When he arrived at the county government office, Ye Simian looked at the empty Shenming Pavilion and Jingshan Pavilion, and forced a smile under the master's apologetic smile.

The master explained everything along the way clearly, and introduced all the people present. After that, Ye Simian followed him to the inner building and sat down with a worried expression on his face.

A servant came over to make tea, Ye Simian took a sip of bitterness to the master, and after listening to him describe the bad situation in this county, he said in the master's apology: "I didn't bother you. When I was familiar with it, Master Zhou's words at this time just let me understand the situation here, and there will be nothing inappropriate."

Master Zhou smiled, and apologized after talking about the poor mountains and rivers here: "It's good not to blame, thank you magistrate."

After finishing speaking, the two exchanged a few words of pleasantries. Master Zhou didn't disturb Ye Simian's rest, and asked people to come over to deal with various matters before leaving by himself.

As dusk approached, the servants took care of everything, Ye Simian looked at the sky, then closed the door and pulled down the bed curtain after being tired from the journey.

"Master waited for the servant to go out and asked a few words, saying that he was concerned about your reaction, then he left with a face of peace of mind, and said to the servant, 'Now that the county magistrate is here, I should go too. After Mr. Zhao leaves, I will leave I should go, I shouldn't stay here, I just didn't feel at ease here'..." Chang Yuan followed after the boy brought water, and now he came back to talk about the news over there, "The servant didn't dare to say more, Master Zhou just came out County office. Listening to the conversation between him and the policeman, he seems to really go back to his home if there is someone in charge here, and not to stay and look at an empty county office, meddling in things that should not be meddled now."

After speaking, Chang Yuan looked helpless and sighed.

As soon as the quilt was covered, Ye Simian said, "Yes."

Mr. Zhou was hired by Mr. Zhao himself, the magistrate of the previous county. Now Mr. Zhao is long gone, and it is only natural for him to leave now.

The next day, Ye Simian, who got up early as usual, was studying in the courtyard. The servant who brought the water saw him and quickly replaced the basin with breakfast, and took the things away after Ye Simian used it.

The courtyard returned to calm as usual.

Ye Simian walked from the inner building to the front office area. The road was still quite quiet. When he arrived at the second hall, there was no one there. When he walked to the gate of the house, there was some movement in the classroom next to him.

Ye Simian walked over quietly and saw someone whispering inside, probably meaning that Master Zhou was worried about leaving, so he silently put down the curtain and went to the lobby again.

The lobby is more solemn than the second hall because there are no cases to be heard and it occupies a larger area. Now it is empty and lonely.

Ye Simian continued to walk forward, walked to Yimen Gate, went out through Renmen Gate, and saw a yamen servant standing in the same way outside.

The yamen servant saw him coming to salute, Ye Simian hurriedly returned the salute, and continued to walk, finally passed the screen wall and the gate to the Shenming Pavilion, and returned home after seeing that nothing had happened, and took out the documents from the vault to look.

The next day, the third day, the fourth day...

Every day.

No one came to the Shenming Pavilion in the front of the Yamen, and the second hall was still as empty as the lobby. Ye Simian took a look at the things in the warehouse a few days after he came, repaired them neatly, and then continued to look.Others in the county government also went from being surprised at the beginning to getting used to it later.

On this day, Ye Simian went to the warehouse when others were used to seeing him, and took a pair of ledgers and said that there seemed to be some problems with the taxes paid by a nearby restaurant, and he went to remind him when he was free.

The yamen servant was about to take over, but Ye Simian went out with the yamen servant, and when passing the corner, he saw someone snatching steamed buns from people in a remote path.

Ye Simian rushed up.

Ye Simian was hit by someone, and the yamen servant arrested the little beggar who was trying to escape.

The yamen servant wanted to arrest the little beggar, Ye Simian followed the procedure and asked to take the little beggar to Shenming Pavilion.

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop next to him wanted to leave after being stared at. Ye Simian followed the procedure and asked him to go to the county government to leave a statement.

So the old matter of checking the ledger was postponed for the time being, because there was a temporary security problem, Ye Simian brought two parties—if he counted, it would be three—back to the county government office.

The little beggar was dragged silent, the owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop repeatedly waved his hands and said it was fine, saying that he didn't need to pay more, it was just a few steamed buns. Misunderstanding, the little beggar did not commit a crime...

Ye Simian is serious: "Being small is good, and evil is evil. They can't be confused. He robbed steamed buns today. If we don't correct him, we think this is something that can be easily forgiven. Then tomorrow he will rob money because of something. Still take things like robbing things for granted, and because of today's cause, everyone agrees with this method of obtaining things, instead of living according to the ideas and ways of an ordinary person. He will Continue to go wrong step by step, go astray. Shopkeeper, his previous behavior was indeed evil, but you are not doing good by forgiving his behavior now, but just making his evil more pure."

The owner of the Baozi shop hesitated for a while after the conversation: "I'll take him there and have a good talk, it shouldn't be so serious..."

The little beggar stood by and didn't speak.

Ye Simian shook her head, then turned to the little beggar and said: "There is no distinction between good and evil, it is a great evil. Look at the store next to you, it has already reached the crown, but it still doesn't know right from wrong, can't distinguish right from wrong, only knows that it is because of a momentary soft-heartedness that it is here to save you. , but I don’t understand what this soft heart will bring you in the future, what will you think about us, what will you think about your behavior-do you think he became such a confused person because of you? Would you like a Do people who have good intentions for you make a big mistake because of their ignorance and your selfishness, and even have to accept punishment?"

The little beggar couldn't believe it: "...Accept punishment?"

Now it was the turn of the steamed stuffed bun owner to stand beside him without saying a word.

Ye Simian: "Yes. I pulled you away in the past because of the shopkeeper's performance. If he didn't look like he was being robbed, I wouldn't have gone there. If I didn't go there, I wouldn't have been hurt by you. So, if the shopkeeper If I am not the victim, then I am the only victim present, and as the store owner who indirectly caused my injury and you who directly caused my injury, both are the perpetrators and should be punished as they should."

The little beggar was dumbfounded.

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop looked at Ye Simian's hand pointing to his face after speaking, and it was irrefutable in the bruise behind his finger.

The little beggar hesitated: "...Then, I was grabbing steamed buns. I'm hungry..."

Ye Simian: "The reason is not something to talk about now. If you admit the fact that you robbed, then you can keep quiet."

The little beggar shut up, Ye Simian turned to the owner of the bun shop.

The boss opened his mouth: "I..."

Ye Simian: "You shouldn't be lying. It's wrong to be sloppy about this kind of right and wrong. Do you know it's wrong?"

The boss nodded sullenly.

Ye Simian turned to the little beggar again: "Now you can continue to talk about the reason."

Little beggar: "I'm hungry."

Ye Simian continued to turn to the bun shop owner: "Now you can explain your behavior."

Boss: "... It's not easy for a child, I just feel sorry for him."

So Ye Simian nodded: "Now that the facts have been confirmed and the motive has been clarified, we can start the punishment procedure: please apologize for your previous lying behavior." After saying this sentence to the boss, Ye Simian said to the little beggar, " Please go to the shop of the store to help for three days as compensation, and then come to the county government to work to make up for my loss, face."

The little beggar and the steamed stuffed bun owner were surprised at Ye Simian who said this.

Ye Simian: "People are not sages, who can make mistakes without mistakes, and there is no end to it." After finishing speaking, he pointed to his feet and added in a low voice amidst the doubts of others, "Shen Mingting, isn't it just that the person involved is playing drums?" Is there a place to know the right and wrong of yourself and the other party before complaining about grievances, and to understand and reconcile each other? Today I will sort out the matter here, and point out the mistakes of the two, to help you understand each other, and ask you after the incident Compensating for previous actions, isn't that in line with the meaning of Shen Mingting's existence?"

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop tentatively said to the little beggar: "Excuse me? My previous behavior almost ruined your life for half your life?"

The little beggar continued, "Then...I'm sorry too? If it wasn't for me, wouldn't you feel sorry for me and say the wrong thing?"

Ye Simian nodded and applauded: "Yes!"

The neighbor originally thought that Ye Simian was going to take advantage of the trend to convict the little beggar as a yamen servant for the crime of snatching...

Mixed feelings.

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop and the little beggar thanked and apologized to each other afterwards, while Ye Simian pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Before I only said what was wrong, but not what you did right. He is kind-hearted, and he is a kind and compassionate person." After saying this to the bun shop owner, Ye Simian turned to face the little beggar, "Although you are very hungry, you still have a little sense when you do something wrong. Choose the cheapest item to save the boss a little loss, he is a considerate child."

The little beggar scratched his face.

The bun shop owner thanked Ye Simian for him.

Afterwards, Ye Simian sent the person away with a smile, and put the ledger in the hands of the yamen servant facing the sky: "Please put it back in the warehouse for me, it's time for me to study on time."

The yamen servant went back with the account book. When he met someone, he was asked if he returned without success. He said that he never went to that restaurant at all.

Warehouse gatekeeper: "Huh?"

The yamen servant recounted what happened before, and the warehouse gatekeeper said, "Well..."

The yamen servant said "hmm" with him, said a few words, and then went back to his shift and went home.

This incident did not cause any splashes in Cangxi County.

The next day, Ye Simian arrived at Shili Restaurant as planned, sat in a corner, and calculated the accounts one by one. He also did some calculations based on the original prices of some items that he asked the owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop on the way here.The yamen servant standing next to him changed two. He counted from opening to closing, and finally received the missing nine taels of silver.

After Boss Qian reluctantly returned the money, his heart ached so much that the whole street knew that he had lost half a day's profit.

Ye Simian came back again when he was wailing, and reminded in a low voice: "I forgot to say, don't be careless in the future, this time is a 'coincidence', not intentional, you will not be convicted, but next time someone is found to be deliberate , then he will be fined or go to jail. You have to pay attention, don't be careless—I know that my calculations will definitely reduce a lot of taxes."

Boss Qian: "...Understood."

Facing Boss Qian's sad face, Ye Simian turned around shyly, pursed her lips, and then spent the next time looking for things to do one by one. It was only after half a month that people came back to their senses that they discovered that Xinzhi County is easy to talk about. Normally people believe what they say, and they are usually very shy and have no temper. However, once something official happens...

He will have a good temper and take all the parties to education, chattering endlessly.

——After all, what is happening every day in Cangxi County at present is that some chickens from the Zhang family voluntarily fly to the yard of the Li family. Everyone was upset when I was scratched. The firewood in front of my plowing field is mine. You are shameless when you pick it up. Li Da and Li Er went out together and turned around, but they pushed each other and knocked down other people's shelves and other chicken feathers...

It was a mess, but it was nothing serious. Apart from being educated and supervised, the perpetrators would be released from prison after two days at most.

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