Early June

Wang Yan rushed to Chengdu Mansion this time, and the task was to successfully promote the marriage and determine the engagement ceremony with the Song family, so before the marriage was officially contracted, he could not return to Wenyang Mansion alone.

Inevitably, it was another rush.

Fortunately, along the way, accompanied by the sons of the Song family, his witty speech made Wang Yan quite admired.

"Song Gongzi, you see, the big river in front is the Jishui River, as long as you follow the river, you can reach Jishui County in less than three or five days. ”

Wang Yan walked on the road, followed by a group of people, he pointed to the big river in front of him, and said to the Song Gongzi.

"Jishui River, I've heard people say it before, it seems that there is a dragon girl living in this Jishui River?" Song Ziye looked at the river with a smile, as if he was a little interested in this rumor.

Wang Yan had also heard of this legend, but he had never seen it with his own eyes, so he couldn't help but believe it in his heart, so he only smiled and said, "Maybe there is." ”

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Song Ziye did not talk about it again.

Soon, a large ship that had been booked before came from the opposite shore.

After the boat docked, a middle-aged man stepped off the boat, saw Wang Yan at a glance, and came over with a respectful face: "My lord, this boat is ready and ready to leave at any time." ”

Wang Yan nodded at him, turned his face and asked Song Ziye: "Song Gongzi, the boat has arrived, are you leaving?"

"Now that the ship has arrived, let us go. As soon as he thought of his father's entrustment, Song Ziye wanted to go to Jishui County immediately to inspect Wang Shoutian and his people, but he didn't want to delay.

"That being the case, please. Wang Yan gave way to Song Ziye.

Although Song Ziye is the heir of the Song family, he is also a junior, and he refuses to be rude in this kind of thing, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang is invited first." ”

After giving in slightly, Wang Yan stepped into the boat first, followed by Song Ziye, and after the group boarded the boat one after another, the big ship set sail immediately.

Along the way, Song Ziye was very interested, looking at the scenery from the boat, and he was leisurely.

But the closer it is to Jishui County, Wang Yan secretly hesitated, Jishui County, Wang Yan had also been here before, full of desolate scenes, and still in his mind, only a year, how much weather can there be here?

It was hard to say that the head of the Song family was moved, if this Song Gongzi arrived in Jishui County and saw the desolation, although he would not feel that the main thing in governing this place was too incompetent, but he would also feel disappointed.

Wang Yan is also a smart person, so he naturally knows what it means for the head of the Song family to send his eldest son here.

Whether this marriage will succeed or not, now, is still undecided!

So, so worried, after only three days, Wang Yan got a little angry, but he didn't dare to make a noise, he just hoped that when he arrived at the county seat of Jishui, Wang Shoutian could fight for some anger and give the Wang family a long face.

After many days of contact, Wang Yan had already gone to the contempt for the children of the Song family, although it was rumored that this generation of the children of the Song family was mediocre, but he could talk and behave carefully, but Wang Yan found that this son did not leak.

This kind of calm and sophisticated, and witty speech, is really incomparable to those ordinary children, and everyone's demeanor is really visible.

has a brother and father like this, thinking of Miss Song, she must be an extraordinary daughter.

Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh at Wang Shoutian's good luck, and thought that although he had a son, he was not yet engaged, and his future wife was definitely not as good as the daughter of the Song family, so he couldn't help but give birth to a trace of gloom.

But after thinking about it, with the help of the Song family, it would be beneficial to the entire Wang family, so he sighed secretly and didn't think about it anymore.

Three days later, he abandoned the ship and landed ashore.

The group went ashore from the west bank of the water draw, each leading their horses, and first took a serious look at the prospect.

At the end of the river, there is a sparse forest, and in the distance, there is a farmland close to the county seat.

At this time, it was already the middle of June, the rice fields were golden, and there were farmers busy in the fields.

The joy on everyone's face can be felt even though it is far away.

Wang Yan looked at all this in front of him, he was very surprised in his heart, turned his face, and said to Song Ziye: "Song Gongzi, there are still five miles away from Jishui County, and you will be there after a while." ”

"I can't wait to go into the city. Song Ziye was silent for a moment and said.

It can be seen that he was also shocked by the vision, after all, the rumored Jishui County was harassed by the war, and the people were struggling to make a living.

From the perspective of the vision, it is a different appearance, only to see tens of thousands of acres around the county, only to see the rice fields are continuous, and it seems that the sky is heavy and golden......

A subordinate led the horse, and the two turned over and got on the horse and walked in the direction of the county seat.

Along the way, what he saw and heard made Wang Yan very surprised.

Until this time, in his heart, he no longer doubted his brother's choice, just imagine, if he handed over this mess to his son, even with his help, it would be impossible to achieve such results in a short period of time.

Choosing this son as the heir, now it seems that it is not so difficult for him to accept.

Even Wang Yan, the person from this town, was so surprised, and Song Ziye, who was traveling with him, was even more secretly surprised in his heart.

Although he is in Chengdu Mansion, Song Ziye has also heard a little about the situation in the four counties and one government of Wenyang Town.

This Jishui County can be said to be the four counties, the most suffering from the war, such a county, now it seems, is actually a thriving state, just look at this continuous paddy, there are 100,000 stones, this is the importance of the troubled times, needless to say.

There were food and soldiers, and the inexplicable hostility towards Wang Shoutian at the beginning was mostly gone.

It's just that Wang Shoutian and his person, he still has to take a closer look.

In Song Ziye's heart, the person who can match his sister must also be the best of those people.

Wang and Song had their own plans in their hearts, and for a while, there was nothing to say on the road.

The group walked along the riverbank, rode forward, traveled more than four miles, and finally saw a city in front of them.

Rao was shocked before, and when he saw the newly repaired city wall and the heavy city gate, Wang Yan still couldn't help but sigh.

However, Song Ziye had never been to Jishui County before, and he only nodded secretly when he saw this.

At the opening of the city gate, people occasionally came and went, looking at their clothes, but they were also clean and tidy, and there was no hunger or cold on their faces.

Seeing this, Song Ziye became more and more satisfied, and seeing that the second master of the Wang family beside him was a little stunned, he smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the city wall of Jishui County has been rebuilt, and it looks like a county seat." ”

Hearing this, Wang Yan came back to his senses, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's not a secret, since the reconstruction of this Jishui County, I have never been here, and now I am surprised to see the façade of this rebuilt city wall." ”

"It's like this outside the city, Ziye can't wait to see the scene inside the city. Seeing Song Ziye's expectant expression, Wang Yan nodded and ordered the group to enter the city.

At the same time, he also sent a person to be an emergency pioneer and went to the county government to report the news.

But the man returned later, whispering a few words beside Wang Yan, and Wang Yan's face suddenly changed slightly.

Song Ziye on the side just didn't see him, and while enjoying the scenery on both sides, he walked towards the county government non-stop.

At this time, there was a murder case on trial in the county magistrate's office.

The official seat is the county commander Wang Shoutian.

Coincidentally, Wang Shoutian had only been back for three days, and because he had won a general, he arranged to go to the barracks, and he was in a good mood, so he didn't want someone to come to ask about the case.

Wang Shoutian had no choice but to be a Qingtian master, and at this time the government had been established, each holding a torture rod, but it also showed the majesty of the court.

Outside the county office, there are many people around.

Of the few people kneeling in the hall, only one was a woman, and the others were all men.

This woman has a delicate appearance, a graceful figure, and a unique romantic state, and at this time she is even crying like a tearful person, so pitiful.

Wang Shoutian glanced at it, and he knew it in his heart.

Although Jishui County is dilapidated, it is mainly the front line, and there are still some people in the back half of the county, especially some large households.

The deceased in this case is a big family, Zhang Shaoyun, who is the husband of the young woman in the hall.

Zhang Shaoyun is the eldest son, his parents died early, he is usually generous, and he has no enemies, he is the only one in the family, and there are no brothers to compete for the family property, so when he disappeared for many days and was found in the field outside the city, the case was difficult to solve.

Because it had just rained, even if there were traces, they were long gone, and no scars were found on the deceased's body, which was quite a bit of a violent death.

He has a lot of money on his body, and he is not a bad guy on the road.

However, the deceased was an old servant, and then he died of illness, but before he died, he talked about it with his son, revealing that the main family was victimized.

Although it was not elaborated, the matter finally came out, and the deceased's clan sued the government.

Wang Shoutian took the case, tried it in court, and ordered him to examine it carefully, and finally found a silver needle deep into the brain spinal marrow in the head of the deceased.

The murderer is still difficult to find.

On that day, Wang Shoutian simply put the deceased's wife directly in prison.

Today, it is the time of retrial, and the disaster of three days in prison has made the woman more and more pitiful.

The onlookers whispered even more, although the person who tried the case was a person they respected, but this way of judging the case was a bit reckless.

Because of the large number of onlookers, Wang Shoutian did not notice it in the hall, and more than a dozen people crowded into the crowd and watched.

The woman in the hall cried sadly, but Wang Shoutian in the hall seemed to be helpless, and finally simply ordered someone to release the woman in the hall.

Seeing this, everyone talked about it, because there were other cases to try, but they did not disperse for a while.

However, in the crowd, there was a person who raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Uncle Wang, what do you think, how is this case decided?" The person who spoke was Song Ziye, and more than a dozen of them had been watching in the crowd for a while, and Song Ziye was a little disappointed that Wang Shoutian had decided the case like this.

This case is indeed difficult to judge, without any evidence, without any traces, the murderer cannot be found at all.

But the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, because of the scene in the city, this Song Ziye has more expectations for this Wang Shoutian.

Therefore, seeing that the case was so decided, he sighed in his heart.

Wang Yan saw it on the side, and naturally noticed it, but what he saw in this city had already made him very satisfied, in his opinion, Wang Shoutian was just a first-time official, and he was a teenager, and this war and agriculture may be good, but this case may not be in action, and it is not a very great thing.

Therefore, he only said: "This case is indeed unsolvable." ”

But before he could say this, he saw several officials, detaining two of them, and coming from a distance.

One of them was the young woman who had just been released, but at this time her face was so dead that she couldn't even cry. Beside her, the other person detained was a young man.

"This is ......" Wang Yan and Song Ziye saw it, and they both showed surprise.

Not only them, but also those people who had not dispersed, saw this, and there was an uproar.