I don't know how long it took for Yang Congyi to hear someone talking, and he woke up when he opened his eyes, and he didn't know if he was asleep.

Sitting up and seeing a small black spot on the lake in the distance, Yang Congyi asked, "This is the return of fishing." ”

Liu San said, "It must be, it's not early, and you won't be able to catch fish no matter how late it is." ”

They watched the small black dots in the lake slowly grow larger, from being able to distinguish that it was a person, to seeing that it was two people, until finally they could clearly see a man and a woman, and the fishing boat was within a hundred steps.

Liu San shouted at them, "Li Goudan, it's me, Liu San." ”

The man on the boat replied, "What are you doing here?" ”

Liu San said, "Naturally, I have something to do with you, and I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Li Goudan said, "It's here to arrest me and go back to prison, I know that the words of the official don't count." ”

Liu San said, "No, you think too much, the county lord didn't let us arrest you, he asked us to help you." ”

Li Goudan asked, "Come and help me fish?" ”

Liu San said, "Almost, you come down and talk about it." ”

While he was talking, the boat reached the shore, and Li Goudan jumped off the boat first. He looked thin and small, but he was very nimble in getting on and off the boat. After fixing the boat on the shore, he took the fish basket handed by the little girl on the boat, although the fish basket was not heavy, but it was still a catch.

Yang Congyi looked at the little girl, and saw that she was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a delicate face, fair skin, and a somewhat thin figure, skillfully sorting out the sundries on the rocking boat.

After she felt Yang Congyi's gaze staring at her, she lowered her head.

Yang Congyi felt a little rude, and quickly turned his gaze to the lake in the distance, pretending to be looking at something from afar.

Liu San said, "Dog, this is the new head catcher from the Yamen, Yang catcher." We came to you today because of the last time you asked Wang Yuan's family for fish money. ”

Li Goudan said, "Then do you want me to go to jail?" ”

Liu San said, "No, how can I arrest you again if I let you go." The county lord wants to know if your fish money is going back, if you haven't come back, Yang Zhutou and I will take you to ask for money today. ”

Li Goudan said, "The money you want to come back, will it belong to the government or to me?" ”

Liu Sanyi was speechless, he really didn't know this. In the past, there were times when the government helped people ask for money, and the money they finally got went into the pockets of the government.

Yang Congyi said, "The money you earn from fishing is, of course, for you." Why does the government want your money, isn't that robbing? ”

Li Goudan asked, "Is that really the case?" ”

Yang Congyi said, "Brother, don't worry, we will never touch the money in a while." ”

Liu San knew that Yang Congyi had a background, and since he said so, the county lord would definitely not want it, so he nodded violently at Li Goudan.

Seeing Liu San nodding, Li Goudan said, "Okay." When I put the fish away, I'll take you there. With that, he lifted the basket from the water, which contained six fish and a lot of crabs and shrimps.

Liu San asked, "Why are you keeping this fish for now, don't you sell it?" ”

Li Goudan said dejectedly, "Since I went to Wang Yuanwai's house to ask for money, the people from Wang Yuanwai's family have been telling people everywhere that I sell a lot of fish bones and they are not delicious. Now the fish I catch is not easy to sell, and I can't sell much, so I can only put it here. ”

Liu San said angrily, "This king is really hateful, not all the fish in the lake are the same, how can there be more thorns and fewer spines." ”

Li Goudan said, "Anyway, after I get out of prison, my fish will not be easy to sell." ”

Yang Congyi said, "I'm afraid that some fish won't be sold." We'll go meet the king in a moment and see what he's up to. ”

Li Goudan said, "People are rich and powerful, I can't afford to provoke them, so it's good if you can help me get the money back." ”

Yang Congyi asked, "How many fish can you catch in a day?" ”

Li Goudan thought for a while and replied, "Five or six catties, you can have a lot of luck, but if you are unlucky, you can't go into the water when the weather is bad." ”

Li Goudan put the freshly caught fish into the fish basket and cleared out the crabs and shrimp inside.

Yang Congyi saw that they were almost done, so he said, "Let's go, Brother Godan, don't sell this fish first, and get the money back today." ”

Li Goudan thought that the fish at noon would stink if it couldn't be sold, so he would first ask for the money back for a while, and then sell it when the fish was good, so he said, "Okay, listen to you." ”

Liu San saw that the sun was almost overhead, so he urged, "Don't talk here, let's hurry up and go to Wang Yuanwai, and go back as soon as possible." ”

Li Goudan handed the fish basket containing crabs and shrimp to his sister, "You go back first, I'll go with them and ask for money." ”

The little girl silently took the fish basket, quickly got into the reeds and left, never daring to look at Yang Congyi again.

After Li Goudan hid the fish basket in the water, he first got into the reeds, and Yang Congyi and the others followed in turn.

It was not far from the lake to Wang Yuanwai's house, and in less than half an hour, the three of them arrived outside Wang's house.

A pair of red-lacquered doors are ajar, the plaques on the doors are blank and without words, and there is no one outside the door. On both sides of the gate, two or three people-high walls extend into the distance, covering the courtyard so tightly that it is impossible to see the inside of the courtyard at all.

Yang Congyi was a little surprised and asked, "What is the origin of this king's foreign family, the mansion is built so big." ”

Liu Sandao, "It is said that Wang Yuanwai won the imperial examination when he was young, but the imperial court has not arranged a position, so he is idle at home, but his family background is relatively good, and everyone calls him Wang Yuanwai after a long time." ”

Yang Congyi said, "It turned out to be an alternate official, how old is it?" ”

Liu Sandao, "I'm in my fifties, I don't have a chance to be an official." ”

Yang Congyi said, "That's good, seeing that his mansion is so magnificent, I think he is so big, and he is afraid of causing trouble to the magistrate, since he has no chance to be an official, then we will go in." ”

Liu San immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, it was too hot outside, and he wished he could go in early.

Not long after, I heard someone in the courtyard ask impatiently, "Who, knocking on the door at noon!" Then came out of the door a servant in his twenties.

The servant recognized Li Goudan among the three, so he pointed at him and scolded, "Li Goudan, you still dare to fucking come, hurry up!" If you don't walk again, break your dog's legs, and put you in jail again. ”

Li Goudan bowed his head in fright and didn't dare to speak.

Yang Congyi said, "The king is very powerful, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will break other people's legs and put people in prison." Is this courtyard your master's private torture hall? ”

As soon as the servant heard that the big hat of a private torture hall was buttoned up, he suddenly didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and after looking at Yang Congyi for a long time, he said, "What are you doing here, my master is very busy." ”

Yang Congyi said, "Your master is busy, what does it have to do with us." The magistrate heard that Wang Yuanwai owed Li Dogan and fish money and did not give it, and wronged him for causing trouble, so that he was imprisoned for more than a month. Are you going to report it, or do you want your lord to personally send the money to the county office? ”

The servant did not say a word, and hurried into the courtyard to report.

After a while, a man in his fifties who looked like a steward came out, and when he saw Yang Congyi and the three of them, he said, "Hurry up, the money is going to the Wang family, who doesn't know that my master is a Jinshi in the Xuanhe period." Get lost! ”

Yang Congyi became popular as soon as he heard it, and he took the exam decades ago and can be a foolish capital? So he asked, "Xuanhe, your lord still has the face to say that he is a jinshi during the Xuanhe period?" Where was he when the country was in great trouble, did he go to fight against Jin, or did he go to reassure the people? People who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and who are reluctant to live in peace still dare to say that they are Jinshi? ”

After a few questions, the steward's face became very ugly, as if he was about to burst out of purple gas, and he couldn't help but reprimand angrily, "Bold! You little official dares to insult the court jinshi, you don't know whether you live or die! If you know each other, let me go. ”

Yang Congyi said, "Since you keep saying that your lord is a scholar of the imperial court, then I will ask you according to the law of the imperial court, why didn't your Wang family give money when they ate his fish, did they want to oppress the people?" Taizu left four sentences in the yamen, you go back and ask your master, if he doesn't remember, ask him to go to the yamen to see it himself! ”

The steward said, "Don't think that if you wear the skin of the yamen, you can fake the tiger, and the Wang family will not eat this set." ”

Yang Congyi said, "Whether you eat or not, you won't know until you get to the Yamen." The magistrate explained that he couldn't bring back the money, so he brought back the people outside the king! With that, he pulled out the knife hanging from his waist.

Seeing that Yang Congyi was going to come really, the steward was startled, his face changed suddenly, and he panicked directly, but then turned his face and smiled, "The two of you are slow, isn't it just fish money, it's easy to say, I'll get it right away, don't hurt the harmony for this little thing." The two of you will come later, right away. ”

Yang Congyi saw him like this, so he stopped, put the knife into the sheath and said, "Okay, then we'll wait." ”

Seeing that Yang Congyi had collected the knife, the steward hurriedly retreated to the courtyard.

Liu San wiped the Han on his forehead and asked quietly, "You won't be here for real, will you?" ”

Yang Congyi smiled, "How is it possible, if you use a knife for such a trivial matter, your life will be too worthless." Scare and scare him, this man is too arrogant. ”

Liu San said with a smile, "Yang Zhutou is tall, he really scared me just now." ”

Yang Congyi smiled silently, waiting for the person in charge to send the money.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the person in charge to come out quietly, smile at Yang Congyi, and then take out the money bag from his arms and hand it to him, "Three times money, a lot of money." ”

Yang Congyi didn't answer, turned his head and asked Li Goudan, "Is it Sanguan?" ”

Li Goudan said in a low voice, "I haven't counted the money, I only remember the number of fish, which is nearly one hundred and forty or fifty catties." ”

Yang Congyi said, "A pound of fish is 30 yuan, and 150 pounds of fish is 4,500 yuan, plus arrears of payment, if you want to charge interest, you will be charged a whole number, five times." What do you mean by only giving triples? ”

The steward's eyes widened and said, "How can there be thirty wen for a pound of fish, at most twenty-five wen." ”

Yang Congyi said, "Okay, I'll give you a cheaper, twenty wen per pound of fish." ”

Liu San pulled Yang Congyi's sleeve violently and reminded him not to cheapen them.

The person in charge was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was going to stuff the money to Yang Congyi.

But I heard Yang Congyi continue, "However, if you want to make up for the lost work expenses that he spent one month in prison, it will be calculated according to one hundred and fifty catties of fish a month, one catty and twenty wen, and three times a month of lost work, not counting the injury and illness expenses of him being beaten twenty boards." Now you bring the six pieces of money, and we will leave immediately. ”

The smile on the steward's face froze instantly, and he didn't know whether to take back the money bag he was holding or to keep holding it.

Yang Congyi looked at his ugly expression and continued, "Whether it's for five runs, or six runs, whether it's for Qing at one time, or if we come back tomorrow, you can do it." ”

The steward's head was sweating, and he bargained, "I'll give you more consistency, and give it to the four runs." With that, he put his hand into his arms.

Yang Congyi looked at him and said slowly, "Five guans, not a single penny is missing, if you don't give it today, we will come over tomorrow to collect six guan." ”

The steward was angry, "You are robbing!" Just give four runs. ”

Yang Congyi said, "Let's go, go back." Then he turned and left.

Liu San was stunned for a moment, then followed Yang Congyi and walked down the steps.

When the man in charge saw that they were leaving, he jumped to his feet angrily, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, I'll give you five times." After speaking, he reluctantly took out another money bag and grabbed two pieces of money.

Liu San turned around and saw that the person in charge really took out two more pieces of money, so he persuaded, "Yang Zhutou, collect the money, it's a hot day, and you have to rush back to pay the errand." ”

Yang Congyi didn't look back and said, "Brother Li, collect the money." ”

When Li Goudan heard this, he hurriedly reached out to pick up the money bag. The man in charge was very reluctant, but he had no choice but to hand him the money bag and two pieces of money, but he was not convinced, and viciously gouged him out with his eyes several times, and his lips moved slightly, as if he was cursing.

But Li Goudan doesn't care, as long as he gets the money back, he is scolded anyway.

Liu San saw that Li Goudan had accepted the money, so he said, "Yang Zhutou, let's go, go back and pay the errand." ”

Yang Congyi turned around and said, "Thank you for the prince's face, the magistrate invited him to tea another day." After saying this, without waiting for any indication from the steward, he hurried away, as if he was in a hurry to return to the errand.

Liu San and Li Goudan followed closely and left quickly.

On the way back, Li Goudan was grateful to Yang Congyi, and the extra two yuan was enough for him to pay for a month's worth of fish, but now the fish can't be sold, and the family can't open the pot, which is really a big help to him.

Yang Congyi said that it is natural to repay debts, and it is his hard-earned money to get back, so there is no need to thank him. If you have to thank him, I'll give him a few crabs and shrimp that I caught in the future.

Li Goudan nodded again and again, full of joy, this year is really a nobleman, and I keep thanking God in my heart.

Liu San asked Yang Congyi, how dare he ask for so much money?

Yang Congyi smiled and told them that Wang Yuanwai had such a big mansion, would he still owe people a few fish money, and he needed to personally inquire about buying fish? It must be the steward who made trouble out of it and thought about his fish money. The person in charge was afraid that they would make a big deal and be punished by the king's outsiders, so they could only spit out the money.

At this time, the two suddenly realized that it was all the subordinates who were doing strange things on the outside behind the king's back.

Yang Congyi also told Li Goudan that if he caught fish tomorrow, even if he went to the street to sell it, if the people of the Wang family were still looking for trouble, he would directly tell them about the fish money, and see if they were afraid.

Li Goudan nodded in agreement.

Back in the city, Li Goudan thanked the two again, and went straight home full of joy to report the good news to his mother.