Idle courtiers

Chapter 16 We Are Also Daming Taxpayers

As long as one of my answers is wrong, the yamen will find a female prisoner to come over and check, and the truth will be revealed.

Annoyed, frustrated, even desperate, thousands of negative emotions rushed into Zhou Nan's heart in an instant.

Unexpectedly, the witness that Zhou Yang said yesterday that he was looking for was Miss Mei Er, and the person on the boat who set up a poetry meeting to recruit relatives was actually Miss Mei Er.

Zhou Nan forced a smile: "I met Miss Mei Er, I haven't seen you in ten years, you have grown up, but you still have the same demeanor!" According to the calculation of time, Mei Chi was a six-year-old yellow-haired girl with a fart demeanor.

Suddenly, Miss Mei Er's expression turned stern, she screamed, she opened her arms, and grabbed Zhou Nan with her sharp nails: "Evil thief, give me back my brother's life!"

Poor Zhou Nan was in a state of depression, and unexpectedly she scratched a few bloodstains on his face.

The pain was really unbearable, and she hurriedly jumped to the side, covered her face and shouted: "You are allowed to roar in the court, don't act recklessly, don't recklessly!"

Seeing the chaos in the lobby, several yamen servants hurriedly stretched out water and fire sticks to separate the two.

Shi Zhixian was so angry that he took a few more gavels, and shouted: "Quiet, how decent is it. Minnie Mei, what are you doing?"

Second Miss Mei was still yelling sadly: "Evil thief, give back my brother's life. God, God, you are unfair, why don't you let this villain die in Liaodong?"

Not only was Zhou Nan ecstatic in his heart, but even the other people in the courtroom were also clear-eyed.

Shi Zhixian pointed to Zhou Nan and asked, "Mr. Mei, do you recognize this person?"

"Hui Xianzun, how can you not recognize this villain who killed my elder brother? Even if he was turned into ashes, the women of the people would know him. This thief was Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiucai from Zhoujiazhuang, and he asked the elder to make decisions for the women. Don't let this thief get away with it." Second Miss Mei burst into tears.

Now the truth is revealed, the Zhou Nan in front of him is indeed the original Zhou Xiucai, and the identity check is correct.

"How is it possible, how is it possible?" Zhou Yang shouted.

Not only him, but even Zhou Nan was at a loss: how did the second Miss Mei change her sexuality, insisting that I am Zhou Xiucai without even asking?Could it be that this little girl was moved by seeing me elegant, handsome and handsome last night, and wanted to save my life?
After thinking about it, this reason is far-fetched, and I can't convince myself at all.

At this moment Zhou Nan could only be dumbfounded, he was already standing on the edge of the cliff before his eyes.Suddenly, the peak turns and the desperate situation comes back to life.How and why all of this happened, forced to limit his imagination.

It turned out that Zhou Nan didn't know.Last night's poetry meeting, his song "Linjiang Immortal" was really amazing.Those who can make such wonderful poems must be first-class romantic figures like Tang Bohu.

Miss Mei Er was originally a female literary youth, and she was immediately immersed in the lingering mood in that word.Looking at Zhou Nan again, although he is a bit older, he was born with a handsome appearance and a talent.

The so-called girl is not pregnant, her heart is immediately occupied by this romantic talent.

Last night, Zhou Nan's image was shaking in front of her eyes, and the more she thought about it, the sweeter her heart became, Jier was uneasy, and her mind was full of messy thoughts: who is he, whether he has a family... probably not, otherwise how could he get on? The boat comes... Does he have any fame, what is his family background, if he really comes to ask for relatives, will daddy agree?

Thinking of this, he was so ashamed that he buried his face in the pillow, unable to hold on to himself.

When I arrived at the yamen at dawn, I saw that the scholar was Zhou Nan, the murderer of his brother.Although his appearance has changed a lot after so many years, there is still the elegance of that handsome scholar in his brows.

No wonder he walked so fast last night, no wonder he refused to leave his name, but it turned out he was going to humiliate me.

Women are emotional animals. Thinking of this, Second Miss Mei was ashamed and angry, and her whole body collapsed.As for the purpose of coming to the Yamen today, she is not in the mood to care.

After the second Miss Mei, who was crying pear blossoms and raining, retreated, Shi Zhixian also felt tired, too lazy to talk nonsense, patted the gavel, and said: "The Zhou Nan in front of me is the Zhou Xiucai who served in Liaodong When he returns to his hometown after the expiry of the period, the householder will add his name to the yellow book of household registration and get a registration."

Hearing this, Zhou Nan was ecstatic in his heart.Up to now, the household registration issue that has been bothering him for a while has finally been implemented. He is finally a glorious Ming taxpayer, and can finally enjoy the rights and obligations that a citizen should have.

Shi Zhixian glanced at Zhou Yang again, remembering that he had pulled out the political taboo of etiquette 30 years ago in order to sue Zhou Nan for pretending to be an identity, and almost let himself fall into the soup pot to cook.It's really hateful and unforgivable. This is a troublemaker who wants to harm this official. If he is not good at punishing him, it is not enough to appease the anger of this official. On the ground of death, how few animals are there? Come on, beat them with thirty sticks, and put them in the shackles for three days to show the public that the police have followed suit."

Zhou Yang was shocked, so he couldn't help but kowtow: "My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!" There was a loud knock in the courtroom for a while.

Zhou Nan hurriedly said: "Old parents, I am the elder brother. The villain's parents passed away early. The reason why Zhou Yang became like this is because of my lax discipline as an elder brother. Don't blame him. If the elder wants to use punishment , I am willing to take your place, and ask the county magistrate to forgive my younger brother." As he spoke, his eye circles also turned red.

A gentleman repays his grievances directly, and Zhou Yang is going to be beaten, he is certainly happy in his heart.However, this is not in line with the ethics and etiquette of feudal society. If he, as an elder brother, sits back and watches Zhou Yang be beaten to half his life, it will be against public order and good customs.

Yesterday Zhou Nan presented a poem comparing Shizhi County to a high-ranking scholar who climbs a tower and screams, who lives high in the temple and worries about his people, and who lives far away in the rivers and lakes worries about his king.After Shi Renjie returned to Houya, the more he tasted, the more complacent and excited he felt.I can't wait to go up to the city gate tower immediately, drink a pot of good wine, blow a cool breeze, and make a good story.

Today, he found Zhou Nan more pleasing to the eye, and praised him: "Yes, father is kind, son is filial, brother and brother are respectful, and the way of running a family is worthy of being a person who has studied. Since you are interceding, Zhou Yang's thirty sticks are not for the time being." Send it down. You, the elder brother, take your brother home and keep him under control."

While talking, he yawned again, and immediately a book office yelled at the right time: "Leave!"

This identity crisis ended in such a way that Zhang Erjingang couldn't figure it out. Zhou Nan went to the household and registered.In the Ming Dynasty, the county-level yamen had six offices of rites, officials, households, soldiers, criminals, and workers, corresponding to the six departments of the central government. The main responsibility of the households was to manage the county's household registration, money and food.

After leaving the yamen, he saw that the sky was still early, and it was still too late to rush back to Zhoujiazhuang.All the folks who were waiting outside the lobby gathered around, talking non-stop.

"Brother Nan, it's all over now. Although we can't understand what the old man said, it seems, it seems that your household registration problem has been solved."

Zhou Nan smiled and nodded: "Yes, I am Zhou Nan, Zhou from Zhou Xiucai, and Nan from Nanmu."

Everyone laughed: "We all know that, after all, we grew up in a village. Whoever dares to say that you are a fake, we are anxious to him."

Seventh Uncle coughed: "Everyone has something to say on the road, if you delay it, it will be dark. Be careful on the road, someone was caught by wolves." Although Huai'an in the Ming Dynasty was highly developed, there were still many wastelands, and the ecology was good. Not uncommon.In addition to wild beasts, maybe there are also criminals who rob the road, so when it gets dark, there are basically no people on the road.

"That's right, you have to go quickly, go back and eat, let alone wolves or wolves, the tigress at home wants to eat people."

"Don't worry, with the things bought by Brother Nan, the tigress at home will turn into soft fingers even if it's made of fine steel." Someone patted the burden in his hand.

After winning the lottery from Miss Mei Er's poetry meeting yesterday, based on the principle of hunting in the mountains and seeing that everyone has a share, and feeling that building a good relationship with the neighbors will be beneficial to him, Zhou Nan generously handed over a tael of silver to Uncle Seven , ask him to arrange for everyone to use.It is rare for farmers to enter the city once, so they have to bring home gifts for their family members.One tael of silver has good purchasing power, and basically everyone has a share, and they are all useful things such as needles, threads, and brains.

Everyone let out a loud laugh: "Extremely extremly!"

Suddenly, someone called out: "Why didn't Zhou Yang come?"

Uncle Qi shouted: "This bastard, he even killed his elder brother for the property, let him die outside, let's go!"

In fact, everyone knew that Zhou Yang had no face to go back with everyone and left first.

Everyone is a full-time labor force who works in the fields all day long, and Zhou Nan is also an iron-footed pole. He walked vigorously all the way, and finally rushed back to Zhoujiazhuang just after dark.

As soon as Zhou Nan entered the yard, he saw not only his own house but also Zhou Yang's tile-roofed house lit up.

Yun Niang was standing in the courtyard pretty and looking up, looking towards the road.

Seeing Zhou Nan coming back, she opened her mouth to shout.As soon as Zhou Nan grasped her hand, she felt that those little hands were so cold: "I'm back, it's okay, it's okay. Don't cry, I don't like my own woman wiping tears all day long."

Yun Niang said kindly: "Master, you are hungry, shall I cook?"

Zhou Nan was about to speak, when he heard a cold snort coming from the brick-roofed house, it was Zhou Yang's voice, it was really Mo Daojun who walked early, and there were even earlier pedestrians, this fellow walked faster.Look, the kitchen door is also locked.

Feeling very unhappy, Zhou Nan solved the household registration problem, and didn't bother to get angry with this villain: "I've already eaten in the city, this is for you."

"what is this?"

"Walnut cake."

(End of this chapter)