"Lu Xiaoyou, why are you here?"

Lu Yun said shyly: "Me? I...... Not long ago, I received a letter from my father. He was dismissed from his official position, and then his old illness relapsed. I hurriedly said goodbye to Uncle Shiheng and returned to Jingzhou yesterday. ”

Yang Jia suddenly said, "I see, then please say hello to your father on my behalf." ”

Yang Jia looked at the crowded crowd, still a little puzzled, in his impression, Lu Yun would never come to such an occasion. He looked at the court, thoughtful.

The preparations for the opening of the hall were successfully completed.

Liang Xi walked out of the back office calmly, sat in the position of the chief judge, and then looked at the onlookers outside the hall, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, there were so many of them!

However, he only coughed and said calmly: "Please invite the people of the Zheng and Liu families to come to the court!" ”

As the order was passed outward, the plaintiffs and defendants, who had been waiting outside for a long time, entered one after another.

Lu Yun looked at the few young men who looked calm, held their heads high, and walked at the forefront of the crowd, and couldn't help but think: "This is the Zheng family?" Could it be that Zheng Shizi personally went to the court? I don't know which one is him? ”

At this time, I only heard Yang Jia seem to point out intentionally or unintentionally: "These should be Zheng Sheng's partners who grew up since childhood." This kid didn't come over! ”

Lu Yun nodded. She was inexplicably disappointed.

Immediately behind the boy were a few cowering and uneasy looking people, who kept their heads down tremblingly, and sometimes looked secretly from side to side, but their courage could only last for a moment, and then they quickly returned to their original state.

After that, there were a few middle-aged people with embarrassed faces - they were from the Liu clan.

The two sides stood clearly under the hall.

Liang Xi patted the hall in shock, and said angrily: "Open the hall!" Today, the official heard the dispute between Er and the other two families. Zheng family, first state your complaint. ”

I saw a young man from the Zheng family standing on the left side stand up and give Liang Xi a proper salute: "I am Wang Jun, the scholar of Zheng Sheng's son." Since the first year of Yuankang, my Zheng family has cultivated hundreds of acres of fields in the eastern wilderness of Shunyang County. But unexpectedly, a man named Liu Zhong secretly swindled from our tenants......"

"Are these people really the tenants of the Zheng family?" On the other side, the person standing at the front spoke in a flat tone.

Liang Xi looked at him with frowns, he knew this person. Liu Wu is the second son of the contemporary head of the Liu family, and he is also a famous person in Wancheng. Therefore, Liang Xi did not reprimand Wang Jun for interrupting him.

"As far as I know, all the villages in Wanquan Township, Shunyang County, belong to the fiefdom of the King of Shunyang. How did they become tenants of the Zheng family? Liu Wu talked eloquently.

Wang Jun was silent for a moment, and told the truth: "Our Zheng family has an agreement with the king of Shunyang that the right to use some land in the eastern part of Shunyang for 20 years belongs to my Zheng family. This is the deed. Wang Jun took out a deed from his cuff and handed it to the county official.

Liang Xi read it carefully, and was slightly surprised: "Zheng Shizi's business doesn't seem to be very clever?" He thought to himself, could this be that King Shunyang forced Zheng Sheng to sign?

"It's up to you to see who is doing it. Those who have the ability can naturally turn stones into gold. Wang Jun walked out behind him, "Three years ago, the river in Wanquan Township was flooded and devastated, and there were few people in the land of a hundred miles. And now, everyone knows what it looks like. ”

Liang Xi felt a little unhappy and said, "What you say is reasonable." Zheng Shizi has been in Wanquan Township for several years, and his achievements are extraordinary. But who are you? ”

"Under the clouds. Dare to ask Your Excellency Liu Wu, is Liu Zhong from your family? ”

Liu Wu looked at Wan Yun and sneered: "You are just Zheng's child's scholar playmate, what qualifications do you have to question me." ”

Wan Yunlang said: "In the biography of the Taishi Gongshu Shangjun, there is a paragraph about the story of the prince Yingsi, the prince violated the law of the Shangjun, and the people of the Qin State punished his Fu and dismissed his teacher, and they were merciless. From this point of view, the prince is still guilty of the same crime as the common people. So above the court, what is the difference between a son and a scholar? ”

Liu Wu sneered: "The third emperor died of tyranny, and from this point of view, Wei Ying's set is not a good way to govern the world." ”

Liang Xi coughed and hurriedly pulled the topic back: "Since Wanquan Township is the place of the Zheng family, then the Liu family has indeed encroached on the land of the Zheng family. ”

"No, no. Wanquan Township is the land of the Zheng family, but the land of Wanquan Township is not necessarily the land of the Zheng family. Liu Wu said viciously, "First, the contract between the King of Shunyang and Zheng Sheng is about more than 500 households within a radius of 100 miles in Wanquan Township and the land under their names. Zheng Shizi's annual payment to the king of Shunyang was also based on the taxes payable by each household occupying land and household adjustment. However, now those villagers have cultivated much more land than the required number of fields. Moreover, Wanquan Township may now have more than 1,000 households. ”

"And what we absorb is the land that belongs to the king's feudal fields."

"You're acknowledging that the land belongs to us." Wang Jun asked loudly.

"Hahaha, not necessarily. That brings me to my second point. Excuse me, does the Zheng family have a deed? Is there some? Moreover, the land tax collected by the Zheng family is too low, right? It's not even one out of ten, and it's too cheap for these tenants. Liu Wu said contemptuously.

Outside the hall, the "melon-eating masses" suddenly started to talk loudly.

"Looks like the situation isn't good." Yang Jia said indifferently.

"We have the deed." Wang Jun took a wad of paper full of lead characters from the hand of a person behind him.

"Impossible!" Liu Wu stepped forward and wanted to scramble. Wan Yun blocked him: "What do you want to do?" ”

Liu Wu took a step back, watched the county official take it again, and read them carefully one by one. He was confused.

Out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently saw the villager who had been staring at the case with blank eyes, he suddenly remembered something, and asked coldly: "Tell me, when was this deed signed?" ”

Tian Shuwen, a villager from Wutian Village, shuddered fiercely at this question, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground again: "Lord Qiqi, it was more than a month ago. ”

Wang Jun and Wan Yun changed color at the same time.

"Say no more!"

"Shut up!"

But when that sentence was spoken, many smart people present already understood.

Of course, Liu Wu was also one of them, and he laughed: "Zheng's deed is a fake book, but my Liu's deed is real!" My deed was signed two months ago, and whoever signed it first was whom. Your Zheng family's contracts are too many to count! ”

The onlookers began to talk again.

"This matter, Zheng Sheng did something inappropriate!" Yang Jia sighed.

Biyu said angrily: "My own things have become someone else's like this?" Childe, judging from this matter, Zheng Sheng...... No, everyone in the Zheng family is stupid enough! ”

Lu Yun shook her head slightly, she looked at the hall silently, she wanted to know if the Zheng family's people still had any means to fight back.