Li Chengzong's plan is to hold a couplet contest at the same time, so that every household has to write Spring Festival couplets to welcome the New Year. But just when everyone was busy celebrating the festival, they didn't want to have a lawsuit because of the Spring Festival couplets. When the news reached Li Chengzong's ears, Li Chengzong was furious and said: "It is Lonely's will to write Spring Festival couplets and welcome the New Year, but today there is a lawsuit, is this worth it?" Go and talk to Liu Lan, and you have to move to the prefect's yamen to try it in person to see what is going on. ”

Li Chengzong said that he would do it, he did not alarm the people, he secretly went to the prefect's yamen, changed into the prefect's official uniform, sat in the court, and slapped the shocking wood to the sky, saying: "Left and right! Speed up the plaintiff and the defendant! ”

After a while, the official brought two men with him.

Li Chengzong asked: "Which of you is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?" ”

"My lord, I am the plaintiff, and he is the defendant." The two kneeling men pointed at each other at the same time and replied.

When Li Chengzong heard this, his heart churned: It seems that this case is quite tricky. However, since it is a "Spring Festival couplet case", you might as well start with the Spring Festival couplets first. Thinking of this, he pointed to one of the scholars in the hall and said, "Listen, I have a link here, if you can't come out, don't blame the official for the punishment." Let's listen to this uplink, 'The cloud locks the mountains, which pinnacle stands out'. ”

This scholar also has a lively mind, and when he saw a ray of sunlight shining in from the leaky light next to the lobby, he immediately said: "The sun wears through the leaky wall, and this single is difficult to take." ”

Li Chengzong thought in his heart: There are words in words, and there is a reason for things. He slapped the shocked wood again and said, "You all claim to be plaintiffs, how can there be confusion in the courtroom?" In full view today, whoever is justified is the plaintiff. Scholar, what you have told comes from the truth. ”

The scholar said, "My lord, I am a poor scholar, and I have set up a stall in the neighborhood to write correctly in accordance with the will of His Highness today. The small one writes about it, and the one who doesn't ask for it is also, what the subject wants, what he says, what he wants, the villain writes what, a penny and a pair. ”

The scholar's words made Li Chengzong feel a little interesting, and he hurriedly asked, "Tell me, what have you written?" ”

The scholar pointed to the crowd of people listening outside the lobby and said, "There is no basis for what you say, the witnesses are outside, and you can summon them." ”

I saw a few witnesses walking in one after another, and the first one said: "My lord, the small one opened a teahouse and a hotel, and I wanted Mr. Ma to write a pair of greeting people to drink tea and drink." Mr. Ma is worthy of being a cultural person, he wrote it with a stroke of the pen, and what he wrote was 'busy for fame, busy for profit, busy and busy, and drink a cup of tea; Hard-working, hard-working, bitter and happy, pour another glass of wine'. ”

The second said: "My lord, after my son married his daughter-in-law, there was always a quarrel between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law...... I want Mr. Ma to write a pair of persuasions and ask for an auspicious celebration. Mr. Ma was empathetic and immediately wrote a one, saying, 'All women love and daughters-in-law hate, persuade the world's mothers-in-law, reduce the heart of the daughter by three points and love the daughter-in-law; How can the wife be obedient, how can the mother be rebellious, may the sons of your generation be a little obedient to the will of the wife to obey the mother'. ”

Several other people also said the same, they were all good couplets that were in line with the situation, and many of them were praising Li Chengzong's kindness, which made him so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and said to the scholar: "This is all well written, what else do you sue?" ”

The scholar took out a couplet from his bosom, pointed to the merchant and said, "My lord, I will accuse him of blackmailing people for no reason." ”

Li Chengzong said to the businessman: "If you are bold to be accused, why do you blackmail others? ”

The merchant was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "The adults are clear, but the villains are wronged!" ”

Li Chengzong said: "Do you have grievances? Come on. ”

The merchant said: "Master, the villain's surname is Lu Jinshan, and he originally wanted to be gracious, and took the opportunity of the New Year's festival to dip in the light of the Spring Festival couplets." The villain's family opened a wine shop, a vinegar shop, and raised many pigs, but the mice in the house were very large, so he was invited to write a couplet. It was said on the spot, and the writing was satisfactory, and I offered one or two lines of silver in both hands; If it is not written to my heart, he will pay me a silver tael or two. Now, he has not written the couplet well, and he is supposed to pay compensation, how can I say that I blackmailed him? The villain will accuse him of cursing the villain. The couplet in the master's hand is the evidence, I hope the master will see it. ”

Li Chengzong took the couplet and looked left and right for a while, and said to the merchant: "You read it and listen to it, how did he curse you?" ”

The merchant reads: "'Pigs are as big as mountain rats, and their heads are plagued; The wine-making tank is good for making vinegar, and the altar is sour'. Horizontal criticism: 'More people are sick, less wealth'. Isn't this a curse? I hope that the adults will be the masters of the villains. ”

Li Chengzong asked the scholar: "Do you mean that?" ”

The scholar said, "It was he who pronounced the sentence wrong, how can I say that I cursed him." ”

Li Chengzong said: "Then you read it again and listen to it." ”

The scholar read: "'Raising pigs is as big as a mountain, and rats have a plague; The wine-making tank is good, and the vinegar jar is sour'. Horizontal criticism: 'Many people, few diseases, wealth'. ”

There are two interpretations of a pair of Spring Festival couplets, and those who hear and watch the trial are waiting for Li Chengzong's verdict. At this time, Li Chengzong's heart churned again: Hey! They are all plaintiffs and defendants, this kind of case, even Bao Gong of the Song Dynasty has never tried it! Lonely is better than Qing official Bao Zheng, and it seems that he must implement the popularization of punctuation. He glanced at Lu Jinshan and asked, "Then what else do you have to say now?" ”

Lu Jinshan replied: "The so-called public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable." Now it has reached such a point that I hope that the Lord will judge. ”

This is a rare thing, and it is a public trial, and there are many people watching it. A shoemaker said loudly: "This scholar is a clever and exquisite heart, I want to make shoes and sell shoes for almost three years, and I haven't made a lot of money, I wanted to write a couplet to ask for good luck, but I didn't want him to be pulled away by Boss Lu, and now he is entangled in a lawsuit, who do I ask to write it?" ”

Li Chengzong has always liked couplets, and he has also written couplets, and when he heard the shoemaker's discussions, his heart was already itching and uncomfortable, and he immediately took the words of the shoe store owner and said: "Okay, I will write your couplet, and I will judge the case after writing." ”

Saying that, grinding the ink thickly, and the pen was full, Li Chengzong wrote in court: Big last, small last, table tennis to play the poor ghost, don't pester the little brother; Coarse hemp rope, thin hemp rope, squeak and rattle to pull out the God of Wealth, you might as well take care of the late life. After writing, he put the pen aside, slapped the shocked wood again, and shouted: "Defendant Lu Jinshan, are you guilty?" ”

Lu Jinshan was also looking at the right writing, and immediately fell to the ground again when he heard the voice: "The adults are gracious, and the little ones don't know the guilt." ”

Li Chengzong said: "The ancients said that the wind was the wind and the vulgar was the same, and now His Royal Highness has opened a new generation, and the people have responded to the wind." This writes a pair of Spring Festival couplets to ask for an auspicious one; Seek good fortune and rejoice in your heart; There is joy in people, and there is harmony in families; The family is harmonious, and the people are well-being; The people are healthy and all industries are prosperous; All industries are prosperous, and the world is peaceful. But you, Lu Jinshan, actually had nothing to do, and had a bad idea of Spring Festival couplets. ”

Lu Jinshan kowtowed, and collapsed there like a pile of mud. Li Chengzong continued: "In this case, the black and white are clear, right and wrong are clear, the plaintiff set up a stall to write Spring Festival couplets, one is to praise the imperial court (of course, referring to Li Chengzong's own small court), the second is to be auspicious for the people, and the third is to support the family. It was Lu Jinshan, who first invited the door to write the right move, followed by the promise of a high price of payment, and the agreement to claim for breach of contract, although he also kept praising the royal family, it was difficult to hide the bad intentions of blackmail, and even more failed to make a claim, sued and sued for the evil deeds of lawsuits, and refused to introspect in the face of the truth, and finally did not know where the crime was. Now that the Spring Festival is approaching, the verdict is as follows: The defendant Lu Jinshan is exempt from playing the 20th board and fined five taels of silver to set an example! ”

The level of the judgment was clear, reasonable, and the hall applauded vigorously: "Okay, the prefect has a good judgment!" ”

Just when the lively people shouted goodbye and left, Li Chengzong stopped the scholar, "Mr. Ma, you should be a scholar, can you tell me your name?" ”

Li Chengzong's gentle words and somewhat immature face made the scholar secretly happy in his heart, "Hahaha, I'm only twenty years old, I look like a young man, the prefect of Qindao, I know, Liu Lan and Liu Wenyu, is this baby Li Chengzong, the king of Han?" If so, then I'm going to make the most of it......."

"If you go back to your lordship, my name is Ma Zhou..."The scholar hurriedly responded.

"Hehehe, it turns out that you are Ma Zhou Ma Ma Bin King? Come on........" Li Chengzong obviously knows Ma Zhou's name, the famous minister of the early Tang Dynasty, and the power of Wei Heizi, this is a rare talent, and he must be snare into his own hands to rest assured.