These five acres of land are even more unbearable than Lu Zhen thought.

After coming to the side of the mountain outside the village with Li Laoshi and seeing the so-called acres of land he called, Lu Zhen felt that he should add a barren word in front of the land to describe the barrenness of this land, especially now under the scorching sun, there are only a few dozens of rice plants on a wasteland, and the scene of the land is still dry, which makes people feel that this is more wasteland than land.

It was Qian Manjiang, who was also surprised at the moment, shook his head again and again, and asked in a somewhat unbelievable tone: "Li Laoshi, is this really the reason why the Xie and Zhao families did not hesitate to tear their faces and go to the government to fight a lawsuit?" ”

Li honestly shrank for a moment, and finally reluctantly said: "It's ...... It's these lands, and my family has no other land to sell. ”

"These lands were handed down from your ancestors, right?" After seeing Li Laoshi nodding in acknowledgement, Lu Zhen continued: "It is precisely because this place is extremely barren and it is difficult for crops to grow, so your family is so poor? ”

"Yes...... My family's few acres of land often don't harvest much grain a year, and I can barely make ends meet by helping the families in the village do part-time work. Li honestly said with some bitterness.

Lu Zhen nodded and accepted the statement. Indeed, no matter how industrious a person is, it is difficult to grow a good harvest on such a land where not even the grass grows much. But in this way, things are getting more and more strange, let alone buying such a piece of land, it is just a gift, I am afraid that Zhao Xie and his family may not be able to see it. But this time, why did these two families take a fancy to these five acres of land?

The only normal explanation may be that the feng shui of this place is good enough, and the two families plan to use it as a cemetery. However, there are a lot of feng shui treasures near Hangzhou City, how can it be better than the five acres of land in front of you with only mountains and no water, will it be in the eyes of those two families?

In the middle of a deep groan, Lu Jin unconsciously raised his feet and went down to the field, slowly stepped on the ridge of the field, and looked around, wanting to see if there was anything in it that was not noticed by himself.

But even if he tried to find it, he even squatted down and played with the rice around him, but he couldn't see the reason. The land is still dry, and there are still only a few wild grasses and rice, which have nothing to do with good land, fertile land, and fertile land.

"These two families are really, they actually look at such a piece of broken land, could it be that they have another purpose? With the consistent temperament of his two families, he is rarely willing to make a loss-making deal. Qian Manjiang couldn't help but sigh above.

This sentence reminded Lu Jin. That's right, no matter how unreasonable this matter is, judging from the actions of the Xie and Zhao families, there must be a big problem in it. This seemingly useless land must have hidden something that I don't know.

What could it be? Everything on the surface is clear at a glance, not to mention crops, even grass is difficult to grow, and even insects are rare...... Thinking of this, Lu Jin's eyes suddenly froze, and the body that had just stood up squatted down again, and scratched the ground a few times with his hand, as if he was looking at the color of the soil.

His move made Qian Manjiang and the others a little confused, but it was not easy to bother, so as not to disturb his mind, so he could only wait on the side. And Li Laoshi, at this time, was at a loss, and he naturally had no idea about it.

After a while, Lu Zhen finally stood up again, and at the same time, there was a strange look on his face, as if he had seen something. After returning to the top, he looked at Li Laoshi: "You have made a note with them?" Did you mention what happens once you regret it? ”

"This ...... It was written that he would pay a thousand taels of silver. Li honestly said with a bitter face: "But after the Xie family found the small one, they insisted on asking me to sell the land to them, and immediately took out the silver." The little old mother was seriously ill and it was time to use the money, so she agreed to them in a moment of dizziness. Results ......"

Lu Zhen glanced at this poor honest man, obviously he was dishonest for the first time in his life because he had no way out of his life. didn't expect that this time, he made a lot of mistakes.

After exhaling a breath, Lu Jincai smiled and said, "That's it, since the incident has happened, it's useless for you to think about it." This official will make the decision for you! ”

"When...... Seriously? After being stunned for a moment, Li Laoshi immediately knelt on the ground with a bang, and kowtowed to Lu Jin: "Thank you for making decisions for the little one, thank you for ...... master."

"Get up and speak." Lu Zhen hurriedly helped him up: "Since this official is a local official in Hangzhou, naturally he can't let the people under his rule be bullied. Go back, the prefect yamen will definitely get rid of the troubles for you. As he spoke, he patted the other party's shoulder, and made a look at Qian Manjiang and the three of them, and motioned for them to leave with him.

Watching them walk away, Li Laoshi, who was standing in place, suddenly showed a strange look on his face, as if he was worried, and as if there was something more indescribable but he couldn't express it......

On the way back to Hangzhou City in a carriage, Qian Manjiang finally couldn't help it: "Lu Tongju, what clues do you see, can you solve the doubts in our hearts?" ”

Lu Zhen smiled: "Don't you think this thing is strange?" A few acres of wasteland can attract two families to offer a high price, and a lawsuit has been filed for it. ”

"It's weird, but even if we know that there are strange things that are strange to our government, all we have to do is find a result that satisfies both families." Qian Manjiang said with some concern: "Maybe you haven't learned about the power of the Xie and Zhao families here when you first came to Hangzhou, in fact, if you really talk about it, they are much more powerful than our government office, if you offend any of them, I'm afraid the next government office will not have a good time." ”

This is indeed the sorrow of the local yamen today, as long as the case involves the local wealthy, they have to consider not, or not only the truth of the case, but also whether there will be a satisfactory result for these families. Unless it is an official who is strong enough and has backers in the capital, he can only compromise and seek perfection.

Lu Zhen smiled: "It may be difficult to do this, but now, I feel that I can do what you said." ”

"It can't be!" Qian Manjiang shook his head violently, and said: "Lu Tongju, I must make it clear that you can't make a muddy decision for fear of offending people, this kind of approach at both ends of the first rat will not only not satisfy the two families, but will offend both families." Some officials have tried to think about this before, and the result is ......"

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to think about it without any support." Lu Jin hurriedly interrupted the other party's persuasion: "I said, now that I have a way to resolve this dispute, as long as the prefect can support me when the case is tried at that time, there will be nothing wrong with the matter." ”

"Is that true?" Hearing him say this, Qian Manjiang was finally a little moved, but he still had some doubts in his heart.

"Of course, I, Lu Jin, don't like to bluff people with big words." Lu Zhen said, leaning against the wall of the carriage: "Don't worry, at the end of this case, no one can use this to say that our government is not, whether he gets the five acres of land or not." ”

"What do I have to worry about, this case is not handled by me." Seeing that Lu Zhen had been just going around in circles but had not given the answer to his question at the beginning, Qian Manjiang only pouted.

Lu Zhen didn't seem to see this person's dissatisfaction, and after saying this, he closed his eyes and recuperated. Only Lin Lie, who was already quite familiar with him, could see from his expression that he was making calculations, thinking about what to do next.

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The next morning, when Lu Zhen came to his own office slowly, and just instructed Xie Yao to make a pot of tea for himself, yesterday's Hua Qianfeng's personal entourage rushed over again: "Lord Lu, my lord, please come over and talk." ”

Lu Zhen got up again at this time, and Shi Shiran went to the prefect's mansion next to him. As soon as he saw him coming, Hua Qianfeng said urgently: "I heard that you went outside yesterday afternoon?" Is it to investigate the case? ”

"Exactly, yesterday Xia Guan went to Da Li Zhuang and went to see the five acres of land that caused a dispute between the two families." Lu Zhen nodded in response.

Hua Qianfeng frowned: "What are you going to do in that place?" What we have to do now is to eliminate the contradiction between Zhao Xie and Xie as soon as possible, if it doesn't work, the next trouble will be not small. After speaking, he said earnestly: "Being an official here is different from being in the capital, especially when encountering such cases where the original defendants are all big names in the city, you must be even more cautious." We must not only think about the majesty of the government and ignore their face. ”

"The adult's concerns are understood, but the official has already solved this case, and he will definitely be able to handle it properly, so as not to make people dissatisfied." Lu Jin hurriedly said.

"How is this possible?" Hua Qianfeng blurted out subconsciously. He really couldn't believe Lu Jin's statement, after all, he would hand over this case because he knew that it was difficult to decide.

Then, he looked at Lu Zhen suspiciously, could it be that this subordinate saw that he wanted him to take the blame, so he planned to break the pot and directly make things out of control? Otherwise, how could he come up with a way to satisfy both families?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the prefect of the Hua Mansion couldn't help but say: "Lu Tongju, if the matter is really difficult to handle, it is better for you to hand over the case to others first, don't force it, otherwise it will not be good for you and the government." ”

Lu Zhen laughed, whether it was because of his guilt or for his own sake, at least this prefect was not too tricky. However, he did not accept this proposal, but said solemnly: "My lord, the lower officials of this case do have a way to try it well and give you an explanation." Moreover, I had already sent someone to the two houses in the morning to inform them that the two original defendants on the pleadings had come to the government. ”

"What?" Hua Qianfeng almost bounced up from his chair. At the same time, a master also hurriedly came to the door and reported: "My lord, Xie Yi, the steward of the Xie family, and Zhao Xian, the steward of the Zhao family, are already outside the yamen......