The county magistrate has no time to save the world

Chapter 5 Good and Evil in the Temple of Good and Evil

On the way back, Zheng Nian thought over and over again, and let Cui Hai, the eldest son of Sibao in Chang'an County, take two yamen servants and his subordinates back to seal Xinghualou. You have to protect it, right?
If the master blames it...the buddy is the master of the tiger.

840 seven punches!

The two doors on the left of the six doors are the Qinglong Gate, and everyone except the magistrate must go through here.

After passing the Qinglong Gate, it is Zhengtian Hall.

The place where Shengtang goes to court.

Cui Jiang ran in to inform the master, and Zheng Nian waited in front of the hall with his people.

After a while, the magistrate of Chang'an County turned around the screen and took his seat.

Sitting in the hall with a big black face, let alone a human, a tiger would be afraid to see it.

Li Qingchen, who was standing in front of the hall, still looked depressed, and seemed not worried about what was about to happen.

"Where is Qin Feng?" Xin Delong sat in the hall, naturally mighty and domineering, and shouted.

Zheng Nianmao leaned over and came to the master's side, "My lord, Qin Feng has gone to Jingzhao Mansion as an errand, now I..."

"I remembered, Zheng Nian, yes, okay."

Xin Delong nodded, squinted his eyes and looked at the people in the hall, "What's going on?"

Only then did Zheng Nian explain the process of seeing the corpse and Li Qingchen's probe in the room.

"Did you spread the person?"

Xin Delong is very particular about two points in his speech. The first point is to hit the nail on the head and never beat around the bush.

The second point is to have a strong Changbai Mountain accent.

"No." Li Qingchen remained expressionless.

Xin Delong frowned and hissed, "Why didn't you kneel when you saw me?"

"Sir, he is..."

"You! Shut up." Xin Delong leaned back domineeringly, "People are bitter bugs, so you can't beat them. Come on, twenty big boards."

As he said that, the yamen servant from the soap class below took out the water and fire ruthless stick, and was about to be sentenced.

Zheng Nian hurriedly stopped him, "This is Prince Qing's son... Prince Qing's son!"

"At the foot of the Son of Heaven, within the capital city, I, the parent official of Chang'an County, naturally want to make decisions for the people, and give them a seat first." Xin Delong spoke righteously.

The two yamen servants who came over were stunned, blinked at each other a few times, and then put a small bench over.

Li Qingchen still looked dead.

"Chang'an County Yamen never wronged a good person, and never let a bad person go! People in the hall, let me ask you again, is it because of you?" Xin Delong said angrily.

Li Qingchen shook his head, "No."

"Okay, let him go." Xin Delong stood up and was about to leave.

Zheng Nian quickly grabbed the master, "My lord..."

It's a dilemma.

He also conveyed the words of His Royal Highness King Qing to the master.

Although Xin Delong is the parent official of Chang'an County, he still can't offend Dang Qing Wang!That is the elder brother of the current emperor, how many brains does he have to judge His Royal Highness?

"What do you think?" Xin Delong walked sideways and lingered in Zheng Nian's ear.

Zheng Nian thought for a while, "I think His Royal Highness King Qing meant... to lock him up."

"Do you dare to close it?" Xin Delong was taken aback.

It doesn't matter whether the prince killed him or not, as long as he is unhappy, both Zheng Nian and Xin Delong's heads will have to take a vacation.

"My lord, I think so."

Zheng Nian paused for a moment, and smoothed his thoughts, "This son killed someone in public, it is naturally impossible to release him on the spot, but if we imprison him overnight, we will release him early the next morning, and then say that the woman He wanted His Highness to redeem himself, but His Highness refused, so out of love, he fought with his life."

"Hiss... Interesting, continue." Xin Delong nodded.

"His Royal Highness, however, remained unmoved, and kept himself clean. He was only interested in the speed of poetry in Xinghualou, and he was not greedy for beauty, so the other party wanted to force him to die, and he stumbled. This case perfectly explains... Isn't it wonderful that my lord and I can both get off work?"

"Why don't you say you have read books! Good boy!"

Xin Delong turned his head immediately, "Come here, take it down and stay in prison."

The two people in Zaoban put down the water and fire ruthless sticks, went up to detain the people again, and took them to the rear.

"Boy, I didn't notice it." Xin Delong patted Zheng Nian's shoulder, "Okay, there's nothing to do today, this is a reward, the master rewards you!"

After taking three taels of silver, "Thank you, my lord!"

Xin Delong shook his sleeves and left, Zheng Nian finally got off work.

It's just that he didn't walk steadily this way.

There are many doubts in the case.

Try not to think about it as much as possible, but the details popped up in my mind, the situation of the woman jumping down, the poison spots on the corpse.

Why did Li Qingchen not move in front of the window?Why is King Qing like this... What is there in Xinghualou?
shook his head.

It's not long since I came to this world.

"What's wrong with three taels of silver! Thinking about these messes, buy chicken for mom!"

Zheng Nian, who spent a huge sum of three hundred Wen, returned home with two chickens, one male and one female.

"mother!"

Open the door, no one is in the room.

On the left is a kang head, and on the right is an iron pot and stove, but the two-foot-wide space is naturally as far as the end can be seen at a glance.

Ugh?
Turning around, people are coming and going in the bustling market.

"Little girl."

Zheng Nian grabbed the little girl who was running with the windmill, blinked her big eyes a few times, and tilted her head, "Brother Nian, why are you grabbing Taoer! That kid Lu Shang ran away!"

Once they knew each other, it was easy to handle, so they asked, "Have you seen my mother?"

"Aunt Yu? She is naturally in the Temple of Good and Evil at this time." Tao'er pouted, "I heard that you gave Lu Shang a small ring, and he hid it in his arms like a treasure, and didn't show it to me. Why don't you give me one?"

"Well, now that my brother has money as a messenger, when the time comes and sees what you like, I will buy it for you." Zheng Nian patted Tao'er on the shoulder, "Tell brother, where is the Temple of Good and Evil?"

"Ah Nian is going to the Temple of Good and Evil?" The shopkeeper with dark skin, patches on his body, and broken shoes asked with his head tilted.

"Uncle Zeng! Let Uncle Zeng take you there, I'm going to arrest Lu Shang!" Tao'er broke free from Zheng Nian's hand and ran away in no time.

"Come on, I happen to have something here for the ladies over there, so let's stop by."

Uncle Zeng's expression was gentle, "You kid, I thought you could really go to high school, but since you're back, don't think too much about it, just do your job well, and the neighbors in our neighborhood will all point to your glory."

Zheng Nian scratched his head, and smiled.

The alley where my family lives is called Guang'an Alley. It is not long, and there are only a dozen or so families.

Girls in this era are still relatively conservative. The so-called description of a woman who has not left the cabinet means that she does not go out of the house, so a shopkeeper like Zeng Guangshou picks this thing and waits at the back door of the big courtyard. Girls who like new gadgets and jewelry will naturally Pull him into the mansion and choose something.

"The same goes for Aunt Yu. I don't know why you are so exhausted every day. Since you don't take the exam anymore, you follow suit. I feel sorry for those children, but there are too many miserable people in the world. size."

Zheng Nian was at a loss as Zeng Guangshou muttered along the way.

"Okay, here it is. You can see it when you turn around the alley. I'm going to the front."

At the entrance of an alley, Zeng Guangshou raised his chin at Zheng Nian.

The two bid farewell, and after turning all the way, Zheng Nian saw the temple.

The temple is not big, the red-painted low walls are already dilapidated, and the ashes have fallen on several layers. If it is not really in the farthest part of Chang'an County, Zheng Nian really can't believe it is in the capital.

One of the two lions at the gate of the temple has lost its head, and the other has lost all its teeth, hanging obliquely along the plaque in the middle.

【The Temple of Good and Evil】

The left and right couplets are brand new.

"There is good and evil in the Temple of Good and Evil."

"There is no life or death on the road of life and death."

Zheng Nian cheered up a bit, how could such a sinister couplet be hung here?
Before entering the yard, laughter and laughter came from inside. When I leaned in, I saw seven or eight children chasing and playing around a little boy holding a kite roll.

Not far away, it was my mother, sitting next to the sealed wellhead with a few older children, wearing the clothes in their hands stitch by stitch.

If you look closely, it is the official uniform of Chang'an County.

"mother!"

Zheng Nian walked in with a wave of his hand, a chicken in his left hand and another one between his elbows.

"Hey! Boy, you're here!" Mom put the official uniform aside, stood up and wiped her hands, "Quick, I can't do any work today, you have nothing to do to help my mom."

"No problem!" Zheng Nian agreed.

Suspiciously glanced at Zheng Nian, my mother frowned, with some surprise in her eyes, but she still said, "Go get a piece of cloth, I haven't had time to wipe the Guanyin statue today, what's the matter with this chicken?"

"On the first day of the errand, they said they wanted to eat a good meal. Didn't they just buy two?" Zheng Nian handed over the chicken directly.

"Okay, mother will do it for you." Mom smiled naively and took it.

Zheng Nian was a little puzzled when his mother went to the backyard.

What the hell is this place for?

Stepped into the temple.

The light is a bit dim, and the room is not big, with a futon and a statue of Guanyin.

The statue of Avalokitesvara is not big, just as tall as a person, with eyes facing forward, one palm upright, and an orchid in the other, sitting on a lotus platform.

Zheng Nian first put his hands together and bowed, but he didn't know which Guanyin it was, so he didn't dare to call out his name.

At this time, a timid voice behind tremblingly said, "Brother, this is Bu... for you..."

Turning around, a little girl stood outside the temple gate leaning on a cane, stretching out her hand, her round eyes seemed a little scared.

"Thank you." Zheng Nian smiled and took the cloth.

The girl subconsciously stepped back.

Zheng Nian became alert, and seemed to have guessed something, and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

"My name is... my name is... Zheng Xichun."

"You are very afraid of me." Zheng Nian squatted on the ground, at the same height as the girl, "Was I scared before?"

"Yeah!" Zheng Xichun nodded vigorously, "He will often beat and scold us, and even quarrel with his mother when he drinks too much."

Zheng Nian took a deep breath, "It won't happen in the future, okay? I swear to Empress Guanyin, it won't happen again, let's pull the hook."

"Really?"

The cruelest thing was the naive and hopeful expression on the girl's face after saying this sentence.

"Really." Zheng Nian gritted his teeth and made a hook with Zheng Xichun.

(End of this chapter)