Damn, what the hell is there any evidence for this, Xiao Yan: "Returning to your lord, Li Bin said that Zhao Xingyuan and Liu Shangshu are related by marriage, and threatened me to be careful and leave a way out for himself."

He Mingde: "Li Bin, did you say that?"

Li Bin: "My lord, the student did say something like this, but it didn't mean to slander Liu Shangshu at all. Please learn from me, my lord."

He Mingde nodded, "That's right, I think so too, Xiao Yan, what else do you want to say?"

Xiao Yan: "My lord, the students don't agree. Liu Shangshu is an upright person, and his official reputation has always been very good. Li Bin deliberately used Liu Shangshu's momentum to bully me, a little scholar. Isn't this a rebuke to Liu Shangshu's official reputation? slander?"

He Mingde: "This..."

Xiao Yan struck while the iron was hot: "My lord, many people heard this yesterday. I'm afraid Liu Shangshu's official voice has been stained by Li Bin."

Li Bin secretly scolded Xiao Yan for his sharp teeth, which could also be related to Liu Shangshu's official voice.

He Mingde couldn't think of any good words to refute for a while. Li Bin's words had no such meaning, but being forced by Xiao Yan, he was indeed suspected of taking advantage of Liu Shangshu's influence.

He Mingde has already made a decision to use people's money to eliminate disasters for others: "Come here, put Xiao Yan in prison, and I will try again at another day."

Xiao Yan was shocked, this is the end?I still have a lot to say, do I really want to be locked in that dark cell?

"My lord, the case has not been finished yet, why did you withdraw?"

He Mingde ignored it at all, turned around and left the lobby to go to the second hall.

As soon as the county magistrate left, the yamen guards took Xiao Yan to prison.

Li Bin sneered: "You have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, I see what waves you can make."

Xiao Yan: "Damn it, I'll let you be proud for a few days first. I'll see you when I go out, young master."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand like a slap.

Li Bin subconsciously covered his pig's face, "You really don't cry when you see the coffin, come out and beat me if you have the ability!"

Xiao Yan cursed secretly: This guy is really cheap, you wait for the young master, and next time I promise to beat your mother so that your mother doesn't even know you.

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On the second hall of Yuanhe County, He Mingde is tasting tea.

"My lord, Jian Bai, the eldest son of the Jian family, is begging to see you."

He Mingde: "I have never had any friendship with Jane's family, why did Jane come to me?"

"My lord, you are outside the county office, see you or not?"

He Mingde: "Let him in!"

Soon, the boy brought Jian Bai to the second class.

"Student Jian Bai, I met Mr. He."

He Mingde: "Watch and sit."

Jian Bai: "Thank you, my lord."

He Mingde: "Tell me, what are you going to see me for?"

Jian Bai laughed and said, "My lord, the student is a friend. I don't know what he committed, and he was put in prison?"

He Mingde: "Oh? What is the name of your friend?"

Jian Bai: "His name is Xiao Yan, and he is a scholar who went to Beijing with me to rush for the exam."

He Mingde: "I'm afraid that friend of yours won't be able to participate in this township examination?"

Jian Bai's expression tightened, "My lord, as far as I know, he just argued with someone and slapped that person on impulse, it shouldn't be so serious!"

He Mingde said in displeasure: "Is it the official who decides the case, or you come to decide the case?"

It's not because Jian's family is a local rich family, why would He Mingde talk so much with Jian Bai.

Jian Bai hurriedly said: "Don't dare, my lord is too serious. This is a little care of the students, and I hope my lord will accept it."

He Mingde squinted his eyes and almost dropped his jaw in shock. The two 1000 taels of bank notes were neatly placed on the case. The Jian family really deserved to be a rich family, and they were all sold for 2000 taels.

For the sake of money, a smile appeared on He Mingde's face.

"The township exam is coming soon. You, a scholar, are not studying hard at home. What are you doing with your idle time?"

Jian Bai: "To tell you the truth, my lord, I hit it off with this Xiao Yan, and now he is in trouble, so I won't help."

He Mingde: "Sure enough, he is a kind and righteous person, not bad, it seems that I am a good educater."

Jian Bai: "It's all adults who teach well."

He Mingde: "Okay, you go back and wait for the news, I will deal with it fairly."

Jian Bai still wanted to intercede for Xiao Yan again, but seeing that He Mingde had already picked up the teacup, it was obvious that he wanted to see off the guests, so he could only bow and leave.

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Dai Feng waited anxiously outside the yamen, walked back and forth countless times, finally saw Jian Bai come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "Old Jane, how is it? Did Mr. He agree to release him?"

Jian Bai looked around: "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk while walking."

The two walked a long distance and stopped in a secluded place.

Dai Feng: "Old Jane, there is no one here, please tell me quickly, what's going on? I'm so anxious."

Jian Bai said bitterly: "This He Mingde is really greedy. He took our 2000 taels of silver notes and didn't say when he would release Brother Xiao. He just asked me to go back and wait for news."

Dai Feng: "This dog official is really hateful. He used people's money to eliminate disasters for others. He just took money, but he didn't do anything."

Jian Bai: "It's easy to talk about Yinzi, but I just want to make Brother Xiao suffer."

Dai Feng: "It's all our fault. If we hadn't gone to Wanhualou, this incident would have happened, and Brother Xiao wouldn't have gone to the prison to suffer."

Jian Bai: "However, I just specially paid 20 taels of silver to the prison head, and asked him to take care of Brother Xiao. I hope he won't be like that dog officer He Mingde."

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"It seems that this Xiao Yan is my living God of Wealth. In two days' effort, I got more than 2000 taels of silver for nothing." He Mingde played with the two silver bills, his heart was already full of joy.

Recently, he had just taken in a concubine, and his money was not very rich, but now, the case has not been resolved, and he has received a huge sum of 500 taels, how can He Mingde not be carried away by his complacency.

"Master, you take the ten taels of silver."

He Mingde's master's surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao An.

Zhao An took the money, "Thank you, master, for the reward."

He Mingde: "Master, what should we do next? Do you want to release Xiao Xiao tomorrow?"

Zhao An hurriedly said: "My lord, absolutely not."

He Mingde was puzzled: "What do you mean, master? The Zhao family only gave me 500 taels, but my friend Jian Bai surnamed Xiao gave 2000 taels. Obviously, we should help the Jian family and let him go."

Zhao An stroked his beard, and said unhurriedly: "Sir, because of this, we can't release him in a hurry, but lock him up so that we can gain more benefits."

When He Mingde heard that he could still extract money, he said excitedly: "Oh, tell me quickly, Master, I am very itchy."

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