I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

"That's fine, why did you suddenly beat your son because of the stealing of steamed buns at the tea pavilion?"

Yan Chixia shook her head when she heard the words. In fact, he didn't know what to say. After a while, he said: "Pindao has been observing the An family in Wuyi County for several days, but he didn't see Mrs. Na An coming back. As for the neighbors, they all said that they hadn't seen Mrs. Na'an for three or four years. The poor Taoist thought that she might know the difference between human beings and monsters, so he went back to the mountain to practice, so he planned to show up to explain the situation to Mr. An and tell him that An can be abandoned. Not jackals."

"and then?"

Yan Chixia sighed, and then said: "Who knows that An Keqi caused trouble outside before Pindao showed up. He attempted to steal, but was caught by his master and sent to the county government office. The master didn't know that he was the second son of An's family in the county, but later the yamen servant reminded him and sent him back to An's mansion. Master An was angry at him for ruining his family's reputation, so he tied him up and smoked him for half an hour. , I'm afraid my life will be lost."

"This tiger poison doesn't even eat its offspring. This father is too cruel. Didn't he steal it?" Pan Xiaoan listened to it, and felt that the parents in the world are really cruel. , wouldn't it have to be sent directly to the guillotine?

Cheng Jin guessed a little bit: "I'm afraid it's because An Keqi's behavior has reached the ears of the government. An Daye is afraid of ruining the reputation of the eldest son." It's ugly.

"You mortals really value your face more than your life, don't you think it's right to fight?" Mao Mao said angrily.

Cheng Jin asked himself if an official should not listen to and believe in things: "It depends on whether An Keqi is really going to steal. If it is true, if I am a county magistrate in Wuyi County, I must Detain him for a few days, instead of just letting him go because he has an elder brother who is a Jinshi."

"I'm not, I didn't steal!"

The boy on the bed opened his eyes at some point, and was huddled in the corner of the bed with a vigilant face at the moment, but because of the scars all over his body, he grinned in pain, "Who are you! Why are you arresting me? I have no money. I want to arrest you to grab An Daqi, he is worth money!"

Apart from other things, it was quite easy to shake the pot, Cheng Jin clicked his tongue, and said: "Child, just pretending to be sleeping is pretty good, do you know where this is?"

An Keqi looked fierce, and roared: "I don't care where you are!"

"Why are you yelling so loudly! This is Tangxi Yamen, not your Wuyi County, and if you are told to send you to jail!" Pan Maomao jumped up instantly, and yelled back even louder.

Cheng Jin: ...I let you be the cell leader, that's not the role.

Fear flashed across An Keqi's face, he wrapped the quilt tightly around his body, afraid that he would open his wounds, and hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, Mr. Cheng is a good official, he won't imprison you casually, you You just said you didn't steal it, did you?"

Tao Zui was born well, with a gentle and approachable temperament, and his words were delicate and gentle, which was the most touching. An Keqi immediately raised his head to meet Cheng Jin's eyes, and suddenly said: "Of course I didn't steal it! His family doesn't have as much money as mine, If I want to steal something, I can just steal from my house, why do I have to go a long way to steal someone else's house!"

...It was so reasonable that Cheng Jin felt unable to refute it.

But of course Mr. Cheng will not be casual and he will be speechless: "You can take the things in your house casually? Child, your thinking is very dangerous."

An Keqi grew up savagely since he was a child, and has his own reasons for survival. Hearing the words, he said: "Why! I am also his son, why can't I spend his money, I just want to spend all his money, and he won't let me If I do it, I will do it! Can you control me!"

Wow, quite arrogant.

"Do you all look down on me? Think I'm a person who can steal, yes, that's right, I will show them tomorrow and tell them what stealing is! He wants to be famous, but I want to be ruined! You guys Tomorrow you can come and arrest me, if I take one step, I will be chopped down in the street!"

After all, An Keqi wanted to throw away the quilt and rush out the door.

But in this room, there are two demons, and there are two people left, one is a Taoist priest and the other is comparable to non-human beings. An Keqi is really seeing a ghost if he can get away. I saw An Keqi and a chick poised to rush out He was picked up by Cheng Jin like a son, and no matter how he tried to break free, he just couldn't.

"Little friend, what you said just now can be regarded as preparing to commit a crime. If you say such a thing in the yamen, you will be put in jail~ Why do you want to kill you in the street? You think the yamen can kill people casually. I have a good reason Suspecting that you have slandered the Yamen, you still want to leave? You are beautiful."

Teaching people how to behave, County Magistrate Cheng said that he is really professional. After all, after high school, he was a frequent visitor to the back door of the school.

An Keqiyuan was carried back to the bed again, and the caring magistrate Cheng was still worried that he would be cold in winter, so he covered the quilt back again: "You still have to steal all your injuries, how can you be so patient, heal your injuries first , this Daoist Yan has something to say to you."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Jin and Tao Zui went out together, and of course they picked up a kitten who didn't really want to leave.

"Why can't I stay? This half-demon has a bad temper, no wonder the demon world doesn't like half-demons, and neither does Ben Meow."

Cheng Jin ignored Pan Maomao, just pushed and reveled, and asked, "What's the matter, are you preoccupied?"

It was only then that Tao Zui came to his senses: "It's nothing, it's just a little embarrassing to hear this child's story. He was declared a jackal species since he was a child, and he is only 14 years old now. All the things he did later were probably aimed at attracting the attention of his parents. Bar."

Pan Maomao felt completely incomprehensible: "Why? You need to use such methods to attract attention. Isn't stealing and naughty things mortals hate?"

Cheng Jin pushed the approaching cat away, and said, "That's not something you can understand, um, what kind of smell, it seems to be the smell of A Cong fried small yellow croaker~"

Maomao heard the words, took a closer look, immediately put the question aside, and rushed to the kitchen as if flying.

Intoxicated watched the Jinhua cat run carefree towards the backyard, with envy in his eyes that he didn't even notice: "From Brother Cheng's words just now, you seem to recognize this kid's elder brother?"

Cheng Jin thought for a while, nodded his head and said, "I know him, he and I are Jinshi in the same class."

As soon as he heard the name An Daqi, he could tell that his parents had placed high hopes on him, so although An Daqi had a name, his name was more resounding.Recruiting people to enter the Beijing examination is not just as simple as taking part in the general examination. Before that, they also need to visit famous Confucian scholars and participate in the poetry meeting. If they have a reputation, it will naturally be more helpful.

"He came to visit my teacher once, and we met a few times." Cheng Jin can actually remember the other party's name, because the name was too catchy when it was called by Chuanlu, and later he gradually heard something about This person's news, "Actually, he was the most famous in our class, except for Yijia."

Intoxicated and puzzled: "What?"

"Have you ever heard of catching a son-in-law under the list?" Seeing Tao Zui's surprised face, Cheng Jin knew that the other party must have heard of it, "Although the daughter in Beijing is not worried about getting married, there are still a few families who are not as good as they are. , Then there was a small event of catching a son-in-law under the list. To be honest, I was almost arrested at the beginning. Fortunately, I ran fast. Although An Daqi only won the second-class, he was not As a Jinshi, he was young and well-born, so he was arrested by the Yun family."

Tao Zui: ...Brother Cheng, with your strength, no one should be able to catch you.

"The Yun family is not the mansion of a duke, but General Yun has meritorious service. Only the eldest lady of the Yun family likes gentle scholars. After An Daqi was captured, there was a happy event from both sides soon. Because of that Yun Miss Jia has a certain reputation in the capital, so when the two parties got married, there was quite a lot of excitement."

However, Cheng Jin didn't say anything else, and that was that Miss Yun's family used to be a diehard fan of his senior brother, and her enthusiasm for chasing stars was no worse than that of modern fans who buy concerts in the middle of the night.

"Later he also joined the Imperial Academy, but I didn't have much contact with him. I only heard that he was kind and seldom made enemies with others."

After listening to the intoxication, my heart is full of sighs, and of course there are countless sourness. One son is named Daqi, his career rises, and he marries a beautiful wife, with a bright future. Beating and scolding at every turn, now fourteen, what he says doesn't look like coming from a school-educated family.

Just like that person, how ruthless is his heart, he is so cruel to him and his mother, but he is so spoiled to his half brother, it hurts like an eyeball, how can parents in this world It's so unreasonable.

"Brother Tao? Brother Tao?"

Tao Zui regained consciousness and hastily closed his eyes, but this time Cheng Jin saw it.

"I'm sorry, I was distracted just now. The child is seriously injured and has to get medicine, so I'll take a step first."

After Tao Zui finished speaking, he left, Cheng Jin thought about it, and said: "Brother Tao, if you have something on your mind that you want to tell others, you can come to the yamen."

Tao Zui made a wrong step, then walked faster, and quickly disappeared around the corner.

"Aren't you the one who understands people's hearts the most? He clearly doesn't want others to explore his mind, can't you see it?"

Cheng Jin was so frightened that he jumped a big step aside: "Master, the monster scares people but can scare people to death. No matter how you walk, you don't make a sound."

"This seat did not come on foot."

Cheng Jin: ... Then you are awesome.

"You can see, why do you say that more?"

How can people answer this? County magistrate Cheng thought for a while and said, "Because I can't guess for sure. I don't know what sad past he was brought up. If he wants to talk to someone one day, he won't As for finding no one, right?"

Heishan took a deep look at Cheng Jin, but said nothing.

"Let's not talk about this now, master, you disappeared for two days, why did you come back suddenly?"

Heishan glanced at the courtyard behind, and said: "I haven't been here for two days, why is there another half-demon in your yamen?"