It was already the beginning of the Shen period, and the county magistrate Li Banghua on the Qingpu County Ya said that he was discussing with the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper about this year's inspection and kindness, and an errand officer hurriedly ran up and said: "County Zun, a group of Xiucai have come up to the hall after the Jingshan Pavilion." ”

Li Banghua suddenly felt a headache, today's students have a little grievance, they gather the party into a group, throw noise, and even threaten the government, Xiucai is the most troublesome, so he ordered to quickly convene the officials and the officers, and now they are busy again - the officials and the officers have not yet arrived, Yang Shixiang, Fan Wenruo and others have already stepped into the lobby, Yang Shixiang stepped forward and said: "The waiters have seen the county lord." ”

Li County Ling saw that it was Yang Shixiang, this was the head of the county's students, and hurriedly asked: "Yang Sheng, what's the matter?" ”

Yang Shixiang didn't say anything first, and introduced the five people of the Fushui Mountain House Society to Li County, and Li County's order heard that Fan Wen Ruo was a lifter, so he ordered to watch the seat, and the identity of the lifter was much more noble than that of the student, Yang Shixiang finally introduced Zhang Yuan and said: "County Zun, this Zhang Yuan Zhang Jiezi is the grandson of Mr. Zhang Suzhi, the champion of Shanyin, the disciple of Mr. Jizhong, the head of the trial case in Shanyin County last month, please allow him to stand and reply." ”

When people see that the county officials have to sit, they don't have to kneel when they see the county officials, and the general public has to kneel and reply.

Li Banghua looked at the young man in front of him with some surprise, and said: "A few days ago, Mr. Liu Qidong came to visit this county in vain, and when it came to the younger students of Shanyin, Mr. Qidong praised a Confucian boy named Zhang Yuan, is you?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed and said: "That's Mr. Qidong's award, and the student is ashamed." Xin said: "Mr. Qidong is really a good person, he praises me everywhere, it seems that he expected me to come to Qingpu to fight a lawsuit, so he deliberately came to speak first." ”

Zhang Yuan didn't know that Liu Zongzhou had asked Zou Yuanbiao for "Zhou Li" in his early years, Zou Yuanbiao and [***] Xing, Gu Xiancheng and called Donglin Sanjun, and Li Banghua is Zou Yuanbiao's disciple, and Liu Zongzhou has a lot of friendship, this time I learned that Liu Zongzhou will go to Beijing to go to the election, so he sent someone in Jiaxing to wait for Liu Zongzhou to take Liu Zongzhou to Qingpu for two talks, the officialdom of the late Ming Dynasty This network of human relations is really ubiquitous - Li Banghua nodded to Zhang Yuan and said: "I'll talk to you later." Seeing that the people of Suzhou, the Xiucai of Huating and the students of this county were gathered together, I don't know what happened, and asked Yang Shixiang again, Yang Shixiang said: "This is Zhang Gongzi's business, and we are here to testify." ”

Zhang Yuan will now be called Qingpu Society, Fushui Mountain House Society in the Narcissus Temple held a literary meeting, he had the honor to participate, and then in the drunken fairy building banquet, one of his maids who was guarding downstairs was almost robbed of the matter one by one, Li County Ling heard that this was the matter, relieved, and ordered the servant to bring the servant and Mu Jingting, Mu Zhenzhen's father and daughter to the hall - Mu Jingyan father and daughter and the Lu family servant woman knelt down to see Li Xianzun, the servant woman was scared stupid, and before Li County Ling asked her, she first said it all, But it turned out that Lu Yangfang said yesterday that he was going to Huating with his father Lu Zhaoshen, but he came back alone halfway, and arranged people to rob Zhang Yuan's maid and send it to the country house by boat, the slave and maid are not as good as the people, and it is not a big deal to lose one or two, and Zhang Yuan is in a hurry to go back to Shanyin to catch the exam, it is impossible to delay in Qingpu for too long, of course this matter will not be resolved, this is Lu Yangfang's wishful thinking, but he didn't expect Mu Zhenzhen to be able to martial arts, and it was useless to arrange two healthy servants and two servants, and three of them were injured - Li Banghua thought: " Lu Tao is Lu Yangfang's brother and Zhang Yuan's brother-in-law, there is no other reason for this, how can this maid fight four by herself, and the yellow-bearded man on the side can——"

Zhang Yuan saw that Li County Ling looked at Mu Zhenzhen with a suspicious look, and knew that Li County Ling did not believe that Mu Zhenzhen could get out of the hands of evil servants and evil women, so he crossed his hands and said: "The county respects the grace, the student has been practicing martial arts with her father since she was a child, making it difficult for six or seven people to get close to the small dragon stick, please ask the county to be clear." ”

Li Banghua said: "In that case, how about letting this maid show the small dragon stick on the spot?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen's face turned red suddenly, and asked her to use a stick on the spot, or in this court, how dare she!

Mu Zhenzhen's small dragon stick was in the hands of Jin Langzhi's servant, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly presented it to the court, Zhang Yuan handed the nunchuck to Mu Zhenzhen, and encouraged in a low voice: "Zhenzhen, don't be shy, you have martial arts is your ability, there is nothing to shy about, think about it, if it weren't for your martial arts, then I really don't know how to get you back, wouldn't I be sad." ”

Mu Zhenzhen raised his eyes and glanced at the young master, nodded vigorously, stood up and took the small pan dragon stick, Zhang Yuan hurriedly retreated five or six steps, Mu Zhenzhen's small pan dragon stick was unfolded, and the abbot's land was all within the range of attack, but this time Mu Zhenzhen obviously did not show the stick method as much as last year in the back garden of Zhang Yuan's house, only the dancing stick protected the body, the stick shadow stacked on top of each other, flying up and down, practicing this small pan dragon stick requires strong wrist strength, repeated turns, it is all wrist kung fu - Li Banghua laughed and said: "Okay, it's really good martial arts, retreat." ”

Mu Zhen's really split out long stick steeply withdrew towards himself, impartially clamped under his right armpit, the short stick was still in his hand, and Bruce Lee, who was in that posture and got rid of the nunchuck in his hand, only for a moment, this fallen girl was still with a humble demeanor with low eyebrows and obedient eyes, and lowered her head.

Li Banghua said: "This case is clear at a glance, and there are Fan Juren and all the students to testify-" Speaking of this, he beckoned Zhang Yuan to come forward, and said in a low voice: "Lu Yangfang is also your in-law, do you want to lenient him?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed down and said, "Please be fair and straightforward." This means that there should be no mercy, and no deliberate heavy sentence, but how to judge as it should be, so as to repay grievances.

Li Banghua nodded, and then ordered the criminal room to take a few servants to Lu Yangfang's villa in the countryside to arrest Lu Yangfang and three other servants for trial.

It takes about an hour to go back and forth to the Lu family's country house, Zhang Yuan and the others waited in the lobby, and Li Zhixian said something about the Wenhui and the imperial examination, when he was in charge of the lamp, the history of the torture room and a few errand officers came back, Lu Yangfang did not catch it, only arrested two male servants and brought them to justice, so that Mu Zhenzhen could identify that it was the two evil servants who were injured by her, one of them had a broken calf bone, and the other head was swollen with a blood bag, which was still left by Mu Zhenzhen's subordinates, otherwise, it would not be uncommon to be killed with a stick.

The two male servants of the Lu family also confessed to the robbery of Mu Zhenzhen by order, and the scribe of the torture room recorded them one by one, and asked the two servants to draw a detention, and then take them into prison, and then announce the verdict after Lu Yangfang returned to the case.

Originally, the case was not closed, and Mu Zhenzhen couldn't leave at will, so Li County ordered Zhang Yuan to give face and let Zhang Yuan take Mu Zhenzhen away.

A group of people came out of the county hall, Fan Wenruo and others went to the inn to rest, Yang Shixiang accompanied Zhang Yuan to walk through the Jingshan Pavilion, but saw Lu Tao and the servant Lu Dayou turned out of the pavilion, it was already dusk, Lu Dayou carried a lantern.

Zhang Yuan looked at his brother-in-law Lu Tao's uncomfortable appearance, and hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, it's not that I want to embarrass my brother-in-law, it's that Lu Yangfang is too deceitful to tolerate it." ”

Lu Tao said: "I know, I know, let's go back first." ”

After Zhang Yuan said goodbye to Yang Shixiang and others, he took Mu Jingyan and Mu Zhenzhen back to Lu Mansion with Lu Tao's master and servant, and saw a maid waiting by the door, and when he saw Lu Tao coming back, he hurriedly said: "The eldest young master is back, and the old lady invites the eldest young master to go." ”

Lu Tao knew what was going on, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, you go to your sister first, make things clear to her, and you will go back to Shanyin tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yuan went back to the small courtyard to see his sister Zhang Ruoxi, Zhang Ruoxi had already heard about the big turmoil in front of the Drunken Immortal Building, and said angrily: "Lu Yangfang is really hateful, if he endures this matter, he will be even more rampant, just let him see the official and eat the board, he has already returned." Then he frowned and said: "It's just that your brother-in-law is caught in the middle, and he is also offended, and my aunt must be scolding your brother-in-law again when she calls your brother-in-law, your brother-in-law is a dutiful son." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It is appropriate to be filial to your parents and love your brothers, but if you are always obedient, it is better to stand on your own, a gentleman loves people with virtue, and a fine person loves people with appeasement, and this Lu Yangfang will not be punished in the future, and it will cause trouble to the family." He got up and said, "Sister, I'll go out for a while, I want to help my brother-in-law, I can't let my brother-in-law suffer for me." ”

…… Lu Tao entered the small hall of the inner courtyard, only to see the lights blazing, the maids were silent, his mother Liu sat on the Taishi chair, and Lu Yangfang, who was on the run, was standing behind his mother Liu, and when he saw Lu Tao come in, Lu Yangfang said angrily: "Brother is trying to kill each other, begging the mother to be the master of the child." ”

Liu, whose face was full of wrinkles, glared at Lu Tao and said, "Kneel." ”

Lu Tao knelt down and said: "Mother, the second brother he plotted to rob Zhang Yuan's maidservant, and he was accused of being an official, and his son was helpless. ”

Liu said angrily: "Zhang Yuan is your brother-in-law, can't you stop him, this Zhang Yuan lives in my house but accuses my son, it's too much of a deception." ”

Lu Tao couldn't reason with his mother, so he knelt and didn't speak.

Liu Shi instructed: "Hurry up and let that Zhang Yuan go to the county government to withdraw the lawsuit, and release those servants as well, otherwise your father will not be able to spare you when he comes back." ”

No matter how pure Lu Tao is, he is also extremely sad and indignant at this time, "pounding" kowtow and said: "Mother, what did my son do wrong, my mother did not punish the second brother, but only scolded her son, is there any reason for this!" ”

Lu Yangfang hurriedly said: "Mother, look at Brother, what kind of heavenly principles are you talking about in front of your mother, your parents' words are heavenly principles, Brother Ah has read books for so many years and doesn't even understand this!" ”

Lu Yangfang's ability to win the favor of his parents is all due to his clever words.

Liu Shi was really angry and said: "Okay, tell me about Tianli, you rebel, I will tell you, if you don't let Zhang Yuan withdraw the case, I will sue you for disobedience." ”

Lu Yangfang stood behind his mother Liu, looking at his brother Lu Tao who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, he secretly sneered, expecting that his brother would not dare to disobey, this lawsuit could not hurt him half of his cold hair, but it was a pity that he didn't get Zhang Yuan's maidservant, and he hated Zhang Yuan for daring to accuse him-

(To be continued)