The Sima Yamen of Jingyang Mansion is located on the west side of the Mansion Palace, and the rising morning sun shines on the copper box placed on the left and right in front of the Mansion Gate, pulling out a long black shadow.

At the end of the hour, four small officials walked out of the door of the house, and first came to the white copper box, two of them each took out a copper key from their arms, opened the copper box together, and took out the document inside and put it in the copper plate held by hand. Then come to the right and call the black copper box, there is a thick stack inside, take it out and put it on another copper plate, the copper plate is brushed with different colors of paint like a copper box, and it will not be confused.

The officials came to the lobby with copper plates, saluted Sima He Rui behind the public case, and put the copper plate on the public case. Since the resetting of the copper box, Sima has had a lot more official affairs, and He Rui is tired of facing messy admonitions and whistleblowing letters every day. Most of these admonitions are gibberish, or self-recommended official positions, and most of them retaliate against whistleblowing letters, or they are chasing after the wind and shadows, and nothing is wrong.

yawned, He Rui pushed the copper plate to Wang Yongqing, who was standing on the side, and said: "Lao Wang, hurry up and look, it's a good day today, let's go out of the city and see if we can catch some game. ”

Wang Yongqing quickly flipped through the advice, put it back on the copper plate, and instructed the little official beside him: "Archive for future reference." ”

Turning his face and seeing another copper plate piled up with Lao Gao's papers, Wang Yongqing smiled bitterly: "There is nothing in the world, since the restart of this copper plate, many things have been added to the sky." He Sima, look at this thick stack, you can't finish reading it without a single hour. ”

Picking up the letter at the top and reading it, Wang Yongqing's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "This letter is interesting, it is to sue Jiang Anyi, the county commander of Fuluo County, saying that he forced the squire Su Changhe to death." ”

He Rui stretched out his hand to ask for it, looked at it and said: "Zhuangyuan Lang Jiang Anyi was sued as soon as he arrived in Fuluo County, it seems that he is really called 'Ertun', he must have been designed, but it involves human life, and the matter is not small." , I can't go outside the city, I have to show this complaint letter to Zhao Tingshi and let him have an idea. ”

Just about to get up, Wang Yongqing shouted: "My lord, slow down, this letter is also a sue Jiang County order, saying that he careless of people's lives and killed Zhang Putian in the court." ”

He Rui was stunned for a moment and said, "You look through it, how many of them are suing Jiang Anyi?" ”

13 letters, many crimes. He Rui put these complaint letters in his hand and said with a smile: "Interesting, didn't the Jiang County Order say that Yan Kaichen was corrupt and perverted the law to connive at bullies a few days ago, and he was also sued in just a few days." Haha, Lao Wang, come with me to the palace to watch the excitement. ”

Walking on the road, He Rui thought in his heart, Yan Kaichen came to his house last night and sent a few treasures, worth more than a thousand taels, and vaguely said that he asked him to make decisions for the people, so he was waiting here.

Among the twenty-seven thorn histories, Zhao Shulun is the youngest, only thirty-six years old this year, he is the champion of Enke in the first year of Fengle, and Shi Fangzhen naturally looks at him differently. And in the first year, he was recruited by Wei Yishen as his grandson-in-law, with the strong arm of this prime minister, Zhao Shulun first served as a supervisor in the capital instrument supervisor (Zheng Qipin), two years later transferred to Pengyuan County Order (Shang County, from the sixth grade), three years later, outstanding political performance, promoted to Qianzhou Beijia (from the fifth grade), Fengle nine years of Lizhou Thorn Shi moved to the Ministry of Works, Zhao Shulun succeeded to the Lizhou Thorn History (Zheng Sipinxia).

For Jiang Anyi, Zhao Tingshi knows a little more than others, this name is often mentioned in the Wei family's family letters, Jiang Anyi is a man of the year in the capital, although he was relegated to Fuluo County, Zhao Shulun knows that Jiang Anyi's holy family is long, and there may be a reason for coming here. Therefore, when Jiang Anyi took office to visit him, Zhao Shulun was extremely polite and specially sent officers and soldiers to escort his family to his post, just to form a good relationship with incense.

Regarding the complaint letter in Tongluan, Zhao Shulun seems to believe it, saying that it is possible for Jiang Anyi to ignore people's lives and force the squire to death, as for what kind of greed and money, robbing men and women is called nonsense, how much profit does the Jiang family's perfume make in a year, that is, all the taxes in Fuluo County are given to Jiang Anyi, and Jiang Anyi may not be able to look at it.

Gently putting the letter on the table, Zhao Shulun straightened his short beard, and asked He Shuidao with a smile: "He Sima, what do you think?" ”

When Jiang Anyi came to Jingyang Mansion to visit the officials, he gave Zhao Shulun ten bottles of perfume, but He Rui was ordered to send a hundred officers and soldiers to escort his family but only got four bottles.

After a moment of deliberate silence, He Rui arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhao, according to the copper system, this must be investigated, not to mention that some of these papers also have signatures, which must be asked clearly." ”

"Then bother, Lord He, you send someone to investigate, and sue me after the inquiry is clear." Zhao Shulun commanded lightly.

Wang Yongqing followed He Sima out of the mansion, and said with a smile: "Lord He, the opportunity to make a fortune has come, I heard that Jiang Anyi is very rich, tsk, it's good to be rich, you can spend money to eliminate disasters." ”

Looking at Wang Yongqing with a lewd smile on his face, He Rui advised: "Don't be careless, Jiang Anyi has a lot of access in Beijing, don't fight the snake but get bitten by the snake." ”

"Our Lizhou Tiangao Emperor is far away, I'm afraid that he has some way in the capital. Master Sima, you can leave this matter to me, and you can borrow some soldiers to cheer me on. Wang Yongqing said with a hippie smile.

He Rui didn't make a sound, he paced towards Sima Mansion with his hands behind his back, Wang Yongqing knew his habits, this was He Sima thinking about things, taking his steps lightly and following behind.

Back in the lobby, Wang Yongqing made tea for He Rui, and He Rui pondered and said, "Lao Wang, this matter can't be rushed. The things in the copper box are taken once a day, and I estimate that the person who complained is in the state, so you send someone to the inn to find it, first find the person who signed it, and ask about the situation before you start. I think Master Assassin's attitude is a little biased towards Jiang Anyi, and this matter must be done safely. ”

Wang Yongqing nodded yes, went out to arrange people to search in the inn in the state, and soon, Su Guozhong, Lu Zhisong and Zhang Putian's son Zhang Yannian was found, and sent someone to bring them to see Wang Yongqing.

Xiazhou records to join the army is only from the eighth rank of the official rank, but in charge of the general record of Cao Wenshu, the responsibility of good and evil, has the responsibility of supervising state and county officials, is the so-called "humble power", the county orders of each county saw Wang Yongqing do not want to pay for the smile, secretly stuffed some silver, begging him to be merciful. Yan Kaichen ordered Fuluo County for six years, and sent two hundred taels to Wang Yongqing every year, so that he could run rampant in Fuluo County, and no one supervised him.

Jiang Anyi went to the state capital to visit Zhao Tingshi, and met with Biejia, Sima and others, but did not go to meet the soldiers in the palace. There are only four people in Xiazhou who joined the army, in addition to recording the affairs of joining the army, there are also Si Cang (and Si Gong), Si Hu (and Si Bing), and Justice (and Si Shi), the four of them got together to talk about Jiang Anyi, and it was inevitable that there was a sourness, and they said that Jiang Daren was young and promising, and they were holding back to teach him a lesson.

Wang Yongqing was born in Jinshi, and started from the records under the nine grades in the yamen of the state capital, and it took more than ten years to join the army from the records of the eight grades, and he naturally had an aversion to those young and high-ranking officials. All kinds of reasons were mixed together, and Wang Yongqing was secretly determined to bite Jiang Anyi hard.

The replies of Su Guozhong and others made Wang Yongqing full of confidence, the death of the two lives was inseparable from Jiang Anyi, especially Zhang Putian, who should be killed in court. Wang Yongqing sneered, Jiang Anyi wanted to be clever and fool the past, if it was normal, it would be fine, but someone reported that the surname Jiang was guilty in his own hands, and he had to peel off the skin if he wanted to pass the test, "blackmailing the prisoner to death" is a big crime, and this alone is enough for the surname Jiang to eat.

The kind words appeased Su Guozhong and the others, and asked them to go back to the inn to wait for their news, and Wang Yongqing came to see He Rui with the interrogation record. He Rui flipped through and asked, "How sure do you feel?" ”

"Nine points." Wang Yongqing replied with confidence, "Even if the other accusations are untrue, there is no escaping this 'conviction of the prisoner to death', and the severity of the punishment depends on whether this Jiang Daren knows what is going on." ”

He Rui carefully read the record, and from time to time he made marks on the record with his fingernails, and pondered. Wang Yongqing didn't dare to disturb him, so he found a chair and waited. After a long time, He Rui raised his head and said, "Lao Wang, has Yan Kaichen been looking for you in the past few days?" ”

Wang Yongqing said with some embarrassment: "Last night, he also went to find a lowly post and sent something. My lord, do you think this lawsuit is Yan Kaichen's ghost behind his back? ”

"He Mou has been an official for many years, and I have never seen a person sue the county order, what is it to kill a prisoner in the court, it is everywhere, not to mention that Zhang Putian wanted to shoot Jiang Anyi to death with an arrow, if he is an official, he will also be killed." He Rui pushed away the record in his hand and said with a smile: "Jiang Anyi is young and vigorous, and he is a little impatient, and he doesn't give Yan Kaichen face, so he has today's thing." You and I both know that Yan Kaichen spent a lot of money for Jiang Anyi to report him for conniving at the bullies and the common people, and it is estimated that this old boy can't swallow this breath, so he thinks about fighting back, this is to push us to the front as gunmen. ”

"What do you mean?" Wang Yongqing was a little reluctant, such a large amount of oil and water was hard to find, and one vote was enough for three or five years.

He Rui smiled and said: "If there is a copper report, you have to ask clearly, otherwise how to reply when the court asks." Wang joins the army, you send a few people to Fuluo County to secretly investigate, and then come to the door to ask for the crime after the situation is confirmed. ”

In the scorching summer, in half a month, Jiang Anyi was tanned, and this skin color has a natural sense of closeness in the eyes of the villagers. Jiang Anyi sat on a small bamboo chair, holding a stoneware bowl, drinking water in a big gulp, and fanning the wind with his clothes open, he was completely a country man, which made the townsman who entertained him a little less restrained.

This is the farthest Huanghua Township from the county seat, more than 70 miles of mountain road if you take a sedan chair back and forth to take two days, so Yan County Ling has only been here twice in six years, Jiang County Ling came to Huanghua Township less than a month after taking office, which made the township Wu Youshan a little moved.

The peaches and plums in his yard are full of plates, Wu Youshan diligently persuades the guests, the cicadas on the trees are louder, and the fragrance of the oak flowers wafts with the breeze, so that the farmhouse is a peaceful afternoon.