Early the next morning, Cai Cong got up early, brushed his teeth painfully, washed his face, and sat in the courtyard with a book and read aloud, as if yesterday's events were just a dream.

Sister Cai is a person who has no opinions at all, upholding the three principles and five constants of human ethics, following her father at home, her husband when she marries, and her husband and her son when she dies. If it was Cai Cong before, of course she would have taken care of everything, but the one in front of her was too assertive, and she couldn't stop her from doing anything, and she could be regarded as a typical woman in the feudal era.

Her son is literate and can read, her hands tremble with excitement, and when she cooks, she deliberately boiled two more eggs to replenish her son's body. Cai Cong didn't understand, how could he eat two eggs and a big bowl of porridge for such a small person?

So the mother and son pushed me to let me, and finally ate the two eggs separately. The neighbors are very curious, didn't they say yesterday that they were going to the yamen to file a complaint? Why is there no movement at all today?

When it was noon, Cai Cong helped his mother out of the house. As soon as I got on the ox cart, I saw an old man walking slowly on crutches in the distance in the support of a group of people.

Sister Cai hurriedly jumped out of the car, knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "I have seen the patriarch and uncle, it has alarmed your old man, my grandniece is really damned." ”

"Ahem...... Get up! Ahem...... How many times have I said that don't be frizzy when doing things, they are all children's mothers. "The old uncle has phlegm in his throat, and he can't help but cough when he speaks. Although it's criticism, everyone can hear the doting in and out of the words.

"The child and grandson have seen Uncle Tai, you are not in good health, you should rest. Why did you come too? Cai Cong respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and then straightened up and said with concern.

In my memory, the old man loved him the most, and he didn't know who his father was, a wild child, who was bullied, only this old man would tell stories with care and reason with him, so he asked Cai Gang to send a stone of rice on the night he bought rice.

"Something so big, can the old man not come and take a look?" The old man looked at Cai Cong with pity, especially after hearing that he had no teacher and could already recite scriptures, he felt that this was a godsend for the Cai family.

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"Don't go! Zhang Xiao's brother is the head of the squad in the county government, and there will be no bones left to eat if you go. Seeing that Cai Cong didn't answer, the old man spit out the thick phlegm in his throat, and said with a sad face, there are not many people in the small clan, and they are always bullied, and I don't see Zhang Xiao dare to bully the people in Chenjia Village next door.

Cai Cong shook his head and said firmly: "I have to go, regression will only make the other party gain an inch." Please sit at home, even if the county order receives the benefits of Zhang Xiaoxiao, I have a way to deal with it. After speaking, Cai Cong helped his mother to sit on the ox cart and walked slowly.

The old man stretched out his hand and finally put it down. His eyes widened, and he roared at the villagers who were watching the excitement: "What are you still standing stupidly for?" Could it be that the men of the Cai family are dead? If they want their orphans and widows to go to the county government alone, they all go, and give their mother and son a strong voice. ”

"Let's go! Take the belongings, don't be ashamed. ”

Hearing the old man say this, a young man immediately yelled.

"What do you bring? Do you want to rebel and storm the yamen? What a bunch of idiots! You all go empty-handed, just follow behind their mother and son! The old man angrily slammed his crutches, and his heart was gloomy, could it be that the Cai family was only a half-blooded posthumous son?

In the local area, sometimes the elders of the clan speak more effectively than the officials, the old man said that it is okay to follow behind, and all the men followed behind the ox cart of Cai Cong's mother and son, and did not speak, and the group walked silently towards Chang'an.

Sister Cai is very nervous, she rarely goes out, that is, when her parents are still alive, her parents took her into the city to see the world several times.

The distribution of Chang'an is very interesting, the yamen is close to the imperial city, and the imperial city is close to the palace, so the county government is very hard, and next door is the center of the imperial court office, and everything needs to be trembling, for fear that the big guy will be pulled out to kill the chicken by doing something wrong that day.

The county magistrate is a man in his thirties, with a goatee, and when he wears civilian clothes, he also gives people a sense of justice and majesty. His name is Cui Hua, and when you hear the surname, you know that he is from the Cui family, one of the wealthy families in the world.

At the moment, he was sitting in the study and reading a book, but he was a little absent-minded.

"Xunxian, do you think that farmer will really come? Eight-year-olds dare to sue? After reading it for a while, he couldn't read it, so he put down the book and asked his staff in confusion.

"Why should the Weng family be in a hurry, whether they come or not, the Zhang family has already sent wealth, the Weng family has just arrived, if they can resist the temptation of money and administer justice for the mother and son, this reputation will inevitably be raised."

The staff of the word seeking immortals, wearing a crimson uniform, spoke tepidly, but he had an expression of wisdom beads in his hand.

"If they come to sue the Zhang family, then this good name can naturally be promoted, but what if the Cai family doesn't come? So what do I do? The bitter lord is gone. ”

"The Weng family should think like this, there is a bully under your rule, bullying the widow and the young, and the bitter master is very afraid and does not dare to sue. The bully is not giving up, bribing you with money, intending to seize the widow's secret recipe. However, our generation of scholars, raising Haoran righteousness, how can they be in the same stream as Xiaoxiao? So thou hast sought the Lord of Suffering, and thou hast done justice for the people. ”

"Seeking immortals is really a wise man, so in this way, the official is also relieved." Cui Hua stroked his beard and finally showed a brisk smile. He was recommended by the Cui family, and he read a lot, but the way of being an official is very jerky, and he has not been baptized by officialdom.

Cai Cong looked at Chen Qinggu at the gate of the county government, his mood was very calm, during the Zhenguan period, there were not many cases of corruption among officials, and Li Shimin had just come to power, and the knife in his hand was raised so high, people who were not stupid knew that it was best to keep a low profile during this time.

Even if Chang'an Ling is really corrupt, he has a way to make Chang Anling bow his head, and he only learned last night that his family was not without confidence.

He walked up the steps, the drum stand was very high, and soon his fellow villagers came to pick him up. He took the mallet and struck the drum, the sound was very muffled, his strength was not enough, and the sound did not travel far.

But soon a servant came over and asked, "Who is beating the drum of injustice?" There can be litigation papers"

"I beat the drum and voice the grievances, and the lawsuit paper is here!" Cai Cong said and took out the lawsuit paper that had already been written from his arms and handed it over.

"Children who don't have any hair also want to sue, aren't they afraid of being beaten? Are all your adults dead? The official glanced at Cai Cong obliquely, he was nodded by the team leader last night, so it was impossible to give Cai Cong a good face.

Cai Cong's face sank, forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said word by word: "Datang only has the people to sue the official, and you need to suffer the spine battle first when you knock on the drum and ask for the face saint, could it be that you, the Chang'an County Ya, are you not successful?" ”

Hearing this, the face of the official changed, although the court is now open, but who dares to say that a yamen is the Ouchi Palace? After all, there was a Xiao Milling in the previous dynasty, who dares to say that it is not tantamount to rebellion?

"What nonsense? I'll wait here, I'll report it. The official screamed angrily and ran in a panic.

He didn't know what to say, the kid talked too much, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he put a rebellious hat on people's heads. I heard that the old man of the Zhang family was also labeled as a rebel as soon as they met yesterday, and he decided not to give him a chance to speak next time he saw Cai Cong.

Cai Cong and others stood at the door and waited for half an hour, and there were more and more people watching the excitement. The commotion was getting bigger and bigger, but Cai Cong was very calm, standing in front of the steps with his uneasy mother, calmly looking at the plaque in the yamen.

"Weng family, there are more and more people watching outside, seeing that the sufferer is lonely, there are already shouting and scolding, do you think you want to ascend to the church as soon as possible?" Xunxian went out from the back door to see, hundreds of people around the scene of scolding made his scalp tingle, at this time, as long as someone instigated, it would turn into an explosion that hit the yamen at any time.

"It's almost, let's go to the ascending hall!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Cui Hua's eyes, he had no experience as an official, but this did not mean that he had no scheming and means. Today, if he wants to make a name for himself, he also wants to establish his authority, and completely control the Chang'an County Ya, he needs greater resentment, and then a big reversal, so that his fame is the fastest.

The county order was suddenly about to be promoted, and a group of officials hurriedly lined up, and the clerks and clerks studied ink and laid paper, so they were not in a hurry.

At this time, there was already a wave of voices outside the yamen: "Why not be sued? Why not be litigated? The dog officer came out ......"

Guanzhong has a fierce personality, and he must step on it when he sees unevenness, not to mention that a wooden child and a helpless woman have been standing at the yamen for so long.

If it weren't for the strict law, someone would have smashed the door.

"Bring the bitter master!"

Cui Hua was majestic, and immediately someone came out to announce that Cai Cong's mother and son had passed the hall. Sister Cai'er has seen the scene of the two classes of officials on the left and right with swords and plates? Kneeling on the ground with soft feet, he shouted that he had seen the old man.

Cai Cong's knees were not so soft, and he clenched his fists and bowed: "Cai Cong has seen his old parents." ”

"It's all exempt! You are the sufferer, why do you gather and roar? Cui Hua said and slapped the shocking wood.

"My lord, there are more than 200 people gathered outside the gate, and the law stipulates that this is an attempt to storm the yamen, and it should be taken down and questioned!"

Cai Cong hadn't spoken yet, standing at the forefront, and the head of the team with a long knife at his waist immediately said loudly.

"The official asked, what are you talking about? Retire! Cui Hua said sharply, a trace of confusion appeared in the eyes of the team leader, and then cold sweat flowed down. He was an old fritter, and as soon as his mind turned, he guessed that this new county magistrate was in a hurry to take power.

"Cai Cong, the official asked you, and you answered."

"When I went back to my parents, I didn't gather people, I was just a villager, and passers-by saw that they were not sued for a long time, and they wanted to know why." Cai Cong was calm, although things seemed to be a little different from what he thought.

"Delay in being prosecuted? How long has it been since the lawsuit was delivered? Cui Hua pretended to be confused, but he was overjoyed in his heart, this kid was too good at cooperating.

"It's still more than an hour, could it be that the old parents haven't seen the lawsuit paper?" Cai Cong also pretended to be dazed.

"More than an hour?" Cui Hua read a few words, slapped the wood angrily, and shouted: "Who took the lawsuit paper?" Why is it not delivered without permission? ”

"It's a villain. The villain forgot about it for a while, and begged the adult for forgiveness. The original official immediately knelt on the ground, his face was already pale in a cold sweat.

"Forgot for a moment? The people have come to the yamen when they have tribulation, and you are so lazy, what use do you want? Take it off for me left and right, go to his official clothes, and will beat the yamen. Cui Hua shouted loudly, but no official came out of class to listen.

"My lord, Ma Xiaohu is just a momentary negligence, if he is eliminated like this, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of the brothers! I'm afraid that in the future, no one will do their best anymore. Ask your lord to forgive him once. At this time, the head of the team stood up and threatened lukewarmly.

"Bastard! Do you want to disobey your orders? ”

"Don't dare! It's just that if the adults do this, it will chill the hearts of the people below, and I am afraid that there will be no brothers to work hard in the future. The team leader said lightly.

"If you don't work hard, you will get rid of the name of the official, do you really think that without you, this yamen will not be able to operate? Do you know that disobeying the order of God will lead to thousands of miles of exile, do you want to go to Lingnan? ”

At this time, Xun Xian scolded sharply, he was just a staff member, and he shouldn't have gone out of the court, but Cui Hua really couldn't help him, so he had no choice but to come out to help deal with it. Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the faces of all the officials changed greatly, if they were really treated and disobeyed the order, they were afraid that they would never want to return to Chang'an.

"The little ones don't dare!"

"Since you don't dare, you still don't obey orders?" After scolding, he bowed down and said to Cui Hua respectfully: "The Weng family is benevolent and unwilling to act arbitrarily, but this group of killers can only deal with it like this, and the immortal seeker has overstepped his authority, and I ask the Weng family to forgive me." ”

"It's okay, the official always wanted to give them a chance, and he never thought they would be like this. Alas~" Cui Hua looked compassionate, and at this time, a servant handed over the lawsuit paper found from Ma Xiaohu's body.

Cui Hua took it and only glanced at it, and immediately slapped the case and shouted: "Good words!" This ......" After a long time, he looked up and asked, "Which one wrote this lawsuit?" Thinking all over the predecessors did not have such a font, it has become a family of its own, but this strength is not enough, it's a pity! ”

"So that the old parents know that this is written blindly by themselves, and they are young and weak, so they are smiling!"

"How dare you laugh, see the words like seeing people, the font is strong and powerful, a righteous breath through the paper, has become a family of its own. Someone is moving a chair! Cui Hua looked serious, and his attitude towards learning in this era was almost paranoid.

"Should the adult be summoned to the defendant Master Zhang? It's not too early! The team leader deliberately accentuated the three words of Master Zhang to remind Cui Hua of the heavy gift he gave yesterday. In my heart, it is not the right time to hate the county's illness, and at this time, there is no one to restrain Cui Hua.

In my heart, there are 100,000 grass and mud horses galloping. Zhang Xiao, you bastard, what do you say Tian Shelang, this is clearly a prodigy, Lao Tzu is going to be miserable by you.

"Hmph, naturally I want to pass it on, and the official also wants to ask him what is the purpose of the hundred taels of silver he gave me yesterday? Plus a chair. Cui Hua said gloomily, and when she saw Cai Cong helping Sister Cai to sit down, she stood by herself, and immediately asked someone to add a chair.

After Cai Cong thanked him, he sat down generously without the slightest restraint. Cui Hua was even more impressed in his heart, my generation of scholars should be like this, honor and disgrace are not shocked, and sit and watch the ups and downs.

The defendant couldn't get there for a while, Cui Hua talked to Cai Cong, and found that although Cai Cong was weak, he was even more amazed by what he had seen and learned.

At this moment, the official ran in in a panic and said: "My lord, something is wrong, there are many people outside, one by one, they are angry, and the crowd is surging, and there are countless people. ”

"What? Immediately send someone to inform Jin Wuwei, you go and find out why the people are here. Cui Hua stood up in fright, but fortunately he didn't mess up, and the two instructions were immediately issued.

"Jin Wuwei has arrived, but they don't dare to use force. The people said that it depends on how you judge the case, which is the case of the Cai family. The official is also a clever man, and he has already asked the matter clearly, and hurriedly answered.

"The lieutenant actually oppressed orphans and widows, and went to see how the Chang'an order was decided."

"Kill! One family and nine sons were all killed on the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty, leaving only such a single seedling, and some people dared to bully! Official! Open your eyes and see! ”

"If Chang'an Ling dares to judge the case unfairly. A certain will be assassinated on Suzaku Street! ”

The crowd was furious, and all kinds of shouts continued. And Cai Gang and several villagers, who spread the news at the beginning, have already quietly disappeared into the crowd.

"The situation is urgent, do we want to suppress it? Otherwise, if we look back and ask the general for sin, we are afraid that we will not be able to afford it! A Jin Wuwei asked the captain in a low voice.

"Whoever wants to suppress it will go by himself, one door and nine loyal martyrs, leaving orphans and widows, suppressed, aren't you afraid that you will be poked in the back in the future, and you will not be able to lift your waist for the rest of your life?" The young lieutenant, with murderous intent in his eyes, said word by word.

Hearing this, all the Jin Wuwei were silent, if their comrades were killed in battle, and someone dared to bully the widow like this, they would definitely draw their swords and kill people.

"Look! Tell the brothers, don't let people take advantage of the trouble, we don't care about the rest. The lieutenant looked at the county government and said lightly.

"Weng family, let's go to trial! It's going to be a great time to make a name for yourself. There were no less than a thousand people outside. Xun Xian said excitedly in Cui Hua's ear, and his body trembled excitedly.