The upper room of the welcome building is elegantly furnished, and a newly picked pear blossom is inserted in a porcelain vase by the window, which is in full bloom. At this time, Chu Yu was sitting on the couch in front of the window, and the teacup in his hand was still steaming.

He was watching her coming, and the white pear blossoms lined him with elegance, like snow and jade.

"Brother Chu Yu, long time no see."

Chu Yu lowered his eyes, appreciated the exquisite white porcelain cup in his hand, and slowly opened his lips: "Actually, adults don't have to run in person." ”

It seems that Chu Yu really knows the purpose of her coming, but Mei Xiaoren still feels that it is necessary to finish her words: "Brother Chu Yu, I took a case today, and this case involves Brother Chu Yu."

"Hmm." He answered, deserved, and then put down the teacup and stood up.

Before Mei Xiaoren finished speaking, Chu Yu had already walked out the door. She hurriedly asked: "Where is Brother Chu Yu going?"

He stopped and looked back in confusion: "It's not a courtroom."

Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment, nodded, and when he saw Chu Yu moving, he stopped him and said, "Don't worry, I want to ask Brother Chu Yu some questions first." ”

"Ask again in court, the same."

Chu Yu left this sentence and went out.

Mei Xiaoren was still standing in the room, frowning slightly. He really didn't need to discuss it with her first, she had years of experience in solving cases, and she could teach him how to defend himself

But looking at Chu Yucheng's chest, he shouldn't need her help.

The Chu family is still waiting in the court. If it weren't for Chu Yu's deception too much, the patriarch of the Chu family would not want to go to court with him, because that kid's origin is unknown now, if he is a master who can't be provoked, wouldn't it intensify the conflict

It wasn't until he saw the county magistrate bring back Chu Yu that the Chu family patriarch breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the county magistrate is small enough, and the person who can even help the county magistrate should not have much background.

The patriarch of the Chu family suddenly gained confidence, and after ascending to the hall, he knelt down again and knelt much straighter than before.

The other clansmen were not afraid to see the patriarch, and they straightened their backs one after another.

They looked forward to Chu Yu coming, indignant and contemptuous, as if they were all waiting to see the scene of this arrogant descendant succumbing to official power, waiting to see his knees bent and kneel in front of the eldest lord like them.

The plaintiffs had already knelt down consciously, and after Mei Xiaoren knocked on the shocking wood, the defendant should have taken action, but the Chu family did not have the scene they expected in their eyes.

Chu Yu was still standing upright, and his figure was still a little domineering.

He glanced at the Chu family and said to Mei Xiaoren: "My lord, I have a meritorious reputation. ”

Mei Xiaoren understood this rule, nodded and responded: "Don't kneel." ”

Chu Yu's attendant Xingyun took out another thing, which made Mei Xiaoren's eyes light up.

The seal in Xingyun's hand is the private seal of the imperial court official, and the pattern engraved on it corresponds to the grade, but the private seal is usually small and far away, and Mei Xiaoren couldn't see that it was the private seal of several officials.

Chu Yu revealed his identity as an official, so the treatment was different.

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly ordered: "Give Lord Chu a seat." ”

The official listened to the order, moved a chair and invited Chu Yu to sit aside.

Then the defendant sat down, and the plaintiff knelt on the ground, and the scene reversed the Chu family's clouds, and Mei Xiaoren's "Lord Chu" made their hearts tremble three times when they heard it.

No matter how small the county order is, it is also an official, and they can't even afford to provoke the county order, not to mention Chu Yu, an official who may not be smaller than the county order.

The look of the patriarch of the Chu family was so remorseful, but the drum beat and the people were arrested, and they were already difficult to ride a tiger

Mei Xiaoren asked the defendant according to the rules: "Lord Chu, the Chu clan sued you for forcibly occupying the house, can you admit it?"

"Twenty years ago, they borrowed my parents' house to live temporarily, and now that both parents are dead, why is it wrong for me to come to get the house back?"

Mei Siu-jen turned to ask the plaintiff: "What he said is true"

The patriarch of the Chu family didn't dare to make a sound, and the second master of the Chu family hurriedly said: "My lord, his father went early, his mother was young and beautiful, maybe he had to remarry, that house was the ancestral home of the Chu family, how could outsiders occupy it, so the eldest brother said" The second master of the Chu family glanced up at the patriarch, and then said, "Only then did the house be taken back to the clan." ”

A relative of the Chu family answered: "At the beginning, we just let their mother and son move out of the house, and we didn't plan to drive them away, it was his mother who took him out of Yun County." ”

Mei Xiaoren grasped a key point and asked: "So the mansion was originally owned by Chu Yu's parents."

"It's owned by the Chu family," the head of the Chu family suddenly emphasized. Now that people have been offended, if they can't win this lawsuit, they may not only be retaliated against by Chu Yu, but they will also be reduced to the point of being homeless.

The second master of the Chu family echoed: "That is, before my father died, I let the third brother be in charge, and the third brother went, the Chu family naturally let the eldest brother speak, and the house should also be disposed of by the eldest brother." ”

There is also the Chu family who pointed at Chu Yu and reprimanded: "If you want a house, you want a house, how can you forcibly occupy the house of the elders"

"My mother said that you drove her away to divide the house, but now that you can't hand over the yard, I shouldn't let you repay this debt together" Chu Yu's slightly cold gaze swept everyone in the hall, and he said indifferently.

Mei Xiaoren roughly understood that it should be that after Chu Yu's father passed away, the Chu family fell in love with Chu Yu's mansion, and drove Chu Yu and his mother away in order to take the mansion for themselves. Now Chu Yu has returned to Yun County not only to bury his mother, but also to repay the debt he had twenty years ago.

But Mei Xiaoren also knew that Chu Yu was not worrying about a house, he was fighting for the house in order to seek justice for the humiliation suffered by his deceased mother.

It's like she is looking forward to high-ranking officials Houlu, looking forward to being promoted to Xuanzhou and even going to Beijing, in addition to wanting to get rid of her fate, she also wants to fight for a breath. Although the grievances between her family and the Xuanzhou family are not as deep as those of Chu Yu and the Chu family, all kinds of things caused by that incident made her father taste loneliness for half a life, and she can't say that she doesn't care about it.

It's too early for her justice to be asked, and Chu Yu's justice has to be repaid now.

Mei Xiaoren asked the Chu family: "In this way, you admit to occupying the Chu family's three-room house."

"My lord, that's the Chu family's house, how can it be called Zhan." The second master of the Chu family was anxious to argue, and said, "My lord, his mother was only three years old when he took him away, and no one has seen him before, and now he wants to be a house when he comes back, it is not certain whether he is a descendant of the Chu family." ”

Mei Xiaoren grabbed the startled wood and slapped it with a "snap", because the second master's words were too much

She was angry for Chu Yu, but Chu Yu remained silent when she heard this. He sat casually, his hands resting lightly on his chair, his face as calm as water, and there was not the slightest hint of anger in his face.

No matter what Chu Yu thinks, the ins and outs are already clear, and it is time for her to give a ruling.

"According to the law of Daning, even if it is an ancestral house, whoever gives it after the division will be owned by whomever it is, and the people who come from it have a saying." Mei Xiaoren said solemnly, "If you occupy it, then you should pay it back." ”

The patriarch of the Chu family was helpless: "My lord, it's not that we don't pay it back, but the house has been sold to someone else, how can we pay it back?"

"When he saw that we were not out of the house, he instigated his subordinates to occupy our house, and you have to punish him for his crimes, my lord" The second master of the Chu family was extremely indignant.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the mansion that Chu Yu wanted to get back was sold by the Chu family

But in her impression, only one of the houses of the Chu family that has changed hands over the years has been merged into her family