Upstairs in Shuxiang, Zhao Shangyi poured a few cups of Jiannan Burning Spring for the county lieutenant Bai Yingnan. This is the most prestigious wine in Jiannan Province, which is very energetic and has a good reputation in China. Drinking made Bai Yingnan's face red.

After a full meal, Zhao Shangyi shouted: "Doctor, go to the fragrant tea!" ”

In the past, tea was only available in temples or in the homes of high-ranking officials. In the Kaiyuan period, tea tasting gradually became popular among the people, but only high-end restaurants like Shuxianglou existed, and ordinary small shops did not have.

Tea with ginger, green onions, peppercorns, pork and other ingredients does not quench thirst, but this is a high-end drink, and drinking is that mood. It's just that at this bone joint, Zhao Shangyi was so calm that Bai Yingnan looked at him even more.

Zhao Shangyi is only twenty years old, and he supports the huge family business of the Zhao family, if he doesn't have three or two brushes, he really can't do it.

"Brother Zhao, I also ate this meal and drank the tea, so I'll tell you the truth. This incident is very unfavorable to the Zhao family. The Fang family guard who fled back insisted that it was your Zhao family's doing, but because he was a member of the Fang family, his words alone were not enough to convict your Zhao family. But the problem is that you can't find strong evidence now to clear the suspicion, which is exactly what Ma Qingquan wants, do you understand? ”

"Bai Shaofu, what do you mean..."

"Brother, I learned in the temple: according to the Tang law, the county order has no right to condemn the death penalty; In other words, once the evidence is conclusive, the father must be a capital crime, and once it involves a capital crime, Ma Qingquan has no right to make a judgment, and can only be handed over to a higher government for trial. "Zhao Shangqing is a student of Xipu County Temple School, and he has learned the laws of the Tang Dynasty, which just came in handy.

"Okay, third brother, your temple learning is not in vain."

Zhao Shangyi frowned, but he didn't let go. It is likely that some of the goods shipped out by Fang Tongliang this time were from Ma Qingquan. For Ma Qingquan, without conclusive evidence, the Zhao family cannot be sentenced to death, it doesn't matter, as long as the Zhao family is suspicious, this is enough.

is the so-called breaking the county order, destroying the history of stabbing the door. As long as his father is still imprisoned in the county jail, Ma Qingquan will always have a way to make the Zhao family ruined.

"According to Bai Shaofu's intentions, the only way to do this is to let my father confess first, and then after the case is handed over, he will confess that Ma Qingquan has made a trick?"

"For now, if you want to get rid of Ma Qingquan's grasp, this is the only way to go. However, there are gains and losses, and how to weigh them depends on you. "The county lieutenant Bai Yingnan is a man of about thirty years old, his face is thin, his cheekbones are very high, and after drinking, his high cheekbones are red, as if he has been coated with rouge, which is very special.

"I'm afraid that's not right." Zhao Shangqing, the third elder of the Zhao family, said hesitantly, "Brother, once my father admits this big crime of colluding with foreigners and killing people and stealing goods, our whole family will not be able to escape the involvement, and even my brother will be imprisoned at that time, it will really be called heaven and earth." ”

Bai Yingnan said: "It depends on the connections of the Zhao family. Our Xipu County is only more than ten miles away from Chengdu, and once your father confesses, he will be transferred to Chengdu Prefecture for conviction, and the handover procedures will only take one or two days. Your Zhao family's industry is all over many state capitals in Jiannan Province, and in just two days, Ma Qingquan may not even have time to check the Zhao family's property in Xipu. If there are capable people in your family, you can enter Chengdu at that time. ”

Bai Yingnan's method is tantamount to putting him to death and living later, and in the absence of a choice, this is not a bad strategy. Otherwise, he has been held in his hands by Ma Qingquan, and he will shed his skin without dying.

But it is easy to say that it is not good to put it in the place of death and then to live, then there is only "death", and there is no "afterlife". Zhao Shangyi, who has always been resolute, is also difficult to make an immediate decision.

After sending Bai Yingnan away, Zhao Shangqing hurriedly said to his eldest brother: "Brother, there must be other ways." ”

"You have?"

"This ...... Brother, if Ma Qingquan really has something to do with the Fang family, what he is trying to do is nothing more than money. Let's send more treasures to Ma Qingquan and double his losses to make up for ......"

Zhao Shangyi shook his head and interrupted him: "Things are really that simple, then it's fine." Ma Qingquan and Fang Ruozhen secretly had a collusion, the Fang family had evidence of Ma Qingquan's collusion between officials and businessmen, if he accepted our money and released his father, how could the Fang family give up? ”

Zhao Shangqing was speechless when he heard this, and Zhao Shangyi sighed: "My father also sent money to many officials in the past, but if something really came to the door, no one was willing to get involved. This time, I can see that I understand my brother, but I still have to bundle my interests! ”

"Brother, you have to pass this level first."

"Third brother, you have read the book, and the Zhao family will look at you next."

"Brother, why do you say that?"

"You go and clean up immediately, tonight for my brother, let someone secretly send you out of the city, for my brother to meet that Li Ang again, there is still a glimmer of hope on his side, in case things don't turn around, tomorrow can only be put to death and then born, really get to that point, it will all depend on the third brother in the future."

"Nope! Brother, if you want to go, you will go, and the younger brother will stay. ”

"The eldest brother is the father, and the elder brother is the brother, do you dare not listen?" Zhao Shangyi's face turned cold, Zhao Shangqing suddenly didn't dare to argue anymore, and bowed to Zhao Shangyi on the spot with tears.

***

"Two yellow orioles singing green willows, a line of egrets on the clear sky......"

"Okay, okay, you've read it a thousand times, and now I understand that it's not the egret who is going to the sky, it's me! It's me! "What does it mean to show only to meet soldiers, this time Li Ang can be regarded as insightful.

How did this "soldier" deal with "Xiucai", I won't go into details, anyway, he is now chained outside the window lattice, and Yang Nan, who is dead and stubborn, is lying on the bed in the house beautifully, and the brand-new bedding still exudes the smell of sunshine, which is really comfortable.

Night has fallen, I can't see Yang Nan's expression in the house clearly, probably stealing fun, anyway, Li Ang doesn't expect her to have a trace of sympathy. According to her evaluation, even if this poem was written by Li Ang, his character is still contemptible.

Li Ang also had nowhere to shout grievances, he still couldn't figure it out, didn't he just ask if the sashimi on the shop was carp, why was that guy afraid of being like that.

At this time, the door of the fast shift across the courtyard creaked open, and I saw Xiao Liu with a lantern and brought in Old Man Hua and a teenager, Li Ang couldn't help but ask in a broken voice, "Old Hua, why are you here?" ”

"It's not that I can't worry about you wolf cub, and I'll send you a bed quilt."

Li Ang saw that the old man Hua was really holding a quilt, and his heart was warm, saying that he had not been at the Hua family for a few days, although Aunt Hua was a little snobbish, although the old man Hua had a broken mouth, but he really treated him as a family, which was really rare.

However, he was "wronged", so he didn't care about being moved, so he hurriedly said to Xiao Liu: "Xiao Zhutou, I want to say a few words to Hua Lao alone, okay?" ”

"Okay, you can say it."

Xiao Liu and the young man stepped aside, and Li Ang pulled the old man Hua over, whispered to him what happened in the restaurant, and then asked him for an explanation.

When the old man Hua heard this, he said in surprise: "You don't know that you can't eat carp in this dynasty?" this

'Carp' is the same as the surname of the country, and eating 'carp' is equivalent to eating 'Li', which is naturally among the avoidances. After the founding of this dynasty, the emperor had ordered to prohibit the cooking of carp, for example, catching carp, selling carp, raising carp, and eating carp have become a taboo for the royal family, and violators will be severely punished. ”

"Huh? I see. Li Ang was a newcomer and didn't know these taboos, no wonder he didn't bother to ask, and immediately scared the shopkeeper.

"You bunny, I really don't know how you survived as a teenager."

"It's a long story, it's all raised by Judge Cui's son of a bitch.......... forget it, forget it, Hua Lao, you come, it won't really be as simple as just sending me a quilt, right?"

"That! Didn't you see it, the Fang family's Xiaolangjun, Mingji, you saw it that day. As soon as you were taken away, he found the old man and asked him to take him to meet your boy and say that he had something to ask you. ”

Li Ang remembered that the old man Hua said that this Franciscan played with his son when he was a child, and the relationship was very good. It was not surprising that he went to see Old Man Hua for introduction. What made Li Ang feel interesting was that no one in the Fang family had looked for him before, and at this juncture, Fang Ji himself came to find him overnight, I'm afraid there was another internal cause!.