When Wei Xian came to the lobby, there were already several city gentry waiting in the hall, and when they saw Wei Xian appear, they each saluted, but Cai Yong did not arrive.

Wei Xian frowned and glanced at Ye Zhao, who was pale and sickly, and snorted coldly: "Who is in the hall?" ”

"Ye Zhao." also looked up, looked directly at Wei Xian, and said loudly.

"Presumptuous!" Wei Xian's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he scolded sharply: "Bold murderer, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" ”

"I am a filial person, and now I have not been convicted, and I am not guilty, why do I kneel?" How could Ye Zhao be intimidated by this bit of official threat, looked at Wei Xian, and said indifferently: "Taishou has not yet asked about the case, and he has convicted me of the name of the murderer, what is the reason for this crime to be added?" ”

"You kill people in the street!" Wei Xian gritted his teeth.

"Lord Taishou made a mistake, he was forced to kill in self-defense, not on the street." Ye Zhao said indifferently.

"To kill is to kill, what self-defense? Come, press down this murderer first, twenty canes! Wei Xian snorted and said coldly.

"What, the adults want to bend into a move?" Ye Zhao raised his eyelids, and didn't say anything about the two tolerances cutting himself up, just sneered.

"Okay, today, the official will convince you." Wei Xian looked at several gentry around him, and looked at Ye Zhao with an ugly face: "According to the law of my Han Dynasty, a murderer, regardless of his identity, must first have a spine of twenty after going to the court, in order to set an example!" ”

"My lord's ability to take things out of context is not small." Ye Zhao sneered.

"Presumptuous, how could this official ever take it out of context?" Wei Xian said angrily, how do you feel that today's Ye Zhao is a little less dull than in the past, if it was before, I am afraid that it is this kid who is angry at this moment.

"Since your lord is talking about the law, then I will help you recall that according to the law of my Han Dynasty, those who kill should first find out why they killed people, if they kill innocent people indiscriminately, they will first have twenty rods, and then they will kill without forgiveness, if there is a reason for the incident, then they will be convicted because of the seriousness of the circumstances, and in addition, if the person who is killed has bad intentions, or openly violates the law of our Han Dynasty, although he is not guilty of death!" Ye Zhao had to rejoice that his predecessor was very familiar with the rolling melon that Han Lu had memorized, and at this moment the memory was received by Ye Zhao, and he could come to it without thinking about it.

Looking at Wei Xian, who was ugly, Ye Zhao sneered: "As soon as the adults came to the court, before they asked the reason, they wanted to condemn me, don't say that I am still filial piety, even if it is a poor people, adults do this, it is inevitable that they want to cover up the suspicion, I don't know where to offend the adults, and they are so anxious to put me to death?" ”

"Bastard......" Wei Xian couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and when he wanted to refute, he saw a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and a scribe over forty years old walked in.

Seeing this person, the young men who had come in with Wei Xian before, including Wei Xian, all stood up together and respectfully said to the visitor: "Cai Weng." ”

"Teacher." When Ye Zhao saw the visitor, countless memories came to his mind, he took a deep breath, and also made a salute, and respectfully called the teacher.

"How dare you bow and get up, wearing a sinful body." Cai Yong waved his hand, looked at Ye Zhao, a touch of love flashed in his eyes, and turned his head to look at Wei Xiandao: "But I also feel that Wei Taishou is a little rash in deciding the case like this, why don't you listen to what my bad guy has to say?" ”

Looking at the gentry, Cai Yong smiled and said: "I have been obedient since I was a child, and the old man believes that if it were not for a reason, he would never do such a thing as killing someone." ”

"Since Cai Weng opened his mouth ......" Wei Xian was a little unwilling, he already felt that today's Ye Zhao was different from the past, if it was Ye Zhao in the past, where did he come from so many quibbles, killing people, I am afraid that he has already lost the six gods, which is also the reason why he is in a hurry to convict, but now that Cai Yong is here, the young man on the side is obviously more inclined to Cai Yong's side at the moment, although logically speaking, he is the biggest here, but whether it is the youth or Cai Yong, he can't ignore it, so he can only say with a dark face: "Then Ye Zhao, tell me why you killed people." ”

"Dare to ask my lord, do you know who Hu Laosan is?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

Wei Xian naturally knew who Hu Laosan was, but if he said it at this time, it would not be a self-surrendering identity, he was too dignified and guarded, and he was involved with a street scoundrel, and it would be embarrassing to say it, so he could only pretend not to know and shook his head.

"Then all the uncles present, do you know this Hu Laosan?" Ye Zhao looked at the gentry around him and smiled.

Several gentry looked at each other, and one of the old men smiled and said, "This old man has heard a little, and I have heard that this person has gathered a group of splashes in the city, and has nothing to do all day long, and specializes in oppressing the good." ”

"Ye Zhao, who is Hu Laosan, and what does it have to do with you killing him?" Wei Xian felt a little bad and hurriedly shouted.

"It has a lot to do with it, and I'm very curious, under the governance of Wei Taishou, there are such wicked people in the city, but no one cares about them, let him fish and meat in the township, and even look at the appearance of your uncles, even they don't want to provoke this person."

Looking at Wei Xian's gradually ugly face, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Okay, let's get back to the topic, dare to ask Taishou, my Ye family has three generations of loyalty, and now although I am down, it is also a family of great contributions to the imperial court, but after the death of my father, Hu Laosan and other splashes have repeatedly come to make trouble, and he has also sent people to the government for help, but the government has turned a blind eye to this matter, so that Hu Laosan has intensified, and today he saw that I was seriously ill, and he wanted to directly occupy my Ye family's land, but the government did not react, what is the reason?" ”

"This ...... Even so, you shouldn't have killed him! Wei Xian said in a deep voice.

"Please bring up the body of that Hu Laosan." Ye Zhao turned his head to look at the few people, and when he saw that no one was moving, he looked at the two family members who came with him and said, "Go and carry the corpse up." ”

"Yes!" The two family members hurriedly ran out, and Hu Laosan's body, as an important evidence, had naturally been carried outside the Taishou Mansion, and after a while, he was carried up.

"Let's see, this Hu Lao Sankong is powerful, but he is powerless, killing him, it was not his intention, but this person deceived people too much, and actually broke into my home to persecute me, everyone, although my Ye family is now down, but it is also a famous family, the ancestors of the three generations for the court can be said to be loyal to their duties, grandfather, great-grandfather is even more dedicated to the country, although the world is cold, but the period of filial piety of the father has just passed, there is such a splash to force each other, and the government does not care, it is really chilling!" Ye Zhao looked at the gentry around him and said in a deep voice: "Change places, if your uncles encounter such a thing, what should they do?" ”

"This man should be killed!" An old man looked at Hu Laosan's corpse coldly and snorted coldly.

Although the Ye family is not as good as before, but in the final analysis, after three generations of accumulation, they have integrated into this circle, even if they are down, they are still part of the scholars, but now they are bullied by a scoundrel and want to occupy the land, which makes them feel a little sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, who can say that today's Ye family will not be tomorrow's Zhang family, Li family or Wang family.

Wei Xian said with an ugly face: "That's it, there are court laws, didn't the old man send Captain Fang to mediate?" Even if you are justified, you will not escape the crime of lynching. ”

Ye Zhao clapped his hands and said: "Don't say it, I forgot, that Hu Laosan went to my door to persecute in every way, and I didn't see the official figure, but as soon as Hu Laosan died, Captain Fang took the men and horses to kill, and he wanted to capture me without saying a word, if it was a coincidence, it was too much of a coincidence, so that the little nephew couldn't help but think of the collusion of officials and bandits!" ”

"Presumptuous! In the court, you dare to slander this official!? When Wei Xian heard this, his face changed greatly, and he stood up abruptly with a slap on the table, and shouted loudly.

"I didn't say that it was too guarded, so why should Wei Taishou jump out so quickly to defend it?" Ye Zhao looked at Wei Xian and sneered: "If it weren't for the fact that there were powerful people in the official mansion secretly helping each other, if you want to make Zai Xia believe that this is a coincidence, I'm afraid that even if you believe it, it will be difficult to convince the uncles present." ”

When all the gentry heard this, they all looked at Wei Xian, making Wei Xian break out in a cold sweat, don't look at Wei Xian is too guarded, these gentry are also respectful to him on weekdays, but once this matter is confirmed, even if the court does not pursue it, I am afraid he will not want to sit firmly in the position of the Hanoi Taishou, not to mention, there is Cai Yong, the great god sitting here, although he has no official title, but Hanoi is only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, once Cai Yong spreads this word to the imperial court......

Wei Xian didn't dare to think about it anymore, and some of them looked at the young man on the side for help, after all, he was also a member of the Wei family, and dealing with Ye Zhao was also to make the Wei family angry.

The young man glanced at Wei Xian with some annoyance, although Ye Zhao didn't say it explicitly, but only looked at Wei Xian's reaction, not a fool can see it, what Ye Zhao said, ninety percent is true, but at this moment, he really can't help him, he stood up at the moment, and saluted Cai Yong: "Cai Weng has been here for a few days, in the end, Qian has not officially visited, this matter is also a misunderstanding, it is better to leave the hall for the time being, I think Tai Shou will give Brother Xiu Ming a satisfactory answer, I don't know what Cai Weng thinks?" ”

Xiuming is Ye Zhao's word, which was taken by Cai Yong for him.

"It's fine." Cai Yong was too lazy to look at Wei Xian, and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "Xiuming, what do you think?" ”

"Obey the teacher's orders." Ye Zhao sighed in his heart, it seems that if he wants to clean up this Wei Xian, he can only wait for the opportunity in the future, fight the snake and be bitten by the snake, since this Liang Zi has been settled today, according to this Wei Xian's style, I am afraid that he will not give up with him, and Ye Zhao has never thought about laughing and hating, that is not his style, but at the moment, he can only compromise, he is not the stunned young man in his predecessor, a tendon to death, now Cai Yong has come out to speak, if he insists on going his own way, I am afraid that Cai Yong will also be unhappy, he is new to the city, and his foundation is shallow, It's rare to have such a backstage, but I don't want to dilute the relationship between the two sides because of this.

Cai Yong nodded with satisfaction and turned his head to glance at Wei Xian.

"Quit!" Seeing this, Wei Xian hurriedly waved his hand, signaled to retreat, and at the same time went down to the hall in person, and after everyone left, he smiled at Ye Zhao and said: "In this matter, the official is guilty of negligence, Ye Xian's nephew can ignore the previous suspicions, and Wei Xian is unforgettable." ”

"Make you serious." Ye Zhao waved his hand and said: "It's just that my Ye family has suffered a family change, and now it is an eventful time, and I hope to make Jun raise his noble hand and let my Ye family have a way to live." ”

Wei Xian's face froze, and he smiled dryly: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

"Brother Boru, today's matter, I will give you a favor, so I will stop it, and you and I will not owe each other in the future." Ye Zhao looked at the young man and said indifferently, the two stunned people who came to the Wei family to make trouble that day did indeed accept this Wei coveted favor, otherwise although he would not die, he would inevitably suffer some humiliation.

"Nature." The young man smiled and nodded: "The last time I said goodbye, it has been half a year, it is better for Cai Weng and Brother Xiuming to stay, and let the next landlord friendship." ”

"Nope." Cai Yong got up, shook his head, glanced at Ye Zhao with some relief and said with a smile: "The old man is in sin, and he has to rush to Luoyang to meet His Majesty as soon as possible, he has been delayed here for a few days, and he should leave as soon as possible." ”

"Excuse me, next time I go to Hedong, Brother Boru will do his best to be a landlord." Ye Zhao also waved his hand, he was now in a hurry to go back and sort out his current situation, how could he be in the mood to argue with these people here, get up immediately, and go out with Cai Yong.

"I'll send one to Cai Weng." Wei Qi hurriedly walked up, and together with Wei Xian, after sending the two out of the Taishou Mansion, looking at the backs of the two of them in the distance, Wei Xian slowly breathed a sigh of relief, this catastrophe, he can be regarded as having avoided it, but for Ye Zhao, he really hated it.