Eastern Palace Chapter 4: Straight (4)

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The sun was shining outside. I remember Princess Mingyuan. She was a good-looking woman. She was dressed differently from Xiliang's. When she died of illness, Dad was very sad.

Daddy treats her well, he said, treating her well means treating the Central Plains well.

We people in Xiliang always think that we treat others well, and others will treat ourselves well. It's not like the people in Beijing, who always have a few twists and turns in their hearts, saying one thing in person and doing another thing behind their back.

If it were three years ago, I would definitely fight with people in the tea shop, but now I am discouraged.

Adu and I sat on the bridge to rest. The sails in the canal were full of wind. The boss of the boat took a long pole into the bottom of the water, and then slowly stepped back.

I remember when I first arrived in Beijing, I made a fuss when I saw the boat. How could the car go in the water? I was even more shocked when I saw the bridge. It was like a rainbow. Who made the stone a rainbow? In Xiliang, we have a river, but the water is always very shallow, like a silver yarn spreading on the grassland. The river is "crashing" and you can wade by riding a horse. There is no boat or no bridge.

After I came to Beijing, I saw many things that I had never seen before, but I was not happy at all.

Just when I was in a daze, there was a "plop" not far away, and someone yelled: "Come on! My brother fell into the river! Save someone!"

I looked up, and there was a seven or eight-year-old girl standing not far away, crying there, "Help my brother! He fell into the river!"

I saw a small head float up on the water and sink again. I jumped into the water without thinking, forgetting that I don’t know how to swim. When I grabbed the child's arm, I myself choked and didn't know how much saliva. I think it broke this time and didn't save people, but drowned myself. It doesn’t matter if I am drowned, I die but no one takes care of Adu. She doesn’t know whether she knows the way back to Xiliang...

I drank a lot of water continuously, and my whole body sank straight down. When Adu picked me up from the river, I was almost awake. Adu placed me on a big rock on the bank of the river, and I gurgled out a lot of water. I thought that when I saw a goldfish in a crystal tank in the East Palace for the first time that year, I thought it was extremely rare. How could it be so? A big and cute belly, and always spitting bubbles slowly? Now I understand, it turns out that its belly is full of water.

Adu was soaked all over, she squatted beside me, her clothes dripping with water. She stared at me anxiously, and I knew that if I didn't wake up, this stupid girl would really cry.

"Adu..." I vomited a big mouthful of water again, "What about the kid..."

Adu picked up the child who had fallen into the water and showed me. He was dripping with water all over his body, and he looked at me with slick eyes.

I got up dazedly, and there were a lot of people around, and they were probably all about the excitement. I watched the excitement on the street all day, but I didn't expect to be watched by others this time. Just as Adu and I were wringing the water on our clothes, someone cried and screamed and stumbled into the crowd: "My son! My son!"

It looks like it should be a couple. The two of them cried aloud while holding the falling child, and the girl rubbed her eyes.

I feel very happy when my family is reunited. I heard about a chivalrous hero who read books in a tea shop. I didn’t expect that I was a hero today. Who knew that before a thought was finished, the child who fell into the water suddenly started crying: "Father, that bad guy pushed me down the river!" As he said, he raised his hand and pointed at me.

I was dumbfounded, not sure what was going on.

"I saw it too, he pushed my brother down the river!" The girl's tender voice sounded like thunder in my ears.

"Why are people so vicious now!"

"What's the problem with the kid?"

"I really can't see it, he looks so gentle, but he does such a beastly thing!"

"Sven scum! Dressed beast!"

"You can't spare them lightly!"

"Yes!"

"Can't spare them lightly!"

As soon as the people around us rushed up, they came to push us with all their hands. Obviously, A'du didn't understand what was going on, just looked at me. The blue veins on my temples hopped, but I didn’t expect to be a good person but become a wicked person. It’s so angry!

"Send the child to the hospital and let the doctor see!"

"This has to lose money! Push the children down the river for no reason, lose money!"

I said: "Obviously we saved this child, how can we have white teeth, and insist that I pushed him down!"

"What did you save if you didn't push it?"

I just missed a squirt of blood, this is...what's wrong?

"My son is so frightened, he needs to call a doctor!"

"Yes! Ask the doctor to see if it hurts!"

"This kid is so good, where is it hurt? Explain that I saved him..."

"This bad guy is still stiff! Ask the doctor if you don't lose money, let's go to the Yamen!"

People around are yelling: "Take him to the Yamen!"

Just listen to a loud noise: "Go to the Yamen!"

I was angry, and I went to the Yamen. I am not afraid of the shadows when I am upright, and I always make sense.

We are like a bunch of people, walking noisily on the street, which is already eye-catching, plus the parents of the children, holding the children while walking and crying and saying: "Come and see...it's no sense Now... Push the child into the river, and stupefied that he saved the child. The child will not lie..."

So Adu and I are the only thing left to cross the street. The vegetable seller threw vegetable skins at us, and the idlers on the side of the road also spit heavily on the ground. Fortunately, A'du has good skills, none of those who threw the vegetable skins can throw it on us, but the more this happens, the more furious I am.

After entering the Wannian County government office, my anger has calmed down a little bit, and there is always something to reason. Besides, this is the first time I have visited this place, and it seems rather particular.

Jingzhaoyin's jurisdiction is Chang'an and Wannian counties, which means Chang'an Wannian, and Chang'an County and Wannian County are also called the first counties in the world. When he was promoted to the hall, the government officials shouted in a low voice, and then the magistrate of Wannian County walked out, took a seat slowly, and began to ask the plaintiff and defendant for their names.

Only then did I know that the couple, whose surname was Jia, lived on the bank of the canal and made a living selling fish. When I asked me, I naturally gave a false name, calling myself "Liang Xi", and I used this name when I wandered around on the street. It’s just that the magistrate of Wannian County asked me what my career is, and I couldn’t answer it. The master next to me looked at me and couldn’t help but interject: "Is that a vagrant?"

It's the same thing, a vagrant, so I nodded.

The county magistrate of Wannian County heard the nonsense of the couple and asked the two children again, and the two children said in unison, saying that I pushed my brother down. The magistrate of Wannian County stopped asking them, and instead asked me: "Do you know water quality?"

"I don't know."

The magistrate of Wannian County nodded and said, "You pushed people into the river for no reason and almost killed them. What else can you say?"

I jumped with anger: "I obviously watched him fall into the water before saving him. Why would I push him down? What do I push him down for?"

The magistrate of Wannian County said: "You don't know how to be watery, but you save him. If you didn't push him down, why did you die to save him?"

I said: "When you save someone, you don't have to think about it! I saw him fall into the water, so I didn't even think about it to save him, but I didn't care if I knew how to be watery!"

The county magistrate of Wannian County said: "You can see nonsense! People are selfish, and they are the most life-saving. You have never known him, and you don’t know how to water, but you go into the water to save him. What is it? If not you push it down Why do you have a guilty conscience, since you have a guilty conscience, then you must push it down!"

I looked at the four characters "Dingjing Hanging" behind him, and the blue veins in his temples began to beat slowly. Every time I jumped, I thought about rolling my sleeves and fighting.

The county magistrate of Wannian County saw that I had nothing to say, and he said: "You pushed people into the water for no reason, and the children were frightened. Now this county sentenced you to pay the Jia family ten money to caress him. The whole family."

I was so angry that I smiled back: "So that's how you made the case?"

The magistrate of Wannian County said slowly and honestly: "Do you think this master is unfair?"

"Of course it's unfair! The sky is clear. It is clear that I saved this person. You listen to one side, but you refuse to believe me."

"You insisted that the child was not pushed down by you, what kind of evidence do you have?"

I looked at Adu and said, "This is Adu. She watched me save people. In the end, she picked up me and the child."

The magistrate of Wannian County said: "Then tell him to come forward and reply."

I held back a breath and said, "She can't speak."

The county magistrate of Wannian County laughed: "It turned out to be a dumb!" He laughed and I knew it was going to be bad. Sure enough, Adu pulled out the wrong knife by "brushing" the ground. If it weren't for my eyesight and my hands, I would grab her. She had already cut off the ears of the county magistrate. Adu stood there, glaring at the magistrate of Wannian County, but the guards around him scolded: "You must not carry sharp blades on the court!"

When A'du moved his body, he didn't break away from my hand, but the tip of the knife had been tapped like snow, and he immediately stopped. She was as fast as lightning at this moment. Before everyone could react, the box of red lotteries on the Wannian County case suddenly burst with a soft sound and burst. The red lotteries inside were scattered all over the place. Has been split in half. There were at least dozens of lotteries inserted in this lottery, and they were all cut open by Adu's knife at the moment of a flash of lightning, and each of them was split from the center, impartially. Everyone in the public hall was dumbfounded, and the lively people outside the door roared: "A good trick!"

The guard in the door knew that this was not a trick but a knife. The county magistrate of Wannian County was so scared that his face was earthy, but he barely calmed down: "Come... come! How can you play with weapons in court!"

There was an officer who boldly stepped forward to seize Adu's knife. I said: "If any of you dare to come forward, I won't stop if she wants to cut your ears."

The county magistrate of Wannian County said: "This is the dignified Wannian County government. Do you want to rebel like this?"

I said: "My lord, you have wronged me."

The county magistrate of Wannian County said: "If you don't want to rebel, please hand over the knife..." Before he could say anything, Adu glared at him, and he changed his words, "Hurry up and put the knife away!"

Adu inserted Jin's wrong knife back into his waist. I think our misfortune today is huge, but I don't know how to end it.

The county magistrate of Wannian County saw Adu put the knife away, and seemed relieved. He winked at the master, and the master walked down the hall and asked me quietly: Yes, I don’t know which adult’s house will be applied for?"

I didn't quite understand it, so I rolled my eyes at him: "Explanation!"

Master was patient, and lowered his voice: "Our adults mean that the two are extraordinary at first glance. I don't know which adult are the two working for?"

Now I am happy. It turns out that the magistrate of Wannian County is also bullying and fearing hardships. When we made such a fuss, he actually thought we had a lot of background, and 80% thought we were rangers raised in the rich mansion. I pondered for a while and reported Li Chengyin's name. This county Cheng would definitely not believe it. I have an idea, there is it!

I told him quietly: "My lord, it is General Jinwu Baizhao."

Master suddenly realized that he even turned his back, arched his hand at me secretly, and whispered: "It turns out to be Mr. Pei's Habayashi Lang, no wonder it's so good."

The **** of Habayashi Lang, I wouldn't be with them! But this cannot be said at the moment. The Zhongyuan said it is good: Heroes do not suffer immediate losses.

Master went back to the case and whispered in the ear of the county magistrate.

The face of the magistrate of Wannian County became faintly difficult to look at, and finally he gave the gavel a slap: "Since it is General Jinwu's person who is ordered to act, then please come here for General Pei to be a notary!"

My body twisted. I didn't expect that the county magistrate would come to such a trick. I wanted Pei Zhao to be in the Eastern Palace today. This is really a big deal. If he doesn't come, or if he sends someone who doesn't know the basics, I will be miserable. Could it be that I really want to fight in this court and then run away?

Later, Pei Zhao told me that I learned that although the magistrate of Wannian County was only a seventh-rank official, it was the most difficult task at the foot of the Emperor.

The people who can do this job are the so-called most slippery capable officials. The county magistrate of Wannian County was so troubled by us and couldn't accept it. I heard that I was Pei Zhao's person, so I asked people to ask Pei Zhao. These mess of officialdom, even if Pei Zhao told me for a long time, I couldn't understand it.

It just so happened that Pei Zhao was not on duty today, so I actually invited him.

Today, Pei Zhao didn't wear armor, just a military officer's robes. I've never seen him dressed like this. I've only met him a few times before. Most of the time, he was on duty in the East Palace, wearing light armor. So when he walked in, I didn't even recognize him. Because his appearance was so different from usual, he was gentle like a scholar.

When he saw me and Adu, he didn't make a difference. The magistrate of Wannian County welcomed him down from his seat long ago, with a smile on his face: "To alarm the general is really a last resort."

"I heard that my people pushed an innocent child down the river, I naturally want to take a look."

"Yes! General please come to your seat!"

"This is the county government of Wannian County. I would like to ask you to continue the trial and this general will listen."

"Yes!"

The county magistrate of Wannian County asked the plaintiff and defendant again.

I find it really boring.

In particular, I heard from the county prime minister: "People are selfish, and are the most cherished. You have never known him, and you don’t know how to water, but you go into the water to save him. What is it that is not a guilty conscience? If you didn’t push it down, why bother? A guilty conscience, since you are guilty of conscience, then you must undoubtedly push it down!"

I rolled my eyes at him again.

In the end, it was the children who insisted that I pushed the man into the water, but I categorically denied it.

The county magistrate of Wannian County deliberately asked Pei Zhao in embarrassment: "General Pei, look..."

Pei Zhao said: "May I ask the child a few words."

The magistrate of Wannian County said: "Please, General!"

Pei Zhao simply said: "Please also ask the adults to take the little girl to the back hall first, and give her fruit cakes. When I finish asking her brother, I will teach her to come out."

The magistrate of Wannian County naturally agreed repeatedly. When the little girl was taken away, Pei Zhao asked the child who fell into the water: "You just said that you squatted by the water and played in the water, but this person pushed you down into the river. "

The kid was not timid, just said: "Yes."

"Then she pushed you from behind?"

"Yes."

"Since she pushed you down the river from behind, and you have no eyes behind you, how do you know that she pushed you and not someone else?"

The child gaped, his eyes rolled: "I remembered wrong, he pushed me from the front, I fell into the river on my back."

"Oh, I fell into the river on my back." After Pei Zhao asked, he turned around and said, "Major magistrate, take this child to change clothes. He is all soaked and he won't change clothes. I'm afraid Catch cold and get sick."

The county magistrate ordered someone to take away the boy who fell into the water. Pei Zhao then sent the girl to the hall, pointed at me, and asked, "You watched this man push your brother down the river? "

"It's him!"

"Then how did your brother squat by the river to play, how did she push him down?"

"Just like that. He pushed my brother and he fell into the river."

Pei Zhao asked: "Did she push your brother's shoulder or your brother's vest?"

The little girl thought for a moment, and said confidently: "He pushed my brother's back."

"Can you figure it out? Should it be a shoulder or a vest?"

The little girl hesitated for a while, and said: "Anyway, it’s either shoulder or back. My brother squatted there. He walked over from behind and pushed my brother down."

Pei Zhao arched his hands upwards: "Sir, I'm finished asking. The two children have different confessions. The preface does not follow the sentence. There are many doubts, please be careful."

The magistrate of Wannian County was already red and white, and he continued to say: "What the general said!" After shooting the gavel, he ordered the boy to come up and berated him for lying.