The Number One Catcher In The Capital, You Call This A Dog Leg?

Chapter 163: A Single Spark Can Start A Prairie Fire

Xu Jian gritted his teeth with a sullen face and said, "Xu Qing, you are just a mere merchant. If you didn't know why you got on a high branch like His Royal Highness, you would have been eaten by my Xu family without bones left! Is it your turn to shout here? I was really blind to go to the Su Mansion to apologize to you!"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and snorted coldly: "You are really stubborn! Didn't you ever think that you can have today because you have done too much evil? You should have today? Now that you are in prison, you have nothing at all. The meaning of repentance is still here to blame others?!"

Xu Jian sneered and said, "I have done too much evil? Hehe, the yamen is open on both sides. Don't come in if you have reason or money. Don't say it's me, even the governor surnamed Yu. Do you dare to say that he must be clean? It's just now It’s just that you didn’t show your horse’s feet. What’s wrong with corruption? There are so many corrupt officials in the world, and the officialdom can be judged by good and evil, right and wrong? It’s ridiculous! You just climbed a bigger backer than the Xu family, you are proud what?"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and said in a deep voice: "How many families were ruined by your Xu family, don't you feel any guilt in your heart!? Do you know how many lives are there!? It's not me who dragged you into prison It’s them! Even without me, your actions will be punished sooner or later!”

At this time, Xu Jian suddenly grinned and said with a chuckle: "Xu Qing, your current appearance is really similar to your former official!"

Xu Qing said with a blank expression: "Is it similar to someone like you? Then I am really unlucky for eight lifetimes."

Xu Jian fiddled with the chains on his feet, let himself sit cross-legged and said, "When I first entered the officialdom, I was really just like you now, just as naive and as stupid as you are now! Every day I think about avenging the people Tsk tsk, I was the sixth in the second list at the beginning, and was given the post of editor of the Imperial Academy by the Ministry of Officials. The official road was smooth, and then I met a pariah who offended the Yongding Marquis. Naively defended him against injustice, and helped him redress his grievances along the way."

"The result? The Marquis of Yongding is backed by His Majesty's eldest son, King Qi, but on the 15th day, the official received an order of relegation and was transferred to a small remote county as the county magistrate. Hehe, I am ranked No. 6 in the Imperial Academy. Xiuzhuan was reduced to become the county magistrate of a small remote county..."

The chains on Xu Jian's feet and hands jingled with the slight swing of his arms and legs from time to time, as if to accompany him.

Xu Jian coughed several times, picked up the bowl at the side and drank several sips of water before he stopped.

I just heard Xu Jian continue to say: "Even if I was relegated from Beijing, I was thinking that maybe the court would give me justice soon, transfer me back, and let the real sinner be punished...it's a pity... People are still singing and dancing in the capital. At that time, I understood that what is black and white, good or evil in the officialdom is not important at all! What is the most important? Money! As long as there is enough money, it is not good, but it is good if there is less money. It's not good either!"

"How much effort did this official have to climb from the magistrate of a small remote county to the position of Sima in Yongzhou? What did you rely on? Did you rely on my achievements in punishing evil and promoting good?! I relied on this official's admiration for Shangguan all the way." The face, flattering and flattering all the way! It’s because of the money that the official stuffed! What do you think is officialdom? This is officialdom!”

"Xu Qing, the reason I have been reduced to such a state now is just the same as the reason why I was relegated from Beijing. I don't have a strong backer behind me, but you have Dachu's biggest backer, the Xianwang Mansion behind you! The untouchables are always Untouchables, you can't control the officialdom. It's not them who really made this official look like this! It's you! It's you who climbed into the palace of the virtuous king!"

Xu Qing couldn't help clenching his fists when he heard this: "You!"

Xu Qing wanted to speak, but found that he didn't know what to say

Xu Sima snorted coldly and said, "I can't say anything, can I? Unexpectedly, Xu Qing, who is sharp-tongued in the courtroom, can be silenced because of me, a criminal, in prison. It's unbelievable! Do you know why you can't think of a rebuttal?"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and asked, "Why?"

Xu Sima snorted coldly: "Because what I said is the truth! And what you said just now is just the childish words of young people! Xu Qing, don't be complacent, one day you will become like you are now!" Like me, your naive thoughts will not go too far in the officialdom! Sooner or later you will be purged!"

Xu Qing looked at Xu Sima and said, "Maybe Da Chu's court is as dark as you said, but that doesn't mean that there is no spark in this darkness."

Xu Sima sneered when he heard Xu Qing's words: "Spark? You are right, there really is such a spark in Dachu's court. Your father-in-law is an example. Back then, to help the untouchables who were hit by the disaster, even his wife who was seriously ill I can't even take care of it... It's a pity that Xinghuo is always a Xinghuo, and will be swallowed by darkness sooner or later."

Xu Qing also shook her head with a smile and said: "You are wrong, sometimes, a single spark can start a prairie fire."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qing turned and left without looking back, walking while saying: "Master Xu, there are still two days left before you should be on your way. Mistakes are always mistakes. If you make a mistake, you must accept the punishment."

Xu Qing, who came out of the state prison, took a deep breath, damn it, he was almost brainwashed by this old boy!

Xu Qing has reservations about whether the people in the court are all corrupt officials as Xu Sima said.

But one thing is certain, the officials in the Great Chu court must be fooling each other! Brainwashing professionals! Talking little expert!

The same is true of the virtuous king, and the same is true of the Yongzhou Secretary... the former Yongzhou Sima!

But fortunately, I have also been influenced by the advanced thinking that is two thousand years ahead of them, otherwise I could really be entangled by them.

Stay away from them in the future!

However, it really surprised me, my cheap father-in-law is really as good as Xu Jian said? A clear current in the officialdom of the Great Chu? Then you have to take good care of it, there are not many good people like father-in-law in Dachu officialdom...

Yongan County Government

The County Magistrate Su, who sneezed, rubbed his nose and murmured, "Who is scolding me behind my back?"

When Xu Qing walked to Qingxue's study, he found two servants hanging red lanterns at the entrance of Qingxue's study, and Xiao Ruxue was still directing.

...

Xu Qing wondered, "Why did you hang up the lantern?"

Xiao Ruxue took it for granted, "Because it's almost the Chinese New Year! With lanterns, it won't be dark at night!"