Chapter 25: The Crisis Comes
The next morning, the little jailer lying on the table was woken up by a shout.
"Little Prison Head, Little Prison Head......" A hoarse voice came.
"Who... Who called meβ" The little warden rubbed his eyes, and looked around, but there was no one else near the table except for the jailer who was sleeping like him.
"Little prison head, it's my teaching, you look inside."
Hearing this, the little prison head stood up with great reluctance and looked towards the cell behind him.
"This early in the morning, you are waiting to die? It's noisy and noisy! β
The little warden walked over and struck the door of the priest's cell with a club in his hand.
"Little prison chief, this official has something to ask you, I hope you can be accommodating." The priest held the wooden door in both hands and explained to the little prison head with a smile.
"No, you can't do anything other than your duties." With a wave of his hand, the priest prepared to leave, returning to sleep on the table.
"Little Prison Boss, what do you think this is?"
So saying, the priest took out a silver ingot from under his boots.
"Silver!"
The little prison head's eyes lit up, and most of the sleepiness just now disappeared in an instant.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" The little warden took the silver brought by the priest, put it in his hand and pinched it.
"I want you to send a letter."
"A letter? To whom? β
"I haven't been back for so many days, and the county order won't let them visit the prison, so I want to write a letter to my wife and children to report their safety." The priest licked his somewhat shriveled mouth and said flatteringly.
"It's okay to send a letter, but it has to be approved by the prefectural order and the prefectural lord." The little jailer pinched his nose, as if there was something in his words.
"Little prison chief, why should such a trivial matter alarm them? When you get off work, I will send it to the official, what do you think? β
As he spoke, he glanced out of the door, and when he was sure that there was no one, he slipped the letter and a piece of silver into the hands of the little prison head.
"That's... Well, just this once, not as an example. When the little warden found that there was no one around, he hurriedly took the letter and the silver into his bosom.
As for where the pen and paper for writing the letter came from, this is also due to Han Mo, although it is said that the teaching is in prison, he is still allowed to write and draw to pass the time.
"Whew~"
It wasn't until the little prison head disappeared that the teaching's heart relaxed.
The letter was soon delivered to the Teaching's home, and the Teaching's wife, after taking the letter and opening it, turned blue on her face.
The husband actually said in the letter that the prefectural order wanted to rebel and framed him, hoping that the letter could be sent to Shangjing.
How dare the wife hesitate to do anything? I hurriedly found a person who specialized in delivering couriers and letters, and delivered the letter to my uncle, who was an official in Beijing...
Beijing City, Zhangjia Compound, in the main house.
Bang!
"What! A small county magistrate dared to bully our Zhang family, it really makes sense! A tall, thin middle-aged man with a black mole on his face banged angrily on the table after reading the letter.
This person is the uncle of his wife, Zhang Tiangang.
"Dad, what's wrong, what made you so angry?" At this time, Zhang Peilan, a daughter who happened to come over to serve tea and pour water, appeared, and when she saw her father's appearance, she couldn't help but ask.
"Someone bullied our family, and they were bullied to the face!" Zhang Tiangang patted his chest, and his tone was full of anger.
"Dad, you can dissipate your anger, tell Lan'er if you have something, and Lan'er will give you ideas." The sensible daughter hurried to her father's side and squeezed him on the shoulder.
"Whew~" Zhang Tiangang breathed a strong sigh, so he told his daughter the contents of the letter one by one.
"Dad, what are you going to do?" After hearing this, Zhang Peilan asked while pinching her father's shoulder.
"What can I do, first report this matter to the Holy One, and let the Holy One take out this evil breath for me." Zhang Tiangang picked up a cup of hot tea on the table and took a sip.
"Dad, it's not right to do this." After hearing this, Zhang Peilan hurriedly waved her hand.
"What's wrong, what's wrong? Could it be that Han County Commander could not ride on our necks? After Zhang Tiangang heard this, his eyes whitened, and when he recalled the content of the letter, his face couldn't help but become angry.
"My daughter didn't mean that, my daughter was worried that we didn't have evidence, and we didn't go to Daimyo County to see it, if we really made a mistake, the emperor would definitely be furious because of this matter."
At this time, Zhang Peilan squatted down and analyzed her father while beating her legs.
"Yes, Lan'er, you have a point. Just now, my father was confused. Zhang Tiangang touched his beard, the anger on his face disappeared, and he fell into deep thought.
He understood that the Han County Order was the forbidden book found in the Teaching's Mansion, and it was stolen by everyone. As for the fact that the prefectural order wanted to rebel and forced him to rebel, the edict has no evidence. If it is really reported to the emperor, it will harm the teachings, and in the end, he will be punished along with himself.
"Lan'er, what do you mean?" Zhang Tiangang looked at his daughter who was beating his legs seriously, and asked in a deep voice.
"According to my daughter's wishes, we should go to Daimyo County to investigate, if we can't find evidence, we have to intercede; If we find it, we will preserve the evidence and then report it to the imperial court. Zhang Peilan raised her head, looked at her father, and expressed her opinion.
"Well, what you said is very reasonable, I asked the court for a few days off for my father, and we will go to Daimyo County tomorrow. I want to see if the county order surnamed Han really enforces the law impartially, or whether he deliberately bullied our family. Zhang Tiangang nodded.
"Daddy is wise!" Zhang Peilan showed a bright smile.