After a night of panic, the atmosphere in the entire Beihai City was very unusual at dawn. Although it is still the early sun, and it is still a small mountain town full of birds and lush flowers and trees, the quiet and serene atmosphere of the past has disappeared virtually.

The expressions on the faces of the people on the street speak for themselves, their eyes are filled with panic and confusion, and the voices of their conversations have become quiet, and their steps have become hurried.

Early in the morning, when Wang Yuan opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that Gongsun Lan was still in the house, which was very unusual. Gongsun Lan was nowhere to be found in the early hours of the morning before, and Wang Yuan couldn't see Gongsun Lan still in the room in the morning, but today is obviously a little different, Gongsun Lan and Yi were lying beside her, breathing softly with their eyes closed, and they didn't seem to wake up.

Wang Yuan squinted at the side of her face, the mustache had already been removed, and after washing her face last night, she also revealed her creamy skin, her eyelashes were slender and slightly upturned, her fluffy hair hung down on the pillow at will, and her towering chest slowly rose and fell with her breathing. The whole person was as holy and beautiful as a marble statue, Wang Yuan looked a little dazed.

"Have you seen enough? Don't forget that you are going to the county office today to try the case early. Gongsun Lan suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Wang Yuan with cold eyes.

Wang Yuan was startled, scratched his head and smiled: "It turns out that my cousin woke up early, and I also said that why did you think about sleeping with me today." ”

Gongsun Lan sat up slowly, her hair flicked lightly, and the tips of her hair swept past the tip of Wang Yuan's nose, and there was a faint fragrance.

"I didn't wake up early, I didn't sleep all night. Like you, you snore loudly after you have spoken a conversation. Gongsun Lan began to tidy herself up.

Wang Yuan hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, it must be my snoring that makes my cousin unable to sleep, guilty of sin." ”

Gongsun Lan smiled and said: "Not really, there is something in my heart, I always feel irritable." ”

"Fidgety what? Does my cousin get upset too? Wang Yuan asked with a smile.

Gongsun Lan looked at Wang Yuan in a daze for a while, and sighed lightly: "Don't ask, get up quickly, didn't you say that today's trial is extremely serious?" Whether or not you can accomplish the purpose of your coming here depends on today. ”

Wang Yuan was smart, hurriedly got up and put on his coat, sat on the edge of the bed with his hair loose after washing, Gongsun Lan came over to tie his hair in a bun, Wang Yuan took a picture of the bronze mirror and was very satisfied, got up and looked at Gongsun Lan who was still wearing long hair and said, "What are your plans for today?" ”

Gongsun Lan smiled and said: "I don't have any plans, I'll pack up and go to the street to inquire about the situation, maybe go to the Yuelai Inn to have a look, and see how your subordinates live and die." ”

Wang Yuan nodded, stretched out his hand to hug Gongsun Lan's slender waist and stretched out his mouth, Gongsun Lan was obviously not very suitable for Wang Yuan's affectionate behavior, and leaned back to dodge, but Wang Yuan insisted on leaning up, and finally kissed her on the lips, snorted a few times, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, the situation in the city must be very tense today." ”

Gongsun Lan blushed and reprimanded: "Take care of yourself, I want you to worry." ”

Wang Yuan smiled, opened the door and came to the courtyard, and ordered to prepare breakfast. Wang Dahei had already gotten up in the morning to buy bread on the street, and as soon as the people waited for a few cakes with hot water, Wang Yuan ordered to prepare horses immediately, and a group of more than a dozen rode out of the pavilion and turned to the main street to run to the county office.

The atmosphere in the hall of the county government was solemn, Yang Shenjin stood high in the hall, a cadre of officials bowed down and stood at the bottom, and there was an empty position on the side of the table, which was Wang Yuan's position, everything was ready, just waiting for Wang Yuan to come and start the trial.

The horse's hooves outside the yamen were hurrying, and after a while, Wang Yuan entered the yamen hall like a gust of wind, and Yang Shenjin bowed his head slightly: "Deputy envoy Wang, are you here?" ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "See Yang Shangshu, am I late?" ”

Yang Shenjin waved his hand and said, "It's not too late, it's just that we're early." Now that the king's deputy has arrived, let us begin. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Okay, let's start." With that, he came to the back of his desk and sat down firmly in his official robe.

Yang Shenjin coughed, moved his gaze from Wang Yuan to the lower hall, his gaze became sharp, he held a blow from Tang Mu, and said in a deep voice: "Trial!" brought Li Yong and Pei Dunfu to court. ”

Everyone in the hall shouted in unison, standing up majestically, and a moment later, the sound of Ding Lingdang's shackles sounded, and a soldier escorted Li Yong, who had a calm face, to the hall first. Li Yong's gaze swept to Wang Yuan's face intentionally or unintentionally, Wang Yuan's face was unwavering, but his eyes looked at Pei Dunfu, the Taishou of Zichuan who was escorted out behind him.

Pei Dunfu's face is haggard, his hair is scattered, he is about fifty years old, his appearance is also handsome, and his appearance on weekdays must be delicate and chic, but at this time, he is afraid that he will not be able to touch the slightest edge. You can see that the deliberately well-maintained beard is messy and dusty, like a pile of cobwebs sticking to the top and bottom of the lips. The long shou mei is like wheat in a wheat field after a storm and a storm. The whole person seems to have suffered a lot of crimes, and I am afraid that he has also suffered some punishment.

"Who's in the hall?" Yang Shenjin shouted.

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes and said in his heart: It's here again, can't you not put on a score?

Li Yong and Pei Dunfu knelt on the ground and reported their names and positions.

Yang Shenjin said: "Zichuan is too guarded by Pei Dunfu, do you know why this official summoned you from Zichuan to this place?" ”

Pei Dunfu kept his mouth shut and did not answer, his face was dark.

"Someone, give him a look at the confession that Li Yong confessed yesterday and Pei Dunfu, the Taishou of Zichuan, who embezzled and embezzled the public money of the imperial court. There is also the matter of you and Li Yong accusing the government of slandering the Holy Monarch after drinking. See for yourself. Yang Shen shouted.

Two officials stepped forward to hold yesterday's confession and came to Pei Dunfu, Pei Dunfu habitually picked it up with his hands, and one of the officials slammed the back of his hand with a bamboo board, and Pei Dunfu screamed and quickly withdrew his hand. Only then did I realize that it was impossible for the confession to be handed over to me, because I had already been accused of being a human prisoner.

The two officials slowly unfolded the confession page by page in front of Pei Dunfu's eyes, and Pei Dunfu replied. As I read page by page, my face became paler and paler. After reading Li Yong's confession, and showing him the confessions of Qian Santong and others one by one, Pei Dunfu sat on the ground with weak legs, his lips trembled, and he looked at Li Yong who was kneeling on the side, his eyes were full of questions.

"Why? Li Taishou, why do you want to involve me? I treat you like a best friend, and you do this to me. ”

Li Yong's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and he looked back at Pei Dunfu and said softly: "Old friend, don't you still understand?" It's not that I'm going to do this to you, it's that you and I have already fallen into their trap, and no one can escape the catastrophe in front of us. Believe it or not, just wait and see. ”

Pei Dunfu bit his lip and said angrily: "Bah, I misjudged you." How can you draw a picture to confirm these non-existent things? ”

Li Yong sighed and stopped talking.

Yang Shenjin shouted coldly: "Pei Dunfu, what else do you have to say about Li Yong's confession and the revelation of the Beihai squire?" ”

Pei Dunfu raised his head and said, "Yang Shangshu, this is all false accusations, I haven't done any of these things." It is true that I am often invited by Li Taishou to come to Beihai County as a guest, and the food and consumption are all used by Li Taishou, but I don't know about Li Taishou's embezzlement of public money, let alone embezzlement and squandering it with him. And it would be even more ridiculous to say that I finally accused the government of slandering His Majesty or something. With the amount of alcohol I drink, who can make me drunk? I'm famous for my drinking, and I haven't been drunk for decades, and it's ridiculous to have to find a better excuse to frame me. ”

Yang Shenjin frowned and shouted: "In this way, you have denied everything? ”

Pei Dunfu sneered: "Of course denying it, it's all false accusations." ”

Yang Shenjin sneered, stood up and walked slowly to the bottom of the hall, and recited in his mouth: "If you laugh at each other, the country will die, and the thorns and thorns will be injured. Pei Taishou, who wrote this poem? ”

Pei Dunfu frowned and said, "It's my own clumsiness, how about it?" ”

Yang Shen shouted sharply: "How? How do I ask? Isn't this poem a vain discussion of the government and satirizing Your Majesty? What is the death of a country with a smile? Everyone in the world knows that Li Taibai recites the poem in the tune of His Majesty and the noble concubine Qingping, "Famous flowers love the country and the two are happy, and the king often laughs at it", what is your sentence not a mockery? What else is 'the little pity jade body is lying in the night, and it has been reported to Master Zhou to enter Jinyang', its meaning is obscene, its heart is vicious, are you looking forward to the demise of my Tang Dynasty? ”

Pei Dunfu was like five thunderbolts, anxious and angry, and shouted loudly: "How can I have this intention, I wrote this poem to satirize the Northern Qi Dynasty's misguided country and greed, where is what you mean?" ”

"Misleading the country and greedy for joy, hehe, just by four words coming out of your mouth, you know what you are thinking in your heart. Pei Dunfu, you can't deceive people, we all know your thoughts. Yang Shenjin sneered.

Pei Dunfu suddenly felt that he had thousands of mouths on his body, and he didn't seem to be able to speak clearly, he looked around, hoping that someone could say something fair for him. But his eyes were full of indifferent eyes, only a hint of banter and sympathy came from Li Yong's eyes. Suddenly, he understood what Li Yong had just said. You and I have long since fallen into their trap, and neither of us can escape the catastrophe before us. If you don't believe it, you wait and see', these words are still in my ears, and they instantly confirm their correctness.

"Take Zichuan County don't drive Peng Shun, Cangsi Sun Qian to the court." Yang Shenjin spoke here. Two officials bowed down and entered the side hall, followed by two small officials, who held a large stack of tall account books in their hands.

"You guys, why are you here?" Pei Dunfu was surprised.

Peng Shun and Sun Qian didn't even dare to look at Pei Dunfu, and knelt down far away from Pei Dunfu to salute. Yang Shenjin sneered and waved his hand, asked the little official to put the account book on the case, reached out and picked up a book and rummaged through a few pages, and threw it aside.

"Peng Shun, Sun Qian, you two truthfully explain the discrepancies in this account book, during Pei Taishou's tenure, how much court money was embezzled and misappropriated, you should already have detailed accounts."

"What?" Pei Dunfu opened his mouth and was stunned.

I heard Peng Shun, the commander of Zichuan County, whispering: "Yang Shangshu, the number has been investigated, Pei Taishou has embezzled more than 1,700 yuan of embezzled public money, and the detailed accounts are detailed, so I asked Sun Cangsi to report in detail." ”

Pei Dunfu's eyes were red, his body shook, he was dizzy, and he fell down on the lobby with a pop.