After passing through the book, Mr. Chief Assistant came to rely on me

Dai Viet attaches great importance to the imperial examination, so the punishment for imperial examination fraud is also intended to be severe.

Cheng Shubai had no problem with punishment, but he didn't understand why he was the one to be punished. Shouldn't it be Wang Facai?

He looked at Magistrate Zhang with a puzzled expression. When he saw the flash of success in Magistrate Zhang's eyes, he suddenly remembered something.

Previously, when Su Xiaoxi went to set up a stall, an official went there to cause trouble, and was later beaten by Su Xiaoxi.

Wang Mazi said that the official was the nephew of the county magistrate.

There was only one magistrate in the town, so the official who was beaten was probably Magistrate Zhang's nephew.

No wonder I just asked him if he was from Chengjia Village.

He thought it was strange at the time, but now he realized that it was to confirm his identity so as to avenge his nephew and bend the law for personal gain.

After thinking about it, Cheng Shubai knew that it would be useless if he talked too much.

When two officers came to help him away, he seemed to have resigned himself to his fate and allowed them to drag him down.

Before we knew it, it was noon.

Su Xiaoxi was too sleepy yesterday and rarely slept in.

When she woke up, she found that Cheng Shubai had not returned from the Yamen.

Thinking about what happened yesterday, Su Xiaoxi felt strange that even if the yamen interrogated and investigated, it wouldn't take so long!

yamen……

Wouldn't that mean the county magistrate had settled the case? When she mentioned the magistrate, she thought of the official who came to her stall to cause trouble last time.

The official seemed to say he was the nephew of the county magistrate.

If Cheng Shubai went to the Yamen to report the case, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth!

Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still. She found Mrs. Cheng and said to her, "Mom, I have to go out for something."

She didn't elaborate on what happened, mainly because she wasn't sure what happened to Cheng Shubai at the moment.

If something really happened to Cheng Shubai, she would not tell Madam Cheng. If Madam Cheng knew, it would only increase her worries.

Mrs. Cheng didn't know what Su Xiaoxi was going to do, but Mrs. Cheng never stopped what Su Xiaoxi wanted to do.

"Okay, go and do your work." Mrs. Cheng said to her with a smile.

After Su Xiaoxi got the promise, she immediately rushed towards the Yamen in the market.

Thinking she was walking too fast, she was sweating all over her back.

When they arrived at the yamen gate, Su Xiaoxi stood outside the gate and looked inside. There was no one in the lobby, so the trial must have been completed.

Now that the trial is over, why is Cheng Shubai missing?

So, she asked an official to ask: "Brother, has anyone been to court today?"

The eldest brother glanced at her, and Su Xiaoxi took out twenty coins from her sleeve and stuffed it into his hand.

The official collected the money and then replied to her with satisfaction: "There is a scholar named Cheng, but he has been imprisoned."

"Why is this?" Su Xiaoxi's eyebrows jumped and her heart was suddenly startled, but she pretended to be just curious and asked.

The officer narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Little lady, you have a lot of questions. No, you care so much about this scholar named Cheng. Do you have anything to do with him?"

Su Xiaoxi waved her hands and said, "That's not true."

As she said that, she took out another twenty coins and handed it to the officer, explaining: "I am just a storyteller. I haven't had any stories lately. There are a lot of things going on in the yamen, so I thought about coming over and asking around to see if there were any good stories. .”

The officer looked at the money in his palm and replied with a smile: "I understand, I understand. Then I'll tell you. It might be a good story for you."

"Then I'll thank Guan Cha first." Su Xiaoxi bowed her hands to Guan Cha.

"Don't thank me in a hurry, listen to what I have to say first." The official said while collecting the money.

"This scholar originally came to sue Wang Facai, and he also handed over a contract signed with Wang Facai, saying that Wang Facai forced him to take the exam for him.

However, the contract did not indicate that he was coerced by Wang Facai.Magistrate Zhang believed that he and Wang Facai were trying to engage in malpractice in the imperial examination, and ordered him to be sent to the frontier on another day. "

Su Xiaoxi wondered: "It shouldn't be. If this scholar really agrees to take the exam, why would he come to the Yamen to sue? Isn't this asking for death?"

"You don't understand this. If you want to blame it, blame this scholar's wife for offending the nephew of the magistrate."

Su Xiaoxi suddenly understood that this county magistrate actually avenged a private revenge.

It's downright nasty!

"I understand, this story is a good one. Thank you, Brother Guan Cha! Then I'll leave first." Su Xiaoxi waved to Guan Cha and left.

There is not much time left for her, Cheng Shubai is about to be sent to the frontier.

She must rescue Cheng Shubai before that.

At this moment, she was like an ant on a hot pot. It was all her. If it hadn't been for her, Magistrate Zhang would not have taken revenge on Cheng Shubai because of her.

Su Xiaoxi felt extremely guilty. She should have known that she shouldn't have been so impulsive in the first place!

She had just come here and didn't know any dignitaries. What should she do now?