Chapter 69: Didn’t your parents urge you to get married?
Chang Yunxiao looked at everyone's reactions coldly, with an expression of indifference on his face.
He is a forensic doctor and a police officer.
His duty is to make the corpse speak, find out the truth, and give peace of mind to those who died unjustly.
To uphold the law is to uphold fairness.
Although Zhang the coroner had raised the original person, he was ultimately corrupt and committed abuse of power, resulting in many unjust, false and wrongful convictions.
Faced with the sarcasm of Captain Zhuang and the puzzled and disappointed look of Coroner Zhang, Chang Yunxiao did not make any excuses.
He put the document away, then took out another piece of paper and stuffed it into Coroner Zhang's hand.
Coroner Zhang looked as pale as death, and it took him a long time to open the paper. His originally confused eyes suddenly opened wide.
"This is... a title deed!?"
Chang Yunxiao nodded. This was bought with all the salary he had earned in the Dali Temple in the past few months.
The housing prices in Jiangzhou City are high. Although this house is not the best, it is much better than the shabby little house where Zhang the coroner lives now.
"From now on, the Dali Temple will send money over on a monthly basis," said Chang Yunxiao.
Anyway, the Dali Temple provides food and accommodation, so he doesn't have much to spend money on.
Only a little of the monthly salary was left for daily expenses, and the rest was given to Zhang the coroner, at least to ensure that he had food and drink.
As for whether Zhang the coroner should sell the old house and use the money to start a small business.
Chang Yunxiao will not interfere.
Coroner Zhang was stunned for a long time before he finally reacted.
This is... Is my son planning to take care of me in my old age?
He can retire early! ?
Don't you have to endure the bullshit from the government office anymore?
Coroner Zhang immediately opened his mouth wide, revealing a row of big yellow teeth, and smiled at Captain Zhuang brighter than the sun.
Captain Zhuang was speechless this time. His face looked uglier than if he had eaten a fly. He didn't know why he had to stay here.
"If there's nothing else to do on the mission, we'll just..."
Chang Yunxiao had a blank expression on his face and took out another document from his arms.
"After investigation, it was found that Zhuang Fei, the head constable of Zhaoping County, had mismanaged the government and neglected to discipline his subordinates, which led to the laxity of discipline and corruption in the government. What's worse, he privately withheld the reward money that coroner Zhang should have received, which seriously violated the laws of the court.
This temple upholds the principle of fairness and strictness. Effective immediately, Zhuang Fei will be dismissed from all his posts and given fifty strokes of the cane as a warning to others! "
Captain Zhuang froze in place, as if struck by lightning.
Sure enough, what was supposed to come finally came. He knew that the temple minister would not let him go easily!
He glared at Zhang the coroner hatefully. Why should he be beaten thirty more times than him?
But... I have a good physique, so I might be able to withstand fifty strokes of the stick.
With the small body of Zhang the coroner, twenty strokes of the board would probably kill him!
At least it's not a loss to have someone to take the blame for you.
"Son, my twenty strokes of the stick..." Coroner Zhang had not been happy for long when he received the land deed. His face turned sad again.
Chang Yunxiao had already climbed onto his horse at this time. He leaned over and told Zhang the coroner that he had already given a guarantee to the yamen using his identity as a judge in the Dali Temple and that his execution would be carried out ten days later.
After saying this, he rode away.
Coroner Zhang was left disheveled in the wind.
Beat me again after ten days...you might as well beat me to death now!
…
Zhu Lan was overjoyed when he learned that the Dali Temple had sent Chang Yunxiao to investigate Ding Wangyuan's case.
He wrote a letter to Chang Yunxiao, asking him to focus on investigating the neighbor who identified Ding Wangyuan as the murderer, as well as Mr. Chen, the owner of another shop in Jiangzhou City.
She remembered that in the original book, after Ding Xiaoqiu became the big boss Ding Wujiu, the first thing he did was to send people to capture these two people.
The neighbor and Boss Chen were imprisoned in the Tianlao by Ding Wujiu, who tortured them with various tortures every day, making it impossible for them to live or die.
In the end, he was tortured to death.
The only possibility for such great hatred is that Ding Wujiu found out that the two of them were the real culprits who framed Ding Wangyuan.
The book does not describe how Ding Wujiu conducted the investigation, so Zhu Lan was unable to provide Chang Yunxiao with more clues.
But now that the murderer is known, it will be much easier to trace the evidence.
With Chang Yunxiao's ability, it would be no problem for him to investigate the case and clear Ding Wangyuan's name.
…
As flowers bloom and fall, the ancient locust trees in the academy become more lush and green, with luxuriant branches and leaves, shading the scorching summer sun and casting mottled light and shadows.
A gentle breeze blew, and a locust flower fell on the stone table in the shadow under the tree and was picked up by a slender finger.
In the blink of an eye, Zhu Lan and others have grown a lot taller.
The originally childish face has now grown up, and Zhu Lan is no longer a chubby baby.
Her eyebrows began to become long and thin, like distant mountains with dark clouds, and her lips were light and elegant, like a lotus emerging from the water, revealing a sense of calmness and restraint.
Qiao Youyou's facial features became more three-dimensional and profound, and the beauty of the Hu people's bone structure became more obvious.
The one with the most outstanding appearance is Qin Yuwei. Although she is just fifteen years old, one can already vaguely see her stunning beauty when she grows up.
With a pair of phoenix eyes and a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye, Zhu Lan and Qiao Youyou often tease her that she can play Daji in the next drama.
There were no classes in the academy this morning, so the three of them took advantage of the good weather to come here to enjoy the cool air.
Qiao Youyou, who had two buns on her head, peeled a green grape and put it in her mouth.
"Have you noticed that there are more boys in the academy recently? I feel like the classroom is full of the stench of sweat!"
Zhu Lan rested his chin on his hand and looked at the little bird on the tree, saying nonchalantly:
“Is there a possibility that there are not enough girls?”
Although Daliang allowed women to enroll in school and enter officialdom, most women entered the academy either to choose a husband or to improve their own bargaining chips and marry a good husband outside the academy.
After all, girls who graduated from academies are well-educated and well-mannered. If they have some achievements, it would be an honor to marry them home!
After every major exam, many girls in the academy choose to go home and get married.
Qin Yuwei turned the locust flower in her hand without saying anything, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Qiao Youyou said "Oh", then tilted her head and asked, "Why?"
Qin Yuwei, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
"Didn't your parents urge you to get married?"
"No." Qiao Youyou was puzzled. His father was a Hu man, and his belief has always been that his daughters can marry if they want and play if they want, since his father can support them anyway.
Qin Yuwei's phoenix eyes became more gloomy.
She has reached the age of marriage now, and her stepmother, Mrs. Wei, is almost eager to sell her to a rich man at any minute.
According to Daliang law, a woman could only be separated from her family after she got married.
The worst thing is that although she has tried to reduce her contacts with the Wei family as much as possible, she cannot completely break off relations with them.
After all, they are all registered in the same household registration book. If that stupid brother is pushed into a corner and does something, it will affect her future.
It's so annoying, just like there's shit on the sole of your shoe that you can't rub off!
If you don’t get married, you can’t get out of the household registration book. If you want to get out, you have to get married.
She had to find a way to break this deadlock, cut off all ties with the mother and woman, and prevent future troubles.
"Hey, you are here!" A voice with a bit of a drake sound sounded.
Ding Xiaoqiu, who was in the voice change period, was walking towards them from a distance, carrying a basket of pink things.
"These are the lychees my father sent over from Lingnan by express horse. He asked me to let you taste them!"
With Chang Yunxiao’s action last time and Zhu Lan’s help, Ding Wangyuan’s case was soon solved.
Chang Yunxiao had made outstanding contributions in investigating the case and could have been promoted in the Dali Temple.
However, he said that he was doing a good deed for his father, and used this achievement to save Zhang the coroner from being beaten.
As for Ding Wangyuan, he was originally the chief clerk of the county government. He suffered such a great injustice that the court transferred him to Lingnan to serve as the magistrate of a small county as compensation.
Ding Xiaoqiu was finally able to hold his head high in the academy.
Ding Xiaoqiu sat down and peeled lychees with them, and suddenly mentioned Liang Zhou.
"What happened to Senior Brother Liang Zhou? I just saw him coming out of Dean Ouyang's place.
It seems...it seems like he was kicked out."
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