Xizhang's mansion is luxurious, with six doors and walls, made of wood and cut bamboo vertical weaving. White pine trees are planted in front of the door. The steps are all made of bluestone. The high walls have multiple halls and paths. The halls are grand and profound, which matches the decline of Dongzhang.
What a world of difference.
Zhang Yuan was accompanied by Zhang Dai all the way in. After walking for a long time, he arrived at the North Courtyard. Zhang Rulin and Wang Siren were listening to the blind master playing the three-stringed string instrument under the pergola of the North Courtyard. The handsome young man who was suspected of being a man was also there, as well as a few other people who were having fun.
Clearing guests.
It was early autumn, and it was still very hot in the afternoon. As soon as I walked under the pergola, I felt cool all over my body. The pergola diverted water to flow around, and the heat was gone. Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai stood aside, waiting for the blind master to finish playing a song, and the blind master "Zheng"
Play the zither and congcong endlessly——
Zhang Yuan felt that someone was staring at him. When he turned around to look, he saw the young man named Wang turning away.
Zhang Yuan asked Zhang Dai in a low voice: "Brother Zongzi, who is the young man next to Mr. Jian'an?"
Zhang Dai said: "I don't know. I haven't introduced him. He must be Mr. Jizhong's nephew."
After Master Gu finished playing a song, Zhang Rulin and Wang Siren joked and chatted for a few words. Wang Siren pointed at Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Rulin also looked over and waved: "Come here - what do you want?"
Zhang Yuan then told the story about his slave Zhang Dachun, and then said: "Zhang Dachun went to ask Yao Xiucai, a litigant by the riverside, to write a complaint. Yao Xiucai confuses right and wrong, which is a serious lawsuit. The younger generation will inevitably go to court to explain.
When I was young, I had never seen an official and was afraid of being bullied, so I asked my uncle to make the decision."
Zhang Rulin shook his head and said: "You have ruined a little bit of elegance." He also said: "Zhang family in Shanyin has never been bullied by anyone. Zhang Yuan, after this incident, you have to work hard to study. If you are a county
Student members, if anyone dares to bully you, even if something happens to you, just give the magistrate a note saying, 'Take charge of your disciples'."
Wang Siren laughed and said: "Young Master Su is too harsh to blame. Zhang Yuan is only fifteen years old this year. Does everyone want to be a scholar like Zhang Zongzi when he was twelve years old?"
Zhang Rulin was lecturing the juniors with a straight face, but when Wang Siren said this, he also laughed: "I am motivating him. Zhang Yuan has good qualifications, which must be sharpened. It would be a pity to waste them." He said to Wang Siren: "Please stay with me." He stood up.
went.
Wang Siren beckoned Zhang Yuan to come closer and asked, "I heard that you read thousands of volumes in your dream. Apart from "The Plum in the Golden Vase", are there any other strange books?"
Zhang Yuan had not yet received a reply from Zhang Rulin, and was a little stuck. He said casually: "There are many strange books, including fantasy, urban history, science fiction, etc."
Wang Siren was stunned and asked: "What illusion?"
Zhang Yuan said hurriedly: "That is to say, there is a collection of classics and history, as well as Xiaolin's comic history. The younger generation can still remember one or two."
Wang Siren said: "Try telling me something." The handsome young man behind him also looked attentive.
Zhang Yuandao: "But seeing that the lawsuit is imminent, I really don't want to joke."
Wang Siren smiled and said: "What kind of lawsuit is this? Just say it, I will go to the county government office later."
Zhang Yuan was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you, Mr. Jian'an." After thinking for a while, he said: "Tell me a story about a thief who is very resourceful. There was a thief who entered a house during the day and stole a chime. As soon as he went out, the owner came back.
, In a desperate situation, the thief asked the owner, "Dad, do you want to buy a chime?" The owner said, "I have a chime at home, but I don't want to buy it." The thief took the chime and left. At night, the family looked for the chime, but it was gone."
Wang Siren laughed, and the handsome young man behind him also covered his mouth and laughed, staring at Zhang Yuan with his full eyes.
While they were talking, Zhang Rulin came back, handed a letter to Zhang Yuan, and said: "Take my letter to see Magistrate Hou, and Magistrate Hou will make the decision for you - why are you thanking me?
They are all the same, my great-uncle only hopes that you will become famous in the imperial examination as soon as possible, so that you can live up to God's extraordinary talent."
Zhang Yuan was only educated.
The servant came to report that Mr. Hou Xianzun sent someone to invite Mr. Jizhong to a banquet.
Zhang Rulin smiled and said: "Jian'an, that disciple of yours has come to invite you again. You'd better go. Tell me for me, it's hot and I'm fat, so I don't want to move."
Wang Siren stood up and said, "I just heard a story about a thief's quick wit. I have to go there." He said to Zhang Yuan, "Follow me."
Zhang Yuan resigned from his uncle Zhang Rulin and his eldest brother Zhang Dai, and followed Wang Siren out of the mansion. Naturally, the handsome young man also accompanied him. Magistrate Hou sent four sedan chairs to wait in front of the gate of Xi Zhang Mansion. Wang Siren did not take the sedan chair, but only two or three miles away.
, go on foot.
The Shanyin County Government Office, the Kuaiji County Government Office and the Shaoxing Government Office Government are all in the same city, which is rare in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Shanyin County Government Office is in the west of the city, with the county government office in front and the mansion behind.
In the middle of the county government office is the Jie Ai Hall. To the east of the Jie Ai Hall is the Curtain Hall and to the west is the warehouse. Behind the Jie Ai Hall is the Rijian Hall, each with three couplets. The left and right steps are for officials, household houses and grain, and punishment departments.
, to the east is the Tu Tu Temple, and to the west is the prison. Of course, there is an Holy Oracle Pavilion in Yaqian Square. There is a stone tablet in the pavilion, on which Zhu Yuanzhang's "Six Articles of the Holy Oracle" are engraved: "Be filial to your parents, respect your elders, live in harmony with the village, teach your children and grandchildren,
Please take care of your health and do nothing wrong”——
Hou Zhihan, the magistrate of Shanyin County, was a native of Dangtu County, Taiping Prefecture. In the 35th year of Wanli, he was a top three Jinshi in Dingweike. Hou Zhihan was about the same age as Wang Siren, but when he met Wang Siren, he called him an assistant teacher, and an assistant teacher was his disciple. However, it turned out that Wang Siren was ten years old.
When he was the magistrate of Tu County six years ago, it was then that Hou Zhihan passed the examination as a student member——
Of course, Wang Siren didn't even dare to take the title, and he only regarded him as a peer. During the exchange of greetings, the yamen servant handed over a name. The county magistrate Hou took a look at it - his disciple Yao Fu, a frequent visitor to the county yamen, frowned and said: "What does this guy have?"
thing!"
The Yamen servant said: "Yao Xiucai came to complain, saying that one of his cousins was beaten to a disability, and asked the county magistrate to go to court to hear the case."
Hou Zhihan said: "What time is it now? It's time. Let him come again tomorrow."
In order to maintain the lawsuit, the litigant must collude with the county clerk, who often benefited from Yao Xiucai. He said: "Your Majesty, the sufferer has broken his leg and has been crying in front of the county government office for many times.
People are watching, I'm afraid it won't be postponed until tomorrow."
Hou Zhihan scolded: "If his leg is broken, go and reattach the bone first, then come back tomorrow. Could it be that the county will not recognize his broken leg tomorrow?"
Wang Siren asked: "Who will the sufferer want to sue?"
The yamen servant said: "Zhang Yuan, the son of Zhang Ruiyang, a boy born in this county."
Wang Siren turned his head and smiled at Zhang Yuan, and said to Hou Zhihan: "Brother Hou, we will try the case first. It is important to relieve the people's worries. I am willing to listen."
Hou Zhihan said with a smile: "The teacher wants to hear the trial, and the student who is serving as a teacher is really scared." Seeing that Wang Siren insisted on attending the trial, he no longer postponed the trial and immediately went to court.
Rijintang is where Magistrate Hou handles daily official duties. Magistrate Hou invited Wang Siren to sit on one side of the hall, while Zhang Yuan and the handsome young man stood behind Wang Siren.
Yao Xiucai came to the court, and he bowed without bowing. This is the right of a student. He can meet the county magistrate without kneeling. Behind Yao Xiucai, an old man and a young man carried a bamboo stretcher. On the stretcher lay a man, covered with mud.
, I twisted my body and kept crying out in pain. It was obvious that my left calf was red, swollen and bruised.
The two people carrying the stretcher, the old one is Zhang Dachun, and the one lying on the stretcher is Zhang Cai.
Zhang Yuan's eyes narrowed. He didn't expect that the price Zhang Dachun paid was quite high. He even broke his son Zhang Cai's legs. Do you want to use this to frame him?
Suddenly, I heard the handsome young man beside me ask softly: "Did you hit this person?"
Zhang Yuan turned to look at that pretty face, smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "Whether I hit someone or not depends on the judgment of the county magistrate."
The Yao scholar presented the petition and made an impassioned speech filled with righteous indignation, saying that Zhang Yuan, the son of the boy student Zhang Ruiyang, was cruel at a young age. Just because his servant Zhang Cai accidentally knocked over the tea cup, he went so crazy that he beat his servant Zhang Cai's legs.
It's broken, please tell me the old county.
Since there is a defendant, it is natural to go to the court for a confrontation. Hou Zhihan was about to order the Yamen servant to summon Zhang Yuan when he heard Wang Siren say: "Brother Hou——" He stood up and walked to Hou Zhihan's side.
Hou Zhihan stood up quickly: "Teacher, what do you want me to ask you?"
Wang Siren said: "Brother Hou, ask the sufferer when and where his legs were broken by Zhang Yuan?"
Hou Zhihan didn't understand why Wang Siren was concerned about the case, so he asked Yao Xiucai accordingly. Yao Xiucai pretended to ask Zhang Dachun a few questions and replied: "Reporting to the county magistrate, Zhang Yuan beat his servant Zhang Cai in his own house at 3:30 this afternoon, causing him to become disabled.
unambiguous evidence."
Wang Siren said with a smile: "It's not three minutes today. Zhang Yuan is listening to Sanxian telling stories in the Xi Zhang Zhuangyuan. How could he rush back to beat someone?"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was stunned.
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