Chapter Seventy-Three: The Mind of the Chess Piece
Lu Zongbao's words, although they are not hit, are not far away!
On July 29, close to noon, Xiao Yan and Tang Xueying had just returned to the inn from the county office.
The two pushed open the door and walked into the room, and the sharp-eyed Xiao Yan saw an envelope on the desk in the room.
"Xiao Jue, look!" Xiao Yan said to Tang Xuejun.
Tang Xueying also saw it, the two glanced at each other, closed the door, and approached the case.
"Xiao Jue, wait a minute!"
Xiao Yan shouted to the girl, and then pulled out the long sword he was carrying, and a cold light slashed, and a scratch immediately appeared on the envelope.
Xiao Yan saw that there was no poisonous gas or anything like that, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay!"
Tang Xueying didn't dislike the suspicion of the teenagers, they are in a dangerous place now, they should be careful!
The girl picked up the envelope and looked at it.
"What is it?" Xiao Yan asked Tang Xuexuan.
"A letter, a letter written by Yu Zhang Changshi to the Fuliang County Order, and a drawing. Tang Xueying said lightly, she had read the drawings, and she already knew the content of the letter, and the fact that her family would become what she is now is all thanks to this letter, but the girl's love has already been consumed on the night of the shock, and now in the face of these, she has been able to deal with it calmly.
"Xiao Jue, this is ......" Xiao Yan didn't know what to say after reading the letter.
"Hey, Xiao Jue, there's still a piece of paper here!" Xiao Yan fiddled with the envelope, and then found another piece of white paper.
The girl took the blank paper and saw that it was written: "Duan Zhang, Fan Yang Lu's family, Wang Xian, Taiyuan Wang family." ”
"Xiao Jue, what does this mean?" Xiao Yan asked.
"I don't know!" Tang Xuejun shook her head, although the girl was smart, it was impossible for her to know the meaning behind these two names.
On the evening of the 29th, Xiao Yi, who had been out for a day, returned to the inn.
The two teenagers told Xiao Yi about the county government trial case they saw today, as well as the envelope that came from nowhere.
After Xiao Yi read the letter and note, he was silent for a while, and said: "Duan Zhang is the long history of Yuzhang, you all know this, as for this Wang Xian is Yuzhang Taishou, they are all people with 'seven sects and five surnames'. It's a gang!"
"We can't stay in Yuzhang City! we must leave quickly!" Xiao Yi then said.
"Where are you going?" asked Tang Xuejun lightly.
"Go to Chang'an!" Xiao Yi said, he has lived in seclusion in the south for more than ten years, and he has no foundation here, as long as he goes to Chang'an to find his brothers, it will be different, it seems that the two days of encounters have made Xiao Yi a little depressed.
"And your father's matter involves the history of a county magistrate, and if you want to solve it, you have to go to Chang'an!" Xiao Yi then said.
"No, I'm not leaving, at least not now!" Tang Xuejun said firmly.
"Uncle Xiao, have you thought about it, why did the other party send this envelope and point out the relationship between Duan Zhang and Wang Xian?" Tang Xueying asked, seeing Xiao Yi's puzzled eyes, he continued to talk to himself.
"If according to what Duan Zhang said, then the person who has this letter in his hand is the one who killed Uncle Wu and Mother Wu, and what they are doing now is to force us to leave Yuzhang City quickly in order to achieve their goal. ”
"However, we just can't let them get their wish! The case in the county government office this morning is obviously someone who deliberately wants to shake out my father's affairs. That's good! Then I'll do what they want! Tomorrow is a holiday, and the day after tomorrow, Lord Taishou will also arrange a government, so I will tell my father about my father in the official office of Lord Taishou, and then hand in this letter and drawings! From darkness to light! I want to see what else they can do!" The girl said with a smile on her bright face for the first time in these days.
It's just that this smile shocked the two people next to him, Xiao Yan didn't think about it so much, he just thought that Xiao Jue was so beautiful. Xiao Yi sighed heavily in his heart, the simple and lovely girl in the past could never come back......
On July 30, the officials in the yamen had a holiday, and the various official offices were empty, but several of the top officials in Yuzhang City had long lost their interest in taking vacations, and the travel plans set earlier were also postponed. As a result, some officials with a keen sense of smell also sensed that something big had happened, and except for some idle people such as doctors of medicine and doctors of literature, the rest of the officials of good character also gave up their vacations and stayed quietly at home. The officialdom of the entire Yuzhang City has spent a ten-year holiday in this weird atmosphere, and the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings!
On 1 August, the first day of the new year, all major government offices will carry out a row of offices.
First of all, it is the row of the Yuzhang Taishou, but all the governors of the various yamen in Yuzhang City need to gather at the Taishou official office and listen to the Taishou Lord to give a lecture first. In the past, at this time of the month, everyone spent it with strong spirits, but today everyone's eyes are wide open.
Taishou is in the main position, the one on the left is Don't drive, the one on the right is Changshi, and the next is Sima of the military. Today, there are only three people seated, and the seat of Duan Zhang, the chief of Yuzhang, is completely empty! Taishou just said lightly, Changshi is sick. Whether you believe this or not, none of the officials present believe it anyway!
One by one, the officials looked left and right with their eyes open, their heads bowed, each of them first glancing at each other, then using the corner of their eyes to sweep the empty seats above, and finally ending the silent conversation with expressions that were as they were or really happened.
Wang Xian didn't care about the communication of the people below, he finished his words by himself, and then let everyone disperse.
As soon as the officials walked out of the gate of the Taishou Office, they were about to shout to two acquaintances to discuss what had just happened as they walked. Just when I went out of the gate, I saw a young girl kneeling in front of the gate, holding a piece of white paper in her hand, which was full of words, and on both sides stood an old man and a young man, holding a sword.
The officials with good eyes have already seen the words written on the white paper, and the beginning is "The people's daughter Tang Xuexue sued Yu Zhangchang Shi Duan Zhangcao for the ...... of human life"
The officials who saw it clearly all gasped, and finally understood why Lord Changshi was sick. The officials were no longer in the mood to speak, so they hurriedly bid farewell to each other and rushed back to their official offices. The officials are not ordinary people, and they are still staying here to watch the show at this time, your brain is watt!
When Wang Xian heard the report of the officials, he naturally knew what was happening, and yesterday, the two brothers of the Lu family had already visited him.
Wang Xian asked Tang Xueying and the three of them to come in, and the officials wanted Xiao Yi and the others to untie their swords, but Xiao Yi directly threw a sign over, Wang Xian saw it and waved his hand directly to let the officials all retreat.
Tang Xueying handed over the paper, Wang Xian read it carefully and handed it to Yu Zhang, Han Gang is a person in his fifties and almost sixty, his eyes are a little back, and he finally finished reading it. Han Gang handed it to Sima Jia Wei again, Jia Wei was a burly middle-aged man, although he was a civil official and was indeed born in the army, Jia Wei quickly read the paper, and handed it back to Wang Xian.
After all three of them read it, Wang Xian began to ask.
"Miss Tang, since you are from Fuliang County, Poyang County, and your father should go to Poyang County to report to the official, why did you come to Yuzhang County, the official of this official?" Wang Xian's words were pure nonsense, and the intention of delaying time was very obvious. It's just that Han Gang still looks like an old god, squinting his eyes and not knowing what he's looking at, as for Jia Wei, he even made an attitude that he doesn't care about himself, but he observes Xiao Yilai with interest.
"Back to Lord Taishou, the disappearance of the minnu's father has a great deal to do with Yuzhang Changshi Duan Zhang, and Lord Taishou is an envoy of Jiangnan West Road, so the minnu naturally wants to sue the adult!" Tang Xueying said calmly.
"Oh, you said that your father had a relationship with Shi Duanzhang, the magistrate of Yuzhang, but is there any evidence?" asked Wang Xian.
"Naturally!" Tang Xuexue took out the envelope and handed over the letter and drawings.
Wang Xian took it and read it again, and then handed it to the left and right to read it again.
"Lord Han, Lord Jia, what do you see?" asked Wang Xian.
"Hehe, the little girl is suing Duan Changshi, and it's hard to say that Xia Guan is Sima. Jia Wei spoke first, meaning that he was not in his position and did not seek his own politics.
"Then what did Lord Han say? Lord Han is in charge of supervising officials, this matter should be said, right?" Wang Xian saw Jia Wei retreating, and hurriedly spoke out to squeeze Han Gang.
"Well...... Let's follow the old rules!" Han Gang suddenly opened his eyes and said to Wang Xian.
The old rule is to send the file and the people involved to Chang'an together, either Dali Temple or Yushitai, no matter what, Duan Zhang, the official can't be the official for the time being.
Wang Xian really didn't realize until today that this Yu Zhang, who was lifeless on the surface, didn't care about anything and just waited for a break, turned out to be a person from the Wan family! Okay! He usually pretends to be like a sheep, but today he finally showed his fangs!
"Just based on this girl's words, it seems a bit hasty to make a county magistrate's history, right?" Wang Xian said lightly.
Xiaguan also has a confession of the Fuliang County Order, and he also pointed out that Duan Changshi had sent a housekeeper to Fuliang County once. Saying that, Han Gang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Xian, Wang Xian took it and handed it to Jia Wei, and after Jia Wei read it seriously, he handed it back to Wang Xian again. Don't think it's troublesome to pass it around, in this situation, everyone needs a time to think, and the best opportunity is to pass on official documents.
"If we are officials, even if we encounter a trivial matter of etiquette on weekdays and are impeached, don't we have to be suspended pending investigation. Han Gang straightened up, his eyes squinted ahead, his mouth opened and closed, and he said in an extremely flat tone.
"Now, Duan Changshi is a big case that kills people, how can he not report it?"
Wang Xian stared at Han Gang for a long time, then turned to Jia Wei and asked, "What does Lord Jia mean?"
Jia Wei sat up straight, Wang and Han both talked to this point, and it was time to be perverted. Now there are only three people on the field, Han Gang has already stated that Jia Wei's vote is very important, although Wang Xian can also veto it with the authority of the chief, but it will hurt him too much to do so, and when the time comes, Yu Shitai will inevitably participate in his arbitrary actions.
"According to the lower officials, let's let Master Duan go to the capital, it just so happens that it is his turn to enter the capital this year, so let's go together! What do you think, Lord Wang?" Jia Wei said a lot, but he still agreed with Han Gang's opinion. That's two votes!
"Hehe, since the two adults think so, then the official will issue an official document!" Wang Xian suddenly laughed, he didn't dare to conclude whether Jia Wei was a temporary choice or that he was also a member of the local family, but in any case, Duan Zhang was bound to go to Beijing this time! Anyway, this is the same as the result of their discussion yesterday, Wang Xian's pretentiousness this time was not only to paralyze the other party as Lu Zongbao said, but also to want to probe the bottom of Han and Jia, and as a result, he really let himself find out.
"Miss Tang, this is the official's line, you take it, please come to the dock tomorrow, and the official will send someone to escort Miss Tang to Chang'an." Wang Xian said to Tang Xueying.
"Master Xie!" Tang Xueying saluted Wang Xian and took the official document.
The three of them went back to the inn the same way they came.
In a small building near the Taishou Office, a window along the street is coming, and from the window, you can see a qiē happening in front of the gate of the Taishou Office.
Wan Dezhao said to his son Wan Shijun: "See, chess pieces also have the idea of chess pieces!" This is what he mentioned to his son many times in the past two days, "If you don't give them room to play, they will make it difficult for you to move an inch!"
"Dad, the kid remembered!" Wan Shijun nodded vigorously.
Tang Xuexue was walking on the street in white, as the saying goes, "Pretty is not pretty, filial piety!", the girl is dressed in white, bringing out her beauty to the extreme, causing the men on the street to keep looking back.
It's just that Xu Chen, who was coming in front of him, was thinking about how to persuade Wu Xianzun later, and followed the teacher with his head down, naturally not finding the beauty that he missed beside him.
In fact, the reason why Xu Chen was able to quickly convince Wu Yin and Wang Xian had a lot to do with the girl Tang Xuejun's actions this morning.
Wu Yin will be in office at the end of this year, Yuzhang County is an upper county, he is already a middle-level official from the sixth grade, if he can pacify Changshan Island, such a great merit will be added, he will be able to cross the gap between middle and senior officials in one fell swoop in the year-end assessment, become a senior official, and the future is limitless. Coupled with the incident in the morning, he felt a deep crisis, there may be something big about to happen in Yuzhang City, this morning is estimated to be just the beginning, he must do his best to save enough credit to leave this place of right and wrong.
As for Wang Xian's experience of such a play in the morning, he felt that he was weak in Yuzhang County and urgently needed to break the situation, and Xu Fan's disciple Xu Chen was undoubtedly a good knife, not because he knew Xu Chen's ability, but because he knew Xu Fan's energy. And the reason why he would let Wang Yuan give up his interests after winning the game was because he had a bigger game of chess to play!
[I have finally finished writing these things on the local ground!!] Next, let's follow Miss Tang's footsteps and go to the treacherous court to peek at the leopard!]