The most unlucky crossing in history

Walking out of the dark dungeon where the felons were held, Xie Wenyuan and Tao Jiusi, the Sima of Shu Prefecture, came to the side road, and Tao Jiusi hurried forward half a step, bowing his waist to lead the way with a smile on his face: "Master Xie, the officials have ordered the chariots and horses to be ready." , this way please."

"Lord Laotao." Xie Wenyuan looked around and said again, "Why didn't you see my attendant?"

Just before entering the dungeon, this Tao Sima used the criminal law statement: "Anyone who commits a serious crime, no one else can see him unless it is necessary for him to evade, prosecute, or investigate." , The end is a pair of fair and just, majestic.

Xie Wenyuan, who is the servant of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of Dali Temple, naturally does not know the law and breaks the law, so he asked his servants to wait outside the prison, but just after he came out, there was no one there, thinking that his servant could not run around, he opened his mouth asked a question.

"Oh, Mr. Xie, don't worry, I asked the jailer to guide my brother to the carriage and horses to wait."

Sure enough, when the two of them reached the gate, the little attendant standing beside the chariot and horse saw him and hurried up to greet him.

"grown ups!"

Xie Wenyuan glanced down at the place where Cai's attendants were, it was shady and shaded from the sun, much better than that outside the prison door.

This Shuzhou Sima has a heart.

Tao Jiusi frowned, his eyes narrowed into a line, and said to Xie Wenyuan: "Master Xie, please get in the car, the sun is too strong at noon, and my Shu land is not as comfortable as Jingzhao City. Although it is almost August, But this place is still hot and stinging, Sir Xie, if you stay under the sun for a while, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

As he said that, he looked at Xie Wenyuan's attendant and said: "Just now I also thought that this little brother might not be able to bear it, so I told him to wait here to avoid being exposed to the sun, but it's still hard, thank you My lord and subordinate officials came to this dirty place to check on the prisoner's condition."

Xie Wenyuan tilted his head slightly when he heard the words, looked at Tao Jiusi with a smile, and said: "Doing things for the public, you can't talk about hard work, but Mr. Tao can afford the word hard work. On the way from Jinchuan, my servant and I have heard different things. Master Shaotao is upright and upright."

After all, Xie Wenyuan also talked about a piece of hearing on the road, "...the people I met when they talked about Tao Sima, they all nodded their heads in praise. Hey, it is really admirable and respectful."

When Xie Wenyuan said this, Tao Jiusi was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head suddenly, and said with a shameful smile: "It's just a trivial matter, that's all, hey, there is nothing to admire, Mr. Xie is proficient in classics, reads a lot of books, and has outstanding knowledge. talent."

Xie Wenyuan shook his head and sighed

Said: "Master Tao is not only successful, but he is a true gentleman."

"Thank you, sir, for your praise." Tao Jiusi laughed loudly, "It's all because of the wise governor of Shuzhou."

On the way back to the posthouse where Xie Wenyuan lived temporarily, the two flattered each other for a while, and when they arrived at the residence, the servant who had been quiet around him after Tao Jiusi left said bitterly: "Although Tao Jiusi's words are respectful, but his arrogance and arrogance He clearly didn't pay attention to the adults! Do you think others can't see it? And the 'common people' he met on the way, how could any common people wear a pair of official boots? He obviously asked someone to pretend to be a show."

Xie Wenyuan waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Tao Jiusi is capable of going from a county patrol to being a Sima in Shuzhou today. In the eyes of these local officials, many of them think that I am a man like me. 'Beijing officials' sit in the palace and talk about Taoism, but they don't understand 'everything in the world'."

Xie Wenyuan has seen people like this a lot, it's human nature.

As for him letting people pretend to be 'common people' in front of him, and say those good things that are 'reputable', it is enough to show that his heart is not in Shuzhou, but it can be used...

"But, but this Tao Jiusi is only a fifth-rank Sima, how dare he be so disrespectful, and it's not because of Wei Cheng..."

"Delayed responsibility."

Xie Wenyuan casually called the attendant's name, and the attendant who had followed him since he was a child stopped talking, not daring to say another word.

"Maybe it's because I treat you too loosely that you can speak so freely. This is Shuzhou."

As soon as these words came out, Yan Zhi's heart trembled, Shuzhou, where is Shuzhou?Isn't it the hometown of Wei Hechao, the powerful Prime Minister Wei at that time?Outside the thin wall of Bao Buqi, there are his eyes and ears all over the top, bottom, left, and right. If he speaks like this, people will listen to him...

Thinking up to this point, Yan Zhi broke into a cold sweat, "You little one made a slip of the tongue."

Xie Wenyuan saw that Yan Zhe was frightened, he felt amused, shook his head and said: "Forget it, you go down first, let the store prepare some water, I want to take a bath later."

His servant has been with him for so many years, although his temper is not bad, but he is too outspoken, and timid, he can't take on big things, although he has made progress over the years, he has not grown much.If it wasn't for the attendant, he would have done his best. In such a complicated position, Xie Wenyuan would have replaced him long ago.

Yan Zhi didn't know if his master was angry, so he quietly looked at the person in front of him, so he could only softly answer: "Yes, my lord."

Seeing the people leaving, Xie Wenyuan went to the table, and took out a letter in a roll of thin bamboo from his sleeve pocket. Although the letter paper was small, it was densely packed with words. After he finished reading it, he picked up the torch on the table. fold will be small

The letter paper was burned to ashes, and the ashes dispersed with the wind when the wind blew outside the window.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

"Fuzheng?"

"It's me, my lord." Gu Shouyi, an outsider, responded.

"Enter."

When someone entered the house, Xie Wenyuan asked, "How?"

Knowing what Xie Wenyuan was asking, Gu Shouyi frowned and said, "The one they took to blame was a fool named Chen Chong. Not only that, this fool couldn't speak, everyone called him Chen Ya'er, and he really looked like Zhou Youling. Although there are people in Chuan County who know him, but now that idiot has been severely beaten, not to mention the scars on his face, and he is so hungry that he is so skinny that he loses his face."

Xie Wenyuan tapped the table with his fingers, but did not make a sound, although there was a slight smile on his face, but no emotion could be seen in his eyes.

A fool, a dumb person, who also looks like Zhou Youling, such a person who can't talk and make trouble, was really found by Zhou's family this week.

Xie Wenyuan chuckled, in the tragic murder of the second daughter of the Wu family, who knows who the culprit is?Although the people in Jinchuan County know that Zhou's family has a great career and has contacts with high-ranking officials and nobles, few people know why these officials have been close to Zhou's family in the past, and even the Governor of Shuzhou Prefecture, Sima and others dare to take risks. The risk of reversing the difference and repudiating it to replace someone to take the blame is all because of the Prime Minister Wei mentioned by his attendant just now.

Who in Jingzhao City doesn't know that Prime Minister Wei, the head of the 'clean and self-defensive' officials, Wei Hechao's first wife was Zhou's surname when she was still in the boudoir?Jinchuan people also.

This week's family is actually the prime minister's wife's family, and Zhou Youling is the prime minister's wife's only nephew.

Then Wu Xiucai thought that the magistrate of the county and the Zhou family were in collusion, and Zhou Youling's crime could be punished if the incident went to the state government, but he didn't know that even if the incident went to Beijing, it would end up like this after all.

Because as early as the beginning of April in Beijing, Prime Minister Wei had already "destroyed relatives with righteousness" and told the matter to the current emperor in court, and vowed to "let that bastard pay for the life of the second daughter of the Zhou family".

Thinking of that early court, even Xie Wenyuan couldn't help feeling amazed.

He Wei was put to death and survived, and won praise from all over the court.

Xie Wenyuan smiled, looked out of the window, and said: "Prime Minister Wei's previous actions have already put him completely out of this matter, even if he indulged Shuzhou and the Zhou family's behavior, it would be impossible for him to do so." There will be no trace of evidence."

Gu Shouyi was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and said unwillingly, "Then let this hypocrite do whatever he wants?"

Xie Wenyuan squinted at Gu Shouyi, "Otherwise, how are you doing?"

"My lord, you must have a solution, right?" Gu

Shouyi looked at Xie Wenyuan eagerly.

Looking at those eyes full of hatred for a moment, Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly, "No."

"grown ups!"

Xie Wenyuan sighed insignificantly, "Fuzheng, being too impatient is not necessarily a good thing."

"Furthermore, even if the retrial of this case proves that Chen Ya'er was wronged, the real Zhou Youling has already fled, but this matter has reached this point, and it will never have any impact on Prime Minister Wei. You already know it in your heart. no?"

"..."

"However..." Xie Wenyuan didn't know what to think, shook his head and said: "Forget it, don't meddle in this matter, Prime Minister Wei may have already noticed it, if something happened to you... ..”

The room fell silent because of Xie Wenyuan's words.

It took a long time for Gu Shouyi to reply, "...Yes."

"By the way, didn't you go to Jianzhou to look for your second younger brother who was sent away when he was a child? But you found it?"

"Thanks to my lord, I found it. It's just that he urinates and lives in another family. The family has never told him that he is not his own son..."

Xie Wenyuan saw that there was a bruise on the corner of Gu Shouyi's mouth, and said, "Did you touch him?"

Gu Shouyi was so embarrassed that he could only nod helplessly: "At least I know that there is still one person in my Gu family in this world..."

After Gu Shouyi said this, he hesitated for a long time before continuing: "My lord, I happened to meet General Xie when I was in Jianzhou..."

"Oh?" Xie Wenyuan raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "He obeyed the order and led the army to strangle the pirates in Guangzhou, which is not far from Jianzhou."

Gu Shouyi thought for a while and then said: "General Xie also knew that the emperor ordered you to review the case, so he asked me to speak for you... He said he didn't want you to get involved in this matter..."

Xie Wenyuan frowned when he heard the words: "He should say right and wrong, don't cause trouble, it will only add trouble."

"..."

"However, maybe this time he can really get his wish."

Xie Wenyuan was talking like this, but he didn't know that the person who changed his mind in the dungeon didn't care what he thought about what he was going to do. When he said the word 'review', Zhong Qiyun was elated.

He decided something had to happen,

to make trouble,

It's going to be a big deal!

Zhong Qiyun looked at the back of Mr. Xie leaving and felt radiant, like a god descending from the earth, his heart that had been dark for more than ten days was instantly lit up!I even feel that the stench of the dungeon is much more fragrant.

There is always a way out!

My savior is here!

God, the ancient death penalty actually had a review process? !Is the ancient judicial system so sound?

Although I don't know if that person is on the same side as the Shuzhou officials, but even if there is only a chance of life, he will hold on to it!