Xiao Jiading nodded and said, "Hello!"

People in the Tang Dynasty would not say hello like this, so this surprised the woman a little. She looked up at him, then quickly lowered her eyes and turned out. This turned around and left a scent of fragrance. This fragrance was not the smell of rouge powder. Is it the body fragrance of a girl? It is also true. There are many women who have been in-depth with Xiao Jiading, among which there are many young girls who have just grown up, but they have never had such a strange fragrance on any woman.

This reminded Xiao Jiading of the Xiangxiang Princess in Jin Yong's novel "The Book of Swords and Revenge". She ate snow lotus every day, so she had a strange fragrance. This woman is also a Hu from the Western Regions. Is it because she is so fragrant when she eats flowers every day?

Seeing him staring at the girl's back, Zhu Haiyin smiled and said, "Brother, are you stunned too? Haha, - I said, "Shopkeeper Yu, your daughter is so beautiful, this betrothal gift will definitely be indispensable in the future. She is your money tree, hahaha."

Yu Gui also responded with a harsh voice: "Yes, yes."

"What's your daughter's name?" Zhu Haiyin just looked at the beauty and didn't listen to Yu Gui's words carefully, so he didn't remember it.

"Loulan."

"This name is unique, right brother?" Zhu Haiyin looked at Xiao Jiading.

Loulan is an ancient Western Regions country and had mysteriously disappeared before the Tang Dynasty. This should not be the surname, Xiao Jiading said: "Is this her original name?"

"No, more than ten years ago, the old man went to the Western Regions to buy things and do business. One day, I passed by a canyon and saw many dead bodies on the roadside, all of whom were injured by swords and blood flowing all over the ground. I guess he was robbed and killed by a thief. The child was sitting on the ground crying. At that time, she was about three or four years old. When I saw her pitiful, I took her into her as her adopted daughter and taught her to speak Chinese. I knew a little bit about the Western Regions and asked her what her name was, but she just cried. Because I heard that the Western Regions were also called Loulan, I called her Loulan."

"So that's it." Xiao Jiading nodded and continued to eat.

Zhu Haiyin continued to ask: "How old is she? Have you ever had a husband's family?"

"It's sixteen, no one is allowed yet."

"It's impossible. How could he not have a family in-laws so beautiful?"

"Oh, few decent people are willing to marry Hu's daughter, saying that Hu's daughter doesn't understand the rules. The little woman is very stubborn, so she delayed it."

Zhu Haiyin nodded. This is the truth. Even if he was a woman, he would not want to marry a Hu girl as his wife. No matter how beautiful he is, he can go to bed or go to the house to be a wife. That would not work. He sighed and sat down.

Xiao Jiading has seen too many beauties in modern society. Moreover, he has a high melting point for beauties and will not be fascinated easily, let alone a cold and icy beauty, so he is not interested in talking about her.

He was already full and said to Yu Gui: "Tell me about your case."

Yu Gui waited for his words and quickly smiled and said, "That's right. I bought a cow a few days ago and kept it in the backyard. The cow accidentally fell to death the day before yesterday. As a result, Xie Laosan from the neighbor Xiaoshifang saw it. He was always jealous of my snack shop's business, saying that I had robbed the business of a bad thing and often asked us for a break. This time, when he saw my cow died in the backyard, he ran to the yamen to sue me, saying that I deliberately killed the cow. The servant locked me to the county yamen, no matter what.

They explained that they didn't believe that the cow was killed by himself and wanted to cure me for his crime. Fortunately, someone testified for me that I did not intentionally kill the cow. In the end, the yamen decided to kill me by accident and not punish me. I was released yesterday, but my dead cow was confiscated. I was so angry that I went to the yamen to argue that it was stolen goods and they had to be confiscated. - Young Master, a cow is worth eight cents of money. Just confiscated it like this? I didn't intentionally kill the cow, why should I confiscate my cow?"

In the Tang Dynasty, cattle and horses were specially protected animals. Those who intentionally killed cattle and horses would be sentenced to one year of prison. Those who negligently killed cattle and horses would not be punished. As for whether cattle and horses were intentional or mandatory, whether cattle and horses were stolen goods were stolen goods, there was no provision in the Yonghui Law. However, in the "Tang Law Commentary" a few years later, it was clearly stipulated that cattle and horses who intentionally or mandatory kill cattle and horses were all personal property and were not criminal tools, so they could not be deprived of officials, but had to be returned to the original owner. Therefore, the punishment of the county government was wrong.

Xiao Jiading knew that the case was actually very simple, but today's officials cannot draw conclusions from the simple Yonghui law. This requires a certain legal literacy. He said immediately: "I understand that it is wrong for the yamen to confiscate your cattle and horse. You don't need to write any complaints for this matter, because what you want to sue is not someone else, but the yamen. The yamen made a mistake. How do you sue for the complaint?"

Yu Gui was stunned when he heard this and said, "Then..., let's forget it? That's eight guan coins!"

Seeing that he was confused, Xiao Jiading thought to himself, maybe you wanted to kill the cow to sell beef buns, but deliberately killed the cow, but pretended to be the cow that he had to fall to death. However, although Tang Law stipulated that killing the cow would be punished, modern criminal law concepts made Xiao Jiading not have such an idea. It was someone else's thing, how could the yamen confiscate it randomly?

Xiao Jiading said, "Let's do this, I remember this. After entering the yamen in the afternoon, I will see if I can help you and return the beef to you."

"Oh, thank you so much! Thank you Mr. Xiao! Thank you so much."

No wonder Yu Gui is so excited. Eight guan is equivalent to 40,000 yuan. That is just the money of beef itself. If it is made into beef buns for sale, it will be doubled. This is a big figure. Rare things are expensive, and it is a very unpalatable beef in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Haiyin couldn't eat anything from this snack shop. Seeing that Gu Yezhou had finished eating, he said, "Let's go?"

Xiao Jiading nodded and stepped out, and Yu Gui accompanied him to see him off.

When we arrived at the front hall, there were fewer guests than before. Loulan was cleaning the dishes and wiping the table, and her pretty face was still as cold as frost. A regular customer greeted her and talked to her, she just nodded and didn't look at others at all. Those diners who wanted to chat with him had to shut up embarrassedly.

Xiao Jiading understood that this girl's cold appearance was probably a helpless act of self-protection. She was so beautiful that she was often visited by the snack shop, where peddlers often visited, those people dared to say anything when facing beautiful women, and even had to take advantage of them. If she hadn't been so cold-eyed and frosty, she would have been bullied.

Xiao Jiading felt a little sympathetic to her. When he walked by her, he whispered: "Miss Loulan, thank you for your hard work!" After that, he didn't look at her and went straight out.

Loulan was stunned for a moment. No customer had ever said this to her. He couldn't help but feel angry and looked at Xiao Jiading's back and left.

Zhu Haiyin chased after a few steps to catch up with Xiao Jiading and said, "Brother, are you full? If you are not full, let's change the place and continue eating."

"I'm full."

Zhu Haiyin had almost no food and his stomach was ginger. However, Xiao Jiading said he was full and he was embarrassed to ask him to eat again. That wasn't that let Xiao Jiading accompany him to eat. His eyes rolled and he said, "It's still early now, how about we go to the cruise river?"

“Cruise River?”

"Yes, I'm going to enjoy the boat river on Huanhua Creek!"

Xiao Jiading guessed that this kind of cruise ship was definitely a flower boat, and he smiled and said, "I'll do this tune early in the morning?"

"The river cruise is just a day, and you can't see anything at night. And when you get drunk, you can't see it. No one can see it when you get drunk. It's best during the day. And Huanhua Creek is not far ahead. You can walk there. Now, it's still a long time to noon. Let's drink some wine to boost your spirits."

"I have to go to the yamen in the afternoon, so I can't drink."

"Then..., then don't drink, just play until noon, and go to the yamen after dinner. Otherwise, it's boring to sit in the house wherever you go now."

"That's true, okay. Let's go!"

Xiao Jiading followed Zhu Haiyin to Huanhua Creek. Sure enough, he saw singing and laughter floating on the green waters. From time to time, he saw beautifully dressed women standing at the bow of the boat and waved to them.

As soon as he saw the flower boat, Zhu Haiyin was dancing. When he arrived at the pier, he was a regular visitor here and they all rushed to greet him. Zhu Haiyin asked for an exquisite pleasure boat, and the two of them got on the boat. More than a dozen women on the boat were chirping and leaning against them.

The girls on the pleasure boat are much lower-end than those in Cuiyulou, and they are also very ordinary to sing and dancing. However, those who come here are not for those who come here. Xiao Jiading is not a serious person, so of course he will not be polite, but he doesn't come. Who knows that these women can't do it cleanly, and he doesn't want to cause trouble.

It was fast to spend time among women, and it was noon before he knew it. Zhu Haiyin asked the pleasure boat to shore, and the two took their servants to the restaurant for dinner. Zhu Haiyin ordered a large table to eat without drinking. After dinner, he saw that it was almost time to go to the yamen, and then he left the yamen.

Xiao Jiading first returned to the inn, took the landscape painting of Sima of the government office, folded it into squares and placed it in his sleeve bag, and then followed Zhu Haiyin to Shaocheng County Office.

After entering the county government gate, turning over the screen wall, walking through the long corridor, and reaching the high wall in front of the second hall. There is a ritual gate here, but the ritual gate is not open normally and will only be opened unless welcoming Shangguan and other occasions. Usually, they enter and exit the right corner gate. The yamen can be roughly divided into two departments, front lobby and other places. Ordinary people can come in to complain, hear, and look at notices. After passing this corner gate, there is the office area of ​​the county government gate, and ordinary people cannot enter.

Because of Zhu Haiyin, Xiao Jiading went in smoothly without having to talk to the concierge at the corner gate.
Chapter completed!