marquis of jingan

Chapter 19 A Bag of Money
After hearing the words "not guilty and acquitted", Shen Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, did not react. Shen Zhang, who was beside him, went limp and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Shen Ling was standing next to him, seeing the opportunity quickly, he supported Shen Zhang.

"Fourth Uncle, are you okay?"

Shen Zhang shook his head slightly, and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

This middle-aged man in his 40s looked up at his son kneeling in the lobby, and let out a long breath: "It's okay."

And Shen Yi, who was kneeling in the hall, bowed his head respectfully to Feng Zhixian, and said: "Thank you, the county magistrate, for being clear about the details, and for returning the innocent to the common people!"

This sentence was more or less thorny. After hearing this, County Magistrate Feng couldn't help frowning slightly, then shook his head and said: "This time, the county government has wronged you and made you suffer a lot. Wait a moment The Yamen will compensate you with some money for your health."

In this era, there is no compensation at all. If you are wronged, the most you can do is to let you go. The reason why Feng County Magistrate took the initiative to compensate Shen Yi was because of Lu Anshi Master Lu's face on the one hand, and on the other hand because of this. For two days, County Magistrate Feng felt that Shen Yi was weird.

He felt that this young man was almost completely different from the young man who was sent in at first.

This weird feeling made County Magistrate Feng very uncomfortable, so he also wanted to spend some money to calm things down and buy himself peace of mind.

For County Magistrate Feng's compensation, Shen Yi did not refuse. After thanking the county magistrate, he got up and came to his father and brother. He looked up at Shen Zhang, then knelt down, kowtowed to Shen Zhang, and said, "Your unfilial son makes you worry." gone."

Shen Zhang also tried to take the exam when he was young, but he failed in the exam repeatedly. He didn't even pass the exam for a scholar. Later, he gave birth to two sons, but he really had no way to get money, so he went to the capital to work hard with his fellow countrymen. Although Shen Zhang hadn't been by their brothers' side very much these years, he would send money back almost every month, and the money allowed Shen Yi and his brothers to live fairly well.

After Shen Yi's accident, Shen Zhang rushed back day and night, with a lot of gray hair and a lot of haggard body.

Seeing his son kneeling in front of him, Shen Zhang stretched out his hands, helped Shen Yi up, and sighed: "Good boy, it's all over, as long as it's okay, as long as it's okay."

He took Shen Yi's hand.

"Your sister-in-law has prepared meals for you at home, let's go home."

Now that Shen Yi has been found not guilty, he is already a free man and can go home at any time. He accompanied his father and his third brother Shen Ling to the front yard of the county government office. Then Shen Yi looked at his father and said softly: "Father, you and your third brother go back first, and my son will wait here for a while."

Shen Zhang frowned: "What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for the Chen family."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "Although my son has been wronged in this matter, he is fine after all. The Chen family has indeed lost a child. My son and Chen Qing are good friends. I want to see the Chen family later. Parents, explain this to them.”

Shen Zhang was silent for a while, and did not speak, but turned to look at Shen Ling at the side.

Shen Ling coughed, and said, "Fourth Uncle, after this incident, the Seventh Brother has grown up a lot. This time he was safe and sound, and it was because he tried to save himself in the prison. My nephew just went along with it." He meant to do it."

Shen Zhang hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, my father and your third brother will wait for you outside the county office. You...come out early."

"Go home and rest in the afternoon. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the academy with you to kowtow to Mr. Lu to thank you."

As he said that, Shen Zhang glanced at his eldest son, and a smile appeared on his face: "My son has to get out of the catastrophe, and there will be future blessings. Work hard this year, and try to pass the county examination next year, and then pass the government examination." , and then you can go to the capital to take the examination.”

"At that time, my father can take you to live in the palace for a few days and see the world."

The county test is in the county, the government test is in the city, and the hospital test is in the provincial capital.

Jiangdu County is attached to Guo, the county seat is the prefecture, and Jiangdu prefecture is located in Jiankang, the so-called "provincial city" is actually the capital, so the court examination will be held in the capital.

Shen Zhang has been in the capital for more than ten years, and now he is the steward of a certain palace in the capital, that is, the "little leader", so he dared to take Shen Yi to the palace to meet the world.

Shen Yi nodded with a smile: "One day when my son takes the entrance examination, I must go to the palace with my father to have a look."

The father and son talked for a while in the front yard of the county government office, and then Shen Ling took Shen Zhang and left together, leaving Shen Yi alone, standing in the front yard, quietly waiting for the people in the lobby to come out.

At this time, the case in the lobby is still going on.

The reason why Shen Yi was able to come out was because the crimes on his body have been released, so this case has nothing to do with him, but for Chen Qing's family, this case is far from over.

Shen Yi stood at the door for a while, before the people in the lobby came out, the smiling Master Deng walked towards Shen Yi with his hands in his sleeves.

After getting close, Master Deng took out a money bag from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Yi, and then he said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Shen, this is the money that the master asked me to pay you. You took these Money, go home and make up for yourself.”

"This is a misunderstanding, Mr. Shen, don't take it to heart."

Shen Yi took the money bag and weighed it in his hand. There was about 30 taels. He reached out and grabbed a handful from the money bag, and then put it in front of Master Deng with a very peaceful look on his face. Smile: "Thank you, Master, the money is for Master to drink tea."

Master Deng looked down at the broken silver in Shen Yi's hand, it was probably a small half of the bag of money.

The master who had spent half his life at the gate of the yamen stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, and looked at Shen Yi in disbelief: "Mr. Shen, this..."

Master Deng is in his forties this year. Over the years, he has seen people who regard money as their destiny, as well as those who are indifferent to fame and fortune, but this is the first time he has seen someone at Shen Yi's age who pays so lightly. .

"No other meaning."

Shen Qilang said with a smile: "According to the rules, some of it should be given to the master."

According to the rules of the yamen, one-third of the pass is less.

Only then did Master Deng smile dumbly, and said: "If other money is handed over, Deng may get stuck in his hand, but this money is given to you by the master himself, so Deng doesn't dare to take it."

With that said, Master Deng waved his hand, turned and left.

Shen Yi silently stuffed the money in his hand back into the purse, he held the purse in his hand, and still stood there without moving.

This money is the sincerity of the Jiangdu county government to reconcile with him.

With his low status now, he has no right to refuse the money given by the county lord, but he is not prepared to reconcile with the Jiangdu county government so easily.

Therefore, he is not going to use the money himself.

After waiting in the front yard for about half an hour, Chen Qing's parents and younger siblings finally came out of the lobby. Shen Yi took a deep breath, stepped forward silently, and handed the bag of money in his hand to Chen Qing. In front of Qing's father, he lowered his head slightly and said, "Uncle Chen, I was there when Chen Qing was beaten, but I couldn't save him, so take this money as a little bit of my heart."

The master of Fangcai County had already declared Shen Yi innocent, and now Chen's father and mother's attitude was not as fierce as before. Chen Qing's father was a farmer with dark skin. He looked up at Shen Yi, and then shook his head.

"We don't want your money."

With that said, he was about to pull his family away.

Obviously, their family still had some doubts about Shen Yi, after all, Shen Yi was the first to be arrested after the accident.

"It's not my money."

Shen Yi handed out the money bag again, with a low voice: "This is the money paid by the county government, and Uncle Chen should be regarded as the compensation from the county government to Chen Qing."

He looked at the Chen family and lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, what is the specific truth about Chen Qing's case, I can only tell you that I definitely did not do it. As for other things, I have no way to tell you for the time being. If you want to get to the bottom of it, you can go to Ganquan The academy asked the people in the academy to ask."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused and continued.

"But no matter what you ask, you can accept it as the county government judges you. Don't make trouble with them anymore, otherwise those people may not be good for your family."

After saying this sentence that seemed a bit like a "threat", Shen Qilang lowered his eyebrows slightly.

"As for other things..."

Shen Yi did not continue, but added something in his heart.

"Someone will do it for you in the future..."

(End of this chapter)