Zhang Jin, the steward of the Zhang family, was startled, and hurriedly went to find incense, put it under the tip of Zhang Taigong's nose, Zhang Taigong took a hard breath, and the aroma hit his brain before he regained his senses. But instead of anger, Zhang Taigong hit the ground with his cane and said viciously: "Who, who is so bold that he dares to ride on the head of my Zhang family?" ”

Menzi was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, and the steward Zhang Jin comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid, tell everything you know." ”

Menzi said: "It's Xu Chang, the head of the county, and his son." ”

"It's them again!" Zhang Taigong was completely furious, in the past, only the Zhang family bullied people, and there had never been anyone in the realm of Qiantang who bullied them. The Zhang family, surnamed Xu, was going to clean up, but who knew that they actually came to the door.

"What are you still doing? Hurry, hurry, gather people, and immediately smash their Yizhuang, as for the father and son surnamed Xu, beat the old man hard and beat him to death! It's just two lowly servants, and if they really have to eat a lawsuit, the old man naturally has a way to deal with it. ”

Saying this, Mrs. Zhang is also confident, the Zhang family has a deep background and is the head of the gentry, representing the interests of the entire Qiantang gentry, now someone is bullying the head, if you don't give a stern counterattack, where will this face go?

Menzi still didn't move, and the steward Zhang Jin felt that things were a little too much, but Taigong was angry, but he didn't dare to speak.

"What? Are you going to turn against the heavens? Just go. ”

Menzi said: "I'm afraid that there will not be enough manpower in the house, unless I invite the tenants of Zhuangzi everywhere to do it together, there are many people around the Yizhuang who applaud the father and son of the Xu family, and ...... And even the prince asked someone to send a plaque, saying that the father and son of the Xu family are 'virtuous and benevolent'. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Taigong gasped.

If you look at it this way, the relationship between the prince and the father and son of the Xu family is really very close.

It's just that Fang Cai has already let go, and now he can't get over it if he wants to regain face, Zhang Taigong just snorted coldly.

Zhang Jin took the opportunity to say: "Master, in fact, if you want to clean up this father and son, you don't need to be so troublesome." Some time ago, the county magistrate had been asking the gentry to donate money to rebuild the county school, but the lord had not agreed, and the gentry in the county were looking at the lord. Now that the county order has a request from the master, why don't the lord take this opportunity to go to the county government and ask the county's parents to be impartial? ”

Mrs. Zhang also thought deeply that he was under the steps, he was a local gentry, and the county government would definitely favor his side, and the father and son of the Xu family opened Yizhuang to their own doorstep, and the truth was also on the Zhang family's side.

Thinking about it in his heart, Zhang Taigong said in a deep voice: "Prepare a sedan chair." ”

A sedan chair came out from Zhang's house in a very low-key manner, Zhang Taigong, who was sitting in the sedan chair, saw the crowd of people watching in front of the door on three floors and three layers outside, clearly heard the mourning, indescribable boredom, he removed the sedan curtain, leaned on the cushion behind him, calmed down, and sneered in his heart: "And see how long these clowns can be arrogant?" Then he closed his eyes and made a nap, but his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

A lowly servant actually wants to step on the head of the Zhang family, even if the Zhang family can shoot them to death now, I'm afraid that this face will not look good. He was even a little annoyed in his heart, he knew that he should have dealt with the father and son as soon as possible, but to put it mildly, he was too cautious.

The sedan chair fell on the county government after a stick of incense.

Today is not the day of the old paper, and if you want to file a complaint, it is naturally not something you want to hand it over. The yamen has rules about when you can come and when you can't come.

Obviously, today's Zhang Taigong is not too coincidental, but the Zhang family complained, naturally there is no need to stick to etiquette, Zhang Taigong got down from the sedan chair, glanced at the county government that opened the eight characters, just coldly said to the people Nunu, and said slowly: "Drumming." ”

If it is not for the shocking case, or the life lawsuit, the idle people are not allowed to beat the drum to complain, otherwise they will have to beat the board.

But since Mrs. Zhang had spoken, he was naturally not polite, and walked to the drum in front of the yamen without hesitation, and banged on it.

The county government shook.

The surname of the county magistrate of Qiantang County is Su Dan's name, and the county magistrate of Su has not been in office for a long time, and today is not the day to judge the case, so he is eating tea in the flower hall of the back office, and he suddenly heard the sound of the drum, and his face suddenly fell.

It must be known that whenever someone beats the drum, this shows that there is a great grievance, and the official naturally does not want to have any earth-shattering cases under his rule, otherwise wouldn't it just prove that he usually made a mistake in his education? So whether the case is solved or not, it can be regarded as a stain, Da Ming Law is very harsh on drumming and complaining, and ordinary people don't dare to make mistakes, Su County has been in office for more than five months, and there has never been a drum to sound grievances, I didn't expect to meet today.

Although his face was not good-looking, he couldn't slack off after all, so he hurriedly straightened his clothes and ordered people to ascend to the court.

A burst of majestic sound came out, and the two columns of messengers held water and fire sticks, first giving people a dismount, and the Su County Order, which was standing high under the high hanging plaque of the mirror, was also silent, and patted it in shock: "Bring people up and talk back." ”

I thought that the object of this grievance would be a foolish woman of the villagers, but who knew that the big one came in, but it was Zhang Taigong who was wearing a round-necked silk satin coat. ”

Su Xian Ling looked at it, but he didn't recognize Zhang Taigong, but Master Huang, who was standing on the side, recognized the person, and hurriedly reminded him softly, Su County Ling suddenly woke up, reluctantly smiled, and said gently to Zhang Taigong: "It turned out to be Zhang Weng, this county has heard of Zhang Weng's name for a long time, come, give Zhang Weng a seat." ”

This is the difference between the people and the gentry, although they are all under the rule, but the gentry have the right to sit down and speak, not to mention that the Zhang family has a great cause, and it plays a pivotal role in Qiantang County.

is the Son of Heaven, and he also declares to the outside world that he wants to rule the world with scholars, and this scholar does not necessarily refer only to officials, but also to a wealthy gentleman like Zhang Taigong.

Zhang Taigong just nodded lightly, bowed slightly to Su County, and then sat down.

Su Xian Ling is actually dissatisfied with Zhang Taigong in his heart, what grievances can you Zhang Taigong have as a gentry? actually came to beat the drum, which inevitably made him a little unable to get off the stage, but at this time he couldn't care, and said with a smile: "Zhang Weng beat the drum to complain about his grievances, I don't know who he is suing and what is the matter?" ”

Zhang Taicheng said: "The old man sued Xu Chang, the head of the county's official business, and his son Xu Qian. Some time ago, Xiao'er had some conflicts with Xu Qian, who knew that Xu Qian actually added his fists and feet, and beat Xiao'er all over his body, almost ruining his life. Today, he saw that the old man could be bullied, and he played mourning music at the door of Zhang's house, and he had to park the coffin of the dead, but the old man couldn't help them, so he came to complain, and asked his parents to make the decision for the old man, and also gave the old man and the good people of Qiantang a justice. ”

Mrs. Zhang wanted to sue anyway, so he simply said it again.

Su Xianling's eyes flashed, and he didn't show his face, in fact, he couldn't see where he could see that this kind of thing may not be as bad as Zhang Taigong said, after all, where would an ordinary person like Zhang Taigong dare to provoke, if he had to distinguish who was the villain, the probability of this Zhang family being a villain was higher.

However, Mrs. Zhang said publicly, if he was a little suspicious, he would inevitably cut the face of the Zhang family, and if he wanted to live in peace in office, the Zhang family would never be offended.

and Master Huang, who was standing aside to listen to the verdict, as soon as he heard that Mrs. Zhang was going to sue the Xu family father and son, he immediately remembered that the Xu family father and son invited him to dinner a few days ago, but the meal is a meal, but Master Huang is 'public and private', although he may not have the heart to fall into the well, but it is impossible to ask him to speak for the Xu family father and son. Master Huang even thought darkly in his heart: "This father and son are really not good things, and they deserve to be unlucky today." ”

Su County ordered 'furious', of course, this rage was pretended to be shown to Zhang Taigong, he slapped the shocking wood in his hand fiercely, and shouted: "How can this be reasonable, there is such a pair of madmen in the county, do they think that this county is a lawless place under the rule of lawless?" Someone came, and immediately detained the father and son of the Xu family, and there must be no mistake. ”

After saying that, he lost the detention sign, and a team leader on duty hurriedly picked it up and went quickly.