The county order, who had been anxious for a night, came to the county order the next morning, and waited for Bian Zhutou, who had returned to the ya, to return to his life.

Bian Zhutou, as everyone expected, failed to summon Master Xiong back. However, Bian Zhutou can also make a difference this time, because he brought a subordinate sent by Xiong Dao to deal with Guotang.

Since the person is here, let's hurry up and ask the case, and the helpless county Zun now just wants to let this farce pass quickly - every day that the farce drags on, his prestige is weakened.

You must know that Lai Xianzun was not idle last night. Whether it was a friend he invited to inquire about the inside story in private, or a "friend" from all walks of life who came to the door to "put his heart in his heart" to do work for the county, he dealt with seven or eight people before and after. Therefore, Lai Xianzun has now completely figured out the beginning and end of this farce, and because of this, he has become more and more disgusted with the Xu family who dragged him into the water.

Because this case involves many shady scenes and bigwigs from all walks of life, the county government deliberately closed the main door today and adopted a less influential "closed-door trial" method.

However, although the trick of hearing the case behind closed doors can isolate the people who are watching the excitement, some people who are waiting in the hall in the morning cannot be isolated.

These people are holding their stomachs one by one, wearing silk and satin, either the second steward of a certain house, or the third steward of a certain house, all carrying their master's name in their arms, arrogant, where can the officials get rid of it.

These people came with the accomplices of the prosecution and the Austrian aid of the defense, and in the end, the yamen had no choice, so a trial with the participation of privileged onlookers began.

In a "mighty" classic bass harmony, wearing a seven-grade civil official uniform and embroidered with a stream on the complement, Laixian Zun walked out of the back hall step by step.

After a startling sound, everyone was silent, and then the county magistrate followed the routine, opened his mouth to the prosecution and defense under the public case and asked, "Who is in the hall?" ”

A middle-aged man with big ears, a pointed belly, a brocade robe, and an emerald green ring on his hand first bent down to salute at this time, and then returned to "Yu County Zun, Xu Zhong, the housekeeper in Xia Xu Mansion." ”

Speaking of this, Steward Xu, the representative of the prosecution, straightened his waist and glanced at the person next to him with the eyes of looking at the soil buns.

The defense representative standing beside him was a military academy wearing a brass hat, a big red fat jacket, and iron boots.

This military academy is tall and fat, with big shoulders and a round waist, a face like the bottom of a pot, full of cheeks and beards, and a face full of meat, full of military ruffians.

After feeling the contemptuous eyes cast by Steward Xu beside him, the military academy immediately took out a black lacquered wooden plaque from his arms, and then shouted in a loud voice with a Min accent: "A certain family is the chief Yan Tiexia in front of the tent of General Cao Cao, and I have seen Taizun." ”

After the county order came here to listen to the prosecution and defense only report the door, he hummed and planned to take the next step mechanically according to the process.

However, before he could open his mouth, something happened in the hall. I saw that Steward Xu pointed to the military academy and shouted, "Bastard Qiu Ba, why don't you kneel and salute when you see the county honor?" ”

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Yan Tiexia first laughed twice, and then raised his head and said while holding the official body sign in his hand, "This school is the head of the seven dignified products, the official of the imperial court, which of the Ming laws says, the seven products should visit the seven products?" ”

The high Lai Xianzun had sour water in his stomach at this moment, and his mouth was full of bitterness - he couldn't wait to drag this stupid Steward Xu down and beat him to death.

Yes, after two hundred years of unremitting efforts by the civil official system of the Ming Dynasty, the "forced qualifications" of military attachés were finally suppressed little by little. By the late Ming Dynasty, military attachés of the same rank were completely speechless in front of civilian officials and became de facto subordinates. Not to mention the seven grades, some of the five or six rank guards who rely on the hereditary shadow officials also take the initiative to bow down in front of the real power of the seven grades.

However, the unspoken rules are unspoken rules after all, and no matter how they are usually implemented, this kind of thing cannot be brought to the table after all. Even the emperor himself pretended to be confused at best, and it was impossible to publicly express his support.

You must know that at the beginning, Zhu Baba was nothing more than stipulating that subordinates should bow down to their superiors in their affairs, but they never stipulated that military attachés at the same level should bow down to civilian officials.

So this is the reason why the county order hated the Xu family, and the general soldiers behind Xiong Dao had clearly come to make trouble, and even the pro-soldier military academy was sent out, but at this time, the Xu family repeatedly pushed themselves to the forefront, first to be detained, and today they came to say things with kneeling and bowing, which county order dared to let this Qiu Ba kneel and worship?

You don't have to use a knife to kill a chicken, but if you kill a cow, you must use a knife.

The current situation is that the Xu family does not want to pay the price of the knife, but has repeatedly tried to use the privilege of the scholar to deal with Xiong Dao. However, the privilege is used to deal with the small people, and now to deal with a powerful general who holds the military horse, the knife that comes to the county order is not qualified at all, no, as soon as he made a move, he was jumped on his teeth, and people don't bird a seven-grade county order at all.

Seeing that the embarrassed county magistrate didn't say a word, the little school Yan Tiexia walked around the hall with disdain, and then shouted loudly, "I'll just say, in this Daming court, who dares to practice the Daming law?" Is there any royal law left? ”

After pointing to Sang and scolding Huai for a few sentences, Yan Tiexia, who seemed to be a muddy soldier, but in fact, he gave his tongue to Yan Tiexia, but the next moment he circled around Steward Xu, "I said this lord, I don't know how many grades your official residence has?" ”

Steward Xu has been arrogant for a long time in his life, where can he perceive today's danger. I saw him shouting with his halberd fingers, "Bastard, I am the second housekeeper of the Xu Mansion, you are a sesame-sized Qiu Baguan, and you don't inquire, can you provoke the Xu family?" ”

"It turned out to be a white body." The next moment, after Yan Tiexia's face shook with a smile, he grabbed Steward Xu's two fingers and twisted them hard.

In the hall, I saw Steward Xu screaming miserably, and knelt at the feet of Yan Tiexia.

Yan Tiexia grabbed those two fingers and shouted, "A white body, roaring in the court, insulting the seven-grade officials, dare to ask Taizun, what crime should such people be guilty of?" ”

Lai Xianzun has been numbed by the endless repertoire of these two people.

Just this moment, seeing the faces of these two people who don't take their own eyes at all, someone has completely recognized the situation and plans to do business - only by doing business can this farce minimize the blow to his prestige, and can the characters behind the eyeliner outside the hall not make mistakes.

So Laixian Zun patted the shocked wood, and said expressionlessly, "This little school, you let go of Steward Xu." ”

Immediately afterwards, he said, "Xu Zhong is white, but he roars in the court, and he has no superiors, so he will write down the twenty killings first, and settle the case after the trial is concluded." ”

When Yan Tiexia heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and let go of Steward Xu's fingers, "Taizun is really a blue sky." ”

And Steward Xu, who was sitting on the ground and holding his right hand, suddenly showed an unbelievable expression on his face when he heard the verdict, and he even forgot the sharp pain in his fingers for a while.

He opened his mouth, first glanced at the expressionless county honor, and then turned his head to look at the row of puppet-like officials who did not move, after being convinced that the Xu family's signboard was not good today, Steward Xu suddenly became silent - the basic skill of the butler is to observe words and looks, at this time, if he still can't see the situation clearly, he is not worthy of being the second butler.

After some lively foreplay, seeing that the scene was quiet, Lai Xianzun coughed, and finally began the formal trial.

"Today, the Xu family sued Shang Jia Xiong Dao for arson and assault on the people, that little school, where is Xiong Dao, the main owner of your family?"

At this time, Yan Tiexia put his arms on his chest, straddled his legs, rolled his eyes, and said to the pillars above his head, "Master Xiong went to Fuzhou a few days ago to visit his patriarch Xiong Fujun, and he has long been out of Jiading, the Xu family is falsely accused!" ”

When the county magistrate heard this, his eyelids rolled. It doesn't matter if Xiong Dao is in Jiading or not, anyway, everyone understands that Xiong Dao will not come to the court to show up, so his questioning just now is just a process.

Unexpectedly, this question blew up another Xiong Dao's patriarch, Xiong Wencan!

Xiong Wencan Bao cited Cao Pirate, who was reported by the imperial court Ming Fa Di, so Xiong Dao, who was sent by Cao Pirate to manage the private port, is actually Xiong Wencan's clansman, which is very logical, isn't it the Ming Dynasty version of the exchange of interests?

Fang Wei, who instantly figured out the original situation, really had a sentence at this time that the Xu family killed Lao Tzu on the dog day, which helped me provoke a feudal territory!

After coughing again, the attitude of the county magistrate softened a little, "Mr. Yan, the paper told you that you burned the four mulberry gardens in the neighboring village the night before yesterday, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Nothing happens!" Yan handed over his hand to the hall at this time, and made a gesture, "Taizun, the Xu family has no evidence, and when you open your mouth, you will slander people's innocence, and please call the shots." ”

After hearing this, the county leader looked sideways at Steward Xu, who had already gotten up from the ground, and what evidence should be taken out now.

The Xu family has evidence of a fart.

People originally planned to play power and crush the flow, but after a few hands, when Steward Xu found out that he had to be reasonable in the court, he was immediately caught off guard, "Your furniture port is next to Zhuangzi, the fire is not waiting for you, who is it?" ”

Yan Tiexia helplessly faced the county honorable and spread his hands, revealing an embarrassed and polite smile: "I don't want to see the suspected neighbor stealing the axe today." My lord, I have heard that this inferior gentry of the Xu family is accustomed to slandering and planting falsehoods and embezzling the wealth of good people; When I saw it today, the rumors were true. ”

Lai Xianzun looked helpless at this time, "Then Xu Zhong, the official will ask you again, can there be any physical evidence?" ”

After Steward Xu stumbled, he could only use a delaying tactic to think about it, "I think someone must have seen the thief set the fire that night, so I'll find out when I go back and check it out next." ”

"Well, we'll wait until we find the evidence."

When the county order came to this, he slapped the shocking wood, and the arson case was put on hold indefinitely.

The next thing the county Zun asked was the case of beating people, "Injured many tenants of the Xu family, can there be such a thing?" ”

"Yu Taizun, this is indeed the case."

Yan Tiexia laughed and nodded in acknowledgement.