Fortunate Young Gentleman

The arson case last year was not easy to try. Shou Anbo was a powerful person. Ping'an County Court could not handle such a case, nor could they use all kinds of torture instruments like ordinary cases. However, Chen Huang heard everything he said just now, and he couldn't change his confession.

There was no need to find any more evidence. In a rage, Chen Huang immediately asked two yamen runners to drag him down and beat him with twenty boards.

This was a real twenty boards. After just ten boards, Shou Anbo's son could no longer wail. After twenty boards, he fainted.

Shou Anbo, who heard the news, stepped into the hall of the county government with anger on his face, pointed at Zhong Mingli's nose, and said angrily: "Mr. Zhong, what did you do to my son?"

Zhong Mingli looked at him and said calmly: "Your son instigated others to murder Xu Shuli's family, and also maliciously set fire, involving innocent people. This official has detained him temporarily in accordance with the laws of the dynasty."

"Murder!" Shou Anbo said angrily: "How could my son do such a thing? You must have tortured him into confessing. I warn you, Zhong Mingli, don't think that being the magistrate of Ping'an County is great. If something happens to my son, you won't be the magistrate for long!"

"Shou Anbo is so powerful!"

Emperor Chen walked out with a gloomy face and said coldly: "The magistrate of Ping'an County eats the court salary and works for the country. , whether he will be the magistrate of Ping'an County, when will it be your turn to manage it! "

Shou'an Bo's face changed drastically, and after a start, he immediately knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Emperor Chen looked at him and asked: "Tell me, if I want to appoint a magistrate of Ping'an County, do I need your permission?"

"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant!" Shou'an Bo's forehead was sweating, and he immediately explained: "I was excited for a moment and offended Your Majesty. Please forgive me, but my son would never do such a bad thing. It must be that the magistrate of Ping'an County was tortured into confessing. Please understand!"

"I heard it with my own ears, how could it be wrong!" Emperor Chen strode forward and kicked him on the shoulder. Shou'an Bo staggered and fell to the ground.

"That's eight lives!" Emperor Chen looked at him and said angrily, "If the people knew that their taxes were used to support a bunch of beasts like you, how would they curse me?"

It was the first time that Tang Ning saw Emperor Chen so angry. He took two steps back and found that the hem of his clothes was tight. He looked down and saw Zhao Man pulling the corner of his clothes. There was a bit of fear on her face. It seemed that Emperor Chen's current appearance scared her.

Tang Ning pulled the corner of his clothes out of her hand. Men and women should not be intimate, but she didn't know how to avoid suspicion and always got close to him...

Zhao Man glared at him, grabbed the corner of his clothes again, and held it even harder.

After Emperor Chen walked to the top table, he slammed the gavel and said in a deep voice: "I want to try this case in person!"

Shou Anbo trembled and fell to the ground.

The emperor didn't need to go around in circles when trying a case.

He just had to sit in the hall and show his identity. The son of Shou Anbo who was forcibly awakened after fainting would confess everything.

He had long been attracted to Xu Shuli's wife. That night, while Xu Shuli was not at home, he sneaked into Xu's house and tried to force her. Xu Shuli's wife refused to obey him, so he accidentally strangled her to death.

Xu Shuli happened to come home, so he decided to kill Xu Shuli and ordered his men to destroy his body and burn Xu's house to make it look like a fire.

After listening to his confession, Shou'an Bo had already turned pale and collapsed on the ground like mud.

"What a big dog's guts, what a big dog's guts!" Chen Huangping was dealing with national affairs, and such folk cases would not be reported to him. At this moment, his body was shaking with anger. Wei Jian hurriedly stepped forward and said immediately: "Your Majesty, calm down. The dragon's body is important. The dragon's body is important."

He winked at Tang Ning, and Tang Ning understood and immediately asked Peng Chen to take Shou'an Bo's son away.

Emperor Chen gradually calmed down and said, "Immediately, remove the title of Lord Shou'an and demote him to a commoner. His son is extremely evil and unforgivable. He will be immediately handed over to the Ministry of Justice for punishment according to the law!"

Lord Shou'an trembled like a sieve, knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"Spare my life?" Emperor Chen looked at him and said coldly, "You asked me to spare his life, then who will spare the lives of Xu Shuli's family, and who will spare the lives of the six innocent people!"

"Ping'an County Magistrate Zhong Mingli!" Emperor Chen suddenly spoke.

Zhong Mingli immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I'm here!"

"You did a great job on this case." He looked at Zhong Mingli and said, "The capital is not like Lingzhou. I know you will encounter many obstacles in handling cases in your daily life. I will give you a jade token. Seeing this token is like seeing me. If anyone dares to obstruct, he will be punished for disobeying the order!"

Wei Jian took out a jade token from his sleeve and said with a smile, "Master Zhong, why don't you thank your majesty?"

Zhong Mingli immediately came to his senses, reached out to take it, and bowed, "Thank you, your majesty!"

"No need to thank me . "Emperor Chen looked at him and said, "Ping'an County is under the emperor's feet. If something like this happens, it will be a loss of my face. I hope you can fulfill your duties and responsibilities in the future and don't let me down."

Zhong Mingli bowed and said, "I will not let your majesty down!"

Emperor Chen stood up and said, "Ping'an County Magistrate is partial to his own interests and perverts the law, disregarding human lives. He should be dismissed immediately and investigated, and handed over to the Ministry of Justice for handling. Ping'an County Magistrate is your assistant. Do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

Zhong Mingli said, "I will obey your majesty and the court's arrangements."

Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "The county magistrate will run the county yamen with you. I don't want to send another troublemaker in. If you have any suitable candidate in mind, please speak up."

Zhong Mingli thought for a while and said, "Minister, I have a candidate in mind..."

After Emperor Chen left, the yamen runners and constables in the county yamen understood what had happened.

His Majesty personally visited the county yamen, and Zhao County Magistrate and Zheng County Lieutenant were dismissed on the spot. Last year, Xu Shuli's case was revealed, Shou'an Bo's son was punished according to the law, and Shou'an Bo was also stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner.

What shocked and surprised them the most was that the current emperor actually visited Ping'an County Yamen incognito!

In their eyes, the emperor was naturally a high-ranking figure who only existed within the high palace walls. Ordinary people would hardly see him in their lifetime. Who would have thought that as a small yamen runner, they would be able to see a living emperor one day. This matter alone was enough for them to brag for a long time.

When Zhong Mingli walked out of the front hall, he saw all the officials of the county government standing in the yard in an orderly manner.

"Thank you, sir!"

"Thank you, sir!"

...

Seeing him coming out, everyone bowed in unison.

Zhong Mingli looked at everyone and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

One person stepped forward, looked at him, and said seriously: "Xu Shuli is my colleague. Your Excellency has redressed his grievances, so we should accept our respect."

Zhong Mingli shook his head and said: "This is my duty, you don't have to do this."

The official bowed and said: "Chang County Magistrate, Zhao County Magistrate and Shou'an Earl's Mansion colluded to make Xu Shuli die unjustly. We are powerless. Your Excellency is different from Chang County Magistrate and Zhao County Magistrate. You are upright and fearless of power... We are willing to serve you in the future!"

"Willing to serve you!"

"Willing to serve you!"

...

All the officials of the county government bowed their heads, and Tang Ning leaned against the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, County Magistrate Zhao was completely defeated. His father-in-law established his prestige in the county government with this incident. These people were convinced by him, and everything he did in the future would be much smoother.

Moreover, he still had the jade token awarded by the emperor in his hand. Seeing the token was like seeing the emperor, and it had the same effect as the Shangfang sword. Although he could not beat the tyrant emperor and punish the treacherous ministers, in the future, small characters like Shou'an Bo Wu'an Hou would have to stand still and take the beating when they saw the token, and would not dare to be rampant again.

He rubbed his swollen head. It was not easy to take a vacation, but he still had to worry about it. He was destined to be a hard worker...

A pair of slender hands reached out from behind, replaced his hands, and helped him to massage gently.

Zhongyi stood behind him and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, husband."

"Who made him the father of my wife..." Tang Ning put his arm around her waist and said, "But you are really exhausted these two days. Let's go home and relax..."