[mouse cat] special way

Mr. Zhou is a good official, this is the first impression Zhan Zhao and others got when they returned to Xiangfu County.

When some people are still around, others feel that he is no different from others, but once this person is gone, people will slowly fall in love with his benefits when they think about the days without him.

Just like now, when the people of Xiangfu County think that they have lost the magistrate who is usually not serious and smacks his teeth, and hears about cases, the people of Xiangfu County have a sore nose.This magistrate is transferred every three years, but Zhou Bizhi has been working in Xiangfu County for at least ten years, and several times his rotation has been stopped by the master secretly summoning the people to submit petitions.

In fact, everyone knows that the county magistrate has no great political achievements, but he is a good official who protects the side and makes the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the whole city is safe.It's too selfish for them to stay and stay again and again, hindering Mr. Zhou's future.But it's really rare to meet a parent official who doesn't want to be overjoyed, and they can't bear it.

Unexpectedly, this time, no matter how many petitions they submitted, they would not be able to keep him.

There were so many people outside the county government office, so many that they almost blocked the widest and smoothest road in the county at the entrance, and they all came spontaneously to cry for the county magistrate.These people, men and women, old and young, all wore plain clothes and knelt outside the county office. The only expression on their faces was sadness like a mourning concubine.

"My lord..." The master sniffed, and led Zhan Zhao and others into the mansion, "It happened suddenly, and the whole mansion is in chaos now, I hope your lord will be sympathetic."

"What happened to Mr. Zhou?" Zhan Zhao followed the master through the porch quickly, and walked to the courtyard behind the mansion where the master usually lives.

"It's hard to say. After seeing the adults off today, the lord found that he had accidentally lost his wife's jade pendant, and took us back to the yard to look for it. It was hard to find it, and it was already dark." The master's eyes turned red again "My lord has been working at his desk for a long time, and he has been suffering from night blindness. At night, he can't see clearly without lights. I was asking someone to prepare a lantern for lighting. When I turned around, I realized that my lord was gone. It turned out that my lord slipped and fell into the yard." In the river next to him, when we rescued him, he had already...already..."

"It's my fault that I didn't take good care of you..." Catcher Xing seemed to be bleeding from his eyes, and he clenched his fists tightly.Zhao Hu, who was walking beside him, patted him on the shoulder, he could understand this feeling.He could see that Master Zhou was to Xing Wei what Master Bao was to them, and it was no longer a simple relationship between a superior and a subordinate. If something happened to Master Bao in front of their eyes, their brothers would probably die Apologize.

After a few turns, he reached the place where Master Zhou stopped.The mourning hall is solemn, and the shimmering light reflected by the burning paper trembles and flickers in the paleness.Kneeling in the hall were two girls dressed in filial piety, one was about fourteen or five years old, the other was about seven or eight years old, and there was only an elderly servant beside him to mourn.

"These two are my lord's young ladies, and my lord also has a son, who is only two years old this year, and just now the nanny took him to the back hall to rest." The master said in a low voice, "My lord and his wife are very affectionate, but it's a pity that when my wife gave birth to a son Passed away, and the adults have not continued since then. I didn't expect... oh..."

Zhan Zhao and others went up to pay respects according to the ceremony, and the eldest lady got up gracefully, and brought her younger sister to return the ceremony.

Xing Butou stayed in the hall and cried bitterly, but the master raised the curtains on the hall and led everyone to sit in the side hall.

"Master Zhan went and came back, but is there something to do?" The master asked everyone to sit down and ordered the boy to offer tea.Before the arrival of the new county magistrate who succeeded Mr. Zhou, he had to handle the affairs of Xiangfu County on his behalf.

Zhan Zhao nodded, put down his teacup and said, "Zhan wanted to ask Mr. Zhou for a list of bandits in your county to use as a reference for this case. I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to suffer such misfortune. It's really embarrassing." .”

"Yes, your lord is very kind to our subordinates, he is a good person..." Master started to cry again.

"My condolences, sir. Now not only do you have to take care of my lord's funeral, but you also need to take care of your county's affairs temporarily. I will report to Master Bao as soon as possible about Master Zhou's affairs." Zhan Zhao's eyes were burning, and Zhao at the side Hu and the others were silent.

"Master Zhan said so." The master took out his handkerchief to wipe his eyes, stood up and said, "Master, please sit down for a while, and the students will go and get the documents needed by the master..."

"Master Zhan..." Zhao Hu saw that the master had gone out, so he opened his mouth hesitantly, but when he saw Zhan Zhao shaking his head, he closed his mouth.

Under the moonlight, the four of them, who were on their way home again, were speechless all the way.

Zhan Zhao felt that they were caught in a dilemma, and Master Zhou's death was just the beginning.He touched several well-hidden scrolls in his arms, hoping that these things could help Mr. Bao.

Speaking of which, at this moment, people in Kaifeng Mansion have not rested after a busy day.

In the study room, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were flipping through various books to find information.

Chuan Bei came in from the outside carrying a tray, on which was a large bowl of steaming white porridge and several sets of bowls and chopsticks.He shouted at the busy people in the house from afar: "Master, my lord, Aunt Wang asked me to bring you supper."

"Ouch!" He was small, and he was holding a huge tray in his hand. He tripped over the threshold under his feet, and the tray in his hand flew out together with the big bowl.Seeing that Bao Zheng's supper was about to come into close contact with the ground, a white figure flew over.

As soon as Bai Yutang stretched out his hand, he didn't wait for everyone to see his movements clearly. He even caught everything with the plate and chopsticks, and didn't even spill a drop of the porridge in the big bowl.With the other hand, he grabbed Chuanbei's collar and helped him stand still.He really came back alive, this bowl of porridge could make him follow his body like a shadow, Bai Yutang whispered in his heart, that's all, if that cat was here, it would probably use swallows to "save" his lord's supper.

"Hold on, and ask someone to bring it with you next time." Bai Yutang originally wanted to send the things in directly, but seeing the boy looking at him with admiration, he sent the tray to his arms, holding the geese in his arms. Ling silently leaned against the door.

Chuan Bei nodded, Master Bai was as gentle as Master Zhan.He happily ran into the room, and when he saw Gongsun Ce's pouting, he lightened his steps, put the things on a stool that Gongsun Ce had packed up, and picked up a spoon to serve porridge for several people.Bao Zheng took the bowl casually, never leaving his eyes from the book, his dark face was full of solemnity.

"Bai Yishi," Gongsun Ce came out with a bowl of porridge, which they still like to call Bai Yutang in private, "It's late at night and the dew is heavy, and you are also hungry."

Bai Yutang shook his head, he had only eaten Juxianlou's dim sum, how could he feel hungry?

Gongsun Ce didn't force it, he didn't even need to think about it, the mouse was probably thinking about the cat again.Alas, I don't know what happened to Zhan Weiwei, he shook his head, and walked back with the porridge bowl.

Bai Yutang raised his head and looked at the bright moon passing through the clouds, as if seeing the bright and clear eyes of that person.How could he not want Zhan Zhao, that person practiced kung fu for him and healed his wounds last night without much rest, and later tricked himself into running out to deal with the case... He always said that Bai Yutang liked to mess around, and that he himself was the one who didn't cooperate with the doctor's training The cat... ran so far for some troublesome case, and Mr. Gongsun didn't stop him...

Still want to settle accounts with me?Grandpa is still waiting for you to come back and give you a tight cat skin!Bai Yutang gritted his teeth, holding Yan Ling tightly in his arms.

Gongsun Ce packed up the bowls and chopsticks and handed them to Chuan Bei to send them out. When he came back, he took a look at the lotus flower drain in the courtyard, and it was already past Haishi.Thinking that there will be a cleansing tomorrow that is impossible to escape, the old lady Gongsun began to persuade one black and one white to go to bed early.

"I'll go to sleep after Mr. Bao has a rest." Bai Yutang glanced at the dim light in the room, he was joking, even if it wasn't for the cat, Mr. Bai was already Mr. Bao's guard after all. To protect Mr. Bao's safety, does he seem like the kind of person who is dishonest and dereliction of duty?

Gongsun Fox pouted, left the disobedient mouse and turned to enter the house.Hmph, what you said is quite reasonable, let's clean up the one in the house first.For someone like Bao Zheng who wasted his time on the case, there was nothing more effective than stating the pros and cons plus confiscating tools.

So, seeing Master Bao frowning, Bai Yutang reluctantly left the study room, while Mr. Gongsun followed behind with a pile of files and books.With a cold face, Gongsun Ce told Bai Yutang to go back to his room to sleep, and then strode away with the loot, leaving one black, one white, one fat and one thin looking at each other.

Seeing Bai Yutang's surprised expression, Bao Zheng's frowning brows slowly eased: "Mr. Gongsun grew up with me, and I know each other's temperament well. As a doctor, the most difficult thing for him to accept is The relatives and friends around me disobeyed the doctor's advice and ruined their bodies. It seems that the government can't handle official duties tonight. Righteous Bai, would you like to take me for a walk?"

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders, my lord." Bai Yutang locked the door of the study, and walked to the residence together with Bao Zheng.

"I've always wanted to have a good chat with you, Bai Yishi. Unfortunately, Kaifeng Mansion has a lot of official duties, so it's hard to have such an opportunity. This time, it's thanks to Mr. Gongsun." Bao Zheng walked slowly, as if he was taking a walk.

"Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of Gyeonggi Province, and the responsibility of adults is not insignificant." Bai Yutang followed Bao Zheng closely, and respected such an adult who was dedicated to the people from the bottom of his heart.

"This is a matter of duty." Bao Zheng nodded and shook his head, and said as he walked, his voice was soft as if he was muttering to himself, "The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were at war, and the separatist forces fought against each other for a hundred years. As for the desolation of the people, the people are living in poverty. It was difficult for me to found the country with the great ancestor, and I vowed to rule the world with the literati. It took several generations to clean up the mountains and rivers, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Even if we are not kings, we should be common people. Dare to be negligent."

Govern the world with the scholar-officials?Bai Yutang sneered secretly, it's all for listening to such words.Is there really a king in the world who is willing to share power with others?Taizu Chen Qiao started his family with martial arts in the mutiny, and took advantage of the dangers of others to seize the world of orphans and widowed mothers, so he naturally knows the power of military generals.Fortunately, Taizu was a conscientious man, and he didn't learn from Gaozu of Han Dynasty. A glass of water and wine not only solved the hidden danger of his subordinates' self-respect, but also won the reputation of emphasizing love and righteousness.Suppressing the power of generals must rely on the assistance of civil servants. How can the court not treat scholar-bureaucrats favorably?Such a heart-to-heart statement is also a kind of kindness.However, have the scholar-bureaucrats ever thought about whether the king would be so "confident" to them once he felt that they were also a threat to the throne?

However, there are still wise, calm and sober people like Mr. Bao who are like moths to the flame... for the sake of the common people.

Bai Yutang suddenly understood Zhan Zhao's feelings.This officialdom is like a big dye vat, so dirty that it can corrode anyone's integrity and goodness; it's also like an ice cellar, cold enough to freeze anyone's passion, but Bao Zheng can't be damaged at all.

Bao Zheng is desperate for the morality and justice of the common people in the world, and Zhan Zhao is not hesitating to protect this blue sky.

What about himself?

Bai Yutang smiled, looking at the figure in front of him that was gradually disappearing in the night.

Master Bao, I am Bai Yutang, and I am sincerely convinced.