Liao Zhai Great Kind People

Chapter 66
Li Zijie walked on the embankment of the new building in Jinhua Mansion, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides, only feeling the gorgeous flowers and trees, and countless beautiful scenery.

Looking back, he couldn't help sighing to the servant: "Just half a year has passed, and this place has changed from a ruin to a fairyland on earth. It seems that this number one scholar in the same department as me is not only good at writing, but also good at governance." Riding Juechen, he surpasses everyone."

This time he received a letter and heard that his father was seriously ill, and his food intake changed from two catties of venison a day to only one and a half catties a day. He was suddenly worried, and asked the new emperor for leave while weeping in the court , I hurried back to my hometown.

For this, he was also honored by the emperor.

As for the truth of the matter, of course the truth cannot be told to Xinjun, after all he is not so stupid...

The servant was just about to flatter him, saying that the young master was no worse than the No. [-] scholar, when suddenly, a bearded headhunter led the official came over.

When he got closer, the bearded man pulled Li Zijie off his horse without saying a word, and angrily said: "You can walk this embankment too? This newly built embankment can only be walked by my master!"

Li Zijie was furious when he heard the words: "Going across the embankment and dividing people, how can there be such a reason in the world? You are only allowed to set fires in prefects, and you are not allowed to light lamps!!"

The bearded man suddenly changed his face when he heard the words, waved his big hand, and ordered: "Come on, these two dare to slander our master, lock them up and put them in prison!"

Li Zijie was stunned, and then he said angrily: "I don't see who dares you! My cousin is the current prime minister! And I don't even know who your master is, and I didn't name him by name!"

The bearded man showed a ferocious face: "How dare you quibble, which magistrate likes to set fire, don't those of us under his command know?"

Li Zijie: "..."

What the hell, there really are magistrates who like to set fires in this world! !
"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. I am a Hanlin appointed by the imperial court, and my cousin is the current prime minister...my cousin is the prime minister!"

Amidst Li Zijie's shouts, the bearded headhunter put Li Zijie's master and servant in shackles, and dragged them to the lobby of the government office.

This bearded man is Yan Feng. It has been a full month since Zhang Xiu imitated Li Zijie's father's handwriting and sent a letter to Li Zijie.

He was here deliberately waiting for Li Zijie's arrival. As for the excuse, the excuse of insulting Master Qingtian was enough!

When he arrived at the government office, Li Zijie was dragged in disheveled clothes, disheveled hair, and blisters on the soles of his feet, and he was in a mess.

After waiting for another hour, Zhang Xiu came to the court with wolfberry tea. Zhang Xiu, who had a calm expression, looked at Li Zijie who was kneeling on the ground, and said in surprise, "You...you..."

Li Zijie was about to burst into tears: "Brother Zhang, you finally recognized me, the officials under your command were really too reckless, they arrested me without saying a word, and they didn't give me any excuses Chance……"

Zhang Xiu restrained her surprised expression, and continued with a look of disgust, "You are so ugly."

Li Zijie: "..."

Co-authored you because of this surprise!

Li Zijie was inexplicably sad and indignant, but the hero does not suffer from immediate losses. He just wanted to say that you shot me with an arrow when you were in the west mountain of the capital!
Zhang Xiu went to the case and sat down, pulled out a command arrow and threw it down, saying sharply, "Hit! See if he moves!"

Bang bang bang, at the thirtieth board, Li Zijie was in pain crying for his father and mother, his buttocks were stained red with blood, he burst into tears and said: "Brother Zhang, I really want to recruit, but you haven't said what kind of confession you want me to... ..."

Zhang Xiu glanced at the miserable-looking Li Zijie, and asked, "Qiurong's father-in-law, did you send someone to poison him to death?"

Li Zijie trembled, followed by a puzzled expression: "Who is Qiurong?"

Zhang Xiu sneered, and shouted: "Come here, bring the shopkeeper Liu of Tongxintang Pharmacy to the hall!"

A mighty voice sounded, and a shopkeeper in silk and money costumes was brought up, secretly glanced at Li Zijie who was lying on the ground, and fell to his knees profusely in sweat.

"Master Qingtian, the butler of the Li family came to buy the arsenic from the small shop. The villain has no idea that they are going to poison people. Please ask the master Qingtian to learn from it!"

Li Zijie glared at shopkeeper Liu viciously, showing a somewhat threatening expression, then raised his face in a daze, and said, "What arsenic, I don't know about it next time, maybe the housekeeper bought it for poisonous rats?"

Zhang Xiu's face turned dark when he heard this, "Do you poison rats with arsenic? The arsenic is obviously used to poison officials I don't like... Cough cough, it's obviously used to poison people!"

Zhang Xiu, who was almost talking about showing her mouth, coughed twice, looked at Li Zijie without changing her face, and continued: "Come here, bring Zhang Mi, the magistrate of Jinhua County, to the court!"

The voice fell, and a fat old man who had been stripped of the government was brought into the lobby.

Looking at the people in the lobby, the county magistrate Zhang Mi turned pale, took a deep breath, and after saluting, looked at Zhang Xiu neither humble nor overbearing.

"My lord, let alone whether Mr. Li has broken the law or not. Mr. Li is a member of the Imperial Academy. You tortured Mr. Li without permission. This is against reason and against the law!"

Zhang Xiu squinted at Zhang Mi, and nodded slowly: "You are right, my lord really shouldn't torture him."

Zhang Mi saw that Zhang Xiu's attitude was somewhat relaxed, and smiled slightly, and just about to speak, he heard Zhang Xiu say: "I don't know how to break the law. As the saying goes, if you listen to people's advice to eat enough, then do it according to Zhang County Magistrate's will." .

Yan Feng, don't punish Li Zijie from now on, just drag Li Zijie down and kill him according to Zhang County Magistrate's order. "

Yan Feng cupped his hands with bright eyes: "This subordinate takes orders!!"

Zhang Mi was stunned: "!!!"

What the hell do I mean? ? ?
Li Zijie glared at Zhang Mi, and scolded in a low voice: "Shut up and put away your officialdom, don't you know that Zhang Xiu is a lunatic!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his face to look at Zhang Xiu, and said with a dignified look: "Master Zhang, arresting people is based on evidence! If you frame me up out of thin air with red lips and white teeth, this day is clear, I Li Zijie I would rather die than submit!"

Zhang Xiu looked at the stubborn Li Zijie, sneered, and then looked at Zhang Mi: "Zhang Mi, Qiurong was imprisoned wrongly, why did you ignore her and beat her to death?"

Zhang Mi said with a righteous face: "Qiu Rong, this unruly and shrew, actually murdered her father-in-law in a frenzy. The evidence is convincing. Even if she is beaten to death in court, I have a clear conscience!"

Zhang Xiu patted the gavel, looked at the two who refused to confess with a dark face, and said, "Come on, take these two to prison and try again tomorrow!"

Looking at the official who came forward, Zhang Mi said without fear: "Master Zhang, listen to my advice, you must know how to advance and retreat in this court, so that you can understand the gains and losses. You must know the way to retreat, otherwise, you official I'm afraid it's about to end..."

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly: "I have grown up as an official, but I have never said the word "retire!"

Zhang Mi was slightly taken aback: "..."

Then what did you just say, did I just hear it wrong? ?
Before it was too late, Yan Feng took off his socks and stuffed them into his mouth. Zhang Mi's face turned livid in an instant, and he was dragged out of the lobby by two officials who pinched their noses.

(End of this chapter)