Chapter 17 The Lost Case of the Prefect's Official Seal
Tianzi walked into the room and knocked around. He saw that the furnishings in the room were simple, but they were neatly tidy and clean. He sat down on Yang Tashan's bed, touched the mattress, and said, "Brother Yang, your bed is still in summer, what should I do in winter? I'm afraid I have to build a earthen kang, otherwise I would freeze to death. Qingyang is cold in winter."
Yang Tashan smiled and said, "It's still early anyway. I want to earn more money and buy a house by myself. Then I will buy it well."
"Oh, okay, a brick and tile house with a yard and a yard room in Qingyang costs about thirty taels. Adobe house is cheaper, and it's almost twenty taels, and it's not expensive. As for wooden houses, although they're cheaper, it's enough for ten taels, but I advise my brother not to buy them. The wooden houses are as hot as steamers in summer, and cold as ice holes in winter, and they're simply suffering."
When Yang Tashan heard that he was too big, he would have to spend twenty taels on adobe houses? Now he only has two taels, which is only one tenth. He earns money every day when working and earning land, which is just enough to eat and pay rent. If he wants to save enough twenty taels, he has to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month.
Of course, Tian Nizi knew about Yang Trashan's situation, sighed and said, "Brother Yang, you have worked everywhere all day long, and whether you have to run around or not. This is not a solution. You still have to find a long-term task to do it.
Yang Tashan smiled bitterly. He never wanted to find a long-term life, but where to find it.
Tian Nizi thought for a while and said, "I told you that I have a cousin who works as a worker in the Qingyang Prefectural Office. I originally wanted him to help you find an errand in the yamen, a soap clerk or a constable, especially if you have martial arts skills, it is best to be a constable. However, my sister-in-law is afraid that you will be a low-key person. So it's hard to speak..."
The land life in the yamen refers to the land, which is the three yamen runners, namely the soap class for the government office, the fast class for the arrest of the government, and the poorly engaged in the land. In a broad sense, it also includes the strong people, archers, grain subsidies, doormen, forbidden children, coroners, chefs, umbrella salons, etc. In ancient times, they were untouchable, and they were not forced by life. Generally, they would not engage in this industry easily. However, some industries such as the soap class and the fast class (catchers and Kuaishou, commonly known as the constable), because of some powers, they can engage in legal extortion, so they are not allowed to enter the land just by wanting to enter.
Of course, Yang Tashan knew that once he worked as a yamen runner, he would become a pariah. However, he was not very glorious when he was working hard and exhausted. In the past ten days, he had worked hard and worked so hard that he earned less than a hundred cents. After deducting rent and living expenses, he only had more than ten cents left. If this continues, let alone making money to buy a house, supporting his family will be a problem.
As for the untouchables who cannot take the imperial examination, I don’t have the ability to think about it. But when I saw the Skinny Monkeys coming in the past two days, they came to pay faster, and the money seemed to be rules. If I do this business, I would have hope to make money to buy a house. I said, “My sister-in-law, if there is such a way, I won’t dislike it. But I heard from the people in the yamen that I have to go through six doors and spend some money to go through the door…”
When Tian Nizi heard Yang Tashan, she stood up with joy and slapped him twice. She smiled and said, "That's to outsiders. You are my own brother. I have helped my family so much. I have been thinking about helping you with one. Since you don't dislike the yamen, that's great. Don't worry about other things, I'll help you. I'll go find my brother now and find a position of constable for you. Just wait for news about your sister-in-law!"
"Thank you, my sister-in-law!"
"You...!" Tian Nizi hit him with a round fan with love, "I'll leave first, I'll tell you when there is news!" After that, she shook the round fan and took the little maid away.
Since they had to wait for news from Tian Nizidi, Yang Tashan was too lazy to find work, for fear that they would delay their work if they could not find them.
The room was stuffy and Yang Tashan sat down on the bench at the door. Xing'er gave him a cup of tea. He took a palm fan, sat down on the side, and fanned Yang Tashan.
Yang Tashan was still hesitant to enter the Six Gates, so he asked Xing'er, "You said, can you be a constable, Master?"
Xing'er knew that once she was a pariah, it would affect her descendants' affairs. She didn't dare to affect Yang Tashan's judgment on such a big thing, but since the young master asked, he could never avoid it. While fanning the fan, he said, "No matter what the young master does, Xing'er will follow the young master."
Yang Tashan smiled and twisted Xing'er's face: "You are cunning and unwilling to take responsibility!"
Xing'er smiled: "Xing'er just thinks that the young master is an idea-making person, so Xing'er dares not talk nonsense."
"I don't dare to say that if I have an idea, but I found that I am good at solving cases. I also have a box of treasures specially used to solve cases. If I leave them alone and work hard all day, wouldn't it be a bit of a waste of money?"
"Yes! That day at the restaurant, the young master solved the custodial robbery case.
The piece is really wonderful. The young master is so skilled. If you really want to be a constable, you can get a lot of money by just solving the case!”
"Haha, do you still think this young master can do this constable, right? He told you what you really think."
Xing'er's face turned red and she lowered her head.
Yang Tashan smiled and said, "I know you are afraid of being poor, and I am afraid of being poor. What we lack now is money. We have to make money and make money to buy a house to live. If we rely on hard work to do short-term work, we can make a living, so don't even think about it. I don't want you to live a hard life with me, and I don't want to live a hard life myself. So, whether it is to make use of what we have learned or to make more money to live a good life, I decided that as long as I have a way, I will be a constable!"
Xing'er was also very happy to hear that Yang Tashan had made up his mind.
Yang Tashan took the palm fan from Xing'er's hand and sang it himself, saying, "You can continue to put in the insole, I'm waiting to wear it."
Xing'er nodded, picked up the insole and then flew the needle and put it in. Yang Tashan fanned the two of them while talking to her.
At this moment, I suddenly heard footsteps, and then I heard the landlord’s voice saying, “They live in this house when you are here.”
Yang Tashan turned his face and saw the landlord bringing two people over, but it was the Thin Monkey Constable Rabbit Teeth Constable. When they saw Yang Tashan, they both smiled and bowed to show their respects.
Yang Tashan was a little surprised, stood up and bowed to the gift, and smiled and said, "What a rare guest, what wind has brought the two officials?"
"If you don't have anything to do, we'll ask you for help! It's so hard to find a shopkeeper of Weixiang Restaurant, we ran here to ask the landlord, and then asked the landlord next to you, and then we asked you." After the skinny monkey turned around and thanked the landlord, the landlord left.
Yang Tashan was even more surprised. The two constables came to find him so hard that there must be something important. They hurriedly said, "Please sit down, please, you two! The room is stuffy, just sit at the door!"
Xing'er quickly put down the insole, ran to the house, took two stools and placed them at the door, and poured two more cups of tea for the two detectives.
After the two of them sat down, the thin monkey looked around first, and then said, "Little brother, your place to live here is too simple."
Yang Tashan smiled and said, "What's the solution? We can sell hard labor to carry the living place. It's great if we can find a place to live. What's the ability to pick and choose?"
The thin monkey smiled and said, "Young brother is too humble. You have martial arts and you have to take care of your work. You don't have to go through so many ways to make money, but you just go through it. Isn't this... this... is it too wasteful for your brother's good skills? Have you considered doing something easy and making money easy?"
"Hehe, although it's hard to carry out the work, I feel at ease. I don't want to do those business without capital."
"Little brother misunderstood," said the thin monkey hurriedly, "I mean, brothers solve cases like gods, why don't you use this ability? That's not faster than you can take on your life and make money, and you can still uphold justice and bring violence and good fortune."
Yang Tashan's heart moved and asked, "Official, I don't understand what you said very much. I wonder if I can speak out?"
The thin monkey said, "Okay, let's talk quickly. We are here to find the little brother today, because we want to ask the little brother for help."
"What are you doing?"
The thin monkey looked at the rabbit-toothed constable next to him, and then whispered: "It's all my own people and I ask my brothers for help, so I won't hide it from my brothers. That's right, the official seal of our prefect Han, the prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, was lost..."
Ah? Yang Tashan yelled lowly. Of course he knew what it meant to lose the official seal. At the least, he would lose his official position and be dismissed. At the worst, he would arrest and be punished.
This is a big deal, and these two people will definitely not be able to handle it, so they come to beg themselves. This is a good opportunity. Let's take a look at the market first and then decide on the price. We cannot help in vain.
Yang Tashan didn't say anything, and smiled and waited for them to say something.
The thin monkey looked at Yang Tashan and smiled bitterly: "It's the matter of the world before yesterday. The master has set a three-day limit. It will expire tomorrow. If the official seal is not found after the expiration, we will be severely punished by the master. In the past two days, we have tried our best to solve the case, but we have no idea. We really have no choice but to think of you, brother, you are very good at solving the case. I want to ask you for help. Save us."
Yang Tashan smiled faintly: "The official is so serious. How could I solve any case? That day, I was just a mistake, and the blind cat met a dead mouse."
Chapter completed!