This journey was quite fast, and it took only three days for the group to enter the territory of Thanksgiving County.
The purpose of going here is to handle cases, not to inspect public sentiment, so there is no need to stop on the way.
That evening, Qi Yu looked at the sun kissing the top of the west mountain and said: "Shou Bai, our schedule today is a bit unreasonable. We may not be able to make it to the town station. Otherwise, the two of us will be like when we went to Beijing to take the exam.
Then, how about staying at a nearby farmhouse for one night?"
then?
Yin Jun opened his memory and recalled the scene many years ago.
I still remember that that night was not peaceful. The two of them almost narrowly escaped with their lives at the tip of the Emperor Worship Cult's knife. Thinking about it still makes me still tremble.
Nowadays, when I stay at a farmhouse again, I feel a little uneasy.
Once bitten, twice shy?
Roughly the same!
"For our safety, I think it's better to go to the inn to rest." Yin Jun hesitated for a while and shook his head.
"With me here, what are you afraid of?" Qi Yu chuckled.
"Just you? Haha, I guess you can't even kill a chicken, and you still want to protect others?" Yin Jun looked disdainful and laughed at him.
What?
Dare you underestimate me?
Now let me show you my outstanding martial arts, Mr. Qi!
And just at this moment, a big bird flew overhead...
boom!
Without thinking, Qi Yu drew his gun and fired angrily, and the bird fell down in response.
"ah!"
Unprepared, Yin Jun was frightened by the sudden loud noise and trembled.
Seeing that he had succeeded in scaring him, Qi Yu felt very happy. After blowing away the remaining smoke from the barrel of the gun, he seemed to be majestic and said: "I am no longer the person I was yesterday. Now
You can easily kill a tiger with just a snap of your fingers..."
"Well……"
"With a master like me here, what are you afraid of?"
Master?
Cough, spit!
Look at what I'm doing to you!
However, Yin Jun finally accepted his suggestion and agreed to stay at a farmhouse.
Okay, that's it.
Before Qi Yu could make arrangements, two smart-minded government servants ran out to arrange the next accommodation issue.
Understanding the meaning is the basic awareness of being in the officialdom, even for the lowest-level government officials. You have to look for whatever the boss thinks of, and you have to act vigorously and resolutely without being irritating.
Shao Qing, the two government servants left and came back, saying that the accommodation issue had been settled.
"Have you paid the people their dues?"
"Come back to my lord, I've already given them some money."
"Well, it was done well!"
…
This is a relatively prosperous farmhouse with a well-built house. There are six people in the family, and the head of the family is an elder named Lai.
When the old man saw the magistrate arriving, he hurriedly came over to salute.
"No, I'm here for a private visit, so you don't need to be polite."
"yes!"
After saying that, Qi Yu bent down and picked up the little grandson behind him, and walked into the yard with a funny smile.
Seeing that the prefect was so friendly to the people, the family's fear gradually disappeared and they no longer spoke so restrainedly.
After dinner, the head of the family, Lai Weng, specially invited Master Qi to drink tea as a sign of respect, and Yin Jun was also invited over as 'Master Master'.
Yin Jun touched his beardless lips and was stunned: I look like a master?
Qi Yu glanced at him: It's better than being mistaken for Qi's brother.
I'll beat you to death!
After rolling his eyes, Yin Jun clenched his fist fiercely, making an angry look.
But in the end, he still sat in the lower office as the master.
Then, watch tea and chat.
Qi Yu looked around the house and asked warmly: "Old man, in my opinion, your family is rich and has no worries about food and clothing. It should be considered a big family here, right?"
"What do you mean by what you say? How dare you take the word "big family"? You can barely be called a wealthy person if you have no worries about food and clothing." Lai Weng replied respectfully.
"Haha, are there any scholars at home?"
"Sir, yes! The second son is very diligent and has just won the childbirth."
"congratulations!"
Huh??
No! Very wrong!
How do you say this?
You see, according to the previous official's claim, there was an accidental fire in the examination room in Thanksgiving County, so that everyone's examination papers were destroyed.
Then here comes the problem.
Since there are no test papers, where will the results come from? If there are no results, where will the results come from?
Isn’t it contrary to common sense to say that children are born in middle school?
Yin Jun had already learned about the case, and when he suddenly heard that someone had been successful, he couldn't help but feel confused.
Qi Yu did not point it out directly, but asked along the way: "Excuse me, when did you get the good news that your son was pregnant with a boy? Is he at home now?"
Lai Weng said with a smile: "Sir, Quanzi looked at the red list early yesterday morning and knew that he had won. Now he has come back and is studying hard in the backyard."
"Can you please come out and see me?"
"this……"
Seeing the old man's nervousness, Qi Yu hurriedly explained: "To be honest with you, I heard in Fucheng that the examination room in Ganfen County was accidentally leaked, so I wanted to find out the real situation from him."
"There was leakage in the examination room?" Lai Weng laughed and said, "False rumors, absolutely false rumors."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"My lord, everything is normal in the county examination room and there are no accidents."
Qi Yu was startled and asked: "Is this true?"
Lai Weng stroked his beard and smiled and said: "On the day of the children's examination, I waited outside the dragon gate for a whole day. From the beginning to the end, everything was normal in the examination room. How could anything happen? Not to mention the flames, I even lit a cigarette.
I can't even smell it. Haha, you must have misunderstood the rumors and confused yourself."
Oh, I see.
This old man saw it with his own eyes.
However, for the sake of caution, Qi Yu called his son for questioning.
Facing the prefect's questions, the Confucian scholar was not nervous. Instead, he spoke in a very orderly and detailed manner.
The result is still: business as usual!
After understanding the situation, Qi Yu shunned Lai's family and analyzed the case alone with Yin Jun.
"Bai Mianshou, what do you think?"
"Obviously, someone is deliberately deceiving you! Either the businessman who came to report lied, or the Lai family and his son lied."
Yes, isn't it strange that one of them claimed that the water leaked unexpectedly, but the other said that everything was business as usual?
There must be something untrue on one side.
Qi Yu felt that the Lai family and his son were both well-educated and reasonable people, and their words were more credible.
"Believable?"
"Yeah, believable!"
Yin Jun smiled and said: "In addition to impressions, is there any other basis?"
"Yes! Just now, I specifically asked the Confucian scholar about the county examination questions, and he answered all the questions correctly. In other words, he really took the children's examination in this subject, and he was not just talking nonsense." Seeing Yin Jun.
With a confused look on his face, Qi Yu explained: "Most of the questions in the test paper were written by me, how could I not know?"
Oh, I almost forgot. The local government is basically responsible for setting the questions below the township examination, while the questions for the county examination and the prefectural examination are set even lower, and most of them are jointly formulated by the government and government schools.
If what this Confucian scholar said is true, then the official is lying.
The situation is serious!
That official dared to tease Shangguan in this way. Wasn't he afraid of being put in jail?
Don't rush yet, hold on!
First, let’s figure out why he did what he did and what was his motive?
Yin Jun believes that there are two possibilities.
The first type is that this person himself is suffering from hysteria, so he dares to act recklessly. The general meaning is that this person is not a normal person at all, and cannot be inferred by common sense.
Qi Yu shook his head and directly denied this statement. The reason was: he had seen the official. He spoke normally, thought quickly, and answered all questions. He was definitely not a hysterical patient.
In this case, only the second possibility is left.
Yin Jun said that this official must have dared to do this under the instruction of certain people. As for the person standing behind him, he must have a certain background and power, otherwise, he would not have the courage.
"Well, it seems that the only ones who have the right to order tolerances like this are the adults in the county government and the officials..."
"Village man, I think this matter is not as simple as you think. Behind the scenes, there must be some ulterior motives. Think about it, you dare to tease the prefect of a state with a false criminal case. That is not an ordinary boldness!
"
Heroes think alike.
Qi Yu also agreed with this statement. Although their true motives are still unclear, it is basically certain that there must be a "ghost" involved in this matter.
As for what kind of monster it is, we can only conduct further investigation after getting the information from the county government of Ganfen County.
It's getting late now, so let's go to bed first.
This night, Qi Yu and Yin Jun had a long-awaited sleep just like they did when they went to Beijing to take the exam.
There was no other way. This family only moved out one room, so they had to make do with it.