Yang Sutian looked at Shi Qi, it really made sense at a young age, he re-ascended to the hall and brought Lu Yuanwai to the front of the hall, Yang Sutian still didn't show him a seat, and asked: "Lu Yuanwai, your housekeeper was here just now, and there was no torture in order to give you dignity, I know that you are the elder of Lord Ouyang, but Lord Ouyang himself does not dare to break the law." You have to be clear, Ouyang Xiangye asked me to come to his son's jurisdiction because he was not very at ease with Ouyang Yanzhao, he could let his son go, he was really guilty, would he let you go? Are you willing to be a witness to Lord Ouyang's integrity? Think about it, you won't personally harm Jiang Woman's man, if you know anything, let me give an explanation to the local people and Jiang Wenzhi, I will let you go. ”

Lu Yuanwai looked to the side, he had thought about it just now, he really didn't dare to touch him, he wouldn't take him, no need to say, to such a ground, a few days later, Lord Yang should have understood the situation, Lu Yuanwai said: "Lord Yang, as long as the villain knows, you can say it, but the small thing of killing people and setting fire to the head is not daring to do, since you know, no matter which one of the small mansions is involved, you will never interfere with the adult's case. ”

Yang Sutian was relieved when he saw him, and asked, "How much do you know about your Steward Li drowning a woman and a man surnamed Jiang?" Where is her little daughter now, do you know about it? Lu Yuanwai said: "The little ones also asked them after hearing about it, but they probably didn't tell me the truth in order to protect me." As for her daughter, I think Steward Li should also know, you can ask them, I will rearrange the housekeeper when I go back, their affairs have nothing to do with the house, the master can rest assured that the case will be handled, and Lord Ouyang will not report it. Yang Sutian thought about it and said: "I can't let you go back for the time being, if you are free, it will be difficult for Steward Li's mouth to pry open, and you must also understand the difficulties of your own officials." Of course, Lu Yuanwai had to agree, and Lord Yang instructed the jailer to wait for Lu Yuanwai well and not let him be wronged inside.

Lord Yang brought out the old and young housekeepers, and at the same time, in front of them, he shouted to the servants to take Lu Yuanwai into prison. Yang Sutian asked the former housekeeper Li: "Li Fangshui, your boss has already told the official about you, hurry up and recruit it, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin, or let your boss come out to testify, he just asked you to find a way, and did not ask you to harm his life." Yang Sutian's words were extremely speculative, but they really pointed to Li Fangshui's death hole, he said: "Yes, he is asking us to find a way, he is the master, what he wants is the result, he did not stipulate what method cannot be used." It's been a few years since this incident, and he asked the little one the same as the adult after the incident, but it's hard to admit what we haven't done, it may just be a coincidence, the adult is an upright official, and he is not afraid of Lord Ouyang, so that the little one admires. ”

Yang Sutian had already found that they had a flaw in answering the question because of panic, and Lord Yang said: "I know, you can't let you open your mouth without punishment, just now your master was like this, flogging him thirty times, he confessed everything, and you still don't confess?" There is no place to go back, and your master has already thought of a successor to the butler, and he has one thing in common with you, that is: he really does not know what happened to him, and it is your own decision.

Then Lord Yang ordered them to be flogged forty times each, and the disability was not reduced, seeing that the pain of flesh and skin must be suffered, and after suffering, he also said that Steward Xiao Li had not suffered hardship, he looked at his uncle and said: "My lord, the little one is willing to say, I didn't do this, my uncle took me there, I just saw it from a distance, and I didn't participate." He was anxious to make the problem clear, he saw that Lu Yuanwai did not go back, and said that the matter of changing the housekeeper must not be determined now, if he can go out now, the position should be kept, and someone must suffer, so why bother the two together?

Yang Sutian asked: "Then you can tell the events of the day in detail, but don't omit anything." After looking at his uncle, Steward Xiao Li told Lord Yang that it was a rainy afternoon, and he and his uncle only brought one person to the pond, knowing in advance that Jiang Wenzhi's man had passed, and then Li Fangshui came to the man in the rain and asked him and another subordinate not to come close. I don't know what Li Fangshui said to that person, in short, the rain was too loud, he didn't hear the sound of falling water, only saw his uncle walking towards him calmly, handed the family a stick, let him stay by the water, and if he couldn't see anyone out of the water after two hours, let him go back. Steward Xiao Li then went back with Li Fangshui first, and later after the family went back, Li Fangshui sent him away, as for where to go, Steward Xiao Li didn't know.

Li Fangshui looked at his nephew, the confession he had made when he came could no longer work, yes, after giving him up, his nephew could be a housekeeper alone without a little pressure, unlike now, he Li Fangshui would sometimes interfere in his work. Li Fangshui sighed and said, "Lord Yang, you also heard it, I handed my family a stick before leaving, but I can't think that Jiang Wenzhi's man didn't fall into the water by himself, I pushed it down." Now, my nephew and Lu Yuanwai all think that I am a murderer, I don't admit it, I can't do it, I don't want to be tortured again before I die, my legs and feet are not working, and I also let your people be destroyed last time in the house, you are an official, you have a holy decree, you can kill if you want, and I don't want to suffer any more living crimes. ”

Hearing him say that his hand was also injured by Shi Qi, and it was in his house, Lord Yang thought he had heard it wrong, but he didn't want to ask Li Fangshui to sign and draw it. Li Fangshui looked at Steward Xiao Li and said: "Don't go my way, the master will always be the master, and the subordinate will always be the subordinate, if you still have a conscience, take care of your cousins in my family." Steward Xiao Li didn't look at his uncle, and he heard it. After Yang Sutian imprisoned Li Fangshui, he asked about the whereabouts of Xiao Li's housekeeper Jiang Wenzhi's daughter, and Xiao Li's housekeeper directly told Li Sutian that because Jiang Qingyan was handsome, Lu Yuanwai gave her to Lord Ouyang Yanzhao, and later heard that the level of singing and dancing was high, and she may have been sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Yang Sutian thought that Jiang Wenzhi's case had finally come to light, so he called Lu Yuanwai out and asked: "Now, Li Fangshui has admitted the process of drowning, Jiang Wenzhi's land and pond were sold to your family, but she has no life now, you are a rich man, you want to share the worries of the society, is there a good way for them to return to normal life?" Lu Yuanwai said: "I heard that the woman surnamed Jiang is good-looking, isn't she living with an old bachelor in Zhenxi?" If the adults tell them, the little ones can do as they are told. ”

Yang Sutian didn't want Jiang Shangyun's daughter to live a life without dignity, he thought for a while and said, "Can you agree to redeem the land at the original price?" Lu Yuanwai said: "Since the land came into our hands, there have been several unfortunate incidents in the family, as long as she agrees with us to use water normally, I am willing to return the land to her at the original price, but she may not be able to afford this money now." Yang Sutian said: "As long as you agree to sell, she has a way to make money, Lord Ouyang has devoted his life to reform and benefit the people, as a big family, you can't ruin the reputation of the old man." ”

After Shi Qi listened to Lord Yang's process of judging the case, he asked, "Does Lord Yang want to help her about money?" Why are you so enthusiastic about the Jiang family? Lord Yang asked, "Li Fangshui, it's the old housekeeper who said that the hand broke my people, what's going on?" You didn't bring anyone with you, why did you get such accurate information? Shi Qi thought for a while and said: "I did a little trick in their house, otherwise I wouldn't be able to complete the task assigned by the adult, this is a secret, I can't say it, he thought it was the little ghost who asked for his life, I know his fear, he did something wrong, his heart is not steady, someone pretends to be a ghost, he will believe it." ”

Lord Yang was extremely satisfied with his work, and that night, he and several assistants around him had a celebratory drink, and at the same time arranged for Shi Qi to inspect Jiang Qingle's academic situation. Shi Qi asked, "How many years have you been reading before?" Why is the surname Jiang not your father's surname? Jiang Qingle said: "Book, I have been reading, and my mother's consent to live with the current man is also conditional, that is, I must ensure that I have books to read, and my surname is insisted on by my mother." She told my dad that once we found her mother's family, my sister and I could change our surnames, but unfortunately, if there was a real chance in the future, my dad wouldn't be able to see it. Shi Qi thought of what he had heard, his mother was willing to marry Master Shi, and she was not with Niu Lixin, and it was the same reason: to ensure that he had books to read.

Yang Sutian used his own money to help Jiang Wenzhi pay for the redemption of the land, he told Jiang Wenzhi: "Your father used to be the prefect, you can't fall, you still have three brothers, but they are lost, you should still be able to find them, you guard your own fields, don't deal with the old man in the west of the town anymore." Of course, if you want, if he is really good to you, I have no objection, and when I go out on an errand, I will pay attention to the situation of your family, but don't let me find you again. Jiang Wenzhi was speechless in tears, and it took a long time to remember to kowtow, Yang Sutian helped her up, and she said, "How can I fall in love with that person?" Just to survive, for my son to have a hot food to eat, money to study, I will guard the land, before, when I came out of the house, I told my younger brother that no matter what, as long as possible, he must go to the old house to guard. ”

Of course, Shi Qi knew that they were in the old mansion and had a tavern, but when he thought of Jiang Xianglian who betrayed him, he didn't want to say anything. Because Ouyang Yanzhao knew Yang Sutian's work style in advance and also understood Ouyang Ximu's intentions, Yang Sutian handled some cases that had been delayed for a long time in some places, and did not find that Ouyang Yanzhao had interfered in his case, nor did he find that there was more chaos in the area under his rule. It's just that Yang Sutian doesn't understand that the area managed by Ouyang Yanzhao has no signs of his father's change at all, and in other places, he has hardly implemented his father's change.

Thinking that Jiang Shangyun broke away from his official position many years ago because he couldn't implement Ouyang Ximu's policy well, at that time, Lord Ouyang wanted to cut him, but more than ten years later, his own son was implementing a completely different routine from him. Yang Sutian didn't believe what he saw, and he took a deeper look at it, it was indeed not Ouyang Yanzhao's policy that changed the tone below, but he himself really didn't implement Ouyang Ximu's changes. Yang Sutian couldn't figure out why Ouyang Ximu couldn't find his own son when he implemented his new law so hard?

Yang Sutian inspected for half a year, time passed so fast, he didn't visit the whereabouts of the rest of the Jiang family, because he didn't go to the old mansion of the Jiang family in Qingshi Town, and the front peak he sent didn't find much public resentment there. According to the requirements of the holy decree, Yang Sutian returned to the capital, he did not go to the emperor first as usual, but went to Ouyang Ximu's mansion to resume his life, because he also received the will here at the beginning.

Yang Sutian reported in detail to Lord Ouyang on his trip, and did not specifically mention the case of dealing with Jiang Shangyun's daughter. Ouyang Ximu was quite satisfied with the work of his trip, he may have already known some details he was willing to hear in advance, Ouyang Ximu said: "Lord Yang, it's hard work, but I also have a surprise for you, you may have remembered to accompany you two girls when you rested in this mansion for a few days last time?" Unexpectedly, at the end of the treasure knife, the old tree sprouted. He smiled mysteriously at Yang Sutian, Yang Sutian was confused, after a while, he seemed to react, if now he said that he had never touched those two girls, with Lord Ouyang's existing family law, their lives would not survive tonight.

Ouyang Ximu continued after Yang Sutian was stunned for a while: "I asked the housekeeper to help you take care of it, your Lord Yang is my old friend, the woman you have met can't let her have an affair with another man, don't worry, the rules of the house are big, you just wait to be a father again." Yang Sutian smiled innocently, he raised his glass, thanking Lord Ouyang for giving him another chance to come out and have a look, and also thanked him for giving him another chance to serve the country.

When he arrived in the backyard, Shi Qi, who was reading a book, found that Lord Yang was not very happy when he came back, and he asked tentatively, "What?" Xiang Ye is not satisfied with your approach at this stage? Yang Sutian looked at it and said, "You are still young and don't understand, but it's okay to tell you." Remember the last time you stayed here, those two women? You were a child, and you were out there at the time, and I let them come out to sleep, and I didn't ask anyone to accompany you, but one of them actually had a child, and said it was mine. Houmen is as deep as the sea, nothing is true, anything can happen, if I don't admit it, they can only let the sticks beat to death. ”

Shi Qi's heart tightened after hearing this, he already understood the personnel, and he asked: "If you accompany them, will you let them conceive children?" They came out to sleep next to me, could it be because of me? Yang Sutian looked at him, he hadn't grown taller yet, but he looked like an adult, and said with a smile: "You are still a child, there will be no problems with you, but it may not be necessary in the future, and you will naturally know when the time comes." ”