Fox Road Travel Notes

Chen Zican nodded.

Gao Xinzhi frowned and continued reading.

After a long time, he slowly folded the letter and stuffed it into the envelope.

Hesitating again and again, he said with a wry smile: "I think this is a bad idea..."

"Is that all there is to it?"

Chen Zican was a little embarrassed, touched his nose and sighed.

"Well, it's really sour."

"But what I want is this bad taste."

"The matter involves the prefect's Yamen. The water is very deep! In order to keep things clean and avoid future troubles, this is the only way."

After speaking, he picked off a leaf and handed it to Gao Xinzhi.

Gao Xinzhi took it easily.

Just when I was a little confused, a strong stench hit me, and I couldn't help but sneeze.

He threw away the leaf and looked at the gray-brown beetle crawling on his hand with disgust on his face.

"I'll wipe it, stinky sister?"

Chen Zican smiled meaningfully: "Yes, you stinky sister."

"This is a smart bug. When it encounters an opponent it cannot escape or defeat, it will emit a stench."

"This smell is enough to make any enemy lose their appetite..."

Gao Xinzhi originally wanted to get rid of the bug, but after hearing this, he wrinkled his nose and raised his palm, looked at it carefully, and thought deeply.

"You mean, let my sweet-smelling little Yan'er turn into a smelly eldest sister?"

Chen Zican smiled again: "It's not just Xiao Yan'er."

"You, the stinky Gao Xinzhi, have to become a stinky big sister."

"Otherwise, how can you two be a good match?"

Looking at the city in the distance and the busy people like a colony of ants, he smiled bitterly.

"Living in an unfortunate era, if you want to be happy, you always have to pay some price..."

At this time, Qinghe was no different from other counties.

Cross avenues lead in all directions, with rickety and dilapidated adobe houses clustered here and there, with uneven thatch on their heads, just like those groups of beggars in ragged clothes on the streets.

In these troubled times, the tallest and most majestic building in the county, apart from the city wall that has been reinforced every year, is the county government office, which is located on the north central axis of the city and consists of blue bricks and black tiles.

Around the county government office, there are many square brick courtyards.

Occasionally, several small buildings can be seen standing at the end of the alley.

This is mostly a makeup store for rich ladies.

This area is considered the wealthy area of ​​Qinghe County, and it is also the place with the best security in the entire county.

No matter day or night, wind or rain, there are always uniformed soldiers patrolling from time to time.

Even wild dogs don't dare to stay here.

However, at the third watch tonight, the old watchman caught a thief.

This thief was born tall and tall, and wore a blue shirt.

In the middle of the night, I was climbing stairs, not along the stairs, but along the rope.

The old watchman slammed the gong and shouted at the top of his voice: "Catch the thief——"

The thief screamed and fell down.

By chance, he fell into the arms of the old watchman and was caught without mercy.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the neighborhood, the quiet spring night became boiling, and several cats named Chun fled in all directions.

The neighbors lit torches and carried sticks, rushing out from all directions and surrounding the thief.

At this time, Aunt Sun recognized him: "Oh, don't fight, don't fight. Isn't this the eldest son of the Gao family?"

"Isn't he studying at Xiuwu County School?"

"It's a good baby. How could he be a thief? Is it wrong?"

The old watchman always gets stronger, just like Wu Erlang who hunts tigers. He rides the tall and powerful Gao Xinzhi on his crotch and beats him until he screams.

Wen Yan pointed to the rope: "Wrong? Can my old man make a mistake?"

"Look, this kid was climbing up just now, like a monkey..."

"Hey, whose building is this?"

"Hey - the daughter of the old Wang family..."

The story of the eldest son of the Gao family committing a thief in the middle of the night had already spread throughout Beicheng before dawn.

Early in the morning, Gao Xinzhi, who had been locked up in the county government custody room for half a night, was taken out and put on trial.

As a scholar, before he was expelled from his position, he had the privilege of not being tortured, beaten, or kneeling.

But Gao Xinzhi still knelt down honestly.

Also presented at the same time were the rope for climbing the stairs, a gold hairpin in his arms, a few taels of silver, and a letter.

Magistrate Zhong received the three hundred taels of silver from General Song before dawn and had no intention of embarrassing him.

But when he took a closer look at the gold hairpin as evidence, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Gao Xinzhi, you are a disciple of a saint and a student member of the county, why are you a thief?"

Gao Xin paused and said, "Sir, students have a natural tendency to be affectionate and affectionate!"

"What's the matter?"

Gao Xinzhi turned around, glanced over, and pointed at the people watching the trial outside the lobby behind him.

"I want to sue him, him, him, and him... everyone here dares to slander others and falsely accuse the saint's disciples as thieves!"

"boom……"

There was an explosion in the lobby, and there were a lot of discussions everywhere. The look in Gao Xinzhi's eyes was like looking at a madman.

Gao Xinzhi was a little embarrassed and scratched his head involuntarily.

Although I secretly rehearsed it several times, this script is really bad.

Do you have to do something like this that will set yourself on fire and then add fuel to the fire?

This role is really impossible for an extra who is not thick-skinned like me to handle it!

"boom!"

Magistrate Zhong was stunned: "Nonsense!"

"Gao Xinzhi, you committed a thief in the middle of the night. The evidence is conclusive. Every piece of it is on display in this hall."

"Now you say you were framed, where is the evidence?"

Someone in the crowd echoed: "That's right, where's the evidence?"

Gao Xinzhi suppressed his thoughts, lowered his head and said: "The students' evidence is also on display in this class."

The crowd was in an uproar again.

Gao Xinzhi didn't wait for Magistrate Zhong to ask questions, and said loudly: "The students asked the adults for paper and pen, and made a statement in front of the court!"

In ancient times, reports of crimes, like those of later generations, required a written complaint, which could only enter the judicial process after being accepted by officials.

Everyone was stunned. The eldest son of the Gao family was not joking, he was trying to be serious!

Magistrate Zhong pondered for a moment, knowing clearly that there might be some secret behind this matter.

Instruct the people around him: "Give him paper and pen!"

"Gao Xinzhi, since you are the plaintiff now, you can write standing up."

"If there is an untrue statement in it, I will report it to the government first, expel you from your job, and then severely punish you!"

Gao Xinzhi got up and silently recited the tips Chen Zican gave him, which he had memorized in an afternoon.

When the pen was written down, it was as fast as flying, and it was written in one swipe: I was falsely accused for Chen Ming, and I begged for justice and asked for permission to make the whole thing happen.

Lin students are highly trustworthy, diligent and eager to learn, and always abide by etiquette and laws.

A little fluorescent lamp is always accompanied by the sound of books in the middle of the night. For ten years, Qing Jin has always followed the teachings of the sages.

Just because there is beauty in the east, Song Yu is lustful; there is no one in the west garden, so he imitates the behavior of climbing over the wall.

Inadvertent mistakes were made, and the scholar committed the crime of stealing incense, but no one noticed it, and falsely accused the scholar of being a gold thief.

Although he is not talented, he is still young, but falling into love by mistake and defiling his daughter is harmful to his moral character.

Now I am willing to change my mind and mend my ways.

I beg you to show me a little kindness and bring good luck to the students for a hundred years.

Thank you very much, sincerely.

This piece of paper is written with sincerity and responsibility.

First of all, I would like to say that I am a good scholar and a top student.

Then he said that he stole fragrance and jade, which was just a sentimental and romantic sin of a scholar.

Didn't the great talents Song Yu and Sima Xiangru do the same thing back then?

Then he defended himself by suing everyone for false accusations because as a disciple of a saint, how could he bear the stigma of being a thief?

Finally, he said that he already knew his mistake and would never evade responsibility.

I am willing to get married to the woman and get married to the right matchmaker in order to atone for my sins and ask the county magistrate to make it happen.