Idle courtiers

Chapter 489
Starting from the public house, it took less than two hundred steps to reach the county government office.

The class is located in a small courtyard in the deepest part of the county government. The cells are located underground. They are very spacious, with an area of ​​[-] square meters. It is no problem to lock up dozens of prisoners.

The walls inside are all made of green bricks, and as soon as you go down to the bottom, you can feel the air-conditioning rushing towards your face. This is a pleasant thing in summer, and Zhou Nan couldn't help shouting: "Sharp!"

A jailer came over and cupped his hands to Shi Wenjiang and said, "I have seen the Second Master, but what orders does the Second Master have?"

Shi Wenjiang: "My lord came here to see who committed the crime, Brother Jin, is he okay now?"

Prisoner: "The prisoner is locked inside. If the second master wants to see him, he can just go in. This master is unfamiliar, dare to ask..." His eyes fell on Zhou Nan.

Before Shi Wenjiang could speak, Zhou Nan stepped forward and said, "I'm from the same town as Brother Jin's. I heard that something bad happened to him, so I was entrusted by his family to come and visit me."

The prisoner looked embarrassed: "Well, my lord, the county lord has confessed that this crime is heinous and he cannot be visited."

Zhou Nan handed over a piece of broken silver and said gently, "Please do me a favor."

But the prisoner returned the money and begged: "My lord, it is said that he has the face of the second master. If you want to see someone, just go in and have a look. But the county lord has explained so, we can only follow orders. Second master, It's not that the villain doesn't give face, please be considerate."

Shi Wenjiang was furious, and threw the money in his face: "I told you to take it and just take it, don't be too wordy. Open the door, I'll take care of anything."

"Yes, yes, second master, please." The jailer had no choice but to hand over a bunch of keys.

Entering the door, Zhou Nan looked at Shi Wenjiang, and said calmly: "Wenjiang, I thought I found the official position of county magistrate for you, and it was considered a repayment of the kindness of your father, but I didn't expect that your life was not going well. If I had known this earlier, I should have found another place in the first place.”

He shook his head in his heart, this Shi Wenjiang is a god of ears, everyone loves flowers, and he is a qualified staff officer.But his temperament is too weak, and it really makes him difficult to be alone.

This kind of visit to criminals, not to mention the majestic second-in-command of the county government, even ordinary people can do it with money.This prisoner didn't even give him any face, which shows that Wen Jiang's living conditions are not very good.

Shi Wenjiang's face was flushed with humiliation, and he was so angry for a long time that he said: "Let Hanlin laugh at you, and Zimu you are ashamed."

"Whether the things in the world can be satisfactory, it can be regarded as a kind of tempering for our xinxing." After comforting Shi Wenjiang, Zhou Nan's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness in the cell, and when he looked intently, he was suddenly taken aback: " Strong, it is too strong, is this still a human? Straight mother thief, this is a bear."

However, he saw a strong man in shackles sitting in a pile of grain and hay in the corner.

Judging by his height, it is estimated that he is about 1.9 meters ten and weighs at least two hundred catties. He was simply a giant in the Ming Dynasty.

Among the people Zhou Nan had known before, Xia Yi, the former Jinyi Qianhu, was already a strong man, and he was actually a circle smaller than him.If Xia Yi is a door panel, then this man is an iron tower.

This man must have suffered a lot of beatings, his body was covered in blood, and his clothes were already tattered.If ordinary people were tortured, they would have collapsed to the ground long ago, but this guy sat there quietly, looking at Zhou Nan and Shi Wenjiang with piercing eyes.

Hearing Zhou Nan's exclamation, he smiled shyly and kowtowed: "I have met Shi Xiancheng, and I have seen this master."

Zhou Nan: "Are you Brother Jin?"

"It's the grass people."

Zhou Nan circled around him: "That's right, he's really a strong man. I heard that you fell to the death of a man with the surname Long. I still don't believe it, but now that I see you, I understand. Don't say yes Ordinary people, even if it is a cow, will probably pay for it if you fall."

Fourth Brother Jin was even more embarrassed, and said in a rough voice, "My lord, I definitely can't throw a bull. It's a big animal weighing two thousand catties."

Zhou Nan chuckled: "You are honest."

"However, it's still okay to overturn a mule and a donkey."

"Ah, so powerful?" Zhou Nan was taken aback: "Really?"

Brother Jin nodded and said: "When the Tatars invaded that year, a Tatar thief tried to escape on a mule. I thought, I can't let him escape like this, otherwise, wouldn't we fight this battle for nothing? In a hurry, I grabbed the mule's hind legs and pulled it, and the man and the big beast were thrown to the ground."

Zhou Nan was even more surprised: "You have been a soldier, no, you are clearly a farmer, not a military household?"

Fourth brother Jin: "I am not a military household. The Tartars invaded the bandits every year. I was conscripted to be a villager. I fought six or seven battles and suffered many injuries. The most serious one was the year before the year before I was shot in the chest. Arrow, lying on the kang for half a year. My lord, our lives are worthless, and we are not afraid of death. Going to war, even if we die, we can still eat a few full meals. I can eat too much. Two catties of rice, not to mention feeding my wife, will be enough if you don’t starve to death.”

It can be seen that Brother Jin Si is an honest man, why is his brother Jin San so treacherous?It is the dragon that gives birth to nine sons, each of which is different!
Zhou Nan sighed in his heart, and said again: "It turns out that you have fought many battles and captured a Tatar alive. Why didn't you get a reward? You have to be a military officer anyway!"

Fourth Brother Jin: "The credit goes to the top, how can it be my turn?"

Zhou Nan nodded: "I think you are good at martial arts, how many people can you beat on weekdays?"

Brother Jin scratched his head, thought for a while, and said, "If you don't need equipment, and if the space is spacious, I can fight ten people. If you compete with people one-on-one, it seems that I haven't lost yet. I'm practicing wrestled."

Shi Wenjiang: "You braggadocio is big, you have to be believed." People who have practiced martial arts can easily deal with two or three people, but as long as they fight five or six people, it will be difficult.A ten-man enemy who can fight ten enemies with one person is a fierce man like Zhang Fei and Yuchi in the legend.

If such a character is fully clothed, straddling a steed, and fully armed, no one can stop him.

Fourth brother Jin was anxious: "I'm not bragging, I can really fight, I practice wrestling."

Shi Wenjiang: "So what about your wrestling practice?"

Brother Jin: "Three years of boxing is not as good as one year's practice. No matter how good your martial arts are, if you fall into the hands of our wrestlers, once you get close, you will be a three-year-old baby. If you say you want to break your neck, you will break your neck. If you say you want to take off your brothers and feet, you will take off your brothers and feet. My lord, you can look down on me, but you can't look down on us practicing wrestling."

Shi Wenjiang was furious: "You're a death row prisoner talking too much nonsense?"

Zhou Nan: "Try."

Shi Wenjiang: "What?"

Zhou Nan pointed to the fourth brother Jin and said to Shi Wenjiang: "Loosen his shackles, I will fight against him." It is also considered strong.Fighting with people, I dare not say that I can win against two or three people at the same time, but I don't seem to be afraid of fighting people one-on-one.

Shi Wenjiang was shocked: "Hanlin, no!"

The fourth brother Jin also had a look of panic: "This old man, I don't dare."

Zhou Nan wanted to test the fourth brother Jin, and shouted: "Why don't you dare, just do it, if you win, I will give you two taels of silver, don't you have an old lady to support, when the time comes, my master will send the money to your home. Wen Jiang, don’t worry, it’s fine.”

(End of this chapter)