The hall was filled with Guo Cong's mournful laughter, and Xilan was already paralyzed with fright. The sudden great change made the county magistrate stunned on the spot, but the lord Bo woke him up, and the lord Bo said in the ear of the county magistrate: "My lord, the matter has come to this point, and Zhang Yuanwai can't get out of it, but if the adult suddenly goes to take Zhang Yuanwai, it will definitely be inappropriate!" In my opinion, it is better for adults to detain these three people first, and then ask Zhang Yuanwai to confront them in court! If there is no falsity in the evidence, the adult can take Zhang Yuanwai in court; If the evidence is insufficient, the adult does not have to offend Zhang Yuanwai, what does the adult think? ”

"Just do as you say!"

Zhao Jiu finally realized why Wang Zhutou said that this case was not simple, although the theft of the golden statue of Guanyin was revealed, but the case fell into chaos because of Guo Congrong's three sentences. Selling illicit salt is a crime of killing the head, if the evidence is conclusive, it will be easy to do, otherwise the county magistrate will have to sit together as the head of a county.

Alas!

The housekeeper of Zhang Yuanwai's mansion said those words in the court, and it was difficult for the county magistrate to pretend that he didn't hear it, and it was really a question of whether to take it or not. The lord Bo made an idea with the county magistrate, only saying that the golden statue Guanyin had been found, so he first invited Zhang Yuanwai to the yamen, and sent people to search Zhang's house. As long as Guo Congrong is right, the Zhang family must have evidence such as account books. As long as the evidence is conclusive, the promotion of the county magistrate is in sight.

"Makes sense!" The county magistrate seemed to have seen the splendid future, and summoned Wang Zhutou, and asked him to personally invite Zhang Yuanwai to the county office. Wang Zhutou took Zhao Jiu, Qiu Lao Er and others to go, but saw that everyone in Zhang's Mansion was full of joy, and only Zhang Lantern was missing. When I asked, it turned out that Zhang Yuanwai was going to be an official, and he was a big official!

Zhang Yuanwai has no fame, how can he be an official?

You must know that this official can also donate, didn't Wang Dashan also donate a grandfather back then?

Zhang Yuanwai has a lot of money, and he actually donated a Zhizhou in one fell swoop, and he will go to work in half a month.

"Alas!" The county magistrate also understood the whole case now, slapped the table and secretly scolded the old fox outside Zhang Yuanwai, and even borrowed his hand to clean up the portal. The county magistrate's benefits have not fallen, and he has caused a commotion, Zhang Yuanwai is really inauthentic.

In other words, since Zhang Yuanwai can find a way to donate to Zhizhou, his life is naturally wider than that of the county master, and the county master can't cut off Zhang Yuanwai's road to promotion if he thinks about it, and Zhang Zhizhou will have to take care of it in the future. So the county magistrate personally came to the door to ask Zhang Yuanwai to interrogate Steward Guo, but Guo Congrong was naturally unconvinced, and ended up being beaten to death with a stick. It was expected that Zhang Yuanwai knew that Steward Guo was interested in seeing the wealth, so he set a trap for him to get into, but on the other hand, he tried his best to envelop a Zhizhou on his head, so that the county master not only did not dare to touch him, but also did not mention the matter of private salt.

At this point, Xilan realized that she had suffered more than one calculation, and committed suicide in shame. Because she is no longer from Zhangfu, it is the county magistrate who funded her.

As for Ping'er, a girl who sells for glory, Zhang Yuanwai naturally doesn't look down on her. Ping'er also knew that there was no hope of returning home, so she died of hunger strike in prison. She didn't have the same good life as Xilan, so she had to get a thin mat and was hastily wrapped and buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city.

Not long after, Zhang Yuanwai moved his family to take up his post, and the county magistrate personally sent him a few miles away, extremely humble and humble, Zhao Jiu only felt that this farce was like a dream, and he read all the coldness of the world in his dream, and woke up alone in his dream.

It has been nine or ten months since Zhao Jiu came to Pingyuan County with Jin Zhu, and Zhao Jiu has grown from a thin boy to a capable fisherman, and Wang Zhutou has made great contributions. Since hearing about the nameless fire in Ci'an County, Zhao Jiu has the idea of leaving, coupled with the matter of Zhangfu, Zhao Jiu's career is like a flower of tomorrow. How do you look at the appearance of those officials who look like dogs, who knows that they are not well-dressed beasts?

Money is something outside the body, Zhao Jiu doesn't care too much, no matter how bad the result is, it is nothing more than being a beggar again. He has nothing to worry about, and the most difficult thing to part with is the kindness of Wang Zhutou's family. Every time I think of Xiuniang sewing clothes and shoes for him and treating him like my own son, every time I think of Wang Kangping supporting him in the third class of the Yamen, and every time I think of Wang Zhutou's earnest teaching Zhao Jiu, I can't open my mouth.

After all, Wang Zhutou has been mixed with the rivers and lakes and the yamen for half his life, and of course Zhao Jiu can see this thought, he called Zhao Jiu aside, handed him a green cloth baggage, and said: "This is left by Shiqing before leaving, and he will explain when he leaves-if you want to leave, don't stop you!" Having said that, as long as you are willing to stay, I naturally like it, and if you insist on leaving, I will not stop you. Xiuniang, I've already said it, Kangping and your brother, you can say it yourself! ”

"Thank you—" Zhao Jiu choked up on the burden and couldn't speak: "Uncle Zhong!" ”

Wang Kangping avoided Zhao Jiu in the class room for the past two days, and Zhao Jiu knew what was going on. He went to the street and bought a meat skewer that Kangping took him to eat when he first came to Pingyuan County, and blocked Kangping in front of Kangping when Wang Kangping was changing values: "Brother Kangping-"

Wang Kangping glanced at Zhao Jiu, took off the waist seal, and said, "Let's go!" ”

The opposite-sex brothers sat on the riverbank on the outskirts of the city, the grass green and the river babbling. After the two silently finished biting the meat skewers in their hands, Wang Kangping got up and patted his buttocks, and said, "Let's go, my mother made something delicious, go home!" ”

Zhao Jiu followed behind and responded: "Hmm! ”

"In the future, if someone bullies you, you have to return it, and you can't let others bully you, you know?"

"Yes!"

"Be well-behaved, round, make more friends and make fewer enemies, remember?"

"Remember!"

"But you can't just take your heart and lungs out of things when you treat people and things, you have to learn to distinguish between good guys and bad guys, and always leave a way back for yourself, you know?"

"Got it!"

"I can't help you in the future, if you are out there to be difficult, you will come back, I will not laugh at you!"

"Yes, Brother Kangping—"

The yamen was all set up by Wang Zhutou, Zhao Jiu did not say goodbye to anyone, and Wang Zhutou and Wang Kangping, father and son, quietly sent out of the city in the early morning of the third day. Zhao Jiufu bowed down and kowtowed three times to Wang Zhutou, the dew on the tip of the grass wet his trouser legs, palms and forehead, Wang Zhutou helped him up, signaling him to go forward and not look back. Zhao Jiu carried the small burden left to him by Jin Zhukuai, and carried the fast catching knife that Wang Zhutou had worn for more than ten years, and walked as when he came, walking briskly without looking back.

The handle of Wang Zhutou's fast knife is ebony, and it is covered with a layer of copper skin, which is touched brightly, Zhao Jiu holds it in his hand, and his heart is heavy, I only hope that God will treat good people.

From Pingyuan County to Ci'an County, the official road is also smooth, and you can see people dressed in all kinds of clothes on the road, just because Pingyuan County and Ci'an County are mixed places, and the customs are different. Some carry baskets behind them, and put children, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and all kinds of things in the basket. Some are pushing wheelbarrows, and they are pushing their livelihoods in the carts. Some carried burdens and hammered with two pieces of iron in their hands. Some carried the guise of ancestral prescriptions, and carried paulownia boxes behind them.

Running are all rivers and lakes, and when I arrived at the tea shop, I sat down to drink two bowls to quench my thirst, and I became familiar with it after a few lengths. Ci'an County's words are somewhat similar to Pingyuan County, Zhao Jiu can understand but can't say it, sitting in the corner looking at the busy beings, his heart is unprecedentedly calm.