"Neihuang people," Shi Shilun thought sideways and said, "I have no relatives in Neihuang!" Where did the three words 'late life' come from? ”

Only then did Brother Jiu know that Shi Shilun was playing with Wei Laojiu happily, and he couldn't help grinning. The official next to him shouted: "You be honest!" Looking at Wei Laojiu in the hall again, his face was as ashamed as a red cloth, and he was muttering with sweat, and he didn't know what he said.

"That's it." Shi Shilun sneered and said, "I am a parent, you are just a salt merchant, even if you are an official salt seller, how can you see me, you only bow lightly, what kind of rules is this, what is the reason?" ”

The county lord stretched his face all of a sudden, and the officials and prisoners in the hall were all stunned, why didn't this lord ask the defendant, but only rubbed the plaintiff Wei Laojiu endlessly?

"Huh?"

Shi Shilun leaned back majestically, shook the banana fan and snorted again. His face was like frost, and there was an irresistible pressure in his tone, which overwhelmed everyone.

"Back to my husband's ancestor—"

"I don't want you to call your husband Zu, shoot this false fart!" Shi Shilun was furious, "You can talk back!" ”

"Go back to the old father's platform...... Wei Laojiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "The rules have always been like this!" I'm in Yanqing Mansion—"

"This is Tongcheng County, not Yanqing Mansion!" Shi Shilun's gloomy voice made people shudder, "They accepted your bribes, so they naturally treat you like a guest." I buy salt to eat vegetables, vegetarian and light. What are you that dare to fight me? Come on! ”

The officials were already dumbfounded, and it took a long time to come back to their senses, and they agreed unevenly: "Here!" ”

"Drag it off!" Shi Shilun had no expression on his face, and said lightly, "Twenty whips!" ”

"Piercing!"

The officials wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so they agreed to get up and go to Wei Laojiu. Wei Laojiu has been entrenched in Tongcheng for a long time, and he is hot, glaring at everyone, the officials are all on their own and do not dare to start.

"How?" Shi Shilun was furious, glared and shouted, "Why don't you take it?" Wei Lao Jiuge smiled, waved his hand and said, "Old Father, don't be angry!" Didn't you take over yesterday? We have to wait for us to stop, there are precedents in Daoli and Fuli County, and no one is indispensable to you! Why bother so little to save face? As soon as the words fell, I only heard a startling sound of "pop", and Shi Shilun stood up: "You tricky stick, presumptuous!" Then a fire stick snapped down, "Drag it out, and whip forty lashes!" ”

The officials no longer hesitated, rushed up, and trotted out of the lobby with Wei Laojiu. pressed under the hall, ripped off his pants, and crackled with a raindrop-like whip on his white buttocks. The whip marks immediately oozed red blood. Wei Laojiu had probably never suffered this kind of hardship since he was born in his mother's womb, and he howled like a scoop: "Great Order...... Yi Zun old father's platform! …… Ouch, tap ...... I can't stand it...... My good Ling Yin, good Da Yin, good Ming Mansion...... Spare it......"

Brother Jiu was secretly happy on the side: Thanks to this, I was able to call the honorific title of the county magistrate all over in a hurry!

"Let's stop!" Shi Shilun also heard it funny, waved his hand and said, "This seems to be a bit of a rule." ”

Then he ordered someone to drag him up to the court, and asked with a biased face: "Are those people outside the smuggling salt dealers you sued?" ”

Wei Laojiu looked back at a few people outside, he had been beaten to the point that his soul was not possessed, his face was bitter, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "A total of six...... Seven, all of them were smuggled salt sellers. ”

Shi Shilun smiled and asked, "How do you know that they sell smuggled salt?" ”

Wei Laojiu said: "The villain runs a dry shop on South Street, and these peddlers have to enter the store every half moon, so they can only be named, and each person sells salt at about fifty catties." ”

After that, he pointed to Fifth Brother Zhao and said, "He's a leader!" ”

Shi Shilun pondered for a while, and then asked Fifth Brother Zhao, "Are you six or seven?" ”

"Back to the old man!" Fifth Brother Zhao felt that the first thing was to tear Yin Jiu apart, so he kowtowed and said: "It's true that we sell smuggled salt, but the one named Yin Jiu is not our gang, nor is he a smuggled salt seller, he is the buyer, and the Yali masters were caught by mistake." Lord Qingtian Mirror, we are willing to be punished, please release Yin Jiu ......"

When Shi Shilun heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You are righteous!" ”

Then he ordered Brother Jiu to stand aside, and two other people came up and asked, "Is this Fifth Brother Zhao telling the truth?" ”

The two hurriedly replied, "There are six of us, and this eldest brother has never met. ”

Shi Shilun leaned forward and asked, "Since it is six, what about the three people?" ”

"At noon today, Wei Jiuye took the official to the store to get people, there were only five people at that time, and everyone escaped." Fifth Brother Zhao replied, "Because there is another person who doesn't know, I'm afraid that he won't be able to run away when he comes back, so I'm waiting outside the West Gate, and I don't want to be ......taken."

Shi Shilun smiled and asked the three of them: "Do you three have a problem with your legs?" ”

One sentence made everyone stunned, what is the case asking for? After a moment's hesitation, he hurriedly kowtowed and replied, "There is nothing wrong." ”

"Can you run?"

“…… I can run! ”

Shi Shilun shook his fan and said, "Since you have been caught, you can't run!" If you can really run, you can try it with salt on your back, and I'll see if you can run! ”

The three of them looked at each other in a daze, kowtowed in confusion, got up and went to the corner of the hall to carry a bag of salt, ran a few steps, and reached the entrance of the hall, but they hesitated to stand on their feet, and looked back at this strange county master.

"Run, run!" Shi Shilun waved his fan and said, "Don't stop, run!" ”

The three of them looked at Shi Shilun gratefully, and without hesitation, they hugged out of the instrument door with a salt bag on their backs, and ran away without a trace.

Brother Jiu looked happy, nodded and smiled, and was about to leave, but when he saw Wei Laojiu's face purple like a pig's liver, he reluctantly kowtowed to Shi Shilun, gritted his teeth and smiled: "Master Shi, you solve the case today, the villain is an eye-opener!" Go back and make it clear that we are the third son, and we will definitely say good things to the master! Master, you will be added to the official and knighted, and there will be a day! ”

"Are you talking about Ren Bo'an's nephew in Tongcheng?" Shi Shilun Gege sneered, "Thank you for your attention!" I'm afraid that this is not Beijing, and Ren Boan's hand is not so long! There are people who sell smuggled salt in Tongcheng, but it's not like Zhao Wuge who carries dozens of catties of salt in exchange for a few liters of life-saving food, I have my own reasons! After that, he coughed lightly and said, "Quit!" ”

With a flick of his sleeves, he went straight away, and the officials laughed and dispersed. Brother Jiu glanced at Wei Laojiu, who limped out of the yamen, and also turned around and went back to the post house.

When the ninth elder brother saw that the fourth elder brother was not there, he asked Yicheng: "Where is the fourth master?" Went out early in the morning and haven't come back this evening? ”

"Back to the Ninth Master!" Yi Cheng was busy ordering people to prepare soup basins, fetch hot water, and said with a smile: "The fourth master came back at noon, lost his temper, and scolded He Fantai for a bloody head, and then the fourth master said to take a look at the river embankment, and tonight I have to listen to He Fantai talk about the river work silver, He Fantai is already waiting in the east wing." You wash ,...... first."

"There you go! I don't need you for this. Brother Jiu smiled, "The fourth master is back, you know, I have something to discuss with him!" ”

At night, the fourth elder brother, who was wearing four dragon coats and a Dongzhu hat, and was still neat and tidy, came back, and the ninth elder brother saw that he was going to be busy with the river work, so he asked him to see He Yifei first and ask about the river work.

The fourth elder brother nodded with a smile and went back to the upper room, and after a while, the ninth elder brother listened to the summons, "The fourth master asked He Yifei to come over to speak", and saw a second-grade official walk into the upper room with a handbook in both hands. Brother Jiu took a reclining chair to the courtyard courtyard and enjoyed the shade in the courtyard.

What's going on in the upper room is very complicated, He Fantai is in charge of the two politics of the province, and just on how many migrant workers are used, how much money is spent, and what expenses are used, there is enough to have a meal. He Fantai was breathing a sigh of relief, but he heard the fourth elder brother Leng Ding ask, "That's all?" Do you ponder for a long time, and then prevaricate me with these empty words? ”

He Fantai hurriedly said: "Fourth Master Mingjian, this section of the river work alone cannot be repaired with the power of one province!" After collecting this year's fire consumption, I have been complaining for a long time, and I can't get another million at once. The fourth master, you are in charge of the household, and if you pluck the hair from the household, you can get seven or eight hundred thousand. ”

"You're dead to this heart!" The fourth elder brother sneered, "I told you to find a salt merchant, but you told me to find the household department, can you hide that trick from me?" Don't you want to get the fire back from the salt merchants? In the end, it is still a pit for the court! I've been here with Jiu Ye for a month, and I know very well about your family background, why don't you hide it from us! Even if there is a little shortage, even if I ask these salt merchants for some blood, I think it is fair! ”

He Yifei smiled and said: "How dare the students disobey the fourth master's order? No, it's like squeezing pus, a hundred salt merchants donated 30,000! ”

The fourth elder brother angrily threw the silver donation post and threw it on the ground, frowning and thinking about his thoughts without saying a word.

"Fourth Master, don't be angry!" He Yifei saw that his face was not good, and hurriedly persuaded him, "They have always been like this, and they still have face for the fourth master!" Count on the salt merchants, that's plucking from the iron rooster! Today, the prefect of Wen also said a public case, Shi Shilun came to Tongcheng to receive the seal, and the first day called more than 20 salt merchants, asking them to exchange money to repair the academy, but only donated more than 140 taels of silver. This Shi Shilun is also strange, he took a few smuggled salt sellers today, and let them go on the spot without asking. Ren Mingyu and other fifteen salt merchants went to the Wen Governor's Mansion to complain. The salt merchants have roots in the province and in the capital, and they can't afford to mess with them! ”

The ninth elder brother in the courtyard couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but he heard the fourth elder brother say: "These salt merchants are so ignorant of lifting, okay!" You put out a sign from the yamen of the feudal division to block the luck. You need to pay for the road, and you need to pay for the bridge! I have to tell these bastards to make up 1,400,000 silver! You write an excerpt for the rest, and I will play it to the emperor! ”

"This ......"

"What's so hard about that?" The fourth elder brother said, "As soon as the Yellow River collapses, the bridge is gone, the road is gone, and the water transport is broken, how can they transport salt!" ”

He Yifei hurriedly said: "It's not that the clan is embarrassed, I'm afraid of causing trouble." Ask the fourth master...... Give a word to the minions to strengthen their courage......"

"Done!" The fourth elder brother said, wrote a few lines without hesitation and handed it to He Yifei, "Listen, I'm in charge of this matter, I'm not the one who rubs sand in my eyes!" This year, the Yellow River will break again, you don't need to ask for a decree, learn from Yu Chengchan, the former governor of the river, and put on a flail to Beijing to see him, did you hear? ”

"Piercing!" He Yifei hurriedly kowtowed, "Remember! ”

"Let's go down on an errand!"

Seeing He Yifei bowing down but stepping out, standing under the eaves and sweating, Brother Jiu sat up straight, beckoned, and said, "Lao He, come here!" ”

"Ninth Master!" He Yifei had already seen Brother Jiu several times, so he hurriedly came over to greet Brother Jiu Qian'er, and said with a smile: "Ninth Master, are you enjoying the cool?" This place is no better than Beijing, and at this time of year, it is like a fire cage, so I was transferred from Shaanxi......"

Brother Jiu smiled: "Well, let me ask you, what do you do about Shi Shilun's matter?" ”

He Yifei didn't expect that Brother Jiu would ask about this trivial matter, but because he was confused, he smiled and said, "What, the ninth master cares about the salt policy?" Shi Shilun released a few smuggler salt dealers, and was taken by the Ren family and sent to the Wen Governor's Mansion. ”

Brother Jiu couldn't help but be taken aback, obviously, he didn't expect that this ganzi salt merchant would have such a big power in the local area, and the case that the government had decided, he would dare to take people privately and sue him! After thinking about it, he sneered and said, "Lao He, if you go back, you will sue sù surnamed Wen!" Tell him to let him go! Shi Shilun's case was broken, and he was told to leave it alone. Shi Shilun is a person under my ninth master, and he is also a student of the fourth master! You weigh up, huh? ”

"Shi Shilun is a well-known Qing official, and I don't plan to embarrass him at all." He Yifei smiled and said, "The Ninth Master didn't hear what the Fourth Master said, and the Hegong silver hasn't landed yet!" This silver has to be taken out of the pockets of these salt dogs, and you can't give it ......without giving face," he said, because he saw the fourth elder brother pacing out, he said again, "You said no, fourth master?" ”

The fourth elder brother originally heard the ninth elder brother say that Shi Shilun was his "subordinate" and his "student", so he thought it was funny and paced out to listen to the excitement. Seeing that He Yifei asked himself, he said coldly: "I see that you are unconscious, and the Ninth Master is also a Qincha!" Can't even do this idea? ”

"Listen, Lao He." The ninth elder brother is not as strict as the fourth elder brother, and said with a smile: "Shi Shilun is both a Qing official and my subordinate, he released people, and if you catch him again, don't you sweep my face?" You can't bet on any of those people. If the salt dog makes trouble and refuses to give money, then what is your water and fire stick for? Go back, skin your dog, take a bath, wake up, and do as I tell you. The salt merchants didn't follow, so they went to Beijing Sipailou to find the fourth master, and the search for the master was successful! Get out! ”

He Yifei didn't dare to refute it after hearing this, so he promised to withdraw without promise. (To be continued.) )