第71章（2/2）

how should I know? we ’t go .

Say, reber when you had to repay the state for those broken tools? what if ealed?

No pot—I already paid.

It’s fe. Lord Zhang doesn’t see harsh. If it wasn’t deliberate, he ight waive it.

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chapter 122

by the sed day, Zhang Luo had oved his seat outdoors, he urtyard stethese o days had reshaped Zhou qg’s uandg of efficy. the backlog of o onths’ worth of dots was vanishg at an astonishg rate—without cuttg ers.

No wonder he rose to high rank so young—even with short hours—his work siply gets done.

As Zhou qg reflected, he noticed Zhang Luo hand a dot to a clerk, who scurried over.

Fishg his own task, Zhou qiuro the uple before hi and swled. hband Yue, for beatg his wife—fracturg her ar and jurg her foot—shall be punished with shavg. however, given the wife’s own shrewish nature, the penalty is reduced: only his beard shall be reoved.

他将刑文书递给另一人。

其他人会照办。

至于那对夫妇如何反应，与他无关。

张罗听见了，处理完手头事务的他，瞥了那对夫妇一眼。

男子满脸愤懑，手伤未愈的女子略显窘迫。

古人极重身体发肤，何况是精心养护的胡须。

尽管此事已过去两月，或许他们早已和解，但当初已在临淄城报了官。

既已报案，便须处置。

周青臣继续处理张罗方才交办的文书。嗯？买凶行凶者名业，另曾唆使十二岁童子致人伤残。

这类大案他此前已办过几桩，未料仍有遗留。

周青臣看向跪伏一旁的刑犯。依律，业当处磔刑！

磔刑，先裂肢体，再断咽喉。

刑犯闻讯顿时瘫软，嘶声嚎叫起来。

但很快被拖了下去。

周青臣随即取过下一卷竹简。

张罗案几旁的茶水始终未动。

此刻他正审视两名临淄郡官吏——田啬夫与仓吏。

连这两人也面露茫然，昨日才刚获释。你们当真无罪？

禀上卿，下吏确实冤枉啊！小吏声音发颤。

张罗冷哼，目光钉住田啬夫。单说临淄县——今年降雨几何？可曾伤稼？谷穗抽发如何？荒芜田亩多少？已征刍稾几许？

郡中文书多半空白，有字的还是旁县所报。