As soon as the prefect drank it, the old man Lai Yubo was startled, and hurriedly said: "My lord, my ancestral vase is worth more than three hundred taels!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, and Li Da was even more frightened, and almost collapsed in the lobby. Li Da hurriedly kowtowed, and said vaguely in his mouth: "Please make the decision for the villain, you really can't blame the villain for this!"

In Lianyun City, the monthly income of an ordinary person is only a dozen taels of silver. The three hundred taels of silver had to be paid off by Li Da for 20 years without eating or drinking. In addition, Li Da is old and young, and the family of six or seven people is counting on him to support him alone with their mouths open, no wonder Li Da is scared like this.

The little fat man knew in his heart that Lai Yubo's vase was estimated to be worthless at all, but now there was no evidence to prove that it was not Li Da's collision, and he couldn't prove that the vase was not worthless. However, the little fat man couldn't bear to sit back and watch Lai Yubo blackmail an honest man in vain. So, the little fat man frowned, meditating and thinking about the solution.

The prefect pondered for a while, snapped for fear of startling, and said loudly: "Lai Yubo and Li Da collided because of crossing the bridge. Because there are no eyewitnesses, it is not possible to prove which side is at fault. Now the government has decided that Li Da will compensate Lai Yubo for half of the loss, and you two can accept it?"

When Lai Yubo heard this, his face was first happy, and he immediately made a reluctant look, and said: "Since the adults have said so, the villain has no choice but to admit that he is unlucky, so let him lose half of it." ”

"My lord......" Li Da seemed to be unconvinced, and shouted again.

The prefect's eyes widened, and he asked loudly: "Li Da, are you not satisfied with the judgment of this mansion?"

Li Da kowtowed like a chicken eating rice, and said in a loud voice: "It's not that the villain is unconvinced, but the villain can't afford to pay at all! There are two seventy parents on the villain, and two children waiting to be fed below." When his wife gave birth to a child, she fell ill and could not work in the field. The family's livelihood depends on the villain to work as a casual worker, earning that meager income to barely survive. This more than 100 taels of silver is to chop the villain into meat scraps and sell it, and the villain can't afford to pay it back!"

"If you can't afford it, take the mortgage of the deed!" Lai Yubo didn't care about the life and death of others, and interjected a sentence on the side.

"Smack!" The prefect slapped the wood again, and said loudly: "Dare Lai Yubo! This is above the public court, and it is not your turn to point fingers!"

Lai Yubo saw that the prefect was indeed angry, so he was so frightened that he quickly shut up and didn't dare to speak again. The prefect frowned, and he didn't know how to solve it, when he suddenly saw the new fat man in the hall glaring at him. The prefect's heart moved, and he secretly thought, this Zhu Xiaopang is from Xianjian Villa, and he is definitely not an ordinary catcher, maybe he has some solution. Thinking of this, the prefect said: "This case is a bit tricky, wait for the background of this mansion to think about it for a while, and then come to trial." Zhu Xiaopang, you follow this mansion!"

After speaking, the prefect walked to the back hall with his hands behind his back. Seeing this, the little fat man handed the stick in his hand to Jin Buyan next to him to hold it for himself, and then followed the prefect to the back hall.

When they arrived at the back hall, the prefect sat down on a chair and asked Xiaopang, "Zhu Xiaopang, why did you look at this mansion just now?"

The reason why the prefect didn't give Xiaopang a seat was because the case was being decided now, and he was respectful and orderly. The little fat man didn't care about this, in order to prevent Li Da from being wronged, the little fat man told him about being blackmailed by Lai Yubo on the day he first came. Li Da is not easy enough now, if he is asked to compensate Lai Yubo for more than 100 taels of silver, he will definitely not be able to take it. In the end, I'm afraid that only the whole family will commit suicide together.

When the prefect heard this, he was furious, and snorted coldly: "I can't imagine that this old man is so hateful! This time, it must not be as he wishes!"

The little fat man nodded beside him and said, "Compromise will only fuel the arrogance of the evil and make him more fearless." ”

The prefect knew that what the little fat man said was true, but for the time being, he couldn't grasp Lai Yubo's handle, and he had no idea for a while. When the prefect was at a loss, he suddenly saw Zhu Xiaopang beside him looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, his heart moved, and he asked, "Xiaopang, do you have a solution?"

When the little fat man heard the prefect's question, he nodded and said, "There is another way, but I don't know if it is feasible?"

"It's okay, little fat man, just tell me about it. The prefect said.

"Obey!" the little fat man replied, leaned down, and told the prefect in detail what he had come up with.

, was silent for a while, and lowered his head, as if considering the feasibility of the little fat man's method. After a while, the prefect raised his head, stared at the little fat man, and said, "That's it! Little fat man, go and prepare. All expenses will be borne by the government. ”

"Order!" the little fat man saw that the prefect had agreed, so he retired and prepared something. After another cup of tea, the little fat man came to see the prefect with a blanket and a smile on his face.

"Little fat man, are you ready?" asked the prefect.

The little fat man cautiously shook the blanket in his hand to the prefect and said, "My lord, everything is all right." ”

The prefect glanced at the coat in the little fat man's hand and said, "Okay, re-ascend to the church!"

So, the prefect and the little fat man returned to the lobby. The crowd quickly stood in place, and called Lai Yubo and Li Da to kneel in front of the hall. ”

The prefect majestically glanced at Lai Yubo and Li Da, who were kneeling in the hall, and these two looked a little uneasy under the gaze of the prefect, and they were each waiting for the prefect's verdict in fear.

With a snap, the prefect slapped the shocked wood in his hand on the desk and said loudly: "After thinking about it, this mansion has made a verdict. Lai Yubo and Li Da, because of the collision, caused Lai Yubo's ancestral vase worth 300 taels of silver to fall into the water. Because the two sides could not say who was primarily at fault, the government ruled on this. Li Da's compensation for Lai Yubo's vase is worth an average of one hundred and fifty taels!"

After listening to the prefect's verdict, Lai Yubo forcibly endured the ecstasy in his heart, made an unwilling look, and said to me: "The villain is willing to obey the verdict of the adult." ”

Looking at Li Da again, I saw that he was already sitting on the ground, his eyes were straight, and he muttered to himself: "One hundred and fifty taels, where can I get one hundred and fifty taels?"

Everyone also cast sympathetic glances at him, and suddenly, Li Da jumped up and slammed into the wall at the entrance of the lobby.

"Stop him!" the prefect shouted, and he had already rushed up and held Li Da down.

Li Da was grabbed by the wrists of the two catchers and pressed his head, his face was pressed to the ground, and he couldn't stop crying bitterly, crying and saying: "I can't afford to pay one hundred and fifty taels of silver at all, you let me die." ”

Seeing Li Da's pain, the prefect was very sympathetic in his heart, and glanced at the little fat man, the little fat man hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, as if to say: "Everything is fine!" Seeing the little fat man's smile, the prefect was relieved, so he comforted Li Da with kind words and said: "Li Da, don't panic and look for death and life." As long as you stay alive, everything can be figured out slowly. ”

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but I said: It's just because I haven't reached the sad place. Li Da couldn't have said that he was a dignified seven-foot man at the beginning, but now he is crying with tears streaming down his face. There is no other reason than money. Many people say that money is the root of all evil. Now it seems that without the root of all evil, I am afraid that Li Da's life will be lost soon.

"My lord, you just cut off all the flesh on the villain and sold it, and the villain can't afford to pay the one hundred and fifty taels of silver! Now I have no choice but to die!" Li Da now has no appearance of a man at all, his face was pressed to the ground by two catchers, and he said in despair.

The prefect said, "If this government pays this one hundred and fifty taels of silver for you, will you still seek death?"

"Really?" Li Da exclaimed excitedly, and immediately, his face darkened again, and he whispered: "Even if the adult pays the money for the villain, the villain can't afford to pay back the adult's one hundred and fifty taels of silver in this life." ”

The prefect glanced at the little fat man, smiled slightly, and said: "This mansion doesn't want you to pay it back, you only need to answer this mansion, do you still want to die?"

Li Da was obviously also shocked by the prefect's words, one hundred and fifty taels is not a small amount, maybe many people will not be able to earn so much money in their lifetime. Now that the prefect said no, don't want it, Li Da's heart was like a storm in the sea, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. After a while, Li Da seemed to understand, gritted his teeth, and said, "If the adult repays the money for the villain, the villain will not die." However, the villain can't afford to pay back the one hundred and fifty taels of silver. I only hope that I can make cattle and horses for adults in the future, to repay the kindness of my life. ”

The prefect said: "I don't need you to be a cow or a horse, I just hope that you will be a good person in the future and work hard to earn money to support your family." ”

When Li Da heard this, big tears of emotion flowed out of the corners of his eyes, rolled to the ground, and he kept saying, "Thank you, sir!"

When the prefect saw that Li Da had promised not to think about it anymore, he said to the two arresters who arrested him: "You two, let him go!"

"Yes!" Hearing the prefect's words, the two fast catchers let go of Li Da's arm and walked back to their own fast catchers in turn.

Besides, Lai Yubo looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, and heard that the prefect was going to pay for Li Da's money, and he was terrified, afraid that the prefect would break his promise. Thinking about it again, these days, the bold are starving to death. What's the big deal, people don't destroy heaven and earth for their own sake. Thinking about this, Lai Yubo was not afraid, peeked at the prefect, and waited for the prefect to give him the silver. Lai Yubo thought about it, and it was a big deal to go away after getting the silver.

"Zhu Xiaopang, bring the silver ticket!" the prefect shouted at Zhu Xiaopang.

"Yes, my lord!" Zhu Xiaopang replied calmly and strode out of the ranks of fast catchers.