Lord Xu Huanxiang's head hurt a little. Because I haven't tried the case for too long, I feel a little uncomfortable, especially when there are people listening to the trial, which is even more unpleasant. The most important thing is that the person who is listening is none other than the prince of the Great Liang Kingdom.

Of course, there is also something that makes Lord Xu Huanxiang even more helpless, which is the case itself.

This woman is called Shen, and her original name is Yan Qionglin. is the daughter of a small family in Hangzhou, Jiangnan, only 17 years old this year, and she looks quite good. At the age of fifteen, a marriage has been negotiated, and after the New Year, he will get married. It's just that there is a newly rising businessman in Hangzhou, the Shen family. The head of the family, Shen Zhentao, inadvertently bumped into Yan Qionglin and coveted his appearance, so he had the idea of marrying him. It was only after inquiring that I found out that this Yan Qionglin had already promised someone, and it wouldn't be long before he would do it.

Shen Zhentao, the head of the Shen family, already had a wife, plus a three-room concubine, so it stands to reason that he should have been content for a long time. But he still couldn't let go of Yan Qionglin's beauty, and used the two pieces of silver and the road in his hand to use some small means to frame the family who was going to marry Yan Qionglin to prison, and finally died directly in prison. Shen Zhentao did what he did to kill him, and later went directly to Yan Qionglin's house to propose marriage. The Yan family was originally not allowed, but Shen Zhentao directly ordered someone to carry a sedan chair to come over and rob people, and snatched Yan Qionglin back to the house directly.

The Yan family originally planned to go to the yamen to complain, but the Shen family sent a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and the Yan family also acquiesced. Therefore, Yan Qionglin became the fourth concubine of Shen Zhentao, the head of the Shen family. Women in this era have no status and right to speak, so they can only accept their fate.

In addition to being lustful, Shen Zhentao is not bad in other aspects, especially for his concubines, who are willing to spend money, so Yan Qionglin also has the idea of living like this, but by chance I heard Shen Zhentao talking to a person, and learned that the person he originally promised was persecuted to death by Shen Zhentao, and he was horrified in his heart, so he naturally didn't need to say anything, but he was already a ** at the moment, what else could he do but be silent?

However, a few days ago, his father-in-law, who was also the head of the Shen family, was killed, and the government did not find any clues after investigating for a long time, so the murder of Shen Zhentao, the head of the Shen family, became a headless case. The trees fell and the macaques scattered, the Shen family did not have the support of Shen Zhentao, and the main business was the official salt seller, so naturally there was no family business to inherit, and the rest could only be divided into family property.

However, Yan Qionglin has neither status nor popularity in the Shen family, and he didn't get a penny when he divided the family property, and when he returned to his parents' family, the family didn't recognize this widow who didn't get a penny, which was extremely miserable. At this point, life is helpless, but I don't know how to live, so I can only go to the capital to sue the emperor.

Of course, how Yan Qionglin came to the capital, and what happened in it, probably only Duan Zhong and Ji Wuchang know, but these secret things can't be put on the surface, and what is said on the mouth can only be said to Master Xu Huanxiang. This is something to be recorded in the court.

But now Lord Xu Huanxiang is a little depressed, what kind of case is this? Robbing people's daughters? Homicide case? Property division issues? The head of the Shen family is dead, and the government can't find out why, so it's useless to go to Kyoto Mansion for trial of the first two cases. As for the division of property, it should be under the control of the yamen of Hangzhou, how can the hand of the Kyoto government reach to Hangzhou. For such ignorant grass people, Lord Xu Huanxiang has a headache, doesn't this add chaos to himself, he can't be tried after such a long time.

Looking at the Shen family who was kneeling under the hall and crying, he was still a little beautiful, and Lord Xu Huanxiang was very helpless. If it had been another time, he would have kicked this woman out of the court a long time ago, but today, His Royal Highness the Great Prince sat beside him, and reminded himself from time to time to care more about the suffering of the people, and then he watched himself try the case with his hands on his chest and Erlang's legs.

But how and where should this case be tried...... Come to think of it, that is, a district in Hangzhou to ask the Shen family for silver, but this Kyoto Mansion has to go to Hangzhou? The Governor sighed, finally shook his head, and said to Xiao Beiping on the side: "Your Highness, how do you see this case being tried?" ”

Xiao Beiping glanced at Duan Chong, Duan Chong naturally nodded in understanding, and said to Lord Yin: "This verdict is naturally about evidence, if this woman can come up with any evidence to prove how much property the Shen family has, it should naturally be distributed to her, presumably the fact that this lady is the wife of the head of the Shen family should be denied." ”

Lord Xu Huanxiang nodded, this matter of dividing the family property is extremely easy to decide, as long as it is determined how much property the Shen family has, and then divide it according to the share, it will be considered over. Lord Xu Huanxiang nodded: "Shen family, do you have physical proof of how much property this Shen family has, and I can judge the case in turn." The official will give you a fair explanation. ”

When Shen heard Lord Fu Yin's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank, with a look of despair, and tears flowed down his eyes. Lord Fu Yin was most unaccustomed to this kind of scene, and he was about to stop it, but he saw Shen's eyes suddenly light up and said, "By the way, my lord, I have this!" As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his bosom and presented it with both hands.

Lord Fu Yin stretched out his hand to take the booklet, stretched out his hand and flipped through it and asked, "What is written on it?" Then he handed the booklet to Duan Zhong and Xiao Beiping for a look.

Duan Zhong just flipped through it casually and handed it to Xiao Beiping, this booklet was picked out by himself. And Xiao Beiping is seriously turning the pages one by one. But I heard Shen say: "The little girl is not very literate, I only know that my father-in-law will write down the accounts on these pamphlets every time he does business." ”

Lord Fu Yin nodded: "In this way, it should be an account book!" ”

Xiao Beiping responded: "Yes, it records most of the Shen family's silver income, which is mainly related to salt sales. My lord, you look at a few accounts, the Shen family's daily income is as much as 1,000 taels of silver, and it is really a big family. ”

Lord Fu Yin stretched out his hand to take the account book, but was quickly grabbed by Duan Chongyan, pointed to an account and said, "Hey, why are these pages only remembering the entry and not the input?" Isn't that a stump in the balance? ”

As soon as Duan Chong said this, Lord Yin's eyes finally fell on these accounts, and after a closer look, as Duan Chong said, there were indeed many problems with the accounts, and these problematic accounts actually directly spent most of the Shen family's silver, and they didn't know where to go. Lord Fu Yin shook his head: "The entry and exit of these silver funds is not a problem that we should be concerned about. ”

Duan Zhong nodded suddenly: "Yes, yes, the adults should decide the case!" As he spoke, he shook his head, stared at the account book thoughtfully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed to a place and said, "My lord, do you look here?" ”

Xu Huanxiang was stunned for a moment, and looked at the place Duan Zhong pointed to: "Liao Xulin? It's just a person's name, what's worth noting? It should just be a businessman who has some business dealings with the Shen family. ”

At this time, Xiao Beiping suddenly interjected: "If I remember correctly, the son of Lord Liao Zhangjin, the governor of Jiangnan, is called Liao Xulin. Presumably, there is no such coincidence in the world, right? Xiao Beiping finally understood the meaning of Duan Chong's toss.

The role of these ledgers depends on whose hands they are. If Duan Zhong took these account books to the past, it would first make people suspect that he had bad intentions, and he wanted to investigate the Shen family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was involved in so many things at once, I am afraid that he would already be embarrassed before he got any results. And Xiao Beiping has the identity of a prince, and he has no way to start. So when these account books arrived in the hands of Duan Zhong and Xiao Beiping, they were a pile of waste paper.

However, if these ledgers were in the hands of Kyoto Prefecture Yin, things would be completely different. First of all, the position of Kyoto Prefecture Yin determines that Lord Xu Huanxiang has the power to deal with many things, and Lord Xu Huanxiang's temperament also determines the loyalty of this Lord and Emperor. Anything that is detrimental to the interests of the emperor, Lord Xu Huanxiang will have the heart to plug in a lever. And although Wei Zhigao, a salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, is a wealthy businessman in the world, he has actually been under the control of Emperor Wen of Liang. Otherwise, what emperor would tolerate the existence of a merchant whose private silver is fuller than the treasury? And the Shen family's business is precisely selling salt, which is related to the interests of the emperor. Therefore, Lord Xu Huanxiang will not allow anyone to fight this idea. However, under Duan Chong's reminder, Lord Xu Huanxiang sniffed out a trace of something wrong.

Therefore, Xiao Beiping admires Duan Zhong very much at this moment. Since killing the head of the Shen family, Duan Chong must have planned what will happen today, but how Duan Chong found these ledgers and letters, and how he found the fourth concubine of the head of the Shen family, Xiao Beiping couldn't figure it out. However, Xiao Beiping didn't need to figure it out, because Duan Zhong had already arranged it.

As soon as Xiao Beiping finished speaking, Lord Fu Yin fell silent. Thinking about some of the tricks that might be hidden in it. Duan Zhong gently reminded on the side: "It seems that the officials of the imperial court can't do business. ”

Lord Xu Huanxiang nodded: "Not bad." The rules of the imperial court are that you cannot use your power to do business, and once you find out, it is a felony. And this salt trade is absolutely not allowed to interfere with officials. Lord Xu Huanxiang knew in his heart how much benefit this salt sale would bring to the imperial court, so he naturally wouldn't let it be mixed with sand.

Xiao Beiping sighed: "It's just our conjecture at the moment, some things still need to be carefully verified, after all, the impact of this matter is too great." ”

Xu Huanxiang nodded: "Your Highness's words are extremely true. I didn't expect a little woman to be implicated in such a thing. I'm sure I'll find out all about it. Please also ask His Highness and Wen Yuanbo to keep it secret for the time being. Now this woman cannot be tried in public, and I will take her back to the inner hall for a secret trial. ”

The eldest prince Xiao Beiping nodded: "What the lord said is very true. When I think about this matter, it is also extremely terrible, if the adults need my help, Beiping should go all out. ”