The letter was written by Xu Zhongyuan.
The first letter was sent in mid-July.
First, Xu Zishang was praised for his good management.
Then he lamented that he always made mistakes.
At the beginning of the year, he obtained a batch of salt and wanted to transport this batch of salt to the capital.
As a result, the weather was dry and the water was shallow, making it inconvenient to sail. The goods could only be temporarily detained in Qinghe County.
In order to circulate funds, he had to borrow 500 taels of silver from Xu Zishang.
After reading the first letter, Xiao Mu carefully took it down.
Then read the second letter.
The time in the second letter was already half a month later.
Xu Zhongyuan thanked Xu Zishang for resolving his urgent need.
At the same time, they also said that someone has sent a piece of rock salt to Xu Ji, and the price will be 70% as they agreed before.
"Let me just say, this old bastard Xu Zhongyuan framed my father."
After Xu Cai read the letter, he immediately cursed.
"No wonder he went to my father's study to look for letters. With these two letters, my father will be able to clear his grievances. No, I will go to the county government now to beat the drum and complain, and I will let the county master make the decision for my father! "
"It's so late, how are you going?" Ye Luoxin reminded.
"I can crawl back even if I crawl!" Xu Cai said and was about to walk out.
"Do you think the county master is sleeping now? If you go to complain in the middle of the night, will anyone pay attention to you?" Ye Luoxin's voice was cold.
"I," Xu Cai was speechless, "I'm just too anxious."
Unable to go out, he wandered around the house.
Circle after circle, people are dizzy watching.
Yuan Bao couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at him, and then Xu Cai calmed down.
"With these two letters, it can at least prove that your father is not selling illegal salt. As for the rest, it is up to the county master to decide."
Xiao Mu said it ambiguously.
Xu Zishang took the initiative to purchase salt at a low price, which violated the court's rules. Even if he was dealt with impartially, he would be spared the death penalty, but he would not be able to escape the crime of living.
What's more, there are people in the Xu family in Beijing. It is not easy for the county magistrate to handle the matter impartially.
Xu Cai didn't think so much. He just wanted to present the evidence quickly.
"Go to bed early. I'll go with you tomorrow." Xiao Mu said.
The next day, Xiao Mu accompanied Xu Cai and the other three to the county government office.
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu were extremely excited when they heard that their master was saved.
Xu Cai beat the grievance drum so loudly that he refused to stop when he saw the government officials coming out.
"Put down the drumstick quickly, do you still want to knock out the drum of the county government?" shouted the government servant.
"I am willing to knock it, and I can afford to pay for it if it breaks!"
As long as his father is fine, Xu Cai will be one of the richest young masters in Qinghe County. He doesn't take this kind of money seriously.
When they arrived at the court, Xu Cai knelt in the middle, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu knelt beside him.
Just as he was about to present the evidence he found yesterday, he heard the county magistrate above shout: "Xu Cai, I was looking for you, but unexpectedly, you surrendered yourself! Someone, tie up the three of them. "
The three people kneeling in the hall were stunned.
"Master, I am here to redress my grievance, not to surrender. I have evidence to prove that my father was wronged!"
Xu Cai took off the government servant's hand, knelt down and crawled forward two steps: "Please be careful, sir!"
"Be bold!"
The county magistrate slapped the gavel.
The people standing outside trembled in shock.
"I saw with my own eyes the illegal salt seized from your Xuji Restaurant. How can this be false?"
"My father was deceived!" Xu Cai repeatedly complained, "It was Xu Zhongyuan, he framed my father!"
"The evidence is all there, so what's the use of grabbing and biting randomly!"
The county magistrate didn't want him to say more: "Your father has been detained in prison and will be sent to the state capital in the near future. The state capital will personally hear the case. Since you have appeared, you can stay in the county prison cell for a few days and wait. Get down!"
"Sir, the younger one has evidence, the younger one has evidence!"
As Xu Cai spoke, he reached into his arms to take out the two letters.
The county magistrate saw this and immediately ordered the officer standing next to him: "This kid is too noisy, tie him up quickly!"
Two government officials, one on each side, lifted Xu Cai's hands behind his back like a chicken.
One of the yamen servants took out a sweat towel and stuffed it into Xu Cai's mouth.
"Take them off!"
Magistrate Liu waved his hand and finally signaled to one of the government officials, pointing to Xu Cai's chest.
The yamen officer understood and immediately took the person down.
A commotion goes away as quickly as it comes.
The people thought they could watch some fun, but after a while, the person who complained about the injustice was imprisoned.
Everyone shook their heads, expressing their disinterest.
Only Xiao Mu watched all this with a cold face.
The crowd around him dispersed, Xiao Mu turned his eyes slightly, and suddenly saw a familiar figure with a big belly in the crowd.
It's Xu Zhongyuan!
After yesterday's fire incident, not only was he not arrested, he was able to show up in front of the county government office with great arrogance.
Seeing Xu Cai being taken into custody, Xu Zhongyuan showed a contemptuous smile, shook his head, and left with the crowd.
Xiao Mu raised his feet and was about to follow when he suddenly felt someone approaching him from behind.
He turned around and saw that it was a government servant named Li.
"Master Xiao." The Yamen servant greeted.
"Brother Li." Xiao Mu replied.
Li Yamen: "The master knows that Mr. Xiao is standing outside, so he specially asked me to invite Mr. Xiao to the Zuiwenglou teahouse."
He said, pointing to a teahouse not far away.
"good!"
Xiao Mu didn't know what medicine County Magistrate Liu was selling in his gourd, but he still nodded and agreed.
The Drunkard Tower has three floors in total.
The first floor is a place for tea drinking.
There are independent private rooms on the second and third floors.
Xiao Mu went up to the second floor, asked for a Mei-style private room, and ordered a pot of Longjing and four plates of dim sum.
"Please use it slowly!" The waiter brought the things over and immediately bowed and left.
Xiao Mu poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip slowly, with a playful smile on his lips.
The tea in this teahouse actually tastes better than the tea he drank when he was a child.
The cup of tea had just bottomed out when footsteps came from the corridor.
After a while, the door was opened, and the county magistrate in casual clothes appeared in front of Xiao Mu.
"Give!"
The county magistrate didn't say anything when he entered the door. He directly extended his hand to Xiao Mu. In his hand were two pieces of letterhead that Xu Cai had carried on his body.
Xiao Mu immediately stood up and looked horrified: "What do you mean, sir?"
Magistrate Liu did not answer. He poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and then said:
"Don't think I don't know, Xu Cai is living in your house these days."
Xiao Mu: "To be honest, sir, Xu Cai has indeed lived in my house for more than half a month. Just ask the people in the village and everyone will know."
Seeing that Magistrate Liu didn't answer, he continued:
“But that Xu was thrown by his father in front of our house.
My mother was kind-hearted and was forced to take him in because she didn't want him to starve to death. She really didn't expect that such a thing would happen to his family. "
"You two are not related?" Magistrate Liu asked, "If you don't want to help them, then it is useless to leave this thing with you, so I might as well keep it myself."
Magistrate Liu said that he was about to take back the letter.
"Sir, wait!" Xiao Mu held down his hand: "Sir, they asked me to help them, but I am just a commoner. They have committed such a big thing, how can I help them?"
