It is said that this morning, a group of policemen at the security office in the imperial city were sleepy, but unexpectedly there was a drumbeat outside the door.
The yamen officer on duty couldn't help but get angry, wondering where the unruly people came from and disturbed everyone's peace early in the morning.
Qin Law entrusts them with the responsibility of public security, and no one dares to neglect it.
When he opened the door, he saw Lu Yuan dressed in brocade, and his entourage was beating drums and drumsticks desperately.
"Stop knocking, I'll knock you again."
When the officials saw that Lu Yuan's identity was not simple, they sent people to the back hall to call the master Gongsun Mingqing. The person who showed off the drumming was actually a famous magic stick in the imperial city.
Gongsun Mingqing followed a group of government officials to the court, and the master handed over the complaint written by Lu Yuan.
Gongsun Mingqing glanced at this in a hurry, but he muttered in his heart and continued to look down while cursing.
The plaintiff is Lu Yuan, the magician of Da Qin Imperial City, who is said to be running errands for someone in the palace.
The defendant was Zhang Liang, a down-and-out nobleman, but he was a student in the imperial city who even the King of Qin called him his teacher and his wife.
Lu Yuan sued Zhang Liang for assaulting people in the street, provoking quarrels, and beating two of Lu Yuan's followers.
Gongsun Mingqing cursed in a low voice after just glancing at the paper.
He thought to himself that you, a magic stick, led his men to fight with people in the street, but you couldn't defeat the down-and-out Zhang Liang. You still have the nerve to come to me to complain. How shameless are you?
Firstly, he didn't want to get into the bad luck of Lu Yuanshen's stick, and secondly, he didn't want the masters in the academy to hate him. He thought in his mind that in the end, it would be a big deal between me and a ball of mud, and he would let you play by yourself.
With a frown, he asked the Yamen servant to go to the academy to summon Zhang Liang, and by the way, Li Xiuyuan, the wine shopkeeper, was also summoned.
At the gate of the academy, a group of government officials came to Zhang Liang and explained the whole story, saying that someone had accused him of beating someone in the street.
Zhang Liang looked at the group of government officials and frowned: "This shameless bastard went to complain? Did he go and cause trouble for everyone?"
A group of government officials laughed in unison and said, "That fat man is good at refining elixirs and pretending to be ghosts and gods. Please come with us, sir."
Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Let's go, it's reasonable to be reasonable, let's see how you adults deal with him later!"
When he came to the door of the wine shop, Li Xiuyuan didn't want to pay attention to this nonsense at all. He had not violated Qin's laws, so why should he go to the government office?
Several government officials were getting angry, but Xiao Hei ran out, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Where did the bad guy come from? He dared to bully my brother!"
"Xiao Hei, stop it!"
Li Xiuyuan, who didn't want to cause trouble, grabbed Xiao Hei, frowned and closed the store door.
Then he looked at the Yamen servant and said, "Let's go and see what that guy is thinking."
Li Xiuyuan called a carriage and followed several yamen towards the yamen.
Xiao Hei on the carriage seemed a little excited. He looked at the street scenery outside the carriage and asked, "Brother, will there be a fight in court?"
Li Xiuyuan pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "We are just watching the fun, we are not allowed to do anything for a while, you know?"
The carriage galloped all the way and soon arrived outside the Yamen.
After getting off the carriage, Xiao Hei was shocked. A group of idle guys had gathered outside the Yamen to watch the fun.
Following the yamen servant, Li Xiuyuan looked at Zhang Liang in front of him and immediately shook his head with a wry smile.
He said calmly: "Today you can get me in a fight. If you kill someone another day, will I have to pay for you with my life?"
Zhang Liang looked at him and laughed loudly: "Do you want me to pay for it, or do you want me to pay for the college tuition for my little black brother?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him, shook his head, and said, "You don't need to worry about Xiao Hei's study. You can first pay my lost wages for today."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he quickly stretched out his hand and said: "Quickly, brother Zhang Liang pays for it."
Li Xiuyuan listened to the noise outside the hall and asked Zhang Liang: "Isn't it a big deal for these guys to just watch the excitement? This is a government office, not a market."
Zhang Liang said with a smile: "The people in the Imperial City are very courageous. They are not afraid of wearing shoes if they are barefoot, let alone a lawsuit with a magic stick today."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head with a headache, thinking that these people really didn't think it was such a big deal.
Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "Think about how to win this lawsuit!"
Amidst a burst of shouting, Gongsun Qingming led his master out of the back hall and sat on the high hall.
There was another burst of shouting, but two followers who were lying on stretchers were carried up, followed by the lawyer, followed by the magic stick Lu Yuan.
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh. Looking at the two followers wrapped like rice dumplings, Lu Yuan was really shameless.
Zhang Liang only beat two people that day, how could his attack be so severe?
It must have been that Lu Yuan went back and did some tricks, and then came to the Yamen to ask for an explanation.
Lu Yuan looked at Zhang Liang, who was looking calm and calm, with eyes full of intent. He clearly wants you to look good today, and even if he doesn't get the shop, he still wants you to lose money.
Zhang Liang pretended not to look at him, lowered his head and started chatting with Xiao Hei.
Gongsun Qingming, who was in the high hall, slapped the gavel in his hand, and Lu Yuan screamed with fright.
A group of idlers outside the court also became silent, seeing that the show was about to begin.
"Who is here?" Gongsun Qingming shouted, looking coldly at the sad-looking Lu Yuan and the silent Zhang Liang.
As long as you are inside the Imperial City Yamen, you are just ants, and I am the master who decides life and death.
Hearing Gongsun Qingming's voice in the hall, Lu Yuan responded first and asked the invited lawyer, such as Li Ming, to come forward.
Zhang Liang and Gongsun Qingming cupped their hands and replied, "Student, I have met Mr. Gongsun."
Li Ming took a step forward, forced Zhang Liang and said coldly: "Zhang Liang, don't kneel in court!"
Zhang Liang glanced at him and asked calmly: "Then why don't you kneel?"
Li Ming said sternly: "Li has a great reputation and can go to court without kneeling. Don't you know?"
Zhang Liang and Gongsun Qingming clasped their hands and replied: "Sir, Master told me that students don't have to kneel when they go to court. Is that true?"
Gongsun Qingming glanced at Li Ming and thought, "You are so lenient. Why don't you let me sit here?"
When Li Ming saw it, he had no choice but to point at Li Xiuyuan and ask: "This shopkeeper, why don't you kneel down in court?"
Li Xiuyuan and Gongsun Qingming held hands and said, "I'm just selling wine on the street, and I haven't beaten anyone... If you have to kneel down, then I won't accompany you."
After saying that, he reached out to hold Xiao Hei's hand. As long as the two brothers wanted to leave, who among these government officials could stop them?
Gongsun Qingming glared at Lu Yuan and Li Ming fiercely.
Master, I haven't spoken yet, do you really not take me seriously?
He was stunned and said: "Master, I didn't speak, so who are you? Who told you to speak?"
Li Xiuyuan stopped and said to Gongsun Qingming, "Sir, I was so frightened by this lawyer that I can't remember anything."
Gongsun Qingming looked at Li Ming and said, "I'm asking you a question, so shut your mouth!"
Li Ming was so angry that he couldn't speak. He didn't expect that a businessman wearing linen clothes wouldn't buy his account.
Gongsun Qingming gave the order and the proceedings in the court officially began.
The two sides talked about the issue of beatings and being beaten. Lu Yuan insisted that Zhang Liang injured his men, but Zhang Liang insisted that Lu Yuan ordered his followers to beat people first.
Lu Yuan had two of his followers who had been beaten to testify, but Zhang Liang was alone...for a while the two sides began to quarrel.
The idle people watching the excitement gradually began to talk, but more people believed in Zhang Liang. They always felt that Zhang Liang, a scholar, would never be able to beat someone in the street.
And the servant who was sitting on the ground and wrapped like a rice dumpling was beaten like that. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that these two people were gangsters. How could they frame a good person.
Gongsun Qingming was upset when he heard it and looked disgusted. He slapped everyone in shock and made everyone shut their mouths!
"Sir, the murderer is standing in the court, why don't you take him down quickly?"
Li Ming was unwilling to give in, but Master Gongsun remained silent for a long time. Maybe he had already turned to the academy, and he had to remind him to make a clear decision.
Gongsun Qingming was shocked and said: "The followers who were beaten are all your own servants. How can the servants' words be used as evidence? How about you find a passerby to testify for me?!"
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile to himself, thinking that Master Gongsun didn't like and hated the fat man in front of him.
"Of course it was Zhang Liang who made the move, and when he hit someone, he let out the words and asked my client, Lu Yuan, to file a complaint!"
Li Ming stared at Zhang Liang coldly: "Do you dare to be a man?"
Zhang Liang looked calm and replied to Gongsun Qingming: "Sir, the student just went to buy wine for the master that day. Unexpectedly, he was attacked by these two people outside the wine shop..."
In front of everyone, Zhang Liang told everything that happened that day.
Li Ming was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Liang to be involved in self-defense, so he said to Gongsun Qingming: "Sir, since Zhang Liang is self-defense, I think we should invite witnesses?"
After saying this, he turned around and looked at Li Xiuyuan and Xiao Hei quietly.
Gongsun Qingming was shocked and asked Li Ming: "Where is the witness? Does it have anything to do with this case?"
Li Ming replied: "The witness is the shopkeeper of the wine shop. He was sitting in the shop at the time and naturally saw everything that happened on the street."
Gongsun Qingming was startled and thought, could it be possible that you really took advantage of the academy?
Looking at Zhang Liang, I thought that you have to choose a secluded place to hit someone, right? How could this kind of fierce fighting be allowed to be witnessed by others?
Gongsun Qingming has been in the Imperial City Yamen for so many years, and he has no other abilities except his docile mouth.
As long as there is no life-and-death feud, he will persuade both parties to reconcile. When he encounters one or two owners who are unwilling to reconcile, he will slap them on the butt and pass them up!
There are bigger officials above him, and it is up to the adults to make the decision. Life or death has nothing to do with me.
He was not going to make a decision about today's messy matter, so he thought that he would just let himself argue in private.
If it doesn't work, use another drag trick to see if you can drag me down.
Since it is a harmonious relationship, it naturally has to look like it, at least not to offend the master of the academy.
Li Ming pointed at Li Xiuyuan in the hall and said: "Please call the witnesses to come forward. The shopkeeper in front of you is the only witness who witnessed that day. He can prove that Zhang Liang hit someone!"
Zhang Liang glanced at Li Ming coldly and said with a smile: "By the way, you can't talk nonsense in court? You said shopkeeper Li is the only witness?"
Li Ming looked back at Lu Yuan, and then replied to Gongsun Qingming: "I can be sure!"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but scolded: "Zhang Liang, you keep making clever excuses! I think you are too kind to me! Do you want to give me a thirty-year penalty first?"
Zhang Liang suddenly became angry and said coldly: "You are a magician who has no official position but dare to instruct Lord Gongsun in the hall. You have no respect for the rules of the Qin Dynasty!"
Gongsun Qingming just wanted to end the matter as soon as possible, how could he let the two of them continue like this?
Immediately he was stunned and asked: "Where is the shopkeeper of the wine shop?"
Li Xiuyuan took a step forward and cupped his hands and said: "Li Xiuyuan, a common man, is here and has met your Excellency!"
Gongsun Qingming asked coldly: "Lu Yuan said that you were sitting in the shop that day and said that you witnessed the whole incident. Was it Zhang Liang who hit the person first, or Lu Yuan's men?"
Li Xiuyuan thought about what happened that day, lowered his eyebrows and replied, "Tell me, sir, I fell asleep that day and neither heard nor saw any beatings!"
With a bang, a group of idlers gathered outside the Yamen suddenly laughed. They were beating you to death outside the store, but you actually fell asleep.
How much heart does this have?
Lu Yuan watched Li Xiuyuan open his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it. He was stunned and speechless because he was only thinking about Zhang Liang at that time.
Where would you pay attention to whether the shopkeeper in the wine shop is awake or whether he is lying on the counter and really asleep? !
Zhang Liang looked at Li Xiuyuan and smiled bitterly. He thought to himself, are you willing to die and refuse to save him, or are you just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously?
Xiao Hei, who was standing behind Li Xiuyuan, also said, "Xiao Hei fell asleep in the house that day. I guess my brother fell asleep on the counter like me."
