New widow

Su Du saw Su Qiao looking a little embarrassed, her skirt was torn by something, but her eyes were still the same as before, shining brightly. Su Du was intoxicated by just one look. Naturally, Su Du covered it up and did not look into Su Qiao's eyes.

Su Qiao looked at Su Du: "The prefect suddenly wanted to kill a government official today. He said that he wanted to make an example to all the government officials in the city. He would not bully people into doing anything wrong in the future. But I know that this person was truly unjust, so I came here to ask for justice. Sir, come forward and save this person."

Su Qiao looked embarrassed, and Su Du couldn't understand what he said. The prefect wanted to beat a yamen servant to death. What does this yamen servant have to do with Su Qiao? Su Qiao actually came to beg someone to save him? He didn't even care about anything.

"This person..." Su Du asked, Su Qiao already smiled: "He is my uncle."

After saying this, Su Qiao ignored Su Du's surprise and added: "My mother's brother."

The housekeeper made a surprised sound. Everyone knew that Suqiao was born to Lord Kuang's first wife. However, no one knew about Lord Kuang's first wife Wan's origin. Everyone thought that she was from Lord Kuang's hometown when he didn't make a fortune. The woman she married turned out to be the sister of a government servant.

Su Qiao laughed when she heard the housekeeper's voice of surprise: "In the past, my father went to Beijing to seek an official position, and all the expenses were my mother's dowry."

Seeing that, Su Du nodded: "I'll go change my clothes and I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Su Du walked inside to change into his official uniform. The housekeeper looked at Su Qiao and said, "Ms. Kuang, you have such a relative..."

"In the past, my mother's betrothal to my father was also the matchmaker's order from my parents. Today, although my father is rich, can he forget that my mother was betrothed?

Betrothed to him, is he his legitimate wife? "Su Qiao asked back, and the steward immediately knew that what he said was wrong, so the steward smiled at Su Qiao and said: "Yes, yes, you are right. This is indeed the villain's mistake. Su Du had already walked out of his official uniform, adjusting the belt of his official uniform as he walked: "Let's go quickly. If we are late, we may be too late." "

Things were urgent at this time. Su Qiao couldn't say a word of thanks. She just picked up her skirt and ran outside with Su Du. The housekeeper looked at the backs of Su Qiao and Su Du and frowned. The third master of his family was the most unlucky. If you like these things, why do you agree to intercede now, and to intercede with the court official?

The housekeeper was still thinking about something, but Su Du turned around and told him: "Take care of your home."

"Yes, yes!" The housekeeper immediately put away those thoughts and said respectfully to Su Du. Su Qiao sighed softly: "Actually, I'm afraid that uncle has been implicated by me."

Mr. Kuang cannot discipline his daughter, after all, the daughter is already married, but it is easy to discipline the Wan family.

"If your father wants to clear his identity for Wanjia, it will be easy. Why?" Su Du's words made Su Qiao smile. Why don't you want to clear your identity? Su Qiao didn't know the answer. I guess Master Kuang had his own ideas. .

At this time, the magistrate's yamen was as lively as a vegetable market. Wan Dequan was lying on the ground, beaten and bloody. Several yamen servants were kneeling there, saying nothing. In short, they were unwilling to follow orders anymore. The officer who reported the news just now was stopped outside by several people. He just shouted that he was wronged while the people watching the excitement outside the lobby were discussing.

There was a lot of discussion about why the fight should not continue.

The voice came. The prefect was in his fifties this year and was already sulking a lot. Seeing that the government officials didn't do anything, he picked up the sign and threw it down: "Okay, you all owe me a beating to death."

"My lord wants to beat you to death, but you just accept it. It's just that Wan Yamen is from another place. Even if he bumps into you, sir, you can only write an official document and let Wan Yamen over there." How can you indiscriminately beat ten thousand yamen servants to death when you are dealing with them?" The leading yamen servant kowtowed and kept saying that he was just unwilling to take action. The prefect stood up and reached out to grab the water and fire stick from the yamen servant next to him: "Okay, okay, then I personally..."

"Sir, be careful, don't hurt yourself." Zhang Qing walked into the lobby, stepped forward to support the prefect, and said respectfully. The prefect saw Zhang Qing and said, "Very good, you came at the right time. There are also yamen servants in your yamen, so I will call your yamen servants and beat this corrupt yamen servant to death, so as to set an example for all the yamen servants in the government."

Zhang Qing looked at Wan Dequan and saw that he could still open his eyes and his eyes were still clear. Zhang Qing felt relieved, but still said perfunctorily: "Sir, what happened to this yamen servant? You have to beat him alive." Kill him?"

Wan Dequan naturally did not commit any crime, but the prefect would not tell Zhang Qing about the correspondence between the prefect and Mr. Kuang. The prefect just said with a livid face: "People who work as government servants should naturally be honest, and It’s not an attempt to negotiate a deal or deceive me.”

This was naturally the crime that the prefect accused Wan Dequan of. After all, he only came here by chance to deliver official documents. Even if he wanted to negotiate an alliance and make money from it,

Not at this time either.

Zhang Qing said "oh" and said to the prefect: "Indeed, these government officials are in this government office every day. Who knows what they have done that we don't know about? It's just where this person comes from and how he got there." never seen it."

"Go back to the Fourth Prefecture. This person's surname is Wan, and he is not a government official." When the government official who went to report the news saw Zhang Qing coming, it seemed that things would turn around, so he said to Zhang Qing. Zhang Qing said, "Oh, he is not a government official." Then how could this prefect be so vicious?

"Okay, okay, I knew you were all in the same group." The prefect waited for the yamen servant to finish speaking, then picked up the stick and threw it at the yamen servant. Seeing that the prefect lost his temper again, the discussion became louder. , Zhang Qing rolled his eyes and said to the prefect: "Sir, you have to deal with the people today. This is your business. But for now, those who are watching the excitement outside should be asked to leave first."

"Look what these people are doing for food." The magistrate shouted loudly, and two government servants who were kneeling on the ground stood up and chased away those who were watching outside. .

Zhang Qing only wanted to delay time, so he helped the magistrate sit back and said with a smile: "It's really hateful that these government officials don't understand your painstaking efforts."

As he spoke, Zhang Qing brought the tea on the table to the prefect. The prefect took a sip of tea and sighed after hearing what he wanted to hear: "Yes, they really don't understand anything."

"It's just that although you are devoted to them, you also have to think about your own reputation." Zhang Qing's tone was still so respectful, and the prefect frowned: "What should I say?"

"These government officials have been doing this for generations.

The government servants are also close to each other. Your Majesty has done this today to scare the monkeys, but you must also be prepared for the future. They will stir up trouble outside and hinder your official reputation. "