It was Liu Juren from the village next door. Seeing that Yu Laoliu's mill and restaurant business was booming, he wanted to force himself to take it. So Liu Juren sent a family member to find Yu Laoliu's house and said he wanted to buy his mill and restaurant.

Although Jinyiwei published the operation methods of wind mills and the production methods of chili stir-frying in the newspaper, few people actually learned it, and even fewer people could learn it. Only Yu Laoliu really dared to study in the Jinyiwei yamen. Therefore, his wind mills and spicy dishes restaurants are the only ones in Huguang, and even within the entire Ming Dynasty, there are not many. Because of this, Yu Laoliu's voice was very red and he became accustomed to it.

"Yu Laoliu, you are going to get rich! Our Master Liu said that he would buy your mill and restaurant for fifty taels of silver. And after you sold it, the mill and restaurant will still be yours. Yu Laoliu, think about it, how many good people are there in this world like Mr. Liu? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to get rich!" Butler Liu arrived at Yu Laoliu's house and mentioned directly about Juren Liu's intention to buy a mill and restaurant.

"Bah! Your Liu family has made a good plan! Just fifty taels of silver, I want to buy my mill and restaurant! I have to work for you after I buy it! I will tell you Mr. Liu back, there is no door! I won't sell it!" Yu Laoliu saw through the Liu family's tricks at a glance and rejected Butler Liu's proposal.

"Hmph! Our master kindly wants to buy yours," Butler Liu snorted coldly, "You ignorant mud legs, you don't want to toast and eat the fine wine! OK! It's okay if you don't sell it! Then wait for the lawsuit!"

Next, Juren Liu sued Yu Laoliu with a piece of paper and went to Jiangxia County Government.

Yu Laoliu, who had no fame or any backstage, had no chance of winning a lawsuit with Juren Liu? Yu Laoliu was taken into the county yamen by the runners. As soon as the county master was promoted to the hall, he ordered the runners to beat Yu Laoliu and kill him.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if the defendant has no fame and honor, he will be beaten by the yamen runners first, and then the county master will come to the trial.

If the plaintiff has no fame and the defendant has fame, then the plaintiff will be beaten with a killing stick. If the plaintiff and the defendant have both fame and reputation, then no one in the county master dares to beat him. But if it is just a scholar who has fame and reputation, the prefect can let the scholar-official officer deprive the defendant of the fame and reputation and beat him up.

However, if a juren like Liu Juren has no right to beat him, not to mention that the county magistrate has no right to beat him, even the prefect has no right to beat him. Only when the case goes to the Governor's yamen, the Governor's yamen, the Governor and the Governor can deprive Liu Juren of his fame by promoting academic envoys, they can beat him to the powerful stick.

As a white-bodied Yu Laoliu, how could he win this lawsuit with Juren Liu? The county magistrate who destroyed the family, the prefect of the family, and a new little tycoon Yu Laoliu who had no backstage at home, the county magistrate can definitely destroy your family. And if the prefect is in charge, your family can die without any place to seek justice.

Generally speaking, local officials are all from other places, and those officials from other places usually become officials with the idea of ​​not offending local tyrants. Once local tyrants fight lawsuits with ordinary people, they will destroy the people's families. The magistrate who destroyed the family will not dare to destroy them when they meet local tyrants. Only those who can truly destroy local tyrants are heroes like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although the Liu Juren family is not a local tyrant, only provincial officials above the governor or above can deal with them if they have family and fame.

Needless to say, Yu Laoliu lost his lawsuit, not only did he lose the mill and restaurant in vain, but he also owed Liu Ju's family one thousand taels of silver! The magistrate's judgment was as follows: Yu Laoliu was revoked from his household status and sentenced to the Liu family as a slave, and used it to pay the 1,000 taels of silver.

Yu Laoliu, who lost the lawsuit, suddenly changed from a farmer who was a pretty decent life to a slave who could only work for the Liu family for free! All the property was lost to the Liu family.

"Dad, why are you doing this? At that time, the Liu family wanted to buy a mill and a restaurant. We just sold it for fifty taels of silver, so there would be no such disaster today!" His son Yu Shitou complained while feeding medicine to his injured father.

"Fifty taels are sold at a low price? I really can't bear to bear it!" Yu Laoliu said angrily.

"Dad, if you sold it at that time, we would have to open another one." Yu Shitou said.

"It's not easy to open another family? What if they come again?" Yu Laoliu said angrily, "I don't believe it anymore. Is there any other kingly law in the world? By the way, Jinyiwei! While they saw that I was injured and had not captured me into their mansion, we went to Jinyiwei to sue them! If it was too late, there would be no chance!"

Yu Shitou was shocked and quickly persuaded him: "Dad, do you still want to sue? After going to the Jinyiwei Yamen, maybe even our family's lives will be lost!"

"Mr. Wei from the Wuchang Jinyiwei Yamen is a good person! I believe Mr. Wei will not shelter those corrupt officials!" Yu Laoliu sighed, "Even if we lose the lawsuit, I will lose this life, it will be much better than my descendants who have served as slaves to the Liu family from now on!"

Once he becomes a slave, his descendants will be slaves. Yu Laoliu obviously does not want his descendants to become slaves to him, Liu Juren, so he has to fight to the end.

His son Yu Shitou was afraid of death and did not dare to take his father to the Qianhuhu, the Jinyiwei in Wuchang, to file a complaint. So Yu Laoliu had to wait until it was dark and when his son fell asleep, he dragged his injured body and struggled to walk out of the house, walking hard under the dark night. In just over thirty miles, Yu Laoliu walked until it was dawn and arrived at the gate of Wuchang City.

But now Yu Laoliu is already a slave. Without the Liu family waist card given by the head of the family, he can't even enter the city gate. However, he was still lucky. A team of Jinyiwei passed by. He recognized one of the Jinyiwei, so he shouted: "Officials, all officials, wait for me, I have wronged and want to go to the city to seek justice!"

When the Jinyiwei heard the shouts, he immediately stopped his horse. One of the Jinyiwei recognized Yu Laoliu and stepped forward to ask: "Isn't this the fellow villager from that day? What are your grievances?"

Yu Laoliu simply told the Jinyiwei what had happened in the past few days. The Jinyiwei was furious: "Mr., don't worry! Please come to the city with us! Chief Wei will definitely help you get justice!"

A group of Jinyiwei helped Yu Laoliu onto the horse and took him back to the Qianhu House of Jinyiwei in the city.

On the way, the Jinyiwei rebuked heartbrokenly: "This fellow villager, when Juren Liu was in trouble for you, you should have gone to the city to find us, so you would not have the sins you suffered today!"

"But how dare I offend a scholar with fame and fame?" Yu Laoliu sighed.

The Jinyiwei said, "Brother, even if you dare not sue openly, don't you have a petition box outside our yamen? You can write a letter and throw it in. We will help you get justice when we see it!"

When he arrived at the Qianhu House of the Jinyiwei and met Wei Liangqing, he heard Yu Laoliu talk about the cause and effect of the matter. Wei Liangqing was furious: "I hate those scholars the most! With their fame and fortune, you can do whatever you want? Is there any king's law? Our Jinyiwei is specialized in dealing with corrupt officials and maintaining the king's law!"

However, Wei Liangqing was still quite clear-headed. He did not directly order the Jinyiwei to arrest people, because Jinyiwei also needed a letter from the criminal department to send to the clerk. Compared with Jinyiwei, Dongchang could do whatever he wanted.

Wei Liangqing ordered: "We will investigate this matter first, and at the same time, we will send people back to Beijing immediately and ask the Dongchang man to come here to arrest people!"
Chapter completed!