The housekeeper got into the carriage, went out of Chang'an, and galloped back to Liyang!

When he arrived at the gate of his house, the housekeeper jumped out of the car, because he was in a hurry, he sat in the car for a long time, he staggered a little, went up the steps and knocked on the door vigorously, and then leaned his back against the door, and sat down on the ground tired.

The servant of the Zhao family opened the door and saw the housekeeper sitting outside the door, and said in surprise: "Butler, you are back, have you seen the list!" ”

The housekeeper nodded, asked the servant to help him up, and when he entered the house, he saw Zhao Tiegen sitting in the hall, and the housekeeper instantly cried, and when he came to Zhao Tiegen, he said: "Master, Xiao Langjun really hit, ranked twenty-ninth on the list, not only hit, but also ranked very high!" ”

Zhao Tiegen listened, coughed violently a few times, then rolled his eyes, fainted, the housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward, stroked his chest, and patted his back, and finally woke up Zhao Tiegen.

As soon as Zhao Tiegen woke up, he cried, he was really sad now, the Zhao family had never produced a reading seed, and now it was finally possible to produce one, and he was actually harmed by someone here, he was sorry for Zhao Jian's parents, and he was sorry for the entire Zhao clan!

Zhao Tiegen cried a lot, crying so much that his voice was hoarse, and finally stopped crying, he said: "The murder of my nephew Zhao Jian must not be delayed, the longer the time, the more impossible it is to solve the case, my nephew is equivalent to dying in vain, this is absolutely not good!" ”

The housekeeper nodded again and again, this is the most basic common sense, of course he understands, and the housekeeper saw that Zhao Tiegen was sad, he felt extremely guilty in his heart, if he hadn't been negligent, Zhao Jian might not have died!

Zhao Tiegen said: "Butler, you go to the county government to urge, that Bai County order will definitely drag on time, I have decided to go past him and go to Chang'an to complain, but before leaving, of course, I still have to urge, so as not to fall into the handle!" ”

The housekeeper said: "Master, this is to offend the Bai County Order, you must go to Chang'an to complain?" ”

Zhao Tiegen said: "He's stepping down, so he doesn't want to take care of things, he wants to delay time, then look at this matter the other way around, he is going to step down, and no one needs to take him seriously!" I rushed him before I crossed him, and this is to give him face! ”

The housekeeper was obedient, so he no longer persuaded, he ignored the fatigue, immediately went out of the gate, rushed to the county office, to urge Bai Li to solve the case, but after he arrived at the county office, he didn't even see Bai Li's face, Bai Li only sent a tolerance out to perfunctory a few words, and sent the housekeeper away.

Of course, the housekeeper was angry, but he was helpless, no matter how long Bai Li could be the county commander, as long as he was still the county commander, then he would have the final say, the ordinary people of Liyang, no one could do anything about Bai Li!

returned to Zhao's house, and the housekeeper told Zhao Tiegen what had happened, Zhao Tiegen snorted coldly and said: "Since this is the case, then we will go to Chang'an, but I don't know which yamen to find to complain, we should go to Yongzhou Mansion, right?" ”

The housekeeper didn't know much about this kind of thing, and he said, "The little one thought he was going to the criminal department!" ”

Zhao Tiegen is also a little confused, after all, a lawsuit is a super big thing for ordinary people, and a lawsuit in this county is a big deal, not to mention that they have to skip the level to fight a lawsuit, although they are very close to Chang'an, but they don't know how to fight a lawsuit.

Anyway, it doesn't matter, since you have decided to go to Chang'an to report the case and fight a lawsuit, then when you arrive in Chang'an, you are talking, ask the people of Chang'an, and then submit the case to that yamen, and then talk about it!

At this time, it was dark, and now the departure time was not in a hurry, Zhao Tiegen asked his wife to pack his luggage for him, and took some money out, in order to prevent another accident, Zhao Tiegen named four strong family members.

Early the next morning, Zhao Tiegen took the housekeeper and four family members to Chang'an together.

Liyang is very close to Chang'an, they arrived before noon, when entering the city gate, Zhao Tiegen got out of the car, asked a few guards guarding the city gate, where to go to the lawsuit, before asking, he gave a few guards a penny each.

As soon as the guards saw that there was money, they immediately gave him instructions, if they came to complain, then they had to go to Yongzhou Mansion, not directly to the Criminal Department.

However, this kind of overstepping the level of the complainant will definitely offend the magistrate, because the magistrate will be held accountable, and the magistrate will inevitably fix the complainant in the future, so he must think twice before acting.

Zhao Tiegen asked a question that he had been afraid of in his heart, and he asked a guard leader: "I'm not following the rules, I've heard storytellers at the temple fair say before, is it true that I want to roll a nail board and then be exiled for 3,000 miles?" ”

There will be storytellers at the temple fair, who will talk about some strange things in order to ask for some rewards, Zhao Tiegen used to be very fond of listening, including talking about entering Beijing to sue the royal court, kneeling on the avenue to stop the sedan chair and shouting grievances, but even if the lawsuit is won, because he does not abide by the rules of the complaint, he will be punished afterwards, and the punishment is to roll the nail board, and he will be exiled to the army, and he will be exiled three thousand miles away, and he cannot go home.

When the guards heard this, they laughed together, and the leader of the guards laughed and said: "Nonsense to tell the story, there is no such statement, it is just a complaint of overstepping the level, how can it be possible to let the nail board roll again, and exile for 3,000 miles, we dare to guarantee that there is no nail board in any yamen, there is no such torture device, there is definitely none." ”

Zhao Tiegen was relieved when he heard this, took the housekeeper, and rushed to Yongzhou Mansion together.

When the guards saw him leaving, one of the guards said: "Boss, isn't the lawsuit against the higher level going back to his hometown for retrial, but he will send someone to supervise it, why didn't you tell him the truth!" ”

The leader of the guards said: "He only gave a penny, why should I answer him two questions?" ”

In fact, in the early Tang Dynasty, the government did not advocate overstepping the level of complaints, if everyone overstepped the level of complaints, wouldn't it be chaotic, so if someone overstepped the level of complaints, generally the superior will check the case file of the magistrate, and then return to his hometown, still by the magistrate to hear, but will order the magistrate to close the case within the specified time, and the magistrate's evaluation will be rated as poor.

The nail board is purely a rumor, and Tang Lu at this time is still very generous.

For the magistrate, if someone oversteps the level to sue, it will be a big trouble, which may directly lead to his official hat being insecure, if you want to offend, the person who oversteps the level to sue is offending the magistrate to death!

Of course, in another ten years, in order to eliminate dissent, Wu Zetian will vigorously encourage the people to go to the higher levels to report, or even report anonymously, so that it is convenient for her to dispose of the ministers who dare to oppose her one by one.

Zhao Tiegen and the others arrived at the door of the yamen of Yongzhou Mansion, looked inside, and saw several people standing at the door, and he looked around the yamen again.

Zhao Tiegen said to the housekeeper: "Why didn't you see that drum, it's just that there is a grievance, don't you have to play the drum, and then you can sue!" ”

The housekeeper also looked around, but didn't find a drum, so he said, "Maybe it's just to sue directly, right?" Master, do you want me to ask for clarification? ”

Zhao Tiegen nodded and said: "Yes, you go and ask, ask clearly, what kind of justice is they who are fighting officials, you have money on you, if you need to stuff money, don't be stingy, give more!" ”

The housekeeper hummed, trotted to those tolerances, nodded and said, "Dare to ask the master, this is Yongzhou Mansion, right?" ”

The tolerance of Yongzhou Mansion is not good-tempered, and the tolerance who was questioned turned his head, looked the housekeeper up and down a few times, and said: "Is it Yongzhou Mansion, don't you have long eyes, you don't know how to look at it!" ”

The housekeeper was choked, so he had to smile awkwardly, and he said, "Then dare to ask, can there be a lawsuit here?" ”

A few people at the door heard this sentence and looked at it together, and the tolerance attitude was better this time, and said: "You can fight a lawsuit here, but you can't fight it casually, you have to send the official document by your local officials first!" ”

Yongzhou Mansion is the Jingzhao Mansion in the later Tang Ming Emperor era, and later generations will continue to use the name Jingzhao Mansion, but now it is called Yongzhou Mansion and is in charge of the Gyeonggi region.

Because Emperor Taizong once served as the Yongzhou pastor, so after that, the Yongzhou pastor was generally served by the prince, but it was only in name and would not really come to the yamen to deal with official business, so the people in charge of the Yongzhou Mansion were mainly Changshi.

As long as the officials in the government think that the evidence is conclusive in a certain case, then the criminal can be sentenced to death directly, and this kind of judgment can be issued in court, unlike other yamen, the death penalty must be reported to the criminal department for review, but the Yongzhou government does not need it.

So the housekeeper asked if he could fight a lawsuit, then he would definitely be able to fight, but how to fight it specifically, this tolerance did not say, this is the same as the guards at the city gate, you did not give me benefits, or you gave me not enough benefits, why should I tell you more, if you want to know more, you have to give more benefits!

But the housekeeper misunderstood, thinking that this was the kind of lawsuit that could fight their family, so he immediately ran back to Zhao Tiegen and said what he asked.

Zhao Tiegen coughed, stabilized his mood, and then took out the form, held it in his hand, he strode to the yamen, knelt down on his knees, he raised the shape high above his head, and shouted: "Wronged, the grass people are wronged, ask the master of the blue sky to be the master!" ”

It didn't matter if he shouted like this, whether it was the man standing at the door or the officials inside the yamen, they all heard his shout, and then they were all stunned, and they all looked at Zhao Tiegen together!

Chen Zhai, Li Rizhi was lying on the rattan bed in the garden, he had just washed his hair with rice washing water, and was drying it, and now he had a lot of melon slices on his face.

Li Rizhi couldn't lie down, he got off the free bed and shouted, "Yingying, this is not right!" You say that melon slices can make your face tender, but you can't use watermelon slices, don't say it, it's too sticky, it's too sticky! ”

Chen Yingying walked over, but said: "With the current season, I can get you watermelon, you don't cherish it well, others can't eat it if they want to, you use it to cover your face and chirp crookedly, are you worthy of this watermelon!" ”

Because tomorrow Li Rizhi will participate in the re-examination of the Ministry of Officials, one of the most important aspects of the re-examination of the Ministry of Officials is to look at the face, although everyone knows that it is not right to judge people by their appearance, but they are too ugly, and their facial features are not good enough.

Chen Yingying said that melon slices can soften the skin, and the most expensive melon in this season is watermelon, because there is no watermelon near Chang'an in this season, and it has to be shipped abroad, so the price is expensive.

So, Chen Yingying spent a lot of money to buy a watermelon, cut it into slices, and put it on Li Rizhi's face.

Li Rizhi washed his face and said, "It's so uncomfortable, you don't need to apply melon slices to your face in the future, this is simply a crime!" ”

Chen Yingying said: "It is also possible to compress your face with hot air, boil the potpourri water with a stove, and then put your face on the hot air, and use the potpourri water to warm the compress, the effect is even better!" ”

Li Rizhi imagined it for a while, but didn't dare to answer, he was afraid that if he didn't grasp the temperature well, if he burned his face, it would be terrible, and he would have to go to the interview tomorrow!