Chapter 39: Eight Hundred Miles Express is Coming Again
After a long time, someone asked the people around him in disbelief.
"They are talking about aunt, right? Aunt is a woman, right?"
"Nonsense, is your aunt a man?"
"But they said that the girl's aunt is an official. Can a woman be an official? Also, what kind of official is that? Is he higher or lower than the county magistrate?"
Someone who had read books said with a serious expression, "Our dynasty has a provincial system. Daqi has a total of 15 provinces. Provinces are divided into prefectures and states, and prefectures and states are divided into counties and subordinate states. In your opinion, who has higher authority, a county magistrate or a high official?"
Those who didn't know much about these things took a deep breath when they heard this.
"My God, isn't that high-ranking official several levels higher than the county magistrate?"
"More than that, he is even more powerful than the prefect."
"Hiss, not only can a woman be an official, but she can also be such a high-ranking official. You are kidding, right?"
Emperor Jingxuan had been listening with great interest, but now he could not help but frown. Women serving as officials, could women in this place also take the imperial examination? Yes, Miss Jian on the sky curtain is also literate, and I think she has read a lot of books. And Dr. Liu in the hospital is not only literate but also a doctor.
Over there, it seems that anything that men can do, women can do as well.
Then it is natural that you can become an official.
But even though he has become a high-ranking official, this position is too high.
The ministers below were also whispering, and some pedantic officials were extremely angry.
"Nonsense! How can a woman be an official? A hen crows at dawn, and acts perversely. The man on the awning is too useless to allow a woman to climb on his head. If this continues, they will be in chaos. This is outrageous, outrageous."
An official nearby glanced at him sideways, but didn't take it seriously, saying calmly, "Why are you cursing so quietly instead of loudly at the sky?"
"You..." The man glared at him, "You are unreasonable."
The noise in the court gradually grew louder, and most people disagreed. They didn't care when they saw that the doctor was a woman, and they didn't care when they saw He Nanzhou peeling shrimp for his wife and daughter, but when they heard that a woman was an official, it seemed to touch their interests. Their attitude of originally admiring Tianmu changed instantly, and they began to point fingers and express dissatisfaction.
Emperor Jingxuan was getting impatient. Just as he was about to yell at them to shut up, an urgent voice suddenly came from outside, "Your Majesty, Huaiping County is 800 miles away, hurry up."
With just one sentence, the originally noisy court suddenly quieted down, and everyone turned their heads to look at the person coming in from outside.
Emperor Jingxuan stood up eagerly and said, "Present it."
Cao Qing took three or two steps over and handed the report to Emperor Jingxuan.
The latter could not wait to open it, and read through the rather thick memorial almost at a glance. After reading it, he let out a long sigh, "I see."
The officials below looked at each other in bewilderment. The Grand Tutor stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, is this the information that County Magistrate Gao sent you about the origins of the little girl on the sky curtain?"
Emperor Jingxuan nodded, handed the memorial to Cao Qing, and asked him to pass it on for everyone to see, while he said in a deep voice, "The little girl named Chaochao on the sky curtain is indeed related to Huaiping County. According to Gao Hongfei, two years ago, Chaochao suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain in Shangliu Village, and was picked up and taken home by a couple surnamed Hu in the village. The Hu family was greedy, and seeing that Chaochao was not dressed like an ordinary farmer, they thought she was a child accidentally lost by a wealthy family, so they simply recognized the little girl as their goddaughter, waiting for her family to come to the door to ask for a favor. Who knew that after half a month, no one came to look for Chaochao, so they stole the clothes and jewelry on the little girl and treated her as a child bride, thinking of marrying her to his idiot son in the future. In the past two years, they have tortured her a lot."
At this point, Emperor Jingxuan snorted coldly, "It's really hateful."
As he was talking, the Grand Tutor had already finished reading it quickly. "The memorial said that Chao Chao suddenly disappeared three days ago, which was the day when the sky curtain appeared."
"That's right. According to the villagers of Shangliu Village, the sky curtain only appeared above Chao Chao's head at first. After Chao Chao left, the sky curtain could be seen from other places."
Taifu, "Before the little girl left, she said a lot of... specious things. Somehow good things will be rewarded with good, and evil things will be punished with evil. The villagers all thought she was a fairy child."
Good deeds are rewarded with good, evil deeds are rewarded with evil? Emperor Jingxuan did not believe that she was a fairy child. As long as he did not believe this, then...
Emperor Jingxuan laughed, "I'm afraid someone taught her. Didn't they say that she suddenly woke up the villagers in the middle of the night by beating gongs and drums to rescue a baby? She was just a little girl. How could she know so much if no one helped her behind the scenes? If she really knew everything, why did she suffer for the past two years? Tribulation? If it was really a tribulation, she would have returned home by now. After the tribulation, the injuries on her body should have healed, and she should have recognized her parents as soon as she saw them. When the little girl went back, she was alone. The person behind her might still be in Daqi."
He stood up suddenly and said to Cao Qing, "Send a pigeon to Liang Wei and ask him to investigate Shangliu Village carefully and make sure to find this person."
"yes."
"Your Majesty, these things..." The Grand Tutor had finished reading them and felt a little emotional. He then raised his hand and pointed at the tray in Cao Qing's hand, on which there was a brocade bag.
Emperor Jingxuan turned his head and said, yes, Gao Hongfei also said in his memorial that when the little girl came, she was wearing several pieces of jewelry, one of which was sold by the Hu family, and the rest were given to several friendly villagers in the village.
He raised his hand and Cao Qing immediately handed him the brocade bag.
Emperor Jingxuan took out the anklet and ring. The anklet had a more elaborate pattern and was made of silver, but he had no idea what the ring was made of.
He looked around but couldn't figure out what it was, so he put the things back on the tray and asked Cao Qing to show it to others.
Then he pondered, "Tell Liang Wei to find someone to escort the three members of the Hu family to the capital, and also escort the families who have a good relationship with the little girl to the capital. I want to personally inquire about the situation in the past two years." Emperor Jingxuan murmured, "Perhaps, we can find out the reason why the sky curtain appeared, and find a way to go to their territory."
Speaking of this, Emperor Jingxuan's heart was burning with excitement. If he could find it, then could he also have sweet potatoes that produce 10,000 kilograms per mu?
After a pause, he seemed to have thought of something and added, "Let Liang Wei give Gao Hongfei 500 taels of silver, and these pieces of jewelry will be considered as my purchase."
Really, he even secretly asked me for money. Is this county magistrate so poor? He has the nerve to ask for a few hundred taels of silver.
But considering that he has made some contributions, we should give him some reward.
(End of this chapter)
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