Chapter IV continued

After a few witnesses left, Governor Li said: "Zhang Zhengqing listened to the verdict, Zhang Zhengqing, the former magistrate of Qingyuan County, as the magistrate of the county, did not know how to perceive the people's feelings and share the worries of the people, but he colluded with Diao Min Li Laoshi, bribed the witnesses Zhao Wu and Sun Dahu to give false testimony, and framed the good citizen Wu Tiande to be imprisoned. Reluctantly go to your county magistrate official position, escort back to your hometown in the countryside, and set off without delay within three days. Zhang Zhixian looked a little hesitant, and secretly said: "If I sign and draw the charge today, I am afraid that this case will never be overturned, if I do not sign and draw the charge, I don't know what poisonous tricks they will make, and then I am afraid that even his wife and children will be punished, but it is important to save his life first, and I will talk about the matter of redress later." Governor Li looked at Zhang Zhengqing's delay in answering, and snorted coldly: "Zhang Zhengqing, I see that you are a person who understands, should you also punish me." Zhang Zhengqing said helplessly: "Thank you Lord Governor for taking care of Zhang and not aggravating the responsibility, Zhang will always feel it in my heart, and I will sign and draw it." Governor Li said, "You can stay overnight in the county office tonight, move out of the county office tomorrow, and leave Qingyuan within three days." Zhang Zhengqing said: "Zhang respects the order of the governor. Governor Li saw Zhang Zhengqing sign and draw, and said, "Leave the court." Zhang Zhengqing walked towards the back office. At this time, it was already unitary time, and Zhang Zhengqing was ready to pack up when he returned to the back office.

After Zhang Zhengqing left, Governor Li smiled and said, "Wu Yuanwai, please get up quickly." So saying, he went down the hall. Wu Yuanwai got up and stepped forward and said: "Lord Li, you are really the master of the blue sky, you can redress my son's grievances, the grass people are really grateful, I implore the adults to go to the house tonight to rest, and also ask the grass people to do their best to express their gratitude to the landlord." Governor Li said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, so let's go." The two walked out of the county hall with a smile and a smile, and the entourage also followed them.

After Zhang Biao and Li Hu waited for Governor Li's gang to leave, they were looking for Zhang Qi and Wang Ba to ask for an explanation, but they were long gone. Zhang Biao said: "Brother Li Hu, let's go and ask Zhang Zhixian what is going on. Li Hu said: "No need to ask, this is obviously because people have already calculated, maybe they will be recruited later, let's go and remind Zhang Zhixian." The two of them walked towards the back office, and when they came to the back office, they saw Zhang Zhixian's face was ugly, as if he had a serious illness. Zhang Biao said: "My lord, I see that your face is very bad, you have to have a good rest, when do you plan to set off, if you have anything to do, just tell me, Brother Li Hu and I will do it for you." Li Hu said: "Yes, I don't think they will stop there, adults should be more vigilant." Zhang Zhixian said: Now that I am the meat on the board to be cut, where do I have any ability to be guarded against, I have to resign myself to fate. Li Hu said: "If this is the case, it is better to leave early than late, how do you plan to go." Zhang Zhixian said: "Mrs. and Cuihua are both women, Ling'er is still a child, and I am now weak and weak, not to mention walking back to my hometown, I may fall down after walking for a day and a half, I want to hire a carriage I don't know how much silver it will cost." Li Hu said: "From Qingyuan to Yangzhou, the adult's hometown, you will get at least one hundred taels of silver." Zhang Zhixian sighed and said: "Our family's stock is only 100 taels, except for the fare, there is no more entanglement on the road, so don't talk about living at home." Zhang Biao said, "I don't have any livestock at home, so I'll take ten taels to make coils for adults." Li Hu said: "I will also give ten taels to the adults." Zhang Zhixian said: "Then how can you do it, your life is not easy." Zhang Biao said: "Don't shirk your lordship, as the saying goes, it's difficult to go out for a thousand days at home, and it's easy for us to deal with it." Zhang Zhixian said gratefully: "I want to be in trouble, the two headhunters are willing to help each other so much, and Zhang Yonggan's kindness and virtue of the two will be reported." Zhang Biao said: "Don't be polite, my lord, Li Zhutou and I will hire a car now, we must arrange the carriage tonight, and we will leave this place early tomorrow, my lord." Zhang Zhigu said: "It's so good, there are two people who catch the head." ’

At this time, Mrs. Wang Cuihua brought her son Ling'er over, and Zhang Biao and Li Hu, the two heads of the husband, came over to say hello to Mrs. Zhang Zhixian pulled Ling'er and said: "Ling'er, you must remember the kindness of the two headhunters to our family, they can still help each other so much when we are in trouble, they are really righteous people, you must always remember it." Ling'er said: "Dad, don't worry, the child remembers, if there is a chance, the child will repay the two head-catchers tenfold." Zhang Biao said: "Adults don't have to worry about it, this is what we should do, usually adults treat us like brothers, how can we not know." After saying that, the two of them took their leave and went to look for the car.

After the lady saw the two heads gone, she asked Zhang Zhigu: "Xianggong, what happened, how can you say that our family is in trouble." It turned out that Mrs. Zhang Zhixian never asked, and she didn't even come to the lobby, so she didn't know anything about the case after a day of trial in the lobby. Zhang Zhixian told the cause and effect, sighed and said: "It's me who has caused you two to suffer." Madame comforted: "Since it is useless to think about it on our heads, there is no need for the husband to blame himself, we just need to have the right conscience of heaven and earth, as the saying goes, it is a blessing not a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, everything is left to fate." After listening to Zhang Zhixian's story, Ling'er thought to herself: "My father was wronged, why didn't he sue the court." So he said, 'Father, they have planted a dirty frame like this, and we will go to the court to report it.' Zhang Zhixian said: "Ling'er, how do you know the sinister nature of this world, people have a lot of money and officials to buy up and down, even if they sue the court, they can't pay me back, they are all officials and officials, and there is no place for us to speak." The lady said, "Don't tell us, as long as we can return to our hometown safely, the prime minister should eat first." Zhang Zhengqing said: "I can't eat it, I don't have any taste at all." The lady said: "What can I do if I don't eat, what should I do if I want to be hungry and call me and Ling'er, I will ask Chunhong to boil lotus seed porridge, you go and drink a little." Zhang Zhengqing listened to his wife's persuasion and went to the living room for dinner with his wife and Ling'er.

Zhang Zhengqing is a honest and honest county, just with that bit of money is enough to talk about pomp, did not invite any servants, only Chunhong is still the wife's dowry when she got married, and the lady wants to ask her to marry She is unwilling, saying that she will accompany his wife to never marry for the rest of her life. Although Chunhong is a maid, Mrs. has long regarded him as a sister, and she eats at the same table every day, she does not want to marry, and Mrs. is ready to call the Xianggong to accept her as a concubine for the New Year, so that she can have a good home. Zhang Zhengqing, his wife, and Ling'er came to the living room, Chunhong had prepared the meal, and the family of four sat around the table to eat, no one was in the mood to speak, and Chunhong didn't dare to ask if it was anything. Zhang Zhengqing drank a bowl of lotus seed porridge and put down his chopsticks and stopped eating, and said to his wife: "Madam, tidy up the things at night, and we will set off early tomorrow morning to go home, pick up some necessary things to bring, and throw the rest away, I will go back to the room to rest first." Then he left. Chunhong saw Zhang Zhengqing leave and asked quietly, "Madam, what's wrong with him, master." The lady said, "The master was framed, and now he has lost his official position and is about to return home." Chunhong said: "Is it possible to go back to your hometown like this and not go to the house to appeal." Mrs. said: "It's not easy to appeal, this time it is the governor of the eight provinces, Li Shangliang, and the Wu family colluded with Haode, and they have already arranged the master's retreat, and called him to return to his hometown immediately, there is no way to appeal, I am afraid that they will be anxious, and I don't know what evil things will be done, as long as they can return to their hometown safely, it is a good thing." ’

Madame and Chunhong were busy packing up their things after eating, and Ling'er also ran around. Mrs. and Chunhong packed up their things, they didn't want to throw this away, they didn't want to throw that away, and they didn't pack it up for half an hour. It turned out that when I came from Sanhe County, there were two carriages, and there were several large boxes of daily necessities and books, calligraphy and paintings, but now there is only one carriage. At this time, Zhang Zhengqing came from the study, saw that it was a mess, and said: "Madam, we can only hire a carriage for this long journey, we have many people and few cars and it is difficult to sit, you just put the necessary clothes in a box, and bring two quilts, I will go and put haode calligraphy and paintings and books in a box, pack up and rest quickly, and I will have to hurry up tomorrow morning." Then he went back to the study. Madame now has a goal, and quickly packs it up.

Ling'er also followed Zhang Zhengqing to pack up the calligraphy and paintings, and just sat down to rest, Zhang Biao and Li Hu came to the study, Zhang Biao said: "My lord, the carriage has been hired, so I want to say that I need a hundred taels of silver." Zhang Zhengqing said: "It's good to hire it, it's hard work, we hired a car, there are a lot of things that can't be taken away, tomorrow we will leave after the two heads come to see the useful things and take them back." Zhang Biao said: "It's okay, we will come early tomorrow morning to see off the adults." Then they took out ten taels of silver and put them on their desks, and then they took their leave and went home. Zhang Zhengqing sent him out of the study, and then went back to the room with Ling'er to rest.

Besides, Governor Li went to the gate of the county government and got on his eight-carried sedan chair, hugged in front of everyone, and walked majestically towards Wu Yuanwai's house. After a while, he came to the Wu family, which was much more magnificent than the county government, with a high house and a large courtyard. The Wu family had already put up lanterns to welcome Governor Li's arrival. After entering the hospital, I saw that the banquet had already been set up in the hall of the front yard, and the servants were constantly busy coming and going. Governor Li said: "Go and have a good drink, and don't let down Wu Yuanwai's enthusiasm." Wu Wangcai said to Governor Li again: "Master Li, let's go to the back hall, there is another banquet in the back hall." The two of them said and walked towards the back hall.

As soon as Wu Yuanwai and Li Shangliang entered the door of the back hall, Fan Tongzhang, the prefect of Qingzhou, stepped forward and said, "The lower officials have seen the governor Li. When Governor Li saw that it was Governor Fan, he asked, "When did Governor Fan arrive?" Governor Fan said, "I've been waiting for you here for several days." Li Xunfu said: "When I received your letter, I immediately hurried over." Governor Fan gave Governor Li the upper seat and sat down. Said politely: "This time my nephew Tiande's case is thanks to the great help of the governor, and the lower officials are grateful. Governor Li smiled and said: "Governor Fan doesn't have to be polite, if it weren't for the good design of you and Wu Yuanwai, who bought so many witnesses, I would have set up a way to close the case so quickly, and I also called that Zhang Zhengqing speechless and helpless, in fact, there is such a perfect jihua, Fan Governor, you can handle this case yourself." Fan Zhifu said: "That's far away, others will say that I am shielding my relatives and framing others, but I can't say clearly." Wu Wangcai smiled and said, "Anyway, the governor has the greatest credit, and Wu must thank him again." As he spoke, he took five hundred taels of silver tickets and put them in front of Governor Li. Li Xunfu smiled and said, "Governor Fan, you see that Wu Yuanwai is too polite and too outward. As he spoke, he folded the silver ticket and put it in his cuff. Governor Fan said: "That's as it should be. ’