The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 60 A Sensation in the City (Super Chapter)
The canal runs through Wuxi City from north to south, and this part of the city is also known as the Zhihe River. Because the city and the county government are located in the west of the city, near the side of Taihu Lake, the most prosperous East Street and West Street are in the west of the city.

From Fenglindu to the county government office, you need to go straight through the bustling West Street and walk along the embankment of the Neihe River, a total of about three miles.

In March of Yangchun, the willows and willows are soft and the wind is blowing, and the water town is full of misty vigor. There are a few small gardens with white apricot blossoms, green flags, and beside the flowing water bridge, swallows are busy. Xiao Qinzhi is in it, as if he is looking for flowers. , How does it look like an arrested criminal?

However, the arrester who cleared the way ahead became more and more frightened. In this comfortable and pleasant March, he walked out of the sweat and looked around. On the inland river, there are also a few small boats with black awnings accompanying them.

The leading arrester knew that this matter would become too big to end, and he only hoped that he would work for Fahrenheit and get Fahrenheit's asylum at that time.

Carved lacquer pillars, vermilion gates, and a large black plaque hanging directly above it, on which are written four Chinese characters "Wuxi County Government". In the book, the county lieutenants all sat in order, and the Wuxi order was already wearing a green official robe, waiting for the battle.

This incident caused a lot of commotion. One side is a "celebrity" who has recently gained fame. Let's count Xiao Qinzhi as a celebrity. The other side is Wuxi wealthy Fahrenheit. It is very difficult to find a job of waiting for death because of the relationship between them.

The footsteps of a large group of men and horses sounded outside the county yamen, and the atmosphere inside the county yamen suddenly became dignified. Magistrate Wu straightened his clothes and stared at the door. Immediately following a young man dressed in black, gentle and gentle, his face remained unmoved, calm and natural, and the gate of the county government office was immediately blocked by a black crowd.

Xiao Qinzhi was from a humble family and had no official position. When meeting officials, he followed the etiquette, especially when he was on official business.Xiao Qinzhi knelt down on the ground, intertwined his hands, his left hand was on the top, his right hand was on the bottom, his head did not reach the ground, his head and waist were at the same level, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Qinzhi from a poor family, pay homage to the superior."

From Xiao Qinzhi's formal ceremony, it can be seen that Xiao Qinzhi will never let this matter go, otherwise, even if it is polite and restrained, the social atmosphere of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is open, and things like this are generally bowed You can.

County Magistrate Wu felt the pressure, and inexplicably smelled a hint of career crisis. He thought about Xiao Qin's unkindness, and thought: "I and you are from a poor family, so why bother with a poor family?"

At the same time, the county magistrate, chief secretary, and county lieutenant in the hall also turned their attention to Xiao Qinzhi. The county magistrate and the chief secretary all looked at the young man who was saluting with smiles, and only the county lieutenant looked at Xiao Qinzhi. fierce light.

County Magistrate Wu held his breath and said: "There is no need to be too polite." Then he glanced at the trembling prisoner and said coldly: "What are you talking about, please come here?"

The word "please" was used instead of "arrest". The county magistrate Wu expressed his personal attitude. How could the arrester dare to say that he was instructed by the Chinese education to arrest people for no reason, so he had to look at the county. Wei.

The county lieutenant and the county magistrate are both county magistrates and assistant officials. They are in charge of public security and arresting robbers. They are also greeted by the Chinese education in daily seasonal arrests.

"Boom—" There was a sound from the onlookers, secretly calling Fahrenheit despicable, insulting people's innocence with such inferior things.

Magistrate Wu looked at Xiao Qinzhi and asked, "Mr. Xiao, what do you have to say?"

The body is not afraid of the shadow slanting.

Xiao Qinzhi was not afraid at all, looked at the county lieutenant, and said seriously: "Can you tell me which property was stolen?"

The county lieutenant jokingly said: "Of course it's money. When you and your sister-in-law and a group of dozens of people left Huayuan, they carried two boats full of goods and passed through the city. People who witnessed it are everywhere. There is no doubt about it. "

Xiao Qinzhi asked again: "Can you confirm that the money was stolen?"

The county lieutenant thought to himself: "How can there be no money in the two ships full of goods?" Then he said with certainty: "Exactly, what else can you quibble about?"

Xiao Qinzhi said slowly: "The contents of the two ships are books handwritten by my sister. There is not a cabinet, a box or a drawer. When they were loaded on the ship at the wharf of Xingning Temple, many people saw it and asked people to ask about it. .”

The county captain fixed his face and said sharply: "Copy books by hand, fill two boats, arrogant boy, have you never handled a case when you are an official?"

Xiao Qinzhi held back his anger, neither humble nor overbearing, echoed: "Whether it is true or not, you can first punish and question the witnesses."

County Magistrate Wu immediately looked at the crowd of onlookers and asked, "Among you, did anyone witness it?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, what Xiao Langjun said is true."

"When I entered the city in the morning, I saw someone moving things away from Huayuan, and I even looked at them for a while. They were indeed books."

"I can testify."

Someone proved that there was more than one, which naturally proved that what Xiao Qin said was true, but the county lieutenant insisted, and continued to slander:

"Even if there are two full ships, if some property is mixed in, it is not impossible."

This remark was unreasonable, and it was clearly a nonsense. Magistrate Wu was quite annoyed, but he had no choice.

The county magistrate and the chief book also felt that the county magistrate's move was indecent, and persuaded him: "Even if someone witnesses the book, the case can be closed. How can we continue? Besides, Mr. Xiao Lang is a scholar, has poetic talent, and has righteousness in his heart. I will definitely not do such a thing like a dog."

However, the county lieutenant has already obtained the promise of the Chinese education, which blocked his own future, and insisted: "I have been handling cases for many years, and I have seen many cases of people being expelled from the funeral and stealing the owner's property."

Uncle Qi howled, "You dirty official, you actually slandered me, Mrs. Xiao."

The county lieutenant glanced at him, immediately reprimanded him, and shouted loudly: "You insulted me in court, come here, take it down, and take twenty big boards."

Uncle Qi slammed the pestle heavily on the ground with the horse lance in his hand, and the smashed bluestone slab buzzed, and the green-glowing blade pointed directly at the county captain, and shouted: "Zhou Lie, go to the ferry, let me be the sixty-year-old man of the Xiao family." Hurry up and tear down this filthy county government."

Zhou Liehan said: "Yes!"

Xiao Qinzhi was in a hurry. He was about to make a fuss about a matter that was sure to be sure, but he became the one who was wronged. He quickly reprimanded: "Zhou Lie, stop." He looked at Qi Shu again and said: "Seventh Uncle can't, I will own countermeasures."

The arrester was so frightened that his back was sweating coldly. It was just a dozen or so of them who were eating and waiting to die. It was okay to bully and bully the unarmed ordinary people. They were about to face off against a routine of martial arts practiced all the year round, and they might not be able to last a round.

County Magistrate Wu took a deep breath and said anxiously, "Mr. Xiao, stop quickly."

The county lieutenant's eyes turned fiercely, pointed at Xiao Qinzhi, put on a big hat, and said: "Bold, you dare to carry sixty pieces of music without permission, Xiao Qinzhi, what are your intentions? There must be conspiracy heart." Then he looked at County Magistrate Wu, and said in a serious voice, "I invite the county magistrate to arrest Xiao's traitors quickly."

Xiao Qinzhi didn't panic at all, cupped his hands and said: "I'm afraid the county lieutenant may have misunderstood it. My seventh uncle clearly said Liushierlang. How come it became a melody just from your mouth. Langlang Qiankun, under the watchful eyes of everyone, The county magistrate must uphold justice."

County Magistrate Wu let out a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "County Lieutenant, this official has indeed heard that it is Erlang, not a part, you heard it wrong."

The county lieutenant twisted his eyes, looked at Xiao Qinzhi, and said eloquently: "Dare to ask who goes out with sixty sons, and the noble family will not do the same. Besides, you Xiao family is from a poor family?"

Xiao Qinzhi said: "Wu is prosperous and well-known far and near. The descendants of my Xiao family have many relatives and friends. When they hear me come to Wu, they will walk with me. Come to see and see. It is not impossible. Besides, I will read "Jin "Law" and did not find any law stipulating that you can't bring sixty people of the same clan to Wu. Could it be that this regulation is limited to Wuxi County?"

When a family and aristocratic family go out, the scale is huge, thousands or hundreds of people are nothing, not to mention that the Xiao family has dozens of people, Wu County Magistrate said coldly: "There is no such law in Wuxi."

The county lieutenant refused to let go, pointed at the horse in Qishu's hand, and accused, "Then what's the matter with this weapon?"

Xiao Qinzhi spat: "Is there a rule in the "Jin Law" not to carry iron objects out?"

The county lieutenant scolded angrily: "This is clearly a weapon, do you think I don't have eyes?"

Xiao Qinzhi mocked: "You should have eyes, but I suggest that the county lieutenant should go out and go for a walk, not limited to Wuxi County. Would this become a weapon? It is clearly a tool used by my seventh uncle for fishing , when encountering a big fish, one fork can pierce through it.

"You use a spear to catch fish? Have you never seen a fishing fork?"

"Is there a rule in the "Jin Law" that there is only one kind of fork for fishing?"

"It doesn't stop there. My seventh uncle uses his hand and often uses it to peel pears. Do you need to demonstrate it in court for the county lieutenant?"

The county lieutenant choked, his face blackened with anger, panting heavily, staring at Xiao Qinzhi but he was exhausted: "You—you—"

"Haha—" the crowd applauded.

"And the triangular fork."

"There is more than one kind of fork."

The county magistrate of Wu, the county magistrate, and the chief bookkeeper did not speak, but snickered in their hearts, showing appreciation for Xiao Qinzhi's generous speech.

The county lieutenant was complained by Xiao Qinzhi for a while, and felt that if he continued to entangle on this issue, he might not be able to please him, so he secretly said: "I have suffered from not being familiar with the "Jin Law", after this matter, I must read it again. "Jin Law"."

The county lieutenant regrouped, and issued an order: "Report to the county magistrate, the lower officials will investigate, and the property stolen by Fahrenheit is very likely to be hidden in the books. It needs to be searched, and the criminal evidence will definitely be found."

County magistrate Wu naturally understood that if the county lieutenant sent someone to investigate, at that time, the evidence of innocence would also become evidence of guilt. .

Xiao Qinzhi already understood what the county lieutenant was up to, but he had a plan to deal with it, and said loudly: "Please allow the county magistrate to return my Xiao family's innocence."

"Hey——" As soon as this remark came out, it immediately won the praise of everyone, and someone said:
"Xiao Langjun, what a demeanor!"

"Have a righteous heart!"

"A true celebrity, Mr. Xiao Lang!"

Just when Wu County Magistrate was about to issue an order, a subordinate official came to report: "Mr. Hua Xiao is here." The student has sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, a long, narrow and withered face, and a dull complexion. His body has been hollowed out by the consumption of drugs and sex for a long time.

However, Huajiao knew that he was not fair, so he put on a thick layer of white powder, put on a coquettish blush, wore a pink robe with hanging flowers on his body, and black gold silk shoes on his feet, leaning lazily, An unattainable look.

The two young servants were carrying a shoulder turf, and they looked down on everyone, and when they saw someone who refused to give way, they would scold at every turn, and everyone avoided them wherever they passed, and they were so grandiose. A black foot tripped over the servant who was walking in front, and the shoulder chair fell forward with a bang.

And the person on the shoulder was careless, and he slammed his face on the ground of the court, just in the direction of Xiao Qinzhi, with a "bang", Xiao Qinzhi quickly glanced to the side, just dodged Flying disaster.

"Oh—I fell to my death." Huajiao lay on the ground, groaning, his clothes were disheveled, the powder on his face left a white and red bloodstain on the ground, and his front teeth were also severely injured, exposing a gap.

The two felled servants rushed to help them, but they were kicked over by Huajiao, covering their bloody face, and shouted: "Come here, kill these two poor slaves with a stick."

The arrester came out in response, and several of them firmly pushed the two young men to the ground. The young men were so frightened that they froze, and begged for mercy: "Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang, someone tripped me, I didn't mean it." of."

"Bastard, dare to talk back and smash his mouth." The words of resentment overflowed from Huajiao's broken front teeth.

The catcher raised his hand, mercilessly, and slapped the boy on the face fiercely. After several slaps, blood flowed from the boy's mouth, he faltered and kowtowed for mercy.

The county lieutenant hurried forward, stretched out his wide sleeves, wiped the blood on the face of Huajiao, and said desperately: "Hurry up and drag him down."

Four arresters carried two young servants to the back of the county government office, only to hear the muffled sound of sticks being hit on the flesh, at first the young servant could wail a few words, but after a while, the sound stopped. , The arrester came to report that the two servants had been killed.

All this really happened under Xiao Qinzhi's nose, but in the blink of an eye, the two lives were gone, even the county magistrate didn't say a word to stop him.

In this era where people are like nothing, servants are not human beings, and their lives are naturally not fate. If something makes the master's family unhappy, they can be killed immediately.

Xiao Qinzhi was confused for a while, then recovered, and his mood changed a little in an instant. If we said that before, he could take some action for Hua An's sake, but now, he is already immortal.

The county lieutenant tried his best to perform in front of the Huajiao, and furiously said to the person at the door: "Who tripped you, come out quickly, don't implicate others."

Some of the onlookers at the gate were frightened and fled in a hurry, but someone always filled in immediately. Some talented people who came to Wuxi to participate in the final product were happy and fearless. The fellow still stood upright, and the rest were Seventh Uncle, Man Gu and Zhou Lie, glaring angrily.

The county lieutenant looked sharply, pointed at Uncle Qi, and shouted loudly: "It must be you, you guys from the Xiao family who tripped you."

Huajiao didn't even think about it, and said angrily: "Come on, catch these people and kill them with sticks."

Xiao Qinzhi's eyes burst into flames, and he said: "you can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk about flowers indiscriminately. Which of your eyes saw that they tripped you? How dare you slander others wantonly with empty words and baseless words? I am ashamed to be with you. If you don't make it clear today, this official matter is going to be in front of the prefect Xie of Jinling County, and I dare to ask for justice."

County Magistrate Wu didn't want to participate at all, but upon hearing this, he knew that Xiao Qinzhi also had backing, and thought: "Thank you, magistrate, tsk tsk, then it's nothing to do with me." He became a bystander, silently Speechless, the county magistrate and the chief secretary are also the same, watching the show and acting as battlefield recorders.

Huajiao turned his head when he heard the sound, seeing that Xiao Qinzhi looked better than himself, the original anger in his heart added another layer, the pain and anger continued to rise, and he shouted:

"Magistrate Wu, this person stole my Hua's property, the evidence is convincing, go to jail immediately."

Xiao Qinzhi immediately retorted: "You are full of nonsense, you don't know what to say, if you have any evidence, show it quickly. You don't need to tell me, I will go to jail myself, I don't want to insult my eyes and ears."

The county lieutenant clung to Huajiao's ear and whispered a few words, Huajiao kicked the county lieutenant's leg and scolded: "If this thing is done well, what use do you need?"

The county lieutenant was frightened and said in a low voice: "Yes, yes." Then he glared at the righteous Xiao Qinzhi with resentment, and roared: "I will take people to investigate now, and I will definitely put you in prison."

"Wait a minute!" Huajiao said again: "It's more than that, those books are also my Huashi's, and taking them without telling them is stealing."

The county lieutenant's mind brightened instantly, and he said: "The evidence is undeniable. Please forgive your sharp tongue, and you can't quibble."

Xiao Qinzhi said contemptuously: "Those books were copied by my elder sister, not yours."

Huajiao saw that Xiao Qinzhi could still talk back, so he was very angry for a while, and blurted out: "It's all words, who knows if they copied it or took it?"

Xiao Qinzhi looked at Huajiao like a fool, and said with a sneer: "I really opened my eyes in Wuxi. Those who don't know are fearless and courageous."

Huajiao was so angry that he was confused, and he opened his mouth and said, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Qinzhi gave a contemptuous smile and didn't bother to answer.

County Magistrate Wu acted as the third person and explained: "You can compare the handwriting, and you can tell if it is a copy."

However, Huajiao said again: "It doesn't matter whether she copied it or not, as long as it is my book, it is my book."

Xiao Qinzhi said mercilessly: "Yes, yes, in this way, everyone in your Hua family is a thief."

"Hahaha----"

The phrase "everyone in the Hua family is a thief" made everyone laugh, and the laughter resounded through the county government, like a sea tide, spreading layer by layer to the people behind who couldn't watch it with their own eyes.

Huajiao's eyes were tearing apart, a pampered and pampered nobleman, who had never been ridiculed and insulted like this, immediately pointed at the laughing person and cursed: "Dare you, a pariah?"

The county lieutenant waved his hands and reprimanded: "Don't even laugh."

Xiao Qin said quietly at the right time: "Dare to ask the county captain, is there a rule in the "Jin Law" that no one is allowed to laugh?"

The county lieutenant was speechless, his face was red, his throat was blocked again, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

The loud laughter outside the county office still didn't stop, but became louder and louder. The trembling river rippled and resounded through the sky.

Huajiao thought it would be effortless to teach a poor boy a lesson, but unexpectedly, he broke his halberd one after another, ruining his face even more, and now he is ridiculed by so many people, the anger in his chest has nowhere to vent, and he lost his reason at this moment. Staring at a pair of scarlet eyes, he said:

"Untouchable, that poem was written by you. My father was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. You are an untouchable. If you dare to hurt my father, death is not a pity!"

"Wow——" the onlookers couldn't help gasping, they only knew that Xiao Qinzhi had written a poem, but they didn't know that Jianghua spit blood out of anger and fell into a coma.

Xiao Qinzhi calmly asked, "I have written too many poems, which one is it?"

Huajiao endured the burning pain on his face, and recited in public: "Xiao Xiao Luo Ye Feng, Sa Sa Qiu Feng and you dare to say that you didn't do this?"

Xiao Qinzhi fixed his eyes, and said with a smile: "This poem is indeed written by me, but what does it have to do with Hua Shijun vomiting blood?"

Huajiao jumped into a rage, pulled the wound on his face, and felt a sharp pain. He gritted his teeth and said: "You untouchable, wrote a lowly poem to deliberately anger my father, so that my father vomited blood and fell into a coma. You still say you didn't do it?"

Xiao Qinzhi sneered and said: "You are a pariah, I don't care about this matter. I don't understand that you say that I write poems deliberately to make the emperor, is there a name in this poem?
"Does this poem say your name, Fahrenheit?"

"Does this poem contain insulting words?""

"Ask again, which rule of the "Jin Law" has been violated by writing this poem?"

Xiao Qinzhi pressed forward step by step, without any fear, his voice was louder than the next question, the Chinese teacher who asked kept retreating, and roared angrily: "You lowly bastard, you actually barked at me.

"Come here, take this dog down immediately."

The arrester did not dare to go out immediately, Xiao Qinzhi was not like those two servants who had the power of life and death in Fahrenheit, who would kill if killed.

Huajiao was in a hurry. Seeing that the arrester was unmoved, he said with red eyes: "What's the matter, I, Huashi, will bear it all. I'm just a pariah. If you dare to insult my gentry, you're looking for death, but you need to pay some money."

Uncle Qi made a move to stop him, but Xiao Qinzhi waved his hand to stop him, feeling indignant in his heart, it was as cold as a heavy snowfall, and he said in his heart: "Fahrenheit must pay a heavy price." Staring at Huajiao sharply, he said coldly: " You, Fahrenheit, want to rely on your power to bully others?"

How can Huajiao manage so much, thinking that Xiao Qinzhi was guilty, and said aggressively: "So what, you are a poor man, a pariah, so what can you do?"

Xiao Qinzhi talked to Uncle Qi for a few words, and made arrangements for the follow-up.Then he bowed to the crowd and said: "Thank you for your help."

He glanced at Huajiao disdainfully, then bound his hands, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and said to the prisoner: "Take me to prison, I will never do anything wrong in my life, and I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Son, so what if you walk around once?"

In order to prove Xiao's crime of stealing money, the county captain immediately sent people to Fenglin Ferry to find evidence of the crime on Xiao's ship after Xiao Qin was imprisoned. Going to prison together, he had already gone one step ahead, returned to the ferry, and explained Xiao Qinzhi's arrangement to Sixth Uncle.

Xiao Qinzhi used "Jin Law" to fight against the Wuxi county government.

In a poem by Xiao Qinzhi, Hua Shijun vomited blood and fell into a coma.

Fahrenheit used his power to bully others, and Xiao Qin was sent to prison.

The latest news, through the word of mouth of the onlookers, and the visits of the boys from various families, fueled the publicity, and within half an hour, the city of Wuxi knew it.

Furthermore, the whole city was a sensation!

[I originally wrote a lot, but the manuscript suddenly disappeared, so that's all for today!hey-hey.】

(End of this chapter)