Although the voice was not loud, Zong Jicai, who heard this, was taken aback and stood up involuntarily.

"What, you, you're Zong Jiyuan?"

"yes,"

Zong Jiyuan "snorted" very funny and asked deliberately,

"What's wrong? I'm your cousin, why are you so surprised? Sit down and talk. ”

"Cousin, cousin...... Oh, yes, yes, yes, it's cousin......"

Zong Jicai's face was still pale, and while he sat down again in a panic, cold sweat was oozing from his forehead.

Looking at his appearance, Zong Jiyuan was even more firm in his judgment, but this case needs to be solved urgently and he can't afford to spend time, so in order to prevent this guy from spilling and not admitting it, he still decided to proceed according to the original plan.

Thinking of this, Zong Jiyuan smiled slightly,

"Look at it, it's clear that we are all our own family, but it's the first time we've met, which really shouldn't be."

"yes, yes, it really shouldn't ......"

The cold sweat on Zong Jicai's head was still flowing, and he probably knew what he had done, but he had been empty-hearted, and he didn't know what to say at all, so he had to blindly echo it.

Zong Jiyuan deliberately sighed again and said,

"Cousin, this time the little brother invited you to come because there was a little trouble, I want to ask my cousin to help the little brother and me, I hope you don't refuse."

"Ah, I didn't mean to......"

When he just listened to the first half of the sentence, this Zong Ji knew very well what he had done, thinking that the other party had really come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and he was busy trying to shirk it, but then he heard the second half of the sentence, and he was stunned again.

"What? Looking for my help? ”

has always been scolded by his mother's second grandmother, and he has no ability, and now the cousin in front of him, who is a master in the county government and has such a beautiful appearance, suddenly said in front of him that he wanted to ask him for help, and this Zongjicai's head was stunned, and his heart was hot, and he asked urgently,

"What's the rush? As long as I can do it......"

After saying this, it seemed that he thought that he really didn't know anything, and his tone lowered.

Zong Jiyuan almost laughed out loud, and secretly said in his heart, it seems that this guy is indeed not difficult to deal with, so he made a sad face and said,

"I have to say that it is our own brother, so simply agreed, it really touched the little brother. To tell you the truth, only you can help me with this favor. ”

"Oh, really, tell me about it."

This Zongji was a little flustered by his cousin's words, and he didn't think about anything anymore, and asked anxiously.

Zong Jiyuan nodded and said,

"That's the case, yesterday there was a man named Hu Zhenli, talking nonsense outside, what to say, the grandmaster of the county government and his cousin Zong Jicai colluded, doing evil outside, bullying honest people, and ran to his brother's house in the middle of the night and injured his brother. Cousin, you said that the two of us had never even met before this, so where did the collusion come from? Isn't what he's doing obviously to smear the officials, don't you think? ”

"Ahh......hhhhhhhhhhh

Zong Ji listened, and his very unspirited face turned white again.

Zong Jiyuan didn't give him a chance to think about it, and immediately continued,

"So, I have already discussed it with the county magistrate, Lord He, and I want to arrest him for a while."

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing that he really wanted to arrest the other party, Zong Jicai was suddenly overjoyed and said continuously,

"Hurry up and get him arrested! Save yourself from thinking we're bullies! ”

"That's what I'm talking about,"

Zong Jiyuan patted his thigh and said,

"But cousin, it's not so simple to arrest people in this yamen, in case the top checks it out, I also need evidence. So, how did you get into trouble with that Hu Zhenli, you have to tell me clearly about this incident, otherwise, the little brother doesn't even know how to deal with him when the time comes, don't you say? ”

"Oh, yes......"

After Zong Jiyuan's "persuasion", Zong Jicai really felt that what his cousin said was very reasonable, and at the same time, he actually had an incredible idea, that is, if he really helped the other party, then, as the little cousin of the county ya, is it possible to transfer him to the yamen to do things in order to thank himself? If that's the case, then the won't be talking about being nothing all day.

Thinking of this, Zong Jicai's heart became beautiful and said,

"Okay, the family won't talk to each other, and I won't hide it from your cousin......"

"You wait a minute,"

Zong Jiyuan knew that he was going to confess obediently, so he waved his hand,

"When I write down all your words, cousin, and save my younger brother from forgetting it later, you will be in vain."

"Okay, remember,"

Zong Jicai was completely unguarded at this time, and only had to dream of how he would be powerful after entering the government on an errand, and after Zong Jiyuan prepared the pen and paper and gestured to him, he began to talk again,

"Actually, I really can't blame all for this matter, some time ago, my mother asked me to go to Hu's house to buy eggs, because others said that his eggs were good, who knew that when I went to his house, it turned out that the lady of the Hu family was better than those eggs, and she looked really good, I just made a few jokes and teased her a few words, but the woman actually started a fire. What's even more annoying is that the man of her family, the boss of the Hu family, rushed over and opened his mouth to scold, do you say I can suffer this loss, so I scolded him, and in the end, the egg was not bought.

After I went back, because I ran in vain, I was scolded by my mother again, and of course my fire was even bigger, so I went outside to drink. Later, a friend who had drunk a few times together asked me what happened, and I told him about it, and then this friend said that he had a way to vent for me, of course I had to ask him what the solution was, and he told me at that time that the lady of the Hu family fled from elsewhere and was adopted by the Hu family, and later became the eldest daughter-in-law, and asked me to return to his house, and said that the lady was originally my child's daughter-in-law, but then she secretly ran away, and asked the Hu family to return the lady to me. However, the Hu family will definitely not agree to give it to me, and if they don't agree, they will compensate me with 100 taels of silver as compensation. ”

"yes, that's a really good idea,"

Zong Jiyuan listened, his heart moved, and he asked with a sneer,

"What's that friend's name?"

"His name is ...... By the way, his name is Lin Shiming, and it seems that he is doing business from Anping County to Liaodong County. ”

Zong Ji thought for a moment.

Knowing that this was a very important person, Zong Jiyuan wrote down his name and secretly remembered it in his heart, and asked,

"And then?"