Idle courtiers

Chapter 95
After waiting for about an hour, Li Bantou and Kuai Ban's yamen servants brought back a group of Taoist priests, old and young, with hemp ropes, but Xuan Zhen was not there.

It is said that Taoist Xuanzhen was doing a good job of cleaning up in the alchemy room, and he would come out to have breakfast every morning.Today, there was no one there, but when the apprentice went to call, he found that the building was empty.

Captain Li rushed to nothing, very annoyed, and said to Zhou Nan: "Master, it must be that Xuanzhen Taoist heard something, knew that the matter had been revealed and escaped, but he was a little sorry about it."

Zhou Nan sighed: "It is also a helpless thing. You can help me, Zhou Nan is already grateful, how dare you blame me?"

"What a waste, what use does this county want you to do?" Shi Zhixian originally wanted to make political achievements with great interest, but now he has left the principal culprit, feeling furious in his heart.

He ordered the yamen servants to torture the Taoist priests of Miaotong Temple, knocking several of them unconscious in one breath.

What happened ten years ago is a long time ago, and the young Taoists know nothing about it.On the contrary, two Xuanzhen juniors couldn't stand the fight, and confessed that their senior brothers were greedy for the Mei family's money, and used red pills to lure the eldest son of Mei to give the money.Regardless of the fact that this red pill is originally an aphrodisiac, Xuanzhen is only used to entertain young scholars when they are pretending to be a phoenix and a phoenix, and he dare not take it himself.

He also said that in the past few decades, about six or seven scholars from other places died suddenly after taking this medicine for a long time.

In the past few years, Xuanzhen has grown old and incapable of humane behavior, so he stopped doing harm to others.

A shocking case was solved, and Shizhi County immediately issued a sea arrest document to arrest Xuanzhen.

It's a pity that the arrest warrant has been going on for a long time, but not even a human hair can be caught.

Originally, Shi Jieren solved major cases in a row, made outstanding political achievements, and with the matter of changing the land into a mulberry, he was simply a new political star in Nanzhili.

People in the officialdom knew that he had a promising future, and they were very polite when they met him.

However, as soon as the case was handed over to the Nanzhili Procuratorate, it was dismissed.The official document stated that the evidence was insufficient, and Anton was asked to complete it before handing it over.

Shi Zhixian was annoyed, and said: "Why is there insufficient evidence? There are all witnesses and material evidence. It is already an iron case. Is it possible that the Criminal Division wants to reverse the case? This county wants to impeach them, this county wants to impeach them!"

The provincial government of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three departments, namely, the chief envoy in charge of administration, and the chief officer was the chief envoy; The punishment is based on the inspector's division, and the chief official is based on the inspector.

The three parts do not govern each other, but hinder each other.

Above the three supervisors, there is also a governor who is in charge of the overall situation, which is equivalent to the special commissioner of the Central Committee, and generally has the post of inspector and imperial envoy.In a sense, the governor is the real official of the frontier.

You, a seventh-rank magistrate, want to impeach a high-ranking official and a third-rank procurator, so save yourself, Zhou Nan slandered.

Then there was another movement in his heart, and he said: "Xian Zun, I don't know if I should say something in this humble position?"

Shi Jieren: "Speak."

Zhou Nan: "Honorable County, according to my humble position, the mention of the criminal envoy does not mean that there is anything wrong with this case, but that you suspect that you have swallowed all the benefits and did not share them with them. Think about it, Xuanzhen is greedy by nature. , I don’t know how much temple property I have accumulated over the years, and the bosses are jealous! But they don’t know that the county lord has nothing to do with you. Why don’t you…”

He pondered for a while: "According to my court's rules for handling such a major murder case, all the temple property of Miaotong Temple must be confiscated and sold, and the money obtained will be used to fill the treasury. All the expenses of the government officials and servants in the process of handling the case are in This intermediate expenditure does not violate the system."

In the end, Zhou Nan said again: "You are going to work in Yunnan soon, the county lord. I heard that the place is very remote. Whether it is to transfer the yamen to the far away, or to support the people's livelihood, you need money...The humble official is willing to do this."

Shi Jieren nodded: "Okay, you will be in charge."

Since the Taoist priests of Miaotong Temple were wiped out, the Taoist temple was also sealed and closed.As for how to dispose of these industries, Shizhi County didn't care.After hearing what Zhou Nan said today, I realized that this is also a fortune.

Zhou Nan also moved very quickly, contacting a buyer in just one day.There is a monastery in Huai'an City who is willing to buy all the properties and open a separate temple here.

Zhou Nan is a clerk of the rite house, in charge of culture, education, defense of the people, and ideology, and he is also familiar with monks.

He calculated for a long time, and the discount was 320 taels.

The great monk who came to discuss this matter smiled and said: "Master Zhou, is it more expensive, less, less, how about taking the whole number of [-]?"

Zhou Nan raised his eyebrows and was about to explode.Well, you, a monk, are supposed to be empty of all things, why are you so fussy like a peddler. 7000 taels of silver, that is, more than 500 million life coins.You have a kind of time travel to the modern society to ask, can you buy such a large monastery without tens of billions?

At this time, the monk whispered: "Master Zhou, the poor monk is not a person who doesn't know etiquette. I have already sent your wish to the mansion."

"Once I make up my mind...it's 500 taels...my debt and my livelihood for the rest of my life are all settled." Zhou Nan was overjoyed and couldn't help but softly said: "Master, what are you talking about poor monk, I think you are so rich Well, that's it!"

Later, of the 5000 taels, Shizhi County withheld 2000 taels and sent 2000 taels to the criminal prosecution department, and the remaining [-] taels were sent to the state treasury. The case was finally over and reported to the Central Criminal Department.

After negotiating the business with the great monk, Zhou Nan missed the money he sent to his home, so he took leave and hurried back.

But he saw that there was a lot of silver piled up on the kang in the bedroom, all of which were 50 taels of official silver, and there were a total of ten pieces.

Xiaolan bumped the two ingots of silver against each other, making a crisp sound, then giggled and said, "It's true, it's true, I've never seen so much money in my life! Oh, my hands are still sore! "

Yunniang smiled and said, "You little girl, you have been holding up the money for an hour, can your hands not be sore?"

Today is 27, and there are three days before New Year's Eve.The snow has stopped, and the footsteps of spring are approaching.As if overnight, new green sprouted on the trees.The sun shines in from outside the door, shining on the silver, dazzling.

Sitting down on the kang, Zhou Nan also grabbed a piece of silver and started playing with it, muttering, "Money is really a good thing, at least it gives me a sense of security. To be honest, Yunniang, ever since I After Liaodong came back, money has been tight all the time. Moreover, I have always had something in my heart. Only today, I suddenly feel a sense of peace."

After Yunniang let Xiaolan go out, she suddenly had a serious face: "Sir, how did you get so much money, we can't take dirty money! No matter how hard life is, I am willing, as long as the family is safe Together, that's enough."

"I want to get dirty money, but there is no chance. Don't worry, the money came in a right way, so you can use it at ease!" Zhou Nan probably told her about it.

Finally said: "We are just a middleman broker, matchmaking, take a little bit of price difference, reasonable and legal. It is just that people have no windfalls and make money, and horses have no grass and no fat!"

Only then did Yunniang smile and say, "Okay, then I'll put the money away. Mrs., you've already cleared your grievances, and you probably won't be able to continue with the errands in the yamen. In the future, there will be more places to spend money in the imperial examinations. Although There are daily entries in the salt boat, but it may not be enough."

Outside the house, Xiaolan who was eavesdropping shouted: "Uncle is not a master anymore? Do you not obey!" The master is so majestic. Now that she can't do it now, she has to go back to being a poor scholar. She is very disappointed.

(End of this chapter)