Zhang Cheng is a side descendant of the Zhang family, and his grandfather was a very famous fortune teller, who is said to have been proficient in numerology all his life. When the daughter-in-law was about to give birth, she sat outside the daughter-in-law's bedroom and counted it, and the daughter-in-law yelled in the room that it hurt, it hurts.

The midwife cried out, "It's almost birth, it's just now." ”

"Wait!" The grandfather combined the hour with the year, month and day, jumped up and shouted: "This hour has broken the barrier, and the child will not be able to raise it." Daughter-in-law, you have to support it, stay up for a while, and in the next hour, my grandson will be the life of Dafu Dashou. ”

When the daughter-in-law heard this, she hurriedly clamped her legs tightly, desperately trying to persevere. Who thought that the child's head had already left the birth gate, but he was cut off by the biological mother.

After this incident, the grandfather completely abandoned the way of fortune-telling and let his son practice martial arts, Zhang Cheng also lost his uncle, his father was very unlucky, and King Yan died in the first battle in Beiping, without any credit.

Zhang Cheng is very ambitious, maybe he can't wipe off his face, he doesn't want to be favored by his family when he grows up, and because of his father, he became a servant of Shuntian Mansion. At that time, General Zhang Yu was not happy, saying that if you follow your cousin as a personal soldier, you will be able to become an officer in a few years, and it is not impossible to even be knighted as a general in the future.

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly: "Uncle, my brother is a good prostitute and can't gamble, and I don't like it all day long, once I have a good one, what can I do at home?" I heard that money comes quickly in the yamen, so I can earn some money so that I can marry a daughter-in-law and buy a house and move out. If I meet a poor person, I will make it easier for me to accumulate yin virtue and half cultivate my body, which is better than killing people on the battlefield. ”

Zhang Yu saw that he didn't listen to persuasion, so he agreed. Zhang Cheng entered the Shuntian Mansion and worked in the torture hall, and as soon as he came, he caught up with Lord Yin of the Mansion to draw lots to scold the prisoner. Zhang Cheng, who was in charge of the execution, was a kind-hearted person, where could he kill him? With a bitter face, he took the big board, gritted his teeth, and hit the prisoner as if he were himself.

The prisoner lying on the ground said, "Oops! "Scream. He also screamed "oops".

After the fifth hit, Zhang Cheng had already burst into tears for the prisoner, and scolded himself in his heart for being too heavy, for fear of hurting Yin De, it seems that the genetics of the fortune telling family are still there.

With such an uncompetitive subordinate, Lord Fu Yin was laughed at angrily, and the official of the torture hall was furious and scolded: "You kid must have obtained the prisoner's cane money in advance, and deliberately pretended, should you be the board of the Shuntianfu lobby of the school?" ”

As a result, the prisoner only hit ten boards. He fell to twenty boards. After this time, whenever it was his turn to work with a cane, although he didn't dare to start too lightly, he didn't dare to be too heavy, his strength was very measured, and after a long time, the prisoners said that he was good, so he gave him the nickname of a criminal servant.

Everyone knew that he had a good heart, and the families of the prisoners often came to plead bitterly. didn't give gifts, so Zhang Chengdu took care of it. But once he was found out by his boss, he was beaten up, and he finally didn't take bribes. It was purely out of kindness, and over time, Lord Yin of the Mansion didn't embarrass him much.

Some of his peers laughed at his ignorance, and some persuaded him, laughing at him and saying, "You want to enter the yamen." Eat a bowl of heart-washing soup first, wash away your conscience before entering; I also want to burn a paper to tell heaven and say goodbye to justice. And then eat this line of food. You say that it is convenient for you to move at every turn, the word 'convenient' is another name for the thatched house, people have cleaned it, but you are stinking, you have to think about it. If you have the measure of the pit, just do it conveniently, or you will be ruthless. ”

Zhang Cheng listened, lowered his head and did not speak. The person who persuaded him said: "Don't be a bad person all day long, and spend a few dollars to buy a ticket to go out for a walk, which naturally has benefits; Otherwise, just stupid and waiting, what good errand will get you? This is the rule in the yamen, if you don't go for small money, you won't get big money. ”

Zhang Cheng blushed and said ruthlessly: "I know, but spending money on an errand, taking the prisoner, and asking for money ruthlessly, if you cheat out the benefits, if you can't cheat it, or force people to die, not only will it damage Yin morality, but you will also have to go to prison, so what should I do?" ”

The colleague said speechlessly: "You have made a roundabout." The people in our yamen will seek profit, and they must not go too far in everything. If you want to ask for money ten times or twenty times, you will get into trouble. Why don't you just ask for one or two times each time, this is a half-buy, half-give business, and the prisoner is too late to thank you, what will be the accident? ”

Zhang Cheng suddenly realized, and then said in embarrassment: "That's the truth, but Shuntianfu is not as good as the local government and county yamen, there are no cheap tickets, and dozens of taels of silver at every turn, I can't even eat now, how can I have so much money?" ”

"Then make an appointment with a few friends, everyone get together, as long as the above is willing to invoice, you don't have to worry about earning it back, and catch up with a rich owner, which can be called a million profits." They pointed out a clear way.

Zhang Cheng suddenly woke up like drunk, and then he knew how to make money, thinking that the yamen has been this habit of asking for money since ancient times, and it has been banned repeatedly, and it will never be banned.

In this way, he found a few friends, and the big guy scraped together the capital, and heard that the criminal department had a life lawsuit, and the suspect was Lin Jiansheng of Guozijian, and his family took advantage of the thousands of dollars and spent money lavishly on weekdays, so there were many people who sought this errand.

"First strike!" Zhang Cheng was not honest anymore, so he took the lead in doing a heavy gift, and with the status of the Zhang family, he opened up the joints and got the tacit approval of his boss.

The next day in the signing room, I first paid 20 taels of silver, wrote 20 taels of arrears, signed out, received the detention card, and found a deputy to carry the iron rope and swayed out.

Unfortunately, Na Lin Supervisor had a premonition that something was going to happen, so he went to Zhejiang to seek the same clan as an official, and he was not at home. His father was a well-educated man, he had repaired the Hongxi ceremony, his son spent money generously, and he himself was very stingy, so he sealed the errand fee of two taels and begged Zhang Cheng to be accommodating.

Zhang Chai saw that he was a virtuous and respected elder, he was embarrassed to turn his face and ask for more money, and it was not good to lock up people to see officials, so he had to delay for a few days and wait for his generous son to come home.

The problem is that the chief of the criminal department is a greedy man, how can he let go of the huge rich who is suspected of murder? Sitting in the hall asked, "Have you ever gotten it?" ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly returned from work: "Your Excellency, Lin Jiansheng has gone to Zhejiang, and I beg my lord to give me a few days, and my subordinates will definitely bring people back." ”

The torture hall was furious and scolded: "It is clear that you have gained the benefit of indulging the criminals. If someone comes, choose the number one bamboo board, beat him for forty, and the deadline is three days, and if the person does not come back, he will be dealt with with the co-defendant. ”

Don't look at Zhang Cheng as a child of the Zhang family, people who are serious about the imperial examination are really not afraid, especially in the Qingming Dynasty, even Xu Hao does not dare to vent his anger at the officials.

The hand-doing officials are also ruthless, who let him rob the fat difference? Zhang Cheng, who was unflattering at both ends, was beaten hard, and his buttocks bloomed. At this time, Zhang Cheng didn't dare to get money, so he just wanted to get rid of his involvement earlier, and Lin Jiansheng didn't come back, he couldn't stand the beating anymore, and complained: "The little one can't do anything, please ask the adult to send a good one to get it." ”

Who knew that Zhang Cheng Jinkou Yuyan, he was also beaten three times in a row, which shows that Shuntianfu attaches great importance to this case, Lin Jiansheng didn't dare not come back, and if he didn't come back, he would go to the sea to catch the official document, so the officials who did the errand were very lucky, without spending a dime, without being frightened at all, easily earned a sum of silver,

However, Zhang Cheng was injured and owed a lot of debt, and he no longer dared to buy tickets. And the people in the yamen are as superstitious as his ancestors, and they recognize Zhang Cheng as a broom star, and they don't take him with him on any good errands, so they can't even eat soup.

After three years of mixing in the yamen, I saw how many people started from scratch and bought a house and married a wife in a blink of an eye, but he was still poor and didn't even have a daughter-in-law.

Xu Hao was ordered to come over to visit, and after hearing Zhang Cheng's incessant complaints, he sneered: "That torture hall is really calculating, then you made a raft and scared the prisoner back from Lin." It's really a dog can't change eating, I cleaned Shuntianfu back then, it's only been a few years, and the old ways have reverted. ”

Zhang Cheng couldn't raise his head in shame, to put it bluntly, he was timid and didn't have the ability to do it, otherwise, he would have been in the same stream a long time ago.

Xu Hao put down ten taels of silver and said, "Anyway, if you don't like it, it doesn't matter if you offend people." Listen to me about this, continue to practice in the yamen, record everything you see and hear, and when the time comes, we will work together with the outside world, and then you will be promoted by merit. ”

Seeing his embarrassment, Xu Hao smiled and said: "This is not a villain's act, but doing things impartially with conscience, what is there to be embarrassed about?" Again, your colleagues are right, sometimes you have to be ruthless in officialdom, this matter can be described as killing two birds with one stone, why not do it? Do you want to live in a nest for the rest of your life? ”

"That's it, I'll listen to the third master." In the end, Zhang Cheng is not a strong-willed person, and he is easily shaken.

Xu Hao said goodbye and left, and was about to go to Xu Cang's house, but when he saw Xu Rong rushing over when he heard the news, he took him to a restaurant and said: "I heard what the third uncle said, I came to you to talk about this, do you know that the eighth uncle Xu is stirring up inside?" ”

"Eighth uncle?" Xu Hao frowned, Uncle Xu didn't care for the time being, his son Xu Yongna was the first Lai Han of the Xu family, a famous second-rate son, his father and son must have no good things, no wonder his father instructed him.

Xu Rong said: "The eighth uncle and Xu Cang's family belong to one branch, and when I saw that the seventh uncle was seriously ill last year, I also came to the house every day to help take care of it. Now that Xu Cang is young, his younger siblings are cowardly and careless, so he will start as a family and act autocraticly. ”

Xu Hao asked, "Doesn't Xu Cang's mother have a maiden family?" Even if I'm embarrassed to come home to sue my mother, my mother's family will never stand idly by, right? ”

Xu Rong smiled more and more bitterly, and said: "That is an old husband and young wife, Xu Cang is not her biological child, and she has parents who are greedy for money and are blind, and seeing that the eighth uncle is in charge of everything, he knows that he is a person who has nothing to do, so he thought about making the first move, saying that your daughter is young and young, and you have not given birth to a son, what are you guarding him?" It's better to remarry as soon as possible. (To be continued......)