The first time in history

One day at noon, two people in gorgeous clothes came to Mr. Ren's house. They were the cronies of the second son of the county magistrate. They heard that Ren Hongchang from Mu'er Village was beautiful, and the second son of the county magistrate was looking to marry a concubine. In order to curry favor with the second son, they volunteered to mediate the matter for him.

They threw a five-liang silver ingot on the low table and left a message: Three days later, the county magistrate's second son will send a sedan chair to take Diao Chan to the county magistrate's mansion to be the second son's concubine.

As they were about to leave the courtyard, they threatened fiercely: "The county governor's second son has taken a liking to your daughter. That is a blessing she earned in her previous life. Don't be ungrateful."

Looking at the anxious Diao Chan, Qian Mingduo sat at his desk and thought for a while. He asked Diao Chan to grind ink for him first, while he changed into a neat set of clothes.

Qian Mingduo wrote a few words on a piece of paper, folded it and put it in his sleeve pocket. He asked Diao Chan to go home first and wait for his news. He had to go into the city.

Looking at the tall and majestic County Magistrate's Mansion, Qian Mingduo walked towards the gate without thinking. Two soldiers crossed their spears and stopped Qian Mingduo.

"I want to see the county magistrate," Qian Mingduo said with his hands behind his back, "Please go and report to him."

An officer wearing light armor and carrying a sword on his waist walked slowly over. He saw Qian Mingduo wearing brocade clothes and looked very impressive. He didn't look like an ordinary person.

"What do you want to do to see the county magistrate?" the officer asked loudly.

"General," Qian Mingduo said with a folded hand, "I know the county magistrate is very busy." He took out a letter from his sleeve pocket, "General, please present this letter to the county magistrate. If the county magistrate wants to see me after reading the letter, that would be the best. If not, I will leave immediately and will not cause any trouble to you."

"Letter?" The officer took the letter and looked at it doubtfully.

"General," Qian Mingduo said softly, "This is a matter of great importance. I hope you will report it to the county governor immediately."

"You wait here." The officer turned and walked into the government office.

When Diao Chan told Qian Mingduo about this, he had already thought of a countermeasure in his mind.

Qian Mingduo had read in an unofficial history written by a Tang Dynasty scholar that the governor of this place, Zhao Qian, had conspired with his good friend Lin Yu to obtain an official position. In order to get promoted smoothly, he colluded with the left supervisor of the court and fabricated a crime to put Lin Yu in prison.

However, fate played tricks on him. Lin Yu kept appealing in prison. Eventually, he attracted the attention of a senior official in the court. Under his arrangement, after a detailed investigation, he found that Lin Yu was indeed wronged.

Lin Yu was thus rehabilitated and released from prison, but by then he was exhausted both physically and mentally.

However, under the earnest guidance of this senior official who influenced Lin Yu's fate, and with his own talent and tenacity, Lin Yu rose step by step in his official career and became the Sili Xiaowei.

During the Han Dynasty, the Sili Xiaowei was a group of officials appointed by the emperor to supervise the capital and the surrounding areas. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the Sili Xiaowei was further expanded. Not only did he supervise the capital and the surrounding areas, but he also included local officials in his supervision.

Lin Yu had been wrongfully imprisoned, so he knew how important judicial fairness was to everyone. Therefore, when he took office, he was impartial and enforced the law impartially.

In Lin Yu's place, people of all ranks and officials were treated fairly and justly, which made some corrupt officials in the court afraid of him.

Although unofficial history is not credible, Qian Mingduo would rather believe it than not. He really has no other choice. Because he knows very well that in ancient society, it is extremely difficult for common people to fight against officials. This is caused by the feudal system and official style at that time.

Therefore, Qian Mingduo was prepared to strike at the weakest part of the snake. He found the most secretive and most fearful thing of the county governor to threaten him. As for the chance of winning, he had no time to care.

"Fuck it, let's take a gamble." Qian Mingduo looked at the officer running towards him and felt secretly angry.

"Please follow me, sir." The officer then turned around and led the way.

The moment he stepped into the county magistrate's study, Qian Mingduo secretly warned himself: "No matter what, I must not lose in momentum."

"Your humble servant greets the county magistrate," Qian Mingduo said as he bowed.

"Is this what you wrote to me?" Zhao Qian looked up at Qian Mingduo and pointed at the letter on the desk.

"Your Excellency must have a lot of official documents and letters every day." Qian Mingduo glanced at the desk. "I don't know what is written on this letter, so I can't confirm that it was written by me... Can you read the words on this letter so that I can confirm it?"

Qian Mingduo was the host. In his heart, he had already confirmed that Zhao Qian's accusation against Lin Yu was most likely true. If it was not true, the county governor who saw the letter would have beaten him with a big stick.

Since the county magistrate politely ordered people to invite him into the government office, Qian Mingduo already knew what to do.

Zhao Qian stared coldly at the young man in front of him, his heart was extremely complicated and flustered, and even had a trace of inexplicable fear. But at the same time, he had a fluke mentality, because the matter was done extremely secretly back then. And the left supervisor of the court who framed Lin Yu with him had passed away a few years ago. He thought that he was the only person in the world who knew about this matter.

"Someone come here!" Zhao Qian shouted loudly.

"What do you want, sir?" Two county magistrate's guards appeared immediately.

"Take this man away," Zhao Qian said viciously, "give him eighty strokes of the cane."

"You guys want to beat me to death?" Qian Mingduo shouted, "Don't mention eighty strokes of the stick. You two brothers don't have to beat me. I will confess the truth. Tell me everything Zhao Qian did, such as when he and the left supervisor of the court..."

"Come back." Zhao Qian was afraid that Qian Ming would tell more about what happened that year, so he stopped the guard.

"You go down first." Zhao Qian waved to the guards.

"Aren't you afraid that I will secretly execute you?" Zhao Qian looked at Qian Mingduo who was sorting his clothes and said grimly, "I will kill you like killing an ant."

"I believe it." Qian Mingduo sat on the chair beside the desk, stared into Zhao Qian's eyes, and said calmly: "Your county governor's office is usually respectfully called the county court. This word court is enough to explain your majesty and power. Secretly executing a commoner, how can that be called a big deal!"

"I didn't offer you a seat," Zhao Qian said coldly, "How dare you sit down without permission."

"Of course I know you didn't ask me to sit down, I just wanted to sit down!" Qian Mingduo said with a smile, "You haven't asked me to write a letter yet, but I wrote one for you. What's the matter, are you trying to secretly execute me again?"

"You..." Zhao Qian looked at the rogue Qian Mingduo. If he hadn't had so many concerns, he would have killed him long ago.

"What is your intention in showing this letter to me?" After a long silence, Zhao Qian finally asked.