Chapter 871 Can You Say It?
Manbao and Baishan stared.
County Magistrate Tang smiled at the two men, who anxiously asked, "Did you find out?"
"What did you find out? Did you find out who County Magistrate Bai met at the other courtyard twelve years ago, and what they talked about?" County Magistrate Tang asked, "Do you know who Guan Yan is?"
They both shook their heads.
County Magistrate Tang nodded Bai Shan's head in annoyance and said, "Guan Yan is the Master Guan you all are talking about. He has been working under the King of Yizhou for nearly twenty years. He has been with him since the King of Yizhou established his government. I asked him directly, if he were still the King of Yizhou's servant now, what do you think we would do?"
Bai Shan said: "We will do the same as my father did at that time."
County Magistrate Tang nodded and said, "That's right, so I just passed by Guanjiazhuang and went in to take a look and ask for a bowl of water. You don't have to go there. It's best to stay away from them at this time."
County Magistrate Tang looked at the two of them, then turned his head and gestured to Bai Erlang who was squatting outside, saying, "Since you know the danger and don't drag your friends into this, you should think about protecting yourself and stop thinking about investigating the case all day long. There are adults for that kind of thing."
Bai Shan and Man Bao also turned their heads to look at Bai Erlang outside the window, "We are different from him."
They investigated this case not only because so many people died in it, but also because their fathers or both parents died because of it, and now there is a knife hanging over their heads, so they have to step in.
But Bai Jilang could stay out of it, he shouldn't have been involved in it.
County Magistrate Tang obviously understood their underlying meaning and asked, "Then why did you bring him here?"
He laughed and said, "If you don't want to take them with you, you can always find ways to get them away, right?"
Manbao sighed and said, "I've been reading storybooks since I was a child. In the storybooks, people always say to each other, 'This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't get involved.'"
"But in the end, things often involve people, but those who are involved know nothing about it, and in the end they all die unjustly," Manbao said. "I once asked you about this. If I encounter such a thing, should I tell others or not?"
County Magistrate Tang was silent for a long time, then asked, "What did your master say?"
"Our teacher said that we should speak of things that can be spoken of, and keep silent about things that cannot be spoken of." Manbao asked, "But is what we are doing talkable or unspeakable?"
County Magistrate Tang said without hesitation, "Of course it's unspeakable."
"Why can't I speak out? Is it because I'm violating people's rights, or is it because I'm violating moral laws?"
County Magistrate Tang paused and said, "Neither."
Man Bao asked: "Then why can't people tell others about it?"
County Magistrate Tang was speechless for a long time. He vaguely understood what Mr. Zhuang meant.
Man Bao said, "Sir, if we exclude power, threats, and inducements, and only consider whether something is detrimental to the interests of good people or violates moral laws, we will find that the vast majority of things in the world can be spoken of, but they cannot be spoken to others."
County Magistrate Tang sighed and said, "So Mr. Zhuang is still so radical. This is beyond my expectation."
Bai Shan said, "Things that the storybook doesn't want others to know will eventually be known, and those who don't want to be implicated will eventually be implicated. So Manbao and I often think, if we are going to be implicated in the end, why not let others know?"
"If they had known from the beginning, perhaps they could have avoided a lot of danger." Bai Shan also turned his head to glance out the window. "Master always says that we have grown up, and he turns a blind eye to many things. He understands everything and hopes that we will act with discretion. I always wonder why Master is so smart. We didn't say anything, and he didn't ask anything, so how did he know everything?"
County Magistrate Tang said without hesitation: "Because of experience?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao nodded vigorously, "Yes, it's experience. So should we deprive him of his experience?"
Manbao said, "What if he could have been a very smart and powerful person, but he turned out to be an ordinary person just because we are just averagely smart?"
County Magistrate Tang didn't know where all these questions came from, so after trying his luck, he asked, "What storybook are you reading?"
Manbao blinked, his face calm and his heart calm, and said, "It's just a random book I bought."
County Magistrate Tang waved his hand dismissively and said, "Don't read the storybooks if you don't have anything to do. If you have any questions, go back and ask your teacher. I'll leave these matters to you. If you want to tell him, just tell him. There's no need to bring him in front of me and give him such a long lecture."
Manbao chuckled.
Bai Shan changed the subject and asked, "Master Tang, how did you find out about the Guan family?"
The topic finally returned to normal, and County Magistrate Tang breathed a sigh of relief. Teaching children was much more difficult than investigating a case. "Isn't this easy? Just head to the western suburbs and you'll find out."
There are quite a lot of villas built in the western suburbs, mainly because there is a mountain with warm water there, and many families have built a villa for health preservation there.
Yesterday, County Magistrate Tang searched the village under his jurisdiction and uncovered a case of theft, so he took his confidants to the village.
After walking west for three quarters of an hour, he estimated that he was almost at the place Erji mentioned, so he looked around, noted down all the courtyards he saw, and then drew them, intending to take them back to help Erji identify the door.
As a result, County Magistrate Tang discovered something was wrong as he continued to move forward.
The villas I have seen along the way are not very lively, but at least judging from the walls, they are well maintained. However, there is one villa in the corner on the east side that is a little different.
You couldn't see what was going on inside from outside the wall, but not only was there overgrown weeds outside the wall, but there were also many branches sticking out from the yard. County Magistrate Tang felt that no one had cleaned the yard for a long time.
The villas in the western suburbs are very popular. Even if they are no longer used by the family, they can be sold. They will never be left unattended.
So County Magistrate Tang felt it was a little strange, so he asked someone to knock on the door and ask, but no one answered after knocking for a long time.
The villa was located in a remote area, with the nearest villa being thirty meters away. In the end, County Magistrate Tang had to knock on the door of another house before he found out that the villa belonged to Master Guan from Guanjiazhuang.
When it came to Master Guan of Guanjiazhuang, County Magistrate Tang remembered him after a moment's thought. If there was anything he didn't know, he could just call his subordinates over and ask them, and they would find out.
He was a retainer of the royal palace. He had been working under the King of Yizhou when he was still in the capital, so he was considered an old retainer of the royal palace.
County Magistrate Tang first went to the countryside to solve a case, caught the thief, and scolded the village head before returning to the city. The next morning, he took the drawn blueprint and secretly went to find Erji. After confirming that the villa was the one they went to that year, he turned around and returned to the county government office. He found another dispute near Guanjiazhuang and took a large group of people to the countryside.
But he was just a county magistrate who occasionally passed by. Even if he entered Guanjiazhuang and met Master Guan, there were many things he couldn't ask. He could only look around and chat with Master Guan to find out his character.
He didn't even dare to mention Bai Qi's name for the time being, let alone inquire about other things.
But Manbao and Baishan obviously did not go to ask Master Guan directly this time, and they could ask more questions under the pretext of seeing a doctor.
The next update will be around 11pm
(End of this chapter)
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