Wei Bao hesitated, but still put on the jade pendant.

He was tempted to return to his heart, and he also had an account in his heart, promising to return the Wu family 120,000 taels of gold, no matter how valuable this jade pendant was, it would not exceed the value of 120,000 taels of gold.

What does 120,000 taels of gold mean in these troubled times? It means a lot of power!

If you rebel with so much gold, you can pull up a team of more than 100,000 horses in an instant!

Therefore, Wei Bao tried his best to see this as a call, so that he could calm his heart and not feel indebted to Wu Xuexia.

The hug just now made Wei Bao's feelings for Wu Xuexia heat up rapidly, but he still vaguely rejected a girl with a family background like Wu Xuexia, a girl with this kind of character.

Wei Bao doesn't like girls who are too domineering and too strong.

In other words, Wei Bao still can't get rid of the inferiority complex from a modern eagle silk, and feels that he can't suppress a super horse like Wu Xuexia.

It's not good, if he is really with Wu Xuexia, he may even become Wu Xuexia's vassal.

That's not the life Wei Bao wants.

"That's it! It's settled now! Wu Sanfu laughed comfortably, extremely cheerful. Although he was reluctant to give up such a valuable jade pendant, after Wei Bao put on the jade pendant, he was relieved, and felt that the marriage between Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia was ironclad!

Wu Xuexia did not hang her head when she was shy, like ordinary girls, but seemed to look at Wei Bao very calmly and rationally, with a little affection in her eyes, but it was more of a scrutiny, a kind of rationality that did not belong to girls of this age, as if she didn't want to miss any of Wei Bao's subtle expressions.

Wei Bao was a little embarrassed by Wu Xuexia, and smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm too anxious to take the jade pendant from you, I'm afraid that I will break such a valuable treasure." ”

"A person's heart and the future of his life are incomparable to any treasure." Wu Xuexia pointed out.

Wei Bao blushed and nodded, secretly thinking, it was originally fishing, and it was not okay to let Wu Xuexia take the initiative to propose that he was not a person, so as to dissolve the knot caused by Wu Sanfu forcibly letting him sleep with Wu Xuexia before, but now it seems that the entire knot is completely locked?

Wu Xuexia, what does this mean? Completely surrendered your heart to yourself? Do you think you're the one she's going to trust for the rest of her life?

Wei Bao knew that the concept of chastity of ancient women was extremely important, and once it was determined, the vast majority of people would abide by it until death.

Suddenly felt that the emotions were so heavy, Wei Bao was secretly wary of himself, why was he so prodigal? Anyone is going to provoke.

Until now, Wei Bao still feels that being with Wu Xuexia doesn't seem to be a good thing, this girl is too strong, she will turn her face when she says it, not to mention the pressure of dating her, and she may step on the thunder and die at any time.

What to do?

Wei Bao felt a little dry, thinking about Wu Xuexia's beautiful figure, delicate face, and rich family background, but also didn't want her arrogant, her father's, and her brother's high and tall, and no one in her eyes.

"I received such a valuable gift from Miss Wu! I also returned the 180,000 taels of gold! Wei Bao said with a lot of determination. Although this great determination was only a decision he made in a few seconds, what this sky-high wealth meant, especially what it meant in this troubled world, Wei Bao knew better than anyone else, but he did not hesitate.

Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu both looked at Wei Bao in surprise, they never imagined that Wei Bao, who had so decisively rejected Wu Sanfu's request to return another 180,000 taels of gold just now, would change his mind so quickly.

Wu Sanfu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Xiaobao, that's right, money is something outside the body, you have my sister, it is the best gift from God, what do you care about hundreds of thousands of taels of gold?" As long as Weijiazhuang can do business normally, I believe that with Xiaobao's talent, it is possible to earn one or two thousand gold a year, and it will not take ten years to earn it back with your own ability. ”

Wei Bao corrected Wu Sanfu and said: "I took out this 180,000 taels of gold, not because I wanted to please Zu Dashou, nor to please Ling Zun, I really don't want to owe Miss Wu such a heavy favor!" ”

"Wei Gongzi, if that's the case, I'd rather you don't pay back the 180,000 taels of gold, you still follow the preface, just return my family's 120,000 taels of gold, I don't want to make it like an exchange." Wu Xuexia said.

"No, this is by no means an exchange, if it is, I don't care how much gold your family bought back this expensive jade pendant. But now the world is not good, except for the price of grain, cloth, gold and silver, the price of other things has plummeted. Wei Bao said bluntly: "No matter how much you cherish this jade pendant, it is just a plaything in troubled times." It will only be precious if it is valued as valuable. In my heart, not to mention 180,000 taels of gold, even 1.8 million taels of gold, it's worth it! ”

"Haha, Xiaobao can still talk! Okay, okay, Xuexia, you don't want to make any extraneous branches, if Daddy knows that Xiaobao has returned 300,000 taels of gold, he must be happy! Wu Sanfu smiled and played a round game, not wanting the two of them to be entangled in jade pendants, 180,000 taels of gold, these two things.

Wei Bao smiled and took the jade pendant off his neck again, clenching it in his hand, "Yes, don't say it." ”

"Why don't you wear it?" Wu Xuexia asked curiously.

"It's too precious, and I don't feel sure, I have to put it away properly." Wei Bao smiled slightly.

Wu Xuexia couldn't help but wonder: "No matter how valuable it is, it's just a talisman, if you don't bring it with you, what kind of talisman is it?" ”

"It's the same for me to use as a town house." Wei Bao laughed. In fact, he still can't get rid of the mentality of a small citizen, Xu Rui's white jade mutton fat gold inlaid jade jade pendant, in Wei Bao's psychological tolerance range, has broken the table, and then the black jade jade pendant is so much more valuable than the white jade jade pendant, he is really reluctant to carry it with him, in case he bumps and touches it, if it is broken, wouldn't he regret his intestines?

Wei Bao drove in Hyundai, never violated the rules, once drank too much, when he went home at night, he arrived at the door of the house, reversed into the garage, and broke the rear light, which made Wei Bao distressed to death. A rear light reinstallation is only a few hundred yuan, mainly because it has been poor for a long time and is used to saving. In this life, even if he is very rich now, he just eats and drinks a little, uses it in life, and wastes it for no reason, Wei Bao will not.

"Yes, since it's Xiaobao's thing, Xiaobao likes the town house or the town house, or he likes to carry it with him." Wu Sanfu smiled: "Xiaobao, then let's go back to Shanhaiguan to see my father now, right?" First, reply to my father's question. Second, you happened to propose to my father by yourself. ”

Wei Bao groaned and was about to answer, when Wang Qiuya came.

Wang Qiuya had something to report, but in front of Wu Xuexia and Wu Sanfu, she didn't open her mouth.

Wei Bao glanced at Wang Qiuya and knew what she meant, and walked away with her for two steps before asking softly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Li Nan and Peng Mingbo were brought back by the Statistics Bureau." Wang Qiuya replied softly: "The evidence has been confirmed, this time they were deceived back, and these two people still don't know that their affairs have been exposed." Lin Wenbiao asked the son how to get out. ”

Wei Bao didn't answer Wang Qiuya immediately, but turned to Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia and said, "Brother Sanfu, stay one more night, and I'll go back to Shanhaiguan with you tomorrow, right?" I have some things to attend to here. ”

Wu Sanfu nodded: "Okay, I'll let Wu Dashan go back and tell my father first, it's nothing a day late." What's the matter with you? Can you ask? ”

"The outer cabinets of the two firms under him mutinied and were bought by the other party!" Wei Bao sighed and said, "It's not a big deal. ”

Wu Sanfu sighed, "This kind of thing can be big or small, there is nothing to lose, right?" ”

"No, we're a small business." Wei Bao said indifferently: "I didn't expect that some people would make up their minds for such a small deal. ”

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia listened to it, and suddenly became a little nervous, secretly thinking that it wouldn't be the person sent by their father or eldest brother to buy Wei Bao, right?

"Does it have anything to do with our Wu family?" Wu Sanfu asked directly, he felt that there was no need to hide between him and Wei Bao.

Wei Bao liked Wu Sanfu to treat himself as his own, so he was not surprised, and replied directly: "It has a little bit to do with it, it's not very big." The accident occurred in the outer cabinet of the capital and Hejian Mansion. ”

Wu Sanfu sighed, a little relieved, their family's business is mainly concentrated in Liaoxi, Liaodong, and the capital is also the nature of 'after-sales service', guessing that the eldest brother's outer cabinet stationed in the capital participated in the purchase of the Wei family's outer cabinet, but it was not the leading.

"This kind of thing, any company has it, doing business, it's all cheating, and generally the owner deals with this file directly or leaves a hand or something. Xiaobao, do you still have to deal with it yourself? Wu Sanfu said inappropriately.

Wei Bao said: "That's a lynching, a word." We in Weijiazhuang have our own rules, try to get to the bottom of everything, make it a little clearer, and we will go through the normal procedures of interrogation and trial. ”

"Hehe, Xiaobao, what you have here is more formal than the Yongping Mansion and the Shanhaiguan Guard Command Envoy Si Yamen." Wu Sanfu smiled: "It's really not too much, isn't this looking for something to do for yourself?" ”

Wei Bao smiled but didn't answer, and said to Wang Qiuya: "Let the big head and Liu Chunshi be responsible first, and when the verdict is announced, I will be present in person, let them speed up, and organize the trial tonight!" ”

Wei Bao felt that since the evidence was sufficient, he could go through the trial procedure and announce the verdict directly, which was also in line with the habitual rhythm of people in this era.

If everything is followed by modern legal procedures, although it is more detailed and can reduce the error rate, it is really inefficient.

In ancient times, it was common to adjudicate cases across the board, and if the evidence was insufficient, it would be based on subjective assumptions, and then a major punishment would be imposed.

Wei Bao will at least respect the evidence, and if the evidence is insufficient, there will be a bunch of juries who will make judgments, at least not a county magistrate or an official of the Criminal Department who can decide the case as he wants.

"Yes, Childe." Wang Qiuya agreed.

For the time being, there is only one court in Weijiazhuang, which is not divided into county and city level and intermediate high courts.

The Weijiazhuang court has never held a trial, and Zhao Laosi's case was supposed to be tried in Weijiazhuang, but he was taken away by Wu Xiang and cut off Hu, so this case will become the first court trial case in Weijiazhuang.

"Can we go and hear it? I want to see you try the case. Wu Xuexia said: "I heard that the case of Zhao Laosi and his son being killed before is the evidence you found." ”

"Of course, there is no problem, our Weijiazhuang court is open, as long as it is a simple application, anyone can listen to it. Of course, you don't have to apply, I'll let people give you the best spot. Wei Bao's mood is not very good, Li Nan and Peng Mingbo used to be his followers, and they were both old neighbors of his original Benjia, and Luo Sanzi, Liu Chunshi, Fan Datou and others have all played since childhood, and they are very close people. Such a close person is tried and may be sentenced to death, Wei Bao is naturally in a bad mood.

Wu Sanfu said: "That's right, I love to watch the trial of cases." It shouldn't be like watching a play, a lot of people, right? How many people can be watching? ”

"It's hard to say, but the largest trial can accommodate a total of 500 people at the same time." Wei Bao replied, "I don't know how many people will come today." ”

Wang Qiuya went to inform Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi that they were jointly responsible for the trial.

The two of them are not from the court, and they are only responsible for supervising and participating, and cannot dominate the judges.

Wei Bao's legal framework is similar to that of the Hong Kong courts in later generations, because he watched a lot of legal dramas when he was a child.

Wei Bao only has the concept of the Hong Kong court in his mind, and he has never really entered the court, let alone the experience of suing or being a defendant.

Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi received the notice and only learned about Li Nan and Peng Mingbo.

They first went to the court to find out the situation, and the people from the prosecutor's office were there, and they quickly figured out the facts of the case.

Only then did Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi know the seriousness of the problem.

Because Li Nan and Peng Mingbo were deceived by the people of the Statistics Office on the grounds that the president had summoned various foreign counters to come back for deliberations, they did not know that their matter had been stabbed by the procuratorate to the president, and the case was filed in the Weijiazhuang Court.

Li Nan and Peng Mingbo gathered a group of former good friends to drink in the restaurant.

Weijiazhuang not only has a guest house, but also a restaurant, a restaurant, although there are only more than 20,000 people, but it does not affect Weijiazhuang to become a lively and prosperous place.

Compared with the original total of four miles, when the population of six or seven thousand was scattered, it has changed greatly.

More than 20,000 people are on thousands of square kilometers of land, which is actually very thin.

In the future, the third- and fourth-tier counties and cities in front of such a big future will also have at least a million people.

Wei Bao calculated that if all the cultivated land in Weijiazhuang was opened up, the agricultural population could reach 20,000 to 30,000 people, and the grain produced by these 20,000 or 30,000 people, under the combination of modern high-yield crops and chemical fertilizers, even in this harsh climate of the Xiaoice Age, would not be a problem to feed millions of people.

Wei Bao now has grain in his hands, the wind and rain in the first half of the year were smooth, there were no floods, no drought, although the reservoir was not picked up, but the aqueduct and drainage canal have played a certain role, and the first harvest is expected.

After this bumper harvest, as long as there is no disaster, the people in Weijiazhuang no longer have to worry about food shortage.

"Come, come, it's all full! Drink it well today. Peng Mingbo looked proud: "Now that we have silver, we don't have to deduct and search like in the past." ”

A group of friends are mostly people who will have jobs in heaven and earth, and they all advise them to drink less, and while working, they don't forget to pat Peng Mingbo and Li Nan's sycophants, saying that they have become the outer cabinet of the business and have a future, and they will be asked to carry more in the future.

Li Nan smiled: "Damn, what's the problem with this?" As long as the president trusts us, we will all have a good life in the future, and we will be blessed and shared. ”

Li Nan does not leave dirty words in every sentence, and his mouth is dirty, and the way of scolding is different from others, others use mother, he uses mother, in this era, few people use mother as the name. The bustard in the Qinglou in the ancient brothel was generally called "mother".

"If the president doesn't trust us, who will he trust?" After Peng Mingbo drank a glass of wine, he said with a smile: "There are also Luo Da Steward, Fan Steward, Liu Steward, everyone is a person who has played together since childhood." ”

A group of people nodded together and said yes, there is no such thing as eating and drinking with public funds these years.

Those who have a unit generally eat in the canteen, and those who work hard generally bring food from home, and if they have money to go to the restaurant, no one can take care of it, and everyone is a little carried away.

"Damn, this dish is still worse than the capital, the dishes are not rich, and the taste is worse." Li Nan complained.

"The guest house is delicious, and the son's house, the good cooks are all there, these small restaurants are all opened by the villagers themselves." There is humanity.

"We definitely can't compare with Childe, but we have silver, don't suffer ourselves, we must not save in terms of eating. Food and clothing, as long as things are done well, you can be like a child. Li Nan said loudly: "Damn! Buddy! Let's have a plate of rabbit meat! Come to two plates, and you want a big plate! ”

The guy hurriedly said yes at the door.

After a while, the guy didn't come in yet.

Li Nan couldn't wait, snapped, and slammed the table, "Damn, where did everyone die?" So slow? ”

Peng Mingbo also said: "Damn, it's so slow! I'm used to staying in the capital, and it's really uncomfortable to go back to the countryside! If you don't eat in the capital for half a day, who will come next time? ”

Several people persuaded the two of them to extinguish the fire, saying that this is the case here, naturally it is not as good as Jingshi.

At this moment, the door opened.

Liu Chunshi and Fan stood at the door.

When a group of people saw the two of them, they were a little surprised, because the two of them had straight faces and blue faces.

"Damn, Chunshi, big head, you came just in time, I asked someone to look for you just now, but I didn't find it. You and Steward Luo are both big celebrities now, so please don't move easily, haha. Li Nan said with a smile.

Peng Mingbo and others also beckoned Liu Chunshi and Fan to take their seats.

Liu Chunshi stared, and before he could speak, Fan's head roared first: "Except for Peng Mingbo and Li Nan, everyone else is out!" ”

", what's wrong with you?" Li Nan still asked with a smile.

Others stood up in a daze, the system of the Heaven and Earth Society is strict, and there are high and low positions, but President Wei usually emphasizes doing things, no matter what position, is to do things, and the positions of the Heaven and Earth Society are flexible.

The benefits of being flexible are freedom and activity. However, the stability is slightly worse.

If the system is relatively rigid, the turnover of positions is poor, and if you do a good job or a bad job, or if you don't do a job, you are all such officials, but they are relatively stable. Because they emphasize stability maintenance all the time, it seems that the word is omnipotent, and everything can be used as a shield with the word stability maintenance.

"All out! Are they all deaf? Fan said angrily.

Liu Chunshi still blushed and stared, but still did not speak.

The others saw that Fan's head and Liu Chunshi seemed to be serious, and they didn't know what was going on, so they had to go out one after another.

"Big head, what's going on? What's the tantrum? Come on, come on, our brothers haven't been seen for a while, let's have a drink together, haha. Peng Mingbo said with a smile.

"Damn, come and sit down, it's great to be a big official?" Li Nan also smiled.

"I'll sit on your mother! You're dying, and you're still having fun! Fan scolded Li Nan with a big head.

Li Nan was stunned, "Damn, what kind of madness are you having?" ”

Peng Mingbo woke up a little, "Big head, what's wrong?" Is there some misunderstanding?

"Misunderstanding? You're going to be judged today! Originally, I was going to arrest people directly! We said to the people of the court, don't catch, we'll take you there! Liu Chunshi hated that iron could not become steel and said: "It's only been a few months, and you have forgotten the days when you couldn't eat a grain of grain for a few days!" Spend all day drinking, do nonsense! The president asked you to serve as the outer cabinet in Jingshi and Hejian Mansion, how promising are you, how much do you trust you? ”

Li Nan and Peng Mingbo were stunned at the time, and never thought that there would be such a moment.

"Do you have any private friendships with outsiders? Have you ever betrayed the affairs of the club? Have you ever thought about the president, or the Heaven and Earth Society? The more Fan said, the more angry he became, he overturned the table, and the cups and plates fell to the ground with a clatter, making a series of piercing noises: "Come with us now, and go to court to confess your sins first!" Strive to be lenient! ”

"What sin am I guilty of? Didn't you just have a few drinks with Jin Shang in private? It must be someone from the Public Prosecutor's Office who made something out of nothing! Peng Mingbo quibbled loudly.

"Yes, damn, it must be someone from the Procuratorate who framed us, or someone from the Statistics Bureau, these people are usually sneaky, never see ghosts, and specialize in secretly harming people!" Li Nan also quibbled loudly.

"If you do this, you will speed up your journey to a dead end!" Liu Chunshi glared angrily: "If we really frame you, in court, we and the jury will administer justice for you!" But if you really commit a crime, and you don't admit it to death, you are sin after sin! ”

"Damn, I'm not guilty, I haven't done anything, it's a sin to have a meal with Jin Shang, I don't accept it!" Li Nan scolded angrily: "Who sued us? Find him out and confront him! ”

"Yes, we didn't commit a crime, we don't accept it!" Peng Mingbo also said: "We are all in management, and those people from the Statistics Office and the Procuratorate are jealous of us, so they make a big fuss about a little thing!" ”

Liu Chunshi and Fan looked at each other suspiciously, and Li Nan and Peng Mingbo looked wronged, which made them a little confused.

"You haven't received dirty silver?" Liu Chunshi frowned.

Fan hurriedly said: "Old boy, you can't leak the case!" ”

Liu Chunshi was shocked to say too much, and hurriedly stopped talking, "Okay, if you have anything to say, let's go to the court!" Those who are clear are self-purifying. ”

"What evidence have you seen? What evidence can they come up with? Damn! Li Nan asked.

"Don't ask, let's go." Fan sighed and said, "Do you want to see you have an accident?" ”

Liu Chunshi found the shopkeeper and helped Fan Datou pay for the broken cups, plates, and bowls, and then several people left the small restaurant and went to the court.

Before the trial, the prosecutor's office interrogated Peng Mingbo and Li Nan, but they still refused to say anything.

In the middle of the afternoon, the court opened.

Although the time of the notice was very short and the scope was not extensive, only a few villages around Wei Fu were notified, but the number of people who attended the event still reached thousands.

They were all night shifters, and it was almost time to get up in the middle of the afternoon.

There are more than 100 people in the original Benjia alone, they know Li Nan and Peng Mingbo, and when they heard about such a big thing, they naturally wanted to go and see it.

There are also many people who have heard that two people of the rank of steward are on trial, and they are also interested.

In particular, this is the first time that the Weijiazhuang court has tried a case, and many people want to see it with their own eyes.

What is the case heard by the Weijiazhuang Court? Is it the same as the Yamen Court?

The vast majority of people have never seen how the Yamen trial is tried, and in the past, they were either far away or did not have enough to eat, so where did they still have the leisure to care about what other people had committed?

Wei Bao, Wu Sanfu, Wu Xuexia, and his personal female secretary Wang Qiuya, as well as Fan Xiaolin and Xu Rui, who temporarily took the time to observe, sat in the first row.

Although President Wei is a Jade Emperor-like existence in Weijiazhuang, the degree of attention he received today was lost to Peng Mingbo and Li Nan.

When the two people were escorted out by the bailiffs one after the other, all eyes were focused on them, and for a while, the onlookers were talking.

The courtroom, which can only seat 500 people, is full, and the two gates on both sides are also crowded with onlookers, and hundreds of people cannot enter because they have no places, so they can only listen to the news outside.

In the first case, the two suspects were both at the level of stewards, and the president was present, which was destined to attract attention and become a major event in Weijiazhuang.

Many people knew Peng Mingbo and Li Nan, and some even whispered their names.

"It's out, it's out."

"I think I've seen it."

"I heard that they are all external cabinets, how much the president trusts them, it really discredits the president."

"Anyone here can be an official, what's the difference from outside?"

"Yes, I heard that these two people used to be people from Childe's side."

Peng Mingbo and Li Nan were much more low-key than in private, always half-bowing their heads, and only glanced at President Wei hurriedly when they came in, and they didn't dare to meet President Wei's gaze anymore.

Wei Bao knew that guilt was certain as soon as he saw the two people's weak hearts.

Wei Bao still doesn't know what kind of criminal evidence the people in the prosecutor's office have? Whether it is conclusive evidence of the crime, I don't know if these two people took the initiative to confess.

Wei Bao did not want the final result to be the death penalty, and the Ming Zheng Code did not rely on the death penalty, not on the severity of human death. Rather, it relies on the popularization of law.

There is no death penalty in this case today, and it will definitely come out in the future, and the most important thing is to make people have the law in their hearts.

Hearing everyone's whispering discussions, Wei Bao was very uncomfortable, he knew that some people said a little louder, and even mentioned him, it was ill-intentioned, they were slapping him in the face, and it didn't take long for the Heaven and Earth Society to commit a crime, which was definitely a scandal.

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