The captain's face instantly darkened a few degrees, and he said fiercely: "If you know each other, hand over the grain and grass, and the captain will spare you this time."

"The grain and grass were requisitioned by the official to the people of Qiushui County, whether to give it or not, you have to ask them."

Mei Xiaoren raised her eyes to look at the people around her, and without waiting for the captain to speak, she paced forward a few steps before sneering: "But I'm afraid they won't give it, because you have drunk wine and eaten meat and watched their homes being robbed by bandits, what kind of face do you have to care about the people of Qiushui County asking for food."

Mei Xiaoren's voice was cold, and his aura became more and more vigorous.

Listening to her words made the hearts of the people around her feel excited. Regardless of men, women, young and old, they raised their fists and said: "The adults are right, we will not give it"

"Yes, don't give"

For a time, there was a thunderous sound in front of the county yamen.

He Qin was stunned by this formation, and timidly pulled the corner of the captain's armor, "Captain, what should I do?"

"Hear me clearly, it's them answering you." Mei Xiaoren's expression was indifferent, and he said, "If you are not convinced, go to the prefect to sue me, but you had better weigh and weigh whether your distant relatives will reward you and protect you." ”

When Mei Xiaoren finished speaking, he saw that the lieutenant stared at her with a torch-like gaze for a while, and then gritted his teeth and spit out: "Boy, you will be in a big disaster."

Mei Xiaoren nodded calmly, pretending to listen.

The captain's face turned purple with anger, and he had to beckon and order: "Let's go"

"No." Mei Xiaoren said politely with heavy eyes.

As soon as her words fell, thunderous applause rang out in her ears.

Mei Xiaoren smiled with relief, waved to the people who embraced her, and signaled that they were all dispersed.

She turned around and walked back to the yamen, but saw that Chu Yu didn't know when she came out, and she was standing in front of the door at this time.

When she came, he asked, "Are you really not afraid?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Chu Yu looked at her, as if there were four words written in his eyes, and he asked knowingly.

"Prime Minister" Mei Xiaoren replied by himself, patted Chu Yu's shoulder again, and smiled easily, "Didn't you see, I have accepted a grandson for the Prime Minister, and he should thank me." ”

Chu Yu glanced at the hand on his shoulder, not accustomed to it or repulsing.

Mei Xiaoren entered the yamen one step ahead of Chu Yu, and when no one saw it, the smile on her lips dissipated, and she secretly calmed down.

In fact, it is not impossible to offend people in officialdom, the key is to be sure that you can eat that person, so that he is willing to swallow the knocked out teeth into his stomach, instead of suing from the top.

However, when she mentioned the Prime Minister today, she was indeed taking a risk.

She is a seven-grade sesame official, how can she casually mention being the head of the court, if she is listened to by people with ulterior motives, she is afraid that she will not be able to eat and walk around, not to mention the black yarn hat, even her life is worried.

But if she wants to eat the captain, she has to threaten him, and she must take this risk, so she is gambling, betting that the emperor is far away, and everything is safe.

Mei Xiaoren came back to her senses and remembered that there was still something important to do, so she turned around and called, "Brother Chu Yu, come with me." ”

Chu Yu followed Mei Xiaoren to the backyard of the county government, leaving the attendants to guard outside.

Mei Xiaoren led Chu Yu straight to the outside of the warehouse and ordered the officials to open the door.

Now the warehouse is full of dozens of boxes, large and small, fortunately, she asked her subordinates to move Chu Yu's boxes to the front on the day she moved the silver, so that she could return them later.

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Now it's time to pay it back.

She took Chu Yu to stand in front of a pile of boxes, pointed to the boxes at the head of the row and said, "This is the silver left by Brother Chu Yu last time." She pointed to some beside her again, "That's five hundred taels, Brother Chu Yu can take it." ”

Chu Yu looked at Mei Xiaoren, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Without waiting for Chu Yu to ask, Mei Xiaoren explained: "The Chu family has fallen out, five hundred taels is tantamount to a sky-high price for them, plus the Chu family is now old and young, so Chu Zifeng is still a young man or a gangster, and it is really difficult to return five hundred taels to Brother Chu Yu."

"What does this have to do with adults?"

Mei Xiaoren looked at Chu Yu's boxes of silver and said, "Last time, I lacked silver to appease the villagers, and it had nothing to do with Brother Chu Yu, didn't Brother Chu Yu also take action."

"If the adults refuse to accept it, how can I accept it?"

"It's different." Mei Xiaoren said seriously, "Brother Chu Yu, you are not short of silver, I know, you are not fighting this lawsuit for silver, this is the compensation you deserve, even if you don't accept it, you have to accept it for Ling Ci." ”

Ever since Mei Xiaoren said this, Chu Yu has been looking at her, as if he was unbelievable, as if he was wondering why she understood.

Mei Xiaoren raised his lips slightly. She really couldn't tell him that the past in their family was somewhat similar, and of course she could understand it.

"Take it." Mei Xiaoren said lightly. Afraid that he would refuse again, she turned around and went out the door.

She had previously finalized the decision to let the Chu family repay the money, and she really didn't consider whether the Chu family could exchange it, because she had already made up her mind at that time to pay this burning money for the Chu family.

Although the bowl of porridge and a shack of the Chu family were given at random, they were food and shelter for her father and her when she was young. It's not that she doesn't miss her kindness, but she doesn't want to be like her father, repaying her gratitude and losing her principles.

At Mei Xiaoren's insistence, Chu Yu finally accepted the silver and instructed the attendants to carry the boxes of silver to the carriage outside the door.

Mei Xiaoren could see from the car waiting outside the door that Chu Yu was planning to go back to Beijing, but he still asked when he invited him to tea: "Brother Chu Yu is going back"

Chu Yu nodded, confirming her answer.

Today is the first time that Chu Yu has generously admitted that he is an official in front of her, the county magistrate, and of course Mei Xiaoren has to seize this opportunity to ask questions.

She took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "I don't know which yamen Brother Chu Yu is on duty in the capital, I haven't been to Shangjing yet, if I go one day, I can find Brother Chu Yu and ask for a cup of tea." ”

Chu Yu brought the teacup to his lips, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Wenhua Palace, take some pen and ink for the Wei University Scholar." ”

"Wenhuadian Scholar" Mei Xiaoren recounted softly, and quickly filtered through the Daning official position table in his mind, and suddenly fixed his eyes, only to feel a few huge words floating above his head:

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Zhu Yi is a high-ranking official

Mei Xiaoren wiped the sweat from her forehead, she thought that in places like Wenhua Palace, no matter how low there are no officials in green clothes, there are very few blue clothes

That Chu Yu must at least be green

She looked at Chu Yu in a daze, in order to calm the shock in her heart, she quickly picked up the teapot, leaned down and respectfully poured tea for her boss, "Lord Chu, please"

Mei Xiaoren suddenly changed her posture, and Chu Yu only felt inexplicable: "What's wrong with my lord?"

Mei Xiaoren was taken aback, and hurriedly excused himself: "No, no, no, Lord Chu called it that, and the lower officials really can't afford it." ”

Her "Xiaguan", Chu Yu understood when he heard it, he looked helpless and accepted the cup of tea that was suddenly full of respect.