Not long after breakfast the next day, drumming sounded outside the door, and Gu Qian bumped into Xinghua as soon as he walked out of the door.

Qinghe didn't like Xinghua in his heart, and just found an opportunity to count him down, "Why don't you have long eyes when you walk?" If you delay my son-in-law's trial, can you afford it? ”

Xinghua was not to be outdone, "It's obvious that he bumped into it himself, how can he blame me?" ”

Gu Qian was afraid that he would be promoted to the hall by mistake and didn't bother to watch the two of them arguing, so he walked directly to the lobby, Qinghe glared at Xinghua, and followed.

Qinghe was not from the yamen, but he also wanted to see his son-in-law try the case, so he waited in the back of the hall.

After Gu Qian gave the order to ascend to the hall, the left and right officials shouted 'mighty' while striking the court staff, and the majesty of the entire hall was fully displayed.

Gao Dianshi quickly brought up two people, a man and a woman, and the appearance of these two people was simply heavenly. One is a girl like a flower, and the other is a man with a roe deer.

"Who's in the hall?"

The woman said: "People's girl Liu Qiao'er." ”

The man said: "Song Huan, a grass man." ”

The plaintiff and the defendant could be distinguished based on the position of the two kneeling, and Gu Qian asked Liu Qiao'er, "Liu Qiao'er, what do you have to sue Song Huan?" ”

Liu Qiao'er looked at Song Huan and said, "The folk girl wants to sue Song Huan for stealing the folk girl's money." ”

As soon as the words fell, Song Huan shouted wronged, "My lord, the grass people are wronged." This pouch was originally the stuff of the grass people, so why did it come to steal? ”

"You are talking nonsense, my purse was stolen by you a few days ago, but God has eyes and happened to let me meet it today."

Liu Qiaoer and Song Huan insisted on their own words, and they didn't give in to each other for a while, and they couldn't argue.

"No noise in the court!" Waiting for Gu Qian to slap the shocking wood, the two of them quieted down.

Gao Dianshi presented the lotus bag, Gu Qian looked at the embroidery work was quite fine, and asked Liu Qiao'er, "You said that this lotus bag was originally your thing?" ”

Liu Qiao'er replied: "Lord Hui, this is exactly the thing of the people's daughters. Three days ago, I was going to go to the silk village to settle last month's silver, but I didn't expect to bump into Song Huan halfway. Because he was notorious in Yunzhou, the folk girl did not have much dispute with him. But when the folk girl arrived at the silk village, she found that my pouch and the ten taels of silver in it were gone. ”

"Then why do you know that Song Huan stole it?"

Liu Qiao'er became more and more angry the more she spoke, "The folk girl didn't expect it to be him, thinking that she accidentally lost it." But today I ran into him by accident at the morning market, and I recognized it as my purse at a glance. That's why he was arrested and came to report to the official. ”

Song Huan looked innocent: "My lord, don't listen to this woman's nonsense." This purse was obviously given to me by my sister, so how could I steal it from her. I think she is clearly spewing blood, and she wants to pour dirty water on the grass people. ”

Gu Qian asked, "Who is your sister?" ”

Song Huan was afraid that the magistrate would not ask, "My lord, you may not know when you first came, my sister is the ninth lady of Liu Yuanwai in the east of the city!" ”

Gu Qian's face was expressionless, "Biography!" ”

However, after two teas, Song Jiao'e was passed on to the hall. She is only in her early thirties, her face is covered with rouge, although she is not as beautiful as a flower, but she is still charming.

"The folk woman Song Jiao'e sees the adult."

Gu Qian didn't beat around the bush, and directly gestured left and right to hand the lotus bag to Song Jiao'e in front of her to identify her, "Do you recognize this lotus bag?" ”

Song Jiao'e looked at the ground and Song Huan knew what was going on after thinking about it, so she smiled and said, "Of course I remember, this pouch was given to my brother by a woman a few days ago, that is, the person in this hall." This was embroidered for him by the woman herself, and the woman can testify that he did not steal it. ”

Liu Qiao'er was furious when she heard this, "You are talking nonsense!" ”

Just as Gu Qian wanted to continue asking, an old woman ran in from outside, knelt on the ground and shouted, "My lord, we won't sue anymore, we won't sue anymore." ”

Liu Qiao'er said: "Mother, why are you here?" ”

The woman was very angry, "You girl, you have lost your things, how can you just say goodbye to others?" ”

Before Liu Qiao'er could open her mouth, the woman glanced at her and motioned for her not to continue.

"Who dares to disturb the court, do you know that this is going to be punished!"

The woman said: "My lord, the little girl is ignorant and sues the wrong person, and the woman disturbs the court and is willing to be punished." ”

Song Huan looked at Gu Qian with some smugness, "My lord, since the truth has been revealed, can the grass people go?" ”

The people don't sue the officials and don't hold them accountable, since the plaintiff has said so, Gu Qian can only let Song Huan go.

As soon as he got to the court, Qinghe followed, "Childe, I don't think this Song Huan is like a good person, and this case is still a little strange." ”

"You think I can't see the clues?"

"Of course Qinghe didn't mean that, but I don't know what Childe has planned?"

Gu Qian thought for a while and said, "Let's go and find out the details of these people first, if there is really any hidden secret, I will definitely not wronged a good person, nor will I let go of a wicked person." ”

On the way back, Liu Qiao'er asked the woman very puzzled: "Mother, why didn't you let me sue Song Huan?" ”

The woman sighed and said, "How do you know that this new county lord will help you, in case he deliberately favors you, you will become a false accusation." ”

"I don't think this new county master is like this."

"Even if he is really willing to call the shots for us, don't you look at who this Liu Yuan is? The entire Yunzhou is actually controlled by the Wu and Liu families, and if we offend him, then we won't be able to eat and leave in the future. You should have never happened today. ”

Liu Qiao'er was unwilling, "That's ten taels of silver." ”

The woman shook her head in embarrassment, "This is also a helpless thing, in the future, we will take more work and try to make up for some losses." ”

Not long after the mother and daughter arrived at the embroidery village and sat down, Gu Qian came to the door.

The county magistrate came, they didn't dare to slack off, and the woman hurriedly asked Liu Qiao'er to make tea.

Gu Qian shook his hand, "Miss Liu, don't bother, I just came here this time to learn something about you." ”

Liu Qiao'er knew that Gu Qian was here to ask about the complaint against Song Huan just now, and when she saw her mother winking at her on the side, she held back what she wanted to say, "Today is the people's daughter who admitted the wrong bag, which caused inconvenience to the adults, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

Gu Qian hurriedly asked Qinghe to help her up, "This is not above the public court, so you don't have to be so polite." Gu Qian looked around and asked, "Is this embroidery village run by your mother and daughter?" ”

Liu Qiaoer said: "My father died early, and the people's daughter was raised by her mother since she was a child. There are only a dozen people in this embroidery village on weekdays, and when they are busy, they need to invite some people to come back to help. ”

Gu Qian looked at the embroidery hanging in the room and couldn't help but admire: "I didn't expect that Yunzhou is also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and a small embroidery village can embroider such exquisite embroidery." ”

The woman on the side answered: "My lord is really discerning, the embroidery of our embroidery village can be called one of the three treasures of Yunzhou, and if it is placed in the entire Xishan Mansion, it is also very famous." ”

Gu Qian and Liu Qiaoer's mother and daughter exchanged a few words and left.

Not long after walking, I ran into Xinghua who was wandering on the street.

Qinghe asked: "Aren't you feeling unwell, why didn't you have a good rest in the mansion, but you ran out?" ”

"Being stuffy all day long will also suffocate the body, and you have to combine work and rest to recover quickly."

Qinghe glanced at him, "Full of nonsense!" ”

Xinghua asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"My son-in-law is investigating the case, do you think they are all idle and have nothing to do like you?"

Xinghua had never seen the investigation before, and he was curious for a while, "Then take me to take a look." ”

"It's okay, you have to follow."

Then Gu Qian and the others went to Liu's mansion, and Liu Yuanwai heard that the magistrate was coming, so he hurriedly went out to greet him.

"The old man originally wanted to visit the county government in the past few days, but I didn't expect you to come to my house first."

Gu Qian said: "Liu Yuanwai is polite, Gu heard that Liu Yuanwai is quite prestigious in Yunzhou, and it is also appropriate to come to your house to meet first." ”

Liu Yuanwai hurriedly ordered someone to make tea, and after the two of them were seated, Liu Yuanwai opened his mouth first, "If there is anything improper in the public court today, please also invite your Excellency Haihan." ”

"The words are serious, Gu Mou saw that the nine ladies were dignified and elegant, and they were very decent."

When Liu Yuanwai heard this, he immediately smiled: "Lord Gu is really ridiculous, she is just a butcher, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance." It's all a lot of you adults don't care about. ”

"Dad, who is this?" As he spoke, a gorgeously dressed man barged in, he wore a jade belt around his waist and held a folding fan, obviously not like an ordinary subordinate.

Liu Yuanwai looked at Gu Qian with an embarrassed face and introduced: "This is the dog Liu Rong, who is usually spoiled, I don't know the etiquette, and I ask the adults to bear with me." Then he said to Liu Rong: "This is the newly appointed magistrate, why don't you come over and meet soon!" ”

Liu Rong bent down to Gu Qian, "The grass people have seen adults. Suddenly, he saw the stars behind Gu Qian, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh: I didn't expect that this Lord Gu was not only young and promising, but also talented, and even the little guy around him was also a stunning beauty.

Liu Yuanwai was a little annoyed when he heard this: "You have to be presumptuous, say something shameless, don't go down quickly!" Then he looked at Gu Qian, "Let Master Gu smile." ”

Even if Liu Yuan scolded outside, Liu Rong was cheeky and refused to leave, sitting on the side and looking at Xinghua with straight eyes, which made Xinghua suddenly feel uncomfortable.

After leaving Liu's mansion, Qinghe said as he walked: "This Liu Yuanwai looks like a serious person, but his son is a little ......."

Xinghua interjected on the side, "In my opinion, both of their father and son are not serious, so they have to marry nine wives when they are so old!" ”

"What's wrong with a man's three wives and four concubines, don't he ...... my master"

Qinghe shuddered when he saw Gu Qian's gaze, and the words that had just reached his throat were swallowed by him again.

Although Gu Qian didn't show it, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he remembered Liu Rong's eyes looking at Xinghua just now.

Halfway through dinner, someone came to report, saying that Master Lin had come to ask for a meeting.

When Gu Qian saw Master Lin, he found that this person was only in his twenties, but his face was pale, obviously ill.

Lin Zhaowen said: "Lin Zhaowen, the master of Xiaguan Yunzhou, see Lord Zhixian." ”

Gu Qian hurriedly went to help, "You are not in good health, so you don't need to be polite." ”

Lin Zhaowen got up and said, "The lower officials only learned today that the adults have come to take office, and even if they don't meet him, they hope to forgive their sins." ”

"Gu heard that you were recuperating at home, and originally wanted to visit you at home, but who knew that today happened to be delayed by a case. I don't know what is the important matter for Master Lin to come here at this time? ”

Lin Zhaowen said in a low voice: "Xia Guan is here for this case. ”