Divine Arithmetic (Folk Tales)

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, Juxian had a county order that was quite loved by the people - Zhang Ling, Zhang Ling was an official Qingzheng, and the case was witty, and soon after coming to Juxian County, he broke off many old cases that had been backlogged for many years. Zhang Ling is not only good at judging cases, but also good at engaging in farmland water conservancy construction, so that many of the land in Juxian County that was originally unpayed for many years has become good land, so it is quite loved by the people.

Although ZhangXian ling is diligent in government and loves the people, helpless to plague locusts and social unrest for many years, the people are still not happy, and the people hope that the government will come up with more effective measures. But at this moment, Zhang Xianling suddenly said that he had resigned, and for a time people speculated about the real reason for Zhang Xianling's resignation, but few people could guess it, because there was a little-known story here.

The story should start from a robbery case: Zhao Zhong robbed the villagers at the head of the village, and happened to be recognized by the person, so he sued the official, when the servants caught Zhao Zhong, Zhao Zhong had not yet had time to hide the stolen goods, it can be said that the evidence is complete.

In the public court, Zhang Ling shouted loudly and asked Zhao Zhong why he robbed other people's belongings, and Zhao Zhong unexpectedly replied to the question: "The big old man retreated from the hall!" ”

Zhang Ling was extremely angry and continued to ask Zhao Zhong, unable to think that Zhang Zhong was still that sentence. Zhang Ling was both puzzled and angry, and shouted angrily: "Bold people, do not answer truthfully, why did you tell the old man to retire from the church?" ”

The servant next to him took Zhao Zhong's spine as a stick and knocked Zhao Zhong to the ground, unexpectedly Zhao Zhong still grinned and said, "Big Master retreat!" ”

Zhang Xianling felt really strange, so he stood up and left his seat. At this time, only to hear a roar overhead, Zhang Xianling hurriedly dodged, and as a result, the bricks and tiles that fell from the top of his head smashed his seat to pieces. Zhang Xianling broke out in a cold sweat and thought in his heart, if Zhao Zhong hadn't told him to retire from the church, he wouldn't have been able to smash it, and he would definitely be crippled.

It turned out that the county had fallen into disrepair, and the wood on the roof had decayed, so that such a thing had happened, but how did Zhao Zhong know in advance? So Zhang Xianling withdrew from the hall and took Zhao Zhong into the inner mansion to inquire about the specific situation.

Zhao Zhong said that his grandfather told him to say this, Zhang Xianling asked him where his grandfather was, Zhao Zhong said that his grandfather had been dead for more than thirty years, and his grandfather was only more than ten years old when he died, when his grandfather said that he should be robbed of this, but as long as he did what he said, he could be murdered.

Zhang Ling asked Zhao Zhong what his grandfather's name was, Zhao Zhong said that his name was Zhao Xingye, and he was known for being good at divination before his death, and Zhang Xianling asked about Zhao Xingye's situation. Zhang Xianling was suspicious, and finally took Zhao Zhong into custody temporarily, and let the guards take care of him.

The next day, Zhang Xianling asked the master about Zhao Xingye's true situation. Master Shi told Zhang Xianling a lot of anecdotes about Zhao Xingye, that is, the more he talked about it, the more Xuan. Zhang Ling was fascinated when she listened to it, and of course she believed that what Zhao Zhong said was not false.

A few days later, the county government repaired and went to the church again to ask about the case, and Zhao Zhong had changed his statement. Zhao Zhong said that he did not rob at all, but only borrowed two bean cakes from others, because the other party was afraid that he would not return it, so he repented and sued him for robbery. Zhang Ling asked the plaintiff if this was the case, and the man nodded and said yes. So Zhang Ling asked Zhao Zhong to immediately compensate six bean cakes to others, and the plaintiff of course nodded in agreement.

In fact, all this was secretly coordinated by Zhang Xianling, and Zhao Zhong's six bean cakes were also helped by the county order. In fact, Zhao Zhong is not the kind of person who is not forgiven, but the years are not good, coupled with his poor management, he has fallen into poverty. That day he saw that his child was really hungry, so he went to rob someone else's two bean cakes.

Shortly thereafter, Zhang Xianling resigned from illness, and Zhao Zhong changed from destitute to a wealthy family with more than forty acres of land. Later, people familiar with the matter said that the money for the land was given to Zhao Zhong by Zhang Ling, because Zhao Zhong gave Zhang Ling his grandfather's book of divination.

For a few books, even the county order was not done, and at the beginning, people felt that the Zhang county order was lost because of small. Half a year later, the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army passed through Juxian County, and the successor county commander led the officers and men to resist for several days, and finally the city fell to his death because he was outnumbered.

It is said that Zhang Xianling resigned and returned to his hometown, in fact, he was enlightened by Zhao Xingye, because when Zhao Zhong opened the porcelain altar sealed with paraffin wax before his grandfather died, and took out the books to Zhang Ling, he found that there was a yellowed note inside, and there were 16 words on the note: I am zhang Ling, return to my hometown for diving. Obsessed with the career, every time the chaos of life!