"Here we go again, I'll take care of it, why don't I take care of it?" Han Qing covered her chest with her hands and stooped, muttering to herself in a voice that only she could hear.
The pain in his heart was relieved quickly. However, he did not dare to take his hand away from his chest immediately. He wanted to cry but had no tears.
There is really no free lunch in this world! Even if the soul travels through time, it is the same.
He took over the body of Han Qing from the Song Dynasty and returned to the age of eighteen. He also received a set of superb marksmanship for free, but he had to pay a corresponding price.
And the price is that your conscience will hurt!
I don't know whether it's because the fit between his soul and his new body is not perfect, or because Han, an angry young man from the Song Dynasty, has a hot blood in his heart. In the past three months, every time his 21st century old-fashioned thinking comes into contact with
If there is a serious conflict between the ideas held by the angry young man Han of the Song Dynasty, his heart will hurt as if someone has pinched it with his hands.
The level of heartache like today can only be considered average.
A few days ago, when his brothers were patrolling, they discovered a batch of smuggled brick tea. He wanted to accept a bribe and release it directly, but he was so painful that he died.
There was no quick-acting heart-saving pill, and he couldn't figure out whether his heartache was due to psychological factors or whether it was really the ghost of an angry young man from the Song Dynasty who was causing trouble. Han Qing had no choice but to save his life first.
A man can bend and stretch.
Since you have taken over someone else's body, it is not shameful to occasionally fulfill the wishes of the original owner of the body!
That time, in order to avoid severe heart pain, Han Qing had to refuse the bribe. He led his brothers to detain the brick tea and its owner and sent them to the inspection envoy's Yamen in Fucheng.
Although a few days later, the owner of Brick Tea was released by the Fucheng Inspection Envoy Yamen and obtained an official customs clearance certificate. However, after the news reached Jinniu Village, Han Qing only felt a slight pain in his chest.
It was boring, but no more pain.
"Oh no, the inspection went awry again!"
"Hurry up and give the inspection a good beating!"
"Check, are you feeling better? Are you feeling better?"
"Oh, I said the water was too cold. It's only April, and the northwest is not as good as Bianliang! But the old man who inspected me just didn't listen, he just didn't listen!"
Exclamations and condolences, accompanied by the movements of beating the chest and back, came one after another. Han Qing had to put down the hand tightly covering his chest and cheer up, "I'm fine, help me up, prepare, prepare the horse, go back to the village."
!”
"Inspection, are you really okay?!"
"Inspection, do you want my subordinate to help you with massage? I have learned some massage..."
"Inspection, your health is urgent. Just leave the matter of finding the cow to your subordinates!"
The four "big" archers, Zhang Fan, Yang Wei, Liu Hong, and Wang Wu, continued to surround Han Qing, asking in low voices while reluctantly looking at the drinks and food!
"Although it is just an old cow, it is the life support of the Hou Zhang family. How can I ignore this inspection just because I feel unwell?" In order to avoid further pain in conscience, Han Qing deliberately pretended to be an upright official and spoke righteously.
Said sternly.
Strangely enough, as the words fell, the feeling of heartache quickly disappeared.
"Ruth!" Han Qing secretly rolled his eyelids and showed kingly contempt for the original owner of the body who had been dead for several months. Then he waved his hand generously, "Let the brothers share the wine and meat. The heads are divided.
If you can’t finish it, you can take it home, don’t waste it!”
"Thank you for the wine, inspector!"
"Thank you for the inspection!"
"Go out on patrol and the case will be solved!"
The cheers were as loud as thunder.
The local archers helped Han Qing to mount his horse. They selected four unlucky ones with their eyes and were responsible for escorting him back to Jinniu Village. The others waited, and before the sound of horse hooves had faded away, they rushed towards the wine jar and
Dried meat, enjoy!
"It's just some cured meat and low-quality wine, what's the matter?" Using the corner of his eye, he saw the behavior of his brothers, and the corners of Han Qing's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
Jinniuzhai has good mountains, water and good income, but the food is too poor.
Not only is it incomparable to the 21st century, it is also seven or eight grades behind the Bianliang in the memory of the original owner of the body.
The original owner of the body, before being kicked to Jinniu Village, was a proper hero, and after that, he was naturally well-dressed and well-fed.
Sheep with milk, rabbit with green onion, hand-washed crab, drunken shrimp stuffed with orange, three-crispy quail, hundred flavor soup, etc. are all common dishes at home. If you want to eat, just send a servant to pass the word, and the restaurant will prepare it and deliver it to your house.
Above. (Note: The above are Bianliang delicacies in historical books.)
After eating and drinking, there are also good places such as Sui Di, Liang Garden, Zhouqiao, and Glazed Pagoda, where you can take a walk and eat. Even Fan Lou, the original owner of the body who "collected all the most beautiful things in the world", once visited with his friends
We have visited several times without hesitation.
Although it hinders the scholar's face, he only drinks, listens to music, writes lyrics and interacts with the singer every time, but the scene is also very charming. When private detective Han Qing occasionally reads it in his memory, his eyes shine with envy!
"No, when I make enough money, I must go to Bianliang!" Han Qing looked up at the surrounding lush mountains and empty wilderness, and secretly set a small goal for himself in his heart.
It is now the fifth year of Xianping, that is, 1002 AD, and there are still more than 120 years before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Private detective Han Qing was not an ambitious person to begin with. During his lifetime, the Song Dynasty did not need him to resist the Jurchens and avoid the humiliation of Jingkang.
Therefore, in Han Qing's opinion, enjoying life happily, enjoying delicious food, beautiful scenery and beautiful women is the top priority of his time traveling.
As for other minor matters, Lu Mengzheng, Kou Zhun, and Fan Zhongyan will naturally take care of them. I don’t have to waste my energy! Although I come from the 21st century, my political level may not be as good as these famous ministers and ministers in Qing history.
!
Jinniuzhai is not far from Yanshui River.
While trusting the horse and thinking about what was on his mind, Han Qing, surrounded by four village warriors, returned to the main hall of the Jinniuzhai Inspection Station where he handles daily official duties in almost the blink of an eye.
Although it is not as tall and grand as the county government office in Ding'an County, the government office of the Jinniuzhai Inspection Office is still one of the best "luxury buildings" within a hundred miles.
There are five entrances to the front and back of the house, and the left and right courtyards each occupy two acres. The open space at the entrance of the main hall is also thirty meters wide and sixty meters long.
The open space is paved with flat and smooth bluestone slabs quarried from nearby mountains. On the left and right sides, there are two rows of blue stone pillars for people who come to do business to tie their horses.
Facing the main door of the inspection station, there is a screen wall seven or eight meters wide, made of adobe bricks, with waterproof white plaster on the surface, and a wooden sloping roof covering the upper part.
Whenever the government has important events that need to be notified, or the court has important events that need to be announced to the world, the screen wall can be used as a bulletin board.
In ordinary times, the screen wall is used to separate the government office area and the private trade area to prevent people from intruding or parking carriages and donkey carts transporting goods.
Today is the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which happens to be the customary day to go to the market. Therefore, on both sides of the street south of Zhaobi, various stalls and trucks were lined up for more than a hundred meters.
People of all kinds, buying and selling goods, selling labor and hiring day laborers, crowded in front of the stalls, and the sound of bargaining was like boiling hot water.
But more people were not thinking about doing business. Instead, they bypassed the screen wall and gathered at the entrance of the main hall of the inspection station, eagerly looking forward to the "good show" that was about to begin.
There is a serious lack of entertainment activities in the remote areas of the frontier. The spring planting has ended and everyone has plenty of time.
For locals, it is a rare pastime to watch how the new patrolmen solve the case.
Its appeal is far more than that of rough guys fighting, or going home to create the next generation.
"The inspection is back, the inspection is back!"
"After all, he grew up in Bianliang City, and he looks so handsome!"
"He's from Bianliang. He's from the Han family in the northwest. He's an authentic northwest man..."
Bored men are not the only ones who are extremely enthusiastic about watching the excitement.
The folk customs of the frontier fortress are fierce and fierce, and the women are as good as the men. While going to the market, they found that they could admire the heroic appearance of the patrolmen at a close distance, and they also came towards the entrance of the main hall.
There is a saying that rare things are valuable.
I am used to seeing the boys from my hometown with rough skin and beards, and now I look at Han Qing, who has the same bronze skin but is as smooth as silk, and I find it eye-catching no matter what.
And the bookishness that comes out of Han Qing's bones has an indescribable attraction, which makes many married sisters-in-law and unmarried girls secretly wonder in their hearts whether their husbands and lovers should also find a few.
Reading this book can also add some different flavors to your boudoir.
If there hadn't been such a time-traveling thing, just the hot looks from the crowd would have been enough to make Han Qing, a Taipei student from Bianliang, feel like he had nowhere to put his hands and feet.
However, if it were Han Qing, a veteran private detective of the 21st century, the power of this gaze would not be worth mentioning.
Therefore, facing the comments of the villagers, Han Qing did not feel nervous at all. He jumped off his mount gracefully, assumed what he thought was the coolest posture, threw the reins to the village hero beside him, and then quickly walked up the steps.
Go through the main entrance, walk behind the desk, grab the ruler, tap the desk, "Bang!"
"The patrol officer has gone to the hall to handle official business, and everyone else is waiting to get out of the way!" Immediately, a servant on duty shouted an order at the top of his voice.
Although it is not as majestic as the county magistrate ascending to the court in the TV series, it still makes everyone everywhere feel silent for an instant.
Unlike the people in cities in the 21st century who are accustomed to seeking courts to resolve various conflicts, in the Song Dynasty, people who are willing to litigate are actually as rare as a feather.
Ordinary neighborhood disputes and property conflicts can be resolved by asking the clan leader or a highly respected elder in the village.
Only cases involving murder, or cases that are beyond the ability of the clan chiefs and elders to solve, will alert the government.
As for the case handling by the government, it will not be like in the TV series, where the county will personally take action when it comes to big things. Usually the county lieutenant, chief bookkeeper and patrol inspector can handle most cases.
Only when major cases involving murder, rebellion, disobedience and unfilial piety are involved, or when both parties to the conflict are well-known gentry in the county, do the county magistrates need to intervene.
Before the county magistrate took action, he had already had his masters and scribes sort out the case for him. He himself was usually just going through the motions.
Therefore, the only official business that Han Qing needs to deal with today is the case of Hou Zhang from Houjia Village suing Zhou Lezi for stealing cattle in Zhoujiabao.
In a moment, two village warriors brought the plaintiff to the lobby. Before Han Qing could ask, Hou Zhang had already knelt down on the ground with a "pop" and cried so hard that the earth shook.
"Please inspect the inspection to make the decision for the women. The seven or eight members of the women's family depend on an old cow for their livelihood. It is the backbone of the women's family, and it was stolen this time..."
"Hahahaha..." There was a roar of laughter outside the main hall.
The people watching the excitement did not think it was a big deal. They wiped away the tears from laughter and secretly moved forward, fearing that the distance would be too far and affect their "appreciation" of the wonderful "performance" in the lobby.
To their surprise and slight disappointment, the new young inspector, although he didn't even have a beard, acted more experienced than the forty-year-old former inspector Chen Ping.
Neither angry nor anxious, she sat calmly behind the desk, patiently listening to Hou Zhang's cry. It wasn't until Hou Zhang cried that she had no energy left, then she smiled and said, "Come here, give her a break."
Seat, let her sit and answer!"
"A civilian woman, a civilian woman doesn't dare to sit down! In front of an inspection, a civilian woman doesn't dare to make a mistake."
I was already prepared to cry again whenever the inspector asked about the case, but I didn't expect that the young inspector's first sentence was to ask him to take a seat. At that moment, Mrs. Hou Zhang was at a loss.
His eyes were filled with tears and he waved his hands repeatedly.
"I told you to sit down. You sit down. This inspector lowered his head to look at you and his neck hurts!" Han Qing raised his hand and rubbed the back of his neck, his voice slightly raised. "Besides, it's not a shocking case. Who cares about you kneeling down?"
go!"
Still not acting according to common sense, Hou Zhang's tears suddenly didn't know whether he should continue to flow out. After seven or eight breaths, he stood up aggrievedly, bowed and saluted: "A civilian woman, don't you?"
Dare, it would be nice if the civilian woman stood and went back for inspection!"
"That's fine, it's up to you!" Han Qing waved his hand, signaling Xiang Yong to carry away the newly moved seat.
Immediately, he smiled and asked Hou Zhang in a soft voice: "You accused Zhou Lezi of Zhoujiabao of stealing your cattle, do you have any evidence?"
"Inspection inspection, you have to make decisions for civilian women..." Hou Zhang was waiting for these words, and he knelt down again and cried loudly.
"Don't cry, stand up and tell me the evidence. This inspector is from out of town, and I don't understand your local dialect. If you cry, I can't understand it even more!" Han Qing glanced at her and responded with a slight tone.
Got a little annoyed.
Hou Zhang was startled and her tears stopped abruptly.
Han Qing glanced at him, frowned and asked, "You accused Zhou Lezi from Zhoujiabao of stealing your cattle, do you have any evidence? I can't let the inspector immediately send someone to arrest him after listening to your cry?"
"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Hou Zhang did not dare to continue crying, stood up, waved her arms and responded loudly, "That Zhou Lezi is a low-life, cheating and abducting, and doing all kinds of bad things. If you don't believe me, just ask the inspector.
, these ten miles and eight villages..."
"This inspection is asking for evidence! If you have it, bring it out. As for whether he is a promiscuous person, what does it have to do with whether he stole your cattle?" Han Qing tapped the ruler lightly and interrupted in a low voice.
.
"I just lost my big ox, and his family got a big ox! They look exactly the same!" Hou Zhang waved his hands and stamped his feet, fearing that his words were not convincing enough.
"Most farm cattle in this area are yellow. There must be a mark, or something special that makes it easy to identify! Only this inspection can award the cattle to you." Han Qing smiled and frowned as he reminded.
"My big scalper has the word "Hou" burned on his butt!" Hou Zhang immediately knew what he was going to say, stamped his foot again, and emphasized loudly.
"Did his cow also have the word "Hou" burned on its butt?" Han Qing's brows furrowed even more tightly, and her smile quickly disappeared. "Did you see clearly? I will send someone to check immediately. If not,
Hou Zhang, you must bear the consequences."
""This, this..." Hou Zhang was caught off guard again, his eyes widened with tears, and he added in a hoarse voice, "He, he burned the mark off. He, his big scalper, has a scar in the same position.
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"You just concluded that his cow was stolen from your family just because it has a scar in the same position?" Han Qing was funny and angry at the same time, shaking his head and whispering.
cross-examination.
"It must have been freshly permed. The woman could tell at a glance that he deliberately permed the scar because he was afraid that the woman would ask him for it! Inspection, please make the decision for the woman. The rhubarb belongs to the woman's family...
..." Mrs. Hou Zhang grinned and howled loudly.
"Hehehe..." Before Han Qing could get angry, laughter was already bursting out at the entrance of the main hall.
Everyone heard the problem from the previous conversation between Inspector Han and Mrs. Hou Zhang.
I'm sorry, this Hou Hou Zhang has no evidence at all, it's like he won the lawsuit by crying!
How can anything be so cheap in the world?!
That is to say, Inspector Han had a good temper and would not argue with her. But Inspector Chen, who had a bad temper, had ordered someone to beat her out with a stick a long time ago. How could he have the patience to listen to her continued mourning?!
When Mrs. Hou Zhang heard the roar of laughter, she couldn't stop crying. She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes hard, and added loudly: "That week, the leper was eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and took over everything. Where did he get the money to buy the cow? My family is big.
As soon as the scalper lost the cow, his family suddenly had a cow. If it didn't steal from my family, where did it come from?"
"My big scalper is spiritual. That day I found the cow in Zhoujiapu. I shouted through the door, and the big cow banged its head against the door while barking."
"I asked Zhou Lezi to tell me where the cows came from, but he refused to tell me no matter what. He even threw the toilet at me! I'm a poor woman..."
As she spoke, she started crying again. Although her voice was much softer than before, it was heartbreaking. The laughter at the entrance of the lobby quickly weakened.
Han Qing listened but was not moved at all.
In litigation in the 21st century, the evidence that matters is not which of the two parties is more pitiable or whose moral character is poor. Hou Zhang's cry sounds quite sympathetic, but as evidence, it is far from weighty.
He was about to point out the problems in the other party's words and quickly close the case. A stinging pain suddenly surged in his heart. Immediately, Han Qing's body froze, and the words that had reached his mouth stopped abruptly.
The next moment, a clear text flashed in my mind.
"Whenever you buy or sell cattle, livestock, boats or carts, a written deed must be made, and the county government will seal it within three days. If the road is long, you can stay in the countryside to be a middleman, and the seal will be delayed for a hundred days."
It is clearer than Internet search results and far more conscientious than a certain degree.
His body stiffened slightly again, and Han Qing immediately knew whose memory this was.
Helplessly pressing his chest with the edge of the table, he lowered his head and reminded Hou Zhang softly, "Since you are so sure that the scalper belongs to your family, I will send someone to ask that Zhou Leizi to hand over the transaction document."
, just take it out and verify it in public."
"Since he said he bought the cow, there will always be a contract or a suitable person. If not, the cow will be cut off from you, so he must have nothing to say!"
"If he gets the deed and the verification is correct, maybe the cow really belongs to him. Mr. Hou Zhang, don't accuse him unjustly then. Zhoujiabao and Houjiazhuang are separated by a river, so they are neighbors...
"
Hou Zhang was so anxious that he waved his arms and interrupted sadly: "Inspection, you may not know that Hou Leizi has always been able to deceive people. He may have forged the cow purchase contract and deceived the official seal stamped by the county government!
"
"So, you have already read Wenqi?" Han Qing asked in a deep voice with a straight face. The pressure in his heart disappeared instantly, replaced by the genuine embarrassment.
"The deed in his hand must be a forgery, a forgery." Hou Zhang's voice became more and more shrill, and he waved his arms as if he wanted to tear the cattle stealer to pieces on the spot.
"If it was a forgery, why did the county government stamp the deed for him?" Han Qing was not moved by the other party's momentum at all. While feeling the reaction of his heart, he frowned and asked in a low voice.
"The government was deceived by him!" Hou Zhang was so angry and anxious that he blurted out the words without thinking.
"Since it's a business, there has to be a middleman. Zhou Leizi may have forged the document, but it's impossible that he can even forge the middleman?" Han Qing knew that the other party was starting to mess around, but he didn't get angry at all and continued to ask with a smile.
"He found an accomplice to impersonate the man!"
"Do you know who the stranger is?"
"What is written on the deed is Hu Laoliu of Yaxing."
"Then I can ask Hu Laoliu to verify it!"
"Inspection, Hu Laoliu is in the same group with him, and he has been bribed by him a long time ago!"
"Auntie, who are you going to sue? In just a short while, you have sued all three of the Yamen's clerks in charge of Wenqi, Hu Laoliu of Yaxing, and Zhou Leizi!"
"Here, patrol inspection, you can make the decision for me. There are seven or eight people in my family, all counting on that one..."
Cries replaced the responses and resounded throughout the hall again.
"Hehehe..." The roar of laughter also sounded at the entrance of the lobby again. Except for Hou Zhang's neighbors in the village, other onlookers could no longer feel any sympathy for her in their hearts.
"Don't be too busy crying, let me help you sort it out!" Han Qing sighed and tapped the table with a ruler.
"Quiet -" The village heroes, impatient with the crying, dragged their voices and beat the ground with sticks.
Hou Zhang's cries were suppressed, and she squatted softly on the ground, tears pouring down her face.
"You sued Zhou Lezi for stealing your scalpers." Han Qing sighed, looked at Hou Zhang with sympathy, and concluded in a low voice, "But you can't produce any evidence. Even the hot stamps on the scalpers are not what you said.
However, the defendant was able to produce documents from the government and an intermediary from the dental shop. How can you ask this inspector to make the decision for you?"
"It's fake, the Wenqi is fake. Master Zhou was deceived by him. Hu Laoliu and he are in the same group!" Hou Zhang knew that it was impossible to win the lawsuit, but continued to grit his teeth and hold on. His voice was sad and harsh.
And desperate.
"The duty of this inspection is to arrest bandits and maintain public order. If you insist that the deed is forged, Hu Laoliu from the dental shop in the county colluded with Zhou Leizi. This is not a theft case, but a forged deed case.
It was a case of property fraud with others. The location was beyond the jurisdiction of this inspection, and it involved colleagues of this inspection." Han Qing carefully felt the reaction of his heart and said slowly.
The heart was very stuffy, but the beating was normal. Obviously, even if there was a ghost living in the heart, it would have no shame to interfere with how he judged the case.
Smiling, he continued to add:
"In this case, you need to go to the county government office to file a complaint with the county magistrate. This inspection has no right to summon the county clerk. It has no control over the county dental shop."
"But you have to think clearly!" Before Hou Zhang could cry, Han Qing quickly added, "The county magistrate may not be as easy to talk to as this inspection officer. But stealing cattle..."
After a moment's hesitation, he pulled out a passage of law from the memory of the previous owner of the body, and read it to everyone, word for word.
"If you steal an ox, you will be yokeed for half a month, exiled thousands of miles away, or imprisoned for four years. If you accuse someone falsely, you will be imprisoned!"
[The author has something to say]
New book, I hope you all like it. This book of The Drunkard is a book that never stops fighting. There is a lot of turmoil in the world and the love between children. I hope you all like it.
