The sun sets over the long river.

Covered with the orange and red of the burning clouds on his shoulders, Xu Tian walked back home as usual.

After all, Shangshu Mansion is next to Tianzun Courtyard, and it is very close.

"Your Excellency...... Lord Shangshu! ”

While pondering and walking, he suddenly saw a family of peasants running on the opposite side. A man and a woman, who looked to be in their sixties, were dressed in cloth and carried a little girl with pigtails.

As soon as they ran in front of Xu Tian, they fell to their knees suddenly.

"Lord Shangshu! Xu Qingtian, please, be the master of our family! ”

The old man kowtowed and begged bitterly.

Xu Tian: "??? ”

It doesn't seem to be the duty of my military secretary to be the master of the people, so why do you find me?

The old woman next to her also knelt there and said, "Xu Qingtian, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way, we wouldn't have come to find you, we, we were really desperate......"

"Old man, please get up!"

He helped them up, and only then did he notice that the two old men had tears in their eyes and their faces were extremely haggard, so he asked kindly, "Old man, what happened?" Is there anything I can do to help you? ”

"Xu Qingtian, please, please help us! I, my son is studying at Tianzun Academy, and a while ago, people were beaten to death! ”

As soon as he said it, the old man couldn't help but cry.

"What? Is there such a thing? ”

Xu Tian raised his eyebrows and said, "Old man, don't worry, listen to me, if there is such a thing, as the principal of Tianzun Academy, it is absolutely impossible for me to give up, and I will definitely give you two justice." Come with me into the house first, and tell me slowly. ”

"Great, great, thank you, Lord Xu, thank you, Lord Xu......"

The two old men were so grateful that they wept and followed Xu Tian into the house.

"Old man, what's your son's name?"

As soon as he entered the main hall, Xu Tian first sat the family of three and ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked.

The old man replied: "Lord Hui, the son of the villain, named Zeng Yihuai, is a student of the third class of Tianzun Academy......

"Zeng Yihuai?"

Xu Tian was stunned, "Zeng Yihuai is your son?" ”

"Exactly." The old man said, "My lord, do you also know my son?" ”

Xu Tian nodded and said, "He is my student, and he is a very good student. You said that he was beaten to death, what is the matter, I have heard that he died suddenly from a recurrence of an old disease. ”

At this time, he also had a feeling of sudden realization, and sure enough, Zeng Yihuai's death was indeed strange.

No wonder it's all spread in schools.

"I'll tell you." The old woman said, "Lord Xu, here's the thing, my son and the five princes, were classmates and friends, that time my old man went out to sea to fish, the five princes were cured of the epidemic, my son invited him to come to the cold house to toast and celebrate, after dinner, the old man happened to come back, asked me to go with my son to help him pull the net and collect fish, how do you know that while we went to the beach, the five princes were drunk and became animalistic, and gave my daughter-in-law who had just passed the door to ...... It's a waste! ”

"Old man, is this serious? But what did you see with your own eyes? ”

Xu Tian's face turned cold when he heard this, if this was true, then he really regretted saving the fifth prince Su Yinzhen.

"Lord Xu, this is true, when our family came back, the fifth prince he, he was still lying on my daughter-in-law, I couldn't be angry, so I fought with the fifth prince, but he was not the opponent of the five princes, in the end, in the end, ...... Let him be beaten to death, wow......"

After saying that, he couldn't stop crying, out of breath.

"And then?"

A trace of anger flashed in Xu Tian's eyes, "Have you reported to the official?" ”

Brute!

Brute!

"Report to the official, report to the official, but, as soon as the official was reported, there was a man dressed very luxuriously, give us 10,000 taels, and let us withdraw the lawsuit......"

The old man took over the conversation and said, "We don't want that stinky money, we want to get justice for my poor son, so we still insist on going to the yamen...... As a result, before the trial began, someone took our daughter-in-law and youngest daughter and threatened us to kill our daughter-in-law and youngest daughter if we continued to sue us......"

"How can it be!"

Xu Xiangxiang on the side couldn't help but say loudly.

"It's too much, it's a big evil!"

Lu Su was also indignant, "Is this what the prince of a country did?" It's just a beast! ”

Xu Tian also felt that there was a fire burning in his chest, and said, "So you withdrew the lawsuit?" ”

"There's no way, my lord, we really can't help it."

The old man cried and shook his head, "When the court was held, they asked us to lie to the county magistrate that my son died suddenly from a recurrence of an old disease, and they wanted to blackmail the fifth prince for a sum of money...... My lord, our little daughter and daughter-in-law are in their hands, we, we have to do it, and in the end, it was the five princes who pretended to be magnanimous and 'forgiven' us! ”

"Pity my son! Don't blink your eyes to death! ”

The old man and his wife wept silently.

Xu Tian didn't ask why you didn't confess truthfully in court, because even if they confessed truthfully, what if the county magistrate Cong Zhongzhi dared to take the five princes under the court?

Officials protect each other, not to mention that the defendant is a prince?

He suddenly recalled that he had heard from others before, and it seemed that even the Sizun of the superior division had come to observe the court trial in person.

Using his family as a threat to make the second elder retract his confession and deny it can be said to be seamless, killing two birds with one stone, and easily exonerating the five princes.

In other words, this matter will not be troubled by the boss at all.

Naturally, the second elder also complained and had no way to redress his grievances.

"This is a favor, we have to help, we must not let such well-dressed beasts go unpunished."

Xu Xiangxiang was indignant.

"Yes, the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, so what about Su Yin Zhengui as the prince, if he does such a thing that is inferior to a beast, he must not be spared!"

Xu Tian nodded and pondered, "It's just that this matter is not so easy to do, and evidence is needed." Old man, was anyone else there at the time? ”

"And my son and the fifth prince's mutual friend was present, his name is Zhou Zemin, he also went with us to help collect fish at that time, and when he came back, he also saw the beast behavior of the five princes with his own eyes."

The old man replied, "It's just that he won't come out to testify." ”

"Zhou Zemin......" Xu Tian nodded slowly and wrote down the name.

Find a breakthrough in this person.

Such a big case of public indignation, he is in charge of it!

Even if the other party is a royal family, he will never admit it. What if you are a prince, you will still be brought to justice!

"My lord, we know that you are the ancestor of the world, you are willing to make a military order with the emperor for the sake of the people, we know that other officials will definitely protect the five princes, so we can only come to you......"

The old woman fell to her knees with a puff again.