Chapter 91: A Chivalrous Thief and a Virtuous Wife
Zhang Facun returned home happily that day and handed the package he stole from Hu San to his wife. The couple didn't know what it was. They were surprised after opening it. Zhang's wife knew a few words and unfolded the package.
The imperial edict approved by the emperor personally read: "By God's blessing, the emperor's edict said: Pan You'an is specially appointed as the imperial envoy minister. Hu San and Wang Xiaowu will assist the governors of Jianghuai, Lianghu, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Yunnan wherever the imperial envoys go."
, officials in various places are subject to their dispatch, appointment, dismissal, disposal, etc., and there must be no mistakes. This is
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 hole 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?"
"You learned all your skills, which one was brought from your 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. It's just how to 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 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 tell me! 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 mercy. If I am a good and virtuous official, I will definitely spare your life. If I am a stupid official, I may chop you down in anger.
Whether my head is dead or alive, I leave it to fate! This is better than having someone find out and kill my whole family."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Zhang Fa has no choice but to do this until now.
When the little 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. 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 imperial mission. Unexpectedly, he had something wrong with his tendon, and he unexpectedly sent the original thing back. Most ordinary people in the city would never have such courage. Among them must be
Something strange
"Brother, why did you remember to send this thing back?" the little eunuch said after looking at the intact gold seal and imperial edict.
"It was my wife who asked me to send it. My wife said it was for 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 now.
"Your wife is quite a sensible person," the young eunuch praised.
"I stole my wife." Zhang Facun was affected by the imperial envoy's praise of his wife, and he also added a superfluous sentence.
"Stolen, how did you steal it?" the little eunuch became interested.
Zhang Facun explained the lesson of putting rice in pants
The little eunuch slammed his palm on the table and shouted: "Interesting, 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. He crawled to the ground, kowtowed three times, and went out happily. Only then did he remember that he 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, it was almost a different person than before. The door was already wide open. 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 afford it."
Hu San has also changed since the things were found, returning to the level before entering the court. He thought to himself that the elder brother had transferred this woman to him anyway, so he would simply enjoy the meal. The beautiful little eunuch looked at Hu San.
After chatting with Fat Xishi, he winked at Wang Xiaowu and asked 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.
The little eunuch never likes to use a sedan chair, but because he was a guest at Zhang Facun's house, it was dark when he came back and he was not familiar with the road, so he had no choice but to take three rides in a big sedan chair. Fat Xishi made an appointment with Hu San and said she would go too. The little eunuch thought about it.
That's fine, so I hired another person to increase the number.
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 little 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."
When the Zhang family saw that the imperial envoy was young and had extraordinary appearance, they were astonished. He also treated everyone with kindness. He was not like the old man from the county government. As soon as he went out, he would shout at each other and blow the gong to clear the way. What a majestic image.
The little eunuch saw that Zhang's wife was well-groomed and looked like the daughter of a wealthy family even though she was born into a bandit family. He felt puzzled and asked more questions at the moment. The little eunuch rewarded Zhang's wife with a hundred taels of gold and said that Zhang Fa had saved it and he would take it away and make her an official servant.
, after completing the emperor's mission, you can go to the capital with him, and all your family members who can 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 he returned to the post office, the young eunuch told Hu Sandao: "Brother, if you fall in love with that woman, my eldest brother can fight 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."
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 cannot control the scale properly. An emperor wants hundreds or even thousands of wives. He thought this was a beauty sent by God for him to enjoy. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a beauty in the end.
a tool used by God 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 secret visit into an open investigation.