The courtyard came in one after another, and in the middle of the night, it was almost full, and then some were taken to the inner courtyard for questioning. Old man Gu's master and apprentice had been waiting for a chance to escape, but the few strong mana breaths on the other side of the wall had never left, so they didn't choose to act rashly.

After cultivating to the golden pill, the breath can be adjusted, although it is impossible to completely conceal it, but it will not be so generously revealed, like a few bright lights to show their existence unabashedly. The breath on the other side of the wall was so strong, it showed that they were deliberately demonstrating, which made Old Man Gu secretly rejoice, fortunately, he didn't trespass on the Xuantan Palace, this ten-sided jungle in the capital is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!

While listening carefully, I suddenly heard a sentence: "Yuyang, you are rough...... Hmmm......"

Old man Gu pondered carefully, the Zhengyi monk of the Yuzi generation, and I don't know which sect, turned out to be a cultivator above the Jindan, and it was really good!

was pondering, but they were about to summon their master and apprentice, Old Man Gu made everyone calm down, he had already figured it out, the government arrested so many people here, it was nothing more than to extort some silver, and went in and handed it over honestly, there was no.

The master and apprentice hurriedly checked their confessions and discussed a good explanation, but the old man Gu still bit himself to death that he was a merchant from Zhejiang, and the eldest and the third were domestic servants; the second one bit himself to set up a small stall and had just moved here from Zhejiang, and now his family lives in a rented place in the north and south of the Purple Mountain; while the fourth one insisted on begging for a living.

There was no time to discuss any more, but the official had already come to him, and with a wave of his whistle stick, he motioned for them to enter, and the old man was the first to enter the inner courtyard.

After entering, he was even more relieved, those monks with strong mana were not here, and it was the clerk of the Shangyuan County Torture Room who was presiding over the interrogation in the house.

Before entering the house, the old man Gu stuffed two taels of silver to the officer, who was stunned, put the silver in his sleeve, and said to him with a pleasant face: "Wait at the door." ”

After the official entered the door, he stretched out two fingers to the clerk's office with his back to the old man Gu, and the clerk was taken aback, and he would pay two taels of silver when he entered the door.

Since this is the case, it will be easy to do, nodded at the moment, and shouted: "Bring someone to commit it!"

After Old Man Gu entered, the secretary smiled at him: "Sit." ”

The official kicked a stool next to him: "Good luck, Zhang Tou'er gave you a seat." ”

After Old Man Gu sat down, Zhang Shuban took a pen and wrote on the paper for a while, then looked up and asked, "Name." ”

"Old man Gu can learn. ”

"Gu Kexue?"

"Gu Xin Koo. ”

"Where do you live?"

So, Old Man Gu began to answer one by one. After answering the question, Zhang Shuban shook the pen and smiled at him: "It turned out to be a silk merchant, very good." Do you know what you did wrong?"

Old man Gu took two steps forward, took out a large silver ingot of ten taels, stuffed it, and retreated.

Zhang Shuban took it, looked at the officials who watched the five roads and listened to the seven directions, and his heart was really as you said, very generous! So his smile became even brighter: "The old man is fine, don't worry, just say whatever you want, it doesn't matter, it's just a small thing." ”

Old man Gu saw that the other party had accepted the money, and he said with such gentle words and reassurance, and said in his heart, then I won't be entangled with you, what you say is what it is. So he said: "I heard that I shouldn't have violated the ban and blocked the evaluation of civilized cities in Shangyuan County." ”

The clerk said, "What kind of ban did you violate?"

Although Old Man Gu said that he planned to confess and leave quickly, this kind of thing was a little unspeakable after all, and he hesitated for a while: "That...... Hmmm......"

Zhang Shuban laughed: "Don't be nervous, this kind of trivial matter is normal, and it's okay to say it." Do you want to find a secret door and try something new?"

Old man Gu nodded angrily: "Hmm." ”

Zhang Shuban took a brief note of the situation, and then asked Old Man Gu to press his handprint. Old man Gu took it and looked at it slightly, but without hesitation, he dipped his thumb in red mud and pressed it.

Zhang Shuban put away the confession, leaned back, and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about it and see how to solve it." ”

"Zhang Shuban, just give me a happy word, how can the old man get out?"

"It's simple, pay five taels of silver, let the family claim it, and take it away when you're done, what do you think?"

Old man Gu was stunned and said, "My family is in Zhejiang, how can there be a family in the capital?"

Zhang Shuban continued to smile: "It's okay, there are always friends in Beijing, right? ”

Old man Gu shook his head: "No." ”

After thinking about it, he asked tentatively: "The old man is from Zhejiang, can you take out the road and take a look?"

Now the old man Gu is a little blind, he has two road guides, both of which were done for him by the third palace, one is the road guide of the natal Gu Kexue, and the other is the road guide of the pseudonym Gu Kexue, Gu Kexue has long been used, but Gu Kexue's has been using it, but he has not had time to find the third palace to replace it.

He had never entered the yamen before, and he had never been on trial, so he casually said the pseudonym he had used in the past six months.

While hesitating, Zhang Shuban said: "Old man, you are very embarrassed by this, and you have no relatives and friends to protect you, and there is no way to verify your identity, how can this be good? I can't help you even if I want to." ”

Old man Gu observed his words, immediately stepped forward, and handed over another ingot of silver, which was the last piece of cash in his pocket, and it could be regarded as a bloody investment. The rest were silver tickets, one hundred taels each, and there were more than twenty of them, all of which were contained in storage vessels. asked him to take out a hundred taels of silver for the book office in front of him, he really didn't think about it.

Who knew that the secretary office pushed the silver back from the table, and said with a smile: "This is not easy to do, Zhang takes care of you within the scope of the office, this is to see that you are old, respect the old and love the young, but now I am afraid that it will not work, and it is not Zhang who can call the shots." In this way, you can be wronged first, and go down and wait for news, okay?"

Old man Gu didn't know why, but he was taken out by the official next to him, and he still returned to the courtyard to squat.

The officer responded to him with a smile along the way, telling him that it was no big deal and that it would be good to wait for news.

When the official turned back to see Zhang Shuban, Zhang Shuban snorted coldly and said: "Obviously a big family, but he wants to send our brother away with a few taels of silver, isn't this not long-sighted?"

The official grinned: "It's still the most considerate brother in the Zhang Shuban." Everyone has been working hard for several nights, just waiting to make up for it. ”

Zhang Shuban said lazily: "Don't worry, Zhang has a plan." ”

The official asked, "What should I do with this old man?"

Zhang Shuban said: "According to the latest rules, anyone who obstructs the evaluation of civilized cities will be claimed by relatives and friends and punished with five taels of silver, otherwise he will be detained for 15 days to set an example! ”