In the afternoon, Mrs. Qu and the matchmaker came again, and seeing Mrs. Qu's angry and dejected look, Father Zuogui felt bad.

Sure enough, the old lady Qu said angrily: "The old lady Yu just apologized vigorously, said that she was willing to compensate for all losses, and only hoped that we would not sue the yamen, but she refused to explain the real reason, and just insisted that her granddaughter did not want to marry far away." Please look at her filial piety to her parents and grandfather, and raise her noble hand. The old man has both soft and hard, there is no way, the old lady Yu is not strong, just begging for mercy, but it is obvious that even if we sue the yamen, he will not change his mind. In this way, we only have the only way to go to court! ”

Zuo Gui's father said with a gloomy face: "Their family is not afraid of lawsuits? ”

"It's not that they're not afraid, as far as the old man is concerned, they have no choice."

"Then there is no way, only to tear your face, and Lord Qiao Guan will come over after a while to discuss how to fight this lawsuit together."

The news brought back by Old Lady Qu made Zuo Shaoyang even more sure that someone was making a ghost in the back! It's just that the other party won't say it. How can I find a way to find out about this?

In the evening, Qiao Guan came, also with a gloomy face: "Uncle, this case is a little bad. ”

Zuo Gui's father sank: "What's wrong?" ”

"The little nephew found the county lieutenant Peng, he and the little nephew are still relatively familiar, but this time they are official. I said what happened to me, although he also said that the Yu family was wrong, but he repeatedly emphasized that this matter should be considered in the long run, and that it must not be rash and hurt everyone's face, and said that if the other party is someone else, it is fine, but it is the imperial doctor of Emperor Gaozu, and if he does not give him face, that is, he will not give face to Emperor Gaozu. I didn't hear the momentum right, and asked him what he would do if this lawsuit really went to the yamen? He said that since the Yu family bowed their heads and was willing to compensate for the losses, they would take the money and find another family, and there were more eunuchs in the capital, and they were worried that they couldn't find their daughter-in-law......? ”

Zuo Gui's father said angrily: "I don't just want a daughter-in-law, I want to ask for an explanation and vent my evil anger!" ”

"Yes, yes, that's what my little nephew said. County Lieutenant Peng began to push, saying that it would be very difficult to do, such a big thing, he was a small county lieutenant who said that it didn't count, he had to report to the top, ask for ideas, and then make a judgment. The little nephew leaked his mouth and said that the Zuo family was willing to spend as much money as he wanted for this case, so he must help. ”

"Yes, yes, what did he say?"

"County Lieutenant Peng still played an official tone, saying that he would do something else and do it for me without spending money, this matter alone involves the imperial physician of Emperor Gaozu, and he didn't dare to show favoritism, let alone accept property, so he could only follow the instructions from above."

Zuo Gui's father's thin old face was gloomy: "He doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, right?" Is it that you haven't seen the money and can't believe it? ”

"It doesn't look like it, if he thinks so, it will definitely be revealed in his words. He probably wouldn't dare to take our money at all. ”

"So, our case can't be solved even if you spend a lot of money?"

Qiao Guan said expressionlessly: "In the opinion of the little nephew, it is like this. "Officials protect each other! At court one hand will wash the other! The world is as black as a crow! Father Zuo Gui stood up angrily and said fiercely in the room with his hands behind his back. Old Lady Qu and Qiao Guan looked at each other, Father Zuo Gui's words had the meaning of overturning a boatload of people with a rod, but seeing that he was angry, the two of them didn't care. Silently waiting for his idea.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Father, now it seems that it is obvious that the Yu family has already greeted the Chang'an County Ya, but I am afraid that the county order and the county have already benefited, and this lawsuit is his Chang'an County has the final say, and they dare not offend the imperial doctor of Emperor Gaozu, this lawsuit, we are only afraid that we will not win, it is better to take a compensation, and ...... another."

"A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated!" Zuo Gui was furious, "This lawsuit must be fought!" Be sure to hit! This time, the father will not hit the south wall and will not look back! ”

Old lady Qu also said: "Exactly, the old man doesn't believe that this lawsuit can't be won, let's stand and reason, it's a big deal to hit the drum and sue the emperor!" ”

Qiao Guan was naturally also on the Zuo family's side, and said in a deep voice: "The little nephew also thinks that the lawsuit should be fought first, anyway, we can stand up to reason, he can't ignore Wang Fa, Wang Fa didn't say that a filial daughter can regret marriage if she doesn't want to marry far away!" ”

Hearing that the two officials also agreed to the lawsuit, Zuo Gui's father was even more convinced, and said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to Yu's house to marry according to the original agreement, if I don't give it, I will get the real evidence and go to the yamen to sue them!" ”

Qiao Guan said: "The upper yamen wants to write a pleading, and the little nephew drafts it, and asks the uncle to review and revise it and copy it immediately." ”

"I'm tired."

Qiao Guan immediately asked the innkeeper to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Qiao Guan took the pen and wrote the paper, and of course the payment was written the next day. After Zuo Gui's father looked at it, he was very satisfied, and immediately copied it by himself.

After agreeing on the details, Old Lady Qu, the matchmaker and Qiao Guan said goodbye and left.

Qiao Guan went to visit his sister Qiao Qiao'er's house, Zuo Shaoyang had already concocted Caowu, Chuanwu, ** and myrrh, but he was still lacking chicken blood vines. can only use the existing medicine for Qiao Qiao'er first.

Zuo Shaoyang gave Qiao Qiaoer two kinds of medicine: internal and external, decoction of qi and blood decoction, one dose a day, morning, noon and evening; The active blood huilongsan is adjusted into a paste and applied externally to the right hip, which is changed once a day. Of course, this job Zuo Shaoyang is not good to take off Qiao Qiaoer's hakama to help her apply medicine, so he can only leave it to Bai Zhihan to do it.

This disease requires long-term medication, and it is ineffective in a short period of time, but Zuo Shaoyang uses acupuncture to relieve Sang Xiaomei's pain every day, and Sang Xiaomei's quality of life has been significantly improved, and she no longer has to suffer the continuous unbearable pain every day.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that his father was determined to fight this lawsuit, although he took advantage of it, but the other party was the imperial physician of Emperor Gaozu, this is a case that is difficult for any official, I am afraid that the best choice is to drag and persuade, smooth out the surnames of the two families, wear out their temper, and then "mediate and close the case", so that this case will not know that it will be fought until the Year of the Monkey. Therefore, he told Qiao Guan that he should send someone to Hezhou first to see if the medicine had arrived, and if it didn't work, he would go to the south to find someone to dig it.

After Zuo Shaoyang gave Qiao Qiao'er acupuncture to relieve pain, Qiao Qiaoer sat on the bed and asked Zuo Shaoyang, "Brother, how is the matter of your daughter-in-law's lawsuit?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly and said the result of the discussion.

Qiao Qiao'er sighed: "Alas, marrying a daughter-in-law is so tribulation, it is really a good thing and a lot of tribulation." ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Actually, I don't want to fight this lawsuit, the daughter-in-law who wants to come over from the lawsuit, both families are uncomfortable, what will happen to this in-law family in the future?" Still can't come and go? ”

"I can't think about this, this matter is too annoying, the other party is a high-ranking official, and with the support of Emperor Gaozu, he will do whatever he wants, regret his marriage at will, and trample on the royal law, but this should not be connived at, it should be explained."

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "You also support the lawsuit?" ”

"Of course!" Qiao Qiao'er pouted and said, "If it were me, I would not have been bullied like this, and I wouldn't have endured this breath." ”

Talking about this matter these days, Zuo Shaoyang was a little bored, and said: "Forget it, don't talk about it, no matter what the result is, I just hope it will end as soon as possible." ”

Little did he know that the lawsuit had turned out to be a protracted battle that would last for months.

Early the next morning ――――――――――――――, the matchmaker came to the inn with the hired wedding team and dressed Zuo Shaoyang, the groom, in red and color.

Zuo Shaoyang knew that this was definitely a farce, but he couldn't stand his father's insistence, so he wore the outfit of a groom's official, rode a high-headed horse, and followed the greeting team to the old lady's house.

When I arrived at the mansion of the old lady Yu's house, as expected, not to mention the lights, and even the door was closed, only an old housekeeper kept apologizing at the door, and even the people of the Yu family did not show up.

Father Zuo Gui had already expected this result, and immediately ordered to turn the horse's head and go straight to Chang'an County.

The county government is open, but the county lieutenant is not there, so he went out on business. The secretary of the household department received it in person, and Zuo Gui's father handed over the form, and the secretary was not surprised, and registered carefully. Tell him to listen to the letter ten days later, see if the county lieutenant will come back, and then give instructions, and then decide whether to summon the defendant to the court for questioning.

The group scolded the street and returned to the inn, Old Lady Qu and Qiao Guan were already waiting there, and when they heard about it, the two of them were also very angry, and said that they would immediately go to check if the county lieutenant really had something to do and went out on business.

In the evening, Old Lady Qu and Qiao Guan came back one after another, saying that the county lieutenant had really gone out of the city on urgent business the night before, and it was unknown where he went, and it would take about ten days to come back. According to the rules, civil cases are not directly tried by the county order and the county court, and it is useless for them to be there. Both of them felt that this was a ploy to drag the knife, and wanted to make the Zuo family unbearable and take the initiative to make peace.

Zuo Gui's father asked if he could directly hit the drum to sue the emperor. Qiao Guan explained with a wry smile that only if the yamen does not accept it, or if it is unfair after acceptance, can he beat the drum and sue the emperor. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if you sue you, you have to wait for the results of the yamen's handling to come out.

When it came to this, Zuo Gui's father calmed down instead, and waited quietly for the county lieutenant to come back, he didn't believe that the county lieutenant would not want this official to hide for the rest of his life for this case. He also no longer let Old Lady Qu or Qiao Guan go to the Old Lady's house to discuss, at this point, his face has been torn, and there is no need to talk about it again.

These days, Ding Xiaosan ran to the yamen every day and asked if the county lieutenant Peng had come back, and it was not until the tenth day that the county lieutenant Peng came back.

Zuo Gui's father took Zuo Shaoyang and immediately rushed to the yamen to ask for a meeting, this Peng County Lieutenant did not have a shelf, and met Zuo Gui's father cordially in the flower hall, and patiently listened to him indignantly tell about the injustice of his son's blind date encounter in the capital, especially the treacherous repentance of the Yu family, and then showed the marriage certificate. Lieutenant Peng was very sympathetic and sternly criticized these people who did not speak of morality. Let Zuo Gui's father listen to the warmth in his heart.

After it was over, the county lieutenant Peng ordered the arrester to send a post to the Yu family on the spot, summoning the Yu family's parents to the yamen to listen to the county lieutenant's inquiry within three days. Then Peng County Lieutenant and Yan Yuese asked Father Zuo Gui to go back and wait for the news.

Zuo Gui's father was still in a good mood after he came back, Qiao Guan and Qu Lao Ye knew too much about this set of officialdom tricks, but they didn't break it, so as not to disappoint Zuo Gui's father.

(To be continued)