After getting off the court, Du Zhongxiao stretched and looked at the officials who were coming out of Donghua Gate, and was a little dazed for a moment. He had been an official for fourteen years and was only in the court class today. Moreover, he became the chief censor of the Censor as soon as he entered the court, which really made people feel a little unreal.

There is nothing to do with the court meeting today, it is just a trivial matter. It is still in the morning when the court meeting ends. There are stalls selling all kinds of food everywhere on the streets outside the city, and many officials and servants bought food there.

Du Zhongxiao had already had breakfast and took his servants to bypass the imperial city and return to the censorate in front.

As soon as he entered the official hall, the chief clerk Ye Xiang stepped forward and bowed: "Zhongcheng, when he was just in court, a civilian handed over the paper in front of him. The official did not dare to neglect his paper in order to take his paper in order to wait here, waiting for Zhongcheng to come to court."

Since the current emperor ascended the throne, the Censor General also served as the prosecutor, and specially accepted difficult cases that the civilian Dengwen Guyuan and Dengwen Procuratorate did not accept. This was a political arrangement and a measure for the emperor to restrain the empress dowager back then. Due to the harsh conditions, it could not be accepted several times a year.

After Du Zhongxiao was arrested, he sat down and took the paper to watch it. This was a case from Ye County. The person who submitted the case said that his family was originally an indigenous person in Ye County, and there were more than 100 acres of land not far outside the city. Because there was a small river in the land that flowed south into the Lishui River, it was robbed by the powerful. Because his father insisted on refusing to sell the land, because he was a tough man this year, he fell into their trap and wrote an IOU, killing his father. The family and the family were almost destroyed because of this matter. Now there is only one person left and come to the capital to file a complaint. However, the Dengwen Gulf Court and the Dengwen Procuratorate did not accept the paper and could only sue the Censorate.

After reading it, Du Zhongxiao put the paper on the case and did not speak for a moment. Du Zhongxiao would not find anything strange about what happened there in Ye County under the jurisdiction of Baiting. However, the magistrate ignored the case and asked for a criminal prison to not investigate. Dengwen Gu Court and Dengwen Procuratorate did not accept the paper. It was not that there was a problem with these yamen. Instead, it could be seen from the paper that all the evidence did not support the complainant. Even the paper was written in this way. Why did the yamen of the court waste manpower and material resources to investigate the case?

Seeing Ye Xiang still standing aside, Du Zhongxiao said: "What do you think about this case?"

Ye Xiang bowed: "This complainant has been here in the capital for two months from the complaint paper. He has sued him everywhere, and no one has paid attention to him. The reason for suing him to the Censorate is that he heard that his husband's new chief minister is here to give it a try."

Du Zhongxiao said: "No matter what he is, I just ask you what you think about the case? Is the Taiwan Court going to accept his complaint?"

Ye Xiang stopped for a moment, thought for a while before saying, "How dare you say such a low-ranking official position? Whether to accept the complaint or not, but the Chief Secretary made a decision. Generally speaking, it is not a shocking case. If the Dengwen Gulf Court and Dengwen Procuratorate Office do not accept it, we should not accept it."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Everyone thinks this way, but he will be taken away. At this time, there is nothing to do. You go and take the complainant to the official hall, and I will ask him personally. Since I am also a prosecutor, I want to accept such a lawsuit and manage such a case, how can I turn it away?"

Ye Xiang was a clerk. He worked in the Yashitai for many years and served as an official. Such old officials were the most sleek and were familiar with the affairs of the various yamen in the capital. He heard Du Zhongxiao say he wanted to take care of him, but he didn't say much, so he said goodbye and went out to bring the complainant into the official hall.

Du Zhongxiao tapped the paper on the case table and thought about the matter in his mind. The complainant in this case was so persistent, and he sued from Jingxi Road to Beijing. After being frustrated, he still persevered and thought that there would be grievances. But whether the case was as stated in the paper was doubtful.

In Ye County, it has been seven or eight years since he built the Iron Supervisor there. After many developments, it is a place where he made a fortune. In such a place, there must be many economic cases. In addition, there are insufficient officials, and there will be many bad things among the people. In terms of paper, it is very common for local tyrants to collude with officials, kill a small landlord, and embezzle the land. This case is difficult. The people who do things are clean and have complete documents, and they cannot find any problems in the documents. For officials, this is a mystery, and they can only be put aside and ignore it.

After a while, Ye Xiang brought a man in and stepped forward and bowed: "Zhongcheng, this man handed over the paper and was still waiting outside the door, not far away."

Du Zhongxiao looked at the man who had interrogated the paper and looked like he was a teenager and thin body. His hair was a little messy and his face was gray. He couldn't see what he looked like. He only had a pair of eyes, looking at him, a little afraid and a little stubborn.

Du Zhongxiao said: "What's your name? Where is your family? What's the matter? Let me tell you in detail."

The man stepped forward and kowtowed twice and said, "Xiaomin Baixian, from Ye County, Jingxi Road, his ancestors lived in the west of the county town for several generations. His family has more than 100 acres of fertile land. Since the iron prison was built around and the number of households increased, my family no longer planted rice and wheat, and I hired people to grow vegetables. Because the land at home was passing through a river in the middle, the upper and lower terrain was very different, and I was attracted by the rich family Jian of this county. What kind of factory should I buy land and open? This land is my family's food and clothing. How could my father sell it to him? I have been arguing for a long time. This spring, there was not much rain, and the vegetable field could not be planted for a while. My father was worried.

Immediately. Because Ye County has been prosperous over the years, my father was determined to borrow money and bought a water pump. But he knew that the money he borrowed was from Jian's outside family. He and the county's bookstore and official staff exchanged the IOU, and 100 guan to more than 1,000 guan. All the money in my family bought a water pump. How can I repay it? They forced me in every way, but my father just refused to admit it and was taken to the county government several times. In the end, those people were impatient and had a murderous intention and killed my father on the pretext. Since his father passed away, his family was not well off. He was used by Jian's outside method and collected more than 100 acres of land, saying that he was repaying the loan that was still in short supply."

Du Zhongxiao said: "If such a rough method is enough to kill people, will the local officials not ask?"

Bai Xian said: "Those people colluded with local officials and all the documents were done. Even if the local officials interrogated them, they only checked the documents. How could they find out?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "You said your father was killed by someone. This is a lawsuit for life. How dare you be careless?"

Bai Xian said: "They strangled my father to death, and said that they were hanging themselves and there was no evidence. How can they find out?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Like you say, this case is neither witnessed nor physical evidence, and it is a headless case. Like this, as long as the local land purchase and sale is complete, the local officials will certainly not interfere."

Bai Xian said: "My family has more than 100 acres of good land. Although I used to plant rice and wheat, I only had enough food and clothing. In recent years, I have made money. A water pump is only 200 guan enough money. My father borrowed 100 guan and left money to buy seeds to hire people. They changed it to 100 guan. I bought a water pump. Where did the rest of the money go? Since they were chasing debts, my family has no food to cover my belly, and it is difficult to take out dozens of cents."

The water pump was made by the iron supervisor in recent years. It was driven by steam machines. Many large farmers who farmed on Jingxi Road bought it. With this thing, they would no longer worry about the lack of water in the fields, which was very convenient. At the beginning, more than 100 guan, but because of the good sales, it rose to 200 guan this year. If you grow all the vegetables, it is difficult to buy a water pump, and it is not uncommon to borrow money. You can make money back in two or three years, but you can't lose money.

The only doubt in this case is why I borrowed a thousand guan. I just bought a water pump, but I couldn't use so much money, and the Bai family had savings. I can only think that a wealthy family like the Bai family could not handle them if they were less than this amount.

Du Zhongxiao thought about it and said, "Although this case is serious, there are many doubts. Let's check it out first. If there is any hidden information, I will give you a chance. Where are you living in the capital? If there is any progress, I will send someone to inform you."

Bai Xian stumbled for a while before saying, "I returned to the official, the young man had nowhere to live in the capital. I found a corner of the wall to rest at night."

Du Zhongxiao said to Ye Xiang: "You go out to rent a house and let him rest. The money for the house is paid out of the minister's money. By the way, daily food and drink will also be paid out of the minister's money, and settle him first."

Ye Xiang bowed and said yes, and followed Du Zhongxiao's instructions and took Bai out first.

Seeing the two people leaving the official hall, Du Zhongxiao took the paper over and looked at it again, thinking in his heart. Judging from what he asked just now and what Bai Xian answered, there were indeed doubts in this case. The biggest doubt was why the Bai family borrowed 1,000 guan. Although there were more wealthy people in Ye County, and more than 100 acres of good land were used as collateral, it was indeed possible to borrow it, but the Bai family could not use it.

Although the government also recognizes the IOU, it has many troubles. Generally, they go to the bookstore and use the paper they bought, which is equivalent to paying stamp duty and has the function of notarization. In this case, the Bai family's IOU was written in the bookstore. It is precisely because of this that the government does not accept his paper.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao was in a dilemma for a moment. Ye County was hundreds of miles away from the capital, and he could not go to check it himself, which was a little difficult for a moment.

Standing up, Du Zhongxiao walked a few steps after the case, but the tutor could not stop for a moment. If this case was turned over, the person who handled it would be punished seriously or lightly. The magistrate of Ye County, the magistrate of Baiting, the magistrate of Jingxi Road, the culprit of the criminal prison, the culprit of the Wen Gu Court, and the culprit of the Wen Wen Procuratorate, was said to be unable to escape. Du Zhongxiao had no friendship with these officials, and as the chief censor, he didn't have to worry about them. If the new official took office, it would be a kind of prestige. But this case was really difficult.

The safest way is to approve your own opinions, hand over the paper to Jingxi Road for punishment, and hand it over all the way, so that Ye County can check it again. But what's the use of doing that? There is obvious collusion between officials and the people in the local area, and no matter what is it, it will be found if you check it again.
Chapter completed!