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The villagers devoured the food, but Zhao Yongnian ate some hastily and then did not move the chopsticks.

"Zhao Baozheng, how good this wine and food are, and there are baked flatbreads. Why don't you eat it?" asked a villager munching on his lips.

Zhao Yongnian smiled slightly and did not answer, and stood up alone.

The shopkeeper who was waiting on the side stepped forward a few steps, and asked with a smile: "Zhao Baozheng, what are your orders?"

Zhao Yongnian thought for a while and then said: "I'm tired of the second brother to prepare the four treasures of the study for me, I want to write a statement." Xiao Er promised to prepare by himself.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and said, "If Zhao Baozheng feels tired, you can go to the guest room to rest, and the four treasures of the study will be sent to your room." ”

Zhao Yongnian was also polite, and was led back to the room by the shopkeeper.

What was arranged for Zhao Yongnian was the upper room, with two rooms of the same color rosewood furniture inside and outside. Zhao Yongnian entered the room and looked around, not only turned around and asked, "How much is it here for a night?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Zhao Bao is a distinguished guest, and all the expenses here are paid by the government, and Zhao Baozheng can only rest at ease." If there is no command, the little one goes down first. ”

Hearing the shopkeeper say this, Zhao Yongnian couldn't erase it, and hurriedly said, "I'm tired of the shopkeeper." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare to be the savior of the fairy world. The shopkeeper returned the favor and turned around and left the room, closing the door casually.

As soon as the shopkeeper left, Zhao Yongnian not only looked around again, although the room furnishings were not luxurious, they were also very elegant. The main hall is greeted by a "Confucius Acting Statue", although it is a copy of a fake, but it also has a bit of Wu Daozi's handwriting charm. There is a case under the portrait, on which there are tribute fruit incense candles, and sandalwood is full of smoke.

Scholars all over the world regard Confucius as the founding ancestor, and Zhao Yongnian is naturally no exception. Zhao Yongnian stepped forward in full clothes, picked up three pillars of sandalwood on the case and lit the candle, took three steps back and respectfully performed three big salutes, and when he inserted the sandalwood in his hand into the incense burner, there was a knock on the door behind him: "Zhao Baozheng, the four treasures of the study have been sent to you." ”

"Come in. Zhao Baozheng turned to look at Xiao Er and pushed the door into the room with a tray and continued: "Put it on the table, you can go and get busy." ”

Xiao Er put down the four treasures of the study in the tray and withdrew from the door with the empty plate.

Zhao Yongnian came to the table in the hall, took the rice paper, unfolded it on the table, and started to study the ink. After thinking about it for a long time, he picked up the pen and fed the ink, and the paper was waved away.

"Zhao Yongnian, a grass citizen, Baozheng of Pingyang Pillow Township, sued the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain. On the ninth day of the second month of the fourth year of Hongwu, the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain robbed and plundered Pillow Township. Many houses were burned down and many villagers were slaughtered. From the sixty-year-old to the nurse child, it is not exempt. In just half a day, more than 700 people were killed and wounded, and dozens of people are still missing. The bandits are stubborn and ruthless, and the blood stains the local people and gods. The villagers knelt down and bowed, weeping blood and complaining. ”

In just a few words, it seems that it took all the strength of his life to write. Zhao Yongnian wanted to exhaust the bitter water in his heart, but after writing down these few words, tears were pouring down.

This night, Zhao Yongnian didn't close his eyes.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Yongnian hurried to the Yamen of Pingyang Mansion with two villagers.

A headcatcher stepped forward to block the way and asked, "But Zhao Baozheng?"

Zhao Yongnian clenched his fists and bowed down: "It's exactly below." ”

The head catcher asked, "But do you want to beat the drum and cry out the grievances?"

Zhao Baozheng didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd, so he had to nod.

But the head catcher stretched out his hand and said, "Just hand over the paper to me, don't beat the drum this early in the morning, my family hasn't gotten up yet." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yongnian was immediately furious, and shouted: "Human life is at stake, how can it be delayed." I want to beat the drums, I want to cry out. As he spoke, he made his way to the entrance of the yamen.

The head catcher stretched out his hand to hug Zhao Yongnian firmly, but Zhao Yongnian was thin and withered, but where could he break free. The head catcher persuaded angrily: "Zhao Baozheng, please listen to me." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yongnian was no longer struggling, the head catcher said: "The paper will be handed over to the next one, and the Lord will definitely give you justice if it is forwarded to the capital of the Imperial History." ”

Zhao Yongnian trembled like chaff all over his body, choked up and said, "I want to meet the adults and make it clear." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yongnian was no longer struggling, the head catcher gently let go of his hand, I am a thief without pop-ups. And persuaded with good words: "How can the body of the daughter of the imperial history be seen when you want to see it? The imperial court has its own laws of the imperial court." After a pause, the head catcher stretched out his hand again and said, "Bring the paper." Zhao Yongnian was helpless, so he had to reach into his arms and take out the written paper and hand it to the head catcher.

The head catcher took the paper and turned around to leave, but turned around and said, "My lord, please ask Zhao Baozheng to rest and wait at the inn." ”

Zhao Yongnian said word by word: "I'll wait here, when the bandits are destroyed, I will go back." ”

The head catcher sighed and said no more, turned around and walked towards the yamen.

Zhao Yongnian watched the head catcher enter the door, and the vermilion lacquer door closed. Zhao Yongnian stood in front of the door in a daze and waited until three o'clock in the morning and then at noon. The servants at the gate of the yamen changed two shifts, and the rest did not move.

Zhao Yongnian's heart is cold, why is it so difficult for the people to sue?

The two villagers who followed behind Zhao Yongnian couldn't bear it, so they each found a place to sit on the ground. After waiting for more than an hour and still not seeing any movement, a villager opened his mouth and persuaded: "Zhao Baozheng, let's go back, it's not a way to wait here." ”

Zhao Yongnian didn't speak, just stood there and looked at the yamen in a daze. At this time, the people on the street were already very lively, but more than ten people came from the distance of the long street, the leader was a white-faced fat man in a brocade robe, followed by more than a dozen guys who looked like Xiaoer. Each of them carried a food box in his hand, and the last two actually carried a large urn of wine.

The fat man came to the gate of the yamen and told the men to wait, and then walked to the gate alone. The front of the door shouted and asked, "What are you doing?"

The fat man hurriedly smiled and said: "The small one is the shopkeeper of Deyue Building, and the banquet that Lin Zhutou ordered in the small shop has been prepared, and the small one has just been delivered." ”

The two officials stepped forward to inspect them one by one, and then said, "Wait here, let's go and report." With that, he turned and entered the door. After a short time, a person came out of the corner gate, and it was the head catcher who was on duty in the morning. The head catcher went out and beckoned to the fat man in the brocade robe: "Come in." ”

Looking at all this, Zhao Yongnian was even more heartbroken. The Zuodu Yushi Master Zhang took the paper and didn't see any movement for a long time, but he set a banquet in the restaurant to eat and drink. What serious thing can such a dumb official do?

Nearly half an hour later, those who delivered wine and food went out, Zhao Baozheng sat on the ground as if he had been drained, and looked at the vermilion lacquer gate of the yamen without saying a word, and the two villagers hurriedly got up and came over to help each other.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance on the long street, and the people panicked and avoided the disaster of the pond fish. There were five war horses coming, and the people on the horses were all dressed as generals, and each of them was very powerful with helmets and armor. The five horsemen rushed to the gate of the yamen and lined up with the reins of Qiqile horses, and when the five generals turned over the saddle and dismounted, they did not make any other moves, but they were standing on the street as if waiting for someone.

When the people who were waiting came, they were still officers, but the number was three people and three horses. The average horse is coming, and the average is dismounted and waiting.

At this time, the vermilion lacquer gate of the yamen opened, and the head catcher went out and shouted to the eight military attaches on the street: "On the order of Lord Zhang, please invite the generals to enter and speak." ”

Hearing the words of the head catcher, Zhao Yongnian's eyes lit up.

When the military attachés entered the yamen, they immediately ordered the yacha to lead the war horses of the military attaches to the tethered horse stake on the side of the gate, and tied the war horses to the city alchemy divine doctor.

"Zhao Baozheng, don't you want to see Master Zhang? As he spoke, he turned around and entered the door.

Zhao Yongnian hurriedly stood up, just about to move but remembered something, hurriedly bent down and patted the dust on his body, and the two villagers also came to help. The robe was originally a homespun cloth, and the dust was flying for a while.

Entering the vermilion lacquer gate, the eye is a large patio, and a stone road leads directly to the main hall of the yamen. At this moment, three tables of banquets were set up on this stone road, and the eight generals who entered the door were standing under the porch.

From a distance, a person in a red robe stood in front of the door of the main hall, but he couldn't see who it was when he was far away.

The eight generals reported their names and surnames in turn: "Zhang Dianchen of the Thousand Households of Huaiqing Mansion listens to the orders of the adults." "Yang Dezhi, a thousand households in Pengde Mansion, listened to the orders of the adults. "Geng Wei, a thousand households in Shunde Mansion, listened to the orders of the lord. ”......。

It turned out that Da Kui sent eight messengers to urgently dispatch people from the eight nearest prefectures and counties in Pingyang to Pingyang in order to eradicate the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain in one go. Since receiving the order, these eight people have rushed to Pingyang non-stop, and they have been sleepy and tired. led a team of thousands of households into the city to be transferred, and all the people and horses rested outside the city.

After the eight generals were named one by one, the red-robed man standing in front of the main hall slowly turned around. Zhao Yongnian was not only a little dizzy at first glance, isn't this the good man who sells cattle?

Zhang Dakui slowly walked to the table that had already been prepared, and sat down first. Then he smiled and said: "All the generals have worked hard all the way, please come to the table." ”

The eight generals bowed in unison and said, "Don't dare to be humble." ”

Da Kui smiled and didn't care, poured himself a drink, and then said: "Let everyone come to have a big affair to entrust, don't stick to any etiquette, sit down." ”

The eight generals looked at each other, and Zhang Dianchen, a thousand households in Huaiqing Mansion, stepped forward and said, "It's an honor for me to come here to do an errand for Lord Zhang, and Lord Zhang just needs to give orders." I didn't have to do my errand to eat and drink, which ....... ”

Da Kui waved his hand and said: "Everyone is hard, this official should prepare some wine and food for the generals to catch the wind." He waved his hand and said, "Come on, pour wine." ”

As soon as the words fell, two officials who had been waiting under the corridor stepped forward, one holding a stack of large bowls in his hand, and the other holding a wine urn in his arms.

The wine bowls were lined up on the table and poured full one by one, no more, no less, just full eight bowls of wine were placed there, and the eight thousand households standing not far away were not clear, so they were speechless.

Da Kui stood up with a smile and said, "There is a group of bandits entrenched on Qingfeng Mountain west of Pingyang, with less than a thousand people. Today, I bother the eight generals to exterminate them, I don't know what difficulties the generals have?"

As soon as these words came out, these eight generals wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and Yang Dezhi, a thousand households in Pengde Mansion, couldn't help but smile and said: "Just a rabble of bandits, why do you need me to wait for the eight people." The humble post only brought 1,000 men and horses from the headquarters to exterminate the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain. ”

Da Kui still smiled and said slowly: "This official wants to exterminate Qingfeng Village, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”