When Xiao Zhixian saw the comer, he immediately hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Xiaguan has seen Lord Li!" ”

Wang Yue couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw Li Guangming appear.

In the place of Daming, the real thing is no longer Bailihou, and the local magistrate is after all a top three jinshi who has just entered the officialdom or a person who has been raised by seniority, and it is difficult to really control a county.

Li Guangming was a Jinshi of Jingtai for five years, and a few years ago he was appointed as the prefect of Shunde and enjoyed the retirement treatment of the four-grade officials of the imperial court. Although his career is not eye-catching, after all, he has worked hard in officialdom for 30 years and has woven a network of contacts.

Now that he has returned to Jingshan County, he has become the leader of the squires of the entire Jingshan County, and he will naturally be able to hold Xiao Zhixian who has no back.

Xiao Zhixian looked at Li Guangming's silent appearance, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Li, please take a seat!" As he spoke, he urged the master next to him: "Serve tea, serve good tea quickly!" ”

"Prince, you shouldn't have asked this question just now! Liu Jiamo is a child in this county, and he is also the protégé of the old man, although his fame is not obvious, but he has also learned courtesy, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, how can he do such a thing, it is clear that the traitor has no king's law! Li Guangming glanced at Wang Yue and set the tone for this case.

After investigating the case, Wang Yue naturally did not agree with this statement: "According to Hu Daniu, just after drinking a bowl of tea, the salt on the table has disappeared. At that time, only Liu Jiamo left with a bag of salt, who else could have done it if he hadn't stolen? ”

"Prince, you have mistrusted someone this time!" Li Guangming did not take this person who was resided in Anlu by the imperial court in his heart, so he was very sure of it.

Li Guangming looked at Wang Yue with a straight face and didn't answer, so he said with a smile on his face: "Lord Li, how can you say this?" ”

"Don't hide it from the prince, that salt shop is the property of the old man's family! The old man personally asked the shopkeeper and learned that the shopkeeper did not see Hu Daniu coming to buy salt that day, but saw Liu Jiamo go to the teahouse next door after buying salt, and then Liu Jiamo was robbed of salt by the wicked people and hurt people! ”

"Huh...... In this case, then the facts of this case will be clear, and Hu Daniu can be convicted of robbing salt and hurting people! Xiao Zhixian immediately echoed the authentic.

Wang Yue took a deep look at Li Guangming, who was reversing right and wrong, and then suppressed his anger and asked: "If Hu Daniu didn't come to Jingshan County to buy salt, why did he come here?" ”

This......

Xiao Zhixian found that this was really the case, people came to Jingshan County for sightseeing, and Hu Daniu's motivation to buy salt seemed to be very sufficient.

On the contrary, Liu Jiamo's behavior of buying salt is more debatable, not to mention buying salt at this time, and it is so coincidental that he only buys one catty.

Li Guangming took the tea cup sent by the maid, and said with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "I'm afraid the prince doesn't know, there have been many bandits in Jingshan County recently, and it is not surprising that the money carried by Hu Daniu has been robbed!" ”

"Prince, this county can testify to this matter, there are indeed bandits in Jingshan recently!" Xiao Zhixian immediately hurriedly expressed his attitude.

Li Guangming took a sip of tea, and then deliberated and said: "Or Hu Daniu forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and when he saw Liu Jiamo's thin body, he was greedy for robbery!" ”

Wang Yue found that the matter in this place was really unreasonable, so he looked at the retired official in front of him who was reversing right and wrong and asked: "Lord Li, what is the truth, I'm afraid you already know it, do you really want to be wronged like this?" ”

"Prince, do you think the students taught by the old man can be thieves?" Li Guangming slapped the table, and immediately looked at Wang Yuedao-for-tat.

Xiao Zhixian saw that the two big Buddhas were looking at each other at this moment, and the intersection of the two people's eyes seemed to stimulate electric sparks, and he couldn't help but shrink his head.

Now it is obviously not a matter of Hu Daniu and Liu Jiamo, but a wrestling between Wang Yue and Li Guangming. The former wants to seek justice for Hu Daniu, while the latter defends his personal reputation, and the students he teaches are all moral gentlemen.

The next day, the sky looked gray.

In the Yagong Hall of Jingshan County, Xiao Zhixian, who was wearing a seven-grade official uniform, sat in the hall to preside over the trial, and Li Guangming, who was wearing a fancy costume, and Wang Yue, who was wearing a cloth robe, listened.

Li Guangming held a tea cup in his hand and sat in the master's chair on the left to listen, the smile on his face growing stronger.

"Lord County, the villain is the shopkeeper of the salt store, and I haven't seen Hu Daniu buy salt in the store!"

"Wrong, wrong, I went to your store to buy salt, and you gave me ten cents cheaper!"

"Lord Xianzun, maybe he has been here, but there are so many people coming and going in the store that the villain can't remember. It's just that Liu Jiamo did come to the villain's store to buy salt that day, he is a student of our county, and the villain remembers it very well! ”

……

"Lord County, the villain is the shopkeeper of the teahouse, Hu Da Niu came into the store to ask for free coarse tea, but he was not seen carrying a salt bag at that time!"

"Wrong, wrong, you still pointed to the salt bag I was holding at the time, saying that the knot of this salt bag knew that it was tied by Li Si at a glance!"

"Lord County, the villain really has no impression of this matter, but he saw Liu Jiamo come in with a salt bag to drink tea, and after drinking the tea, he paid the silver money and left with the salt bag, and then he had a dispute with this stranger!"

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"Old parents, student Liu Jiamo is a child in this county, he was followed by this person when he bought salt that day, and he saw him in the store after drinking tea, so he left in a hurry!"

"Wrong, wrong, Master Tongsheng, the old man didn't follow you, I just heard that there was free coarse tea, so I went over to ask for tea to quench my thirst!"

"Old parents, the student is a person who reads the books of saints and practices saints, and now they have been slandered like this, and the students' reputation has been damaged, and I hope to severely punish this Diao people!"

……

After Xiao Zhixian summoned the witness and the party Liu Jiamo to the court, he glanced at Li Guangming who was sitting next to him, and immediately slapped the shocked wood and pronounced the verdict: "After the county found out, when Liu Jiamo, a child in this county, bought salt and left the teahouse, he was robbed of salt by Hu Daniu and injured people, and was sentenced to three years in prison according to the law of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Wronged! The old man really came to Jingshan County to buy salt, this time it was really a misunderstanding! When Hu Daniu heard this verdict, he immediately sat down in the tunnel.

Wang Yue had been sitting silently and listening, and when he saw Hu Daniu being dragged down after beating the board, his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

Even in the military, it is necessary to make right and wrong clear, which is as black and white as it is now.

A man who worked hard for a year exchanged grain for some money to buy salt, but the salt he bought was stolen, and now he has to suffer such wrongs.

"Lord Xu, the prince, the lower officials just asked the subordinates to prepare a thin table, and invited the two of them to the back house for dinner?" Xiao Zhixian walked down from the hall and looked very flattering.

Li Guangming did not rush to express his position, but looked at Wang Yue with the posture of a victor.

Compared with Wang Yue's glorious resume, his career is simply not worth mentioning, but he is the happiest to be able to laugh at the end.

Although he was once convicted for participating in party disputes, he finally became the prefect of Shunde, on the other hand, Wang Yue is now living in Anlu, and there is no network resources in the government and the opposition.

Writing poetry and resentment, this kind of crime was originally very far-fetched, but as a result, none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty spoke for him, and now the new monarch has not pardoned him when he ascends the throne.

Although his situation is far inferior to Wang Yue, when it comes to being an official, he is a hundred times stronger than Wang Yue.

"No need, let's say goodbye!" Wang Yue naturally couldn't sit with this kind of person, so he immediately got up and said goodbye.

Li Guangming saw that Wang Yue was so ignorant, so he snorted coldly and said: "The two of us are officials in the same dynasty, and it is really worth it to hurt the harmony of the two of us for the sake of a mere grass people?" ”

"The old man is for justice!" Wang Yue has his own principles, and even if he takes a stand.

Xiao Zhixian saw that the two had friction again, and couldn't help but shrink his head again.

Li Guangming's heart was also not angry, so he said to himself: "Justice? If there really is so much justice in this world, why is the old man's talent obviously not weaker than you, but as a result, you were knighted and worshiped by the general, and the old man finally got a mere prefect? ”

"The old man has the court and the people in his heart, and you are really not afraid of retribution for harming the people like this now?" Wang Yue naturally disagreed with Li Guangming's logic, so he questioned.

Li Guangming looked at Wang Yue, who was angered by himself, and said very contemptuously: "Retribution? Is it up to you? You are now only a white body, what are you responsible for righteousness! ”

It was at this moment that a cell boss hurriedly came over and reported: "Oh no, Hu ...... Hu Da Niu! ”

"What's wrong with Hu Da Niu?" Wang Yue saw the panicked appearance of the cell leader, and couldn't help but ask nervously.

The cell head swallowed and spit, pointed in the direction of the county jail, and said, "He...... He was just unwilling to accept the atonement for his sin, and he was killed by a headbutt! ”

Crashed to death?

When Xiao Zhixian heard this result, he was dumbfounded.