In Yanggu County, the "Life Preservation Hall" crude medicine shop, the Ximen officials are sitting in the hall.

A young woman who was dressed plainly, with delicate eyebrows, and was about twenty-two or three years old, walked in hesitantly, and waited for the patient in front of her to grab the medicine and go out, and there was no one else around, so she walked to Ximenqing in a sneering manner, and called out with a low eyebrow: "Brother Gaosheng." ”

"Oh, it turned out that my sister-in-law was here, I haven't seen you for a long time, my sister-in-law's complexion is getting better and better, look, the longer it is, the more beautiful it is."

When Ximen Qing saw it, he hurriedly moved a chair for her, and the young woman gently smacked him, a slight flush appeared on her fair face, and she said coyly: "Brother Gao Sheng is talking crazy again, sister-in-law is a widowed woman, what...... What's growing is getting more and more watery. ”

Ximen Qing laughed and said, "Well, beauty is natural, and she is naturally charming." Ah, what's wrong with my sister-in-law? With that, he went to her wrist.

The young woman shrank her hand and said with a slight embarrassment: "Brother Gaosheng, sister-in-law...... My sister-in-law came here today, not to see a doctor, but to ...... I want to ......"

Ximen Qing hummed in surprise, and the young woman lowered her eyes and said softly: "Sister-in-law wants to ...... Please raise the brothers to be slaves...... Fight a lawsuit. ”

"Lawsuit?"

Ximen Qingden rolled up his arms and rolled up his sleeves and said, "Ouch, is this someone bullying my sister-in-law's house?" What kind of lawsuit, sister-in-law, you say, what is the grievance, my brother will give you a head. ”

The young woman became more and more shy, lowered her head slightly, and her cheeks seemed to be coated with two thick rouges, and said timidly: "Sister-in-law...... The sister-in-law wants to remarry, but the father-in-law and brother-in-law do not agree, and you also know that the sister-in-law is a widowed woman, and if she wants to remarry, she must get the permission of her husband's family, otherwise she has to be an official. But my sister-in-law has never been in a lawsuit, and she doesn't understand this, so she thought of ......"

Ximenqing's eyes suddenly burst out, and he said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, you want to remarry?" You...... Got someone? ”

The young woman glanced at him quickly, her head drooping more and more, almost reaching the neighborhood, but she did not speak, but nodded slightly.

Ximen Qing let out a sigh, "Oops, oops" and said, "Sister-in-law, ah! No, Sister Qin Yun, if you want me to say, you shouldn't have kept the hardships for so many years, you should have remarried a long time ago, you said that the old Zhao family, the father-in-law is hanging and dangling, and the little uncle is idle, so you can be called by a good person, why? Remarry! It's long overdue to remarry! But...... Who is he, who is so blessed to marry a flower in our Yang Valley? ”

The young woman's face was like a big red cloth, she glanced at him, and said shyly, "Brother Gaosheng, you ...... Will you help me? ”

"Help, of course."

Ximen Qing nodded hurriedly, the young woman hesitated, then stood up, walked quickly to the door, and after a while, pulled a man's sleeve and walked in, this man looked almost forty years old, and he looked like a wooden and honest look, wearing a straight dress, washing innocently, and his face was redder than the young woman's shame.

Ximenqing looked straight, and only after a while did he exclaim: "Gu Junde? Haha, Mr. Gu, I didn't expect it to be you, this is really ...... That's really ...... The dog that bites doesn't bark, you actually hooked a flower in our Yang Valley? ”

That Mr. Gu was ashamed and embarrassed, his face was purple, and he couldn't even speak.

It turned out that this Mr. Gu Jun Degu was a private school gentleman who opened a private school in Yanggu County and taught. What a hundred family names, a thousand words, is the children's enlightenment teacher, because of the old mother's illness, pulled down a famine, the family is relatively poor, so old, has not married, he is honest, belongs to the master who can't kick a fart, and is ashamed to give himself a family affair.

Probably fate has not arrived, as soon as fate arrives, this destined person will naturally be sent to the eyes, and I don't know when, he and the neighbor's Zhao daughter-in-law began to have a good impression, the Zhao family's daughter-in-law is called Qin Yun, when she was twenty-eight years old, but a famous beauty in Yanggu County, who expected that her husband died of illness within two years of marrying, and her father-in-law and brother-in-law are not serious people.

The two hard-working people are in agreement, and they are willing to combine, but Qin Yun mentioned it to his father-in-law a little, where can his father-in-law tolerate it, Mr. Gu is an honest man who has no idea, but at the critical moment, this Qin Yun is unwilling to give up, and finally thought of the most famous lawyer in the county: Ximen Qing.

Listening to Qin Yun's explanation, Ximenqing said repeatedly: "This kind of good thing should be fulfilled, don't be busy, I, Ximenqing, am in charge of this matter, and I will definitely let you get what you want." ”

Gu Junde pinched his sleeves and said curtly: "Brother Gaosheng, I don't know...... I don't know this lawsuit, you ...... How much do you charge? ”

Ximen Qing felt something, and couldn't help sighing: "Hey, this lawsuit money...... Even if it's okay, it's difficult to become a lover and become a family, that taste, it's really sad, I, Ximenqing, empathize, I can help you, I'm also very happy. It's not easy for either of you, and I still take your money, like that? Waiting for your big day, please rhyme...... Please ask our sister-in-law of the Gu family to cook herself, cook a few side dishes, and invite me to a meal. ”

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Ximen Qing asked in detail about the situation of the Zhao family, wrote a letter, went to the backyard to talk to the lady, and led Mr. Gu and Qin Yun to go straight to the county yamen. I saw the county office, and suddenly saw a small shop on the side of the road, the flag was hung high, and the plaque was still draped in red silk, which was obviously newly opened, and it was quite lively to see the guests coming in and out.

Ximenqing couldn't help but sigh and said, "I haven't been here for a few days, why did you open a store?" Whose family opened this, the business is good. ”

The hotel in front of the yamen is like the flower shop and shroud shop at the entrance of the hospital, and the cigarette hotel restaurant at the entrance of the court, which are all derivatives. The officials in the yamen accept the license to detain the defendant, or summon the plaintiff with the invoice, or the lawyer helps to fight the lawsuit, and often come here to eat and invite, of course, the officials and the lawyer will not pay for it, and the food is either the plaintiff or the defendant.

The somewhat stupid Mr. Gu is a private school gentleman, and he often deals with children and parents, but he knows a little about this hotel, so he said: "Brother Gaosheng, there are a pair of sisters who open a shop here, foreigners, I heard that the two sisters have a beautiful appearance and a slender figure, so they are very attractive to drinkers." ”

Ximen Qing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is it a beauty?" Oops, the red dress is beautiful, the body is delicate, the bees and butterflies are wild, and the enchanting is appreciated. If it's really a beauty, I'll try it with water in the wine. ”

Ximen Qing said happily and rushed inside, Qin Yun couldn't help but call: "Brother Gaosheng, let's ......"

Ximenqing waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll come when I see it." ”

He closed the fan, inserted it into the collar, and walked to the tavern excitedly: "The hotel is newly opened next to the ya, and the red dress is a beautiful lady, attracting tourists to be so light and thin, half-drunk and still asking for wine to taste ......"

Ximen Qing's problem of appreciating beauty is unknown to everyone in Yanggu County, and Gu Junde and Qin Yun can only look at each other and smile bitterly. At this time, they can only hope that the pair of sisters will be in a normal manner, otherwise Ximen Qingliu will not forget to return, and they don't know how long the lawsuit will be.

Who knew that the two of them were just about to go to the opposite willow tree to rest for a while, when they saw Ximenqing's face turned pale, and he escaped from the tavern as if he had seen a ghost. Gu Junde was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward, but when he saw Ximenqing's eyes straight, as if he was going to flee back and forth, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly grabbed him and called: "Brother Gaosheng!" ”

Ximen Qing's body was like a sifting of chaff, and the two trembled: "What's ...... What's the matter? ”

Gu Junde said in a daze: "Aren't we going to the county office?" ”

Ximen Qing woke up like a dream, and hurriedly said: "Ah! I almost forgot, go, go! Saying that, he took the lead and fled to the county office.

Gu Junde and Qin Yun looked at each other, not knowing what terrible scene Ximen Qing saw in the tavern, and actually scared him like this.

Ximenqing really has a hand in the lawsuit, and when he arrived at the county government to beat the drum to complain, the plaintiff and the defendant were all detained and summoned to the scene, and the county magistrate Huang Baihong ascended to the court, took Ximenqing's pleadings and looked at it, and was stunned.

Ximenqing's piece of paper plus the two words "paper" is only 14 words in total, the big characters are flying and the phoenix is dancing, and the pen is Qijian: "The husband is dead, and there is no heir." Weng widow, Shu Zhuang. Should I get married? ”

Huang Xianling flipped over and over with that sheet, looked and looked, thought and thought, and made the plaintiffs and defendants running down a little strange, this old man didn't ask about the case, what were you looking at there? Could it be that the old man is illiterate?

Ximenqing's lawsuit embarrassed a seven-grade normal, and a few more women during his tenure are worth showing off, but if there are really any unbearable consequences, it is a scandal under his own office.

Lord Huang secretly scolded: "Ximen Qing, this guy is so tricky!" He reluctantly picked up the pen and approved a line of big characters on the form, and the number of words was more than double that of Ximenqing's form: "The daughter-in-law is a young man, Uncle Weng Zhuang is big, living in the same room, melon fields and plums." Remarrying is a small matter, but it is a big thing, just marry it, my lord is allowed,"

There is no such thing as a victory for nothing. To be a detective, a real detective, you can't be as dashing as the detective in your creation. The Lijia system of the Ming Dynasty has a strong ability to control the population, rather than running to the street alone, dreaming of being like a detective in a film and television drama, and the murderer or clues take the initiative to run in front of him, it is better to make full use of the power of the official and mobilize the whole people to invest in the investigation.

Don't underestimate the control of those lieutenant chiefs, shops, car dealers, and inns, they are people who deal directly with the people, and no one can hide their eyes from anyone who comes and goes in the place. Especially those three aunts and six wives, who wear edges between the streets and alleys, go in and out of high-door households, and the Zhang family, the Li family, know everything. There are also some rogue city fox club rats, active in restaurants, teahouses, brothels, digging doors and stealing holes to inquire, whose mother-in-law raises Han, whose man is prostituted and other private matters do not want to avoid their ears and eyes, and they are the eyes and ears of the head of the long Jia, the eyes and ears of the shopkeepers of the shops, inns, and car dealers.

Xia Xun used these eyes and ears, as if he had a thousand hands and eyes, and concentrated countless messages in front of him, Xia Xun was like a spider lying in the middle of a big web, and the prey he wanted gradually entered his sight......