Liu Tong was a little surprised, according to his own thoughts, such a big official as himself, was praised by the senior brothers in Jiangnan for his prestige, as long as this elder didn't seem to know anything, could it be because he didn't know how to write and ink, so he didn't know his hints at all?

Li Xiangqian didn't know what he was thinking, and said: "Our policy is consistent, we will never wronged a good person, and we will never let go of a bad person. ”

Liu Tong was surprised: "Still want to be tried? ”

Li Xiangqian nodded and said: "What are you waiting for without trial, you have to have a good trial to prove the innocence of these Portuguese nobles, don't you read the newspaper." ”

After speaking, Li Xiangqian took out a newspaper and said: "Look at the public opinion in this imperial capital, what has become of it, all kinds of rumors are scattered, what Portuguese soldiers are about to crush the border, and what Jiangnan gentry are determined to open the country and welcome foreign adults into China, because the unity between China and foreign countries is greater than the sky, the earth, and the boring earth." ”

Liu Tong took the "Di Bao" curiously, it was good not to read it, but after reading it, his face was full of doubts, and he said: "How can this be!" ”

I saw that this newspaper was beautifully printed and the handwriting was clear, but the words inside were unsightly, the masthead was printed with three big characters, "The Sun", the front page inside, there were many contents written at length, basically the so-called foreigners' lace news, what they couldn't bend their knees, their body odor was naturally unpleasant, of course, on other pages, there were a lot of yellow tunes.

Liu Tong was a little excited, and said: "I have always known that the people of this imperial capital are simple, but I didn't expect that there would be so many obscene words!" ”

Li Xiangqian said slowly: "It's nothing more than money, with money, there is an idle citizen class, so I naturally like to watch it." ”

Yes, even by the standards of the 21st century, the Sun can be called the top of the three vulgarities, that is, the extreme of vulgarity, vulgarity, and kitsch, but these things are definitely very reasonable existences, and for people in the 21st century, they are indispensable good things, and they are the best way to vent their voyeuristic desires.

Liu Tong looked sweating, not only was it very yellow and violent, but also insinuated to tell a lot of filthy things about the Jiangnan gentry, and yelled at Li Xiangqian: "Elder Li, who wrote the newspaper of the palace, actually chasing the wind and talking about the scholars, why don't you arrest them." ”

Li Xiangqian thought about it, what is it to grab his right hand with his left hand, but he still said: "I don't read much, isn't there a saying, what is the mouth of the people?" ”

Liu Tong seemed to be very impatient, but he also said with a sense of superiority: "The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan!" Then he realized that this elder did not understand the deep meaning of this sentence, but deliberately said half of it and guided himself to say it.

"That's right, how can you block the mouths of the people, this is not right, as for the common people can not pay taxes for the scholars in Jiangnan, and the salt merchants in Jiangnan do not pay taxes, what kind of attitude is it, can we manage it?"

Liu Tong remembered the advice of the salt merchant before he came, these scholars were infiltrated very deeply by the salt merchants, and the relationship was very deep, and it was difficult to prevent the embankment, but they also immediately rebounded: "This elder, you can't say that, this Jiangnan businessman maintains half of the wall, and the Jiangnan is already miserable, if the elders still have to compete with the people for profit, I am afraid that this Jiangnan will inevitably provoke a civil uprising, the merchants will strike the market, and the people will suffer." ”

Just a few tricks back and forth, Li Xiangqian thought for a while and said, "You mean, no one else is allowed to speak, only you are allowed to speak?" ”

Liu Tong looked at Li Xiangpi's smiling appearance, and he was also secretly frightened, and said: "This doesn't have to be like this, this elder, our original intention is definitely not like this, it's just that it is just listening, the people are already ignorant, and they still need to be educated." ”

Li Xiangqian pursed his lips and said: "I gave you the Donglin Party to educate you, and it has also been educated for hundreds of years, I think it is still that virtue, you said that you will be educated for a few hundred years, is China still this virtue?" ”

Liu Tong was about to speak, Li Xiangqian suddenly waved his hand and said: "We still adhere to the values of feudalism, what kind of freedom of speech, under the permission of the law, there will still be, so, if you want to say anything, you can also go to the newspaper, propaganda salt merchants do not pay taxes is reasonable, well, of course, the printing press costs money to buy, anyway, the salt merchants in Jiangnan have money, and they are not afraid of not being able to afford it." ”

Liu Tong laughed miserably and said: "The elder is only afraid that he has misunderstood us, but we are still very sympathetic to the small people. ”

Li Xiangqian smiled, in the past two years, the order in the Jiangnan region may have been restored, but because there is no central authority, it is equivalent to no person in charge, so a feast began, and many victims have fled from Jiangnan, because these Confucian students are doing more and more excessively, so that they can not survive, the so-called reduction of land rent, in fact, is more because they take back a large amount of land and hire people to plant various cash crops.

While he was talking, a doorman from the Imperial Capital City Government suddenly ran over and said, "Elder Li, yes, someone turned himself in. ”

"Turn yourself in?" Li Xiangqian was a little surprised, he didn't arrange such a bridge.

"That kind of evidence is conclusive, if you can find someone who is willing to die for John Farrell, it is also powerful."

"Bring it in."

Different from the life of a rotten person who mixes his life into taking the blame for others, the person who came in was actually a young girl who was not very old, and he didn't look like a person who would do this, Li Xiangqian asked: "Who are you and why did you come here...... Surrender. ”

But the girl said, "I came to hear that my brother had died." ”

"The deceased is your brother, what are you still kneeling for, get up quickly, well, you have been wronged, we are in charge for you."

The girl lowered her head, stood up, and said, "Please let the elder let go of the matter, my brother is a wanderer in the market, and he often does this kind of thing for people, before me, occasionally...... Occasionally, I heard that he planned to fight with people, deliberately injured himself, and defrauded money, but he didn't expect that what happened today. ”

Li Xiangqian's eyes turned cold, looked at the little girl, and said, "I see, you are really a good sister." ”

Originally, according to his own thoughts, he didn't have to work too hard to investigate, the bitter lord came, naturally the elders would be in charge, and there were countless witnesses to help, at least he could get a sum of money, and he could also see the death of the enemy, which was human nature.

Seeing that the woman's head was lower and she didn't dare to speak, Li Xiangqian smiled and said, "So, don't you have a good relationship with your brother, and you also entertain him like this after his death?" ”

The woman trembled and said: "This uncle, the slave family is a woman who doesn't know the world, I only know that since my brother has entered that kind of place, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious, but if he harms someone, his sin will be deep." ”

Li Xiangqian stretched his brows, watching the woman speak, but word by word, without emotion, as if she was reciting words, she already had a bottom in her heart, looked at Liu Tong, who had been staring at her, and was not discouraged, and said: "Interesting." ”

Liu Tong kept looking at him, and when he saw it, he immediately said: "Elder, look, since the truth has been revealed, it is better to let Sir John go like this." ”

Li Xiangqian smiled and said, "Why do you want to interrogate?" ”

Liu Tong looked like he was thinking about you, like an insurance seller, and said: "Elder, you have to look at the long term, this foreigner has admired my Heavenly Empire for a long time, and he can't wait to bathe in my brilliance, but if the matter is made big, the countries of the Western Regions think that our country is a state without etiquette, and even such a lowly person can drag the noble knight to court, then where is the prestige of our country and where is the morality." ”

"Reasonable, reasonable."

Liu Tong opened his mouth and laughed: "I said it, it's all my own family, the family doesn't speak two words, and when the knight comes out, I have to invite the elders back, and then ......."

Li Xiangqian said: "I will try this case well, and I will try it clearly." ”

Liu Tong's face changed, he looked at Li Xiangqian and waved his hand, and said, "Take the people away first." ”

He looked at Liu Tong, who seemed to be dissatisfied, and said: "I wonder, obviously they are the descendants of a group of barbarians in the Western Regions, who killed all the Romans in the real civilized country, and these Anglo barbarians are now shaking up and becoming civilized people, do you know how many bad things they did and how many people they killed along the way before they arrived in the country?" Civilization? ”

Li Xiangqian is already very unkind, these potential enemies, the tricks are getting more and more obscene.

Liu Tong was a little difficult to accept, but he didn't dare to carry it with Li Xiangqian, but said: "It is the style of a gentleman to be in a hurry." ”

Li Xiangqian shook his head, and naturally someone left with the little woman.

She was ignorant, and was taken to a large courtyard, where there were very few people, and everyone was unsmiling, solemn, with a straight face, and even felt that the air around her was cold.

She shuddered, and was dragged into the house, where the young policeman said something to a shriveled old man, who looked at her and turned away.

After a while, the little policeman continued to lead her to a hut, and the more she walked, the more cold she felt, and she was still wearing autumn clothes outside, in fact, a somewhat shabby single gown, but she was shivering, but she was still strong.

In the end, she was pushed into the hut, and inside the hut, there was an iron bed, covered with a white cloth, and under the white cloth, there seemed to be something, and Xiaomei immediately knew what it was, who it was!

She trembled her hands and looked at the white cloth, but she never had the courage to uncover it, her whole body had been frozen for a long time, and she almost lost consciousness, and she was hanging there.

"Whether you can see it or not, this is the last inside, and when the case is closed, you won't be able to see it."

Suddenly a voice came from behind, Xiaomei was startled, turned her head, and saw that it was the adult, but she didn't scream, but knelt on the ground, trembling and kowtowing there.

Li Xiangqian looked at her and said, "You get up." ”

Xiaomei refused to get up, he was so exhausted, and waited until a while before he slowly stood up, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Li Xiangqian looked at Silly Qiang who was lying there, and sighed: "You claim to be his sister, but why is Silly Qiang's own registered information an orphan." ”

Xiaomei glanced up, there was no squeak, and after a while, she watched Li Xiangqian staring at her, so she had to say, "Brother is for Xiaomei's good." ”

"Oh, why." Li Qianqian walked through the path.

"Xiaomei, Xiaomei's family is not good, my mother fought hard to get beaten, I was born outside, begged someone to take me to the countryside, and it has nothing to do with the family, so I have a head."

Li Qianqian nodded, this is understandable.

There is a very bad thing in the Ming Dynasty, the household, that is, you are a military household, that is, a soldier for generations, a craftsman, and a generation of iron, of course, these professions are very miserable, but how is it not as miserable as Lehu, this Lehu, that is, was beaten into a lowly status, and the generation is a woman who has lost her footing, in other words, paid attendants, as long as people with a clear head, know the low status of such a person.

In history, the descendants of our saints, a certain Yan Shenggong, were taken down because they had made too much trouble and too many times, and the paper could not contain the fire, of course, even if it was taken, the descendants of the people were still Yan Shenggong.

The previous information, the reason why those scholars were full of discrimination against Silly Qiang was because of Silly Qiang's Lehu background.

Li Xiangqian sighed and said: "Then your parents are really good to you, and your brother is also good to you, what we can find out is that the house you live in is rented by him, and the quarterly rent is not cheap, and he also bought you a sewing machine to make clothes at home, so you can already make a living." ”

Xiaomei said: "Yes. ”

Li Xiangqian sighed and said, "Then why did you betray your brother, he was beaten to death, don't you avenge him, your last relative." ”

"Yes."

"Why, say it."

Xiaomei squirmed for a long time before she said slowly: "I don't know our suffering, I went to the yamen the day before yesterday and wanted to say that it was my brother, and I wanted to give him a funeral and send him to the end, but there was an uncle who was very unkind to me, and said that the person who killed my brother had a high status, how could he use his life to compensate for my brother's life, if not, it would implicate me." ”

Li Xiangqian smiled, as if he had already calculated: "It's just coercion, isn't there any temptation?" ”

Xiaomei's face turned red and said: "I didn't agree, but I couldn't stand the man who said that I could give my brother a big funeral, ask the monks and Taoists in the city to recite the scriptures, and help him reach Bliss as soon as possible, I reluctantly agreed, what he said is, you have to forgive people and forgive people, and repay grievances with virtue, is, the true color of China, we people are already low, if you can exchange your lives for the kindness of foreigners, it is the ancestors who accumulate virtue." ”