Time came to the end of the twenty-third year of Wanli, although this year, the situation in the court was strange, but Zhong Nan's position was more and more stable. Although the position is still on the right attendant of the military department of Zheng Sanpin, a small group of people have gathered under his command. The younger brothers are all petty officials with little power, but they have the potential to soar to the sky as they control the House of Representatives.

Zhong Nan is very satisfied with the current progress, "You can't eat fat in one breath." In YY's novels, the situation where the male protagonist becomes a feudal official or a pillar of the court in a year or two can only occur during the period of competition for the throne, or in a dream.

In fact, at the beginning, Zhong Nan was reluctant to interfere in the situation of the imperial court, because he was worried that as a time-traveler, if he accidentally changed the general trend of history, it would affect the course of the original time and space. It's just that the longer he lives in Daming, the more he integrates into this era, and he realizes more and more: since it is not easy to cross over, if you don't live a life, I'm too sorry for God!

The Spring Festival of the twenty-fourth year of Wanli came quietly.

On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Zhong Mansion was extremely lively. Zhong Nan pasted the Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters bought by Qiu Xiang on the gate one by one, and hung a large lantern under the eaves of the main entrance.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten at home, and Zhong Nan, who had not cooked for a long time, also went to the kitchen to show off his cooking skills and made a squirrel fish. This squirrel fish is similar to braised fish, except that the fish is cut into a flower knife, so that when fried, it looks like a little squirrel with hair standing up.

Sun Chengzong and Shi Qian didn't expect the owner to have this hand, and they were so shocked that they almost dropped their jaws. They were specially invited by Zhong Nan to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and they were also toasted by him with a glass of wine during the banquet, and the two were moved.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhong Nan took three big and one small four beauties out to play. Hu Huanshan and other pro-soldiers followed him from a distance, so as not to affect the boss's pleasure, and secondly, they did not worry about anything going to happen and there was no protection.

Everyone went to Longquan Temple first to burn incense and pray for blessings.

Longquan Temple is one of the earliest temples built after Buddhism was introduced to Beijing. Originally named "Jiafu Temple", it was renamed "Longquan Temple" during the Tang Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty was named "Dawanshou Temple" by the Imperial Temple. In the Ming Dynasty, the old name of the Tang Dynasty was restored.

In fact, Longquan Temple has been called "Tan Zhe Temple" in the folk because there is a dragon pond behind the temple and a tree on the mountain. It was built in the first year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (307 AD), and there is a folk proverb in history that "there is Tanzhe Temple first, and then there is Beijing City".

Longquan Temple was built at the southern foot of Baozhu Peak, and the tall mountain peak blocked the cold current from the northwest, creating a warm, humid microclimate where the temple is located. The vegetation here is luxuriant, there are many ancient trees and flowers, and the natural environment is extremely beautiful, which is a good place for Jingshi to travel.

Outside Longquan Temple, there are many buildings and scenic spots such as upper and lower pagoda courtyards, east and west Guanyin caves, Anle Yanshou Hall, Longtan and so on, which are scattered like the stars holding the moon, thus forming a radius of several miles, many scenic spots, and places of interest with different tastes. It is said that when Emperor Chengzu built the Forbidden City, it was built in imitation of the pattern of Tanzhe Temple.

Zhong Nan was not a Buddhist, but he followed the local customs and religiously took three incense sticks with Qiu Xiang and a few others. Qiu Xiang also donated some sesame oil money in exchange for a meal.

After eating fast, the five of them went home. As soon as the carriage left the temple, it collided with a speeding carriage.

Fortunately, Zhong Nan's carriage had just started and was very slow, although the other party hit it rapidly, it did not cause injuries to the people in his own car.

He was driving the driver of the house, Da Mao, formerly known as Mao Dahai. After the car accident, Da Mao immediately turned around and asked if anyone was injured. Knowing that the five passengers were not in much trouble except for the little sweet potato who was slightly frightened, Da Mao jumped out of the car and went to the other party.

It was estimated that it would take a while to pull the skin, so Zhong Nan sat in the car and closed his eyes to recuperate. At this time, I could only hear Da Mao outside the car politely theorizing with the other party, but before he said a few words, Da Mao screamed, "Why are you beating people, do you still have a ...... of Wang Fa?"

Zhong Nan lifted the curtain, jumped out of the carriage, strode to Da Mao's side, and stopped the two family members who were still about to start, "Which family are you, so bold?" ”

Da Mao took advantage of this opportunity to get up and complain to Zhong Nan, "Master, it's obvious that they were too fast and collided with us, and as soon as I got out of the car to theorize, they started to move." ”

One of the family members, who was twenty-five or sixteen years old, saw Zhong Nan dressed ordinarily, so he shouted: "You stopped my wife's young master's car, you are still reasonable, beating you is cheap!" ”

Zhong Nan was speechless, although the ancient legal system was not sound enough, but today's events can be understood at a glance - the other party's speed was too fast, and there was no emergency stop, so he hit the Zhongfu carriage that had just left the temple. Not only did the other party not apologize, but felt that the Zhongfu carriage was blocking the way, and beat the theoretical big hair.

I've seen unreasonable, but I've never seen such unreasonable, Zhong Nan can't help but get angry.

"My carriage was hit by you as soon as it left the temple, and you framed us for blocking the way, so it's better to let the people of the government judge it!" After speaking, Zhong Nan asked Da Mao to report to the official.

"Do you dare to report to the police and know who is in our car?" The other family on the other side sneered.

At this time, a middle-aged woman, in her thirties, was carrying an eight- or nine-year-old boy in her hand. The woman seemed to be dissatisfied with her family, and muttered, "I can't handle such a small matter well, and it delays my time to put on the incense." ”

After counting the family, the woman said to Zhong Nan: "We belong to Wang Shangshu's family in the Criminal Department, and today you are in the way, causing me to hit me not lightly, not to mention, and missing the time for me to offer incense." Tell me, what's the end of it? ”

Zhong Nan didn't expect the woman to beat her as soon as she came up, although the other party was the family of Wang Zhonghua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, but Zhong Nan didn't plan to give in.

"Madame Wang, huh? Today's accident is right and wrong, the government has its own judgment after coming, but you can't just say it! ”

Seeing that Zhong Nan brushed her face, the woman immediately lowered her face, "Hmph, I want to see if the people from the government will help you or help me later!" ”

When the woman had finished speaking, she dragged the child back to the carriage in a rage, leaving only the two servants outside. Zhong Nan didn't speak, and stood in place waiting for the big Mao official to come back.

After more than half an hour, he finally heard the sound of horses' hooves, Zhong Nan followed the sound and saw Da Mao coming with a group of fishers in soap clothes.

There were only five people who came to the scene, and one of them, a man named Jiao Yufeng, was the leader of the trip, in his forties. As soon as he got off the horse, he walked towards Zhong Nan, and without asking, Da Mao should have revealed his identity to the other party.

"Lord Shilang, Jiao Yufeng, the head catcher of Shuntian Mansion, is late, please forgive me!"

"Jiao Zhutou, you're welcome, you can investigate the cause of the accident first."

Zhong Nan glanced at the other party's carriage, the woman had just gotten out of the carriage at this time and was walking towards Jiao Yufeng. The woman thought that these catchers were helpers found by Da Mao, and said disdainfully: "I thought I had a lot of ability, but I found a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and I ......."

Although Jiao Yufeng's grade is not high, he is an old man in Shuntianfu, in line with the principle of doing business, he first looked at the two carriages that collided, determined the cause of the incident, and then asked one of his peers to take out a pen and paper and draw down the scene one by one.

After all this, Jiao Yufeng walked up to Zhong Nan and Mrs. Wang, pointed to the two carriages, and explained while gesturing: "Two, the cause of the accident has been ascertained: the carriage heading in the direction of the temple crashed into the carriage that had just left the temple because it was too fast. It stands to reason that the car in front should be fully responsible. ”

"What do you say, it's clear that his carriage is in my way, and now it's said that I hit him." Mrs. Wang pointed to Jiao Yufeng's nose and said angrily, "Do you know who I am? I am the wife of Wang Shangshu of the Criminal Department, which yamen are you, so black and white, see if I don't let the master take off this clothes of yours! ”

Jiao Yufeng really didn't expect that the other party was also a character with a background. Since today is the third day of the first lunar month, he is the one on duty in the yamen, so after hearing Da Mao's report, he casually brought a few brothers to the scene of the incident.

On the way, Jiao Yufeng heard Da Mao reveal the identity of the informant, and he also thought it was just an ordinary traffic accident. Now I know that although it is indeed an ordinary traffic accident, the identities of both parties are not ordinary.

Jiao Yufeng has been on an errand in Shuntianfu for more than 20 years, and has handled many cases, so he doesn't have too much conscience. In today's traffic accident, although he knew the identity of the informant in advance, he still planned to deal with it impartially, and he did not want to protect Zhong Nan. But as soon as Mrs. Wang said it, those who didn't know it thought that he Jiao Yufeng was cheating, where could he stand this kind of groundless accusation.

"Even if you are Mrs. Shangshu, the cause of the accident is indeed that your carriage collided with someone else's carriage, and I did not take sides. If you think I'm unfair, you can let the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple deal with it! ”

Jiao Yufeng is a principled person, otherwise he would not have been a poor man for more than 20 years, and he would still be just a head catcher. What he values most is his reputation, so he can't care that the other party is the family of Lord Shangshu, so he stood up to Mrs. Wang.

"Don't think I'm scared of you!" Mrs. Wang stiffened her neck, like a shrew in the market, "Wait for my men to come, see how I clean you up!" ”

Mrs. Wang shouted while asking one of the family members to rush back to report the news and call for helpers, with an unstoppable attitude.

Zhong Nan sighed in his heart, and suddenly remembered the "certain secretary" in the original time and space - it is estimated that this Mrs. Wang and the wife of the "certain secretary" have a fight, I am afraid that in the end, Wang Shangshu will also become "a certain secretary".