In the early morning of August 18, Wang Yan rode his horse to the Yamen.
All the shops and stalls on the side of the road in front of the criminal department opened their doors, and more people complained of injustice and came to see Mr. Wang's demeanor.
Wang Yan still didn't take it seriously, and rode his horse into the gate.
As soon as I got off the horse, a yamen servant came to report that Xu Weng and his wife from Huashikou came to the yamen to ask for a parrot.
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "Don't they want it anymore?"
After the case was over, Wang Yan deliberately asked the Queen Mother for grace, and still returned the gray parrot Xiaobao to Xu Weng and his wife.
Unexpectedly, the servant sent the parrot, but Xu Weng and his wife refused to take it.
The daughter-in-law is actually a Japanese craftsman, and the parrot was the daughter-in-law's murder, which involved two lives. The two old people were a little bit overwhelmed for a while, and they were at odds with each other, fearing that the parrot would be dusty, disturb the master, and be unlucky.
The boy had no choice but to bring the parrot back. Wang Yan didn't say anything, and hung the parrot on the porch of the administrative room. Tao Shangshu, Kong Shuling, and the yamen's arresters took some nuts to tease it every once in a while, treating it as a member of the Ministry of Punishment. The parrot is gone.
Therefore, when the yamen servant reported to Wang Yan that the two old men had come to ask for money, he had mixed emotions on his face.
"The old couple said they had figured it out again, they didn't say a few words, they were crying like something, Mr. Kong Shuling was trying to persuade them."
Wang Yan walked around the front hall, and sure enough, he saw the corner of the eaves, Kong Shuling and others were supporting the two elderly people to comfort them, and the old lady shouted to the parrot hanging under the eaves: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao."
The parrot flapped its wings: "Don't cry, grandma, don't cry, grandma."
Tao Shangshu looked at them with pity and helplessness, and then said to Wang Yan: "The case involving the parrot is not considered to belong to the Ministry of Punishment. How to deal with the parrot is up to you."
Wang Yan asked Xu Weng and his wife: "Do you have no worries about returning this parrot? With all due respect, no one can be free from illness forever. If you still feel a little unlucky, instead of being angry and suspicious of this bird at that time, It's better to forget it now."
Tao Shangshu added: "Mr. Wang speaks more bluntly. But it is indeed the truth... Think about it carefully, both of you?"
Xu Weng bowed: "Thank you, Lord Shangshu and Lord Langzhong, for your condescension and teaching. The little old man and the cheap nephew all want to understand."
Xu Baishi wiped away tears: "It's Xiaobao, a parrot, what does it know? Whoever really likes it, it treats everyone sincerely. People say everything, and things are done by people. There is nothing wrong with a parrot. What's the matter?"
Wang Yan took off the parrot stand: "Since the two of you understand this, please take it back."
The second elder was overjoyed, Xu Bai held the parrot stand and called out repeatedly: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao."
The parrot also flapped its wings: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao. Don't cry, grandma."
Tao Shangshu watched the two elders stagger away with the parrot in the corridor, and said with a sigh: "People and everything have love. They miss the parrot in their hearts, and they can't let go. Why doesn't the parrot miss them? These days, the hall often I heard it shouting 'Don't cry, grandma, don't cry, grandma'. It's amazing."
Wang Yan put his hand behind his back: "My lord, it's not that it is so smart, the sentence it shouted is actually Shansi's words, it sounds like 'Grandmother don't cry', the real meaning is equivalent to shouting 'This Reconciled'. It must have learned it from gambling with Tamusha every day. I testified the day before yesterday and the government servants teased it to play with it these days. It always makes it hang the horse and hang the nine, so it always shouts these words."
Tao Shangshu was silent for a moment, stroked his beard: "If the speaker doesn't know what he means, it's only a sound."
Wang Yan raised his eyebrows again: "What your lord taught is exactly, so I didn't say anything about it."
A few years later, one of Wang Yan's servants happened to pass by the flower market and saw Xu Weng and his wife, who were still running the shop. The parrot stand is still hanging at the door, and there is a two- or three-year-old baby who is chatting with the parrot, just as cute.
The boy went over to say hello, and Xu Weng told him that they adopted that child from an old man who had fled famine. They had expected this child to inherit the incense, but unexpectedly his son married a wife again, and the daughter-in-law was already pregnant. Soon there will be a new addition to the family.
Xu Weng said with a smile, while Xiaowa shaking the cloth tiger giggled and shouted to the parrot: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao, ahoo—"
The parrot flapped its wings happily: "Little Treasure, Little Treasure! Ahhhhh! Grandma don't cry!"
The author has something to say:
This episode appears in the physical book in the form of Wu Mei and Wang Yan's servants respectively describing the cases investigated by Zhang Ping and Wang Yan. Interspersed with some narrator's perspectives, I only posted Wang Yan's case this time, and made some minor revisions to make it feel like an independent article. [shame clatter]
Another story about Zhang Ping as the main character, "Zhong Yuan Nightmare" and the first physical book, "An Evening Talk in the Ancient Temple" with Zhang Ping as the main character (Zhang Ping and Chen Cho met in this article), Wang Yan as the main character The "Second Generation Ancestor" is still exclusive to the physical book. You can find it on the e-reading platform Migu, WeChat Reading and other places.
Haven't watched the extra episodes will not affect the reading of the main story of "Zhang Gongan".
I have made a lot of new attempts in this article, which may make readers feel nondescript. Thank you for your inclusive reading, please give me a lot of advice.