Xue Mansion in the east of the city

Although the Xiaoping Xue clan is not a scholar in Nankang, he still has some background in this Xiaoping, and at the same time with Liu; Xing; Chen and the other three families are also called 'filial piety and four hopes', and the Xue family's mansion is located in the bustling east of the city, covering an area of several acres.

However, the spacious Xue family's mansion on weekdays is now extremely crowded, and the hall is crowded with people, including the Liu family, the Xing family, and those who watch the excitement.

Xue Chang was so upset by this gang that he had no choice but to clapped his palms hard and shouted: "Everyone! Ladies and gentlemen! Everyone, please be quiet! Now that everyone has come to me, let me say a few words. ”

Not to mention that Xue Chang's shout really worked, everyone stopped and looked at him, "Listen to me, the county order to arrest the sons of Xing and Liu has nothing to do with me." ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly got out of control again, and Liu Zheng, the head of the Liu family, stood up and pointed at Xue Chang and shouted angrily: "What do you mean that it has nothing to do with you, didn't you hand over the pleadings to the county government?" ”

Xing Yan, the head of the Xing family on the side, also echoed: "That's right, what Brother Liu said is right. Song Xiancheng told us, this case was sued by your Xue family, how can you get out of it if my son is arrested, if you don't make things clear today, our two families and you are not finished. ”

Xue Chang's face was full of helplessness, and he cried with a bitter face: "My family did hand over the complaint to the county government, but it was the thieves on the day of the Shangyuan Festival who sued it. ”

Speaking of which, how can a few people who are the heads of the family not feel strange in the incident, although there are some small frictions in the interests of several families, but they are just trivial things, and they will not come to this point if they say that the sky is broken.

Liu Zheng frowned deeply and sat down, "It's strange to say, there is such a big thing, but there is no rumor in the county office in advance, and the place where the money can be entered and exited casually on weekdays is now not even able to send the money." ”

Xing Yan said: "Do you think this matter will be a county order..."

A few people thought that he could say something insightful, and when they heard such nonsense, they all gave them the eyes of the fool.

"Needless to say? In this Xiaoping, who else would dare to do this, except for this new county order? Who else can do that? Without his instructions, even Song Zewen didn't have the guts. ”

Xing Yan was really embarrassed by Liu Zheng's robbery, coughed lightly a few times and continued: "Having said that, our family has no grudges with him in the past and no enmity in the near future, and now why is this sudden attack without warning?" ”

"No grudges in the past, no hatred in the near future? I can't see it. At this time, Chen Shi, who was watching the excitement of the Chen family, sneered and interjected: "Last time, Song Zewen called us all to the county office, and ordered us to rectify the county and township officials. ”

Liu Zheng was puzzled: "What do we have to do with rectifying the governance of county and township officials? Although there are also officials in our various ethnic groups, we have not participated in this crackdown on corruption, even if he is angry, it will not be able to spread on our heads. ”

Chen Zhi glanced at Xue Chang and said in a strange manner: "Then you have to ask Patriarch Xue, what is going on in this theft case, you might as well tell me and wait for me." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the people present unconsciously looked at Xue Chang's body, Xue Chang was obviously a little unnatural under the gaze of everyone, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Brother Chen, why did you say this, it is a fact that my family's Shangyuan Festival was stolen, is there any fake?" ”

"Of course, it can't be fake, but how did I hear that the petition handed over by your government to the county government says that there are thousands of stolen money."

Wow......!

Chen Shi's voice did not fall and everyone present was surprised, they were not surprised by the thousands of dollars, but by Xue Chang's inexplicability, you must know that the few heads of the family present are not intellectually deficient, this thousand dollars even a child knows how big it is, this Xue Changmo is not a donkey in his head and dares to write a pleading.

Also surprised was Xue Chang, he turned his head to look at the housekeeper, his eyes were full of questions, and he asked the housekeeper to write about the stolen property casually, which Cheng thought that he would do such a brainless thing.

At this time, Xue Chang's housekeeper Xue Zhong realized something, and whispered in Xue Chang's ear: "The master asked the little one to write casually, and the little one saw that Xu Zhuangtong came to the house again and again to make trouble, so he thought about writing more to cure him for a serious crime, and he also made a relationship in prison, as long as Xu Zhuangtong confessed the crime, it would be considered true, and he would think that this Zhang County Order was more serious." ”

To tell the truth, Xue Zhong really can't be blamed for this matter, and it is not uncommon for them to increase the tenant rent, and it is not uncommon for them to be confused in normal times, these county and township clans are happy, and the government has the money to collect and solve the case, and they are all happy. Who would have thought that this new county magistrate was young or a stunned young man, what was he going to do? Do you want to do something to these clans?

Everyone is not talking, no matter what reason they fight for in the end, it is the entire Xiaoping clan that suffers, but now everyone just can't understand what this official government means by playing this play.

"Is this Zhang Jian taking advantage of this matter to rectify us?"

I don't know who suddenly popped out of his mouth with such a sentence.

Liu Zheng frowned and said: "As far as I know, this Zhang Jianbu was born in a cloth cloth and has no background and family status, and he has only arrived in Xiaoping for less than two months, so is he going to risk the disapproval of the world to move us?" ”

Xing Yan also frowned and said: "It's not good to say, looking at his previous methods, this person is not a simple character, and since he arrived, we have not paid filial piety, it is difficult to say, it is difficult to say." ”

"Filial piety? It's only been less than two months, and there are more than a dozen officials and officials who have been punished for abusing their power and perverting the law without permission, and they directly swept Du Taishou's face a few years ago. ”

Chen Shi's words can be said to have reached everyone's hearts, originally as soon as the new county order arrived, it should have been to meet the local clans, and everyone would be happy to rely on each other in the future, but it was obvious that this time the routine was different.

"How can this be true? He was born in a cloth cloth, and once he got his will, he didn't take us so seriously, and my Xing family would never give up. ”

"Hehe, Brother Xing, don't say it first, although this Zhang Jian is from Buyi, the person behind him is not simple, have you seen the guards and scribes around him, it is said that he was appointed by Wu Yue, the eldest son of the Wu clan in Linchuan, and the reason why this Zhang Jian can be in this position at such an age is because the person behind him is the prince of the world."

"Brother Chen, where did you get all this news, is it true?"

"I can't lie to you, my clan has some business dealings with the Wu family in Linchuan, and I only learned about it some time ago."

In this way, it all makes sense, no wonder this person is so ruthless and unsentimental, it turns out that he has something behind him.

Xing Yan suddenly lowered his body a little and lost his previous arrogance, "Then what do you say about this matter?" ”

Chen Shi said with a smile: "I think this county order is trying to use this matter to knock us, the young man is high-spirited and a new official has taken office, and we, the ordinary people, have to give him a step down." ”

"Brother Chen is saying?"

"What I mean is that a few of our families are ready to go to the county government office to make amends in person, as the so-called face does not hit the smiling person, he can always arrest us all without giving any face. If he wants to be a virtuous minister for the country and the people, we will follow him, and the hall official is new every year, so why should we be more serious with him, this filial piety is not our filial piety in the end, hahaha. ”

Liu Zheng and the others couldn't help but nod their heads in unison when they heard Chen Zhi's method, this Zhang Jian will always leave one day in Xiaoping, but these people have been there for generations, so why bother fighting to the death for the sake of a momentary anger, and why bother to fight for something that can be solved with some money.

Xue saw that everyone seemed to have made a decision, so he simply stood up and said loudly: "In the final analysis, this matter is all to blame Xue for being careless at a certain time, since you have made a decision, I will go to the county government with a few people to withdraw the pleadings." ”

The discussion was settled, and everyone dispersed to go home and prepare to go.