"Liangsheng, you said that you would be promoted to the church later, and the county order asked about the affairs of our village, would you play the board?"

On the eaves outside the yamen, Lu Pan and the others are tall and big, but standing outside this public hall, they are somewhat nervous, and the people are three points shorter in momentum when they see officials.

He looked cautiously towards the door over there: "I don't know if the people from Beicun will come, but they are taking the lead." ”

"Uncle Pan, Li is facing them, so there is nothing to be afraid of. ”

Lu Liangsheng tidied up his robe, although it was a little worn, but it looked more or less energetic on him, and then touched the silver taels in the package.

"It's a big deal, so let's take a step and compensate them with the crops in the field. ”

Lu Qing folded his arms and shouted loudly.

"Then you have to fight first, you have to fight for it, you have planted it hard, and you give it to you for nothing, and it doesn't hurt in your heart!"

"That's it, then you have to make it clear to them first, so as not to think that it is really the water cut off in our village!!" The others also spoke, and as soon as the words stopped, the man from Lu Erdan turned his face and lowered his voice: "Look, the people from Beicun are here." ”

Two men came from the street, one was thin and had a mustache on his lips, and the other was also tall, wearing a white short coat.

He did not speak, but stood under the eaves on the other side.

Soon, a voice sounded in the public hall: "Ascend to the court!"

The sound of more than a dozen wooden sticks hitting the ground in unison crackled out, and an errand came out of the door and beckoned to Lu Liangsheng and the others, as well as the people of Li Zheng and Beicun over there.

"Come in, everybody. ”

Lu Liangsheng nodded to Lu Pan and them, then walked into the public hall together, stood still in the middle of the officers on both sides, and then, Li Zheng also came in with the people from Beicun.

No one on either side spoke, and after a while, two figures turned out of the back hall, one of them in an official robe walked up to the first one and sat down, and the other person was about fifty years old, sitting at a small table on the side, picking up pen and ink, but looking at Lu Liangsheng in the hall with a smile.

The young man looked at the old man, and could probably guess the identity of the other party, and politely handed over his hand.

"Lujia Village, Lu Liangsheng has seen the master book. ”

The old man behind the small table nodded with a smile and looked the young man up and down, "What a young man." ”

In the hall, Li Zheng and the man in Beicun saw this, and they were inexplicably a little panicked, if Lujia Village had a relationship with the main book and the county order, it would be a loss.

The old man seemed to know them, smiled, and waved at the two of them.

"The county respects the judgment of the case, and has always dealt with it impartially, if the village where the young man is really misbehaved, he will never cover it up, and he will be relaxed. ”

In the first place, the county commander looked at him with scrutiny and stroked his beard.

"That's it. ”

In fact, the so-called confrontation court is just a county order to accompany the king to come over to see the young man in front of him, the two villages have disputes every day because of the river water, if they are brought to the court, then he basically doesn't have to do anything.

What's more, it is difficult to say who has the upper hand and who has the upper hand, and the river is flowing out of the mountains, so if it is really to be solved, send a messenger to pull up the people of Lizheng and the two villages, and go to the mountains to find out, and take it to the court, which is a bit of a fuss.

As soon as the county commander finished speaking, Li Zheng in the hall stepped forward and bowed his hand: "Qiyu County Zun, the two villages are up and down, there is only one river in Qixia Mountain, you have to pass through Lujia Village first, and then return to the downstream, in previous years, the two villages have fought many times because of the water for irrigating farmland, this time, I must have held a grudge and cut off some of the upstream water, so that the downstream water level is less, and it is difficult to store water." ”

The man from Beicun also nodded and echoed: "Yes, county honor, this year, the crops in our village's fields are not growing well, and the harvest is naturally much less, and the women and children in the village are afraid that they will starve in winter." ”

The county commander raised his hand to make the two stand up straight, and turned his gaze to Lu Liangsheng's side.

"What do you have to refute?"

Lu Panba's palms clenched behind him and urged in a low voice: "Liangsheng, the county is asking you, say it quickly, don't let them take advantage." ”

In front, the boy was also organizing the language, and for a moment, he arched his hands and saluted.

"Back to the county, the river that goes around the two villages originally flows out of the mountains, if the water in Lujia Village is cut off, they can come to check, but why don't they come, so they go directly to the county?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Zheng hurriedly shouted: "That's because the people in your village have always been arrogant, and we are afraid of being beaten! Now in front of the county honor, you still dare to quibble!"

Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips, his clenched fingers loosened, and he laughed.

"Fierce or not, haven't you seen it, there is no conflict between the two, if the people of Lujia Village beat you and then go to the county government to complain, then we have no words to quibble, is this reason? ”

There was a dumb person who was being asked rhetorically.

...... This young man's handwriting is good, and this mouth is also powerful.

In fact, the county commander already has a outline and orientation in his heart, and this kind of thing is not too difficult in the first place, and his hand is stretched out.

"The county ...... decision"

"County Honor!"

At the same time as the final words fell, Lu Liangsheng suddenly interjected, took half a step forward, and bowed his hand to the county order and the main book.

"Qiyu County Zun, the main book, in this matter, Liangsheng wants to calm things. ”

"Oh?" This surprised the county magistrate and the old man over there, and even the men in Lizheng and Beicun were stunned.

After a while, I listened to Lu Liangsheng's voice and continued.

"The harvest in Beicun this year is not good, although it is not bad for my Lujia Village, but the two villages are adjacent after all, if the women and children in the village are hungry because of the harvest, or even die, there is a lot of unbearable heart, if the two villages share the burden, although they are not full, but there is no need to die, and ....."

Lu Liangsheng raised his head and looked at the man in the North Village.

.....Moreover, the two villages have accumulated grievances for many years, and they can become more or less harmonious. ”

Lu Pan and Lu Qing also had a lot of surprise on their faces: "Liangsheng....you ......"

The man on the other side of the North Village opened his mouth slightly, and he didn't react for a while, his lips opened and closed a few times, and he didn't know what to say.

I heard a bang in the hall.

The startled wood fell, and the county commander sat there, looking at the young man, and the old man behind the small table had an approving smile on his face.

"Good!"

After a while, the county commander turned his gaze to the man from Li Zheng and Beicun: "Do you two have something to say?"

"No, no, no ......"

Originally, it was for compensation, and since the other party agreed, naturally there was nothing to fight for, but the young man's words made the man's heart quite complicated.

Soon, the decree came down, and the matter of the court was finalized, and after everyone left, the county magistrate laughed and walked to the old man's side.

"This Lu Liangsheng has a good heart. ”

The old man stood up and arched his hand, and then summoned an officer and ordered, "Go and leave the young man for me." Then he received the words of the county order: "It's a fast Puyu, a good hand, and the heart is even more rare." ”

"Uncle Huagong, is this the heart of love?"

"Not before, but now it is, haha!"

The two looked at each other for a moment and laughed.

Outside the county office, Lu Panba's eight people followed the young man with some indignation.

"Liangsheng, we all have the upper hand, why are we pushing things out, Uncle really can't figure it out. ”

"That's right, our crops, which are also raised by a drop of water and a drop of sweat, are given to people for nothing, which really makes me feel aggrieved. ”

"..... or not, go back again, and tell the county venerable that what you just said doesn't count? Liangsheng, what do you think?!"

When he returned to the entrance of the yamen courtyard, hearing the chatter of these uncles and uncles behind him, Lu Liangsheng laughed and pulled them aside.

"Uncle Pan, Uncle Qing, uncles, we have five hundred taels, and we can live a good life in the past two years, although we will divide some of this year's harvest into some of them, but you don't see the joy on the faces of the county lord and the chief bookkeeper? ”

Lu Pan and the others frowned and thought for a while...... It seems to be such a reason.

Without waiting for them to speak, Lu Liangsheng spoke again.

"When ..... Liangsheng used to go to the market, he heard an old gentleman in the town who wrote to people, and said, 'If you take great profits without virtue, you will have a strange disaster; "Besides, they received the grain from our Lujia Village, and there will be disputes in the future, do they have that kind of dispute?"

Sure enough, the man from Beicun who came out of the yamen hugged his fists towards Lu Liangsheng and even Lu Pan and the others from afar, obviously grateful.

Lu Pan touched his beard, but he was a little embarrassed.

"Hey, I'm a little unaccustomed to being so polite to us. ”

Just as he was about to leave, Lu Liangsheng was stopped by the errand who came out, and when he heard that the master wanted to see him, he didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly followed the other party to the side courtyard.

"This is it, you go in on your own. The servant stopped at the door of a room, gave the boy a word, and left.

Lu Liangsheng also asked what was going on the road, but the other party didn't know, so he took a breath and knocked on the door.

I only heard the door creak open, and the old man I had seen in the hall before greeted him with a smile.

"You're welcome, just find a place to sit. ”

Although the county magistrate was not there, the old man in front of him was the biggest official, and he was an elder, so naturally he would not sit on the opposite side and stand on the side of the bookcase.

"What's the matter with the master bookkeeper looking for a good student?"

"Don't be so nervous, it's not official to come to you. The old man removed the official account book in front of him, took a piece of paper, put it in front of him, and looked at the young man.

"You wrote that, right?"

The handwriting and content on it were indeed written by Lu Liangsheng that night, he retracted his gaze and nodded: "It was indeed written by me, is there anything wrong with the main book..... here?"

The old man waved his hand, just smiled, and took the three books.

"Take these three copies of "Mengyu", "Strategy", and "Lile" back to see. ”

Lu Liangsheng took the three books in confusion and looked at the old man.

"Old man, ..... you?"

"For you, of course. The old man looked at the dazed young man, his fingers lightly tapped on the book, and explained to him: "It's good to read more books and learn more things, when you are in the hall, see that you have quick wisdom and benevolence, if it is wasted, it is a waste of the talent given to you by God, since you can write and read, then study hard, and take the exam next year." ”

Seeing that he still didn't understand, the old man said more directly.

"If you have the qualifications to be a student, you can participate in the children's examination, once a year, three years in the middle school, you can take the township examination, and you can also become an official in the future. ”

"But I didn't think about it...... Being an official?"

The old man smiled and nodded: "As an official, your parents and relatives will be proud of you in the future, even if you can't do it, I Nanchen will have an erudite person who reads poetry and books." ”

"...... for the Official"

Lu Liangsheng walked out in a daze with three books in his arms, and looked back at the yamen.

"This old gentleman..... Didn't you make me call him Teacher?"

Converged with Lu Pan and the others who were waiting outside, and when the eight people asked him what was going on, far away, a team of catchers came quickly, and it was the left catcher who rode the horse first, passing by this Lu Liangsheng, and couldn't help but look at them more.

Subsequently, he dismounted and entered the county government office and reported the discovery of the Chen Mansion to the county order.