Seven

With the sound of horses' hooves, Chu Liuyan and a few of his followers appeared on the streets south of the city; when they saw the people coming and going in the market, they dismounted, handed over the reins to the followers, and wandered around the street.

"I said two, are we here for a drink or a place to go shopping?" Xu Da, who had already been attracted by the aroma of wine from the restaurant in the distance, turned around and said to Chu Liuyan and Liu Bowen beside him.

"What? The wine bugs came up so quickly. Liu Bowen quipped.

"And say me, aren't you clamoring to go to Hongbin Building to drink? Now it's about me. Xu Da glanced at Liu Bowen and said with a smile.

"Hee-hee, you two keep arguing; I'm shopping around for a while. Chu Liuyan said while waving his hand as he walked towards a shop next to him.

But at this moment, a sad voice came from ahead: "Oh God! This also makes people not live; There is no royal law in this world! ”

"Grandma, get out of here! Our lord said, you are not allowed to appear in the imperial city again, hurry up and get out, otherwise, don't say that our sticks don't recognize people. Another vicious voice followed.

"I just don't leave, I want to sue, I don't believe that I can't find a place to reason!"

"Don't fucking know what to do, don't talk about Dali Temple; Even the officials of the Criminal Department, who dares to avenge you. The arrogant voice said with great contempt.

"I'm going to sue the royal court, and even if I die, I will sue the royal court." The sad voice said unyieldingly.

"Okay, I'll let you sue, I'll let you sue again." The sound of sticks hitting reached the ears of Liu Bowen and the others; Before the three of them could check, Jian Tong Xiaoxiao had already rushed to the crowd in front of him; Then there was a groan, and several sticks flew from the front to the houses on the left and right.

When Liu Bowen and the others came to the front and pushed aside the crowd, they found that Xiaoxiao was holding a man covered in injuries in his arms, and his eyes were fiercely waiting for a few servants who were still lying on the ground. One of the squad leaders, a certain officer, shouted while muttering, "Boy, you have a kind; dared to injure people in the government's mansion; Ouch-boy, you have a kind, don't go, ouch-"

"Can you people in the government do whatever they want? Why do you want to make people look like this? Laughing and shouting angrily.

"Xiaoxiao, hurry up and send the person to the medicine hall for healing; Leave the matter here to us, and you don't care about it. Walking quickly to Xiaoxiao's side, Liu Bowen immediately commanded.

Hearing Liu Bowen's words, Xiaoxiao glared at these servants again, picked up the man who was already unconscious, and ran out of the crowd.

"The pharmacy is over there, I'll take you there." As soon as he walked out of the crowd, a few well-wishers ran over and said. Xiaoxiao immediately followed these people and ran briskly towards the nearby pharmacy.

Seeing all this in front of them, Xu Da and the three of them were also very angry; But where the identity is, it is impossible to do it according to their own temperament, so the three of them suppressed the anger in their hearts and came to squat in front of the officials; Xu Da opened his mouth and asked, "What's going on?" Xu Da, who was trying to suppress his anger, was a little frighteningly cold.

"Who are you, and why do you want to take care of the affairs of the government?" saw that Xu Da and others were extraordinary, and they didn't take themselves and others seriously; The team leader didn't dare to get angry and said foul language, but just asked in surprise.

"Now I'm going to ask you again, not you're asking me; Did you hear that? What the hell is going on? Xu Da's voice became colder, and he could almost scrape off the frost; And the faces of Chu Liuyan and Liu Bowen, who came up, were also cold and scary.

"It's ....... This....... It's none of our business, it'..... Be..... It's us..... You want me to ..... We did. Seeing Xu Da's face, the team leader felt that something was wrong and stammered; The rest of the officials also nodded their heads in agreement.

"Are you the servants of the yamen?" Chu Liuyan asked with a cold face.

"I ..... We........ It is the errand of Dali Temple. The team leader was completely overwhelmed by Chu Liuyan's momentum, and replied obediently.

"Let's go, we'll take care of this matter." Chu Liuyan waved his hand in disgust and drove the group of officials away.

"Yes, yes, yes; Let's go. He hurriedly got up and beckoned to his companions, and the officials slipped away silently with their tails between their legs.

"Folks, can anyone tell me what's going on?" Chu Liuyan turned to the people around him and asked; However, the people just shook their heads and walked away slowly with grief and indignation on their faces.

Watching people leave silently, Chu Liuyan and the others were puzzled; At that moment, she noticed that in the corner of a wall, the person who had been kind enough to greet and smile was waving to her.

looked coldly at the streets around them that had become empty; Chu Liuyan secretly waved his hand to Liu Bowen and Xu Da, while pretending to look around, and slowly came to the corner of the street.

"What's the matter with you calling me? Brother-in-law. Looking at the old man's face full of vicissitudes, Chu Liuyan said kindly.

"Girl! Hurry away; Li Yanei will bring someone with him soon, and it will be too late if he doesn't leave. The old man said hurriedly.

"Uncle, what the hell is going on? No one is afraid to be like this. Chu Liuyan, who didn't care about this, still asked puzzled.

At this time, the old man also seemed to see that she didn't care about the so-called Li Yanei; Therefore, the old man's expression also became stable, and he said, "Have you heard of a Li Yanei?" ”

"Which Li Yanei?" Chu Liuyan was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"What? Even that Li Yanei, who does all kinds of evil, you don't know, if that's the case, you better run. The old man's expression became tense again.

"Don't be afraid, uncle, hurry up and tell me, which Li Yanei is it?" Chu Liuyan hurriedly comforted.

"Alas, this Li Yanei is a man with hands and eyes, and his wealth is overwhelming; This damn guy is relying on his family to be rich and powerful. Therefore, he is in the capital, doing whatever he wants, doing whatever he wants. I heard that he has an uncle who is an important minister in the court, and even the emperor values his uncle very much; Ladies and gentlemen, please think about it: What magistrate dares to care about such a person? If he crooked his mouth, these officials would have to get out of here. So, they are connected to each other, and they are dependent on each other, which is really embarrassing. At this, the old man shook his head and sighed.

After talking for a long time, the old man didn't explain the matter, Chu Liuyan asked a little anxiously: "Uncle, tell me what happened just now?" Hurry up! ”

The old man looked around again, and then said, "Good, good! That's it, that's it! This Li Yanei bullied men and women in the capital, forced to buy and sell, and did all kinds of evil; No, it was the fellows of his men who helped the wicked, and they heard that there was a beautiful lady in the house of the man just now; Li Yanei led someone to rob someone's daughter-in-law, I don't know why, when that person went to Li's mansion to ask for someone, the woman was already dead; Li Yanei threw the dead woman to her husband; The husband held the body of his daughter-in-law and went to Dali Temple to complain, but he was beaten out of Dali Temple by the dog official and the servant; Could it be that there is no heavenly reason in the imperial city? After speaking, the old man also shook his head with tears in his eyes.

"Old man, those who do such evil will always be punished." After speaking, Chu Liuyan took out a silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"Girl, what are you doing here? I'm not telling you this for money! The old man hurriedly returned the silver to Chu Liuyan's hands.

"Uncle, I don't mean anything else, I'm just showing my heart a little." After speaking, handing over the silver to the old man, Chu Liuyan turned around and walked back to Liu Bowen and the others.

"Have you heard the reason for the incident?" Liu Bowen asked in a low voice.

"The old man just knew that it was done by a Yanai surnamed Li, but as for that Li Yanei, he didn't explain it." Chu Liuyan also said in a low voice.

"It doesn't matter which Li Yanei he is, let's go directly to Dali Temple and ask, won't everything be clear?" Xu Da, who was born as a military general, was naturally more angry, and said angrily.

"How? How about the three of us just take a trip? Chu Liuyan looked at Liu Bowen and said with a sneer.

"Haha, it looks like you're angry too; You, who are usually known for your calmness, have become angry today; Since you say you're going, I'm not going to pull it off. Otherwise, it will be difficult to come out for a drink with you in the future. Liu Bowen smiled lightly and said.

"Okay, since you all agree to go to Dali Temple to have a look, let's go." As he spoke, Chu Liuyan took the lead in stepping on the horse and running towards Dali Temple.

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"I want to see your lords, hurry up and report it!" Chu Liuyan, who rushed to the front of Dali Temple, shouted at the officials standing guard outside the yamen.

"What do you do? Do you think we're going to see everyone? A servant stepped forward and waved his hand.

"The mansion of the small Dali Temple is so big; We didn't even see him. Xu Da next to him said with a sneer.

"Let's go! Let's go in directly to see how big the shelf is in this parent official. Chu Liuyan was already angry, but when he saw the arrogant appearance of these officials, he was even more angry, stepped off the horse, and walked towards the yamen as he spoke.

"Go, go, get out of here! You stinky, so daring; If you don't get out of the way, be careful that I will handpen you and parade you through the streets. A head-catcher walked out of the yamen, blocked in front of Chu Liuyan, and said angrily.

"Get out of here!" A female soldier brought by Chu Liuyan rushed to the head catcher, pushed him aside, and scolded loudly.

"Brothers, give it to me!" has always been a smooth head catcher, but today he was bullied, which made him endure this breath; Annoyed, he immediately shouted to his subordinates.

"Over to you!" Xu Da turned around and said to the guards beside him, and then followed closely behind Chu Liuyan with Liu Bowen and walked towards the yamen; Before he could go far, there was an ouch behind him.

Seeing that there was no one in Dali Temple, Chu Liuyan and the three of them continued to walk towards the back hall; As soon as I turned the corner of the back wall of the lobby, I heard a burst of laughter from the back hall, and then a sharp voice said: "Talking about my lord, our son said, you did a good job today, this little meaning, you should invite the adult to Xiangchun Building to drink a glass of flower wine." ”

Immediately, another voice also came: "Hehe, your son-in-law is too polite; This little thing, why worry about it, and work for Steward Li to make a trip; Please ask Steward Li to go back and tell Li Gongzi that if there is anything in the future, just ask, everyone is a friend. ”

Hearing this, Chu Liuyan couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed into the inner hall in stride: "Okay! You crooked fellows dare to openly offer and accept bribes here in broad daylight; Do you really think that there is no royal law? ”

I saw two people sitting in the inner hall, one wearing an official hat with wings on both sides, wearing a dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and three short ink hairs fluttering under his chin, with an arrogant look. At this time, he was smiling at another person sitting opposite him with high cheekbones, pointed head, pointed chin, and a dog's fat beard. The man wearing a ponytail and a robe on his head kept saying kind words.

The two of them were startled by Chu Liuyan, who suddenly broke in, and the one wearing the official hat hurriedly stood up and asked, "Who are you, you dare to break into the court privately, what crime should you be guilty of." ”

"Don't say that you have a small Dali Temple, which is Xiangguo Mansion, I can come if I want to, and I can go if I want." Chu Liuyan stood tall and said angrily.

This Dali Temple Zhengqing looked at Chu Liuyan's terrifying momentum, and then he was stunned, and then saw the face of the person who came; Immediately, with a plop, he knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiaguan knocks on King Pingshuo." As soon as this person spoke, the person who was still doing it next to him was directly frightened by the three words of King Pingshuo, and he slipped from his seat to the ground, trembling all over.

"Hehe, talk about adults, the spring breeze is proud! Can you tell me who this one is? Chu Liuyan pointed at the paralyzed one and asked.

"Enlightenment..... Enlightenment..... King Qi Pingshuo, this is ....... Be.... He is the head of Li Bin's mansion. Master Tan trembled all over and said in a slur manner.

"Li Bin? Which Li Bin? Chu Liuyan continued to ask.

"It's the nephew of Lord Li of Zuo Xiangguo." Thinking of Li Shanchang's power, the tone of Lord Tan's speech was also a little more stable.

"Hehe, Lord Tan climbed the high branches; It seems that it will soon be elevated, how can the small Dali Temple be able to put down, you great bodhisattva. Chu Liuyan said in a cold tone; At this time, Liu Bowen and Xu Da also walked into the inner room.

Seeing the three famous and important people appear in his small Dali Temple, Tan Daren, who should have been overjoyed, only felt that his head was buzzing, Venus was rising in front of him, and the strength of his whole body was completely drained, and he almost fell directly to the ground.

And the head of the Li Mansion wanted to sit up hard just now; But now he was lying on the ground, and there was only gasping sound.

The three of Chu Liuyan, who each found a seat to sit on, saw a large square box on the table; Xu Da said slowly: "Lord Tan, I don't know what is in this luxuriously decorated box?" ”

"This....... This ........" Master Tan peeked at the head of the Li Mansion lying on the ground, and then said: "This is a little gift that Manager Li brought to visit Xia Guan; It is...... It's just a visit between friends. ”

"Really? Do you want to send this guy who is still pretending to be dead to a manure tank to soak up and let him sober up? Then, let him tell me what this is all about. Looking at Mr. Li, who was blinking secretly, Liu Bowen said mischievously: "Someone! Send this fainted guy to the cesspool in the back hall to wake up. ”

"Yes! My lord. The guards, who had already beaten the officials down and were waiting outside the door, walked in with the shout, dragged Chief Li up, turned around and were about to go out.

"Don't mind, don't mind; I am sober. Manager Li, who didn't dare to pretend to be dead, had to keep his eyes open and shout wildly.

"Well, since you're sober, answer me a few questions." Liu Bowen looked at Manager Li with a smile on his face and asked.

However, Liu Bowen's smile, in the eyes of Manager Li, couldn't help but feel very cold in his heart; Hurriedly said: "If the adult has anything to say, just ask, the villain will answer truthfully." ”

"I ask you, what are you doing here today?" Liu Bowen still asked with a smile on his face, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes at all, and he looked straight at Manager Li; And Master Tan, who was kneeling next to him, looked at him with a pale face.

"This.... This...."Secretly glanced at Lord Tan, Manager Li said in a sloppy manner: "I am an old friend with Lord Tan, and I happened to have something to do here today, so I came to see my friend by the way." ”

"Really? I don't know where Mr. Li is, how did he become an old friend with Mr. Tan? Liu Bowen still said tepidly; And Chu Liuyan and Xu Da next to him looked at Liu Bowen with interest, how to ask this Mr. Li, who seemed to be a slippery head.

"I'm ..... Huai" Speaking of this, Manager Li glanced at Master Tan again, but found that he was wrinkling his nose and blinking his eyes to hint at something; I had to quickly change my words and said: "I am from Jiangnan, and I am close neighbors with Master Tan, so we are good old friends." After speaking, he looked at Master Tan with some smugness; only to find that he had already drooped his head and did not say a word.

Looking at Mr. Li, who was a little stunned, Liu Bowen said slowly: "Lord Tan, when did you become a Jiangnan person?" How do I remember that the place of origin you filled in is Taiping Mansion; Could it be that adults deliberately deceive the king? ”

As soon as Liu Bowen's words came out, Master Tan's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly turned into the gray and white of a dead man; kept shouting in his mouth: "Zhongshu Ling Lord Mingjian, the hometown of the lower official is indeed Taiping Mansion, never Jiangnan; Mr. Li is misremembering. ”

Manager Li, who was frightened, quickly changed his words: "Yes, yes; It's my mistake in remembering that Master Tan and I are indeed from Taiping Prefecture. ”

"Enough!" Chu Liuyan slapped the table, stood up angrily, pointed at Manager Li and said, "You are a little manager, you have blatantly come to bribe the court officials, do you think I can't cure your crimes?" ”

"Adults spare their lives, adults want to die!" Manager Li, who was lying on the ground with a plop, kowtowed again and again.