Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 187

Xue Lang and his party came to the Chang'an government office, and with the support of the long sword, they got out of the carriage and were about to walk in.At this time, a carriage also came, followed by several male servants who were dressed as servants. When the leader saw Xue Lang, his expression changed slightly, as if he knew him.Xue Lang ignored it and sent someone to report:

"The plaintiff, Xue Lang, brought soymilk, the spirit dog of the bitter master, to see the governor."

The guard looked at Xue Lang, and then at the four dogs behind Xue Lang. The corners of his mouth twitched, but he still said in a very competent way: "Mr. Xue, please wait a moment. The humble man will report right away."

A middle-aged man alighted from the carriage, and as soon as he got off, the leading manservant whispered in his ear, the man glanced at Xue Lang, nodded, did not speak, and asked someone to report.

The male servant came over and asked the yamen servant to inform, Xue Lang listened to the servant's report: "Please inform the servant, Lu Jian, a doctor of Confucian classics from the Imperial Academy, please see the Governor of Chang'an."

Those who can work as servants in Chang'an Prefecture naturally have winks and are polite to everyone, saying in harmony: "Please wait a moment, there must be no one at the door, after the brothers who just went in to inform come out, the humble people will go to inform. "

The male servant was kind: "Yes! There are servants."

After a while, the officer came out: "Mr. Xue, please come in. Above the court, the Duke's spirit dog, please restrain him once or twice."

Xue Lang nodded and said: "The reason why my dog ​​is a spirit dog is that it is different from other families, please rest assured."

After finishing speaking, regardless of the waiting man who is obviously a relative of Lu Jing, he should go to the yamen——

On the way here, Sun Chang introduced Xue Lang.Chang'an Mansion belongs to Yongzhou, and the highest official should be Yongzhou Mu. The Yongzhou Mu who was in office at that time was none other than His Royal Highness King Qin.

Because Chang'an is affiliated to Jingzhao, it should actually be called Jingzhao Mansion.His Royal Highness the King of Qin is only a nominal officer, and the real governor is the governor. Under the governor, there are still officials such as Shaoyin, Tongpan, Cheng, and Zhubo.The governor of Chang'an at that time was named Jiang Que, the eldest son of Jiang Mo, a famous minister in the early Tang Dynasty.

When Xue Lang entered, Jiang Que and a group of his subordinates immediately got up and bowed to salute: "I have seen Duke Xue, but I have not greeted you from afar. I am rude!"

Xue Lang bowed his hands to return the salute, and said: "Jiang Fuyin, hurry up and excuse me, I am here today for a private matter, and I am the people under Jiang Fuyin's rule. Jiang Fuyin is my parent and official, why should I be more polite? It is only right to salute Jiang Fu Yin."

With that said, it was a salute to Jiang.Jiang Que stepped aside quickly, even saying he didn't dare.

After saluting to Xue Lang, they each sat down. Lu Jian came in after being notified. He is a doctor of Confucian classics from the Imperial Academy, and he is also well-known. He only needs to bow his hands to Jiang Que: "Lu Jian has met Jiang Fu Yin."

Jiang Que: "Dr. Lu is free. Dr. Lu, please sit down. Now that the plaintiff and the relatives of the defendant have arrived, the court will start the trial."

"Please!"

Xue Lang was going to visit relatives, and Lu Jian was going to work, so everyone went to the government office at this time.Just after seeing the ceremony, I heard the report from the yamen servant outside:
"King Qin is here!"

Erfeng was startled!

Xue Lang wasn't surprised, and together with the others, saluted the handsome King Qin: "I've seen you, Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, everyone. After I came to the court, I heard that Lu Jing, the Lu family, opened his bow in the street in Chang'an City, intending to shoot Xue Jungong's spirit dog. I don't know why. After I came to the court, I came to see Yin Shengtang of Jiangfu to find out what happened. "

Lu Jian was very ashamed: "Your nephew has nothing to do and disturbed the king, Lu Jian is ashamed."

The King of Qin said: "Apologize for the delay, let's hear what happened first."

"Here."

Jiang Que asked people to move the futon, and after asking several people to sit down in order, he said: "My lord, Mr. Xue, and Dr. Lu, before the three arrived, after the Jinwu Guards brought the people over, the officials have already interrogated them one by one. All the servants, this is a confession. Please read it."

A thick stack of confessions was handed out to the crowd by the guards.First show it to the King of Qin, and after the King of Qin quickly read it, hand it over to Xue Lang.Xue Lang's reading level in classical Chinese was not improving, so he handed it over to Jiang Lin who was standing behind him.Everyone knows his background, but they don't think he is rude.

Jiang Lin glanced at it quickly, leaned over and said, "Brother, what happened is generally true, but the words were quite evasive, pretending to be crazy."

Xue Lang nodded and asked him to pass the statement to Lu Jian, not in a hurry to speak.Lu Jian took it, looked carefully, his face became more and more serious the more he looked at it, and asked to hand the statement back to Jiang Que, and said with a solemn voice: "My nephew is young and ignorant, my brother is busy with official duties, neglects to discipline, and is disrespectful. Here, Lu Jian apologizes to Duke Xue."

Saying that, he got up and wanted to bow to Xue Lang and apologize.Xue Lang also got up, avoided directly, and said: "Wait a minute! Xue Lang has something unclear, dare to ask Dr. Lu, is your nephew this year?"

Lu Jian said: "My nephew is 17 years old this year, and he is not yet a weak crown."

Xue Lang said solemnly: "It turns out that you are already 17 years old, and you are already an adult? However, compared to the age of Dr. Lu and me, you are indeed young. As for whether you are ignorant or not... I think at the age of your nephew, you should have a teacher. Still ignorant... I once heard a saying in a foreign country, the so-called fault of the son not teaching his father, and the laziness of the teacher who is not strict in teaching. The teacher of the Lu family should be punished!"

"Pfft!"

This is King Qin who was watching and couldn't help laughing out loud!

Lu Jian's face was purple with shame, and he said: "Ashamed, ashamed!"

Xue Lang sat down on his knees again, with a serious face, completely unable to see whether he was sarcastic just now on purpose or just as matter of fact.

Jiang Que coughed, regained his serious face, and said, "Since the plaintiff, Lord Xue Jun, has arrived, this mansion will begin now, promotion!"

The guards on duty shouted in unison: "Mighty!"

Afterwards, Jiang Que turned his head to look at Xue Lang, and said, "Xue Lang, the plaintiff, you can tell me in detail how Lu Jing and others bumped into you today."

Xue Lang said: "Prefect, strictly speaking, Xue is only one of the sufferers, and there is another sufferer who is my soy milk. Soy milk, come, I have met Jiang Fu Yin. The person who wanted to shoot you at noon today has been arrested by Jiang Fu Yin Now, we will rely on Jiang Fu Yin to uphold justice today!"

Since the four dogs entered the court, they followed Xue Lang obediently, neither barking nor afraid of people, very obedient.Soymilk heard Xue Lang call its name, looked up at Jiang Que, walked out from behind Xue Lang, took two steps forward, lowered its front body, nodded three points in Jiang Que's direction, and then stood up straight.Seeing this, steamed buns, steamed buns, and deep-fried dough sticks also stepped forward, bowed their bodies, and nodded to Jiang Que.

King Qin couldn't help applauding: "What a psychic dog, it really is a spirit dog!"

Jiang Que and the others were also amazed, but Lu Jian's eyes were fixed and his expression was obscure, and he felt bitterness in his mouth.

Xue Lang said: "Two days ago, I made an appointment with my adoptive brother's father-in-law to visit us today. On the way, Soymilk wanted to take a break. My Soymilk was quiet and shy by nature, so we hid in a corner and we waited in the corner. Suddenly I heard someone shouting, Wolf, shoot and kill! Brother Yi is concerned about the safety of soybean milk, so he immediately stepped forward to stop it. I also stepped forward immediately and reported my identity. Xiaolang of the Lu family said, my accent is too weird, and I can’t understand what I said. The two accompanying A young man asked me to speak elegant words, and said with a smile that I couldn't even speak elegant words, but I dared to walk in the city of Chang'an without shame. Xue was ashamed, because he was born in a foreign land, and he really didn't know how to speak elegant words. Waiting for the attendant to explain, three Wei Xiaolang didn't give him a chance to explain, so Lu Xiaolang directly ordered Soymilk to be shot. In order to protect Soymilk, my guards had to attack Lu Xiaolang, which alarmed the Jinwu guards patrolling the streets. That's how it happened. Here, I have A few questions, I would like to ask Jiang Fu Yin to ask the three young men."

Jiang Que hurriedly said, "Mr. Xue, please tell me."

(End of this chapter)