A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 215: The Drum Beating in the Government Office to Complain

After breakfast, the two arrived at the gate of the government office.

"Uncle Li, they are still kneeling there."

"It should be that the prefect has something to do. It's okay. You should wait a little longer. He will definitely go in. Wait first."

"Ah."

Mo Wen saw Zhang Yunyue and Li Da coming, and said something to the young master, and the three of them walked towards them.

Mo Wen: "Miss Zhang, you guys are here to watch the fun too."

"Yes, Mr. Xiao, you too."

Xiao Qi smiled and said, "Yeah."

Inside the government office.

"Sir, someone is beating drums outside the government office to complain."

"Okay, wait a moment while I change into my official uniform and then I'll go to court."

"Yes, my lord."

Not long after, the door opened and the prefect came out in his official uniform: "Let's go."

"Mighty, mighty..."

The prefect, Mo Feng, sat in the middle of the yamen and slammed the gavel on the table.

"Go up to the court, bring the drummer."

All those who were crying out for justice at the door came into the court one by one.

Everyone knelt down: "Greetings, sir."

"Who is kneeling in the hall? Tell me your name."

Qian: "I am Qian, your Excellency. I live in Qingfeng Lane in the North City. Some time ago, I took my daughter Wenwen to the street to buy things for her wedding.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she left the rouge shop, she was seen by Wu Yaozu of the Wu family. Wu Yaozu was attracted by the beauty of my daughter and forcibly took her into his house, but my daughter refused to agree.

Wu Yaozu threatened my daughter with my life, so my daughter had no choice but to enter the mansion as a concubine. My husband and I went to the county government to sue Wu Yaozu.

As a result, because Wu Yaozu was the nephew of the county magistrate's wife, the county magistrate accused us of false accusation and ordered the constable to beat my husband with fifty lashes of the cane. My husband was beaten to death by the county magistrate.

Wuuwuwu... Please, sir, please make the decision. My daughter is still suffering in the Wu family, and my husband will not be able to rest in peace. Wuuwuwu..."

After Qian finished speaking, she kowtowed several times to the prefect.

“My name is Niu Gen. A month ago, my youngest daughter and her husband were also strolling on the street. Unexpectedly, they were seen by Wu Yaozu, who forcibly abducted her into his house on the street.

My wife and I went to the mansion to reason with him, but the servants there pushed us, and my wife was pushed down the stairs by the servants. She had no money for treatment, and she is still paralyzed in bed.”

"My daughter was also forcibly taken into the mansion by Wu Yaozu."

“I am from Wuyun County, my name is Chai Fa, and I bought a shop on the North Street of the city to do dim sum business. Because the dim sum is pretty good, the business is also pretty good. I didn’t expect that the Wu family would take a fancy to my family’s dim sum recipe and shop.

He asked us to sell the shop and the dim sum recipe to him at a low price of eight hundred taels. But my family spent two thousand taels to buy the shop, and the dim sum recipe was passed down from my ancestors. How could we sell it to others at will? We refused.

He would send people to harass and smash the shop every few days, leaving the shop with no customers. We went to the county government to file a complaint, but it turned out that he was the nephew of the county magistrate's favorite concubine.

So the county magistrate said that our shop did not pay the business tax on time, so he closed the shop, and then privately warned us that if we did not sell the shop, it would be closed forever. We had no choice but to sell it to the Wu family for 800 taels. "

"My Lord, the prefect, my family is the same. The shop was passed down from our ancestors, but was forced by the Wu family and the county magistrate to sell it to the Wu family at a low price. Please, prefect, make the decision for us."

"Sir, this is our petition, please take a look."

Prefect Mo Feng looked at the lawyer beside him. The lawyer received the prefect's gaze, walked forward, took the petition and handed it to Mo Feng.

After Mo Feng read the petitions one by one, he slammed the gavel and said, "How dare the Wu family and County Magistrate Ye Qingyun act like this."

"Someone is coming."

The detectives: "Sir."

"Go to the Wu family quickly and bring the father and son of the Wu family here, as well as all of Wu Yaozu's concubines in the backyard. Also go and call the county magistrate Ye Qingyun here as well."

"Yes, my lord."

Two quarters of an hour later.

The constable brought the father and son of the Wu family and the magistrate Ye Qingyun together.

The Wu family father and son knelt down, and Ye Qingyun clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, the prefect."

"Auntie."

"Father."

......

Mo Feng: "Master, show them these petitions and see what else they have to say."

The lawyer handed the petition to the three people, and they read it.

The Wu family father and son pretended to be calm: "It's unfair, sir, it's unfair, sir, they are making false accusations, I and my son have never done such a thing, please be careful."

Ye Qingyun clasped his fists and said, "Sir, everything in this petition is a false accusation. Please investigate carefully and clear my name."

Mo Feng picked up the gavel and banged it.

“Mighty, mighty.”

Mo Feng: "Plaintiff, do you have any evidence or witnesses?"

Qian: "My husband is dead, and my daughter is here in court. You can ask my daughter Ye Wen."

"Ye Wen, I want to ask you, did you enter the Wu Mansion voluntarily, or were you forced into the mansion by Wu Yaozu?"

Ye Wen cried, "Please seek justice for me, my Lord. I was already engaged, but Wu Yaozu took a fancy to me in the prefectural capital and forcibly took me into his residence. My parents sued him at the county government, and my father ended up losing his life."

Niu Gen: "My daughter is also in the lobby, you can ask my daughter if you want."

When the Wu family father and son heard this, they knew that the situation was hopeless today.

County Magistrate Ye Qingyun was so nervous that he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm.

A woman replied, "Sir, I am Niu Cuicui, the daughter of Niu Gen. Wu Yaozu threatened to kill my parents and forced me to become his concubine. Please seek justice for me, sir."

Chai Fa: "Sir, this is the document I signed with the seller when I bought the shop. I bought it for two thousand taels. It has my signature and handprint and the purchase amount. This is the document the Wu family forced me to sell the shop and secret recipe for eight hundred taels.

If the county magistrate had not backed the Wu family, how would the Wu family dare to act in this way?

I have been keeping it, hoping that one day a judge will judge for us. Please check it out, sir."

The lawyer took the two documents and handed them to the prefect.

"Wu Jiang, Wu Yaozu, Ye Qingyun, you still don't plead guilty?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the gavel banged.

The father and son of the Wu family cried and said, "Sir, I will never dare to do it again. I will never dare to do it again. Please spare my life."

When Ye Qingyun heard the prefect calling his name, he immediately collapsed to the ground and knelt on the ground in a hurry: "Sir, I, your humble servant, please forgive me, I will never dare to do it again next time."

"Pah," "Hmph, there will be a next time. As a senior official, you don't speak up for the people, you don't make decisions for the people. Instead, you disregard the law and kill people just because this is the family of your favorite concubine. Come on, take off his official hat, put him in the dungeon, and confiscate his property.