Boom!
Like a bolt from the blue, Guo Jia, Qiushou, Tian Feng, and the others instantly understood Liu Chen's meaning and the key to this case!
After storing salt for a long time, there would be salt powder left in the inner bag, which would also be stained with the salty taste of the salt.
If this was a money pouch, it would not be salty, but the stench of money.
This caused Guo Jia, Qiushou, Tian Feng, and the other top strategists to look at Liu Chen in disbelief.
This kind of extraordinary talent, resourcefulness, and quick-witted reaction was something that even they could not compare to!
How long had it been since Liu Chen stepped into the hall? It didn't even take half an hour! This unjust and false case was directly overturned by him!
This kind of IQ performance stunned Qiushou and Tian Feng!
They had wanted to give Liu Chen some advice just now to prevent him from being embarrassed. However, they did not expect that their lord was even more intelligent than his strategists!
Qiushou and Tian Feng looked at each other and smiled bitterly!
Liu Chen looked at State Minister Yuan Fu and asked coldly,""Have I wronged you?"
Pa!
State Minister Yuan Fu immediately knelt down and kowtowed. Cold sweat dripped down his face like raindrops, and his body trembled like a sieve.
Liu Chen ignored him and looked at Zhang. Before Liu Chen could speak, Zhang knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zhang really kowtowed, and his forehead was bleeding from the impact.
However…
The sudden reaction of the Minister and Zhang made the surrounding commoners somewhat puzzled. Even the family of the victim, the old farmer, was stunned on the spot!
"C-solved the case?"
"What is the meaning of this? His Highness asked the Prime Minister to add a bit to the sheepskin inner pocket, and then the Prime Minister said it was salty, and the case was solved?”
"Salty? Does this sheepskin bag still have a smell?"
Listening to the ignorant comments of the surrounding people, Guo Jia, who was in the crowd, explained calmly,
"It's obviously the old farmer's salt bag. He often stores salt, so the smell is attached to the sheepskin bag.”
Everyone was instantly enlightened!
The commoners were filled with admiration for Liu Chen, calling him wise and wise. Their eyes were filled with worship as if they were looking up to a god!
The old farmer's family was very excited. They had finally been avenged!
His son, who was born to look for ores, was even crying as he kowtowed to Liu Chen in gratitude. He treated Liu Chen as his second parent!
The anger on his father's face turned into gratification and gratitude. Tears could not help but flow out of his turbid eyes!
If it weren't for Hua Tuo and the other doctors, the old farmer would have died after this injustice was resolved.
Liu Chen glanced at Guo Jia from the corner of his eye and remembered the other party in his heart. Then, he looked at Zhang and said coldly,"Why did you frame this old farmer?"
"I, I…"
The tyrant Zhang's face was pale and sweat poured down like rain. He wanted to quibble, but when he saw Liu Chen's cold face and thought of Liu Chen's sharp eyes and ability to easily resolve cases, he did not dare to lie.
" This year's grain harvest was great, and the output has more than tripled…I, I took a fancy to his land, but I couldn't sell it, so I wanted to plot to seize it…"
Boom!
The surrounding people were instantly shocked!
All of them wanted to kill Zhang!
They were all farmers. If their land was coveted by someone like this, and with such a treacherous scheme, they would naturally be terrified!
If it wasn't for Liu Chen this time, this old farmer would not have been able to escape the fate of his land being seized!
When the lips died, the teeth felt cold. When the fox mourned when the rabbit died, they looked at the old farmer who was covered in blood and had obviously been beaten into confessing. They were extremely sad and empathized with him!
Liu Chen's expression turned even colder!
Land annexation!
Landlords used all kinds of despicable means to make farmers sell their land and property and become tenant farmers.
Why was the original standard of five people per husband, five acres of house, and 100 acres of land? But later on, it did not meet the standard at all?
It was because after the development of private ownership of land, the despotic landowners expanded maliciously, annexing land and seizing it by force. In addition, the exploitation of taxes and corvee increased. Droughts and plagues occurred frequently.
The peasants had less and less land to farm, and they were finding it harder and harder to survive. In fact, this was the reason for the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
This person deserved to die!
However, this wasn't the main point of this unjust case.
"How could such a flawed scheme win the lawsuit in the end? The old farmer was actually beaten into confessing in the end.”
Liu Chen looked coldly at State Minister Yuan Fu.""Minister Yuan, are you the one who is incompetent? Or was there something unspeakable going on?”
Yuan Guoxiang's body trembled, and his face turned pale. Either way, it was enough to become a stain in his life.
However, he chose the lesser of two evils. Yuan Guoxiang wailed,"Your Highness, this subordinate is incompetent. This subordinate has let down the expectations of the Imperial Court and you. This subordinate deserves to die ten thousand deaths!”
Liu Chen didn't pay attention to Yuan Fu. Instead, he looked at Zhang and asked coldly,""Tell this king, did you win this case because of money? Did the person in charge of the case accept bribes?”
The tyrant's trembling body paused, and his eyes subconsciously turned to Yuan Fu, only to be glared back at by the latter's cold and gloomy gaze.
Zhang immediately withdrew his gaze and recalled Yuan Fu's warning back then. He recalled his background as the fourth generation of the Yuan family in Runan. He gritted his teeth and endured it alone.
"Your Highness, this matter was done by this commoner alone. Prime Minister Yuan is righteous and impartial, but he was deceived by this commoner…"
Zhang took all the blame on himself and even praised Yuan Fu. This made the latter very satisfied.
"Your Highness, don't listen to this thief's words. This subordinate is incompetent. This subordinate is blind!"”
Seeing the two of them echo each other, the commoners were still confused.
However, Guo Jia, Qiushou, and Tian Feng could already tell that there was definitely money involved!
It was just that Zhang had stubbornly held on to the attack, and Yuan Guoxiang was not stupid enough to confess without being beaten. The result was very obvious…
Each of them had to drink three cups as punishment!
Zhang was a despotic and Yuan Guoxiang's aristocratic family background. What did the life and death of the poor people have to do with them? They would be grateful if they could return justice to them!
Moreover, in the Han Dynasty (Eastern Han), apart from selling official posts and titles, promotion and promotion required money. This also made those officials desperately accumulate wealth after taking office.
Those honest officials who could not live with their conscience could only abandon their official positions and escape when faced with the high amount of money needed for promotion.
This was the current situation of the Great Han Dynasty-it was so rotten that it was not far from extinction!
Guo Jia, Ju Shou, and Tian Feng all lamented his misfortune and were angry that he did not fight for the throne. They were worried about the current situation of the Han Dynasty.
However, when they saw Liu Chen's frosty face and his unflinching aura, their hearts thumped!
Their instincts told them that Liu Chen did not seem to be prepared to give up just like that!
However, under such circumstances, there was no evidence. How could Liu Chen make things difficult?
This made Guo Jia, Qiushou, and Tian Feng somewhat curious.
……
Chapter 23 has been changed from 200 mu to 20 mu. The author checked the information. The standard was 100 mu, but in reality, it was not up to standard. It seemed that 20 mu was a little too much.
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