Chapter 525 Magistrate Guo
Butler Cui was a good person. Seeing Xia Zihan's expression, he knew that she didn't want to deal with these people, so he quickly said, "Princess, you have been traveling for a day and a night, and you haven't rested well yet. Please rest quickly." , let me handle it here.”
"Well, Chu Hao will bring the county magistrate in a while. You can come forward. I'm going to rest." Xia Zihan left the matter to Cui Erguo.
When Magistrate Guo hurried over, stroking the sweat on his forehead, Xia Zihan went to play chess with Duke Zhou.
Magistrate Guo did not dare to disturb her sleep, so he waited for her to wake up downstairs.
When Xia Zihan woke up again, she learned that Magistrate Guo was waiting in the inn lobby all night long.
She said lazily, "What are you waiting for? Let him put those arrogant officials in the top 20, and I will not care about them anymore."
"Yes, this slave will go down and pass on the master's orders." Chu Cong bowed slightly and ducked downstairs.
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Xia Zihan got up, washed and dressed.
Chu Lin, who had already returned, hurried over when she learned that she was awake.
"Master, there is news."
Xia Zihan paused while putting on his coat, "Oh, who is the other party? Have you found Miss Ma's whereabouts?"
Chu Lin's face was a little solemn and she said, "Master, I'm afraid you won't expect that the other party is actually Rong San, who has had a problem with us."
"The young prince of Prince Rong's Mansion?" Xia Zihan's eyes flashed with surprise, "Why did he come to Huaihe City? Is his leg healed?"
"Okay, I can no longer walk with a limp." Chu Lin said, "Prince Rong's Mansion has a shipyard in Cuihuai City. He went to Cuihuai City to inspect the shipyard."
Then, he talked about what happened yesterday, "The slave followed the man in black yesterday and was careful not to be discovered by him. The man was also very smart. He led the slave around the street for a long time before entering a small building. In the courtyard.”
"Seeing the man enter a room, the servant hid quietly on the roof, and saw with her own eyes the man kneeling in front of Rong San to plead guilty."
Speaking of this, Chu Lin's face lit up with energy, "Humph, Master, do you know what those two people came here to do yesterday? They came to steal our money on Rong San's order."
"Yesterday morning, after Rong San's steward and Mrs. Ma broke up on bad terms, the steward sent someone to monitor the Ma family, and in the middle of the night, they kidnapped Miss Ma."
"We went to buy a manor from Mrs. Ma. The steward found out about it and sent someone to follow us. Seeing that we were living in an inn, he guessed that we were outsiders and that we had brought money with us. Those two I came here to steal our money last night.”
When Xia Zihan heard this, he laughed angrily, "Rong San wants to steal our money to buy the Ma family's property?"
"Is he trying to get away with nothing?"
Chu Lin puffed up her face and said, "Isn't that right? Fortunately, Rong San came unprepared this time and didn't bring many people with him. Otherwise, we would have been plotted by him."
Chu Lin became angrier and angrier as she spoke, "Master, what should we do now? Let's go rescue Miss Ma. As long as we rescue Miss Ma, Mrs. Ma will definitely not sell the property to him. Maybe, Mrs. Ma will still Sell to us.”
"My slave also made inquiries. This time Rong San came to Huaihuai City without telling everyone. There were not many people around him, just six secret guards. One of them died, there were five more, and the rest were just two boys. A steward, these three people have no martial arts, so they are nothing to be afraid of.”
"Master, let's go?" Chu Lin tried her best to persuade Xia Zihan, "Since they dare to steal our money, then we must repay them. This is called reciprocity."
Xia Zihan was really tempted.
If Rong San dares to take advantage of her money and steal the Ma family's property from her, then why doesn't she return the favor to him?
Xia Zihan put on her coat and sat down. Nuanyu quickly made tea and poured her a cup.
Xia Zihan said, Magistrate Guo is below, I will deal with him first. You take six secret guards and secretly rescue Miss Ma. As for Rong San's people, don't touch them yet. Only the government officials will do it. them. ”
Then, he summoned six secret guards and told them, "Follow Chu Lin and follow her orders."
"As ordered." The six secret guards knelt down and obeyed the order respectfully.
"It's daytime now, you'd better not fight, so as not to alarm the neighbors." Xia Zihan ordered again.
She took out two small porcelain bottles from her purse and handed them to Chu Lin, "The white bottle is the ecstasy, and the blue bottle is the antidote. This ecstasy is powerful. You should take the antidote first before going."< br>
"Master is thoughtful." Chu Lin took the two porcelain bottles with a smile, opened the blue bottle, poured out seven small pills, and each of the six secret guards took one.
Then, carrying the white bottle and six secret guards, he jumped out of the window and rolled onto the roof. After a few leaps and landings, the seven people disappeared.
After Xia Zihan went downstairs, he saw Magistrate Guo. She frowned slightly and stared at Magistrate Guo fiercely.
Strange, why does she think this person looks familiar?
His fat body was particularly impressive, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.
When County Magistrate Guo saw her, he hurriedly came over to salute her, "I have met the princess. It is my honor to see the princess again."
Sure enough, she had seen it before.
Xia Zihan thought about it carefully, and suddenly she remembered that this County Magistrate Guo was not the same Magistrate Guo she had met nine years ago when she was passing by Ji'an Town and saved the three fathers and daughters of the Qi family in a fight against injustice. ?
Because it was related to Qi Mei Qi Lan, she had a deep memory of this incident.
She still remembered that the person who bullied Qi Mei and Qi Lan was the nephew of County Magistrate Guo’s wife, named Pang.
So, in these years, County Magistrate Guo not only did not lose his official position, but was promoted?
"It turns out it's you, Magistrate Guo." Xia Zihan looked at him with a sneer, "I didn't expect that after nine years of not seeing each other, Magistrate Guo's official career has been smooth."
"This is all thanks to the princess." Magistrate Guo nodded and bowed, a thin layer of sweat forming on his fat forehead.
Xia Zihan chose a clean table and sat down. The shopkeeper hurriedly came over to pour her tea. After pouring the tea, he nodded and stepped back.
Xia Zihan took a sip of tea.
Well, it's a high-quality Longjing, not bad, but it's not her favorite drink.
Xia Zihan put down the tea cup, took out the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth slowly, and said, "What blessing do you owe me? I don't have any blessing for you. I was almost scared to death by the people under your command."
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"Those idiots deserve to die. The subordinate has followed the princess's wishes and beaten them twenty times, and put them in jail. Whether they live or die, all they need is a word from the princess."
Magistrate Guo said with a flattering smile on his fat face.
His face was too fat, and when he smiled, his entire facial features wrinkled together, making him very ugly.
Xia Zihan remembered that nine years ago, County Magistrate Guo was also fat, but not this fat. Now, he is a lot fatter than nine years ago. She is really worried, can he walk if he is so fat?
Could it be that the chair in the government office collapsed because of him sitting on it?
In Xia Zihan's mind, she imagined that Magistrate Guo collapsed his chair and fell to Qingjing on all fours.
She twitched the corner of her mouth, covered the smile on her face with a veil, and said, "Forget it, giving them twenty slaps can be considered a lesson to them. Let them go, but go back and tell them." , You must do your job well in the future. If you dare to act recklessly next time, you will arrest them directly and lock them up for the rest of their lives.”
"Yes, yes... I obey my orders."
Magistrate Guo breathed a sigh of relief, took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Then, Xia Zihan remembered the purpose of her coming to Huaihe City, and said, "I heard that your eldest son was beaten to death by Master Ma. You and the Ma family decided to resolve it privately, right?"
This matter spread almost throughout Huaihe City and even reached the capital. Xia Zihan would know about it, but Magistrate Guo was not too surprised.
He immediately dropped a few drops of horse urine and said with choked sobs, "The dog's life was so poor that he died so miserably. Alas...it's all because of me, a father, who is soft-hearted. When people cry...that's not the case with Mr. Ma either." It was intentional, just a momentary mistake... Mr. Ma is also a good person, and he is a well-known good person in Huaihe City. I can't force a good person to death..."
In Dasheng, if someone is beaten to death and there are witnesses and physical evidence, it is against the law.
However, as long as both parties are willing to resolve the matter privately, the murderer's family can redeem the murderer with a ransom. Half of the ransom will be given to the victim and the other half to the court.
Because he was a murderer, even if he could be redeemed with a ransom, the court would not take it lightly. The court stipulated the ransom for murder cases, and the minimum price was 50,000 taels of silver per life.
Moreover, if the murderer has a title or an official position, the ransom must be doubled. In addition, the title and official position must also be removed, and the person will not be allowed to serve as an official in the court forever.
One hundred thousand taels of silver, this is not a small amount, and you will have to live forever and be banned from serving as an official in the court, and even your honors will be revoked. This punishment is not small, so no one dares to easily challenge the laws of the Dasheng court. .
Magistrate Guo asked the Ma family for 400,000 taels of silver. According to Dasheng regulations, Magistrate Guo had to pay half to the court, and the other half was the life money of his eldest son.
Magistrate Guo did nothing wrong in this matter, and he did it in accordance with the laws of Dasheng. However, it would not sound good if news spread that he used the eldest son's money to buy his life.
County Magistrate Guo did not expect that Xia Zihan would ask him about this in person.
In order to express the deep love between father and son, he also cried a lot, crying with grief and heartbreak.
Xia Zihan frowned and waved his hand, "Okay, don't cry. People can't be resurrected after death. Magistrate Guo, please show your condolences and obey me."
Magistrate Guo stopped crying now.
Xia Zihan got down to business, "I heard that the Ma family was selling their property and planned to prepare a ransom. It just so happened that I had a sum of money in hand and planned to buy some properties. I originally came to see Mrs. Ma and we agreed on the matter. I was about to sign documents, but Mrs. Ma suddenly retorted, "You said this... was done by you... Later I found out that Mrs. Ma was threatened by someone..."
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