Shen Cuttlefish had several relationships with this person, so they knew each other, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Shen Cuttlefish has seen Pei Zhutou." ”

It turned out that person was Pei Jingnian, the chief catcher of the jurisdiction of Anhuai Mansion. Pei Jingnian looked up and down, and then asked, "Why does Shen Gongzi look like this?" and glanced at the wailing servants around him who were beaten, and asked, "Why did you injure so many of my subordinates?

"Pei Zhutou, it's not my son's deliberate provocation, but your subordinates are unreasonable. This gate ban obstructs the sufferer, accepts bribes, and collects the so-called 'rule money', so that ordinary people are powerless to report to the officials and unable to redress their grievances.

Shen Cuttlefish and Pei Jingnian looked at each other for a while, Pei Jingnian's face changed slightly, and the hand that held the handle of the knife finally drooped, pointed to the palace, made a gesture of please, and said to Shen Cuttlefish: "In this case, Shen Gongzi, please." The adults will go to court to ask questions. ”

"Thank you, Pei Zhutou. Shen cuttlefish bowed his hand again, and after that, he quickly followed Pei Jingnian into the mansion. Pei Jingnian walked in front, the officers and soldiers on both sides had been withdrawn, Shen Cuttlefish followed obediently, and asked in a low voice: "Why didn't Pei Zhutou punish the private bribe?"

Pei Jingnian stopped when he heard this, and the Shen cuttlefish almost hit her. Liu Mei locked tightly, turned his head and said to Shen Cuttlefish: "The access control is not just this person, but it is on duty at the gate of the government in turn according to the shift. Although I have the heart to rectify it, these officials are uneven, and after the warning, it is inevitable that some people will take advantage of the loopholes with a fluke mentality, which is not something I can control. ”

"I don't want to be the chief catcher of this Anhuai Mansion, Pei Zhutou also has so many difficulties. Shen cuttlefish chuckled, but there was no sympathy or concern on his expression. Pei Jingnian naturally heard that he had something to say, but he stopped talking, sighed lightly, and led him to the inner hall.

And Shen cuttlefish saw that through the extremely elegant and chic courtyard, and then walked into this quite luxurious inner hall, next to the mahogany incense case lit a cage of gold silk plate phoenix incense burner, the hall was full of smoke, and the fragrance was bursting. Choked Shen cuttlefish and coughed, and forced out a few tears. Faintly visible Danqing calligraphy and paintings hanging on the surrounding walls, antique jade on the shelves, all kinds of rare treasures.

The incense case is full of scrolls, but it is not a public case article, it is all calligraphy and painting. The ink, paper, and inkstone are all high-quality goods, very similar to the tribute paid to the imperial court every year.

And in the middle of the hall, sitting cross-legged behind the incense case, wearing a big red official robe with loose hair, sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, deep-set eye sockets, a face full of furrows, and a handful of goatee on his chin, it is Yin Yanjie of the Anhuai Mansion. Shen cuttlefish has only heard of its name, but has never seen its person. Shen Shujian also wanted to take him to visit Yan Jie, but Shen Cuttlefish tried to get away.

"My lord, the man has been brought. Pei Jingnian bowed back, Yan Jie waved her hand, she straightened up and pinned the official knife behind her, held the handle of the knife, and stood tall to wait aside.

But although he saw the Yan Festival, Shen Cuttlefish still had doubts in his heart, and he sat in front of him completely ignoring the Yan Festival. When he got to Pei Jingnian's ear, he asked, "Why didn't Lord Yan go up to the hall to ask about the case, and bring me to this inner hall first?"

Before Pei Jingnian could reply, Na Yan Jie chuckled when he heard the words and said, "Shen Gongzi first came to the mansion, and some of the rules naturally don't understand. Shen Cuttlefish was slightly stunned, his voice was extremely low, Yan Jie could hear it clearly, which surprised him, and hurriedly turned around and knelt down and bowed: "Grass people Shen Cuttlefish greets Lord Fu Yin." ”

"Shen Gongzi, please get up. Only then did Shen Cuttlefish get up, and Yan Jie smiled again, "This mansion and Shen Yuanwai have been friends for many years, and they have supported each other for many years in Anhuai Mansion, and they have a lot of contacts, and now they are not in the court, so Shen Gongzi does not have to be so formal." After that, he poured a cup of tea and pushed it to the side of the incense case leaning against Shen cuttlefish.

Seeing this, Shen Cuttlefish thought to himself: "People say that Yin Yanjie, the mansion of Anhuai Mansion, is known as the Iron Lock Divine Dragon, and he is extremely cautious in handling things, and his words are not leaky. He didn't go to pick up the tea, but knelt down on one knee again, clasped his fists and said, "The grass people have reported grievances, why don't you go to the court to ask about the case?"

"What is the difference between asking a case here and going to the court? On the contrary, in the public court, we must sit upright, not smiling, we must follow the rules and regulations of the court when asking questions and answers, and we must follow the rules and regulations of the government in every word and deed. It's not as happy as this back hall, you can speak freely and without restraint. Yan Jie stroked his beard and said slowly, the dark eyes in the sunken eye sockets rolling.

"I never thought that Lord Yan's style of handling cases was so unique. Shen cuttlefish deliberately teased. Yan Jie was not angry, but accepted it calmly: "This government has always acted like this, and it can be said that Shen Gongzi has any grievances." If there is a grievance, the government will be your decision. ”

When Shen Cuttlefish heard this, he only thought that he had a guarantee, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row: "Thank you, my lord!" can make him a noble son who never puts others in his eyes so happy and sincere kowtow, Yan Jie is the first person.

"Does Shen Gongzi have a complaint?" Yan Jie didn't care, but pulled the wide sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, revealing a forearm, and lifted the pen to dip the ink into the inkstone, smearing it back and forth on the rice paper, and asked while indulging in ink. Shen Cuttlefish was stunned when he heard this: "...... What pleadings?"

Yan Jie's hand trembled slightly when he heard this, and he almost punctured the thin rice paper, and quickly calmed down. However, Pei Jingnian, who had been observing for a long time, changed his face slightly, coughed lightly twice and said for Yan Jie: "Shen Gongzi is so ridiculous, he has been to the government to complain since ancient times, how can there be no complaint?"

"Hey, the mirror year should be so pedantic. Shen Gongzi had never been to the government, so naturally he didn't know the rules of the complaint. How can we stick to the usual rules? In this case, there is no pleading. I would like to ask you, who is Shen Gongzi suing?" Yan Jiefu asked again.

But the Shen cuttlefish hung his head helplessly and said, "...... I don't know who to sue ......" Yan Jie and Pei Jingnian glanced at each other, Yan Jie finally put down the pen in his hand, picked up the tea cup on the side and took a sip, moistened his throat, took a long breath of relief, and said slowly: "Isn't Shen Gongzi here to entertain this mansion?"

Shen cuttlefish has now lost his power and wealth, and he is no longer as tough as before. I just wanted to straighten up and argue, but I lowered my head in frustration and said, "Grass people...... How dare that?"

"There is no complaint, and I don't know who to sue, how can there be such a complaint in the world? If it is in the court, I am afraid that Shen Gongzi will inevitably be beaten up. Pei Jingnian frowned, and there was a slight hint of blame in his tone.

Thinking back carefully about what happened last night, Shen Cuttlefish suddenly remembered that when he fought with the blue-faced masked man, the man had said that his name was Cen Du. The chaotic eyes burst out with light again, and he hurriedly raised his head and said happily: "I remember, I want to sue that Cen Dusk!"

"Who is Cen Dusk?"

Yan Jie's only one sentence made Shen Cuttlefish speechless, and fell into a long silence. Seeing that he couldn't come up with a reason, Yan Jie only smiled slightly, shook his head and sighed: "Shen Gongzi, do you know what the crime of deliberately making a false accusation is? If Shen Gongzi prepares the complaint, he can come back at any time. Year of the Mirror, Sending Guests!"

As soon as the words fell, Pei Jingnian stepped forward to pull up Shen Cuttlefish and wanted to drive him out of the mansion. But the Shen cuttlefish was so anxious that he shouted in a slightly crying voice: "My lord, although I don't know who to sue, but seventy-one lives of my Shen family were killed overnight, and the Shen Mansion was also burned, is this also false?"

"Wait!" Yan Jie hurriedly called him to stop, waved his hand again to signal Pei Jingnian to step aside, and asked, "There is such a thing?" When Shen Cuttlefish heard this, he rushed to the incense case and knelt down, leaned in front of Yan Jie, choked and said:

"Your Excellency...... Last night, a group of black-clothed people broke into my house, burned, killed and looted, and killed all 71 lives of my father and mother in the inner mansion, and burned down my Shen family's business...... I hope that the adults will make the decision for me, and I must find out this matter so as to comfort my father's and mother's spirit in the sky!"

Yan Jie's eyes widened, his face was full of sadness, and he stroked his beard and asked, "Shen Yuanwai and his wife also went?" After that, he looked at Pei Jingnian on the side and asked, "Is there such a thing?" Pei Jingnian bowed and hugged his fists and said: "Lord Hui, today's subordinates heard the official who came back from patrolling the street talk about this matter, and they did not verify it, but it was only a rumor in the market, so they did not report it to the adult." ”

"How can you be so negligent?" There was no blame in his tone, and Yan Jie commanded again: "Jing Nian, you quickly take someone to the scene of the crime to investigate and see if you can find some clues." Pei Jingnian took the order and left, leaving the Shen cuttlefish and Yan Jie to sit face to face in the inner hall.

Shen Cuttlefish unloaded the blue cloth bag that had been carrying behind him, put it in front of him, untied the cloth bag, and displayed the golden lotus flying needle and the broken sword in front of Yan Jie's eyes. Yan Jie hurriedly asked, "What is this?"

Shen Cuttlefish replied: "This is my father's sword, which was cut off by the thief when he fought with the thief last night. Then he picked up the golden needle and said, "This is the secret weapon left by the gang of thieves." My lord, these are all evidence!"

But Yan Jie didn't seem to be very concerned, just glanced at it slightly, and said with a chuckle: "Naturally, Shen Gongzi has the right to relax." Wait patiently, wait for the return of the mirror year, and then sort out the ins and outs of this matter carefully, and then the official will be promoted to ask the case, and the case will be clearly decided, and Shen Gongzi will be given justice. ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Shen Cuttlefish wanted to bow down, but was stopped by Yan Jie, and said with a smile: "It's just that above the public hall, official affairs are done, and you can't be like the inner hall anymore, and then ask Shen Gongzi to bear with me." ”