Chapter 43 Chang Yunxiao Takes Action
Coroner Zhang lives in a remote area on the outskirts of Jiangzhou City, mainly because the houses here are cheap.
Coroners were paid very little, and they could only earn a little over ten taels of silver every year by assisting the government in performing autopsies.
Even so, they still had to go through layers of exploitation by the constables in the county government.
There is not much left.
However, due to their profession, coroners have their own ways to make extra money.
When coroner Zhang returned home and pushed the door open, he saw a figure sitting at the table reading a book in the dim room.
"Have you finished the exam? Go get a bottle of wine, and we'll have a good meal together!"
Chang Yunxiao looked up from inside the room. Half of his thin face was illuminated by the candlelight, and the other half was hidden in darkness.
"You took money from people again?"
Coroner Zhang was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands as if to shoo away a fly.
"Well, it's not a big deal. The pockmarked man beat his wife every day. Finally, his wife couldn't stand it anymore. She smothered him with a quilt in the middle of the night and then threw him into the river.
A grown girl has suffered so much for so many years. If she goes to jail again, it will be miserable. I am helping her—"
Chang Yunxiao interrupted directly, "How much money did she give you?"
Coroner Zhang was silent for a moment, then anger suddenly rose in his eyes and he threw what he was holding to the ground.
"Do you think I want to collect money? If I don't collect their money, how can I support you with food, drink and education?"
Chang Yunxiao looked somewhat disapproving.
Coroner Zhang became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and started to curse.
"Damn it, if it wasn't for the little money I had to give you up, I would have given up being a coroner a long time ago!
Dealing with corpses every day has made me half human, half ghost. Even dogs are disgusted by me!
Is it that I don’t want to be a human being? Huh? "
He banged and banged around, knocking over Chang Yunxiao's book basket, and a pile of books fell to the ground.
Coroner Zhang bent down to pick it up, but his hand suddenly stopped.
Are these the notes you took during the autopsy?
He kicked the books away fiercely, and in a rage, he pointed at Chang Yunxiao and cursed:
"I sent you to the academy to study the Four Books and Five Classics. You will take the imperial examinations and become an official in the future. And all you read every day is this?
Are you worthy of your dead parents, huh?"
Chang Yunxiao's parents were burned to death in a fire in their house many years ago.
It was Zhang the coroner who went to examine the body.
At that time, Chang Yunxiao was only three years old. Zhang, the coroner, had no wife or children, so he simply adopted the child.
"I don't want to take the imperial examination." Chang Yunxiao said suddenly, still with no expression on his face.
"Don't want to take the imperial examination?
So what do you want to do in the future? Are you going to stay with the dead like me? "
Coroner Zhang was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he looked around the room for a stick to beat him.
At this moment, someone outside the house suddenly called out Coroner Zhang's name.
Immediately afterwards, a tall and strong man rushed in with a unfriendly look on his face.
It was the younger brother of the deceased Huang Mazi, Huang Laoer.
"You're the one who said that my elder brother fell into the river and drowned?"
Coroner Zhang nodded, feeling a little uneasy.
The man sneered, "You black-hearted bastard! It was clearly that shameless little bitch who harmed my elder brother!"
You didn't arrest her, and you helped her to give false testimony, causing her to get involved with me now.
I'm going to deal with you first today, and then report you to the government!"
Coroner Zhang remembered the rumors and immediately understood.
It turned out that Huang Mazi's wife was having an affair with Huang Laoer, who was already fed up with her and wanted to get rid of her.
He simply instigated her to kill Huang Mazi, and then wanted the government to arrest her as well.
Unexpectedly, Huang Mazi's wife secretly gave silver to Zhang the coroner and escaped the disaster. Instead, she used this incident to blackmail Huang Laoer.
Huang Lao Er spat on the ground and cursed:
"It's you, a scumbag, who ruined my plan. Today I'll teach you a lesson about my power!"
As he said this, he pushed towards Zhang the coroner.
How could the skinny Zhang be a match for him? He was immediately pushed to the ground!
Huang Laoer's fist fell on Zhang the coroner's face!
Coroner Zhang closed his eyes in fear, but the pain never came.
When he opened his eyes, it was Chang Yunxiao who blocked the fist.
Huang Laoer didn't expect that this little brat was so strong. He cursed at him and punched Chang Yunxiao in the face.
But Chang Yunxiao dodged it easily.
Chang Yunxiao was agile. He flashed behind Huang Laoer, grabbed his arm and twisted it backwards. Huang Laoer immediately screamed in pain!
Coroner Zhang was stunned. When did this boy start practicing Kung Fu secretly?
And looking at this posture, it is a bit similar to the movements of the constables in the yamen arresting prisoners...
At this time, Chang Yunxiao's face was also a little red.
This body was too weak and didn't even have any muscles. Fortunately, he had not discarded the grappling techniques he learned in the police academy, so he was able to subdue Huang Laoer with one move.
However, I'm afraid I won't be able to sustain it for too long.
Coroner Zhang on the ground suddenly asked him to go out first.
Chang Yunxiao was puzzled, but Coroner Zhang insisted that he wait outside and not come in if he heard any noise.
Chang Yunxiao let go of Huang Laoer who was howling and walked out.
Inside the room, I don't know what the two people were talking about, but soon there was a sound of something being knocked over, as if a fight had taken place.
No, it should be Zhang the coroner who was beaten unilaterally.
Chang Yunxiao was waiting outside the door with an expressionless face.
After a while, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and Huang Laoer walked out panting.
He glared at Chang Yunxiao and then left.
The room was in a mess. Coroner Zhang was lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
Chang Yunxiao walked over quickly and helped him up. He saw that Zhang's mouth was full of blood and two of his teeth were knocked out.
His eyes turned slightly cold.
However, Coroner Zhang patted him on the shoulder and asked him to help himself up.
While wiping the blood off his face, he said that since he had been beaten, Huang Laoer would not dare to go to the yamen and say anything.
Even if a coroner is not very good, he still works for the government.
If Huang Laoer really dares to report it and wants to make him lose his job as a coroner, then Huang Laoer will not get any good consequences for beating the coroner and disrespecting the government office!
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In the Imperial Examination Hall, the work of marking the examination papers is in full swing.
To ensure the fairness of the exam, the name space on all test papers will be covered and will not be opened until the initial round of marking is completed.
The examiners for the county examination were arranged by Jiangzhou Prefecture, and there were three of them in total.
An examination paper will first be reviewed by two deputy curtain officers. If the conclusions are too different, the decision will be made by the chief curtain officer.
After the first round of marking was completed, the county magistrate Ji Tian, who came to assist, opened the covered parts of the ten test papers and handed them to the chief curtain officer.
These are the answer papers of Zhu Lan and others. Because they are recommended by the government office, their papers will receive special attention.
The so-called "care" does not mean directly improving ranking as outsiders think.
The rankings have now been determined, but the candidates who are "taken care of" will be specially called in to be tested face to face on some more difficult questions.
If one does well in the county examination and performs equally well in the interview, his name will be reported to the government office and known to higher-level officials, thus increasing the possibility of a career in officialdom.
If you are extremely lucky, you may even be promoted directly to become a staff member of a senior official.
Taking less than ten years of detour than peers is an opportunity that all students dream of!
Zhu Lan and others went there immediately after hearing the notice.
For them, interviews are no big deal and they can easily handle them.
The only nervous person was Ding Xiaoqiu. When he came out of the Imperial Examination Hall, he was sweating profusely. His mind was blank and he couldn't even remember what he had just said.
After they all left, Ji Tian came out from behind the screen and asked the curtain officials how they felt.
The results of the county examination are related to the academic style of a county. After all, there is more than one Zhaoping County under Jiangzhou Prefecture.
If we can produce a few more outstanding candidates, it will be a great honor for the entire Zhaoping County!
"What is the family background of the student named Zhu Lan?"
Ji Tian was delighted and answered truthfully, "She is the only daughter of the eldest son of an old scholar in this county, and her family background is clean."
"Yes." The chief curtain officer nodded.
He raised his pen and drew a red circle around Zhu Lan's name.
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