The patriarch of the Chu family saw that Mei Xiaoren had already read the complaint, so he trembled and said: "I beg my lord to make the decision for the grass people and punish the lawless descendants." ”

Mei Xiaoren was not in a hurry to arrest people, and read the complaint carefully with heavy eyes.

The second master of the Chu family continued: "My lord, his father died early, he was taken away from Yun County by his mother when he was a child, and now he will come back when he comes back, and he also sent his subordinates to forcibly occupy the houses of the clansmen and drive out our elders, which is really hateful." ”

Mei Xiaoren listened to them silently, and the complaint had been read, and it was still difficult to connect him with the younger generation who forcibly occupied the family house.

There are plaintiffs and defendants in this case, and the plaintiff is here, but the defendant is nowhere to be seen, Ye Zhi knows what to do, but he has not waited for the adult to give an order.

Ye Zhi saw that Mei Xiaoren's expression seemed to be unspeakable, so he asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to send Zhou Zhutou to lead someone to summon the defendant?"

Mei Xiaoren came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Ye Zhi, raised the paper in his hand to cover his face, and said in a very small voice: "Do you know who they are suing?"

Ye Zhi shook his head in confusion.

"Chu Yu."

Ye Zhi's eyes widened in shock. This man made a deep impression on him, because the adults had said that he was afraid that he might have a great background, and he looked like him, who knew that he was now a defendant

Then whether the defendant will be arrested, or not

Mei Xiaoren pondered for a while, according to the law, she should indeed send someone to summon the defendant, if the defendant refused to come, she had to let the official tie up, which meant that even if she was tied up, she had to be tied up.

If the defendant is not summoned, the case will be tried, this is a big handle, in the past, she may have chosen to take risks, but now that Jiang Rong lives in the yamen, if he takes advantage of this to provoke trouble, it will be troublesome to sue her for dereliction of duty or shield the defendant.

She still has a "case record" in the state capital, and she must not make any more trouble before the prefect comes

Mei Xiaoren was helpless, so he had to order in a low voice: "Lao Ye, you find someone to find out where Brother Chu Yu is"

Ye Zhi understood what Mei Xiaoren meant, but behind this problem was still a problem: "If you find it"

"Don't do anything, come back and report back."

"Yes." Ye Zhi obeyed the order.

The people of the Chu family saw the county commander and the master muttering, and they didn't say that they were going to arrest people for a long time, and they felt uneasy in their hearts.

The second master of the Chu family said boldly: "My lord, Chu Yu is in Qiushui County now, and I ask my lord to arrest him and give us elders an explanation." ”

"Yes, my lord, arrest him and interrogate him."

The Chu family, you say a word, and the noise makes Mei Xiaoren's heart even more chaotic, she simply slapped the shocked wood to shut up, and scolded: "What should I do, this official has his own measure"

The court then fell silent.

Mei Xiaoren has asked Ye Zhi to find out Chu Yu's traces, before that, she can only wait, this is also a chance to breathe, she can take a good look at the memories in her head.

The Chu family accused Chu Yu of encroaching on the house, and Chu Yu seemed to be a person who lacked a house to live in.

She recalled several meetings between her and Chu Yu:

The first time was when she suppressed bandits, and met him to send his mother back to his hometown for burial;

The second time was in the Mei Building, she asked Chu Yu to help Chu Zifeng retreat, Chu Zifeng said that Chu Yu was an unscrupulous descendant who violated the clan rules and was kicked out by the clansmen, and now the Chu family said that Chu Yu's mother took him away from his hometown and disappeared, and the two statements are very different;

The third time was in the idle yard of her house, Chu Yu seemed to have found it specially, but said that she was here to join in the excitement of her father's birthday banquet. That courtyard used to belong to the Chu family, could it be that he was looking at how many houses the Chu family had at that time

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p; The fourth time was on the way back to Qiushui County, where Chu Yu saved her and Jiang Rong. She invited Chu Yu to come to the county government to sit, and Chu Yu said that he still had unfinished business, and said that they would meet in a few days.

Mei Xiaoren thought about it carefully, and frowned for a moment. Could it be that what Chu Yu said is to go back and get rid of the Chu family and meet again, which means that he knows that the Chu family is going to sue, and he also knows that she is now concurrently serving as the county magistrate of Yun County, so he knows that this case will be put in front of her, and they will meet again.

Mei Xiaoren can only be regarded as piecing together the fragmented memories now. Looking at it this way, Chu Yu seems to have really done what the complaint said, and asked the attendants to go to all the houses of the Chu family and drove out all the people inside, so that these Chu family members were reduced to the point of being homeless and having no way out, and had to come to the county government to complain.

Her heart is getting more and more chaotic, because the law is dead, if Chu Yu invades the house of the Chu family's elders without a legitimate reason, according to the law, depending on the severity of the situation, she will have to be beaten with dozens of sticks and locked up for a few months, or there is no fixed number.

"My lord, the grass people have one more thing to ask."

The patriarch of the Chu family suddenly spoke, Mei Xiaoren came back to his senses in shock, and said impatiently: "Say"

"My son Zifeng, what did he do?"

Mei Xiaoren almost forgot about this one, last time she arrested people in a hurry, and she didn't have time to give the Chu family a reason to arrest people, and now that the Chu family has come to the county office, she can still ask Chu Zifeng about his case record

She said casually perfunctorily: "Gather a crowd to make trouble, and close it for a few days as a punishment, but it has been released a few days ago." ”

Hearing the word "let go", the head of the Chu family breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed, and said: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, after you go back, the grass people will definitely be good at disciplining the dogs." ”

"That's for the best."

Ye Zhi came back less than an hour after leaving, and leaned into Mei Xiaoren's ear and whispered a few words.

Mei Xiaoren nodded, then got up and ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair.

She can't just listen to the words of the Chu family, she still needs to ask Chu Yu about the ins and outs before trying the case, so it is necessary for her to pass on this "defendant" in person.

Since Chu Yu said that they would meet again, she was obviously ready to fight this lawsuit and would definitely not hide, but what she didn't expect was that Chu Yu not only didn't hide, but also stayed in an extremely easy place to find.

It is the best inn welcome building in Qiushui County.

Mei Xiaoren only brought one Ye Zhi with him, and he didn't bring a servant, as if he was going to invite someone instead of arresting any defendant.

She treats each other politely, not only because Chu Yu is a mystery, and the mystery may be a person she can't afford to provoke, but also because aside from his identity and background, he has saved her and is kind to her.

Mei Xiaoren followed Ye Zhi to a guest room, and after standing still, he was about to knock on the door, but he raised his hand but paused, and he didn't knock for a long time.

She was very conflicted in her heart, in case Chu Yu really committed a crime, whether she would deal with it according to the law or bend the law for personal gain

It is unbearable to deal with her according to the law, and bending the law for personal gain may fall into the handle

Only then did she feel that this was the predicament of the Chu family, and it was clearly a problem for her

But after thinking about it, since Chu Yu expected that the Chu family would sue him, he still had no scruples to get rid of them, which showed that he was not afraid of the Chu family suing at all, and this case had no evil consequences for him.

Maybe he has a valid reason, or he has someone to back him up, or maybe he has a lot of background

No matter what, it can make Mei Xiaoren's hanging heart settle down a lot, as long as Chu Yu can get rid of the crime, she doesn't have to make difficulties.

She was about to knock on the door, but the door squeaked open.

Chu Yu's attendant Xingyun appeared inside the door, nodded at her as a sign of courtesy, and said, "The master has been waiting for the adults for a long time, please do so." ”

Mei Xiaoren was taken aback, Chu Yu guessed that she would come in person