When Xie Zhan listened back to Fengyuan, Xie Yuan had already changed into dry clothes and was waiting for him at the courtyard gate.

Seeing Xie Zhan coming back, Xie Yuan immediately stepped forward to greet him and said excitedly: "Cousin, you are finally back!" ”

Xie Zhan didn't stop, walked straight forward, and glanced at the white-clothed cousin who was half a head shorter than him, "What are you doing?" ”

Xie Yuan followed Xie Zhan's footsteps and pleaded eagerly: "Cousin, I'm here to ask you for an idea, how much money should I send to my cousin-in-law's house tomorrow." ”

"Cousin-in-law?" Xie Zhan finally stopped, his eyebrows full of amusement.

"Other cousins' families, don't they all call cousins-in-law?" Xie Yuan replied.

Xie Zhan sighed lightly, the wedding date has not yet been set, and Fu Xuan still doesn't know when he will enter the door, and now he is in the Xie family, and there is even a loyal one.

But thinking of Fang Cai's mother's life, he suddenly became irritable for no reason, and he said perfunctorily: "Didn't she say that you can give as much as your life is worth." "Anyway, that Fuxuan is just deliberately angry with people, not really asking for his money.

Xie Zhan's words are probably no different from not saying anything, Xie Yuan's mind has always been simple, how can he figure out the meaning? He tightened his eyebrows, looked sadly at his cousin's tall and indifferent back, and turned to look at Shi Qing pleadingly, "Brother Shi." ”

Shi Qing hurriedly bowed his hand, "Third son." ”

Xie Yuan's eyes were sincere, "What do you mean by cousin?" Should I give more, or less? ”

Shi Qing raised his hand and touched his chin, rolled his eyes, and said, "I heard earlier that the prospective lady usually likes to go to the street to buy the most. ”

Xie Yuan suddenly realized, his eyes lit up, "Ah! I get it! I'm going to scrape together the money and make sure that my sister-in-law is satisfied!" ”

**

Early the next morning, Xie Zhan arrived at Dali Temple as usual.

He first went to the case room to check the file before returning to his house, and just passed the door of the house where his subordinates handled the case, he heard Li Sicheng complaining: "Talk about it, you talk about it, come again!" In just ten days, this is the third case sent by Jingzhao County, if the land of the ten states is like this, we can't handle other cases. ”

Daliang implements a three-level system of state, county and county. Dali Temple is responsible for hearing cases of crimes committed by hundreds of central officials, cases of imprisonment or above in Jingzhao, and difficult cases in the ten prefectures of Daliang and the counties under the state. As the governor of Gyeonggi, Gyeongzhao County is only responsible for Jiankang City and the nine counties under its jurisdiction, and the case sent to Dali Temple is only one of the few cases.

Zheng Sicheng replied helplessly: "Not really. But what's the solution? Who can easily provoke those masters? Fortunately, this policy is only being tried in Jingzhao at the moment, which can give us a sense of relief. ”

Xie Zhan strode across the threshold and asked, "What case did Jingzhao County send?" ”

Seeing that it was Shangfeng, the two hurriedly got up to salute, and Li Sicheng replied: "Another one is due to the registration of the white household registration." Only this time, instead of beating the people of the government to the ground and breaking the bloodstream, but after beating, the people were also detained. ”

Xie Zhan frowned, it was another historical problem.

Decades ago, due to the war in the north, the northern country of Dazhou fled many refugees to Daliang, at that time, the first emperor thought of the lack of manpower in Daliang, agreed to the will of several important ministers, and accepted all the people. And in order to make them live a stable life and prevent turmoil, they are exempt from paying taxes, exempt from conscription, and exempt from military service, and their household registration is recorded on a blank sheet of paper. This group of people was undoubtedly the most affordable labor force, and won the favor of the great families, and became the special population of each field and estate.

In recent years, the white nationality has already passed the difficult time, and now the life is not much different from the yellow nationality, and more and more people are mixed with the white nationality, and the yellow nationality is more and more dissatisfied with the special rights of the white nationality, and the yellow nationality is more and more dissatisfied with the special rights of the white nationality, so in early February, Emperor Mu An approved the proposal of the Taiwei to register the "white nationality" household registration and officially change it to the "yellow nationality". It was first implemented in the Gyeonggi region, which is under the jurisdiction of Gyeongso-gun.

As the son of a big family, Xie Zhan naturally knew why the family was unwilling to cooperate.

That is, those who do not pay taxes in their hands are to be included in the tax payers, and in the future, the taxes paid by each family to the court will increase.

In the past month, there have been frequent incidents of beating people who have been checking and concealing household registration.

I just don't know, who blatantly dared to ignore the law and detain the court officials this time?

Seeing Xie Zhan's inquiring gaze, Li Sicheng said: "This time it is in Yunyu Villa in Yongshi County, and it is the Yu family's three-room Yu Bing industry. This time it was Yu Bing's nephew Yu Hao who took the lead in beating people, and there were two people who were beaten and detained, one was Zhang Changming, the fifth son of the Zhang family, and the other was Fu Qian, the third son of the Fu family. Speaking of which, Li Sicheng raised his eyes and glanced at Xie Zhan secretly.

Hearing the support family, Xie Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zheng Sicheng added: "Zhang Changming is a squire, Fu Qian is Langzhong, and they are both currently serving in Zuo Min, and this case was reported by Zuo Min's people to Jingzhao County." (Note 1)

Both of them are Wupin court officials, and they belong to Shangshutai, who commands the five Cao Shu affairs, including the Ministry of Officials, the Ancestral Department, the Five Soldiers, Zuo Min, and the Du Branch. Among the newcomers to Shangshutai, those who have been one year are called Shangshulang, and those who have been three years are called Shilang.

Xie Zhan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows. The case is not difficult, but I am afraid that there are many people who come to the door to intercede in the future.

This, whether it is detained or detained, involves a complex background behind it.

Let's just say that the Yu family, the Zhang family, and the Fu family involved in this case. The Yu family and the Zhang family are all members of the Daliang Wang, Xie, Yu, Liu, Zhou, and Zhang, and the Yu family is still the current queen's mother's family. Although the Fujia family is a new scholar, it is valued by Emperor Mu'an.

He said: "Take my order, send someone to Yunyu Villa, and first bring Zhang, Fu, and Yu to Dali Temple." ”

Li Sicheng seemed to have the light of day, and said in a regular manner: "My subordinates will draw up a search warrant and ask Xie Shaoqing to sign it." ”

In the court, Xie Zhan, the young secretary of Dali Temple, can sometimes have a little more majesty than his upper peak Yang Siqing, not only because of his outstanding ability, but also because of his deep background.

With the background of a top family alone, he can do no scruples when investigating and trying cases, and he is rarely controlled by others, so he is decisive and ruthless, and he is a cool official who is famous for Jiankang and the family does not want to mess with.

**

Since falling into the water in Xie Mansion, Fu Xuan has had a high fever for two days.

On the third day, as soon as she woke up and drank the medicine, she heard Linglong talk to her about the major events that happened in the past few days - the third son was broken and his leg was broken, and he is still in the prison of Dali Temple awaiting trial.

"Brother Qian's leg was broken? Who did it? He will be appointed to Zuo Minlangzhong, why was he suddenly imprisoned? Fu Xuan's beautiful eyes widened, and her face was full of incredulity.

"The third prince took people to Yongshi County to check the household registration, and somehow he fought with people." Linglong replied, "The steward of the villa over there sued him, saying that he beat the San Lang of the Yu family into a fool." ”

"Brother Qian has always been kind to others, how can he beat people inexplicably? It must have been framed! Fu Xuan said angrily, and after finishing speaking, he was ready to get up, get dressed and go out to visit the prison in Dali Temple.

Seeing that her face was pale and her movements were eager, Linglong immediately stopped her and said, "Girl, don't worry, it's past the time of duty at the yamen." The trial will be held tomorrow, and then we will go again. ”

Fu Xuan had no choice but to retract her movements, frowning and asking, "Uncle and Father can send a doctor?" "The two elders are in officialdom, so it is inconvenient for them to come forward in person, but it is a matter of the health of the third cousin, how can they stand by and watch?

Linglong nodded, "I sent it yesterday." The eldest princess of Jiayang also went, but the Dali Temple, because the case had not yet been decided, only the doctor was allowed to enter, and no one else was allowed to visit the prison. ”

"What did the doctor say?" Fu Xuan asked again.

"Not so good...... The doctor said that the leg injury was very serious, and the injury was delayed for a whole day and a night, and the best time for diagnosis and treatment was missed. Linglong replied truthfully.

Fu Xuan's body shook, Brother Qian is the son of the highest heart of the Fu family, unlike the other five cousins who are usually rough, he has always been very unexpected, if he is lame, how can he be good......

"I heard that the third prince could be brought back, but Shaoqing of Dali Temple went to Yongshi County in person, and the villa was released." Linglong added.

"Yes...... Fu Xuan muttered, "Xie Liulang." ”