He asked, "What's going on? Didn't I ask you to invite the person in?"

When the yamen runner heard this, his face turned bitter.

"That princess didn't want to come in. She said she heard that our yamen had taken on a strange case, so she came to watch the fun."

When the county magistrate heard this, he and the legal advisor looked at each other in surprise.

The county magistrate asked hurriedly, "Did the princess tell me what the case was?"

How could he not know what strange case he had taken on that could attract that person's attention?

This is not a good thing for him.

He is now nearly 50 years old and no longer has the ambition he once had. He just wants to stay in office and die peacefully.

When it comes to the cases he handles, he mainly uses mediation to avoid offending anyone.

The yamen runner shook his head. How could he dare to ask about the nobleman's affairs? Naturally, he would reply according to what the nobleman said.

"idiot."

The county magistrate was so angry that he almost picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at him.

But the yamen runner reacted quickly and took a few steps back.

Seeing this, the lawyer hurried over to stop them and tried to persuade them.

"Master, calm down first, and first find out who the princess came for."

Then he asked the yamen runner, "Have you handled any special cases recently?"

The bailiff shook his head and said that the Chinese New Year had just passed, so there was no case.

I did receive a report today, but it was nothing special. It was just a father suing his son for being unfilial.

They called the people over, and the chief clerk was mediating the situation.

In his opinion, it was not a big deal. It was just that the old man was a little partial to his son in the early years, which disappointed his son.

Now that the son has become successful and the old man is old, he wants his son to support him and help his brothers. Actually, this is not a big deal.

We are all family, so why should we have different opinions?

It's difficult to support oneself, no matter how capable you are, it will be useless if you don't have support behind you. It's better to take this opportunity to reconcile.

The yamen runner thought so and didn't think that a princess would be interested in such family matters, so he shook his head firmly.

"Everyone has been quite idle lately. There hasn't even been any petty theft on the streets. There aren't any strange cases."

But the county magistrate and the legal advisor obviously did not believe it and said in unison.

"Think about it again."

They didn't think that the princess would pick on them for no reason, so there must be something they overlooked.

"Not really."

The yamen runner answered confidently, and the county magistrate felt that he could not count on him anymore, so he turned his attention to the legal advisor.

The lawyer thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. Tell me all the reports that the government office has received since the Chinese New Year and I will analyze them."

After all, the princess had only been here for a few days, so it was impossible for her to come for a case from before the New Year.

No matter how you look at it, it happened recently.

And he specifically chose today, the master's eyes lit up and asked.

"First, tell me if anyone has reported a crime today. Tell me everything, no matter how big or small it is."

The yamen runner thought, the princess couldn't be so bored.

But he still told the story about the old couple of the Huang family suing their son for being unfilial.

At the end, he added another sentence.

"Are all the nobles in the capital so bored now?"

Upon hearing this, the county magistrate wanted to hit him with something, but was stopped by the legal advisor.

"Master, calm down, calm down."

After comforting the county magistrate, he saw him put down the inkstone and blew on it as if it were his treasure. Then he asked the yamen runner in silence.

"Where did you bring the person back from?"

The lawyer felt that this was very important. After all, he had to find out where the princess heard it from in order to guess her attitude.

The yamen runner really knew about this matter. After all, he was the one who brought people to invite him.

At that time, he was impressed by how luxurious the house was. Since the second son of the Huang family could sneak into the mansion and work as a manager, it was obvious that he was a capable person and would not be short of that little bit of money. Why was he unwilling to honor his parents?

On the way back, he had advised the man not to be stubborn with his parents. After all, if his master knew that he was an unfilial person, he might even lose his job, and that would be a real loss of the greater for the smaller.

However, the man refused to say a word along the way, so he didn't bother to care about him anymore.

The yamen runner thought so and told the truth.

"It's the largest house in the east of the city. It seems to be called 'Shen's House'."

When the master heard this, he immediately covered his forehead and almost fainted.

This time, not only did the county magistrate want to hit this guy with something, but he also wanted to beat him up.

The county magistrate obviously hadn't come to his senses yet. Seeing the master's behavior, he hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

"The mother's family name of that Princess Yunxi is Shen. She is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, one of the top ten wealthy merchants in the dynasty."

"You, you...you went to the princess's house to capture someone."

The princess' fiefdom was not here, so when she came to the north, she naturally lived in the Shen family's villa.

The master suddenly had a terrible idea.

The county magistrate came back to his senses at this moment, "Have we captured the princess's people?"

The master nodded vigorously, "That's probably the case."

The county magistrate was worried, "What should we do? Should we release him?"

Although he is not a good person, he has been the county magistrate for several years and considers himself to be conscientious. Although he cannot be said to be selfless, he has never done anything to violate the law.

Since someone has reported the case, there is no reason for him to let the person go easily.

Just when the county magistrate was looking conflicted, the lawyer spoke up to remind him.

"Master, maybe the princess didn't mean to ask you to release the person directly?"

The county magistrate didn't quite believe what the lawyer said at this moment. It wasn't that he didn't trust this old friend, but he felt that if she didn't want him to release the person, why did she come to the yamen at this time?

The county magistrate's face looked constipated, and his expression was extremely painful.

As soon as the master saw his expression, he knew that he was getting stuck in a rut again, and hurriedly analyzed it.

"Master, think about it, if she really wants someone, she should go directly to the government office. This is not a big deal. If she asks for it, can you not give her this face?

But she insisted on waiting outside the yamen, and said that she came to watch the fun. The students dared to guess.

I'm afraid this person wants the master to go to court and have the case heard in public."

The county magistrate was even more suspicious now. That man belonged to the princess. If he was found to be disobedient and unfilial during the trial, wouldn't that bring shame to her as her master as well?

But the master had a different opinion and guessed carefully.

"Master, do you think there is something else hidden in this matter that we don't know about?"

The county magistrate looked at the lawyer, and the depression in his eyes gradually dissipated. He felt that the lawyer's analysis made sense.

He looked at the yamen runner huddled by the door and said, "Go quickly and tell them that the master wants to go to court."

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