"Steward Zhang, you came to my mansion yesterday afternoon and took a thousand taels of silver in the name of filial piety to King Zhongwu, you won't forget this matter, right?"

Just when Zhou was proud, a voice suddenly came from the crowd, and I saw a middle-aged man with a mustache squeezing through the crowd and coming to the front of the mansion under the escort of several subordinates who looked like family members, and looked at Steward Zhang with a sneer and said.

The smile on Zhou Papi's face suddenly froze after seeing the mustachioed middle-aged man, the mustachioed middle-aged man's name is He Yunyi, and Zhou Papi is also a talent in Xiaohe Town, and he is the second largest family in Xiaohe Town after Zhou Papi, and the two families can be described as feuding because of the competition for land and business.

Originally, the Zhou family and the He family were among the forces in Xiaohe Town, but since Zhou Papi married his daughter to Liu Si of the county's household, he gradually suppressed He Yunyi in Xiaohe, and in recent years, the power has become bigger and bigger, and He Yunyi has been firmly suppressed.

The corners WWW.UUXS.CC of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a hint of a smile, Zhou Papi must have set up a lot of enemies in Xiaohe Town over the years, He Yunyi must have seen some signs, so he came out and knocked Zhou Papi hard, saving Li Yuntian a lot of things.

As for why He Yunyi dared to come forward to fight with Zhou Papi, the reason is very simple, when he went to his son-in-law's house in Hangzhou a few years ago, he had seen Li Yi'an from afar, so he recognized Li Yi'an at a glance after seeing him just now.

As the political envoy of Zhejiang, Li Yi'an must be by Li Yuntian's side, so He Yunyi also guessed Li Yuntian's identity, otherwise there is a young man in Zhejiang who can make Li Yi'an willing to be behind, and there are several people whose identities seem to be higher than Li Yi'an.

He Yunyi was very surprised that Li Yuntian would appear in Xiaohe Town, although he didn't know why Li Yuntian would help Zhao Dahai and the others find trouble with Zhou Papi, but he knew that Zhou Papi played this time, and with what Zhou Papi did on weekdays, he would definitely die if he fell into Li Yuntian's hands this time.

Therefore, He Yunyi quickly made up his mind, and took advantage of Zhou Papi's pride to come forward and testify against Steward Zhang, preparing to make Zhou Papi's evil deeds public.

As the old saying goes, the cycle of heaven, retribution is unpleasant, Zhou Papi does a lot of evil on weekdays, and now he is a "killer" by his old opponent He Yunyi, which can be regarded as retribution.

"Brother He, what do you mean by that?" Zhou Papi steadied his mind for a moment, and looked at He Yunyi with a smile.

"Brother Zhou, yesterday Steward Zhang said that he came to the mansion on your orders to raise money to honor King Zhongwu, why, you don't know about this matter?" He Yunyi sneered when he heard this, took out a receipt from his body, and said loudly, "This is the note that Butler Zhang opened after receiving the money, with his signature and fingerprint on it. ”

Steward Zhang's face suddenly became very ugly when he saw this, yesterday Zhou Papi asked him to blackmail He Yunyi, he used both soft and hard methods to blackmail a thousand taels of silver from He Yunyi, but He Yunyi asked him to write a note to prove that he paid the money.

Steward Zhang did not hesitate at all about He Yunyi's request, and wrote down on the spot the donation silver that was said to be made by He Yunyi, and signed it.

Since this money can't be put on the table, the receipt does not name its use, otherwise once it falls into the hands of outsiders, it will be a big crime to bribe the court officials, so Steward Zhang doesn't believe that He Yunyi has the courage to verify with King Zhongwu whether he has received the filial piety money, unless his head is kicked by a donkey.

In Steward Zhang's opinion, this money was donated by He Yunyi, and He Yunyi couldn't verify the flow of the money, so the money fell into Zhou Papi's pocket steadily, and he would not take any responsibility.

But who would have thought that Steward Zhang would be in trouble in just one day, He Yunyi not only mentioned the money in public, but also took out the receipt he wrote, which pushed him to the cusp.

"Steward Zhang, is there such a thing?" Zhou Papi was now eager to swallow He Yunyi in one bite, and looked at Steward Zhang with an expressionless face.

If it was left in normal times, Zhou Papi would have let his subordinates fight against He Yunyi, Zhao Dahai and others, but the current shape is not good for him, Li Yuntian has many tall guards around him, so he does not dare to act rashly, so he can only delay the time and wait for Liu Si to bring people to support.

"Master, this is the money donated by Master He to the county to repair bridges and pave roads." Steward Zhang would definitely not admit the true use of the money, and after rolling his eyes, he said to Zhou, "The villain is going to send it to the county government tomorrow." ”

"Ridiculous, when did you borrow your hand to donate money to the county?" He Yunyi sneered when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, Steward Zhang's excuse is really too bad.

"Master He, the villain is also very puzzled, why did Master He shout to let the next person hand over to the county government, could it be that this is a trap set by Master He for the villain?" The corners of Steward Zhang's mouth showed a sly smile, and he deliberately asked loudly.

Hearing this, Li Yuntian's brows couldn't help frowning, and he could see that Steward Zhang was a tricky and sleek person, and he was not so easy to deal with.

Subsequently, Li Yuntian's eyes fell on He Yunyi, He Yunyi was not an idle person who could fight with Zhou Papi in Xiaohe Town for so long, since he dared to stand up like this, he must have some preparations.

"If there is only this receipt below, then it may be a trap set for you, but if the merchants and big households in the town have receipts written by you, could it be that we all work together to calculate you?" Sure enough, in the face of the quibbling Steward Zhang, He Yunyi sneered, glared at him and asked in a loud voice.

"Master, the villain is still strange today, why do they want to hand over the money for building the bridge and paving the road to the villain and ask the villain to transfer it to the county government on his behalf, now it seems that this is their premeditation, please let the villain call the shots."

Steward Zhang's face changed, he collected the money from those merchants and big families in the town, and they all issued receipts to deny it, but they couldn't deny it, so he knelt down at Zhou Papi and shouted injustice.

"Brother He, my Zhou has always acted above board, and now you are secretly calculating my housekeeper, what do you want?" Zhou Papi looked at He Yunyi coldly, and shouted loudly, "Daming has a royal law, and this matter can be known in the first instance in the yamen." ”

Hearing this, the people at the scene couldn't help but feel a commotion, everyone knew that the relationship between Zhou Papi and the county government was very good, and the son-in-law was the household secretary who held real power in the county government, so if this matter caused trouble to the county government, it would definitely be beneficial to Zhou Papi.

"This matter is related to the reputation of King Zhongwu, not to mention the county government, even the government is not qualified to open a court, at least it must go to the yamen of the inspection department."

He Yunyi naturally knew Zhou Papi's intentions, and wanted to use this to intimidate those merchants and big households who paid the money, so he sneered and said loudly to the people present, "King Zhongwu loves the people like a son, and judges cases like a god, and the corrupt officials who won the two Huai Yan Dao in one fell swoop back then, this time will definitely give everyone justice." ”

"Brother Gao, weren't you blackmailed by Steward Zhang for five hundred taels of silver, and now you don't even have a penny in your account, and you have to pay credit for the next purchase, how long do you have to watch the Zhou family deceive people like this?" As he spoke, He Yunyi looked at a middle-aged man in brocade clothes with a medium stature in the crowd and said to him in a loud voice.

The middle-aged man in brocade clothes with medium stature suddenly changed his face when he heard this, and his expression became cramped, he was a cloth merchant in Xiaohe Town.

"Brother Gao, you have to think about it, don't talk nonsense." Seeing this, Zhou Papi warned the middle-aged man in brocade gloomily.

Sweat suddenly oozed from the forehead of the middle-aged man in brocade, and neither He Yunyi nor Zhou Papi was offended, which made him embarrassed for a while.

"Brother Gao, the Zhou family is wantonly collecting money in the name of filial piety to King Zhongwu, this account must be recorded on the head of King Zhongwu, if King Zhongwu learns about it, he will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, I want King Zhongwu to be the holy hand of judging cases, and countless cases have been solved over the years, and this matter will be investigated, once the Zhou family bites back and says that it is a voluntary donation, then according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, it can be convicted of bribing the court officials!"

He Yunyi couldn't help but look at Zhou Papi and sneered when he heard this, he knew that Zhou Papi was already anxious, so he opened his mouth to threaten the middle-aged man in Jinyi, and then said solemnly to the middle-aged man in Jinyi, "Brother Gao, I have already made up my mind to report this matter to King Zhongwu, if you believe me, I will stand up and accuse the Zhou family of collecting money in the name of King Zhongwu, I don't believe that Zhou Renshan can cover the sky with one hand, and even King Zhongwu can hide it!" ”

"You...... Are you really going to report it to King Chungmu? The middle-aged man in brocade was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked He Yunyi in surprise, this move is a dangerous move.

"To tell you the truth, I have already asked people to go to the county seat to report to King Zhongwu that Zhou Renshan is collecting money in the name of the prince, presumably the prince will send someone to check it soon!" He Yunyi nodded and said with a stern expression.

Hearing this, there was a commotion at the scene, no one expected that He Yunyi would have such a big time this time, and it seemed that he was determined to pull Zhou Renshan off the horse.

Zhou Renshan's face changed a few times, and his eyes were full of viciousness when he looked at He Yunyi.

Steward Zhang was even more bloodless, and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Renshan worriedly, he collected all the money, in case the merchants and big households who paid the money unanimously pointed out that he was collecting money under the banner of Li Yuntian, then according to Zhou Renshan's character, he would definitely abandon him without hesitation.

"Steward Zhang, this is the receipt of five hundred taels of silver you wrote, saying that you would give those silver to King Zhongwu, so I coerced Xia to take out the five hundred taels of silver." In the midst of the people's discussions, the middle-aged man in the brocade robe gritted his teeth after weighing it for a while, took out a receipt from his arms, and said to Steward Zhang in a deep voice, "I want to ask you, is that silver really going to be given to King Zhongwu?" ”

Although Zhou Renshan is not a good person, it is obvious that Li Yuntian is even more difficult to provoke, and the middle-aged man in the brocade robe chose to stand with He Yunyi after thinking twice, which is not only related to those silvers, but more importantly, he is usually oppressed by Zhou Renshan, and this time he is just fighting back.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, it seemed that the victory and defeat had been divided, and He Yunyi would win an overwhelming victory this time. R1148