After Li Qingzhi met Magistrate Gou, he went to the magistrate's place to look at some petitions. He had a rough idea of how to write a petition, so he wrote one for Chang Duan.
The Chang family's experience was truly miserable. When Magistrate Zhang saw the petition and then looked at the person kneeling in front of him, he became more determined to eradicate the Lou family.
Since Chang Zhan was the victim, he couldn't let Chang Zhan leave. Otherwise, what if Chang Zhan got hurt by accident
Magistrate Zhang said, "You can stay at my house. I will give you an explanation on this matter, but I have to wait until after the prefectural examination."
He has almost collected all the evidence, but there is still a lot of preparation to do, so he can't start for the time being.
"Thank you, sir." Chang Zhan kowtowed heavily with red eyes. After only two kowtows, his head was already bleeding.
Prefect Zhang quickly helped the man up, his heart becoming heavier: "Tell me about your family's affairs, and the affairs of Linhu County."
"Yes, sir." Chang Zhan said.
Chang Zhan had told Li Qingzhi about his family's affairs before, and he told it again now, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
Chang Zhan was not very old, and it was so strange for such a young man to cry like this... Prefect Zhang was also moved and asked again, "Where is your niece?"
Chang Zhan said: "She...she..."
Magistrate Zhang asked: "In Chongcheng County?" Chang Zhan came from Chongcheng County, so his niece should be in Chongcheng County
Chang Zhan said, "Yes."
Prefect Zhang's favorable impression of Magistrate Gou deepened, and he turned back to look at the papers with the evidence written on them.
The information here is very detailed, and also includes detailed information about some people who were sold or caught to dig Lihu stones. I don't know how Magistrate Gou found out about it.
This chubby, ordinary-looking county magistrate is actually a hidden talent!
Chang Zhan was only fourteen years old when his father got into trouble. In the following years, his family kept a very low profile, so not many people in Linhu County knew Chang Zhan.
County Magistrate Yan and most of the yamen runners and clerks did not know Chang Zhan.
But even so, for safety reasons, Magistrate Zhang asked Chang Zhan to stay in his residence and not go out.
As for Liu Binghai, he specially sent the guards around him to inform him.
Chang Zhan had stayed, so it was difficult to return the things that County Magistrate Gou had sent... Prefect Zhang could only pick out some food and daily necessities from his own home and have the guards take them over as return gifts.
Fortunately, County Magistrate Gou sent cheap local specialties this time, otherwise, Prefect Zhang might not be able to afford to return the gift.
It was getting late, so after settling Chang Zhan down, Magistrate Zhang returned to his room and began writing letters to his old friends in Beijing.
As he was writing, Magistrate Zhang stopped writing and let out a long sigh.
No one knows what Da Qi will become in the future.
The Prince of Jin mentioned above is the uncle of the current emperor. He once controlled the government and was able to call the shots in the court and eliminate dissidents. Prefect Zhang was exiled because he offended him.
During those years, even the current emperor was bullied by him.
Therefore, after the current emperor came to power, he liquidated the Jin Wang family.
Officials who had been persecuted by the previous King of Jin, including Prefect Zhang, were reinstated.
During that period, the current King of Jin was as honest as he could be and always behaved himself with his tail between his legs.