Chapter Twenty-Six: Trouble at the Door
No wonder the Chu family can't say it yet, they have a few faces to go to her father to ask for a house
But if Chu Yu has to fight for the house, the Chu family comes to the door to beg her father, and her father will definitely give it, but in this way, does it seem that she is too useless
As an official, he also awarded his family's mansion to someone else
Mei Xiaoren didn't want to stir up too much, but now that her family is involved, she must mediate.
Mei Xiaoren said to Chu Yu: "Lord Chu, since the house has changed hands, it is better to let them pay you the money from the sale of the house, and you can also return their house to them." ”
"They, willing?"
Mei Xiaoren didn't have to guess to know that if the Chu family was willing to lose money, how could they get into a situation of going to court.
The more depressed the Chu family became, the more they cherished their money, but that was before the trial, and now the head of the Chu family already knows that Chu Yu's background is not small, and he may be willing to spend a lot of money to eliminate this grievance.
Mei Xiaoren asked the Chu family: "What do you think?"
As she expected, the patriarch of the Chu family seemed to be afraid that things would continue to make trouble, so he was willing to go down the steps given by Mei Xiaoren, nodded and said, "Then pay for it"
The patriarch had already spoken, and the second master of the Chu family had no choice but to ask Chu Yu: "Then how much silver do you want before you are willing to stop?"
"Five hundred taels."
Chu Yu didn't think about it, obviously he had already thought about it.
As soon as these words came out, except for Mei Xiaoren, everyone present was deeply shocked, especially the poor officials in the hall.
Five hundred taels
In Xuannan, you can buy a lot of big houses.
The Chu family was the most surprised and angry, and the patriarch of the Chu family was even more distressed: "You actually want five hundred taels for a dilapidated mansion, are you trying to force us to death?"
"It's not the five hundred taels you sold" Chu Yu pretended to be puzzled and looked over.
The Chu family was speechless for a while
Mei Xiaoren really admired, that's right, in the past, the Chu family asked for five hundred taels for her father, but because there was too much money, she couldn't help but lose face, so she took a mansion for her family.
The Chu family asked for these five hundred taels to save Chu Zifeng's unfilial son. Back then, Chu Zifeng was the overlord in the county school and killed the young master of the squire's family in the neighboring county, if there were no five hundred taels, Chu Zifeng would have to pay for one life.
She thought that Chu Yu just casually asked for a price, but she didn't expect him to really send someone to check it carefully
Chu Yu's offer was reasonable, and Mei Xiaoren knocked on the shocked wood and said, "Since this is the case, the official will sentence you to pay Lord Chu five hundred taels of silver to settle the case." ”
"My lord" The face of the second master of the Chu family was called a grievance.
The patriarch of the Chu family only looked forward to this grievance earlier, and admitted it head-on: "Okay, five hundred taels is five hundred taels"
The Chu family will admit that this is expected by Mei Xiaoren, because no matter how poor the Chu family is, isn't there still their Xiao family behind them
"This case has been tried here, and I will withdraw from the court."
The case was over, Mei Xiaoren ordered someone to open the door of the court and let the Chu family leave, but she stayed for a while, wanting to invite Chu Yu into the house to sit in private.
After a while, a servant hurriedly ran in and said in a panic, "My lord, there are a lot of soldiers outside."
Mei Xiaoren listened, and quickly thought of who it was. Didn't the little soldier shout for her to wait, she had been waiting for days.
Mei Xiaoren arched his hand to Chu Yu and said, "Brother Chu Yu will sit for a while, and I will go back when I go." ”
Chu Yu nodded, "My lord, please." ”
Mei Xiaoren walked out of the county office and saw that there were many soldiers surrounding the door, and the leader was not the arrogant captain.
He was willing to come in person, which was really admirable.
Mei Xiaoren roughly counted the soldiers surrounding the county government, about twenty, and it seemed that this captain didn't dare to bring more people when he came to Xingshi to ask about the crime. If he called the last one hundred and eighty people to make trouble, then she would be one of the captains of the school today
This is why she is not afraid that he has military power, and military power cannot be used casually.
"The captain is coming, and he is not welcome" She pretended to be polite and approached the arch.
The captain snorted: "Don't come with Lao Tzu to this set of He Qin, come and tell me how the county commander entertained you." ”
The general looked sideways, and a young man immediately popped out of the crowd, that is, the small soldier who came to collect food that day.
The little soldier He Qin saw that Mei Xiaoren was arrogant, and squinted at Mei Xiaoren and said: "Back to the captain, the little one took the captain's handwritten document to ask him for food, but he not only refused to give it, but also approved a word on the document."
The lieutenant raised his chin and glanced at Mei Xiaoren with his tall posture: "Do you remember what the county commander approved?"
"Of course I do." Mei Xiaoren turned his eyes to look away, and replied lightly, "Get out." ”
The creep nodded, "That's right, just get out"
The general's face was suddenly so black that he could fight with the bottom of the pot.
The people around laughed, and Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth, and reached out to pat Xiao Bing's shoulder, "This official is afraid that your captain won't hear clearly, thank you." ”
The lieutenant was annoyed and angry, folded the horsewhip in his hand, and angrily pointed at Mei Xiaoren: "Lao Tzu wants food, but you dare not give it"
He Qin added: "Captain, that day he said that unless the captain came to ask for food with the Prime Minister's handwriting, he would not give anyone face." ”
"The Prime Minister, you are only a seven-grade county order, and you are also worthy of reading the Prime Minister's handwriting," the school captain raised his hands and raised his chin a little higher, "I'm afraid that even your prefect is not so qualified." ”
Mei Xiaoren couldn't help laughing: "Say it as if you have it." ”
He Qin continued to reveal the bottom: "Captain, he is also disrespectful to the Prime Minister, saying that the Prime Minister is my uncle. ”
The lieutenant looked at him vainly: "Okay, it's the opposite, you dare to be disrespectful to the prime minister, see that I don't tell the truth to the Lord Fu, and you will be punished together with the deduction of military rations."
Mei Xiaoren casually copied his hand: "Xiangye Xiangye, it's not what your uncle is, where is the official disrespectful?"
"You are a young man," the captain sneered, "What you said today, the captain will also convey it to the adults on the Hidden Moon Platform word for word." ”
Threaten her
Mei Xiaoren's face did not change and his heart did not beat, he walked to He Qin's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, let me ask you, Xiangye is the master, what are you?"
He Qin was guilty of disrespect in order to prevent Mei Xiaoren from following in his footsteps, and he was willing to lose his self-esteem and responded: "Grandson." "What's more, being a grandson to Xiangye, he doesn't have this blessing if he wants to.
"I said that the prime minister is the master, you say that I am disrespectful, but you call yourself the soldier, you are above the prime minister"
He Qin's face turned white.
The captain's displeased face also froze suddenly, he looked around cautiously, and scolded in a panic: "You are bold" His voice trembled a little, and his eyes kept paying attention to the crowd around him, as if he was on guard against something.
The corners of Mei Xiaoren's lips raised, "He is a soldier you taught, and what he said was also taught by you" and asked with a slight side eye, "Master Ye, have you memorized everything he said?"
Ye Zhi happened to be holding a pen and paper in his hand, and nodded: "Go back to my lord, write it down." ”
The captain became more and more panicked, his eyes swept around uneasily, but he pretended to be calm, "Boy, do you think that the adults of the Hidden Moon Platform will treat me for my crimes, tell you the truth, I and the Prime Minister are distant relatives, that is, the Governor of the Hidden Moon Platform has seen the captain of the school, and they have to give three points of thin noodles, and you still want to sue me."
Mei Xiaoren smiled: "Far away is farther than going to Beijing to Xuanzhou"