Chapter 77
The night became deeper without realizing it, and the public officials in the yamen lit the lights in the pavilion. The rain still did not stop, and it was drizzling all the time, accompanied by the dim lights that revealed a unique coldness in the rainy night.
Zhang Dayou asked the miscellaneous officials to add new charcoal to the charcoal basin, and heated up the cold wine. He raised his glass to Wang Yan, who had been in a state of dismay, and said, "Previous envoy Wang, drink a glass of wine to warm your body."
Wang Yan mechanically raised the wine glass and drank the wine with Xu Ping and Zhang Dayou. When he put the wine glass on the table, he did not put it firmly. With his sleeves, the wine glass rolled on the table.
This incident finally brought Wang Yan's spirit back to the real world. Almost subconsciously, he hurriedly reached out to pick up the cup that was about to fall from the table.
But Xu Ping, who was sitting on the side, was quick and quick. He reached out and grabbed the cup firmly in his hand.
Wang Yan turned his head and watched Xu Ping slowly put the cup in his hand on the table. He suddenly said to Zhang Dayou loudly: "Zhang County Magistrate, when did Xu Waijian come back? How can you not tell me what to do?!"
After hearing this, Zhang Da was confused and said to Wang Yan: "How did Deputy Envoy Wang say this? Isn't it because Xu Waijian came back that you asked you to be a companion to welcome the military and dust for Waijian?"
"Where is it? Why don't I remember it at all?! County Magistrate Zhang, don't tell lies in front of me!"
Seeing that Wang Yan was full of hair and hair, he looked furious, Xu Ping couldn't see it and said to him: "Deputy Envoy Wang, you just felt like you lost your soul, and you didn't know where you were going. How could you remember it?"
After hearing this, Wang Yan turned to Xu Ping and sneered: "Xu Wai-chi, what are you talking about? I am in good spirits and I will never be able to figure out this little thing! - I feel like a mirror in my heart!"
Seeing that there were already a lot of red silk in Wang Yan's eyes, it gave people a very bad feeling. Xu Ping didn't want to talk nonsense to him, shook his head and said coldly: "Since you understand so well, why did you come to this pavilion and when did you come?"
"Hmph, huh, of course, Zhang Dayou discussed with you how to use the murder of the country woman to arrange me! You two are Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng. They have known each other for many years. Do you think I don't know? You have been against me since you left the capital and were in Bajiao Town. Now that you have this opportunity, you colluded with Zhang Dayou to frame me!"
Xu Ping looked at Wang Yan in surprise, never expecting that he would say such words. He thought about this kind of thing in his mind, but he had violated a taboo when he said it, and he clearly regarded Xu Ping as his enemy. Moreover, it was a very unkind approach to implicating the innocent Zhang Dayou in the officialdom. Zhang Dayou, a county magistrate, could he withstand the involvement of two deputy envoys of the Three Divisions?
In the same year, Xu Ping and Zhang Dayou cooperated with each other, but they were tacit, and the word "collusion" was not in line with. Wang Yan couldn't take any attention from this matter.
Before Xu Ping could speak, Zhang Dayou said, "Deputy Envoy Wang, since you arrived in Sishui County, I have been treating you with courtesy. I have been to your residence sooner or later. I dare not be negligent, but I don't want you to say such things now! You are the Deputy Envoy of the Third Division, and you have the responsibility of inspecting the local area when you go on a patrol. Since that's the case, then write to the Transfer Envoy and the Censorate. The right and wrong of the matter will be black and white, and the world will be decided! I, Zhang Dayou, have a clear conscience, but I can't stand the arrangement of Deputy Envoy Wang!"
Wang Yan sneered repeatedly: "You are so attentive to me, how can you know that you are not obedient on the surface and have other thoughts in your heart? My Wang Yan is not good for the past years. If you have a handle in your hands today, you will naturally leave it to fate. But if you want to despise me, you are not qualified enough! Let's go and see, what will happen in the future may not be enough to fulfill your thoughts!"
Xu Ping couldn't bear it and said to Wang Yan in a deep voice: "You don't know how to wake up and get involved in a lawsuit for human life. You can only be considered unlucky! When you arrive in this field, you don't reflect deeply, but you blame others here, blame this and that, why don't you blame yourself? As the deputy envoy of the Three Divisions, you say these words to a county magistrate, Wang Yan, do you still know shame? If you have a prestigious official position and a late success, you are wrong, you are wrong. How can you turn to blame the magistrate Zhang?"
"I don't know how to wake up? Haha, ha, it's fine if others say this. Where is Xu Ping's qualification to say this?" Wang Yan looked a little crazy. "I sat in the temple at noon that day. What do those servants do to do with me? Besides, the local area is hard, what is the big deal for them to get two chickens? I haven't sent people around me to force the livestock to buy livestock on the ground. Don't forget the chaos caused by sending the Xiang army to buy pigs in Heyin County! Talking about a thousand and ten thousand is just because I am unfavorable in the passing year and I am extremely unlucky! Xu Ping, let me see when you will be proud of you?"
Xu Ping shook his head and sighed: "What am I proud of? I am the chief envoy of this trip, and the deputy envoy has done such a shameful thing. What am I proud of? You are also a minister in the court, why are you so ignorant of the matter? A villain's heart determines a gentleman's abdomen!"
Wang Yan just sneered repeatedly, with red silk in his eyes, and looked a little scary.
Zhang Dayou saw something wrong, stood up, and whispered to Xu Ping: "Wait for control, I see that Deputy Envoy Wang looks a little wrong. Could it be that he was stimulated by recent events and was crazy about gaining or losing his heart?"
Xu Ping naturally knew that it had nothing to do with the loss of mind, but Wang Yan had probably had mental collapse because of too much mental pressure recently. Listening to what he said just now, I was afraid that he would be unscrupulous this night and had no idea what was going on around him, and was immersed in his own world. What he was thinking just now was afraid of was how Xu Ping and Zhang Dayou conspired to murder him, and what he was afraid of was what he was afraid of. The small accident that dropped the cup suddenly pulled his consciousness back to reality, and inexplicably confused what he thought in his heart with what happened in reality, which was so abnormal.
Even though he knew, Xu Ping had no need to accommodate him. Once he felt soft and relaxed, he would not know what was coming from outside. After all, Xu Ping was not familiar with Wang Yan. He was neither his elders needed to care for him, nor his younger generations needed to respect and protect him. There was something wronged that it was unreasonable to suffer his grievances at this time.
When Wang Yan saw Zhang Dayou whispering in Xu Ping's ear, he suddenly became nervous again and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Look at you, what I said just now! You two colluded and harmed me with such a small thing! Now in front of me, we are still discussing some conspiracies. Humph, you guys are waiting!"
Xu Ping patted Zhang Dayou's shoulder and said to him: "To prevent accidents, please send someone out to find a doctor. If Deputy Envoy Wang accidentally gets angry here, we really can't explain clearly."
Zhang Da nodded and turned around and ordered the officials to find the best Zhu in the county.
Wang Yan on the other side of the table suddenly jumped up: "Okay, you, right in front of me, want to seek my life! Where is the laws of the heaven and the country?! You must be retribution for doing these things! Xu Ping, if I don't die today, I will definitely go back to the court to report the matter that you are in Heyin County and cannot be judged! Let's take a look! Let's see if anyone else can help you!"
Xu Ping said coldly: "You know that the passing years are not good, and you think you are unlucky. Is it difficult? It's really embarrassing to have a lot of thoughts and talk nonsense there! How could I partner with someone like you!"
Chapter completed!