Wen Bufan walked up to the front and asked, "May I ask how to go to the royal court?" ”

The men were about to rest, and sat down on the edge of the field. poured water and handed Wen Bufan a bowl!

Wen Bufan looked at those people, waiting for their answers. But the men shook their heads.

"You don't know?" Wen Bufan asked again.

"I haven't heard of it." A middle-aged man said.

Wen Bufan thought about it, maybe the name was different, so he said: "It's our biggest steward here, where he lives!" ”

"Oh, say it earlier! Over there! The middle-aged man pointed with his hand.

Wen Bufan looked at the man's hand, this royal court is simple enough, and that place is not even a medium-sized village!

This may be where they live here, so let's go over and have a look.

Wen Bufan said goodbye to those people and walked forward. Sure enough, it is a village, and there are many people in the village.

"The elders have tried the case! The elders have tried the case! A child screamed and ran forward.

Wen Bufan followed the flow of people to a courtyard, where a thatched pavilion was built, and a man in his thirties sat in it, probably an elder in the mouth of a child. There were more than a dozen men standing outside, with two Chinese characters standing in the middle, like the plaintiff and the defendant!

"Which of you speaks first!" The elder asked.

"I'll say it first!" A man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks said.

"Good! You speak first! ”

"He asked me to help him find the ploughing ox! But he didn't give me the money, and asked me to help him find it! The man with the monkey cheeks said.

"Is that so?" The elder looked at the other man.

"I asked him to help me find a ploughing cow, and he said he would count! I paid a deposit of two big bucks first, but now, he has to ask me for money again, and he said that if he doesn't give money, he won't look for it! Another man said.

"Nonsense, if you don't give money, you definitely won't look for it!" The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man looked disdainful.

"Elder, it's not that I don't give money, it's that he asks him to find the cow first, and then I give money! I've paid the deposit, how can I pay the bill! ”

"If you don't give money, you don't look for it!"

"Alright, alright! I get it! Whoever that is, it's you! The elder pointed to the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man and said, "Don't you know how to count?" Now count where his ploughing cattle are! I found the cow, and the rest of the money, I am in charge of the elder, and he doesn't dare not give it to you! ”

As soon as the elder said this, the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man was not in a hurry, and after a while, he said, "Elder, it's calculated!" He's on the north side of the mountain! ”

"Well, that's good! Are you sure! The elder smiled at the sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man.

"Absolutely, yes!"

"And what if it's wrong?"

"Whatever the elders do!"

"Good! Let's go to the side and wait. The elder waved his hand. The two men stepped aside.

"Bring people in!" The elder shouted.

Two strong men walked in with a man in his arms, and when the man entered the door, he shouted: "Wronged, wronged!" ”

The elder frowned and said, "Broken skin! I haven't asked you yet! What have you wronged? ”

Broken Skin glanced at the Elder's gloomy face and shut his mouth. Not talking!

"Humph! Let me ask you, whose cow did you eat? The elder asked.

"It's me!" Broken skin replied.

"Then tell me what are the characteristics of this cow!"

"This?" When he thought about it, the cattle were all eaten by him, and the rest were drunk in exchange for wine, what other evidence could there be! So he said, "The cow has no characteristics! Just like a regular cow! ”

"Huh? Does the cow's hind leg have a piece of white? The elder asked.

"This ......, it seems to be there?"

"Yes or no?"

"I remembered, yes! There is a piece of white. Broken skin replied.

"Well, is it on the left leg or the right leg?" The elder asked again.

"Left leg or right leg......" Broken Skin looked at the elder, not knowing how to answer.

"What do you think I do to your cow!" The elder glared at the man.

"Oh yes, it's the left leg, it's the left leg!" Broken skin said.

"Well, nothing else, let's say another yellow one, or something else?" The elder asked again.

"No more! Absolutely nothing! Broken skin replied.

"Okay, you're waiting!" The elder waved his hand, and the man waited.

At this time, an old man came in with a cowhide, and when the man who had thrown the cow saw it, he immediately cried and pounced, shouting: "My cow!" ”

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man was startled when he saw it. The broken skin almost fell to the ground.

As soon as the old man entered the door, he said, "Elder, I know that we are not allowed to kill cattle here, so I have come to you!" ”

"Okay, old man, you go and sit on the side first!" The elder waved his hand, and a strong man took the cowhide from the old man's hand and helped the old man to sit down.

The elder looked at the broken skin and asked, "Is this the cowhide you sold to Li Laohan and his son?" The broken skin and legs were weak, and he wanted to deny it, but he heard the elder say: "You went to sell the cowhide last night, and when you went to Li Laohan's son's shop, there happened to be six people here, do you want me to call them one by one for questioning?" There is also a shop second! You don't need to call it all! ”

The broken skin has begun to sweat in his head, but his mouth says: "I went to sell this cowhide, no, the cow was killed, and it is useless to keep the cowhide!" So I went and sold it for some money! ”

"Oh, you're going to sell this cowhide! That's your cow! The elder asked.

"Yes, it's my cow!" Broken skin said with certainty.

"Good, your cow, good!" The elder scratched the itch and said, "Okay, come on!" Look if the left leg of the cowhide is white! ”

When he heard this, his legs began to tremble.

The strong man in the cowhide opened the cowhide, looked at it, and said loudly: "No! ”

The broken skin pounced and knelt on the ground: "Elder spare your life, I picked up that cow!" ”

The elder laughed!

"Picked it up, why don't you pick it up and I take it home! You shameless bumper! The elder scolded loudly: "Don't recruit from the truth! ”

Broken skin knelt on the ground and said, "The villain is lost for a while, and I hope the elder will spare his life!" ”

"Admit it?" The elder glanced at the broken hides and asked, "What about the money you made from selling the hides?" And the uneaten beef, won't it all be sold! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The villains are all sold! The broken skin knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

The elder asked impatiently, "What about the rest of the money?" ”

"I lost my money when I gambled!" Broken skin said.

"You only sold the money last night, and you lost it all in one night! You're bad luck! The elder scolded loudly. The scolding was not enjoyable, so he stood up again and kicked the skin a few times! scolded in his mouth: "You, useless thing!" I don't know how much money to win! ”

The broken skin was kicked to the ground by the elder, and he thought to himself, "I want to win too!" ”

The elder was tired of kicking, returned to the thatched pavilion and sat down, and asked, "Who did you gamble with yesterday?" ”

The broken skin knelt on the ground, but the corner of his eye looked at the man with the sharp beak and monkey cheeks.

(End of chapter)