Chapter 1263 Popular
County Magistrate Tang glanced at her and said, "What magnet? This is a magnet, not iron."
Manbao touched the chess piece, which felt slightly cold, and nodded. "Yes, it's a magnet, but I think it looks like iron, so I call it a magnet."
County Magistrates Tang and Yang lowered their heads to look at it together. Seeing that it was slightly black in color and indeed looked a bit like iron, they stopped worrying about it.
County Magistrate Tang leaned against the wall of the carriage and smiled, "You know quite a lot. I found this magnet chessboard by chance, but I've managed to deceive quite a few people."
Man Bao said, "The Shennong Herbal Classic states that magnetite can enter the kidneys and nourish them. The kidneys are responsible for excretion, so if it is kept secret for a long time, it will strengthen the essence and qi, and release it, which can help one have children. Besides that, it can also strengthen bones, improve essence, and cure deafness. In short, it has many uses."
She had looked for this thing when she was thinking about Shi Dalang's illness. At that time, she didn't know that the magnet was related to the magnet she bought in the mall when she was a child. Later, she touched it in the pharmacy and discovered that the magnet could actually attract iron sand. Only then did she know.
Seeing her interest, the shopkeeper Zheng Da even taught her how to identify a magnet, because there are two other stones in the world that look very similar to it. If you use the wrong medicine, it may not kill you, but it will definitely cause a serious sore...
County Magistrate Tang and County Magistrate Yang: ...I haven't seen you for a while. Why is this kid focusing on such strange things?
County Magistrate Yang coughed lightly, changed the subject, and asked, "Where are you coming back from?"
"Xuan Du Temple," Bai Shan said with a smile, "We went to Xuan Du Temple today to practice martial arts. We didn't expect such a coincidence that we would meet you two adults on the road."
Manbao: "Did you and my fourth brother go to the capital together?"
County Magistrate Yang smiled and said, "If we meet on the road, we'll go together."
Thanks to their guidance, Zhou Silang and his companions were able to reach the capital so quickly, otherwise it would have taken a few more days.
As she was speaking, a loud cry came from the front of the carriage, which scared Manbao so much that she jumped up. She lifted the curtain to look and saw several yamen runners taking a man away in shackles, and a woman was following behind crying.
Manbao was curious, "What happened?"
Although County Magistrate Tang had been sitting in the carriage, talking to Manbao and the others, he didn't miss the cries outside. He smiled faintly and said, "He poured water on the street, causing someone to slip and then treacherously denied it. He can only be taken to the county government office for interrogation."
The people were taken away, and the victims and their perpetrators dispersed. The local officials shoveled away the thin ice on the road, and the road became passable.
When Zhou Silang saw that his youngest sister was sitting on the cart and refused to get off, he shrugged his shoulders and went back to his own mule cart and drove forward with the others.
He also wanted to take Daji with him, but Daji refused and walked beside the carriage.
Manbao asked: "How do you judge pouring a basin of water?"
County Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "It depends on the situation. We can either give him a beating and let him go after paying a fine, or we can sentence him to prison for a few years."
Not to mention Manbao, even Bai Shan was surprised, "Why is there such a big difference?"
County Magistrate Tang said, "The county magistrate is also a human being and will judge the case at his discretion. If they sincerely admit their mistakes and negotiate with the victim when the yamen runners arrive, they might not even have to go to court. But if they slander and deny their crimes and have indeed committed a crime, it all depends on the county magistrate's mood."
"The capital is different from other places. Domestic sewage has its own place to go. Not to mention it's winter now, making it easy to slip on ice, but even in normal times, you shouldn't dump sewage outside," said County Magistrate Tang. "Their crimes can be either minor or serious, depending on the severity of the injuries."
Manbao and the others didn't see any injured people, so they asked curiously, "Is the injury serious?"
County Magistrate Tang happened to witness the crime scene, and judging by his experience... he nodded and said, "It's not a minor crime."
The three of them began to think deeply. They seemed to have no habit of pouring water out. They should tell their families when they get home not to pour water out.
The carriage rumbled forward and stopped at the intersection. County Magistrate Tang glanced outside and said, "It's time to separate. We'll reunite after we're settled."
The three of them nodded and said goodbye and got out of the car.
The Tang and Yang families' carriages were lined up and moving forward. Manbao belatedly remembered, "I forgot to say hello to Madam Cui."
"It's okay, I'll come back next time." Bai Shan was a little confused. "Strange, why is County Magistrate Yang sitting in the innermost part of the car?"
Manbao also felt strange. "Yeah, it's a bit cramped sitting there, and you can't see out the window. It's so boring. The chessboard isn't even straight."
At this moment, County Magistrate Tang was talking to County Magistrate Yang, who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile, "Do you want me to take you and your sister-in-law home first?"
County Magistrate Yang smiled faintly and said, "Thank you very much."
The carriage turned and headed for the Yang family first. Before it reached the gate, a servant ran up. He glanced at the leading carriage, which was marked with the Tang family's seal, and trotted over to it and whispered, "Is the master back?"
County Magistrate Yang hummed a soft "hmm," and the servant cheered up and whispered, "Master, there are quite a few girls gathered in front of our gate, blocking your carriage. How about we go in through the corner gate?"
County Magistrate Tang couldn't help laughing out loud. County Magistrate Yang glanced at him and responded, then the carriage quietly turned another corner and entered a small alley.
The carriage could not enter the alley, so they could only get off outside the door.
County Magistrate Yang got off the car and went to a carriage behind to pick up Cui.
County Magistrate Tang stepped off the carriage, bowed, and said with a smile, "See you tomorrow."
County Magistrate Yang nodded, and Cui was also very grateful to County Magistrate Tang.
County Magistrate Tang said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, please take a rest first. In a few days, your sister-in-law and I will send you an invitation to come over to reminisce about the past."
Cui quickly agreed.
County Magistrate Tang watched them all go in, then got into the car and left.
The carriage turned around and went out from another alley, just passing by the gate of Yang's house. He lifted the curtain and saw that several carriages were blocking the carriage that Yang Heshu had sent back in advance. There were several young and beautiful maids holding things and trying to put them into the carriages, but they were stopped by the guards.
So the situation became stalemated.
County Magistrate Tang couldn't help but say, "Don't wait any longer. Yang Heshu has already gone into the mansion. There's no one in this car."
The curtain of a carriage was lifted, and a woman poked her head out. Seeing County Magistrate Tang, she said unhappily, "Don't we know? You're right. We just want to send him something, and we'll leave after we've delivered it."
Who would come back from out of town with only a carriage?
It's obvious that they are trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Everyone is just pretending to be confused.
County Magistrate Tang lowered the curtain silently, slapped his forehead and said, "Isn't that just confusion?"
Unfortunately, no matter how much the girls insisted, the Yang family guards still refused to let them go. When they refused to leave, they stood in the cold wind to stop them. Anyway, there was no master in the car, so they were not in a hurry.
Seeing that Yang Heshu was still so hard-hearted, the girls couldn't help but sigh, called their maids back, and silently took the gifts and went home.
But I am still very happy that Yang Heshu has returned to Beijing.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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