Yuanhang looked at Duanmu Yiren in disbelief, and stammered, "I'm in Jiangzhou...... I don't have any relatives. ”

"No relatives? But he said it was your cousin. ”

"Cousin......" Yuanhang scratched his head and didn't remember who his cousin was.

"This person's name is Li Mubai, and he is in ......"

"He's it!" Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief, this is my cousin, it is clearly my rival.

"You deserve it, you don't learn and don't know how to ......" Yuanhang said this, and suddenly remembered Situ Zhongda. Yuanhang didn't have a good impression of Li Mubai, who told him to rob Yilan with him in the first place. But after all, he is Situ Zhongda's grandson, and now his old man is in the house, even if he doesn't look at Yilan's face, he can't ignore his old man's face. "Wait, I'll take a look at it with you."

Yuanhang didn't care about changing his clothes, and followed Duanmu Yiren out of the mansion and went directly to the Zhizhou Mansion.

"Lord Duanmu, why did he fight with people?"

"This subordinate has not been interrogated, and now both of them are in prison."

"Then bother, sir, come with me to the prison." As soon as Yuanhang stood up, Duanmu Yiren stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "There is a lot of inconvenience in the prison, I will send someone to bring him here." ”

"Well, I'm tired." The voyage sat back.

After a while, the official brought in Li Mubai, who was covered in injuries.

Li Mubai saw Yuanhang sitting on it, struggled forward, knelt on the ground and hugged Yuanhang's leg and cried: "Brother-in-law, save me, I was beaten so badly." ”

Yuanhang was angry enough, raised his leg and kicked him away, and shouted: "Who is your brother-in-law, when you let people beat me, did you ever think that I was your brother-in-law." ”

"I didn't fight." Li Mubai muttered in a low voice: "When did I beat you, didn't I suffer every time......

Yuanhang glared at him angrily, and wanted to scold him a few more words, but it can be seen that his appearance is indeed miserable.

Wearing a white boy's shirt, the footprints on the left and the right have become printed. The sleeve of his left arm was also torn off, and the worst of all was this head. Originally, Li Mubai was okay, but now the left side of his face is swollen, his cheekbones are discolored and bruised, his left eye has almost become a line, and his forehead has been broken, and there are blood stains remaining.

"Tell me, why fight with people." Yuanhang calmed his breath and asked him.

Li Mubai got up and sat on the ground, covered his left face with his hand, screamed a few times, and talked about what had happened.

It turned out that Li Mubai went for a walk in the city in the morning, and saw a woman selling beef, and wanted to buy some on a whim, but the woman did not sell it with him, so there was a dispute, and the woman's son came out of the house and beat Li Mubai severely.

Yuanhang snorted for a moment and said: "How can there be a reason not to do the business that is delivered to the door, what you said is definitely not the truth." ”

Turning to Duanmu Yoshito, he said, "My lord, you can't listen to this side of the story, and you need to call the butcher." ”

Duanmu nodded and ordered the butcher to be brought in again.

The butcher knelt on the ground and looked up at Duanmu. Duanmu asked, "Are you the butcher who beat people?" ”

"Back to the adult, it was the little one who hit him."

"Why did you hurt him?"

"My lord, he was unreasonable and insulted my mother, and the little one was angry and hit him."

"Brother-in-law, don't listen to their nonsense......" Li Mubai shouted as he pointed at the butcher on the ground.

"Shut up." Yuanhang slapped the table with a "snap" and shouted.

This frightened the butcher, looked at the voyage, and said in his heart, the person on this is the brother-in-law of that guy, and this time he is in trouble.

Yuanhang said to the butcher kindly: "Don't be afraid, just tell me what happened, and I will be fair." ”

"Thank you, sir." The butcher kowtowed and said, "The little one surnamed Hou has a shop in the east of the city that deals in raw meat. This son went to my mother's place to buy meat in the morning, as long as the lean meat is not fat, my mother said that it could not be removed, so he let the horizontal cut come, let the adults ask, how can it be sold like this, how can I sell the rest? ”

Yuanhang and Duanmu Yoshito looked at each other and grinned.

"My mother said that she would not sell him, but who knew that this person would not give up, and insulted my mother, and the little one was angry in the house, and came out to reason with him, so he started to do it." After speaking, the butcher lowered his head and waited for Lord Zhizhou to fall.

Duanmu Yoshito looked at the distance and asked, "Lord Ye, ...... you look?"

"Lord Duanmu only needs to judge the case fairly, and it is up to the hearts of the people to decide which is right and which is not." Yuanhang understands it, it's just that Li Mubai has nothing to do, and this butcher is also soft-handed, if I beat you, you can't take care of yourself.

Duanmu Yiren nodded, turned around, and said to Li Mubai: "Li Gongzi, at this time, it is because of you, you should not be unreasonable and insult others. ”

He said to the butcher again: "You butcher is also wrong, you shouldn't hurt people anyway, and now you have injured Li Gongzi like this, you should have been sentenced to prison, and if you commit your first offense, the official will give you a light punishment." ”

Duanmu Yiren thought for a while, straightened his body, and said: "This official blames and judges, Li Gongzi is at fault first, and the butcher hurts people later, and both sides bear half of it." Punish the butcher to compensate Li Gongzi for two taels of silver for treatment, do you two have any objections? ”

"Hurt me like this, only two taels of silver?" Li Mubai rolled his eyes and looked at Duanmu Yoshito.

Yuanhang glared angrily and said, "Two taels of silver are cheaper for you." ”

Li Mubai hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Two or two." ”

The butcher kowtowed and said, "Xiaomin knows his mistake, Lord Xie will be punished lightly, my mother is outside the mansion, can you please call her in." ”

Duanmu Yiren sent someone to call the butcher's mother in, and after the woman thanked her, her face was slightly embarrassed, and she said: "Thank you for your kindness, but two taels of silver is not a decimal, can you allow the women to be sent for a few days, and they will be sent after they are collected." ”

Duanmu Yiren pulled down his face and said, "This official has been lightly dismissed, since you have no silver taels, I will put the butcher in prison first." ”

When the lady heard this, she panicked, hesitated, took out a piece of jade pendant from her bosom, handed it to Duanmu Yiren, and said: "The woman came in a hurry, and she didn't have any silver taels on her, so she put this jade pendant in the adult's place first, and when I went back, I collected the silver taels and sent them." ”

Duanmu Yiren handed the jade pendant to Yuanhang and said to him: "Lord Ye, this matter will be disposed of in this way, and the rest will be handed over to you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Duanmu." Yuanhang didn't want to embarrass the mother and son, but the butcher beat Li Mubai and was angry for himself. stood up and took out two taels of silver from his arms and threw them to Li Mubai.

He walked up to the woman, handed her the jade pendant, and said, "Take this back, and if you have any money, you will return it to me. ”

The woman stretched out her hand to block it, shook her head, and said, "Since Gongzi has returned the silver for me, this jade pendant will be placed in your place first, and I will go to Gongzi to redeem it when I go back." ”

Seeing that the woman refused to take it back, Yuanhang nodded and said, "It's okay, you took the silver and went to the garrison to find me." ”

Coming out of the Zhizhou Mansion, he sailed back to his own mansion, took the jade pendant in his hand and checked it, thinking that he should still tell Situ Zhongda about it, so he went to the East Mansion.

"Grandfather, I went to the Zhizhou Mansion just now, and Li Mubai fought with people and was escorted by the government." Yuanhang saw Situ Zhongda and informed him of the incident.

"That child, when he was young, was diligent and studious, but now the older he is, the more he does not learn well." Situ Zhongda almost didn't react, which shows that he has long lost confidence in Li Mubai.

I accidentally saw the jade pendant in Yuanhang's hand, and asked curiously: "Yuanhang, what is in your hand?" ”

"Oh, this one, it's a jade pendant." After speaking, he handed over the jade pendant.

Situ Zhongda took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. After looking at it a few times, he suddenly raised his head and said to Yuanhang, "Where did this come from?" ”

"It's a woman's mortgage on me, grandfather, is there anything wrong with it?" Yuanhang saw Situ Zhongda's expression solemn, and felt a little strange.

Situ Zhongda handed back the jade pendant in his hand and said, "This jade pendant is the thing of the current queen mother, why is it in the hands of a people's woman?" ”

"Ahh Yuanhang was taken aback, his mouth was wide open, and he stared at the jade pendant in his hand.

No matter how you look at it, Yuanhang can't see how this jade pendant is different from other jade pendants. He looked up at Situ Zhongda suspiciously.

Situ Zhongda stroked his beard and said slowly: "After the first emperor chose the concubine, he ordered the jade craftsman in the palace to carve three jade pendants and gave them to the three concubines. ”

Yuanhang looked at it carefully, and sure enough, the phoenix tails of the two phoenixes hung down below the jade pendant on the left and right, and the tail strips were together, and it was vaguely visible that it was indeed a lady's word.

"When the first emperor gave the jade pendant, the queen mother was still the concubine at that time, as for when this jade pendant fell out of the palace, and how it got into the hands of this woman, it is not known." Situ Zhongda shook his head and said.

"Grandfather, maybe it's a folk imitation." Yuanhang first thought of counterfeiting, and now any item will be faked, and the sheep are cloned, not to mention the jade pendant.

"Never, imitating royal items is a crime, and no one in my dynasty dares to imitate them."

"Oh, that means this jade pendant is real." Yuanhang checked it twice, and then he felt that this jade pendant was cold and very heavy.

The two of them were chatting about the jade pendant in the house, Tang Ling rushed over, and after giving a salute to Situ Zhongda, he said to Yuanhang: "Young master, there is a woman outside the mansion, saying that she is here to redeem the jade pendant. ”

"Oh, she'll come soon, and you bring her into the hall, and I'll be there." Yuanhang said goodbye, stood in the courtyard and pondered for a while, clutched the jade pendant in his hand tightly, and walked towards the theater.

When the woman in the hall saw the voyage, she got up in a hurry and was about to kowtow. Yuanhang stretched out his hand to stop her, and asked her to sit down with a smile.

The woman took out the silver from her bosom, put it on the table with both hands, took two steps back, and said, "The women thank your lord for their help, and have now put together the silver taels." ”

Yuanhang watched the woman's every move carefully, smiled and took the jade pendant out of his arms and handed it to the woman. The woman took it and looked at it, put the jade pendant in her bosom, and gave the voyage a salute before leaving.

"Wait a minute, may I ask this aunt, where did you get this jade pendant from?" Yuanhang stared at the woman's eyes, deliberately raising his voice.

The woman's body trembled slightly, but her face was very calm, and she replied with a smile: "My lord, this is a thing for a folk woman to marry, and it is not valuable, but it is a thought. ”

"Well, don't mind, auntie, I'll just ask casually." Yuanhang smiled and got up to see him off, but he was suspicious of the woman.

The woman left the garrison, looked left and right, and bowed her head to the east of the city. As soon as she left, Shadowless walked out of the house, stretched out to the sun, and slowly followed.

Fu Yashi came to the living room and said to Yuanhang: "My lord, that Shangmu Zhong is really paranoid, I belittled his strong bow as worthless, but he is not annoyed or angry, and I have no choice." ”

Yuanhang smiled and said, "I already expected it, did he say anything?" ”

"He only said one word." Fu Yashi frowned sadly, and said listlessly to the voyage.

"What?"

"He said he wanted to see your lordship."

“……”

Yuanhang took the drawings of the Nine Rings and walked into the room of the merchant clock. Seeing Shang Mu Zhong, the voyager sighed, this guy was still fiddling with those wooden blocks.

"Haven't you moved out yet?" Yuanhang threw the drawings on the table, pointed and said, "I've sent it to you, I'll study it if I like it." ”

Shang Mu Zhong looked up at the voyage, put down the wooden block in his hand, and picked up the drawing.

"You've spent your time fiddling with these things all day, and I look down on you a little." Yuanhang crossed his legs and looked at the merchant clock with raised eyes.

The corners of Shang Muzhong's eyes twitched, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he continued to look at the drawings.

"Don't you know that the Shang Kingdom died because of you?"

"Nonsense! It's your wolf ambitions. How ridiculous is that you two countries have killed my merchants and taken possession of our land, and yet you say that you will die because of me. Shang Mu Zhong was enraged by the voyage, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

Yuanhang waved his hand downward, motioned for him to sit down, smiled lightly, and said: "It was your country that sent troops to our country first, and my Liang country attacked it instead." The State of Qi took advantage of the war between you and me to attack from the rear, and the State of Shang died. But do you know why the merchant army dares to attack our country? ”

Yuanhang stood up violently, slapped the table, pointed at the Shang Eye Bell, and shouted: "It is precisely because of the strong bow you developed that the Shang King believed that the Shang army was invincible and invincible, so he dared to send troops to our country." Who knows that your powerful bow has a false reputation, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the merchant army who have killed you are buried in other places, is it possible that the Shang country did not die because of you? ”

The merchant Zhong who said something about the voyage was stunned on the spot, is it really because I misled the country?

"One more thing, you're wrong." Yuanhang slowly sat back, and said lightly: "Now it is the Qi State that has plundered the Shang King, and it is also the Qi State that occupies the Shang capital Qibo, so it can be said that the Qi State destroyed the Shang, not the Qi Liang two countries." Let me ask you, don't you, as a merchant, want to be loyal to the king of Shang and avenge the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Shang Kingdom? ”

"I ......" Shang Mu Zhong's eyes widened angrily, his body trembled, and he slammed his fist on the table, and then squatted on the ground and cried.

Yuanhang waited for him to cry for a while, stepped forward to help him, and said, "Although your strong bow is defective, I can help you improve it, and then hand it over to Liang Jun to use." If the Liang army defeats the Qi army, you will also be regarded as contributing to the destruction of Qi, and you will also avenge the death of the Shang State. ”

Shang Mu Zhong wiped away his tears, nodded his head, helped Yuanhang's body to slide, knelt down for Yuanhang, and choked up: "Shang Mu Zhong knows that the adult is hardworking, and this body is willing to follow the adult and do his best to help Liang extinguish Qi." ”

"Hurry up, you have to be like a tiger with wings, and we will discuss improving the Mighty Bow later." Yuanhang is happy, but this monster has been subdued, and the things assigned by the emperor have been completed.

"My lord, if you move this piece of wood again, I am stupid, and I still haven't cracked it."

"Well, this ...... You first look at the nine-story sample paper, I have some small things to go and come. Yuanhang hurriedly found an excuse and took the opportunity to slip out, otherwise he would be entangled by him, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get out