Steward Li's beaten ghost cried wolf and didn't dare to shout half of the injustice, and after beating Steward Li, Governor Lu said: 'Steward Li, are you wronged or not. Steward Li grinned in pain, and said with a sad face: "The villain deserves it, and he is not wronged at all." Governor Lu said: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, this government will punish them today, and if you commit it again next time, you will not be spared." Steward Li said, "Thank you, Lord Qingtian." But he scolded in his heart: "You corrupt bastard, you don't do things for others when you accept money, sooner or later you will be thundered by the sky, and you will not be able to die." Steward Li's buttocks were swollen from the beating, and he couldn't stand up, so he dragged him to the side and lay on his stomach.

Governor Lu said: "Zhao Laogen, do you really want to dissolve the marriage contract with the Gao family?" Zhao Laogen said: "Yes, please also ask the adults to make decisions for the grass people." Governor Lu said: "The twisted melon is not sweet, the gang can't become a husband and wife, Steward Li wronged Zhao Tusheng and suffered a lot of grievances, Zhao Tusheng is really wronged and no longer blame, the Gao family's bride price does not have to be repaid, it should be compensated to Zhao Tusheng, the government announced that the marriage contract of the Gao and Zhao families is unreasonable, and it will be resolved in the lobby of the mansion today, and the two parties must not continue to entangle, if someone is not satisfied, they can be sued, and everyone will leave the court if they are fine." Ma Junlan stepped forward and said, "Slow down, the grass people have something to report." Hearing this, Governor Lu secretly said: "Things have been done as you said, and there is nothing unsatisfactory." ’

Governor Lu thought of this and asked, "What else is there to do with the girl, report your name." Ma Junlan said: "The grass people's surname is Ma Junlan, and I want to sue Gao Yuanwai for stealing my family heirloom exquisite jade pendant." Governor Lu looked at Gao Yuanwai, and Gao Yuanwai sneered: "Ben Yuanwai's family has a lot of money, how could he steal your little jade pendant." Do you think I will?' Governor Lu said, "Of course I don't believe it. It's about evidence. Lingyu said, "My lord." Maybe Gao Yuanwai started as a thief, although he has a lot of money, but he can't always change those thieves, so he started. Lingyu said and walked up to Gao Yuanwai and said, "You said you didn't steal it, do you dare to let me search my body." After speaking, he reached over to search his body, and Gao Yuanwai hurriedly took a step back and dodged Lingyu's hand. Lingyu said: 'If you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts calling the door, what are you afraid of.' Gao Yuanwai said: "It's not your turn to search your body." ’

Governor Lu said: "Feng Zhutou, you go and search Gao Yuanwai's body." Give Miss Ma an explanation, and it's good that Gao Yuan is innocent. Feng Zhutou walked in front of Gao Yuanwai, groped around him for a while, and really took out a bag from Gao Yuanwai's arms, Gao Yuanwai was dumbfounded when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "This is not mine." Ma Junlan said: "Of course it's not yours, you stole it." Feng Zhutou took the bag and handed it to Lord Lu, and Governor Lu took out a piece of jade pendant from the bag and looked at it and said, "Miss Ma, you said it was yours, can you tell what is in the bag." Ma Junlan said: "It's a piece of exquisite jade pendant." ’

Governor Lu said: "What is the mark on the jade pendant?" Ma Junlan said: "Let Gao Yuanwai speak first." If he says that the jade pendant is his, you can punish me. Governor Lu said: "Gao Yuanwai." Do you know what the pattern of this jade pendant is? Gao Yuanwai said angrily: "They must have framed me, how can I know what the pattern is." Lingyu said: "My lord, Gao Yuanwai is called a bloody mouth, and now he is a stolen person and wants to quibble, I hope that my lord will make a clear decision." Governor Lu said: "No matter who quibbles, it's useless, Miss Ma, if you want to say the pattern of this jade pendant, it means that it is yours, and I will cure Gao Yuanwai's sin." ’

Ma Junlan said: "Lord Hui, of course I know that there is a beautiful green-clothed girl holding a pot of blooming Junzi Orchid on the jade pendant, sitting in a pavilion looking at the rising sun. Governor Lu heard what she said right, and secretly said: "This must be Zhang Gongzi's tricks, but there is no evidence, but Gao Yuanwai was stolen by his family, and he can't tell if he has ten mouths, Gao Youcai You meet them, you are unlucky, God doesn't want you to have a good time, and the government can't do anything about it." Governor Lu thought for a moment and said, "What Miss Ma said is very right, it must be your jade pendant, come on, return this jade pendant to Miss Ma." "One catcher quickly walked over and brought the jade pendant to Miss Ma. Ma Junlan said: "Lord Xiexie is clear and helps the grass people find the treasure. ’

Zhang Lingyu said: "My lord, you see that this person has all the evidence and physical evidence, what crime should Gao Yuan be sentenced to." Governor Lu said: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and Gao Yuanwai is no exception, first beat him with ten boards, and then go to prison for half a year." Gao Yuan's body trembled, his face turned blue, and he couldn't speak early. At this time, two catchers came over and dragged Gao Yuanwai over and pressed him to the ground, and two catchers quickly raised the board and beat Gao Yuanwai's buttocks, Gao Yuanwai screamed in pain but did not cry out for injustice. Governor Lu looked at the board and said, "Gao Yuanwai, you can plead guilty." Gao Yuanwai said secretly: "It seems that these young men and women are not small, otherwise how could Governor Lu be like this, if you don't admit your guilt, you will definitely continue to be beaten, so you should admit your guilt first." When he thought of this, he said, 'I confess my sins.' ’

Governor Lu said: "Master, you take Gao Yuanwai's confession and ask him to sign it." The master brought the confession to Gao Yuanwai, who lay on the ground and signed and drew a pledge. The master handed the confession to Master Lu. Governor Lu took the confession and said: "Send Gao Yuanwai to the cell, and the rest of the people will go back, Zhang Gongzi has something to say." Lingyu said: "Very good, the grass people have thanked the Qingtian Lord for being the master of the people." Zhao Laogen's family of three also kowtowed and thanked the prefect. After Governor Lu finished speaking, he went back to the backyard, Zhang Lingyu and the others all walked towards the outside of the lobby, and the sedan chair man and the housekeeper carried Steward Li and the matchmaker to the gate respectively.

Everyone walked out of the yamen, Steward Li was carried into a sedan chair and lay on his stomach, and Mrs. Wang was carried back by the Gao family. Lingyu said to Zhao Laogen: "Uncle, the Gao family will not do anything to you for the time being, he has suffered such a big loss, and he will definitely take revenge on your family in the future, I think it will be more stable for you to move to live elsewhere." Zhao Laogen said: "What Childe said is reasonable, I also thought about it just now, I want to move to my cousin's house in Texas to settle down." Lingyu said: "We are going to the capital and passing through Dezhou, if you move tomorrow, we can go together to take care of you." Zhao Laogen said: "That's great, it's better to leave early than to leave late, Zhang Gongzi said that we will move tomorrow." Lingyu said: "Tomorrow we will wait for you at the crossing of the Yellow River." ’

Zhao Laogen said: "We can't repay your great kindness, so we have to kowtow to thank you." After speaking, he and Tusheng, Ye Zi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lingyu and them, and Lingyu hurriedly stepped forward to help them up and said: "It doesn't have to be like this, since we meet it, it is fate, and it is also the will of God." Zhao Laogen was polite again before taking Tusheng and Ye Zi back to Zhaojiatun

Zhang Lingyu and the others found a Hongyun Inn to live in, each of them had a room, and they rested after dinner.

Zhang Lingyu turned off the lights when he entered the guest room, then changed into night clothes and went out through the back window, and his figure floated on the roof in a flash, and he looked at the direction on the roof and went towards the Jinan Mansion. (To be continued......)