Chapter 91: A Chivalrous Thief and a Virtuous Wife
Zhang Facun returned home happily that day and handed the package he had stolen from Hu San to his wife. The couple didn't know what it was, so they were surprised when they opened it. Zhang's wife knew a few words.
Unfolding the imperial edict personally approved by the emperor, I saw that it read: By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Pan You'an is specially appointed as the imperial envoy minister, Hu San, and Wang Xiaowu assist the governors of Jianghuai, Lianghu, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Yunnan. Imperial Envoy Office
Wherever he goes, officials from various places are subject to his control, appointment, dismissal, disposal, etc., and there must be no mistakes. This is the rule.
Zhang's wife was shocked and said: "Husband, you have caused a big disaster! This is an act to destroy the nine tribes!"
Zhang Facun suddenly broke into a cold sweat and muttered: "What should we do if we poke a leak in the sky? What should we do?"
Zhang's wife complained: "I have advised you to wash your hands in the golden basin, but you have refused. What should I say to you?"
Zhang Facun cried and said: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't have anything else to do. I don't have half of the arable land at home to cultivate, and I don't have the capital to do a small business. Could it be that you and I are just waiting to starve to death?"
"I learned all my skills, but which one was brought from my mother's womb?" Zhang's wife said angrily.
"That's what the good wife said, but the things at the moment are the most important. As for working and learning to work, that's a matter for the future. But how should we deal with these two things?" Zhang Facun was confused and asked his wife with straight eyes.
Zhang's wife said: "This is an important thing from the royal family. It is different from anything else. If the officials pursue it, the government officials will definitely mobilize their troops and search with all their strength. Even if you escape to the end of the world, they will definitely bring you to justice."
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Zhang Facun was even more frightened. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his wife and said, "Good wife, save me. Please think of a way for me!"
Zhang's wife thought for a while and said, "There is only one way for now."
"Good wife, please speak up! I am willing to go to heaven and to earth, but don't kill my whole family." Zhang Facun begged.
"Now take your stolen goods and go to the door of Qingfeng Store, kneel on the ground, and beg me for your life. If I am a good and virtuous official, I will definitely spare your life. If I am a stupid official, I may kill you in anger.
His head. Let God decide whether he is alive or dead! This is better than having someone find out and kill my whole family."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Zhang Fa had nothing to do until now.
When the young eunuch heard that someone was kneeling down to see the imperial envoy, he knew that the important matter had been decided. He went straight to the gate with King Hu and his wife, helped the little thief who was lying on the ground with his own hands, and said kindly:
"Brother, please get up and come to the house to talk if you have anything to say."
When they arrived at the house, the little eunuch asked the thief to sit down and talk, but Zhang Facun didn't dare. The little eunuch changed his face and said:
"You can sit down if I ask you to, why should I give in?"
Zhang Facun put half of his butt on the edge of the chair.
The little eunuch then took a closer look at this humble little thief, and almost ruined his important mission. Unexpectedly, there was something wrong with his tendon, and he unexpectedly sent the original thing back. Most ordinary people in the city would never have such courage.
There must be something strange in it.
"Brother, why did you remember to send this thing back?" the little eunuch said after looking at the intact gold seal and imperial edict.
"My wife asked me to send it. My wife said it was a matter of killing or scraping. I am the only one to blame. Please don't implicate the children of my family." Zhang Facun has become much more courageous this time.
"Your wife is a sensible person." The young eunuch praised.
"I stole my wife." Zhang Facun was inspired by the imperial envoy's praise of his wife and added a superfluous sentence.
"It was stolen. How was it stolen?" the little eunuch became interested.
Zhang Facun once explained the lesson of putting rice in pants.
The little eunuch slammed his palm on the table and shouted: "Interesting, what a righteous daughter of thieves! Not only will I not punish you, but I will also reward you."
After that, the young eunuch ordered Wang Xiaowu to take out ten taels of silver and hand them to Zhang Facun, saying:
"Brother, take these ten taels of silver back and sell some food and wine. We will visit your home later."
After hearing this, Zhang Facun was overjoyed, crawled to the ground, kowtowed three times, and left happily. He only remembered after leaving the door, and turned back and added:
"Sir, please wait a moment. My wife and I will come over and invite the adults to my home when we are ready."
When Fat Xishi came in again, she was almost a different person than before. The door was already wide open, but she still pretended to knock on the door, lowered her voice, and asked cautiously:
"Adults, can I come in?"
Hu San smiled and said: "Sister, come in!"
Fat Xishi shook her head with a change of expression, stuck out her tongue and said, "Sir, please don't call me sister. A little girl can't bear the responsibility."
Hu San has also changed since the things were found, returning to the level before entering the court. He thought that the elder brother had transferred this woman to him anyway, so he would simply enjoy this beautiful meal. The little eunuch looked at Hu San
San and Fat Xishi struck up a conversation, and winked at Wang Xiaowu, asking him to go to the bank to get a silver note to exchange for one hundred taels of gold. He also took the opportunity to slip out, leaving Hu San and the landlady to flirt with each other.
pretty.
The little eunuch never liked using a sedan chair, but because he was a guest at Zhang Facun's house and it was dark when he returned, he was not familiar with the road, so he had no choice but to ride in a sedan chair. Fat Xishi made an appointment with Hu San and said she would go too, and the little eunuch thought
I thought it was a good idea, so I asked someone to multiply it.
As soon as the young eunuchs and others got off the sedan, they saw the whole Zhang family kneeling all over the floor, shouting that the lord is wise.
The young eunuch hurriedly helped them up one by one and said with a smile: "Excuse me, everyone. We are here as guests, not to judge cases. You don't have to be like this."
The Zhang family were shocked when they saw that the imperial envoy was young and had extraordinary appearance. He also treated people with kindness, unlike the old man from the county government who would cheer for him as soon as he left the house and blow gongs to clear the way. What a majestic image.
The little eunuch saw that Zhang's wife was well-groomed. Although she was born into a bandit family, she looked like the daughter of a wealthy family. He felt puzzled and asked more questions for the moment. The little eunuch rewarded Zhang's wife with one hundred taels of gold and said that Zhang Fa had left it with him and he wanted to take it away as his wife.
Officials, after completing the emperor's mission, you can go to the capital with him, and all your family members who are able to move can go with you. Everyone in the Zhang family was overjoyed. If it weren't for the bright sun shining in the sky, they would have thought it was just a daydream!
When they returned to the post office, the young eunuch told Hu San: "Brother, if you fall in love with that woman, my eldest brother can fight against it for you and help you. But you must not do anything like a rooster or a dog, which will ruin the reputation of our imperial envoys."
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Hu San nodded and said, "Big Brother has always been aboveboard in doing things. If we brothers ruin Big Brother's reputation, we will die badly!"
The little eunuch smiled and said: "Brother, you are serious. Men are lustful by nature, but they are afraid that they can't control the scale well. An emperor wants hundreds or even thousands of wives. He thought they were beauties sent by God to enjoy, but he didn't expect that in the end he would end up with a wife.
He became God’s tool to take his life.”
Hu San nodded and said: "The elder brother taught you a very good lesson, and the younger brother will definitely remember it."
After the incident of missing the golden seal, the young eunuch decided to change the covert visit into an open investigation.