Liao Zhai Great Kind People

Chapter 65 This Can Have

The female ghost who came to Fuya to look for Zhang Xiu was named Qiurong. She was born to be very beautiful, and she and her husband have always been very affectionate. The couple made a living selling tofu.

It's a pity that the sky is jealous of the marriage. Her husband got terminally ill and died in less than half a year. She supported the whole family strongly and depended on her father-in-law.

But suddenly one day, his father-in-law died of a serious illness.

When she was sad, a group of officials broke into her house suddenly, put her in shackles and took her to the county government office, insisting that she had poisoned her father-in-law.

Qiu Rong made every possible excuse in the lobby, but the magistrate refused to listen, and even severely punished her.

After being imprisoned, a jailer sent a message asking her if she would marry the prime minister's nephew as a concubine.

After some exchanges, Qiurong finally learned from the jailer's few words that her father-in-law was actually poisoned to death by the prime minister's nephew Li Zijie!
It turned out that when Li Zijie was shopping in the market, he happened to see her shopping for vegetables. He was attracted by her beauty, so he became obsessed with sex, and planned to poison her father-in-law to death.

The purpose is to put the blame on her, so that she will marry Li Zijie willingly as a concubine.

After Qiurong learned the truth, she vowed to die, and tried to redress her grievances in the lobby to no avail. She was severely punished and died by the county magistrate.

This time she came to the government office, and found Zhang Xiu, the newly appointed Qingtian elder in Jinhua Mansion, and came here specially to avenge her grievances.

But what she didn't expect was that the master Qingtian she was looking for actually thought she was an evil ghost who came to suck yang energy from the very beginning.

What's more, this old man even wanted to suck her yin energy in turn! !

This... Who is the ghost here! !
Looking at the stern-faced Master Qingtian in front of him, Qiu Rong felt aggrieved, and knelt down on the ground with a sad face, not daring to move at all.

Zhang Xiu listened to her narrate her tragic experience, slowly put away her exercises, stared at the female ghost Qiu Rong in front of her, and said, "In this way, I have wronged you?"

Qiu Rong nodded again and again, but before she could say anything, seeing Zhang Xiu's fierce expression, she hurriedly changed her words: "No, it's...it's the little girl who didn't make it clear, please forgive me, Master Qingtian!"

Only then did Zhang Xiu nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "Since you can be seen by others, why don't you seek justice from the county magistrate?"

After hearing this, Qiurong laughed and cried: "My lord, the poor girl went to seek justice, but the county magistrate...he didn't care about it at all, and even hired a monk to chant scriptures at his home, trying to save the poor girl... "

"I found several high-ranking officials, and they all ignored the poor girl. The poor girl thought they were..."

"Officials protect each other?"

Zhang Xiu interrupted her with a dark face, said what she wanted to say but didn't finish, and then asked: "Li Zijie is the prime minister's nephew, you are not afraid of me and his power, like the ones you found before." Just like the official, you don't care about your grievances?"

When Qiu Rong heard the words, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and said with a sad expression: "To be honest, the poor girl doesn't know, but there is really no one to find the poor girl..."

Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Come to me at this time tomorrow, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

When Qiu Rong heard the words, she immediately revealed a hopeful expression, looked at Zhang Xiu whose eyes were as cold as ice, bowed on the ground, and turned into a gust of dark wind and went out the door.

After a while, Zhang Xiu looked outside the door and said, "Have you two heard enough?"

Hong Fu outside the door woke up in a jerk, only to find that a bearded man wearing a head-catching official's mansion was standing behind him, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

When did this bearded man come behind him? !
If he wants to harm himself, then now she...

Hong Fu slowly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, watched as the bearded man pushed open the door, walked in with big strides, and said with bright eyes, "Whose house are we going to burn this time?"

Hong Fu: "..."

This is not an official post, this is clearly a robber! !

With Hong Fu's messy expression, Zhang Xiu said: "The matter hasn't been clarified yet, why are you in a hurry, first find out the truth of the case...it's not too late to set fire!"

Hong Fu: "@#￥%￥#@..."

Sure enough, I just entered the robber's den by mistake!
Seeing the bearded man nodding slightly, Hongfu looked at Zhang Xiu with a tangled face: "That suspect is the prime minister's nephew, are you really going to arrest him?"

Zhang Xiu looked at her with red eyes, and said with a solemn expression: "I have seen Li Zijie before. If he dares to commit crimes like this, he must be prepared to be punished by the Ming Dynasty. If Qiurong didn't lie, he won't be caught." He is really unreasonable, my conscience is hard to rest my master!"

Looking at Zhang Xiu with a solemn expression, Hong Fu couldn't help but recall her father's voice and smile before her house was ransacked.

Before her home was ransacked, her father seemed to have said something similar...

Holding back her tears, Hongfu said firmly, "Master, Hongfu has been following you for the rest of his life. Tell me, what shall we do next?"

Zhang Xiu took a deep breath, then looked at Hongfu with a serious face: "How about you pour out my newly produced Yexiang first?"

Hong Fu: "..."

Believe it or not, I fought with you! !
The next day.

With the development of Zhang Xiu's investigation, many dusty past events gradually surfaced.

The most obvious thing is that many officials sent people to send bank notes for no reason.

Looking at the mountains of silver bills on the table, Zhang Xiu couldn't help laughing, looked at Yan Feng and said, "30 taels of silver, I remember we only spent 30 taels for disaster relief, right?"

Yan Feng glanced at the bank notes on the table, and said, "26 taels, you've made a net profit of 600+ taels."

Zhang Xiu couldn't help being amused when he heard the words: "That's right, I forgot to count the money I collected from Taoist Kong Fang. He worked hard all his life and only saved 10,000+ taels of silver. These officials..."

"It is said that the magistrate has been cleared for three years, and one hundred thousand snowflake silver. I have saved enough in less than half a year since I took office. Do you think I can retire early and return to my hometown?"

Yan Feng rolled his eyes, and complained: "If you don't donate money for disaster relief, the money you saved now would be enough for you to retire and return home ten times... Don't say that there is nothing left, how are you going to catch Li Zijie? He is still in the Imperial Academy in the capital, right?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu nodded in embarrassment, and said, "Indeed, Li Zijie is a new member of the Hanlin Academy. He won't come back if he has nothing to do, but...but what if his father is seriously ill?"

"I remember that King Liang paid great attention to filial piety. For the selection of officials, filial piety seems to be included in the promotion of officials..."

Yan Feng was startled when he heard the words: "Isn't that right? I found out that Li Zijie's father is very healthy. He can eat two catties of venison a day, and he can also guard three daughters at night. Except that the chance of getting wind is a little higher, it seems that there is no danger. What disease?"

The corner of Zhang Xiu's mouth curled up, revealing a very kind smile: "You can have this!"

Yan Feng: "@#￥%￥#@..."

Let this kind of person become the number one scholar in the new department, and then sent to the officialdom, the late emperor probably will die in peace...

(End of this chapter)