Early in the morning of the second day, Qi Xu sent someone to escort Peng Ao to the Gwangju Mansion for interrogation, and in addition, Zhang Gonglian and other relevant people were also brought to the lobby.

Pei Yan wore a majestic official robe, looking righteous and awe-inspiring, which shocked everyone in the hall and did not dare to speak.

"Lu Wu, the person who brought the report!" A soldier raised his voice, his voice swaying back and forth in the lobby.

After a while, Lu Wu, who was dressed in a coarse cloth coat, straightened his back and walked up to the lobby.

"Your Excellency." He said respectfully, kneeling down and prostrating.

Pei Yan sat in front of the case and ordered him to tell what he had told and tell everyone present.

Lu Wu is neither humble nor arrogant, and he should bow his head.

"My lord, the villain has been in Minzhou all these years, and finally went home once a year ago, but learned that his ancestral house had been occupied by Peng Ao." He said, "That ancestral house was built by the ancestors of our Lu family, after several generations, it is the ancestral house of my family, Peng Ao said that my father mortgaged the ancestral house to him, I think this is impossible." My dad would never do that. ”

When he had finished speaking, he bowed respectfully.

Pei Yan nodded and said that he already understood.

He looked at Peng Ao, who was always looking out with wandering eyes, and couldn't help but be angry.

"Peng Ao, how do you explain this?" He said, slapping the wood in surprise to get him to pay attention to the hall.

Peng Ao was frightened by this sudden voice.

"My lord, the lower officials have been wronged......"

He fell to the ground on his elbows, telling his story as if complaining, and from time to time he pretended to wipe away tears.

and the previous justification is simply like two people.

Li Zhihuai frowned and listened quietly to the side.

"Bring the witnesses and the money!"

With a sonorous summons, the pawnshop shopkeeper was brought into front of the hall.

He knelt down and bowed respectfully.

"The money is coming, is what Peng Ao said untrue?" Pei Yan asked, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the whole person was not angry.

The shopkeeper raised his head, looked at him and replied, "Peng Ao's words are false, his wife did not pawn gold and silver jewelry, nor did she get a silver ticket from the villain's shop. ”

"In addition, the villain will sue him for threatening the villain, he found the villain a month ago, asked the villain to commit perjury for him, and if he didn't agree, he would arrest the villain's daughter......"

"My lord, you also know what happened later, he really took the villain's daughter away, and forced the villain to perjury for him, saying that only in this way will he send her back......"

The shopkeeper also had all kinds of pain in his heart, and his daughter was arrested because of him, so that he almost hurt others.

He thought to himself, tears slowly welling up in his eyes.

"Bold!"

Pei Yan patted the shocked wood, and his eyes stared at Peng Ao under the hall.

I saw Peng Ao immediately kowtow and said: "My lord, the lower official is wronged, it was this shopkeeper who framed me, and the lower official has never done anything like that." ”

After he finished speaking, he said to Qian Youlai, "Shopkeeper, how can you bite like this, don't you take the benefits of Lu Wu!" ”

It's all at this time, and he still has to beat a rake.

"You!" The shopkeeper was also so angry that he pointed at him and scolded, "How can you talk nonsense like this, it is clear that you came to my house to find me and threatened me......"

"Did anyone see that?" Peng Ao interrupted his accusation, "Who can testify that I threatened you?" ”

This person is really a brazen rat, how can there be such a person in the county government of Zixian County.

Qi Xu, who was listening to the trial, was so angry that his cheeks hurt, and he wanted to order someone to beat him up on the spot.

Li Zhihuai secretly made a gesture to him to stop being impulsive.

"What if anyone could testify?"

Pei Yan said slowly.

A sentence is like a boulder thrown into a stream, echoing in bursts.

Everyone was talking about it, and even Peng Ao's originally upright face was a little shaken.

He was already sweating profusely on his back, and even on his forehead were beads of sweat the size of beans.

"My lord, isn't that Qian Xiaodie?" He resisted the chatter of his teeth and explained, "Qian Xiaodie is the daughter of Qian Youlai, of course she will speak for him, her words cannot be trusted!" ”

Pei Yan ignored him, but ordered the soldiers to bring the witnesses.

The witness was a man with a dark complexion and a burly appearance.

Peng Ao looked at him with a surprised face, obviously not knowing why he was here.

"My lord, the villain's name is Xianggui, he is a buddy of Fenghe Qianzhuang in Zixian County, because the money shopkeeper came to Qianzhuang to mention the silver and did not pay it back, and the villain went to Qian's house half a month ago to ask for a silver ticket......"

"Before we could talk about it, I happened to meet Master Peng who brought a few people to Qian's house, and the money shopkeeper asked the villain to leave through the back door first, but the villain thought that the money had not been obtained yet, and he didn't want to go back like this, so he stayed in the backyard of the Qian family, and as a result, he heard Lord Peng threatening the money shopkeeper......

This man is the one who came to the pawnshop to make trouble.

Qi Xu and Li Zhihuai carefully sorted out this matter yesterday, and they both felt that this Xiang Gui was a little strange, so they ordered someone to bring him this morning.

When this man saw that the matter was serious, he did not dare to hide it, and immediately told the truth.

When Peng Ao heard this, his face immediately turned pale.

This was unexpected.

Now, can you still hold on until Lord Yan comes? And the crime has been convicted, will Lord Yan really help him......

He glanced at Zhang Gonglian, who slowly showed surprise on his face, eager for him to say something for him.

But Zhang Gonglian immediately knelt down and kowtowed sadly: "Master Pei, the lower officials really don't know the reason for this matter, the lower officials see that Peng Ao is honest on weekdays, thinking that he will not lie to people to believe him." ”

"Xiaguan, you have always been deceived by others!"

After speaking, he looked at Peng Ao with a blaming look in his eyes.

"Master Peng, why do you live up to my trust in you so much!"

"How can you do such a hurtful thing!"

"Other people's things, how can you snatch them!"

As if he was heartbroken, he pointed to Peng Ao, who was stunned, and questioned again and again.

These words convicted Peng Ao, and everyone present knew it.

Peng Ao saw that no one saved him, and Lord Yan didn't come, so he had to tell the truth in a gloomy manner.

The truth about the ancestral house was revealed, and Pei Yan immediately made a decision and put him in prison.

As for Zhang Gonglian, he did not know people clearly, and he did not fulfill the duties of the county order, Pei Yan had already written a letter to the Ministry of Officials, requesting that he be removed from the post of county order.

The matter of the ancestral house came to an end, and Lu Wu took back what belonged to him, and kowtowed again and again to thank him.

Li Zhihuai and Qi Xu walked up to him and asked him to get up.

"Thank you, Lord Li, thank you, Lord Qi!"

Lu Wu's eyes lit up with excitement, "Villain...... I don't know how...... How to thank ......"

"The villain brought back some special products from Minzhou, and I will give them to you after I finish ......"

"If you don't dislike it...... Why don't you come to my house......"

"Don't say thank you, it's our job." Li Zhihuai waved his hand, "Your house has been returned, so go back." ”

"Master Li!"

Lu Wu held his hand and was full of excitement.

He seemed to admire Li Zhihuai very much, and his eyes were different from others.

Qi Xu caught a glimpse of the hands they were holding and was a little puzzled.

But Lu Wu's next words solved his doubts.

"Lord Li, the villain knows that your father-in-law is Lord Chen, the villain...... The villain has been in Minzhou for several years, and although he has not had the opportunity to see Lord Chen, the villain has heard about Lord Chen and respects him very much......"

He said, bowing his head in embarrassment.

"I don't know...... I don't know if I can ...... Can you see your wife...... The villain also wants to praise the people of Minzhou for Lord Chen...... Tell Mrs. ......"

I said that I was going to see his wife.

Qi Xu smiled and patted Li Zhihuai's shoulder.

"Master Li, let's let him meet Mrs. Ling, don't chill the hearts of the people!"

He raised his head and laughed, and walked forward on his own, not planning to wait for Li Zhihuai.

Li Zhihuai glared at him, and then smiled softly at Lu Wu.

"It's naturally doable." He said, "When I went back, I told my wife about it, and let her know that my father-in-law has always been in the hearts of the people of Minzhou." ”

Lu Wu nodded vigorously.

"Then thank you, Lord Li!" After he finished happily, Shi Yili stepped back.

Li Zhihuai looked at his back and had an inexplicable sense of strangeness.

Why did they come one by one, all for his wife......

Is there anything you have to say to your face......