It's a cell.

Givin cowered weakly in the corner and licked his chapped lips, the stench in his mouth that he couldn't stand it.

He made all the perjury that Luo Xizao asked him to make, and he said everything he could when Yang Shenjin interrogated him. It's just that the case of Longyou's death has not been closed before, so he has not been convicted and is imprisoned in Dali Temple.

Suddenly, the cell door opened, and amid the clanging of iron chains, a tall, scarred prisoner was dragged up and sent to the next door alone.

Givin crawled a few steps on all fours, brushed away the oily hair scattered in front of him, and looked closely, recognizing the other in the dim firelight.

"Yang Zhongcheng?"

"Geven?"

"Is it really Yang Zhongcheng?" Gwen was amazed, "How did you end up here?" ”

"I was wronged, and the East Palace framed me......"

The shackles on Yang Shenjin's body were much heavier than Ji Wen's, and he climbed a few steps with difficulty before he came to Ji Wen's vicinity and talked to him across the fence.

"The dead soldiers you said last time died in my house."

"What?" Ji Wen was shocked, "Yang Zhongcheng, you are the only one who believes my testimony!" ”

Yang Shenjin smelled a foul smell, he had always been elegant, and he didn't dislike Ji Wen at this time, only old tears.

The two cried together for a long time, analyzed the whole case, and sorted out a lot of clues.

Although this friendship of sharing hardships is short, it is much more solid than the false affection of Luo Jianjiwang.

The jailers came with lanterns.

"This is Geven."

"Don't kill me!"

Jiwen was startled, and the whole person shrank into the corner of the wall in fright. But the jailers came up to the ground without saying anything, picked him up and dragged him out.

He desperately tried to nail his foot to the ground, but he was dragged out of his cell.

There was a sudden light in front of him, so that he couldn't open his eyes, he desperately closed his eyes, and tears kept flowing down.

"Don't kill me! I was wronged! ”

"Gifacao, don't come unharmed."

Ji Wen turned his head to look, and when he saw that it was Luo Xizao, he shivered and his soul was scattered.

"Luo Tong, don't hinge me...... Please! ”

"Ji Fa Cao Yan is serious, you have made a great contribution this time, and you have also won the Sage Yukou Award, congratulations!"

Giwin was stunned, his eyes widened, and he asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Isn't it Ji Facao who has discovered the signs of Yang Shenjin's rebellion and is determined to search the Yang family's house?"

Looking at Luo Xizao's closed mouth, Jiwen was in a dream, pinched himself hard, and shouted: "Yes! ”

He knelt down in the direction of Xingqing Palace and cried, "Sage! Eternal Mingjun, eternal Mingjun! ”

cried darkly, because he was really wronged, and he didn't want to experience Luo Xizao's torture a second time in his life.

Luo Xizao helped him up and said: "This case was first found out by you, and you also participated in the trial, the sooner the case is decided, the better, and there can be no more mistakes." ”

"I want to see the right minister."

"The case is decided, and the right minister will meet you, otherwise you will have the right minister implicated in this case."

"Don't worry, you know my means."

Ji Wen had completely forgotten his friendship with Yang Shenjin not long ago.

On this day, after he put on his official robe again, the first thing he did was to interrogate Yang Shenjin.

It is judged by the method of "donkey colt plucking".

The jailers fastened Yang Shenjin's upper body to shackles and stuck his feet on the wooden donkey.

Hit the wooden donkey with a hammer, the wooden donkey moved forward, and the sound of "click" stuck and didn't move, stretching Yang Shenjin a little.

Then came the second thrashing, and Yang Shenjin gradually began to scream. With the sound of thrashing, the wooden donkey got farther and farther away, and his body, which was more than six feet long, was stretched longer, and his waist was so thin that it seemed to break at any moment.

"Recruit ...... I recruited ......"

He knew that this was a great crime of rebellion, but he really couldn't bear it.

A big case is being decided as quickly as possible.

……

On this day, Ji Wen also met Yang Zhao.

Yang Zhao's official robe has been changed from light green to light green, embroidered with small flowers with a diameter of one inch, which is very bright.

"Hahaha, chicken tongue, you have finally cleared your grievances." Yang Zhao was quite enthusiastic, stepped forward and whispered, "Do you remember what I said to you before?" Yang Shenjin offended the right minister and Wang Zhongcheng, and took the way of death. You must be right to choose him as a scapegoat, you see, how wrong am I to say? ”

Ji Wen had to admit that Yang Zhao saw it thoroughly.

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and learned that Yang Zhao had been promoted to serve the imperial history, and hurriedly asked Yang Zhao to drink.

He thought that he hadn't even had time to collect his son's bones, and his heart was in great sorrow, but his face was impassive, and he asked in a low voice, "Xue Bai......"

"He has now switched to Mrs. Qiuguo, although the right minister is angry, he is not something you can touch."

Yang Zhao only knew these inside information, but he snorted coldly a little unhappily.

"That kid came to borrow money from me this morning to save his father, it's ridiculous, do you think I look like someone who can borrow money from him?"

~~

Xuanyangfang, the residence of the Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu.

The sound of the twilight drum woke up the sleeping Yang Yuyao.

Shangyuan Festival went to banquets one after another, and she was also very tired, and now she can be regarded as full of sleep.

She turned over and saw Mingzhu sitting on the edge of the couch in a daze, putting her arms around her and resting her head on her lap.

"What are you thinking?"

Mingzhu said in a low voice: "I was thinking that Yang Shenjin and Shi Jingzhong should be about to die." ”

"There's no reason to mention these bad things." Yang Yuyao asked, "Is Xue Bai here?" ”

"Xue Langjun is talking about coming to the door a day or two after the Shangyuan Festival to thank you, what he said should be two days after the curfew on the third day of Shangyuan, right?"

"That's not coming?"

Yang Yuyao was not happy, beckoned the maid, and was about to drink, but saw the maid take a greeting post.

took a look, and sure enough, it was handed by Xue Bai.

Although she was not happy, she thought that he wrote neatly and beautifully.

"There are changes in the family, I hate the good time, Yao Niang Haihan, I will make amends in the near future."

With a pouting of her lips, she threw the prayer note aside, and snorted coldly: "Could it be that the door I found for him was not good, and he mistook his marriage with the daughter of the Prime Minister." Refuse to come. ”

"No, the slave inquired. Xue Langjun's grandfather owed gambling debts, people were detained, and the ancestral house was also occupied, and Xue Langjun was running for this matter. ”

"Huh."

Yang Yuyao thought to herself, he was not his biological father, so Xue Bai had nothing to run for.

But after thinking about it again, I found such a home for him, which was really a loss of face.

"Where is he now? Why don't you come to me when you have such a thing? ”

"I heard that I have been in Chang'an County today."

~~

At sunset, Xue Bai and Yan Zhenqing arrived at a village outside Chang'an City.

He was accompanied by two officials, four of whom turned over and dismounted at the edge of the field, leading the horses along the path.

The reason why I came here was because today the Chang'an County Ya summoned Xue Ling's creditors to deal with this dispute, and Xue Bai also prepared money and planned to repay the debt in court.

The creditor deduced that he was not in Chang'an, and no longer occupied the house of Changshoufang. In this way, in Wannian County, Yan Zhenqing had no right to investigate again, so Xue Bai took the initiative to say that he would go to Jingzhao Mansion to sue.

This matter caused a stir in Changshoufang, but there was no progress.

Yan Zhenqing then gave Xue Bai a note, wanting to send him away, not wanting this kid to gain an inch, and wanting to worship him as a teacher.

He refused, not wanting Xue Bai to be entangled, and asked him if he could give him a chance to test.

Yan Zhenqing thought that it would be a good thing if he could bring a young man who had climbed to power and gone astray back to the right path, so he allowed Xue Bai to test it by his side.

It just so happened that he had some hard work to do today.

And Xue Bai even postponed seeing Yang Yuyao for this reason......

"Is there a person in your village named Qu Ada?!"

It rained yesterday, and a farmer was digging a ditch to drain the water, and the county official Gu Wende strode forward and asked loudly.

The farmer was stunned and couldn't answer anything.

Xue Bai then went over and asked again with a smile, "Uncle, is there a person named Qu Ada in your village?" ”

The farmer looked at them in fear, shook his head, and finally spoke.

"I didn't ...... There is no ......"

"Dare you say no!" Gu Wende has been a veteran for many years, and when he saw his face, he knew that he was lying, and shouted: "I owe Datang Qian Gu, and I dare to run away, aren't you afraid of being taken?" ”

"I ...... I...... We are slaves of the Pei family, and we don't pay rent and ......."

"Sure enough, you're one of the escapees."

The old farmer turned and ran.

Even if Gu Wende wanted to chase, he couldn't outrun the other party in this mud, he only ran a few steps, his boots were stuck in the mud, and he couldn't pull them out.

In the distance, more farmers fled.

Yan Zhenqing was still very calm, standing there, stroking his long beard for a long time.

"County lieutenant, look." Gu Wende finally pulled out his foot, raised his hand, and said: "They still dare to deceive the county lieutenant, saying that 'there is not even one acre of mouth and field', there are at least thousands of acres here." ”

"Don't be impatient." Yan Zhenqing's eyes were slightly sad, and he said, "Go over and take a look." ”

He walked in the car, and asked Xue Bai as he walked, "Do you know why the old man is here?" ”

"Chasing fugitives and collecting rents?"

"Yes, Jing Yin has changed people, and the county order is urgent."

Xue Bai realized that Han Chaozong was indeed degraded and released as he said.

"Teacher, students can only understand a little, but they don't know much about what renting is?"

"Don't call 'teacher'." Yan Zhenqing said: "The so-called 'rent and mediocrity', rent is field rent, mediocrity is forced labor, and adjustment is household adjustment. Ding Nan is over 20 years old, and is granted 100 acres of land, 20 acres of Yongye field, 80 acres of mouth divided field, and returned to the field after death. Each load, the field rents two stones; 20 days of forced labor; Household survey with the local production and acceptance, mostly silk cotton, such as silk two zhang, hemp three catties. ”

"No matter how much land there is, no matter whether rich or poor, every Ding man pays the same rent?"

"I said, 100 acres of land per capita." Yan Zhenqing said, "This is the system of Gaozu Wude. ”

Xue Bai understood after thinking about it that the Tang Dynasty had been founded for almost 130 years, and it was impossible to grant 100 acres of land per capita.

He groaned and asked, "If you don't get a share of the land, you have to pay the rent?" ”

Yan Zhenqing's face was bitter and did not answer immediately.

Liu Jingdao, the county official on the side: "As long as the household registration records that a hundred acres of land are granted, they have to be paid, some people sell their fields, and they can't pay the rent and run away, and Jing Yin keeps urging him, how can this Chang'an county lieutenant be good?" ”

Before speaking, there was a small village in front of me.

A middle-aged man with a good temperament greeted him, saluted Yan Zhenqing, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask the guest what are you doing?" ”

"Yan Zhenqing, the lieutenant of Chang'an County, is chasing the fugitive here."

"Yan Shaofu is polite, and the villain Cheng Wu is the steward of this celebration and farewell business."

"Farewell to the business?"

"Yes, the head of the family is the imperial historian of the dynasty, surnamed Pei, and he is wide, and he has been praised by the saint himself, 'Derby Dai Yunbu, the heart is like Jin Shuiqing', how can there be a reason to harbor and flee?"

Xue Bai raised his eyes and saw that the countryside in front of him seemed to be a paradise, and in the distance was a suburban mansion surrounded by trees.

The so-called other industry is that there are fields, scenery, mountains, rivers and homes, and you can't see the end at a glance.

"Yan Shaofu come in and talk, taste some country dishes, it's getting dark, how about staying overnight?"

Before speaking, Cheng Wu led the four people forward, through the village, and into the mansion on the outskirts.

On the way, Xue Bai saw those farmers hiding in the house and secretly looking this way, Gu Wende raised his hand and pointed to a person, and shouted: "Qu Dada, you have run away from the house for five years, and you owe six years of rent, and you dare to go back to Chang'an and lead people to escape from the house?!" ”

Cheng Wu listened, but shook his head lightly.

After entering an elegant small hall in the front yard of the mansion, a delicate woman was arranged to make a sencha, and Cheng Wu went to get a stack of deeds.

"Yan Shaofu, please see, Qu Ah Da has been voluntarily sold as a slave of the Pei family five years ago, and he is no longer a good citizen......

Gu Wende immediately became angry, but said: "It's fake, the East City Department has made a cheap deed, but the Chang'an County Ya has not cancelled Qu Ada's household registration......"

"That's the problem of the Chang'an County Ya." Cheng Wu stroked his long beard and said loudly: "What does it have to do with my family's Ah Lang buying slaves?" ”

"The 100 acres of land in Qu'a have not been returned, how can the county government cancel its registration?"

"This chief." Cheng Wu said with a smile: "This is still a matter of the county government, and the villain is a slave, so he really has no right to ask." Come, Yan Shaofu has tea, this Xiaolangjun has a big name? ”

"Xue Bai."

"Xue Xiaolangjun eats tea."

Xue Bai glanced at Yan Zhenqing and saw that he drank the tea quietly, so he took the teacup and drank it, drinking a mouthful of tea foam, but he also praised "good tea".

"Dare to ask Steward Cheng, is there any problem with this cheap deed?"

"Everything." Cheng Wu's face was frank.

Xue Bai understood at a glance that the Pei family had no fear, indicating that the problem was still in Chang'an County five years ago.

Dinner was an ordinary meal, and after dinner, Cheng Wu also arranged a guest room for each of the four people very intimately.

~~

"County lieutenant, why didn't you ask him a word?"

"What's the use of asking him?" Yan Zhenqing said: "The Pei family's purchase of slave deeds is complete and beyond reproach. ”

Gu Wende hurriedly said: "But the county lieutenant personally went out of the city to run this trip......"

Halfway through the conversation, he also knew that he was too impatient to keep his mouth shut.

After all, the four of them were helpless, and each went back to the guest room to sleep.

In the night sky, a piece of the round moon was missing, and it still hung high there.

Xue Bai quickly fell asleep.

He didn't dream that night, but he felt someone get under his bed and touch him.

In a daze, he thought it was Du Yan who came......

But the woman in the bed let out a false gasp, and some rough palms touched him slightly.

He woke up suddenly, and hurriedly grabbed the half-stripped spring shirt and pushed the woman off the house.

"Hey."

The other party shouted softly, Xue Bai turned over, and saw a white figure on the ground in the moonlight, as well as a pile of clothes.

He picked up the woman's clothes, grimaced, and pushed her out the door without mercy, whether she froze or not.

After that, he turned around and walked towards Yan Zhenqing's guest room, and when he turned the corridor, he saw Yan Zhenqing standing in the courtyard with his hands in his hands, with a displeased expression.

"Teacher."

Yan Zhenqing waved his hand and didn't let him go to Gu Wende and Liu Jing's guest room again.

"Go back to sleep, bolt the door."

"Okay."

Yan Zhenqing sighed, but beckoned him again, and said, "Tomorrow, the old man will talk to Cheng Wu, you go and ask those fleeing households, did they sell the land or did they not grant the land?" If the land was not granted, why did you receive the painting in the first place? ”

"Teachers don't worry, students must ask clearly."

Xue Bai responded, and retreated as a disciple.

Yan Zhenqing sighed, she had no intention of correcting Xue Bai's title, anyway, no one else was there.

He knew very well in his heart that whether he could ask this matter or not, the result would not make much difference......

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