Chapter 222: Ten Days
Compared with the leisure and casualness in the city, the Rongzhou Yamen is more majestic and solemn.
After Qinglang tied the horse, Ye Xiaoyu took a deep breath and walked in the direction of the yamen.
This is the first time she has been in contact with the Yamen, although she has the memory of her previous life and her mental age is very old, she still can't help but be a little nervous.
"Official, please let me know, we want to see Lord Zou......"
Walking up the stone stairs, Ye Xiaoyu said respectfully to the official guarding the door.
"What's the matter with you? If you want to file a grievance, you have to go there to register first. ”
The official looked Ye Xiaoyu and Qinglang standing behind him up and down, and after finding that he couldn't see anything abnormal, he pointed to a courtyard next to the government and said.
Looking in the direction pointed by the officer, Ye Xiaoyu saw that the door of the courtyard was open, except for the officer guarding the door, there were people coming and going, just like the case hall in the previous life.
"Don't hide it from the official, we are Lu Yishou's family-belonging, and we came from the north to see him."
Ye Xiaoyu said again.
"Lu Yishou?"
The official repeated, as if desperately trying to search his mind for the name of the person.
"You go in and check to see if there is a person who guards the road."
Probably unable to remember, the official turned to the other person standing next to him and said.
Thinking of the attitude of the guards in Princess Yuejing's Mansion, Ye Xiaoyu felt that the servants here were as beautiful as immortals. But it would be better if she could see Lu Yishou today.
After a while, the official who had gone in to confirm it came out. whispered a few words in the ear that spoke to Ye Xiaoyu just now, and his expression was a little solemn.
It can't be a sentence, right?
Seeing that the two people on the opposite side were talking to each other, Ye Xiaoyu instantly had a bad premonition in his heart.
"You two said that they are Lu Yishou's family members, what are the credentials?"
The official asked again.
"Oh, yes, we have a letter from the village, as well as a letter of explanation issued by the Yuejing government, all of which are stamped with a seal."
Ye Xiaoyu touched Qinglang who was standing behind him with his elbow, urging him to hurry up and take out the materials.
After taking the materials handed over by Qinglang, the official carefully examined them. After initial confirmation. So he still asked another official to send these letters in.
Another long wait.
Ye Xiaoyu and they arrived at the Rongzhou Mansion at noon, but they came and went, and it was not until the evening that the news came from the mansion: Lu Yishou's crime - Xingyan zhòng, and it will be decided whether to meet or not after Lord Zou returns.
"Official. I would like to ask. When will Lord Zou come back? ”
God bless Zou Yu will come back in this day or two. If they have been there for a year and a half, then do you want Ye Xiaoyu to wait in Rongzhou City?
"Lord Zou entered Beijing to face the saint, and the journey went back and forth. About ten days. ”
The official replied.
Ten days?
It will take ten days??
Listening to the words of the servant, Ye Xiaoyu almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Official, we came here from the north, the road is far away, and we don't have much coils on our bodies, can we be accommodating, let us meet first."
Ye Xiaoyu is still insisting.
"There is nothing we can do about this, Lu Yi guards the private - selling salt, the crime is serious, and the matter of meeting - meeting, we must wait until Lord Zou comes back."
The official was expressionless, although he was not fierce, but he was also impersonal.
"So, can we get to know the case first?"
People can't see it, at least let the two of them understand the case first, right? Knowing the case-situation, in this way, during the ten days of waiting, I can still find something to do and think of some countermeasures.
"This ......"
The official looked embarrassed.
"If you can let us know the case first, it won't be in vain that we have traveled thousands of miles to come here."
Seeing that the official did not refuse on the spot, Ye Xiaoyu knew that there was a play, so he hurriedly added.
"You go and report to the master again."
The other officer ran in again.
But this time it was quite fast, and after a while, the official ran out.
"Master, please."
Such a businesslike voice is now heard in Ye Xiaoyu's ears, which can be regarded as heavenly.
The government was not too big, and the official who followed him in front of him did not go long before he came to a house.
"Master is inside."
After the guidance, the official took the initiative to retreat to the back and motioned for Ye Xiaoyu and Qinglang to walk in.
The room is not big, and looking at the structure of the house, it looks like a study.
A middle-aged man sat at his desk, looking intently at a thread-bound book in his hand. Next to the table, there were many dossiers that looked like they were wrapped in parchment, stacked in front of them, so that Ye Xiaoyu couldn't see the face of the middle-aged man.
"Sit down."
Feeling the person pushing the door in, the middle-aged man raised his head from the book, looked at the two people in front of him, and pointed to the seat in front of the table.
"Meet your lordship."
Although people pointed to a chair for her to sit, the basic etiquette was still required, and Ye Xiaoyu didn't dare to sit down rashly like this, after all, this is still a society with a very strong sense of respect and inferiority.
Qinglang stood behind Ye Xiaoyu, and also made a gesture towards the master in front of him.
"No need to be polite. Who are you all guarding the road? ”
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Xiaoyu and asked.
"Lord Hui, Lu Yishou is my uncle and his uncle."
Ye Xiaoyu answered truthfully.
"Selling salt is a serious crime, and we were caught red-handed, which is even more serious. But because I haven't been tried in court yet, I can't say the specifics. If you want to know the facts of the case, I can only give you a copy of the complaint submitted by the Imperial Historical Observatory. ”
As the master spoke, he got up and went to the back cabinet to rummage through it, took out a complaint, and handed it to Ye Xiaoyu.
"Sign your name on this."
The master put something that seemed to be a "proof of service" on the table, which meant that the complaint had been served on Lu Yishou's family. motioned for Ye Xiaoyu to sign on it.
In view of the fact that her words are so ugly, Ye Xiaoyu did not plan to make a fool of herself, but asked Qinglang to come up and sign her name on it.
"Your surname is Qing? It's really rare. ”
Seeing Qinglang's surname, the master sighed with some surprise.
"Make another thumb print."
After Qinglang finished signing, the master handed him another box of ink clay and asked him to stamp his name.
"You can go back first, take a good look at the complaint first, what's the matter, come back when Lord Zou comes back......
Put the proof of delivery after signing and pressing the fingerprint back into the file, and the master said lightly.
"Excuse me, sir. Is it time to go to court? ”
Walk to the door. Ye Xiaoyu suddenly remembered, turned his head and asked.
"Not yet. I have to wait for Lord Zou to come back to make a decision. ”
The master sat back at his desk and continued to bury his books.
Ye Xiaoyu was helpless, so she had to scold in her heart. and Qinglang walked out silently.
After coming out of the gate of the palace. It was already dark outside. Next to the "Case Filing Hall". At this time, the door was also closed, and the guards at the door had also changed shifts, and they were no longer the two people who received Ye Xiaoyu just now.
Fold the complaint and put it in your arms. Ye Xiaoyu hung her head and walked to the place where the horse was tied with Qinglang dejectedly.
Ten days to go.
Although they have enough to wrap around this time, ten days of food, drink and accommodation, although I don't know what the price of Rongzhou is, will be a huge expense.
Thinking of the days of continuous spending and endless waiting in the future, Ye Xiaoyu's whole person was a little broken.
"I'll stay here for more than ten days, let's go find a private house for rent tomorrow."
After registering at an inn on the corner of the street, looking at the high price, Ye Xiaoyu turned his head to Qinglang when he went upstairs.
Zou Yu didn't come back until ten days later, and then he had to go to court, meeting, and other things, and this series of things could be delayed until the summer.
And this inn, even if Ye Xiaoyu deliberately found a one located on the corner of the street, each room costs 200 Wen, and at the end of the night, she and Qinglang will cost 400 Wen, which is not bankrupt if they live for a month in a row.
"Hmm."
Sunny was as simple as ever, turned a corner at the top of the stairs, and went into his own room.
Ye Xiaoyu's bedroom is a little inside, and there are a few more steps.
Xiao Er, who walked over and registered in the lobby just now, probably saw Ye Xiaoyu and Qinglang returning to the house without any communication, and glanced at Ye Xiaoyu a little strangely again.
The reason why he said "again" was because he had already looked at Ye Xiaoyu once with strange eyes when he was registering in the lobby just now.
In the lobby, when the shopkeeper asked how many rooms there were, Ye Xiaoyu didn't want to blurt out "two". But there is nothing strange about this, after all, two men are normal in one room.
But when Ye Xiaoyu knew the price of each room, she began to feel heartache again.
Seeing that her facial features were crowded together, the shopkeeper said that the two of them could book a room with two beds, and they would save half of the room price.
Hearing the shopkeeper say this, the expression on Ye Xiaoyu's face instantly became firm, and he replied in a resolute tone that there must be two rooms, one room for one person.
The shopkeeper has been working in this inn for a long time, but he rarely encounters such a situation, since he is distressed about the house money, what does it matter if they are two big men living together, they are both men, even if they sleep together, it doesn't hurt, right? What's more, it's one bed for one person.
There will be such a bizarre situation, and there is definitely something wrong with these two people.
Suddenly, I thought of the reason why the guest said not long ago that his companion had a "dragon yang fetish" and could not live in the same room; Thinking of Ye Xiaoyu's somewhat feminine appearance again, the shopkeeper instantly realized.
The shopkeeper's eyes were so strange just now, Ye Xiaoyu thought that he must have thought of something bad, probably thinking that she had no money and slapped her swollen face as a big money or something, but what could she do about this? Ye Xiaoyu also wants to save money, especially when the hotel is so expensive, but although she is wearing men's clothes, she is not a real man, can she be blamed? (To be continued......)