PDLP Chapter 412 Norio (5)
Chapter 412 Norio (5)
The news of Zhang Xiucai being trampled on only came back this morning. Zhang's mother was still cooking when she heard the news and scrambled to the clinic.
Xiong Bufan ladled out a small bowl of porridge, ate it with pickled vegetables, and sat at the doorway to watch the commotion.
Why can't these people learn from her? She's never had one, and she doesn't seem to worry about it much.
Kongkong was helpless. He had finally managed to escape to a somewhat normal world, a world full of people, without mermaids, beastmen, or strange strategy systems, but Xiong Bufan had become abnormal.
"Bufan, have we forgotten something?"
Xiong Bufan paused in his porridge-drinking, then put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran quickly towards the group's bedroom. "I forgot to find my change, this is a big deal."
The first stop was Zhang's mother's bedroom. Xiong Bufan couldn't see where there was any hidden silver, so he just rummaged around everywhere.
If her sense of smell were better, she could smell money.
Kongkong said helplessly, "Bufan, keep looking, you'll find it eventually."
If all else fails, you could check the original owner's memories; there should be places where they hid the silver there too.
"Ok."
Xiong Bufan then searched the original owner's and Zhang Xiucai's bedroom and found one or two taels of silver based on his memory. This was money the original owner had saved from selling tofu.
Looking at Zhang Xiucai's face, which was as white as paper, Zhang's mother finally couldn't help but cry, "My poor son, who beat you like this? I'm going to report it to the authorities."
Zhang Xiucai's lips were dry and chapped, and he said in a trembling voice, "Mother, it was Zhang Linshi. She hit me, and she even stomped on my foot and crushed it."
As he struggled to finish speaking, tears welled up in Zhang Xiucai's eyes again, his eyes filled with reluctance to part with his happy life.
“My poor son, I will not let Zhang Linshi get away with this.”
"Mother will report this to the authorities right now and have the magistrate arrest her."
In this dynasty, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. If people find out that he has lost his manhood, not only will it be difficult for him to take the imperial examinations, but even Miss Song will stay away from him.
Zhang Xiucai quickly grabbed his mother, "Mother~,"
Upon hearing this, Zhang's mother became furious. "Son, you still can't bear to part with her, can you? She's a vixen; she's beaten you up like this."
"Mother, that's not how it is. Go report to the authorities and say that she robbed Hunter Wang of his silver. Don't say anything else." As if remembering something else, Zhang Xiucai quickly denied what he had just said. "No, Mother, don't go report to the authorities. Let's go home."
Mother Zhang: "Alright, Mother will take you back."
Xiong Bufan searched the four brick houses from top to bottom and finally found ten taels of silver. Nine taels of silver were found in Zhang's mother's bedroom.
Xiong Bufan sat by the stove, holding the pot and drinking porridge. Although Zhang's mother was poor and stingy, she made delicious porridge.
Kongkong: "Bufan, have you remembered something you forgot?"
Xiong Bufan thought again, "I forgot to loot Wang the Hunter's house as well."
Kongkong felt that if she didn't speak up in this small world, Xiong Bufan would never remember to ask the original owner about her wish.
"Extraordinary, mission, mission."
Xiong Bufan then realized, "What mission? What did the original owner want me to do?"
"First, take revenge on Scholar Zhang. Her tragic life was all caused by Scholar Zhang. Don't let Hunter Wang and Master Qian get away with it either."
Secondly, she wanted to get away from here and go to the capital to see what was so good about being an official.
Finally, they pawned Zhang Xiucai, letting him experience what it's like to be pawned.
There are many benefits to being an official, but the original owner was neither from a noble family nor a member of the royal family, so the only way to enter the court as an official was through the imperial examination.
Kongkong didn't think Xiong Bufan had the brains to take the imperial examinations, considering that he was recommended for university admission back then.
He failed many courses in college and couldn't graduate, but because of his strong abilities, he became an elder.
Xiong Bufan rolled his clever head and said smugly, "Kongkong, I have a good idea."
"What do you say, I'll sneak into the emperor's palace at night and make him give me an official position. If he doesn't, I'll kill him."
Kongkong: "Bufan, the emperor is a wise ruler. Killing him would diminish your merits."
"Then I'll sell Zhang Xiucai and use the money to buy an official position."
Buying and selling official positions is illegal, but in remote areas, such regulations are often ignored.
Kongkong didn't think Xiong Bufan would spend money to bribe officials, but he still said, "Bufan, you can give it a try."
"Alright, where is Scholar Zhang?"
As soon as you speak of the devil, he appears. Zhang Xiucai stands at the door, looking at the messy courtyard, and shouts angrily, "Zhang Linshi, how dare you! You actually dare to steal your husband's property!"
Every word he spoke brought waves of pain from his wound.
The neighbors also peeked out, eager to see what the commotion was about.
Xiong Bufan still had no idea who Zhang Linshi was. Wasn't the original owner's name Lin Qiuyu? Who was Zhang Linshi?
Kongkong explained, "Bufan, after a woman gets married, she no longer has a name. Instead, she has to add her husband's surname before her given name. So Zhang Linshi is referring to the original owner of this body."
"profound."
Xiong Bufan tossed the large pot he was holding over, saying, "This is my home."
Considering that the pot would be worthless if it were broken into pieces, Xiong Bufan did not throw the pot directly at Zhang Xiucai, but instead placed it next to him.
The large pot smashed a hole in the fence, and Zhang Xiucai was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, pulling at his wound and wincing. "Zhang Linshi, do you know that the husband is the head of the household?"
Xiong Bufan scratched his head, looking blankly at Zhang Xiucai.
The onlookers burst into laughter, unable to understand a word they were saying. Having such a wife was truly unlucky.
Xiong Bufan glanced at the laughing crowd, ran over, and carried Zhang Xiucai and his mother away.
If those two businesses are doing well, she'll go and sell all the ones with big, grinning teeth at the entrance as well.
Things seemed to be developing in an absurd direction. Kongkong reminded him, "Bufan, human trafficking is illegal. You can just traffic Zhang Xiucai."
"I understand."
Zhang Xiucai was caught off guard and arrested. He could only struggle incessantly, pleading, "Let me go, let me go!"
"I won't let you go. I'm going to take you somewhere nice."
Xiong Bufan's first stop was the county magistrate's house, because officials must be rich, and Xiong Bufan thought that Zhang Xiucai could be sold for a good price.
The magistrate was in his study, reviewing cases of wife-selling in the county. Recently, the imperial court had been investigating the issue more and more strictly, but wife-selling remained rampant in the local areas.
Shangguan said that if the matter of pawning wives wasn't thoroughly investigated, he would lose his official position.
There are so many women in the county who sell their wives; how can we stop them all at once? We should arrest those women first.
Instead of staying at her husband's home, she insisted on being a promiscuous woman and becoming someone else's wife. It's truly unfortunate for her to be a county magistrate here.