The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 366 0367

Seeing Wu Kun in the back hall of the county yamen, Long Fei didn't know what he wanted before he opened his mouth.Wu Kun smiled and motioned Long Fei to sit down and drink tea, and said straight to the point: "I had high hopes for Zhang Cai, but it's a pity that he didn't seize that opportunity. Although everyone respects him as a dutiful son, their mother and son live happily ever after. How hard it is only they know."

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, each official has an index for recommending talents to the court.This indicator is related to the population of the jurisdiction, and is basically calculated in units of [-].An official with a population of [-] in a jurisdiction needs to recommend one person to the court every year.This is an extremely important talent selection mechanism of the Han Dynasty, and many court officials have gone through this path in the past.

That would refer to the recommended talents as Xiaolian, and the recommendation is called recommendation.For areas with a population of less than [-], the cumulative accumulation of [-] can recommend Xiaolian.For example, a region with a population of only [-] has a quota every two years, and a region with a population of [-] to [-] has a quota every three years.

This quota is mutually restrictive and must be implemented by local officials.For the imperial court, it is the main way to attract talents, and Wu Kun used this quota on Zhang Cai at the beginning.

Zhang Cai is one of the few young people in An County who can fall into Wu Kun's eyes, and he is also the only one who was favored by Wu Kun's sister and promised him with his body.Wu Kun's family is very satisfied with Zhang Cai, and they are even ready to pave the way for him.As long as he goes to the county town, Wu Kun will let him stay in the county town as an official through his relationship.

It is not important to be a big official or a small official, the important thing is to keep Zhang Cai in the county.At that time, if we buy a house in the county, Wu Kun's younger sister and Zhang Cai will be considered as city residents.After they have children, they are regarded as urbanites when they are born.For Wu Kun who loves his sister the most, there is no better idea than to make his sister a townsman.

It's a pity that this matter was ruined by Zhang Cai.Not long after he was recommended as Xiaolian, Zhang Cai rushed to the county town to wait for the dispatch of officials.The neighbor asked someone to bring a message to Zhang Cai, saying that his mother had been ill for several days.I hope Zhang Cai can come back to see his mother. After all, it is not convenient for others to take care of her when she is old.

Wu Kun also heard about this, and wrote a letter to Zhang Cai.Wu Kun sent someone to take care of Zhang Cai's old mother, hoping that he would stay in the county and not move.He took care of the family affairs, and only hoped that Zhang Cai would not leave the county town, and the appointment of officials was just a matter of those few days.

But Zhang Cai didn't listen to him at all. He left the county that night and rushed back to An County overnight.On the second day after his return, news came from the county that he had been skipped the appointment of officials because he was not there.Either go back and wait, or wait until next year.

Zhang Cai is a filial child, and my mother has been in a hurry since she got sick.He didn't feel at ease leaving his mother at home, so he made a decisive choice.Instead of going back to the county seat and waiting for an official to be dispatched, he needs to find a job immediately to support his family.The old lady can no longer work in the fields, so Zhang Cai has to earn money to support his family.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, Zhang Cai was spoiled by his mother since childhood.He knows nothing except reading, and he knows nothing about crop work.After tossing and tossing in An County for several months, Wu Kun finally recruited him into the county government office as a civil servant who didn't need to go out to carry out arrest tasks.

Everyone knew the situation of Zhang Cai's family, so they didn't mention his opinion.But now that Zhang Cai's old mother died, and the funeral would cost a lot of money, Wu Kun had to reconsider his sister's marriage to Zhang Cai.

Wu Kun had to admit that he also admired Zhang Cai's filial piety, and it was precisely because of Zhang Cai's filial piety that he agreed with his sister to associate with Zhang Cai.

In his heart, Zhang Cai had long been regarded as his brother-in-law.But Zhang Cai's luck was bad, and an unexpected situation happened at this juncture.If it lasts for another ten and a half months, Zhang Cai and Wu Kun's sister will have already finished their wedding by then.

On the third day after Zhang Cai left, the county magistrate Wu Kun asked Long Fei to attend a meeting in the back hall.When Long Fei came to the back hall, the back hall was already full of people.This was the first plenary meeting held by Long Fei after he came to the Anxian County Government, and the main content of the meeting was about Zhang Cai.

Didn't everyone know that Zhang Cai was going to organize the funeral for his mother, but why did the big guy have a sad look on his face?Although Long Fei was puzzled by this, he didn't ask directly.Sit there honestly and listen to Wu Kun's speech, and then listen to other people start discussing the topics of this meeting.

It wasn't until now that Long Fei realized that this time was not the same as before.Someone reported a situation to Wu Kun, or Wu Kun received a message this morning.

The news came from Zhang Cai's hometown, and the content was of course about Zhang Cai.But it's not because of the funeral, but because of Zhang Cai's old mother.

The source of the news is absolutely reliable, which Wu Kun has emphasized twice.But the content of the news made it difficult for everyone to accept. Someone reported to the government that Zhang Cai had murdered his wife.

Not to mention the entire An County, even if Nanyang County is included, there are not many filial people like Zhang Cai.What's more, Zhang Cai's filial piety is well known, and it would be absurd to say that he killed his old mother.

Wu Kun was the first one who didn't believe it, Fan Fan didn't believe it and strongly condemned the guy who reported the case to the government.Zhang Cai's colleagues didn't believe it even more, and it was even more impossible for them to believe that the dutiful son Zhang Cai killed his mother.

The meeting focused on two points. First, immediately organize people to go to Zhang Cai's hometown to understand the whole process of this matter on the spot.If necessary, you can visit some common people to see if you can get any valuable clues from them.

Second, notify Zhang Cai immediately and ask him not to bury his mother.Now that this matter has happened, they must investigate this matter clearly.As the victim, Mrs. Zhang Cai, of course, cannot be buried until the truth is determined.Otherwise, once an autopsy is required, her old man must be dug out again.

It is the greatest disrespect to the dead to go back and forth.Therefore, this news must be conveyed to Zhang Cai as quickly as possible, and he must be co-operated.

Wu Kun was fully responsible for this case, and as the county captain of An County, Long Fei had to assist Wu Kun throughout the whole process of handling the case.Before leaving, Wu Kun took Long Fei back home.Long Fei didn't know what Wu Kun's intention was when he went out, and he only listened to Wu Kun's explanation when he entered Wu's house.

Wu Kun's younger sister, Wu Lan, has been arguing with Zhang Cai all the time.It had been several days since she had spoken to his brother, and since Zhang Cai returned to her hometown, Wu Lan actually chose to go on a hunger strike.In this way, Wu Kun responded to Zhang Cai's injustice.She always hoped that her brother Wu Kun would help her, but she never thought that her brother would push Zhang Cai to a dead end.

Of course Wu Lan didn't know the content of Wu Kun's meeting just now, so she didn't know that Zhang Cai got into big trouble.The mood is fairly stable, but he just doesn't talk to Wu Kun, not even a single word.Seeing Wu Kun, he gave him a hard look, then closed the door and refused to come out.

Knocking on the door of Wu Lan's boudoir, Long Fei who was standing outside said, "Miss Wu, can you tell me what's the matter? I'm an expert invited by your brother, and I'm here to help you with psychological counseling." of."

"Expert? What is an expert?" Wu Lan asked who hadn't opened the door.

"An expert?" Long Fei thoughtfully explained: "An expert is equivalent to a gentleman in the academy, old gentleman."

The door was pushed open by Wu Lan, then she looked Long Fei up and down, and closed the door resentfully.He also said that Long Fei was a liar, and he dared to call himself an old gentleman at such a young age, it was really shameless.

Standing at the door, Long Fei coughed dryly, and began to do ideological work for Wu Lan.He didn't want to get involved in such matters, but he couldn't help feeling guilty towards Zhang Cai in his heart.If Wu Lan could stop making trouble, it might be helpful to Zhang Cai.

Anyway, that's what Long Fei thought, that's why he persuaded Wu Lan earnestly.Advise her to eat quickly, and advise her not to be petty.Advise her to take good care of herself, otherwise she will be Zhang Cai's wife in the future.

Wu Lan liked to hear these words very much, especially when Long Fei mentioned the words of being Zhang Cai's wife, Wu Lan opened the door again and invited Long Fei into the room for a chat.

Girls' boudoirs are not allowed to enter casually, Long Fei still understands this rule.He and Wu Lan sat in the gazebo in the courtyard, and ordered someone to bring some snacks.Eating and chatting is the most comfortable thing, isn't it, Long Fei will not treat himself badly.Long Fei, who has never traded at a loss, is no exception this time.

Wu Lan didn't have an appetite at first, but seeing Long Fei eating so vigorously made her swallow a lot of saliva.Seeing that Long Fei just refused to give it to her, and even ate a whole plate of her favorite chicken feet in front of her.

This made Wu Lan anxious, shouting at the top of her voice for chicken feet.Of course, what she wants to eat is not only chicken feet, but also some things she likes to eat more.

There was no need to talk too much nonsense to persuade her, Long Fei only said a few words to her.

The first sentence, hunger strike will affect your figure, and it will also accelerate aging, which will make you become a yellow-faced woman as quickly as possible.

The second sentence, if you don't eat enough, you will have the strength to toss, how can you win if you don't fight a protracted war with your brother?

What she said was reasonable, and it happened to hit what Wu Lan thought in her heart.She did listen to Long Fei's words and ate a lot of food slowly.But in order to promote better digestion, Wu Lan drank a bowl of porridge for the first time.She hates porridge the most on weekdays, but this is the first time she offered to drink porridge.

She was not joking about her hunger strike, it was true that she did not eat or drink for several days.If porridge is not used to nourish the stomach, I am afraid it will take a long time for her stomach to return to normal work.

Every part of the human body has limits, and once you overload it, it will protest in another way.Such as cramps, such as dizziness, such as body aches.

It wasn't until now that Long Fei had the opportunity to take a closer look at Wu Lan's appearance.According to Long Fei's [-]-point system, Wu Lan could get [-] points.

Although there is still a gap of [-] points from perfection, if you judge Wu Lan with Long Fei's eyes, [-] points is already a lot.

In order to find out the case as soon as possible, Wu Kun personally supervised the handling of the case.On the one hand, I want to know the truth earlier, and on the other hand, I want to see whether Zhang Cai can stand the test.

There was no need to say much about the matter, but Wu Kun went to Zhang Cai's hometown first.Long Fei and others arrived later, instead of meeting Zhang Cai, they asked the neighborhood and neighbors near Zhang Cai's home.It mainly depends on their evaluation of Zhang Cai, or what kind of person Zhang Cai is in their eyes.

This cannot be used as evidence in court, but it can be used as a dialectical basis for analyzing the case.As the saying goes, the eyes of the people are discerning.Long Fei really likes this sentence, and he especially likes Zhang Cai who gave up his official career for the sake of his old mother.

Maybe he was preconceived, but Long Fei always felt this way.I don't think Zhang Cai will be the murderer, let alone kill his own mother.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and only evidence can clear his innocence.

(End of this chapter)