Zichen Hall is the third hall of Daming Palace, it is the main hall of the inner ya, the emperor's daily affairs are mostly here, so it is also called the palace of the Son of Heaven.

A group of officials waited outside the Xuanzheng Hall in the second hall, Wei Zhou waited quietly in the crowd, he had been the imperial servant of the Taiwan Academy since the beginning of the year, and he had not been in office for a long time, and he didn't know many people.

Wen Zhang, who was beside him, was a newcomer who entered the imperial history platform at the same time, serving the imperial history in the palace and belonging to the palace.

The Imperial Historical Observatory supervises hundreds of officials, and consists of a Taiwan Courtyard, a Palace Courtyard and a Procuratorate.

There are six people in the Taiwan Academy, who are in charge of picketing hundreds of bureaucrats and impeaching lawlessness; Tried the cases of the emperor's special order, and shared the court with the Zhongshu people of Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province, and accepted unjust lawsuits, known as the "Little Third Division".

Wei Zhou is one of the six people in the Taiwan Academy, and the official rank of serving the imperial history is from the sixth grade.

The palace has nine people in the palace, who are in charge of the ceremonies of the palace offerings, and picket the ceremonial ceremonies of the court meeting and the non-violation of the driving report.

Wen Zhang is one of the nine people, and the official rank is from the seventh rank.

The procuratorate has 15 people who supervise the imperial history, and those with little seniority are called "supervising the imperial history", who are in charge of supervising the local officials and the six departments of Shangshu Province.

Wang Duo is one of the fifteen people, and his official rank is on the eighth rank.

Among the officials of the Imperial History Terrace, from the service of the Imperial History, to the top, are the Imperial History Zhongcheng on the fifth grade and the Imperial Historian from the third grade.

Wen Zhang is the son of the late Shangshu's right servant Wen Zao, and entered the office with the shadow of the door.

Wen Zao has a strict personality, and has served as the palace servant of the imperial history, the imperial history, the imperial history of the middle of the Cheng, the imperial history of the doctor, etc., and there are many old subordinates in the imperial history platform.

Wen Zhang served as the left patrol envoy with the palace servant Yushi, responsible for the report of the murder case in Wannian County.

He waited for the palace envoy to summon him, nodded to Wei Zhou, and followed him to the Zichen Palace.

Emperor Dazhong was very diligent in his administration, and he began to deal with state affairs early in the morning, and he was a little tired at this time.

He looked up and saw Wen Zhang coming in, so he said, "It's Wen Qing, what's going on today?" ”

Wen Zhang saluted, and the emperor signaled to be flat.

Wen Zhang bowed down and said: "The minister visited the Xinchangfang Huguo Temple in Yanxing Gate today, there was a murder case, the deceased Yu Chengzhao, invited the painter for the Huguo Temple, presided over the mural inside the wooden tower, and was pushed down by someone to cut the rope and fell to his death eight days ago. Three days later, Wannian County captured the murderer Gu Cheng, and the case could be closed in a few days. ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Wannian County ordered Li Cong to solve the case in three days, which is indeed good. ”

Wen Zhang knew that the emperor had an excellent memory, and even remembered the name of the envoy in the palace, so it was not unusual to be able to say the name of the county commander Li Cong.

Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, the Emperor asked, "What else is the matter?" ”

Wen Zhang glanced at the wat board, there were a few lines of words written on it, which were used as a reminder, he raised his head and continued: "After Yu Chengzhao's death, his wife and daughter were forced by the clan, the deceased was succeeded to his uncle's family as a son last year, and has not yet been entered into the family tree, and now the people in the clan want to drive out his wife and daughter and take back the property. ”

The emperor shook his head and sneered: "It's just past the first seven, so I don't know what to do, Wen Qing doesn't take a severe punishment as a street patrol?" ”

Wen Zhang hurriedly saluted and confessed, and said: "Yu Zhongde, the leader, is a former lieutenant of the Right Shence Army, Yu Hongzhi, and now he is sentenced to Li Jingshi's subordinates. ”

There are many things in the Shence army to seize property, and the emperor used to turn a blind eye, but then he heard a slight groan, this Wen Zhang is not as fearless as his father, jealous and hateful, and may not be suitable for the imperial history.

Li Jingshi is the old man of the Right God Army, and he is also Yu Hongzhi's subordinate, and after Yu Hongzhi's death, he turned to Qiu Shiliang's disciples.

"Wen Qing doesn't have to worry about it, I will ask about it."

Wen Zhang bowed and retired.

Emperor Dazhong watched him go away, thoughtful.

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At noon, Lu Zhizhen and others came back, and everyone sat around for lunch.

During the banquet, Lu Zhizhen said today's whereabouts, he went to Qinglong Temple to continue to investigate, the government lifted the ban, and the wooden pagoda has resumed work.

Yizhen is still in the temple, and there is no movement.

Lu Zhizhen said: "In the past few days, I have been infiltrating and investigating, and I have found that there are constantly foreign golems sent to the Qinglong Temple, and the Demon Sect may have some big moves. ”

"I don't know what those golems are used for, why don't you find an opportunity to destroy them all?" Guo Hong asked.

Yun Xuansu said: "Not yet, the old thief's magic skills have been perfected, we are not opponents, we have to invite the master of Zhongnan Mountain to preside, so we can go in and explore." I went to see Uncle Li (Li Feizhen) today, and through her Xinlou Guandao, I think there will be a master who will arrive soon. ”

"Is there that senior in Louguandao?" Guo Hong asked again.

"Now there are a few hidden predecessors in the two caves of Xixuan and Zhongnan, and my Wangwu faction will not move them, only the descendants of Sun Simiao Zhenren promised to come to visit, but it is said that this person is very happy to travel and explore the secluded, and he is not in the house, so he should arrive in a few days." Lui Zhizhen said.

"How is the martial arts of Sun Zhenren's descendants?"

"I don't know this, but Sun Zhenren is a medical saint, and his descendants must be well versed in the art of Qi Huang."

Everyone was still discussing, and Hongrui came in and said to Yun Xuansu: "There is a messenger from Wannian County who has come over and said that Li Mingfu has seen my lady. ”

A few of them entered the inner room and took out Liu Yanniang for a while.

Yun Xuansu asked someone to come in and asked the reason, only to know that it was Yu Zhongde who sued Wannian County, and now the county order passed Yan Niang to the past, and the case was decided in court.

When Liu Yanniang heard Yu Zhongde's name, her eyes were red.

Everyone was very angry when they heard this, so they hugged Yan Niang to go to Wannian County.

When he came to the county office, Li Cong tried the case in the second hall, and this kind of civil dispute is generally judged here.

Yu Zhongde was already waiting under the corridor, and there was a group of people around him, several of whom Liu Yanniang knew, and they were from the Yu clan.

Maybe it was said that bullying orphans and widows was not authentic, Yu Zhongde did not come up to provoke this time, and the two sides just glared at each other a few times.

There are still a few cases ahead, and Li Cong has finished the trial, and it is finally their turn.

Guo Hong and others were stopped outside, and only the plaintiff and defendant entered the hall.

Liu Yanniang endured her hatred and took Xiao Xuanji to kneel down and salute, and Yu Zhongde knelt on the other side.

Li Cong looked at the file, raised his head and said, "Yu Zhongde, what you told must have a result today, no matter how it is judged, you can't dwell on it, do you understand?" ”

Yu Zhongde said with a smile: "The Ming Mansion is right, if the house is returned to the Yu family, we will naturally not entangle Ah Liu (Liu Yanniang)." ”

Li Cong snorted and said: "In the pleading, it is said that Yu Chengzhao is not a child of the Yu family if he is not included in the family tree, but you sued last year, and the previous county magistrate has already broken the case, and it is written on the document that Yu Chengzhao has entered the household registration, what can you say?" ”

Yu Zhongde said: "Then please ask the Ming Mansion to transfer the document for verification, if he is indeed naturalized, I have nothing to say." ”

Li Cong's eyes froze, and he said to the messenger in the hall: "Go to Chuanyan to record the matter and get the household registration of the Yu family in Shengpingfang." ”

A messenger led a middle-aged official and brought the household registration to present.

Li Cong checked it and asked the middle-aged official: "Yan Lushi, why is this household registration so new?" ”

Yan Lushi bowed unhurriedly and said: "Back to the Ming Mansion, some of the household registrations in the county were not properly preserved, and they were damaged when the predecessor handed over, and these were rebuilt, and they were reported at the beginning of the year." ”

Li Cong thought for a while, there was indeed such a thing, and then he let go of the doubts in his heart and asked again: "The household registration of the Yu family has also been destroyed?" Why is there no name of Yu Chengzhao? ”

"Yes, the household registration is missing, and the names of Yu Chengzhao's family of three have not been found."

Li Cong pondered for a moment and said to Yu Zhongde: "Rebuilding after the household registration is defective, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes and omissions, and this case still needs to be verified, and the county will issue an official document to the former county order to ask the reason for the judgment of the case." ”

Yu Zhongde stopped doing it when he heard it, he spent a lot of money to let Yan Lu change his household registration, which couldn't stand up to scrutiny at all, so he shouted: "My ancestral hall genealogy does not have Yu Chengzhao's name, if the Ming Mansion still protects them, this clan will move Yu Chengzhao out of the ancestral cemetery!" ”

Liu Yanniang was also anxious when she heard this, and shouted: "The late husband has just been buried, if the grave is moved, it is really intolerable!" ”

Li Cong also frowned, and said to Yu Zhongde: "You are so mean, aren't you afraid that I will be condemned by the saints?" At that time, it will also affect Brother Ling's future! ”

Yu Zhongde was also startled when he heard it, this Li Cong seemed to be determined to help Liu Yanniang's mother and daughter, he wanted to say more, but he was pulled by the person next to him, and when he looked back, it was Li Jingchao, the son of Li Congzheng, the inner servant bureau, who pretended to be a member of the Yu clan and went to the court today.

Li Jingchao whispered to Yu Zhongde: "Cousin, there is Wang's concubine Ayun (Yun Xuansu) over there, Li County Ling and Wang Duo are chess friends, and they are clearly facing Ah Liu (Liu Yanniang), I will wait and go back first, and ask my cousin to come and tell him, if it really doesn't work, just look for the former county magistrate, just ask him to write a letter to say that he can't remember clearly." ”

The cousin in his mouth is the right god of the army, and Li Jingshi was sentenced.

This Li Jingshi was originally the same generation as Li Jingchao, but he was about the same age as his adoptive father Li Congzhen, Li Congzheng was a small official and did not dare to be long, so he surrendered himself to a generation and called Li Jingshi his younger brother, so Li Jingshi became Li Jingchao's cousin.

There is no blood relationship between the eunuch brothers, so this is also normal.

Li Jingchao's adoptive father married Yu Zhongde's second aunt, and the two were cousins, but Yun Xuansu did not find out.

Yu Zhongde listened to Li Jingchao's words, so he had to be irritable, bowed to Li Cong, and expressed his willingness to wait for the next opening.

When Liu Yanniang came down to the court, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Cong would be able to ask the reason for writing a letter.

As they walked out, two men came from the adjacent theater, a mother-in-law in front and a dwarf in the back.

The mother-in-law suddenly sighed when she saw Liu Yanniang, turned her head and asked the dwarf: "Zuo Kui, come and see, this lady is so good-looking, she really looks like the little lady who was lost in the Liu family in Nanling!" ”

Zuo Kui was also stunned when he saw Liu Yanniang, and said, "It's quite similar...... There are many people in the world who look alike, don't be joking. Lao Zuo chased three thousand miles back then, if it was really that slut, would he not be able to recognize it? ”

Cui's mother was still looking at Liu Yanniang, and she was a little at a loss.

At this time, Xiao Xuanji was held by Guo Hong, hiding behind everyone, and was not discovered for a while.

Zuo Kui said with a smile: "Okay, today is a good day for Shiro to get a household registration, don't do these things, go home quickly, Wailang (Du Mu) will definitely have a reward." ”

The two of them went to Wannian County to register for the newborn Du Shilang, and Du Mu's ex-wife Pei gave birth to two sons, the eldest son Cao Shi was thirteen years old, and the second son Zhu Ji was nine years old.

Pei's Huichang died in three years, Du Mu married Cui in the sixth year of Huichang as his successor, and gave birth to a son named Du Lan in the first year of Dazhong, and gave birth to another son named Du Xing this year (three years of Dazhong), the fourth among the boys.

The Li Tang royal family and the big family are all ranked separately by men and women, and only small families do not have a few people, so men and women are mixed.

Cui's mother is the nurse of the step-room Cui's family, and she hasn't seen Yan Niang much at the beginning, and more than three years have passed, so she really can't recognize it, so she has to suppress the doubts in her heart and leave with Zuo Kui.

Liu Yanniang's heart was pounding, and when she saw the two of them walking away, she sat down on the ground when her legs were weak, but fortunately, Yun Xuansu was quick to hold on to her hands.

Yu Zhongde's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he stepped forward and said, "I remember that Shen Zhao and Liu Niangzi are from Jiangnan, could it be that they eloped?" I don't know which family it was just now, but I must have recognized it. ”

Yu Zhongde's cousin Li Jingchao said: "I know that dwarf, he is a subordinate of Du Wailang, and he also came from Jiangnan. ”

Yu Zhongde said with a smile: "That's right, it seems that I have to go to Du Wailang's mansion when I go back, and I can't say that there will be a reward!" ”

Liu Yanniang was upset when she heard this, and Yun Xuansu shouted on the side: "Get out, make noise again, be careful of the dog's head!" ”

Yu Zhongde knew that he couldn't be provoked, so he didn't dare to respond, hehe sneered twice, and walked out of the yamen with his gang.

Guo Hong and the others left the county government and crossed the street, and saw a person standing on the side of the road, it was Zuo Kui.

He stopped Liu Yanniang and whispered, "Why isn't Shen Zhao here?" ”

Liu Yanniang said: "My husband just passed away. ”

She told what had happened, and Zuo Kui said angrily: "Back then, your husband and wife were also regarded as having the grace of not killing Lao Zuo, and went back to a certain family to slaughter Yu Zhongde and avenge Shen Zhao!" ”

Yun Xuansu said: "Here are all famous masters in the rivers and lakes, if it is not your turn to kill him, if Yu Zhongde is dead now, he will inevitably suspect Yan Niang, this matter is estimated to have been reported to the saint by the imperial history, and you can't act rashly." ”

Zuo Kui hated for a moment, and said: "Cheap this kid, and send his dog head, if the government does not punish the crime, when the limelight passes, Lao Zuo will never spare him!" ”

Liu Yanniang Wanfu said: "Thank you, Brother Zuo!" ”

Zuo Kui scratched the back of his head and said: "Mrs. Liu, don't be polite, there is another thing, Mother Cui was probably suspicious just now, I said that I want to eat and drink and let her go back first, I think I will report the matter of seeing Mrs. Niangzi today, so don't come to the county government for this period of time." ”

Yan Niang nodded.

Zuo Kui asked again: "What happened to those two children back then?" ”

Guo Hong came out and said, "I am that boy." He pulled out the little mystery from behind and said, "She's that girl." ”

Zuo Kui saw Xiao Xuanji, and took out a paper bag like a trick, which was a "see the wind and dissipate" oil cleaning cake, much like a small cake in later generations.

Xiao Xuanji stretched out his little hand to ask for it when he saw it, Zuo Kui teased the child very well, and after a while, he played very closely with the little girl.

They returned to Shengpingfang together, Zuo Kui left close to dusk, and told Yan Niang to move before leaving. If the Du family had asked about today's case through Wannian County, they would have been able to find out her address.

Liu Yanniang didn't know what to do when she heard this, Yun Xuansu comforted: "Don't you still have a few properties, let's change places to live first." ”

The Yu family was busy moving for the next two days, and the neighbor came to ask, and they replied that the surviving person was sick and wanted to leave the sad place to recuperate.

This day is the last time to carry luggage and other things, Liu Yanniang looked around the yard with the support of Hongrui, and remembered that she had lived here with Yu Chengzhao for two years, but now when she left, she was separated by heaven and man, and she cried again.

When they came out, Hongrui locked the hospital door, and was about to help Liu Yanniang get into the car, but Yu Zhongde, who was already watching from the sidelines, hurriedly stopped them.

At this time, Lu Zhizhen, Yun Xuansu and others were not there, and there were only Guo Hong, Cao Shouzhen and Xiao Xuanji next to them.

Cao Shouzhen held his sword in front of him, and Yu Zhongde shouted: "Ah Liu, listen to a word, otherwise you will go to Du Wailang's mansion, unless you move out of Chang'an, you will always be unable to leave!" ”

Liu Yanniang couldn't wait to let him die immediately, where would she listen, she turned around and was about to get into the car.

Yu Zhongde shouted: "Gu Er wronged me, I really didn't harm your husband!" ”

Liu Yanniang was stunned for a moment when she heard this, she was most concerned about who the enemy was, so she asked Yu Zhongde to come forward and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"I heard that someone took a fancy to Ah Liu's beauty and wanted to kill Yu Chengzhao!"

"Who's that man?"

"It's the official who came to be courteous after your husband's death!"

Liu Yanniang didn't believe it and said: "Don't spew blood, Zhang Wailang is a good person!" What credentials do you have? ”

"I ...... Without credentials, he will always circle around you, and he must have bad intentions,...... Besides, you can't wronged me, I really didn't harm your husband, otherwise the sky will thunder and you won't be able to die! ”

Liu Yanniang saw Yu Zhongde swearing, and she was suspicious in her heart, Yu Chengzhao had taken her to the painter's party to see Zhang Yanyuan, and this Zhang Wailang had indeed run too hard in the past two days.

Guo Hong saw that Yan Niang didn't speak, and Yu Zhongde was entangled again, so he asked on the side, "What do you want?" ”

Yu Zhongde salivated and said: "There are people in my palace, and I don't want to work on them, how about we settle the knot in private?" ”

Guo Hong groaned: "Okay, who do you know in the palace?" I'll cut it for you and send it over. ”

Yu Zhongde: ???

Yan Niang was still thinking about who had harmed her husband at this time, and she was upset, and she didn't want to entangle with him, so she wanted to agree.

Cao Shouzhen couldn't hold it anymore and kicked Yu Zhongde over.

Yu Zhongde played a scoundrel and said: "There is a kind of killing Lao Tzu now, I ask Li Du to come forward, and I will definitely let you wait for you to leave the house!" ”

Guo Hong said: "Don't be so troublesome, I'll let you clean up today." After speaking, he kicked Yu Zhongde in the lower abdomen, rolling him on the ground in pain.

Cao Shouzhen was beaten violently, and he didn't expect this scoundrel to be tough enough, so he refused to beg for mercy all the time, and shouted loudly: "Good, good, good fight, good fight!" ”

"Since you like to cheer so much, senior brother will work harder and let him shout a thousand hello today."

He was afraid that his fist would be too heavy, so he made a look, and Cao Shouzhen rode on Yu Zhongde and raised his fist to hit hard.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many idle people waiting on the street, Guo Hong really wanted to slap the scoundrel in front of him to death, he remembered what Li Feizhen said, if he killed someone, he could walk away, but it would inevitably affect Liu Yanniang and Senior Sister Xuanji.

Liu Yanniang was a little anxious on the side: "Don't fight, I'm going to die!" ”

Yu Zhongde was still shouting: "It's kind of killing me!" ”

At this time, Xue Fangzheng's voice came: "Beat hard, beat to death and throw it into the canal, and then you guys will leave!" ”

"I'd rather die...... Served! Yu Zhongde heard that Lian Fang Zheng was helping the other party, and he didn't dare to be stubborn.

Originally, I expected Fang Ding to see the stop, but now that Fang Zheng has spoken, his heart is suddenly cold.

He actually knew very well in his heart that rangers from other places could not be provoked, if Fang Ding didn't care, these people patted their butts and left, and they died in vain.

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Historical figures: Tang Xuanzong, Wen Zhang, Li Jingchao