Dressed as an old woman, I carry the system and my son to escape the famine

What surprised Yao Shu was nothing else. She just didn't expect that the village chief would take the initiative to go to the Yamen to seek justice. This change was excellent, and it should be like this.

I still remember that in the past, when she mentioned that she wanted to go to the government, the village chief and others would shrink back, and would rather suffer the consequences of being dumb than go to see the government.

This is also thanks to the fact that the officials in Zhangzhou City are not ordinary people, and they can judge cases impartially and gain the trust of the people.

This also shows that she made the right choice. Zhangzhou City is indeed a place for them to stay. Except for the stronger wind and sand and the poorer land, there are no other disadvantages.

After everyone searched carefully, they found some clues, such as the kerosene on a certain sweet potato leaf, and a set of footprints heading outside the village...

As for more detailed information, they are not professional investigators after all, so they can't tell anything.

But these are enough.

A fierce look flashed in Yao Shu's eyes, she would not suffer such a big loss.

"Let's go to the government to report the case now. Village chief, please arrange for some people to guard the area and not allow anyone to get close, lest someone destroys the evidence."

"I'll go right away."

The village chief agreed seriously.

After everything was arranged, Yao Shu led people to the government. She asked the village chief to come forward to report to the government. Because the world was harsh on women, she tried not to show up.

I was afraid that someone would be biased, because her appearance would delay things.

Someone reported it to the police, and the Yamen immediately accepted the case. Since arson was a serious crime, Yamen officials soon went to Dahezhuang to investigate.

Dahezhuang kept the traces of the crime very well, and with the evidence left behind, in just one morning, the yamen escorted the culprit to the court.

At the gate of the Yamen, Yao Shu and many villagers were waiting here. Seeing the culprit walking by, they could not hold back the anger in their hearts and cursed out loud.

"Bah! The shady bitch actually set fire to the food."

"Immoral thing..."

If they hadn't been worried that they were in the Yamen and there were Yamen servants there, they would have rushed up and beat the people to death to vent their anger.

The person who set the fire behind was a man named Tian Jie in his early thirties. Yao Shu had no memory of this man at all, which showed that it was not a grudge formed earlier.

"Quiet, everyone, please stop scolding me. I believe the adults will decide the case impartially."

She did not curse out loud, but stopped the behavior of the people in Dahezhuang Village. It would not do them any good to make a fuss at this time, but it would easily leave a bad impression in front of the county magistrate.

Everyone almost obeyed Yao Shu's words unconditionally, and the noisy doorway fell silent instantly.

His ears suddenly became quieter. The county magistrate raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the gate. His eyes stayed on Yao Shu for a moment. He had some impressions of Dahe Village, which he moved from other places. He didn't expect that this village had some other features. Something strange.

The county magistrate just looked at it and then withdrew his gaze. The trial of the case was more important at the moment.

"boom!"

The gavel was slapped, and the case began to be tried. The village chief had a lot of evidence, and the government officials had some skills. The truth soon came to light.

"Tian Jie, you poured kerosene on the sand outside Dahezhuang Village and set fire to the fields this morning. Now the evidence is conclusive. Can you plead guilty?"

"The grassroots plead guilty."

The county magistrate nodded. Since the defendant had pleaded guilty, he only needed to judge the case impartially.

"You burned more than ten acres of Dahezhuang's fields. I rebelled against you and sentenced you to twenty sticks. I will compensate Dahezhuang for fifty dan of grain, which is equivalent to fifteen taels of silver."

In his opinion, this decision was very reasonable and the case could be withdrawn quickly. However, who could have imagined that as soon as the verdict came down, two voices of opposition came out.

"Sir, with the amount of sand in their village, where can we get fifty shi of food? It would be great to have ten shi."

In Tian Jie's opinion, since he could no longer escape punishment, it was okay for him to plead guilty, but how could he still get so much money? He could never be taken advantage of.

These ten taels of silver were the majority of his net worth. If he gave them away, he would die of heartache.

On the other side, the village chief was also very unwilling. They had destroyed not only fifty shi of food, but all of them had 500 shi. Even if sweet potatoes and potatoes were not as valuable as rice, they still cost more than ten taels of silver.

The food bought for ten taels of silver was not enough for them to eat.

The two parties were opposed. This was something the county magistrate had not expected. He had heard about the land reclamation in Dahezhuang, and what Tian Jie said was reasonable. His eyes fell on the village chief.

"Lin Youshu, why are you dissatisfied with the verdict in this case?"

"Reporting to your lord, although the grassland people's land is sandy, they are growing high-yielding grain seeds, with a yield of twenty dan per mu."

Being questioned in court by the county magistrate, the village chief was inevitably a little nervous, especially the magistrate's majestic aura, which made him a little scared. He only retained a lot of what he said and only said a small part.

After all, he also knows the approximate yield of grain. Relatively speaking, the yield per unit of sweet potatoes and potatoes is incredible.

But even so, no one believed it, and Tian Jie seized this opportunity and said sarcastically.

"Although I did something wrong, you can't just lie to the county magistrate directly in court. No one will believe you if you tell me that you can produce twenty dan per acre. Even the best paddy fields can't be grown. So much food.”

"quiet!"

The county magistrate's expression was very serious. He turned to look at the village chief with a slightly impatient tone.

"No nonsense is allowed in the court, and those who violate it will be slapped with ten bullets."

He has seen many people who are greedy for money, but Lin Youshu is the first person who has the courage to treat him as a fool in court. He is really good. Do you really think that he is a scholar and he is indiscriminate? ?

Being suddenly frightened like this, the village chief's heart trembled. These days, there are few ordinary people who are not afraid of officials. It is a fear engraved in their bones.

"My lord, everything the common people said is true, and I will not dare to expire your term."

"Heh, you mean the yield of the fields in Dahe Village is twenty dan per mu?"

"Exactly."

The county magistrate smiled instead of being angry, but he was laughed out of anger. No one had dared to fool him like this since he took office.

"Come here, drag Lin Youshu out and hit the ten big boards as a warning to others."

"grown ups……"

The village chief raised his head in surprise, with a look of fear on his face. He was an old man, and if he was really beaten ten times, it would cost him half his life. For a moment, he didn't even know how to beg for mercy.

What happened in the courtroom was something no one expected. Seeing that a government official was about to drag the village chief down for execution, everyone was so panicked that they wanted to jump.

"Sister-in-law, what should we do?"

"Why should the village chief who is so good be punished? We obviously did nothing wrong..."