The hideous and majestic Zhanggao black lacquer yamen suddenly closed, leaving only the people outside the door with dazed and frightened faces.

Seeing that the scene had subsided, the official put away his long knife and retreated silently. The people still did not disperse, and an unprecedented huge voice of doubt spread between the eyes of everyone.

Inside the yamen, Zhou was still lying on the torture bench, her maid had already fallen on her, took off her coat to cover her wounds, and asked her how she was doing while crying.

Zheng Xiao looked at the two masters and servants expressionlessly, and suddenly turned his head and ordered his subordinates behind him: "Help people to the wing room in the backyard, and then find a female doctor to take a look." ”

Several chief bookkeepers behind him said "yes" repeatedly, and hurriedly led a few officials to carry Zhou out of the hall.

The people gradually dispersed, and only above the public court, Zhang Yong, who was standing silently under the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque, his face was so heavy that he could drip water.

Zheng Xiao snorted coldly and scolded: "Confused! Woman's kindness! ”

He turned his back and sneered: "Zhang Yong, you have been an official for more than ten years and are not a young man, you should know the proportions of doing things, and doing so for the sake of a good reputation is a loss of official style." ”

Zhang Yong raised his head suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, and the green tendons on his neck burst out, "I'm not here to sell fame!" ”

Today's move, he has no desire for fame and fortune.

"That's even more stupid!" When Zheng Xiao heard this, he was even more annoyed, he shook his hand and pointed to the room behind the hall where the case file was stored, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"You ......" he "you" for a long time, put down his hand, turned to point at Zhang Yong, and scolded angrily: "You are not a stunned young man who doesn't know the inside story, do you really think that accepting this case is to uphold justice?" ”

The tone also revealed a bit of helplessness.

"So what should I do?!" Zhang Yong's face became more and more angry, "This is Dali Temple!" Isn't it the duty of you and me to settle lawsuits and prisons and eliminate evil spirits? The unjust case that came to the door was afraid of the power and retreated, is it worthy of the official robe on his body? ! ”

"What about it? Can you dispose of Jiang Pei? beat that innocent woman to the mutilator, bring Jiang Pei to interrogate him without pain, put him in prison for a few days, and then let the people of Jiang Mansion swagger and bring him back?! Zheng Xiao scolded angrily.

Zhang Yong's mind was hot, "Why are adults determined that they must be released this time?!" It's so big, maybe it can alarm the Imperial Tower! ”

His blood rose, and he became more and more unscrupulous, pointing at Zheng Xiao and scolding: "Lord Zheng is so greedy for life and afraid of death, is he also afraid that the powerful will soften his bones?" ”

All the Qingliu civil officials are ashamed to cling to the sycophants, and Zhang Yong's accusation is really not serious.

Rao is an old man in officialdom like Zheng Xiao, who has been trained to be strong, and he can't help but be furious, "You are presumptuous! ”

Zhang Yong's voice was suffocated, and he knew that his words were a little excessive, but he really couldn't suppress the fire in his heart, so he refused to open his mouth.

At this time, a black-clothed servant came out from the side and said tremblingly: "Lord Shaoqing, someone from the Jiang family has come, saying that Jiang Pei heard that his outer room has escaped to Dali Temple, please return the person." ”

At that time, the crowd of onlookers mixed in with the people of Jiang's Mansion, and when they saw that the situation was wrong, they ran back to Jiang's Mansion early to report the news.

Because Dali Temple has always been against Jiang Fu, Jiang San is afraid of his father's scolding, and has only been secretly observing, but now seeing that Dali Temple is loose, it seems that there is a trend towards the Jiang family, so he quickly sent someone to explore the mouth.

"Shameless!! Let him!! Zhang Yong was holding back the fire in his heart, and he became more and more angry.

The Zhou family is Lin Yuan's wife, she is a dignified seven-grade official, and it is just that he was taken captive by Jiang Sanqiang and used as an outer room, and he dared to come to Dali Temple to ask for someone in the open-mindedness! What kind of place do you think of Dali Temple?! How dare he!

Zheng Xiao's face is not very good-looking, the cold door in the middle of the court is clear and the same qi is connected, Lin Yuan was humiliated by this, and he, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, also had a dull face.

Today, the Zhou family made such a fuss, if it falls into the hands of Jiang San again, I don't know how to live or die.

But he is not Zhang Yong's violent temper, he has somewhat saved some reason, took a deep breath, and said coldly: "Since it is an outer room, can there be a document from the government to sell himself?" Let them take the paperwork and lead the people! ”

The official replied with a few "yes".

After eating for nothing, he also felt bad luck in his heart, but who told him to encounter such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as a quarrel at the peak, he could consider himself unlucky when he became a punching bag.

After Zhang Yong finished getting angry, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

But the anger has calmed down a lot, and his sanity has returned, knowing that Zheng Xiao can't be blamed entirely for this matter.

He sighed, bowed solemnly, and said, "I said the wrong thing in a moment of excitement, please don't be surprised." ”

Zheng Xiao is not a stingy person, he didn't really hate him, shook his head and said: "You are also open-minded, you can't talk about right or wrong, but this case can only end here, even if you really try it, it will be in vain, don't do it too much." ”

Zhang Yong is really puzzled, "civil death advice, military death war", in ancient times, Qingliu civil officials and Xungui were born opposing camps, especially in recent years, the party dispute between the DPRK and China has been serious, and Qingliu and Xungui's family are fighting like black-eyed chickens.

Jiang Songxun was born in a noble family, and he was only in charge of the military and political affairs of the Ministry of War in the DPRK, so it stands to reason that his hand cannot reach out to places such as the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, why is the Jiang Mansion still so secretive?

Zheng Xiao glanced at him and said softly, "Do you know who is behind the Jiang family?" ”

The Jiang family has made outstanding achievements, and they are already in full swing in the imperial court, so there can be someone behind such a prominent person? Zhang Yong frowned and thought, "Concubine Niangniang? ”

Zheng Xiao shook his head, "Concubine Shuniang has not been favored for many years, it's hard to say who the Jiang Mansion is relying on her, the person who protects the Jiang family is ......"

He looked at Zhang Yong fixedly, and arched his fist in the direction of the imperial city.

……

In the wing room in the backyard of the mansion, the female doctor had just finished treating Zhou's wounds, packed up the medicine box, and retired after instructing him to take medicine and other affairs.

Because of the injuries on his back and legs, it was inconvenient for Zhou to lie down.

She has only been drugged, her upper body is only covered with a futon, her white and slender back is half exposed, in addition to the bruises and tears made by the board, there are countless bruises and purple marks on her body, the whip marks are red and swollen, scattered, and a little ambiguous and sloppy in the pitiful.

Zhou Shi lay on the bed, his face was pale, his eyes were tired and empty, like a jade carving, as if he had lost his life and had no vitality.

"Madam, what are we going to do in the future?" The maid Bi'er's voice was already hoarse.

The Lin Mansion is gone, and Huangzhou can't go back, the two of them are helpless, and they don't talk about it, let's not talk about it, today's trouble, Jiang San's brute leaked his whereabouts, he will definitely not let them go.

The Zhou family has been tortured a lot these days, who knows how many pickling methods he is still waiting for them?

Zhou Shi didn't react, her head was already blank, and the breath in her heart dissipated from the moment the court trial ended.

She clenched her fists, her throat tightened, and she wanted to cry and laugh.

It's that she is too stupid, stupid enough to think that she can ruin Jiang San's reputation by fighting for her life, and stupid enough to think that a powerless widow can fight against a powerful person like Jiang Fu.

But what can she? She really couldn't bear it anymore, and even beat her to be locked up in that courtyard, she didn't want to die with Jiang San for a moment.

Her life has been ruined, and the only purpose of living now is to ruin Jiang San's reputation.

She thought of Lin Yuan, her husband, and his vague death had been repeating itself in her mind these days.

He is six years older than her, and has taken care of her since she was a child, and is an excellent person.

He was a scholar, and when he was a teenager, he became a talent and became famous in the township.

After more than ten years of hard study, she accompanied him to survive all the way from lifting people to Jinshi, and finally survived until he entered the court as an official, they are the most ordinary couple in Beijing, the days are rich and calm, three meals and four seasons, and the years are quiet.

If it weren't for Jiang San, they would have been so calm until they were old, occasionally arguing, but most of the time they respected each other like guests, and when their children and grandchildren were around their knees and dying, one person walked a few steps first, and finally buried them in the same cemetery.

This calm ended when she went out with Lin Yuan, she was blown up by the wind to cover her face, and was accidentally seen by Jiang San, and then the nightmare began.

Since then, Jiang San has not only harassed her repeatedly, but also made people embarrassed Lin Yuan everywhere in the court, and his family has been robbed many times, and there are people from Jiang Mansion wandering around the alley every day.

She didn't dare to go out again, the official didn't know how many times she had reported it, and when the yamen saw that it was about Jiang's mansion, she either prevaricated repeatedly or closed the door directly.

Lin Yuan comforted her, saying that this was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, even the Jiang family did not dare to act rashly, she believed it.

But they never thought that Jiang San's actions would be far more vicious than they imagined.

The day of Lin Yuan's accident was a very ordinary day, no different from any previous day, and the night before the accident, he was still muttering about the sea bass soup in his hometown.

She specially instructed the kitchen to buy the freshest sea bass in the morning market, and to stew it herself from the morning, but that day she waited from morning to late at night, only to wait for his faint body.

His face was swollen and covered in blood, and the knife cut his right neck.

The next day, Jiang San came to the door with a large number of family members, and she was quietly taken into Jiang San's private house.

Killing such a person is very simple, a gang of ruffians and a knife, but a moment is enough.

How ironic? At the base of the imperial city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in such a place so close to the emperor to whom he was wholeheartedly loyal, it was so easy to die.

She was locked up in that Xinghua alley, and her life was worse than death, and she didn't even know how his funeral was done.

Later, I heard that it was his friend in Beijing who collected the body for him and informed the Lin family in Huangzhou to come over to handle the funeral.

She can't just forget it, even if she dies, she must drag Jiang San to hell together!

"Wait, the noble man will help us." Her head was going back and forth about everything that had happened these days.

Although she didn't know why the Meng family knew about a little person like her, and she didn't know how deep the water was, since she had found her, the matter had not been completed, and she would not easily give up her chess piece.

As for what will happen after the fact, she doesn't care.

She looked at Bi'er's red and swollen eyes that were crying, and said angrily: "I've suffered you for this time, after I go back, I think of a way to cancel your slave status, don't follow me in the future, and live a good life." ”

Bi'er was dejected when she heard her words, and couldn't help but redden, angry and anxious, "Madame treats me well, how can I leave Madame at this time, then what kind of person have I become?" Madame, I'm not leaving! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a knock on the door outside, and a tactful woman's voice sounded outside the door, "Mrs. Lin, I'll take you back to the house, is it convenient for you?" ”

This voice couldn't be more familiar with the two masters and servants, it was the Nanyue girl beside the nobleman.

Zhou's dry lips moved slightly, "Look, isn't this coming." ”