The cow was the most important farming tool in ancient times.
Generally, when a cow is alive, even the owner cannot kill it, otherwise it will be against the law.
Wu Zhi did not speak, but stared at the two of them carefully.
His eyes also glanced back and forth from the two of them.
Not long after, Wu Zhi didn¡¯t even interrogate him, he just picked up the gavel and banged it hard on the table!
"Crack!"
Immediately, Wu Zhi pointed at Zhao Defu and said, "You stole the cow!"
"Come here, give this Zhao Defu twenty sticks first!"
After Zhao Defu heard this, he was immediately frightened and said quickly: "Master! Master Qingtian! It's not me, it's really not me!"
¡°Ouch, ouch!¡±
These government officials, to a certain extent, had a narrow escape from death.
They can work under Ma Hantai, so naturally there are not many good people.
In the past few days, I don¡¯t know how many people have been spoiled.
Originally, they were going to follow Ma Hantai to Ximen to deal with Wu Zhi.
However, since there were only a few dozen people there, it would not be of much use if they went there, so they stayed to guard the yamen.
Unexpectedly, this move actually saved myself.
They had already heard that Wu Zhi was killing everyone at Ximen. Even the royal relatives in Shaoxing City who had always been arrogant and domineering with the gold medal of immunity from death were beheaded by Wu Zhi!
At that moment, everyone was trembling, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
The sticks struck him one after another, and Zhao Defu screamed in pain.
After the twenty-stick beating, Wu Zhi didn't even bother to interrogate him. Zhao Defu waved his hand and said, "Send a message to Zhao Defu's family to compensate Wang Ajiu for a cow. At the same time, Wang Defu will be fined 100 taels. Pay the money with one hand and pay with the other." people!"
As soon as these words came out, both the onlookers outside and Bai Qianqian next to him looked at Wu Zhi with incredible eyes.
Especially Bai Qianqian, who immediately said directly: "Wu Zhi, how can you solve the case like this? It's too hasty!"
"You should give it a trial before you fight. What if the cow wasn't stolen by Zhao Defu?"
"And it's just a cow. Why do you have to pay such a heavy fine?"
Wu Zhi said: "Back then, Lord Shang's reforms revitalized the old Qin state and led to its rise in the western frontier, which led to the saying from future generations, 'In troubled times, we should use important codes'!"
"A fine is just a means of punishment."
¡°The purpose is to serve as a deterrent and tell those powerful and wealthy gentry who take advantage of their own money and bully others that everyone is equal before the law!¡±
"Whoever dares to commit adultery will be punished ten times, or even dozens of times!"
¡°With that said, Wu Zhi waved his hand and asked someone to carry Zhao Defu down.
"Next!"
Bai Qianqian was so angry that she gritted her teeth at Wu Zhi's fallacy.
However, thinking that Wu Zhi had spoken out for the poor after all, and seeing that Zhao Defu did not lack a hundred taels, as for the twenty sticks that could not kill anyone, he said no more at the moment.
And the next two people, one is also wearing brocade clothes and covered with fat; the other is skinny and dark, and looks like an honest farmer.
As soon as the farmer came in, he knelt down in front of Wu Zhi.
He kowtowed to Wu Zhi repeatedly and explained the matter while kowtowing.
?According to what he said, he was a tenant farmer with his face turned to the loess and his back turned to the sky. His name was Qian Qianqing.
The man next to him is called Qian Sandou, and he is his landlord.