As soon as the prefect Zhou Qingnian arrived, the street suddenly fell silent. The cries of Mu Qiuming and his wife were in their throats, like two big toads looking up to the sky and opening their mouths, ridiculous and ugly.

The Mu clan followed Mu Jiangxuan to settle down in Hangzhou, and for so many years he was just a rich squire, and he couldn't even rank in Hangzhou City, and the biggest official he had seen on weekdays was a village head, Li Zhengzhi and others, and he hadn't even seen the county magistrate, let alone such a big scene as the prefect going on patrol.

The people of Pingtou are born with a sense of fear of the government, and they have to hold their breath when they pass by the gate of the county government, bow their heads and walk quickly. As long as everything does not involve a life lawsuit, you will take a bite of me, I will catch you, and each family will pull relatives and friends to fight, and then the village chief and patriarch will mediate in the middle, and each will play fifty big boards to calm the people.

The Mu family is accustomed to this way of dealing with it, although it is not easy to take root in a big city like Hangzhou with rich materials and a prosperous population with the light of Mu Jiangxuan, but the habits they have developed over the years cannot be changed. Hearing the sound of the prefect's opening gong, his legs first softened in half, and when Zhou Qingnian got down from the sedan chair, Yu Wenyuan stepped forward to greet him, Mu Qiuming and his good wife were already paralyzed on the ground, and they didn't even dare to say a word.

"This official learned that the Mufu carriage and horses were blocked in the morning market for some reason, so I came to take a look. Blocking the main road into the city for no reason and hindering the people's livelihood is the relatives of the Muda people, and the officials cannot sit idly by. Zhou Qingnian and Yu Wenyuan saluted and said loudly. On the surface, it seems to be blaming Mufu, but in fact, it is said to the surrounding onlookers.

Yu Wenyuan knew what Zhou Qingnian meant, and hurriedly said: "My lord, there is no intention of hindering the traffic into the city, and it is really a helpless move. ”

Zhou Qingnian looked at Mu Qiuming and his wife, who were still kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Where did you two come from?" Why do you kneel in front of the Mufu carriage and horses to block people's way? ”

Grandma Qiu trembled when she heard this, and she didn't dare to speak timidly, Mu Qiuming wiped her sweat, fell on the ground, and replied tremblingly: "Little one...... The youngest is Mu Qiuming, the uncle of Miss Mu's family...... Today's special ...... Specially ......"

Zhou Qingnian was puzzled: "Oh? Uncle? The official has studied under the Mu people for many years, and when Mrs. Mu entered the house, the official also brought his family to congratulate. It's been almost 20 years, why has the official never heard the teacher mention that he still has a brother? When the teacher got married, I didn't see any Mu relatives present, where did you come from? Wait for Hugh to talk nonsense! It is a big sin to pretend to be an official! ”

Although Zhou Qingnian is not wearing official clothes, and this is not the hall of the government office, but after many years of official authority, Mu Qiuming and others were scared enough.

"No, no, no, no nonsense, I'm ...... I ...... with the people of Muslim It's a clan relative, a clan relative...... "Mu Qiuming couldn't wait to find a hole to drill into immediately, he never expected that doing so would actually attract Zhou Qingnian, this is the prefect of Hangzhou! hated that Mu Qingling, and still hid behind and didn't come out! If she had come forward earlier, where would she have come to such a situation!

Mu Qiuming hated Mu Qingling in his heart, and he was getting up when he heard Mu Qingling's voice behind him: "Lord Zhou." ”

As soon as Zhou Qingnian looked up, he saw Mu Qingling wearing a plain white mourning dress and a hat, walking over slowly.

"Little girl Mu Qingling, I've seen Lord Zhou." Mu Qingling walked up to Zhou Qingnian and curtsied. The white veil on the hat blocked her face behind her, and the people around her stretched their necks to see what this legendary Miss Mu looked like, but they could only see a white slender figure, thin and weak, but with a straight back, like a green bamboo washed by the wind and rain.

"Miss Mu doesn't have to be polite." Zhou Qingnian raised his hand to Mu Qingling, his face was much softer, and said: "I am your father's student, so it stands to reason that you should also call me a senior brother, but today I am asking about this matter as the prefect of Hangzhou, and I only talk about legal principles, not feelings, do you understand?" ”

"It should be so, my father was the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and when he was alive, he taught the little girl not to abolish the public for private reasons, not to bully others, and the father's legacy did not dare to forget, the Mu family since the inheritance, there has never been a rampant in the township, no one in the eyes, and today I hope to borrow the mouth of Lord Zhou, and I am Mu Jia's name." Mu Qingling's words were orderly, the girl's voice was already clear, and because she had cried a lot in the past few days, with some hoarseness, everyone who heard it felt a little pity.

A little girl who has just lost her father is still blocked in the street and forced to come out and show her face, which is really a sin.

"Okay, since you say so, today I will ask the case on the street, and I will explain the right and wrong in front of all the people." Zhou Qingnian looked at Mu Qingling's eyes with appreciation, the officials behind him moved tables and chairs, Zhou Qingnian sat on the street, put on a posture of asking the case, and the officials in the prefect's yamen stood in two rows, and the thick killing rod with the mouth of the bowl stomped on the ground, raising a burst of dust and mist.

Governor Zhou wanted to ask the case on the street, as soon as the news spread, the morning market, which was already crowded, was now even more crowded, and the windows of the high-rise tea houses on both sides were wide open, and everyone's eyes fell on Mu Qingling and Mu Qiuming and his wife, Mu Qingling could hold it, standing with Mu Zheng and Yu Wenyuan, calm and relaxed.

Mu Qiuming and his wife didn't have such a good attitude, they thought that according to the previous example, they rolled around for a while, attracting everyone's attention, and Mu Fu would definitely follow their path in order to calm things, Mu Qingling came forward to recognize his uncle on the street, shook hands with them, and then respectfully invited them back to Mu Fu. Unexpectedly, they didn't wait for the eight-lift sedan chair in Mufu, but waited for the Zhou Governor's Mansion to come.

Mu Qiuming's six gods have no owner, and his head sweats like rain. He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, but when it came to Zhou Qingnian, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to say anything serious, so he could only tilt his head and try to find Mu Qiwen. But when I walked around, I saw only curious passers-by, not a single familiar person.

"Today, in front of your people, this government is asking about the case on the street, what grievances do you two have, you want to block the carriages and horses, block the main road, you can say it one by one, if it is true, this government will definitely make decisions for the two of you." Zhou Qingnian asked in a deep voice.

Mu Qiuming and Grandma Qiu trembled like chaff, you, you and I couldn't speak for a long time, Yu Wenyuan saw this, stepped forward and said: "The two of them kept begging Miss Mu for mercy, begging Miss Mu to leave a way for the two to live, and now in front of Lord Zhou, can the two of you say bluntly, why didn't the Mu family give the two of them a way to live?" The two claim to be relatives of the Mu people, but the Mu family has never heard of the Mu family and the head of the family, please explain. ”

Grandma Qiu stopped the car on the street in order to spread the rumor that Mu Qingling was bullying, and naturally she could say whatever it was so serious and how it aroused people's reverie. Aren't all the common people like that? You are in a high position and your family is entangled in everything, so if someone comes out and says that you are rich and unkind, and that you are fake for public and private purposes, there is no evidence, and others will believe it first. Even if the evidence behind is ironclad, and everyone has preconceived ideas, you can only protect each other as officials and exonerate them in private.

Now I really want to put it on the table one by one, where do Mu Qiuming and his wife have anything to say? It can't be said that Mu Qingling's refusal to let them fight the autumn wind is to cut off their family's livelihood, right?

Zhou Qingnian saw that the two of them couldn't speak clearly, so he asked: "If you two don't say it, then this government will ask, what is your surname, and where are you from?" ”

Mu Qiuming replied in a trembling voice: "Little ...... Little Mu Qiuming, Xu, and people from Xujia Town. This is my wife, Wang. Zhou Qingnian continued to ask: "Okay, I heard you keep saying that you are a relative of Muda, where does this family come from?" When asked about this, Mu Qiuming trembled and was speechless.

What is his relationship with Mu Jiangxuan? But it's also surnamed Mu, and he has a name of the same clan. If you really want to talk about it, it is a relative who has been separated from the family since Gaozu, which kind of family is the first relative.

But can he say this to Zhou Qingnian? Isn't that the scene where he cried on the street before was all slapped in his face......

He doesn't say it, naturally someone says. Mu Zheng, an old housekeeper who has been in the Mu family for decades, hates this group of flies and insects so much that the roots of his teeth itch, how can he let them go at this time, Mu Zheng stepped forward a few steps, lifted his clothes and knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "Master Zhou Mingjian, the little one is Mu Zheng, the housekeeper of Mu Mansion, who grew up in Mu Mansion since he was a child. The Mu family has been passed down from generation to generation, and there has been no division of family property since the beginning of the great-ancestor, and there is a genealogy in the Mu family as evidence. Before my family was born, I thought about the fate of the same surname, and took care of the Mu clan, but I only gave up some silver and rice during the New Year's festival to support women and children and widows, and never recognized anyone as a relative. If the little one has a lie, the sky will thunder! ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around them were in an uproar, thinking that Miss Mufu had no one in her eyes, and she didn't look down on the family relatives in the township, who would have thought that this person who kept saying that he was an uncle and aunt was not on the same genealogy as others, and the person with the same surname who came out of Wufu came up and cried that he was treated slowly, and it should be Miss Mu who was wronged, right?

Mu Qiwen, who was outside the crowd, watched the situation take a sharp turn, and his face turned pale. The Mu family who followed behind him was so anxious that they wiped their sweat and muttered: "What can I do about this?" It's all said, how will we meddle in the affairs of Mufu in the future! ”

Mu Qiwen has always regarded the Mu family's property as his own bag, Mu Qingling is not as good as he imagined, he didn't take it seriously, a daughter's family, sooner or later, will be married. It's useless, but I didn't expect it to be this useless daughter, who first sent the people he planted in Mufu to the ancestral grave, and then drove the autumn grandmother Wang who he sent out of Mufu, and now in front of everyone's eyes, he even has to draw a line with the Mu clan.

How dare she?! How could she! Mu Qiwen wanted to peel Mu Qingling and cramp immediately, but now he had to hold back and think about how to fish out the two useless things of Mu Qiuming and Wang.

Zhou Qingnian can't be allowed to cut off the relationship between Mu Fu and Mu Jiangxuan, Zhou Qingnian is the local prefect, as soon as he breaks his iron mouth, Mu Shi will have nothing to do with Mu Fu anymore, even if he Mu Qiwen has great ability, he can't use it. Mu Qingling is going to enter Beijing in the future, but the Mu family has settled in Hangzhou, and the children and grandchildren will live in Hangzhou in the future.

"My lord! Lord Zhou! Mu Qiwen made up his mind, walked out of the tea shed and squeezed towards the center of the crowd, and shouted loudly as he walked inside. Hearing Mu Qiwen's voice, under the hood, Mu Qingling sneered.

Mu Qingling stretched out her hand and pulled the sleeve of Yunqiao on the side, Yunqiao got the order, and while everyone's attention was on Zhou Qingnian's side, he quietly retreated to the back.

Yunqiao found Mother Qi beside Mu Qingling, and the two muttered in their ears. Behind the carriage and horse, Xiao Lanwei saw that Mu Qingling really understood what she meant, and couldn't help but smile, although the little junior sister is young, she has a lot of thoughts, and she can understand it at all. Xiao Lanhuan got out of the car with a folding fan and wanted to go ahead to see the excitement. Chang Lin saw Xiao Lanhuan rushing into the crowd excitedly, his face was dark, and he could only follow Xiao Lanhuan angrily.

Mu Qingling looked through the white veil and looked coldly at Mu Qiwen, who had finally squeezed in front of her, with a clear look in her eyes. Okay, this time everyone is together, she wants to see what kind of drama this Mu clan member wants to sing!