Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 68: Catching a million-dollar gambler, the Heavenly Sword shows off its power!

There are regulations that the county government office is only a few meters square from the screen wall to the main hall.

At that time, in addition to the main hall and the second hall, there were courtyards and houses on both sides where the county magistrate, the chief clerk, and the clerks in charge of money, grain, and criminal law were on duty, which could provide office, food, and accommodation for dozens of people.

But today these places are empty, and the houses are full of gamblers captured from Hongfu Restaurant.

The bailiffs brought them to the court one by one for questioning, with Hai Rui presiding over the trial and Xu Wei taking notes.

There is a rule that there is a bamboo tube on the desk in courts at all levels. The tube usually contains ten bamboo sticks. The judge pulls out the bamboo sticks and throws them into the hall to hit someone.

One bamboo stick equals ten strokes of the cane, and ten bamboo sticks equals a hundred strokes of the cane.

Now Hai Rui almost threw all the bamboo sticks in the bamboo tube to the ground, and the bamboo sticks were scattered all over the ground.

Those who can participate in the Hongfu Restaurant and the insect fight between the richest businessman in Jiangnan and the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture are certainly not ordinary people.

None of the people who came to the court for the first time were convinced. They all looked up to the sky and acted like "God is the boss and I am the second boss", shouting that if Hai Rui didn't release the people, they would be in trouble.

Then, after ten blows with a bamboo stick, the rich young men immediately became obedient.

Although the runners of Chun'an County Court were a little hesitant to fight and wanted to let him off, the genius doctor Li Shizhen was watching them. If they dared to play tricks, Li Shizhen would point it out immediately and ask them to fight again.

After ten solid beatings with the cane, the rich young man's buttocks were covered in blood and flesh, and he confessed to gathering a group of people to gamble on insect fighting.

Hai Rui immediately cut off the young man's hand according to Article 29 of Volume 7 of the Ming Dynasty, which stipulates that those who gather people to gamble will be punished with caning at the least and amputation at the worst.

At that moment, everyone inside and outside the hall was shocked.

The young man in the lobby almost lost control of his bladder on the spot. Hai Rui changed the subject and allowed the young man to pay money to redeem himself.

One finger is worth one thousand taels of silver, five fingers are worth five thousand taels of silver, plus the palm, it makes a total of ten thousand taels of silver.

After the great fall, there was a great rise. The rich young men who could accompany the third son of the Xu family, the richest businessman in Jiangnan, in Songjiang Prefecture, were all wealthy and expressed their willingness to donate generously.

Since they really couldn't come up with the cash or banknotes, Hai Rui asked Xu Wei to draft an IOU and have the young masters sign it.

Many young masters were very dissatisfied and thought that this was an insult to them by Hai Rui. Was it worth just a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels of silver?
But the young man was threatened with having his hand chopped off if he didn't sign the IOU, so he finally gave in.

Those who needed to take the banknotes took the banknotes, and those who needed to write the IOUs wrote the IOUs. There were more than a hundred people, and by the time everything was done, it was already late at night.

Everyone in the hall had not eaten yet and was already starving. Xu Ying, the third son of the Xu family, could not bear it any longer, so he stood up angrily and walked out of the hall.

Hai Rui glanced around and heard a voice coming from the hall, "Where is Mr. Xu going?"

Xu Ying stopped and turned to look at Hai Rui. When their eyes met, he sneered, "You want silver? I'll give it to you. Ten thousand taels, twenty thousand taels, or even more. I can have someone send it to you tomorrow. Please forgive me, County Magistrate Hai, for not wanting to accompany you any longer."

For the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture, things that can be solved with money are never a big deal.

The elders of the clan have taught us since childhood that if someone holds evidence against us, no matter how much silver we throw away, it will be fine as long as we are safe. And once we are safe, no matter how much silver we threw away, the clan will get it back with interest.

Xu Ying didn't care at all when he saw Hai Rui was "extorting" him with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. He agreed to any amount of money Hai Rui offered to release the person.

This is the confidence of the Xu family in Songjiang Prefecture.

"I'm afraid you're different from them." Hai Rui's face was dark and thin to begin with, and now it was as cold as iron, with endless chill between the lines.

Catch.

However, this was Hai Rui's way of keeping Xu Ying and Shen Yishi. What Hai Rui wanted was not Xu and Shen's money or a hand.

Shen Yishi, who had closed his eyes to rest after entering the county government office, opened his eyes and looked at Hai Rui's face from afar, his heart sank.

As a businessman, what he feared most was not that officials asked him for money, but that officials did not want his money, because that would allow officials to get bigger gains.

"What do you mean? Are you going to beat me with a stick or cut off my hands?" Xu Ying sneered.

In this area of ​​Jiangnan, is there anyone who can touch him?
"If you, Mr. Xu San, answer the county's questions truthfully, no one will hurt you. But if you insist on doing what you want, I'm afraid you will offend others." A sense of righteousness surged from Hai Rui.

However, Xu Ying had long been fed up with Hai Rui's condescending attitude in the court. The young master's temper flared up, he smiled coldly and continued to walk out of the hall.

"Take it!"

Hai Rui's voice rang out, followed by Xu Ying's voice, "Who dares?"

The bailiff standing outside the court door looked at the county magistrate in the hall, and then looked at the arrogant Mr. Xu San. He did not dare to arrest anyone nor to give way.

"锠鎯鎯".

The emperor's sword was unsheathed.

Hai Rui gradually stood up, and the plaque "A Bright Mirror Hanging High" above his head reflected his beauty.

This was the first time Hai Rui drew out the Emperor's Sword in Chun'an County. Under the light, the blade of the Emperor's Sword reflected a chill in people's hearts.

"Take it!"

Hai Rui held the sword in his right hand and flicked the bamboo tube with his left hand, causing it to fall to the ground. All the remaining bamboo sticks in the tube were scattered. The tube did not break and rolled straight towards Xu Ying. "Hit!"

The Emperor's Sword hangs above his head.

The county yamen runners did not hesitate at all and immediately arrested Xu Ying, taking him to the place where he would be beaten with a stick using the water and fire sticks.

After hitting him with ten sticks, the runners stopped and heard Hai Rui say, "Didn't you see how many sticks I threw out?"

That’s at least five sticks!

Fifty solid beatings with the stick would have killed someone without any hard training. Obviously, the delicate and tender Third Master Xu did not have any hard training.

Shen Yishi stood up slowly, and his eyes met Hai Rui's at that moment. There was a brief pause, and they briefly examined each other.

In the gentle night breeze, the "hundred flowers" seemed to be floating towards Hai Rui.

Before Shen Yishi could speak, Hai Rui suddenly asked, "Tell me your position."

This was a question that was asked knowingly, and Shen Yishi replied without any emotion: "I am Shen Yishi, doing business for the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.

In the 37th year of Jiajing, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau reported to the Imperial Household Department, saying that I was diligent in my work and had made outstanding achievements. The Imperial Household Department presented the emperor with a special award of the sixth rank meritorious hat.

Master Hai can treat me as a businessman or as an official."

Hai Rui was slightly startled, then he became even more angry, "There are no officials in the Ming Dynasty who are businessmen!"

According to the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu Gao, merchants were of low status and could not wear silk and satin, and could not even pass the imperial examinations. The honorary hats and sixth-rank official uniforms mentioned by Shen Yishi made Hai Rui extremely angry.

The eunuchs, officials and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty had colluded for personal gain to such an extent!
"Mr. Hai is absolutely right, but that honor is ultimately a special gift from the Emperor..."

Shen Yishi's voice was clear, but to Hai Rui, it was like a mosquito in his ear. He shouted sternly, "Catch him!"

"beat!"

"Until we find out who is behind the strange field!"

(End of this chapter)