Chapter III. The sword asks Beiyan 88
The county magistrate didn't figure out what was going on with her sneaky appearance for the time being; But since Madame has already said so, then do it! So he slipped into his wife's room in a 'shadow puppet' posture against the crack in the door......
I saw a futon in front of the carved bed in the lady's room; On top of this futon, there is also a Taoist with slightly messy hair who is meditating; Lord Zhixian only felt that this person's clothes and body looked very familiar, as if he was a disciple of his friend 'Zhang Lao Dao'...
The magistrate just wanted to ask about the situation, but he didn't expect to be covered by his crimson lady who stretched out her hand and covered her mouth......
"Shhhh As long as this 'Nine Turns of Rejuvenation Array' is complete, then this room of the slave family will always be nourished by a steady stream of aura between heaven and earth, which can not only maintain the appearance and nourish the face, but also have the magical effect of rejuvenation! ”
When the county magistrate heard this, he also raised a question with a little suspicion:
"It's a formation...... Then he ...... 'Nine Turns to Return Yang Gong', right? How long has it been? ”
"Dao Ye can run for a week this hour, and now he has practiced to the eighth turn, how long do you say?"
While the husband and wife were whispering, the Taoist priest who was meditating with his eyes closed and still chattering in his mouth suddenly opened his mouth and spurted out a puddle of blood, and the whole person instantly lay on the ground, staring blankly at the roof, and muttered to himself:
"It's a failure! After all, it's still a failure! Providence, all this is providence......"
As soon as the county magistrate saw that this Taoist seemed to have finished the formation, he stepped around to the front of him, and asked with a puzzled voice:
"I said this Taoist chief, you come to the back hall of my mansion to 'set up a formation'...... Is that what your master meant? ”
The little Taoist boy didn't care about the blood at the corners of his mouth, but his eyes lit up, and he laughed wildly:
"Ahahahaha...... It's not the master's intention, but the will of heaven, it's all the will of heaven! ”
As if he had lost his mind, he roared a few times in the sky, then got up from the futon with a 'whoosh', laughed loudly, and stumbled out the door...... In this short distance of a few steps, this little Taoist priest actually fell down three times! I don't know if it's because of the injuries in his body? Or because I knelt for too long, the numbness in my legs hadn't eased up......
The county magistrate looked at the back of the little Taoist priest stumbling away, muttered a few words in some confusion, and then looked back at the inner room of the lady, only to see that although the carved bed was neatly covered, there were obviously many marks on the quilt surface of the fine satin......
Judging from the scene alone, this is not like the 'practice' or 'formation' that the two of them said, but rather a 'crime scene' of 'catching rape in bed'!
However, the county magistrate is already fifty and two this year; and his wife, who was only two years younger than him, had just turned fifty; And what about the young Taoist priest who stumbled out? Looking at that appearance, I can't survive the thirty-year-old mark. If his wife is ten years younger, maybe this magistrate can think of the truth of the matter...... Moreover, that Taoist priest is young and has outstanding qualities, even if he really makes those mistakes that monks should not make, he will definitely not find his wife!
I don't know if it's because the marriage years are too long, the county magistrate looked at the wrinkled quilt on the bed, and unconsciously asked his wife:
"Why is this quilt all pleated? You two...... Sleeping in a bed just now? ”
Conscience of heaven and earth! The magistrate didn't have a brain at all when he asked this sentence, and it was largely a kind of self-talk! If he really suspected in his heart that his wife had an affair with a Taoist priest, he would definitely not adopt such a simple and crude method of interrogation!
And when he was eighteen years old, he made a white-headed covenant with this lady; But after so many years, the old couple has never had children or daughters; Therefore, according to the rules of the Northern Yan Dynasty, if he gives birth to two hearts, he can not only legally take concubines to fill the house, but also rely on the 'seven rules' to divorce his wife and marry another one!
And the woman with the palm print standing in the room, as soon as she heard the county lord's words of self-talk, she immediately exploded with hair all over her body! She didn't even say a word to defend herself, and even the shrew's style of scolding the street was directly saved, and she began to throw things at the county master with her backhand! What kind of candlestick tribute fruit in front of the statue of God, what kind of teacups and bowls at hand, as long as she can grab the objects in her hand, they all fly in the air......
Just when the couple were 'happy with the family', the master of Lu Donglai stood outside the door and knocked heavily on the closed door:
"Dong Weng, there are three outsiders who gathered outside the city gate to fight!"
“…… Does this trivial matter still need to be tried by Lord Ben himself? Master, you can do it yourself, and if they are sensible, they will be fined some silver; If you don't know anything, you can put a few boards on it and reprimand you and blow it away......"
"Yu Dong Weng...... The people who fought with these three outsiders were all from the 'Huashen Business Group'...... Dong Weng has a lot of personal relations with 'Zhang Daojun' on weekdays, and if the students come forward to deal with this matter, if it reaches Zhang Daojun's ears, it may damage the personal relationship between you and Daojun......"
After being silent in the house for a long time, the county magistrate opened the door after tidying up his mess. Full of suspicions, he still followed his master and the station official beside him to the front hall and began to try the 'case' of Shen Gui's private fight with Yaren......
Now that he heard Shen Gui's self-reported fame, he naturally did not doubt him, so he put away the idea of 'beating him up and giving himself an outlet'.
"Good, good! Since you have merit and fame, you don't need to kneel! The official asks you, since you are a disciple of a saint, you should naturally be familiar with the rites of the scholars, why did you have a dispute with others outside the city gate, and then it developed to the point of a private fight in public? ”
"If you go back to the old man, the student is a Yanjing person......
After Shen Guiyang finished talking about what happened, the county magistrate also understood in his heart: according to this 'Kuo Xiucai', the private tooth named Yu Dong should not be a believer of the Heavenly God Sect! So, the county magistrate explained to Shen Gui in the spirit of 'fining some silver and closing the case quickly':
"Oh...... In that case, it's just a misunderstanding! Since you are from Yanjing, you may not know much about the local customs of our Julu County. This matter, in the eyes of you strangers, is naturally the wrong private tooth of the person who has a good mouth; But in the eyes of our local folks in Julu, it was the 'Yu Dong' who did something wrong! ”
Shen Gui raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he already had some real fire in his heart, and he was hooked by the county master's 'natural' look! He has seen bullies, and he has seen those who have been bullied in the past. But Shen Gui, who has been a human being in two lives, has never seen the situation of bullying people to 'avoid other places', but blaming the 'injured party'!
"Oh? Students listen to the teachings of the elderly! ”
"This matter is not complicated, because the tea shed has been fully contracted by the county yamen to the people of the 'Huashen Business Group'. And the four tooth people who had a dispute with you were the 'official teeth' who placed orders in the Huashen Business Group! As for that 'Yu Dong', he is a 'private tooth' of a single gang! This surnamed Yu doesn't even have a 'tooth card', so according to the laws of the Beiyan Imperial Court, the county should send someone to arrest him back to the county government and punish him according to the law! In this way, although you are out of a good intention, you have helped a criminal! ”
After finishing speaking, the county master did not wait for the stunned Shen Gui to continue to ask, but stood up impatiently, and waved his hand to Shen Gui under the hall while moving his waist that was injured by the candlestick:
"That's it, it's not a big deal, the three of you fight with people for no reason, so pay some fines...... Master, from the point of view of this county, there is no need to record this case, and the waste of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is more expensive than their fines! ”
After finishing speaking, the county magistrate hunched over and walked back to the back hall; And the master, who had been bowing his head and being silent by his side, stepped forward at this time, and stretched his palms to Shen Guiyi with his head held high and dark arrogance:
"Each person shall be fined six hundred taels of silver, and only the South Ticket or the Three Jin Tickets shall be collected; Chang'an tickets are also collected, but they have to go to 20% of the 'fire consumption'......"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Shen Gui immediately spoke out and interrupted this master's 'breath swallowing mountains and rivers'!
"When you people in Julu County talk about the number of nearly two thousand taels of silver, do you use the word 'some'? And the little official just now said six hundred taels ......"
The master proudly raised his chin towards the 'fellow villager' standing guard, and said to Shen Gui in a rather impatient tone:
"It was just now, and now it's now! Someone has already told you all the good things, but don't you believe that your family background is illustrious and you don't accept the verdict? Besides, can the 'worth' of our adults be equal to that of a soap man? Don't talk nonsense, if you have silver, you will pay it; If you don't have any money, you'll have to go to the prison for twenty pounds and then go to prison for a month......"
"Now that there is no file and no plaintiff, you are a little master, what charges can you convict the three of me?"
"Oh? You still have to get to the bottom of it, right? I think you are 'don't cry when you don't see the coffin, don't hit the south wall and don't look back'! Anyway, today I will let you spend the little silver in your pocket clearly! ”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the master's command, the standing guard immediately ran away without a trace......
Standing in the yamen to fight a lawsuit, for the two highest-ranking daughters on Youbei Third Road, it is indeed the first time in their lives! With such a noble status as them, even if they really have a few lives on their hands, there is no official who can judge the two of them in the entire Youbei Third Road! And even if the Xingping Emperor Yan Qinghong is personally tried in front of the emperor, what crime can he convict Li Le'an and Yan Shuqing? The great thing is to tell you to 'pay attention next time', and that's the end of it.
It didn't take long for the second daughter, who was chattering and looking around, suddenly fixed her gaze; And Shen Gui followed their eyes, and saw a few people in the distance who looked like 'land protection', carrying four simple stretchers covered with white cloths, slowly moving towards the county government hall...... And the one who led the way was the little official of the city gate......
Shen Gui looked at the four stretchers solemnly, and said to himself in a slightly worried tone:
"Just for that little bit of silver, you guys are really willing to pay for it!"