Youyang County Ya, above the public court.

Qiu Zhixian slapped the startled wood in his hand on the table, with a majestic face: "Who is in the hall?" ”

Sheng Wei hurriedly said: "Sheng Wei, grass people, meet the master of Qingtian!" ”

"What's going on?"

Sheng Wei said: "The grass people want to sue the son-in-law of the grass people, Sun Zhigao, the talented man of this county!" ”

"Sue your son-in-law?" Although he already knew the script, Qiu Zhixian still showed a very surprised look: "Sheng Wei, do you know what you are doing?" ”

Sheng Wei arched his hand and said: "The grass people know very well what they are doing, the grass people are suing the grass people's eldest son-in-law, Sun Zhigao, please know the county to investigate!" ”

"Where's the paper?" Qiu Zhixian also stopped asking, and immediately started the process.

The master on the side hurriedly stood up with a letter of paper: "The paper is here!" ”

Qiu Zhixian took the paper, swept the contents after a few glances, and then raised his eyes to look at Sheng Wei: "You said you want to sue your son-in-law Sun Zhigao for disrespecting his relatives?" Can you elaborate on that? ”

"Zhixian Rongyu!" Sheng Wei bowed his hand again and said: "Three days ago, it was my mother's 60th birthday, and the grass people held a banquet at home, invited old relatives and friends at home, and celebrated the birthday of the same mother!" ”

"Yes, I also went to be a Japanese official!" Qiu Zhixian nodded.

Sheng Wei said: "That day, the little girl Shulan and Sun Zhigao also came back to congratulate her mother on her birthday, but I never thought that Sun Zhigao not only did not have the slightest respect for her mother, but was arrogant, and at the birthday banquet, completely ignoring the occasion, in front of all the mothers and guests, scolded the grass people for being a vertical son!" Caomin is Sun Zhigao's father-in-law, and he has always treated him politely, and he has never slacked off.

I never thought that when the guests dispersed, the more my mother thought about it, the more unhappy my heart became, that Sun Zhigao seemed to be scolding the grass people, but why wasn't he scolding my mother, my mother thought of this, her heart was depressed, and she fainted, and for several days in a row, she couldn't eat, she couldn't sleep, and she was getting thinner and thinner, and Lang Zhong was helpless.

And this is not the first time Sun Zhigao has been like this, in the past, he relied on himself to be a showman, and he was a powerful man in the grass people's house, completely ignoring the face of the grass people's father-in-law, and talking to the grass people's mother was also a gun and a stick, and he never had half respect. ”

Qiu Zhixian's face had become darker and darker: "Sheng Wei, is what you said serious?" ”

"The grass people will never dare to have half a lie, the mother of the grass people, now she is still sick at home, she can't eat, she can't sleep, her mother said, Sun Zhigao is not his father-in-law, and he doesn't take his mother as an elder, then his son-in-law, our Sheng family can't afford to climb high, I implore Zhixian to make decisions for my family, so that the little girl Shulan and Sun Zhigao can reconcile!"

"Sheng Wei, do you know what happened to the public court, who was untrustworthy and deceived his own officials?" Qiu Zhixian said with a majestic face.

Sheng Wei hurriedly knelt on the ground, with a sincere face, and said loudly: "The grass people will never dare to have half a lie, the county master can call Sun Zhigao to come and confront the grass people!" As for the mother's situation, Dr. Zhu of the Huichun Hall can also testify. ”

"Come on, pass on Sun Zhigao, pass back to Chuntang Zhu Youzheng!"

Not long after, Sun Zhigao and Dr. Zhu were brought to the court.

Qiu Zhixian didn't ask Sun Zhigao, but asked Dr. Zhu first: "Zhu Youzheng, this official asks you, can you see the old lady of the Sheng family recently?" ”

"Back to the county lord, the grass people have been going to the Sheng family every day in recent days to see the old lady of the Sheng family!"

"Have you been going for the last few days? What day did it start? ”

"Three days ago, the night of the old lady's sixtieth birthday!"

Qiu Zhixian nodded: "Tell me about your experience of seeing Mrs. Sheng!" ”

Doctor Zhu said: "That night, it was already dark for a while, and the grass people were all closed and ready to sleep, but they didn't want Sheng Jialangjun to knock on the door, and said that his old lady fainted, and asked Cao Min Susu to go back with him to see a doctor.

In recent days, the grass people have gone to Sheng's house every day to give Mrs. Sheng a follow-up, but the old lady was disturbed by heart disease, and the situation did not get better, but became more and more serious, and the person became very haggard·······.

"Afraid of what?" Qiu Zhixian asked.

Dr. Zhu sighed, shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm afraid that he will die soon!" ”

"Lord Zhixian!" Sheng Wei immediately knelt on the ground, and even pleaded with a little crying: "Please make the decision for my Sheng family!" ”

Then he pointed at Sun Zhigao and said angrily: "Sun Zhigao, you bastard, it's all you, and my mother is sick like this." ”

With a "pop", the startled wood fell again.

Qiu Zhixian said sharply: "Silence! Sheng Hong immediately closed his voice.

Qiu Zhixian looked at Sun Zhigao and asked sharply, "Sun Zhigao, what else do you have to say?" ”

"The students have been wronged!" Sun Zhigao defended himself innocently: "The old lady of the Sheng family is sick, that is because she is old and in poor health, what does she have to do with the students, the county knows it!" ”

"You still dare to quibble, if it weren't for the fact that day when you were rude at the banquet, scolded my father-in-law, and even left with your sleeves brushed up, making my mother make a fool of herself in front of all the guests, and trampling on my Sheng family's face in the mud, how could my mother be ill!"

"I ······"

"Silence!" Sun Zhigao still wanted to argue, but before he could speak, he was slapped back with the rest of the words.

"Sun Zhigao, this official asked you, on the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Sheng family, you made a lot of nonsense and scolded Sheng Wei, are you?"

"Master Zhixian, the student has been wronged!" Sun Zhigao almost subconsciously shouted injustice, but as soon as his words came out, he was blocked back by Qiu Zhixian's 'boldness'.

"Sun Zhigao, the Japanese official was also at the banquet, sitting not far from Sheng Wei's side, and the official heard you say with his own ears: 'The erector is not enough and conspiracy!' When you said this, you were looking in the direction of the official and Sheng Wei, and you glared at Sheng Wei, even if the official saw it wrong and heard it wrong, but at that time, there were so many guests, could it be that they also saw it wrong and heard it wrong? ”

"Master Mingjian, Sheng Wei is the student's father-in-law, how can the student scold him!" Sun Zhigao hurriedly defended himself.

"Could it be that you are scolding this official?" Qiu Zhixian's face sank.

Sun Zhigao has long lost his usual arrogance, he is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and fine sweat is oozing from his forehead, "How dare the student?" ”

There was a snap, and the startling wood sounded again.

"Sun Zhigao!"

Qiu Zhixian shouted again, and Sun Zhigao's courage was almost gone, don't look at Sun Zhigao's usual chatting with people outside, it's all about how I will be after high school in the future, but when I really got to the court, I became a person who was tried under the ranks, not to mention that I was arrogant, and I didn't even have the courage.

"The matter has come to this point, the human and material evidence is there, do you still dare to quibble? Don't you rely on your talent status to think that this official will favor you? ”

Murder and heart-wrenching, nothing more than that!

"Lord Zhixian, the students have been wronged!" But no matter how Sun Zhigao shouts injustice, he is so pale and powerless in the face of iron-clad facts.

As early as the day of the banquet, the news that Sun Xiucai was speechless at the banquet of the old lady of the Sheng family and insulted his father-in-law had already spread throughout Youyang, Youyang was so big, and it didn't take long for everyone to know it.

The next day, the old lady of the Sheng family's big house was sick by Sun Xiucai, and it had already been spread, and Sun Xiucai had always been above the top in the county on weekdays, and there was no one in his eyes.

The reason why Sheng Wei didn't immediately sue Sun Xiucai to court the next day was just to wait for public opinion to ferment.

Although this dynasty is not as harsh on women as the Ming and Qing dynasties in the official history, it is not easy for a woman to want to reconcile with her husband.

Confucianism pays attention to the three outlines and five constants, and the Sheng family not only wants to let Shulan get out of the sea of misery of the Sun family, but also wants to protect his reputation from being damaged, so as not to fall into a notoriety of bullying.

But Sheng Wei and the eldest lady thought about it for two years, but they couldn't find any suitable reason.

Fortunately, on that day, Pinlan mentioned it, saying that since everyone had no choice, why didn't he ask Wang Chong? So Wang Zhong was invited to the hall that day, and he had such an idea to use filial piety to suppress all the countermeasures of the Sun family.

But it is not enough to have an idea, it must be true, outsiders will believe it, Sheng Weiben disagreed, and the Li family also took the initiative to ask for help, but the eldest old lady felt sorry for her granddaughter, and did not want her granddaughter to continue to struggle in the quagmire of the Sun family, so she immediately made a final decision, so Wang Zhong gave the eldest lady a needle, and used a little means, plus the eldest old lady herself was indeed angry with Sun Zhigao, and she was more and more worried about Shulan's days in the Sun family, and everything naturally became logical.

And on the day Wang Zhong left, he also went to visit Qiu Zhi County and asked him to take care of the Sheng family.

Qiu Zhixian sentenced Sun Zhigao and Sheng Shulan to reconcile, but Sheng Wei said that Sun Zhigao was ruthless, and the Sheng family could not be unrighteous, and now the courtyard of the Sun family was Shulan's dowry, and the Sheng family should have taken it back, but Nian had married in the two families, and the Sun family was born poor, so he left the courtyard and the twenty acres of fertile land in Shulan's marriage outside the city to the Sun family, so that Sun Zhigao could continue to study and support his grandmother, which was also a complete mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship between Shulan and her grandmother.

If it is negotiated in private, even if he wants to reconcile with Shulan, but if he does not bite off a few pieces of meat from the Sheng family, Sun Zhigao will never compromise, but this is above the public court, Sheng Wei's generosity, even Qiu Zhixian praised him, saying that Sheng Wei understands the righteousness, the Sheng family is worthy of being a scholarly family, where does Sun Zhigao dare to say anything, for fear that he will continue to toss, and even the current yard and the twenty acres of fertile land are gone.

The female envoys-in-law and the little maids who followed Shulan to marry in the past naturally followed Shulan and returned to the Sheng family together.

When Shulan returned home, the eldest old lady and the Li family held Shulan's hand, crying silently, crying together.

Within a few days, news came out of the Sheng family, saying that the old lady's health had begun to improve.

And Sun Zhigao is still the same as in the past, eating and drinking with people every day, and often saying outside that Shulan has not given birth to children after marrying him for several years, and he has long wanted to leave Shulan Yunyun.

Sun Zhigao's original intention was to ruin Shulan's reputation and get some face back for himself by the way, but others are not all fools, how can he believe whatever he says.

Of course, those who accompany Sun Zhigao to eat wine and prostitutes, will naturally follow Sun Zhigao's words, and will hold and offer, after all, they still have to rub Sun Zhigao's wine and rice prostitution!

According to the speed of Sun Zhigao's squandering, within a month, all the soft money that the Sheng family did not take away would be squandered by him.

But on the other hand, after Wang Chong left Youyang, he crossed the Yangtze River and did not take the waterway again, but took Wang Erxi and Yu Chuer, riding fast horses, and going north by land.

However, after more than ten days, the city of Tokyo is already close at hand.

"It's finally here!" The three of them stopped and looked at the towering tower in front of them, all with smiles on their faces.

"Let's go!" Wang Zhong turned over and dismounted, pulled the reins, and said with a smile: "Go back to Sweetwater Lane first!" ”

Although it is nearly evening, there are many fewer pedestrians on the street than the rest of the day, but there is still a constant stream of pedestrians.

Sweetwater Lane is in the outer city, not far from the city gate, and it will be there in a short time.

"Zihou?"

Wang Chong had just walked to the door of the house, and a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Gu Er, who was a head taller than before, standing beside the bridgehead road, looking at him with a look of surprise.

"Zhong Huai?"

"Zihou!" Gu Er immediately laughed and came up to hug Wang Chong, Gu Er said with a reproachful face: "Why don't you say a word when you come back!" ”

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "I temporarily received the will of the official family, ordering me to return to Beijing to report on my work, I left in a hurry, where do I have time to write a letter, but it can be regarded as a crooked fight, and I will surprise you and Zecheng." ”

"Hahahaha!" Gu Er laughed and said, "If Zecheng knows that you are back, I am afraid that I will not be able to find the north if I am happy." ”

"Come in and have a drink, let's talk while eating!" Wang reissued an invitation.

Gu Er shook his head and said: "You have been in the dust all the way, you should go back and clean up first, wash up, change into looser clothes, next to my yard, go back first, say hello, and come back to you later!" ”

"Wait, next to your yard? What's going on with you? Wang Zhong asked.

"Forehead ······" Gu Er hesitated for a moment, and his voice was much lower: "I have set up a courtyard next to your house and placed my family here." ”

"Family?" Wang Zhongzhong, it can't be that Zhu Manniang, right?

"The Outer Room?"

Facing Wang Chong, Gu Er didn't hide it, nodded and admitted!

Wang Chong didn't know what to say, he didn't think that Gu Er still embarked on the old path, but this is okay, people will only grow when they have experienced things.

Let's just say that Gu Er, if there is no Xiao Qin's killing, no framing of his uncles and brothers, no step by step of his eldest brother, and no betrayal of Zhu Manniang, how can he grow into the original book step by step, the thoughtful Gu Hou Ye who plays with power and scheming.

Wang Chong thought about it, the courtyard door was also opened from the inside, seeing Wang Chong, the female envoy who opened the door was shocked at first, and then hurriedly gave Wang Chong a salute, and hurriedly welcomed Wang Chong and several people into the courtyard, while shouting loudly at the inner room, saying that Wang Chong was back.

But in a moment, Wang Li pulled a pair of children and couldn't wait to run out.

"Sister-in-law!" Wang Zhong walked up to Wang Li and bowed.

"Uncle is back!" Wang Li looked at Wang Chong, and for a while, he was a little choked, and the feelings of longing that had been suppressed for several years immediately poured out like a tide, especially after having a skin-to-skin relationship and giving birth to a son, the relationship and feelings between the two have all undergone tremendous changes.

For many days and nights, Wang Li lay on the bed, tossing and turning, his mind was full of Wang Chong's shadow, but Wang Li didn't dare to say this emotion to anyone, including Wang Chong.

The more you suppress the emotion, the stronger it becomes, but the identity of the two is a barrier between the two.

If it was before, when Wang Chong was just a common man, it was nothing, after the death of his brother, his sister-in-law remarried his younger brother, in fact, it was nothing in the poor family, after all, the most important thing is to live, is to inherit the incense for the family, even if others have opinions, at most they are just talking behind their backs.

But now that Wang Chong has not only won the jinshi, but also become an official, the situation is completely different.

When it comes to the scholar class, reputation is extremely important, and a carelessness may even lead to Wang Chong's self-isolation from Shilin, his future ruined, and his career cut off.

Wang Li could only forcibly suppress the thoughts in his heart, and forcibly resisted the urge to rush up and throw himself into Wang Chong's arms, hugging Wang Chong tightly, hating the urge to rub himself into Wang Chong's body.

There is also Wang Xu, this kid, when Wang Chong left, he was still young, and he didn't remember it, but now he hasn't seen him for three years, so he naturally can't recognize Wang Chong.

Children are generally more afraid of life, and suddenly saw a stranger, even though his mother and brother said that they were his third uncle, but how did Wang Xu get close.

On the contrary, it is Wang Qian'er, who has had a very good relationship with Wang Chong since she was a child, and later followed Wang Chong to study and practice martial arts, and the uncle and nephew did not go up to the mountains to hunt, go down to the river to catch fish, go to the trees to dig birds' eggs, and pick fruits, and Wang Chong will tell Wang Qian'er stories as long as he has time.

Although he is an uncle, in Wang Qian'er's heart, Wang Chong, the uncle, is no different from his father.

Just looking at the familiar tall and burly figure, Wang Qian'er's big black and white eyes were full of tears, and the feelings of longing that had been separated for several years came to her heart.

"Third uncle!"

With a call with a trilling voice and a cry, the delicate figure jumped into Wang Chong's arms like a milk swallow in his arms.

"Alright, alright!" Wang Zhong pushed Wang Qian'er out of his arms: "It's such a big girl, and she is still coquettish with the third uncle, and she is not ashamed!" ”

Wang Qian'er's face was slightly red, but she looked at Wang Chong and said frankly: "In front of the third uncle, I will always be a child!" ”

Wang Chong raised his hand and rubbed the head of Wang Qian'er, who was almost catching up with Wang Li's family, and said softly: "You can't do this in the future, they are all big girls, you still have to pay attention!" ”

"Hmmm! I listen to the third uncle! Wang Qian'er nodded solemnly.

Wang Chong smiled and asked, "I'm not at home, has Sister Qian listened to my sister-in-law?" ”

Wang Qian'er immediately nodded like pounding garlic, and said as if inviting credit: "I'm obedient!" ”

"Sister Qian is quite well-behaved on weekdays!" Wang Li said.

Wang Chong couldn't help but rub Wang Qian'er's little head again.

It's just that Wang Chong's eyes are still looking at Xiao Wang Xu who is hiding behind Wang Li's family.

Seeing this, Wang Li also reacted, and hurriedly pulled out the son who was standing behind her and holding her leg and refused to let go, squatted down and said in his son's ear: "Brother Xu, don't call the third uncle soon!" ”

Xiao Wang Xu looked at Wang Chong, and then at his mother Wang Li, hesitated for a while, and then stood up a little reluctantly, bowed to Wang Chong, and shouted crisply: "Third uncle!" ”

(End of chapter)