The Shen family’s father and daughter were talking in front of the hall, and they heard the sound of slapping on the door. The sound was very urgent. Chen Langu thought it was his father’s friend, so she hid in. ~

Chen Ruo came out and opened the door. Seeing a few strangers standing outside, he asked, "What's the matter with you?"

The leader Zhang Zheng asked, "Your surname is Chen, are you Chen Ruo?"

"Not bad." Chen Ruo nodded.

Wang Hong, with a bearded face, chuckled and said, "It's indeed Dad Shen, I'll come to visit you."

As the saying goes, you will not go to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. Chen Ruo guessed that there must be a reason for it, so he politely invited them into the house and sat down, and asked, "Which yamen do you come from? What do you think of Chen?"

Because Chen Ruo passed the exam for a scholar and had some reputation in Yangzhou, Zhang Zheng and the other two dared not take the big shot. Wang Hong said politely: "The youngest are all from Ganquan County. Because the magistrate Hu of the Shang Dynasty has official documents here, please ask Mr. Shen to read it."

Chen Ruo took the signing order and saw it, and furiously said, "Sure enough, there was a storm on the ground, and he was slandering and whispering blood." He looked up and explained seriously: "To be honest, there are 1,000 taels of silver here. It was obvious that Lu, a surnamed Lu, deceived his inner man, and kept him in his residence. He deliberately gave the silver to his inner man for safekeeping. Later, because he did evil things that he had done, he had no face to deal with others. He was afraid that I would be exposed on the spot when I came back to meet, so he escaped overnight, so the silver did not have time to take it away. I was planning to return it to him in person, but this villain made up a lawsuit and false accusation first. Humph! It was a joke that I promised my daughter to him as a concubine in person. I didn't even recognize him. Fortunately, Chen returned home in time."

After saying that, Chen Ruo stood up, looked fearless, bowed and said, "It's not a problem for you. Since I'm back, there is naturally no need for the insider and the little girl to be present. I will go to the court to confront Lu Xiong and understand which one is right and wrong. Please sit down and let me in and tell the insider. Come with you immediately."

Zhang Zheng and Wang Hong knew the case. It was nothing to do with him. As long as Dad Shen was able to get the case, even if he completed the task, he said politely: "Your dad is so happy to do things. Please, I'll wait here."

Chen Ruo then walked into the inner room and told his wife the lie of the surname Lu, and told him: "Don't be afraid. I'll go to the county government now to see what the beast said. Whether it is true or false, everything will be judged by itself. Take out a thousand taels of silver and I'll take it over."

Wu was shocked and shouted, "Where is this to say? He dared to deceive the government. Is there any reason for it?"

Chen Langu burst into tears and choked and said, "I said that the person named Lu will definitely take revenge. If my daughter expected it, I am afraid that his official will protect him and our family will be destroyed in an instant. Dad. You must act according to the opportunity. Don't force yourself. Take care of yourself. At worst, your daughter will accept her fate."

"You are worried again." Chen Ruo looked stern. "I am innocent, how can I sell my daughter? Can the county magistrate believe it with his one-sided words? What testimony do I have to sell my daughter to him as a concubine? What evidence do I have?"

"Dad." Chen Langu said anxiously: "Since he dares to lie, he is also an official, you can imagine that there must be one or two means that can make the government believe. My father must be careful!"

Chen Ruo was slightly moved. He nodded and said, "I understand, so I will adapt to the situation first."

At this time, Wu reluctantly took the silver, wrapped it in a bag, carried it in his hand, and went out to follow the tolerance.

Wu came out to close the door, and the more he thought about it, he became more angry. He cursed: "You Lu Xiong, I wish I could kill you and cut you into pieces. You teased someone else's daughter, and sued him for your money and asked me to be a baby for you? Bah! I curse your wife to be a baby for others in the future, and your whole family will not die well!"

Chen Langu, who was sitting aside, did not say a word, and her heart felt like she was cut by a knife. She was worried that her father would suffer a great loss on this trip. As soon as her father was honest, she saw Lu Xiong colluding with the government to wrongly accuse him of the old man in vain. In furious, she spoke in court and even scolded him.

Secondly, if a man surnamed Lu dares to slander someone, he must make arrangements in advance, for fear that even the contract of selling his body could be forged. He seemed to have an old age with the Ganquan County Magistrate. In addition, if the Liu family opposite him was bribed, he would probably be doomed.

Fortunately, Shen Langu still has hope. After all, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he cleaned up the entire prison and refreshed the administration. There was an iron-faced Duke Zhou Xin in Jiangnan, and Yangzhou was not far from the capital, so local officials did not dare to take their lives apart.

She silently prayed to the gods to bless her father, only to be safe and told her mother that she would ask her neighbors to go to the county government to inquire about the news.

No matter what, the mother and daughter had no good idea when something happened, so they could only be depressed at home. Chen Ruo asked himself for his innocence and calmly entered the yamen. Zhang Zheng locked him in the room and asked Wang Hong to take someone to take care of him. He went to the back house of the yamen to report.

After a while, County Magistrate Hu sent a message to the second hall to serve. After being promoted to the hall, he called the plaintiff butler Wang De to ask, and ordered him to kneel aside.

Chen Ruo was called up, and the county magistrate Hu said, "Chen Ruo, you gave your daughter to Mr. Lu as a concubine, and had collected him five hundred taels of silver, and made a contract to sell your body. Why did your wife turn against you and refuse to admit it after cheating Mr. Lu? Think about it, the Lu family lost 1,500 taels of silver for nothing, how could they rest? Now that they have sued the county government, they should have a joint debunk. I miss you, you are far away in Suzhou, because your wife is Weiliang, and you have nothing to do with you.

Okay! Send your daughter to the Lu family. When your daughter comes in, you won’t remember the previous grudge. The two families will reconcile the old ones, and Mr. Lu will take care of you in the future. This official advises you to think about it yourself!"

After listening without changing his face, Chen Ruo listened without changing his face. Because he lost his fame and fortune, he was the defendant and now he is the lowest-level merchant, so he knelt down and said, "Sir, I have been wrongly accused of the villain. Don't say that the villain is a scholar of generations. The villain has to take care of his humble career because of his livelihood. But my family is still a dignified commoner. Even if he starves to death, he will not sell his daughter. Even if he doesn't know the villain's surname, it's all the blame for his first wife being confused for a moment and believing in his sweet words. The person named Lu begged to live in the villain's house. Because he teased the villain's daughter late at night, he was scolded by the villain's wife, and left overnight without any face.

If he said that this thousand taels of silver was when he moved in before, he said that it was inconvenient to collect it outside, and told the villain that his wife would collect it for him, but later he escaped and took it away. As for the words he told was all nonsense, without any truth. The villain asked Master Qingtian to make the decision and first asked him for a crime of falsely accusing the good people."

"Hey!" County Magistrate Hu shook his head and laughed: "Chen Ruo, this county looks quite honest, like a loyal person. Who knows that you are so clever and evasive about this county, you really shouldn't behave like a person! Since you admit that one thousand taels of silver is in your house, it can be seen that Mr. Lu is not wronged. According to me, you obviously received other people's money and made a petition, and you want to renege and not hand over your daughter? It's unreasonable to reason.

Besides, it doesn’t matter if you want to return the money, and it’s not good to make a deal. But your wife is jealous of money and wants to rely on other people’s silver, and insults it for no reason. You are planning to refund the money now, let alone Mr. Lu, even I am not willing. It’s a pity that if you didn’t accept his deposit, and now you regret it, Mr. Lu can’t do anything. You just blame you for doing something wrong. This county has already given you extra kindness and does not investigate the past. If you don’t know what’s wrong, you will be boring."

Where is there any deposit? Where is there any agreement? All of this was made out of nothing. Chen Ruo saw that the county magistrate protected the surname Lu, knowing that they had already discussed the protection of the officials, so how could they still be able to stand it? He said loudly: "What the adults said makes the villain die with their eyes open! Then Lu Xiong intended to take the opportunity to harm my family and accused the good of being a bad person. This matter is obvious.

Yes! He told the villain that the villain had 1,000 taels of silver, and the villain's wife shouldn't have 2000 taels of silver. But why did he only meet the villain in Suzhou and never see my daughter like that? If the villain wants to sell his daughter alone, he will repay 500 taels of silver. How can there be such a fool in the world? Besides, who is the agent of his 500 taels of silver? Can two people decide the big thing about 1,500 taels in person? Even the matchmaker should have one. Could it be that the villain knows that he wants to sell his concubine and go to sell his daughter in person? And the contract for sale is definitely not a handwriting for the villain. Lu Xiong can falsely accuse him or make false evidence. This case is really full of loopholes, and the villain asks the adult to investigate it carefully!”

This sentence made the county magistrate Hu speechless and sold his daughter to someone as a concubine. It was impossible to ask the guarantor to testify and go to the government to register. Let alone matchmakers, the seven aunts and neighbors of the Shen family were not allowed to notify each other? Who among the relatives could come to have a wedding banquet and lively? It was not to do bad things, who would secretly sell his daughter? That was to be a concubine, not a concubine, the difference was big.

Of course, Lu Xiong can be said to have bought a concubine, after all, it involves 1,500 taels of silver. The problem is that Magistrate Hu suddenly realized that his idea was not good. As expected, the other party has been doing business for many years and is familiar with the laws of trading. If he holds it, it is too easy to expose the falsehood.

This case is difficult, because if Chen is not convinced, he will continue to sue. So County Magistrate Hu suddenly found that he had dug a hole for himself and the case was in court. Even if he settled the matter immediately, he would offend Lu Xiong. If the case spreads, what should he do if the boss sends someone to check?

Officials with a little experience can see that there is something wrong with this case. On that day, Magistrate Hu went to visit Lu Xiong with great fanfare. Who doesn’t know? And everyone knows that he is a favorite student of Long Ding.

This is the case in the officialdom. A position is stared at by countless people. If there is nothing wrong, you can find out the problem, let alone if there is something really wrong. Now that Lu Xiong and Long Ding lose their official position, they will never take risks for the Hu County Magistrate. In this way, no one in the Hu County Magistrate can escape the opportunity to beat the dog in the water? The official hat will be lost!
Chapter completed!