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Chapter 45

Today's scholars specialize in studying the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism. For example, Taoist and Mohist miscellaneous studies are rarely covered. Xu Ziqin studied "Laozi" by himself, but he had no one to study with him. Now that he knows that Cui Weizhen has also dabbled in it, he refuses to let it go easily. Questions come one after another.

One made everyone laugh.

Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder and said, "Ziqin, please let Wei Zhen go. There are so many questions, which one do you want him to answer first?"

Xu Ziqin scratched his head in embarrassment and apologized repeatedly. Cui Weizhen didn't care and the matter passed.

Meng Yuchen, who had been ignored, wanted to make a loud noise about his presence, but still took issue with Ye Zhenzhen, "Chief Cui, a woman's beauty is chastity and tranquility. Aren't your wives afraid of breaking the rules when she comes out to do business?"

Is this person finished?

Cui Weizhen frowned slightly and looked at him indifferently, "A man should stand upright and have all things in mind. Is it possible that Mr. Meng can't accommodate even a mere woman?"

Can Meng Yuchen admit it?

After admitting that he was a narrow-minded villain, he curled his lips angrily and finally stopped talking.

It just stopped here, and it became lively again on the other side of the notice wall.

It turned out that the excitement on the notice wall had attracted the government officials. They wanted to tear down the wanted notice, but were stopped by a woman who rushed out from the crowd. She kept saying that she knew the woman in the painting and did not want the government officials to destroy her fifty taels.

The notice wall was very lively. Someone saw the paste on Wu De's hand and recognized him as the person who put up the notice. He shouted, "Little brother, someone wants to announce the announcement to receive the reward. Go and have a look."

Wu De looked at Ye Zhenzhen, who nodded, "Go and have a look."

The crowd spontaneously separated and cleared the way. Cui Weizhen followed Ye Zhenzhen in. Zhang Yuan and others had long wanted to watch the fun, so they followed and saw the woman who was arguing with the government servant.

"Our boss is here. Madam, do you really know the person in the painting?"

The yamen servants all knew Cui Weizhen, so they let him go when they saw him. The woman thought he was the boss, and looked at him nervously and expectantly, "I do know the person in the painting. You will really pay me fifty taels of silver."

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Cui Weizhen nodded, "Of course."

The woman immediately smiled and moved away, revealing the whole portrait, "I know this person, his name is Biyun, he lives on the same street as me. When he was seven or eight years old, he was sold to the county magistrate's family as a maid.

, I just saw her come back to visit relatives last month."

She is actually a maid from the county magistrate's family.

The government servants were stunned. They didn't expect that their nosy business would also involve the county magistrate. The people were even more excited. Why did the slaves of the county magistrate's family become the murderers who poured dirty water on others?

Ye Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows pretending to be surprised, "How could it be that she is a maid from the county magistrate's family? Madam, I think you are mistaken."

The woman immediately lowered her face and said, "This portrait looks exactly like Biyun. How could I be wrong? Madam, do you not want to give me money?"

Ye Zhenzhen directly took off the portrait and said with a smile, "Businessmen pay attention to integrity. For the sake of my mother's sincerity, I still have to give you these fifty taels of silver. As for the green clouds and green clouds, I will give it to you in the future."

Stop talking."

"Really, you are willing to give me money without me identifying the person?"

"That's true, Xiao Dezi, take your aunt to the store to get some money."

Wu De obeyed her orders. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he still took the person away. When the people around him saw this scene, they started to care.

Some people even started talking about it, "There is such a stupid person, he actually gave someone fifty taels for free."

"Why are you stupid? Haven't you heard that the person in the painting is the maid of the county magistrate's family? Who dares to offend her?"

"That's right. I just want to calm things down and spend money to eliminate disasters."

"The county magistrate... Tsk, I heard that the county magistrate's family also opened a makeup shop. No wonder someone is throwing dirty water on the other side."

"Who says it's not the case? If Man Tingfang's employer hadn't been able to paint, this matter would have become an unsolved case."

"Justice is in the heart of the people, so what if you can't offend him? His reputation is ruined."



There was a lot of discussion, and they were all attacking the county magistrate's family.

Cui Weizhen saw the proud smile on Ye Zhenzhen's face and understood everything. He asked her in a low voice, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"Shh."

Ye Zhenzhen pretended to be mysterious and booed, but she still couldn't help but smile on her face, "I didn't put up the wanted notice intentionally, but if I didn't pursue it, it was indeed intentional."

When she saw Shopkeeper Zhao from Qunfangzhai before, she became suspicious, so she deliberately posted the wanted notice on the notice wall, just to lure the snake out of its hole. If it was the county magistrate's house, it was okay, but it didn't matter if it wasn't. It would be fine to find other competitors.

After all, the county is such a big place, and it is impossible for anyone to be isolated from the rest of the world. Someone will always recognize her, and it was unexpected and reasonable that she finally recognized the maid from the county magistrate's family.

Although Cui Weizhen has a backer like Wang Xuezheng, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, so she has no intention of getting to the bottom of it, because her knowledge is generally not investigated, and they have to thank her.

The Biyun in the painting must be a member of the Li family, mother and daughter. It is enough to make them suffer a loss now, but if you want to deal with her in the future, you have to think carefully.

Cui Weizhen really couldn't see her proud look, so he knocked her on the head and turned around to finish it off for her.

He said to the yamen servants, "Several servants have no clues. You have been working hard for a long time. Please report to the Ming County Lord that someone is doing evil in the name of his servants. Please ask him to find out the real culprits."

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The government officials all breathed a sigh of relief, now they knew how to do their job.

"What Mr. Cui mentioned is that we should report to the county magistrate right now."

The government officials left in a hurry. Seeing that there was no excitement, the people who were watching gradually dispersed. Only the scholars headed by Zhang Yuan were left looking at Ye Zhenzhen's paintings.

"I have never seen such painting skills before. It is so lifelike. I wonder who my brothers and sisters studied under?"

Ye Zhenzhen was stuck, and it took her a long time to come up with an excuse, "I can't learn the brush, so I can only use charcoal to write down things, and just draw on paper for fun. I couldn't do it on the stage, so I made you laugh."

Zhang Yun, Xu Ziqin and others all looked at Cui Weizhen and asked him for confirmation.

Cui Weizhen turned to Ye Zhenzhen and saw that she turned her head with a guilty conscience, and then he lied for her again, "That's true. My wife just started practicing calligraphy a while ago and has never paid homage to sir."

The current gentleman is of course him.

"The painting is exquisite and lifelike. It seems that my siblings have extraordinary talent and have created their own style."

Xu Ziqin had a look of regret and admiration, but he did not continue to investigate. Instead, he said seriously, "I think this painting technique can be promoted, and it will be easier for the government to arrest criminals in the future."

This is quite reasonable. Although ancient paintings are also called meticulous paintings, the characters in the paintings are very different from the real people. A prisoner can easily change his clothes to avoid being noticed, which makes it absolutely difficult to arrest him.

It's like a sketch, every detail is revealed. As long as the criminal appears, he will never escape the eyes of the people.


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