Meng Tianchu: "Forget it, it's close anyway, Xiaonuo and I walked back, the weather was really cool at this time, so let's take a walk." ”

Xiaonuo: "That's it, stop the car, let's walk back." ”

Wang Yi drank the horse, Meng Tianchu, Xiaonuo and Tulong got out of the car, and the woman was still in the car, Xiaonuo suddenly remembered, and took out a bunch of money from his arms to hand it to the woman, and said: "Your clothes really can't be worn, use this money to let Brother Wang take you to buy a new set of clothes." ”

The woman hurriedly excused herself and said, "Girl, I can't help it, I eat your and use yours, and spend Lord Meng's silver to live in the inn, which has made the folk girl unable to repay this kindness, how can you give me money to buy any clothes, no, I definitely can't ask for it, besides, I will find my sister and brother-in-law soon, just let them buy it for me." ”

Meng Tianchu: "I don't know if I can find them tomorrow, after all, you haven't seen them for nearly ten years, so you take them first, after all, this is also Xiaonuo's intention, or it's not too late to return it to Xiaonuo when you make money!" ”

Xiaonuo also hurriedly said: "That's it, isn't it okay for me Xiaonuo to lend it to you?" Take it, I know you're penniless and need this money. ”

The woman knelt in the car and kowtowed to Meng Tianchu and Xiaonuo, Xiaonuo didn't know what to do, and asked Wang Yi to drive away again and again, her eyes were a little moist.

Meng Tianchu and the others saw that Wang Yi and they were far away, so they walked around the edge of the West Lake and talked. said to Xiaonuo: "Xiaonuo, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, I don't know if you can tell Brother Meng." ”

Xiao Nuo nodded and said, "Let's say, in front of Brother Meng, Xiao Nuo has no secrets. ”

"After all, your family is a relative of the emperor and the country, why do you still like to secretly come out and sell lotus root powder alone?"

Dragon Slayer was stunned and said, "Won't it?" ”

Xiao Nuo smiled, looking a little embarrassed. Said: "It's my father who said it, you have to know that the people have to go to the people if they are suffering, besides, the lotus root flour you make yourself takes out and sells it, and the money you earn is very meaningful." ”

Meng Tianchu didn't expect that such a high-ranking and powerful figure as Cheng Ziyi would instill such an education method in his children, which had to be admired and admired.

Slaying Long also admired on the side, and Xiao Nuo was even more embarrassed, and said: "There is no land here, if I were a man, I said that I might not go to the field to farm." Go up the mountain to chop wood and hunt, it's just that my father and I have three chapters of the law, and we can't do things that we women should do, so just..."

Meng Tianchu: "You're already great. ”

Xiaonuo: "Sometimes I actually really envy my three elder brothers, each of whom can serve the country and fight on the battlefield, that is what a real hero does." ”

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "It seems that in the future, our Xiaonuo will find a true hero to be his husband." ”

Although Xiaonuo was a little embarrassed, he nodded with great certainty. "That's for sure!" ”

Slaying the dragon: "Miss Xiaonuo is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows!" ”

Xiaonuo: "I don't like anyone who says that I am a daughter who can't endure hardship, can't stand tiredness or something, I just want to prove to others that my father is a general, and I Xiaonuo is not a useless person who is pampered!" ”

Meng Tianchu admired the young girl in front of him a little. It's really a small person with big ambitions!

The next day, the man named Liu Banxian was arrested, but he was a wizened old man in his sixties, hunched over with a blanket on his shoulders, and a signboard in his right hand that read: "Liu Daxian".

Meng Tianchu This is the first time since he became the prefect that he has returned to the Yamen of Renhe County, and Cai Zhao has long been dressed neatly. Recruited all the officials of the yamen to greet Meng Tianchu at the door, and Meng Tianchu entered the court. I saw that it had been cleaned very cleanly, and it should be the cleanest I had ever seen.

When Wang Yi hadn't brought Liu Banxian here, Cai Zhao tremblingly welcomed Meng Tianchu to the top seat and sat down, and ordered someone to go to his private Longjing, but Meng Tianchu was still a little uncomfortable. See Cai Zhao's appearance. Thinking of the price of the pearl he gave to the long-lived lord that Yan Song said, he didn't think that Cai Zhao looked like a rich county master. The clothes are not necessarily gorgeous, and eating and drinking on weekdays is really normal, and it is even inferior to his own master, of course, there are few masters who can compare with Meng Tianchu in Renhe County.

"Master Meng, take a seat." Cai Zhao smiled so much that his face was about to bloom.

Meng Tianchu couldn't refuse, so he had to do the position where Cai Zhao had been sitting on the ground on weekdays.

Meng Tianchu: "Lord Cai, let's start." ”

Cai Zhao hurriedly motioned for Wang Yi to ascend to the hall, and sat on the chair one step lower than Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu nodded without saying anything.

Cai Zhao: "Then do you think it's a lowly question, or is it an adult who asks in person?" ”

Meng Tianchu was a little funny when he saw Cai Zhao's appearance, the easy-going old man who had never been seen was gone, and he couldn't find it, but instead he was the same as any person in the officialdom, nodding and groveling, Meng Tianchu sighed secretly in his heart, he really didn't want to see this scene.

Meng Tianchu cleared his throat and said, "Lord Cai is still sitting and listening, after all, you don't know much about this case, so..."

Meng Tianchu hadn't finished speaking, who wanted Cai Zhao to get up and kneel down in front of Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu didn't know why, and hurriedly asked Cai Zhao to get up, but Cai Zhao said: "Humble duty should be damned, this case should be within the jurisdiction of humble duty, but I have been bothering Lord Meng to do it himself, humble duty...,"

"That's it, that's it, I was just helping Dong Weng before, where is there anything else, what I said just now probably misinterpreted you, Tianchu has never been involved in officialdom after all, and he is used to talking the same as before, in fact, it doesn't mean anything, Dong Weng quickly got up and spoke." Only then did Meng Tianchu understand, he couldn't cry or laugh, is it necessary for people in this officialdom to live so hard and tired? It's not just a sentence, how can they figure out what it means, how can they figure it out, how can they not bother to think about it so much on weekdays?

Meng Tianchu personally got up and helped Cai Zhao up, and when he returned to his position, the officials in this hall were all watching. Cai Zhao's heart is beautiful, and his face is earned, who believes that the prefect of the four grades personally supports the county order of the seven grades?

Meng Tianchu returned to his position, his expression changed from the previous humility to seriousness, Wang Yi brought Liu Banxian to Meng Tianchu's side, Liu Banxian put the signboard on the ground with interest, knelt down and kowtowed to Meng Tianchu, and shouted Lord Prefect, as if something was blocked in his throat, which sounded uncomfortable and twisted.

Meng Tianchu: "What's your name?" Who's the people? ”

"If you go back to adulthood, the grass people's name is Liu San'er, and he is from Qiantang County."

"Do you know why the government wants to arrest you?"

Liu Banxian secretly raised his eyes to look at Meng Tianchudi's expression, quickly lowered his head, and said weakly: "No... Ignorance. ”

Cai Zhao yelled on the side: "I see that you don't shed tears if you don't see the coffin, and if you don't punish you, you won't tell the truth, someone is coming..."

Meng Tianchu glanced at Cai Zhao coldly. Cai Zhao hurriedly shut up, the reversal of this role probably hasn't made Cai Zhao get used to it.

But Cai Zhao's words really startled Liu Banxian, this person who has half of his body buried in the soil, where can he still afford to toss with sticks and torture tools. Hearing Cai Zhao say this, Liu Banxian's face suddenly turned terried, his body trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Don't, don't punish the grass people, the grass people have an old bone, they can't afford it, ask the lord and the prefect to be merciful." ”

Meng Tianchu slapped the startled wood suddenly. In the past, I saw Cai Zhao sitting on it and shooting, but today I picked up the shocking wood. It feels really unusual.

Meng Tianchu's shot startled Cai Zhao and Liu Banxian, and Meng Tianchu said solemnly: "Don't talk in front of the official, say!" Do you recognize Feng'er, the fifth lady of the Zhao family in the west of the city? ”

Liu Banxian saw that Meng Tianchu was angry, for fear that the big board held in the hands of the officials standing on both sides would fall on his buttocks, which had no meat at all. Quickly nodded and said yes.

Meng Tianchu: "That's what your fifth lady said." What kind of distress is she suffering from, and what kind of heart does she need to eat? ”

Liu Banxian seems to have been prepared for a long time. Knowing that Meng Tianchu was going to ask this question, he said without thinking about it: "The grass people are just a joke, but the fifth lady took it seriously. ”

Cai Zhao finally couldn't help but said again: "Presumptuous, I think you think our prefect is easy to talk to, isn't it, someone is coming..."

This time, Cai Zhao and Liu Banxian looked at Meng Tianchu at the same time, only to see that Meng Tianchu threw out a token with an expressionless face, and looked at Cai Zhao, Cai Zhao said with confidence: "Give me twenty boards, see if he is still a half-immortal, give me a hateful beating!" ”

Meng Tianchu sneered in his heart, it seems that most of the county order trial cases were made, and he will give him a face, but that Liu Banxian seems to be an old man, if you don't give him loose skin and meat, he probably thinks that you are the soft persimmon, you can pinch it as much as you want!

"The prefect doesn't want it, grass people..., ah... Ouch... Mother... Ay... Ouch, it hurts me, help! ”

Cai Zhao walked to Meng Tianchu's side and said, "My lord, you drink tea and rest first, don't worry about him, that's a Diao Min." ”

Meng Tianchu took a sip, put down the tea bowl, smiled and nodded, Cai Zhao stepped forward and said, "Do you have time at night?" ”

Meng Tianchu was puzzled, and Cai Zhao hurriedly whispered: "It's just that I want to invite adults to have a light meal, and I have no other intentions." ”

Meng Tianchu was stunned, when Cai Zhao actually said to himself that he was invited to dinner, it seemed that it was really impressive.

Meng Tianchu said indifferently: "Dong Weng, do you think you will wait until you retire from the hall to talk about other things?" ”

Cai Zhao was suddenly a little embarrassed, so he had to smile wryly and retreat.

Meng Tianchu saw that Liu Banxian's voice was getting quieter and quieter, and he was worried that the old man would not be able to withstand these dozens of boards, so he asked people to stop and dragged Liu Banxian into the court.

Meng Tianchu: "Liu San'er, let me ask you what Fang Cai said again, why did you tell the fifth lady that the distressed disease needs to eat people's hearts to get better?" ”

"My lord..., it's all grass people's nonsense."

"Bold, then what happened to the harmful hair that you and the fifth lady of the Zhao family opened for the third lady of the Zhao family that will collapse after eating?"

"Big... My lord, spare my life, it's all grass people who deserve to die, and the fifth lady gave me three taels of silver to let me do this. ”

"Humph! In that case, I don't think you don't know anything, you still know some medical skills, it's rare that you don't know that eating like this will kill people? ”

"Big... My lord. The grass people are money addicts, and they deserve to die, please spare your life! ”

"Then how can you say that you are distressed when you treat the children of Wang Cun Di and Wang Wu?"

"This..."

"If you lie and quibble again, see how this official treats you!"

"The grass people don't dare, the grass people don't dare!"

"Then don't you hurry up and recruit from the truth!"

"Wang Wu's child and Mrs. Wu's illness are not the same thing at all, I have told him before that the child is suffering from tuberculosis, and there is no cure, he actually wants to provoke my stall, and also injured my apprentice, saying that if I don't cure it. He just beat me to death and so on, and I couldn't help it, seeing that he was also sick and rushed to the doctor, he didn't believe it when he said it, so I told this lie. ”

"Then why are you lying like that?"

"Isn't that man's heart indispensable, so..."

"Nonsense" Meng Tianchu saw the anger on Cai Zhao's face, and scolded angrily, but he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart. Thinking that this Cai Zhao still knew that he was angry, thinking that he was just stunned and distracted by the side.

Meng Tianchu: "But this official heard that you can find people's hearts, what is going on?" ”

Liu Banxian hurriedly said: "Please also ask your Excellency to be clear, the grass people really haven't said that, and they haven't found anyone for one person!" ”

Meng Tianchu paused. said: "Why did you pay the landlord in a hurry the day before yesterday and then leave in a hurry?" ”

Liu Banxian said: "There is an urgent matter at home, so I left." ”

Meng Tianchu: "We caught you on the street in Qiantang County and brought you back, you have an urgent matter at home, why are you still setting up a stall on the street to do business?" ”

Liu Banxian was speechless for a moment, and secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his cuffs.

Meng Tianchu: "When you left Renhe County, a woman who looked like a maid came to you, who was she, why did she leave in a hurry after whispering to you, what did she say to you?" This official advises you to recruit them one by one! ”

Liu Banxian's rat-eyed thief looked around and landed on Meng Tianchu's face. He couldn't help but shiver, his heart chuckled, one hand quickly held the ground, and his teeth kept fighting.

Cai Zhao sneered: "Liu San'er, are you still cold with such a big sun outside?" ”

Liu Banxian didn't dare to speak.

Cai Zhao said: "Don't say that I and the prefect don't sympathize with the people. Since it's cold. I'll ask for some more clothes for you, and that's what you said. At such an age, naturally he can't afford to toss, come on, give Liu San'er those jackets to wear for him, so as not to freeze him. ”

Liu Banxian watched in horror as the two officials walked in with a few huge jackets, there was no cool breeze outside, and they screamed irritably in the treetops, and the officials stepped forward and couldn't help but say that they put on two pieces for Liu Banxian, and Liu Banxian finally became hot and unbearable, and shouted.

Meng Tianchu naturally knew that in the past, the brothers in the yamen used to use these tricks to clean up those who did not tell the truth, or they thought that the other party did not tell the truth.

"My lord, my lord, please don't wear it for the grass people, I said, I recruited it, I beg you."

Meng Tianchu waved his hand, and the two officials stopped, but they didn't let Liu Banxian take off the jacket on his body, and Liu Banxian's sweat flowed down his forehead like a sauna.

Meng Tianchu: "Then you still don't recruit from the truth, after you finish speaking, I will naturally ask someone to take off the things on your body." ”

"The person who came to me is called Xiaocui, and she is the former maid of the third lady's late mother."

"What did she ask you for?"

"This..."

Cai Zhao said on the side: "If you don't think it's warm enough, I'm okay..."

Liu Banxian hurriedly waved his hand and said with a painful face: "No, I said, the grass people said!" ”

"Speak quickly!"

"Just tell me, I let people know about the things that I used people's hearts to heal, let me run quickly."

Meng Tianchu: "What else did Xiaocui tell you, did she say where she lives now?" ”

"I said that she was going back to Qiantang too."

Meng Tianchu frowned, called Wang Yi and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you go to Qiantang and find that Xiaocui?" ”