This night, the Li family should eat and sleep.

Anyway, the preparations that should be made have been made a long time ago, and we are just waiting for Hai Qingtian to decide the case.

Early in the morning, Zhen Niang went to the ink shop early in the morning, and then returned home, she knew that after a while, there would be a yamen in the yamen to pass the eldest brother to the court.

I didn't want to step into the door, but I heard the voice of my eldest brother's urn: "This is my Li Dalang's business, what is the matter of the Li family's ink workshop, what is the Mo Affairs Division doing?" It's so unreasonable, I'll go to them and talk to them. ”

Zhen Niang was a little stunned when she heard this, why did the Mo Division get in?

"Say what? How can I say it now! "Old Shopkeeper Li is not angry.

"Grandpa, big brother, what's wrong?" Zhen Niang asked quickly.

"Just now, the people from the Mowu Division came to find the Seventh Grandmother, saying that it is now rumored that the Li family is rampant and domineering outside, seeking to seize private property, and for this reason, they actually want to re-apply for the Li family's right to fight for tribute, so how can I be worthy of the Seventh Grandmother?" Li Dalang slammed the table and said with an unwilling face.

When Zhen Niang heard this, she was also stunned for a moment, thinking that it was just a matter of the oil mill, but she didn't expect that it would be involved in the tribute of the ink mill again.

Needless to say, this must be instigated by someone, who will there be besides the Tian family?

"Da Lang, don't want to be like this, how can you pick up everything in this world, fail, the nine clans are affected, succeed, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, it's like this. What our Li family has done, we have a clear conscience, if God really wants to make the Li family lose tribute, then God has no eyes, and my Li family is open in heaven and earth. It is worthy of the ancestors of the underground. "That's when it happened. Chen helped Mrs. Li in. Old Madam Li said calmly.

"Yes." Hearing the words of the seventh grandmother, Li Dalang and Li Zhenniang, brother and sister, agreed with it. At any time, the Seventh Grandmother is the backbone of the Li family.

However, secretly, Zhenniang glanced at her eldest brother.

Li Dalang understood what his sister-in-law meant, as early as the beginning, for the Du family brothers, his sister-in-law had already let him guard against it. Later, when Lord Dehai arrived, he made all kinds of preparations, and the personnel were exhausted, only waiting for the destiny of heaven.

Thinking about it, Li Dalang also nodded at his sister-in-law. Li Zhenniang also clenched her fists

"Is Li Zhengliang here? Hai-sama summonsed. ”

"Let Li Zhengliang come out, there is a case."

At this moment, the call of the yacha sounded outside the door of Li's house, and Li Liujin hurriedly came in to report.

"Let's go, let's all go and see." At this time, Mrs. Li said.

Thereupon. The Li family and his entourage followed the two yacha to the hall of the government.

Because it was opened, at this time. There were many people outside the yamen, and when they saw the arrival of the Li family, they shouted one by one: "The Li family is here, the Li family is here." ”

"Ah, I didn't expect the Seventh Old Lady to arrive." At this time, someone on the side saw that Mrs. Li was also coming, and couldn't help but be surprised, because the seventh old lady of the Li family has been in poor health in recent years, so she has been closed at home, and outsiders have rarely seen the seventh old lady of the Li family.

"Can you not come? You didn't see the Lord of the Mo Division also hearing the trial in the hall just now, if Li Dalang is really convicted, then the Li family's right to fight for tribute today will not be kept.

"That's right." The people on the side responded for a while.

So he got out of the way and let the Li family and his party in.

"Give the old lady and the old shopkeeper Li a look." Seeing that the old shopkeeper and the old lady of the Li family arrived in the hall, Hai Rui got up to greet him, and the yacha on the side hurriedly moved the stool.

This era is extremely heavy on the elderly, all the old people over the age of seventy, not only do not have to worship the officials, but some officials who observe etiquette will also give the old people to sit, and Hai Rui attaches great importance to filial piety, and this etiquette is a little heavier than others.

"Thank you, Lord Hai, for being polite." Mrs. Li and Mr. Li's shopkeeper also saluted, and then sat down.

Zhen Niang stood behind the old lady.

At this time, Hai Rui had returned to the hall, and the mirror on the top behind him was shining brightly.

Then he was shocked: "Pass on Li Zhengliang." ”

Li Zhengliang was standing on the side at this time, and at this time, he didn't need to be pushed by the yacha, and went directly to the hall, so he knelt down with a bang and waited for a reply.

"Li Zhengliang, the Du family brothers sued you for plotting to seize the oil mill, what do you have to say?" Hai Rui stared at Li Zhengliang coldly.

"My lord, I am wronged." Li Zhengliang kowtowed with a look of grievance.

"Wronged? Then the official asked you? Lee's Oil Mill turned out to be Du's Oil Mill? Hai Rui asked again.

"Yes, the Li family oil mill was indeed the Du family oil mill at the beginning, but the Du family brothers did not operate well, and the tung oil poisoning incident occurred, and the Du family brothers were afraid of being involved, so they both absconded, only because my daughter-in-law had shares in the oil mill, I took on the oil mill matter, and the whole case, the county yamen has a record, and the Du family oil mill was transferred to me by the Du family brothers' mother-in-law, and the Wei county order presided over." Li Dalang said.

"Tung oil poisoning?" Hai Rui snorted coldly, and said loudly: "Spread Chen Shu, Fang Huai." ”

The yacha escorted two more men to the court, one in his forties and the other in his twenties. They were all men in cloth shirts.

"Chen Shu, the former manager of Du's Oil Mill, Fang Huai, one of the people who were poisoned by tung oil that year, brought the two." Yacha Yuming retreated to one.

Chen Shu, as soon as Zhen Niang saw him, she couldn't help frowning, this Chen Shu used to be a steward of the oil mill, but this person had a bad character, he only knew how to make money, and later his eldest brother was fired after taking over the oil mill, but he didn't expect to jump out again at this time.

"Chen Shu, Fang Huai, you tell me about the tung oil poisoning incident back then. There shall be no half-talking. Hai Rui was shocked again.

"My lord, the tung oil poisoning incident was really planned by the Li family, it was tung oil, and the Li family let people get involved, these are all things I saw with my own eyes, and I was kicked out of the oil mill because I said a word for the two owners." That Chen Shu said.

"Lord Yu, the little one was one of the people who were poisoned by tung oil back then, and I was grateful to the Li family, but when I met Uncle Chen, I realized that the Li family was the culprit, please Lord Qingtian to make the decision for us." At this time, Fang Huai also said loudly.

Zhen Niang listened and grinded her teeth for a while, this was saved by her Li family at the beginning.

Then. The Du brothers on the side also took the opportunity to kneel down and complained: "Please ask the adults to make decisions for us and other poor people." I think our brother worked hard to run the oil mill. Zuihou was plotted by the Li family and ended up like this, which is really a matter of not being able to do it every day, and it is not good for the earth. ”

"You guys, you're spewing blood." Li Dalang's eyes were red. I didn't expect these people to be able to reverse black and white like this.

"Silence." In the hall, Hai Rui was shocked again. Then he looked at Li Dalang coldly and said, "So, what else do you have to say?" ”

"My lord, this Chen Shu was fired by me for being greedy for money in the oil mill, this is revenge, please also ask your Excellency to investigate." Li Dalang gritted his teeth and said.

"My lord, this Chen Shu said that everything was instigated by my Li family, where is the evidence? Before this case, Mr. Wei had a detailed case file, and I would like to ask you to check it out. At this time, Mrs. Li, who was sitting on the side, also spoke.

"Old lady. Isn't what Chen Shu said he saw with his own eyes evidence? As for the previous case, I have already read it carefully. It's just that over the years, your Li family has bought through the history of Yundian, as well as the former Wei County Order, you see, these accounts are right, right? How, then, can this case be believed? At this moment, Hai Rui dropped another account book. In the case of collusion between officials and businessmen, such cases have no value in winning trust.

Zhenniang walked over and picked it up and flipped it over, and couldn't help but secretly scream.

Hai Jui's personality has been analyzed by later generations, and in terms of money, there is no room for a little sand. But this account book is the Li family's various sponsorships to the yamen on weekdays. Of course, it is also inevitable that the history of Yundian and the rituals of Wei County's order are inevitable.

This is actually a kind of routine, after all, the Li family is a business, if you want to be safe, this kind of expense is indispensable, as long as it is a business, then which one can not have it?

What's more, this kind of sponsorship is actually a way for businessmen to give back to their hometowns. You must know that the good hall managed by the yamen on weekdays, the disaster relief of the yamen during disasters, and the donations of the county school to the students, etc., all require money, where does the yamen have so much money, and most of them don't rely on donations from the squire.

Therefore, in this era, if an official wants to take care of a good place, he cannot do without the support of the squire. And the Li family's donation should be advocated by various yamen.

It's just that now some yamen donations are not really used for the benefit of the people, but they are trying to put them out of their pockets.

In this way, if this situation falls into Hai Rui's eyes, it will become a collusion between officials and businessmen, and it will become a bribe from the Li family to the yamen. In this way, this Hai Daren naturally believes in the Du family's brothers, but does not believe in her Li family.

"My lord, this kind of money is inevitable for any merchant, and you can infer that it is unfair to my Li family." On the side, Old Madam Li said calmly

"The collusion between officials and businessmen, the disaster place, there are these account books, and now there are people to testify, can your Li family still quibble?" Hai Rui also had a cold face, don't think he doesn't know, it is precisely because businessmen use money to collude with the government that these businessmen have a dependence, thus causing trouble for the place.

The chaos of the dynasty, the displacement of the people, and the corruption of officials are indispensable to the methods of these businessmen. He, Hai Rui, has to kill this crooked trend today.

"Left and right, listen to the judgment ......," Hai Rui said, and he was about to write the judgment.

"Slow down, Lord Hai, the little woman is brave, she has something to say." Zhenniang couldn't hold back anymore at this time, although she was very reckless like this, but she couldn't let Hai Rui say this sentence. As she spoke, Zhen Niang knelt beside her eldest brother.

"What do you say?" Hai Rui frowned.

"Before the little woman speaks, please also ask the adult to allow the little woman to prepare a bowl of water and a chopstick." Zhen Niang said, in fact, all the details of the whole case are in the case file, and the so-called testimony of the Du family brothers and this Chen Shu is not enough to be trusted at all. It's just that this Haida person's own concept and preconceived ideas were only succeeded by the Du family brothers.

Therefore, the first thing Zhen Niang has to do is to defeat the subjective idealism of Lord Hai, otherwise he won't listen to it at all.

"Go get a big bowl of water and a pair of chopsticks." Hai Rui said to the yacha on the side.

After a while, a large bowl of water and a chopstick were delivered, and Zhen Niang directly inserted the chopsticks into the water in the bowl: "My lord, please see, are these chopsticks straight or curved?" ”

"Nonsense, chopsticks are naturally straight." Hai Rui glared at Zhenniang.

"My lord, let's take a closer look at the chopsticks in the water." Zhen Niang insisted.

Because of the light, it is obvious that the part where the chopsticks intersect with the water surface and the water is a little curved. Hai Rui frowned even more: "What is Miss Li going to say, you have made it clear to the official." ”

"Lord Hai, the folk girl just wants the adults to understand that common sense, eyes and subjective assumptions are inaccurate, and only by pulling out the chopsticks and seeing real evidence is the truth." Zhen Niang said.

"Isn't this book true?" Hai Rui snorted coldly.

"The account book is a fact, but the money donated by the Li family is not to buy off Lord Wei, Yundian Shi and other officials, if Lord Hai has time, he can check where the money in this account book has gone? Huizhou is rainy, mountainous, and mountainous, and often a night of rain washes away villages, fields, and bridges, so that the annual cost is not a small amount. Zhen Niang paused and continued.

"The little girl has been taught by the elders of the family since childhood, is the way of knowing business, the poor make a living, the rich make a rich township, and the master helps the world, this is also Mr. Zigong inherited the teachings of the saints and obtained the business, the ancestors of the family said that the Li family is a businessman, should uphold this business, therefore, but a little surplus, always want to be able to do a part for the township, and the Yamen inherited the Son of Heaven, issued to the Li people, the Li family donated money to the Yamen, it is really the Li family's wish to benefit the township a little bit. And this kind of wish is not only the Li family, but there is no one in the Hui businessmen who does not have it. Thinking about it, such an account book is not only my Li family in the yamen. ”

Zhen Niang's words are eloquent, this is not her making it up, but the ancestral motto on the Li family tree - those who are businessmen must inherit the way of business.

Therefore, over the years, although the operation of Li Jiamofang is not very good, the donation to the yamen has never been less, and Wei County Ling is also a capable official, therefore, over the years, thanks to the donations of merchants, Huizhou's business is also impressive.

Otherwise, there would be no Huimo's current pomp.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that the relationship between the Li family and the Yamen has always been good, and when Uncle Jinhua wanted to seize Li Mo, he got the help of Yundian Shi.

It's just that the new county magistrate arrived, and as soon as he took office, he first exploited the silkworm farmers with the matter of raising silkworms, and then frequently stretched out his hands to large households, which was not good, and the Li family's donations were less than in the past.

Speaking of which, Zhen Niang felt that this time the Du family brothers' affairs had the shadow of the new county magistrate behind them, not to mention anything else, just with the account books that Lord Hai took out before, if there was no consent from this county magistrate, how could Hai Rui get it?

As for what this county magistrate weishenme wants to say, Zhen Niang pondered, first, the prestige of Lord Wei in Huizhou is relatively high, plus as soon as this county magistrate takes office, the matter of silkworm farmers will make the people's grievances boiling, therefore, everyone reads the good of Lord Wei, plus the history of Yundian and others were promoted by Lord Wei, and the current county order is not the same heart, therefore, this county commander is likely to take this opportunity, one is to eliminate the influence of Lord Wei in Huizhou, and the other is to win the history of Yundian.

Of course, there is another thing, that is, what Zhen Niang saw that day, the silkworm farmer sued the county government, and the current pressure on the county magistrate is relatively large, and this trick is also a disaster.

Of course, these are just Zhen Niang's guesses, and she can't control them, she just needs to let Hai Rui know that the Li family's donation is not a bribe.

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