Xun Bao laughed again, and then told Biyu that Shu Yan was looking for him to be a mediator, and then said: "If there is only one Shu Jin, Brother Biyu can disdain him, but now Shu Yan is involved and wants me to be this mediator with him." Of course he's on the other side, and I'm naturally on your side. Since I want to be a mediator, I have to come to Brother Biyu to ask for a bottom. ”

Biyu originally wanted to give some money, but it was just a drop in the bucket anyway. Since listening to Ah Zhuang's words, it is a matter of success or failure of the fighting car, and he suddenly woke up and resolutely refused to admit that he was wrong, especially in front of Xun Bao and Xiahoumen. So he first said "there is labor", and then said: "Although my car hit and killed their people, it was also their people who were at fault first." Brother Xun and my car one after the other, you also saw that we surpassed so many pedestrians, cars and horses, only the dead ghost didn't know how to give way, and caused his own trouble, who to blame? ”m.

Xun Bao understood what Biyu meant, and snorted: "This is just your unilateral idea, after all, people are dead, how can they be willing to rest!" ”

Biyu suddenly realized Xun Bao's identity, as a mediator, he held the two families in one hand, which was necessary to reconcile from the middle, so he said: "It's okay to lose money, but you can't admit your mistake." ”

Xun Bao smiled: "Fault and compensation are related. Since there is nothing wrong, why should you lose money? ”

When Biyu heard this, he was surprised: "You said that people refused to give up for a while, and then said that they didn't lose money." This made the little brother very confused, so I asked Brother Xun for advice. ”

"I don't dare to take it. However, in my opinion, even if they refuse to give up, there are only two ways, one is to ask the mediator to settle the matter, and the other is to ask the official to arbitrate. At present, it seems that he will give him the word 'drag' first. ”

"Drag—what do you mean by that?"

"Just ignore them, don't negotiate with them, don't meet with them, not only you, but also me, the mediator. Let's take a break. He is a foreigner, don't look at the excitement at first, if it is a long time, how can he afford it? Judging from my experience in the past few days in Tingwei, this is the most effective way to deal with the people's grievances. This kind of thing is often the more it drags on, the more it drags on, the more boring it becomes, and in the end, most of them are over. ”

Biyu thought for a moment, frowned, and said: "Although this method is wonderful, if you deal with Shu Jin's Tian She'er, of course it is an excellent method." But Shu Yan is there—I'm afraid I can't get past it, right? ”

"What are you afraid of, if you break your face, he will sue the official at most."

"What if so?"

"That's nothing to worry about. Have you forgotten what I did? In the end, it made trouble to Tingwei, and I couldn't escape my fingers. ”

"That's right. Brother Xun is a court lieutenant and is in charge of litigation. In this way, this matter is not to be considered at all. ”

Biyu was in a happy mood, and talked about interesting things with Xun Bao, and he didn't take this matter to heart.

When Xun Bao promised Shu Yan, he didn't shirk at all, which made Shu Yan very pleased, so he waited for the news steadily. During this period, he also kept consoling Shu Jin: after mediation, it is naturally better to give more compensation; If it does not meet expectations, as long as it is not too bad, the mediator must always be given face.

Shukin also agreed.

But I can't wait for Xun Bao's news. I went to Xunfu several times to look for him, but I never saw him. Shu Yan thought that the Shi family refused to give in, and Xun Bao did not succeed in mediation, so there was no way to find the Shi family again. As a result, he couldn't even enter the door, and no one gave him a gift. After several times, it was always in vain.

Fortunately, Shu Yan works in the Chefu Bureau, which is more casual, and he doesn't have to be as strict as Shang Shutai, and he can control his own time, but it is impossible to have the energy to focus on this all the time. After all, he is also responsible for such a major job as making cars.

As a young man from a foreign country, Shu Jin went out for the first time, encountered a major setback outside, and had long missed his hometown and became anxious. The Shi family's move, he didn't have any way at all, Rao had Shu Yan to rely on, and there was no progress. In desperation, he retreated and said to Shu Yan: "Brother, I think the Shi family is really difficult, and it won't be solved for a while, so I'll entrust you with the things here, if it doesn't work, I'll go back first." ”

Of course, Shu Yan disagreed: "Then what's the matter, although we are relatives, you are the real party, in case there is a turnaround, they still have to talk to you." Their purpose in doing this is to drag us to the point of exhaustion. If you go, you will have fallen into their trap. With you and the possibility of solving the problem, and if you are not there, they will be even more procrastinating. ”

"So what to do, we really can't do anything about them. My brother has been dead for many days, and my father doesn't know it. The two sons only go back to one......" Shujin was already choked up and incoherent when he said this.

Shu Yan also felt very uneasy, even guilty. People are here for my business, they have traveled thousands of miles to run to themselves, and when something happens, they rely on themselves, but they ...... Alas, he raised his eyebrows: "If the Shi family is unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous." We are fellow villagers, and we didn't want to go to court with him, but that's the way it has been! Tomorrow we will see the official. Bear with it a few more days. ”

The Great Jin Dynasty basically followed the Han system, and the local administration was divided into five levels, namely prefectures, counties, counties, townships, and pavilions. The governor of the state is the Assassin; The governor of the county is the Taishou; There are two kinds of county magistrates, the magistrates of large counties are called county magistrates, and the magistrates of small counties are not qualified to be called magistrates. This division is basically based on the population of 10,000 households; The governor of the township is the sifu; The pavilion is the pavilion chief. According to the administrative division, Luoyang is under the jurisdiction of Henan County, Sizhou.

A Luoyang city, in addition to being the national capital, is also a state, county, and county administrative station. Because it is where Gyeonggi is located, it is very different from other local governors: the Luoyang Decree is just a county order title, and its status is higher than that of ordinary taishou, and it is basically concurrently held by court officials; The governor of Henan County is not called Taishou but Yin, and his identity is similar to that of Jiuqing in the middle of the court; The governor of Sizhou is even more special, not the history of assassination, but the captain of Sili, this lieutenant of Sili is amazing, leading the government affairs of a state is a trivial matter, and the main thing is that he also holds the power to supervise hundreds of officials.

Although there are dead people, but in such a general civil dispute, of course Henan Yin and Sili Lieutenant have no time to pay attention to it. So the complaint was sent to Luoyang Ling Cao Cao's desk.

Cao Ji read the complaint, understood the general situation, and knew that there was no other hidden truth in this case, just a direct traffic accident. It's just that the two parties involved in the accident have some origins: the person who wrote the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiff is the famous young talent Shu Yan, who is the plaintiff's brother; The defendant was the secretary of the court, the son of a dignified family. Of course, Biyu heard that the Shu family had sued him, and he had already informed Cao Ji of his intentions in advance. Shu Yan has always been upright and never engages in favoritism, plus he thinks that the fault lies with the other party, and he is the victim party, so there is nothing to worry about.

There was no need to investigate and understand the case, and it was decided to open a court trial on the second day. Shu Yan did not arrive at the hall because he avoided suspicion, and he knew that Cao Yan was not a foolish and corrupt person, and he was more relieved. Biyu also only sent Ah Zhuang to act as an agent. Without these two well-known men in the world, Cao Ji had a lot easier to try the case.

Ah Zhuang and Shu Jin bowed their heads and stood at the bottom of the hall. Cao Yi first asked the plaintiff: "Who is your surname?" Where are the people? ”

"Shujin of the grass people, the people of Ruyin, Yuzhou." Shujin replied honestly.

"Since you are from Ruyin, you are not far away, why did you come to Luoyang?"

"I'm here to deliver a letter for my brother Shu Yan."

"What letter is so heavy or is it worth a special trip?"

When Shu Jin was a child, he was interrogated by the local township official for stealing, leaving a shadow, and at this moment, when he saw the official, in the county hall, he had already panicked, and he didn't care if it was related to this case, so he said anything: "I haven't seen the letter with my own eyes, I only know that there are two, one is a reply letter written by Ruoxin, an assistant teacher of Shujiazhuang Zhenxue, to my brother, which should be about marriage; The other letter was written by the pavilion chief Xia Chun, as if he was complaining about what Ruyin was too guarded with. ”

Of course, Cao Ji had no intention of asking about the wedding letter, but the second letter mentioned complaining about Ruyin being too guarded, but Cao Ji was interested. Because his superior, Si Li, is specialized in supervising the impeachment of hundreds of officials, if he can provide him with some information in this regard, it cannot be said that it is not a good thing. "Is the letter from your pavilion chief in your possession?"

"It's already in the hands of my brother, not in the hands of the villain."

Cao Ji pondered for a moment, although he was interested in the letter, it really had nothing to do with the case, so he had to put it aside for the time being. "Well, you should first explain the reason why you complained that Shi Jia's calf car hit and killed your brother in court."

Shu Jin truthfully explained: "That day, my brother and I met my brother at the Luohe Wharf outside the city, and we were very surprised, so we entered the city together. We brothers have not seen each other for many years, and we feel close, and we have been talking and laughing all the way. Who would have thought that the Shi family's calf cart suddenly rushed from behind, as fast as an arrow, and my brother didn't have time to dodge, so he was knocked down on the spot and died in a few moments. My younger brother died under their car for no apparent reason. My father lost his son when he was old, and I also lost my only sibling, which was really a great disaster for my Shu family, and I begged Shangguan to administer justice for me. ”

"And how much do you want to claim compensation?"

"It is really not easy for my father to pull my younger brother for so many years, for the sake of his future livelihood, he can ask for a pension of 150,000 yuan without asking for anything else."

After Shu Jin finished speaking, Cao Ji did not reply first, but continued to interrogate Ah Zhuang.

Ah Zhuang said: "The villain is the husband of the Shi family. On that day, my son-in-law went to the outside of the city to play with the two sons, Shangshu Cheng Xiahoumen and Tingwei Supervisor Xunbao...... "He deliberately stated these official positions to show that his master was interacting with some noble figures, so as to oppress Cao Ji. "When I came back, it was true that the car had gone faster because I was in a hurry to enter the city, but I kept shouting warnings to passers-by, and I overtook many of them along the way, and they all avoided them with great interest, except for his brother, who completely ignored my warning cry and did not dodge. In desperation, I pulled the reins, but instead of avoiding them, I smashed my calf cart and injured my master. My caravan was built with a lot of money, and it was destroyed in their hands, but fortunately, my master was kind and kind, and he did not share their knowledge and did not pursue it. But they pursued us. That's just right, and we're going to pursue them together and claim our calves! ”

"How much is your calf worth?"

"It costs 600,000 dollars."

Some people died, but not completely......