Because the ground was wet and the road was muddy, we walked very slowly, and the clothes were very warm, but they were too long, and I carried them carefully all the way, for fear of getting dirty.

I asked Chen Bing, "By the way, you said just now that you recognized the wrong person, who did you recognize me?" "I thought that the texture of the rice was precious, and it should not be something that ordinary people could have.

Chen Bing said: "This clothes belong to Mrs., the sky is still dark, I didn't look too carefully, and I didn't expect that someone else would wear Mrs. clothes, and I thought it was Mrs. ”

I laughed, "No wonder I said it—but it must be too early for Madame to be at this hour." ”

Chen Bing said: "Madame is used to getting up early, so I take it for granted that I am Madame." ”

I nodded, maybe it was too late yesterday, and everyone went to bed late, so I was the only one who woke up early today. I don't know what happened to Shangguan Yan after midnight.

"How's your Excellency?"

I was stunned, turned my head to look at Chen Bing, and Chen Bing also looked at me strangely, because this sentence was asked by us in unison.

This Chen Bing, why did you come to ask me what's wrong with my adult?

Chen Bing smiled awkwardly and said, "After finding the two of them last night, I haven't had a chance to see how the adults are doing, and the people who come in and out are all tight-lipped and don't say a word about the situation of the two. Did you wake up? ”

In this way, I vaguely seem to remember that I seemed to hear Chen Bing's voice in the shouts of everyone last night - it seems that he is very worried about Shangguan Yan, but maybe Mrs. is too concerned about Shangguan Yan's condition and doesn't want others to worry about it, so she hid it.

I said lightly: "I haven't woken up, but I'm conscious, and the old illness won't be in a hurry, and the ladies can deal with it, so it shouldn't be a big deal." ”

Chen Bingyi frowned and said, "Old disease? ”

I wondered, "Yes, I said that I had it when I was a young adult, and then I was cured." Don't you know? "I thought that Chen Bing had been following Shangguan Yan, but there were many things he didn't know.

Chen Bing smiled a little far-fetched and said, "I haven't heard adults mention it." ”

I felt a little embarrassed, as if I had pierced the disguise that others had deliberately ignored, and explained: "Maybe I thought it was cured, but adults don't think it's necessary to say it, so as not to worry about it, but this makes me talk too much." ”

Chen Bing frowned lightly, the scar also seemed to have a sad mood along with his expression, he turned his head to look at the desolation everywhere, and said quietly: "I have been patrolling politics with adults for four years, and four years is not long, and it is not short. But now that I think about it, it seems that adults and I are just business friends, and I can really understand how much adults are, but I can't say a thing or two, sometimes I want to be like a confidant and friend can drink and talk, but it seems to be separated by thousands of mountains......"

I said softly: "Adults are strict and introverted, and they probably don't like to talk about their own affairs, and it's not easy to get to know him better." ”

Chen Bing sighed, as if he wanted to relieve the sullenness in his heart, but more of it was pretending to be relaxed: "Okay, it's better to be able to follow adults to do something for the people than to be on the streets, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority, and I can't ask for more." ”

I disagreed: "That's not what I said, who wants their sincere treatment to be indifferent, the adult is a good person, he has been devoted to the people, and he has no time to take care of his own affairs, just like this illness, it must be for the multi-party investigation of the case to the recurrence of the old disease, and those of you who can really care about him are of course those of you who are always by his side." ”

Chen Bing laughed at himself and said, "The girl is really comforting, but it is true, the adult is the most admirable good official I have ever seen, otherwise I would not follow him." ”

I asked, "Lord Shangguan is not an ordinary county official, I seem to say who said that he is a political inspector, is that also an official position?" ”

Chen Bing said with a smile: "Well, it's just that this is a very special official position, not from the rank of the three divisions, directly assigned by the court, its main responsibility is to inspect the political calendar of various places within the scope of the court, investigate unjust cases, and depose corrupt officials. ”

I listened to the fog, and just muttered, "Sounds like it's very powerful......"

Chen Bing smiled: "It's really powerful, very human-dozen." And because of the monopoly of official positions, it is not easy to find a person who is truly honest and honest for the people. Everyone has weaknesses and weaknesses, but my lord, I have done a good job. ”

I whispered, "Burdened with so many people's expectations, it's no wonder that adults are always frowning, as if they have something to worry about. ”

Chen Bing said: "Indeed, over the years, I have really seen what adults have done for the people, it is adults who have changed me, otherwise now, I may still be a villain who is disgusted by people on the street, and it is impossible to say this to the girl here." ”

I stared at his faint scar and didn't understand: "Oh? ”

Seeing that I had been staring at the scar on the end of his eyebrows, Chen Bing touched it with a smile and asked me, "Girl, do you know what I did before I followed the adult?" ”

"What?"

"Charlatans, scoundrels, if it weren't for adults, I would still be doing rats and dogs in the market, and I will never know the true meaning of life. This scar is the one left behind when I was ten years old when I cheated a yamen wicked man out of money and was severely beaten. But I didn't suffer, and the poor face didn't get much better. ”

I stared at Chen Bing curiously, no wonder I always felt that he had an indescribable ruffian, it turned out that he used to be a little ruffian. Although his tone was very light, I knew that the injury must have been serious at the time, and the injury was at the end of the eyebrow, and if there was a mistake, the eye would be useless.

Seeing me staring at him, Chen Bing took a step back with a little disappointment, and said, "The girl should be afraid, but although Chen Bing used to walk badly, he never did anything hurtful to the heavens and reason. ”

I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "No, no, I don't mean to be afraid." Whatever you've done before, whether you're a ruffian or a hooligan, I don't think you're a bad person, I've heard your voice, and I feel kind, and I trust my instincts - but I'm curious how you met adults. ”

Chen Bing smiled at the corner of his mouth, that past should be very interesting: "I was originally from Shicheng, when my father was born, he was still a famous person in the city, although he did not have tens of millions of wealth, but he also had a small surplus, but because the magistrate was jealous of the feng shui land occupied by our Chen ancestral hall, he took away the wealth and glory of his family by adding crimes at will, confiscated the ancestral hall, and pretended to be charged, so that the descendants of our Chen family were like rats crossing the street, and suffered from the white eyes of the city." Four years ago, the adult happened to be patrolling Shicheng, and wanted to start a retrial of the big case of that year, he came to me many times, wanting to get some testimony from the events of that year, but unfortunately I was already very disappointed with these official affairs, and decided that he was just a person who was just a pretentious person, and wanted to retry the big case as a name for himself. He was tricked by my tricks a few times, but he was not angry, he came and left with a smile, and still insisted on coming every day. Gradually, I couldn't help but be a little curious, Shicheng is a big city, why should he only worry about this case many times. I once asked him that there must be a limit to hypocrisy, so why bother to be boring. He smiled and asked me, if there is no worse reality, why don't you even pick up the opportunity to try to change? Maybe he won't return those lost treasures to us, but at least he can restore the honor and honor of the Chen family, and let the descendants of the Chen family be people with their heads held high, why don't they want to give it a try? ”

Listening to these words, imagining Shangguan Yan's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance when he said this, I couldn't help but be a little excited, and looked at Chen Bing nervously: "Then you agreed, didn't you?" ”

Chen Bing glanced at me and shook his head: "Maybe he's just the same party of the magistrate, and he will change his face to eradicate the remnants of the Chen family who still have the heart to resist?" We have nothing, but at least we are alive, and I can't let other family members risk their lives to rehash the old story that is impossible to turn back to. I refused, but began to stalk him secretly. ”

I nodded blankly, it was so complicated.

"I followed him for ten days, in various ways, at that time he only had two attendants by his side, but not often, probably busy running around other things, so he had to do a lot of things himself, and he didn't take care of the people who lived, he lived a very simple life, and he was very busy, three meals of white rice, and after eating, he had to wash the dishes himself. During the day, Jianyi went out to find evidence of old cases, going anywhere, mass graves in cemeteries, and dry wells in the dark ditches. At night, he looked through all kinds of old papers, and slept only two or three hours a day. During this period, there were also officials who wanted to come to the door to woo them, but they were all politely rejected by him. I thought that a person can pretend to be a skill, and it is really a great ability to pretend to be able to pretend for so long, day and night, and pretend to be so seamless. For ten days, he still came to me every day, but it was all in vain, and on the tenth day, I pretended to be impatient and finally agreed, trying to see what he wanted to do. ”

I remember that not long after Shangguan Yan took office, I once carried fruit to the county gate to thank him, and at that time I was still amazed at how the county court could be so depressed, there was no basic pomp and circumstance, and it was not as good as our normal people. It turned out that this was Shangguan Yan's habitual living habits, simple to harsh.

After agreeing to cooperate with the adults to investigate the case, he was indeed sharp-minded, and found many traces of clues and ants, the Chen family's unjust case, he overturned the case in fifteen days, and returned all the relevant officials who had been sentenced to the wrong case to the court, and returned the Chen Mansion and the ancestral hall that had been confiscated for decades to us. I will always remember that day, on behalf of the court, the Lord bowed and apologized to the Chen family who had been wrongfully sentenced for many years, and all the Chen people in the hall burst into tears. Although the decades of suffering are irretrievable, and the lost family wealth has long been squandered, he did his best to return to us what he had lost, such as the Chen ancestral hall, for example, the lost dignity. Chen Bing lowered his eyebrows, and there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Then how did you follow the adult?" I can imagine the scene at that time, and I can also depict the true sincerity on Shangguan Yan's face in my mind.