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Chapter 67 A Thief Has Been Found Among Us!

Behind the crowd of onlookers on Luming Street.

Liu Ziwen looked at Liu Zilin calmly, and pointed to the grain merchants and country gentry at the gate of the county government office.

The latter seemed to understand and nodded slightly.

Liu Ziwen's attention has been paying attention to those grain merchants and country gentry who have come out of the county government from the moment he was promoted to the present, and his brows have been slightly frowned, as if he is worried about something.

Even Liu Ziwen, who was shouting with her head up at the moment, just glanced sideways, and then returned to pay attention to the young county magistrate, grain merchants, and squires.

Temperament is more staunch than he imagined, but the more staunch, the easier it is to punish one's heart.

Sure enough.

On the field, Liu Zilin, who had regained his senses, sneered and shook his head:
"Don't be so hasty, this is not your home, Missy, please put it away. Everyone has seen it, and there are all the witnesses and evidences. It is also written in black and white that Yingniang is my servant. Are you still arguing? Today's county Even adults can't protect you!"

"I don't need the county magistrate's insurance. I don't need money, so I can't steal it. After I paid the money, you guys ignorant of it. You deliberately beat me up!"

"Doing this kind of theft without lack of money is an addiction to stealing! As a master under the command of the county magistrate, he stretches out his hands everywhere. Today he stole the slaves of the grassroots. What will he steal next time..."

Liu Zilin's expression suddenly changed:
"Oh, I forgot, there is really no need to steal. The master stretched out his hand, and other rich businessmen and gentry have to obediently hand over the money. This is not called stealing, but filial piety, right? Dealing with so many rich businessmen in the county government every day, you How much filial piety has this received!"

Xie Lingjiang's nose fluttered:
"I have never received filial piety! I have never received a penny from my senior brother, and I pay for everything myself!"

Luo Er on the side took the opportunity to interject: "Even stealing a Hu slave, running rampant, and saying that he confiscated 'filial piety', who would believe it!"

"I'll say it again, I didn't steal it, it was the three of you who made a nest of snakes and rats, colluded and falsely accused people of innocence..."

Liu Zilin ignored her at all, and didn't even look at Ouyang Rong. He turned around directly, looked around the audience like a wolf, and said loudly:
"The county magistrate said that he came to Longcheng only to uphold justice, but the people under his command had dirty hands and feet and took things everywhere. The county magistrate didn't say a word and just let them go.

"The county government has lost its justice, so why do you still do business with it? Isn't it just waiting to be slaughtered? Anyway, the grassroots are afraid. Today, the grassroots are ignorant, and they will not dare to beat the drums for justice in the future. This time, I’ll just treat it as a dumb loss, forget it, the county magistrate can help me return the person, it’s already very good, Xiaomin can only be grateful..."

There was something in this speech, which spread throughout the audience.

Wang Caozhi, Shopkeeper Ma, Shopkeeper Li, Uncle Wu, and Patriarch Cheng all had different expressions on their faces, some were hesitant, some were weird, some were playful, but the faces of some small country gentry and small grain merchants had already begun to waver, and they frequently looked at a certain A silent young magistrate.

Liu Ziwen behind the crowd nodded slightly, quite satisfied.

On the steps of the county government gate, Yan Liulang couldn't help but become worried.

What Liu Zilin and his group of scoundrels care about is the ownership of slaves, and what they want is justice.

Not even discrediting Miss Xie was the primary goal of this scam.

They are going to target the Ming government!

It's clearly playing tricks to mislead others.

Miss Xie's passive efforts to prove her innocence are useless.

Liu Zilin and the others didn't care if she stole or not, they just wanted to pour dirty water on Mingfu.

Yan Liulang had seen this method a few years ago on an old jailer who was interrogating prisoners in the prison.

The blue-clothed policeman was anxious on this side, and on the other side, Liu Zilin led Luo Er with a strange yin and yang, which became darker and darker.

Xie Lingjiang couldn't bear it at all, and pulled out the scimitar from the waist of the little policeman next to him. The scabbard was empty for a few breaths, and the latter didn't even recover.

"It's all said and let's discuss the matter, you are not allowed to insult senior brother!"

Xie Lingjiang grabbed the knife with his backhand and rushed out like a rabbit.

Fuck!Liu Zilin's eyelids twitched, and he ran away with his head in his arms: "Help, the county clerk is killing people..."

"Nonsense, put down the knife!"

Ouyang Rong reprimanded lightly.

The senior brother's voice made Xie Lingjiang stop immediately, and the knife fell to the ground beside his feet with a dangling sound.

Liu Zilin, who fell in a panic and fell down, was lifted up from the ground by Luo Er. He looked at Xie Lingjiang with a pretty face and a cold face with lingering fear, feeling a little regretful in his heart.

Why is this little girl so fierce, she dares to kill someone with a knife in court!
Liu Zilin felt cold on his back, and the cold sweat soaked his back shirt.

But before he could think about it, Ouyang Rong said:

"This is a court, not a vegetable market where you quarrel!"

Liu Zilin returned to his original position and stood up, with a smirk on his face and asked: "Has the county magistrate thought about how to 'properly' uphold justice?"

"Is there even a need to think about it?"

The young county magistrate looked at the physical evidence of the contract on the official case, then looked at Luo Er and Ying Niang below, and asked curiously:

"Isn't this fairness obvious?"

Liu Zilin was slightly stunned, then nodded, suddenly feeling dull:

"Then hurry up and judge. The grassroots remember that our Great Zhou Law stipulates that if the theft exceeds a standard, the cane will be seventy. If the theft exceeds ten, not only will the face be tattooed, but also three years of hard labor in Lingnan. This orchid slave will do whatever he wants It's more expensive than ten guan coins, don't you have a bad memory, magistrate."

Ouyang Rong nodded and looked at him: "You remember everything clearly for me."

Liu Zilin snorted coldly and sneered in his heart.

He didn't believe that Ouyang Rong would really let his junior sister get tattooed on the face and exile to hard labor, so he would definitely try to reduce her sentence and give him a leniency.

And once such "self-serving and ugly behavior" falls into the eyes of the common people, squires, and grain merchants, isn't it a violation of justice?The words Liu Zilin said before are not groundless in the ears of everyone!
Gongdao and Junior Junior Sister, one of them will always suffer, especially the former, who can directly declare that all the efforts of the county magistrate these days have been bankrupt, because this is the promise he made on the first day of taking office...

Come on, let's see how ugly you are.

Liu Zilin and Liu Ziwen behind the crowd looked at each other tacitly, with a smile in their eyes.

However, Ouyang Rong's performance was a little bit beyond their expectations.

Bang!
He slapped the table and stood in front of everyone in the audience. He poked his index finger at the audience and announced earnestly:
"Obviously, there is a thief among you! A shameless thief!"

Xie Ling Jiang's body froze. Even if she was just slandered, she had never lost her composure before. At this moment, the brother's decisive words without asking any questions made the slender figure of the girl in men's clothing a little shaky.

Liu Zilin's expression was a little surprised, he didn't expect to be so cheerful.

"Hurry up Yan, take him down first!" Ouyang Rong's face was serious.

Yan Liulang hesitated, "This... this..."

"I order you to take him down!" He stared.

Yan Liulang faced the eyes of the audience, dragged his feet bravely, and walked up to the pale Xie Lingjiang. He cupped his hands in embarrassment: "I offended, Miss Xie..."

"No, why did you take her down? Go and take Liu Zilin down!" Ouyang Rong frowned and was speechless.

"Ah..." The blue-clothed policeman quickly opened his mouth wide. In the next second, his eyes were sharp, and he moved like a rabbit. He crossed the distance with Liu Zilin in one step, captured the thief on the spot, pressed him to the ground, tied the rope, and his face turned pale. Very dedicated.

"..." The audience.

Xie Lingjiang was stunned.

Liu Zilin didn't react until the rope was tied on his body, his expression was in a state of bewilderment the whole time, and Liu Ziwen, who was behind the crowd not far away, didn't react much better, a little stunned.

Without knowing them, most people on the field were stunned.

"What are you doing? Why don't you tie her up and tie me up? I am a good citizen, I am a good citizen! I am wronged..."

"Stop shouting, you thief, tie it up first, lest you run away."

"Thief? What did I steal? I don't accept it!" Liu Zilin poked at his thick red neck.

Ouyang Rong picked up the crystal clear night pearl on the table and asked:
"You let Luo Er use this to buy Yingniang back from Yuanming Building?"

Liu Zilin bit his head and nodded.

Ouyang Rong stared at him for a while, then snapped at the case:
"Fart! This is clearly the official's property, why is it in your hands?"

Liu Zilin and Luo Er were startled together, caught off guard, and after looking at each other, the former, facing Ouyang Rong's scorching gaze, said in a low voice:

"How is it possible... This is mine. Ye Mingzhu is almost the same in this world, and it's normal to encounter similar ones."

"It's okay, I also have personal and material evidence."

Ouyang Rong said leisurely, he waved to Yan Liulang, gave a few orders, and the latter left with an intriguing expression.

Not long after, under the surprised eyes of Liu Ziwen who was frowning and everyone in the audience, Yan Liulang brought four old shopkeepers of the pawn shop in Xishi from outside, and Ouyang Rong handed over the crystal clear round bead in his hand. them.

"You guys still remember me, when I went out in casual clothes that day, I brought the Pearl and asked your bank for the price."

The four old shopkeepers only took one look, and then nodded one after another. Someone guessed that they were more impressed by the handsome face... The shopkeepers smiled bitterly and apologized for not recognizing the magistrate at that time. The young county magistrate just shook his head and said:

"It's nothing. You have been in business for many years, and your eyes are like torches. Take a closer look to see if this pearl is the one that I brought over a month ago. By the way, I remember that two of you also issued a paper copy of the pearl." Appraisal is coming, record the size and weight..."

In front of everyone, the four shopkeepers lowered their heads and carefully inspected Ye Mingzhu in turn. In the end, an old shopkeeper with a white beard who had the most experience handed back the pearl, stroking his beard and nodding:
"Reporting to Mingfu, this bright pearl is like a pearl but not a pearl, like a stone but not a stone, and yet has the ability to glow in the dark. I was impressed by the old man that day. The size and weight are not bad at all. I can't go wrong. Now this one is indeed You brought it over that day, but it's a pity that no deal was made that day."

As soon as this statement came out, the evidence was conclusive, and there was an uproar on the street. No one expected that the situation would turn out to be such a strange development.A certain young county magistrate hadn't thought about how the little junior sister would use the things he gave to redeem someone. Did they have no money left, or did the two give it out when they were angry during the Cold War?
Liu Zilin and Luo Er who were bound froze in place as if struck by lightning.

Ouyang Rong threw away the Ye Mingzhu in his hand, turned around and asked them with a studious face:

"Strange, why did the Ye Mingzhu that I gave Miss Xie appear in the hands of both of you? Or is it true what Miss Xie said just now? You are all lying!"

Liu Zilin panicked immediately, stammering and arguing: "It's yours... yes, but how can you prove that you... you gave it to her?"

"Okay, I accidentally made a small presumption of guilt, I apologize, then change the way of asking..."

Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, then suddenly changed his face:

"Why did you steal my night pearl!? Don't you know that if you steal more than ten pieces, you will not only get tattooed on your face, but you will also be exiled to Lingnan for three years! Stealing official property is even more serious!"

Liu Zilin and Luo Er were dumbfounded.

Especially the former, under the sun at noon, his body shivered twice in succession.

It’s over.

　Come, do what you say!In addition, thanks to the good brother who picked out the typo!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)