After making porridge full of the bowl for the person in front of him, Tan Erniang casually said: "I put a few more handfuls of rice today, and the porridge is thicker, so you can eat more."

After saying that, he raised his head and saw Ma Meng walking towards the dock with his legs limp, his face changed. He threw the porridge spoon into the bucket. Tan Erniang grabbed the person beside him and said, "Didn't it mean that Ma Daguanren was caught in prison? Why are he still walking there? Could it be that he escaped from prison!"

The man said helplessly: "The case a few years ago has no evidence and no physical evidence, so we can only be detained for a few days and released it-"

"Why is there no one who can prove it? I'm not a person who can prove it! It's clear that Ma Da official has defiled our medicinal materials and has no money!"

Seeing Tan Erniang's excited look, everyone around him sighed and said nothing. Tan Erniang's evidence was too weak. Ma Meng asked the person who tried him several times. If Tan Erniang believed that she had swallowed her goods, why didn't she come out early to report it and lived in his house for many years. Tan Erniang couldn't explain this clearly, but she just determined that Ma Meng had robbed her goods and the government could not determine the case.

But Tan Erniang is such a person. When no one decides for her, she is honest and hardworking at Ma Meng's house. As soon as things turn around, she thinks that heaven has eyes and that Ma Meng, the evil man, will be punished. As for her own attitude, it is irrelevant. What can she do if a weak woman is a weak woman besides accepting it? It is precisely because she was determined that Ma Meng was arrested because of God's will. Tan Erniang has been extremely cheerful these days. Except for being called to the yamen to ask questions occasionally, she spent the rest of her time helping the land reclamation site.

Now that I suddenly saw Ma Meng, a vicious man whom I thought was dead, come out of the yamen well. Tan Erniang seemed to have been bolted from the blue and could not believe it. Seeing that she ignored her, Tan Erniang was a little broken, and looked at Ma Meng foolishly, and suddenly sat on the ground.

There was a woman who was working here next to her and knew Tan Erniang. She hurriedly stepped forward to hold her and patiently persuaded her.

Du Zhongxiao stood on the high ground not far away, looking at the busy scene below, and a sense of heroism rose in his heart. No wonder low-level officials complained about the laboriousness of documents. They became officials by relying on poetry, prose and theory. They had a higher level of background, but in fact they still had endless documents to deal with. They could not help but feel lost when dealing with documents to the superiors.

Du Zhongxiao went to this area to supervise the canal transportation, and did not participate in the official affairs of the Judges Office, and there were much less complicated official duties. Jin Shuzhao was an old official, capable and mature, which saved Du Zhongxiao a lot of effort and could concentrate on doing what he thought was important. For example, reclamation of fields here.

At this moment, Du Zhongxiao saw Tan Erniang sitting on the ground below and summoned Jin Shu beside him: "Kongmu, why is that woman sitting on the ground? Judging from her appearance, she seems to have encountered something bad."

Jin Shuzhao sighed: "This is being reported to the officials. The provincial government has written a letter. Tao Shiqi's case has agreed to kill people in the street, and the crime is unforgivable, and the sentence is sentenced to death. This woman may have felt so sad when she heard the news and felt heartbroken by her son."

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while before saying, "Poor, Tao Shiqi is still young, and he cannot give up his favor after all. Please find a few mature women and watch Tan Erniang, don't seek any misunderstandings. When she calms down, find a good person to remarry and live again."

Jin Shu summoned Yingnuo and Tao Shiqi were too much trouble, and there was no other way.

Looking at Ma Meng's Zhuangzi in the distance, Du Zhongxiao said in a deep voice: "I know it was Ma Meng, who was trying to kill money, but without real evidence, he could not deal with him. This guy is also tough. After being imprisoned in prison for so many days, he has never bitten out any other cases and returns home well. Alas, when the surrounding fields are cultivated, he can always slowly dig his foundation with others. If the heavens have mercy, this guy will expose his feet earlier and let Tao Shiqi leave with peace of mind. The child committed a crime in front of me, and if he doesn't deal with Ma Meng, he always feels that he owes him."

Jin Shuzhao nodded and said that he was a local official for many years, and he had seen many such things, but he was not as deeply moved as Du Zhongxiao. Local public officials colluded with others, and the problems accumulated too deeply. Such cases are found almost everywhere, and everyone is no longer surprised.

In this era, the local governance method and tax system can easily cause two extremes. If the so-called superior households have money but no power, they will have bad luck when they are in the battle of Yingli Zhengyi. For example, if the disaster in Lizheng cannot collect taxes in the year, and the loss of official property in the yamen will be forced to be compensated by the government for compensation and fall. Those wealthy and powerful families can take advantage of the opportunity to work on the job and transfer the losses to other families and take the opportunity to merge. Since the Northwest War, the burden on the people has increased. In the past decade, the family property has remained undefeated, and none of them are good to be with each other.

This is different from the gentry in later generations. The official households should not be the heavy-handed ones in front of the official yamen. Moreover, with the official rank, there is a certain amount of exemption from service, and it is not the main force of mergers. On the contrary, families like Ma Meng are familiar with the black and white, and have the best chance. The more society falls, the more their family business will be, like a snowball. The same is true for the Wu family, who colludes with the county yamen. Once Du Zhongxiao passed the Jinshi exam, he did not use the government to use the means to deal with them. He just let the Wu family be properly appointed to be heavy-handed, and the family business will be quickly destroyed.

The officials and society complained about the heavy slaughter of the Lizhengya, and they had reached the point where they could not change. This is not because the officials were all small landlords and empathized with the small landlord class. At this time, people did not have such deep class feelings. But because these two heavy slaughter, it was precisely because the people who abide by the law and the forces who violated the law could withstand it.

There was only Ma Meng, a villager in this area. Du Zhongxiao actually abolished the heavy slaughter of their Li Zhenghe Yaqian, and instead used Jin Shu to summon this well-organized public official to manage it, tentative reforms. Start small and summarize the experience of reform bit by bit.

Several women pulled up from the ground and watched Ma Meng's figure slowly disappear into the direction of the dock. Tan Erniang looked at the sky again. After a while, she suddenly shouted loudly: "How could this be so! The evil people have no evil retribution, is the sky without eyes? How could the government be so confused! The thief named Ma must have escaped from the prison. I'll go to the official to ask clearly!"

After saying that, he walked towards Du Zhongxiao with great strides. The women around him were stunned and didn't know what to do.

He rushed to the small pile of soil where Du Zhongxiao was. Tan Erniang raised her head, pointed to the direction where Ma Meng disappeared, and asked loudly: "Official, that thief named Ma cheated my family's money. I don't know how many bad things I did. I should be interrogated in prison and understand why I still escape?"

How did Du Zhongxiao answer this? Who said that the thief would confess honestly when he was arrested in prison? Ma Meng bit him to death and refused to take action. The county didn't even know how many cases he committed, and there was no way to start the trial. What if he didn't let him go?

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao was a little embarrassed, Jin Shuzhao coughed and said loudly: "Er Niang, Ma Meng's case has not been confirmed. He has suffered a lot in prison and has to release it. He can't be kept there all the time. - You have to go to the state to see your son Tao Shiqi. He murdered people in the street, and the evidence is conclusive. You will be asked to be executed soon. Put down what you have to do and send him the last journey."

After hearing this, Tan Erniang was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said: "It has been found out that it was a thief named Ma and Lu Yuhou who collaborated on my family's money, which killed my husband's life. My son avenged his father, why do you still need to behead him? I'm waiting here, just take this thief so that I can reunite with my son. Now tell me that this thief is innocent and wants to behead my son. The bad guys let him be free, and the good guys will be beheaded. What official do you do you do?"
Chapter completed!