Idle courtiers

Chapter 94 Change Your Thinking
It started snowing again.

I heard from people in Zhuangzi that the snow started at Mao this morning.

I saw that there were white catkins flying outside the window, and there was a refreshing whiteness between the sky and the earth.

"Master Zhou, the meal is ready, please get up and wash up!" A farmer walked in awkwardly and said in a low voice.He held the steaming face wash water in his hand, looking a little scared.

Zhou Nan: "Are you afraid of me?"

"Little people are not afraid."

Zhou Nan: "When is it now, calling me so early?"

Farmer: "It's getting late, it's still noon. The second lady told me that Master, you like to get up late, so don't ask us to disturb you."

"Oh, it's already noon, I slept so comfortably!" Zhou Nan stretched long and got out of bed.

After washing his face, he became sober again, so he asked, "Where's your second young lady?"

Farmer: "I went back to the city early in the morning, Mr. Zhou, please eat!"

"Ok."

The lunch was good, with cured fish and stewed chicken, and there were a few farmers waiting beside me.

That's right, this is the Mei family's farm outside the city, the one that was changed to mulberry last time.Zhou Nan took his brother-in-law and tied up all the people in the village. The farmers were very afraid of him when they saw him this time, and the waiters were also very attentive.

After digging up Mr. Mei's grave last night, it was already night and the city gate was closed, so naturally they couldn't go back. Zhou Nan and Mei Chi lived in Mei's farm.

The weather was so cold that the kang in the farm was so hot that Zhou Nan slept until noon.

He shook his head in his heart: Shi Zhixian is too lazy, as expected, there will be soldiers of all kinds as there are generals.I have been working under him for half a year, and I have become slack and depressed.

After eating, Zhou Nan guessed that Shizhi County had already started to take care of things, so he took a piece of Mr. Mei's shoulder blade, Hong Wan and Mr. Mei's miscellaneous notes and took the car back to the county office.

The unsolved case ten years ago was solved, and he was finally able to wash away his grievances and regain his reputation as a scholar. Zhou Nan felt refreshed all over.

As soon as he arrived at the Houya, he saw Shi Jieren wearing his red official robe under the service of a yamen servant.

The official robes of the Ming Dynasty were very loose and troublesome to wear.Therefore, on the days when the cards are released every three six nines, Shizhi County is usually dressed in Taoist robes or hechang.Dressed so formally today, obviously to attend an important occasion.

Before Zhou Nan could ask, Shi Zhixian said: "You came at a good time, lead the way ahead, and accompany this county to Miaotong Temple, please Xuanzhen Taoist."

Zhou Nan laughed and said, "I don't know who else is traveling with me?"

Shizhi County: "Xuanzhen is a master of Taoism, so don't take it lightly. No need to beat the gongs to clear the road and clear the streets, and no honor guards will be fought to show respect. It's just you and me and the two scribes. After thinking about it in this county, he If you want 100 taels of silver, just give it to him."

"The old man is really refreshing." It is rare that he is so generous, but he is very stingy with me, Zhou Nan couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.He laughed and said, "Should the county venerable also bring Li Bantou of the fast class with him? Forget about the day of the humble job, there are about twenty people in the entire Taoist temple. Or, let's take all the fast class Everyone sent out, fully armed?"

Shi Jieren looked at Zhou Nan with a look of insanity: "It's not about arresting criminals, so it's worth fighting?"

Suddenly, Zhou Nan bowed down violently, crying loudly: "Master Xian, the student has suffered a strange injustice through the ages, and I ask the old parents to make the decision for me!"

His performance moved even himself, tears streaming down his face.

Shi Zhixian was shocked, hurriedly helped his most caring confidant up, and asked: "Zhou Nan, what's the matter with you, tell me quickly?"

Zhou Nan explained the matter from beginning to end with eloquence, and then presented all the evidence.Sobbing, he said: "Honorable County, I think Zhou Nan was also a famous scholar and a well-known scholar in those days. But he suffered this unjust injustice and suffered unexpected disasters. Not to mention ruining his future, he also harmed his descendants, making the ancestors ashamed Every time I think of this, the students feel that if there is a thousand arrows piercing their hearts, they wish they could die. I also ask the old parents to give the students justice, so that Zhou Nan can straighten his waist and behave uprightly."

After listening to Zhou Nan's words and reading the evidence, Shi Zhixian was shocked. He never expected that Zhou Nan's murder case would have such twists and turns.

After all, he is also a scholar, so he naturally knows what it means to a scholar to be dismissed from his fame, and what the life waiting for him is.

This week Nan's poetry is excellent, it is simply a generation of Ci.Such a great talent, presumably the stereotyped essays can also be colorful, not to mention juren, I am afraid that a Jinshi can easily be selected.

Maybe in a few decades, there will be another master of poetry and literature in Guochao.

Because of this muddled case, he has now become a lowly subordinate.

Thinking in another way, if I, Shi Jieren, were him, Zhou Nan, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to live for a day.

Seeing Zhou Nan with red eyes, Shi Jieren expressed deep sympathy.

When he was about to speak, Zhou Nan wiped his eyes, took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "The county magistrate, Xuanzhen is full of evil, and he didn't give me face in the county government. It is not a pity to die. This year, the elder first killed Widow Huo and Huo Chunfen." The case of the adulterer, and now the big case of the evil way of seeking wealth and murder has been solved, and it is a great political achievement to uncover the ghosts and monsters."

Shi Jieren was very moved, yes, whether it was out of sympathy for Zhou Nan or for his own political achievements, this matter could be done.

only……

He pondered for a moment and said: "There are many folks who practice long skills and take the so-called elixir. After taking the elixir, there are many cases of death from the elixir. This alone is not enough to convict?"

Zhou Nan: "You can be convicted of murder by a quack doctor."

Shizhi County: "..."

Zhou Nan: "Volume 25 of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", the Criminal Law of Human Life and Quack Doctor Killing, has a saying: Any quack doctor who uses medicine and acupuncture for people is not as good as his own prescription, and if he dies, order another doctor to test the bait and acupoints, as if he did harm for no reason. , On the basis of negligent homicide. County Honorable, you have forgotten that the reason why Mr. Mei took the elixir of Taoist Xuanzhen was not to improve longevity, but to treat heart disease."

"Murder by a quack doctor is already a felony, and Xuan Zhen is not a doctor, but he prescribes medicine for a doctor, which is another crime. Both crimes should be executed!"

He sneered in his heart: This Shi Zhixian's mind is too simple, so he can't change his mind?The county magistrate who ransacked the house and the magistrate who killed the family, is it not easy to convict someone?

Shi Zhixian said "Hey" and put his hand on his forehead: "This is wonderful."

Immediately, he will call Captain Li, throw out a stick, and order him to order all three classes of yamen servants, and go to Miaotong Temple to arrest Xuanzhen.

He sighed again and said to Zhou Nan: "Zimu, if this case is settled, I will be in the imperial court and ask the Xuezheng Yamen to restore your reputation as a scholar. In addition, the Ministry of Officials will also cancel your quota of officials. After all, you are a scholar. In the future We still have to pass the imperial examinations.”

Zhou Nan: "Thank you county lord."

"Go on, get ready, and wait until the trial of your injustice ten years ago is concluded."

(End of this chapter)