our manor have rented the land of Wang Youcai. Originally, we paid the rent at 20:80, but this year, there was a flood and the grain production decreased!”
"We paid 80% of the rent, but it was not enough. Minister Wang forced us to make up for it, but we did not agree. Not only did he lead a group of evil servants to injure us, but he also robbed us of our only grain reserves. We really can't live anymore! I beg you to make the decision!"
"Sir, please give us justice!"
"I beg you to give us justice!"
The three of them knelt in the hall and kowtowed loudly.
"You guys get up first. What are your names?”
"I am Niu Debao!"
"I'm Ke Wazi!"
"I'm Li Si!"
Liu Xuan raised his eyebrows when he heard that. He waved his hand and instructed his subordinates,"Immediately call the Chief and Minister Wang to the front of the hall for questioning!”
"Yes, sir!"
"Ding-dong. Group mission triggered: Sweep away the despotic gentry!"
"The reward for the first phase of the mission is a Group chats red packet!”
Hmm?
He actually triggered the Group chats system mission?
Liu Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked forward to it.
After waiting for about the time for an incense stick to burn, Li Zheng and Minister Wang were brought to the county office by the bailiffs.
When Wang Youcai was brought here, he had an arrogant look on his face. His fat head and big ears made Liu Xuan think of Zhu Bajie first!
When the Li Zheng saw Liu Xuan, he quickly knelt on the ground." Qian Songbai of Ninghe Village greets you, sir!”
Wang Youcai did not kneel. He only cupped his hands at Liu Xuan.
"This little one Wang Youcai greets Milord!”
Looking at Wang Youcai, Liu Xuan picked up the teacup and took a sip. He said slowly,""Wang Youcai, do you have any achievements?”
Wang Youcai was stunned. He did not know why Liu Xuan asked this. He did not have any achievements. He was just a businessman.
"No!" Wang Youcai shook his head.”
"Then do you have an official position?"
"No!"
"Then do you have any titles or merits?”(Merit points are equivalent to the position of a meritorious officer, lower than a noble title, but there is an additional salary)
"No!"
"Then do you have any rewards from the royal family?"
"Not really."
Pa!
Liu Xuan slammed the gavel onto the table.
Everyone in the hall was shocked. Wang Youcai also trembled, and the fat on his face trembled.
"Wang Youcai, you have nothing. Why don't you kneel when you see me?”
At this moment, Wang Youcai's clothes were drenched in cold sweat. His expression changed drastically as he hurriedly knelt on the ground. Sir, I was confused just now. Please forgive me!”
"A moment of confusion? Humph, if you don't kneel in front of an official, how can you forgive me with a word of ignorance? Men, drag him down and beat him with the Twenty Kill Might Rod!”
Liu Xuan casually took out the token arrow on the table and threw it down.
The expressions of the bailiffs changed. At this moment, they suddenly realized that their Magistrate seemed to have changed!
Not only did his aura change, but his gaze also changed!
It had become a little terrifying!
The bailiffs looked at each other and saw the fear in each other's eyes. They did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. They hurriedly went forward and pressed Wang You Cai down. The Water Fire Rod directly hit his buttocks.
"Ahhhh…"
Soon, Wang Youcai's miserable cry could be heard.
After the twenty strikes, Wang Youcai was no longer as arrogant as before. He lay on the ground with a pale face, not even having the strength to stand up.
The registrar, who was listening from the side, frowned. He quickly stood up and whispered into Liu Xuan's ear,""Milord, although Wang Youcai was disrespectful to Milord, he is still a branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He is a member of the Wang family. If we go too far, it might not be good.”
Liu Xuan glanced at him when he heard the registrar's words." Wang family? His Wang Clan couldn't overturn the heavens of the Great Tang, let alone a mere branch!”
Official Zhao couldn't help but say,"" Sir, Wang Youcai is not only a member of the Wang Clan. He has a high reputation among the squires of Longmen County. Moreover, he has a thousand acres of fertile land under his name. The shops in the city also account for about twenty percent of the total. If we touch him like this, I'm afraid…"
Liu Xuan held the cup on the table and took a sip." Officer Zhao, are you teaching me how to solve a case?”
Official Zhao's expression changed and he quickly lowered his head." I've spoken too much. Please forgive me, sir!"”
"It's good that you don't dare!"
Liu Xuan placed the cup back on the table and glanced at the official." Leave!"”
Upon hearing this, Official Zhao and the official next to him secretly exchanged glances before lowering their heads and retreating to the side, not saying another word.
Although their actions were very obscure, they did not escape Liu Xuan's eyes.
Someone in the group suddenly spoke.
Wei Zhongxian,[Hehe, group leader, look at your two subordinates. They have their own ideas!]”
Lu Buwei said," Hurry up and kill them. They should have been killed long ago!"”
He Shen: " Group leader, if you want to complete the group mission, you have to change your subordinates. I will never let such people live for too long!”
Liu Xuan agreed." Don't worry, I'll deal with them when the time comes. However, I'm short of manpower for the time being, so I'll have to rely on them first."”
Qin Hui: ”
......
Liu Xuan looked at Qian Songbai and asked,""Did Wang Youcai openly rob the tenants of their grain reserves and instigate the evil servants to fight them?”
Hearing this, Qian Songbai was about to speak, but when the words reached his mouth, he hesitated!
He couldn't afford to offend the Wang Clan. Wang Youcai was a member of the Wang Clan's aristocratic clan.
Even though he was a member of the Wang Clan's branch family, he was not someone a small Li Zheng like him could afford to offend. Even the seventh-grade county magistrate in front of him did not think that he could compete with the behemoth Wang Clan.
At the thought of this, Li Zheng hurriedly shook his head." Sir, I don't know!”
"You don't know?"
Liu Xuan narrowed his eyes. How could he not see that Li Zheng was afraid?
It seemed that he had to use some tricks!
Qin Hui smiled and said in the group,"He's obviously lying. Just make up a crime for him and kill him. He'll probably confess immediately!”
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