Chapter 424 New Lawsuit

Shi Zongyu, the magistrate of Xinzheng County, is a scholar of Changshan and is capable. Coincidentally, there was a distant guest, Zhang, who was out of business. He was homesick because of illness and could not walk on horseback, so he hired a rickshaw, carrying 5,000 copper money, and invited two drivers to escort him back to his hometown. On the way, passing by Xinzheng, two drivers hit the top of the hotel, and Zhang was alone in the car to take care of the property.

From then on, a certain A passed by and saw Zhang hiding a huge wealth, and saw that there was no one around, and came forward to grab the copper money. Zhang was powerless to resist and jumped up. He followed him all the way to a village and saw him walk into a door. Zhang did not dare to break in. He shrank behind the short wall and peeped at the movement.

A put down the copper coin. Looking back, he had already seen Zhang and shouted angrily, "There is a thief." Tie Zhang's hands and feet, take him into the official office, and falsely accuse him of stealing. Shi Zongyu presided over the interrogation, inquired about the process, and a certain A said one by one. He asked Zhang again, and Zhang shouted that he was wronged. Shi Zongyu was not easy to judge because of the lack of real evidence, and now dismissed the two.

Both of them left the court and said, "The county magistrate is indiscriminate. It's really confusing." When Shi Zongyu heard the words, he smiled slightly and didn't care. Seeing that a certain armor looked cunning, he was obviously not a good person, and remembered that he had been in arrears of taxes for a long time and had not been paid. So he sent the government official to collect taxes. A day later, someone took the initiative to send three taels of silver. Shi Zongyu asked him, "Where did the silver come from?" Moujia said, "Your excellency is so urgent that you have to sell clothes and classics." Shi Zongyu asked, "Who is the buyer?" A Jia lied casually and named his name, which was a matter of trouble.

Shi Zongyu nodded and ordered his men to check the tax book. Among them, a taxpayer and a neighbor of the same village, passed him to the public court and asked, "Since you are a neighbor of A, you naturally know where the money comes from." The neighbor said, "I don't know." Shi Zongyu said, "The neighbors don't know yet. It seems that the silver is not right." A Jia was very afraid. He looked at his neighbor, blinked his eyes and said, "I sold my clothes to someone yesterday. How can you not know what you saw with your own eyes?" The neighbor was satisfied and said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, it's true."

Shi Zongyu said angrily, "Bold neighbor, it turns out that you are a member of the same party, otherwise, why do you lie for him? Come on, torture me." The neighbor changed his color and said, "Don't, don't torture. To be honest, the silver was looted from Zhang. I didn't dare to offend him because I was a neighbor, so I helped him lie. But at present, I can't take care of the so-called neighbor's affection.

Shi Zongyu asked the original story. At this time, he beat up a certain A and ordered him to return the robbery money. The case was over.