I'm watching the gate in the jail

In the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Jianshen looked at the information sent by Dongchang, his delicate eyebrows were almost tangled together, and a deep "Chuan" character was erected between the brows.

"It's happening in She County like this, hanging people on the chastity archway and whipping them...absurd."

Putting down the booklet, Zhu Jianshen leaned his back on the dragon chair, not knowing what expression he should put on to comment on Wanda's "behavior".

According to Dongchang's informant, Uncle Xiaolang and the others left Nanjing, and after returning to She County, they rescued a daughter of the Jiao family and a young son of the Ding family who was almost a savage on the mountain.

The following case was full of ups and downs, even more exciting than the drama on stage.

The daughter of the Jiao family, who had escaped death, was rescued by Mr. Xiao Ding, except for the first few days, she stayed in the temple, and then hid in the ancestral hall of the Guo family not far away to shelter from the wind and rain—except for the New Year's Day and the death day, on weekdays, Generally, no one would enter the ancestral hall to stay for a long time, so no one found her all the time.

That little Mr. Ding used to be terrified of strangers, but seeing Jiao Shi, he probably regarded her as his own mother. Not only was he not afraid of her at all, but he was also very close to her.Just like supporting his mother, Sha Niu, he supported her.

Jiao was grateful for his life-saving grace, and after hearing the fat wife's confession in the ancestral hall, she felt more pity for his life experience.He felt that he was the same as himself, a fallen man in the world.

So she taught him little by little how to speak, how to dress, how to be a "person" like a real mother.

Later, Mrs. Jiao went back to her "graveyard", and confidently took away all the funerary objects and some clothes that Cuicui specially prepared for her.

Mrs. Jiao made up her mind to complain for herself and "Xiaoyezhong", so that the heartless Guo Yuanwai and Master Ding will get the retribution they deserve.

But she is just a weak woman, and she can't take revenge by relying on her own strength.

The most important thing is that the current her, like "Xiao Yezhong", does not exist in this world at all.

"Little wild species" never existed at all, and she was already a "dead person"—the two of them were veritable "living dead".

She had sneaked down the mountain several times, and she also thought about going to the county government and the state government to file a complaint.

But after witnessing the fiery scene of her father-in-law fighting with the people in the government from a distance, Jiao finally understood that these people had long been united and worked together.

If he really showed up rashly, he was afraid that he would be treated as a lunatic or a female ghost and beaten to death before the petition was completed.

She can only wait, waiting for the day when a "Patrol of the Eight Houses" like the one sung in the opera, "Master Qingtian" will appear to save the two of them from the fire and water.

God has eyes, and finally made her wait.

Combining the confessions and physical evidence of several people, Qiu Xunsun sentenced the two squires of the Ding family and the Guo family to hang.Waiting for Qiu Hou to ask to be killed, and now he is already on his way to the capital.

"These two cases were both caused by the Ding family suing the Guo family for occupying his family's ancestral tomb...It's ridiculous that such a string of characters were involved in the end."

It is clearly written in this booklet. According to the fish scale map record in Houhu, that place was indeed the ancestral grave of the Ding family at first, and was later occupied by the Guo family under pretext.

However, the reason why the Ding family did not make a big deal of this matter 23 years ago is definitely not what Mr. Ding said. He hesitated that a land temple was built on the ancestral grave to pray for the people. The Ding family did not consider it for the sake of the people of She County. It was forcibly demolished—but because the Ding family also occupied the land of the Guo family at the same time!

According to the original agreement of the two families, the two villages were divided by the stream that happened to pass through the middle of the two villages, and they lived on both sides of the stream.

Although this method is not very clever, it can be regarded as a convention. For hundreds of years, they have lived in peace.

But the heavy rain 23 years ago changed the water course of the stream.A large piece of land that originally belonged to the Guo family, after being washed by the flood, ended up entering the sphere of influence of the Ding family.

The fields at the foot of the back mountain were extremely fertile, and the Ding family naturally refused to let go of this free bargain, so while the Guo family was still fighting the flood, they went directly to occupy the land.And he immediately planted his own crops, which can be regarded as a declaration of ownership.

Qiu Zijin also compared the albums for many years. In the dim Houhu library, he almost lost his eyesight. Finally, he realized that this is not too far off on the page, but in reality, there are two or three acres. land difference.

It happened that they were accompanied by a "Liu Tie Chi" who knew Feng Shui.Although this "Liu Tie Chi" is not good at catching ghosts, he still has a little ability in surveying topographical maps.

After repeated comparisons between him and Qiu Zijin at the scene, combined with the fish scale album copied from Houhu, it was finally judged that the creek was indeed slightly shifted from the original flow path after the flood more than 20 years ago, which was in vain. The Ding family got a piece of good land.

The members of the Guo family also discovered this fact back then. They tried to talk to the Ding family, but Master Ding insisted on his ancestors and set the rule of using the creek as the boundary.

The Guo family had no choice but to endure the bad breath at that time.

So out of revenge, after seeing that the Ding family was forced to move the ancestral tomb due to the heavy rain, they took the opportunity to occupy the land where the Ding family's ancestral tomb was located in the name of building an earth temple.

Not only that, after more than 20 years, the Guo family saw that the officials who remembered what happened back then were gone, so they decided to completely occupy the land and replace the old lady Ding's piece with the "Chaste Archway" belonging to their "Guo family". To declare their Guo family's final victory.

Master Ding couldn't swallow this breath. Hearing that the inspector censor had arrived, he sent his servant to complain.This is how the subsequent series of disturbances and old cases that have been uncovered come into being.

But who would have guessed that these two families have been fighting for so many years, and the final result is actually "to die together".

The Ding family and the Guo family finally gave up their century-old family business and left She County.

Uncle Xiao Lang didn't show any mercy when he attacked this time. The two lords were the first offenders who raped the foolish girl and daughter-in-law, so they must surely die.

Even the fat aunt was accused of a crime of conspiracy, and she was exiled for three thousand miles without redemption.

The county magistrate and the magistrate were both dismissed from their posts for accepting bribes because of neglecting the population and colluding with the local gentry. They were also escorted to Beijing and are on their way.

What awaited them was either the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice or the Imperial Prison of Jinyiwei, and there would be no good end after all.

If the handling of all this is reasonable, then Wanda's next move should be entirely due to his personal decision.

He forced Master Ding to recognize "Xiao Yezhong" and share the family property with Master Ding's other sons.

The "Xiao Yezhong" who was renamed "Ding Ye" transformed from a savage who couldn't even speak human words to a son of a wealthy businessman.

After knowing that Mr. Ding had done such a nasty thing, his other sons didn't want to recognize him as a father at all, and expressed that they would sever ties with him.

From then on, the Ding family moved away from She County, so that future generations would not be able to hold their heads high.

As for Jiao's daughter, as the only daughter-in-law of the Guo family, she became the only mistress of the Guo family after her father-in-law committed a crime.

If it is said that after the death of her husband, Jiao's daughter still had a little nostalgia for the Guo family, then she is completely disappointed now.

She completely disbanded the Guo family, sold the house, cut off the business, and distributed the land to the descendants of all parties. With her due property and dowry, she moved away from the Guo family with her maid Cuicui, and planned to return to her natal family to start a new life. .

Her so-called "chaste memorial archway" that hadn't been erected was completely demolished by Mr. Xiao Ding under her orders, until there was not even any dross left.

The little Mr. Ding was not satisfied with dismantling one, and wanted to destroy the old lady Ding's one, but was stopped by Wanda.

This thing is also very useful.

He ordered Jin Yiwei's men to tie Master Ding and Guo Yuanwai to the archway. In front of the whole county, while denouncing the crimes of the two men, he ordered Gao Hui to beat them severely with a whip.

Master Na Ding and Guo Yuanwai had already been tortured by Jinyi guards in the hall, only half of their lives remained.Then you suffered such humiliation under the watchful eyes of the public, it was like death.

Zhu Jianshen suspected that the two of them might not survive the hanging in Beijing, and might not be able to hold on halfway.

"It is said that there were hundreds of spectators at that time, and almost half of the people in She County came out. Even the people in the next county heard about it and came to watch the excitement. The scandals committed by these two families are now the entire Huizhou Prefecture. All the women, children and children have heard of it in the streets..."

Wynn also had a dumbfounding expression on his face.

"It is said that other local gentry tried to dissuade them, but Master Wan refuted them one by one. He also said that if anyone intercedes for them, he will let Jin Yiwei go to that family, and he will also help to find out how the family's atmosphere is. What an unspeakable private lawsuit. For a while, all the country gentlemen in Huizhou were in panic, lest they offend this "God of Plague" and cause trouble for themselves."

This kind of deep house compound looks bright, but God knows what it looks like inside.

If Wan Zhenfu is really shameless and even more desperately recruited into the family, wouldn't he just wait for the same fate as Ding and Guo, and destroy a century-old foundation?

"This little bastard, he is very happy. I can foresee how many papers to impeach him will be received in the next few months."

Zhu Jian cursed with a deep smile.

This kind of thing can only be done by sending Uncle Xiao Lang there.Change to Jin Yiwei next to him, no matter how many people kill, it's just scratching the surface.

Cursing in his mouth, Zhu Jianshen actually didn't know how happy he was.

It is said that a scholar meets a soldier, but the reason is unclear.

When those scholars encounter a "little rogue" like Wanda, who is still a "little rogue" who is backed by a mountain and cannot be shaken, there is really nothing he can do.

"Jin Yiwei is afraid of impeachment, but Mr. Qiu..."

Eunuch Wynn has been through a lot of wind and rain, so he naturally knows that impeachment is a matter of no worries for Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, and no worries about too many lice.

But for Qiu Zijin, who had just stepped into his official career, his actions this time were tantamount to cutting himself off from the literati group in Jiangnan.

She County is a place with a strong cultural spirit, and the entire Huizhou Prefecture, plus the Jingdezhen area near Wuyuan, belong to the same literati group represented by Ziyang Academy.

These people support each other, serve as mentors and apprentices, influence each other culturally, support each other in the court, and form their own party.

Throughout the dynasties, party disputes were extremely taboo.But party struggles have always existed, and even the imperial power cannot shake it.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were party struggles between Niu and Li, and in the Song Dynasty, there were old and new party struggles. When the time came, there seemed to be no exceptions in the Ming Dynasty.

With the continuous growth of literati groups in Zhejiang, Wuzhong, and Jiangxi, there is a faint tendency for the leaders of several major academies to dominate the imperial court policy.

If it is said that during the Hongwu, Yongle and Xuande periods, these groups had not formed enough climate because of the emperor's strength.

Then, during the reign of the first emperor Zhu Qizhen, this trend has obviously begun to become more and more ambitious, even unstoppable.

Especially after the "Change of Seizing the Gate", the confrontation between the literati group and Cao Shi's chaotic government occurred during the Tianshun period. Zhu Jianshen, who was the prince of the supervisory country at that time, could vividly remember it.

The little emperor was like a mirror in his heart. His little uncle, he deliberately stripped away the glory of those aristocratic families, let everyone see the dirty world inside, and helped the court beat those powerful gentry families in the south of the Yangtze River.

This kind of thing that offends almost half of the scholars in the world, except the emperor's brother-in-law, no one can do it, no one dares to do it.

As a student from Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, Qiu Zijin was recommended to the Imperial College for advanced studies because of his outstanding knowledge. He naturally bears the label of Jiangnan Literati Group.

Once entering the official career, it should be a matter of course to get close to the literati in the south of the Yangtze River and the clan.

But when Zhu Jianshen was surprised, according to Dongchang's information, Qiu Zijin, who had just won Tanhualang last year, did not show great interest in the recruitment of the same big men from Jiangxi and Huizhou civil official groups in North Korea and China. It can even be called a perfunctory attitude.

He had been in the Ministry of Punishment and Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi before the Zhongju, and he was still like this after the Zhongju, and the big bosses who wanted to accept him as a disciple were also very surprised.

"Back then at the Qionglin Banquet, when I saw Qiu Tanhua, I thought that he looked like a pretty girl, and he must have a gentle personality, a student who followed the rules and defended ethics."

Zhu Jianshen laughed until he laughed, "But now that I think about it, how can someone who will hang out with Uncle Xiao Lang really be a 'good baby'?"

Some people seem calm on the surface, but their hearts are more powerful than anyone else.

"have a look."

Zhu Jianshen put down the booklet, and said calmly, "Let's see if my first Tanhualang in the Chenghua year will become the first 'pure minister' in the Chenghua year."

To be a "pure minister" means that he is only loyal to the current emperor and the country, and will never form a party or stand in line.This also means that he will lose the support from the party forces and face the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty alone.

This Qiu Xun is said to be only this year, and he has never even had a rite of passage, so does he have such ambitions?

Zhu Jianshen felt a little excited, and even faintly wanted to wait and see.

A civil official who probably didn't want to join the cabinet at all from the very beginning, and even took the initiative to approach Jinyiwei and Dongchang Group for this reason-too interesting, isn't it?

Outskirts of She County

"Thank you, my lords, for your kindness and virtue to my little girl, this little girl can't repay you."

Dressed in a new look, the daughter of the Jiao family, who is now without any ghostly aura, stood in front of the carriage and bid farewell to Wanda and his party.

"It's a pity that we are not going to the same place, otherwise we can take a companion for a walk together."

Wanda also left She County today and headed towards Jingdezhen.

When they came back to She County for the first time, they were greeted by many local rich people.When they left, apart from the Jiao family who went out of the city with them, there was no one to see him off...

Wanda thought you wouldn't be able to do that. After calculating my case, only "two" people were sentenced to death.

Compared with the "brilliant achievements" of the past, it is simply "drizzle" and "sprinkling water". You people in Shexian County are really... too ignorant.

"Beautiful brother, goodbye."

Ding Ye, who was already sitting in the carriage, poked his head out excitedly, and waved with Wanda and the others.

He looked like an uncivilized savage in the hall before, but now he is dressed up, although he is not a handsome young man, but that kind of wild beauty, which is full of vitality, is particularly eye-catching in this gentle land in the south of the Yangtze River and touching.

Presumably the silly girl back then was also such a vigorous beauty without any dust, otherwise she wouldn't have attracted Master Ding and Yuanwai Guo at the same time.

It's a pity that her innocence was not cherished by others, instead it was crushed into dust and mud, and I don't know where it has drifted away.

"Are you really planning to take him back? Are you not afraid of criticism from the world?"

Qiu Zijin looked at the Jiao family who picked them up, and it seemed that he was not very happy to add such an inexplicable person to his return team.

"Ding Engong is my savior, and I vow to repay him with my life."

Jiao's daughter looked at Qiu Zijin, smiled faintly, "I am a 'person' who has 'died' once, he is a 'person' who has just become a 'human', we have all been abandoned by this world, even You are not afraid of 'death' anymore, so what are you afraid of?"

The Ding family was already planning to move away from She County, and his brothers reluctantly gave him a piece of property, but with Ding Ye's ability, how could he keep it.

Following Qiu Zijin's advice, Jiao's daughter decided to take Ding Ye back to her hometown in the form of "recruitment", and take care of her with her from then on.

With half of the Guo family property in her hands and Ding Ye's family property, they can live independently from Jiao's daughter's natal family.

"I have always wanted to be in business since I was a child. But my parents hoped that I could marry early and take care of my husband and children... I had no choice before. I married into the Guo family. Fortunately, my husband was very kind to me, and I also let go of my thoughts on doing business. ...but from now on, I will live for myself."

In the Ming Dynasty, it was almost impossible for a woman to live an independent life legally.

The Jiao family wants to display their ambitions, just like what Qiu Zijin said, the only way is to recruit Ding Ye and get a "formal" husband.

Fortunately, Ding Ye doesn't know anything about men and women. He completely regards Jiao as a substitute for a silly girl, respects her, and admires her.

The Jiao family also treated him as a "benefactor" and promised everyone that they would provide for Ding Ye and take care of him for the rest of his life.

The two poor people will live in this form from now on.

It has to be said that Qiu Zijin pointed out a clear path for them and opened up a new "vitality".

Looking at the confidence in Jiao's daughter's eyes, Qiu Zijin was also delighted.

"I originally thought that the scholars in this world were not masters who talked about ethics and morality, but lu bets who were full of utilitarianism. I didn't expect that there were people like Qiu Xunyan. I didn't expect that there were Master Wan and Master Wan in Jinyiwei, which everyone feared. Master Yang is such a good person who is dedicated to the people. From now on, the daughters of the people will pray before the Buddha every day, asking him to bless the adults."

Supported by Cui Cui, Jiao's daughter stepped into the carriage and bid farewell to everyone.

"My lords, Xiaodao is also here to bid farewell to you."

Liu Tiechi followed Wanda and the others all the way, seeing Jiao and his convoy going away, he also came up to say goodbye to Wanda.

"Liu Tiechi, it's really thanks to you this time. Otherwise, the Ding family will definitely not admit it easily if they only rely on paper and do not go through an on-site inspection."

Qiu Zijin cupped his hands and said to him.

"The poor way takes people's money and gives them... hey, what are you doing, my lord? Huh...it hurts."

Liu Tiechi was about to bow to Qiu Zijin, when suddenly he saw the adult rushing forward, grabbing his left and right cheeks with both hands, which frightened Liu Tiechi into a stupor, not knowing how to react.

"Xiao Qiu, what are you doing?"

Wanda hurried forward to dissuade him, and stopped Qiu Zijin's hand.

Looking back, Liu Tiechi's thin cheeks were swollen by Xiaoqiu.

What a strength!

"There is no disguise...you are not 'he'..."

Qiu Zijin looked at his fingers, neither tore off any human skin mask, nor touched lead powder rouge.

Liu Tiechi is "Liu Tiechi", not someone else, he was wrong from the beginning.

"Xiao Qiu, what's wrong with you, don't scare me?"

Wanda put his arms around Qiu Zijin's thin shoulders, but Qiu Zijin pushed him away in despair, and walked aside.

"Well, our Master Qiu, it may be that we are too tired to handle cases during this time."

Wanda stroked the dull hair on his head, and said to Liu Tiechi in embarrassment.

"It's okay, it's okay, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever. We will meet in the future."

Liu Tiechi supported his swollen cheeks pinched by Qiu Zijin with one hand, and waved vigorously at the crowd with the other hand, then turned and walked towards the landscape.

"Tell me, does this person have any real skills?"

Looking at Liu Tiechi's handsome back, Wanda touched Yang Xiuxian's arm with his shoulder and asked.

"Yang has never believed in ghosts and gods."

Yang Xiuxian still said the same thing.

Although Liu Tiechi said by mistake that he and Xinghai were destined to have "no wife and no children", he didn't think that this person could really see through the secrets.

"Last night, I asked him to make a fortune."

Wanda withdrew her gaze and lowered her head.

"I ask him to help me figure out the fate of the eldest son of the emperor."

"you……"

Yang Xiuxian looked at him in surprise.

In the previous case of the White Lotus Sect, Wanda said that he did not believe in ghosts and gods at all.Their families don't even offer offerings to Bodhisattvas, so how could he...

"It's said that 'concern leads to chaos'... I concealed the identity of the eldest son of the emperor, and just gave him the horoscope, asking him to open the 'eyes of the sky' and show me the future of this child."

Wanda curled her lips in embarrassment.

"Then... what did Liu Tiechi say?"

Yang Xiuxian only felt that his throat was dry. Judging by Wanda's expression, the result calculated by Liu Tiechi should not be very satisfactory.

"He was terrified. It would take at least ten years of his life if he counted it."

Wanda scratched her head and whispered.

"That……"

"He said that although this child's life is uniquely honored, it is too honorable to bear. Judging from the horoscope, this child may...not survive this year."

Wanda said in frustration.

"Nonsense!"

Yang Xiuxian slapped the big tree on the side, shaking the big tree with the thickness of a man's waist and shaking it twice.

What does it mean to be "excessively honorable", as a prince, of course he is blessed with honor, which is as it should be.

"This kind of charlatan is nonsense. He also said he can catch ghosts. Do you think he can?"

To actually dare to curse the eldest son of the emperor with a short life is simply treasonous!

Yang Xiuxian squinted his eyes, looked at the figure of Liu Tiechi who had been reduced to the size of a grain of rice on the mountain road in the distance, and considered whether to send someone to catch him back and beat him to death with sticks.

"He doesn't know that he is the prince, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say such a thing with ten courage."

Wanda shook her head.

"He also said... there is only one way to resolve it..."

Wanda's big eyes were full of confusion.

"He said that only those who are already 'dead' in their fate can keep him safe in life."

Living to death, life and death depend on each other.