What are the stories of the county order in history that handled the case wittily

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a poor student named Lin Jinping, who was admitted to the Jinshi and was sent by the emperor to a county to do the county order. On the day he arrived, he wanted to take a good rest, but who knew that someone would come to sue at this time, and Lin Xianling had no choice but to go to court to try the case.

The plaintiff was a rich man with a fat head and big ears, and a pumpkin with a big belly; The defendant was a scrawny, ragged farmer.

The rich man sued the farmer for stealing his goose and demanded that the farmer return his goose and pay him ten taels of silver. And Nong Tian insisted that the goose was raised by himself, and that the rich man had robbed it.

The rich man insisted that the goose was his, and called a dozen of his neighbors as witnesses; The farmer had no witnesses, but insisted that he had raised the goose himself. The two sides argued over their own words.

The county magistrate was a poor student and knew something about farming, so he asked the rich man: "You said that the geese belong to your family, so what do you usually feed the geese?" ”

The rich man said, "My geese are usually fed grain. ”

The county magistrate asked the farmer again: "You said that you raised the geese, so what do you usually feed?" ”

Farmer: "I usually feed the grass. ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he ordered someone to catch the goose and cover it in the lobby, and asked people to bring food to feed it, and when the goose was full, it in the hall.

The county magistrate only stepped forward to take a look at it and knew it, only to see him return to the main hall, and he patted the hall and said loudly: "Okay, you rich man, can you be guilty of falsely accusing others?" ”

When the rich man heard this, he cried out that he had been wronged, and once again insisted that the geese were his family. The county magistrate sneered when he heard this: "If the goose eats grain, then the pulled should be yellow, and if the goose in front of the hand eats grass, then the goose pulled is blue, if you are not satisfied, you can get closer and take a look."

When the rich man heard this, he took a closer look, and his face turned red for a while, and he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to admit that he was greedy.

The truth of the case was revealed, and the rich man falsely accused others and robbed him of his property, and was beaten with 20 boards and fined 10 taels of silver.

Once upon a time, there was a county official who was very good at judging cases, and by his wit, many unsubstantiated cases were clearly decided.

At one point, two people came to sue with a white cloth. They all said in unison: "I took the white cloth to the market to sell, and it rained halfway."

I just walked to the manhole that did not rely on the village in front and the store in the back, so I had to put a white cloth to cover the rain. This man begged me to let him cover the rain. I saw that he was pitiful, so I agreed.

After the rain had cleared, the man insisted that the white round cloth was his. I had no choice but to come to the yamen and ask the county magistrate to adjudicate it. ”

When the county magistrate heard that the two of them said the same, and there was no third person present, how could he judge. After thinking about it for a while, he came up with a plan, and said, "The master can't decide this case without witnesses, so you can go home with half of the cloth!" Then he ordered the cloth to be cut in half, and told them to go down to the church.

After the two left, the county magistrate immediately ordered the messenger: "Follow them separately and arrest me the person with a happy face." Sure enough, one of the two people had a smile on his face, and the other had a sad face.

The man took the smiling man back to the court, and after a little interrogation, he confessed. Sure enough, he deceived other people's cloth.

Again, there was a pot seller who pulled a cripple to complain. He said: "In recent days, there have been several pots missing in a row.

In order to check what is going on, I hid in the dark in the courtyard where a few pots were placed. After a while, a lame man came, and when he saw that there was no one, he picked up a cauldron and left. I came out and grabbed him and asked him why he stole the pot, but the cripple refused to admit it.

I had to pull the lame man and bring the pot to the yamen to ask the lord to judge. ”

The county magistrate listened to what had happened and asked the lame, "Why did you steal someone's pot?" The lame man said with a bitter face

The old man clearly decided, I am a cripple, how can I hold this big pot, it is Qi Lang who accuses the villain. The county magistrate frowned, thought about it, and said: "Since you didn't steal it, he slandered you, so the lord will cut off this pot for you and take it back!"

The lame man felt that he had been taken advantage of, and was full of joy, so he picked up the pot and put it on his head, and walked away. I only heard the county magistrate behind me shouting: "Stop!"

Didn't you say you were lame and couldn't hold the cauldron? How can you take it so neatly. It's pure nonsense and cunning, if you don't confess, you will inevitably suffer from your flesh and skin!

The cripple was shocked, and thought to himself, why did I forget to pretend this time, so I had to admit that he stole the pot.

In ancient times, the county order was ** and the catch fast was a small official, one of them was issued by the imperial court, and the other was issued by the local government at that time, and their ** was different. Catch fast to get money from the county, so it serves the county order, the role of the fast catch is to help complete some, those who can't do some things, just rely on them, they are also a relatively large local force.