On the beam hung a hemp rope, and the hemp rope tied a person.

The man's feet were up, his head was down, and his head was red, as if he was about to bleed, so he had to keep his head held high.

"I've been hanging for so long, it's time to tell the truth, recruit?"

"Move."

Li Tan and Zhang Si sat side by side, drinking wine and listening to the interrogation of the servants. Zhang Si was a little impatient and spoke

He said, "Ask him where Xue Ling's bandit friends are hiding." ”

"I don't know, I'm the bartender of Fengwei Building, and Du Wulang asked me to take care of his father-in-law."

"You dare to lie to me." Zhang Si scolded: "Xue Lingdu has already recruited, saying, who instructed someone to beat me?" ”

At this time, the steward said outside the door: "Ah Lang, lady, someone asked to see him, claiming to be Xue Bai." ”

"Huh." Li Tan couldn't help laughing, and said to Zhang Si: "It's a coincidence that he didn't write a book, so he just mentioned him, and he arrived."

"Hmph, you give me a head."

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"Don't worry.

Li Tan patted Zhang Si's hand, drank all the wine in the cup first, and got up quite chicly.

He is a child of the family, pays attention to the etiquette of hospitality, and does not embarrass Xue Bai, and also invites people to sit down in the hall to watch tea.

Seeing that Xue Bai came in with a handmaid and guard, Li Tan took the lead and said with a smile: "Rare guest, rare guest, Zhuangyuanlang is here, and the cold house is a little more scholarly." ”

Xue Bai responded: "That's my mistake, if I can be more interesting, I may have been full of books here." ”

Li Tan knew that this was talking about his previous robbery of the bamboo paper process, his face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "It's not too late, please take a seat." Don't dislike the humble house, the so-called 'poverty is sexual sparseness', clumsy and sparse temperament, borrowed a lot of money and went out, and has not been able to get it back. I heard that Zhuangyuan Lang is good at business, if you have a way, you might as well mention it as a brother or two, how about it? ”

"That's the case, there is a bartender in Fengwei Lou who was taken into the mansion by Brother Li, but because you want to know how to open a restaurant?"

"Fengwei Building? Is there such a thing? But I don't know. Li Tan was surprised, "However, my family nursing home did bring back a person, but it was not a bartender, but a bandit." ”

He didn't wait for Xue Bai to answer, and said directly.

"Do you know? A few days ago, Clumsy Jing let people block the road and rob, and the other party is a group of bandits, so you also know it, Xue Ling, this person owes money and does not pay it back, and colludes with bandits. By the way, he hid in Qinling all year last year. ”

"No matter how you say it, she is also the daughter of Shangzhu State, a relative of the emperor, and instructed the villains to beat the royal family in Chang'an City, which is no different from rebellion. However, this matter has nothing to do with Champion Lang, since Champion Lang has found his life experience, it is better not to meddle in his affairs, otherwise in case of big trouble, you say? ”

After saying this, Li Tan had a smug look on his face, looking at Xue Bai with a sneer in his eyes.

He had already made it very clear that Xue Bai had raised some people under his hands, imprisoned Xue Ling in the past year, and even sent people to beat his wife...... He knows all these things, and this time he is here to find a venue.

If Xue Bai can be interesting, admit his mistake softly, and apologize, the matter will end with Xue Ling, and he will not continue to pursue it.

"But I have a friendship with the Xue family after all." Xue Bai asked, "Brother Li thinks, what should I do to avoid this big trouble?" ”

"I've always wanted to make friends with Champion Lang." Li Tan smiled and said, "By the way, I heard that you have recently run a newspaper, which is quite interesting." ”

Brother Li is also interested in Di Bao?

Li Tan's fingers on his lap tapped lightly on his knee, thinking about what to say.

Although it is very important to vent a bad breath for his wife, if Xue Bai is willing to give other compensation, then the conflict will be forgotten.

"You also know that although Brother Wei has a fourth-grade official rank, he has always been too lazy to take up a bad job." Li Tan's tone paused slightly, and he said slowly: "If it is, the Newspaper Institute will be separated from the secretary province and set up a government office, and there should be a heavy minister in charge, Zhuangyuanlang thinks?"

Xue Bai smiled slightly, shook his hand and said, "I won't talk about business today." ”

"Really?" Li Tan was deeply disappointed, leaned back, and said in a lazy tone: "There is a strange story in Chang'an City today, I don't know if Zhuangyuanlang has ever heard of it?" Xue Ling's son Xue Xin killed his father, although Xue Ling is dead, his bandit friends are still at large, I want them to have evil retribution sooner or later!

At this time, Zhang Si also turned out from behind the wall and arranged for the servants to serve tea to Xue Bai. She sat down on the side of the main seat, pleased with her husband's hard words.

"Speaking of this, I was really scared to death that day, and some people should be punished if they did something wrong. Champion Lang said yes, right?"

Zhang Si smiled, as if waiting for Xue Bai to apologize to her.

Li Tan said half-threateningly and half-drawnly: "There is a truth in the court, make more friends and make fewer enemies." By the way, I have a few friends, such as King Qi, King Ning, and King Shen, who want to have a lot of dealings with Zhuangyuanlang, and I will set up a banquet for you in the future, how about it?"

"Yes." Xue Bai said: "If you do something wrong, you should be punished." ”

A couple in the hall smiled.

"I remember that a few days ago, someone reached out to the general prison and wanted to block and control the bamboo paper craft. It's a pity that the imperial court didn't punish these people at all.

If Xue Bai didn't say it, the couple had completely forgotten what the cause of the incident was and who provoked each other first.

At this time, Li Tan's face sank.

Zhang Si stood up suddenly, raised his hand and pointed, and said coquettishly: "You don't want to reverse black and white, you make people beat me, and you dare to deny it?!"

The hypocrisy and politeness of the two men were disturbed by her, and the conversation began simply.

"Beating you up is just a reminder." Xue Bai replied calmly: "If you dare to stretch out your hand again next time, it won't be as simple as beating you." ”

"You!"

Zhang Si never expected him to dare to be so arrogant, and only Wang Zhun was so arrogant in Chang'an City.

She was shocked, and hurriedly looked at the house slaves around her, shouting, "Did you all hear it? He threatened me, he said he was going to kill me!

"Presumptuous!" Li Tan got up and shouted, "Immediately compensate my wife." ”

Xue Bai is actually good at making false promises with others, but if they don't deal with this kind of self-righteous incompetence, if they are not straightforward, they will not be able to distinguish between them. Only a little ruthlessness can shock them.

Foolishly, deceive the good and fear the evil, bully the soft and fear the hard.

He then looked at Kyauknu and said, "If she wants it, give her a slap." ”

"Smack!"

The Kyauknu rushed out, and without waiting for others to react, he slapped Zhang Si's white and full cheek.

Her hand was heavy, and after the crisp sound, it was left with a red and swollen swell.

Zhang Si was so surprised that he even forgot the pain, and Li Tan was also stunned, feeling that this scene was as fake as a dream.

"Kill them for me!"

"Who would dare to do it? Kango Ei Nakaro will be here! ”

The guard behind Xue Bai strode out, almost putting a token in front of Li Tan.

"This...."

"If you say something right, if you do something wrong, you should be punished." Xue Bai's tone was calm, and he continued to talk about useless reasoning, "If you were allowed to control the bamboo paper, how could you write books, open libraries, and publish newspapers today?" Today, I still want to reach out to the mansion to report, this slap is light. You can cry, make trouble, and beg for this slap to dismiss my officials and kill my head. ”

"Don't be too conceited." Li Tan protected his wife and said word by word: "When you kill your head, don't cry." ”

"Okay." Xue Bai said: "This is a matter between you and me, and this slap is the end." ”

"We're not done."

"Now talking about your affairs with the prince of Pingyang County and the Xue clan in Hedong, you can ask Xue Ling for debts. But after killing Xue Ling, he shouldn't have blamed Xue Xian for the crime. ”

"I'll kill your mother!"

"Presumptuous!"

The token of Jin Wuwei was handed over again and arrived in front of Li Tan.

Li Tan was excited, and only then did he realize that Xue Hui would never allow the Xue family to commit the crime of killing his father..... this is Xue Bai's confidence today, and there is someone behind him.

"You guys...."

"What you did, you know." Xue Bai said, "Don't think it's seamless, this is the female envoy of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and she happened to see the truth of the matter." ”

Li Tan's face changed, and he had a bad premonition, Zhang Si cried and kept hitting him with his shoulder, asking him to come out.

Although the slave was just a maidservant, she looked arrogant than most of the people in the hall, and said with a cold face: "The grange outside Chang'an City is yours, right?" Your men killed Xue Ling....."

"Fart."

"I saw it with my own eyes. Last night, Xue Ling was only slightly injured, ran out of the house, and shouted for your people to catch Xue Xian, but Xue Xian was caught, but when they saw those gold objects, they were greedy for money, and they pressed Xue Ling's head into the bucket and drowned him alive. ”

"You fart, one-sided!"

"It doesn't matter if they kill Xue Ling, they still want to kill me and kill me, and they also put the crime on Xue Xian's head. The Right Prime Minister's Mansion will never allow the descendants of the Duke of Binh Duong to suffer such slander! ”

"You...... What do you mean? Li Tan was annoyed, "Frame me?" ”

He can ignore it, but he can't offend Xue Hui, and even Li Linfu won't easily offend Xue Hui.

So today Xue Bai came with the female envoy of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, could it be that the Right Prime Minister wants to settle this case? This kind of case, which has nothing to do with the interests of the right minister, but will stir up the storm in the city, the right minister should also want to calm down, right?

"What about people?" Xue Bai said: "Right and wrong, hand over the scoundrels you raised, and you will know as soon as you ask." ”

"It's just a few idlers, who have long since run away when they see dead people."

Zhang Si was still covering his face, stepped lightly on Li Tan, and asked him why he still talked to Xue Bai about the case.

"Make more friends and make fewer enemies." Xue Bai said: "If Brother Li doesn't want to embarrass General Xue, it's better not to cover up and hand over the people as soon as possible." ”

"It's not a cover-up, they really took Xue Ling's belongings and ran away."

"That being the case, why did Brother Li insist that the Kyauknu was 'farting'."

"It's me farting, can't I make amends to the Kyauknu girl." Li Tan said, hugged Zhang Si hard, didn't let her move, and said, "I will go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and the Left Jin Wuwei General's Mansion to explain." ”

Xue Bai was also polite, and smiled politely: "Then how about asking Brother Li to cooperate with Chang'an County to arrest the "bandits"?" ”

Sentence by sentence, it was all a tribute to what Li Tan said, but Li Tan was very polite and agreed again and again.

"The first person is named Liu Shuo, a Chang'an ranger, who was imprisoned for murder a few years ago, and he was able to get rid of the crime by making some connections. I didn't know about it, and I hired him to help take care of the farmhouse, but it was only after an accident last night that I found out the hidden secret. ”

"Brother Li has said so, then the truth will be revealed, and the case can be closed........"

In the confessions of several people in the whole case, someone said the truth, someone said a lie, Xue Bai probably guessed almost everything, and it was enough to look at the motive.

As he had told Kyauknu, he had already figured out what he was going to do with the case.

Li Tan also thought about the pros and cons, and it was an accident for him to die, he still thought that it must have been killed by Xue Xin, but in order to give General Jin Wuwei face, he could pinch his nose and admit it.

So, after some answers, Xue Bai asked to go back to Fengwei Building's guys, and he got up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, he remembered something and asked, "By the way, Xue Ling's debt?" ”

"People die and debts are gone, don't mind."

"Then I thank Brother Li for Xue Ling's children."

"This bit of family resources is still there for brothers, it's nothing, it's nothing."

Li Tan handled this matter decently, and personally sent Xue Bai out, as if the guests and hosts were happy.

When he returned to the hall, he saw that Zhang Si's face had been dressed, and he was looking at him with a frosty face.

"That's what you said about standing up for me?!"

"This matter is indeed a miscalculation by me, I didn't expect Xue Hui to stand up for Xue Ling's children. You also saw that Xue Bai is a ruthless person, and now he is angry, who knows what he will do, I have to protect you. ”

Li Tan coaxed with good words, kissed Zhang Si on the forehead, and said softly: "It's okay, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Later, let my brother-in-law kill him, a matter of words. ”

Time in the Chang'an County jail seems to pass slowly.

A faint fire lit up at the end of the corridor, and two jailers carried baskets and threw cakes into several cells.

"No, Zhuang Yuanlang didn't give food to this wolf son who killed his father?"

"No, hungry him."

"That boy, you haven't eaten overnight until now, have you?"

The torch shone into the prison, and Xue Xian, who was lying on the ground, raised his head, only a pair of eyes were still bright and bright, really like a trapped little wolf.

"Hungry?" The jailer asked.

"I'm hungry."

Xue Xin was in the period of voice change, his voice was unpleasant, and he muttered in a low voice: "Since I was a child, I can bear hunger the most." ”

"Bah, I won't give it to you if I'm hungry, I'll lose my conscience."

The jailer wanted to tease him, but when he received such an answer, he was rather bored, and he took a bite into the prison and turned away.

The phlegm fell on Xue Xian's hair, he raised his hand to wipe it, it was slippery and greasy, and he rubbed it off in the straw casually.

He felt that as soon as Xue Ling died, his state of mind calmed down, and he didn't care at all about the accusations of these inconsequential bystanders, no matter how righteous these people were, it didn't happen to them. It's not their aunts who are beaten again and again, it's not their brothers and sisters who are sold one by one, they can stand there and point fingers...... Whatever.

I don't know how long it took, but the firelight came with the sound of footsteps.

Xue Xian smiled evilly, raised his head, and saw Xue Bai standing outside the prison door, picking the lock there with an expressionless face.

The sinister smile on his face faded little by little.

"Brother."

Xue Bai opened the shackles on his feet while looking for the key.

"Those scoundrel employers told the truth, you didn't kill people, and you only stabbed you with a slight injury."

"Brother? But I ......."

"Crying? Now know to cry? ”

Xue Xian still wanted to endure it, but when he was asked like this, he howled and cried, knelt on the ground and cried: "I can't live with my sister and brother-in-law...... I just thought that they might not be able to marry because of me... Whine...... A-Niang must be very sad. ”

"Don't cry."

"I'm sorry for my brother...."

Xue Xian couldn't stop crying, curled up on the ground, holding Xue Bai's official boots, and cried louder and louder.

"If you cry again, you can't go to Du Mansion to watch the wedding."

"I, I don't cry....."

Out of Chang'an County, it was already dark, and a Jin Wuwei soldier had already greeted Jia Jilin, the county commander, and left with them in a grand manner, and went to Shengpingfang in Wannian County in the curfew.

The wedding banquet of Du Mansion has ended, and most of the guests have already left.

Xue Bai entered the front yard and couldn't help but say, "After all, I still haven't caught up." ”

Xue Xian was still crying, trying to wipe away his tears and staring at the scene of the wedding banquet, for fear that he would delay his sister's marriage.

The next moment, a crowd of people poured into the front yard.

"Auntie!"

Xue Xian hurriedly stepped forward to hug Liu Xiangjun, who was obviously holding back tears and buried his head on his son's shoulder.

"It's good to be back....."

Xue Hui was still there, he was the one who most looked like he had come to drink the wedding wine, with a smile on his face, his cheeks were slightly drunk, and he was a little drunk, beckoning, and let Xue Bai step forward.

"Done?

Xue Bai didn't say any more details, but said, "Don't worry, the general has found out." ”

"Hmm." Xue Hui said: "You and I are even." You borrowed the name of my descendants of Hedong Xue for the first year, and today this matter has been settled and settled. ”

Xue Bai pretended to be a descendant of the Xue family for a year, and did not embarrass them; And if he hadn't settled the case today, the Xue family would have had a criminal case, and it would have become a case in Xue Hui's mouth, but he was a general, so there was no way, so Xue Bai nodded and agreed.

Xue Hui laughed and said, "I'll finish the rest." ”

After that, he looked at Xue Xian and said loudly: "Stop crying and crying, you come here." ”

I've seen my uncle.

In the future, you will have to take on the door of the second room, you know? Don't let me down again. ”

"Nephew understands."

"That's it, let's go."

Du Mansion still opened the middle door, and Xue Hui led a group of generals to leave in the night.

This time, Xue Xian couldn't envy the majesty of being a general, so he ran in too busy. Although he had not eaten, he did not look at the food on the table, but only looked at the decoration of the wedding feast.

When I arrived at the main hall, I saw a couple of newlyweds in wedding clothes holding hands and hurrying out.

"Sister."

Xue Xian hurriedly bowed down and said, "I'm sorry Sister, I didn't get those gold ornaments back...... I just hope that Sister A's lifelong event will not be delayed. ”

When Xue Yunniang saw him, she cried so much that she covered her face with a fan, turned her back and ran away.

"Sister." Xue Xin was a little at a loss, called out, and said, "In the future, I won't let you fall into the fire pit again."

Xue Yunniang ignored him and ran away.

"You."

Du Wulang hurriedly taught this sentence and hurriedly chased after him.

When I returned to the new house, I saw Xue Yunniang lying on the couch crying a lot.

Du Wulang stepped forward, patted her back, and said in a low voice, "Yun Niang, I know what you're crying about." ”

"Woo."

"They all think it's good that their father-in-law is dead, only you are crying for him, I know." Du Wulang scratched his head and said in a low voice: "I will accompany you to finish his funeral and do your filial piety." ”

"Gorou ....."

"Actually, I know you very well, you will take care of the little magpie when it falls, let alone your grandfather."

A few days later, Liu Xiangjun took several children of the Xue family to hold a funeral for Xue Ling on the outskirts of Chang'an.

There were very few funeral processions.

"I'll bet on you."

Xue Xin grabbed two handfuls of paper money fiercely and spilled them into the sky.

"Filial piety to you, have a good time in the underworld! Bet! ”

The paper money is very light, fluttering in the wind, and everyone's hearts are no longer so heavy.

Xue Xian has now returned to the Xue Mansion in Changshoufang with his family, learning to hold up the portal, and at the same time, Xue Bai also allows him to learn to do something.

After dealing with the funeral, he couldn't wait to ride his horse to a farmhouse on the outskirts of Chang'an.

"Uncle Liang, Uncle Jiang, I'm here."

"The little crying bag is here, did you cry at the funeral yesterday?"

"I didn't cry, I didn't cry, everyone in Chang'an City called me a white-eyed wolf."

"It's not a crying bag, it's a little crying bag."

Xue Xian deliberately straightened his face and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Uncle Jiang will take me to do things." ”

"Ha, Lao Liang has found those people, take you to have a look, let's go. Can I ride a horse? Little crying bag. ”

Xue Rengui's descendants, what do you say?

"Get on the horse."

"There were six of them, and the ones who beat you up. The leader is called Liu Shuo, hiding in Lumingpo Town near the Qinling Mountains, a few days ago, they sold your sister's gold chain and were found by Lang Jun.....

"We escorted them to the Chang'an County Ya?

Jiang Hai grinned and said, "I don't do this kind of troublesome thing, they covered your grandfather to death, dare to take revenge in person?" ”

"I don't need revenge." Xue Xian thought of what happened to him since he was a child, and said angrily: "Xue Ling is not my grandfather. ”

"Don't dare?"

"Dare."

"Don't do it yet? You little crying bag! ”

Xue Xian didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he was faced with Jiang Hai's crazy urging.

"When I was your age, I had five heads under my account.

"Don't provoke him." Lao Liang snorted at Jiang Hai, raised his knife over, and said, "I'll come." ”

"Let him come, his enemy." Jiang Hai had to stop Lao Liang and said, "I don't have time to teach him slowly, just go on the battlefield, if you can't do it, you can't do it." ”

"Poof."

Xue Xian's hands trembled, and he suddenly shouted, and slashed the knife into Liu Shuo's neck.

Blood splattered all over his hands and face, sticky, as disgusting as the phlegm of others, he just didn't notice it, turned around, and without hesitation went to slash another injured scoundrel on the ground.

"Poof."

"Poof."

After slashing three people in a row, Xue Xian was out of breath, glared at Jiang Hai, and shouted, "I...... Descendants of Xue Rengui! ”

Before the cruel words were finished, he couldn't suppress the churning in his abdomen, and the sour water in his throat surged, and he rushed to the side and vomited, only to feel that his liver and gallbladder were vomited out.

"Alright, alright, it's a man."

Lao Liang stepped forward and hugged him, patted him on the back, and comforted: "You have taken revenge, you have taken revenge, and the matter is over." ”