The rise of the poor

Chapter 413
Respect ghosts and gods and keep them at a distance—"The Analects of Confucius. Yong Ye"

At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius and his disciples traveled around the world to promote his political ideas. They went to Weiguo twice, but failed to sell his political ideas, so Confucius had to take his disciples to Chenguo again. Trying his luck, he encountered a disaster while passing Song and Zheng. First, Sima Niu, a disciple of Confucius, fell seriously ill and fell into a coma several times. Then Confucius also got a similar disease and passed out several times.After he woke up from a coma, his beloved disciple Zilu persuaded Confucius to pray to ghosts and gods. Confucius insisted that "life and death are determined, wealth and honor are in heaven", rejected Zilu's persuasion, and said "respect ghosts and gods and stay away" talk.

Respect ghosts and gods and keep them at a distance. This is also the mainstream view of the ancients on ghosts and gods.

At this moment, if Zhou Houjie hadn't said about the ghost encounter in the Yamen, the people in the Imperial Academy would definitely not believe it, but what Zhou Houjie said, they couldn't help but make everyone in the Imperial Academy believe three points first.

You must know that Zhou Houjie's character and ability are well-known in the entire capital, and he has no problem with his spirit. In addition, this person has never told a lie.

Zhou Houjie's description is very good, even if the Hanlin present here did not experience it personally, it seems to have experienced it with Zhou Houjie, and there is a faint cool breeze on the back of the neck.

"This..." Li Chunfang was at a loss for words for a moment.

"I didn't expect to encounter the usual supernatural and strange things. I heard that there were unjust ghosts looking for Baogong to settle the case before. This case may be somewhat similar. It seems that Mr. Zhou's reputation for integrity has spread far and wide, even ghosts know it. "Yuan Wei held the hot tea and took a sip to warm up his body. Just listening to Zhou Houjie's description made him feel cool.

"Where is it?" Zhou Houjie shook his head and smiled wryly.

Zhang Juzheng stroked his chin thoughtfully. He seemed to have different opinions on Zhou Houjie's story about the ghost encounter in the Yamen, but he seemed a little uncertain. After all, what is Zhou Houjie's reputation? The level of suspicion is relatively large. , I don't know where to start, so I fell into deep thought.

Zhang Siwei, who was next to Zhu Ping'an, was also skeptical, but seeing what Zhou Houjie said so confidently, and he also knew Zhou Houjie's reputation, the level of belief was probably greater than suspicion.

"I hope your lord will think twice. The judge judged the case. The witnesses have solid evidence. There is no doubt that the prisoner in custody was the murderer. This big forest has nothing to do with this case." Advise Zhou Houjie.

"Is it true? How to explain the pond mud on the shoes? How to explain the bloody murder weapon found in front of Zhang Dalin's house." Zhou Houjie pointed out several problems he found during the review of the files and the interrogation.

"My lord." The magistrate of Wanping County tried to persuade Zhou Houjie again.

"Okay, don't talk too much, Nanshan can be moved, Beihai can be filled, this case cannot be overturned." Zhou Houjie firmly refused.

"Master Zhou's case will definitely become a good story." Yuan Wei appreciated Zhou Houjie's approach very much.

"I don't want a name, I don't want to make a profit, I just want to have a clear conscience and give justice to the deceased." Zhou Houjie shook his head, his brows were full of conscience.

What Zhou Houjie said came from the heart, and everyone could feel it. The hall seemed to be full of righteousness, full of positive energy.

However, at the moment when the awe-inspiring righteousness was rippling, a very discordant voice was heard.

"Well, Lord Zhou, may I ask how did that dead ghost get away?"

Everyone followed the voice and saw Zhu Pingan, the owner of the voice. Zhu Pingan's eyes seemed to be washed by clear water, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, looking at Zhou Houjie and asking.

Is now the time to be curious about this!Why is this child so ignorant, ruining the atmosphere, do you understand!Yuan Wei and others from the Imperial Academy looked at Zhu Ping'an reproachfully, but Zhu Ping'an was not affected at all.

"He left over the wall." Although Zhou Houjie wondered why Zhu Pingan asked this question, he still answered Zhu Pingan's question.

Sure enough
After hearing Zhou Houjie's answer, the corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth rose even more.

Different from others, Zhu Pingan didn't believe it at all when he heard Zhou Houjie's story about the ghost encounter in the Yamen. Zhu Pingan had received 20 years of atheism education in modern times. It made Zhu Pingan unable to explain it with atheism, and it was also weird to see his luck, but the deep-rooted atheism still made Zhu Pingan's first reaction was to deny the theory of encountering ghosts.

In addition, after so many years of personal observation and experience in Daming, it is basically confirmed that this world is also a world without ghosts and gods, at least there are no ghosts.

Of course, you can't use atheism to explain it to them, or the day when you will be tied to a pillar and burned to ashes will not be far away!
Okay, you dare to say atheism, this is slapping the face of the Holy Majesty, what is our Majesty Jiajing doing to cultivate immortality and make alchemy!This is treason and immorality, heinous, even gods can't save you, oh, yes, no gods can save you, aren't you an atheist?

Although it cannot be explained by atheism, there are always loopholes in pretending to be gods and ghosts, and there are always clues left.

Zhu Ping'an also got a point.

For example, the question Zhu Pingan asked Mr. Zhou was the key to unraveling the ghost encounter.Zhou Houjie's answer did not disappoint Zhu Pingan, so the corners of his lips curled up clearly.

However, it is clear that most of the people here do not understand the meaning of Zhu Pingan's question. For example, Yuan Wei looks at Zhu Pingan with dissatisfaction, feeling that Zhu Pingan is making trouble out of no reason and is too curious!

But there are exceptions, for example, Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up at this moment, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he looked at Zhu Ping'an seriously for the first time.

"It seems that this ghost is fake."

After Zhou Houjie answered, Zhu Ping'an laughed and said the conclusion with certainty.

what?
Ghosts are fake?

A burst of surprised voices sounded in the hall, and most people expressed serious doubts about Zhu Ping'an's words, booing everywhere.

"Why did Zhuangyuan Lang say that?" Zhou Houjie was also full of doubts.

"Ghosts have form but no body. They are erratic. They come and go without a trace. If they are real ghosts, they can pass through the wall, or float out of the wall. How could they climb over the wall?" Zhu Pingan said lightly, and The key points are highlighted.

Zhu Ping'an's words were like enlightenment, Zhang Siwei yelled all of a sudden, and instantly understood the truth of the matter.

The others were also thoughtful, and then they all showed expressions of understanding.

"If I'm not wrong, there should be footprints on the wall of the government office where Mr. Zhou is now. It was raining that day and the ground was wet, so there must be mud staining the shoes. If you climb over the wall, you will leave footprints. Guess Mr. Zhou Send someone to investigate and find something." Zhu Pingan added another sentence, expressing his guess.

"Excuse me first." Master Zhou came to his senses when he heard the words, apologized, and led Wanping Magistrate out of the hall quickly.

After about an hour, Zhou Houjie entered the Imperial Academy again with a grateful and smiling face, and made a special trip to thank Zhu Pingan.

After Zhou Houjie went back, he found fresh footprints on the wall of the back office, and Gentle footprints were also found on several other walls outside, so Zhou Houjie ordered the suspect released yesterday to be brought back to justice. The suspect paid off a thief who had done little work while his family was visiting the prison, let him pretend to be the deceased, and deliberately acted out the scene of the ghost's vindictiveness the night before, just to reverse the case.

But it was also because the suspect was smart enough to show his flaws, and confessed to the crime under strict interrogation.

"Thanks to Zi Hou for today's matter, otherwise it would be a trivial matter for me to be a wise man in this life, and it would be a serious crime if I handled the wrong case and wronged a good person. I have written a letter for today's matter, asking for credit for Zi Hou."

Zhou Houjie is really a real person, and he can't help it. If he insists on adding Zhu Ping'an to the application note, no one will say it will work.
(End of this chapter)