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Chapter 40: Conclusive Evidence

This is Li Ling's greatest confidence and trump card to take the initiative. Otherwise, even if he had indeed mastered many evidences of Zhuang Hong's corruption and bribery, he would not dare to sue the official in such a way.

During the conversation with Gu Yuezi on Laba, he judged that the three travelers who still lived in the inns in the county near the New Year were unusual. Because according to their current habits, they did not wander around during the Chinese New Year, or even lived in inns in other places like this? In addition, they were always going out, and they were even more confident that one of them must be the new county magistrate who came to take office.

After all, Jiangcheng County has lost its chief seal officials since the beginning of this year, and the court will inevitably make arrangements. We cannot leave such an important position empty all the time. And the new county magistrate can guess its intentions, just to understand the people's sentiment in a low-key manner and make a private visit in a private manner.

Because in recent years, the Jiangcheng County Magistrate has changed several positions in succession like a lantern, or has resigned or committed a crime, but none of them have been transferred normally. In this way, the new county magistrate will naturally be vigilant, and will naturally try to touch the bottom before taking the post to take the initiative.

What Li Ling is doing now is to directly send the handle of a key figure like Zhuang Hong to the new county magistrate. He believes that as long as this adult is not stupid, he will naturally seize the opportunity and he can take this opportunity to turn the tables and defeat the biggest enemy in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the wishful thinking started, there was a strange cold incident inside and outside the lobby. Li Ling didn't want any more variables, so he immediately took the lead in admitting the identity of the new county magistrate. And as he shouted out, the people outside came back from surprise and surprise, and immediately knelt down: "The people in the country kowtowed to the county magistrate..." How could it be fake when they were all wearing official uniforms and hats?

The young county magistrate in the hall was a little nervous, but now he heard the rising and falling greetings, and his confidence became more and more. His bright eyes swept over the servants with majesty, putting them under pressure. At this time, Lin Lie had quickly knelt down and saluted: "Lin Lie, the head of the humble county government, paying homage to the county master!"

With him starting, his dozen brothers had no worries and bowed down to him. The other officers and constables around could not bear the majesty of the high officials, and they also bowed down. In the end, only Zhuang Hong was left sitting there, undecided.

He was shocked and puzzled, and even more deeply uneasy. Could it be that all this was set up by the new county magistrate to deal with him? Is there a lot of people in the yamen who want to betray him and become enemies with him?

"Zhuang Dianshi, the county master is standing here. You dare to hold a high place to sit so hard. What a courage!" At this time, the old man suddenly spoke accusing and shouted, which made Zhuang Hong's heart tremble. He just remembered that this was indeed inappropriate, so he quickly stood up and bowed: "Sir, forgive me, but the official was just a moment of surprise and was confused."

At the same time, several people rushed over outside. They were both wearing green official uniforms. It was Wang He, the chief clerk of the county magistrate Feng Pinghe. The two of them quickly entered the hall, but they had bent down and bowed one after another. The following ceremony was followed by the boss: "I don't know that the Lord will arrive today. The lower official Feng Ping (Wang He) is in a farewell welcome. Please forgive me!"

Obviously, they knew everything that happened here in the second hall and had made a quick decision to acknowledge the identity of the new boss. The young county magistrate narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "You don't have to be too polite, everyone should get up and talk. In order to prevent you from having any doubts, please ask Erwei to read my official seal first and confirm that it is correct." As he said that, he waved his hand and asked the old man to hand over the things.

"Don't dare, don't dare..." Although the two of them were talking, their hands were not slow. They took the seal of the official edict carefully and opened it carefully. However, they saw that the official edict had written the origin of the new county magistrate of the county named Weiliang. Their faces changed again, and then they respectfully returned the seal: "I would like to ask the county magistrate to go to the second hall to speak!" This is a complete recognition of his identity as the county magistrate of Zhengyin County.

Unexpectedly, Wei Liang shook his head: "Not busy! I just saw someone beating a drum and making trouble. How could I not ask about such a big thing as the county chief?" As he said that, before everyone could react, he had already strode forward. Zhuang Hong, who was still standing next to the chief case, quickly asked him to go upside down, and watched him sit upright as the presiding officer.

Seeing this, Feng Ping frowned even more and couldn't help but persuade him: "Municipal, you have just taken office. You are not talking about the car and horse. You don't know much about the matter in this county. Is it inappropriate to ask the case so urgently?"

"The title of the county magistrate is a bad word. Although the county magistrate has only arrived at the county government office, he has been staying in Jiangcheng for many days before and still has some understanding of the folk customs. Moreover, the case this time is quite large. It has sounded the drum of injustice and gathered so many people under the rule. The county magistrate should ask for it clearly to calm the hearts of the people!" The old man spoke again, saying it clearly and clearly, which made others unable to refute it.

Magistrate Wei no longer delayed and immediately slapped the awkward: "Where is the plaintiff in the hall? Why don't you come in and reply?"

Li Ling was still half lying on the ground at this time, and quickly responded loudly, "Caomin is here..." and he was about to get up. However, the few hits and fell just now made his bones still sore and weak. As soon as he supported the ground, no one could get up. Just when he was about to have an intimate contact with the ground, one of them had come from the side, and he held his hands hard, just holding him up.

Li Ling thanked her, raised her eyes and realized that this person was Gu Yuezi. At this time, Gu Yuezi was full of worries and whispered: "Why did you make such a big noise? You still make yourself look so embarrassed?"

It turned out that the drum sound just now alarmed the whole city and attracted Gu Yuezi. As soon as he arrived, he saw Li Ling being pushed down and wanted to beat the board, so anxious that he didn't know what to do. Fortunately, the magistrate of Wei appeared in time and reversed the situation. This made him full of worry and confusion about Li Ling. Why did his brother cause such a big deal again in just a few days?

Li Ling smiled bitterly, but now it is not the time to talk to him in detail, so he can only say, "Please help me in, and let me talk about everything after I go back."

Gu Yuezi sighed, then helped Li Ling back to the lobby, and asked him to kneel down and reply with difficulty, but he quickly retreated. Li Ling looked up at Wei Magistrate who was sitting high and then went up, and then repeated what he had just said in the hall.

As soon as he finished speaking, a clerk shouted loudly again: "It's damn good to even dare to frame court officials in the hall!"

The exchange was for Wei Magistrate Wei's slapped in the auspicious tree: "Silent, there is no noise in the court. Yes or not, I will ask me!" After a pause, he looked at Li Ling again, "Li Ling, you said that Zhuang Dianshi is corrupt and abuse of power and embezzlement of public funds is a serious crime. You are definitely not guilty by just talking nonsense. Moreover, it is even more serious for you to sue the official with the people. If there is no evidence and you sit down, do you know the consequences?"

"How dare the Caomin slander accusing the wronged officials of the court? Since he dares to beat the drum and make injustice, there is naturally evidence. Moreover, what I have not only the evidence of his crimes of using power for personal gain over the years, but also a shocking case of fraud that more than ten years ago was reported to the government. This matter is also closely related to his current official position!"

As soon as Li Ling said this, everyone inside and outside the hall changed color again. Zhuang Hong couldn't help it anymore and said singly: "Li Ling, if you arrange this official like this, I will definitely not stop with you!"

Magistrate Wei frowned and just asked, "It's no point in saying it, come out with evidence!"

"There is evidence." Li Ling said, turning slightly, looking at Gu Yuezi outside the hall with a worried look on his face and said, "Brother Gu, go to the left side of the lobby to take a look. There is another blue brick there, bring me all the paper underneath."

Gu Yuezi was stunned for a moment in surprise. Until someone else moved around, he quickly walked over there. At the same time, he felt very moved. His brother was really meticulous. Obviously, he had guessed that someone had just pulled clothes and searched his body, so he did not carry these key evidence with him, but placed it near the lobby early. Moreover, he did not ask the people in the county government to get it, obviously he could not trust these people.

Zhuang Hong's face, who also understood, became even more nervous, and he felt even more nervous. This kid is so cunning. Could it be that he had found some key evidence? He had thought Li Ling was just messing around with people and videos, but now he really regarded him as a threat.

"Here... there is something here!" A slightly excited call sounded outside, and then Gu Yuezi leaned over and took the things with him, then handed them to the desk of Wei Magistrate.

Just as Wei Magistrate looked through the accounts carefully sorted and selected by Li Ling, Li Ling had spoken again, using a loud voice that could be heard clearly by everyone inside and outside the court: "All the contents on this are picked out by Caomin from the many accounts in the Gaige Library. If the adults don't believe it, they can ask people to compare the accounts one by one. For example, last year, after the autumn tax, Zhuang Dianshi took the opportunity to deduct more than 500 taels of silver, and then used the excuse to collect more than 500 taels of silver from the local people to make up for it. There is also the previous year..."

With his explanation, not only did the Wei County Magistrate become more and more relaxed when he saw the evidence, but the people outside the hall finally knew exactly how much public funds Zhuang Hong had embezzled in the past few years and made many people pay more taxes for it. For a moment, everyone showed indignation, but because of the other party's identity and accumulated power, they did not dare to do anything.

However, Zhuang Hong and his men, as well as the servants who listened to them, were all bluish and pale at this moment. They felt great pressure and wanted to pounce on them now and kill this troublesome guy!
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