Quan Shufang was very surprised when he saw Li Rizhi suddenly come, and said, "Brother Li, why are you here, and what is the result of the retest?" ”

Li Ri knew: "There is no result yet, how can it be so fast!" Brother Quan, can you see Zhao Jian? He didn't show up for the retest that day, it's a pity, did he have an accident? ”

When Quan Shufang heard this, he was taken aback and said, "Brother Zhao didn't go to the retest?" How is this possible! ”

They all came to Chang'an from Zhengzhou, what is the reason for studying hard in the cold window, in order to get in the scientific examination, and from then on to enter the official career, glory and wealth, glory and glory, but half of the test is not examined, this is why, this is really hard to figure out!

Li Rizhiqi said: "Brother Quan, didn't you live in the same room with him, why don't you know why he didn't go?" ”

Quan Shufang said loudly, shook his head and said: "That day, Brother Zhao said that he did well in the exam and estimated that he could win, so he had to go to his relatives' house to borrow money, first, to repay my money, and secondly, to have some expenses after the Jinshi, so he went to Liyang's relatives' house, but after he left, he never came back, that day we went to Furong House to eat, he didn't come, but I didn't expect that he didn't go to the retest, this must be an accident!" ”

"Could it be that there was an accident on the way to Liyang County and I ran into a robbery?" Fu Guibao shouted.

Cheng Zi said: "Is it so unsafe on the road now, this is the Gyeonggi area, how far is Liyang from Chang'an, if you hurry up, you can go back and forth on the same day!" ”

Li Rizhi frowned and thought for a while, and said: "In any case, Brother Zhao did not participate in the retest, in addition to the accident, there is also a sudden sudden illness, or serious injury, if it is not for this serious matter, it is almost impossible for him to delay the retest, we have to find him, it is better to go to Liyang!" ”

Quan Shufang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, you should indeed go to Liyang, I also have horses, let's go together!" ”

Everyone left the Taoist Academy and rushed to Liyang, and on the way, Li Rizhi asked, "Brother Quan, when do you plan to return to Zhengzhou?" ”

Quan Shu said: "I won't go back for the time being, I want to find a job in Chang'an, and then wait until the next department to take the exam, or go home, and then come back to the next department, just on the road will have to delay a lot of time, so I simply don't go back, just stay in Chang'an, anyway, I live in the Dedao Academy, I'm quite used to it!" ”

Now Quanshu Fang is much easier to get along with than when he was in Zhengzhou, when he was in Zhengzhou, because he was a famous student in Zhengzhou, it was inevitable that he was arrogant, but after coming to Chang'an, he knew that the world was big, and a famous scholar like him in a state was really nothing here.

After being hit, people are naturally more mature, so Quan Shufang is no longer the same as when he first came out of Zhengzhou, and he is willing to talk to others more and is helpful.

Li Ri knew: "Has the whole brother found a job?" ”

"Not yet, in Chang'an, it's not easy to find a satisfying job, I looked for two days, and found that either the money is less, not enough to live, or it is unstable, it is some fragmentary work, so I am very worried, I found that after reading more than ten years, I have not even had a comfortable life as a monk in the temple!" Quan Shu Fang laughed at himself.

Li Ri knew: "If the whole brother doesn't give up, the younger brother can introduce you to the county government of Chang'an County to help, although you can't be a formal scribe, but the money you earn is enough to live, and you can grow a lot of experience, and you can review your homework in your free time, so as to meet the next scientific examination!" ”

Quan Shufang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "That's really good, thank you Brother Li for your help, little brother is grateful!" ”

Li Rizhi smiled: "Brother is polite!" ”

Some time ago, when he was dealing with things in the market with Ji Datong, he asked if he could go into the yamen to help, and he thought that if he failed the exam, then he would be able to become a scribe in Chang'an County or something, and he had this idea at that time.

Ji Datong said that this is simple, as long as you talk to the county magistrate Peng Ji, Chang'an County is in charge of half of Chang'an City, hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing County, there has been a shortage of people in the yamen, don't think about the positions with functions, it is all a radish and a pit, but there is no problem with the supernumerary scribe who receives a salary.

Li Rizhi felt that he could pass the exam, and it was a good thing to enter the Yamen of Chang'an County to eat and eat, and it was convenient to give it to Quanshu, and it could be regarded as a fellow villager for everyone, and this opportunity was extremely precious to Quanshu Fang, so I was sincerely grateful.

Running on the road, it didn't take long to arrive at Liyang County, Liyang County is not big, they entered the city and wanted to find the family surnamed Zhao, but they were stopped by Li Rizhi.

Li Ri knew: "If Zhao Jian is in Liyang, then we can go to the county government to inquire, if we can't inquire, then it's not too late to find a way to find a big family surnamed Zhao, there is no need to find it immediately!" ”

When Quan Shufang heard this, he was greatly admired, he didn't expect this method, it seems that Li Rizhi can pass the etiquette test, but he can't, which shows that Li Rizhi is not relying on luck, but he is better than himself!

Everyone immediately went to the county office again, and inquired about the guard at the door, which was too easy to inquire, and only gave the tolerance a small amount of money, and the tolerance said everything he was doing, and he said it in great detail.

Li Rizhi was taken aback when he heard this, although he guessed that Zhao Jian might have an accident, but he didn't expect that he was dead, this is already the worst result of all the results, if the person dies, then there is nothing, what kind of jinshi is there, he can't even go home!

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "This errand officer, are you sure that the person's name is Zhao Jian, a scholar from Zhengzhou?" ”

The tolerance first nodded, then shook his head, and said: "Call Zhao Jian, that's for sure, this is Zhao Tiegen's recognition, it's his family's relative, whether it's from Zhengzhou, then I don't know, anyway, I went to Chang'an to participate in the scientific examination, listening to the meaning of Zhao Tiegen's words, this Zhao Jian did quite well in the exam, and it is estimated that he can win!" ”

This is basically Zhao Jian, Li Rizhi hurriedly asked Zhao Tiegen's address, and rushed over with Fu Guibao.

When I arrived at Zhao's house, the servant opened the door, and after inquiring, I learned that Zhao Tiegen had entered Beijing to fight a lawsuit, and he had crossed the level to sue, but the servants didn't know which yamen they went to, because their master Zhao Tiegen didn't know either, anyway, he went to Beijing to file a complaint.

Zhao Jian's body was still parked in the side courtyard, Li Rizhi identified himself, he was Zhao Jian's fellow villager, and he wanted to see the body, but the servants believed his words, after all, there would be no one pretending to be a fellow villager to identify the corpse, just to take a look at the corpse, and led them to see Zhao Jian's corpse that had been placed in the coffin.

After opening the coffin, Li Rizhi looked at Zhao Jian inside, and saw that Zhao Jian's face was injured, but his expression was normal, he turned around, and the servant of the Zhao family said: "Have you asked someone to sort out Zhao Gongzi's appearance?" ”

Under normal circumstances, when people are dying, they will be very painful, their expressions and bodies will be distorted, before putting them in the coffin, in order to show respect for the deceased, they will invite special people to come and sort out the corpse, so that the expression is as normal as possible, and the posture of the body is also normal, if you can make the expression and posture of the corpse the same as when a normal person sleeps, it is the best.

The servant nodded and said, "If you go back to Li Gongzi, you have specially found someone to sort it out, but there is a special autopsy record in the county yamen, otherwise the yamen will not let us carry back the body of the nephew and young master!" ”

Li Rizhi sighed, and thought: "Then I can't check the records for the time being, I have to wait until I find Zhao Tiegen." ”

The tears of the whole bunch on the side fell, after all, he had lived with Zhao Jian for a long time, and seeing Zhao Jian killed and lay in the coffin, how could he not be sad.

Fu Guibao and Cheng Zizi both came to watch, and even Chen Yingying came to take a look, Fu Guibao said: "Brother Zhao has a wound on his face, this is someone who beat him to death!" ”

The servant sighed, if it wasn't for Zhao Jian being beaten to death and dying on the side of the road, then his master would not have been so angry, and he actually risked offending the county order and ran to Chang'an to sue him.

Li Rizhi knew that there was no way to perform an autopsy now, and he would not be allowed to move the corpse if he looked at the servant's appearance, if it was Zhao Tiegen who was here, it would be better to say something, in order to avenge Zhao Jian, of course the corpse would have to be examined again, but the servant was afraid of trouble, so he would not let him move the corpse at all.

Li Ri knew: "What is the appearance of your master, we plan to go back to Chang'an to find him, and it is easy to find him if we know his appearance." ”

The servant hurriedly invited them back to the main hall, showed them a portrait of Zhao Tiegen, and said the marks of his own carriage, Li Rizhi wrote them down one by one, and then left the house and returned to Chang'an.

On the way, Fu Guibao said: "I didn't expect Brother Zhao to be killed, but he was a scholar who entered the re-examination and was killed during the examination, I'm afraid this is going to alarm the emperor, right?" ”

If Zhao Jian did not pass the retest, then he was killed, it may not alarm too many people, and it will only be treated as an ordinary case, Zhao Jian passed the retest, and he is already half a jinshi, so his identity is different, his murder will definitely be taken seriously, and it will also be reported to the emperor by Shangshu Province.

Li Rizhi didn't know what would happen, he said: "No matter what, we will avenge Brother Zhao's revenge, which is also the righteousness of friends!" ”

Everyone nodded together, hurried back to Chang'an, and after entering the city, they immediately rushed to the Yamen of Chang'an County, Li Rizhi was not familiar with other places, but the Yamen of Chang'an County, he was too familiar, and he had to come over every day some time ago, and then follow Ji Datong to deal with the affairs of the market.

Li Rizhi entered the county government office, found a scribe he knew, and wanted to ask the scribe to help inquire, where did Zhao Tiegen go to complain, there are so many yamen in Chang'an City, you can't find them one by one!

The scribe was very willing to help, he said: "If the Zhao Tiegen you said is confused, then he may go to the Criminal Department, if he is not confused, first find someone to inquire, then he will go to Yongzhou Mansion, of course, even if he is confused and goes to the Criminal Department, then he will be driven out, so he will still be in Yongzhou Mansion now!" ”

Li Rizhi heard these words and said, "I guess it will also be in Yongzhou Mansion, but I can't get in there, I want to ask Brother Ren to take me to see it!" ”

The scribe smiled and said, "That's it, then I'll accompany you on a trip!" ”

This scribe can also be regarded as a good person, he knows that Peng Ji is good to Li Rizhi, and Li Rizhi is very likely to win the middle school today, the scholar who was born in the Jinshi is amazing, and the promotion is much faster than others, and ordinary officials can't catch up with the horse, so Li Rizhi begged each other, and it was not a difficult thing to do, so he readily agreed.

The Yamen of Yongzhou Mansion is not far from the Yamen of Chang'an County, and it takes a short time to go out, and the scribes of the two Yamen are familiar with each other, after all, there are too many opportunities to deal with each other, and it is impossible to be familiar with it.

The scribe found an acquaintance of his and inquired about it, and after the acquaintance heard it, he said: "The surname Zhao is called Zhao Tiegen, and he came from Liyang to sue the higher level, right?" Wait a minute, I'll check it out for you! ”

The acquaintance entered the yamen, and after a while, he came out and said: "There is indeed such a thing, our yamen has accepted the case, but this is a sue from a higher level, and he needs a cane of thirty, and you also understand the temper of our long history!" ”

In principle, it is definitely not allowed for the people to go to the higher level to sue them, at least before Wu Zetian did not start to exclude dissidents on a large scale, but in fact, there are no strict regulations, saying that if the people go beyond the level to sue them, what kind of punishment will be given has not yet been formulated at this time.

For the Yongzhou Mansion, this situation is generally to hit the 30 boards, but if the complaint is true, then the 30 boards can not be played, that is, until the case is almost tried, the decision will not be made, in the early Tang Dynasty, this way of dealing with the accuser who crossed the level is still more humane.

But this long history is not good, he has a big temper, he is not a board after the fact, he is a board in advance, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, whoever dares to go to the next level to sue, he will hit whoever is 30 boards first.

The scribe naturally knew Changshi's temper, and he grinned and asked, "Hit?" ”

"Hit!"

"How's it going?"

"After the thirty boards are finished, I will go directly to the medical hall, if you want to find him, you have to go to the medical hall!"