Touring the Ming Dynasty

"Ouch..." Duan Fei woke up with a groan. Somebody brought a bowl of water in a daze. After Duan Fei gulped it down, he regained consciousness a little. Now it was Shi Bin who brought him the water. He asked casually Said: "When is it? Where is this?"

Shi Bin said: "This is the county government office, you slept in my bunk, brother, you have been asleep for almost a day."

"Oh...sleeping for so long..." Duan Fei sat up rubbing his forehead, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Slept for a whole day? Hasn't Qian Yulan's case already been tried?"

Shi Bin sneered, and said: "Brother, did you fall in love with her little lady? Unfortunately, it's too late. According to what you said, Mr. Min already settled the case when we went to Shanyang Town yesterday, and fined her." Master Qian gave 3000 taels of silver to his son-in-law, and beat him ten times, and then made Weng and his son-in-law reconcile, and a wedding banquet will be held some day."

"Oh, that's good... Huh! Did we go to Shanyang Town yesterday?" Duan Fei sat up in surprise as if suffering from amnesia again, and suddenly felt heavy in his arms. He touched his pocket, and found something bulging. He took it out suspiciously, and saw that it was a piece of silver wrapped in a square cloth, which was heavy. One piece, I'm afraid there are more than thirty taels.

Shi Bin explained with a smile: "Thanks to you, brother, you broke the two adultery and murder cases of the He Mansion and the Liu Family. We received many gifts from the He Family. Captain Yan even took us to the Song Mansion and brothels to ask for more money." A small amount of money, plus the money obtained yesterday from Liu Qian’s house, Widow Ma’s house, and Lin’s house, the harvest is not small, you contributed the most, so you got a lot of money, and I got several taels of silver.”

"Extra money?" Duan Fei asked suspiciously, his head was still a little confused, he clearly remembered that when they were drinking, these guys publicly said that they were going to extort money, how did it become an extra money?

Shi Bin said: "That's right, our arresters don't get paid, and we can only get a subsidy of ten taels of silver from the imperial court a year. If we don't collect some regular money, we won't starve to death? In the regular money, our arresters have 'shoe money' ', 'meal money', 'lock money', "unlock money" and other names, the yamen servant on duty needs to go to court to go to court, and you have to pay for "staff money" by yourself if you beat you. To beat the defendant, you have to pay "back money". Prisoners need "entry money", and people who are released from prison also need "exit money". The master and the master Zhizhou also have their regular money, a lot of it is our filial piety! Brother Fei, you will not forget all of them? Did you forget the promise to be a fast catcher?"

Duan Fei patted Yinzi and said: "Stinky boy, you and they partnered to get drunk and I tricked me into being a policeman. For the sake of money, I will spare you once, and you are not allowed to lie to me again. Hehe, if you are a policeman, you must be a police officer." Hurry up, as long as you can get the money with peace of mind!"

He put the money in a bag and hid it in his arms, got out of bed and stretched, his stomach growled, Shi Bin smiled and said: "Brother, I have prepared some breakfast for you, Captain Yan told you, wait for you to wake up." After coming here, eat breakfast as soon as possible, change clothes, and then go to sign the bond with Fang Yingmao."

"What clothes to change? Didn't it mean that I don't have to respond?" Duan Fei asked suspiciously.

Shi Bin smiled apologetically and said, "Hehe, put on the official uniform of our police officer. Normally, Brother Fei, you don't need to respond, but today Yan Butou just reported your name, and Master Min specially named you when he saw your name. In the past, At that time, Botou Yan evaded a few words for you, since you are awake, you should go and have a look."

"Oh..." Duan Fei washed his face, Shi Bin brought a bowl of white porridge and two pieces of bread, Duan Fei ate it up in three or two bites, wiped his mouth and changed into the work clothes of the policemen, completely black and blue The bunt clothes fit well, and the whole person looked much more energetic.

Duan Fei was still admiring his new attire, when someone outside asked: "Shi Bin, is Duan Fei awake yet?"

Shi Bin said in surprise: "Captor Yan, why did you come in person?"

Yan Butou walked in from the gate of the official house where the yamen servants lived. He saw Duan Fei at a glance, clicked his tongue twice, and praised: "Duan Fei, I did not misread it. You look so impressive now. Let's go. I'll take you to see Lord Min, he has already asked about you several times."

Yan Butou took Duan Fei to the signing room in the county government office. County magistrate Min was working hard on a pile of documents. He was old and his eyesight was bad. He almost put his eyes on the official documents. , Duan Fei couldn't help gloating a little, who let the county magistrate Min beat him with the board, and now his butt is not completely healed.

"Master Min, Duan Fei is here!" Yan Butou reported, and County Magistrate Min raised his head and glanced at Duan Fei. After a long time, he sneered and said, "Duan Fei? It looks like the same thing, but... I haven't signed and stamped the recommendation letter of Yan Butou yet, why are you wearing this?" Outfitted?"

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Yes, Master Min, I know I was wrong. I have changed my mind a long time ago. Your lord has a lot, so don't worry about the past. Yan Butou gave you a chance, please let me do it."

Yan Butou also said a few good words for Duan Fei, and County Magistrate Min said seriously: "Duan Fei, you know what you were like in the past, you are one of the most troublesome people under my rule, in Baoying County your I'm afraid the name is bigger than my master, although the catcher is a low-quality official, it also represents the image of the government, although Yan catcher strongly recommends it, but..."

Just as Catcher Yan was about to open his mouth, Duan Fei already said loudly: "My lord, it is precisely because of the experience of the villain in the past that the villain is more comfortable as a catcher, to ensure the harmony and stability of the adult's rule, and those gangsters. The younger ones will handle it well." , will never let them make trouble."

"Well, I've made a note of this. If something goes wrong, I'll beat you up, sir...Duan Fei, you haven't been arrested yet, and the news has spread all over Baoying County. Look, there's something wrong with that." The two invitation cards are yours, but they were sent to my master, take them here." Master Min took out two red invitation-like pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Duan Fei.

Duan Fei took it over and took a look, only to see that there were indeed two invitation cards, one was from the He family, signed by He Shan He Hai, and the other was from the Qian family, it was a wedding invitation.

Duan Fei unfolded He's post and looked at it, and blurted out, "Separation?"

Yan Butou smiled and said: "That's right, I also received an invitation card. He Xiong died, and his two sons will separate sooner or later. The time is set on the day when He Xiong's funeral ends, which is more appropriate. The elders of the He family are all there, and they invited Master Min and some prominent figures to testify that He Hai is your brother who died, so he also invited you."

Duan Fei nodded and said: "It's time to divide up. I hope He Shan won't be too hard on He Hai. Lord Min and Butou Yan must uphold justice for this kid."

County Magistrate Min hummed noncommittally, and waved the two of them off.

Yan Butou took Duan Fei around the front yard of the Yamen, walked through the various functional buildings in the county Yamen, from the flower hall, the money and grain hall, the cell, the public release room, the cell, the warehouse, the post to the supervision hall, He even took Duan Fei to worship at the Earth Temple. There is actually an Earth Temple in the county government office.

Captain Yan also told Duan Fei many things. For example, the county government usually sues every three days, but the county magistrate of Min is not energetic, so Baoying County now sues every five days, that is, the fifth, tenth, fifteenth, and so on every month. The yamen will be open on the 25th, [-]th, and [-]th to accept people’s complaints, and the rest of the time will be used to deal with old cases or other public affairs. What, and Duan Fei is a special recruit, except for the announcement day and a major murder case, he can move freely at ordinary times.

There is still a lot of daily work for the police. Fortunately, Duan Fei has something to say beforehand. Duan Fei does not need to do those long-winded and complicated things. Walking over in a hurry, he immediately said: "There is another murder case. A body was found in the ruins of the Earth Temple. Master Min sent Dianshi Master Xu to investigate the case. Let's go first."

Duan Fei put down his pen and picked up the water and fire stick and walked away. As he walked, he said in surprise: "Which earth temple is it?"

"There are only two earth temples in the city." Yan Butou glanced at Duan Fei, and Duan Fei's heart skipped a beat. The earth temple in the county government is naturally impossible. Could it be that the scene is in the earth temple where he once lived?No wonder Yan Butou's eyes and tone are a bit strange.