Li Changan was copying poems in the courtyard.

I saw an old man walking in from outside the door, and quickly put down the pen and got up, "Old man, what's the matter?" ”

This old man was dressed in coarse cloth and was poorly dressed, but the aura on his body was terrifying.

Li Changan stepped forward and saluted with his fists.

The old man walked into the courtyard gate, glanced at the mountains of files on the table, and the half-eaten steamed buns next to him, nodded and said,

"The old decay is to Handong, and he is the son of the country to supervise the sacrificial wine."

Li Chang'an's heart jumped, the prince of the country supervised the sacrificial wine!?

This is a very special official position.

In the Great Jin Dynasty, the four courts and one prison controlled the vast majority of the scribes.

Among the four courts and one prison, Guozijian is the most special one, directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Therefore, Guozijian is the only one of the four courts and one prison who has an official position in the court.

Guozijian sacrificial wine is the principal of Guozijian in the court.

The Great Jin Dynasty is a very noble man.

"I don't know what happened to the sacrificial wine?" Li Changan asked.

Xiang Handong walked into the courtyard, came to the table, turned around and bent over to Li Changan, and bowed deeply.

Li Changan was taken aback instantly, quickly turned sideways, stepped forward to help Xiang Handong, "Why is Xiang Sacrificial Wine like this?" The kid can't stand it. ”

Xiang Handong refused to get up.

Li Changan couldn't help him even if he wanted to, and he was caught off guard by this hand, so he could only say helplessly, "Xiang Saijiu, if you have anything to tell me directly." ”

"You are highly respected, I'm just a latecomer, you salute like this, the kid really can't stand it."

Li Changan said something badly, Xiang Handong slowly got up, and then looked at Li Changan and said,

"I heard that the dog has committed the great sin of greedy ink and disaster relief silver, so I have come to ask Uncle Zhongyong for his guilt."

Li Changan was stunned for a moment, and quickly thought of the only person surnamed Xiang among the fourteen Yunyang County chiefs.

"Xiang Hongke Juncheng is...... Your son? ”

Xiang Handong nodded heavily, "It's the dog." ”

Li Changan stepped forward and helped Xiang Handong to sit down, "Xiang sacrificial wine, your son is guilty, and he has his own court law to convict him, and it is useless for you to find me." ”

Xiang Handong's hair is white, he looks quite old, and when he speaks, he looks even older, "Old and decrepit, conscientious and dedicated to the Great Jin." ”

"I didn't think about it, but I neglected to discipline my children, Hongke died of his mother since he was a child, and he was sent to the place when he grew up."

"So in some things, it's inevitable that I'm going to be a little biased."

Xiang Handong grabbed Li Chang'an's hand, with sadness in his voice,

"Uncle Zhongyong, I only have this one son."

"If I could, I would give up my old bones to take the blame for him."

Li Changan sighed lightly and interrupted Xiang Handong's words,

"Xiang Saijiu, this case is now being tried by Dali Temple, it's really useless for you to look for me."

Xiang Handong grabbed Li Chang'an's hand, "I know that Zhongyong Boli has beheaded the fourteen chief officials of Yunyang County. ”

"According to the laws of the imperial court, it is already a great crime to be greedy for ink and silver for disaster relief, and to be demoted to an official position, why do you want to kill them all like this?"

"Originally, the old man should also be cheering for the vigorous and resolute actions of the loyal and brave uncle, but Hongke is the only son of the old man......"

"How deep is the love of licking calves...... The old man can only lick his face to beg for loyalty and bravery, and raise his noble hand. ”

As he spoke, Xiang Handong bent down again and saluted.

Li Changan hurriedly helped Xiang Handong, found one of the volumes from the pile of files on the table, opened it and put it in front of him.

"Xiang Sacrificial Wine, you are an honest official, with a clean breeze on your sleeves, and you are upright."

"If you were to hear the case, how?"

"This is the list of people in Yunyang County who died of starvation."

"A thin piece of paper is fifty lives."

"You can count how many of them there are."

Li Changan turned out one, two, and three volumes......

"There's still ...... here"

Xiang Handong's face instantly turned extremely pale, and his hands trembled as he looked at the names in front of him.

So many lives are too heavy.

It can almost overwhelm people.

Li Changan didn't speak again, just stood aside, watching Xiang Handong look through the roster one by one.

All that remained in the courtyard was the sound of paper flipping.

Long

Xiang Handong closed the roster, got up slowly, and bowed deeply to Li Changan, "I'm bothering Uncle Zhongyong." ”

"...... to the sacrificial wine" Li Changan returned the salute, "Take care of yourself......"

Xiang Handong nodded, his back instantly stiffened, and he walked out of the courtyard door step by step.

Li Changan watched Handong leave, and sighed unconsciously.

The dignified son of the country supervises the wine, and his position is noble and noble, but he has such a son, which is really embarrassing.

His heart softened a little, too.

However, looking at the list of people piled high in front of him, Li Changan's eyes returned to coldness again.

The life of the son of the sacrificial wine is the life, and these people are not human lives?

If it was just an ordinary sin, he would not have murderous intent.

But these officials of Yunyang County have committed such a crime, so they must be sent down and apologize to the people who died because of them.

……

Xiang Handong returned to the county office, and Lian Yuesong stepped forward to salute, "Xiang Sacrificial Wine, how is the situation?" ”

He bowed back to Han Dong, and then shook his head weakly.

Lian Yuesong said, "Rest assured to the sacrificial wine, according to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, the noble prince will only be demoted to three levels at most." ”

At this time, Qin Zhenliang's voice also came from the void, "Yes, this case will never let Li Changan do whatever he wants." ”

"As long as the case is settled the day after tomorrow, it will not be overturned."

"If Li Changan wants to take this opportunity to make trouble, it is absolutely impossible."

Qin Zhenliang walked out of the void.

He saluted Han Dong and Lian Yue Song with fists.

No matter who it is, unless they are both three-grade Confucians, others must not be less when they see three-grade Confucianism.

After saluting Han Dong, he sighed lightly, "I just went to see Uncle Zhongyong, and I wanted to ask for mercy, but it was useless." ”

"I can only ask Qin Xiangong and Lord Lian."

"Rest assured to the sacrificial wine, Li Changan's butcher's knife will not be able to wave it on the head of our three courtyards and one prison."

Qin Zhenliang assured.

……

Time goes by,

It's a new day in the blink of an eye.

Although Li Chang'an was sitting in the courtyard, his heart had already flown to the county town.

The whole person seems to be calm, but inside he is already anxious.

Tomorrow will be the day of the trial.

But Feng Budo was there, but no news came.

If only when the case was being heard, the person had not been found.

The last chance to kill the fourteen chief officials of Yunyang County was about to slip away from his eyes.

Li Changan looked at the file in his hand and didn't turn a page for a long time.

I can't read a word.

After going through many major events, he still can't stop being upset at the moment.

The thick list of starving people was piled up, like a mountain, and he was overwhelmed.

There is also Zhang Weimin, who is deeply respected and loved by the people of Zewu County, and even does not hesitate to use his life to exchange for a chance to avenge his grievances.

If we can't bring the witnesses over before tomorrow's trial, so many people will really die in vain.

At the gate of the courtyard, some people poked their heads cautiously, but they didn't dare to disturb Li Changan.

The case will be retried tomorrow, and not only Li Changan is impetuous.

These people were equally anxious.

"Tomorrow, Lord Li should be able to avenge Lord Zhang, right?"

"Sure, didn't Gou Ermao already tell Master Li everything he knew?"

"You think it's that simple?" One of the people said,

"The person Gou Ermao said is alive or dead, and he is not sure if it must be related to Lord Zhang's death."

"Even if it's really that person, that person is still alive, but trying to find that person is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"I'm going to try those dog officers tomorrow."

"I'm afraid time won't catch up with ......"

Niu Dachuan said to the others, "Tomorrow we will go to the county yamen to petition." ”

"I beg Lord Qincha from the capital to try the case of Master Zhang's death."

"If Lord Qincha agrees, we can buy more time for Lord Li."

"Even if we have the slightest chance, we'll give it a try!"

The other people nodded, "Okay, let's go and petition tomorrow!" ”

The sun moves westward a little bit,

Twilight falls.

Li Changan sat in the courtyard, stunned.

It wasn't until Xue Shiqing came to deliver the file that he came back to his senses.

"Are you worried about tomorrow's case?"

Li Changan rubbed his eyebrows, piled the file aside, and sighed lightly, "Yes......"

"We have stayed in Yunyang County long enough, and we have to go to the next county, otherwise the huge southern three prefectures want to run all of them, and I don't know how long it will take."

"Before leaving Yunyang County, if you don't behead those dog officials, how can you be worthy of the hundreds of thousands of people who died because of them?"

Xue Shiqing said, "There will be a retrial tomorrow, and now the Sanpin Xiangong of Songyue Academy, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Guozi Priest Wine are all sitting in the county government." ”

"If the Senator can't find the physical evidence of Zhang Weimin's death, I'm afraid he won't be able to kill those people."

Li Changan nodded.

Xue Shiqing took the opportunity to persuade and explained, "Senator, this kind of thing is enough to obey the destiny of heaven. ”

"Your heart has been fulfilled, even if you can't kill those people, I'm sure the people will understand."

"Those three big men are all stopping, why do you have to resist?"

Li Changan let out a sigh of relief, and he always felt panicked in his heart.

If it weren't for the three-grade Confucian of Songyue Academy, even if Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Guozi were here, he would never have made such a big effort.

The three-grade grammar was enough to suppress the two court officials who did not reach the three-grade level.

However, there was an extra Sanpin Confucian, and his plan to forcibly kill him was in vain.

Xue Shiqing persuaded a few more words, and then said goodbye and left.

Li Changan sat alone in the dark courtyard and didn't say a word.

The night was like ink, and there was silence all around.

The night at the beginning of February was still bitterly cold.

Li Changan was like a statue, just sitting like this, until there was a faint glimmer of light in the east.

"Alas......"

Li Changan's eyes moved, but his eyes were still empty.

Still can't find that person?

It's dawn, and there's not much time left before the retrial.

At this moment, there was a knock on the open courtyard door.

Li Changan looked at it, and it turned out to be Niu Dachuan and Gou Ermao.

Gou Ermao knelt on the ground with a "poof", crying and said, "It's all my fault for wasting time, if I had told the adult earlier, the adult would definitely have been able to find that person." ”

"It's all my fault!"

"It's all my ...... to blame"

"Smack!"

Gou Ermao burst into tears and slapped himself in the face.

was about to slap him a second time, Li Changan grabbed his wrist, "Brother Ermao, what are you doing here?" ”

"If I can't find anyone, that's probably my problem.

Gou Ermao lowered his head, and his body kept twitching.

Niu Dachuan on the side said, "My lord, our big guy is going to go to the county government gate to petition and ask for a trial of the murder of Lord Zhang." ”

"If we can succeed, Master Li will have more time......"

Li Changan patted Niu Dachuan on the shoulder, and finally nodded solemnly.

He knew that no one would accept such a petition at all.

But everyone, except in such a powerless way, there is no other way to get justice for Zhang Weimin.

Even if there is only one possibility, you have to do it.

Niu Dachuan left with Gou Ermao.

As soon as there was a little light, many people walked to the gate of the county government one after another.

Li Changan couldn't bear to close his eyes, and there was a strong sense of unbearability and sadness in his heart.

At this moment,

The thousand-mile transmission note that he was clutching in his hand suddenly trembled violently.