Since Wang Datou left office, everyone in the Shuntian Prefecture has felt a lot more relaxed and relaxed from top to bottom. The new Shuntian Prefecture Yin is actually Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan. No one expected that, but after Qin Guogong took office, his gentle and elegant attitude has been greatly affected.
The officials who were so cruel to Wang Datou did not expect that it was like a spring breeze, making people happy to be driven by it.
In addition, there were far fewer cases during this period, so people were naturally talking behind their backs. With Wang Datou leaving, I dare say he took away all the bad luck of Shuntian Mansion Office!
However, after a few months of free time, the Shuntian government office, which had been dealing with cases that the two county offices of Daxing and Wanping could not solve all day long, finally experienced a huge commotion again on this day.
When Zhang Shou asked Ah Liu to carry a man as limp as mud to the Shuntian Mansion Office, he followed the informant and sneaked into the Imperial College dormitory, trying to frame Lu Zhu, the son of Lu Wan, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, who was present at the Ming Dynasty Public School to offer wine, but was caught on the spot.
The news spread like wildfire that everyone had obtained the stolen goods, and many officials were beating their chests and feet behind their backs.
Is this Dr. Zhang a calamity? He has just returned to Beijing, and yet something like this happened! It’s because the Imperial College and the Shuntian Government Office are too close to each other, otherwise people would definitely think of the county office first, and not know who the case is.
Come to Shuntianfu Yamen!
The biggest headache was none other than Song Tuiguan, whom Wang Jie, the former Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, trusted highly, and Zhang Chuan, Duke of Qin, also relied on as his confidant. But even so, he still had to accept the guy and then summoned
A capable team started the trial in the punishment hall. As for Zhang Shou and Ah Liu, they were invited to the second hall by Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan to speak.
Compared to Lu Wan, Zhang Shou and Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan had only met a few times in total. The situation of this meeting was particularly subtle, but Zhang Chuan still talked and laughed freely, and his words and deeds showed a gentleness influenced by a scholarly family.
As for Zhang Shou, he had to wonder whether Zhang Chen developed such a completely different personality just because he had such an elusive father.
Seeing that Zhang Chuan refused to ask what the prisoner he and Ah Liu had sent to frame Lu Sanlang, let alone why Lu Sanlang himself didn't come over, but he and Ah Liu did it for him, Zhang Shou took the initiative to take out his arms.
The small and exquisite wooden figure in the picture. Sure enough, the moment he took out the thing, he saw the gentle face of Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan was instantly stunned, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
However, Zhang Shou acted as if he had not seen the change in the scene, and handed the thing over with both hands with a smile: "Zhang Dayin, that person tried to secretly put this thing into the building of Jiuzhangtang Zhai Changlu Zhu.
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Zhang Chuan took a deep breath, then fluttered his sleeves and stretched out his hands to take it. After only looking at it for a moment, he raised his head and glanced at Zhang Shou, then lowered his head again to take a closer look. His brows were already frowning more and more, until
Finally turning to the bottom, he finally saw the words clearly. The stiff expression he had just relaxed slightly, but revealed undisguised suspicion.
"This thing...should be something that belongs to the emperor, right?" The scolding expression was exactly the same as the emperor's when he was a boy!
"I guess so too." Zhang Shou chuckled and said nonchalantly, "And it looks like it should be from when the emperor was younger. It might be some kind of birthday gift or something, and it would be presented by someone who is extremely close to it.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the emperor himself found it interesting, so he made someone carve it and play with it. In short, I have asked Lu Zhu to notify Zhao Guogong's palace."
Why should Duke Zhao's government be notified of such a matter? Of course Duke Zhang Chuan of Qin would not ask this stupid question - there is no doubt that Zhang Shou must have invited his fiancée Zhu Ying to enter the palace immediately to report the matter, that is, this person can enter the palace at any time
Young lady, only at this time can we not delay the opportunity.
Therefore, he nodded slightly and immediately returned the original wooden figure. Even he was not willing to touch this kind of hot potato for too long. Of course, he would not shirk the attitude he should have.
"This case is already under trial by Judge Song, and I will pay close attention to it." After a pause, Zhang Chuan said in a deep voice, "But in order to avoid causing a bigger disturbance, before there is news in the palace, Dr. Zhang
You two can rest for a while at the Shuntian Mansion Office. Of course, this is just a suggestion, not a requirement. I'm just worried that this is a set of tricks and others will make a fuss about it."
The reason why Zhang Shou brought Ah Liu to Shuntian Mansion and asked Lu Sanlang to go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to report the news was because he felt that there might not be any risk in sending a message to Zhu Ying, but he brought this unknown wooden man to Shuntian Mansion.
On the way, he might encounter some unexpected situation, so it would be safer for him and Ah Liu to come together. As for going to the palace in person to file a complaint based on his official residence, he felt it was too much.
Therefore, after hearing Zhang Chuan's words, he said without hesitation: "Thank you for your kindness, then I won't bother you."
Zhang Chuan couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw Zhang Shou readily agreeing. Then he chatted with Zhang Shou for a while, and gradually the conversation turned to the matter in Cangzhou and his son Zhang Chen. Unknowingly,
He took off his serious face and put on a relaxed expression. Most of the time, he just listened to what Zhang Shou said, occasionally asked a few questions, and finally laughed.
"Zhang Chen is my only son. He has been pampered by his mother since he was a child, but I have never paid much attention to him. Dr. Zhang has also scolded me as an irresponsible father before, and I have no excuse because I am indeed
There are some shortcomings in the way of fatherhood. Fortunately, although Zhang Chen had a naughty temperament at first, he at least has a good nature, and he has made great progress in the year following Dr. Zhang."
"If his grandfather knew something about it, he would definitely be happy to think about it."
Zhang Shou endured and endured, but when he heard this, he finally couldn't help but ask: "If you want your son to honor your ancestors, shouldn't Duke Qin teach Zhang Chen by words and deeds from an early age, so that he can teach his son to become a pillar?"
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After he said these words, he realized that he was a little impulsive. However, what he didn't expect was that instead of being annoyed, Zhang Chuan said in a serious tone: "My Zhang family has always had the ancestral precepts, and our children and grandchildren will have their own destiny."
Let your children and grandchildren grow up as they please. If you want to study, study, if you want to practice martial arts, practice martial arts. If you waste your family by idleness, then let them be."
Seeing that Zhang Shou was dumbfounded, he said seriously: "For example, when my father was young, he was not interested in fame and was interested in strategy, so Fenghu Yunlong, by chance, joined the late emperor Ruizong; I am not interested in strategy, but I am not good at military strategy, and I am only good at compiling books.
, this time he is appointed as the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, but after all, he has lived forty years, and he can still know people well and assign them well. What's more, with a predecessor like Wang Zongxian, I only need Xiao Gui and Cao to follow him. "
"Like Zhang Chen, if he continues to be as stubborn as before, although I am disappointed, I can only let him go."
"The first complete record of my family tree is that of my ancestor seven generations ago. He was a strange man who passed the imperial examination but had no intention of becoming an official and was obsessed with business. After that, generations of clan members in the family tree left their family wealth behind to make a living.
There are people in Xinglin who worked as military doctors on the frontier and later got official positions because they reported smuggling; there are people who are corrupt; there are people who lost all their property in gambling and threw their wives and children into wells and committed suicide..."
"There are those who were directly elected as county magistrates, and in their later years they raised flowers and plants and had a group of concubines; there are also those who stayed together and stayed with each other for the rest of their lives. As a result, the husband and wife had difficulties and had to pass on only one lineage, and in the end the son was left dead...
…By the time my late father arrived, many members of the clan had already dispersed, and my late father never looked for him. In short, my Zhang family motto is to just let nature take its course."
This kind of ancestral precept that sounds very considerate of children and grandchildren, especially about freedom, is very good...very powerful! It's a miracle that there are no extinct heirs!
Zhang Shou couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. At this time, he simply looked at Zhang Chuan and asked: "Then I dare to ask Qin Guogong, does Zhang Chen know this ancestral motto, well, it is the Zhang family motto?"
Zhang Chuan looked at Zhang Shou with a smile and said lightly: "Zhang Chen is not yet twenty and has not yet been crowned in the family temple. Naturally, he does not know this ancestral precept. In the past, the family would tell the children and grandchildren every time they were six years old.
But when it came to my late father, he said that his children and grandchildren were too young and did not understand what it means to let nature take its course. It might not be beautiful to say this, so he changed it to adding a crown before telling him."
Zhang Shou was dumbfounded. How should he complain? It's certainly not good to tell a child at the age of six that it doesn't matter what you do in the future, you can just eat and wait to die.
But when you were twenty years old, you said this to your children and grandchildren. The three views of your children and grandchildren have been decided, and they can indeed choose the path forward. But what if your son had grown crooked in the previous years? At any rate, you should take care of your son first and take care of the three people.
If you cultivate good values, don’t be so irresponsible, right?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but murmured: "Even if you let nature take its course, Duke Qin, you have not been close to your son since he was a child. You have seen resentment in life, but you still let it go. Isn't this also the ancestral teaching?"
This time, Zhang Chuan finally felt a little embarrassed: "I grew up by my late father's side when I was a child. At that time, the Ying Zong's sons were fighting for the throne, and the vassals were either ready to move, or were wary of danger, or the situation was turbulent. I followed my late father every day.
I get along with adults, so I never know much about how children should be. After Zhang Chen was born, I couldn't help but feel numb when I saw that little baby."
"When he was a child, he was neither hugged nor taught. It's all due to his mother. When he grows up, wouldn't it make sense for me to use my father's airs to teach and reprimand him? In this case, he can get whatever he wants at home.
Let him take it. Whoever he wants to marry is up to his pleasure and his ability. Besides, Dr. Zhang is here to check it for him. As a father, I can just let nature take its course."
This time, Zhang Shou finally had nothing to say.
It turns out that this seemingly aloof father who doesn’t care about his children is actually an idiot who doesn’t know how to get along with his son!
Zhang Shou sighed deeply, and then said with a funny face: "The Duke of Qin doesn't believe it. If Zhang Chen knew that what he has always been worried about turned out to be such a truth, he would definitely be angry to death, and then find you as his father.
A big fight?"
"That's up to him." Zhang Chuan still said it easily, as if what Zhang Shou said was not a major matter of antagonism between father and son, but a trivial matter, "Anyway, I only have one son, and in the future, everyone in the Zhang family will be His, if he hates me, he can just raise a son who is better than him in the future, show off his power in front of me, and despise me as a father."
As soon as these words came out, the person who was embarrassed was Zhang Shou. Sure enough, next, he just listened to Zhang Chuan say slowly: "Your son is not as good as my son, and his father is better than my father. This is not Dr. Zhang, you are here Are they the exact words spoken in front of the Emperor?"
That day, he accompanied the emperor to meet countless noble officials and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace, but the emperor had already issued a hush-hush order, not allowed to spread rumors, right? Was it Chu Kuan who failed to take care of those palace servants, so that the news was exposed, or was he simply the emperor? I have a big mouth?
Just when he was so embarrassed that he felt extremely depressed, a clear laughter suddenly came from outside: "Ah Liu, this is Shuntian Mansion Office, why are you personally watching outside? It's Qin Guogong and Ah Shou who are whispering. Can’t let people listen? Can you let me and my cousin in?”
Zhu Ying's crisp call of "cousin" made Zhang Shou jump to his feet after the initial suspicion. The reaction of Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan was also not small. He was more than twice as old as Zhang Shou and almost walked over in one stride. He rushed to the door. However, when he saw the few people outside through the mottled bamboo curtain, he saw the door curtain being lifted high by a delicate hand.
However, he didn't care to look at the smiling and angry expression of Zhu Ying who was opening the curtain. His eyes immediately fell on the face of the "cousin" behind Zhu Ying - who else is that today?
He simply couldn't imagine that when he heard such news, he immediately left the palace and ran straight to the Shuntian Mansion in a white dragon fish suit!
Zhang Chuan almost didn't scream in surprise, but when he saw the emperor casually shaking his index finger, he had no choice but to invite people in. When he saw Zhang Shou coming over and bowing, he quickly did the same. Immediately, he planned to invite people to sit down at the main table.
However, after looking around, he found that there were no outsiders. However, without saying a word, the emperor directly stretched out his hand and said: "Where is the wooden figure that Yingying mentioned? Bring it to me to see if it is the one I can't find." ?”
Seeing Zhu Ying winking at him from behind the emperor, Zhang Shou no longer hesitated and presented the wooden figure directly. The emperor took it casually, took one look at it and said with a smile: "It should be right, this thing Even if I ask someone to carve a second one, it may not be this spirit. Let me take a look at the words below. Well, don’t forget, don’t forget, immortal life will be prosperous. Never leave, and the youth will last forever... "
It was only then that Chu Kuan, who had accompanied the emperor in, said, "That's right. It's the thing that was stolen from the Qianqing Palace not long ago. It was the ingenious thing that the Queen Mother ordered a craftsman to carve on a whim on the occasion of the emperor's birthday." He was extremely unhappy, but the emperor insisted that he did not destroy it, but had the sixteen words left by Emperor Taizu engraved on his head as a form of suppression."
Let me just say, it must be the emperor's personal belongings, but the reason is really hard to complain about!
The emperor glanced sideways at Chu Kuan, as if scolding him for being troublesome, and then said with a half-smile: "At first, I was presented with an exquisite nuclear boat, which shocked heaven and man. But thinking about such a strange man, I can't help but He was eccentric, coupled with the fear after entering the palace, he might not be able to carve out anything good, so I took advantage of his birthday to come to the door dressed in casual clothes, but he refused even if he paid a lot of money, so I got angry and drew my sword. "
As soon as these words came out, not only Zhang Chuan was dumbfounded, but Zhang Shou was also stunned. How dare this little wooden man draw his sword and scold his mother like this? The emperor paused, and his face showed a bit of solemnity: "Over the years, many people have carved portraits of me, but this one is the most similar. I don't want it to be stolen out of the palace and framed by a traitor."
Until then, Chu Kuan just said in a low voice: "This slave has been quietly investigating for more than a year, and has found out that it was Zhou Zhangyu of the Imperial Kitchen who colluded with Guo Shanggong of the Qianqing Palace, and Guo Shanggong stole the wooden figure. Zhou Zhangyu once exchanged letters with the rebels in the Linhai Camp."