The next day was the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the morning there was heavy snow in the sky, and people from all over the city rushed into the city in an early manner, and the Zhuang families outside the city also took advantage of the New Year to drag their families into the city to see the excitement, happily buying New Year's goods in various shops, and from time to time stopping to chat with the people on the street about their parents' shortcomings, looking forward to the harvest in the coming year.

Outside the city gate, the porridge sheds of various houses and government offices have been erected.

As soon as Zhao Xiaosi took the money from the shop yesterday, he went to Fengtai Grain Store to change grain according to Lu Wan's instructions, and asked Tan Hongyuan to rent more than a dozen cars from the carriage and horse shop, and sent the grain all the way outside the city gate.

The victims of the disaster had already received the news, and now that they saw the food, they were naturally overjoyed, and under the shouting of the officials, Lala shouted and lined up to receive porridge and rice one by one.

Zhao Xiaosi looked coldly at the fact that it was almost settled, and Fang pulled Tan Hongyuan over and instructed: "You keep an eye here first, let the people of the government handle the distribution of food, and those officials are watching, don't interfere, as long as there is no trouble." I have to go to Jingzhao Mansion now, and I can come back at noon if I am fast, you should be vigilant. ”

"Don't worry, I know it's inside, and I won't talk too much." Tan Hongyuan also followed Zhao Xiaosi's example, lowered his voice, and nodded solemnly.

Zhao Xiaosi glanced at Tan Hongyuan unexpectedly, looking like a teachable child, patted Tan Hongyuan's shoulder, nodded with satisfaction, and then turned around and ran towards Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao Mansion is even more lively than before, and those who watched the Lu Mansion selling shop Zhuangzi heard about Zhou Zhijian's lawsuit, and they were even more enthusiastic, waiting to see the court open to hear the case. Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, Fu Yin just sent a few bitter masters to the court for questioning, read it to the form, let people record the testimony, and received the incriminating evidence of Zhou Zhijian presented by each family, so there was no follow-up. The people who were waiting to see Zhou Zhijian's jokes had to return in disappointment, and in the morning they heard that a dead son's family wanted to commit suicide by hitting the wall at the door of the mansion, and immediately coaxed up and squeezed into the mansion. Before the end of the day, the outside of the mansion was surrounded by excited gossiping spectators, pulling and talking at the middle-aged man's family who had been stopped, muttering and talking.

The matter of the Zhou family has taken a sharp turn, and Fu Yin Cuike is turning in circles in the backyard anxiously, annoyed and impatient at the same time, and a little helpless and angry. The Hou Mansion of Chongning is accompanied by the Wei family and the four princes, and the people in the mansion are all arrogant from the master to the slave, and they don't look at people seriously. Zhou Zhijian relied on Zhou Guangye's connivance and ran rampant in the capital for so many years, and he didn't know how many people he had offended, so it was no wonder that someone wanted to trample the Zhou family to death this time! If it weren't for the pressure of the four princes, this matter would have been turned upside down...... It's just that to the point where the palace has already gotten the news, and there are those masters pushing behind them, and the four princes are afraid that they can't suppress it if they want to.

He, the governor of the palace, made a clear confession, if he doesn't try the case again, and let the people make such a fuss, he will be angry, not only will Zhou Guangye's mission in the military department not be able to keep it, but even the official hat on his head will not be able to wear it steadily!

It's better to make a decision early in this matter, so as to save you a lot of dreams at night.

Cui Ke paced worriedly, until the henchman squeezed in panting through the back door, and lowered his voice to spread the words of the fourth prince and Zhou Guangye, then he paused, twisted his brows and was silent for a moment, sighed heavily, and had to call the officials to come in and go to the Chongning Marquis Mansion to get people, and at the same time raised his voice to ask Master Liu to open a court to try the case.

When the crowd outside the government heard that Zhou Zhijian was going to be interrogated, they immediately exploded, some rushed to the street to shout, and some squeezed in with all their strength, and after a while, the hall was full of people.

Cui Ke first comforted everyone a few words as usual, and according to the priority of the case, first asked several families of the deceased person to come up for questioning, and then other people who were robbed of their daughters and robbed of the money and other people questioned in turn. After asking here, the official over there carried Zhou Zhijian, who was still "seriously ill", into the lobby from the backyard, accompanied by the two stewards of the Zhou family.

When the people outside the hall saw Zhou Zhijian's weak and sick appearance, they suddenly became surprised, and then someone reacted very quickly, remembering that Zhou Zhijian was pressed under him in the firewood room behind Dicui Building and was just bumped into by Yan Yushi, and suddenly there was a burst of sighing and disdain-this appearance, isn't it just excessive indulgence and loss of spirit?

Cui Ke snapped and patted the stunned wood to signal everyone to silence, and when the crowd stopped talking, Fang Su motioned to Master Liu to hand the transcripted court certificate to Zhou Zhijian with a solemn face, and then patted the shocked wood and began to ask questions as usual.

"Zhou Zhijian, there are now the Liang family in Ruding County who sued you for robbing people's women in October of the 25th year of Qinghe, arson with slaves, and mutilating good people, and another Anyuan Wei family, Wu family and others accused you of seeking money and murder, and the Zhao family and Zhuang family in Beijing accused you of encroaching on people's property and fornication/abusing women and children...... Now that there are human and material evidence, do you have anything to say? ”

Zhou Zhijian lay on the stretcher with his breath dying, listening to Cui Ke's questioning in his ears, panting and staring at the confession evidence densely written in Master Liu's hand with wide eyes, his eyes were so angry that his eyes were cracked, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he was just about to open his mouth to curse, when he felt a colication in his chest, but he couldn't shout out the angry scolding that came to his mouth, and the bones up and down his body were pulled, as if they were broken, and the pain was to the bone marrow.

"My lord, you have been wronged! If you don't like it, what kind of person hasn't our uncle seen? How much silver is there in the Chongning Hou Mansion? Why do you have the same knowledge for a few women and a few taels of silver? These people can't arrest the person surnamed Zhou and sue our uncle! Even if there is really some filth, it must be the little guy below who is doing it behind his back in the name of our uncle! That little guy heard that someone was coming to sue him and ran away! Our uncle also carried the black pot for others! Ask for an adult's understanding! Seeing this, the two stewards of the Zhou family were busy defending Zhou Zhijian according to the instructions they had received before, and all the blame naturally did not do their uncle Zhou Zhijian's business, it was Zhou Zhijian's little servant Fu'an who bullied people, and only mentioned at the end that although his uncle was misunderstood and framed, but after all, it was the slave of the Hou Mansion of Chongning who hurt people, and their Hou Ye said that he was willing to compensate the money of each family for the slave.

When the crowd of onlookers heard this, they immediately became angry, and the witnesses said it clearly, obviously watching Zhou Zhijian hurt people's lives, at this time, the people of the Chongning Marquis Mansion actually pushed a small guy who didn't know if there was one, where can this be convincing? If it weren't for his Zhou family's loss, what kind of silver would he lose?

I don't know who scolded in the crowd, and the rest of the people followed and pointed and scolded, and some directly picked up the gravel and threw it on the Zhou family, there were too many people, and I couldn't see who threw it.

Master Liu glanced at Cui Ke, and hurriedly beckoned the officials to go over to dissuade him, but there were too many people, and he didn't listen to persuasion at all in the noise.

The two stewards of the Zhou family shouted grievances while holding their hands and wolves to hide the messy things, and this dodge, those gravel peels and other things all smashed on Zhou Zhijian's body, and occasionally one or two stones happened to hit the joints, which made Zhou Zhijian snort and scream. Seeing this, the two stewards hurriedly turned back, and instructed the officials in the hall in a hurry against the anger of everyone: "What are you still doing in a daze? Blow these people away......"

Cui Ke frowned and swept over the people of the Zhou family, his face was obviously a little more forbearing, and he looked at the angry crowd outside the hall, his heart had already sunk and sunk, and the startled wood in his hand was just about to slap it on the table, but he heard a few bells suddenly ringing outside the mansion.

Everyone was stunned, followed the sound and looked over, and saw that Zhao Xiaosi, who was shouting at the gate of the yamen yesterday and selling shops, was directing the two small servants behind him to walk in from the gate of the yaya, as if he was surprised that there were so many people in the ya, he was stunned at the door for a moment, and while walking inside, he pointed to the person who was tied up and couldn't move and smiled at everyone: "Ouch, it's really unfortunate, I just caught a person at the gate of the city who wanted to steal food and sent it to Lord Cui, I don't know if I disturbed you!" ”

As soon as Zhao Xiaosi's words fell, the tied man struggled and shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes!" You let go of the master! The young master is from the Chongning Hou Mansion-"