Fox Road Travel Notes

Rubbing his eyebrows, Chen Zican slowly walked out of the county office.

On this day, he finally had a preliminary understanding of the legal and judicial systems of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

What's more, he was lucky enough to read many famous cases.

For example, "Zhejiu Turtle Mirror", "Zhejiu Xinyu", and some secret files of lawyers.

These dusty documents gave him an enlightenment.

Sure enough, in this era, the law is like a sieve.

What litigators are best at is making things out of thin air, substituting circumstances, and making golden cicadas escape from their shells...

They are just a bunch of liars!

And speaking of deception—

Haha, Chen Zican smiled, his smile was extremely pure and sincere...

"leopard!"

Facing the setting sun, he stretched out.

After a while, he turned around and looked around. The shadow of Saint Robin didn't work very well!

Walking into the dark alley he passed in the morning, the strange feeling came over him again. Sure enough, when he turned around, he saw the shadow gentleman.

"Hi! Brother, can you please stop following me quietly next time?"

Master, it is indeed scary at all times.

"I just came back."

Leopard said calmly: "Min Jingzong hasn't gone out all day. Now, he is drinking with Qi Juren."

"Qi Juren?"

Chen Zican stopped and asked, "Who is Qi Juren?"

"You haven't heard of Qi Juren?" Leopard frowned rarely.

"Why should I - well, Qi Juren, this Qi Juren, and Qi Fuzi -"

"He is the son of Master Qi."

"Oh?"

A needle-like light flashed in Chen Zican's eyes: "Then should I know about this Qi Juren?"

Leopard nodded: "Of course."

"I would rather fight tigers and wolves in the east mountains than mess with Qi Dalang in the west city. Qi Juren, Qi Yongkang, is Qi Dalang."

"Is he difficult to deal with?"

"It's hard to offend him. Anyone who offends him will have no good results."

"He is a lawyer?"

This time, a hint of appreciation appeared on Leopard's indifferent face.

After a moment of silence, he said: "Gao Xinzhi did not misjudge you. You are indeed very smart."

Chen Zican smiled, all the clues were connected together, and all the doubts were found at their source.

Now, he finally caught the fox by the tail.

No matter how cunning the fox is, how can he escape from the clutches of the vixen!

Snakes have their ways, birds have their ways, and liars have their ways.

There are many things that only people of the same mind know.

The leopard took out a small piece of something wrapped in oil paper, peeled it off and threw it into his mouth, chewing it slowly, and a faint smell of tobacco spread.

Seeing that Chen Zican was a little curious, he took out another piece: "Try it? Tamba wild rice."

Chen Zican shook his head.

He had never heard of Tamba wild rice, but he knew that it was tobacco leaves.

The two of them stopped talking. Chen Zican was waiting for more clues from Qi Dalang.

And Leopard obviously knew what he was waiting for.

After two days of getting along, they actually had some wonderful tacit understanding.

"Last year, Tang Dongting from the Wei Hui Mansion fell in love with the seven or eight acres of irrigated land at the home of the young widow Lu Wanzhen."

"This man surnamed Tang is a rich man and has connections with everyone in the government office..." Leopard said calmly while chewing tobacco.

"He said that the land was left by his ancestors."

"More than ten years ago, bandits from the Fifth Battalion of Ge Zuo came to attack Wei Hui. His family fled to avoid disaster and was seized by the Lu family."

"Haha, actually, as far as I know, more than ten years ago, his father Tang Dongting was a bandit who came from the south of the Yellow River with Lao Huihui."

"Tang Dongting found Qi Juren, who gave him an idea."

"He asked someone to dig out some tomb bricks from the ownerless grave, carved the word "tang" on them, and buried them deep in the field of Widow Lu's house at night."

"The next year, Widow Lu sown spring wheat, but asked Tang Dongting to have it plucked out."

"There are seniors and juniors, and they can barely survive on the few acres of land. She had no choice but to file a lawsuit with the county..."

"The county magistrate saw the old boundary bricks and awarded the land to Tang Dongting."

"..."

"You mean land certificate?"

Leopard sneered: "Don't take Qi Dalang for granted."

"Widow Lu has that thing, and so does Tang Dongting. Only the county government doesn't have it."

"The world has been in turmoil these past few years, and many documents cannot be found. No one knows whether they are true or false..."

"Widow Lu sued the Wei Hui Mansion and naturally lost the case."

"The family was deprived of chewing grain, and there was no place to complain if they had any grievances. In the middle of the night, the little widow hanged herself on the grave of Father Tang Dongting."

"what?"

Chen Zican exclaimed.

"Are you surprised?"

"The surprise is yet to come." A sarcastic smile appeared on Leopard's lips.

"The tenant of the Tang family discovered the dead body early in the morning and quickly informed his employer."

"Tang Dongting was also panicked when he saw that someone was dead. He quickly sent someone to Huaiqing Mansion to invite Qi Dalang."

"Qi Dalang said: This matter is simple. Go back quickly and find a pair of embroidered shoes for Widow Lu to put on. I guarantee you will be fine."

"Sure enough, Widow Lu's mother-in-law saw her daughter-in-law being forced to death by the Tang family, so she carried her body to the county government office and cried."

"As a result, Tang Dongting filed a counterclaim in court."

"Sue the Lu family for removing corpses and frame them, and falsely accuse good people..."

At this time, Chen Zican was really surprised: "Why is this? Those shoes-"

"Yes, those are the shoes!"

Leopard's face was gloomy: "It was raining that night, but the shoes on Widow Lu's feet were clean and not stained with any muddy water!"

"What a powerful method, what a vicious strategy!" Chen Zican couldn't help but sigh.

Leopard nodded.

He said word by word: "Never, never underestimate Qi Juren, he is a wolf that eats people without spitting out their bones!"

Chen Zican nodded and said, "Thank you very much!"

"You seem to know a lot..."

Leopard spit out the tobacco residue in his mouth and crushed it with his foot: "I am responsible for inquiring about information outside."

Chen Zican suddenly realized: "General Song can be respected as the leader of the Two Rivers Alliance by the rivers and lakes, how can it be really that simple!"

After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but ask again: "What happened to Widow Lu's family?"

"What else?"

"Her mother-in-law rebelled against false accusations and died in prison within a few days. Her four-year-old child——"

Chen Zican's heart twitched: "Is he dead too?"

Leopard shook his head: "Brother Song asked me to take him back to the village. Now, it's good."

"General Song is known as the Hero of Two Rivers, and he should act chivalrously and righteously. Now that he knows this, how can he turn a blind eye?"

Chen Zican clenched his fists, and an angry look appeared on his usually calm face.

"Brother Song has his own difficulties."

"In the past few years, the imperial court has made things difficult in every possible way, and the new prefect..."

He lowered his voice and lowered his head: "Brother Song said, leave some of this revenge for this child to avenge with his own hands!"

Chen Zican took a long breath and closed his eyes.

The sun shines on his face and through his eyelids, the world seems to be immersed in a sea of ​​blood.

He murmured: "Ten years, haha, ten years, how can you wait!"

"I will avenge this on his behalf."

"Thank you! This Qi Dalang, I already know what kind of person he is..."

When I opened my eyes, I found that the leopard had disappeared.

The next day, Min Jingzong didn't go out all day, and Qi Juren went to his house twice.

On the third day, Chen Zican saw from the tavern in the alley that Min Jingzong had finally gone to the county school.

Less than half an hour later, Leopard came over and said that Min Jingzong's father and his maid were out shopping for groceries. The opportunity that Chen Zican had been waiting for finally came.

The courtyard gate is made of very strong elm boards, and the courtyard wall is made of very thick adobe walls.

Leopard jumped in with Chen Zican.