The three people who won the battle were naturally complacent, and under the leadership of Shen Gui, the leader of the leader, they strode into the city gate of Julu County.

I don't know how far the two brothers, Qi Yan and Qi Hui, have investigated the light and dark situation in Julu County now; But if Shen Gui can attract some attention in the county hall, then it must also make Qi Yan's 'working environment' more relaxed, and his personal safety can also be guaranteed to a certain extent.

As for the four tooth men who were beaten and rolled all over the ground by Li Le'an...... Now several arresters who have also rushed to the scene after hearing the news have been half-dragged and half-dragged into Julu County......

However, Shen Gui, who was the first to walk in front of the team, naturally didn't have a 'back eye', nor did he see that the four arresters quickly turned around after escorting the 'suspects' into the city, and then disappeared completely......

It is true that this Julu County is indeed the sphere of influence of the Jin merchants, but at best, it is only slightly more prosperous than ordinary county seats. Compared with the Yamen of Yecheng, the usable area of this county yamen is not only proportionally reduced, but also only the front and back halls; As for the cross-courtyard between the east and west, a Qipinzhi County is still not qualified to build it. Of course, in addition to the eldest lord's entourage in this county, the remaining three classes of officials are all local villagers hired from the local area, and they themselves have houses, so they don't need such a large courtyard at all.

These three living Hades who had just 'triumphed' finally came to the county hall of Julu County under the 'escort' of the two city gate officials. Shen Gui saw the little official in charge of standing at the entrance of the yamen, his eyes were staring straight behind him...... If you don't look at it, Shen Gui also knows that this is him and the two 'colleagues' behind him, using his eyes to 'exchange information', but because of his current identity, he is still just an 'ordinary second ancestor', Shen Gui can only pretend that there is no clue, and walk directly into the hall of the mansion......

The reason why he did not beat the Dengwen drum was also because in this brawl, Shen Gui and the three were in the position of the defendant; And the plaintiff, that is, the four tooth men who disappeared without a trace, have disappeared without a trace at this time. And after the two city gate officials explained to the two people outside the hall, they returned to the city gate with a smile......

As soon as the two of them left, the little official standing in the hall walked up to Shen Gui and said with an impatient expression:

"Looking at your clothes, you should all be children of big families, and you are like a son who has read books, all of them are decent people! How could they fight with those people outside the city gates for no reason? You must know that according to the law of our Beiyan Imperial Court, anyone who gathers a crowd to provoke or fight for no reason will be sentenced to a fine of 100 taels of silver, and then beaten with 20 boards and detained for seven days. In my opinion, the three of you are delicate and noble people, and you will definitely not be able to endure that suffering! ”

After scaring them, the station official looked around in a mysterious way, then took two steps closer and whispered to Shen Gui:

"But it's not a big deal, and there's still some discussion...... Recently, the body of the boss in our house has been very comfortable, and you don't need to trouble his old man to deal with this trivial matter. I am the same township as the criminal master of our county government, and I can talk to each other on weekdays. In my opinion, we might as well be like this, there are three of you in total, take out six hundred taels of silver and hand it over to me to do some work up and down, so what about this file, even if you beat me, it will be gone! With this silver, I will go and help you to dredge as much as possible; As for the master, I also have an explanation...... These six hundred taels of silver must be a huge amount of money for ordinary people; But for the three of them, isn't it just enough to buy a new set of clothes? ”

After listening to his 'good words', Shen Gui felt a little funny in his heart: It seems that this person really regards himself as Young Master Kuo! There has never been such a serious precedent for the crime of brawling for no reason! As long as there are no deaths and no cripples, the big deal is to let the county magistrate give him a lecture and then punish him with a few taels of silver; Now that this person is a lion with a big mouth, he actually drew out a 'Tao' of six hundred taels of silver, obviously thinking about slaughtering fat sheep and eating big households! As the so-called Hades is aggressive, the imps are difficult; It seems that his 'high profile' did annoy the two city gate officials...... This hasn't even been done with a bag of cigarettes, and it was immediately retaliated against by the other party!

"Hmm...... It's not a lot of silver, it's only six hundred taels... However, no matter how much the fine is, everything must be said first! Don't say it's six hundred taels of silver, even if it's six thousand taels or sixty thousand taels, as long as the county magistrate can sentence me to be speechless, even if I cut off my head, we will never say anything! But if you look at the entire county hall, what else is there besides the three of us? Litigation and litigation, I don't even know where the plaintiff is now, who are we fighting with? Besides, taking a step back, you are just the identity of a soap officer, even if there is really any way to 'dredge', I have to discuss it with the criminal master of your county government in person, right? To put it mildly, have you ever seen with your own eyes how high the six hundred taels of silver are stacked together? Don't think about it, a person of your status, I don't have a chance to see it in my life......"

Although Shen Gui's words didn't sound very 'sensible', he did say so. In the public gate of the Northern Yan Dynasty, no matter what big or small things, there is an agreed 'official guide price'. For example, in a life lawsuit, no matter what the facts are, if you want to save a life, you can buy a judgment of 'manslaughter', and the market price is 500 taels of silver; If you buy a 'insufficient evidence and release it in court', depending on the difficulty of the case, the starting price starts at 1,000 taels of silver, and vice versa, and there is no second price;

In other words, if both parties to the lawsuit are rich people who have no shortage of money in their hands, then the trial process of the case will become an auction in which both parties will participate; The final result is also based on the highest price. I don't know if the way this kind of case is tried can be regarded as 'fair' in another sense?

But because of the brawl of this sesame mung bean, he, a small watchman, dared to offer a sky-high price of 600 taels, obviously not taking his disguised identity as a 'son of an official family' as a thing! Like him, the behavior of holding two families with one hand and 'protecting the media and pulling fiber' is the housekeeping skill used to earn 'pocket money' in the big and small yastries in Beijing! Even the ups and downs of the guide price are all calculated by those 'pit daddy goods' who are hand-eyed!

However, such a 'high-level' confidential matter is obviously not something that he can know as a little soapman from a ruffian!

And when this person saw that Shen Gui didn't understand the 'sophistication of human feelings', his face immediately became 'sour':

"People say, 'If you are in the public gate, you must be good at cultivating virtue', but it is useless for me to have a good heart, this good word is hard to persuade the damned ghost! Since you like to take your ladies to fight lawsuits, young master, let's stay here for a while......"

After finishing speaking, the station official flicked his sleeves and walked angrily to the direction of the back hall of the yamen...... It didn't take long for a county magistrate in his fifties to hold the black gauze hat in his hand and walk to his chair and sit down.

With a flick of the startled wood in his hand, there was a loud 'snap', and the old man looked fixedly...... Ooh! These three 'land scoundrels' in the hall have all given birth to a good look! Although they are all young, they can still have such a calm bearing when they are standing on top of their county government halls, which is definitely not a little boy in an ordinary rich businessman......

"Dare to distract the people! Why don't you kneel when you see this official! Aren't you despising my county court? Someone's coming......"

"Wait! If you go back to the adult, the 'student' has the fame of Xiucai, so according to the law of the Northern Yan Imperial Court, you don't need to kneel when you see the boss! ”

As soon as this old man saw Shen Gui's appearance and conversation, he no longer doubted his talent status. In fact, how did he know, although this Shen Xiaoye had also read a few books, he was just a white man now; Even if he was awarded the title of 'Zhongshan Wangjue' in his hometown in Youbei, it was just a martial arts reward for his immortal military exploits......

And the reason why this big man believes that Shen Gui has a talent and fame is actually another hidden secret.

In recent years, the Northern Yan Dynasty has been full of swords, and the treasury has become increasingly empty, and it has already reached an embarrassing situation where it cannot make ends meet. Therefore, the leader of the Northern Yan Shaozhuang faction, Wang Fang, the prime minister of Zuo, proposed a rather constructive solution. The method he gave Zhou Yuanqing is also very simple to say - the imperial court officially sells the identity of a 'scholar' to the people!

Of course, Wang Zuocheng's intention is not to turn the imperial examination held every three years into a vigorous 'Yanjing Spring Auction'. According to his idea, the imperial court can only sell the identity of 'Xiucai', and it must add an additional word 'donation' before spending money to buy Xiucai.

According to the official listing price: donate the identity of the class Xiucai, worth 500 taels of silver.

As for buying back this identity, what can be done? Actually, it's a bit ridiculous...... Such an identity, except that you can see officials without kneeling and being called "Xianggong", has no benefit at all; and if you choose to pay money and donate back the identity of a showman, then this person will have no chance to take the imperial examination officially held by the Northern Yan Imperial Court in his life!

Five hundred taels of silver, only bought a social status, is it worth it? Anyway, for those lowly businessmen, the five hundred taels of silver is simply worth the money!

But well...... No matter how carefully Wang Zuocheng originally proposed a strategy to collect money, as long as it is something that needs people to handle it, it will definitely not be implemented 100%!

For example, the county magistrate of Julu County in front of Shen Gui is actually from a 'donation class'! And this county lady originally ran an oil mill at home. And the seven-grade official body he bought took the door of the Ministry of Rites.

Four years ago, the location of Qipinzhi County in Julu County was sold for 128,000 taels of silver. If you follow the old saying, 'three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', which is the 'standard of greedy ink', this is a complete loss-making transaction......