Zixu Changqing

Chapter 10 Antecedents

Hearing Ji Zi's shout, Meng Ze's face changed drastically. Wu Zixu stepped forward and lifted the curtain, and saw Ji Zi striding over, followed by five or six followers.

Wu Zixu looked at Sun Changqing, and the two finally spoke, "Wu Yuan (Sun Wu) has met Ji Zi."

Ji Zha was keenly aware of the weird atmosphere, wondering what the two of them were doing, and asked directly, "What are you doing?"

Sun Changqing said with a sneer, "Ji Zi, this kid got hurt accidentally, Wu Zixu rubbed some medicine on him."

Jizha looked at the blue finger marks on the child's neck. The child was also very strange, staring at him closely with a strong expression, and turned his head to the side suddenly.

Ji Zha suspected that the child had been abused.

Ji Zi: "How did you get hurt?"

Sun Changqing couldn't answer: "I can't explain this at the moment."

Ji Zi: "In that case, then give him to me, and I will ask slowly."

What he said was not a question but an order. On the three-acre land in Yanling, Ji Zha has always been one-sided. He doesn't need to ask anyone's opinion. I'll take you home and give you some medicine."

Meng Ze said hello, and walked quickly behind Ji Zi.

Sun Changqing saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so he could only finally say: "Ji Zi, the two of us will not bully a child for no reason. This child is weird. You should have a good look at it when the time comes."

Ji Zha said lightly, "Of course I will."

When Ji Zha led Meng Ze away, Sun Changqing asked Wu Zixu, "Why didn't you explain to Ji Zi just now?"

Wu Zixu said: "Ji Zi preconceived, and already determined that Meng Ze is innocent, and we haven't got any evidence, and it's useless to explain, the more the description gets darker."

Sun Changqing thought: "That's right, it's just a child, I think it's not a small thing for him to spend the holidays with Ji Zi, so it's okay to let him go with Ji Zi like this?"

Wu Zixu: "There must be a problem."

Sun Changqing: "Ah?!"

Wu Zixu: "Because the child is young, expose it early and solve it early."

Sun Changqing: "..."

Wu Zixu ignored him, and took a wooden barrel to fetch water from the river. Fewer and fewer people came to the porridge shed to receive porridge. The aftermath of the rainstorm was ending, and he should leave in two or three days. up.

Sun Changqing looked at the river, the ripples on the river flowed eastward, a circle of ripples appeared in several places, and spread to the surroundings. A yellow willow leaf in front of him flowed down the river, swirled in the water, and then went away along the river. .

He didn't care about Meng Ze and Ji Zha, but he cared about Sun Changqing.A new situation is being created in Wu State. Now that all wastes are being destroyed, it is the time when a large number of talents are urgently needed. Sun Changqing is a good young man with solid military skills and good moral education. Moreover, he is not from Wu and has no background in Wu State. Standing up without being overwhelmed is naturally the best alliance with oneself.

After all, he is not a native of Wu.

Today's Sun Changqing is still a little young, and this piece of raw jade has not been fully polished, but the military talent he has shown is already amazing enough. If he can ponder on the battlefield for a few more years in the future, he will probably be pleasantly surprised.

It's just that Sun Changqing himself doesn't seem to have any intention of competing. As a nobleman of the Qi State, even if he is the most ordinary warrior sitting here with Ji Zi, he still looks like he's passing by.Wu Zixu tried to test him with words, but Sun Changqing blocked him.

Wu Zixu spread his palms to catch the sunlight in front of him, the sunlight was like petals in his palm.If you want to use a person, you are not afraid that he is too ambitious, but you are afraid that he is not ambitious. If you think that fame and fortune are not important, and goshawks and mayflies are the same, then you will become a hedgehog and it will be difficult to start.

However, it is difficult to start, which does not mean that it is impossible to start, but it requires more thought compared to comparison.

Such a talented and beautiful jade, since you have encountered it, there is absolutely no reason to let it go, no matter how much effort you put in, it is worth it.

Wu Zixu smiled slightly and folded his palms together.

Sun Changqing, since you have such a talent, don't blame others for wanting to use it.

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Ji Zha led Meng Ze back to the mansion, ordered his servants to bring ointment, and asked Meng Ze himself.

However, no matter how he asked, Meng Ze said that the injury on his body was accidentally touched by him, and the two uncles were good people, and the injury had nothing to do with them.

Ji Zha had no choice but to apply the medicine to Meng Ze when the ointment came, and saw that his ankle was injured from picking lotus pods before, so he bent down and applied the medicine to him.

Meng Ze looked at Ji Zi, a stern light flashed in his eyes.

He finally waited for this opportunity——

So he drew his sword and stabbed, simply and neatly!

In the past [-] years, Ji Zha has never encountered such a thing as an assassination, and he never thought that someone would assassinate him. He was defenseless against this child. He didn't react until he was stabbed, and straightened his waist Pushing Meng Ze away, he shouted: "Come here—!"

The steward was about to deliver documents to Ji Zi, just as he walked outside the hall, when he heard Ji Zi calling for help, he rushed up.

In the hall, Jizha fled staggeringly towards the door. Meng Ze came after him and stabbed him several times with a short sword. Jizha couldn't help dodging.The steward rushed over, grabbed the boy's wrist with his left hand and twisted it downwards, and protected Ji Zha behind him with his right hand. Meng Ze stabbed at him with the dagger in his other hand. The steward kicked Meng Ze's lower abdomen. Meng Ze screamed in pain and was kicked. The ground flew up and hit the ground.

The dagger fell to the ground with a bang, and Meng Ze curled up in the corner covering his stomach.

The steward looked at Ji Zha, saw that his face was pale, and his body was stained with a lot of blood, so he hurriedly covered Ji Zha's wound with the skirt of his clothes, trying to slow down the bleeding, and shouted at the servants who rushed over: "Hurry up and get rid of the blood in the mansion!" Call the doctor!"

The servant panicked: "All the doctors in the mansion have been sent out..."

The steward wished he could chop it up with a knife: "Idiot! Then go look for it on the street!"

"Yes." The servant hurried to go, and the steward added, "Go to Xitang Street to find that female medical worker, she is very close!"

Several servants trotted away.

Qingling, a female medical worker, hurried back, and was relieved on the spot after seeing Ji Zha's injury: "It's okay, don't be so nervous."

She is not very old, but she is used to seeing life and death. She neatly bandaged Ji Zha's wound, and commented: "The stabbing was not deep, and it didn't hurt the vitals, but Ji Zi is old, and this time he lost his vitality. Cultivate well."

The steward: "Medical worker Qing, please prescribe some medicine for general care."

Qingling nodded: "OK."

While Qingling was writing the prescription, the sound of punching and kicking could be heard outside, Qingling stopped writing, and heard Ji Zha weakly say: "Congmu, bring that child in."

Congmu brought Meng Ze in. Meng Ze was beaten so badly that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He pushed Congmu and scolded, "Who sent you here?"

Meng Ze sneered, with a mocking face, and said nothing.

Congmu wanted to hit him again, Ji Zi was furious: "There's no need to hit him, no one sent him."

Cong Mu withdrew his hand, thinking it was right, this kid is too weak in combat, who would send him here?

Ji Zha's eyes fell firmly on Meng Ze, both sad and angry, insisting: "You...you tell me clearly, what enmity do I have with you!"

Meng Ze stared back, his eyes were red, and he was about to rush over, but Cong Mu easily stopped him: "What kind of hatred?! My parents are both resentful and dead at your hands, so you still have to ask me what kind of hatred I have?"

Meng Ze's body trembled and he broke down in tears: "Did you forget the family that brewed wine three years ago! Jizha, pay back my family's life!"

The one that makes the wine?Like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, the thunder exploded, and Jizha collapsed on the couch in a trance.

"It is you……"

Three years ago, Ji Zha felt guilty because of a case.

The reason is that someone came to report that there was a family selling wine brewed from grain privately, and the scale was quite large.

Compared with flower wine and fruit wine, Ji Zha has always imposed heavy penalties on the use of grain to make wine. Because there is not enough food, the people have not yet had enough to eat. If the wine making atmosphere is together, a lot of food will be wasted. , today people have to be on guard.

So Ji Zha, in a rage, sent troops to arrest the criminals, confiscated all the drinking utensils, and according to the Yanling decree, deposed the leader for fifty battles, and the rest waited for thirty.

Everything is done according to the law.But two months later, officials from the Tsk Pavilion came to report, saying that the public had a lot of discussion and thought that this was not handled properly.Only then did Ji Zha realize that there was something else hidden about this matter.

It turned out that the woman in that family was seriously ill and was in urgent need of money to buy medicine.Desperate, the man thought that his family's food and wine production was very good, so he took the risk and made money to raise medical expenses.Unexpectedly, someone was jealous and secretly reported to Ji Zi.Therefore, the people generally believed that Ji Zha's judgment was unfair.Many people also took the opportunity to make noise: Many fiefdoms can't stop selling alcohol, so why did Ji Zha ban it!

Ji Zha has always attached importance to public opinion, so he ordered to investigate the matter again after returning to the mansion.

This check is tricky.

Check the woman's illnesses, how much the medicine cost, and check the man's alcohol sales, it is clear that a ten-day sale of alcohol is enough, but when Ji Zha checked, it was clear that a full month had been sold-- — That's enough, the man is not completely innocent.

Ji Zha breathed a sigh of relief, he was not greedy enough, and he deserved the punishment.

Therefore, Ji Zha informed the people and told the details in detail, saying that there is nothing wrong with the case, and anyone who provokes the people will not be forgiven.

He was known for his prestige, but once the notice came out, the wind changed completely.

Three months later, Ji Zha was sitting idle in a teahouse, and overheard someone discussing it. Someone said, "That woman is also kind and righteous." Someone said, "Greed is not enough, they deserve what they deserve." Noisily said a lot Only then did Ji Zha know that the couple committed suicide!

How can this be so?

Ji Zha ordered a detailed investigation again, and this time the matter finally surfaced completely.

The woman was already weak, she was sick and injured her roots, so she had to take some supplements to nourish her.

The husband and wife had a very good relationship, and the man wanted to sell wine for a few more days because he was lucky or greedy.

Afterwards, the man himself was dismissed, and he was already shameless, but Jizha's announcement unintentionally pushed him to the forefront. When neighbors met, there were often cold words. He was an ordinary beater. The fisherman thought he was upright and didn't want to fall into such a situation. He couldn't bear the humiliation, so he committed suicide one night.

After that, the woman looked at the man's body and felt that she had dragged her husband down.In a moment of unbearable grief, he committed suicide.

The couple also had a child who disappeared overnight.

Two people were killed for no reason, and a family was destroyed. Ji Zha followed the law, but in the end his conscience was troubled. Was he really right in this case?