Ye and Lin felt a little better after drinking the medicine, and fell asleep groggily, while Yun Menghan asked Cui Lingsha to take good care of Ye Yuanqing, and then went out again.

Cui Lingsha has been staying by Ye Yuanqing's side, looking at Ye Yuanqing's sleeping appearance, occasionally he will dream, calling Cui Lingsha's name vaguely in his mouth, his face is anxious, and his heart can't help but ripple, and he has been guarding all night.

The next day, Ye Yuanqing was jumping around, Lin Yuanqing could barely walk on the ground, Lin Yuanqing weakly held the teapot and lay on the table and said, "Big brother, why does Miss Zhou family treat you like this?"

"Why else, of course you want me to retreat, Lingsha, your craftsmanship is awesome!" Ye Yuanqing said with praise as he ate the breakfast Cui Lingsha prepared for them.

"Oh, how did Ye Gongzi know?" Cui Lingsha asked curiously on the side.

"Well, see for yourselves. After Ye Yuanqing finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper, Cui Lingsha and Lin Yuanqing went up to watch, and saw five sentences neatly written on the paper: "I send my sorrow and the bright moon, I don't know how many people will return to the moon, one of them is too true, and the spirit is life and death together, if you have no intention of others." ”

Lin Yuanqing tilted his neck and read it several times, and said in confusion: "Big brother, what does this mean? There are two verses I have also read, I can't read this anymore." ”

Cui Lingsha looked at the paper and suddenly smiled: "Lin Gongzi doesn't have to work in vain, he can't read it normally." ”

Ye Yuanqing's eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "Lingsha understands?"

Cui Lingsha smiled slightly: "Well, these few sentences seem irrelevant, but Miss Zhou just wants to make up the first word of each sentence, and the first word of each sentence of the five sentences can be read together." ”

"I don't like you. Lin Yuanqing read it along.

"Lingsha is really smart, hahaha. Ye Yuanqing stroked his palms and smiled.

"Ye Gongzi has won the award. ”

"Lingsha, why are you still so polite to me? This trip to Zhoufu has made me understand that I like you. Ye Yuanqing suddenly confessed to Cui Lingsha, but before Cui Lingsha could react, Lin Yuanqing first sprayed Ye Yuanqing with a sip of tea, and said with great joy: "Big brother, you finally said it!"

Cui Lingsha got up and ran away, Ye Yuanqing didn't chase after him, his expression was gloomy, and he let the tea drip from his face, and the room fell into a deathly silence.

In the middle of the night, a chuckle came from the window: "It looks like it's hitting a wall." ”

Lin Yuanqing looked at the window, only to see Yun Menghan turn over from the window and come in, and said with a smile: "Do you want to give up Miss Cui and consider Miss Zhou?"

Ye Yuanqing didn't talk, but said, "Teacher Yun, do you think Miss Cui will accept me?"

"It's too hard for Childe to ask me this question, but I have a way to make Miss Cui feel Childe's heart. Yun Menghan looked at Ye Yuanqing and said.

"The teacher doesn't have to joke about Yuanqing, I just think I'm also an open-minded person, and the love of children is what you and I want, if Miss Cui doesn't want to, just say it, I don't want to force it, but her current performance makes me really unpredictable. Ye Yuanqing said.

"Big brother, Miss Cui, she's actually... Lin Yuanqing was just about to tell Ye Yuanqing about the chat between the two yesterday, but was interrupted by Yun Menghan, he said: "Brother Lin doesn't need to say much, no matter how much the truth is, it is not as good as experiencing it once, I have one thing to deal with in Hangzhou at present, we will stay for a few more days, you can relax and play around these days." After Yun Menghan finished speaking, he left a bag of money and walked out.

Ye Yuanqing picked up the square scarf left on the table by Cui Lingsha and looked at it blankly, while Lin Yuanqing was reminded of Chu Wan by the trouble just now, and also sat there in a daze, thinking out of his mind.

While the two of them were still in a daze, the door of the room was pushed open suddenly, and three catchers walked in, led by the head catcher, and said, "Who is Cui Lingsha?"

Ye Yuanqing came back to his senses and said, "What's wrong?"

The head catcher glanced at him and asked, "Are you together?"

"yes. Ye Yuanqing said suspiciously.

"Someone has accused you of hurting people with weapons, so come with us to the yamen. Then he couldn't help but say that he wanted to come up and torture the two, Lin Yuanqing naturally didn't do it, Ye Yuanqing held him down and said: "I'm not afraid of shadows, Brother Lin, let's go to the yamen and see who it is." ”

Cui Lingsha in the next room heard the noise and ran over, and asked quickly, "Are you Cui Lingsha?"

"Yes. ”

"Take it away. The head catcher didn't talk nonsense, with a wave of his big hand, Cui Lingsha was about to argue, Ye Yuanqing gently held her hand and said, "Lingsha, I'm here, it's okay." Looking at her with a resolute expression, this glance made Cui Lingsha's heart bump into the deer, and she couldn't help but blushing and lowering her head, and the three of them went to the yamen with the catchers.

Hangzhou prefect Duan Changqing is 67 years old this year, his career is dull and uneventful, and he does not seek merit but no fault for the way of the official, and his motto is: "Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and does not care about the frost on the tiles of others." Now there are still three years to step down, and it is also a great pleasure to hug your grandchildren and enjoy Qingfu when the time comes, so it is best to solve the case only in peace.

He was extremely unhappy in his heart for this trial, but the plaintiff was Qi Yaozu, the son of Qi Xianliang, the largest local rich man and the No. 1 financier of the Yamen, sued Lin Yuanqing and his group for hurting their own schemes, and brought more than a dozen people early in the morning, it seems that the people who came were not good.

"This kid relies on his father to make money, and he gets into trouble every day, who dares to touch the people of the Qi family in the whole of Hangzhou, including the surrounding counties and townships, this time it is estimated that the unlucky guy of which family was entangled by him. Although Duan Changqing didn't want to deal with him very much, but thinking that he would leave office in three years, bear with it, there was no choice but to send them back quickly.

When Ye Yuanqing and his party arrived at the yamen and saw Qi Yaozu, they all understood, Qi Yaozu raised his head and squinted at everyone arrogantly, making people suspect that his neck would break if he leaned back again.

Duan Changqing coughed and then patted the hall and said in a startled voice, "Ascend to the hall." A sign was erected on each side, with the words "avoidance" and "silence", and the two rows of officials all knocked on the cane and said: "Mighty." ”

Duan Changqing patted the hall again, and the hall suddenly fell silent, and then said, "Who is in the hall?

Qi Yaozu bowed deeply and said: "Villain Qi Yaozu, sue Ye Yuanqing and his party for injuring my family with weapons yesterday, and ask your lord to administer justice for me." After saying that, he waved his hand, and a person who looked like a lawyer behind him stepped forward and handed the master a piece of litigation paper, writing what Qi Yaozu said, and the two big men standing behind Qi Yaozu fell to their knees and shouted: "Please make the decision for us." ”

Lin Yuanqing fixed his eyes and saw that it was the two people who were following him that day and were hung upside down, the two of them were ragged and bandaged in many places, as if they were injured by sharp weapons, but Lin Yuanqing only remembered that Yun Menghan only made a small cut on the necks of the two at that time, breaking the arms of the two, but the other wounds came from nowhere.

At this time, Changqing said: "Who is Ye Yuanqing?"

"Adults, it's the students. Ye Yuanqing bowed and said.

"Oh, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" Duan Changqing said slowly.

"Then may I ask my lord, why doesn't Qi Gongzi kneel?"

"Bold! Dare to speak out against adults in the court! My son-in-law is born, and according to the law, there is no need to kneel. The lawyer next to him scolded, and Qi Yaozu next to him snorted heavily.

"Oh, then according to the laws of the capital, then please ask this gentleman to tell me if Xie Yuan wants to kneel?" Ye Yuanqing said coldly, his whole person's aura changed as he spoke, and Lin Yuanqing saw that his eyes became sharp.

Ye Yuanqing because he hated learning martial arts very much, so he studied hard, vowing to embark on a career in office, it just so happened that this year was the triennial township test, Ye Yuanqing won the title of "Xie Yuan" in the first place, and his status is equivalent to that of a local official, although it is worse than the status of the prefect, but there is no need to kneel.

Qi Yaozu and the lawyer obviously didn't expect Ye Yuanqing to be a lifter, and he was speechless for a while, Duan Changqing secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that Qi Yaozu was probably going to touch his nose this time, and hugged his fists and said: "Oh, it turned out to be Ye Jieyuan, just be free of courtesy, Qi Gongzi sued you for hurting people with weapons, but is there such a thing?"

"My lord, please let these two describe the circumstances of what happened that day, and maybe I can remember one or two. Ye Yuanqing said.

"Okay, you two talk about the events of the day and make it clear. Duan Changqing looked at the two kneeling in the hall and said.

"Yes, my lord, yesterday afternoon my two brothers went out to buy food in the name of their son, and when they passed by an alley, three people came to them, and they were the three of them. After speaking, he pointed to Ye Yuanqing and the others, and then said: "The two of us wanted to make way for them first, but we didn't expect them to suddenly ask us for money, we didn't comply, and we were beaten by them to this point, we were timid and afraid to report to the official, but the son couldn't swallow this breath, so he brought us here, my lord, please also preside over justice for us." After one of them said this quickly, the bandaged gauze oozed red blood.

"Ye Jieyuan, is there such a thing?" Duan Changqing probably knew in his heart that the other party was slandering, but he still asked with a frown.

"My lord, the student has something unclear, please ask the adult to solve the doubt. Ye Yuanqing said.

"Please. ”

"My lord, please see, although these two are covered with wounds, they are burly and strong, on the other hand, the three of us, it is estimated that they are not as heavy as one of them, let me ask my lord, if you were me, would you be the target of your money robbery?" Ye Yuanqing asked loudly.

"Well, probably not. ”

"My lord, they know martial arts!" said a big man hurriedly.

"Okay, since you said that we robbed you with martial arts, then tell me, if we came to Hangzhou for the first time and wanted to rob, why didn't we go to find some people who looked like rich businessmen? Besides, since we want to rob money, then why do we have to make such a heavy hand? It's a big deal to change the target and continue to attack, and after we succeed, you will know your name, and the swaggering stay is waiting for you to report to the official, find us and arrest us? Besides, if you say that it happened yesterday, it will not be easy for you to find out about it in just half a day. Ye Yuanqing spoke faster and faster like a cannonball, and the two of them were speechless.

"Good eloquence!" Duan Changqing's eyes lit up at the moment, and he gave Ye Yuanqing a thumbs up in his heart, and he said slowly: "Yes, logically speaking, there is really no way to explain why Ye Xie Yuan wants to attack the two of you, in my opinion, there must be a misunderstanding, and the two sides can mediate on their own." ”

"My lord, it is precisely because the two of them are going out to run errands, and they are carrying silver taels, that they will be Ye Yuan... Ye Xie Yuan stared at it, these two families like to brag on weekdays, but they must have been too flamboyant when they went out and were heard. The lawyer said busily.

"Oh, this gentleman, according to the law, will also be held accountable for false accusations. Ye Yuanqing glanced at the lawyer, and a cold light appeared in his eyes.

The lawyer shuddered involuntarily after seeing Ye Yuanqing's expression, turned his head to look at Qi Yaozu again, and made a vicious gesture to wipe his neck towards him, he swallowed his saliva and said, "My lord, I had a witness at the time to see Ye Jieyuan following the two of them. ”

"Then call the witnesses to court. Duan Changqing scolded secretly in his heart: "It's so obvious that you're still making it up, you didn't go down the stairs just now, I'm afraid I won't be able to go down for a while to see what you do." ”

"My lord, this is the Wang Po who sells pears at the gate of Qi Mansion, and this is Qin Langzhong, who happened to be setting up a stall in the alley at the time of the incident, both of them can testify and see Ye Jieyuan hurt people with their own eyes. The lawyer pointed to the two men who had entered the court.

"Granny Wang, tell me what you saw that day?" Duan Changqing said.

"Lord Hui, yesterday afternoon I set up a stall at the gate of Qi Mansion to sell pears, and I saw the two of them leaving the house with a money bag, and said as they walked: 'This time the son gave a lot of silver, you can buy more things. Then he bought two pears from me and left, and the boy over there walked around the gate of the Qi Mansion for a long time, and after hearing what the two said, he followed. Wang Po knelt on the ground and whispered.

"Well, Doctor Qin, tell me what you saw?"

"Back to my lord, villain, I was setting up a stall at the entrance of the alley yesterday to see a doctor, I heard a sound in the alley behind me, and when I turned to look, I found that this boy was standing there with a knife in his hand, and the two people over there fell to the ground, covered in blood, and their wounds were still bandaged by me. Qin Langzhong's body trembled and said.

"Ye Jieyuan, do you have anything else to say?" Duan Changqing didn't bother to ask any more, now he was more curious about how Ye Yuanqing would resolve the problem in front of him.

"My lord, let me ask you a few questions. ”

"Well, you ask. ”

"Master Xie. After Ye Yuanqing finished speaking, he walked up to Wang Po and said, "Old woman, you said that I was watching at the gate of Qi Mansion, and then followed these two strong men, so how many people I was at that time?"

"One... Three. Wang Po replied stumblingly.

"How many are there?!" Ye Yuanqing suddenly shouted loudly, this sound frightened Wang Po, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

Ye Yuanqing didn't wait for her to answer, he walked up to Qin Langzhong again and said, "Doctor Qin, right? You just said that you took care of the wounds of these two people, and you said that I hurt people with a knife, so what kind of knife were they injured by? Where is the serious injury? What kind of sharp weapon did I hold yesterday?"

"This... Qin Langzhong didn't say anything for a long time.

"My lord ... The lawyer just wanted to speak, but Ye Yuanqing burst out: "Shut up!"

Duan Changqing frowned, although he admired Ye Yuanqing very much, but this kind of roaring in the court would lose the face of his Duan Governor's Mansion, and coughed heavily, Ye Yuanqing also knew that he was rude, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "My lord, please forgive me." ”

Duan Changqing waved his hand and said, "Ye Jieyuan pay attention next time." ”

Ye Yuanqing nodded, straightened up and said: "Since this is the case, then I won't bother to talk anymore, I was a guest in the Zhou Mansion all day yesterday, and there were Zhou Kongqi, the head of the Zhou family, and Zhou Huishu, the young lady of the Zhou family, to testify, and there was no time to commit the crime at all." ”

When Qi Yaozu heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and Duan Changqing also hurriedly asked, "Lotus Dock Zhou Family?"

"It's this Zhou family. Ye Yuanqin said loudly.

Duan Chang straightened his body and said, "Come on, go to the Zhou Mansion and ask Miss Zhou to come here to testify." The subordinates quickly received the order and ran out.