Chapter 3 Conscience will hurt(1/2)
"Here we go again, I'll take care of it, why don't I take care of it?" Han Qing covered her chest with her hands and stooped, muttering to herself in a voice that only she could hear.
The pain in his heart was relieved quickly. However, he did not dare to take his hand away from his chest immediately. He wanted to cry but had no tears.
There is really no free lunch in this world! Even if the soul travels through time, it is the same.
He took over the body of Han Qing from the Song Dynasty and returned to the age of eighteen. He also received a set of superb marksmanship for free, but he had to pay a corresponding price.
And the price is that your conscience will hurt!
I don't know whether it's because the fit between his soul and his new body is not perfect, or because Han, an angry young man from the Song Dynasty, has a hot blood in his heart. In the past three months, every time his 21st century old-fashioned thinking comes into contact with
If there is a serious conflict between the ideas held by the angry young man Han of the Song Dynasty, his heart will hurt as if someone has pinched it with his hands.
The level of heartache like today can only be considered average.
A few days ago, when his brothers were patrolling, they discovered a batch of smuggled brick tea. He wanted to accept a bribe and release it directly, but he was so painful that he died.
There was no quick-acting heart-saving pill, and he couldn't figure out whether his heartache was due to psychological factors or whether it was really the ghost of an angry young man from the Song Dynasty who was causing trouble. Han Qing had no choice but to save his life first.
A man can bend and stretch.
Since you have taken over someone else's body, it is not shameful to occasionally fulfill the wishes of the original owner of the body!
That time, in order to avoid severe heart pain, Han Qing had to refuse the bribe. He led his brothers to detain the brick tea and its owner and sent them to the inspection envoy's Yamen in Fucheng.
Although a few days later, the owner of Brick Tea was released by the Fucheng Inspection Envoy Yamen and obtained an official customs clearance certificate. However, after the news reached Jinniu Village, Han Qing only felt a slight pain in his chest.
It was boring, but no more pain.
"Oh no, the inspection went awry again!"
"Hurry up and give the inspection a good beating!"
"Check, are you feeling better? Are you feeling better?"
"Oh, I said the water was too cold. It's only April, and the northwest is not as good as Bianliang! But the old man who inspected me just didn't listen, he just didn't listen!"
Exclamations and condolences, accompanied by the movements of beating the chest and back, came one after another. Han Qing had to put down the hand tightly covering his chest and cheer up, "I'm fine, help me up, prepare, prepare the horse, go back to the village."
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"Inspection, are you really okay?!"
"Inspection, do you want my subordinate to help you with massage? I have learned some massage..."
"Inspection, your health is urgent. Just leave the matter of finding the cow to your subordinates!"
The four "big" archers, Zhang Fan, Yang Wei, Liu Hong, and Wang Wu, continued to surround Han Qing, asking in low voices while reluctantly looking at the drinks and food!
"Although it is just an old cow, it is the life support of the Hou Zhang family. How can I ignore this inspection just because I feel unwell?" In order to avoid further pain in conscience, Han Qing deliberately pretended to be an upright official and spoke righteously.
Said sternly.
Strangely enough, as the words fell, the feeling of heartache quickly disappeared.
"Ruth!" Han Qing secretly rolled his eyelids and showed kingly contempt for the original owner of the body who had been dead for several months. Then he waved his hand generously, "Let the brothers share the wine and meat. The heads are divided.
If you can’t finish it, you can take it home, don’t waste it!”
"Thank you for the wine, inspector!"
"Thank you for the inspection!"
"Go out on patrol and the case will be solved!"
The cheers were as loud as thunder.
The local archers helped Han Qing to mount his horse. They selected four unlucky ones with their eyes and were responsible for escorting him back to Jinniu Village. The others waited, and before the sound of horse hooves had faded away, they rushed towards the wine jar and
Dried meat, enjoy!
"It's just some cured meat and low-quality wine, what's the matter?" Using the corner of his eye, he saw the behavior of his brothers, and the corners of Han Qing's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
Jinniuzhai has good mountains, water and good income, but the food is too poor.
Not only is it incomparable to the 21st century, it is also seven or eight grades behind the Bianliang in the memory of the original owner of the body.
The original owner of the body, before being kicked to Jinniu Village, was a proper hero, and after that, he was naturally well-dressed and well-fed.
Sheep with milk, rabbit with green onion, hand-washed crab, drunken shrimp stuffed with orange, three-crispy quail, hundred flavor soup, etc. are all common dishes at home. If you want to eat, just send a servant to pass the word, and the restaurant will prepare it and deliver it to your house.
Above. (Note: The above are Bianliang delicacies in historical books.)
After eating and drinking, there are also good places such as Sui Di, Liang Garden, Zhouqiao, and Glazed Pagoda, where you can take a walk and eat. Even Fan Lou, the original owner of the body who "collected all the most beautiful things in the world", once visited with his friends
We have visited several times without hesitation.
Although it hinders the scholar's face, he only drinks, listens to music, writes lyrics and interacts with the singer every time, but the scene is also very charming. When private detective Han Qing occasionally reads it in his memory, his eyes shine with envy!
"No, when I make enough money, I must go to Bianliang!" Han Qing looked up at the surrounding lush mountains and empty wilderness, and secretly set a small goal for himself in his heart.
It is now the fifth year of Xianping, that is, 1002 AD, and there are still more than 120 years before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Private detective Han Qing was not an ambitious person to begin with. During his lifetime, the Song Dynasty did not need him to resist the Jurchens and avoid the humiliation of Jingkang.
Therefore, in Han Qing's opinion, enjoying life happily, enjoying delicious food, beautiful scenery and beautiful women is the top priority of his time traveling.
As for other minor matters, Lu Mengzheng, Kou Zhun, and Fan Zhongyan will naturally take care of them. I don’t have to waste my energy! Although I come from the 21st century, my political level may not be as good as these famous ministers and ministers in Qing history.
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Jinniuzhai is not far from Yanshui River.
While trusting the horse and thinking about what was on his mind, Han Qing, surrounded by four village warriors, returned to the main hall of the Jinniuzhai Inspection Station where he handles daily official duties in almost the blink of an eye.
Although it is not as tall and grand as the county government office in Ding'an County, the government office of the Jinniuzhai Inspection Office is still one of the best "luxury buildings" within a hundred miles.
There are five entrances to the front and back of the house, and the left and right courtyards each occupy two acres. The open space at the entrance of the main hall is also thirty meters wide and sixty meters long.
The open space is paved with flat and smooth bluestone slabs quarried from nearby mountains. On the left and right sides, there are two rows of blue stone pillars for people who come to do business to tie their horses.
Facing the main door of the inspection station, there is a screen wall seven or eight meters wide, made of adobe bricks, with waterproof white plaster on the surface, and a wooden sloping roof covering the upper part.
Whenever the government has important events that need to be notified, or the court has important events that need to be announced to the world, the screen wall can be used as a bulletin board.
In ordinary times, the screen wall is used to separate the government office area and the private trade area to prevent people from intruding or parking carriages and donkey carts transporting goods.
Today is the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which happens to be the customary day to go to the market. Therefore, on both sides of the street south of Zhaobi, various stalls and trucks were lined up for more than a hundred meters.
People of all kinds, buying and selling goods, selling labor and hiring day laborers, crowded in front of the stalls, and the sound of bargaining was like boiling hot water.
But more people were not thinking about doing business. Instead, they bypassed the screen wall and gathered at the entrance of the main hall of the inspection station, eagerly looking forward to the "good show" that was about to begin.
There is a serious lack of entertainment activities in the remote areas of the frontier. The spring planting has ended and everyone has plenty of time.
For locals, it is a rare pastime to watch how the new patrolmen solve the case.
Its appeal is far more than that of rough guys fighting, or going home to create the next generation.
"The inspection is back, the inspection is back!"
"After all, he grew up in Bianliang City, and he looks so handsome!"
"He's from Bianliang. He's from the Han family in the northwest. He's an authentic northwest man..."
Bored men are not the only ones who are extremely enthusiastic about watching the excitement.
The folk customs of the frontier fortress are fierce and fierce, and the women are as good as the men. While going to the market, they found that they could admire the heroic appearance of the patrolmen at a close distance, and they also came towards the entrance of the main hall.
There is a saying that rare things are valuable.
I am used to seeing the boys from my hometown with rough skin and beards, and now I look at Han Qing, who has the same bronze skin but is as smooth as silk, and I find it eye-catching no matter what.
And the bookishness that comes out of Han Qing's bones has an indescribable attraction, which makes many married sisters-in-law and unmarried girls secretly wonder in their hearts whether their husbands and lovers should also find a few.
Reading this book can also add some different flavors to your boudoir.
If there hadn't been such a time-traveling thing, just the hot looks from the crowd would have been enough to make Han Qing, a Taipei student from Bianliang, feel like he had nowhere to put his hands and feet.
However, if it were Han Qing, a veteran private detective of the 21st century, the power of this gaze would not be worth mentioning.
Therefore, facing the comments of the villagers, Han Qing did not feel nervous at all. He jumped off his mount gracefully, assumed what he thought was the coolest posture, threw the reins to the village hero beside him, and then quickly walked up the steps.
Go through the main entrance, walk behind the desk, grab the ruler, tap the desk, "Bang!"
"The patrol officer has gone to the hall to handle official business, and everyone else is waiting to get out of the way!" Immediately, a servant on duty shouted an order at the top of his voice.
Although it is not as majestic as the county magistrate ascending to the court in the TV series, it still makes everyone everywhere feel silent for an instant.
Unlike the people in cities in the 21st century who are accustomed to seeking courts to resolve various conflicts, in the Song Dynasty, people who are willing to litigate are actually as rare as a feather.
Ordinary neighborhood disputes and property conflicts can be resolved by asking the clan leader or a highly respected elder in the village.
Only cases involving murder, or cases that are beyond the ability of the clan chiefs and elders to solve, will alert the government.
As for the case handling by the government, it will not be like in the TV series, where the county will personally take action when it comes to big things. Usually the county lieutenant, chief bookkeeper and patrol inspector can handle most cases.
Only when major cases involving murder, rebellion, disobedience and unfilial piety are involved, or when both parties to the conflict are well-known gentry in the county, do the county magistrates need to intervene.
Before the county magistrate took action, he had already had his masters and scribes sort out the case for him. He himself was usually just going through the motions.
Therefore, the only official business that Han Qing needs to deal with today is the case of Hou Zhang from Houjia Village suing Zhou Lezi for stealing cattle in Zhoujiabao.
In a moment, two village warriors brought the plaintiff to the lobby. Before Han Qing could ask, Hou Zhang had already knelt down on the ground with a "pop" and cried so hard that the earth shook.
"Please inspect the inspection to make the decision for the women. The seven or eight members of the women's family depend on an old cow for their livelihood. It is the backbone of the women's family, and it was stolen this time..."
To be continued...