Go to Kaifeng to be a civil servant

Although Jin Qian really wanted to imitate Qin Xianglian and become unconscious, even if the world collapsed, he would not be able to throw his head and blood, but his physical fitness was too strong, but after sleeping for a night, he automatically fell asleep under the action of the biological clock. wide awake.

"Jin Qian, you're awake."

As soon as he opened his eyes, Jin Qian saw a white face dangling in front of his eyes.

Well?There are also masks in ancient times?

Jin Qian reflexively wanted to ask the person in front of him to tear off the mask, so as not to frighten the flowers and plants, but after a second thought, he immediately became alert, blinked and blinked, and finally said: "Mr. Gongsun..."

Mr. Gongsun nodded and said: "Brother Jin, your injury is not serious, it is just that you are overworked, and you will recover after a few days of recuperation."

Hearing the words, Jin Qian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and thought: It seems that my female identity has not been revealed yet—wait a minute, with Mr. Gongsun's medical skills, his pulse diagnosis skills should be good, why haven't I discovered my gender yet?

Jin Qian felt very puzzled, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart. When Mr. Gongsun turned around to get the medicine, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him feel his pulse, but just as he raised his hand, he couldn't laugh or cry.I saw that my hands were covered with layers of thick bandages, only a few fingertips were exposed, and there were two huge bows tied on the bandages, which were nondescript and very funny.

Mr. Gongsun took the medicine and turned around to see that Jin Qian was staring at the bandage on his hand in a daze. He smiled and said, "It's Qin Xianglian's sons and daughters. Seeing that little brother Jin is in a coma, they must stay by the bed. In the end, Zhan guarded him." I came up with an idea and asked the two children to tie bows on the hands of the little brothers as a prayer, and the pair were willing to leave."

Jin Qian took the medicine bowl with a wry smile, drank it in one gulp, and said in his heart: Although these two little devils have good intentions, there is no need to cosplay our "fairy brother" into a mummy.

"Mr. Gongsun, have those assassins been caught?" Jin Qian asked as he handed back the medicine bowl.

"Already in prison."

Jin Qian felt relieved, and asked again: "Those people can tell who ordered them?"

Mr. Gongsun nodded and said: "It has already been recruited, and it was ordered by a steward of the son-in-law's mansion."

Jin Qian immediately stretched his head forward, and hurriedly said: "In this case, has Chen Shimei been arrested and brought to justice?"

Mr. Gongsun was taken aback: "Arrested and brought to justice?"

Jin Qian paused, knowing that he had slipped out of the modern term unconsciously, and hurriedly changed the vocabulary: "I mean, has that Chen Shimei been caught?"

Only then did Mr. Gongsun understand and shook his head.

"No? Why?" If it weren't for the fact that his hands were like two rice dumplings, Jin Qian really wanted to grab Mr. Gongsun's collar, but in fact Jin Qian wanted to grab Chen Shimei's collar even more.

Mr. Gongsun got up slowly, put the medicine bowl back on the round table, turned around with his hands behind his back, and said to Jin Qian, "Lord Bao also has difficulties."

When Jin Qian saw it, he felt extremely helpless, and suddenly thought of Xiang Shaolong's emotional speech in his heart, and couldn't help empathizing with him.

I really don’t understand how these ancient people would turn their hands back, sigh, and look at the moon after saying a few words, but the problem is, where is the moon to look at in broad daylight?It seems that this Mr. Gongsun is really not very human, even in the clear sky and daylight, he can also cultivate the atmosphere of the bright moon and evening breeze.

Squeezing his eyebrows, Jin Qian asked, "What is the reason?"

Mr. Gongsun shook his head lightly and said: "The person who connected with those assassins is the steward of the son-in-law's mansion, not the son-in-law himself. Although this steward has been imprisoned now, he categorically denies that this matter has anything to do with the son-in-law. People have a headache."

After hearing this, Jin Qian knew it well.

This Chen Shimei is really impeccable in her work, and she never shows up in everything, and when the current incident happens, she will push it away, and she will be clean.After all, he is the No. [-] scholar on the gold list, with an IQ of at least [-].

After thinking about it a few times, Jin Qian suddenly had a light bulb in his head and said, "Mr. Gongsun, the prefect of Caizhou has been trying every means to kill Qin Xianglian. I am afraid that he is colluding with Chen Shimei behind the scenes. Why don't we start here?"

When Mr. Gongsun heard this, he turned around suddenly, and said with surprise on his face: "Brother Jin is really quick-witted, Master Bao also thought of this, and has already sent Zhanwei, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu to capture Xu Tianlin, the magistrate of Caizhou."

Hearing the words, Jin Qian suddenly felt that his heart was much brighter, but he also felt that there was something inappropriate. When he carefully recalled Mr. Gongsun's words just now, he was suddenly shocked and said loudly: "Mr. Gongsun, you mean Zhan Zhao, don't you?" ...that Mr. Zhan went out again?!"

Mr. Gongsun was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled clearly: "Don't worry, little brother. Since last night, Mr. Bao has ordered you and Qin Xianglian's mother and son to be transferred to the wing room of the Master's Court. The guest house is heavily guarded, those assassins will definitely not be able to reach here, so the little brother can stay here with peace of mind."

When Jin Qian heard this, he let out a big breath, and finally put his heart back into his stomach safely.Looking at the interior again, it is indeed a bit richer than the previous room, at least there are no tables, chairs and benches with missing arms or legs.

Mr. Gongsun smiled again: "Little brother, since you are fine, I still have to go and see Qin Xianglian's mother and son, so I can't accompany you any longer, so I leave."

Jin Qian shook the zongzi in his hand as a thank you, but after a change of heart, he hurriedly stopped Mr. Gongsun at the door, and asked, "Mr. Gongsun, do you have any poisonous powder, drugs or other things on hand?"

Mr. Gongsun stopped at the door, with a puzzled expression on his face, he said: "Is there any, I don't know why the little brother made such a statement?"

Jin Qian groaned secretly in his heart, and said: "It's nothing, sir, let's go get busy."

When Mr. Gongsun left, Jin Qian put his head in his hands and said with aching heart: "That pair of hateful old men didn't leave any money when they left, so why don't they leave us any poison or drugs to help us defend ourselves?" ah ah! !Back then, I searched the entire mountain, but I didn't find half a pill. Could it be that those two old men poured all the brainchild of their brains into their stomachs?Speaking of which, during that year, I seemed to have taken a lot of pills with weird colors...

Jin Qian was startled suddenly, and hastily poked a finger out of the bandage, and put it on his wrist.

This pulse diagnosis is not a big deal, but it scared Jin Qian half to death.

My own pulse condition is mixed, like yin and yang, if Jinqian still remembers that the word "female" is filled in the gender column on his ID card, I am afraid that he will think that he is an immature teenager at this time pulse...

Jin Qian suddenly collapsed and was about to faint again.

NND, these two old guys, even if they want to help us conceal our gender, there is no need to portray us, a dignified modern future person, into the classic image of "Invincible in the East"...

-

In the next few days, Jin Qian was considered safe and secure in Kaifeng Mansion.

Since Qin Xianglian woke up, she sighed and frowned every day, and became thinner and thinner day by day.Although the pair of little ghosts were young, they knew the importance at this time, and they just silently stayed by their mother's side, so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.Without a pair of little ghosts to worry about, Jin Qian only felt bored, but he didn't have the guts to go out of the house, so he had nothing to do in the Kaifeng government office, basking in the sun for a living every day.

After a few days, he knew the topography of Kaifeng Mansion well, and he was familiar with all the famous people in Kaifeng Mansion.

The first is the old Bao who is the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, Mr. Bao.Two words to describe: super busy.

Every morning, patrolling the streets, reviewing official documents, reviewing files, accepting injustice cases, meeting colleagues, caring for subordinates, and being considerate of subordinates, Jin Qian felt physically and mentally exhausted just by looking at them.

Besides, Mr. Gongsun - two words: very busy.

In ordinary government offices, there must be two masters: one is a master of punishment, who is in charge of assisting officials in handling criminal cases;But this Mr. Gongsun, Master Xingming and Master Qiangu both want to catch him, and he wants to be tough with both hands.To put it bluntly, he is Lao Bao's personal secretary, the accountant and cashier of Kaifeng Mansion, and also works part-time as a family doctor and psychological counselor. He is very busy.

As for the fourth-rank guard with a knife, "Royal Cat" Zhan Zhao—to be honest, he was too busy to see anyone, presumably he hadn't returned from Caizhou yet.

In the end, the "Four King Kongs" remain.Zhang Long and Zhao Hu followed Zhan Zhao out and hadn't seen each other for a long time; Wang Chao, Ma Handao and Jin Qian had a good relationship.

Since Jinqian sacrificed his life to save "Hei" last time, Lao Bao and Mr. Gongsun personally came to thank him, and the government servants in Kaifeng Mansion respected him even more, especially Chao Dynasty and Ma Han.These two people, ever since they heard that Jin Qian possessed extremely light kung fu, they always like to come to Jin Qian to compare skills when they have nothing to do.Unable to evade, he had no choice but to fight hard. After many times, Jin Qian's lightness kung fu was improved to a higher level, and his escape and hide-and-seek ability also rose several levels.

On this day, Jin Qian was hiding on the roof basking in the sun, but he heard footsteps under the house.

Jin Qian took a look, and saw Chao Chao hurriedly walked to the house with a stern face, and said harshly, "Jin Qian, are you here?"

Jin Qian thought that Chao Dynasty was looking for him to compete in martial arts again, and was about to rub the soles of his feet with oil, but he heard Chao Dynasty shouted again: "Master Zhan has brought Xu Tianlin, the prefect of Caizhou, back to Kaifeng Mansion, and Master Bao has already been promoted, and he is about to send you to the court. !"

When Jin Qian heard this, he jumped down immediately, stood in front of Wang Chao and said, "Brother Wang, why didn't you say it earlier, let's go!"

Seeing Jin Qian suddenly appearing out of nowhere, Wang Chao was no stranger to it. He cupped his hands, turned and walked towards the lobby, Jin Qian followed closely behind.

In the lobby, the third class of yamen servants had already shouted their prestige and stood in awe.This time Jinqian was "a freshman once and acquainted twice", compared to the previous few times, he was much more visible. He stepped up to the lobby, knelt down and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Grassman Jinqian, kowtow to Mr. Bao."

"Jin Qian, look at this man beside you, do you know him?" Master Bao asked in the hall.

Jin Qian looked to the side, and saw besides Qin Xianglian, there was another man beside him.He was dressed in plain white prison clothes, with chains and ankles, and his hair was messed up, making him very embarrassed.However, he has a fat body and a fleshy face, like a corrupt master. It is the pig-headed prefect of Caizhou.

After Jin Qian looked at it, he immediately replied: "My lord, the grassroots know him, and this person is the prefect of Caizhou."

Master Bao asked again: "Why do you know this person?"

"Because Cao Min and Qin Xianglian once went to the lobby of the Caizhou government office, so they know the prefect." Jin Qian replied.

"Why did you go to the lobby of the Caizhou government office?"

"My lord, it was Qin Xianglian who went to sue together."

"To whom?"

Jin Qian raised his head sharply, and said, "Sue the court consort Chen Shimei, sue him for instigating Han Qi to kill his wife and son, and cause Han Qi to commit suicide!"

"You talk nonsense!" Xu Tianlin, the magistrate of Caizhou, pointed at Jin Qian and shouted loudly: "It is clear that Qin Xianglian had an affair with Han Qi first, and then killed him. Who are you, how dare you talk nonsense here?!"

Snapped!There was a loud bang from the gavel, only Master Bao yelled: "Shut up!"

The officials on both sides immediately responded, shouting "Mighty——"

"Xu Tianlin, the government is still questioning, and no one else is allowed to intervene. If you commit the crime again, don't blame the government for condemning you to the court!"

Xu Tianlin immediately stood aside like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Jin Qian let out a bad breath in his heart, and said in his heart: Zhutou Zhifu, you also have today, and this time I will let you taste what it means to be majestic.

Master Bao paused, then asked Xu Tianlin: "Xu Tianlin, you keep saying that Qin Xianglian cheated on Han Qi and killed her, do you have evidence?"

Xu Tianlin was terribly frightened just now, and it took him a while to reply: "My lord, the facts are all there. Qin Xianglian has already made a pledge in court, which is the proof!"

Master Bao examined the confession on the case, and then asked Qin Xianglian: "Qin Xianglian, did you draw and pledge this confession yourself?"

When Qin Xianglian heard this, she immediately kowtowed and cried, "The woman is wronged! My lord, the confession was signed by the woman who was beaten into a trick."

Master Bao lowered his face and said, "Xu Tianlin, how do you explain Qin Xianglian's words?"

Xu Tianlin's head was dripping with sweat, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Hui, Mr. Hui, this is just Qin Xianglian's excuse to get rid of the crime. It is hard to believe. Besides, there is a witness at the scene of the crime, who has also confessed to it."

"Who is the witness?"

"It's a beggar named Wang Ermazi, who claimed to have witnessed Qin Xianglian's murder."

Master Bao was taken aback for a moment: "Wang Ermazi?" Then he turned to look at Mr. Gongsun.

Mr. Gongsun stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, there is indeed a confession of Wang Ermazi here."

Mr. Bao picked up the confession and read it carefully, then said: "Who is this Wang Ermazi, and where is he now?"

When Jin Qian saw it, he quickly raised a hand and said, "My lord, Wang Er Mazi is a grassroots man."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help but be astonished.

Xu Tianlin's eyes were bigger than a light bulb, and he couldn't speak a word for a long time.

No wonder Xu Tianlin reacted like this. When Jinqian was in court in Caizhou before, his clothes were torn and his appearance was unsightly. But now, with the courtesy of the guests from Kaifeng Mansion, Jinqian finally washed himself clean and changed into clean clothes. It's pretty decent, and naturally it's a different person from before.

Master Bao looked at Jinqian for a long time before asking: "Jinqian, do you think you are Wang Ermazi?"

Jin Qian replied honestly: "Exactly."

"I ask you, what is your last name?"

"Grassman Jinqian."

"Then why is it called Wang Ermazi?"

When Jin Qian heard this, he thought to himself: Finally, we have got to the point.Hastily bent down, put on a terrified posture, and said: "My lord, just because the prefect of Caizhou insisted on forcing Qin Xianglian to confess the crime of murder in the lobby, and Qin Xianglian would rather die than admit it, so the prefect imposed a severe punishment. He was tortured, and he didn’t want to wrong a good person, so he came up with the method of using a fake name to charge him. My lord, the fake name on this confession is the evidence that Qin Xianglian was beaten into a trick!”

After saying this, the hall is silent.

After a while, Master Bao asked: "Xu Tianlin, is what Jin Qian said the truth?"

Xu Tianlin fell to the ground with a tense expression, and it took him a long time to reply: "My lord, this person's name is unknown, his identity is unknown, and his confession cannot be fully believed."

Jin Qian almost rushed up and kicked Xu Tianlin.

Master Bao patted the gavel, and said loudly: "What a sharp-tongued Xu Tianlin. If that's the case, pass on the witness."

The sound of shouting came out layer by layer, and after a while, only six people were escorted into the lobby.

Jin Qian took a look, hey, they were acquaintances, and these people were actually the servants who chased him and Qin Xianglian to death.

"Qin Xianglian, Jinqian, look carefully. Do you know the people behind them?" Master Bao asked.

Qin Xianglian replied: "Return to my lord, the women know me."

Master Bao asked again: "Who are they?"

Jin Qian immediately replied: "It was the guard who wanted to kill us during the escort."

When the six people heard this, they immediately shook their heads like sifting chaff, kowtowed and shouted: "My lord, the villain is wronged. The villain was ordered by the magistrate Xu Tianlin!"

When Xu Tianlin heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground with a hollow expression.

Lord Bao stared at him for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Tianlin, you have wronged Liangshan and instigated murder. This government sentences you to the punishment of guillotine. Do you have anything to say?"

Jin Qian thought to himself: What kind of question is this?Now that he has been sentenced to beheading, why do you still ask him if he has anything to say? Could it be that the Northern Song Dynasty has developed to a civilized level where death row prisoners can make wills and divide inheritance?

Xu Tianlin heard Master Bao's words, but he straightened his body suddenly as if stung by a bee, and shouted loudly: "My lord, the criminal minister was also instigated by others, I hope your lord will see clearly!"

When Jin Qian heard the words, he realized immediately, and then lightly raised his eyes to look at the hall, and saw a gleam of joy flashing across Master Bao's usually purple-black face.

Master Bao calmed down, and continued to ask: "Who are you instigated by?"

Xu Tianlin swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves, hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Return to your lord, it is, you are, you are the son-in-law, Chen, Chen Shimei."

Master Bao slapped the gavel fiercely, and shouted: "Presumptuous, what kind of person is the son-in-law, how can you slander him like this?"

Xu Tianlin immediately threw himself down, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hui, Mr. Hui, the guilty minister's words are true, there is no falsehood, just because Qin Xianglian is the wife of the son-in-law, and the son-in-law wants to kill her, so he instigated me to do such things. Everything was instigated by the son-in-law, I hope your lord will see clearly!"

Master Bao narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked again: "Xu Tianlin, do you have evidence for what you said?"

Xu Tianlin immediately replied: "My lord, the son-in-law once conspired with the criminal minister in person, and the criminal minister is the witness."

Master Bao nodded slightly when he heard the words, and said to Mr. Gongsun beside him: "Let him draw the bet."

After Mr. Bao examined Xu Tianlin's confession, he took a picture of the gavel and sent Xu Tianlin back to the prison, leaving the court to call it a day.

-

After the court trial was over, it was already evening, Qin Xianglian, mother and son, and Jin Qian followed Master Bao's instructions and came to the flower hall together.

Mr. Bao was dressed in casual clothes, sitting in the middle of the flower hall, Mr. Gongsun stood on one side, and Zhan Zhao, who was busy in the world, stood on the other side.

Seeing Jinqian and others coming, Mr. Bao looked happy, and said: "Today's court trial has finally obtained the definite evidence that Chen Shimei killed his wife and son, and now we just wait for Chen Shimei to be arrested, Qin Xianglian, you can rest assured .”

Qin Xianglian heard the words, and immediately knelt down with a pair of children to thank: "Xianglian thank you sir!"

Lord Bao nodded slightly, then turned to Jin Qian and said, "Brother Jin, it was your own idea to sign the confession with a false name?"

Jin Qian smiled wryly, nodded, and said in his heart: Just kidding, no matter what we say, we can be regarded as dignified future people. This kind of deceitful little trick has been familiar to us since childhood, and we are simply familiar with it.

Mr. Gongsun said aside: "This little brother is really delicate."

Master Bao nodded with his beard, and Zhan Zhao also showed appreciation.

"Since that's the case, Guard Zhan—" Master Bao suddenly ordered, "I order you to go to the Prince Consort's Mansion immediately, and bring that Chen Shimei back to Kaifeng Mansion for questioning."

Zhan Zhao immediately stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate obeys."

After saying that, Zhan Zhao turned around and walked out, but before he reached the door, Wang Chao hurried in, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, Prime Minister Wang sent someone to send a letter."

Master Bao took the letter and opened it to read, the more he looked at it, the more his brows became tighter, and his face became more purple and black.

After reading the whole letter, Lord Bao frowned, looked up at Qin Xianglian, and said after a while: "Qin Xianglian, Prime Minister Wang is the middleman, and I want to invite you to Chengxiang Wang's mansion in the suburbs for Chen Shimei. Are you going?"

Jin Qian heard: Hey!Chen Shimei, this trick is quite ruthless, it's called "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, catch the thief first, catch the king first", if you want to win the lawsuit, you have to get the plaintiff first.Qin Xianglian's visit this time must be a "Hongmen Banquet". Maybe Chen Shimei will "cry, make trouble and hang herself". At that time, Qin Xianglian's heart softens and she withdraws the complaint. We guys have worked hard for more than a month. Just as a volunteer.

Looking up at Qin Xianglian again, her eyes were flushed, she was about to cry with grief, and her eyes flickered, which was a typical manifestation of unsteady will.

Sure enough, not long after, Qin Xianglian replied, "Xianglian is willing to go."

Jin Qian instantly foresees Qin Xianglian's dark future coming.