He came to stir up trouble again, Mei Xiaoren said indifferently: "This official has business today, and I don't have time to accompany you, if you are bored, why don't you let those brothers who take wooden battles accompany you?" ”

Threaten him with torture? The boy in brocade smiled indifferently and gave his hand unhurriedly: "Under the surname Jiang Mingrong, today's drumming is naturally a grievance to be sought." ”

"You are not from my Qiushui County, what kind of grievances have you come here to complain."

"You misunderstood, this old woman who wants to avenge her grievances." Jiang Rong took a step to the side, revealing a white-haired old woman sitting on the steps wiping her tears, and pointed to herself, "And I am her teacher." ”

Shaper? It's really fresh. Mei Xiaoren sneered, but she could see that the old woman was really in trouble, and planned to let Ye Zhi go over and ask the truth. Who knew that Jiang Rong even stopped Ye Zhi.

Jiang Rong slowly took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Ye Zhi.

Ye Zhi glanced at it and then forwarded it to Mei Xiaoren, "My lord, it's a complaint." ”

Mei Xiaoren thought that it was a big case, and he could invite this rich young master with a lot of money to be a teacher. She read the complaint, and the doubts in her heart deepened again: Is this person really not sick?

According to the complaint, it was an old woman who was sitting in front of the government office and crying, and her money bag was stolen, and she was crying sadly. And Jiang Rong brought the old woman to beat the drum to voice the grievances, so that she could send someone to arrest the thief and return the old woman's silver taels.

It's a trivial matter, but the paper is beautifully written, which shows that this Jiang Rong has some ink, but it is only used against her.

Mei Xiaoren himself has no academic knowledge, but he respects scholars, so he doesn't plan to make trouble for Jiang Rong. She walked up to the old woman and leaned over and asked, "Old man, how much silver have you lost?" ”

"My lord, that's the eight cents I sold a basket of vegetables, why was it stolen by a thief!" The old woman slapped her legs with both hands, remorse and self-blame.

"Lao Ye, give the old man a tael of silver, and then let someone send her back."

"Yes."

"Wait!"

Mei Xiaoren glanced at Jiang Rong, "Anything else?" ”

Jiang Rong changed his previous politeness and said angrily: "I beat the drum to voice my grievances, you should open a court to try the case!" ”

"What do you want me to judge?"

"Naturally, they will find out the ins and outs and then send officials to arrest people, interrogate people and criminals to recover stolen money."

Mei Xiaoren glanced at Jiang Rong and walked towards the carriage waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Seeing that Mei Xiaoren wanted to leave, Jiang Rong rushed to Mei Xiaoren and blocked her way, "As a parent official, if you don't promote the court and don't try the case, this is dereliction of duty!" ”

"What does this old man want?"

Jiang Rong stared straight at Mei Xiaoren's eyes, and was confident: "Naturally, I want hard-earned money!" ”

Mei Xiaoren looked back at the old woman, "I doubled it for her." ”

"And bring the thieves to justice!"

"I'll send someone to catch the thief."

"...... Return"

"What else?" Mei Xiaoren raised his eyebrows and asked.

Jiang Yi couldn't answer, so he changed the topic and shrugged his shoulders: "That's it?" Your county order is too cheap. ”

"It's you who have nothing to do!" Mei Xiaoren squinted at Jiang Rong, "It's okay if you want me to be promoted, you can try the case, and it's even more appropriate to catch the thief, but can you be sure that you will stay here and wait for me to catch the thief back, and have the patience to wait for me for ten days and half a month?" ”

"Let's talk about it after catching it!"

Ye Zhizheng took the silver and gave it to the old woman, and said to Jiang Rong: "The son doesn't know anything, the market environment is complicated, and the clues of the theft case are often more difficult to check. Childe can wait, the old man may not be able to wait. ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at the sky, and if he continued to entangle, he was afraid that he would misplan. She wanted to leave, but Ei was still in front of her.

"If you don't try the case today, don't think about leaving!"

Mei Xiaoren returned to the old woman and asked, "Old man, do you still sue for this?" ”

The old woman put away the money, wiped away her tears, and beckoned her hand: "If you don't sue it, don't tell it, how dare you bother adults about a trivial matter." ”

"Old man, aren't you angry with the thief who stole your money, listen to me, we must sue for this."

"Don't sue, don't sue, you're really, why bother adults!" The old woman yelled impatiently, carrying the empty basket and preparing to leave.

Jiang Rong was a little stunned, is this called kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs?

Mei Xiaoren asked the old woman to go back, looked at Jiang Rong again, and asked lightly: "Your accuser is gone, what are you still doing here?" ”

Jiang Rong was already so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had nothing to do with Mei Xiaoren, so he only spit out angrily: "The villain has the will!" ”

"You're sick, you're really full."

Mei Xiaoren glanced at Jiang Ei, moved down the steps, and when she couldn't see Jiang Ei, the urgency in her heart showed on her face, and she quickened her pace and got into the carriage, urging the coachman to hurry as soon as possible.

Ye Zhi and Mei Xiaoren rode in the same carriage and asked curiously, "Is my lord worried that Jiang Gongzi has a big background to be so polite to him?" "Otherwise, where do you have the patience to explain to the troublemakers, it will be all a mess and drive away.

"That's not it, I just respect him as a scholar, and it doesn't hurt to reason with him."

Jiang Rong left unwillingly, but he didn't go far. Putting aside the incident just now, he recalled Mei Xiaoren's dress today, and suddenly felt that things were not so simple.

Mei Xiaoren's swagger today is enough to describe, and he almost hung the gold ingots on his body.

How much is a county order the size of a sesame mung bean, and can afford to wear gold and silver?

There must be something greasy behind it!

Jiang Rong was thinking about this, when a golden carriage suddenly drove by his side, which was the one he had just seen at the gate of the mansion.

- Mei Xiaoren's carriage!

A county order is so magnificent, how many people have to swallow the people's fat and people's ointment?

When Jiang Rong was indignant for the people, he felt that the willows were bright. He was worried that he couldn't clean up Mei Xiaoren, and he wanted to act as a master to make Mei Xiaoren make a fool of himself in the court, but Mei Xiaoren refused to accept the offer, and now he can dig Mei Xiaoren for corruption!

This is much more interesting than embarrassing Mei Xiaoren.

Jiang Rong raised his lips and smiled, and ordered his entourage, "Go, follow." ”

The carriage sped out of the county seat, kicking up clouds of dust.

Mei Xiaoren kept urging the coachman to hurry up. She has been planning for this day for many days, after all, bandits don't wait for anyone. The bandits can't make any profit here, so they may get to the next county. That's not her territory, and it's inconvenient to suppress bandits.

Ye Zhi knew that the adults were anxious, and for the sake of widening Mei Xiaoren's heart, he said to her: "The lord has killed the bandits, and the prefect's face is also bright." ”

"I hope everything goes well, I can give his old man a long face in front of the court, and if I don't ask for anything else, I beg him to promote me to serve by his side as soon as possible." The folding fan in Mei Xiaoren's hand kept tapping on his palm, and he couldn't stop being nervous.

"The prefect has always been a great person, and he has repeatedly praised the adult for being young and promising, as long as the adult can make meritorious service this time, the prefect will definitely promote the adult to serve in the state capital."

"Then I will lend you good words."

The wind was light in the woods, the clouds in the sky were faint, and there was only the sound of wheels around. When the carriage stopped, the forest was quiet.

They've gotten to where the wire is called. It is said that the bandits have been hiding in this mountain forest recently, but it is strangely quiet outside.

Mei Xiaoren lifted the curtain and took a look, there was not even a bird, let alone bandits.