Mencius looked at the Xue Mansion housekeeper unscrupulously and openly intimidating Chu Wu, and he didn't stop it, only with a mocking smile, "Have you ordered it?" Have you made up your mind? ”

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The corners of Steward Xue's mouth twitched a few times, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "The villain knows his mistake!" Fang Cai was just in a hurry, so he asked Chu Wu without authorization, and hoped that the adults would have a lot of them and forgive the villain's unintentional mistakes. ”

"Unintentional? I see you're very attentive! Just now, Chu Wu, who was related to your Xue Mansion, wants to exercise his powers on behalf of the official, and now you, the housekeeper of the Xue Third Master's family, also have to exercise his powers for the official, do all the people related to the Xue family have a hobby of doing things for the government? Mencius's eyes suddenly froze, "Do you really not take the official in your eyes one or two?" Drag them down, hit the 20th board first, and then ask questions! ”

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"Spare your life!" Steward Xue was shocked and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy.

The officials on both sides were stunned, and they didn't dare to step forward if they hesitated.

Meng Zizhan was even more annoyed in his heart, staring at Captain Cheng, "What? Isn't it clear what this official has said? Do you want the official to come forward and enforce the law in person? ”

"The villain doesn't dare!" Captain Cheng's back was already soaked with sweat.

He is really difficult to ride a tiger now, if he fights, he will definitely offend the Xue family, even if he doesn't dare to find trouble with Meng Zhi County, he can find trouble with them. But if you don't fight. Now that he immediately offended the magistrate, does he still want this messenger? It's not impossible to even find a mistake and beat him to a prisoner!

Captain Cheng clenched two handfuls of cold sweat in his palms, and made a decision in a moment, "Are you all dead?" Didn't you hear what the adults said? Give me twenty boards each! ”

The county magistrate has already spoken in public, and the fight must be continued. As long as he fights, he will offend the Xue family, but if he delays any longer, he will definitely offend even the county master, and then he will really become a rat in the bellows, and he will be angry at both ends. Since you have to offend the Xue family, it is better to please the county master first!

Seeing that the leader also spoke, the officials did not dare to hesitate, and immediately stepped forward and divided into two groups of executions. If it is usual, of course, there are so many people, but this is a big matter, everyone is cautious, you pull me, I pull you, just don't let anyone escape. It's the big guy's business to blame, but don't let those one or two people take care of it.

Since you want to fight, how do you play? The eyes of the big guys were fixed on Captain Cheng's feet.

If the toes are outward, it is a bluff, let the person go, if the toes are inward. It is to be merciless and take people's lives. But Captain Cheng's toes are straight, everyone understands. Hit hard, but keep your breath!

The crackling sound of the board sounded one after another, but Mencius's eyes became more and more gloomy. He deliberately tried this case in front of so many people today, just because he didn't want to give the Xue family a way out.

When Li Hongwen was entrusted by Zhao Chengcai to report this case, he told him frankly, "Zhao Xiucai said that his family only had a feud with Xue Zi'an, if someone came to make trouble so deliberately, he would still be touched." Zhao Xiucai said that he didn't dare to embarrass adults, and only asked adults to consider it! Whatever the outcome, he has no complaints. ”

Meng Zizhan knew that Zhao Chengcai deliberately asked Li Hongwen to report the case, and with these words, there was a faint sense of agitation. But from Zhao Chengcai's standpoint, it is already rare to act in such a reasonable and restrained manner, and it is not for no reason to show weakness, Mencius still has a little appreciation in his heart. As a local parent official, if he can't protect the integrity of the good local people, then this official is really in vain!

Mencius Zhan's family was rich and famous, but he was attacked by political opponents. was demoted to this Zaranburg, although he felt disgraced, but the arrogance of the nobility in his bones forced him to be a capable official and add glory to the family lintel. Therefore, although he felt that it was overkill, he would still be energetic and find out the details of Zaranburg before taking office. It is simply impossible, let alone disdainful of being in the same league with a notorious scum like Xue Zi'an. On the contrary, he also wanted to completely eradicate this Xue family in order to make merits!

Meng Zizhan's vision was very open, a small Xue Zi'an was not worth his use of his family's power, he wanted to use his existing strength to solve this matter and completely convince his political enemies. Didn't you bring me here to see my jokes? I'm going to have to do something to make you speechless!

Xue Zi'an didn't know that he had become a mortal chess piece in the eyes of others, and he didn't know how to hit the muzzle of the gun alive or dead. He couldn't inquire about the details of Mencius, but he only knew what kind of Beijing official's son had committed the crime. But he didn't dare to make trouble under his nose rashly, so he thought of such a bad move, and just wanted to force Zhao Yulian away before he started. There is also a faint sense of temptation in his heart, this surnamed Meng, he has let him go in the last robbery, does it mean that he is also a little jealous of himself, and gives him a dismount first, but in essence, he also wants to maintain the balance on the surface?

Meng Zizhan knew Xue Zi'an's thoughts, the Xue family had been operating here for decades, and it was not easy to set aside the roots. He also wanted to see how far the Xue family could cover the sky with one hand in Zalanburg? Today's incident really gave him a stern warning. When removing the noble grade, as an ordinary magistrate. He couldn't even call his own servants, and this great insult stimulated Mencius Zhan's heart to become more and more high-spirited!

After twenty boards, Chu Wu and Steward Xue were all skin and flesh, and their thighs were bloody, and they couldn't even scream. Since the fight has been beaten, there is no need to be ambiguous about the rest, the official called two buckets of cold water, poured them on the heads, and the two of them woke up slowly.

Only then did Mencius speak, "Chu Wu, you say, where did this knife come from?" The official must listen to the truth! If you want to be admired by anyone, accept the three pillars of incense in the morning and evening, lie to your heart's content! Anyway, with you in the end, I don't think Zhao Xiucai's family has a second word, right? ”

"But it's up to the adults to decide!" Zhao Chengcai has deliberately announced the discord with the Xue family to the world in front of the villagers and elders. He also calculated that as long as the matter spreads, as long as something happens to his family, then there is no need to ask, it is all the responsibility of the Xue family. So no matter how this matter is understood, Xue Zi'an will no longer be able to trouble his family, even if he borrows a knife to kill someone, he has to think twice.

Chu Wu's face turned white with half pain and half fright. Trembling like chaff, he didn't dare to answer for a while.

He was originally a famous splash in a neighboring county, and was found by Xue Zi'an to make trouble, with his past experience, as long as he is not afraid of death, no one dares to provoke him. But now I didn't expect to meet such people, not to mention exposing his frame, and I had to force out the Lord's envoys.

Although this county master is young, he is not ordinary shrewd, and the two in-laws next to him are also very difficult to mess with, and one is red-faced. A singing white-faced man is eyeing up. Others can't see it, but this Chu Wu is used to making trouble, and of course he can see the way the husband and wife quarrel openly and secretly.

The truth has been revealed, but if it comes out of your own mouth, it will be very different.

If you don't say it, you will die! If he can't even save his life, what does he want people to admire? If Xue Zi'an is in a good mood, he may reward his family with a few taels of silver as a settlement fee, but if he is in a bad mood, he even avoids it, and it is common for him to push it all away.

Chu Wu can be a scapegoat, but he doesn't want to be a substitute for the dead, "My lord! That knife is ......"

"Chu Wu!" Steward Xue suddenly called him out of his voice.

Seeing the resentment in his eyes, Chu Wu went out, "That knife was rewarded by Xue Sanye!" He said, let the villain go to the Zhao family to make trouble, as long as he can force the beautiful little lady of the Zhao family to leave here, he will reward me with fifty taels of silver! ”

Mencius Zhan chased after him, "Did he just say this?" Let you self-harm your body to frame Niu Dewang? ”

He ...... That's not what he said......"

"And what did he say?"

He said...... Say I'd better think of what to do to kill that little fool! Say that the little lady is a demon and drive her out of here! He can take the opportunity to get her back! ”

There was a gasping sound in the crowd, although the Lord made everyone know that it was Xue Zi'an, but this was too vicious! It's just madness and conscience!

Zhao Chengcai was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead exploded, and Zhang Qingting was so angry that tears rolled in his eyes, biting his lip and not saying a word. The hands that shook hands with my sister-in-law were cold and tight.

Meng Zizhan pointed at Zhao Yulian, "The beautiful little lady you said is her?" ”

"Exactly!" Chu Wu continued, "But the villain felt that his strategy was too vicious, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get a life lawsuit, so he only did the afternoon thing." Spare your life! The villain and the Zhao family have no grievances or hatreds, how could they come here for no reason? ”

Mencius raised his head and glanced at the side, and Qingbai handed over a summons that had been written.

Meng Zizhan took this order, "Cheng Zhu, can you go and bring Xue Zi'an?" ”

Captain Cheng felt that it was nothing more than that, even if he was timid, he had to step forward to accept the summons and gritted his teeth. "The little ones are going!"

Qing Song asked in a low voice, "Master, do you want me to go with me?" ”

Meng Zizhan shook his head, "This official wants to see if this summons in the yamen can detain the famous Xue Sanye!" ”

Captain Cheng went down with his men, and Mencius turned his head and asked He Yufeng with a smile, "This official doesn't bother the second master about this matter, can you please enjoy the tea?" ”

He Yufeng came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to pour tea. The twilight was heavy, and it was past the time for dinner, but no one walked away, and they all continued to watch hungry.

Seeing that the county official drank tea, Zhang Xiaodie also went home and brought a pot of hot tea, and everyone was so angry that they couldn't eat it, but the water could still be drunk.

Especially Zhao Chengcai, who ran all afternoon, was so thirsty that he let Li Hongwen have a cup of tea and whispered, "I'm afraid this matter will make a big deal today, with fewer wins and more losses." Your family is also a big family, so don't get involved, go back quickly! ”

Li Hongwen patted him on the shoulder, "What's polite to say this?" You dare to argue with him, don't I even have the courage to listen? That's too much to underestimate me! I also want to see how this surnamed Xue ends? ”

Zhang Qingting took a sip of water, calmed down a little, and stepped forward to ask He Yufeng to help, and asked their family to come forward to set up another table next to it, and put tea on the table for the onlookers to take it at will. Because of the involvement in the case, he can only avoid suspicion.

This is easy! He Yufeng agreed. Seeing that the sky was dark, he also asked people to bring a basket of firewood and put it around as a torch.

After waiting for a while, Captain Cheng came back with his own people sweating profusely, his face was not very good-looking, "Go back to the adult...... he really didn't have the face to come back to see the adult.

Mencius raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at the emptiness behind him without surprise, "What about the person the official wants you to mention?" ”

Captain Cheng bowed and bowed, and said, "People...... Xue ...... He ......"

"Say!" Mencius stopped his stuttering with a short and powerful word.

"The prisoner Xue Zi'an said that he is sick now and has no time to come! Please give me a day of grace and surrender to the court tomorrow! After Captain Cheng said this with his eyes closed, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to get into the cracks in the ground! What's wrong? That guy is obviously drinking wine and eating meat at home, and he refuses to come to give face to the county master!

Mencius Zhan sneered, "Since you can get better if you get sick tomorrow, it's not a big illness if you think it's not a big illness!" Cheng Zhu, hurry up, if you are troubled, you can run again, and lift the sub-door panel to pick him up! ”

Next to him, Qingbai had already written the second summons with a blank face and handed it over.

Captain Cheng received a new summons, turned around and left, and the onlookers were all shocked, this is too lawless, right?

The second summons still failed to detain Xue Zi'an, "The prisoner said that he was an old problem on his waist and couldn't lie on the door!" ”

Mencius smiled instead of being angry, "That's because the official is not thoughtful, then you can work hard to carry your top and soft pocket!" ”

The people whispered, this is too much to take the affairs of the parents and other people's families seriously!

After the third summons, Captain Cheng was almost crying, "He said, the soft pocket is weak, and he can't sit still!" ”

Mencius thought for a while, and took off the black yarn on the top, "Then you hold this and carry the official sedan chair of the official to pick it up!" ”

The people were angry, and this was so unbelievable! The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. You're just a casino owner, can you be so arrogant and lawless?

After the fourth summons was issued, I waited for more than half an hour before I finally saw Captain Cheng and the prisoners arriving late.

Xue Zi'an neither made a sedan chair nor walked, and was carried by the family in the house. Look at his oily face, red lips, and the smell of wine, it is clear that he has just eaten and drunk, and he is extremely energetic, how can he be half sick? He also accompanied a large number of family guards, each holding a stick in his hand, with angry eyebrows and angry eyes, and there were many people.

As soon as he saw Mencius, he lay on the back of the family with a smile on his face and hugged his fists and saluted, "Adults forgive sins, the little man has a vicious disease, and he really can't walk and sit in a sedan chair, so you have to wait for a long time!" ”

Mencius looked at him and smiled more and more amiably, "It's good that this knee can be bent, kneel down and talk back!" ”

The smile on Xue Zi'an's face suddenly froze there, "Although this knee can be bent, it really can't stand it, so I have to reply like this, please forgive me!" ”

Meng Zizhan shook his head, "Xue Zi'an, you have no fame, and you are not a person of high morality, but you are just a grass people, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" If you can't kneel down by yourself, this official will find someone to help you! ”

The gang of slaves immediately set up their sticks and acted as a vigilance.

Mencius glanced at it lightly, "Are you not convinced, and you want to beat the officials of the imperial court?" This law can be copied and beheaded for the crime of rebellion, right? ”

Bai replied in a deep voice, "If you have a mistake, you can also punish him for the nine clans!" ”

Mencius nodded, "At that moment, you all hid behind me, since I am a parent official, I can lead the leader to become an official and enter the knighthood, and I also have to lead the leader to be beaten and punished, right!" ”

"My lord is laughing!" Xue Zi'an's face changed, and he drank back from the house slaves, "They are all rough people and don't understand the rules!" You have a lot of adults, please don't be overlooked! ”

He finally knelt down, but his heart was filled with anger.

When he was paged for the first time, Xue Zi'an actually hesitated, whether to come or not, the matter here had already been reported to him, and he didn't pay attention to the reaction of Zhao Chengcai's family at all, but he was just puzzled, why did Mencius let him go so easily the first time, and this time he must be thoroughly investigated?

He couldn't guess Mencius's intentions for a while, so he wanted to find an excuse to delay, which meant that he would go to the county office in the evening, get some gifts, and explore the road first. But I didn't expect Mencius Zhan to be so ruthless, summoning him again and again, since he refused the first time, if he appeared again, it would really be called a thief's heart! Besides, it looks too shameless, so I insist on resigning.

But when Mencius Zhan asked people to bring the official sedan chair and official hat, he knew that he couldn't refuse anymore, but he couldn't just go, so he discussed it with his wife and a few henchmen for a long time, and formulated a countermeasure before coming out.

Then He also deliberately asked him to bring his family with him, "Even if you can't beat people, it's good to scare and scare people." ”

Xue Zi'an was already afraid of his wife, and he said that he was even more afraid of death, so he pulled people over, but now in just one round, he gave Mencius Zhan a few words and was obedient, and he couldn't do it at all. made him feel three points of fear in his heart, but when he thought of the countermeasures planned by his family, he was confident.

After a question and answer as usual, Qingbai took a confession and read the incident clearly, Xue Zi'an immediately shouted injustice, "My lord! I don't know this Chu Wu at all, how could I instigate him to commit murder for no reason? He must have stolen my things and intended to frame me, please find out! ”

Chu Wu was also anxious, "Third master, which sentence did I say a lie?" This knife was obviously rewarded by you, there are so many people in your family, if you didn't come to me, how would I have been able to enter your door? Besides, you still brought such a knife from your house? ”

Xue Zi'an was not afraid, and ordered to the side, "Bring people up!" ”

Jia Ding pushed out a small guy from behind, "It's him, because he has an old relationship with Chu Wu, so he let him in to play, who knew that it would cause such a disaster, adults don't believe it, just ask!" ”

The little guy knelt down and kowtowed desperately, "It's really a small private Chu Wu to come in, I didn't expect this thief to dare to steal the things of the head of the family and frame the head of the house, this matter really has nothing to do with the head of the house, please punish him heavily!" ”

In order to prove his innocence, Chu Wu hurriedly confronted, "Xing'er, you can't speak without your conscience!" Obviously, you took me into the third master's study and poured me tea! ”

"Nonsense! How can this be? Of course, the little maid has to defend the head of the family, "You just said that you wanted to come in and open your eyes, so I let you in and sit, but in a blink of an eye, you stole the knife!" When did the third master see you? ”

Chu Wu was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, "You...... How can you do that? ”

When the people heard this, they were all angry, and they knew that this little guy was lying, but there was no way to refute it. It's so depressing!

Zhao Chengcai had already guessed this situation in his heart, but he couldn't reverse it. So what kind of situation can be obtained today? He frowned and thought hard, but when he saw Xue Zi'an looking proud, watching the play, the little guy was still arguing with Chu Wu.

"What's wrong with me? I'm telling the truth! ”

"But I obviously went to the study!"

"Who can prove it?"

Chu Wu was so angry that he shouted, "I have evidence!" ”

Meng Zizhan was distressed, and when he heard him say this, his eyes lit up, "What evidence do you have?" ”

Chu Wu raised his eyes to look at Zhao Yulian, and pouted, "There is a painting of her hidden in the third master's study!" ”

"Wait!" Mencius looked at his face and felt that it might not be a good thing, so he ordered Qingbai to go up and listen to it, and when he came back, he only passed it on to him, Zhao Chengcai and Xue Zi'an.

Zhang Qingting didn't know what was going on, but he saw that Zhao Chengcai's face was blue, "The surname is Xue, I am inseparable from you!" ”

Xue Zi'an smiled evilly, "Everyone has this love for beauty, even if I paint it, so what?" ”

Chu Wudao, "Third Master, since you admit it, it should be that I didn't lie and went to your study!" ”

"What if you go to my study?" Xue Zi'an looked scoundrel, "Since you can steal my knife, it's not impossible for you to sneak into the study and look for it." ”

"But your painting is hidden behind the wall, there are mechanisms, if you didn't take it out and recognize the face of the Zhao family girl to me, how would I know?"

"Maybe you stumbled into it by mistake? What does a painting say? ”

"But I don't know the Zhao family at all, why do I want to embarrass them?"

"Then who knows? Maybe you want to make money, maybe you also like someone else's little girl who is beautiful and want to take advantage of her? ”

This is just nonsense! But just based on Chu Wu's words, Xue Zi'an could not be convicted. What if it proves that he has met Xue Zi'an? Xue Zi'an can also push it cleanly, there is nothing that really falls on the text, everything is all in vain!

Mencius was shocked and closed the case.

Chu Wu stole first at Xue's house, and then went to Niu's house to make trouble, although the evidence was instructed by others, there was no tangible evidence, so he was temporarily imprisoned and waited for his fate.

Although Xue Zi'an failed to have tangible evidence that he was the mastermind behind the scenes, he was not strict in disciplining his subordinates and collided with the county officials; and Starry Night brought a large number of domestic slaves with sticks and sticks to be tried, first, disrespecting the county officials, and second, violating the curfew regulations; In addition, taking a woman from a good family into an indecent painting, although there is no basis for the law, but the cultivation of virtue is not strict, and it is not tolerated by the world. He was punished for several crimes, and he was punished with a few stones of grain and two taels of silver, and all the clubs of the house slaves were confiscated, and a number of official servants were to be given.

This vigorous trial turned out to be such a thunderous and rainy result in the end, not to mention that the Zhao family was not convinced, and even the people were not convinced!

**, what a thing! Isn't it just relying on the rich and powerful to bully the good people? If this continues, who will dare to provoke the Xue family in the future? Then he can't go sideways!

(PS: It's cooling down again, it's so cold!) Tomorrow I will stew a pot of hot soup, and if you want to lose weight, let's put it in the spring! Hehe, you should also take care of your health! ）