Mr. Xiang teases her husband every day

Watching Xiang Yuan enter the examination room with the crowd, Zhao Shen exhaled slowly, feeling less nervous.

Thinking of what he had to do today, Zhao Shen shook hands into fists, turned around and strode away.

In the township examination held every three years, relatives and friends who come to the examination room to send for the examination gather together and have not yet left. When they meet familiar people, they will greet each other and ask for information. The scene is lively and lively, like a festival.Wang Tongpan, who was in charge of maintaining order, led the servants and stood around the examination room with a serious expression, holding a water and fire stick.

Wang Tongpan was sitting in a cool place under the porch, holding a teacup, thinking about the time in his heart. After a while, when the crowd dispersed, he could enter the yamen without having to stay here.

As soon as he asked the yamen servant who was waiting beside him to bring more tea, he saw a group of people making noise from the middle of the street. When they arrived in front of him, Wang Tong decided to take a look, and saw a burly man holding a frightened little girl in his hand. A strong man walked over with the help of a sallow-faced scholar.

"What happened?"

The yamen servant blocking the way asked sharply.

"Master Tongjian, Xiaosheng was drugged and framed, vomiting and diarrhea, looking haggard, hated to lose the rural examination, and hoped that Tongjian would let Xiaosheng decide!"

Wang Tong stood up abruptly. "Is there such a thing?"

"The person who gave the medicine is this little girl!"

Lin Hong angrily pointed at the little girl who was held up by the strong man.

The little girl was interrogated all night last night, and the result was unexpected, her mouth was so hard that she refused to spit out.Zhao Shen and Xiang Yuan had no choice but to use lynching to prove their facts. After discussing in private, they thought that the instigator behind the scenes definitely promised something to the little girl. Then came up with the idea of ​​public exposure.

Sure enough, the little girl didn't expect that the two outsiders would actually dare to report to the officials. She panicked for a while, but the person who ordered her to prescribe the medicine did not show up again. Pointing and pointing, seeing the county government judge at this time, the strings in my heart suddenly broke. As soon as Lin Hong finished speaking, the little girl burst into tears.

"My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, all the servant girls said that someone gave the little girl five taels of silver to ask the little girl to prescribe the medicine. The man said that this kind of medicine can only cause stomach troubles, but not kill. The little girl is just delusional. The maidservant knew she was wrong, my lord, please forgive me!"

Just now when Lin Hong and the others came all the way, they had already attracted a large number of onlookers to surround them. When they arrived at the examination room, plus the relatives and friends who had not left to send the exam, there were even three floors inside and three floors outside, and some peddlers were carrying the burden. Get down to business.

As soon as the little girl finished speaking, the crowd of onlookers started talking about it.

There was a bold one who raised his voice and asked: "Wu, little girl, what kind of enmity do you have with this scholar? It's so disgusting that he can't pass the provincial examination!"

The little girl choked and said, "I don't know Mr. Xiucai, and I didn't expect to harm him. The medicine was originally given to another Mr. Xiucai. Who knew that he ate all the snacks by himself, and that's why he had a stomachache. "

Unexpectedly, there were twists and turns, and someone in the crowd asked again: "Who did you want to harm?"

"It's the family that hired me to work. It's a scholar named Xiang."

At this moment, Zhao Shen, who was following behind, stood up, cupped his hands at Wang Tongpan, and said in a loud voice, "My lord, this Zhao Shen, yes, is the wife of Xiang Yuan Xiang Xiucai. This little maid was originally a hired worker in my family. What she needs most is Xiang Yuan, Xiang Xiucai, the master of the next family."

As soon as this remark came out, the surrounding audience, who had heard the rumors of Xiang Yuan and Bai Cheng's debate before, immediately started discussing loudly.

"Oh, it's Xiang Congzi who argued against Bai Wenjing!"

"Hey, I heard from people in Lizhong that Xiang Congzi's article is very good, not worse than Bai Wenjing's!"

"Nonsense! Bai Wenjing is a genius from our Nanling! He has a good family background and knowledge, where did Xiang Congzi come from, and dare to compare with Bai Wenjing? If you want me to say, his family background is just a few blocks away from that Xiang Congzi." !"

"Hey, why do you talk like that? Articles don't distinguish between high and low. As long as you have talent, it doesn't matter whether you have a family background or not!"

"Tch, only small families like you have to pretend that you don't care about this. How many people have no family background in our Liang Chaotang?"

When it came to the dispute between the poor family and the aristocratic family, the man stopped talking no matter how unwilling he was.He has no family background to rely on, misfortune comes out of his mouth, so he has to be cautious.

The person who was arguing with him saw that he shut his mouth, snorted through his nostrils, and held his head high.

There were more than one discussions like this around. It was originally a trial of a little girl's drugging case, but it was led astray by the people around it. In the end, it turned out to be a debate about who was better, Bai Wenjing or Xiang Congzi.

Zhao Shen strained his ears to listen to the discussions around him, and the feeling of weirdness in his heart was getting stronger and stronger. He always felt that someone deliberately brought the topic to this.

In these serious discussions, there are also a few exclamations that seem to be smiles but not smiles.

"Ah, I didn't expect Xiang Congzi to marry a young man."

"I really didn't realize that this Zhao Shen is the younger brother? Xiang Xiucai's taste is really unique!"

"quiet!"

The yamen servant suddenly drank.

Only then did the onlookers realize that Wang Tong's sentence was still there, and the case of drugging the little girl had not yet been heard!

Wang Tongpan saw that he had calmed down, twitched his beard, and asked in a deep voice: "You dare to prescribe medicine to frame a scholar. This move is dirty and has a vicious mind. Wu that little servant, don't hesitate to recruit me. Who is your accomplice? How did you contact me?" ?”

"Boss, my lord, the one who gave me the medicine and money was Xiao Zhang from the Laifu Inn, and he was the one who found the maid first."

what?

Lin Hong and Zhao Shen looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.

"Come on, quickly bring Brother Zhang!"

Immediately, three people were pointed out by the leading yamen servant and left in a hurry.

Before this, Zhao Shen had always thought that it was Bai Wenjing with the upturned nostrils who was looking for someone to drug him, but unexpectedly, he heard the little girl confess a clerk from the Laifu Inn!

Laifu Inn is where Lin Hong lives, and Zhang Yan.

Lin Hong's expression was constantly changing. He didn't know what to think, and his face became paler in an instant. With a weak look, he looked very pitiful.

After a while, the yamen servant brought brother Zhang here.

Zhao Shen looked over, that little brother Zhang had a simple and honest appearance, he was being escorted by the yamen guards at this time, his head shrunk, his eyes were full of panic, he didn't look like he was buying someone else to give him laxatives.

But this little brother Zhang was not as stubborn as the little girl before. When he saw Wang Tongpan, before Wang Tongpan could ask any questions, he fumbled with the bamboo tube and poured out the beans.

Following Brother Zhang's explanation, the expression on Zhao Shen's face also changed from disbelief to gnashing of teeth with anger.

It was Zhang Yan!It turned out to be Zhang Yan, who also came from Lizhong and worked in the same club as Congzi!

How can this be? !

How could he treat Miaozi like this!

On the other hand, Lin Hong's face was even more ashamed, and his body, which was barely standing against others, was precarious.

Wang Tongpan had a solemn face, very satisfied with Brother Zhang's knowledge.He interrogated a few more sentences in a harsh voice, focusing on the reason for the drug administration.But brother Zhang is just a little guy, so he doesn't know so much.Wang Tong asked a few times, and seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, he signaled the clerk to take the memorized testimony to Brother Zhang for fingerprinting, and asked a lot by the way: "Are you sure there is no accomplice in this matter?"

Unexpectedly, just asking casually, Wang Tongpan didn't expect Brother Zhang to confess anything, but he didn't expect Brother Zhang to say for a long time, "I'm not sure if that person is an accomplice, but I'm not sure if that person is an accomplice." I once overheard their conversation, saying that I want to show some color to Xiang Congzi, and I saw that person give Zhang Xiucai a piece of silver!"

"Who is that person?"

Wang Tongpan hurriedly signaled the clerk to sit back and continue recording.

"Yes, yes, it belongs to the White House."

what?

Wang Tongsan almost spit out a sip of tea, and hastily put down his teacup and waved his hands to stop Brother Zhang from talking.

Bai family!The number one family in Nanling City, the obedient mother, why did she get involved with the Bai family.

Scanning the audience around, no surprises, everyone heard Xiao Zhang's words.Wang Tongsan was bitter. In front of everyone, he couldn't be favoritism, so he changed his mind and shouted: "In that case, come and take Xiao Zhang and the little girl into custody. After the three-day township test, all the criminals will be killed." Gather together, and ask the magistrate to make a decision!"

The yamen servant agreed, stepped forward and escorted brother Zhang and the little girl away without any explanation.

Zhao Shen watched helplessly as Shi Shiran entered the yamen after Wang Tongpan persuaded the crowd to leave with the excuse that it was late, and couldn't help shaking his fist.

Turning around, I saw Lin Hong standing in the same place in a daze, his eyes blank and helpless.

"Bozhi? Are you okay?"

Lin Hong came back to his senses, his eyes gradually brightened, he showed a smile uglier than crying, and shook his head: "I'm fine."

Zhao Shen was worried, and personally followed the man back to the inn, and then rolled his eyes, thinking that Wang Tongpan's attitude was obviously tricky, and he still asked someone to inquire secretly, so he couldn't be fooled if he was killed.

At this time, Xiang Yuan was sitting in the examination room writing hard.

After a rigorous inspection before entering the arena, even the hair was loosened and turned over, and all the clothes on the body were taken off cleanly. After the inspection, there was no problem before being allowed to wear it back.Xiang Yuan's face was embarrassed the whole time, thankful that he insisted on exercising, otherwise when he took off his clothes, his small body like a chicken would be a blow to his self-esteem as a man.

The location Xiang Yuan was assigned to was not bad, with good lighting and ventilation, and the neighbors on the left and right were clean and tidy at first sight, so there was no need to smell any mess.

When the interrogation started outside, the exam questions were also released.Xiang Yuan was secretly happy after hearing this.

Good luck!He actually came across a topic that he had done before, and it was the topic he thought he had done best.The other three are not difficult. After Xiang Yuan read the topic, he had already figured out where to start, so he quickly wrote a draft.

The examination room was very quiet, with only the slight sound of paper rubbing.Zhang Ji looked over with his hands behind his back, and when he reached Xiang Yuan's place, he stood there, bowed his head and watched silently for a while.

After a cup of tea, Zhang Jicai paced away with a satisfied smile on his face.