Great Lawyer

Chapter 461 Childhood Sweetheart ([-])

Xu looked at the charcoal pencil in Du Jiuyan's hand, wondering what she was going to do.

"You said his appearance." Du Jiuyan said.

Everyone sat around and looked at the pen in her hand.

"Square face, the chin is very wide here." Xu recalled Da Zhuang's appearance when he was 12 years old. "The nose is quite high, the sides of the nose are thick, and the mouth is also thick. ..." She gestured at the length of her eyebrows, "It's just that long, a little shorter than mine."

"The child's shoulders were a little uneven when he was a child. I saw that the left shoulder was higher than the right. I don't know the height... I don't know the size." Xu said.

Du Jiuyan sketched and showed it to Mrs. Xu after a while. Mrs. Xu was so surprised that she stared at it for a long time, pointing to her ears, "The ears seem to be bigger."

Du Jiuyan made the ears bigger.

"That's about it," Xu nodded, "But it's been ten years, and he's 22 now, so his appearance may change a bit."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and said: "There must be some shadow. I will take the portrait to the government office in a while, and ask all the servants if they know any of them."

"Mr. Du, would you, would you like to help me find a basket?"

Du Jiuyan is very free. If she was in Shaoyang, she might not take this case. After all, Qian Daoan and the others are also very free. "Yes, I will find someone first."

"Thank you, thank you!" Mrs. Xu stood up and took her purse, "How much do you want?"

Du Jiuyan listened, and there was the sound of copper coins colliding.

"Don't worry," Du Jiuyan said with a smile, "We'll talk about the money when we find someone."

She is a good person, she is a kind person, and she doesn't care about the salary of 80 taels.

"Will you pay after you find this? I see that when people hire lawyers, they always pay first." Xu was embarrassed, "It doesn't matter, although I don't have much on me, I can collect it later. "

Du Jiuyan waved his hand, "Let's not talk about that. We scholars tend to be shy when we talk too much about money."

"If you're free right now, we'll go to the Yamen together."

Xu should agree.

Du Jiuyan looked back at everyone.

It's cold outside, and everyone is struggling. They want to find something to do, but they don't want to go out to enjoy the cold wind.

"I'll be with you." King Gui was worried that Du Jiuyan would go out to do errands alone. Girls nowadays are too unreserved, so he had to be careful, "It's cold outside."

The lame man and Cai Zhuoru also got up, and the four people from Sanchitang also got up, Qian Daoan said: "Then, together?"

Xu was puzzled why so many people went together.

Du Jiuyan said: "We are all enthusiastic people."

Mrs. Xu agreed nervously.

When she came to look for lawyers, she did not expect to find so many lawyers. Most importantly, Prince Gui was among them.

This is a big face.

A group of people went out in a mighty manner. Once they went out, they all stared at Mrs. Xu instead of King Gui and Du Jiuyan.

A look of envy.

After finally arriving at the government office, King Gui knocked on the door and walked in with everyone swaggeringly. He didn't look for Qi Daiqing, but directly called for Shan Dequan.

"Look, have you seen this person before? This is the appearance of a teenager ten years ago, and there may be some changes now." Du Jiuyan asked.

Dan Dequan held it in his hand and frowned for a while, then shook his head, "I don't have any impression. Wait for me, I'll ask the people below."

Everyone nodded.

Shan Dequan ran out, came back after a while, shook his head and said, "We haven't seen each other before. Why don't we ask Wucheng soldiers and horses?"

"Take it and ask." King Gui said, "We'll wait for you here."

Shan Dequan should be right. He left the yamen and turned right. He came back after half an hour. When he came back, he brought a young man by his side. He introduced: "Miao Jia, he is from Dongcheng Bingmasi. seen."

Miao Jia was in his early twenties, saluted everyone, pointed to the portrait and said, "This man lives near the Dongcheng Gate. When his younger brother passed away two years ago, he went out to bury him with his back on his back, and I helped him. His name is Da Zhuang."

"Yes, he has a younger brother who is five or six years younger than him." Xu said excitedly, "It's called Da Zhuang, that's right."

Miao Jia nodded, "But his younger brother has been in poor health, and the two brothers are hiding in the shed. I haven't been to the city wall these days, and I haven't seen it. How about I go and have a look?"

"Let's go together." King Gui stood up and said.

Everyone went to the city wall of the East City together.

People were not allowed to live against the fence during wartime, but now that the world is peaceful, the government just turned a blind eye.So now near the wall, rows of shacks have been built, with straw on three sides against the wall, so that they can keep warm and keep out the wind.

Miao Jia took them to Da Zhuang's house, which was considered the best in this row of shacks.

At this moment, there was an old woman squatting in front of the shack, tremblingly cooking some dark food on the small stove and pot set up by the door.

"Where's Da Zhuang?" Miao Jia asked.

The old woman looked at everyone with a senile look, and when she saw someone in official uniform kneel down hurriedly, she said, "Master, we have nowhere to go in this winter, so please let us live another winter."

"What are you talking about, I asked you where Da Zhuang went."

The old woman looked at Miao Jia in confusion, and after a while she came to her senses, and replied, "Da Zhuang is gone. He has been away for more than ten days, and he said that he will not return to the capital, so let me live in this shack."

"Gone, when did you leave? You didn't say why you left, and where are you going?"

The old woman said: "I left before the Laba Festival, let's go on the fifth day of the lunar new year. I left early in the morning before dawn."

"What clothes are you wearing, are you wearing a hat?" Du Jiuyan asked.

The old woman couldn't remember. An old and haggard head stuck out from the shack next door, looked at them, and said in a hoarse voice: "I know, can I buy a steamed bun if I tell you?"

Miao Jia wanted to reprimand, but Du Jiuyan said, "Yes."

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly extended from here, and two or thirty people came out of the shed at once, all scrambling to say: "I saw it too."

"Let me tell you, can I buy a steamed bun?"

Miao Jia was very irritable. King Gui is still here. These people really don't have eyes. He was about to speak when Du Jiuyan asked, "How many people live here?"

"According to statistics, there are about 150 people who come and go here every day."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and said to everyone, "Tell me, I'll bring you steamed buns later."

Everyone stared at her eagerly.

"Wearing a gray patched padded jacket and a fur hat on his head, he said it was left to him by his father, and he kept it all the time, taking it out to dry several times a year."

"He said he was going to Jiangnan, and he told me several times. He said that Jiangnan is rich, and he will definitely survive."

Xu asked excitedly: "Did he say who he was with?"

"no!"

"He didn't say he was with others, he just said he would go by himself. He's alone with nothing to worry about, and he's not sick. It's the same wherever he goes!"

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Understood, you all go home, and I will bring you steamed buns later."

"Don't make a fuss, if you make a fuss, there will be nothing." Du Jiuyan said.

Everyone looked at her uncertainly, Du Jiuyan pointed at Miao Jia, "If not, you can find him."

The corners of Miao Jia's mouth trembled, and he had no choice but to promise.

A group of people went to buy [-] steamed buns and [-] steamed buns, emptied a nearby steamed stuffed bun shop, and carried the cage over to distribute them, two steamed buns and two steamed buns per person.

Those people kept thanking and kowtow.

Du Jiuyan hugged King Gui and said, "My lord, your family is not doing well."

"What is my house?" King Gui said.

Du Jiuyan glanced at him, "Don't you belong to your family in this world? Look, there are still such disrespectful people under this imperial city."

"Can not be done."

King Gui rolled his eyes at him, "Which dynasty has no poor people? Poor people will be poor. Apart from some bad luck, most people are lazy!"

"Look," King Gui pointed at those people who were far away, "There are many young and strong people. If you go out to find work, you can't find them? Not to mention living in land, you won't starve to death."

Du Jiuyan said: "There are still too few job opportunities."

"Employment?" King Gui chewed the word in his mouth, and got a taste, "What employment opportunities can there be? They won't do it if you give it to them."

"A few more people like you, they can lie on the road every day waiting to be eaten and die."

Du Jiuyan frowned, "My lord, are you mocking my kindness?"

It was rare for her to be kind, and she was ridiculed and unhappy.

"No, no!" King Gui said, "I appreciate your kindness very much, very much."

"Although there are such people as the prince said, most of them are old and weak people here. It is a good thing for you to send steamed buns and buns, and you are doing the right thing." The cripple said.

Du Jiuyan smiled, more satisfied with the lame man's words.

"You are the only one who can talk?" King Gui stared at the lame man.

The lame man didn't think so, "The lord should work harder, it's really shameful that such a place exists at the foot of the imperial city."

"Then kill them all." King Gui said coldly.

The lame man didn't answer, because he knew King Gui would not do that.

"What should I do now, do you want to go to Jiangnan to find someone?" Xu's face was very ugly, she was happy that the basket was safe, but also felt that it would be embarrassing for her daughter to be a widow and run away with someone.

Du Jiuyan said: "You can ask Mr. Qi to help, say hello and pay attention along the way." He added: "However, do you want to find them? Wait for the yamen to turn them back?"

Elopement is not a light crime when you come back.

"I," Xu hesitated, looking at Du Jiuyan for a while with sad and unbearable expression on his face, "Sir, I, I won't look for it anymore, let them go."

"Whether I live or die in this life, I..." Xu said with tears streaming down her face, "I don't care, I'll just pretend I never gave birth to her."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "If you can be sure that the two of them left together, then you can go with them. It sounds like Da Zhuang is kind-hearted, and your daughter can endure hardships. If you two are together, you will definitely be able to find a way to survive. .”

"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Xu wiped her tears, and didn't know what to say, with mixed feelings in her heart, "Mr. Du, how much, how much, I will pay you the legal fees."

In order to find out about Da Zhuang, she bought so many buns and spent a lot of money.

"You can also see that although I don't have much money, my friends are all rich." Du Jiuyan said with a smile: "I don't want your money, you can go home."

Xu was taken aback.

"Go back, if there is anything strange or doubtful, come to me again." Du Jiuyan said.

Hope there will be no more.After all, for things like elopement, the less there is a follow-up, the better.

No news is good news.

"Sir, sir." Suddenly an eight or nine-year-old child ran up behind them, panting to catch up with them, "Sir."

Du Jiuyan looked back at the child, who was wearing patched clothes, and had come to pick up the buns with her just now, "Has the steamed bun been robbed?"

"No," the child said, "I'm not sure about something, but you are a good person, I want to tell you."

Du Jiuyan looked at him.

"Uncle Zhuang's hat, that hat," the child said, "When I was begging for food at the west gate yesterday morning, an old man sitting next to me wore it."

Du Jiuyan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

(End of this chapter)