Chapter 102 Step by step
The court became quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on Ma County Ma. Ma Youzhi felt like he was piercing his body with thousands of arrows. If he could go back to the past, he would rather not meet Jiang Anyi.
But there is no if in reality. Ma Youzhi can only look at Jiang Anyi with resentful eyes to see if this top scholar who does not play according to common sense has any solution. If it really doesn't work, he can be prepared to expose Jiang Anyi's identity. Anyway, it's already messed up enough, so he can just add more fire.
Jiang Anyi has been planning for a long time, so of course he has left a backup plan, but the backup plan is a bit behind, and there is still no movement now. There is no way, so he has to make a comeback, muddle the water and gain some time.
"Sir, since you want to capture Huang Laogen first, then return Tian Qi to me first. My family spent 1,400 taels of silver on that piece of land. Tian Qi is still with Qin Shuli, so we don't want to sell it anymore." Jiang Anyi said honestly.
Zhang Ziliang looked at Jiang Anyi disdainfully and said to Ma County Ma: "This contract involves the debts of the Bo Mansion, so the government will temporarily seize them."
"Give me the secret contract back." Jiang Anyi said relentlessly. Zhang Ziliang glared at Tian Yilei beside him angrily. How could such a secret contract appear in the court? Isn't this causing trouble for the uncle's mansion?
"What secret contract? My uncle's mansion abides by the law and never signs any secret contract with others." Zhang Ziliang said righteously: "Tian Yilei, is it your private trick?"
With a warning in his eyes, Tian Yilei understood it. It seemed that he had taken the blame. "Manager Zhang, Xiaodi had confessed to the great master just now. It was really that Xiaodi forged a secret contract without hiding it from the uncle's mansion, and wanted to get some benefits. Xiaodi deserves to die, would rather be punished."
Zhang Ziliang nodded with satisfaction. Tian Yilei was still quite tactful. He turned to Jiang Anyi and said, "You have colluded with the official in the mansion in private and wanted to commit illegal things to frame the Bo Mansion. The crime is unforgivable. You also want to get the land deed back. I think it is very likely that you colluded with Huang Laogen and wanted to seize the property of the Bo Mansion. Please observe clearly."
Li Mingshan understood it. It turned out that He Anyi was the one who made a mess. Not only did he sell goods to two companies, but his dissatisfaction with my Li family was revealed in his words. This person must not be let go of it lightly.
So, Li Mingshan continued, "Sir, Manager Zhang's words are reasonable. He Anyi's eyes are chaotic. Based on my years of experience in determining cases, this person must be a scammer, and a person who pretends to be a good person must have some intentions. Please put him in jail and interrogate him strictly to see if he has any accomplices."
If he didn't know Jiang Anyi's identity, County Ma might follow the flow and put Jiang Anyi and Grandpa Shi Tou in prison. As for the land, I'm good, everyone will have a share. But this fake He Anyi is the real and fake Jiang Zhuangyuan and the deputy envoy of the Qing Dynasty. If he does this, wouldn't he be seeking death? At this moment, he can only be a clean official.
After a shot of the case, Ma You straightened up: "I will make a clear decision on the right and wrong, so don't say much."
It's very abnormal. Ma Youzhi is a stinger in the officialdom. Now it's time to go down the steps, why are you still in trouble? Li Mingshan looked at Ma Youzhi in surprise, accidentally capturing the exchange of County Ma and He Anyi. He understood that the problem lies with He Anyi. Judging from this kid's words and deeds, he didn't look like a local. He probably didn't know the power of the Li family. He thought Ma Youzhi could make the decision, and maybe he would give the benefit of the surname Ma in private, so Ma Youzhi tried his best to protect him.
Li Mingshan was led astray, and the son was soft-hearted, and he tried his best to deal with the boy named He first, and did not give Ma County Ma an opportunity to take advantage of it. Just now, when Manager Zhang was showing his power, Li Mingshan called his nephew and learned a little about the situation. He knew that the old man was a local rich man from Pingling Village, and the young man was his distant relative, just a child, and had no background.
Li Mingshan shouted: "He Anyi, what kind of fame are you? Why don't you kneel when you see an official?"
"I was a scholar three years ago." Jiang Anyi replied weakly. The real truth is different from the ears of different people.
Li Mingshan glared at his nephew. This kid is becoming less and less reliable in his work. He only knows how to spend his energy on a woman's belly all day long. He Anyi is only young. If he is a scholar, it is really a trouble and he has to deal with it quickly.
Li Dongfeng glared at Wan Laowu fiercely. This kid was talking nonsense, but he couldn't even find out anything. He wanted to be the head of the capital and dreamed. Old Wang Wan glared at Jiang Anyi resentfully. The kid was full of lies and told him clearly that he was a Tongsheng. Jiang Anyi shrugged, he was a Tongsheng, but a Tongsheng many years ago.
In a blink of an eye, Li Mingshan had already made a decision and could not allow He Anyi to make trouble. A scholar could still deal with him. Thinking of this, Li Mingshan sneered: "He Anyi, you are crazy, rude, and have sinister intentions, and you are reading the books of sages in vain. People come to ask Wu to come and remove his scholar's fame."
A yamen runs out immediately, and Ma You straight sits in the court so angry. He treats himself as air, but he likes him. Isn’t you Li Mingshan powerful? Can you be stronger than the top scholar? Looking at Jiang Anyi, who looks terrified, Ma You straight admires him.
The skill was not big, so Teacher Wu rushed to the front with his front, bowed to Ma County Ma, turned to Li Mingshan, and asked with a smile: "I wonder what's wrong with you, lord?"
Ma Youzhi was very angry, Li Mingshan was very proud, and Jiang Anyi was very helpless.
"Teacher Wu, I'm asking you to come for this scholar." Li Mingshan pointed his hand at Jiang Anyi and said, "This man is sinister and vicious, and he wears this Confucian shirt in vain. The county school has eliminated his scholar's fame."
Teacher Wu looked up and down at Jiang Anyi, then took a few steps forward, looked carefully, and said in surprise: "Sir, why don't I remember that there is such a scholar in the county school?"
Li Mingshan was stunned. The boy dared to speak nonsense and said, "It's a child in the county school."
Teacher Wu shook his head and said firmly: "Although the old eyes are blurred, all the 73 students in the county school know each other. This person is not from the school in our county."
"Two years ago, I was beaten again." The sound of beating sounded in everyone's ears again.
"What, Juren?" Everyone suddenly became nervous.
Li Dongjie suddenly screamed: "No one in the county passed the examination two years ago." He participated in the provincial examination two years ago and knew very clearly about this.
Li Mingshan's expression became gloomy. Now, the possibility of He Anyi's nonsense is extremely low. You should know that pretending to be a juren is to be punished. After a moment of panic, Li Mingshan calmed down and glanced at Ma Youzhi who was smiling behind the case. It was already certain that it was Magistrate Ma who colluded with this person to deal with him.
Li Dongjie rushed to Jiang Anyi, grabbed Jiang Anyi's clothes, and laughed wildly: "Tongsheng, scholar, juren, you are quite capable of making up. I guess you should be a Jinshi in the future."
Jiang Anyi was speechless. In order to delay time, he was really going to ask a few more questions to throw out his identity as a Jinshi. If he really couldn't do the top scorer, he had to take out his identity as a top scorer. Stone, why did you do something so slowly?
"Dongjie, don't be rude." Li Mingshan shouted, Jiang Anyi's face was calm, and he seemed more and more unfathomable. Li Mingshan's heart became uneasy.
There was a noise outside the yamen, and a minor official ran in and reported loudly: "Sir, a group of villagers came from outside the door, saying that they were going to change Tianqi, and they were rushing in."
Finally, Jiang Anyi used his hand to smooth out the wrinkled front palette by Li Dongjie and breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Mingshan's head buzzed and he instantly understood many things. He must not let this group of people come in. Once the secret contract in their hands was presented to the court, everything was over.
Ma Youzhi was happy. The bigger the scene, the harder Li Mingshan ended. He raised the gavel and patted it and shouted, "Let them come to the court."
"Sir, wait." Li Mingshan was anxious and signaled Li Dongjie to go out to find someone. Li Dongjie also knew that it was a critical moment of life and death. He ignored Ma County Ma's angry shout, left the lobby, walked quickly to the Yimen Gate and shouted: "Come, come here."
Many people came out of the sixth room and the class room. Li Laiqiang of the extermination Cao said, "Uncle Qi, what's the matter?"
"There are a bunch of mud legs outside, which is not good for our Li family." Li Dongjie's eyes flashed with a vicious and fierce light, and he said, "You can't let them enter the yamen. If you enter the lobby, we'll be done."
The same veins are connected, and they are naturally united with the enemy. Li Laiqiang said to the minor officials and yamen runners around him: "Now things are urgent, and we need to rely on you. After the matter, Li will definitely thank you very much."
Li Laiqiang has a good reputation. Everyone agreed with the promise. The yamen runners are in front and the minor officials are behind. Everyone rushed to the gate. There was already a mess at the gate. Dozens of people were waving the deeds in their hands to break into it. Several yamen runners were holding hands to form a wall of people, blocking them in front of the gate. A minor official was shouting at the top of his lungs: "Friends, that's a rumor, it's nothing. Don't believe it. Disband quickly. The crime of rushing into the county government is not a prudent. Leave quickly."
Shi Tou and his parents stood under the eaves across the street, and the rumors naturally arose because of them.
Early in the morning, Jiang Anyi, Shitou Grandpa and others entered the city. Jiang Anyi and Shitou Grandpa went to Bo Mansion, and Shitou's family of three went to the market. The market in Linyang County is not far from the East City Gate. Before the sun could start work, the market was already very lively.
Shi Tou's father pretended to buy a hoe and chatted with the stall owner: "I heard from the villagers that the court sent a Qing army envoy."
"I know this, Muramasato told everyone."
"I heard that the Qingzhan envoy wanted to investigate the fields that were placed under the names of officials, and said that after verification, they would all be collected as official fields."
"What? Really or false?" The stall owner was anxious. He had ten acres of land hanging under the name of Bo Mansion. Some people in his siblings' houses also hung land in Bo Mansion. If the land was taken as an official, he would not be able to live.
"I don't know whether it is true or not. Someone in our village took the land deed and went to the county government to register again. He said that the land tax was replenished, and he would not investigate it before." Seeing the effect, Shi Tou's father pretended not to choose, stood up and left.
The person who sold the hoe was no longer interested and asked the person next to him without any catching him, but the one next to him was also anxious. On the other side of the market, at the vegetable stall, Shitou's mother was also saying the same thing to the aunt selling the vegetable field.
Chapter completed!