The

rooster had just crowed three times, and it was still dark outside the window.

Zhang Xianling was awakened by the continuous sound of drums outside.

"Madame, how long is it?" he

reached for the pillow, but it was empty, and a frightened spirit sat up.

In the dim candlelight, Madame was sitting at her desk, and he breathed a sigh of relief and squinted his eyes to look out.

"I think I hear someone beating the drum?"

but no official came, and the drum stopped beating, perhaps because he had been too tired lately and had misheard.

"Didn't Madame send a letter to the capital with my recital, why can't

I sleep at night?" "It's not that I can't sleep at night, I was awakened by the sound of drums and found this on the table. Mrs

. County Commander lit the candles in the house with a straight face, and handed the two letters on the table to Zhang County Commander.

"Is there really someone beating the drum and crying out grievances?" Zhang

Xianling was slightly surprised, lowered his head and smelled a medicinal fragrance, and was even more surprised when he saw the content of the letter.

"This ...... This is?!"

"At the beginning, Wang Changshi instigated Fang Zhanhe and others to change the correspondence with Gongzi on the number of years of the lease. "

Who sent it?!"

Zhang Xianling thought that the county government was heavily guarded, and someone could deliver the letter to his room as if he were in a no-man's land, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"It doesn't matter who sent it, what matters is what the other party wants to do?"

Mrs. County Ling held her forehead with her right hand, and her willow eyebrows were twisted into a line.

Zhang Shen governed Fuyang County for ten years, and this was the first time this kind of thing happened.

Who did it?

What was the intention of the son?

As soon as she corresponded with the capital, she was targeted by others, which made her feel uneasy.

"Madam, could this letter have something to do with the Rongzhou Chamber of Commerce forcing Gongzi to surrender the lease?"

Zhang Xianling didn't think so much, but saw through the deep meaning at a glance.

"These two letters are Wang Zhichang's handwritten letters, plus they are stamped with his personal seal, as long as the Fang family and those merchants who rented land in Rongzhou sue Wang Zhichang for forcing them to sign a ten-year lease, once this matter is implemented, the lease that was changed by Wang Zhichang is very likely to be invalid!"

"But this second letter is Wang Zhichang's asking Fang Zhanhe and them to hoard grain, and he will make a match...... Their interests are so deeply negotiated, will these people really tear their faces with Wang Zhichang?"

Suddenly, he looked at the red light outside the window, and in a flash of inspiration, he slapped his thigh violently.

"Madam! I know! Last night's order of the Son of Heaven must be related to the regeneration of rice, Wang Zhichang made the hoarded grain unable to sell, these people were anxious, and simply tore their faces with Wang Zhichang, who made them lose money!"

"My lord, it's not good! Many people came outside to beat drums and complain, saying that they would sue Wang Changshi and force them to change the ten-year lease with the Qin family. "

The drums at the door have been beaten by them, and they are lining up one by one for the officials to beat them with twenty boards. "

Civilians sue the official, and first hit the twenty boards.

But now that the county hall has not yet entered, and the form has not been handed over, he took the initiative to find it in a hurry.

You can see how determined this group of people is!

"You guys fight first, I'll change my clothes and wash up and come right away." "

Zhang County Ling is not in a hurry.

The group of merchants who were in a group made it difficult for the sons, and took the initiative to beg for a beating, but it was not enough for them?

Zhang Xian Ling dressed neatly and washed his face without hurry.

Seeing that Madame was still sitting at the table, with a sad face, she held Madame's hot cheeks with her water-soaked hands.

"Zhang Shen!" the

county lady glanced at him.

"Madam, don't worry, this matter is for Wang Zhichang. "

The letter and the complaint come together, and the purpose is obvious.

"Is it just for Wang Zhichang? If you win Wang Zhichang, I'm afraid that the son's lease will be invalidated......"

This is the headache for Mrs. County.

She wanted to see Wang Zhichang fall, but she didn't want her son to have a loss.

"You can't have both, and besides, this official has always been fair and just in handling cases, if not, this lease involves the entire territory of Rongzhou, but only the letter is placed on my Zhang Shen's table, which is to believe that I will not show favoritism.

Zhang Xianling shook his wife's wrist and said loudly:

"The gentleman has something to do and something not to do, I can give up this life for the son." But madam, I will never bend the law for personal gain or loss of the interests of my son. "

......"

Mrs. County Ling smiled bitterly.

"I'm fascinated. Let's go, I'll go out and see the excitement too. "

It's considered that I have passed the level of Madame.

Zhang Xianling picked up the two letters and put them in his sleeve, sorted out his wife's appearance, and walked side by side in the direction of the county government hall.

The usually solemn and solemn county hall is full of benches at this time.

Lying on it were a group of gorgeously dressed landlords and squires, as well as merchants with heads and faces in Rongzhou.

Because of yesterday's construction of a house in Qin's house, many people were stranded in Fuyang City.

The first batch of more than 30 people lay down densely, and the second batch pressed their hands on the waist of their trousers, waiting for the front to finish playing the twenty boards, and then continue by themselves.

"Please excuse me, Madame.

Zhang Xian Ling walked out of the moon gate and saw this scene, and hurriedly reached out to cover his wife's eyes and asked her to retreat.

He himself opened his eyes and looked at the merchants in amazement.

Today's scene can definitely be recorded in the history of Fuyang County.

He turned his head again to look at the drum skin in the doorway, which had been knocked out with a large hole, and gasped.

That thick cowhide can be broken...... It can be seen how deep these people's resentment towards Wang Zhichang is.

"Blocking people's money is like killing parents!" Zhang

Xianling sighed.

It wasn't until the courtyard was filled with the screams of ghosts and wolves, and everyone had finished beating and lifted their belts, that he let go of the hand covering his wife's eyes and walked quickly in the direction of the lobby.

"The county magistrate is here!" Li

Dafu was holding his buttocks and scolding his mother, and when he saw that Zhang County's order was coming, he immediately put on a smiling face, which was closer than seeing his mother.

"It's disturbing the dream of the county magistrate...... hiss......"

"Master Li laughed, this official should be the master of the people if he takes the court, not to mention being woken up on the third watch, even if someone comes to the door in the middle of the night to beat the drum and voice the grievances, I will get up and uphold justice." "

Originally, these merchants with heads and faces present usually looked down on this Zhang County Order, who had not been promoted for ten years.

Now that I heard these words, and looked at Zhang County's body that was straighter than bamboo, I couldn't help but be impressed by this style.

"There is Lord Lao County!" everyone

bowed and bowed, grinning in pain.

"Everyone, please.

After Zhang Xian ordered Mrs. to sit down below, he strode towards the public desk.

Smack!

The people who were originally beaten to cry their fathers and mothers suddenly came to their senses.

"Who is in the hall, what is the matter of beating the drum and singing the grievances?"

Zhang Xian ordered to look around the hall.

Yesterday, the builders who wanted to see the lively children on Sweetwater Street arrived, and Fuyang's net worth exceeded 100,000 taels, all of which were here.

Fang Zhanhe was not there, only Fang Zhanhe's son Fang Junjie was surrounded by several strong and strong little guys, leaning against the corner with a board, looking weak and helpless.

"My lord, I want to sue Wang Zhichang and Wang Changshi for forcing me to sign a ten-year lease with the Qin family

!" "If Wang Changshi hadn't let us rent for ten years at the beginning, and he also changed the contract documents to force us to sign, we would have been able to harvest an extra crop of regenerated rice from next year!"

Complaining about Wang Zhichang and the ...... of the regenerated rice harvest

Zhang Xianling felt like a thousand ducks were crowing in his ears.

The

startling wood fell again, and the lobby gradually fell silent.

"What you want to sue is Wang Zhichang and Wang Changshi?"

"Yes!"

"Master, write it down." "

Zhang County ordered the master who had been stunned for a long time.

"Let them write a petition first, sign and draw a ......

" "Ah...... Good, good, good. Only

then did the master come back to his soul and quickly began to write.

"Lord Prefectural Order, we brought it ourselves.

Li Dafu limped to the bottom of the hall, handed over a thick stack of paper-like papers, and handed it to Zhang County.

Zhang County Order saw that except for the different seals on the pleadings, the rest of the contents were exactly the same.

Knowing that these people in the hall are joining hands, since they have played the board, they will not give up if they do not achieve their goal today.

"I've seen it, you keep saying that Wang Zhichang persecuted you, what evidence do you have?"

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