Chapter 28 What if he likes someone older!
The yamen master was wearing an official uniform and an official hat. He was sitting in the high hall. He raised his hand many times to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead with a square handkerchief.
He was looking nervously at the man who was standing with his hands behind his hands in the hall, listening.
Compared with his restlessness, Cui Yun was extremely calm.
Downstairs, Mrs. Dong has always been aloof, but she is more afraid of litigation than anyone else. She is a person close to Mr. Dong, and she knows best how many lives have been lost to the Dong family.
If you really want to be convicted...
She was kneeling on the ground at this moment, and the hard ground seemed to be filled with a chill, which spread from her knees to her limbs. Mrs. Dong shivered and helplessly pulled at the sleeves of Mr. Dong beside her.
The slaves in the Dong Mansion were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe. They all huddled together, trembling.
Outside, there was a crowd of people watching the theatre.
"What crime did the Dong family commit?"
"I heard he killed someone."
"What a joke! Why should the Dong family pay with their lives for killing people? That year, the Dong family's lust for women failed, and he killed a whole family of children in a rage. They were released without incident. What's going on today?"
Soon, someone talked about Cui Yun again.
"That young man is so handsome. I heard he was the one who reported the case."
Some people had googly eyes and were shy and timid: "If I had known that I would meet such a charming person, I would not have gotten married."
Soon, someone spat at me: "Pull me down, old woman! You can be a mother at your age!"
The woman put her hands on her hips: "What if he likes someone as old as me!"
Cui Yun seemed as if he was not the one being mentioned. He raised his eyes and said calmly, "Mr. Liu, it's time for the trial."
Mr. Liu suddenly became excited, took the trial stone in his hand, and knocked heavily on the table, showing his usual majesty.
"Do you agree that the prisoner in this hall took someone's life?"
Mr. Dong knelt down and said, "The common people don't recognize me."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Dong bravely shouted at the top of her voice: "Sir, how can you believe this person's words?"
As she said that, she looked at Cui Yun fiercely.
"My husband usually eats fast and chants Buddha's name. He is the most kind-hearted! I never thought that I would be arrested and treated as a gangster. This is a false accusation!"
"Although my Dong family is a businessman, I am not someone who can be bullied easily!"
With that said, she was about to get up from the ground.
"quiet!"
The county magistrate reprimanded him.
Soon, the official couldn't help but force her to kneel down again.
County Magistrate Liu deliberately said something righteous and beautiful.
"If you are not guilty, I will find out and clear your innocence. If you are guilty, I will never let you go."
Mr. Dong said solemnly: "I, the Dong Mansion and the Magistrate..."
"How can I look forward and backward when handling a case? My Lord Prefect is here, and I will investigate thoroughly and impartially."
His attitude made Mr. Dong suddenly panic.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside.
Soon, the prefect, who had a government office and wore a black gauze hat, entered with a cold face.
When the magistrate saw this, he subconsciously stood up and prepared to greet him. The next moment, his legs became stiff.
!! How dare he, the prefect, protect the people that the young marquis wants to deal with?
Going forward, he has to look at the prefect's face in everything, for fear of being outsmarted, but now compared to the young marquis, the prefect is nothing!
His eyes turned calculatingly, and he quickly bowed in a decent manner.
"grown ups."
The magistrate's airs were so high that he didn't even look at the magistrate.
"In my opinion, this is a farce."
He is a fourth-rank official, and in Fengzhou City, he is the Tu Emperor.
He came to Cui Yun in a few steps and asked in an incomprehensible deep voice.
"You are the one who wants to punish the Dong family?"
Cui Yun is neither humble nor arrogant. He stands with his hands behind his back, like a pine or a crane.
"The court is not a place for eloquence. Everything must be done according to laws and orders."
The prefect looked very unhappy.
If something happened to the Dong family, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Besides, he still expected the Dong family's annual filial piety banknotes.
But in full view of everyone, he really couldn't take the person away directly.
He shook his sleeve fiercely.
"Ignorant people!"
The magistrate was so proud that he was pumping!!!
Oh my God, this old guy actually laughed at the young Marquis Cui of Xijue as an ignorant person.
I’m still slapping Mr. Cui Xiaohou in the face!
The magistrate tried hard to restrain his facial expression, and he made a gesture of invitation: "Sir, since you are here, I dare you to judge in person."
The magistrate's official position is above him, and since the magistrate is there, there will naturally be nothing to do without him as the county magistrate.
Of course, he wanted to see the prefect slap him in the face!
The magistrate smiled softly and said word by word: "I can just listen."
Magistrate Liu quickly had a chair brought over. Then he returned to the high seat of the presiding judge and sat down.
County Magistrate Liu always paid attention to Cui Yun and showed ten thousand dedication.
At this moment, the official presented something.
"Sir, I found this in Dong Feng's room."
Magistrate Liu glanced at it and was so frightened that he almost fell off his chair.
The crowd also screamed in surprise.
"You're committing evil. Let's just kill someone. How come you cut off the head?"
"It's so crazy that such a bloody thing is still hidden in the house. Is it possible that I have to hold it to sleep?"
Mr. Dong trembled: "Sir, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Magistrate Liu: "Do you know this person?"
Mr. Dong's expression flashed unnaturally for a moment: "It's... the Feng Shui master invited by my house."
"Did he have any trouble with you before?"
"Never."
"Does his death have anything to do with you?"
"It has nothing to do with it!"
The prefect got impatient.
What are you asking? Is this a disguised form of conviction?
He put down the teacup in his hand and sneered: "Mr. Liu."
As he spoke, he looked towards Cui Yun.
"Everyone in the Dong family is kneeling on the ground, but this man stands blatantly. In the court, you allow him to behave like this? Why, his knees are precious?"
Liu Zhixian: Yes, yes!
The people in the Yangling Marquis Mansion are not valuable, but are you valuable?
Not to mention Cui Xiaohou Ye knelt down to him. With the emperor's favor towards Cui Yun, even if he knelt down to the magistrate, the magistrate could raise his head to see Lord Yama.
Magistrate Liu looked like a pretty girl: "This...is not in line with etiquette."
The prefect narrowed his eyes.
Cui Yun's demeanor is truly extraordinary, but he has never heard of any big shot coming to Fengzhou City!
"What's wrong with etiquette!"
The county magistrate continued Xiao Bailian: "The minister of Dali Temple is in the third rank, ranked among the ninth ministers, and is highly favored by the emperor. How can the lower official accept this kneeling?"
"If you want to say that it is inconsistent with etiquette, my lord, you have not even saluted the Marquis just now."
The mockery on the prefect's face stiffened.
???
Before he could be dumbfounded, Cui Yun said calmly.
"It's a long way to go to the governor of Fengzhou City. Jiayou came here after being appointed in the ninth year. For the past eight years, his political performance has been mediocre and it is difficult to rise in official positions. Do you know why?"
Lu Yuandao's eyebrows twitched.
Cui Yun's eyebrows were cold and he spoke slowly and slowly.
"Since an official is the father and mother of the people, he should be a gentleman and the father and mother of the people."
"Suppress the traitors and robbers, provide relief to the poor, and let the prison lawsuits go without injustice."
"Master Lu, with your support, the Dong family will be able to rest easy, right?"
Chapter completed!