After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 702 - 694 Trial

The person watching the commotion said, "I don’t know."

Zhao Hanzhang couldn’t help but turn her head to look at him, "...Don’t know what commotion you’re watching?"

The other person didn’t recognize Zhao Hanzhang, and said matter-of-factly, "They were already crying when I arrived, I missed the moment they spoke, and they’ve been crying ever since. How am I supposed to know who they are?"

Zhao Hanzhang looked him up and down and said, "A grown man, with all limbs intact, healthy and robust, wasting good time not working, but coming to the county government to watch the commotion?"

The other person was unwilling to be scolded, so he said, "Now, who says anything about gender? Are you not intact and robust, too? Why aren’t you working, but running to watch the commotion?"

Zhao Hanzhang was slightly choked by his words and replied, "I’m new here, to understand Luoyang."

Upon hearing this, the person’s complexion immediately improved, and he smiled at Zhao Hanzhang, saying, "Then you have come to the right place, our County Lord is a woman, so the status of women in Luoyang City is quite high. If you have the ability, you can even go to the court to recommend yourself as a female official."

Seeing Zhao Hanzhang tall, standing like a pine tree, with an exposed half-face fair as jade, the youth’s heart fluttered, so he defended himself, saying, "I’m not watching the commotion for nothing either."

"Oh?" Zhao Hanzhang curiously looked at him.

He immediately said, "I’m here to see if there’s anything novel, so I can learn about it back at the restaurant or tavern, and make some money."

Zhao Hanzhang was surprised, "Is there really a way to make money like this?"

"Of course, there are some storytellers who can’t watch the commotion in time, and their information is rather slow. At this time, people like us, who are the first to see the commotion and can recount it completely, are very popular. Storytellers are very willing to buy information from us."

So, this information trade existed so early?

Zhao Hanzhang pointed at the crowd and asked, "Are they all here to watch the commotion?"

"No, maybe half are watching the commotion, the rest are here to make accusations."

Zhao Hanzhang’s heart suddenly sank halfway, her Luoyang City now has only this number of people, and there are this many people coming to make accusations in one day?

She had not been idle during this time, how come she didn’t know Luoyang changed this much?

"Accumulated cases over half a week, today more came to cry and fuss, County Magistrate Zhao will be busy."

Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, "So these are accumulated cases over half a week."

"Yes."

"Why doesn’t the County Magistrate handle them day by day instead of accumulating them?"

"Aside from urgent, significant, and important cases, these small cases obviously need to be accumulated for processing," The young man agreed very much with Zhao Kuan’s method, saying, "Otherwise, handling these trivial matters every day, wouldn’t the County Magistrate and County Official be overwhelmed?"

While whispering, Zhao Kuan, who had been lowering his head to handle documents, put down his pen, picked up the cases placed on his left side, and then tapped the gavel with his right hand to quiet the people inside and outside the county government.

Even the continuous crying by those sitting on the ground reduced a bit.

Zhao Kuan, with a solemn face, said to the people on the ground, "Lady Chen, please wait until I have handled the accumulated cases, then I will speak with you. Come, serve water to the Chen Family and invite them to sit and wait."

Government Officials responded, withdrawing two mats from a room, spread them in the courtyard of the county government, and brought over seven or eight bowls, pouring water with a teapot for them, "You’ve been crying all morning, drink water to soothe your throat."

The Chen Family was a scholarly family, received the teacups with both hands, finished the water, then lowered their heads to carefully wipe away tears, climbed up from the ground, and sat on the mats waiting for Zhao Kuan to handle the other cases, not meaning to cut in line.

Only then did the crowd watching the commotion withdraw their gaze, Zhao Kuan again tapped the gavel, and asked, "Is Qiao Dacheng from An Yuan Village and Zhou Ji from Xiangdong Village here?"

"Here, here," Immediately from the crowd emerged two groups, each with three people, each composed of two men and one woman, from both sides, upon entering the courtyard and seeing each other, heavily snorted.

On the left were an older couple with an injured young man, while on the right was a father with a set of children, the daughter was dressed as a married woman, sobbing as she followed her father and brother inside.

Upon reaching the courtroom, the two sides distinctly separated and knelt.

Zhao Kuan scanned their grievance documents and each’s demands, then looked at the people kneeling below, asking, "Qiao Dacheng, you are the plaintiff, you speak first."

The elder brother on the right responded loudly, was about to speak, but the Zhou Family on the left was displeased, shouting, "County Lord, we are the victims, shouldn’t we speak first?"

Zhao Kuan tapped the gavel and shouted, "What are you arguing about, whoever I let speak shall speak first. If dissatisfied, first go down to receive punishment and then come up to reply."