The sixth day of junior high school has passed, and it is time for Mei Xiaoren to leave home. When she came back this time, she wanted to persuade her father to move to Xuanzhou, but when her father reached this age, he had begun to feel nostalgic for the place where he had lived for a long time, and he was reluctant to leave.

As long as her father is happy, she will not force it.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, she and Ye Zhi agreed to meet in the old place.

The carriage drove straight to Qiushui County, and only after entering the city did it slow down and slowly pass through the market.

Mei Xiaoren was afraid that the people would still recognize her, so she didn't get out of the car, and sat in the carriage and looked out the window.

Qiushui County is no different from when she left, even if it has not become more and more prosperous, it has not declined, which can make her feel a little comforted.

After a while, passers-by outside began to rush in one direction, which showed that the yamen was lively.

The carriage stopped outside the county ya, Mei Xiaoren still didn't get out of the car, only lifted the curtain to look, and saw that the outside of the yamen was full of lively people, and the inside of the yamen was still the same as before, with officials standing on both sides, kneeling the defendant and the plaintiff in the middle, and then a Tsing Yi official walked up to the front of the hall and sat down, patting the wood.

The county magistrate was a man in his thirties, a scholar of Svenwen, who routinely asked, "Who is in the hall, what is the complaint?"

"My lord, the grass people want to sue the barbarian who sells pork, and the grass people are kind enough to take care of his business, who knows that he is short of catties and two pounds, and he also lets dogs bite people."

"Fart, you are kind enough to take care of Lao Tzu's business, you are obviously here to cause trouble, and take revenge on Lao Tzu for beating you back then"

Such trivial disputes are familiar to Mei Xiaoren, but what is more familiar is the voice of the defendant.

The prefectural magistrate asked, "His leg was injured by your dog."

"My lord, he can't make trouble, and he still wants to beat the grass people's dog, and the dog can't bite if he's in a hurry."

"A dog is a dog, a person is a human, and if your dog hurts someone, you are naturally at fault." The voice of the prefectural order was tepid.

"My lord, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, what do beasts know."

When the two argued, Mei Xiaoren had already gotten out of the carriage and quietly stood at the back of the crowd, and then saw the person kneeling in the hall clearly, the burly defendant was indeed Zhou Hu, who used to help her maintain the law and order of a county. The plaintiff knelt next to him, his ankle was covered with muslin where he had been bitten by a dog.

Now Zhou Hu no longer eats public meals, and the officials in the hall have also changed, which really responds to the sentence "once a son of heaven and a courtier".

The county order also said: "The beast hurts people, the master's fault, he was injured by your dog, how can you get rid of it, or quickly admit it, and compensate for the fault." ”

Zhou Hu is already a common man, of course he doesn't want to make a big deal in front of the officials, so he asked: "Then how much do the grass people have to pay?"

The county magistrate asked the plaintiff again: "Tell me how much you want him to pay?"

The plaintiff looked reluctant, pretended to be thoughtful, and said slowly: "I have a lot of delays due to the injury of my leg, but for the sake of him not wanting to hurt me, it will be fifty taels." ”

Fifty taels is enough for ordinary people to live for a few years.

Zhou Hu was anxious: "Your heart is also a little darker."

"My lord, the grass people have a lot of chickens at home, and now the grass people have injured their legs, and if they can't feed the chickens, the chickens won't be able to lay eggs, and if they can't lay eggs, they won't be able to give birth to chickens, and if they can't lay chickens, there will be no eggs," said the plaintiff as he said worriedly, "In this way, the grass people have lost more than fifty taels." ”

Zhou Hu became more and more angry: "My lord, he is clearly slandering"

The plaintiff straightened up his waist confidently, "Master County Order, Caomin's uncle works as a housekeeper in the house of an adult in the state capital, if the adult doesn't make the decision for the little one, the little one has to go to Xuanzhou to find my uncle to help me get justice." ”

The county commander frowned, his expression was a little worried, as if he was also a little anxious, and said to Zhou Hu regardless of it: "You still quickly lose the other person's money, let this matter be stopped." ”

Zhou Hu was shocked: "Adult, where is there so much silver in the small one"

The plaintiff glanced at Zhou Hu and said coldly: "If you refuse to pay, then you will be able to take fifty boards." ”

"You deceive people too much

, when Lao Tzu was the head catcher, why didn't he kill you?"

The county magistrate then said: "Then you choose, whether you want fifty taels of silver or fifty boards." ”

Zhou Hu hung on the ground with a fist, anxious and helpless, so he had to grit his teeth and respond: "Just fight"

Zhou Hu had confessed, and the county order then threw the token. The two officials obeyed the order and stepped forward with a wooden battle and set up a formation.

"Slow"

Mei Xiaoren shouted. She took a few steps forward, and immediately the people recognized her and exclaimed, "Lord Mei"

"Mistress Mei is back," the people were surprised and delighted, and began to spread out on both sides, making way for her.

Zhou Hu was still entangled in lawsuits, and Mei Xiaoren only smiled at the people and walked through the crowd into the court.

When the county magistrate saw someone breaking in, he asked, "Who are you?"

"Under the surname Mei Xiao Ren, I used to sit in the seat where the adults sit." Mei Xiaoren replied lightly.

She could see that the nature of this county order was not bad, but she was just afraid of things, and as soon as the plaintiff mentioned that he had a relationship with the state capital, the county order immediately coaxed, thinking that it was better to have more than one thing.

It's no wonder that people of his age are the most afraid of things, because there are already old and young in the family, and he finally won the imperial examination and became a county magistrate, so he is afraid that this job will be precarious.

"It turns out that you were the last county magistrate, I don't know what you came to do"

Mei Xiaoren looked at Zhou Hu, and Zhou Hu was stunned when he saw her, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, but he didn't shout.

She retracted her gaze and said, "He was my subordinate, and I will take care of what he committed." ”

The county magistrate knew what Zhou Hu did in the past, and he was also convinced of Mei Xiaoren's identity, and said: "He has recognized fifty boards, is it possible that you have to bear it for him."

"I can admit his fault, as for the board," Mei Xiaoren dragged out his voice and turned to the plaintiff, "I want him to suffer." ”

The plaintiff laughed: "Why"

Zhou Hu finally cheered up, arched his hand, and said in a loud voice: "With my family, the adult is now a general judge." ”

The county magistrate was stunned, when he came here to take over, the previous county official had already left, thinking that he would not have anything to do with him, so he never cared about his whereabouts, who knew that he was actually promoted.

The county commander hurriedly walked down the hall and saluted Mei Xiaoren: "I have seen the adults in my humble position, but I don't know that the adults are here, and I am not welcomed." ”

The look of displeasure on Mei Xiaoren's face was extremely obvious, so that the county commander looked very humble when he saluted her, for fear of annoying her.

The county commander raised his hand again and said, "Your Excellency, please take a seat." ”

Mei Xiaoren walked towards the hall and sat down in the seat where she had been absent for a year.

Seeing this scene, the people outside were excited, and they all knelt down and kowtowed: "Meet your lord." ”

These people did not forget her, Mei Xiaoren was moved in his heart, and the dark clouds on his face gradually dissipated, revealing a smile.

"My lord, I don't know if the disposition of the humble position is inappropriate"

Mei Xiaoren glanced at the county order coldly, saying that he was clumsy and afraid of things, he even knew that he was pretending to be stupid, so he responded indifferently: "What do you say?"

Zhou Hu hurriedly said: "My lord, this kid is a traveling businessman, he was beaten by me in the past, he passed by here this time, and when he saw that I was no longer a headhunter, he wanted to take revenge on me."

Mei Xiaoren has tried too many cases, and he can't remember who he has beaten and who he hasn't, so he took Zhou Hu's words and asked the plaintiff: "Since you are a traveling businessman, where did you come from to talk about chickens laying eggs and laying chickens?"

The plaintiff has completely lost his previous righteousness, and he stumbled: "The little one just wants to seek justice." ”

"What justice," she asked.

"Justice for being bitten by a dog"

"Okay." Mei Xiaoren agreed happily, and then threw a small ingot of silver to the man, and said, "According to your meaning, fifty boards are equivalent to fifty taels of silver, but I don't have that much on me, only ten taels of silver, so I will reward you with forty boards." ”