Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Shen Zheng recounted all of Liu Bucktooth's crimes that were recorded in the file. Every time she said something, there were victims in the hall who echoed her.

"This is about my family! If I didn't give him twenty cents, he would dump manure in front of my door!" An old man said excitedly. He didn't expect that he would also be recorded in the case file of the county government!

"Hey, hey, hey, you're talking about me! That day, Liu Bucktooth secretly followed my daughter, and scared her so much that she went home crying and broke her head. I found him and beat him up, and the next morning, my family's pot and firewood were lost!"

A sturdy man quickly stepped forward after hearing what had happened to his family. The people next to him looked at him and thought to themselves that this man was so strong, and that Liu Bucktooth must be so bold to have the guts to follow his girl!

What made everyone most angry was the last one. This Liu Bucktooth actually stole the only few pounds of food in the house of a 60-year-old woman. When the old woman found out, he pushed her to the ground and ran away!

The old lady’s husband passed away early and she had no children. If she hadn’t been found by her neighbors and sent to the hospital, she would have lost her life!

After Shen Zheng finished telling the story of Liu Bucktooth's crimes, the county residents in the hall were so angry that they shouted that this man must not be kept!

The girls were even more furious: "Mr. County Magistrate! Get him out of Tongan County. If there are more people like him, we girls won't dare to go out during the day!"

Someone even took out some mud, which he either brought with him or dug up outside the county government office, and threw it at the back of Liu Bucktooth's head with a "bang".

This lump of mud was like the last straw that crushed the camel's back. The light lump of mud actually knocked Liu Bucktooth to the ground.

He had been listening to the accusations of the people behind him. His limbs had already lost strength and he was filled with fear. He didn't know if he would be able to see the sun tomorrow.

He wanted to plead for mercy, but his throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand and he couldn't utter a word.

The constable at the door reached out to stop the county resident who was throwing mud. Although he was also very angry, he was still in the court and could not interfere with the trial.

Before going to bed yesterday, Shen Zheng was thinking about how to convict and punish Liu Buckya today. According to the law, he could indeed be expelled from Tongan County, but he would cause harm wherever he went, and expelling him from Tongan County would only treat the symptoms and not the root cause.

Today, most of the victims are in the hall. She has an idea in mind, but she doesn’t know whether they agree or not.

"Silence!" Shen Zheng slammed the gavel, and everyone stopped talking.

She spoke to the crowd with a sincere look:

"Today I am the county magistrate who is trying the case, but I am also a victim of this case along with all of you. I wonder if you will listen to what I have to say."

"You say, sir! We will listen to you!" Everyone in the hall echoed.

"Before today, I have also thought about how to deal with Liu Bucktooth. I have also thought about expelling him from Tongan County as you all said, but have you ever thought that Liu Bucktooth will no longer harm people after leaving Tongan County? Expelling him will not only benefit him, but will also allow him to harm others!"

After hearing what she said, some agreed and some disagreed.

The reason for my disagreement is actually not wrong: as long as the people of Tongan County are no longer bullied by him, that's enough.

If Shen Zheng was also one of the ordinary citizens, she would also think that it would be enough to expel the person, but she is the local official, so she cannot only consider the residents in her jurisdiction.

She could only think of a win-win solution, which was to prevent Liu Bucktooth from bullying the people of Tongan County and from going out to harm others.

She raised her hand towards the people arguing in the hall and expressed her thoughts.

"Liu Bucktooth has committed several crimes, and I think he should be sentenced as follows: First, he should be caned twenty times; second, he should be fined silver, and all the stolen property should be converted into silver and returned to the victim; third, he should be forced to do labor in this county."

When everyone heard the first two verdicts, they felt that Shen Zheng's punishment was too light. But when they heard the last one, they felt that it was not too light.

Serving hard labor! It means that you have to work for the county government for free every day. You have to go wherever there is work, and you can't take private work. If there is no work in the county, you will have to starve!

However, there are very few situations where there is no work. In such a big county like Tongan, there is no way that Liu Bucktooth would be without work. Today he carries manure and tomorrow he reclaims wasteland. There is plenty of work for him!

Liu Bucktooth, who was kneeling in the hall, suddenly stood up when he heard that he was to perform forced labor. With a look of fear on his face, he cried and begged Shen Zheng: "Sir! Please expel me from the county! I have no face to face my fellow villagers!"

Everyone showed a look of contempt. Pah! How could Liu Bucktooth have such a face! He didn't want to do the labor service, but they didn't let him do it!

"Sir! We think this is a good verdict! Please cast the dice!"

The order sticks they mentioned were the sticks in the bamboo tube in front of Shen Zheng, which were divided into red-headed and green-headed sticks. The red-headed stick was the sentence stick. If Shen Zheng threw the red-headed stick at this moment, the sentence mentioned above would be finalized.

The phrase "thumping with a loud voice" refers to this order.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zheng took out a red-headed token from a bamboo tube, but she did not throw it out immediately. Instead, she held the token in her hand and rubbed it slowly with her fingertips.

Liu Bucktooth was extremely scared at this time. His forehead was covered with cold sweat. He stared at the red sign in Shen Zheng's hand without blinking: "Sir! Don't throw it away! I know I was wrong! I will never dare to go back to Tongan County to disturb my fellow villagers again!"

"Throw it away! Throw it away! Throw it away!" The county residents shouted in unison, urging Shen Zheng in the hall.

Shen Zheng looked at Liu Bucktooth begging for mercy and smiled: "Then I'll do as you say."

She slowly raised her right hand holding the red stick, and then threw it hard!

The red stick drew a parabola in the air and then landed accurately in front of Liu Bucktooth.

Liu Bucktooth looked at the red stick that fell to the ground and felt that the red stick was like a death warrant. He closed his eyes and fainted in the court.

When the county residents saw that the order had been signed, they all shouted, "Good!"

Today, they finally got rid of their anger with the county magistrate! From now on, they don't have to worry about being entangled by this scoundrel anymore.

The girls in the crowd who had been harassed by Liu Buckya in the past and who dared not tell anyone else silently took up the handkerchiefs in their hands and covered their faces and wiped away their tears.

Since that incident, they haven't dared to go out for a long time, for fear that they might lose their innocence someday.

Now, I am no longer afraid...

Zhao Xiu looked at the unconscious Liu Bucktooth, turned around and went to the backyard to get a bucket of water, and poured it accurately on Liu Bucktooth's face.

Liu Bucktooth woke up with a start as cold water poured over his head. When he opened his eyes and saw Zhao Xiu in front of him, he closed his eyes and was about to faint again.

Zhao Xiu sneered, "Dizzy, but the beatings you get while you're unconscious don't count. Brothers, we'll just beat you first, and we'll start counting when you wake up."

Liu Bucktooth immediately opened his eyes wide and climbed up. The man in front of him was the real devil!

Seeing that he was no longer pretending, Zhao Ling raised his hand and asked the constable to bring the torture instruments into the room.

Several constables quickly brought over the torture instrument. Liu Bucktooth looked at the extremely thick wooden board and was so frightened that he trembled all over.