Women dressed as men: powerful officials

In the backyard, Zhang Yue scooped a basin of clean water for Cheng Zhicheng.

Only after wiping the dust off his face did Cheng Zhicheng's appearance appear.

When Xu Yuan saw this, he went to Xu Wenxian's room to look for something.

Seeing Xu Yuan coming with a medicine box, Cheng Zhicheng was a little confused.

Zhang Yue said: "You have a wound on your face, it would be best to take a look at your body to see if there are any wounds."

After the fire, everyone escaped death.

Only three people ran out of the entire school.

For a moment, Zhang Yue was somewhat glad that Xu Yuan did not go to the private school today.

Otherwise, making a wish may lead to bad consequences.

When Zhang Qingyu heard that a student had come to the private school, he put down his work and said, "Yuan'er, Yue'er, ask your friends to stay for dinner tonight. Your father has asked a doctor to see the boy."

Cheng Zhicheng guessed that it was for himself. He remembered that he and Cheng Jie had bullied Xu Yuan together in the academy before. He immediately refused embarrassedly, "Aunt Zhang, no need. I have nothing to do. Don't bother me."

Moreover, Xuyuan's family is not well off.

When I came to school before, I was always the one with the oldest clothes in the school.

Now that the whole family has moved to such a small courtyard, I am afraid that all their savings have been used up, and they have become even poorer.

"It's okay. When will your parents be home? Is it okay for you to stay for dinner?"

"I……"

Cheng Zhicheng was speechless, tears welling up in his eyes.

On the side, Xu Yuan said, "Mom, just go and cook, and he will eat."

Cheng Zhicheng and Cheng Zeyan are cousins.

Cheng Zhicheng was staying at Cheng Zeyan's house.

As for Cheng Zhicheng's parents, Xu Yuan never heard anyone mention them.

He may be away on business, or he may have passed away.

Cheng Zhicheng didn't mention it, and Xu Yuan wouldn't ask any more questions.

"Okay, then your aunt and I will cook first. After you guys finish chatting, remember to put away the books outside. Your father's legs are not good, and your uncle has been busy again. I'll let them rest for a while."

"Okay." Zhang Yue was the first to agree.

Seeing Zhang Qingyu leaving, Cheng Zhicheng immediately asked, "Xu Yuan, do you know anything?"

"What can you know by making a wish? Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that the county magistrate is trying to trick you. If you really tell who it is, I'm afraid you'll never get out of the court once you testify."

Zhang Yue looked at Cheng Zhicheng, feeling a bit disappointed: "I used to think I was stupid and not suitable for studying, but I didn't expect you to be even dumber than me."

Cheng Zhicheng was a little embarrassed, "At that time, I just thought that the county magistrate would definitely do justice for us."

When people are most desperate, they will not give up any help.

Even that help was filled with malice.

That was the only thing he could grab at that time.

Just like a drowning person will desperately grab the last straw.

It was instinctive, not deliberate.

Xu Yuan nodded and said, "My brother is right. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance. If the county magistrate wants to take care of this matter, how big is Sishui County? Even if it is on the other side, it would not take so long for the fire to burn before coming."

"But that's more than a dozen lives!"

Tears welled up in Cheng Zhicheng's eyes. He clenched his fists and kept hitting his legs. "More than a dozen lives were lost, and there is no explanation at all?"

"I don't know whether there has been an explanation or not, but if you continue to insist on your own opinion, your end will be miserable."

Xu Yuan looked at Cheng Zhicheng and thought of himself inexplicably.

In her previous life, she was just like Cheng Zhicheng.

She always believed that the county magistrate would give her an explanation.

But at what cost?

It was she who had been bedridden for half a year, and it was Zhang Yue who broke his leg.

"I'm not afraid. Even if the county magistrate doesn't give them an explanation, I will give them one too."

Cheng Zhicheng wiped the tears from his face and said, "Xuyuan, Zhang Yue, I have targeted you more than once in the past, but you saved me today. I, Cheng Zhicheng, will remember this favor. I was able to escape today, which is already a favor from God. This life should not belong to me, but to those dozen students and teachers. No matter what the outcome is, I want justice and the truth."

Hearing Cheng Zhicheng's words, Xu Yuan sighed softly and said, "Who will believe you if you go out like this?"

After that, Xu Yuan said to Zhang Yue: "Cousin, go find him a set of your clothes."

Zhang Yue nodded after hearing this and said, "That's right. If you go out like this, people will just think you're crazy. Wait, I'll find you some clothes."

Seeing this, Cheng Zhicheng had no choice but to sit down again.

After Zhang Yue left, Xu Yuan asked, "Cheng Zhicheng, how did you escape?"

According to Cheng Zhicheng, someone lit a cigarette at the beginning.

Then everyone should have fallen asleep, so how did Cheng Zhicheng survive?

When Cheng Zhicheng heard Xu Yuan's words, tears began to fall again. He wiped them away hastily, telling himself that "a man doesn't cry easily." Then he said, "When we went to the academy this morning, there were only two people who didn't go, you and Cheng Zeyan."

"Cheng Zeyan was beaten up before, and because Song Xiujing was in the private school, he was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he asked for ten days off. When I left this morning, he told me to say hello to him if I went to school today, so I sneaked out."

At this point, Cheng Zhicheng looked at Xu Yuan and said seriously: "I should really thank you. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been burned to death now."

"You're getting off topic."

Xuyuan didn't want to hear those words of thanks, she wanted to find out what was going on.

"Correct."

Cheng Zhicheng lowered his eyes and continued, "After I went to see Cheng Zeyan, I went to the toilet again. When I came back, I saw a man in black outside the school using a bamboo pole to poke open the hemp paper. I guess that should be the drug smoke."

"It's just that I ran too slowly. When I got there, everyone had already left. At that time, the fire started. It was very big. I wanted to rush into the school and tell everyone to run out, but when I went in, no one inside could be called out. I could only carry the person at the door out on my back."

"When I finished carrying the second person on my back, the school was burned beyond recognition. I was stunned for a moment, and then a piece of wood fell down. I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect..."

Cheng Zhicheng choked up, covering his face with his hands, tears streaming from his fingers, his voice painful, "It was the Master who pushed me out, and I watched them all wake up, but the fire was too big, no one escaped, they screamed, and then the sound gradually became smaller, until there was no one left... I wanted to save the Master, but the Master only said, "Once you are my teacher..."

The sobs eventually turned into loud crying.

Xuyuan looked at it and sighed softly.

She was also burned to death by fire.

She knew the feeling, it was so painful that she didn't want to experience it a second time.

So it is with the dead and so it is with the living.

Xu Yuan took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, handed it to Cheng Zhicheng and said, "Don't cry, you are so old, at least you saved two people. The teacher is right, once a teacher, always a father. If he could save one more person, no matter who it is, he would do the same."

"But I hate it, I hate it. I could have run out and asked someone to put out the fire, but I didn't. I just felt that I could save them..."

As Cheng Zhicheng spoke, he slapped himself in the face, and then again.

Xu Yuan held Cheng Zhicheng's hand and said, "Cheng Zhicheng, you should cheer up. After all, no matter how much you blame yourself, even if you die to apologize, they will not survive. What's more, you are not the culprit. Even if you want to commit suicide to apologize, you should wait until the culprit is executed before you talk about seeking death."