Chapter 168 Open a pastry shop with a silver note)
Because of Li Yu's existence, Hou Yuanzhi had no choice but to judge the case fairly. After listening to Huang Anzhi's appeal, he raised the gavel, patted it gently, and said to Butler Yang: "Yang Weicai, is what Huang Anzhi said true?"
Butler Yang's eyes were still on Tang Ji. He just came back to his senses when he heard the shouting in the court. His eyes flashed with cunning, and after thinking rapidly, he pointed at Guan Longqiang who was kneeling behind him and said: "Sir, this is what happened.
It’s what dogs and slaves did, but ordinary people are also responsible for lax discipline and are willing to be punished.”
Guan Longqiang suddenly raised his head when he heard that the other party was blaming everything on himself: "Butler, you can't burn bridges by crossing the river. I am..."
"Shut up, don't involve the Yang family in what you do alone!" Butler Yang turned his head, his eyes became particularly sharp, as if he was reminding the other party of something.
Seeing this, Guan Longqiang clenched his palms tightly, gasped, and said no more.
But anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that he was just a scapegoat introduced by the Yang family. Li Yu sat on the square chair beside the table, played with his fingers, and continued: "Let's put this matter aside for now. I would like to ask.
Butler Yang, you first led people into my shop, threatened me and Mr. Tang, and even tried to attack me. After that failed, you came to the government to beat me up, and slandered me that I was a fake.
How should the accounts be settled? Also, if the Yang family has such a big incident, can you, just a housekeeper, make the decision? Where is the head of your family?"
Immediately, he turned his attention to Hou Yuanzhi: "Master Hou, according to the laws of Ning State, assassinating the prince is punishable by death, right?"
Hou Yuanzhi looked at his harmless smile and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
His grandma, who said that King You Li Yu was a loser and a soft persimmon?
Putting away his thoughts, he quickly replied: "Yes."
Hearing this, Butler Yang became nervous. He had finally managed to get ahead in the Yang family. Of course, he couldn't lose his life like this. He quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The villain has blind eyes and cannot see Mount Tai. He bumped into the prince. I hope that the prince will be in my childhood."
This is a first time offender, so please spare the villain’s life!”
Li Yu yawned and turned to look at Tang Ji: "How do you think I should punish him?"
"I remember, didn't Butler Yang promise to give us 20,000 taels of silver? Why don't we let him pay the money and let this matter go? You are a prince after all, so you have to be merciful and merciful!" Tang Ji
He touched his chin and suggested.
Li Yu's eyes lit up and he agreed: "This is a good idea."
Listening to the two of them singing the oboe without moral integrity, Hou Yuanzhi's jaw almost dropped to the ground. He must be merciful and merciful. I dare you to go to the county government office to grab money. This is simply worse than...
It’s too much to accept a gift yourself!
Li Yu put his lips to his lips and coughed lightly, then waved his hand and said: "That's all, I understand the righteousness well and won't argue with you. You can take the people away after you make up the 20,000 taels of silver. Remember to do more good deeds in the future, and don't do it again."
Indulge your subordinates!"
Butler Yang, who was kneeling in the hall, was about to burst into tears. He only had a small amount of money a month, so how could he collect 20,000 taels of silver? He kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, this little man is from a poor family, how can he get it...
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But midway through his words, he was interrupted by a voice coming from outside the lobby.
"The Yang family is willing to compensate twenty thousand taels of silver." As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a white robe walked into the courtroom, knelt down beside Butler Yang, cupped his hands and said, "Yang Tianchang, the head of the Yang family, a common man, pays homage to His Highness Prince You.
Lord Hou, the common people will remember His Highness King You's teachings and will definitely restrain their subordinates from now on."
Hearing this, Tang Ji raised his eyes slightly and looked at the ugly man with a bird's head and a bird's head not far away. Was this the guy who sent someone to assassinate him before?
It doesn’t look like a good thing!
Li Yu suppressed the joy in his heart and coughed softly against his lips: "What is compensation? It is obviously Butler Yang who promised to make a deal with me. As soon as you send the money to my house, I will give the money to Dongshi
I’ll give you the title deed to the shop, and we’ll pay and deliver the goods.”
"Yes, it's a deal, the common man made a mistake." Yang Tianchang answered with his hands raised, and then glared at Butler Yang.
If King You continues to cause trouble, the Yang family will definitely have nothing to gain in the end, and its reputation will be greatly affected. But that shabby shop in Dongshi only costs two thousand taels at most, but now it costs ten.
Twice the amount of money, it’s all the fault of this idiot Yang Weicai.
Li Yu didn't care so much. Seeing that the other party agreed, he raised his hand and stretched: "In this case, except for the few people who stayed with me before, everyone else can leave."
Yang Tianchang breathed out a foul breath. Guan Longqiang and the others first detained the people privately and then attacked Youwang. They must not be able to save him. He stopped thinking about it. After saluting, he stood up and walked out of the court hall.
Soon, the originally crowded courtroom became empty. Li Yu could not wait to go back, waiting for the Yang family to send money to the door. Before leaving, he reached out and patted Hou Yuanzhi on the shoulder: "Master Hou, I hope you will come back in the future."
If you can solve the case like today, if you enter Dali Temple, I will definitely take good care of you!"
Hearing this, Hou Yuanzhi's heart tightened. Dali Temple was responsible for trying the criminal cases of hundreds of central officials, and now he was being targeted by Li Yu. If he really went in, his life would be over. He quickly handed over his hands and replied: "I will decide later."
I will strictly discipline myself and judge cases fairly."
Li Yu nodded slightly, said no more, and left with Tang Ji.
Seeing the other party walking out of the courtroom, Hou Yuanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and spat in the direction of the door: "Bah, you're going to stab me just after you returned to Beijing. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a confused voice from Song Xiao standing at the gate: "Master Hou, what are you talking about?"
In an instant, Hou Yuanzhi almost lost his balance and fell to the ground. He shook his head with a silly smile and replied: "I am wondering whether to bring out the past cases and conduct a thorough re-investigation. Hey, what else does the prince have to say?"
Song Xiao obviously didn't believe his lies and replied coldly: "The prince asked me to tell Mr. Hou not to forget to rescue Shopkeeper Huang's wife and children."
"I know, I hope the prince can rest assured." Hou Yuanzhi replied politely.
Song Xiao cupped his fists and saluted, then turned and left.
At the same time, outside the gate of the county government, Li Yu said to Huang Anzhi: "You have suffered this time too. I really like your pastries. Come to my house later to get three thousand taels of silver and find a place to open a shop again."
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Huang Anzhi stretched out his hand to touch the wound on his face, and gritted his teeth in pain, then shook his head, cupped his hands and said: "I haven't thanked the prince for saving my life, so how can I take your money again? This time too
I have completely offended the Yang family, and I am afraid that there will no longer be a place for grassroots in Beijing. After my wife and children are rescued, grassroots will take them away."
After listening to his words, Li Yu became anxious.
His father-in-law and mother-in-law must have been dissatisfied with Song Yao's attitude before. After finally finding a breakthrough point, how could they let Huang Anzhi go so easily? Just as he was about to speak, Tang Ji beside him beat him to it.
"Shopkeeper Huang, since you have been making pastries in Beijing for so many years, you must not want to leave. How about this, King You and I open a pastry shop and you will be the shopkeeper?" Tang Ji said with a smile.
Hearing this, Huang Anzhi slowly raised his head. Of course he was unwilling to leave Kyoto, otherwise he would have left a year ago. If it was true as the other party said, with King You as his umbrella, he would no longer have to be afraid of the Yang family.
, looked at Tang Ji and replied: "Do you really mean what you said?"
"Of course!" Tang Ji said casually.
"Okay, then the common people will obey the instructions of the prince and your lord from now on!" Huang Anzhi's face showed joy.
Li Yu looked at Tang Ji with confusion and poked his arm with his elbow: "What are you doing again?"
"Nothing, I just want to open a pastry shop." Tang Ji replied calmly, then got up and walked towards the street.