After Zhang Ji rushed to the Governor's Mansion on Jingdong East Road, he wanted to ask about the depth of the incident, but unexpectedly, two errand officers had already arrived at the Dali Temple in Tokyo to wait for the inquiry. As soon as Zhang Ji saw the soapy official, he knew eight or nine points, and his heart was full of anger.

The governor of Jinan Prefecture said: "Mr. Xiao Zhang, this is an errand from Tokyo, and I have something to ask." ”

Zhang Ji was busy with his work, and he hadn't changed his clothes yet, and he was still wearing filial piety, so he turned his head to look at the little official. When a short and fat little official saw this, he knew that he was in mourning, and he was afraid that he would suddenly surprise this new science and technology exploration flower, and arched his hand and said: "Judge Zhang, the small one is also a routine, and there are no polite numbers, please forgive me." ”

Zhang Ji looked at this shape, and knew that the incident of the day before yesterday was not exposed, but fortunately he walked very fast, and left in a hurry, and no one knew about the joints, even if there was a little discussion, he couldn't hold his connection with this case, and there was no way to convict him after all, so he calmed down, pretended not to know, and asked: "Two little chasers, what is your business?"

The tall and thin little official said: "Can Mr. Zhang recognize Yao Jichang, the cousin of the right prime minister Wang Huang?"

Zhang Jidao: "It's me in the same subject, I took the fourth place in the exam, and everyone knows that he is Lord Wang's cousin." ”

The tall and thin official looked very impatient, waved his hand and said, "Judge Zhang, do you know that this Yao Jichang has been killed outside the city?"

Zhang Ji was taken aback and said, "How could Jichang be killed?"

The tall and thin official sneered and said, "His death date is when the judge leaves the city. You didn't meet him?"

Zhang Ji was frightened, then angry, and said loudly: "When I went out of the city, it was pouring rain, because of this funeral, I was in a hurry, don't say that the driver refused to go, and there was not even a local dog on the road that day." Say, 'Who can I meet?'

As soon as the short and fat little official saw Zhang Ji like this, he hurriedly turned around the tall and thin little official, and said with a smile: "The two of us are just routine, Mr. Xiao Zhang will say it directly, and if there is none, there is no need to say it." ”

Zhang Ji's face turned red, half frightened and half annoyed, and said, "What can I say?"

The short and fat little official smiled and said: "The scholars in Tokyo all say that Yao Jichang and Xiao Zhang have a lot of disagreements, and there were already suspicions before that exam, and there was a fight on the street on the day you left, and everyone saw it with their own eyes, isn't this fake?"

Seeing that Zhang Ji was annoyed and embarrassed, the short and fat little official wanted to find out something, so he deliberately deceived him. Although he is regarded as a tanhualang on the surface, he is located in this remote corner, far away from Kyoto, and he is a public official sent here by Dali Temple in Tokyo to do errands, so he has to pretend to be a noble shelf, and there is a saying that "village officials are not as good as Jingli dogs".

Zhang Jisuan saw that this short and fat little official was the most tricky, and deliberately dragged him to deceive him, although his tone was good, but the two of them were white and black, and he was afraid that he would fall into the trap if he was a little careless, so he had to change his humble attitude and said categorically: "The student is only in the middle of the flower, because he misses his father and mother, he hurried away, and he never saw Yao Gongzi on the trip, and never heard that he was killed." If I don't see the two of them today, I am still in the dark, and I see that the two of them are working hard and forcing each other, but if you want me to come here, how can I say it? Could it be that because of the tolerance sent by the imperial capital, they oppressed me, a small magistrate, although my official is small and my position is empty, but the dignified court officials are not allowed to be slandered!"

When he said this, he hit the nail on the head, and took the two soapy clothes, and the two of them were speechless for a while, you look at me, I look at you, and I also know that my trip is just a routine, and I didn't plan to solve any strange cases, but I just occasionally had an official power, hoping to get some news by luck. After all, the above has already set the tone for this matter: this is an assassination by the Khitans, and the purpose is to create panic in the Great Song Dynasty. No one dared to disobey the emperor.

The short and fat little official smiled and said: "It's not a secret, it has been said that the Khitans have infiltrated our court for a long time, so I came to inquire about Mr. Zhang's news." Since Mr. Zhang has not seen any Khitans, then this is the end of our business and we will leave. So saying, he went out of the house with the tall and thin officials.

Zhang Ji didn't come out to send them away because he ate their robbery, but only shirked the funeral, and went by them as soon as he bowed. The governor of Jinan Prefecture sent a servant to send two officials out of the house. The two of them walked more than ten steps, looked back, saw the little guy, not Zhang Ji, spit in unison, and said, "Damn, into the dog hillbilly." "I still took the Tiger card and went back to Tokyo to resume my life.

The new governor of Jinan, Gong Zhengnai, was a merchant in Suzhou, who started as a smuggler of fish and salt, but because he gave Tong Daren silver, he came to this place. Tokyo folk proverb "three hundred, straight through the judgment, five hundred suo, straight secret pavilion", so he used a thousand taels of silver, thinking that he would buy a fat shortage, but he came to this deserted place where soldiers must fight.

But this place is overtly poor, but there are unlimited business opportunities in the dark. The cultivation equipment of the Song Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, and even the East China Sea countries were all circulated in Jinan Prefecture, and the profits of this cultivation market were comparable to the profits of normal market trading such as fish and rice.

After Fang Cai's tearing, Zhang Ji settled down, and carefully exchanged names with this Gong Zheng, and said a lot.

Gong Zheng said: "Master Cui of the Sword Academy has buried the villagers, and the rest of the situation is in this mansion chronicle, I will bring it, and the little brother will look at himself." ”

Zhang Ji took the government records handed by Gong Zheng and looked through them one by one, but did not find the dead and injured Li Brown. But there is still something I don't understand, how did this Li Brown escape this massacre? So he asked Gong Zheng.

Gong Zheng said: "Lord Cui said that he saved this person's life, and Lord Zhao Lianghei Zhao also saved this person's life before, but he was really lucky to be able to escape Rashomon's killing." No one in Gusu knows this Rashomon, and they are all terrified when they mention it. Being able to dodge is also a great blessing. ”

Zhang Ji flipped through the Mansion Chronicles again, and found that it was already in the end, and Li Brown's whereabouts were unknown, so he asked again: "Where is this person now?"

Gong Zheng said: "I don't know. I don't care about the world, I don't care about people pooping and farting, I can go wherever I want. If you want to say who knows where this person is, Lord Cui Lu of the Sword Academy may know. ”

Zhang Ji nodded, said no more, and pondered. He thought that Li Brown, the idiot, had died under the slaughter, but he didn't think that he was still alive. It's just that if you can't find him now, you should ask him what his plans are, or let him see his current fame.

Gong Zheng saw Zhang Ji pondering, thinking that he was still in the grief of thinking of his relatives, so he comforted: "People can't be resurrected after death, so they should mourn." Xianqi is so young, so famous, enough to glorify the family. ”

Zhang Ji sighed and said: "It's best not to mention it, a little loose official, just because I am from this Jinan Mansion, I was squeezed by the two-faced officials for no reason." As he spoke, he didn't forget to secretly observe Gong Zheng, wanting to see some slight scenes.

Gong Zheng said: "Little brother is quick to speak, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, who is not like this when he is an official." You are a high-ranking official, and everyone is a king, a child, and they are just like me, as the governor of the whole country, I also have to be guided by the officials up and down in the capital. Don't say that the official is small and can be bullied, it is just a magistrate, in the capital, a government official is inlaid with gold and silver. Don't you hear, 'I'd rather be a dog in the imperial capital than a person from another county', this regional gap, this personality level, in short, it is clear. ”

Zhang Ji nodded yes.

Gong Zheng continued: "Since we are so wronged, then can we still do it? If we don't do it, how can we be a person, how can we be parents, and how can we properly organize the relationship between the central and local authorities? Little brother, let's really say, if you don't be this official and don't suffer from this grievance, where will you get money to feed this family? Don't say that the family is old and young, even it is difficult to support yourself. ”

Zhang Ji said: "Brother's words are true. ”

Gong Zheng said with a smile: "I see that the little brother is full of indignation, and I see you as a talent, I know that you are not an idle person." That Yao Jichang, the famous little Tai Sui in Tokyo, has long been known in Zhulu Mansion. Seeing the shape just now, I think the little brother must have grievances, which goes without saying. Therefore, these heartfelt words with you should only be regarded as a greeting gift. ”

Zhang Ji looked at this person's appearance, although the southerner had a soft face, but this person felt a little hard, but his face was more oily, and in addition to being slippery, he also had a natural face and was also a person with rich experience, so he arched his hand and said: "In the future, I will work with my brother, and I must learn more from my brother." ”

Gong Zheng said: "That's also natural, but now, prepare some dishes for Xianqi to catch the wind and wash the dust." Now Dai Xiao is in his body, and it is not suitable for meat, so he will make a few exquisite vegetarian dishes. ”

Zhang Ji said: "There is labor." ”

Gong Zheng smiled: "It's routine." As he spoke, the people hurriedly spread out.