Jinling should be Tianfu Yamen, back hall.

"What about Master Zhao? Why haven't you come yet? ”

Jia Yucun slapped the table angrily.

A servant: "If you go back to your lordship, you have already sent two groups of people to find it..."

Jia Yucun's eyes were cold, "Send it again, if you can't find it, you don't have to come back!" ”

The official was shocked, "Yes! Ying Sheng hurried out.

Jia Yucun strode back and forth, walked to the door and suddenly stopped, looked up to the sky and sighed, turned around and walked back to the chair and sat down, slapped the table, and stood up again, "Go, go to Rongguo Mansion to see if General Jia has returned from the barracks?" ”

Jia Yucun, who had a gloomy face, sat back in his chair, yesterday he had just taken office as Ying Tianfu Yin, originally planned to go to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jia Jue first, and then go to the governor's yamen to visit Shangguan, but before he could go out, he was blinded by a piece of news, and news came from Yangzhou Mansion, the day before yesterday, the Bai family in Wanshou Town was wiped out, not only the property was looted, but the Bai family's mansion was burned down by fire.

This matter has made a fuss in Yingtianfu, many people are speculating that this is the hand of the Jia family, compared to the speculation of outsiders, Jia Yucun is sure that this is Jia Yu's hand, in addition, in order not to cause panic among the people, the news that more than 100 soldiers in the patrol battalion were killed was not disclosed to the public, killing the officials was like a rebellion, not to mention that it was an organized official army that was killed, but not to mention the Yangzhou Mansion patrol battalion, even the military department had no news coming out, which made Jia Yucun frightened, because he understood, There are many forces involved behind this matter, the Jia family is just one of them, it seems that the wealth of the Bai family for more than 100 years has been harvested by the magnates, I can't say, it also involves the royal family, because the soldiers who were slaughtered, the nobles are bold, and they will not blatantly slaughter the officials and soldiers, because this is the crime of rebellion!

Jia Yucun's face was full of confusion, he was sued because he had no backer, and he finally got on the Jia family, he didn't want to be driven away by someone before the official chair under his ass was hot, but, for such a big thing, don't give an explanation, not to mention the governor's yamen, even the millions of people in Yingtianfu are not easy to explain, and those arrogant and domineering salt merchants.

Thinking of this, his eyes showed an angry light, this group of damned salt merchants, if they hadn't died, where would they come from to do such a thing, and when they got through this hurdle, they would be good-looking.

This matter is not easy to investigate, and it can't be checked, if you really accidentally find out something bad, it's not such a thing as losing a black yarn hat, and your life will not be guaranteed....

At this moment, the official hurriedly walked in, bowed down and said, "My lord, Master Zhao has found it!" ”

"Oh?"

Jia Yucun sneered: "Where did you find it?" ”

The official hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and whispered, "It's not far from the governor's yamen." ”

Hearing this, Jia Yucun's face turned even bluer, and he gritted his teeth and said with a cruel smile: "Invite Master Zhao in!" ”

"Yes."

The servant didn't dare to say more, turned around and walked out quickly.

After a while, Master Zhao broke in like a gust of wind, and before he could meet him, he heard Jia Yucun ask: "When you are in the yamen, you are not in the yamen, do you still have me in your eyes?" ”

Master Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said urgently: "My lord, the little one is going to inquire about the news." ”

"Oh?"

Jia Yucun sat on the top with a gloomy face, "I don't know what important news I have inquired about?" ”

Master Zhao: "The little one is going to the governor's yamen to inquire about the news, my lord, what news, I can't say it, and the little one doesn't dare to say it, so I can only tell the adults one sentence, this matter can't be investigated, if it is checked, people will die, and many people will die, not only adults, but even the governor's yamen will be involved." ”

Jia Yucun sighed, looked at Master Zhao, and said, "Then, what do you say this official should do?" ”

"Drag!"

Master Zhao stepped forward and said: "This matter is a big case handed over by the Yangzhou Mansion in accordance with the usual practice, and it stands to reason that it should be dealt with quickly, but there is no longer a bitter master in this matter, the governor yamen will not urge, and the Jinling Criminal Department will not interfere in this matter, the only thing is that those salt merchants and ordinary people, salt merchants, adults can ignore it, they are now targeted by the Yandao Yamen and the town guard mansion, and they have no energy to take care of this matter." As for those people, it is very easy to handle, and while announcing to the outside world that they are sending additional people to investigate this case, they are dealing with one or two major cases to divert their attention, and if they solve the case, they can still get the people's hearts and minds..."

There was silence.

After a while, Jia Yucun sighed slightly and said: "This official has just arrived, and he still doesn't know the situation in Jinling, does the master know what major cases are being paid attention to by the people?" ”

Master Zhao's heart was relieved when he heard this, he glanced up at Jia Yucun slightly, and said: "Jinling, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, has many yamen official mansions, and the people are also law-abiding, and there is no backlog of cases. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "If you want to talk about the case, there is exactly one thing, but it involves a wealthy businessman in Jinling, and the whole government has been taken care of by that family, and in addition, there is only one old servant left in the deceased's family, so the case has been suppressed." ”

Jia Yucun pondered for a moment, then sighed helplessly, and said, "As a parent official, you should be the master of the people." In this case, you should first take the case file and wait for the official to take a closer look. ”

"Yes."

Master Zhao retreated in response, and after a while, he walked in with the file of Xue Pan killing Feng Yuan.

A flash of surprise flashed in Jia Yucun's eyes, this Master Zhao seemed to be a little bit about this matter... It's too careful.

Taking the file, Jia Yucun looked through it carefully, and after a while, he finished reading it, pointed to Xue Pan's name and asked, "What is the identity of this person?" ”

Master Zhao: "Back to the adult, this Xue family was originally a tyrant in Jinling, and the ancestors also worked as errands in the Internal Affairs Office, but unfortunately the descendants of the back were not filial and lost their errands, and now the business of the Xue family is plummeting, and it is not as good as a day, this Xue Pan is the head of the Xue family today." ”

Jia Yucun nodded, closed the file, and stared at Master Zhao with his eyes, "Say, why are you so concerned about this case, and what is the inside story of this?" Or do you have a grudge against this Xue family? ”

Hearing this, Master Zhao's body trembled, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, "My lord Mingjian, this Xue Pan has a nickname in Jinling City, called 'Dumb Overlord', there are few good people in Jinling who are not oppressed by him, even villains." Back then, because the villain didn't pay attention to him, he was ordered to be beaten by his subordinates, if it weren't for the villain's life, I am afraid that he would have died sooner. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, gritted his teeth and said: "I really don't hide it, the Feng family is also a small rich family, and the old servant of the Feng family knew that the villain had a grudge against the stupid overlord, so he gave the villain fifty taels of silver." As long as the adult can avenge the villain, the villain is willing to sacrifice his life savings and the fifty taels of silver to the adult. ”

Jia Yucun's heart was relieved, he looked at Master Zhao, and said, "You.... In this case, you must not say it again in the future, when this official arrives in this position, he will definitely make decisions for the people, so you will find Li Tong first. ”

Master Zhao breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and kowtowed heavily, "Yes." ”

Then he got up and retreated.

Looking at Master Zhao's disappearing figure, Jia Yucun opened the file again and looked at it carefully, but did not find anything wrong.

Half an hour later, in the lobby of Yingtianfu, Jia Yucun sat on the chair of the head official, on both sides of the hand sat Li Tongju and the small official who was responsible for describing the case, and there were Master Zhao and a servant standing beside him, the official looked at the old servant of the Feng family who was kneeling on the ground and the steward of the Xue family who had just been escorted, a look of embarrassment flashed on his face, he looked at Li Tongju on the side, and then looked at Master Zhao, and coughed dryly, but unfortunately Jia Yucun did not react.

Jia Yucun closed the file, and with a "snap", he smashed the official case hard.

The official was startled, and listened to Jia Yucun and asked, "Which one is the person who committed Xue Pan?" ”

There was silence in the lobby, and Li Tongju and Master Zhao looked at each other narrowly and smiled.

The officials touched their eyes, but they didn't dare to squeak.

"Huh?!"

Jia Yucun was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Master Zhao.

Master Zhao: "If you go back to your lordship, there is no murderer Xue Pan here." ”

“....”

Jia Yucun was stunned with anger.

At this moment, the steward of the Xue family said loudly: "Your Excellency has just come to Jinling, you may not know what is going on here, why don't you leave the court first, and wait for the adults to understand the stakes clearly, and then it will not be too late to open a trial!" ”

"Presumptuous!"

Jia Yucun was so angry that he almost jumped up, slapped his palm on the official case, and scolded: "A servant of a merchant family is so arrogant that he dares to roar at the court and threaten his own official. Someone came to beat this person fifty times and sent someone to arrest the murderer Xue Pan. ”

Dozens of officials and pen officials with water and fire sticks in their hands were stunned.

Li Tongju and Master Zhao looked at each other and smiled again.

Jia Yucun was stunned, saw the reactions of everyone in the hall in his eyes, was slightly shocked in his heart, pondered for a moment, and slapped the shocked wood again, "Don't hurry up and execute!" ”

There was a slight commotion in the lobby, and the official standing beside Jia Yucun couldn't help it, and he didn't care about humility, so he directly leaned into Jia Yucun's ear and said, "My lord, please listen to the little one first." ”

Jia Yucun was slightly startled, looked at him for a while, and a trace of doubt rose in his heart, this person was a little familiar, and then said: "This official is not allowed to move if he has something to deal with." ”

With that, he got up and walked to the back hall.

The official ignored Master Zhao's warning eyes, lowered his head and followed Jia Yucun to the back hall.

The two walked into the back hall one after the other, Jia Yucun waved away the little servant, glanced at the official with a mole on the corner of his mouth, and asked: "This official looks at your kind face, have we met?" ”

The official smiled and said: "The master is really a noble man who forgets things, and he has forgotten the place of birth." Don't remember what happened in the gourd temple back then? ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to Jia Yucun.

Jia Yucun was shocked, then he remembered what happened back then, and hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "It turns out that it is really an old man." ”

The two talked privately for a while, and Jia Yu asked the village side, "What's going on with this Xue family?" Why is it so arrogant? ”

The official said: "The master has just arrived, why should he rush to try this case? But because of the case of the Bai family being destroyed in Wanshou Town? If so, why is the Xue family's case being tried? ”

Jia Yucun didn't say anything, and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that these two cases are related?" ”

The official hurriedly stood up, stepped forward and whispered: "Wanshou Town is widely implicated behind it, but there are also several relationships behind this Xue family's case, including the Jia family. ”

Jia Yucun was startled, and subconsciously stretched his neck to look in the direction of the lobby.

The official continued: "The old man is too anxious, although this Xue family is just a merchant family, but behind him is the Shenjing Jia, Wang, and Shi three families, this Xue Pan is the nephew of Wang Ziteng, the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and the nephew of the second wife of Rongguo Mansion, to tell the truth to the adult, this case has already been decided in Jinling." ”

As he spoke, he told the story of what happened by the Qinhuai River that day, and without waiting for Jia Yucun to come back to his senses, he said: "This matter, the head of the town guard mansion has also said hello, and it can't be tried!" ”

Jia Yucun leaned back in the chair, muttered for a moment, and then said, "It seems that this official has scooped up a piece of hot potato that had been sunk into cold water again. You say, what should I do? ”

The official was stunned, and hesitated for a while before saying: "Actually, this case is not difficult to judge, as long as the adults do it according to the wishes of those adults, the little one has also heard that the adults have the relationship of the Shenjing Jia family to make up for this shortcoming, and it is not two pennies to do this!" ”

Jia Yucun was so little surprised by him!

Suddenly, thinking of Li Tongju and Master Zhao who had fooled him, Jia Yucun's face became ugly again, and a fierce cold light flashed in his eyes.....

.....

Xue family, Aunt Xue sat there secretly wiping her tears, Baochai looked up from time to time to look out of the hall, at this time, the old housekeeper hurriedly came and handed a letter to Baochai, "Girl, General Jia's letter." ”

Baochai took it and opened it immediately, only glanced at it and was stunned there, Aunt Xue came over, and when she saw it, she was also stunned.

"This..."

Baochai handed the blank letterhead to the old butler and asked, "Third uncle, you didn't take the wrong letter, did you?" ”

The old butler was also taken aback, and said hurriedly: "Impossible, I took the letter from General Jia with my own hands, and there is no stop in between, it is impossible to make a mistake." ”

Baochai looked at the letter again, suddenly smiled, and said to Aunt Xue, who was in doubt: "Mother, don't worry, it's okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, a mother-in-law hurriedly came and reported: "The third steward has returned, the yamen has been sentenced, and the old servant of the Feng family has retracted his confession, saying that Master Zhao coerced him to sue our uncle, intending to blackmail the corpse." The newly arrived Fu Yin sentenced Master Zhao to prison, saying that he was going to be exiled. He also said that the Feng family only had one old servant, who was poor and helpless, and asked our family to pay the Feng family another 500 taels for the burial. ”