Xiao Tang looked at her little face, laughed, and asked, "Xiao Huaizhen, what are you doing in the tree?" and looked at the tree that was more than one person high: "How did you climb up?"

Ying Huaizhen's hands and feet moved, making the leaves rattle, Xiao Tang was so frightened that he stretched out his hand to stop it, and said, "Okay, don't move, it's not fun to fall." ”

Ying Huaizhen swallowed his saliva and said, "That...... Don't tell my mother. ”

Xiao Tang almost laughed, afraid that she would be in a hurry, so he had to agree: "Okay, okay, then you can come down first." ”

Ying Huaizhen replied, retracted his head, Xiao Tang looked at it with a good eye, and saw that the branches of the tree shook for a while, and two small feet poked out of the dense leaves, kicked on the trunk for a while, and then stopped.

Xiao Tang was puzzled, so he asked, "What's wrong?" but heard a muffled voice from inside: "I can't go down." Xiao Tang couldn't help but smile: "Then how did you go up in the first place?"

After a while, Ying Huaizhen replied: "If you watch below, I won't go down." Xiao Tang finally laughed out loud: "Then I won't look at it." Ying Huaizhen said: "Uncle Tang, you go first, I'll go down later." ”

Xiao Tang coughed, simply walked to the tree, looked up, and said with a smile: "You don't want to move, I'll take you down." ”

Ying Huaizhen was taken aback: "What?" Before the words fell, he exclaimed, it turned out that Xiao Tang was on the ground with both feet, his figure jumped up slightly, and he hugged her waist, and then fell to the ground, and fell together, driving the golden cinnamon on the tree to flutter down, and the sweet fragrance burst.

Ying Huaizhen was like in a dream, looking fixedly, facing the golden osmanthus rain, Xiao Tang smiled slightly, and the little tear mole in the corner of his eye loomed.

Xiao Tang smiled: "Don't be afraid, it's already down." ”

Leaned over and put her on the ground, raised his hand to touch the top of her head, it was to appease, but the palm of his hand fell into the air, it turned out that Ying Huaizhen turned around, moved his little short legs, and ran away without a trace in an instant.

Xiao Tang was very stunned, thinking of Ying Huai's really white little face yesterday, he couldn't help but reach out and touch his face, and said to himself: "Am I born terrible?"

When Xiao Tang was wandering around in the backyard of the county government, Lin Shenzhou was in the lobby of the county government and watched a good show.

The person who came to beat the drum this time reported a lawsuit for the life of the sect, and the deceased in this case was none other than the black woman who appeared before.

And the murderer was also escorted to the lobby by the neighbors, and it didn't take any effort to respond to Lan Feng, but what was surprising was that the murderer was not someone else, but the son-in-law of the black woman.

It turned out that since Ying Lanfeng burned and killed Hei Tianniu in a rage, Hei Po lost her mind and went crazy all day long, but she did not change her temper of scolding chickens and dogs, so the people in the village hated her more and more.

Hei Po's daughter has long been married, not far away, in the neighboring village, so the chief of the security sent Hei Po to her daughter's house, originally wanted her daughter to take care of it, but Hei Po's daughter is in the same vein as her mother, very much a woman who loves to sprinkle and have nothing to do, usually at home to instigate the man not to be filial to her in-laws, now she has her own mother here, and she can't wait for two days, and she is tired.

In fact, although the black woman is crazy, but after so many years of searching, the family has also accumulated a lot of money, since the aftermath, her daughter ran with her son-in-law like a wind, first scavenged the mother-in-law's money clean, after the black woman went crazy and lived in her house, she also sold the original house of the black woman, and the money was naturally in her own hands.

Originally, with this money, she could afford to support her own black woman, but unfortunately this woman did not have the slightest filial piety to her mother, and often reprimanded loudly, beat and scolded, and treated her mother like a pig and a dog.

It's just a pity that the black woman was so bitter and unforgiving before, and taught a daughter who was on par with her, but now she is being bullied by her daughter, and she really drinks and pecks, so it's not predetermined.

The neighbors often heard that although they were not fair, they did not dare to meddle in their affairs, and if they provoked the woman, they would inevitably be scolded for their blood...... So although the neighbors all understood, they also turned a blind eye and heard nothing.

The day before yesterday, the woman was suspicious of the black woman to make a bed of pickled quilts, so she pointed to the tip of her nose and scolded the black woman, which is not counted, and a few meals in a row did not give food, the mother-in-law was hungry at night, so she ran to the kitchen to steal something to eat, and it happened that the son-in-law of the black woman came out to relieve his hands, and saw a black figure sneaky, only thought that he was a thief, took a pole and stepped forward, and hit the head with a stick......

At this moment, the neighbors have been alarmed, and when they lit the lamp, they found that the deceased was a black woman, and there was still half a steamed bun stuffed in the poor mouth.

The man was aggrieved, only saying that he thought he was a thief, but he didn't know that it was his mother-in-law, and the woman was also panicked, crying beside her, begging the lord to give a light sentence.

Ying Lanfeng listened to the confessions of the two, groaned slightly, and called witnesses.

Because there were many neighbors around the scene, when they saw the old man calling, they came forward one by one to testify, and explained how Hei Po's daughter Ping Suri abused her mother, and she didn't care about it.

After a while, he checked the death of the black woman, and determined that she was beaten to death while eating, and said that she was ragged and thin, and there were some bruises on her body, which was obviously abused for a long time......

The people around listened to this, and pouted their lips and eyes at the two of them, waiting to see how the county lord would judge the case.

Among the onlookers, there is naturally a Lin Shenzhou.

"How is that judged?"

In the guest room in the backyard of the county government, the two sat opposite the table, and Xiao Tang poured a new cup of tea for Lin Shenzhou.

Lin Shenzhou looked at the turquoise tea, a fragrant breath slowly lingered, he nodded, and replied, "What do you think of this tea?"

Xiao Tang raised his eyebrows, knowing that Lin Shenzhou must have asked for a reason, so he said, "It's like a good dragon well?"

Lin Shenzhou smiled slightly: "It's still new this year, Longjing is expensive, especially new tea, only the rich and noble families can buy it with the eunuch's house, and the bird's nest he took out yesterday to thank us is also extraordinary, where can ordinary poor officials have these?"

Xiao Tang faintly guessed what Lin Shenzhou was going to say: "What the teacher meant, could it be that he said ......"

Lin Shenzhou did not answer, but said: "In the case of Hei Po, Ying Lanfeng sentenced the murderer to behead the prisoner, and the woman was exiled and half of the family property was confiscated. ”

Xiao Tang raised his eyebrows again: "Manslaughter does not have to be sentenced to death...... Isn't it too heavy?"

Lin Shenzhou smiled: "No, it's just right." If it weren't for the unfilial piety and abuse of her daughter and son-in-law, she wouldn't have been a thief in the middle of the night, and naturally she wouldn't have been beaten to death for no reason, so the reason why she died was caused by those two people. ”

Xiao Tang nodded slightly: "Since you should know that the county judgment is very good, why is the teacher still preoccupied?"

Lin Shenzhou's eyes lowered, looked at the cup of tea, and said softly: "I'm just worried about being a teacher...... This Ying Lanfeng, if he is not a wise and foolish official, he is a hidden traitor. ”

Xiao Tang was taken aback: "This ...... Where do you start?"

Lin Shenzhou said: "According to what you just said, he clearly distinguishes the four walls of his family, and he is very poor, but if you look at this dragon well, one or two dragon wells, I am afraid that there will be one or two silver...... In addition, the food he invited us to eat at noon today was also very rich. ”

Xiao Tang hurriedly said: "Today's lunch, I inquired about the two maids, and the one called auspicious told me that it was sent by the big official's family in the morning. said that it was to thank Xiao Huaizhen for taking trouble for his family's petty officials this time. ”

Lin Shenzhou was silent, and the two teas on the table were full of turquoise, and the water vapor was curling, vague, and unpredictable.

After a while, Xiao Tang asked, "Teacher...... Isn't there already a plan?"

Lin Shenzhou got up and looked out, the courtyard was lonely, there were few flowers and trees, and there were sparrows jumping around on the branches, very comfortable.

Lin Shenzhou said: "Since he wants to do a deal with me, then I will make a deal with him." The sparrow, which had been playing among the branches and leaves, "squeaked" and flew away without a trace.

Leading the way before entering the treasure head, Lin Shenzhou and Xiao Tang turned around the corridor and came to the county government study. saw what Ying Lanfeng was looking at, and when he saw the two of them coming, he hurriedly pushed the paperwork and got up to greet him.

The three of them sat down, and Lin Shenzhou said: "I have already thought about the sale of dates that my lord said the day before yesterday, but it is feasible. ”

Ying Lanfeng was a little incredulous: "Really, that's, that's really good...... I wonder how many you want?"

Lin Shenzhou smiled slightly and said, "I don't know how many adults can make a move?"

Ying Lanfeng saw that his tone was quite loud, his spirit perked up, and he thought for a while and said, "There are about two or three hundred stones, no, no...... There are about four or five hundred quintals. ”

Lin Shenzhou and Xiao Tang were shocked in their hearts, and Lin Shenzhou seemed to smile: "This is not a small amount. Xiao Tang opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything after all.

Ying Lanfeng said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not too small, but it's not too big, after all, the two gentlemen are from the capital...... This jujube is the best to eat fresh, if you can't eat it, you can also dry it for later use, and it is not a loss-making business to look at horizontally and vertically. ”

Lin Shenzhou said: "Then I don't know what the asking price is?"

Ying Lanfeng thought for a moment and said, "According to the market price...... he said a certain amount, and then asked: "What do you two think?" There is only one thing that is most important: silver cannot be owed. ”

Lin Shenzhou saw that he was so good at drilling camps, and he was a philistine and coppery, so he secretly discussed with Xiao Tang before, saying that Ying Lanfeng was an "extraordinary person", and when he saw this at this moment, he couldn't help but be disappointed, and his face showed a little anger.

Xiao Tang coughed and said in a low voice, "Do ......you really want to make this deal?" Officials of the imperial court were not allowed to do business. ”

Ying Lanfeng looked embarrassed, and then said with a smile: "I don't know, it's just because I see that the two are honest gentlemen, and they are really desperate, so I made this decision for the time being......"

Xiao Tang heard that he seemed to have an extraneous meaning, and was about to ask, when he saw Zhaocai running in outside, and said to Ying Lanfeng: "My lord, someone is looking for me, please come over quickly." ”

Ying Lanfeng said that he was out of company, and after he went with his front foot, Lin Shenzhou sighed and said: "This guy is really a ghost, it is so hateful, and it is really difficult to live up to his reputation." ”

Xiao Tang said: "Teacher, we don't know why he is so anxious, isn't there something unspeakable?"

Lin Shenzhou sneered: "It's just greed for money, now Taizhou is suffering from drought, he doesn't think about diligent government and disaster relief, but he is busy making a windfall, this kind of greed and stupidity is really rare." ”

Xiao Tang smiled and asked, "How long has the teacher not been annoyed, why is he so angry this time?"

Lin Shenzhou paused, frowned and sighed: "Maybe I had secret expectations for him because I heard about his extraordinary behavior before, but I didn't think that it was this kind of character, but it was really Jin Yu who was ruined outside, wouldn't it make people angry?"

Xiao Tang laughed twice and said, "In my opinion, he can't escape anyway, why don't you take a slow, take a closer look at what he wants, and then act?"

Lin Shenzhou thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "I seem to be really impatient, so just like you said, let's just take a look." ”

Seeing that no one was coming, Xiao Tang asked in a low voice, "However, do you really want to give him silver?" "The two of them went out on patrol in micro-suits, although there was no shortage of silver taels, but they couldn't come up with a thousand taels of silver for a while.

Lin Shenzhou snorted and said, "Didn't you copy a few thousand taels in Yunzhou before?" Hengzhi waited for him to receive the money, and the crime of curing him was ironclad, and when the time came, I told him to spit it out again, hum...... But this guy still said 'you can't be in arrears', it's really self-defeating. When Xiao Tang heard this, he had to smile bitterly.

After a quarter of an hour's effort, Ying Lanfeng returned, his eyes on them, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Shenzhou was afraid that things would change, so he glanced at Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang got up, took out two silver tickets from his sleeve, and said, "This is a silver ticket of one thousand taels, for the purpose of making a deposit, please keep it." ”

Ying Lanfeng saw it, his two eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took it, squeezed his hands tightly, and said: "The two of you are so refreshing! I have just ordered someone to pick dates, and they will be delivered in the afternoon, you can see the color first, it is really sweet and juicy......"

Lin Shenzhou has always been in the city, but at this moment, he can't wait to slap him to death. Xiao Tang Xuan said to the snake: "We naturally believe in the adult, by the way, the lord said that he urgently needed money to make this decision, could it be that something happened in the yamen?"

Ying Lanfeng waved his hand and said, "No, never." ”

Xiao Tang originally wanted to see if he had any hidden intentions...... Seeing that he denied it, he frowned slightly, and was about to ask again, but Ying Lanfeng looked at Lin Shenzhou again and said, "Brother Lin, speaking of which, I still have something to ......."

Lin Shenzhou looked at him sideways: "What's the matter?"

Ying Lanfeng laughed twice and said, "In addition to dates, my Taizhou is also rich in persimmons, I don't know if Mr. wants it?"

Lin Shenzhou couldn't believe his ears, even Xiao Tang was dumbfounded, and Du Ying Lanfeng was still waiting for an answer with a smile of hope.

There was silence in the study for a while, and Ying Lanfeng saw that the two of them didn't answer, so he said to himself: "This persimmon is also excellent, big, fragrant and sweet......"

Lin Shenzhou couldn't bear it anymore, interrupted him, and said, "How much silver do you want this time?"

Ying Lanfeng showed a slight smile and said, "The number of this is not large, it is only about two or three hundred quintals......

Lin Shenzhou gasped and sneered, "Sure enough, it's not a big number." ”

Ying Lanfeng smiled: "Mr. really has intentions?"

Lin Shenzhou's eyes were slightly cold, and he looked at Ying Lanfeng coldly: "Lord Ying is very calculating, being the magistrate of Taizhou is really a talent, so good at management, you can be like us in business, and you will definitely win a lot of money......"

Ying Lanfeng rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "It's too prestigious, so is there more of this silver?"

Lin Shenzhou grinded his teeth and glanced at Xiao Tang again.

Xiao Tang was helpless, touched his sleeves, took out a silver ticket, wanted to give it or not, looked at Ying Lanfeng, and said: "Lord Ying, you have to think about it, don't just look at the present, forget the way out......" This is naturally Xiao Tang's kindness, and reminded Ying Lanfeng sideways.

Ying Lanfeng didn't know what he meant, but Lin Shenzhou knew it, so he coughed heavily and said with a smile: "What Xiao Tang means...... Such a large sum of silver, adults are careful and can't swallow it in one bite...... Choking, that's not good. ”

Ying Lanfeng laughed at this time, and arched his hand: "The two of you can rest assured, Ying will definitely swallow Shun Li, clean and clean." When he had finished speaking, he hurriedly said that he was not with him, and hurried out of the house, as if he could not wait to flee with the silver.

Fortunately, Ying Lanfeng was in a hurry, he just went out with his front foot, and Xiao Tang grabbed Lin Shenzhou in the back, and said in a low voice: "Teacher's patience!" Almost at the same time, only to hear Ying Lanfeng outside the house shouting: "Fortune and treasure! Come on! Hurry up!" shouted one after another, with joy in his voice, and he couldn't help himself.

Lin Shenzhou said to Xiao Tang: "You can see clearly, this person is insatiable and shameless, and then look at these house slaves of him, what is it called to attract wealth and treasure, lest others not know his greedy nature, it is really wonderful!"

Xiao Tang was also helpless, he wanted to ask Ying Lanfeng if there was another reason, but unfortunately he didn't get the opportunity.

Lin Shenzhou pondered for a moment, laughed instead of being angry, and said: "It's really interesting, after dealing with so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, there is no such impatience as he wants to hit the palm of his hand, since this is the case, it will be fulfilled for him! You quickly go to the yamen, I will immediately take down this faint official, and I will not spare it!"

Xiao Tang saw that he was angry, and he didn't dare to persuade him, so he had to bow and lead the way out.