Thinking of this, the Xicheng Dusi said in a deep voice: "If you come, I will wait for you with pen and ink!"

Immediately, a servant brought the Four Treasures of the Study.

The capital secretary of Xicheng said: "Pei Wenlang! Pei Linxuan!"

The two of them didn’t know why: “The villain is here!”

Xicheng Dusi said: "Each of you write a few words and show them to Ben Dusi!"

The two of them were holding pens and didn't know what to write for a while.

The Xicheng Dusi rolled his eyes and said: "Just write: 'Liangzhou, the place of origin of the Pei family'!"

The two of them didn't know why, but they still wrote these words.

After writing it, he immediately took it away and presented it to the Xicheng Dusi's case!

After reading it, Dusi of Xicheng looked down at Pei Song and his son in the hall, who looked unconvinced. He threw the letter down and said calmly: "Read it for yourselves!"

Four letters were scattered on the ground. Pei Song picked up one and Pei Zefeng picked up one.

Pei Wenlang picked up one and Pei Linxuan picked up one.

Pei Song and his son: "..."

There is actually a letter? But the content in the letter is simply untrue, you bastards!

Brother Pei Wenlang: "..."

There is actually a letter? The content of this letter is so unfamiliar to them.

However, this mark is so familiar.

Ah, isn't this their own handwriting?

However, if others don’t know clearly, they know it better than anyone else.

What Pei Song and his son said is true. They just ran away with each other. How could they write a letter to their master? This letter contains sincere feelings, worries and longings. How could it be written by them?

There is also content in the letter. It turns out that Pei Ji used to allocate 30,000 taels of silver to his old family members every year, and these were all embezzled by Pei Song and his family. They didn't know about this!

Fortunately, they lowered their heads when reading the letter, otherwise, not only would they not be able to hide their eyes, they wouldn't even be able to hide their expressions.

After all, he was a fox for many years. Pei Wenlang quickly suppressed the shock in his heart. He didn't bother about why the handwriting was the same as his, let alone why the time mentioned above was the same as the time when they gave Pei Song the things.

are exactly the same.

He couldn't help but steal a glance at Zhou Chen, how could this old man be so capable?

He hurriedly said: "Of course, this is the letter that the villain wrote to the head of the Pei family. The letter was written by the villain and his second brother Lin Xuan. The third brother Jin Chu, the fourth brother Jin Hai, and the fifth brother Daming were not involved.

, so they may not know the existence of the letter, so they are surprised!"

Pei Song hurriedly said: "Sir, the content in this letter is untrue, it is fake, it is fake!"

Xicheng Dusi said coldly: "Just tell me if these things on this list are in your place?"

He had compared them just now. The handwriting, paper, and ink marks were all the same. He had also carefully looked at the things from more than ten years ago. Isn't this enough to prove that this is true?

Pei Song: "..."

He wanted to say he wasn't there, but he was definitely there.

After such a moment of stagnation, the Xicheng Dusi already understood. He said: "Pei Song, I order you to return all twenty-one imperial gifts within one day. If you dare to take the imperial gifts privately, you should have

A heavy sentence, but I have the virtue of living a good life, because you have paid homage to your ancestors and made offerings to the ancestral hall, but you have not paid it back within the time limit. You can choose between being severely punished and exiled for three thousand miles."

Is this still a choice?

Do they dare to choose exile?

Pei Zefeng still wanted to argue, but Pei Song held him back. He glanced at Zhou Chen, his eyes filled with wariness and fear.

He understood that this week Shen Suan was from the head of the Pei family and had scholar status, which was already very convincing in the Xicheng Capital Office. What's more, the things he took seemed real and fake, fake and real, and now

It's useless no matter how much they say.

What's more important is that the 30,000 taels of silver per year allocated to the clan members by the master's family more than ten years ago were indeed embezzled by themselves. With this fact in mind, they no longer have any trust at all.

Xicheng Dusi will be suspicious of anything they say.

Let’s talk about those things, whether they are gifts from the emperor or not. Now that Zhou Chen has come forward, it means that Pei Ji wants to get them back. If the master recovers the original lost things, he will not be able to stay for ten thousand reasons.

If I had known this, I might as well have paid it back earlier.

There are so many good things, it’s so frustrating to think about them.

But there is no way.

Pei Song said: "Sir, I've chosen thirty candidates, please show mercy!"

The Xicheng Dusi said: "Come on, let's carry out the execution!"

Pei Song was quite lucky at this time. There were only three father and son here. The eldest son, Pei Zeyi, was still at the inn with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Zefeng is smart and Zeyong is bold, but the boss is useless.

Now, each person has received thirty blows, and his buttocks are all bruised.

The commander of Xichengdu escorted Pei Song back and ordered him to return the things given by the emperor.

Here, Zhou Chen bowed his hands and said, "Your Excellency, you are aware of everything. Thank you very much!"

Xicheng Dusi just waved his hand, and there was no clear insight. These supporting evidences were provided by the Weiwu Marquis Mansion itself.

The things are indeed at Pei Song's place, so just let them be returned.

Although it is true that Mu Mingyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has no more trouble with the Weiwu Hou Mansion, who knows if Liang Zi has been solved?

He doesn’t want to have anything to do with the Weiwu Hou Mansion at all!

Zhou Chen returned to his home, and he still had to report the outcome of the matter to the young lady.

The Pei Wenlang brothers followed Pei Song and his son to the inn to get things.

Mu Qingyu was not surprised at all by this result. She smiled brightly and said: "Grandpa Zhou, I know you will handle such a small matter very well!"

She had heard Pei Ji say something about Zhou Chen earlier. More than forty years ago, the teenage Zhou Chen was admitted as a scholar, which was considered a boy's pride. His family had five acres of land left by his ancestors, which the family relied on.

The main source of income to survive and support Zhou Chen's education.

A wealthy family took a fancy to his family's land and wanted to occupy it, but the Zhou family naturally refused.

The grandson of this rich man was the local magistrate. He wanted to treat an ordinary civilian. He found a murderer who was on death row and asked him to recant his confession and say that Zhou's father had ordered everything. Then he could give his family ten taels of silver.

It was just a matter of words, and the death row prisoner immediately obeyed.

Zhou's father suffered an unreasonable disaster and was immediately imprisoned and beaten.

Zhou Chen worked hard for his father, but in that small place, the county magistrate was already like a huge boulder weighing on his head. How could a small showman's talent make a difference if the county magistrate personally made a plan?

Zhou's father was betrayed and beheaded, the Zhou family's wealth was borrowed, and Zhou Chen, a scholar, was deprived of his fame and was beaten dozens of times.

People who don't know the truth think that Zhou's father is really a vicious thief. He is covered in bruises and bruises, and has to suffer the abuse, vicious curses, and rotten leaves and rotten eggs thrown by others.

When he returned home, he found out that his sister had been snatched away as a concubine by the county magistrate's brother. His mother stopped her and was pushed to the ground and fell to death.

He went to save his sister, only to find out that her fierce sister had been killed by a head-on collision, and her body was thrown directly into a mass grave.

Zhou Chen is extremely resentful. He now has nothing and can no longer take the imperial examination. His parents and sister are both dead. If he does not take revenge, he will die in peace.

The county could not sue, so he went to the prefecture. However, the county magistrate had already taken care of everything. When he went to the prefectural city, the man who had benefited from the prefecture refused to even accept his complaint and just slapped him out.

Is this the so-called protection between officials and officials?

Since he couldn't take the right path to avenge his father, he would do it himself.

A young scholar had no choice but to put down his pen and pick up a knife.

But when the magistrate's family goes out, there are many servants around them, so how can they be approached by him?

One day, he finally found out that the county magistrate was going to a neighboring county to do business, so he laid an ambush on the road he must pass.

He is obviously a gentle and elegant young scholar in blue shirt with a bookish air, but now his hair is disheveled, his beard is stubble, and his face is haggard, like a beggar.

He holds a sharp knife in his hand, and his eyes are full of hatred. There is no trace of literary spirit in his body, but only deep hatred.

Even if he reads thousands of books, he still can't figure out why some people in this world can easily destroy everything of others for their own selfish interests without any scruples!

But those officials who are supposed to make decisions for the people can ignore the law for the sake of profit.

When he arrived, the magistrate was riding in a carriage with only two servants beside him.

He has already placed stones on the road.

The carriage cannot pass.

While the coachman and his servants were moving stones, he sneaked behind the carriage and prepared to quietly kill the culprit with a knife.

However, he was stopped by someone.

Zhou Chen, who was full of hatred, was angry and resentful towards Cheng Yaojin who had come out halfway, but a word from the other party made him give up the idea of ​​taking action.

The other party was about the same age as him and asked him: "Is it what your parents want to accompany your enemy to death?"
To be continued...