Sure enough, Peng Ji heard that Li Rizhi was not so modest, so he asked this sentence in a skeptical tone.

Li Rizhi immediately climbed up the pole, not to mention it from afar, because it couldn't be verified, he just said that this time, how was it in Huayin County, he said it, and in the process of what he said, there were occasional "missing", so Yan Liben, who was listening to him next to him, would make it up for him, so the credibility increased again!

Li Rizhi knows very well that if he wants to really make a name for himself in Chang'an, it is not enough to rely on verbal praise, and the effect will not be great, after all, the ability to solve cases is not the same as the ability to write poems.

But it is not possible to solve the case, you have to encounter a case first, and you have to encounter a more difficult case, and then the case is solved, and you have to solve it wonderfully, so it is much more difficult to show your talent in solving the case than to show your talent in poetry and songs.

And the case is such a thing, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu can't take it out, it can only be given by the magistrate, and Peng Ji, the county magistrate of Chang'an County, is of course a very good candidate, at least in Chang'an City, Li Rizhi is not easy to meet other magistrates.

After listening to Li Rizhi's narration, Peng Ji was silent for a long time, lowered his head and thought, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "If it is replaced by this official, this case cannot be solved, and it is very likely that Shang Wenbin will be directly sentenced to death like the Chu County Order." The key link is that in Liu Xiuya's place, the official can hardly find her, and successfully bring her to the court! ”

At this time, you can see the level of a person's official, it is very obvious that Peng Ji's level is quite high, except for being older, he is almost the same as Chu Qiangzhi, and he can be called an upright official.

Peng Ji thinks that he can't solve this case, so he says very frankly that he can't solve it, and says where he can't solve it, instead of saying that most people just listen to the excitement, or are not convinced like a few, or even sarcastic and suspicious like a minority, he directly says that he can't do it, and he also says that he can't do it himself in front of a Shangshu master.

This kind of outspoken behavior of saying that he can't do it is not pretentious at all, and it will not make people really think that he can't do it, this is the level of being an official.

Yan Liben smiled and said: "Peng County Ling is too modest, although this case is complicated, as long as Peng County Ling calms down and analyzes it carefully, the old man thinks that you can definitely solve this case." ”

In fact, Peng Ji also has some prestige in Chang'an City, especially in terms of trial, it is a trial, not a case, Peng Ji, like most officials in this era, is limited to interrogation for the detection of cases, sorting out suspicious points from the suspect's words, and then making various comparisons, or using criminal means to force the prisoner to confess.

Like the caution of the Ming and Qing dynasties about the death sentence, this era has not yet been, because the "Tang Law Shuyi", the earliest written law in East Asia, has only just been compiled for a few years, so the official trial of cases is still in the exploration period, whether it is the law and the means of investigation, are gradually improving, and there are very few officials who are good at solving cases.

A big reason why Peng Ji was able to sit in the high position of the Chang'an county magistrate was that he would try cases, especially homicide cases, of course, if it was an ordinary case, it would be handled by the county lieutenant or other officials in the county government, and only human homicide cases would be handled by the county magistrate himself.

When Peng Ji tried the case, he didn't like to use a board, but instead asked the suspect a lot of questions, knocked on the side, and sometimes even confused the prisoner, so as to draw conclusions and solve the case, this method seems simple, but it is already remarkable in this era.

Many magistrates can't even ask more questions, a small number of impatient officials come up and beat people, anyway, they don't have to apologize if they make a mistake, and the people have to bear any pain, even if they are forced to confess, it doesn't matter, I don't play 50 boards, I play 40 boards, this is no problem, under the board, what confessions can't be obtained, what cases can't be solved, whether they are broken right or not, then another story.

Peng Ji thought for a while and said: "Nephew Li Xian, there are too many things in the past few days, and you have to go back now, wait two days, you come to the official's yamen, there are just some difficult cases in the official's place, we can learn from each other, maybe we can solve a few old cases!" ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "If you dare to disobey your fate, my little nephew will go to the county government to meet Uncle Peng Shi in two days." ”

Peng Ji said twice, got up to say goodbye to Yan Liben, and returned to the yamen of Wannian County.

Yan Liben said happily to Li Ri: "Li Rizhi, you may not know, Peng Xianling is the best at being a person, not to mention that he has an old relationship with your uncle, just say that you may be able to help him in the future, and know the child slave in the palace, then he will definitely help you, and he may not really find some old cases to test you, maybe he will find some new and not too difficult cases, let you get involved, after solving the case, by the way, you will make a name for yourself, and then you will really have to thank him!" ”

Li Ri knew: "Yes, Yan Weng is right, the student remembers, the student is really lucky, first meet Yan Weng, and then meet Peng County Order, if it is someone else, if you want to know you and Peng County Order, it is too difficult!" ”

Yan Liben laughed and said: "This is also related to the fact that you do have some skills, if you can't solve the case, you can't do anything, then if you want to get to know us, it will indeed be a little difficult." Okay, the old man is also going to deal with official business, so I won't keep you, you go back to study, leave the address down, and the old man will send someone to find you when you are free, and let you accompany the old man to drink. ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly left the address, then said goodbye, came out of the Ministry of Industry, and went out of the imperial city, in a happy mood, and returned to Chen Yingying's house.

He came out early, and he didn't waste too much time doing things, so he went back early, went out of the imperial city, walked for a while, and the time was only noon, he was hungry, and he rode quickly, and finally rushed back to Chen's house at lunchtime.

Fu Guibao and they didn't go out, and when they saw Li Rizhi coming back, they all stepped forward to ask, and Li Rizhi told him about seeing Yan Liben and Peng Ji, and everyone was happy for him, but they realized that the big man and the big man would make a name for him, these are two different things, so on the whole, including Li Rizhi, he was quite apprehensive in his heart.

Fu Guibao said: "Big brother, it is estimated that Peng County Commander will not send someone to find you today, so why don't we go out of the city?" It's so convenient to get out of the city, it's not far from the city gate! ”

Chen Yingying glared at her and shouted, "Xiaojie, are you saying that my family's house is too biased?" You don't want to think about it, this is Chang'an, if such a big house is not biased, who can afford it, can your family afford it? ”

Fu Guibao smiled: "What can't I afford to buy, but why should I buy it, I can't live in your house!" ”

Cheng Zizi said: "Do you two want to fight for wealth again?" ”

Chen Yingying glared and said, "Xiaojie, do you want to fight with me to get rich?" ”

"Don't, don't, people don't want it!" Fu Guibao pinched his throat and said.

Cheng Zizi shouted: "Ouch, my god, you make me goosebumps!" ”

"It's disgusting!" Chen Yingying immediately drew conclusions to him.

Li Rizhi said: "Eat first, after eating, let's go out to see Quanshu Fang and them, they should have settled in the temple outside the city at this time, let's go and see them." ”

Although the Chen family's house is a little remote, but the chef skills at home are still very good, the lunch is very rich, after eating, Li Rizhi and the other four people went out of Chang'an City, rushed to the temple where they stayed in Quanshufang, inquired all the way, stopped and stopped, but it didn't take long to find the temple.

This temple is located next to a river, on the same side of the river, not far away is a small forest, beyond the woods, there seems to be a temple, but it is too far away, and there is a forest in the middle, so it is not clear what kind of temple is on the other side of the grove.

When he arrived at the temple, Fu Guibao raised his head and read: "Dedao Academy, by the way, this temple, they should be living here, this temple still looks full!" ”

Everyone dismounted in front of the temple, and some of their own acquaintance monks came up, and said with a smile on their faces: "Four donors, do you want to make a wish or ask for a sign when you come to the temple?" Or is it a visiting friend? ”

The monk has not seen Li Rizhi and the four of them, so he knows that they must not be vows, and they don't have luggage, so they shouldn't want to stay here, so it is estimated that it is more likely to visit friends!

Li Rizhi smiled at the guest monk: "You have good eyes, guess what we are here for, right?" If we want to visit friends in the temple, do we have to make a wish first, draw lots, and then donate some sesame oil money! ”

It seems that this is a temple that loves money, of course, maybe it's just this Zhike monk, and the other monks in it are still very high.

The monk swallowed his saliva, his expression was correct, and he said quite seriously: "Shi mainly wants to donate sesame oil money, which is to accumulate blessings for himself, no monk dares to stop it, Amitabha!" ”

As he spoke, he welcomed Li Rizhi and others into the temple, the front yard of the temple was very quiet, there were neither scholars nor monks, it was empty, and after entering the main hall, he saw a small monk inside.

The little monk was sitting on the futon yawning, the monk came in and kicked him, the little monk sobered up, saw that an outsider was coming, and hurriedly knocked on the wooden fish, and his mouth kept muttering, and he didn't know which scripture he was reciting.

Zhike monk sent Li Rizhi and them into the main hall, then turned around and went out, and went to the door to wait for other pilgrims, Li Rizhi they worshiped the Buddha statue, Fu Guibao donated the money for hanging sesame oil, and they planned to go out of the main hall and go to the backyard.

Chen Yingying looked at a little monk who was knocking on wooden fish seriously, and said, "Little Master, what is the most spiritual thing to ask for in your temple?" ”

The little monk looked up at her, put down the gavel, put his palms together, and recited Amitabha Buddha first, and then said: "The female benefactor asked what was the most spiritual, the little monk thought that it was the most spiritual to ask for the scriptures, and there were hand-copied scriptures in the temple, as long as the female benefactor invited the scriptures home, offered them on the incense case, and then recited them every day, they would come true!" ”

Chen Yingying smiled: "Really? What if it doesn't work? Haven't I been reciting the scriptures in vain! ”

The little monk blinked his eyes, scratched his little bald head with his hand, as if he suddenly remembered what to do, and said: "Oh, I forgot to say it just now, it should be sincere and spiritual, if it is not spiritual, it is insincere!" ”

Everyone laughed together, Fu Guibao stretched out his hand and patted the little monk, and said: "Some things, even if the heart is sincere, it is impossible to be spiritual, for example, even if a man is sincere, saying that he wants to have a child, then he will not be able to give birth, because he is a man, and only women can give birth to children, which has nothing to do with sincerity or insincerity!" ”

The little monk didn't understand that this was a rebuttal, but shook his little bald head and said, "Is the donor asking for a son?" Then you have come to the wrong place, if you want to ask for a child, you have to go to the Taoist temple next to it, across the grove, there is a Taoist temple over there, which is full of Taoist aunts, go to them to ask for children, but the spirit, but sometimes they will give birth to daughters! ”

Li Rizhi and the others laughed, and they didn't take Dao Gu or anything seriously, they just felt that the little monk was so interesting and cute, so they went to the back and went to find Quan Shufang and them.