Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Clerk Xu had little experience in the government office and had bought the position, so both his experience and foundation in the government office were slightly inferior to those of the other clerks.

So he really had a hard time being assigned a lower grade this time.

He always knew that he was not as good as those clerks who inherited the skills from their fathers or masters, so he was always careful in his desk and tried his best to get along well with everyone in the hall.

Knowing that he lacked experience, he could only work harder and listened to every problem others pointed out.

But even with such efforts, he is still not as good as other clerks who have family inheritance or master training.

Shuli Xu had a bitter look on his face and tried hard to force a smile as he entered the room.

"Liu Dianshi, I hope I am not disturbing you."

In fact, there is no official business at this time.

Liu Dianshi felt a little sympathetic when he saw that he was trying hard to smile with a bitter face. In fact, although Xu Shuli was indeed inexperienced, he was really law-abiding.

"The New Year is coming soon. I'm sending you some New Year gifts to wish you a happy New Year in advance."

How could Liu Dianshi not understand his thoughts? Why was he greeting everyone? Wasn't he just trying to get him to raise his hand?

But this is an important matter arranged by the magistrate himself, so it is impossible for him to raise his hand, so he can only give a few suggestions.

Liu Dianshi motioned for Xu Shuli to put down his things and said, "Have you heard about the results of the examination?"

Clerk Xu was just worrying about how to bring up this topic, but when he heard Dianshi Liu bring it up, his face suddenly became even more bitter.

"I have heard of it, Mr. Dianshi."

"Don't think too much. You've only been here a short time and don't have enough experience. Work hard after the New Year and ask for advice from the old people like Hu Shuli. You'll do better next time."

"Hey, I've been learning from Hu Shuli and the others."

Liu Dianshi nodded in satisfaction: "Well - in the end, the performance evaluation depends on how well you do your job. As long as you do your job well, no one can make things difficult for you."

"Yes, I will do my job well and live up to the Dianshi's expectations."

Seeing that Liu Dianshi didn't say anything else, Clerk Xu said, "Then... I'll go back first, Mr. Dianshi."

Liu Dianshi nodded and let him leave.

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Zhuzi came back from outside after finishing his errands to report. As soon as he entered the study, he heard his son praising his master again, and he was very angry.

I really think that the position of magistrate is in vain, and I can't see his little thoughts.

He had already mentioned Zhao Ping before, but who would have thought that after he had been away on business for a few days, when he came back he saw his son praising his master to Qin Yunhe again.

Zhuzi secretly glared at his son.

Zhao Ping choked and looked very innocent.

What could he do? The Lord looked at the performance records and insisted on asking about the clerks in the case office.

The master didn't allow him to gossip behind his back, and especially didn't allow him to talk about the affairs of the case room with adults, but he would not just say a few words and then turn around to praise his master.

Zhuzi ignored his son's innocent expression, bowed to Qin Yunhe, and said, "Sir, I am back to report."

Qin Yunhe said: "This journey is long and it is in the cold winter. You must have worked hard."

Now Zhuzi is able to take charge of things on his own. Whenever there is a mission to other places or a difficult matter, Qin Yunhe often sends Zhuzi.

One is to give Zhuzi more opportunities to gain experience and earn more fees, and the other is that I really trust and rely on him.

Zhuzi smiled and said, "Your Excellency is very considerate. Actually, it is not a bad thing to go out on business and see the local customs and practices of different places."

"Any results from this trip?"

Zhuzi said, "I have something to ask for your forgiveness. I took the initiative to bring back the officer who committed the crime."

"Tell me what you have in mind first."

"I inquired about what happened there and found out that the official was indeed on his way to the village to do some work. It was getting late and he couldn't get back so he had to stay at that farmer's house.

But this time when I went there, I asked the officer again and found out that he actually stayed at the farmer's house with his servant that night. But when the officer woke up early, he found that his badge had fallen off, so he sent the servant to look for it at the village head who was doing the work the next day. Unexpectedly, something went wrong, and he was taken back to the county government office, and the servant never showed up again..."

"Then why wasn't this servant mentioned in the previous case files?"

"The officer said that he had mentioned the servant, and that other officers in the yamen should have seen his servant, but he didn't expect those people to ignore his words."

Some yamen runners or direct agents will indeed deliberately hide some information in order to "solve the case" as quickly as possible, so that the case they are handling will go smoothly, but they never think about how the parties involved feel.

Qin Yunhe said, "Is this why you brought the officer from Fuyuan County?"

This case was previously returned by Qin Yunhe to Fuyuan County for retrial.

He felt that the conviction of the officer was a bit hasty and the whole process was not complete and credible enough.

However, they did not expect that after many days, Fuyuan County had not been able to find any new clues, and there could be no progress at all, so they proposed to let the government office investigate.

Qin Yunhe naturally knew what they meant. They just wanted to trick him.

Qin Yunhe thought about it and asked Zhuzi to go over and investigate the process carefully to see if he could find a new breakthrough. But he didn't actually ask Zhuzi to bring the criminal and the case to the hall for trial.

Zhuzi always does things in an orderly manner. He must have his reasons for making decisions on his own, so Qin Yunhe naturally wouldn't blame him.

Zhuzi nodded: "When the officer mentioned the servant, I thought he was just trying to quibble and delay. After all, he was such a big person, and he met so many people along the way. How could he not be sure whether he followed him? If he really did, why didn't the county investigate?

But he insisted that I go to the home of the village headman where he worked to ask, and when I got there the headman took out a waist badge and said that the previous yamen runner had left it with him. I asked him whether the previous yamen runner came alone or with an attendant, and he said he had an attendant with him.

Qin Yunhe said: "Why didn't he go to the county government office and explain the matter clearly?"

"He was not the head of the village where the official was staying. The two places were dozens of miles apart. The official stayed there only when he found out that he could not get back to the city on his way back.

The head of the place had only heard of this murder case at first, but he didn't expect it was this officer who was responsible."

"Well, this servant is indeed a key point." Qin Yunhe pondered for a moment, and then said: "How is the officer now?"

"Well... you know the torture methods used in the yamen. Anyway, he has a lot of wounds on his body. We are both working in the yamen, and we haven't been lenient with them..."

Zhuzi's expression looked a bit sad, as if the rabbit had died and the fox had grieved.

Qin Yunhe understood in his heart. He had guessed that this was probably the case, so he said, "Find a doctor to treat him and he will be admitted to the court after the new year."

Now that they have been brought back, they can only be examined by the government office. However, they will be sealed immediately, so they probably won't be able to be examined before the New Year.

Zhuzi wanted to say something, but finally accepted the order and left.