A peasant girl traveled through time and space, and she became prosperous

Wen Meijiu reacted extremely quickly and put the dagger against the neck of the servant who wanted to attack her.

"That's none of my business. Just be quiet."

The woman didn't expect Wen Meijiu to be so skilled. She didn't dare to act rashly for a moment. She just stamped her feet and said:

"It's my bad luck. I'll do whatever you say."

After saying that, she winked at the man next to her. The man nodded, turned around and went outside.

In half a cup of tea, Wen Meijiu was already sitting in front of a carriage. After instructing the woman on how to explain the matter to Wang Yuanwai, she whipped the horse in front hard.

"drive--"

The horse ran very fast on the road.

As Wen Meijiu drove towards the other side of the mountain, he was thinking that after tomorrow the children could return home with a clear conscience, and Mr. Wang would not dare to cause trouble for their family.

**

The next day, just after dawn, the drum outside the county government office was struck loudly.

The county magistrate was forced to go to court. The people who came to file a complaint were Miss Liu's parents. They accused Mr. Wang of forcibly taking a girl as his wife, hiding her, and refusing her family visits.

Mr. Wang, who tried to cover up the truth, did not expect the news to spread so quickly. He said that both parties were willing and the bride was just unwell and not suitable to see people, which was not the case as the Liu family said.

The county magistrate, who had just attended the wedding banquet yesterday, was also shocked!

He donated money to get his position as county magistrate, and Wang Yuanwai naturally contributed a lot to it, so he knows which side of the kang is warmer.

In private, he asked his lawyer to talk to Mr. Liu and his wife, and they could discuss the matter behind closed doors.

Who knew that Mr. Liu and his wife were determined to sue Mr. Wang for kidnapping their daughter and demand that their daughter be returned to them immediately.

"Don't be ungrateful." The master's voice was suppressed, the sound bursting out from between his teeth, and there was a strong threat in his eyes.

Mr. Liu stood up angrily, stood at the gate of the county government office and shouted loudly. The Liu family members who had been waiting outside the gate swarmed in and surrounded him.

"You, do you still want to rebel?"

The lawyer panicked and pointed at Mr. Liu and scolded him angrily, trembling.

"I am an incompetent Liu. For the sake of fairness and justice, please ask the county magistrate to publicly try this case and give justice to my Liu family."

After Mr. Liu finished speaking, he kowtowed to the ground. All the clansmen followed suit and shouted, knelt down outside the yamen, attracting many onlookers.

The county magistrate was forced to ask his lawyer to confirm with Mr. Wang again and again that it was not a case of bride kidnapping, and then he agreed to publicly try the case in front of everyone.

The news spread quickly, and more and more people came to watch the case, surrounding the county government office.

The county magistrate sat on the throne, slammed the gavel, his face darkened, and he questioned Mr. Liu in the hall angrily:

"The marriage certificate, betrothal gifts, and matchmaker are all here, and you actually said that the Wang family raped my daughter. Deceiving me is a crime of treason. The punishment is either beating or beheading. Think carefully!"

Mr. Liu clasped his hands together and swore to the heavens:

"The Wang family came to propose marriage many times, but I rejected them every time. The neighbors can all testify to this.

Four days ago, the matchmaker brought dozens of strong men and a large amount of betrothal gifts to propose marriage, but I rejected them harshly.

Who would have thought that yesterday, they came in large numbers and snatched the bride away; my family was small and could not stop them, and finally they succeeded and snatched the bride away.

After a night of planning, I discussed with the Liu family and planned to go to their house today to ask for the person. However, who knew that the Wang family had hidden the person and wouldn't even let us see him.

I really had no other choice, so I beat the county yamen’s drum, begging the county magistrate to give me justice and let the Wang family return my daughter to me.”

Mr. and Mrs. Liu were crying as they spoke, and they both knelt on the ground, knocking their heads against each other.

"This is outrageous! This is slander, total slander!"

Mr. Wang was so angry that he stood aside and pointed at Mr. Liu and his wife.

In a blink of an eye, he looked at his nephew sitting in the court and ordered:

"Yitang, these two unruly people are slandering me and talking nonsense. You should immediately have them beaten with fifty sticks, so that your uncle can vent his anger!"

The county magistrate had only been in office for a short time and had never tried such a difficult case. Furthermore, the other party was suing his uncle, who had been very kind to him. He felt that his uncle was wronged and for a moment he was biased without realizing it.

"Come here, drag these two troublemakers out and give each of them twenty lashes of the cane."

The county magistrate picked up the fire sign in the cylinder and was about to throw it to the ground. A loud shout went out from the crowd:

"Wait!"

This loud shout attracted the attention of many people, and soon the crowd made way for Wen Meijiu to lead directly to the court.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Wen Meijiu stood in the court hall calmly and neither humble nor arrogant, with his head held high.

"Who are you and why are you making so much noise here?"

The county magistrate held his hand in the air, and under pressure from the onlookers, he finally did not dare to throw the fire sign away.

The trial is now open to the public. If you make a wrong move, you will lose everything.

After calming down, the county magistrate became much more rational. What if he was taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives?

After bowing to the county magistrate, Wen Meijiu avoided the main point and said:

"Your Excellency is wise. It is not too late to fight after the witnesses and evidence have been presented in court. Don't be deceived and wrongly accuse a good person."

Seeing that the rocket order had not been delivered and his goal had failed, Wang Yuanwai jumped up and pointed at the warm wine, saying:

"How can they be considered good people? You are so arrogant, you have no right to speak here."

"That's wrong. Your Excellency said that the trial should be open to the public, which means that every citizen can supervise whether the punishment is fair.

Mr. Wang would not rely on his relationship with the master to bend the law for personal gain and force a confession, right? "

"You fart!"

This is what happened, but it cannot be said openly, and Mr. Wang jumped up and down.

"Even if the people have the right to supervise, the girl's loud noise is an offense to me. Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for contempt of court?"

Having said this, the county magistrate secretly inserted the fire order back into the wooden tube and slammed the gavel hard, asking everyone to be quiet.

Wen Meijiu bowed calmly again and said:

“Of course I’m afraid.

However, I am more afraid that our county magistrate might make a mistake and give others an excuse to accuse him.

If that were the case, it would be a pity. We don't want to lose a good county magistrate who cares about the local people and understands their sufferings.

After all, you were born and raised here, and you have feelings for your fellow villagers.

Unlike those outsiders, who came, worked for two years, and then left without caring about the lives of the people of Minhuang County.

In the end, the ones who suffer are the people of Minhuang County.

We have learned from previous experiences and we can all tell the good from the bad.

Since Mr. Wang said that there is sufficient evidence, you might as well take the trouble to have him bring it up for trial. Don’t let this ruin your reputation.”

There was a county magistrate named Dou in front of Minhuang County. His situation was exactly the same as what Wen Meijiu described. He was greedy for money, lustful, and extravagant. He had been working here for many years. Finally, he was demoted because he offended a family with connections in the capital.