Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Chapter 131

After waking up, before the prefect of Jin'an had a good breakfast, the master looked for him as if he was facing a catastrophe, shaking the two posts in his hand, his face was pale and he stuttered and said urgently: "My lord, my lord! Something is wrong!"

"Why are you still stuttering? What happened to deserve your haste!"

Being served by the concubine last night was very comfortable, and it was rare for the prefect of Jin'an to be in a good mood early in the morning, so he generously expressed that he didn't care about the master's reckless behavior.

"My lord! It's Mr. Futai who sent a letter!"

He was grooming his beard in front of the bronze mirror, thinking of the young and strong magistrate of Jin'an who was flattering him like honey last night, but he didn't react for a while when he heard this.

"Master Futai, a letter?"

Seeing the bewildered face of the prefect of Jin'an, the master slandered a few words in his heart, but he still eagerly explained on his face: "Yes, my lord, and I don't know how the Futai lord learned about the conflict between the Lu family and the Li family. This letter indicates that your lord should open the court immediately and have a fair trial."

The prefect of Jin'an's face was extremely ugly immediately, he pulled the post and looked at ten lines at a glance, cold sweat dripped down his cheeks.

Zhong Yao's letter seemed to only ask the prefect of Jin'an to act impartially, but on the other hand, it may have implied that he used his power for personal gain in the previous trial of the case of Lu and Li, which aroused resentment.

"My lord, this is the one that the Li family sued the magistrate of Li County."

The county magistrate of Li County is a relative of the Lu family and also played a leading role in this incident.Speaking of it, the prefect of Jin'an was actually a little bit wronged, he was dragged into it out of nowhere.

The Lu family and the Li family were fighting over the house, and the county magistrate of Li County secretly colluded with the yamen servants of Jin'an Mansion, and detained Li Chenghui privately without informing him.If it hadn't been for the cautious and humble crawl all the way since entering the officialdom, the prefect of Jin'an didn't know if he would be able to swallow this breath.

Now, he chooses to obey the orders of the big men above, to help the Lu family and suppress the Li family, and ignores Xiang Yuan. He has already established his camp and cannot help himself.

The room was silent.

The prefect of Jin'an held the post sent by Futai with his left hand, and the Li family's petition against the county magistrate of Li County with his right hand, standing in the middle with gloomy eyes.

The master with a goatee didn't dare to say anything, but stared at the prefect of Jin'an with a pale face.

Next, the decision made by the magistrate is the key to their career promotion, so he can't help being nervous.

A quarter of an hour later, the prefect of Jin'an seemed to have made up his mind, and ordered: "Since they have lowered their certificates, they should go according to the rules and ask Chen Tong to come over. After that, you will go to Lu's house in person and take this Tell me about it."

Seeing the master turned to leave, the prefect of Jin'an called him back again.

"Don't let other people know."

The master understood, and after that, he changed his attire, left the mansion quietly, and went all the way to Lu's mansion in secret.

Chen Tongpan had been waiting for the magistrate to summon him for a long time. It can be said that he was waiting impatiently and full of excitement.

As long as the magistrate summons him, he will definitely assign tasks to the case. If he is lucky, he will be able to find out the magistrate's next actions and the change in his attitude towards Mr. Xiang.This is proper inside information, capital that can double his value in Mr. Xiang's eyes.

Sure enough, the prefect of Jin'an had no defense against him, not only fully confiding in his delaying plan, but also planning to tell him to leave immediately, go to the Feng family in Tongping Mansion, ask the Feng family to come forward, and ask the adults above to suppress Xiang Yuan, so as not to cause unforeseen consequences. salvage consequences.

Chen Tongpan slandered the magistrate for being as stupid as a pig in his heart, and at the same time made it difficult, and said: "My lord, it's not to shirk, but now that the matter just happened, we can't wait to ask for help. In the eyes of the superiors, isn't it, some Too much, that?"

The prefect of Jin'an froze, his little finger twitched uncontrollably, there was a buzzing sound in his head, and then his face became more and more ugly.

He could hear the unfinished meaning in Chen Tong's words.That is the lack of ability.It is a big taboo in the officialdom to rush to report the incident as soon as it happened!

It's just that what happened this time always made his heart thump, and his intuition told him that it was not something he could suppress with his ability.

Standing up, Prefect Jin'an frowned and paced back and forth.

"My lord, according to the dispute between the Lu and Li families, we shouldn't know what is going on in the yamen. Why do you have to worry about it? When the certificate is handed over, we will start the trial. The family who is wronged is more anxious than us."

The prefect of Jin'an suddenly stopped in his tracks, thinking of something, his eyes lit up, and he turned to Chen Tong and said: "You are right, which one is in the wrong, which one is in a hurry, why am I so anxious!" There is another sentence The prefect of Jin'an did not speak in front of Chen Tong.

This time it is not an easy matter.Even if the other side wants to use his hands to suppress Xiang Yuan, they will definitely pay close attention to all the movements here, and if something happens, the other side will only be more anxious than him!Moreover, he is also a local magistrate of the fourth rank, no matter how arrogant and logical the other end is, don't you have to be polite to him?

He is so stupid that he didn't think of this level!Now, but they are begging him to do things, the Feng family will not mention it, but the Lu family wants him, the magistrate, to give up his face and help, so why don't they want to pay a copper coin?

How can there be such a good thing in the world!

As if enlightened, the prefect of Jin'an suddenly felt at ease.Look at Chen Tongpan again, everything is pleasing to the eye.

Chen Tongpan flattered the prefect of Jin'an a little bit, and praised him more and more complacently. He said what should be said and what should not be said. Chen Tongpan got a lot of news for nothing, and when he turned to leave, he had a bright smile on his face. Unexpectedly, but he spat in his heart: "Idiot!"

The magistrate of Jin'an thought he had understood the secrets of it, and he was confident about it, so he no longer worried about the letter from Futai. case.

Xiang Yuan sent Chen Tongpan away, and when he heard the news, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

The prefect of Jin'an moved faster than he thought.

That being the case, the matter here is over soon, and after a few days out, I don't know how my daughter-in-law is at home, whether Zhuang Zhuang is naughty or not, I miss her very much.

At this time, it was still in the new year, and the prefect of Jin'an thought that there would not be many people interested in paying attention to the trial of the Yamen. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Yamen opened on the second day, the outside was surrounded by [-]% and [-]% outside, and it was wrapped thickly. The thick and solid people all looked excited, as if they were waiting to see a good show.What's even more exaggerated is that most of them brought melon seeds and peanuts with them. While watching, they kowtowed and chirped, which was very noisy.

"What kind of people are there outside? The idlers and others are chasing outside, eating melon seeds and peeling peanuts around the gate of the yamen. They look very good!"

The leading yamen servant accepted the order with a bitter face, and led a few groups of yamen servants, and when they came out, they threw water and fire sticks and drove people out with a cold face.

The onlookers quit, yelling why they shouldn't be allowed to watch, and said that there is no such precedent in normal times, why are they not called watching at this time?Could it be that because the people who are being tried are respected officials and masters, they are not asked to be surrounded by ordinary people?There's nothing tricky here, right?

The yamen servant didn't have time to think about how the news was known by the people outside. He was scolded by the crowd, and his head was getting bigger.He is a native of Jin'an, but he dare not offend his neighbors, those who look down and see up. He has no choice but to come up with an idea: "Everyone wants to see what can be done? It's just melon seeds and peanuts. Just don’t eat it, the magistrate will be upset if the outside of the yamen looks like a vegetable market.”

It's easy to say, so I persuaded the onlookers to give up the melon seeds and peanuts, and just watch honestly.

Xiang Yuan sat on the second floor of the tea shop facing the street, opened the window, and happened to be able to see the gate of the yamen.The waiter who served the tea was shivering from the cold wind blowing in through the open window, hurriedly put up the brazier, added boiling hot tea, and went downstairs happily after getting a penny from Niu Er went.

"My lord, everything has been arranged."

After sending Xiao Er away, Niu Er came over to the brazier, stomped his feet and stretched out his hands to warm the fire.

"Well, as long as the Li family is not stupid, they should know how to do it better."

This time the Li family still came forward with Mr. Li and Li Jiran. Compared with the upright Mr. Li, it was obvious that Li Jiran knew how to win more attention and sympathy.

Together with Mr. Li, they changed into half-new and not old robes, their eyes were bleeding from rubbing, and they stayed up for half the night last night, but this time they went to this station, although the two elders were neatly dressed, their expressions were very different. Looking haggard on the outside, compared with the well-dressed and energetic Li County Magistrate and the second son of the Lu family next to him, the appearance is very different.

The county magistrate of Li County is Lu Ergongzi's uncle, he has always been quite tactful and sociable, even though he is an official of Li County, he is very popular in the yamen of the prefect of Jin'an.

Xiang Yuan's eyesight is excellent, Lu Xiancheng entered from the gate of the yamen, and after a few breaths of effort, he sized him up from head to toe.Looking at his face, you can tell that this person is not a good match.

"The master is right. When I went to inquire about it, none of the people in Li County dared to say anything. They just hesitated. When they asked about others, they waved their hands and couldn't figure it out. Compared with the county master, he was even more annoying. fear."

"When the madness is over, the luck will come to an end."

Niu Er nodded fiercely.Sir was quite right.He was still worried that the people of Li County would not cooperate, how would he find out the evidence against the magistrate of Lu County, but he didn't want to be the magistrate of Li County who finally gave him the evidence in private!

How much resentment does this have to disregard the face of the county lord and pull down this county magistrate Lu?

With the secret help of Li County Grand Master, Niu Er quickly gathered enough evidence to convict Lu County Prime Minister, and was just waiting for the opening of the court today.

The prefect of Jin'an heard the buzzing discussions of the onlookers, such as "the Li family is pitiful, but the Lu family has nothing to fear", the inventory of Lu County Cheng's support for the Lu family, the inventory of Lu County Cheng's bullying men and women, and even The second son of the Lu family failed to compare with the eldest son of the Li family in discussing relatives, and they were all brought out to make irresponsible remarks.

"quiet!"

The prefect of Jin'an was called twice by a crow that landed on a branch outside early in the morning. He felt unlucky at first, but now he listened to the discussions of the people outside and felt uneasy in his heart. .

Sure enough, before the trial started, there was a sound of gongs and drums outside, and a sedan chair with four people fell down, and it was the inspector who was sent from the other side of the Futai.

Seeing the person coming, the prefect of Jin'an grasped the hand of the gavel, and suddenly felt icy cold.

As for Xiang Yuan, who was sitting on the second floor of the tea shop, seeing the inspector, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said in a low voice, "Zhong Yao is a clever guy."

As soon as the inspector arrived, although he clearly stated that he was only an inspector, but such a Buddha sat in the yamen, and the trial of the case was immediately out of the control of the prefect of Jin'an.

The tricks of procrastination, confusion of sight, etc. that were conceived before, had not had time to be used, but they were caught off guard by the irrefutable evidence thrown out by the Li family.

Cheng Wan of Lu County did not expect that Li's family could find out about his secrets from Li County, and suddenly he changed from calm to panic.But no matter what, he is still in the officialdom, even if the evidence is in front of him, he will just clenched his teeth and will not let go, bluntly saying that it is a false accusation.It's a pity that he is shrewd, and the second young master Lu who came with him is a straight-hearted fool. He was caught by Li Jiran and questioned him, but after only two or three rounds, he revealed his truth and dragged Lu Xiancheng into the water. Several charges were confirmed in one blow.

The magistrate of Jin'an was full of bitterness, with the eyes of the inspectors like torches, his brain was bewildered, and his mouth seemed to be uncontrollably talking, which led him to realize that he had already convicted Lu County Chancellor and put him in jail , while Li Chenghui only needs to pay the Lu family ten taels of silver and then be acquitted.

"Oh good!"

The onlookers applauded loudly, but the prefect of Jin'an only felt a coldness in his heart.

Finished!

Now, this is the only thought in his mind.