Chapter 39: A Way to Live
The "monsters" in the town were finally eliminated, but the old county commander looked depressed and couldn't be happy at all.
"Two adults, the lower official has a reluctant request."
He suddenly bowed to Bai Yu and Zheng Yan'er.
You must know that you don't need to kneel down and salute when you see His Majesty the Emperor in Daqian, this is the highest courtesy.
"Lord of the county order, I can't help it."
Bai Yu hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, not to mention the official position, the old county commander was already a grandfather, how dare he accept this gift.
Zheng Yan'er dodged away.
"There must be a lot of doubts in your hearts, right?"
The old county commander said with a wry smile, "Xiaguan was educated at the age of six, took the county exam at the age of eleven, won the first place, became the head of the county exam, and was known as a prodigy." ”
"At the age of twelve, he passed the government examination and the hospital examination, and won the fame of showing talent."
"In the following decades, God seemed to have played a joke with the lower officials, and he participated in the township examination year after year, but he couldn't pass the exam."
"The family's ploughing cattle are gone, the fields are gone, the houses are gone, the parents are sick from hard work, and the brothers are turning against each other."
"In the end, there was only one person left, and in order to continue studying and continuing to take exams, I had to go to a private school to teach and make a living."
"This Cheng Yan is the best one among the students taught by the lower officials, he has been tested from the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination to the township examination and the meeting examination, and finally won the Zhongjin Shi in the palace examination and became an official."
"And Xiaguan, the master, is still teaching in a private school, maybe with such an excellent student as Cheng Yan, Xiaguan let go of the obsession in his heart, and decided not to take the exam once at the end, who knew that it was extremely smooth, not only was he admitted to the juren, but also won the jinshi, and then he went to Jinhe County to make the county order."
"Xia Guan once thought about drinking and talking about the way of being an official when he reunited with the best students, but Xia Guan didn't expect that it would be such a situation to meet again."
Speaking of sadness, the old county made his eyes red and his old tears cloudy.
Bai Yu has never had this kind of experience, he can't understand this kind of sadness and misery, he doesn't know what to say, maybe he doesn't need to say anything, just be a listener.
It is worth mentioning.
Bai Yu read in the book of the Nuan Pavilion of the Marquis of Jinnan that the civil and military attaches in the imperial system would lose their force in an instant if they were dismissed from office; If you return to your hometown or in other circumstances, you will still retain force.
In the case of Cheng Yan, it is an accidental "disappearance", not a dismissal from office, and the six-grade force is also retained.
Zheng Yan'er asked, "Do you want us to go back and report that the monster in the town is Cheng Yan?" ”
The old county ordered, "This is exactly what the lower officials mean, according to the laws of the dynasty, those who used to be officials and generals, if they rely on force to harm the people, they will raid the house, the men will be matched, and the female dependents will be in the sect department, Cheng Yan is certainly unforgivable, but his family is innocent after all." ”
"His family is innocent, but the people in the town are not innocent?"
Zheng Yan'er asked, "Since he has chosen this path, he knows what the consequences are." ”
The old county order was speechless.
Bai Yu knew that this girl's intimidating strength had come up, and said with a smile, "Miss Zheng, you are the one who excludes the demons, just get rid of the demons, what are you doing with all these idle things." ”
Zheng Yan'er looked at him seriously and said calmly, "Okay." ”
Good? Good what? Bai Yu was stunned, this is agreed? He was ready to speak at length to persuade him, and it was over as soon as it began.
Zheng Yan'er said to the old county, "The terrain of the town is suitable for soul raising, which will cause such a disaster, after I go back, I will send a person who is good at transforming the terrain to come over and change the terrain, and there is the person who helps Cheng Yan to raise his soul, except for the demon department, you will also investigate, and you can do other aftermath matters yourself." ”
The old county commander thanked him again and again.
"I'm going back to Beijing, can we go together?"
Zheng Yan'er looked at Bai Yu with a smile.
What's the situation? smiled like a beautiful lotus flower...... Bai Yu was shocked, "That'...... Let's do it together. ”
The three of them returned to the town and told the people about the situation.
As expected, the people rejoiced and thanked Dade.
Bai Yu and Zheng Yan'er rode away, leaving the old county order to deal with the aftermath.
Zheng Yan'er looked at Bai Yu sideways and said softly, "Thank you for saving my life." ”
That's why! Bai Yu understood, "Send me away with such a fluttering word of thanks?" ”
Zheng Yan'er's eyes were vigilant, "You shouldn't let me make a promise, right?" ”
Your thoughts are beautiful, I'm Yulian's! Bai Yu said, "Of course not, I won't say anything if I know it's impossible." ”
Zheng Yan'er was curious, "What is that?" ”
Bai Yu said, "My old horse has been with me for many years, and there is no credit and hard work, I want to tell it a family matter, and your beautiful white horse is very good." ”
Zheng Yan'er blushed and said, "You think beautifully, I'm a pure-blooded Wushan Liuyun Horse, and you're a local horse, don't even think about it." ”
"Then I'll change it."
Bai Yu thought about it seriously, "If one day, I commit something and fall into your hands, I hope you will let me live." ”
Zheng Yan'er was slightly stunned.
I don't understand why he made such a request, could it be that he already knows the handle of the "tribute paper...... It shouldn't be possible.
Zheng Yan'er was also refreshed, "Okay, I promised, except for you killing my father, no matter what you do, I will let you live." ”
What am I going to do to kill your father? Bai Yu was deeply impressed by her ideas.
The two didn't stop when they arrived at Jinhe County, they went directly to the dock, and they didn't bother to wait for the official boat, so they took a civilian boat together.
Bai Yu now has the position of secretary of the Criminal Department, and when he goes out to do business in the name of the Criminal Department, he can actually take the official ship, but his rank is too low, and he always has to salute when he meets other officials on the official ship, so he simply does not take the official ship in order to save trouble.
Bai Yu remembered Lin Ping'an's matter, and he didn't want to ask too directly, and asked seemingly casually, "By the way, are the exiles I used to escort who were tortured with a thousand knives still imprisoned in Linfu County Prison?" ”
The case has long been closed, and Zheng Yan'er didn't take it seriously, "I heard that it has been sent to build the imperial mausoleum." ”
Bai Yu knew the bottom in her heart, and she didn't ask any more, lest she be suspicious.
The two discussed how to report Cheng Yan's case, so as not to insist on their own words, and finally decided to erase Cheng Yan, just say that it was a black fog.
Three days later, when they arrived at the Jingzhaofu wharf, the two separated and went back to their respective homes.
"I deliberately took on a case with a monster, I wanted to get some demon meat to eat, and advanced the tiger character card, but it turned out that the fallen official was making a demon, I ran so far to solve the case, and I didn't even catch a single hair......"
Walking on the way back to Qifeng County, the more Bai Yu thought about it, the more angry he became.
"Why don't you go and take on a case with a monster and get it back with profits?"
"Think about it, forget it, the so-called case with monsters, before it is found out, the ghost knows whether the real demon is a fake demon...... Even if it's a real demon, it may not be able to eat meat, but what if it's a dirty monster? What if the feces become sperm? ”
"There are too many accidents, too many uncertainties, and if I continue to do this, I will become a tool of the dynasty."
"In addition to taking the case and eating demon meat, what other ways are there?"
Thinking about this, Bai Yu's eyes lit up.
That's right!
Why do you want to take on the case to catch demons?
He has silver, a lot of silver, and he can buy demon meat directly on the black market.