Stepping into the lobby of the yamen, Yang Shuo suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, which was not a suspicion of Sikong Gu, but a different kind of disgust. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Under Wu Qingshan's teaching, Yang Shuo believed that good people would not come to a place like Yamen. Now that I have set foot here, I am more or less at a loss.

Although most of what Yang Shuo did in the Cao Gang had nothing to do with the word "goodness", he had never done anything against his heart, and in the ten years since he joined the Cao Gang, there were very few traitors among the Cao Gang. Even if there were one or two villains occasionally, they were all stabbed or sent to the creditor by him, the master of Xingtang. Li Zhou's behavior was strongly supported by Li Zhou, so since Li Zhou took charge, the atmosphere of the Cao Gang has been greatly improved, although there are many armed fights with his peers during smuggling, but very few of them have actually violated the criminal law.

Now that Yang Shuo is stepping on the bluestone slab in this yamen, the taste in his heart is not even clear to him.

There are several officials standing in the hall of the yamen, and their faces are solemn. But Yang Shuo was extremely clear about the faces behind these servants in his heart. These are now serious officials in the yamen hall, and there are not a few who mingle with villains in Yangzhou City on weekdays, and there is no about one who enforces the law impartially. Thinking about every business of the gang in Yangzhou City, there is also half a penny of silver into their pockets.

Seeing those familiar faces, Yang Shuo's heart immediately relaxed, and the court was no longer so devouring. The hand that grabbed the placket of the broken gong's throat also relaxed slightly, allowing the blinded guy to stagger and stand behind him on the left.

Scanning the surroundings, after a little calm, Yang Shuo looked up again, and the person sitting in the hall was Yangzhou Tongju Yang, Yang's name Yonghua, and his name was Shouxian, who was a native of Luoyang, Xijing, and a five-year jinshi of Taiping Xingguo, who arrived in Yangzhou three years ago. Yang Yonghua is not very old, about thirty or forty years old, with a light beard, delicate eyebrows, and a face that is customary to the rich state of civil officials in this dynasty.

Yang Yonghua smiled at the thin and handsome Sikong Gu from the moment the three of them entered the door, there was no trace of majesty in that smile, but it seemed to imply a trace of the "kindness" of the elders to the juniors. This kind of "kindness" represents a high status, and in the eyes of Yang Shuo, who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, it is extremely hypocritical.

"Xiaomin Sikong Gu has seen Lord Yang. ”

Sikong Gu bowed to Yang Yonghua, who was sitting in the hall, and Yang Shuo, who was standing beside him, suppressed the trace of disgust in his heart, and did the same, leaned over and said:

"Xiaomin Yang Shuo has seen Lord Yang. ”

Yang Yonghua did not change the smile on his face, and there was no majesty in his voice, like a loving father: "No courtesy, why did Meng Yuan disturb the court today?"

Yang Shuo heard that Yang Yonghua was extremely cordial to Sikong Gu, so he knew that his little junior brother had a lot of friendship with Yang Yonghua, otherwise where would a party have a big man in the yamen who called the people of Qianshou like this?

Thinking of this, Yang Shuo's heart that had been hanging slowly fell, but he also complained to Sikong Gusheng: "The little junior brother used to get through this relationship a long time ago, but he didn't say it earlier, which made me scared." ”

Sikong Gu knew that Yang Yonghua was insatiable and extremely cunning on weekdays, and among the Yangzhou officials, he was the only one who "borrowed and appreciated" his antiques and then found an excuse to forgive them back. It's just that this kind of greedy people are also very easy to deal with, and it is much better than those so-called people who are righteous and have to use some "extraordinary means" to be willing to cooperate obediently.

Today, Yang Yonghua is so kind to Sikong Gu, and there must be a reason for it. At this time, he could hear the sound of pouring tea behind the hall, and Sikong Gu knew that this Lu Xun was fixed behind the hall, so he bowed down slightly, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Lord Yang, what is the matter with summoning Mr. Li today?"

"Oh, you're talking about that Li Yan?"

Hearing that Yang Yonghua called the gang leader's name extremely disrespectfully, Yang Shuo couldn't help frowning, but he quickly calmed down the dissatisfaction in his heart and lowered his head to prevent Yang Yonghua from noticing his resentment.

In fact, Yang Shuo thought too much, Yang Yonghua didn't mean to look at him at all, Yang Yonghua only thought about how to get rid of the cash cow of Sikong Gu quickly, so as not to make the adult behind the hall angry.

"The arrest of Li Yan is the intention of that adult, why does this Sikong Meng Yuan ask?"

Yang Yonghua doesn't know the relationship between the gangs in the rivers and lakes, in his eyes, Sikong Gu is one of the top businessmen in Yangzhou City, and those people in the Cao Gang are just a group of smugglers who are mostly harmless to the people. As for what martial arts people and Jianghu people are just dirty and lowly martial artists in his eyes, this Sikong Gu will also hang a few words of "Zhihu also" when he visits on weekdays, and he can be regarded as half a showman, how can he mix with these "people in the rivers and lakes".

Although Yang Yonghua was confused in his heart, he didn't dare to leave a bad official voice for the person behind the hall, so he reluctantly made a pleasant appearance, but a pair of small eyes like mice kept looking.

But Sikong Gu still lowered his eyebrows and refused to raise his hand, but just responded: "It is that old Mr. Li, he is just here to identify the murderer today, why did he put him in prison? Xiaomin has always had a friendship with the old man, and as a junior, he doesn't want Mr. Li to still encounter injustice and be imprisoned in his old age." Therefore, I would like to ask the adults to solve the confusion of the small people, I don't know what crime this old Mr. Li has committed?

Yang Yonghua heard this, but he didn't say anything for a long time, Yang Shuo raised his head slightly, but saw Yang Yonghua's sad face, his eyes glancing at the back hall from time to time, but Sikong Gu, who lowered his gaze, couldn't see his funny appearance.

"Why did he make this appearance? Yes, since the soldiers of the Jian'an Army appeared in the yamen, and the Lu Jian army must also be in this yamen, the little junior brother deliberately made the appearance of obeying this county lieutenant, but in fact he deliberately did not look at his eyes, this trick is really wonderful, that is, he will not lose the face of the county lieutenant Yang, and he will not let the county lieutenant Yang pass over the matter in a few words, and he is not responsible at all. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Shuo also learned from Sikong Gu's appearance, completely ignoring Yang Yonghua's frowning and winking, with a helpless smile on his face.

Yang Yonghua was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother at this time, but he couldn't scold in front of him, after all, the one behind him listened, and these people in the hall also stood, and finally he could only scold in his heart: "This little rabbit cub really doesn't know what to do, he just gave away some antique money on weekdays, do you really think you are an uncle? This kid seems to have come to intercede for those thieves today, and I'm afraid it's not a good thing." What do you ask about the bandits that Lord Lu wants to take? I didn't dare to ask about this matter, which annoyed Lord Lu, and I entered Beijing with a piece of music, but you can say, do I still wear this official hat?"

Thinking of this, Yang Yonghua stared at Sikong Gu, who was still smiling, and a fire seemed to emerge in his eyes.

The people in the hall lowered their eyebrows, the people in the hall were anxious, and the hall was silent. At this time, an officer and soldier dressed in the uniform of the Jianzhou Army came out of the small hall and whispered a few words in Yang Yonghua's ear, and Yang Yonghua's slightly hideous face returned to normal.

Yang Yonghua held back his anger and tried his best to ask Sikong Gu in a gentle voice: "Li Yan and the second son of the Liugong Ministry were attacked yesterday, and the evidence is conclusive, and he has now been imprisoned. Meng Yuan, you're here today for this matter? You're still young, how can you miss your great future because of that old thief?"

Sikong Gu shook his head, and finally raised his eyes to look at the kind Yang Tongju in the hall, and said in his clear and unique voice: "Xiaomin is here for the kidnapping case yesterday, and also for the innocence of Mr. Li, and I hope that the adults can make the evidence available to the public." The adults must also know very well that Mr. Li has a total of 16 fleets, they are responsible for the river transportation inside and outside the city of Yangzhou, he does not clear up his grievances for a day, the water transportation of Yangzhou City will be difficult to return to yesterday's glory, and the rice outside the city cannot come in, lest the people have grievances. ”

This answer was faintly coercive, not only because Yang Yonghua didn't expect this young man to dare to threaten the imperial court officials and was surprised. Yang Shuo also glanced at Sikong Gu, but saw that Sikong Gu still had a confident smile on his face.

Yang Yonghua in the hall could no longer maintain that kind of sympathetic attitude, and his voice trembled: "You...... You're threatening your own officer?

An angry shout came out, but Sikong Gu said loudly:

"Xiaomin is not a threat to adults, Xiaomin is here today to help adults analyze the pros and cons to determine black and white. ”

Sikong Gu's voice was so clear that it overwhelmed Yang Yonghua's roar, and Yang Yonghua no longer called for the officials, but sneered: "Heh! It turns out that Meng Yuan wants to decide the case for his official today? Sikong Meng Yuan! Do you know that early this morning, most of the businessmen in Yangzhou wrote a complaint, which clearly stated that the Cao gang had committed many misdeeds on weekdays, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil. Yesterday, they kidnapped pedestrians and killed young children, and the city of Yangzhou was in turmoil, and the people were very afraid. Meng Yuan exonerated this thief again today......"

Yang Yonghua sneered again, and then stopped speaking, just stared at Sikong Gu with interest.

When Yang Shuo heard Yang Yonghua say that the Cao Gang "committed many misdeeds, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil", his left hand pressed on the sword. Sikong Gu glanced twice in a row, and Yang Shuo turned his trembling left hand behind his back, but the clenched eyebrows did not let go.

After Yang Yonghua finished speaking, he saw Yang Shuo's fierce appearance again, and frowned, and when he was about to open his mouth to scold, he heard Sikong Gu's clear voice.

"County Lieutenant Yang, Xiaomin really doesn't know that there is such a thing. ”

Yang Yonghua snorted coldly, thinking that Sikong Gu knew the government's attitude towards this matter, so he waved his hand and said, "Hmph, then you ......"

"But what Xiaomin wants to say must have something to do with this matter. ”

Yang Yonghua's raised hand froze for a moment, and then slowly fell on the table, a pair of eyes not much bigger than a mouse's eyes were round, staring straight at Sikong Gu: "Oh? Sikong Gongzi still has something to say? Could it be that he is questioning this official?"

As soon as Sikong Gu arched his hand, he said loudly: "Xiaomin is going to sue the Yang Daomen Martial Arts Hall today for many misdeeds, rape and plunder, and do all kinds of evil!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall, along with the solemn servants beside them, stared at Sikong Gu with an unbelievable gaze, and even Yang Shuo looked at him with the eyes of a madman.

Yang Yonghua slapped the shocked wood and shouted, "You...... Sikong Lonely, this is a public court!"

Sikong Gu's voice did not decrease but increased: "Xiaomin knows! This is a public court that distinguishes between black and white, and determines right and wrong!"

Yang Yonghua was so angry that his lips trembled slightly, and he didn't care about what figure was sitting in the back hall, so he immediately leaned forward and asked, "Then tell me, how did that Yang Dao Martial Arts Gym also make a living from the Cao Gang?"

Yang Shuo clenched his fists, although he didn't understand what Sikong Gu wanted to do, but he knew that he must not be rash at this time, so he used the exercises, calmed the blood, and after spitting out three mouthfuls of turbid air, Yang Shuo's ears stopped buzzing.

And the little official who led the two into the door was originally the clerk of this yamen, and after seeing Yang Yonghua angry, he understood that it was this person named "Sikong Gu" who annoyed Lord Yang. He stood up and saluted Yang Yonghua and said, "Lord Yang, this Sikong Lonely Fang seems to be falsely accusing others. ”

When Yang Yonghua heard this, he knew that he was confused by Sikong Gu, so he slapped Tang Mu fiercely, and threatened Sikong Gu, who was smiling as old as before:

"I don't know what this 'Raising Sword Martial Arts Gym' has to do with the evil deeds of the Cao Gang? ”

Although Yang Yonghua was no longer excited, there was a hint of a sneer in his voice. Although he understood the "Yangdaomen Martial Arts Hall" as the "Yangdao Martial Arts Hall", Sikong Gu didn't care, this Yang Tong judged that it was not important to him that he didn't understand the rivers and lakes, the important thing was that the person behind the hall finally put down the teacup in his hand.

After hearing the slight sound behind the hall, Sikong Gu smiled even more on his face, and still said loudly:

"Don't worry, my lord, Xiao Min's words haven't been finished yet, Xiao Min also sued this Yangdaomen Martial Arts Hall today for coercing the squire of Shang Jia, falsely accusing the Cao Gang, and blaming all the evil things he did on weekdays on the Cao Gang, these evil things, naturally, include the kidnapping of Liu Langjun yesterday and the killing of his scholar Ah Yue. ”

Yang Yonghua stared at Sikong Gu's eyes, but he couldn't see anything other than "sincerity" from these clear and flawless eyes.

Yang Yonghua looked at Yang Shuo and the Cao Gang who followed Sikong Gu in, and saw that one of them was staring at Sikong Gu in surprise, and the other was scanning the yamen in fear, and he understood in his heart that they were not in cahoots with Sikong Gu.

"What does this kid think? Biting back into that martial arts hall, does he want to get away with it? Can you follow Lord Lu's instructions...... This gang must be eliminated, but what is going on? Looking at this kid's expression, it seems that what he said is true. ”

The hall fell silent again, until a soft footstep came from the small hall behind the courtroom.

Yang Yonghua panicked in his heart: "It's over, this father-in-law surnamed Lu is still going to come out to see them, I can be called a disadvantage, it's over...... It's over......"

When the footsteps stopped, Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo saw the Lu Jian Jun who had been hiding behind the hall drinking tea. The reason why he was able to know that Lu Jianjun had been drinking tea in the small hall was because the two brothers had sensitive six senses, and they could hear the sound of pouring tea in the small hall behind the public hall during the two silent times in the public hall.

And this Lu Jian Jun made Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo feel a little shocked, just because this bearded man in an official robe and a black veil on his head really didn't look like the "Lu Gonggong" in the intelligence.

Jian'an Army Supervisor Lu Xun has a stout figure, extremely thick pores on his face, and his beard is extremely lush, coupled with his leopard head and eyes, swallow jaw and tiger whiskers, he really looks like a martial artist. When Sikong Gu saw that burly appearance, he was shocked: "The old man didn't even record his appearance, this person is really a eunuch?

But when Lu Xun opened his mouth, Sikong Guden understood that this person was really still a eunuch, but ...... Looks a little more heroic.

The voice was yin and yang: "Shou Xian (Yang Yonghua's cousin): "Shou Xian (Yang Yonghua's cousin), since this son wants to sue, he must let him make it clear, right? How can you sue the official and not let the family explain it clearly, so you will scold others? Isn't the principle of putting the people first still want our family to teach you?"

The voice with a heroic and respectful face was really shocking, but when Lu Xun asked, Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo knew that the beard was glued, and the beard that was connected when the mouth moved was actually trembling with the whole body, indeed, it was so sticky and dense that it was not easy to be found when he didn't speak......

But will the mouth soon be exposed?

Sikong Gu's stomach was filled with acid, and he was glad that he hadn't eaten breakfast today, although he was puzzled by the bad taste of this eunuch, but for the Cao Gang, it was just a trivial matter...... Well, the little things that don't make you feel so comfortable.

After Sikong Gu bowed to Lu Xun, he no longer got up to look at that face, and said respectfully: "Xiaomin Sikong Gu has seen Lord Lu. ”

"Oh? Sikong Gongzi knows his identity very well. Lu Xun squinted and said, looking at Sikong Gu's slightly lowered face with a smile, Sikong Gu is thin, but his face is like a knife, not as heroic as the people in the rivers and lakes, but not as weak as the scholars, so he has a different taste.

Lu Xun glanced at it a few times, but there was a burst of inexplicable joy in his heart: "What a handsome gentleman, if the first emperor is still ......"

Listening to the voice that was neither yin nor yang, and catching a glimpse of a sturdy man with his orchid fingers raised, Sikong Gu endured the discomfort, and finally raised his head and smiled:

"Yesterday, there were rumors in the city, saying that Lord Lu was going to enter the city today to visit the son of the deceased, and now I saw the Jian'an Army in this yamen, so Xiaomin took the liberty to guess that you were Lord Lu, and Xiaomin just guessed by luck. ”

"Oh, did it spread all over the city yesterday?" Hearing this, Lu Xun glanced at Yang Yonghua, those eyes that were originally extremely lazy were no longer incompatible with Lu Xun's identity after shooting out two rays of light.

"This ...... I don't know if it's lowly, this news is only lowly ...... Chen Xian: Did you send it out from your kid?"

Yang Yonghua stood up under these two gazes, his gaze wandered in this hall, and finally fell on the little official.

The little official blinked and saw that everyone was staring at him, so he reacted that Yang Yonghua was putting the responsibility for leaking the news on himself. Although Chen Xian only learned that the big man in the back hall was originally the Jian'an Army's Lu Jian Army, he gritted his teeth and made a frightened look: "It was the villain who was careless for a while and leaked the news." ”

Yang Yonghua exhaled a breath of turbidity, and was afraid that the little official would spit out something that shouldn't be said, so he scolded the little official: "Why don't you get out of here?"

After that, Yang Yonghua got up and said to Lu Xun at the same time that the little official withdrew from the yamen: "The lowly emperor is not strict, and I hope that Lord Lu will be guilty." ”

Lu Xun didn't look at him again, but asked Sikong Gu: "This Sikong boy, I'm afraid I already knew that I was in the back of the hall, right?"

Sikong Gu said: "It's just speculation on the part of the small people. ”

Lu Xun nodded, and then glanced at Yang Yonghua, his eyes were cold, as if he had sentenced Yang Yonghua to death for his career, and just this glance made Yang Yonghua, who was still angry, sit on the official chair.

Lu Xun looked at Sikong Gu's thin and handsome face again, and asked, "You came for me?"

Sikong Gu smiled and said, "Xiaomin is indeed here for adults now. ”

Yang Shuo listened to the conversation between the two, quite unforgiving, but seeing that there was no malice in Lu Xun's eyes, Sikong Gu held his head high again, with the smile that had not changed for ten thousand years on his face, so he also pressed the confusion in his heart and listened to the conversation between the two.

"Do you know what I came here for?"

"Xiaomin is very clear, it's just ...... Is it appropriate to speak here?" Sikong Gu looked at the officials who avoided his gaze one after another, and finally closed his gaze on Yang Yonghua.

Yang Yonghua was about to open his mouth to scold Sikong Gu, but he heard Lu Xun laugh out loud, there was a bit of arrogance in this laughter, but combined with his voice that was neither yin nor yang, it was really difficult for Sikong Gu to accept.

After laughing, Lu Xun's expression no longer showed a little femininity, but his voice couldn't change, it was still neither yin nor yang:

"It seems that Sikong Gongzi is an understanding person, two please. ”

Sikong Gu pointed to the Cao Gang gang member whose left cheek was swollen and said to Lu Xun: "No, this one is the key." ”

Although Lu Xun didn't know why Sikong Gu wanted to bring this seemingly inconsequential gang, he still nodded.

So, Sikong Gu and the three of them followed Lu Xun into the small hall, and although Yang Shuo was full of questions, he couldn't ask questions. And the people in this yamen hall that should be majestic, those officials also looked at each other.

It wasn't until Yang Yonghua wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, got up and shook his sleeves and left, that the official muttered, "Just now...... What happened?"

Obviously, he didn't want to get an answer, he just wanted the other party to summarize the farce in the yamen hall.