Liu Xu took the plaque scroll inscribed by Wang Zeng, Shi Shiran returned to Cangnan Lane, people came and went on the street, and when he met the neighbors he knew, Liu Xu couldn't help but say a few words.

When he was about to arrive at his house, Liu Xu suddenly heard a person shouting: "Liu Xu, you have committed a crime, come with us in the yamen." ”

Liu Xu looked up and saw that it was a few officials, and his heart was shocked, what could he do, but he didn't do anything! Could it be that you sold alcohol a while ago? Listening to the shouting of the catcher, I couldn't help but scold: Can you change the fucking sentence? I have to use such a cliché. However, although Liu Xu scolded secretly in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "Poor eldest brother, little brother is a good citizen of the Great Song Dynasty who abides by the law, is it a mistake?" ”

The catcher said quickly: "It's called Liu Xu, right?" ”

Liu Xu replied: "The younger brother is indeed called Liu Xu. ”

"Then you can't be wrong, come with us." After the leader finished speaking, an errand officer with a chain next to him put a chain around Liu Xu's neck, ready to take him away.

Liu Xu hurriedly said: "Don't, don't, don't, send big brother, don't worry about this guy, I'll go with you myself." How to say that I am also an itchy student of the county school, give me some face. ”

The errand officer heard that Liu Xu was a county student, so he took back the chain. The literati have a good face, they value the Swen, and the literati of the Great Song Dynasty are noble, even if they are a little itchy, they are not a lowly servant who dares to offend easily.

Liu Xu couldn't help but secretly thank Wang Zongyuan in his heart, it seems that it is still somewhat useful for him to let Wang Zongyuan get himself the identity of a county student.

Although Liu Xu was reluctant, he had to go with the errands.

Liu Xu saw that his neighbor Yang Laozhang happened to come out of the house and was about to go out, so he said loudly: "Yang, please excuse me, go to my father-in-law in the Xu Martial Arts Hall, help me bring a letter, and say that I was taken away by the official messenger in the yamen." "Uncle Yang and Liu Xu live next to each other, and the relationship is not bad.

Uncle Yang looked at a few yacha and Liu Xu in surprise and said, "Brother Xu, what did you do?" Ladies and gentlemen, are you mistaken, Brother Xu is an honest child! ”

The catcher leader said: "Whether we committed a crime or not, we don't know, the eldest master in our yamen will go and talk about it." Let's just listen to the arrangement from above to arrest people, let's go, let's go! ”

Liu Xu asked: "Uncle Yang must help me bring a letter." ”

"Brother Xu, don't worry, the old man will go to deliver the letter immediately."

Although Liu Xu was a little scared in his heart, he had no choice but to follow the public officials.

All the way, Liu Xu muttered in his heart: I haven't done anything, since I came here, I have always been kind to others, and I haven't made enemies. Could it be that he made wine and sold it privately? If other sake breweries were looking for trouble, they would have already found it, so they shouldn't have come to arrest themselves now. What the hell did you do?

Liu Xu asked the catcher: "I don't know the surname of the eldest brother?" Dare to ask the eldest brother, can you tell me, what did the younger brother do? The younger brother is usually kind to others and never causes trouble, but I really don't know what happened. The younger brother is a scholar, and he is also small, and he has no bottom in his heart. ”

The catcher saw that Liu Xu was a scholar, he looked very gentle, and he spoke very politely, but it was not good to talk badly to each other all the time, so he said: "A certain family is the second-class head catcher Lei Zhanpeng of the state government, little brother Xu, it's not that a certain family doesn't say it, but a certain family doesn't know it." A certain family only obeys orders to take people, and the case has its own judicial army to hear it. Brother Xu has never done anything to kill people and set fires, and it is not a big deal, so he can take care of himself and relax. ”

Liu Xu couldn't help but chuckle in his heart when he heard the words of the thunder catcher. State government? Justice in the Army? Why is it not the county government, what did he do, and he was directly arrested by the state government? Nima, is there a trivial matter in the state government prison? Except for brewing some wine and selling it privately, I really haven't done anything else. Liu Xu couldn't help but feel even more apprehensive in his heart.

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The state government prison was gloomy, there was no sunlight in sight, and the smell was unusually unpleasant. Liu Xu was taken to a cell in the corner, and the servants pushed Liu Xu into the cell, locked the cell door, and went by himself.

Liu Xu took a look at this cell, the environment was slightly stronger than the cell he saw when he came from the corridor of the cell just now, those cells were messy, and some even held more than a dozen people. It seems that he has the status of a scholar, and the treatment is slightly better, and the preferential treatment of the literati of the Great Song Dynasty is really reflected in all aspects. There was a broken bed in each of the two corners of the cell, and on one of the beds, there was a person lying on it, with Zhou Zheng with a straw in his mouth and his legs crossed, and he was aiming at him at this time.

When the man saw Liu Xu coming, he said, "Boy, what did you do?" ”

Liu Xu hurriedly said: "The little brother really doesn't know, he was arrested and put in prison for some reason." ”

"You're funny, you kid, you don't know what you've done? Don't hide it here, I can still sell you. ”

"Dare to ask Brother Taigui's surname? What happened to the little brother, I really don't know, and I'm inexplicably wonderful? ”

"My name is Liu Cheng."

"Ah, little brother Liu Xu, he and his brother Tai were the same family five hundred years ago, the eldest brother is on top, and the younger brother is polite."

"Hehe, you're a funny kid, it's okay to be idle, come and talk."

Liu Xu didn't know what he had done for the time being, although he was apprehensive, he couldn't think about it, he could only count on his father-in-law to find a way for him. sat on the edge of the broken bed and chatted with Liu Cheng.

Although this Liu Cheng is also a scholar, he is not as sour as a literati, but he is also open-minded, and when he talks to Liu Xu, he does not shy away from anything.

According to Liu Cheng himself, his own family is as beautiful as a flower. He went out on a study tour last year and didn't return until August this year, and when he came back, someone told him that he was secretly messing with a handsome man in a troupe. Liu Cheng secretly followed his Hun family, and when he found out that there was something wrong with this matter, he couldn't help but be furious. But thinking that the servant was a martial artist in the troupe, he couldn't beat him as soon as a literati, so he hired a few people in the market to kill the pair of silver women during the tryst. Unexpectedly, those few splashes were not good at doing things, leaving their heads and tails, and Liu Cheng was found by the official Shun Teng, so he was arrested and put in prison.

However, Liu Cheng said indifferently: "Kill a silver woman, that husband is still a cheap servant, it's not a big deal, and you can't be sentenced to death." I'm a state student, so if it's a big deal, I'll be deprived of my background and sentenced. But I always have a bad breath, and my heart is happy. ”

The most important thing for the literati of the Great Song Dynasty is the birth text, this Wang Cheng is free and easy, he is about to be sentenced to be deprived of the birth text and the flow of the match, and he still doesn't care, Liu Xu can't help but admire a little.

Liu Xu had nothing to do in prison, so he chatted with Liu Cheng, and also talked about his private wine sales, and asked Liu Cheng to analyze it for himself.

After listening to this, Liu Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, I'm afraid that you have inadvertently offended someone." Just because you make wine privately, at most you will be fined some money and beaten a few times by going to the county government, and you will never be arrested and put in the state government prison. Although the Great Song Dynasty had very strict control over private brewing, as long as there was more wine to brew and sell more, there were few serious investigations. Just like in the Tang Dynasty, the people were not allowed to hunt carp, and the government has always turned a blind eye to this matter. But now brother, you have been arrested and put in the state government prison because of this matter that you can turn a blind eye, I am afraid that my brother has offended some powerful person. As soon as Liu Cheng saw that he said this, Liu Xu's face tightened and became a little ugly, and he hurriedly comforted: "This is also my brother's random guess, maybe it's okay and I don't know." Don't be too nervous, scare yourself, no matter how bad your situation is, it's not as bad as your brother, right? It's okay, what's the big deal. Besides, our Great Song Dynasty pays attention to punishment and cannot punish doctors, and this doctor does not only refer to those officials, but also scholars are not allowed to use punishment. You don't care what they ask, grit your teeth and don't admit it, they can't do anything about you. ”

Liu Xu said in his heart: I didn't hire a murderer to kill my wife, why are you comparing me with you. Besides, there are a few people who are as bachelor as you, and you are so free and easy, I still want to have a good time in Da Song, I don't want to be sentenced to prison, mismatch or something. However, people were kind enough to persuade him, and he couldn't help but appreciate it, and at that moment Liu Xu reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "What my brother said is that the younger brother is too nervous, alas, the younger brother has never done anything to destroy the criminals, the so-called lane mountain must have a road in front of the mountain, see the move." ”

"It's good to open up if you want to, there is no hurdle that can't be overcome."

For the rest of the time, Liu Xu chatted with Liu Cheng about each sentence, and at the same time was thinking about who he had offended.

It's only been two months since I came to the Great Song Dynasty, and I haven't caused trouble, when did I offend someone? Liu Xu thought hard and couldn't figure it out. In the end, Liu Xu thought of a possible answer: maybe it was the trouble caused by Liu Xu before, which may be the most likely guess.