Chapter 673: Battle of Wisdom (Reward for the book friend "A Green Leaf")
After moving all the things onto the carriage, Manbao asked the shopkeeper, Old Zheng, out of curiosity, "I feel like your things are not as heavy as mine. Didn't the Ying family give you any gold?"
Shopkeeper Old Zheng glanced at her and said, "I gave it to you, but it's only five ingots. However..."
He pointed to a box in the car and said, "The things in that box are worth a fortune."
Manbao asked curiously, "What is it?"
"Ginseng," Doctor Xiao Ji asked, "Do you want some?"
Manbao said, "Yes, you want to give it to me?"
"You wish." Doctor Ji helped the shopkeeper, Old Zheng, to sit in the carriage, then he jumped on the carriage himself and said, "I'll go too and take the letter back."
Manbao didn't leave, but stood at the door and waved goodbye to them.
Zhou Silang watched the carriage drive away and sighed, "The Ying family is really rich."
Manbao turned around and climbed onto his own carriage, nodding in agreement. "I don't know how they make so much money. We want to make that much money in the future too."
"You can't be so wasteful even if you make money. The gifts are all gold and ginseng..." Zhou Silang was amazed and felt very emotional, but he didn't know what he was feeling.
Manbao suddenly opened the curtain and said, "Fourth brother, let's go to the county government office."
Zhou Silang, who was about to turn the carriage around, quickly pulled the horse back and asked, "Why are we going to the county government office?"
"I have something to ask County Magistrate Tang."
In fact, he just wanted to tell County Magistrate Tang that Ji Hao had a fever and his injury had worsened.
Like Bai Shan, she always felt that County Magistrate Tang's keeping Ying Wenhai under surveillance was a form of protection.
Manbao arrived at the county government office very quickly. The office was closed today, so Zhou Silang drove the carriage to the corner gate of the backyard and knocked on it.
The backyard of the county government office is usually the official residence of the county magistrate, and his family usually lives there.
Since the county government office is closed, then they might as well look for it here. This is what they learned when they interacted with County Magistrate Fu and County Magistrate Yang in Luojiang County.
After knocking twice, the corner door opened. Hearing that it was someone looking for the master, the doorman immediately turned around and asked someone to notify them, and he invited the two people to rest in the gatehouse.
After a while, a very beautiful older sister came to invite Manbao and said with a smile: "Young lady, please follow me."
Manbao looked at her curiously for a while, then nodded and walked in with Zhou Silang.
The eldest girl didn't expect Zhou Silang to follow her. She hesitated for a moment and said, "This is..."
"My fourth brother, County Magistrate Tang knows about it. We can just say a word and leave without wasting time."
The eldest girl was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Young lady, please come with me. Why don't you wait at the second gate?"
Manbao stopped walking when he heard this, looked at her suspiciously and said, "You weren't summoned by County Magistrate Tang? Then who do you want to take me to see?"
The eldest maid had not expected the young lady to be so perceptive, and she quickly said with a smile, "The master is in the study handling official business and is currently busy. Our mistress asked the young lady to wait in the backyard, so it is not convenient for Mr. Zhou to go in."
Zhou Silang waved his hand carelessly and said, "Okay, I'll wait in front. Manbao, you go ahead."
Manbao had no doubts, but she looked up at the sky and said, "Since County Magistrate Tang is busy, I'll write him a letter. Just remember to give it to him later. It's getting dark, and my family will be worried if I don't go home."
Manbao asked, "Do you have paper and pen?"
The eldest girl didn't expect it would be so difficult to ask someone to see the lady, so she shook her head and said, "No."
Manbao felt a little regretful, then lowered his head and rummaged through his cloth bag, then took out a notebook and a thin pen.
She opened the pen, took out a thin bamboo tube from her bag, opened it, dipped the ink inside, and started writing on the notebook with the pen.
There was a black object like a wooden board at the back of the notebook, actually holding up the paper. Zhou Silang helped Manbao hold the ink cartridge while talking to the eldest maid, "Master Tang is really busy. Even when the government office is closed, there are still so many official matters to deal with."
The eldest girl forced a smile and responded, then said softly to Manbao, "Young lady, why don't we go see the Madam first? Guests are welcome, and it won't take long."
Manbao had quickly finished writing everything she needed to write. She blew on the paper, waited for the ink to dry slightly, then folded it up and handed it to the maid, saying, "Here, take it to County Magistrate Tang. Don't peek."
She gathered her things and put them in a cloth bag. She glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. We should go back."
So the brother and sister waved goodbye to the eldest girl, turned around and left, left...
The eldest girl looked at their disappearing backs with an indescribable expression on her face. Finally, she sighed deeply and took the letter back to see her wife.
Mrs. Tang received the letter but did not read it.
After hearing what the eldest girl said, she glared at her and said, "Idiot!"
But she didn't punish her, and asked, "What is the master doing in the study?"
"See you, Master. The master has dismissed all the servants and is only talking to you in the study."
Madam Tang nodded slightly and said, "When the master comes out, ask him to come over."
"yes."
Mrs. Tang did not open the folded letter to read. When Mr. Tang arrived, she held the letter between her fingers and handed it to him, saying, "The little girl on the hillside gave it to you."
Lord Tang took it wordlessly, scanned it quickly, and frowned slightly.
Mrs. Tang stretched out her hand to him, and Mr. Tang handed the letter to her.
Mrs. Tang glanced at him and frowned slightly. She asked, "What does the Ying family mean by this? Giving gifts to Ji Hao's classmates can be said to encourage him to be lenient when questioning, but giving expensive gifts to a doctor's assistant and the storekeeper..."
Lord Tang sat on a stool, poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Young Master Ji had a fever this morning, and the Ji family bought a lot of medicine from Jishitang."
"Is the Ying family trying to put the blame on the doctor?"
"It's hard to say for sure about medical treatment," County Magistrate Tang said. "When Ji Hao fell from his horse, he didn't die instantly."
So if Ji Hao died in the end, Ying Wenhai could be charged with either murder or injury.
Whether it's murder or injury, there are other circumstances, such as negligence, self-protection or intentional...
County Magistrate Tang rubbed his forehead and said, "The day after tomorrow, the Ji family should be here. By then, we'll know for sure whether Ji Hao is dead or alive..."
Mrs. Tang was startled, and immediately sat up straight and asked, "What about Ying Wenhai..."
County Magistrate Tang glanced at her and said nothing, so Mrs. Tang stopped asking.
That night, when the Ying family went to the prison to deliver dinner to Ying Wenhai, they were unable to get in. That would have been fine, but when they bribed the yamen runners to pass the message in, the message was delivered to County Magistrate Tang's desk in a blink of an eye.
Of course, the Ying family doesn’t know about this for the time being.
After reading the note, County Magistrate Tang thought about it and decided to set it on fire and burn it to ashes. Then he closed his eyes and sighed, thinking, the people from the Ji family will be here soon. If they come a few more times, he will really become bald.
Mr. Zhuang returned from a drink that evening and listened to the two disciples' detailed account of their handling of the situation. He nodded slightly and praised, "Well done."
good evening
Go to bed early and get up early to be healthy, and exercise
(End of this chapter)
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