Chapter 44: No Sight in the Yellow Springs (5)

Li Yongbo turned his heart sideways, but calmed down. www.biquge.info pen "Fun" pavilion, he waved his hand at Cui Yongming, blushing and said loudly: "Raise the old man's grace, my brother Li Yongzhong was born to his father's succession, and he has always been at odds with the villain." Before the death of his father, Li Yongzhong deceived his father with clever words, excluded the villain's son-in-law, and made Li Yongzhong inherit the big house. Joint stock management requires sincere cooperation, but the villain brother is really not a good person. ”

These words were reasonable, not only Chen Yuan showed sympathy on his face, but even Liu Sankui gave his nephew a thumbs up and praised a good word in his heart. However, Cui Yongming's face on the high hall did not change much, he only picked up the deed on the side, read it a few times and put it aside, he coughed, and said slowly: "Li Yongbo, what you said does make some sense......

These words immediately made Liu and Li overjoyed. Li Yongbo hurriedly bowed deeply, and said with a happy eyebrow: "The master is really reasonable!" ”

"Ahem!" Cui Yongming frowned in displeasure, knocked the startled wood a few times, and shouted: "Li Yongbo! This official is not finished yet! What kind of reason is clear! He didn't look at the two people in the hall who were stunned, and commanded to himself: "Servant, pass Li Yongzhong to the court!" ”

Li Yongbo's face suddenly turned pale! He stared at Cui Yongming in disbelief, then turned his head to look at Liu Sankui, who was pale, his mouth was open and closed, his mouth was very dry, without a trace of spittle, and he barely squeezed out a sentence in his hoarse voice for a long time: "This, Master Cui, this is not Li Yongzhong's business!?" ”

Cui Yongming explained to him slowly: "According to the "Da Ming Law", all transactions such as houses, land, and family property should be asked to the clan first, and the clansmen could only ask outsiders if they had no buyers and sellers. The matter of the well field is related to money, and this is one of them; Imagawa Shiotolai merchants' homes, well yards gradually became private, and the other is also. Li Yongbo, what you invited with your maternal uncle Liu Kui today is Liu Kui's stake in the well field under your name, which is in line with the Da Ming Law. This official asked you if you had asked the clansmen, Li Yongzhong is the younger brother of one of your houses, if you want to trade, you should ask him first! ”

Li Yongbo was stunned by Cui Yongming's words, and when he was frightened, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Li Yongzhong slowly and calmly walking into the hall. The young man was of medium height, thin in stature, handsome and weak-looking, and well-behaved, and courteous in the face of mention.

Although he had seen him in the back hall before, Cui Yongming still appreciated him when he saw him again, and when he saluted, he smiled and said, "Don't be polite, just get up and talk." ”

The two brothers stood left and right, Liu Sankui stood beside Li Yongbo, seeing that he was short of breath, and his red eyes seemed to burst out of his sockets! He pinched him through his robe, and when he saw Li Yongbo's face stiffening, he was about to exhale in pain, and suddenly stepped on his nephew's double-beam soap-noodle shoes, blocking his voice in his throat!

Liu Sankui coughed lightly, took a step forward, first respectfully made a gesture towards Tiju, straightened up and sighed, glanced at Li Yongzhong, and then turned around and said to Cui Tiju: "Master Cui, there is something wrong with the villain and nephew, but this is really not intentional, but there is something unspeakable. ”

Cui Yongming was really whetted by him, and with a sigh, he said strangely: "What is unspeakable? How hard to speak? Say it. ”

"Master, the nephew of the villain is really the grandson of the family tree in the Li family's big house, and his younger brother Li Yongzhong was born to Xu Xian - this section, I guess you recognize Zhongguan'er."

"Yes." Li Yongzhong glanced at him, smiled at the corner of his lips, and said generously: "The mother is married to the family father, which is well known. ”

"Good. If only you knew it. Liu Sankui nodded, pointed his hand at Li Yongzhong, and said sharply: "Then how dare you steal the position of the head of the family!?" ”

"The law of the Ming Dynasty is loaded, and those who oppose the lawbreakers will have eighty rods. Whoever does not have a firstborn son is guilty of the same. After Liu Sankui finished speaking, he fell to the ground with a thud, and Li Yongbo also quickly knelt down, only to see Liu Sankui's eyes with tears, and said with a sad face: "Master, the villain's sister died early, and she only had this bit of blood and bones under her knees, but how did you know that there would be such a upside-down bastard thing in the future!" ”

For a while, there was silence in the hall!

Cui Yongming's face was gloomy, he didn't look at the pair of uncles and nephews, and only asked Li Yongzhong: "Is what Liu Kui said true?" ”

Li Yongzhong laughed angrily, and even slapped his palms a few times. Although he had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his eyes. Hearing the question, he held his head high, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Lift, what Uncle Liu said is true." But the villain also has a few words that he wants to ask my brother. ”

originally thought it was just a simple matter of mediating the contract, but now it has become a dispute between people. Cui Yongming sighed in his heart, but at this moment he had to gather his spirits - the Yamen of the Salt Division was not only in charge of all kinds of salt affairs, but also in charge of civil affairs. If the people have a dispute, if there is a salt division in the local area, they can find the president.

"If you have something to ask, ask." Cui Yongming said, then his face turned grim, and said: "But if what Liu Kui said is verified, you will immediately return the position of the head of the family to your brother!" ”

Li Yongzhong nodded, walked three steps in front of Li Yongbo and stood still, and when he stood up, he asked him one by one, sentence by sentence, his face seemed to be calm, but the words were as fast as a sentence: "Uncle Guan'er, you are the eldest brother, when your father was seriously ill, you carried into a room of concubines, but there are you?" ”

"Before my father left, you cursed your clan relatives at home, and my father and I heard more than two or three people, but there were?"

"My father bequeathed me to be the head of the family, and I was worried about filial piety, and divided the well field into two, and you got half of it, but there is!?"

The faster he spoke, the faster he spoke, his words brought out grief and indignation: "Father has doted on you for more than 20 years, but you don't want to reciprocate, and now you don't know anyone, you are being picked up by others, and you are conspiring with the family property, big brother," Li Yongzhong called out sincerely, and Li Yongbo's face turned blue when he heard it, "I don't know if you will go underground in the future, and your father will ask about the family's family business, and you are the eldest son, how to answer!" After Li Yongbo finished speaking, he raised his head to Cui Yongming in the hall and said: "If you don't believe it, the villain has his own witnesses in his family!" Li Yongbo's rebellious words never avoid people, and there are many people who know it in the family! ”

There was a moment of silence in the hall. Cui Yongming coughed dryly, and first comforted the seemingly angry young man: "You have been wronged, don't worry." He frowned and raised his head again, and shouted to Li Yongbo: "Is what Li Yongzhong said true?!" ”

Li Yongbo sweated and narrowly backed, but he didn't dare to speak, Liu Sankui was in a hurry, and was about to speak, but he heard Cui Tiju shout at him: "Don't speak, let him speak at his own house!" ”

Li Yongbo has always been afraid of hard and soft, his knees are soft, and he will kneel down again! Now that Yan Si is sitting in the hall, he is being asked by Li Yongzhong, when his heart is weak, where can he say anything to refute! What's more, Li Yongzhong's question just poked at his sore spot, and he asked himself in his heart, but none of them could answer it confidently!

Seeing him like this, Cui Yongming still didn't understand. In his heart, he immediately disgusted Li Yongbo to the extreme. He slapped the stunned wood and shouted impatiently: "This official has already given you a chance!" Since you can't defend yourself, this official will tell the truth what Li Yongzhong said! The former son-in-law violated the law, because the son-in-law was disobedient first, and the Li Yongzhong was not illegal! He widened his eyes again, took out eight red sticks from the lottery holder and threw them on the ground, and shouted to Liu Sankui: "Liu Kui, what you sue can't be sued, according to the law: mortals are suspicious, so those who make false accusations will be allowed to accuse people of severity." Someone! Bring Liu Kui to the lower hall, eighty rods! No redemption! ”

Beads of sweat rolled down Liu Sankui's face, he felt bad from the beginning of Li Yongzhong's questioning of his nephew, and when Cui Yongming said that Li Yongzhong was not breaking the law, Liu Sankui almost didn't jump up! He finally knew that he and his nephew had underestimated Li Yongzhong before! Thinking that he is just a good manager, in fact, he is a tolerant and fearful person, who knows that in fact, this little bastard is silent, until their uncle and nephew step by step into the trap, and they will not be able to get out!

He was thinking about it, but the official had come up to get someone, Liu Sankui shouted incoherently as if he had woken up from a dream, first cursing, and then begging for mercy, but it was too late at this time, two strong officials put him together, and then he was brought to the hall, and someone put a long bench and threw Liu Sankui down on his head, two red and black water and fire sticks crossed down left and right to clamp his upper body, so that he couldn't twist, and the veteran of the execution, the official raised the stick high, and hit him his double strands!

Seeing that his uncle Liu Sankui was beaten and screamed again and again in the hall, Li Yongbo's face was as pale as dirt, and he was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, Cui Yongming didn't look at him, and judged himself: "What Li Yongbo and Liu Kui asked for today, because he didn't ask Li Yongbo's brother Yongzhong, the deed was not successful!" He turned his head again, his face suddenly became much gentler, and he asked him: "Li Yongbo, please participate in the well, first ask your relatives - Li Yongzhong, do you want to?" ”

Li Yongzhong bowed to him, straightened up and replied loudly, "The villain is willing." Liu's uncle is a few percent of his brother's shares, and the villain is also willing to participate in a few percent. ”

Yan Si raised his hand and read the deed, then lowered his head and discussed a few words softly with the copywriter Chen Yuan, got up and smiled at Li Yongzhong: "You two are brothers, so don't talk about those false courtesies - this official is the master for you, just write fifty percent." Chen Yuan's pen is very fast, Cui Yongming has written the new deed while speaking, and carefully checked it again, blew dry the ink and handed it to Cui Yongming, who signed and stamped it, and now only needs to be signed and signed by the two brothers of the Li family, and this deed can take effect!

Li Yongzhong walked up calmly, signed his name in the hall, and pressed the red mark on his thumb, Li Yongbo's face was pale and his steps were heavy, he was not a stupid person, he naturally knew that if this pen went on, he would not want to transport another grain of salt from the well site! When he thought of this, his heart ached! When his unstingy temperament came up, he wanted to play tricks and deny it, but he didn't want Yan Si to raise a faint glance at him, and snorted in his nose: "Huh? ”

In the end, Li Yongbo helped his uncle Liu Sankui and walked out of the gate of the Yansi with one foot deep and one foot shallow, thinking of what happened one day, he really felt like crying loudly. He was hesitating in pain, but he saw Liu Sankui with a gloomy face, grinding his teeth, and confiding word by word: "Li Yongzhong, if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you, he will be your dog in this life!" ”