Hua Xiucai made up his mind and rushed to Fenyang City the next day.

It's not the first time he's come to the Fenzhou Mansion, but this time it's no better than in the past is to go through the legal procedure of handing over the pleadings first, Hua Xiucai was outside the six doors of the public court, and straightened his clothes, but before he crossed the vermilion lacquer threshold, he heard a shout, and one of the officials on duty standing in front of the door strode over, crossed his waist and stared: "What kind of person, reckless and wide, dare to hit the yamen, look at you don't have a lot of eyes, why can't you see how many doors there are in this vermilion lacquer?" ”

Xiucai looked at himself and felt deeply annoyed: Xiaosheng is obviously polite and polite, where is he reckless and broad?

However, he also knows that these soap officials of the state government are used to being difficult goods, and they are no different from soldiers and ruffians.

Therefore, he replied with gentleness and self-deception: "Hua Xiaoji, a student, asks to see his fellow student Zhao Sheren, and hopes that the official can be accommodating." ”

Hua Xiucai's two sentences are to point out the identity of the student Xiucai, although he and Lan Ting have never met, they have both obtained the qualifications to go to school, and can call each other "friends", although the two are far from the lintel, but based on the fact that they are both Confucian students, they will not be rejected under normal circumstances if they visit in the name of Xueyou.

However, the soap clerk at the entrance of the yamen couldn't understand these rules of literary crepe, and still stared at him: "This is the public court, either to deliver the pleadings, or to bring the people who beat the drum to complain about the grievances, I haven't heard of passing on the greetings of your classmates." ”

"This official, Hua is a student, according to the etiquette, even if he asks to visit the master of Zhizhou, the official should not stop him." Hua Xiucai was also slightly angered by the arrogant attitude of this soap official, and his tone was a little stiff.

"What kind of student, isn't he just a little showman? Look at you like this, you are still a poor talent, and you dare to show off your official authority at the door of the court before you are promoted? I don't pee and take care of myself, what a big face, the most annoying thing about you, the official, I am the most tired of you, rushing to please and flatter, and holding a clear and high shelf, I don't notice the sour smell of poverty all over my body, and I can smell the inverted teeth ten miles away. ”

Hua Xiucai was ridiculed by this, his face was blue and fell straight down, he felt that arguing with this inferior and snobbish soap servant was insulting Sven, and he felt that he was even more embarrassed to swallow his anger, and he didn't know how to deal with it, but another soap officer stepped forward and pulled Xiucai's arm to get out of the way, this is a gentle person, not so arrogant.

"This gentleman, are you going to see Zhao Zhizhou's son? That's not for official business, and don't blame us servants for not giving convenience, in fact, there are always a lot of idle things like this in a day, if they are all done as a thing, they can't be busy with running and breaking their legs, and who is impatient for a long time? Mr. is a scholar, but he should understand the truth of convenience with others. ”

Hua Xiucai is not completely unfamiliar with the world, and when he heard this, he also understood in his heart, so he poured a Tongbao into the money bag and into the palm of his hand, thought about it, poured out another one, and handed it to the "kind" soap official: "What the official said is, please be accommodating again." ”

Unexpectedly, this time he was met with a blank eye, and he was also pushed by the "Amiable Man": "What a poor sour thing, something that can't be put on the table, I only want to enter these six doors with two copper plates, and I still look forward to asking to see the son of Zhizhou?" I don't look up at this blue sky and bright day, what kind of sweet dreams I have. After speaking, he spat on the ground, and almost didn't spit out the phlegm on Hua Xiucai's upper.

At this moment, Hua Xiucai became more and more annoyed, Shi Ke could not be killed, it was unbearable or unbearable, but at this imminent moment, he heard a delicate voice again: "This Lang Jun, but you want to submit a petition for justice?" ”

- It turned out that Yin Xiaomei happened to pass by the six doors earlier, and was about to go to the market to visit the goods store vendors, buy some rouge gouache, clay figurine, bamboo whistles and other things, and sell them to those maids in the state government who usually can't go out and are bored and panicked, she is usually impatient and bored in the carriage, relying on herself to be not a lady of the Laoshizi family, Jasper, without those cumbersome etiquette to observe, so she sat down in front of the sedan door, holding a whip in her hand, pretending to be able to help drive the car.

In short, Yin Xiaomei's vision was very broad, so when she saw that Hua Xiucai was being troubled, she had an idea and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Yin Xiaomei saw that the road was uneven, Hua Xiucai was very grateful, so she told her intention again.

"Lang Jun is asking to see Uncle Zhao, then you don't have to entangle with these soap officials, it's better to follow me to the north gate, and I'll pass it on for Lang Jun."

"The girl can pass on the word for Xiaosheng?"

"Of course I can, I live in the inner government of Zhizhou, but the uncle is probably not in the inner government now, but it doesn't matter, I can always find someone to pass it on to Lang Jun."

"In this way, Xiaosheng is grateful."

"But although I can help Lang Jun this little thing, but because of this delayed the trip, a round trip, I also need to pay the coachman some slight benefits, otherwise the next time I go out, it will not be so convenient, I am not greedy for Lang Jun how cheap, but I went to the market for a while, and bought a bowl of tea for the coachman."

Hua Xiucai couldn't help but be dumbfounded: How did this world become like this, the soap officials and soldiers are just ruffians, and even the little lady is so snobbish, it is really "the yamen is open six doors, and there is no reason to come in without money"!

Hua Xiucai, who was helpless, had to take out the money bag again, thought about it again, and took out one more Tongbao this time: "Don't hide it from the girl, Xiaosheng really needs to see Jacky Zhao, but he is shy in his pocket, and he has some copper coins left, and he has to keep the rental car to return to his residence, so he can only take out these three pennies, if he doesn't give up......"

"Don't give up, don't give up." Yin Xiaomei didn't think that there was little money, so she put it in her pocket with a smile, and invited Hua Xiucai to get on the bus, and she was very enthusiastic: "Lang Jun paid the money, you should sit in the carriage, you are welcome." ”

When she arrived at the north gate, Yin Xiaomei beckoned Hua Xiucai to wait in the gatehouse, and asked the servant who guarded the door to pour a bowl of tea, and sent someone to call Tang Hui next to Lan Ting, she herself looked at the "bribe" of the three money, and did not leave first, accompanied Hua Xiucai to sit and wait, and explained: "The north gate is to the inner house, because there are female dependents living there, it is not good to let Lang Jun enter, so you can only stay in the gatehouse and wait, but Lang Jun rest assured, I have a message, the scholar next to the uncle does not dare to slack off, and when he comes, lead Lang Jun to meet the uncle, I'm going to do my own thing. ”

Hua Xiucai finally "comforted the old man": at least this girl can get things done after receiving money, and her attitude is not unpleasant.

After many twists and turns, Hua Xiu finally met Zhao Jiansheng, but in front of the main master, this person completely lost his warm words and pleasure, and as soon as he sat down after the ceremony, his face was ugly, and he complained: "It is really not easy for old friends to meet each other, and they are willing to ask the soap official to run errands for two pennies, but they are almost not expelled by the killing stick." ”

Hua Xiucai was called "old friend" at this time, but it was not because he had been acquainted with Lan Ting for many years, this was also the title between Confucian students, if it was just a child, no matter how old he was, he could only be called "little friend", but they were all Xiucai who had already entered school, so they could call each other "old friend".

Lan Tingyuan didn't know about the humiliation that Hua Xiucai encountered, but in fact, he could guess what the faces of those soap officials were, and only said "Menzi is offended".

It is said that Lan Ting has come to Fenyang, and it is true that there are many "friends" visiting every day, Zuo is just some hypocritical entertainment, and he is not impatient in his heart, but the helpless thing is that Lan Ting is planning to enter the office, and he always has to take care of the slander of "arrogance and arrogance".

What's even more special is that this old friend of Hua didn't respond in vain, and after listening to him complain a few words, he got straight to the point: "Don't hide it, Hua Mou's visit today is to avenge the grievances of acquaintances, and the wronged woman is still in the death prison of the state government!" ”

"The female prisoner waiting for reinstatement, but the Wumen Jiang family?" Lan Ting was thoughtful.

Hua Xiaoji's eyes lit up, because Lan Ting's response seemed to confirm his bold speculation - the eldest son of Zhao Zhizhou is not comparable to the son of an ordinary official eunuch, although he has not yet entered the office, he has already assisted his father in handling official affairs, otherwise how could he just listen to one sentence, and immediately conclude that what he said was the murder of the Wu family in Dongxu, Zhao Jiansheng must have paid attention to the crime, perhaps because Hu Duan, the general judge in charge of the crime, was the protégé of Shi Liangxing of the former Zhizhou, so Zhao Jiansheng paid so much attention to the criminal case.

The intention is to find the handle to attack Shi Liangxing from Hu Duan.

This belongs to the art of power grabbing, but Hua Xiaoji thinks that if he doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to seize power, then the Jiang family will only have a dead end of death in vain.

And I hope that as he expected, this prince of Zhizhou will not only assist his father, but even play a decisive role in many major matters!

Hua Xiaoji took a deep breath: "Exactly, dare to ask your old friend, how much do you know about this case?" ”