There are three days left for the provisional examination, and early in the morning, the public officials, soldiers, and lieutenants all put books and pay them to the officials to collect their palms, and they start to work.

Zhang Wensheng lobby, this time is for the morning hall, the time to the morning. He ascended to the hall early in the morning, and did not try the case, but the chief of the grain and others stood under the hall one after another, listening and releasing it.

Soap Li reported the door, Yin and Yang reported the time, colleagues, collars, six rooms, the door and library see, the beginning of the public seat book to the second place. Internal and external patrols, sprinkling, sprinkling, prison, treasury and other reports are fine, since the beginning of the officer's room will be a day through the official documents, or the application or post or the form, according to the number of one by one to report the point, each room in turn with the seal. Then put the old man into the picture, compare the old, and urge the office.

Zhang Wen handled these chores very skillfully and smoothly, summoned the officials and other officials to the hall, and said in a loud voice: "This official has been reported that the Yu Inn on the county front street is in the name of the county government and accepts bribes from the county examiners, such behavior is simply lawless!" ”

When Guan Zhi'an heard this, he was puzzled, and looked at Zhang Wen with a blank eye, not knowing what was going on. Why did this surnamed Zhang do it now?

The people below guessed that the inn was instructed by Guan Zhi'an to do this, because the innkeeper was Guan Zhi'an's relative. At this time, when everyone saw that Zhixian was going to use force, they all felt that it was too much to manage Zhi'an, and they didn't take Zhixian too seriously.

Zhang Wen glanced at Guan Zhi'an coldly, and immediately patted the shocked wood, and shouted: "Horse catches the head!" ”

The broad-faced horse catches the head with a righteous face, and rushes to the hall and says: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Immediately send a public servant to the Shangyu Inn to interrogate a criminal from the Yu Inn!" Zhang Wen immediately picked up the pen and wrote the card ticket with cinnabar and handed it to Ma Zhutou. Because it was an official ticket, the scribe immediately filed the operation.

At this time, Guan Zhi'an couldn't stand still, and said with a panicked face: "Hall...... It's ......"

Zhang Wen stared at Guan Zhi'an and said, "What?" Does the Lord think it's inappropriate? ”

Guan Zhi'an had a bitter face, there was nothing to be done left and right, there was a handle to destroy the door in Zhang Wen's hands, and he dared to openly contradict Zhang Wen, at this time, the above did not know about this matter, Shangyu County was the largest, and Guan Zhi'an could not bite Zhang Wen.

The fat on Guan Zhi'an's face twitched unconsciously, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, yes...... Oh, no, no, the lower official thinks it's very appropriate. Guan Zhi'an was as uncomfortable as chewing a piece of yellow lotus, and made a look at a soap li at the door, and the soap li understood, and followed Ma Zhutou out of the county office.

Zhang asked, sharp-eyed, and saw this small action in his eyes, but did not break it. Ma Zhutou took a dry soap and was fast, went straight to the T-shaped intersection on the west side of the county Ya Street and turned south, walked a section of Ping'an Fang, the horizontal street was the county front street, and went straight to the Shangyu Inn.

"Get out of the way!" The horse catcher galloped with his knife and openly rampaged in the downtown area, scaring the stall vendors into a fright. It was only at such times that he regained his prestige as a man.

Ma Zhutou grabbed the horse's mouth at the door of the inn and yelled: "Arrest the boss, the shopkeeper, the second child, the cook, the handyman, etc.!" ”

After hearing this, the soapy clothes didn't ask about the indiscriminate and rushed in. A thin old man with big hemorrhoids on his face ran down from the stairs, saw the battle in front of him, and snorted, "Stop me!" Saye has to see what kind of place this is! "This thin old man is Guan Zhi'an's uncle Wang Si, known as the fourth master.

Soap Li and the others all knew that this Shangyu Inn was the place to manage the safety, although there was an order from the county, but they were reflexively a little afraid, so they called the horse catcher outside the door in.

Ma Zhutou took out the card ticket with a cold face, and said in his heart that he was still following Guan Zhi'an at this time, isn't he blind, held the card ticket in front of Wang Si, and said coldly: "Boss Wang can see clearly, this is the cinnabar card ticket of the county government, Ben Cha was ordered to take people, Boss Wang, and Ben Cha go to the county ya." Come on, tie me up! ”

"Who dare!" Wang Si drank violently, and Soap Li and the others stood in place under Guan Zhi'an's authority. At this time, all the scholars walked up the stairs from the upper floor, leaned over to see the excitement, and talked about it, some people said that this Shangyu Inn was impersonating the money, and everyone was indignant, shouting and demanding to return the money.

Ma Zhutou sneered and said sharply: "Boss Wang, you have thought clearly, dare to resist arrest, twenty rods!" Wound the public with one finger and cut it! Brothers, give it to me! ”

The officials were about to pounce when they heard this, Wang Si thought that Guan Zhi'an would dare not buy it in this area? Isn't it just a little head catcher, it's really horizontal. The servants of the house in the back came up, and he hid behind them.

At this time, Soap Li, who was standing at the door of the lobby before, took the person who took Guan Zhi'an's eyes, hurriedly walked to the middle, and said: "Brother Ma, everyone is an acquaintance, how about letting the little one persuade the fourth master to say a few words?" ”

The horse catcher snorted.

Soap Li stepped forward and whispered in Wang Si's ear: "Lord Bo can't protect you from being old this time, he asked the little one to bring you a message, don't talk nonsense, Lord Bo has his own way to save you from being old." ”

Wang Si knew this soap li, who was in charge of the peace, so he said to the slaves, "Go down, all of you." ”

Ma Zhutou said coldly: "Where are you going?" Take them all, and no one will be missing! Soap Li rushed up, with a rope chain to arrest all the people in the inn, and Ma Zhutou ordered to take care of the counter silver shop, only to wait for the order to pay off the stolen money, and people sealed the Wang family's house, the so-called stolen silver, I'm afraid it is difficult to distinguish.

When escorting the county office, Zhang Wen was sitting on the public seat in the lobby, looking down on the officials, everyone dared not speak, the public hall was quiet, only the sparrows were chattering in the courtyard.

Zhang Wen looked at the door, waiting for the horse to catch his head and return to his life, without saying a word, no one knew what Zhang Wen was thinking. Guan Zhi'an was cold, his vest was cold and damp, and only then did he faintly feel that this pale young man was not so easy to see.

After a long time, Ma Zhutou walked into the lobby and said: "Yu Tang Zun, all the criminals have been arrested, please show Tang Zun." ”

Huang Renzhi next to him touched his beard, didn't say a word, and looked proud. Although Guan Zhi'an sent it to the door by himself, Zhang Wen handled it easily, but Huang Renzhi felt that what Zhang Wen did today was really neat and beautiful. only said that in the county office, Huang Renzhi and the magistrate of the county of course stood on the same line, and at this time Huang Renzhi couldn't help but feel complacent.

Zhang Wen raised his voice and said, "Come on, bring the main culprit to the court!" ”

As soon as Wang Si came in, he looked around, and finally saw Guan Zhi'an, who was standing on the side of the public seat, and breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, as long as Guan Zhi'an was there, Wang Si felt a lot more relieved.

The official in the lobby beat the drum, and the official shouted as usual: "Boldly make up the people, kneel!" The soaps lining the two sides of the lobby stomped on the boards and said in a long voice: "Wei ...... Wu ......"

Wang Si originally planned to be tough, but he was taken aback by this momentum, and as soon as his legs became weak, he fell to his knees on the ground. "Smack!" With a startled sound, Wang Si was startled. Zhang Wen finished filming the shocking wood, regardless of the indiscriminate questioning, and opened his mouth to say: "Boldly Diao Min, no merit, no merit, no desire to kneel when you see officials, no respect, lawlessness, come to someone, call me!" ”

Zhang Wen grabbed a few sticks from the stick holder and threw them into the hall, "Fight hard!" The head of the team listened to the four words, it was Tangzun who understood the explanation, at this time, even Guan Zhi'an was controlled without making a sound, under this kind of situation, how dare the people below go against Tangzun again, the head of the team picked up the bamboo stick, counted it, and said: "Twenty-five boards, Tangzun's words, I understand it?" ”

Soap Li shouted, pressed Wang Si to the ground, one person waved the board, crackling, Wang Si howled like killing a pig, shouted unjustly spared, blood stained his buttocks and thighs, and fainted. Soap Li doesn't care if he lives or dies, this kind of Diao people don't break the law if they are killed, and they still continue to beat twenty-five boards when they are unconscious.

After the fight, one person carried half a bucket of water up, grabbed Wang Si's white head, and poured the cold water on his head and face. Guan Zhi'an's face on the side was dark, and when he saw Wang Si's embarrassed and miserable appearance, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

At this time, Zhang Wencai asked: "The people in the hall, who is the surname, from the actual report!" ”

Wang Si only cared about screaming and moaning in pain. Zhang Wen was shocked, "You dare to defy the court, and someone ...... come."

Wang Si hurriedly begged for mercy and said: "My lord, please don't fight, the grass people recruit, do anything." ”

"Name it!"

"The fourth king of the grass people."

The scribe took a pen and quickly recorded the conversation.

Zhang Wen said again: "Come here, take the examiner and others to the court." ”

Four or five people came, reported their names, said that the Shangyu Inn was blatantly asking for money, and signed the testimony. After listening to this, Zhang Wen shouted: "Wang Si, is Shangyu Inn run by you?" ”

"Yes, it's run by grass people."

"What the scholar said, can you confess your sins?"

Wang Si said quietly: "Confess, the grass people admit their guilt!" ”

"Good." Zhang asked, "This official asks you again, who instructed you?" ”

Guan Zhi'an next to him suddenly became nervous, Zhang Wen surprised him by surprise, his mind was blank, he didn't understand what was going on at all, and he didn't know what to do. At this time, I just ask this king to take all the sins and not involve him in his care.

Guan Zhi'an had to be nervous, he didn't understand anything, but he understood one thing, now it is people who are swordsmen and I am fish and meat. It is very easy for the magistrate to be involved in the security of the upper management, because the power of the county is in the hands of the magistrate and has various means; He managed to be safe but couldn't blackmail the magistrate, not to mention the handle, just on the facts, there was no evidence at this time, and it was Zhang Wen who tried the case, and it was almost useless to rely on the bite of the criminal.

At this time, although Wang Si was already afraid of Wang Fa in his heart, he remembered the words of the soap belt, and he also knew that he could not confess the safety of the management, so he said: "It is the grass people who are obsessed with wealth for a while, and they have done something wrong, and they ask the adults to read the first offense of the grass people......

"You are a small businessman, how can you have such guts, someone must have instructed you behind your back, and you have recruited it from the truth!"

Zhang Wen's questioning made the onlookers and the people in the county government nod slightly, feeling that Zhang Wen was doing business.