Chapter 24 Official Postings
On the morning of the next day, Zhou Jun, who was suffering from a split headache, slowly opened his eyes. In a daze, he found that he had slept on the bed in the bedroom.
The last part of his memory still stayed at the moment when he stepped into the room last night.
After that, it was almost blank for Zhou Jun.
He struggled to get up from the bed and rubbed his forehead. Zhou Jun tried to relieve the severe headache, but unfortunately it seemed useless.
After pushing open the door, Zhou Jun met Huayue who had just washed up.
Huayue hid behind for a few steps and stared at Zhou Jun with complex eyes.
Zhou Jun was uncomfortable being stared at by her. He looked at himself up and down and asked, "Is there something on my face?"
Huayue shook her head, but she still stared at him.
Zhou Jun thought about it and asked again: "I got drunk last night. Could it be that I did something stupid?"
After a while, two words popped out of my mouth: "No."
Zhou Jun: "Then why are you watching me like this?"
Huayue withdrew her gaze, said nothing more, and went back to her room on her own.
Zhou Jun walked out of the door of the wing room with a puzzled look on his face.
When he arrived at the side hall, Zhou Dinghai sat there early. Seeing Zhou Jun get up, he asked, "Will both the buyer and the seller go to the official contract today?"
Zhou Jun: "The seller has already known it, and the buyer is still waiting for the news. I will go to Shengyefang this morning."
Zhou Dinghai nodded and said, "Go early and say, don't miss the time. I'll go to Zhongshi first to wait. If you get off the door, come and meet me."
Zhou Jun responded, ate a bowl of noodle soup brought by the servant, ate two more Hu cakes, and rode out to Shengyefang.
When he arrived at Pang Mansion, Pang Zhonghe was relieved when he heard Jin Fengniang signing a private contract.
He said to Zhou Jun: "Our family is not unreasonable. The Zhou family girl has worked in the Jin family for so many years, so she should have the face to go out."
"Today we will go there, we will go there too."
Zhou Jun was stunned when he heard this. Pang Gong was inconvenient. He originally thought that Pang Mansion went to Zhongshi to handle the slave purchase procedures, and the servants must have done it on his behalf. Unexpectedly, the family mainly went there in person.
Zhou Jun advised: "Why do you need some trivial matters to be exhausted by Pang Gong? Besides, the city is dirty and messy, and it will also defile Pang Gong's clothes."
Pang Zhonghe smiled and said, "Did Erlang think that the eunuchs in the palace are all pampered persons?"
"Actually, we all have experienced hard days."
"Our family was once a refugee, but fortunately they were taken in by the Wu family. Feng Yuanyi, who was next to the saint, was sold to Chang'an by Lingnan Road when he was young, and he was also suffering."
When Zhou Jun heard Pang Zhonghe talk about the name Feng Yuanyi, he had not yet reacted for a while.
After thinking for a while, he remembered that the eunuch Gao Lishi, who was beside Li Longji, was named Feng Yuanyi.
Seeing that Mr. Pang made up his mind, Zhou Jun no longer persuaded him. After talking about the time and place of the contract, he rode his horse towards Zhongshi first.
Crushing over from Shengkou and the crowd, Zhou Jun entered the municipal office of Zhongshi. He was about to find Zhou Dinghai, but he heard a quarrel in front of him.
When he got closer, Zhou Jun found that the two parties quarreled were Zhou Dinghai, while the other was Wu Lushi, a municipal official.
Zhou Dinghai said with his neck stammering, "This move is not in line with the laws of the municipal administration!"
Wu Lushi held the document, raised his head, and slowly said, "How can the Nuyalang, who is selling good people, be qualified to make a guarantee to change the post?"
Zhou Dinghai: "I came to the municipal office to defend myself in Jiang Yu's case before. My original intention was not to sell the good man a little, but to be deceived and made the slave order."
"There are rules and regulations in the orders of the municipalities in the two capitals. "If you sell favored people as slaves, you will be deposed and will not be allowed to put them in your life. If you sell them for the sake of the two cities, you will be judged as a mistake and you will be punished for the failure of observation. If you take them out, you will redeem the copper."
"According to the law, I am obviously a mistake of being a misunderstanding, and in order to avoid suspicion, I no longer become a slave boy. Why do I still want to depose my Zhou family official post?"
Wu Lushi: "Because your case is of a bad nature and has a great impact. In order to strictly investigate the business and serve as a warning, the municipal office deposed your Zhou family's official post."
Zhou Dinghai was so angry that he was trembling all over. He only heard him ask loudly: "What is said to be of bad nature and has a great impact? It's just that because of that case, you officials, were all criticized by Shangguan, so he took his anger on me!"
Wu Lushi snorted coldly: "Do you really think the city office is making things difficult for you?"
"The buyer Xu's family reported to the municipal office a few days ago, saying that because he was involved in a case of selling good people, the head of the Xu family was questioned in the court and lost his face."
"There are also many nuyalangs in Zhongshi who have sued you for allegedly committing misconduct in the past decade and repeatedly violated the orders of the city."
"You listen to it yourself. With so many rebukes, should the municipal administration still retain your official post?"
Zhou Dinghai's hands and feet were chilling and shaking.
Zhou Jun walked up to Wu Lushi at this time and said, "The state has its own national laws and the city has its own orders. My father's fault is not serious enough to depose the official post."
"If the Municipal Administration has to add sin to the first place because of a confession from others, then is there any need for the law to exist?"
Wu Lushi was stunned, glanced at Zhou Jun, and then said, "It is useless to say more. The city office has decided to depose your Zhou family's official post."
"Your nuya certificate is now useless, and the new municipal office will not send you any more."
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded above the central hall of the city office: "Our family wants to ask when did the municipal office of this city start? Even Tang Lu didn't obey it. This official post said that it would be abolished."
Pang Zhonghe sat on the wheel carriage, and two elderly soldiers of the army carried him and his car, one on the left and the other on the right, into the central hall of the city office.
Looking at the old man sitting on the wheel carriage, Wu Lushi always felt that the other party looked familiar, but he couldn't remember his identity.
Pang Zhonghe entered the central hall and was pushed to Zhou Jun. He asked Wu Lushi: "According to your opinion, the more people complain, the more serious the crime you will have to be punished."
"What's the use of Dali Temple in this way? The plaintiff and the defendant directly count which side has more people, and the punishment will be made?"
Wu Lushi was about to refute him, but when he saw Zhou Jun, he gave him a wink.
After hesitation, Wu Lushi decided to keep silent.
Zhou Jun gave Pang Zhonghe a cross-handed salute and said, "I thanked Pang Gong for speaking out for justice."
Pang Gong?
Thinking of the identity of the person, Wu Lushi's face suddenly changed, his body trembled, and the stall of documents in his hand slid to the ground.
Without caring about packing up the scattered documents on the ground, Wu Lushi hurriedly bowed to Pang Zhonghe and said, "Why did Mr. Pang come to Zhongshi today? There is no need to welcome him, and there is no need to welcome him!"
Pang Zhonghe snorted coldly: "What else can we do when we come to Zhongcheng? Of course we are buying maids! Could it be that we still point to our family to ask you about your well-being?"
Wu Lushi looked embarrassed and waved his hand quickly, "Pang Gong Zhe was a minor official! I'll call the city chief now, and then shout!"
Pang Zhonghe: "Stop!"
Wu Lushi asked nervously: "Pang Gong?"
Pang Zhonghe: "The Nuyalang who bought the maid in our family is Zhou Erlang. I heard that you are going to accept his official post?"
Wu Lushi opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhou Jun in shock. Then he reacted and quickly said, "Nothing happened!"
Pang Zhonghe: "Then why did I hear you just now... I will strictly investigate the good news to serve as a warning to others?"
Wu Lushi held his head up and said righteously: "These few days, there is a narrow-minded villain who wants to falsely accuse Zhou Erlang. We have investigated thoroughly and finally figured out the whole story and are planning to clear him up."
Pang Zhonghe nodded slightly: "That's good, go and get things done!"
Wu Lushi was shocked, pushed away the onlookers and rushed towards the municipal office.
Zhou Jun first glanced at Jin Fengniang and Pingpo not far away, then lowered his head and bowed to Pang Zhonghe: "Pang Gong, I will never thank you for your kindness."
Pang Zhonghe closed his eyes and said softly: "If you, the slaughter, are missing in this Tang Dynasty, it will definitely be a great regret."
Chapter completed!