Hearing Ximen Qing's solemn words, Lao Guanying did not dare to be negligent and said sternly: "Good nephew, don't be polite. Since you have something to do, I will accept it."
Ximen Qing smiled and said: "In that case, my nephew is welcome - let me borrow that Wusun sword!"
"Huh?" Seeing the mysterious smile on Ximen Qing's face, Lao Guanying and Shi En's father and son looked at each other, feeling confused.
As soon as the Mengzhou magistrate opened court this morning, still feeling sleepy, he encountered two complaints.
The first one to bump in was the famous young hero of Mengzhou City, Golden Eyed Biao Shi En. Shi En held a long stack of paper to his head and cried: "Sir, the villain has been wronged, please sir.
Make the decision for the villain!"
On weekdays, when I met the Shi family without looking up, the magistrate had never seen Shi Enshi in such a miserable state. The magistrate could not help but feel curious, so he said sternly: "What grievance do you have? Come here quickly. I
The official will make the decision for you!"
Shi En gritted his teeth and said: "The villain wants to sue someone!"
The Lord Magistrate motioned to the clerk beside him to collect Shi En's petition, and asked, "But I don't know who Shi Xiaoguanying wants to sue?"
Shi En made a gesture of beating his chest and stamping his feet: "Sir, I want to sue Ximen Qing! I sue this man who seems to be loyal but has a treacherous heart. He has lived in the villain's house for a month and is familiar with all the roads inside and outside my house.
This morning, when I accompanied my mother to the Guanyin Temple to offer incense, he suddenly showed his ferocious face and attacked me.
The ancestral Wusun sword of our Shi family was snatched away, and one of my family members, Xiao Fei, was injured. My father was greatly frightened and is now ill and unable to take care of himself. The origin of the disaster is all because of Ximen Qing. Please sir.
Quickly issue the sea arrest documents, arrest this Ximen Qing, and return the precious sword of my Shi family. This is what I hope!"
Naturally, the prefect agreed to this trivial matter, and immediately drew up an official document, ordering the arrester under the prefecture to arrest Ximen Qing, a criminal who committed fraud and robbery, and withdrew with great gratitude.
After Shi En left the court, someone came up to complain. It turned out that the Mansion of Master Zhang, the Inspector of the Army and Horses, was stolen last night, and the suspect Wu Song was caught. Due to the complexity of the case, Inspector Zhang could not decide, so he transferred to the Mengzhou Mansion.
In court, please ask the prefect to judge the case.
The prefect ordered the prisoners to be brought, so Wu Song, the housekeeper of Zhang's house, and the two companions who were bound were all taken to the court. The prefect saw that one of them was Zhang Doujian's daily confidant, and the other was from Zhang Doujian's house.
One has to use a housekeeper, and the other two are from Zhang Dujian's office.
The family members did not dare to neglect, and used their brains to exhaust the details for a long time. Unfortunately, after all, their wisdom was limited, and they could not figure it out even after thinking about it. So they had to pretend to cough in a profound way, and ordered them to retreat temporarily, and put all the prisoners in prison first.
Go to jail to await trial later.
Anyone who wants to retire will not be at peace. Zhang Dujian has been waiting in the back hall for a long time, saying that there are important issues to discuss with the Prime Minister. The magistrate did not dare to slack off, and came to finish the ceremony. He sat and listened to Zhang Dujian's tongue sparkling like a lotus flower.
, depicting Ximen Qing as a Xixia spy, with Shi En and Wu Song helping him, but this is not without suspicion.
After hearing this, the magistrate couldn't help but laugh "haha" and said: "Brother Zhang, if you say he is sneaky, then Ximen Qing has it. In order to get a Wusun sword from the Shi family, he did not hesitate to call Shi Xiaoguanying a brother.
, in Shi
The family had been together for a month, and after they had become familiar with each other, he suddenly made a move this morning, snatched the sword and walked away - if he was a spy, he must know that the spy's hidden treasure may not be deep, so how could he do this for a sharp weapon?
A big mistake?"
Looking at Zhang Dujian's astonished expression, the magistrate said again: "Ximen Qing grabbed the knife and left. The office opened early this morning. Xiao Shi Guanying has already submitted a complaint. If the Shi family and the Xixia spies are involved, how can they be willing to do it?" Is this an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall?”
Zhang Dujian was stunned for a long time before he said: "Sir, this Shi family moved from the Western Regions! I can't guarantee that they have any collusion with Xixia, but they do!"
The prefect laughed loudly: "Brother Zhang is a military attache after all, but he is overly worried. It should be noted that the Shi family moved here during the Tang Dynasty, and Xixia had not yet been founded at that time! Brother Zhang went home and looked through the history books, and he naturally understood."
Zhang Du monitored the prefect's tone and heard the slight taunt that was unique to civil servants and despised military attachés. He was secretly angry in his heart, knowing that the prefect was a stubborn ass. Since he had already made up his mind, he would never try to move him around again. Don't even mention the plan to encourage him to go to Anping Village to hunt down Xixia spies!
I couldn't help but secretly hate that Ximen Qing didn't grab the knife sooner or later, but just when his clever plan was about to be launched, he suddenly grabbed the knife. His grab was careless, but he messed up his own plan. It’s broken, the rings are damaged, how can we still connect them?
Zhang Doujian was so filled with hatred that he simply vented his anger on Wu Song. He clapped his hands and one of his men brought in a small box.
"This is...?" the prefect asked.
Zhang Doujian said respectfully: "Sir, wasn't there another theft case at my house last night? This is the stolen goods." As he spoke, he opened the box and found a pile of gold and silver wine vessels with tampered plates inside. , the light was so sparkling that it almost dazzled the prefect's eyes.
Seeing the twinkling stars in the eyes of the prefect, Zhang Doujian sneered in his heart and continued to respectfully say: "Sir, these stolen goods should be confiscated. If it is unreasonable to confiscate them with me, it is better to confiscate them with you. , it is the justice of nature, and there is no flaw in it. I can only hate Wu Song, the criminal prisoner. I treated him with great kindness, but he repaid his kindness with hatred and stole my property. If I can't say this, how can I, Zhang Mengfang, have any face in this Mengzhou City? A living person? Please, sir, torture and interrogate the thief with the army, find out the true nature of the thief, and give this low-ranking official this bad breath!"
When the magistrate saw the gold and silver, he was already out of his mind. After listening to Zhang Dujian's request, he could only nod his head and agreed without any hesitation. But he thought in his heart: "Since you keep saying that Wu Song stole it, then these things must not have been stolen by Wu Song." Okay, such a simple truth, sir, although I love money, how can I not understand it? But receiving money from others and helping others to eliminate disasters, even if Wu Song is wronged, he can't care about it!"
At that moment, Zhang Dujian was happily sent away, and he was about to go to court again to try Wu Song's theft case, but a family member came to report: "Master, Shi Xiaoguanying is asking for an audience - he is carrying a very heavy box in his hand!"
When the magistrate heard this, he was overjoyed and thought: "This must be the favor that Xiao Shi managed the camp because he was afraid that I would not be careful in catching Ximen Qing, so he moved away from me! The Shi family runs the Happy Forest, and the gold and silver seas are flowing. The usual filial piety is as bland and tasteless as radish and white rice. Today, I just took advantage of the opportunity that his family's treasured sword was robbed, so I also took some money from the Shi family's oil pan and spent it well!"
He had a clear idea in his mind, and the smile on his face was extremely sweet, and he ordered: "Please come soon!" He had already put the matter of holding a court trial for Wu Song to the back of his mind. This is exactly:
Even if you have more than enough wealth, you still stretch out your hands, and you will never be able to turn back the blessings and misfortunes. But you don’t know what will happen next. Let’s listen to the explanation in the next chapter.