Dress to be a celebrity

Huang Xunyong now intends to pretend to be a foreign merchant who sells silk and satin. If he wants to go to court to sue, he has to kneel down to County Magistrate Song, so naturally he cannot sue in person.Master Tian is also a talented student, and he has been a good friend of the Yushi for several years. He is admired by others and refuses to bow to the county magistrate.In the end, it was discussed that Kuaishou Laoyu, a chief envoy, would pretend to be in charge and report to the yamen with the pleading written by Mr. Tian.

Several experienced guards turned over the inside of the car, pretending to be stolen, and rushed outside the yamen to testify.Mr. Huang and Mr. Tian went to the gate of the county yamen before the notices such as "Admonish the people to suspend the lawsuit", "Prohibit suing parties from fighting in front of the yamen", "No abuse of servants and maidservants", "Forbid women to burn incense", pretending to read the notices, stealing Aiming at Lao Yu's certificate.

Usually, the county government releases the case every three, six, and nine days. Wuping County recently had to try the case of the Wang family, and it took another five or [-] days, which made them hit the day of the release.

Holding the pleadings in one hand and the broken silver in the other, Lao Yu asked the janitor at the gate to hand it in with a pensive smile.The janitor at the gate secretly took the silver, took the pleading paper, glanced at it, handed it back, shook his head and said, "Your pleading is not good! My lord will never accept it!"

For the sake of money, the guard pointed him carefully: "This pleading paper was written by those poor scholars on the street who wrote letters for them? Now the yamen doesn't accept these random written pleadings. Let me show you a clear way-" —You go to the east corner gate of the county government, there is a row of sheds for the registration of plaintiffs, go there and ask the yin and yang students to write."

When he said this, his voice was quite loud, even Huang Xunyan and Master Tian, ​​who were pretending to read the notice a little far away, heard it.The two looked back tacitly, and exchanged a look: Why, the Wuping Yamen doesn't even let go of the money for writing letters on behalf of them.

With the same color, Lao Yu took back the pleading paper, nodded his thanks and said, "Thank you for your advice, brother, but I don't know how much it costs to write the pleading paper? I'll go back and prepare."

The officer smiled and said, "What money do you want? You are from another county. Are you a trap for those sour scholars who sell literature along the street? We adults are afraid that you will spend money outside and write substandard pleadings. A registration shed has been set up outside the Yamen, and it is specially called Yin Yang Sheng to write pleadings. You should go to the east now, and you should have time to register today.

"Fortunately, Zhu Taizun and Huan Sanzun in the mansion are also Qingtian. Our Mr. Song handed over the file and returned it immediately after the trial. Now those sinners who have no meritorious reputation have been sentenced to almost the same level. There are not so many poor people staying here. I have complained. If you had come a few days earlier, have you seen this long street..."

He stretched out his arms and swiped horizontally: "Both sides are full of registration sheds, and the team can go to the Fu Hotel across the street! Now because the Fu Hotel is repairing the gate, the registration shed has been moved to the east for fear of hitting people. From Jiaomen. Have you ever heard of the legend of Fairy Baimao? So many people are suing the Wang family who killed Fairy Baimao!"

The Wang family really committed so many crimes that even the mansion sentenced them?

If it's just someone making up the case of Zhu Gongdiao, it can still be said that there are only unscrupulous children in their family.But as the yamen servant said, so many people sued the Wang family, and the magistrate and the judge approved the statement submitted by Wuping County, so it is true that the Wang family's crimes are more concerned.

Such a big family with support in the court and fame, who is not an upright person like County Magistrate Song, who would dare to touch them?But I don't know how many people in the village have been harmed by this family for generations, and how many interests of the court have been embezzled.

Then, what happened to those squires who leapfrogged to the province to sue him, and those fierce and tragic articles?

Listening to the yamen's words, Huang Xunyin recalled the names on the articles that sued County Magistrate Song and his son, and countless guesses arose in his heart.The corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, he winked at Master Tian, ​​and motioned him to follow him to the registration shed.From the corner of his eyes, Lao Yu kept staring at the inspectors. Seeing that the two were about to leave, he thanked the yamen servant in front of the door and said that he would go to register.

The yamen servant was still muttering behind him: "Don't tell the sour scholar who wrote the pleading paper to cheat you. I think his pleading paper is only worth fifteen yuan. How much does he want from you? Just go back and find him and report it to me, Chen Ada." Name, get back the money he overcharged!"

Master Tian, ​​who was only worth fifteen big bucks for an article, quickened his pace silently.

Just after turning the corner of the street, the eyes of Huang Xunyin and his party received a huge shock - didn't it mean that Mr. Song had almost finished the sentence of the Wang family's case?Why are there so many people complaining?Several sheds have been built horizontally, and the people in line actually push up to the other side of the alley. How many bullies have emerged in Wuping County?

Changing to another county, Huang Xun's first reaction would have been to hate the local magistrate for not knowing how to persuade the people to suspend the lawsuit, and to cultivate a county's treacherous folk custom of being prone to litigation, but now looking at these miserable people, he can't tell the truth. a "no".

If they hadn't been forced to the point where the Yang family's father and daughter were, how could these small people dare to sue the big family?If there is no county magistrate Song to make decisions for them, I am afraid that these people would rather commit suicide by taking medicine than go to court with the powerful family, right?

He shook his head, and decided to change the identity of this out-of-town merchant to a out-of-town student who passed by Wuping when visiting friends, and personally report the case to see how the case will be heard in the County Magistrate Hall of Song Dynasty.

Without waiting for Lao Yu to come back, he walked to the registration shed with the word "Stolen" hanging on it, and said to the book office sitting inside: "I came from Fuzhou and went to Meizhou to visit an old friend. I passed by Wuping County today. I heard someone singing "The Legend of the White-haired Fairy" outside the alley in the north of the county. I was attracted by the sound and stopped to listen carefully. After she finished singing, I went back to look at my car, but I saw the things in the car turned over , a few bolts of satin are missing!"

There are several sheds for "human life", "stolen", "land", "household marriage", "debts" and "disputes" in a row, but no one is seen in front of the lost and stolen sheds.The clerk was sitting bored, when he saw a business visit, he quickly took out a printed manuscript and asked considerately: "Is it a case of theft? Are you the owner? What is your name, how old are you, where is your place of origin, and your relatives?" Relationship, what do you usually do for a living, why did you come to Wuping? When and where was it stolen? Is there anyone around? Was there any unusual noises or incidents at that time, or did you see anyone with strange movements afterward?"

These clerks have always accepted officials from all directions, and their Southwest Mandarin is even more standard than Mr. Huang, and they speak like pearls on a jade plate when asked, and they are extremely fluent.Huang Xun answered naturally when asked about his identity. He only reversed his nickname and said that his surname was An and his name was Shan. He used to live in Fuzhou and grew up with his parents in Shandong since he was a child. An old classmate.When asked about the specific circumstances of the theft, the compilation was a bit incomplete. Tian Shiye and a few yamen servants followed behind to remind and supplement, and they worked hard to fill up the paper.

Then he drew another list and asked in detail what the stolen items were, how many in total, whether they were whole or cut, what color and style, how much they were worth, and where they were placed in the car when they were stolen.

The guards overturned the messed-up car with their own hands, so they rushed up to answer Mr. Huang's answer with confidence, and quickly filled out the stolen list.

According to the normal process, it is time to write the pleading paper at this time, and then paste the loss list, let him take the pleading paper into the Yamen to listen, and hand it to the county magistrate Song in front of the roll shed to decide whether to accept or not.However, they finished compiling these two lists with great difficulty, and the book office didn't even write the pleadings, but greeted a few idle fast hands from behind the shed...

Those quick hands went to their cars, remembered the animal's body color, car body color and style, and damaged decorations, climbed into the car and described the contents, recorded the location, filled in the name, and finally asked them one by one. price.

After all this tossing, Master Huang's face suddenly changed slightly, and the faces of a few guards who arranged the crime scene by themselves became even hotter - they themselves compared the shape of the car and thought of several things wrong:

For example, their axles are a little loose, and when someone climbs up and down, or carries silks and satins, there must be creaking noises, and the horse may also take two steps because of the person's up and down movements.They listened to the prostitute singing a tune instead of Nanxi opera outside the complaint room. Her pipa sound and singing voice alone could not cover the sound.

Another example is that there are several small but valuable copper incense burners and other things in this cart. It is difficult to explain that the thief only took the silk and satin instead of the incense burner.Furthermore, although the censer was not lit, there was burnt snow-white winter ash in it, and after it was poured, winter ash was sprinkled on the cushion. small piece...

They themselves saw that something was wrong, and the scribes were also a little suspicious, so they hesitated to write the certificate.

Huang Xunyan had already arrived at the Yamen in person, and he had seen many extraordinary actions of County Magistrate Song, so he really didn't want to return empty-handed, so he gave the guards a wink and told them to cover up again.However, these officers in Wuping County were trained intensively from the big case of the Wang family. The more they saw their defenses, the more suspicious they became.

Could it be that he wanted to harm Mr. Song?

Ever since Mr. Song began to suspect that the Wang family wanted to harm his son, he assigned dozens of civilian bodyguards to Song Shi, and the emotions in the Yamen also made him a little nervous, worried that the Wang family and even more big families wanted to harm their county magistrate.

I heard that these ruthless thieves dared to make up fake papers and go to the province to sue their adults, what else can't be done!

They want to take people, so Master Huang's subordinates naturally want to protect the Lord.The book offices, government officials in the surrounding sheds, and the common people who came to complain were all facing Wuping County.Seeing that the situation was about to explode, Huang Xunjian even made plans to expose his identity. The side door next to the registration shed was suddenly opened, and a few men in homespun jackets rushed out first, and shouted: "The accusers are not allowed to fight in front of the yamen." !"

As these people came out, the book office and the servants seemed to be seeing the backbone, with a relaxed smile on their faces, and shouted at the door: "It's not that the complainant is fighting, Song Sheren, there is someone The strangers pretended to be theft and sued them, but they didn't know what conspiracy was behind them, and the little ones were about to capture them!"

The corner door opened inward, and a young man wearing a Confucian scarf and a blue student robe walked out slowly from behind the men.The young man was dressed very plainly, not as well-dressed as today's gifted scholars and literati, only a piece of jade was tied around his waist, and when he walked up, the hem of his clothes was turned up, revealing a white straight body inside.He was only dressed in simple clothes, with his face as clear as the moon, and his slender and tall figure, but it made people's eyes shine.

Seeing him, the long alley and the chaotic crowd in front of me seemed to quiet down.

Huang Xunyin suddenly said in his heart, "Zhuo Zhuo is like a wild crane standing in a flock of chickens", and he knew his identity without anyone telling him-no wonder the villagers said that Song Sheren was a fairy-like figure; no wonder Fang Xuezheng arrived Wuping County took an exam, and when I returned to the provincial capital, I still remembered to write articles and prefaces for a collection of essays compiled by a group of county students.

How could he become a student valued by the two censors if he wasn't such a "green robe and white slips" scholar.

Master Huang watched Song Shi walking towards them, raised his hand to appease the people who were about to make a move, and asked slowly: "This gentleman is the one who reported the loss? I think he is gentle and gentle. He must be a scholar. How could he deliberately ask for leave?" Form? They are foreigners, and they lost their things again, and they are anxious. It is common for them to remember wrongly for a while, so the Secretary Fang should not be too nervous. Please show me the list. "

He smiled at the corner of his mouth, and when he glanced at Huang Yushi and his party, he paused for a moment on everyone's face. His expression was gentle and did not feel offensive.Glancing at the list, he raised his eyes and smiled at Mr. Huang: "Sure enough, sir, he has a reputation. I see it well. Please forgive the rudeness of the officials in the county. They are also too busy these days, and they meet again Some sinners are unwilling to confess..."

Song Shi shook his head slightly, didn't say any more, scanned the list at a glance, and told the clerk Fang: "This case of theft is nothing more than another matter. If you are late, you may not be able to recover the stolen goods. You can't delay. Copy this list into the file." Well, there are still a dozen cases pending at my father's place. Since there are some unclear points in this case, it is not easy to issue a warrant. I should take someone to the prosecution room first-there are several important criminals of the Wang family locked up there. The members of his family intentionally commit crimes there, causing chaos there, so that they can communicate with the criminals conveniently."

He was deeply worried, and everyone listened to his analysis and thought of the evil deeds of the Wang family, and they all felt that it was justified.A few servants wanted to follow Song Shi to the complaint room for an investigation, but Song Shi declined: "This matter is just my guess, how can I take you away and delay the writing of complaints by the people? My father is also very busy these days, you guys Don't tell him yet, I'll come back after I accompany Mr. An to watch the theft scene, and then patrol around the prosecution room."

Huang Xunyan felt more and more that this young man was good: he also knew how to treat scholars with courtesy, and how to treat the poor and the weak, which must have been taught by his father since he was a child—the county magistrate Song seemed to be a rare good official.He also smiled a bit, and replied: "Thank you for your understanding. I am a scholar in my early years, and my family has a little property. I came here just to visit friends. How can I risk the world's dissatisfaction? Come on Song county magistrate is not good? This car and a few servants are sent to the yamen, and I and brother Tian are willing to go on the road alone with my servants."

Song Shi said with a smile: "Mr. An is worrying too much, there is no need to do so. But this car has been overturned, and there is no room for people, so let's find a place to put it down first. I will ask someone to drive the county car. , let’s take the car and park it at the place where it was stolen, so we can deduce how the thief got into the car and where he stole it.”

He ordered people to prepare the car immediately, and the clerks, servants, and bodyguards around surrounded him to persuade him to beware of those outsiders and pay attention to safety; he also looked at Huang Xunkan with vigilance and resentment, as if he regarded them as male goblins who confuse Xiao Sheren.

It is clear that there is a conspiracy, deliberately approaching Mr. Song with false claims, how can Sheren believe that they are good people?Just let them ride with him?

The Wang family has no shortage of famous scholars!

Mr. Huang and Tian Shiye lamented a few words behind their backs about the strict laws of the Wuping County Government, and felt that Song Shi was really a kind and considerate student, and it would be embarrassing not to teach them to read.No wonder it is said that Song Ling of Wuping County is good at receiving bosses and tourists. It can be seen from his son that he really treats scholars with respect and courtesy.

As the center of everyone's secret discussion, Song Shi can only enjoy the loneliness of seeing through everything alone——

Since Li Shaosheng sent a letter to inform him that the big family in the county had colluded with the Wang family to go to the province to sue their father and son for crimes, and that the Huang patrol case was going to the county to investigate the case, he was already ready for the patrol to investigate the case secretly.

Seeing the spirit of the person who asked for leave today, and hearing the accents of him and his friends from the north, Song Shi had a vague premonition in his heart; and when he saw the number he filled in on the form, it was the same as Huang Xun's number "" "Shan'an" is pronounced the same way upside down; seeing the suspicious picture of the interior of the car and the list of lost items, the premonition became more certain.

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