The First Upgraded Hall, The Case of Fighting for the Legacy!
Fang Jun was still digesting what the two had said to him. When he heard what Zhou Fu said, he immediately waved his hand and refused.
"Forget about the welcoming banquet. It's really inappropriate for me to be so extravagant and wasteful when I've just taken office. Besides, I'm here to be an official, not to enjoy life, so I'll just go straight to the hall. Did the previous county magistrate leave any official documents and matters when he left?”
Zhou Fuzhi was stunned. He did not expect that the county magistrate would refuse to welcome him. He turned his head and met Chen Sheng's gaze. The two of them looked at each other, unable to figure out what the new county magistrate was thinking.
Meanwhile, Fang Jun watched as the two of them exchanged glances, and the corners of his mouth curled up into an imperceptible arc.
A new official had to put on a show on his first day.
Therefore, he made the final decision and said like a county magistrate,""Alright, don't look at him. He's looking at you. Prepare to ascend the hall!”
Only then did Zhou Fu and Chen Sheng retreat to the side.
Following that, in the solemn court, Fang Jun sat behind the case with the "Fair and Honest" plaque above his head. The government runners with solemn expressions split into two groups and struck the killing clubs."Might."
The door of the yamen was also opened in this mighty voice.
Today was the day Fang Jun took office. When the commoners heard that the county magistrate had just arrived and was about to go to the court to handle a case, they all came to the entrance of the county government. In a short while, the entrance of the county government was crowded with onlookers.
Chen Sheng came forward and flipped through the book in his hand. He cupped his hands and said,"Milord, the previous county magistrate left behind many official matters of varying sizes. The first was the dispute between the Liu brothers over the inheritance.”
Fang Jun nodded,"Then we'll bring the Liu brothers."”
Not long after he finished speaking, his eldest brother Liu Cai and second brother Liu Wen were brought to the court.
"I am Liu Cai…"
"I am Liu Wen…"
"Greetings, County Magistrate."
Fang Jun put on the stance of a father and mother, looking at the people standing in the hall, and said in a sharp voice,"Fight for the inheritance? Tell me the whole story in detail.”
Liu Cai hurriedly spoke first and cupped his hands."Replying to Milord. Before my father died, he left behind a large sum of money and a will. The money was placed in the village of Yan Tai, which belonged to me, while the money under my bed belonged to my brother. However, after the two of us got the money, my brother's share was obviously much more than the commoner's. As the elder brother, it was only right for me to take more.”
Fang Jun blinked as he watched Liu Cai's tearful narration. Before he could say anything, Liu Wen cupped his hands and said,"Milord, don't listen to his side of the story. His share is obviously much more. Besides, I'm the youngest in the family. Isn't it more natural to take more?”
Liu Cai was immediately unhappy when he heard that.
"What do you mean you're the youngest, so it's only natural for you to take more? As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. As the elder brother of the family, after my father passed away, I am the eldest person in the family. Not only do I have to support the family, but I will also help you get married and have children in the future. Shouldn't I take more?”
Although Liu Cai's words were reasonable, Liu Wen didn't care if he was reasonable or not. He only felt that he was the youngest and should take the most.
"I'm the one who married and gave birth to a son. If you give me the money, I can take care of it myself. You still have to support your family. I can take care of my own marriage and children, so there's no need to trouble you to help me.”
"Little brat, an elder brother is like a father. Is this how you talk to your elder brother?”As he spoke, Liu Cai was about to hit him.
The situation was getting out of hand.
The commoners at the entrance of the county government also began to discuss.
"Why hasn't the new county magistrate said anything? Can't you see that the two brothers are about to fight?”
"Sigh, you don't understand. He's calm.”
The few mouths continued to talk further and further away.
"I heard that the new county magistrate is the son of the prime minister and is also our son-in-law. I think he won't be as incompetent as those restrictions in the past.”
"Yes, yes, yes, I heard that too. I also heard that our county magistrate dotes on his wife to the bone and is very loving with his wife.”
"A person like him who knows how to dote on his wife can't be bad. Let's see how he will be sentenced.”……
The discussions became particularly loud, and for a moment, the court was in chaos.
Fang Jun frowned slightly. He knocked on the gavel, and the crisp sound instantly silenced everyone inside and outside.
"Silence!" He did not forget to shout.
The two people in the hall were also shocked by the gavel and stood obediently to the side.
"According to what you two brothers said, you think that the other party's inheritance is more than yours, right?”
Fang Jun asked.
The two brothers didn't say anything. They lowered their heads and didn't say anything.
Fang Jun looked at it and immediately confirmed his thoughts.
They said that the other party had more than him and wanted to take more, but in fact, both of them wanted to take all the inheritance for themselves. It was just that it was not easy to explain.
He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart for the two brothers 'deceased father.
If their father found out that his two unfilial sons had fought for his inheritance in court after his death, he would probably die with regrets.
Fang Jun cursed these two unfilial sons in his heart. He had already thought of a perfect solution.
In fact, when he first heard Liu Cai's explanation, he already knew how to solve it. After all, when the system first bound him, he had obtained a big novice gift bag--
The emperor even appointed him as a county magistrate, and this skill came in handy.
Therefore, he pretended to think for a moment. After a few breaths, he said,"Since both of you feel that the other party has too much, then both of you can tell me how much the other party has. You can take out the extra portion and the rest will be yours. As for the rest, you two brothers can use it to help your father with the funeral.”
There was another round of discussion at the entrance of the county government.
"It's not inappropriate for the county magistrate to do this. Since both of them feel that the other party has more than they do, then how much more do they think they have and how much do they want the other party to take out?”
"Yes, big brother thinks that little brother has ten more taels of silver, so little brother will take out those ten taels of silver. If the younger brother felt that the older brother had an extra twenty taels of silver, then the older brother would take out that twenty taels of silver.”
"That's right. This new county magistrate's thinking is different from the past. I think if the previous county magistrate was still around, perhaps he would take the inheritance of the two brothers together and then redistribute it to the two of them. Now, the two brothers had taken out what they thought was more. The rest were naturally equal. There was no difference between the older brother and the younger brother.”
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