The crowd that had been surrounded by water gradually dispersed. Lu Wan leaned on the inner wall of the carriage, took a sip of tea slowly, and smiled appreciatively at Yumo: "This is a very clear question. After that, he motioned to the green branch, "Okay, don't be angry, it's not worth being angry with this kind of person." You hurry up to find Xiaosi, and by the way, go home and ask Lai to go to the government together. It's inconvenient for us to come forward directly and let them argue with others. ”

Lu Zhi still had some resentment on his face, nodded solemnly, lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, took a little girl with him, and said a few words to the little girl, and the two of them rushed to Zhao Xiaosi's courtyard and Lu Mansion to spread the word.

After a while, the mother-in-law of the Lu family half-dragged and half-dragged Mrs. Liao into the mansion, and Zhao Xiaosi and Lai Daste also arrived.

It happened that Yin Cuike and Master Liu were discussing in the back hall, and when they heard the report from the officials, they caught a glimpse of the crowd on the street from a distance, and they were surprised from the bottom of their hearts, so they hurriedly put aside the matter at hand and asked the officials to bring Mrs. Liao to the hall for questioning.

Liao Pozi originally just got a promise, so she wanted to do a formality, but she didn't expect to be really brought to the mansion, she was shocked, and she was suddenly frightened, and she collapsed on the ground with a white face, and the original cry was instantly shaken back, and she looked at Cui Ke with a black face in the hall and the expressionless officials around her, trembling and not daring to speak.

Zhao Xiaosi had already heard what Lu Zhi had said, glanced at Mrs. Liao with the corners of his mouth, took two steps forward and bowed respectfully, explained the ins and outs of the matter in a few words, and finally stared at Mrs. Liao and sneered: "This grandmother keeps saying that she is an old servant of the Shen family, so naturally there should be a deed of sale, but now our girl does not have it in her hand, and it is not necessary to lose it somewhere." After that, he bowed down to Cui Ke in the hall and bowed, and asked unhurriedly, "It's just that I am bothering you to break it off today, if you make it clear, can you make up a few more deeds of sale in the mansion, so that our girl can arrange an errand for people in the name of justice." ”

As soon as Mrs. Liao heard this, where could she still sit still, staring at Zhao Xiaosi with a pale face, and cold sweat broke out on her back! At this point, she suddenly regretted it, she shouldn't have been greedy for a few hundred taels of silver to save her son! Now he kicked on the iron plate, and he was trapped!

"Your Excellency...... My lord...... The old slave is wronged! The old slave's family only worked in the Shen family's shop, but they never sold themselves! Mrs. Liao hurriedly threw herself on the ground, crying and arguing, "Please also ask your Excellency to be clear!" The old slave is really desperate......"

"You didn't sell yourself, what did you complain about stopping our girl's carriage on the street? I don't know, I think our girl has done something hurtful! Zhao Xiaosi unceremoniously intercepted Mrs. Liao's words, glanced at Mrs. Liao with a heavy gaze, the corners of her mouth pressed down, and a trace of disdain came out between her eyebrows, and directly blocked Mrs. Liao's crying, "Our girl is neither your master nor the shopkeeper who hired you, but she kindly gave you a settling-in allowance, and you still want to rely on our girl?" ”

Speaking of the end, Zhao Xiaosi's voice suddenly increased by one point, staring at Mrs. Liao fiercely, a trace of anger appeared on her face, she was still angry, she grabbed her sleeves, endured and endured, and then glared at Mrs. Liao angrily, and then turned to Section Chief Cui and asked for guilt: "Please also ask for forgiveness!" The little one really can't see it, and when he is angry, he talks more! ”

The chief steward Lai on the side also stood up at this time, followed Zhao Xiaosi and saluted, took Zhao Xiaosi's words, and respectfully asked: "Please make a clear judgment on this matter, although our girl is kind-hearted, she can't help such slander." ”

The crowd of onlookers outside was immediately happy. Zhao Xiaosi and they had seen it before, but they didn't expect to be dumbfounded as soon as they came up, and the girl just now was exactly the opposite of the character, but what they said was also the truth, didn't they see that Liao Pozi was scared and pale? The speech is reversed, where is there anything credible? Coupled with the sighing and shouting of the people around you, where do you still not understand? suddenly came to his senses, and at the same time he was a little sympathetic to the girl of the Lu family, and she was relied on by someone to do good deeds, and everyone would have to be angry, no wonder the Lu family was angry, the reputation of the girl's family was the most important, so she was stopped on the street, if she really couldn't say it clearly, wouldn't she have to bear a bad reputation for being mean and unkind?

Cui Ke in the hall saw everyone's reaction, his heart was like a mirror, his eyes paused on Lai Daste for a moment, and then gradually moved to Zhao Xiaosi, and then quietly glanced at Master Liu, snapped the startled wood, and shouted fiercely: "Liao, what else do you have to say?" Do you admit that you stopped people and wagons on the street to defraud people of money? ”

Liao Pozi was already weak-hearted, and was frightened by the startled voice, and there was a gloomy Zhao Xiaosi standing next to him, who was still crying out for injustice, and hurriedly grabbed the ground and begged for mercy: "My lord, forgive me!" Forgive your sins! The old slave was also confused for a while, and the old slave shouldn't have listened to the instigation of that peache......"

Mrs. Liao was so frightened at the moment that she couldn't care about anything else, and she was about to talk nonsense when she opened her mouth.

Lady Lai heard that the signs were wrong, and he had already guessed in his heart, so he hurriedly coughed heavily, and no matter how Mrs. Liao argued, he arched his hand towards Cui Ke and said: "My lord, the little one got our girl's orders before entering the door, and the girl said that it is not easy for ordinary people to live, if it is not a last resort, I am afraid that I will not come to Lai Ren so skinless and shameless, if the matter is clear, this person also has remorse, and please let the adults take it lightly." ”

When Mrs. Liao heard this, she suddenly stopped in a daze, and was about to look up at the hall when she was coldly glared at by Zhao Xiaosi with a frown, and was so shocked that she hurriedly lowered her head and didn't dare to look at it again.

Zhao Xiaosi listened coldly to Lai Da Steward's words, and did not refute it, only when Cui Ke patted the shocked wood and sentenced Liao Pozi to "20 canes to set an example", then he bowed to Cui Ke and withdrew from the court with Lai Da Steward, and went to the small alley behind the government to reply to Lu Wan.

Chief Steward Lai glanced at Zhao Xiaosi appreciatively, and took the lead in stepping forward and replied: "Girl, thanks to Steward Zhao, then Mrs. Liao recruited herself." It's just that the little one listened to her words, she should have been instructed by someone, and after listening to it in a few words, it seemed to be related to our house, and the little courage was to borrow the girl's name to stop her words by herself, and asked Cui Fuyin to re-send it. ”

Lu Wan lifted the curtain, showed her face, nodded to Lai Steward, and smiled indifferently: "It's just a farce, just make it clear." I didn't think about this matter, the chief steward did this just right, so that we wouldn't let our Lu family slap themselves in the face. After that, he looked at Zhao Xiaosi, who was silent with a calm face, and instructed lightly, "Xiaosi has been keeping an eye on it these days, and thinking of a way to ask this matter clearly, so as to save these people from going out and talking nonsense again." ”

Zhao Xiaosi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't say anything, but nodded seriously.

Lai opened his mouth, but it was not easy to say more, he glanced at Zhao Xiaosi again, had to swallow his words back, followed Lu Wan's carriage back to Lu's mansion, and hurriedly went to the study to reply to Lu Chenghui.

Outside the mansion, Wei Mingze blushed and crowded into the crowd with great interest, witnessing the whole process of Liao Pozi being asked speechless, until Liao Pozi was dragged out to fight for blame, he squeezed out of the crowd, and hurriedly replied to the four princes hidden in the alley: "Fourth master, it's really fresh!" It's the first time I've seen such a case, Cui Fuyin didn't ask anything, and the steward of the Lu family blocked the old woman speechless in three or two sentences. This girl of the Lu family is also interesting, the girl speaks softly, and the person is gentle and amiable, but the steward is a straight temper, she doesn't have a good face when she comes up, and she speaks very methodically, I think that person also has a little ability......"

Wei Mingze explained the scene in the hall with his hands and feet, and talked for a long time before he stopped talking, looked at the four princes who were obviously a little absent-minded, and shouted tentatively: "Fourth master? ”

"Hmm," the fourth prince hummed dispensably, retracted his gaze, as if he hadn't heard Wei Mingze's explanation at all, took two steps forward, retreated, turned around and pushed Wei Mingze away, and walked directly to the backyard of the mansion.

Wei Mingze looked at the silent Fourth Prince in confusion, scratched his head, and followed blankly.

Chen Ping hid on the wall, frowned and looked at the backs of the two, thought about it, and hurriedly ran to the Lu Mansion.

In the mansion, Cui Ke and Master Liu entered the back hall, and were about to speak, when they coldly saw the fourth prince in civilian clothes walking in with Wei Mingze, his heart bulged, and he hurriedly went out to salute and accuse: "Fourth master, the lower official has lost his ......."

The fourth prince raised his hand to interrupt Cui Ke's words, nodded to the lobby, and asked in a casual tone: "When the master first came in, he saw that the lobby was full of people, what happened?" ”

Cui Ke glanced at Master Liu blankly, and didn't dare to ask more, while bowing down to meet the fourth prince and walking inside, he said the matter in a few words, "...... Fortunately, Miss Lu is kind-hearted and doesn't care about the mother-in-law, so this matter is over. ”

As soon as Yixi finished speaking, before he could catch his breath, he heard the fourth prince frown and asked, "She was the one who sold the shop last time?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Cui Ke nodded hurriedly in response, paused, looked at the face of the fourth prince, and explained thoughtfully, "This Miss Lu is the only daughter of the previous wife of Lord Lu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and she is really a bodhisattva. The fourth master also knew that Xiaguan had been in charge of disaster relief in the capital a few years ago, but it happened that this Lu girl wanted to sell her shop to help the victims, and Xiaguan thought that this was also a good deed, and specially asked Master Liu to help watch for two days. This is what the Zhao steward in the hall is in charge of......"

The fourth prince suddenly felt a little strange in his heart, paused, turned his head to look at Cui Ke, and asked in a condensed voice: "How do you remember that the little guy who fled from the Zhou family last time was also sent to the mansion by the steward of the Lu family surnamed Zhao?" ”