People always think I'm a broken sleeve

The troubles that should be resolved have been resolved now, the lawyer waved his hand, indicating that the shopkeeper and the waiter can leave together.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper and the shop clerk breathed a sigh of relief as if they had saved their lives, and then immediately retreated obediently.

After the two retreated, Huo Chengyao looked at the lawyer and praised: "After saving Zun'er this time, you can work by my side."

The lawyer was pleasantly surprised, "Thank you, Mr. Prefect, for your appreciation!"

Then, Huo Chengyao seemed to suddenly think of something again, and asked: "What about the singing girl, why don't you interrogate her? Or..."

Huo Chengyao raised his eyebrows deliberately.

The lawyer was comprehensible, and smiled lightly: "If the person who sued is dead, wouldn't there be no place to pour the 'dirty water'?"

Huo Chengyao had an epiphany, and continued: "The lawyer is still far-sighted, and I admire it."

The lawyer cupped his hands and bowed, "My lord, I'm too proud."

At the end of the sentence, Huo Chengyao glanced in the direction of the outside of the store, and saw that the servant who left with the portrait had not yet returned, so he said: "It seems that we still need to spend some effort today. After a day of rushing

One night's journey, the journey is tiring, and the official is also tired, so I will take a rest today and go to the Yamen tomorrow. "

The lawyer said: "Yes, my lord."

After finishing speaking, Huo Chengyao got up and went upstairs.

The servant following Huo Chengyao immediately subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the shivering shopkeeper and the waiter, who were shivering aside: "What are you still doing there, why don't you bring your lord to your place?"

Which is best to go to the room? "

The shopkeeper didn't expect Huo Chengyao to stay, so he couldn't help being taken aback.

Two seconds later, the shopkeeper came back to his senses, and hurriedly trotted over.

The shopkeeper stammered: "Master Zhifu, please come with me..."

Huo Chengyao raised his heels calmly, as if even if someone died in front of the store, it would not affect him in any way.

But come to think of it.

If it weren't for the influence of Huo Chengyao, the magistrate's father who regards rights as everything, Huo Zun would not be so contemptuous of human life, and would not take human life seriously.

Furthermore, Huo Chengyao cleaned up a lot of messes for Huo Zun, and he has seen so many such things. In Huo Chengyao's eyes, the life of a mere little boy

Nothing.

The night passed.

The next day, morning, Maoshi.

Su Bian just got up, and after changing clothes, the drum outside the yamen was knocked.The deafening drum beat went straight through the gate and the Yimen.

Su Bian raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound of the drum, but before he could move, Bizhu hurriedly ran to the door, knocked on the door and said, "It's not good, my lord, the magistrate of Huaizhou has come to the yamen

coming--"

Su Bian frowned and asked, "Then who is playing the drum?"

Bi Zhu replied out of breath: "It was the servants of the magistrate who knocked!"

Su Bian paused and walked out of the house.

As soon as he left the house, not far away, Yan Ruyu put on men's clothes again, and Yan Ruyu, who was wearing a mustache, stumbled towards Su Bian.

Yan Ruyu stopped in front of Su Bian, and said anxiously: "My lord, the prefect of Huaizhou must have come to help Huo Zun to reverse the case!"

Su Bian asked indifferently, "The case has been concluded, and all the testimony in the courtroom has been recorded. How do we reverse the case?"

Yan Ruyu was burning with anxiety, "The magistrate of Huaizhou brought the number one lawyer in Huaizhou together! That lawyer's servant has heard it before, with a mouth that speaks like a tongue, and what is false can be said to be true.

It can be said to be false.Of all the cases that passed through his hands, none of them were sued and failed! "

Su Bian said, "Really."

Seeing Su Bian's still disapproving expression, Yan Ruyu was so anxious that she almost jumped up.

Yan Ruyu couldn't help but reminded her again and again: "This man is full of tricks, and he can do whatever he can for the sake of the case. You must be careful, sir! Don't fall into his ways!"

Su Bian didn't respond, he raised his feet and walked towards the yamen lobby with no expression on his face.

Walking into the yamen, at a glance, several yamen servants had already arrived in the lobby, standing obediently on both sides of the lobby with wooden sticks.

Su Bian glanced quietly, and finally fell on Huo Chengyao who was sitting calmly on the chair in the lobby.

Su Bian glanced at the other party sitting in the yamen, still calm and composed, then glanced at the handsome young man standing beside the middle-aged man holding a folding fan, and finally slowly

Look back.

With just one glance, I already know who is coming.

Those who are still calm and composed in the yamen, if they are not officials, they are people who are not afraid of anything.And the person in front of him obviously belongs to the former.

At this time, Yan Ruyu behind her noticed something, glared at the lawyer next to the middle-aged man and said angrily, "Bold, why don't you kneel down when you see your lord!"

The lawyer smiled slightly, and said disdainfully: "I am a scholar with a previous record, and I have achieved fame. According to the regulations of the Jin Dynasty, those who have gained fame and reputation do not need to kneel in court."

After the lawyer said it, Yan Ruyu realized that he was indeed a scholar with previous convictions, and couldn't help but get angry.

Su Bian raised his hand to signal Yan Ruyu to be quiet, then stepped forward and said, "Master Zhifu has come all the way from afar, I don't know what you can do?"

Su Bian's attitude was calm, even though he knew he was the magistrate, he still had no intention of flattering or bowing his knees.Huo Chengyao looked at Su Bian calmly, and couldn't help but look slightly sideways.

.

But immediately, Huo Chengyao was relieved.

If the county magistrate had a flattering look towards him, how could he put Zun'er in prison?

After thinking about it, Huo Chengyao snorted coldly, "The thief girl framed this official Zun'er, and this official came to reverse the case for him!"

Su Bian, who planted and framed the two words, frowned, he sullenly, and said coldly: "The evidence in the court that day was solid, and the oral evidence and evidence were all consistent with what the woman said, so how can you frame her?

"

Huo Chengyao didn't speak, but the lawyer standing beside Huo Chengyao said with a leisurely smile: "What if the witnesses from that day... all lied?"

Hearing this, Su Bian's face darkened instantly.

On the day of his ascension, would Su Bian fail to see if anyone lied?

But since the other party said so, Su Bian could only summon the witnesses from that day to court again.

Su Bian said: "Summon the waiter and shopkeeper of the Spring Breeze Restaurant, the person who sued, and the High Security Department of the Gao Mansion."

The yamen servant responded, "Yes."

The four of them were brought quickly, and the shopkeeper and the waiter knelt in the hall, not daring to breathe.

Gao An knelt on the spot silently, waiting for Su Bian to interrogate him later.

As for the singing girl, she knelt down in the hall, glanced at the shopkeeper Xiaoer and Gao An in panic, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, hasn't the case been settled two days ago? Why...

... "

Before the singing girl could finish speaking, Su Bian cut off her voice coldly, and said: "I heard that on the day of the trial, someone lied in the courtroom, so I will have a new trial today. If the person on that day

There are indeed people who lie in court... According to the laws and regulations of the Jin Dynasty, those who despise the court will be whipped twenty boards! "

After Su Bian finished speaking, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were startled, opened their eyes wide, and immediately looked in the direction of Huo Chengyao and the lawyer in horror.

Didn't you say that you only need to tell two little lies today?How could he still be beaten twenty times!

That thick and long stick, three hits will kill him, twenty hits will definitely kill him!

The lawyer's heart condensed slightly, he didn't expect Su Bian to come up with such a trick, and he couldn't help being a little surprised for a moment.

The lawyer glanced in Su Bian's direction, thinking that the county magistrate was really unusual. Then, he calmed down, and looked at the shopkeeper and the waiter who looked at him in horror.

Lightly said: "Everyone, remember to tell the truth in class. Every truth you say is related to the life of our Young Master Huo. If something goes wrong... you will be responsible for the consequences."

The lawyer's expression was full of meaning, the shopkeeper and the waiter shuddered, and immediately looked away.

The two swallowed in fear, unconsciously recalling yesterday, the look on Huo Chengyao's understatement that he wanted to get rid of those people in the portrait.

If you offend Su Bian, it's only twenty big boards...

If you offend Huo Chengyao...

That would mean he lost his life!

In an instant, the two quickly made a decision.

The two immediately kowtowed without hesitation and said, "My lord, I have a reason for telling lies that day!"

The singing girl looked at the waiter and the shopkeeper in disbelief, "Shopkeeper, waiter..."

Just when the singer turned her gaze to the silent Gao An beside her, Su Bian turned her gaze to the only silent Gao An with a cold face.

Su Bian asked, "Did Mr. Gao lie in the hall that day?"

Gao An was silent for two seconds before uttering a word slowly.

Gao An said: "...Yes."

When Gao An's words fell, the singer's eyes went dark.

At the same time, Su Bian's face darkened instantly.

Su Bian condescendingly looked at the three people in front of him who admitted to 'lying' that day without hesitation, turned around as if he was too lazy to look at the three people again, and walked towards the desk.

Su Bian said expressionlessly, "Come here."

The yamen servant stepped forward, "Yes."

Su Bian continued coldly: "There are three people in the hall, and each of them has twenty boards."

The yamen servant responded, and immediately dragged the three of them down together.

Immediately afterwards, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er's cries were heard in the torture room.Gao An finally couldn't bear it anymore and screamed out.

After playing the twenty big boards, when they were dragged to the hall again, the three of them were bloody behind their backs, looking extremely terrified and miserable.

Su Bian sat in front of the case table, looked at the three people who were expressionless, and said: "Let me listen to your 'truth' now, if I find out that there is a false sentence

If not, then drag it down and play twenty big boards! "

The [-] big boards just now cost half his life, if he hits another [-] big boards, he will really die on the spot.

The shopkeeper and Xiao Er, who were kneeling on the ground, immediately wanted to beg for mercy, and then told the real truth. The lawyer on the side noticed it instantly, and said coolly: "Say it well, everyone, don't let me go!"

Let the magistrate down. "

As soon as the lawyer's threatening words came out, the shopkeeper and the waiter shuddered, and they gave up the thought just now in a moment of panic.

Didn't Su Bian see the lawyer's petty tricks? With a slightly condensed expression, he said coolly, "When I'm adjudicating a case, the idlers in the hall are not allowed to interrupt. If you commit the crime again, you will be given [-] slaps!"

Everyone present knew who Su Bian was referring to.

The lawyer's expression froze, and he subconsciously raised his eyes to look in Su Bian's direction.He has been a lawyer for so many years, but no one has ever slapped him because he said a few more words.

Not to mention, the magistrate was sitting next to him, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, Su Bian dared to say that in court, obviously he did not take the prefect Huo Chengyao seriously!

But the key point is that Su Bian is the county magistrate, and he is in charge of everything in this yamen, that is to say, in the court, he is the county magistrate.No matter what is said in this courtroom, others

Neither shall nor shall there be any objection.

Even the magistrate can't do anything about Su Bian.

The latter received the lawyer's attention, opened his lips and asked, "Does the lawyer have any objections?"

Seeing Su Bian's icy expression, the lawyer could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.

The lawyer held his breath and said, "I have no objection."

Yan Ruyu looked at the aggrieved appearance of the lawyers in the hall, and secretly smiled in her heart, feeling that her revenge would be avenged.

The lawyer didn't say anything more, and Su Bian looked away.

Su Bian's eyes turned to the three people kneeling in the hall again, and said: "What lies did you tell in the hall that day, tell me one by one."

The shopkeeper lowered his head and said first: "On the day when the incident happened, she told the servants that as long as she lied to the adults in the hall and pushed people's lives... onto Mr. Huo, she would give them to the servants."

Some silver at home..."

Su Bian sullenly said, "Where is the money?"

Tremblingly, the shopkeeper took out the 2000 taels of silver note from his arms yesterday.

Yan Ruyu beside Su Bian immediately stepped forward, took the 2000 taels of banknote from the shopkeeper, and held it in front of Su Bian.

Su Bian glanced at her and asked, "She's just a poor woman who earns her living by singing in a restaurant. Where did she get the 2000 taels of silver?"

The shopkeeper swallowed guiltyly, and according to the contents of the note written to her by the lawyer yesterday, he stammered and replied: "She searched it from Mr. Huo. That day Mr. Huo and Mr. Gao

After the young master left together, she took out these two thousand taels of silver bills and handed them to the slave family, saying that they were used as hush money..."

The singing girl on the side heard this, her eyes widened, and she suddenly felt as if she was in an ice cellar.

The singing girl cried: "My lord, I don't have any... I don't have any... How dare I go to Mr. Huo to search for things..."

The singing girl was crying, and Gao An, who was kneeling next to the singing girl, couldn't help feeling cold all over.

It turns out... let him lie...

Do you want to push all of this on the singing girl?

As I said before, Su Bian can tell at a glance whether he is telling a lie or not.

When the shopkeeper spoke, his confidence was weak, and he didn't even dare to lift his head to look at him. If he wasn't lying, what was it?

Moreover, the so-called 2000 taels of silver bill, no matter how Su Bian saw it, was also given by the magistrate sitting at the side.

But Su Bian has no evidence, even if he knows that the other party is lying, he can't point it out.

——So, on the premise that there is no evidence to prove that the other party is lying, we can only wave from the other party's testimony.

Su Bian said in a deep voice: "Since you said that you lied in class that day...then now describe the 'real' incident to me again. Come!"

The yamen servant responded, "Here!"

Su Bian said: "Let me drag the other two people down to watch! Whoever dares to say a word in secret, slap me immediately!"

The yamen servant said: "Yes, my lord."

The shopkeeper watched in horror as Xiao Er and Gao An were dragged away by the yamen servants and brought them down.

The lawyer on the side looked at the scene in front of him and raised his eyebrows.

The county magistrate seems to plan to interrogate them separately, and find out the inconsistencies in the testimony of the three witnesses, and then cross-examine them one by one until they confess...

This county magistrate is really unusual.

Unfortunately……

He had expected it.