At the time of the morning, it is the time of the morning eclipse.

The sound of opening the door came and went, and pots of residual water poured from the front door and back window to the street and gutter, and the aroma of osmanthus head oil and rouge gouache filled the water, which was soon covered by the aroma of morning food.

The aroma of wontons, cakes, steamed buns, and fried ghosts spread along the cries of selling, and the smell of mutton soup, lung filling, fried lungs, and morning wine in the foot shop was even stronger, floating around the people who came in and out.

The mouths of those who eat morning food are not idle.

"There was frost last night, and it's cold enough today."

"I'm wearing a thick jacket."

"At this time, you wear such a thick quilt that you can't wrap yourself in a quilt on the street after the frost?"

"Did you listen to what happened in the first half of the night last night?"

"Looks like I'm looking for someone."

"Don't care about the frost on the tiles of others, it's difficult for us to live, and now we have to entrust someone to deliver the newspaper."

"The charcoal has risen again......"

Gossip flowed through the streets and alleys like flowing water, and suddenly, a boulder was thrown into this calm.

The noise swarmed, and the center of the sound became a whirlpool, which was still wandering, and the people who were rolling all over the street followed it.

The whirlpool is none other than Cheng Ting.

Cheng Ting was in this cold weather, without a veil, his upper body was naked, his exposed skin was frozen red, goosebumps were all over his body, his nose was also red, and a cloud of white gas came out of his mouth, looking cold for him.

He also carried a large bundle of wattles on his back.

He was strong, but not thick-skinned, and the red and swollen marks on his back were shocking to watch.

"Cheng Sanye!"

"It's a guilty plea."

"Where to go to plead guilty? With his dad? ”

"I'm afraid Governor Cheng won't eat his trick."

Today's mid-day vacation, the students were all wandering outside, and when they heard Cheng Ting's name, they all rushed over and surrounded Cheng Ting to ask what he had done wrong.

Seeing the excitement of the people gathered more and more, when they arrived in front of the Zhizhou Yamen, even small vendors rushed over and sold here.

Cheng Tingling's lips turned purple, and he knelt down with only his knee pants.

As soon as his knee hit the ground, a chill immediately went into the stone slab, Cheng Ting secretly complained, and tears rolled down.

Taking advantage of these hard-won tears, he let go of his throat and confessed his guilt with a loud sound: "Uncle Wang! Wang Zhizhou! Jing - Hua! I was wrong, last night, I injured Jinghua for a little thing, I was wrong, I came to confess! ”

He burst into tears: "Uncle Wang!! Punish me, take me to jail! ”

Wang Zhizhou walked out of the door in this piece of ghost crying wolf, looking at Cheng Ting's incomparably hypocritical face, the whole person was as disgusting as swallowing a dead fly.

Look, Cheng Ting has already taken the guilt of Jing Pleading, what else can he do?

He could only force a smile, stepped forward, pretended to help Cheng Ting up, and called a virtuous nephew, saying "If you know your mistakes, change them, it's good", and finally took off the crane on his body and put it on Cheng Ting.

He should do this, in front of the onlookers and subordinates, tear his heart apart, so that his stomach can support the broken boats of the Cheng family.

Can he still be unforgiving in front of so many people?

He walked out step by step, walked towards Cheng Ting, gritted his teeth and helped Cheng Ting, held back his anger, and called "virtuous nephew".

The nephew who lacked virtue and virtue still held hands with him and looked at each other with tears in his eyes, and called Uncle Wang twice enthusiastically.

"Uncle, I was wrong."

Wang Zhizhou churned inside, his face became flushed because of anger, his teeth were clenched tightly, and he couldn't spit out half a word.

A heart was beating in a mess, and blood was pouring into the head.

He smiled as best he could, thinking, "I didn't know you stupid boy had such wisdom. ”

has been an official for decades, and in front of everyone, he is not too out of shape, let go of Cheng Ting's hand, and patted Cheng Ting's shoulder: "If you know your mistakes, change them, it's good, Hua'er can't get up in bed when she is sick, and my heart as a father is also very uncomfortable." ”

Cheng Ting said something, he didn't hear a word clearly, his mind was buzzing, his eyes swept around, and he saw Wu Jin selling cakes with his younger brother in the crowd,

Wu Jin wrapped it in a piece of oiled paper, skillfully wrapped the cake for people, accepted the six yuan, and put it back in the money bag.

Wang Zhizhou secretly thought that taking the guilt of Jing must be a trick that Wu Jin came up with.

Otherwise, with Cheng Ting's elm head, how could he think of it.

He retracted his gaze, numbed his face, said a few words to appease Cheng Ting, took off the crane on his body, put it on Cheng Ting, and asked his subordinates to send Cheng Ting home.

He was generous to the point of heartache - he had lived to this age, and he had never eaten such a big turtle, so that a young man like Wu Jin had commanded two armies one after another.

Turning back, he walked from the front office to the middle hall, and the smile on his face disappeared little by little, leaving only his eyes full of gloom.

The next person came up with tea, he picked up the teacup, only then did he find that his hand was trembling badly, forcibly calmed down, he tasted it, and suddenly raised his hand and smashed it to the ground with the saucer.

There was a loud bang, the white porcelain made a crisp cracking sound on the ground, and the fragrant tea splashed all over the ground, splashing on the hem of the state judge and Tongzhi's clothes.

The state judge and Tongzhi glanced at each other, and they both knew how broad-minded Wang Zhizhou was, and now he only dropped a teacup, which was considered good.

Bi Tongzhi got up and ordered someone to clean up the mess, walked to Wang Zhizhou's side again, and said in a low voice: "The Cheng family is really hateful, let's settle the account in secret." ”

Wang Zhizhou moved his fingers: "Call the person surnamed Liu." ”

"Yes."

Bi Tongzhi and Sun Zhouju went out quietly, Wang Zhizhou sat in a chair, suddenly his throat itched, he coughed hard, coughed out a ball of salty things, spit into the spittoon to see, the sputum was full of blood.

His eyes immediately turned black and he thought, "I'm so angry." ”

When Liu Boyu came, he had already inquired about this drama of guilt, and even the martial arts fight last night was clear in his heart.

He also knew that going to see Wang Zhizhou at this time was not just to be a punching bag, but he was afraid that he would also be asked to do something shady.

However, it is impossible not to go.

Avoiding people's eyes, he entered the prefect's yamen, and when he arrived in the middle hall, he stood under the platform, waiting for the summons.

It was still early, the hour had not passed, but the sky was not good, gray, gloomy, the ground was wet, and there was always invisible water vapor coming out of the stone slab, making people stand here, and the whole body was cold.

The subordinates came and went, changing tea for a while, adding charcoal for a while, and delivering medicine for a while, and a subordinate came out of the house, lifted the curtain, and motioned for Liu Boyu to go in.

Liu Boyu strode forward, walked into the house, and saw that there was only Wang Zhizhou sitting in the room, and his face was not good, so he smiled reluctantly and bowed his hand: "The little one has seen Zhizhou." ”

Wang Zhizhou put down the medicine bowl, glanced at him, reached out and rubbed his forehead, and threw the Liu family's account book on the ground: "It's too little." ”

Liu Boyu smiled and said: "Please be considerate of Zhizhou, it's really a last resort......"

Wang Zhizhou interrupted him with a sneer: "Don't use these words to perfunctory the official, you just want to use a mule, and you don't dare to come out with this, you just want the official to mediate for you!" ”