As soon as there was a startling sound, the official on duty outside the door ran in when he heard the sound.

"What do you command?" The official knelt on the ground and asked Wen Chaotian.

Wen Chaotian was to vent, so he patted the hall and waved his hand to let the official retreat.

"Sir, it has been a few months since the prefect died violently, and it stands to reason that during this time, with the help of my mentor, the joints have been opened up and down, and the appointment should have come down before the appointment."

The teacher in the Wen Dynasty Tiankou is Zhang Gongmao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Dynasty.

Today's emperors are skillful, conceited, and generally do not get close to civil and military ministers.

There are only a handful of people who have his trust, and Zhang Gongmao is one of them.

Zhang Gongmao never taught Wen Chaotian to read, but he only gave him a few words of guidance during the imperial examination.

Although the feelings are not deep, Zhang Gongmao saw that he was by no means a mediocre person, so he recognized this protégé.

This time, Zhang Gongmao really spent a lot of effort in order to make his career go further.

At the beginning of the month of the Wen Dynasty, he entrusted someone to send Zhang Gongmao a gift between master and apprentice.

A few days ago, the gift giver came to reply and said that Lord Zhang had confessed that the appointment of the prefect would arrive before the year.

Now that the old year has passed, Wen Chaotian thinks that something has gone wrong, so he is depressed.

Mr. Wei put the wood back in its place.

"My lord, you relied on the meritorious service of suppressing bandits, and you were promoted to the five grades of Tongzhi, and if you did not enter the imperial examination, you are destined to have bumps in your career, so you don't have to worry, before and after the Lantern Festival, I will ensure that you get what you want."

Wen Chaotian was in the imperial examination that year, and he did not have a high school jinshi when he played abnormally, which was the biggest regret of his life.

"Sir, how can you be so sure?"

Although Mr. Wei's words were conclusive, Wen Chaotian was still a little apprehensive.

"My lord, if it weren't for Xie Yuwen's escape, your appointment would have come down a long time ago, fortunately, Xie Yuwen's nine-ring sword was presented later, and he had already made up for it, this matter is really not a big problem."

"Sir, I believe you, go and rest......"

Wen Chaotian said this, and said: "Sir, I heard that Yicuilou has introduced a few singers and dancers from Jiangdu, do you want to find one and play a song for Mr. to relieve boredom." ”

Mr. Wei smiled and thanked Wen Chaotian for his kindness.

"It's good that you don't get bored, my lord, if I want to listen to music, wouldn't it be better to go to Leaning on Cuilou by myself."

After Mr. Wei finished speaking, he turned around and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Wen Chaotian returned to his residence, looked at the table full of wine and food, closed the door, and beckoned to the little girl.

The little girl sat next to Wen Chaotian, a touch of crimson flew up her cheeks again.

"Xiang'er, have a drink with me." After Wen Chaotian finished speaking, he poured two glasses of wine and hugged the little girl ring with one hand.

……

On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Duan Chu asked Zhuzi: "If a prisoner on death row is really wronged, the emperor has to kill me, do I kill or not?" My father used to say that the king's order cannot be violated. ”

Zhuzi was learning to cook and waved his hand at Duan Chu.

"The emperor is in the capital, you are in Pengzhou Mansion, how can you be qualified, let him personally command you to be beheaded and executed, I think you are thinking too much."

Duan Chu didn't ask any more questions, and asked for a tael of silver with the beads.

"Why do you want so much money!" Zhu Zi spends money lavishly, but he is a little stingy with Duan Chu.

"On the second day of the new year, I can't go to Mr. Wei empty-handed, his old man ...... me."

The bead took out a tael of silver and threw it over to interrupt Duan Chu: "Got it, go ahead." ”

Duan Chu pinched the silver, bought two packs of dim sum and a paperweight, and walked into Mr. Wei's residence in the mansion.

Don't look at him not kneeling to the sky, not kneeling Huang Younian, but now he is kneeling for Mr. Wei.

"New Year's greetings to Mr., may Mr. be healthy and live a long life."

Mr. Wei smiled and helped Duan Chu up: "Life is short, why do you live for so long, you can come, buy something, and spend money blindly." ”

After Duan Chu sat down, he asked the question that Zhu Zi had asked in the morning, and Zhu Zi had not answered.

Hearing this question, Mr. Wei laughed.

"Duan Chu, one of the people who was beheaded by Pengzhou Mansion after the autumn last year was wronged?"

Duan Chu knew that there were seven or eight death row prisoners, all of whom were innocent.

Mr. Wei also said: "Beheading is legal homicide, in this dynasty, if you want to legally unjustly kill someone, do you know how difficult it is? ”

"I don't know much about this, so please tell me about it."

Mr. Wei said that if you want to sentence a person to death in this dynasty, you must report it layer by layer, and you must go through a review at each level, even if the review is passed, and finally the emperor must approve it.

And the emperor sometimes pardoned some of them in order to show his mercy.

Anyway, there are very few death row prisoners who have been wrongfully executed in public over the years, and those who have really been wronged are all unknown and died in prisons, especially the edicts in charge of Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Mr. Wei's answer, in fact, and Zhuzi's answer, basically have the same meaning.

However, Mr. Wei's answer was more tactful.

When Duan Chu heard this, a big problem in his heart landed, and he relaxed a lot, and thanked Mr. Wei repeatedly.

Before leaving, Mr. Wei gave Duan Chu a red envelope, saying that it was New Year's money.

Duan Chu knew when he tried it that it was five taels of silver.

Duan Chu didn't accept it, and Mr. Wei said that the younger generations paid New Year's greetings, and it was the rule to give New Year's money.

Saying goodbye to Mr. Wei, Duan Chu secretly went to Granny Wang's house again.

There is an endless stream of New Year's greetings to Granny Wang, all of whom are waiting for her to be matchmakers.

waited until the person was clean, and Duan Chu entered the door to greet her.

Granny Wang saw that there was no one left and right, and said: "Child, I have been to the Zhao family three times, and the two taels of silver were also given to the Zhao family's mother-in-law, but the Zhao tailor did not agree, and the matter was a little difficult." ”

It turned out that Tailor Zhao's widowed niece did not invite Tailor Zhao to see her, and did not speak to each other.

Tailor Zhao's mother-in-law, the proprietress of Zhao's cloth shop, wanted to drive away the little widow, and was afraid that Tailor Zhao would be angry, so she wanted to marry the little widow, but Tailor Zhao resolutely disagreed.

"Duke has killed three husbands, and you still want to let her out and harm others!" Tailor Zhao said.

In terms of violent personality, Tailor Zhao is no worse than Jiang Butcher with a butcher's knife.

He is Pengzhou Mansion, and he has a famous hot temper.

Tailor Zhao shut up at that time.

Tailor Zhao didn't want to see his niece, and he didn't want her to get married, so he locked her up at home and starved to death.

Fortunately, Granny Wang was kind of talkative, and she had the credit of the two taels of silver, so Tailor Zhao's mother-in-law agreed and asked Duan Chu to take a look first.

If Duan Chu takes a fancy to it, she will think about it later, and see how she can say that she can move Tailor Zhao.

"Child, Tailor Zhao went to pay New Year's greetings to the distribution merchant today, he is not at home, it just so happens to be a good time for you to peek at the little widow, if you are okay, my mother-in-law will accompany you for a while."

Duan Chu heard this and immediately nodded.

After Granny Wang finished speaking, she said to her son and daughter-in-law, and then took Duan Chu straight to Zhao's cloth shop.

There has been no response these days, and Duan Chu thought that things were yellow.

Unexpectedly, the peak suddenly turned around, and now I have embarked on the road to see the woman's appearance.

If it is a normal family affair, men and women will not easily see each other.

But the other party is a little widow, and the mother-in-law of the Wang family has a special case, and the mother-in-law of the Zhao family has received the money, so there is such a gratifying progress.

When he arrived at the door, Duan Chu was waiting outside, and after Granny Wang went in, she soon came out again.

Granny Wang pointed to the third floor.

As soon as Duan Chu looked up, a woman as gentle as jade opened the window and looked blankly into the distance.

It turned out that Granny Wang went in and told Granny Zhao that Duan Chu was here, and Granny Zhao coaxed the little widow and asked her to open the window to see if the snow in the distant mountains had melted, so the little widow would open the window and show up.

Her appearance made Duan Chu look stupid!