Coming to the gate of the county office, Zhou Mengyuan took off the blanket on his shoulders and handed it to Qin'er, "Just wait here, don't run around", clenched his fists with his arms, and mustered up the courage to stride towards the drum.

The two drummers standing next to the drum stretched out their guns to stop Zhou Mengyuan to understand the situation.

"Why drumming?"

"I'm going to sue!"

"What's the matter with the complaint?"

"Family killed!"

"Do you know that the false complaint is to go to prison and lose your head?"

"I am willing to bear all the consequences!"

The two soldiers withdrew their spears and stepped aside.

"Knock! knock! knock..."

Zhou Mengyuan picked up the drumstick and slammed it.

"Alright, alright. A few clicks will tell the story. Why is it endless?"

One soldier stepped forward to hug Zhou Mengyuan, who seemed to never give up if he didn't hammer the cowhide drum, and the other took away the drumstick, "No matter how presumptuous you are, whether you are justified or not, the ass of the twenty boards of the cane first!"

"Who's drumming?"

There was a lot of interest from inside the yamen.

One of the soldiers replied loudly, "Sue." It is said that there is a homicide. ”

"Bring the generals up!"

In order to prevent the complainant from impulsively going to court, no matter how wronged, he was pressed to the court with his arms behind his back and knelt at the entrance of the court.

The soldiers guarding the public hall quickly lined up on both sides, some sorting out the military appearance, and some were talking to each other.

Zhou Mengyuan didn't dare to raise his head, but he intermittently heard the words of one guard to another----- what kind of white steamed bun did that woman, and she gave a penny more than that...

Damn!

I don't know how long it took for Zhuge County Commander to come to the hall.

"Smack!"

Xingmu slapped it on the table solemnly----- Master is going to judge the court.

"Who's coming?"

Pentatonic incompleteness. It seems that the old man who has not woken up seems to be a curly tongue, and his voice is trembling.

"In the next Zhou Mengyuan, I live in Zhoujia Village, I am twenty years old, and I will go to Beijing to take the exam in March this year..."

"Stop, stop, stop, who told you to say so much? After you finish speaking in one breath, let my master interrogate what?

"The complainant looked up. ”

Zhou Mengyuan mustered up the courage to raise his head confidently, and when he looked at the toothpick at the corner of the bloated old man's mouth, he understood why he curled his tongue.

"Poof!"

The prefectural commander shook his head and spit out a toothpick.

Another shot of the waking wood, "The county order is announced, and the trial hall has officially begun!"

"Mighty -----"

The guards on both sides shouted in unison to show the solemnity of the public court.

It's strange to be different. Odd, it is easy to attract people's attention.

Zhou Mengyuan clearly heard that among the voices of the guards, there was a different tone, and his intuition told him that the tone seemed to be like the voice of the leader when the house was ransacked that his grandmother described to him.

I couldn't help but squint my gaze.

I saw that the man was burly, with a pair of leopard eyes, and his face was like an owl, and he was very vicious.

The waking wood clapped again.

"Who's coming?"

"In the next week, the dream of the ·····"

"Stop! The old man hasn't asked yet. This time, the clerk sitting in the hall was in a hurry, and he tapped the table with the barrel of a brush, and the ink splashed on his face, clothes, and notebook. Shrinking his head, he flipped through the one with the ink dripping on it, smoothed the pen, and started writing again.

The county lord inquired in detail.

Zhou Mengyuan replied truthfully.

Several times, the old man's face changed, and pimples formed between his eyebrows.

Zhou Mengyuan was full of worries, and wanted to take a look at the guard with an abnormal voice before, but unexpectedly, that one had long disappeared, and he became more and more curious, and deeply imprinted the owl-nosed face in his memory.

Zhou Mengyuan presented it, and found that the county lord's fingertips trembled a little when he looked at it. Is it because he is old, because he feels stressed by such a big murder, or...

No matter how poor the common people are, there will be no shortage of bribes and money from the county lords.

Don't be too allergic! Don't lose something at home and think everyone is a thief.

The county magistrate put down the situation and coughed dryly, "Zhou Mengyuan, this case has already been reported, and the yamen has also set up informants in many places to actively investigate. You go back first, and when there is a clue, I will inform you as soon as possible. ”

"Smack!"

Finally, the last wake-up sounded.

"Quit!"

Without waiting for the reminder to answer, the old man announced his retirement.

"Don't get out of here!"

"Are you waiting to be beaten by the board?"

Zhou Mengyuan, who didn't get the result, was coaxed out by the guards like this.

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Holding the folded blanket tightly in his arms, he had been sitting across the road, waiting for Brother Mengyuan's Qin'er, seeing that he had left the yamen intact, and knew that it was done, and ran over happily.

"How's it going?"

"It's okay. Zhou Mengyuan comforted Qin'er and said, "The master said, when there is news, tell us as soon as possible." ”

But he muttered in his heart, not at all steady.

"Another day, we will go to Famen Temple to burn incense and pray for the blessing of the Buddha, so that the people of Yamen can catch the murderer safely and quickly. ”

"Uh-huh!" Zhou Mengyuan smiled helplessly.

Qin'er is still naïve, "I heard what the adults said, Famen Temple has made a wish." ”

There is no justification, I am afraid that if the persuasion wins, it will hurt the innocent and pure heart.

"Give me the blanket. Let's find a place to exchange money. ”

Qin'er saw that there was no one in front of her, and leaned into Zhou Mengyuan's ear and said, "Don't we have 'that' (gold bars)?"

"Poof!"

Zhou Mengyuan was amused by Qin'er's weirdness and caution, "Hehe, 'that' can't buy anything." ”

"Ahh What can I do in the future?"

"You'll know when the time comes. ”

Qin'er, who has never seen the world, the more she wants to know the reason, the more Zhou Mengyuan sells Guan Zi and doesn't tell her.

With a feeling of anxiety, he trotted all the way and followed Zhou Mengyuan, who was striding meteors, to a money bank.

Zhou Mengyuan took a long time and found a gold bar in the blanket, "Boss, I want to cash it." ”

"Crackling sauce..."

The fat shopkeeper with long pigtails who had been concentrating on the plate didn't even realize the arrival of the two of them, and when he heard the voice, he hurriedly took a pen and made a record in the account book, took the gold bar, tossed it in his hand, put it to his lips again, bit it with his teeth, and looked at the two young people, "Do you want silver or silver tickets?"

"Give them all, and copper coins. ”

"Oh, I remember. This boy exchanged silver for a silver ticket with me a few months ago. It's easy to say. Hehe. ”

"Good memory of the shopkeeper. At the beginning of February, I did come with my father. ”

"My father is extraordinary and amiable. The old man is okay?"

"Oooh. OK. OK. ”

The tip of Zhou Mengyuan's nose was sour.

A few silver ingots, a few piles of tickets, and a lot of copper coins were placed on the counter.

Zhou Mengyuan counted them one by one.

Wow, that's what it means to be rich! Today is an eye-opener and a feast for the eyes!

Wow, if all those four gold bars were exchanged for copper coins, they would be taller than the Dharma True Body Pagoda!

Qin'er's eyes widened, admiring Zhou Mengyuan's skillful counting of tickets.

If it were someone else, maybe he would follow Zhou Mengyuan more firmly.

Qin'er is not.

When Zhou Mengyuan had no way out, she thought that she could be the right one with him.

Now, he has so much money all of a sudden, his identity has soared again, and the distance between them seems to be quietly widening again, so he turned away.

Zhou Mengyuan packed everything, only to find that Qin'er was gone.

Hurry out and see Qin'er outside the door, "I thought I lost you." ”

"It's good to lose it. Qin'er looked into the distance.

"Stop playing hide and seek. The frog in my stomach was already cooing. ”

"Lie! How can there be a frog in a man's belly?"

"More on that later. Eating matters. ”

Zhou Mengyuan, who failed in the exam, sold his donkey when he was sick, and came back from Luoyang on foot, although the soles of his shoes were worn out and the soles of his feet were blistered, he practiced the speed of walking like flying.

Inadvertent steps, ordinary people can't catch up.

It's still striding meteor walking.

This time, Qin'er didn't run to keep up, instead, she looked around and walked around----- see if you Zhou Mengyuan can't come back to me.

Seeing a silk shop, Zhou Mengyuan went over and touched a piece of pink fabric, "What do you think of this?"

Seeing that a customer was patronizing, the boss came over and quickly replied, "This is good! Not expensive. ”

Zhou Mengyuan glanced at the stall owner with the eyes of "Am I talking to you" and turned back to Qin'er.

Qin'er didn't come in!

turned back to look for it, and found it in an open-air stall selling head ropes, and the little nervousness suddenly relaxed, "Hey!" patted Qin'er on the shoulder.

Taken aback. Qin'er turned her head and blushed, "You, didn't you go first?"

Guessing Qin'er's thoughts, Dafang grabbed the white and delicate little hand, "How can I be willing to leave you?"

Qin'er's fingers trembled, but she didn't take it back.

Awkwardly being held, as if the eyes of all the passers-by around him were cast on him, and he was uncomfortable and comfortable.

When he came to the restaurant, Zhou Mengyuan asked for a private room from the running hall, reported a few dishes, closed the door, and took out a stack of silver tickets for Qin'er to order.

"Count this, how many are there?"

Qin'er was angry, and stood up suddenly, although her voice was not high, she could hear the sharpness, "I'm not here for your money! Since I was a child, I haven't seen so much money, and it's not rare!"

I never thought that the little game before the meal would touch the bottom line of a weak woman's self-esteem.

This touch coincided with Qin'er's worries in Qianzhuang just now.

After talking and explaining again and again, Qin'er sat down again, and her unhappy long face was put away.

"I just saw a piece of red cloth, it's just the right color for you, and we'll go buy it after dinner. ”

was "taught" for a while, and Zhou Mengyuan spoke carefully.

"I don't want it, I don't like red, and when the revenge comes, I want everything. ”

"It's not bad for a few dollars. Zhou Mengyuan said resolutely: "It's not just to buy it for you, but also the fourth uncle and aunt and Ganoderma lucidum." ”

"Private room dishes are here-----

Xiao Er's shouting, on the one hand, is exaggerating the atmosphere, and on the other hand, he is telling a couple of men and women in the private room with the door closed, be disciplined, don't let me bump into it, everyone will be embarrassed.

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