Chapter 696: February 3rd: The Fate of an Insignificant Person

February 3rd: The Fate of an Insignificant Person

February 3rd: The Fate of an Insignificant Person

Let me speak frankly, I still feel sympathy for that Menzi. Menzi's help to Yucun came from the heart. Yucun ought to thank Menzi. Although Menzi's help was minor, he nevertheless provided Yucun with a very valuable piece of information: the "Official Protection Talisman".

If Menzi had not provided Yucun with the Official Protection Talisman, and left Yucun to judge that homicide case on his own: two families vied to buy a maidservant, neither yielding, resulting in a fatal injury. He would have to arrest the plaintiff and bring him to justice. Yet that plaintiff was a person of power, influence, and wealth, and happened to be a close relative who had promoted him to office. If he offended such a family, "not only would his official rank be lost, but even his life might be in jeopardy!"

This amounts to Menzi saving Yucun once.

Furthermore, Menzi also devised a plan for Yucun: "Sir, tomorrow when you hold court, just put on a show, move the documents, issue arrest warrants." --- The culprit naturally cannot be caught. If the culprit cannot be caught, the plaintiff will surely not let it go. I, the lowly one, will mediate in secret. The plaintiff's family has no relatives left; those helping him sue are distant relatives, and suing is merely for money. Meanwhile, the defendant's family has money, so once the money is paid, the matter is settled.

As the folk saying goes, "An open yamen admits only those with money, not those with right." Sir, just follow my instructions step by step. Sentence that culprit to a thousand, or five hundred—either is fine. Once the plaintiff gets the money, his mouth will be shut by money.

Sir, do you think my plan will work?

So Yucun followed Menzi's clever stratagem and hastily judged that thorny case.

For such a sincere and earnest person, Yucun ought to have rewarded him handsomely and promoted him. Yet Yucun, feeling guilty and afraid that Menzi would expose his past "old background", simply found an excuse to drive him away—"Just go far away and then quit."

The fate of such an insignificant person...