There is an old man fishing by the small river outside the east gate of Yuncheng County recently, a fishing rod, an old servant, from early morning to dusk, from sunrise to sunset, there is no joy or sorrow, just quietly fishing for the clear water of the river.

On this day, the old man still came to the river to fish, but found that there was a young angler under the shade of the nearby willows. The young man saw the old man coming over and got up and bowed his hand, but seeing that he was handsome and polite, he suddenly attracted the favor of the old man, and the two sat next to each other, and the exchange gradually increased, from the fish book to all kinds of knowledge, the old man mentioned it, and the young man always seemed to be able to say a thing or two. It made the old man secretly surprised, he didn't expect that there were such young talents in Yun County.

At noon, the young man had his servant spread a tarpaulin on the shore, and took a few small dishes from the food basket, and then opened a bottle of wine, and the smell of the wine and food entered the old man's nose.

The old man was stunned for a moment, as if moved by the aroma, and when he turned his head, he just met the young man's warm smile.

"When we meet in Pingshui, would the old gentleman be willing to enjoy his face and drink a cup together?" The boy bowed and asked.

"It's delicious, how can you refuse." The old man put down the rod and sat down.

There are four dishes of side dishes on the oilcloth, which are white chopped chicken, braised beef, cucumber, and fried river shrimp.

The old man was not reserved, took a sip of the wine glass, tasted it for a long time, and tasted a few side dishes with chopsticks.

"Wine and coriander, such delicious, I have never encountered it in my life." The old man sighed and drained the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"Boy, bring me the wine." The old man glared at the young man and shouted, and the young man was happy again.

One old and one young, under the shade of the willows, you came and drank straight to and fro for an hour, until you fell on me.

"Yuncheng for a few months, the prosperity is all over the present, boy, remember, tomorrow at this time, try to get drunk again."

The old man finally reluctantly left with the support of the old servant, but pointed to the young man to make an appointment for tomorrow.

"The elder has a life, and the kid doesn't dare to refuse." The boy bowed down.

In the next two days, in the place by the river and under the shade of the willows, I would always see an old man and a young man, talking about drinks, sitting and lying down, completely like a friend who has forgotten the year.

On the fourth day, the two drank under the shade of the willows, and when they were halfway through the drink, the old man suddenly stopped his chopsticks and said to the young man.

"Four days and sixteen plates, the plates are different, everything is excellent, but the old man is a little unstoppable, he is still sober now, and ask you, what do you ask the old man, come and listen."

The old man is naturally a shrewd person, a young man who has never known all his life, and he will naturally not show favor for no reason. The reason why he didn't open his mouth until today, one is that the wine and food are really stunning, and he can't bear to refuse, and the other is that he wants to see the character of this young man, and he naturally sees that he is not a treacherous man, but a gentle and humble gentleman, which makes people love it.

"Before the elder, don't dare to lie, the kid does have something to ask for." The boy stood up and bowed to the old man.

"What do you mean?"

"Kid Gu Haotian, the Gujiazhuang family of this county, because he was young by the grace of Dr. Gao of the Huichun Hall to save his life, he didn't dare to forget, this time the doctor was framed by the villain and was wrongfully imprisoned, the kid out of gratitude is also righteous indignation, and begged the boss."

This young man is Gu Haotian, and the old man is naturally Xu Churen, the new magistrate.

"How do you know about an unjust case?"

"The old man knows it when he sees it." Gu Haotian took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it over.

After the old man saw this, he didn't say much, but he got up and left, saying that he would only come here today, and that he would have to meet again when he was free in the future, and he would go by himself.

The riverside gathering was a chance encounter carefully planned by Gu Haotian, and after learning the information from Zhu Tong that day, he planned this matter, and it was not until Shi Qian had a letter that he began to implement it. As for the sixteen side dishes, it was a bait carefully made by him, and he was confident that no one in this era could resist his delicious offensive, and sure enough, he was tricked by the benevolence, of course, a large part of it was the sympathy between the two.

A few days later, Shili Xiang launched 16 new dishes, called Xianggong Sixteen Uniques, which was the dish that Gu Haotian made on the riverside for four days, and later generations called these 16 dishes as Junxiang Sixteen Flavors. Later generations even erected a monument and built a pavilion in the drinking place by the river to commemorate the first acquaintance of the monarch and ministers.

However, he said that when he returned to the county office, he directly invited Zhu Tong for interrogation. Zhu Tongben is also loyal, and he had contact with Gu Haotian a few days ago, and at this time he knew that things had taken a turn for the better. reported Dr. Gao's case as it was. In addition to the benevolence, he also asked for inquiries, and he replied that it was not like death caused by drugs, but like a heartache. At this point, he knew in his heart, and strictly ordered the two of them not to spread the word about today's events.

A few days later, the Yuncheng County Ya held a trial to hear the lawsuit of the dead person in Huichun Hall, which was boiling in the county, and there were countless onlookers in front of the hall that day. What is surprising is that the magistrate of the county, who has not been on the council for a long time, personally tried the case this time, which made people feel a lot of curiosity.

Above the lobby, after Xu Zhixian sat on the big case, Wu County Lieutenant sat on the side, and the two classes of relevant clerks were in place. The plaintiff and the defendant had already arrived at the court, and Gu Haotian was present at the court as a relative and friend of the defendant.

"Song Li, you sued the Hui Chun Tang for using medicine to kill your shopkeeper, is there any evidence?" Xu Zhixian Shengtang asked.

"My lord, that day the shopkeeper of my family had a pain in his heart, so the slave sent people to the Huichun Hall to grab the medicine, and he didn't want to go back to the west after decoction, everyone knows about it." The woman wept and wept.

"Who's going to take it?" Xu Zhixian asked.

"It's—it's—the slave fried it with his own hands." The woman whispered back.

"Doctor Gao, if you opened that recipe, will it kill people?" Xu Xianling asked again.

"I wasn't in the hall that day, it was an ordinary painkiller caught by the guy on the counter, and Fang Zi also saw it later, and it was definitely not fatal."

"There is absolutely no possibility of fatality - Dr. Gao is conceited, that prescription may not hurt for ordinary people to take it, if it is taken by a sick person, how can you know that the medicine is correct without a personal diagnosis, how do you know that it will not be fatal."

At this time, the county lieutenant Wu opened his mouth, and I have to say that he grasped the key point, and the doctor did not see the patient and prescribed a prescription casually, which is also a responsibility in any case.

"This-" Doctor Gao also knew that this matter was inappropriate, and was speechless for a while.

"What Master Wu said is indeed good, it is indeed inappropriate for the doctor to see a doctor without diagnosing and taking medicine, but if the patient has not taken medicine at all, but has died, what should he say?" At this time, the voice in the hall sounded at the right time, it was Gu Haotian.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar. The onlookers knew that there was such a rumor, and at this time they knew the key to the court trial, and they exchanged their heads and ears. But Wu and Song were secretly proud in their hearts, and they couldn't help me, if they went to the palace of the king of Hades, they couldn't prove it.

"Who are you, babbling here?" County Lieutenant Wu turned his head and asked Gu Haotian sharply.

"In Xia Gu Haotian, entrusted by the lady of the Gao family, I will defend on my behalf today."

"This is the ancient petty official, who is rarely warm-hearted."

"The name of benevolence and righteousness of petty officials is true."

Many of the people in the hall have never seen Gu Haotian himself, and today they saw the rumored jade-faced Meng Wei appear in front of them, just like the future generations looking at that idol, and there were many discussions.

"Silence!" Xu Zhixian knocked on the wood and shouted majestically.

"Gu Haotian, you said that the shopkeeper of Song died without taking medicine, but there is evidence, you must know that the nonsense in the court despised the court, and it also violated the law." Xu Zhixian asked Gu Haotian.

"The boy will never say nothing, please allow me to come down to the court and bring witnesses up."

"Exactly."

Let's say that when the county lieutenant Wu and Song Li heard that Gu Haotian was going to go down to the court to bring witnesses, they sneered in their hearts, and they only waited for a fatal blow when the time came, and the onlookers knew that the mystery was about to be in turmoil.

After only a while, I saw Gu Haotian and two subordinates coming in with a young woman in their arms, and Song Li only glanced sideways, and then he was devastated, and blurted out: "Ghost!" ”

"Song Li, where are the ghosts above the court?" Xu Zhixian could see it clearly from above, and he already knew it in his heart.

That Song Li had collapsed to the ground at this time, she really didn't know how Cui'er could come back from the dead, and when the six gods were ownerless, she only stared straight at the county lieutenant Wu, hoping that he would open his mouth to help. And the slick old official of Wu County naturally knew that there was no turning point so far, and he just thought about how to protect himself, so he ignored her.

As Cui'er told the Song shopkeeper in court that he had died without medicine, and how Song Li began to show favor to her, and how he later threw her drunk and thrown her into the river, if she hadn't happened to be saved by well-wishers, she would have sunk at the bottom of the river one by one. Everyone in the hall finally saw the bottom of the puzzle, and they all took a long breath, and scolded the Song Li clan for being vicious and insidious.

"Song Li, what else do you have to say?" Xu Zhixian patted the wood in surprise and asked.

"My lord's life, it's all the idea of Song Zhisi and Wu County Lieutenant, and the woman has the courage of a woman in the back house." Song Li was already in chaos at this time, and he just wanted to grab a few big people and get out.

"Be bold and sloppy, talk nonsense in the court, aren't you afraid of adding a level of sin?"

When the county lieutenant Wu saw Song Li splashing dirty water on him, he was in a hurry.

And the people in the hall have already understood, it turns out that the rumors are true, and the character of Wu County Lieutenant is just poor, so how can Song Zhisi also be such a person, and the image of the timely rain is a little bleak.

After that, Xu Zhixian ordered Zhu Tong to go to the Song family to arrest Song Li's nephew, that is, the person who threw Cui'er into the river, and the whole case was revealed.

After ten days, the Huichun Hall murder case finally came to an end. Song Li naturally deserved it, Dr. Gao regained his innocence, and the county lieutenant Wu was later found to have accepted bribes and was dismissed, although Song Zhisi helped Song Li introduce the county lieutenant to Wu, there was no other evidence of involvement but nothing happened, but Gu Haotian's fame rose a few points, and no one in Yuncheng County took Song Zhisi Yu to be on a par with him.

A few days later, the Huichun Hall posted a notice, saying that Dr. Gao was old, and he had no intention of practicing medicine due to this twist and turn, so he returned to his hometown on the same day.

Everyone sighed when they saw it, and they all said that Yuncheng has lost a lifesaver since then.