Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Eight Old Officials
Some people came in one after another in the courtyard. By midnight, it was almost crowded, and then some people were taken to the inner courtyard for questioning. Master Gu and his disciples had been waiting for the opportunity to escape, but several people on the other side of the wall
The strong aura of mana never left, so they did not choose to act rashly.
After practicing to the golden elixir, the breath can be adjusted. Although it is impossible to completely conceal it, it will not be shown so openly. It will show its existence unabashedly like a few bright lights. Wall.
The aura on the other end was so strong, it showed that they were deliberately demonstrating. This made Old Man Gu secretly feel lucky that he didn't break into Xuantan Palace without permission. The ten-direction jungle in the capital was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!
While listening carefully, I suddenly heard a sentence: "Yuyang, you are a bastard... um..."
Old Man Gu carefully thought about it and found out that the Zhengyi cultivator of the Yu generation, from who knows which sect, actually has a cultivation level of Jindan or above? It is really amazing!
Just as they were thinking about it, their masters and apprentices were about to be summoned. Old Man Gu asked everyone to calm down. He had already figured it out. The government had arrested so many people just to extort some money. If they go in and pay them honestly, there would be nothing wrong with them.
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The master and apprentice quickly checked their confessions and came up with an excuse. Old Man Gu still told him that he was a merchant from Zhejiang, and that the eldest and third son were domestic servants; the second son said that he was a stall owner and had just moved here from Zhejiang. Now,
They live in a rented house in Beipingmen, southwest of Zijin Mountain; the fourth child insists on begging to make ends meet.
There was no time for further discussion. The Yamen servant had already arrived and waved his whistle stick to signal them to enter, so the old man was the first to enter the inner courtyard.
After entering, he was even more relieved. Those monks with powerful magic powers were not here. The person presiding over the interrogation in the room was the secretary of Shangyuan County's execution room.
Before he entered the house, Old Man Gu stuffed two taels of silver into the yamen servant. The yamen servant was startled, put the money into his sleeve, and said to him with a pleasant expression: "Wait at the door."
After the yamen servant entered the door, he turned his back to Old Man Gu and stretched out two fingers to the clerk. The clerk was surprised. He only had two taels of silver when he walked in. How rich is this? He had just heard a report from the yamen servant, saying that this old man
It was unethical to conspire in an area not designated by the Qinhuai River, so I decided that this big family must be afraid that being exposed would damage their reputation, so they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to deal with it.
In this case, it would be easy to handle. He nodded immediately and shouted: "Bring someone to commit the crime!"
After Old Man Gu entered, the clerk smiled at him and said, "Sit down."
The yamen servant kicked a stool next to him and said, "Good luck, Mr. Zhang will grant you a seat."
After Old Man Gu sat down, Secretary Zhang took a pen and wrote on the paper for a while, then raised his head and asked: "Name."
"I, Gu Kexue."
"Gu Kexue?"
"Gu Xingu."
"Where do you live?"
So, Old Man Gu began to answer one by one. When he finished answering, Zhang Shuban shook his pen and smiled at him: "It turned out to be a silk merchant, very good. Do you know what mistake you made?"
Mr. Gu took two steps forward, took out a large piece of silver worth ten taels and stuffed it into it, then stepped back.
Zhang Shuban accepted it, looked at the five directions, and listened to the government officials from all directions. He was indeed as you said, very generous! So his smile became even brighter: "It's okay, old man, don't worry, just tell me what it is."
What, it’s nothing important, it’s just a small matter.”
When Old Man Gu saw that the other party had accepted the money, he comforted her with such gentle words. He thought to himself that he would not bother with you anymore. Just let it be what you say. So he said: "I heard that I shouldn't have violated the prohibition, so I blocked it."
Evaluation of civilized cities in Shangyuan County.”
The clerk asked politely: "What kind of prohibition did you violate?"
Although Old Man Gu planned to confess and leave quickly, he couldn't say this kind of thing after all, so he hesitated for a while: "Well... um..."
Zhang Shuban laughed: "Don't be nervous. This kind of trivial matter is very normal. If you tell me, it will be fine. Do you want to find a secret door and try something new?"
Old Man Gu nodded angrily: "Yeah."
Zhang Shuban wrote quickly, making a brief record of the situation, and then asked Old Man Gu to press his fingerprints. Old Man Gu took it and looked at it briefly, without hesitation, dipped his thumb in the red mud and pressed it.
Zhang Shuban put the confession away, leaned back, and said with a smile: "Then let's talk about it and see how to solve it."
"Zhang Shuban, please give me some warm words. What can I do to get out?"
"It's simple. Just pay five taels of silver and let your family claim it and take it away. What do you think?"
Old Man Gu was startled and said, "My family is all in Zhejiang, how can I have any family in the capital?"
Zhang Shuban continued to smile: "It doesn't matter, there are always friends in Beijing, right? You can just come to me."
Old Man Gu shook his head: "No."
Zhang Shuban’s thoughts were just as Zhang expected! After thinking about it, he asked tentatively: “The old man is coming from Zhejiang. Can you take out the road to take a look?”
At this time, Old Man Gu was a little confused. He had two road guides, both of which were given to him by Shangsangong. One was the road guide for his natal Gu Kexue, and the other was the road guide under the pseudonym Gu Kexue.
The Ke Xue one is no longer used, but the Gu Ke Xue one is still in use, but has not yet had time to find San Gong to replace it.
He had never been to a government office before and had no experience of being tried. He just casually gave the pseudonym he had used for the past six months. Who knew he would check the road signs? Now that he couldn't get it right, what should he do?
While he was hesitating, Zhang Shuban said: "Old man, it's very difficult for you to be like this. You have no relatives or friends to protect you, and no way to prove your identity. What should you do? I want to help you but I can't.
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Old Man Gu observed what was happening, and immediately stepped forward and handed over another ingot of silver. This was the last piece of cash in his pocket, and it was considered a capital investment. The rest were banknotes, each worth a hundred taels, which amounted to more than twenty
Zhang, were all stored in the storage artifact. Asking him to take out a hundred taels of silver and give it to the clerk in front of him, he really hadn't considered it.
Unexpectedly, the clerk pushed the money back from the table and said with a smile: "This is not easy to handle. Zhang is taking care of you within the scope of his duties. This is because you are older."
, respect the old and love the young, but I’m afraid it won’t work now, and it’s not Zhang who can make the decision. How about you feel aggrieved first and go down and wait for the news, okay?”
Old Man Gu didn't know why, so he was taken out by the government servant next to him, and he still returned to squatting in the courtyard.
The yamen officer smiled and responded to him along the way, telling him that it was no big deal and that he would just wait for the news.
When the yamen officer went back to see Zhang Shuban, Zhang Shuban snorted coldly and said: "He is obviously a big business, but he wants to send our brothers away with a few taels of silver. Isn't this a lack of foresight?"
The yamen servant chuckled: "Zhang Shuban is the most considerate of the brothers. We have worked hard for several nights, and we are just waiting to make up for it."
The yamen servant asked: "What should I do with this old man Gu?"
Zhang Shuban said: "According to the latest rules, those who hinder the evaluation of civilized cities will be claimed by relatives and friends, and will be punished with five taels of silver. Otherwise, they will be detained for fifteen days as a warning to others! Let's see if he has a wink. If he knows the situation, it's okay, otherwise he will be fined.