Ran'er and his party turned around and followed behind the government officials who were escorting a group of black-clothed people. And lost no time in inviting my grandfather and grandmother out of the jade pendant. For a long time, Ran'er has not opened the curtain of the carriage very much, but Ran'er knows that the sudden disappearance of her grandparents can't hide it. It's just that Guan Zhongping doesn't ask, and Ran'er naturally won't take the initiative to explain anything.

After entering the city, Ran'er asked Guan Zhongping to borrow a pen and paper nearby, and asked Qinglian to write out the unwarranted list and hand it to Guan Zhongping, and the sisters accompanied their grandparents back to Messing Alley. The prefect has his own Guan Zhongping and Wang Jun to deal with.

Since they had never told their uncle, it was just a ploy to go back this time, so of course when they returned in the carriage, the uncle's family was still very surprised. Hurriedly asked my grandparents to get off the carriage, and carefully looked at the bodies of the four people, and asked:

"Dad, mother, is something wrong?"

"I'll talk about it when I get home."

Back at home, my aunt made tea for the four of them, and was busy preparing lunch, and Qinglian also went to help. Ran'er told her uncle everything that had happened, including the initial capture of the thief. Only then did my uncle understand what was going on. I couldn't help but say with some blame:

"Why didn't you tell your uncle about such a big thing in advance? My grandparents are old, what if there is a mistake? ”

Grandpa explained for Ran'er:

"I advocate hiding this from you, firstly, I don't want the whole family to worry about it, and secondly, I can handle it."

Soon after lunch, Guan Zhongping and Wang Jun returned. After finding Ran'er, he told the situation in the prefect's yamen as it was.

"Miss, after the black-clothed people were escorted to the mansion, they were directly imprisoned by the prefect. We waited for a short time, and the prefect handed us this silver ticket, and asked us to come back first to hear the news. ”

"Didn't see anyone from Xie Mansion?"

"No, the prefect has been accompanying us, and occasionally went out in the middle to bring back this silver ticket."

As he spoke, Guan Zhongping handed Ran'er a silver ticket, and Ran'er swept it with his eyes, it was from Huitong Qianzhuang, and the amount on it was two thousand taels.

"It seems that the relationship between the prefect and the Xie Mansion is not ordinary, if possible, put more pressure on the prefect so that the Xie Mansion will not have another incident in a short period of time."

"Don't worry, eldest lady, we have already left a message to the prefect when we leave, the palace will pay attention to this matter, and the results of the interrogation will be reported to Lord Rui."

"That's the best, please take care of it."

Ran Er knew that although there was Rui Wangfu putting pressure on it, at most, it would cause some pressure on Xie Mansion, and it would not hurt Xie Yu himself if he sentenced the people who stood in the way more heavily. With such a result, Ran'er can accept it, no matter what, Xie Yu is still his biological father, as long as he doesn't do it too much, Ran'er doesn't plan to do anything to him for the time being.

Of course, when he showed his grandfather the silver ticket paid by Xie Fu, his grandfather didn't say anything, but Qinglian was unhappy.

"How can you just give this point? My list is at least five thousand taels. ”

"There's no hurry, there will be."

"Will you, sister?"

"Of course it will, isn't it that the case hasn't been tried yet, and when the case is heard, please go to the adult, if Lian'er is interested, you can also go and have a look."

"I'll go, I'll be sure to vomit some blood from Xie Fu. Isn't my sister going? ”

"My sister won't go. It's just that Lian'er went to the court, don't mention anything about jade pendants or not. Even if the other party proposes it, Lian'er can't admit it. ”

"Lian'er understands, sister, don't worry. When will the court be interrogated? ”

"When the time comes, Master Guan will inform us."

The prefect opened the trial on the third day after the incident, and as the plaintiff, the Ge family sent Qinglian. In addition, Guan Zhongping also followed. The rank of the round official, the peace in the management and the prefect are all four grades, but they are just about real power, and the military attache has always been inferior to the civilian official. Guan Zhongping's advantage is that he is a guard with a knife in the Imperial Forest Army, and behind him is the Rui Wangfu, and he is still valued by the prefect Li Yun above the lobby. The officials were ordered to go up on the east side of the hall and set up a seat for the pipe. Qinglian has no good treatment, so she can only stand under the hall.

Xu is Xie Mansion privately told the thirty black-clothed people thoroughly, and no one in the lobby mentioned the matter of the jade pendant. Qinglian naturally won't mention it. The interrogation process was unusually smooth, and there was no need for the prefect to move the punishment, and the men in black confessed their guilt in unison, and even the confession was the same:

"Robbery for money."

As for the identities of everyone, none of them are from Linkang City, and none of them are related to Xie Fu. Guan Zhongping secretly admired Xie Fu for his thoughtful work, and eliminated any clues that could involve Xie Fu in advance.

The interrogation was smooth, and the prefect's sentence was also happy. All of them are issued and recharged. Hearing the prefect's verdict, Qinglian was reluctant.

"Lord Prefect, my list has more than 5,000 taels of silver, how can I only pay 2,000?"

The prefect also knew what the relationship between the girl in the hall and the palace was, but, from the beginning of the trial, Qinglian had not spoken, and the prefect thought that the other party had agreed to the two thousand taels of silver. So I didn't ask again. After the verdict was announced, Qinglian brought it up. The prefect was about to scold Qinglian when he opened his mouth, but he turned his head and saw Guan Zhongping, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth. Instead, he asked for Guan Zhongping's opinion.

"Look, sir?"

"Lord Prefect, since you have caused losses to the second lady's family, shouldn't you pay compensation?"

Guan Zhongping's words are direct and crisp. not only showed his relationship with Qinglian, but also said to the prefect Li Yun that Qinglian is the second lady of our Rui Wangfu. This caught the prefect Li Yun off guard. couldn't help but pat the wood, and instructed the officer:

"Put them in prison, notify their families, collect 3,000 taels of silver, and pay the victims."

When Qinglian and Guan Zhongping returned to Ge's house in Pounding Clothes Lane, Qinglian saw Ran'er and said angrily:

"Sister, they are clearly acting, where is the trial case?"

"Oh, how to act, Lian'er said to listen."

"If you don't beat or scold, you confess one after another. It is not investigated whether there is a behind-the-scenes command, regardless of the master and slave, all of them are assigned to fill the army. ”

"What is Lian'er doing? Will the money ever come back? ”

"It's for the prisoner's family to raise it."

"Since you want the money back, don't worry about anything else. I won't be able to move Xie Mansion for a while. ”

"Hmph, if I knew this, I would have asked for 10,000 taels. Cheap them too. ”

Xie Yu folded in Ran'er's hands twice in a row, and his heart was very wretched. The first time was to despise his daughter, and the second time he thought about all aspects, but he didn't meet the Rui Wangfu in the capital, and he actually intervened, not only did not find the jade pendant, but folded five thousand taels of silver. Counting the cost of setting up the prefect and arranging a back road for the thirty subordinates, I am afraid it will cost more than 20,000 taels.

Not only that, the prefect has already sent someone to warn him twice, not to make any more moves in Linkang City, otherwise the prefect will not be able to withstand the pressure of the Rui Wangfu, and if he angers the Rui Wangye, the prefect can only act impartially. No matter how unwilling Xie Yu was in his heart, with the Rui Wangfu behind the Ge family, Xie Yu was really helpless for a while.