Yuan Xi stood up calmly and looked around. Yuan Shao's face was like a king of hearts on a playing card, while Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were like J, and the other shrimp soldiers and crab generals also had stiff faces one by one, and they all set their eyes on him.

With a step, he stepped off the soft seat, came to the cold ground, and paused towards the main seat.

Before he could speak, Yuan Shang hurriedly said, "Second brother, you shouldn't deny it, right?" The soldiers on duty that night could see it clearly, and they could come up and confront them. When the city gate was opened, some passers-by around saw it, and it was clearly recorded at any time and at any time. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Yuan Shang was glanced at by him coldly, paused slightly, and then smiled without a smile: "I'm just reminding you, I don't mean anything else." Second brother, don't blame the ruthlessness of being a younger brother, it's just that the matter is too big to deal with it impartially. ”

After saying that, he showed a sly expression, as if he was very proud. In today's battle, he won a big victory, the eldest brother plummeted in the eyes of his father because of the matter of Diao Chan, and the second brother was estimated to be punished because of the private opening of the city gate, and the biggest beneficiary was not himself? When the troops went south, he was the best choice to follow his father on the expedition. Thinking of this, he could no longer suppress the smugness in his chest, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl.

Yuan Xi said coldly: "Isn't this matter the responsibility of the judge, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Yuan Shang was speechless for a moment, and as soon as he was proud, he actually forgot about this stubble, in Yuan Shao's eyes, he had nothing to do with the trial, and it would be bad if people knew that they were forming a party for personal gain. Thinking of this, sweat beads were on his forehead, and he quickly explained: "It's irrelevant, of course it's irrelevant." I'm just watching the whole thing, but I can't look past it, so I just mention the second brother. Knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is added to the first degree. Frankly admitted, his father is lenient and benevolent, and he will be able to be lightly punished. ”

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice: "Xianyi, is there such a thing?" ”

Yuan Xi said: "Yes! ”

Although he had expected this, Yuan Shang was still happy when he heard his second brother admit it easily and frankly, but he didn't dare to laugh, he just pretended to regret it: "Second brother...... Alas...... Have you failed to live up to your father's expectations? ”

Yuan Xi scolded in his heart: "Yuan Shao has a fart expectation for me......"

Yuan Tan on the other side looked at the two younger brothers with mixed feelings, and he didn't know what he was thinking. At the beginning, he was a little angry when he was put on a stand by Yuan Xi, and he was also happy when he saw that Yuan Xi was unlucky, but at this time, seeing that the third brother Yuan Shang had become the final victor, he was faintly uneasy. His biggest opponent has always been the third. In fact, the second child is right, only by joining forces can we deal with the third child.

Yuan Shao leaned forward and shouted heavily: "Say, why do you want to open the city gate privately? ”

Yuan Xi said: "It's nothing, just to go out of the city to see the moon." ”

Yuan Shao said: "Ridiculous! Isn't the moon seen in the city different? ”

Yuan Xi said: "It's a little different. ”

Yuan Shang saw that he wanted to divert the topic, and interjected: "Second brother, this is your mistake, no matter what the reason, if you are wrong, you are wrong, don't make excuses." ”

Yuan Xi said: "I don't know why I went out of the city so easily, I gave the soldiers guarding the gate twenty yuan each, and they opened the city gate for me......"

"Twenty bucks?"

Yuan Shang didn't react for a while.

"Twenty bucks!" Yuan Shaohu's eyes widened angrily, and he snorted coldly: "Is the order I issued only worth twenty yuan?" Who was so bold as to open the gates of the city for twenty dollars alone? ”

There was a buzz of discussion below.

Yuan Shang heard that something was wrong, originally everyone was talking about the matter of Yuan Xi going out of the city without authorization, why did he suddenly focus on twenty yuan? In fact, it's very simple, twenty dollars is too little, it's too conspicuous, even those who keep saying that they are crusading against Yuan Xi can't stand it, and the guards guarding the gate are too easy to buy.

Yuan Shangren was more clever, and he immediately heard that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Second brother, you lie, the soldier guarding the door has a salary of 500 yuan a month, how can he be greedy for you for only twenty?" It must be you who used your identity as the second son of the Yuan Mansion to oppress them, didn't you? ”

Yuan Xi said: "What can be solved with money, why bother? Besides, these people don't know me at all, so how can they know who I am? Otherwise, you can let them come in and identify them to see if they can recognize the so-called second son. ”

Yuan Shang was speechless. It was dark that night, and these guards at the door naturally couldn't see him clearly, and they only knew the identity of the second son only after being introduced by the judge. At this time, it is indeed difficult to recognize them if they are asked to identify them.

He was still unwilling and argued: "It was so dark at that time, these soldiers naturally couldn't recognize your second son." But don't you say it with your own mouth, as soon as they hear that you are the second son of Yuan, and then they are pressed by your identity, they can't tolerate these soldiers not opening the door. Yes and no? ”

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Oh! It's reasonable for you to say that, maybe whoever goes up and declares that they are the second son, they will open the door obediently...... I can't say ......."

"This ......"

Yuan Shang suddenly had a headache and realized that he had fallen into his trap again. This guy actually deliberately dug a hole for himself and let himself jump in. He hurriedly looked up, only to see his second brother smiling at him, and he was shocked.

Yuan Shao suddenly said to the interrogator: "Who was on duty that day, check it, and deal with it as you want." Don't ask me for any more instructions. ”

The judge hurriedly looked at Yuan Shang, only to see that Yuan Shang was frowning and thinking hard, but he didn't know how to fight back. Obviously, his own side is on the offensive, how can he go around and detour the problem, obviously discussing Yuan Xi's violation of the ban, why is the final responsibility on the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate?

Seeing that Yuan Shang didn't speak, the judge had to bow down and answer, "Huh." ”

Yuan Xi said: "Father, kill this person, tomorrow a group of people will be changed, it will still be the same, what's the use of this?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "Well, then what do you say?" Isn't it okay to make an example of chickens and monkeys? ”

Yuan Xi said: "At the beginning, these people will still be a little nervous, but when they relax again, they will continue to violate." People always have a fluke mentality, and it is impossible for you to go to patrol every day, father...... If you want to be punished, you have to punish the top penalty, and the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked. In my opinion, the responsibility of the judge is very great. If the judge is stricter, even if I am the second son, even if I give him thousands of dollars, he will not open the door. It's loose, and I guess I'm still giving more than twenty dollars. On weekdays, I don't know how many times this city gate has been opened in private. ”

"Huh?" The judge shook his body and almost fell down. What kind of thing is this, how did you poke and poke yourself into it?

Yuan Shang was also panicked, and hurriedly said: "Father, this matter really has little to do with the trial of adults. In the end, it's the negligence of the people below......"

He was indeed panicked, the meaning of the trial to him was the same as the meaning of Guo Tu to his eldest brother Yuan Tan. His connections are basically among the civil officials in Yecheng, and the trial is the only henchman with military power, if the trial is dismissed because of this, it will be too great a loss for him. This time it was really a boat capsized in the gutter, how could it be like this, he still hasn't figured it out yet.

But one thing he is very clear about, he must keep the trial. For this reason, he glanced at Feng Ji, who was sitting on the side.

Feng Ji is a clever person, and as soon as he received the signal, he immediately spoke: "Lord, Ji thinks that you must not blame Zhengnan." ”

Yuan Shaozheng hesitated, so he turned his head to look at Feng Ji to see what this scheming strategist had to say.

"Lord Qiqi, in this city defense camp, there are many arrogant soldiers of hereditary officials, and the discipline is weak, and I am afraid it is also a malpractice. The judge brother is fair and selfless, quite the style of the ancients, and it is impossible to condone his subordinates. It's just that the people below are fake, and he is also kept in the dark. I thought that although he was negligent, he was not the culprit as the second son said. On the contrary, he can take the initiative to shake things out and prove that he has a clear conscience. ”

Yuan Shao nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "Yes, Brother Zhengnan took the initiative to expose the matter, which is worthy of appreciation, it is much better than hiding it." As for Xianyi, although it was a violation of the ban, if the guards were disciplined, he would not be allowed to succeed, and the fault was not Xianyi. Please sit down......"

Yuan Xi breathed a sigh of relief and silently walked to his seat.

Yuan Shang looked at Yuan Xi's exoneration, gritted his teeth and said, "Father, I still have something to tell you......

"What else?"

Yuan Xi glared at this dead fiercely, do you still want to bite it?