Around the hour, Fan Yu got up.

The guys in the inn are already busy, some are carrying buckets to wipe the tables and chairs, some are sweeping the fence with big brooms, and some are holding bamboo poles to knock off the ice on the eaves.

went to the front hall, and the shopkeeper said hello: "Did the guest officer rest well last night?"

"I was tired of the shopkeeper's hanging, I took a hot bath last night, ate and drank enough, and slept soundly. ”

"That's good, that's good, what do you want to eat in the morning? I'll let the kitchen prepare it for you. ”

"Just have a haggis. ”

After a while, the shopkeeper's parents and children served a bowl of hot haggis noodles, and some chopped green onions were placed on the noodles made of white flour, and they smelled the aroma.

"I listened to the guest accent, unlike the northerners, who asked the kitchen to put less green onions, I don't know if it still suits your appetite?"

"It's chewy, the entrance is soft, the best flour is used, and the haggis is specially added, and the shopkeeper is bothered. ”

The shopkeeper looked at Fan Yu with satisfaction and smiled: "Then you use it slowly, and if you have something, you can give it." ”

Fan Yu looked at what he meant, he must have something to say, but he was afraid of being abrupt, so he immediately smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, do you have anything to say to Fan? ”

But he was seen by the guest officer and was rude. ”

The shopkeeper apologized, groaned, glanced at Fan Yu and said, "The guest officer is not a local, right?"

"Yes, why does the shopkeeper ask like that?"

"Don't hide from the guest officer, these days, Lushan County has come to a lot of rivers and lakes, the market is not very peaceful, a few days ago there was a fatality, alarmed the yamen, now the official is going around arresting people, the guests still try to go out as little as possible. ”

"People in the rivers and lakes?"

Fan Yu saw that he was worried, and he must have let the guy deal with the signboard yesterday, so he was so tempted.

chuckled: "The shopkeeper can rest assured, Fan will go to the mountain to collect medicine, he will also practice medical treatment, and he will also read fortune telling, but he will not kill people and set fires, hurting heaven and reason." ”

The shopkeeper smiled, slightly embarrassed.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, and the intermittent sound was heard, as if someone was beating a drum in front of the yamen.

Several guests who were eating also rushed out.

"What is this?"

"The guest officer doesn't know, we have a strange case in Lushan County, Ye's business house Grandpa Ye died mysteriously, leaving his last words to divide the family property to his brother, but did not leave the widow a little money, and now the two sides have made trouble in the yamen, it has been a few days, and this is not going to make trouble again. ”

Fan Yu was shocked: "Oh, there are such things, the inheritance is not left to the widow, but to the younger brother, unheard of, unseen." ”

The shopkeeper ridiculed: "No, I've never seen anything like this, now Grandpa Ye's brother wants to drive the pair of orphans and widows out of the house, I'm afraid they will live on the streets." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yu became interested, ate hastily, went back to the room, took the bamboo pole signboard, said goodbye to the shopkeeper, and went out.

Out of the inn, Fan Yu put a bamboo pole and a poplar, and the white cloth hung down, with two lines of words on it: seven points to ask the sky, three points to ask me.

The yamen is easy to find, and you will know it when you ask.

After arriving, I found that there were three layers of people inside and outside, pointing and whispering, all of which were not a big deal to see the excitement.

Looking up at the scarlet gate, there were two women, an old man and a young woman, holding a piece of paper, wearing little in the winter, shivering in the cold wind.

After a while, the yamen opened, and a few officials came out, swept their eyes coldly, and said lightly: "The complainant enters." ”

"Thank you, a few messengers. ”

The young woman lifted up the trembling old woman, thanked the servant, and went inside.

The bystanders swarmed up, and were stopped at the door, only looking at the room from a distance, the old and the young entered the lobby, and there was a long case in the hall, and a plaque was hung on the case, and the plaque read: Spiegel High Platform.

At this time, two classes of officials trotted out from both sides, and then an official with a crooked hat and a disheveled county lord came out with the support of the master.

A startled voice: "Ascension." ”

Two classes of officials, water and fire sticks hit the ground: "~might~martial~"

After the sound was finished, the county magistrate grabbed a token and threw it on the ground: "Come on, hit the thirty boards first." ”

The left and right officials immediately stepped forward, held down the old and young respectively, held up the water and fire sticks, and beat them firmly, screaming again and again for a while.

The people outside the door who watched the bustle were quiet.

After the fight, the old and young already had less air in and more air, lying on the ground motionless.

The county master coughed, took the hot tea served by the master, rinsed his mouth, and then frowned, looked at the old and young, and patted the wood: "Who is in the hall, what is the complaint?"

"The people's woman Ye's, the people's daughter Ye Xin has seen the old man. ”

"Ye Xin, a woman and a woman, sued Ye Qing for occupying family property and bullying my orphans and widows......"

The old and young struggled to get up, knelt on the ground and held up the paper, and said in a sad voice: "Lord Qingtian, please be the master of the people's women and women's daughters." ”

The master came down, took the paper, and handed it to the county master, but the county master didn't look at it, so he put it aside: "Who is Ye Qing waiting for?"

"It's a people's woman and uncle~"

"It's a people's girl's uncle~"

The county magistrate was furious, his face turned cold, and he was shocked: "Brother sues brother, son sues father, according to the law of the court, come here, and then hit fifty boards." ”

Without waiting for the old and young to defend, the left and right officials immediately stepped forward and held it down, and beat it severely.

Before the fight was over, the old and young had already fainted.

The county magistrate snorted coldly: "Since you have nothing to say, then retreat." ”

After speaking, with the support of the master, he went to the back.

"Let's go, don't look at idlers. ”

The officials dispersed the crowd, dragged the old and the young, threw them outside the yamen, and then closed the gate.

Seeing the excitement, the people gathered around, shook their heads and sighed: "I'm afraid that the county master has received a lot of silver surnamed Ye, otherwise how can it be like this, without hitting thirty in advance, and then hitting fifty if there is something, before anyone speaks, he will be killed." ”

After a while, the people dispersed, leaving the old and young on the cold ground, and no one cared about them.

Fan Yu sighed secretly, walked up and took a look, there was still some breath, and he was suddenly stunned, carefully distinguishing the young woman's appearance, but he knew her.

It was the young lady who first came to Lushan County and gave him half a vegetarian chicken, I remember that at that time, she was still beautiful and moving, and there was a little maid to serve, but now she is haggard and like two people.

A few women were called, and they paid a penny of silver, and asked them to carry the old and young back to the inn, but the shopkeeper was frightened, and hurriedly shirked it, and finally added some silver taels, and then reluctantly agreed.

Buy medicine, decoction of medicine, it's afternoon.

"I, where am I?"

When the young woman woke up, she was weak and wanted to get up, but she was in pain, and fell down again, only to find the old woman lying beside her: "Mother, you ...... What's wrong with you, wake up and don't scare Xin'er......"

Fan Yu walked in with a tray and two small bowls on it: "Don't shake it, your mother is fine, she was just a little frightened, plus a severe beating, and hurt her body, but don't worry, it's just a skin injury, and it will be better in a few days." ”

Only then did the woman calm down, and then she wondered: "Who are you?

Fan Yu chuckled: "The person who picked up your mother and daughter from the street, as for this, it is naturally an inn." ”