My Master Snake Fairy [The Legend of the White Snake]

Chapter 9

Xu Xian was temporarily imprisoned in a relatively clean cell. His brother-in-law Li Gongfu stood outside, looked at him with a guilty expression, and assured him: "Don't worry about Han Wen, brother-in-law will definitely find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible." I'll be fair to you, but first tell your brother-in-law the truth, that money...is it really you who picked it up?"

"Yes." Up until now, Xu Xian still insisted on his statement, and his intuition told him that he didn't want to involve Bai Zhen.

Li Gongfu sighed, "Brother-in-law naturally believes that you definitely did not do this, but I don't know how the county magistrate will react." He turned around and left after a few words of consolation. He himself was more worried than Xu Xian about being promoted overnight.

Xu Xian was sitting alone in the cell. From the shock just now to now, his mind finally calmed down, and he had the strength to think about other things, such as the ins and outs of the whole thing.

Why does Bai Zhen have official money?Looking at the way he stuffed himself with money today, it doesn't seem like he knows that this is the official bank, or maybe he wants to harm himself?

However, this idea was suppressed by him as soon as it came up.

No matter what kind of person Bai Zhen is, as a poor intern doctor, he has no money and no power and is alone. What can Bai Zhen gain from him?What good would it do him to harm himself?

Besides, Bai Zhen has always been very kind to him. When he thinks of his eyes with a smile on his eyes, he doesn't want to believe that the other party is really trying to frame him.

Xu Xian's mind started to become confused again, unable to think of a reason, he simply leaned against the wall and waited quietly for the trial to begin.

the other side--

After Bai Zhen and Qing Li entered the government, they split up to find Xu Xian. The two of them cast a spell to make them invisible, so outsiders couldn't see them, so they started to move freely in the mansion to recruit people.

After eavesdropping on the conversation of the two head catchers, Bai Zhen learned that the man was locked in the prison, and before he could tell Qingli to turn his head, he went to the direction of the prison.

It didn't take long for him to find the cell, and then he knocked down the jailer who ignored the guards and went in. When he found him, Bai Zhen saw Xu Xian sitting cross-legged in the cell.

He lifted his feet and walked slowly, standing outside the iron fence and looking inside.

Naturally, Xu Xian couldn't see him. He was sitting cross-legged against the wall at the moment, his face was a little pale and haggard, and he was a little panicked, but he wasn't particularly frightened.

Bai Zhen thought about what he had just heard about the arrests, and seeing Xu Xian in prison, he felt a little complicated.

In fact, what happened this time was his own negligence, because he was too eager to repay his kindness, so he didn't notice many things, which caused Xu Xian to be arrested as a thief.However, as long as Xu Xian said that these things came from his own hands when he was arrested, he would not have any trouble at all, and the people from the government would naturally come to arrest him and Qingli. There is a way out.

But this person didn't choose the simplest method, and didn't reveal a single word about him and Qingli, but chose to carry the matter by himself.As for the dizzy county magistrate, he will definitely put all the blame for this matter on him without asking the reason.

why?

Bai Zhen stared at Xu Xian who was still in a daze inside, and kept asking questions in his heart. He could see through many selfish and hypocritical mortals, but he couldn't see through this one in front of him. A very gentle, always weak mortal.

After standing for a while, he heard the cell door being opened and someone came in.

With a gloomy face, Li Gongfu took Xu Xian to the yamen hall for trial with a few people. The county magistrate planned to close the case quickly.He thought about keeping his brother-in-law no matter what the consequences would be.

Xu Xian was led to the front hall silently, thinking about what to say later.

Seeing them leaving, Bai Zhen raised his heel and followed them.They escorted Xu Xian into the yamen hall. Because Xu Xian was a scholar with a reputation, he could stand the trial without kneeling.

The magistrate of the county seemed to be in low spirits. He was not in a good mood when he just crawled out of his concubine's bed, but he was relieved thinking that the case would be over and he would be able to explain to his superiors.

County Magistrate Zhang cleared his throat, patted the gavel and pretended to be serious, "Be quiet!"

Xu Xian complained in his heart that he was promoted to the hall in the middle of the night, and there were no melon-eaters around to watch, and no one made any movement. The county magistrate's official prestige was too great.

"Who is in the hall?"

"Grassman Xu Xian."

After going through the process, Magistrate Zhang began to hear the case.

"You said you picked up the official money on your body, where exactly did you pick it up?"

Xu Xian was a little embarrassed. He said that he picked it up by himself in order to cover up Bai Zhen's momentary emotion, but now he doesn't know how to get it back.

Just as he was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly came from his ear.

"Just say what you want, it doesn't matter."

this voice! ?

Bai Zhen?

He suddenly raised his head and looked around, but there was no shadow of Bai Zhen everywhere. Where did the voice come from?

County Magistrate Zhang patted the gavel again: "Brave prisoner! Why didn't you answer what the government said, and dared to look around and look down on the official authority! Quickly and truthfully, where did you get this official money from!"

Xu Xian calmed down, Bai Zhen's voice seemed to be in his ears, as if someone was standing beside him, and he repeated: "Inside the ruined temple in the west of the city."

"Inside the ruined temple in the west of the city." Xu Xian subconsciously followed him and opened his mouth.

"The ruined temple in the west of the city?" County magistrate Zhang stroked his beard, "In that case, Li Gongfu, take a few people and follow the prisoner to the temple in the west of the city to see if it is true."

So, in the middle of the night, a group of people went to the west of the city again.

Xu Xian was a little worried. He had never been to the ruined temple in the west of the city. What if there was nothing there?

The west of the city is not very far from here, and the group arrived after walking for more than half an hour, and there was indeed a ruined temple there.Li Gongfu walked in first, lit a torch and searched around.

"Boss! I really found it!" After a while, I heard a person shouting: "Exactly 900 taels!"

Xu Xian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Finding the rest of the official bank proved that what Xu Xian said was true. Li Gongfu took the box up with someone, and several people went back to the yamen in a mighty manner.

County magistrate Zhang fell asleep lying on the desk for a long time. Li Gongfu went up and yelled several times before waking him up.

"Brave prisoner! Take me down and escort him to Beijing tomorrow." County magistrate Zhang just woke up, and he slapped the gavel regardless of 21, as if he wanted to punish him.

"My lord, the official bank has been found." Li Gongfu said, "It's in the west temple of the city, and there are quite a lot of money."

"Look, found it?" The county magistrate was surprised, "Did you look carefully?"

"Look carefully, little one, it is indeed the lost official bank."

County Magistrate Zhang hesitated for a moment, then patted the gavel again: "Xu Xian, since you picked up the silver, why didn't you report it to the officials quickly, instead of taking it home?"

Xu Xian also calmed down now, and opened his mouth to talk nonsense: "My lord, the grass people accidentally found a box of official silver in the temple in the west of the city. Hand it over to Catcher Li for inspection. Catcher Li is the villain's brother-in-law. If he decides, he can definitely report this matter to the adults. Unexpectedly, Catcher Li came in with a few cops before Cao Min had time to tell. With this misunderstanding."

"Is this true?" County magistrate Zhang asked back.

"The sentences are true."

County magistrate Zhang showed a hesitant look on his face. In this way, he would not be able to arrest the criminal. How could he explain to his superiors? Anyway, there seemed to be no suspects. Should we hand over Xu Xian, the scapegoat?

The master looked at his face from the side, years of experience as a colleague let him know what he was thinking just by looking at the face of the magistrate.He and Li Gongfu have been friends for many years, and the two have a very good personal relationship. They have also had contact with Xu Xian, and they also appreciate that this young man who is neither arrogant nor impetuous, humble and polite is so confused.

So he took a step forward and whispered: "My lord, we have found Ku Yin, and we can already explain to the higher authorities. It doesn't matter who the prisoner is, as long as Ku Yin is still there."

"This Xu Xian is a scholar after all, and he has a reputation. If your lord makes a wrong judgment, it will be very troublesome for the higher-ups to investigate in the future."

County Magistrate Zhang was originally thinking about letting Xu Xian take the blame. After hearing a few words from Master Li, he turned his mind a few times, and then realized that what Master Li said made sense. After all, this scholar is not an ordinary troublemaker. If he is found out, his promotion will definitely be affected in the future.

Moreover, when they went to Chengxi Temple just now, a masked man in Tsing Yi told himself in his dream that Xu Xian was not a prisoner who stole money. If he framed a good person, then his head might be lost by then. Although it was impossible to take things seriously in the dream, the feeling of the gleaming sword of the man in Tsing Yi resting on his neck was very clear, which made him feel a little trembling.

After a brief thought, County Magistrate Zhang felt that the money was found anyway, so he just let this matter go by, and when asked by his superiors, he said it was a misunderstanding.

"Well, since Ku Yin has been found and Xu Xian's suspicion has been cleared, the government will no longer hold you accountable, but the next time such a thing will never happen again! Get out!"

Xu Xian breathed a sigh of relief in the hall. This was the first time he was interrogated in two lifetimes, so it was impossible not to be nervous and afraid.Fortunately, County Magistrate Zhang is a timid and incapable person, otherwise this matter would really not end well.

Li Gongfu also made a false alarm and broke out in a cold sweat. If Xu Xian was really sentenced, he would not be able to explain to his wife when he went back.

"It's okay Han Wen, let's go home, if we have something to say at home." He walked over and patted Xu Xian on the shoulder, and then took him home.

Before stepping out of the yamen hall, Xu Xian turned his head and looked around again. He was quite sure that there was no one. Haven't heard of it yet, it's too weird.

Xu Jiaorong walked around the house with no idea, she was afraid that Li Gongfu would not be able to keep her younger brother, and she was afraid that his younger brother's nonsense would delay her future, so she couldn't sit down for a moment because of her anxiety.

When it was daylight, there was finally a knock on the door at home, Xu Jiaorong immediately ran over to open the door, and sure enough, she saw two people at the door, and surrounded them with relief: "What's the matter, what did the magistrate say?"

Li Gongfu was exhausted after this night, and said impatiently: "Can you let us in first, I have brought back the Chinese language, what's the big deal? No matter how noisy your neighbors are, they will know."

Xu Jiaorong didn't quarrel with him this time, she hurriedly brought the two of them in, turned around and locked the door behind her back to enter the house.

After Xu Xian and Li Gongfu sat down, they told Xu Jiaorong the details of the matter. Xu Jiaorong was relieved to hear that all the money had been found: "Thank God, as long as there is nothing wrong with Chinese."

"Hanwen, where did you really pick up the money?" Li Gongfu thought about it and felt that something was a bit strange, so he still wanted to ask again.

Xu Xian didn't intend to tell Bai Zhen's matter now, so he nodded firmly: "It's the real brother-in-law, aren't you tired, go and rest."

Li Gongfu was not a very discerning person at first, he was always careless, after thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he simply went back to sleep.

Seeing him go, Xu Jiaorong turned to Xu Xian and said, "Chinese, this Mr. Bai..."

"Sister, can you hide this matter for me?" Xu Xian looked at his sister and said seriously.

Although Xu Jiaorong didn't understand the reason, she believed that her younger brother would not do things for no reason, so she didn't ask too much, "Well, as long as that Mr. Bai didn't intend to harm you, that's fine."

After saying a few words of advice, she went back to her room.

After Xu Xian stood in the hall for a while, he also went back to his room. He had been extremely tense from night to early morning, and was unbearably sleepy. No matter what he had to do, he had to wait until tomorrow.