Zhao Ran crossed before and after crossing, he can be regarded as a human being in two lives, but he has never been promoted to a government or a case, and he feels that this scene in front of him is very interesting. What is to be concluded today is a group of female dependents who were arrested in Zongjiazhuang, old and young, about twenty or thirty people.

After Zongjiazhuang was breached, Zhao Ran's merit in the sea of qi increased dramatically, which made him understand that eradicating the cults that fooled and demagogic people was also a matter of long-term merit. This time, he also had the idea of understanding more by the way.

Today's case is actually a formality, according to the decree of the imperial court, Zong Weiwu committed something so big that basically his family members didn't have to run, either executed, or exiled for 3,000 miles, or sold into slavery. Walking through the hall is to distinguish between who is executed, who is exiled, and who sells.

Some of these female dependents were really brainwashed by Zong Weiwu, and they refused to admit their guilt after being brought to the hall one by one, no matter how big the torture instrument was, they always bit to death: "The catastrophe is coming, sacrifice your life for righteousness." As for what the Great Tribulation is and how to take the righteous method after sacrificing their lives, these people are at a loss, and Zhao Ran can't help but feel deeply saddened by it.

Dong Zhushu consulted Zhao Ran for his opinion, and Zhao Ran could only answer "according to the law", so Dong Zhushu signed, and these people were dragged down, waiting for them to be beheaded, but they need to be reported to the Criminal Department for review, and the time for questioning will be "after the autumn".

There are also some elderly female dependents, who are more opportunistic, and they confess their guilt vigorously, so they were sentenced to exile and Chongbian Town; for service. The other eight girls were under the age of twelve, and even several were less than five or six years old, all of whom were frightened and cried in the lobby.

The trial of the case was concluded quickly, and the chief bookkeeper of Dong handed the petition to Zhao Ran for a look. Zhao Ran drew the charge, and Dong Zhushu and Jin County Lieutenant also drew the charge, and the lawsuit was understood.

Zhao Ran looked at the young girls, and always felt bored, and something seemed uncomfortable in his chest. Suddenly, a little girl with a beard cried: "I want to eat, I'm so hungry......"

Zhao Ran's heart was like being struck by lightning. I couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, so I turned my head and said to Master Dong: "These children are still young, how can they know so many things, and if they want to come to Zongweiwu, they will have nothing to do with it, can they be extralegal?"

Master Dong looked at the county lieutenant Jin in embarrassment, and the county lieutenant Jin coughed and said, "Lord Zhao Fang, this is the great law of the imperial court......"

Zhao Ran nodded: "Poor Dao understands...... Isn't this good? Isn't it to sell the Church Division as slaves? Poor Dao paid for it, and then bought them from the Church Division. ”

Dong Zhushu hesitated for a moment. sighed: "Lord Fang is merciful, it's okay like this, but you still need to pay attention to the county of Mingkong." ”

Zhao Ran sat and waited in the yamen, and after Kong Xianzun agreed, he immediately sent someone to find the steward of the Teaching Workshop Division, and after changing the formalities, Zhao Ran bought the eight girls at a price of sixty-eight taels of silver.

What surprised Zhao Ran was. At the same time, his merit power also increased by eight threads, which can be regarded as a reward for his kindness.

The girls were sent to a charity church in the east of the city. After Zhao Ran instructed Steward Li to take care of it, he stepped on the official road and rushed towards the West Zhenwu Palace.

Xizhenwu Palace is located in the capital city of Long'an Prefecture, and Pingwu County is attached to Guo County of Long'an Prefecture, so it is actually within the county seat of Pingwu County. This time, Zhao Ran went alone and didn't bring anyone else. Let the old donkey go on a happy journey. This old donkey's foot strength is really good, and it only took one day to rush to Pingwu County.

When Zhao Ran arrived, it was late, so he first found an inn to rest for the night, and got up after dawn the next day. After washing up, I asked the shopkeeper about the location of Xizhenwu Palace, and came to Fuya Street.

Because of the war, the West Zhenwu Palace has been requisitioned by the Xuanyuan Temple and the Dao Palaces of various prefectures, Zhao Ran followed the instructions of the shopkeeper, came to the Long'an Mansion next door, and saw the plaque of "West Zhenwu Palace Courtyard" hanging at the door.

Outside the door, there was a messenger from the government to guard, and Zhao Ranliang was invited to wait in the entrance room after his degree and office documents from home. After waiting for a while, a middle-aged Taoist priest came in with a curtain, and Zhao Ran hurriedly got up to greet him.

The Taoist priest looked Zhao Ran up and down and asked, "You are Zhao Zhiran, the master of the Wuji Academy?"

Zhao Ran replied respectfully: "Exactly, dare to be the head of the Dao?"

The Taoist priest smiled and said: "Poor Daoist Sun Tengmo, for the door of the guest hall of the West Zhenwu Palace. ”

Zhao Ran said: "It turned out to be Uncle Sun, and the nephew is polite." ”

The door of the guest hall of the West Zhenwu Palace is at the same level as the master of the square hall of the Wuji Courtyard, but Zhao Ran came out of the Taoist Academy, and he is naturally one level lower in front of the Taoist priests of the Taoist Palace, so he is commensurate with "Uncle Shi" and is very respectful.

Sun Tengmo smiled and waved his hand: "No need to be polite. The big thorn sat down on the chair and motioned for Zhao Ran to sit next to him. It seems to be rude, but it makes people feel very cordial, which makes Zhao Ran feel good.

Zhao Ran hurriedly explained his intentions and said that he wanted to meet Du Guan Jing Zhimo, Sun Tengmo replied that Du Guan happened to have something to do at the moment, and he needed to wait for a while, and asked Zhao Ran to wait.

Sun Tengmo began to talk to Zhao Ran about the family, asking about the situation of Wuji Courtyard for a while, and talking about interesting things about Pingwu County for a while. During this period, he also asked Zhao Ran if he had an old relationship with Jing Zhimo, Zhao Ran was not good at lying with a shy face, so he said that he was introduced by Liu Zhiguang, and there were many letters from Liu Gaogong.

Zhao Ran observed the words and found that Sun Tengmo's eagerness to chat with him was declining rapidly, and after a little pondering, he knew what he meant.

He weighed it, the fire house in the guest hall of Wuji Courtyard usually received one penny of silver, and the first-level steward of the door personally received it, probably about two yuan, this is the West Zhenwu Palace, Zhao Ran added it ten times, ready to give two taels, how can it be enough. But he didn't have any broken silver on his hand, and when he touched the silver ingot in his arms (wrench), the smallest one was also five taels of silver ingots, so he simply took it out and stuffed it into Sun Tengmo's hand: "The nephew came in a hurry, he didn't bring any clay instruments, and he paid tribute to his uncle with a little silver, and he hoped that his uncle would accept it with a smile." ”

Sun Tengmo checked the silver ingot in his hand, looked at Zhao Ran with a smile, and then got up and said, "Senior Zhao nephew and seat, I'll go and take a look, I don't know if Jing Du is free at this time." ”

"There's Uncle Laosun. Zhao Ran got up to send Sun Tengmo out of the porter, and as soon as he turned around, he heard Sun Tengmo outside the porter "hum" and muttered: "You want to send me away for five taels of silver?"

Zhao Ran was stunned, looked out through the door curtain, and saw Sun Tengmo walking away with his hands on his sleeves, looking very unhappy. He thought to himself, the door gifts he gave were already a lot, far beyond the normal amount, why was there too little grandson?

However, it was said that Sun Tengmo left the gatehouse, entered the inner courtyard and turned into a side room, in which was sitting this Taoist priest of the same age as him. The Taoist priest smiled and asked, "Senior Brother Sun, what is this trip?"

Sun Tengmo sneered: "It's so generous, I gave five taels." ”

The Taoist priest let out an "oh" and nodded: "It's a lot, several times more than others, it can be seen that I am not bad, this Zhao Zhiran from Wuji Academy is a gold master." ”

"But you don't have as much as Senior Brother Zhuang, Zhao Zhiran really has a lot of money?"

"Can this still deceive you? In the past few months, he has been repairing houses and giving porridge to people, and he is afraid that he will give up no less than 1,000 taels of money. Which of the prison guards, the three capitals, and the deacons of the Wuji Courtyard has not received hundreds or thousands of silver from him? Otherwise, with his three-year experience in the Daoist Academy, how could he climb so fast?"

Sun Tengmo said: "Then why did you give me five taels?"

Senior Brother Zhuang muttered: "Maybe there is another reason? I heard that this person is extremely generous, so he shouldn't be." Then he comforted: "That's right, you and I are in charge of things, and he is only at the same level, and this person can be expected to achieve success in the future, when I don't ask you and me, it's good to give five taels, Senior Brother Sun is content." ”

When Sun Tengmo heard this, he came up angrily and sneered: "Do you look down on me? ”

Senior Brother Zhuang explained: "Senior Brother Sun, don't be angry, it's not worth being angry for him, besides, we are in charge like this, and we really can't speak in the lower Dao Courtyard, so we will endure it." Didn't my lay nephew be in the Wuji Courtyard as a fire dwelling? I begged them for three years to let my nephew suffer it, and they still haven't given me this face, haven't I endured it the same? What can you do with him?"

"What can I do with him? Hehe, didn't he ask to see Jing Du? I did what he wanted, and asked Jing Du Guan if he could see him. (To be continued......) R1292