Chapter 90 Kind Sister

Chapter 90 Kind Sister

Chapter 90 Kind Sister (Please subscribe)
"I'm here." Zhang Chen, who was missing one ear, wrapped his ear with gauze, knelt in the hall, and kowtowed to the county magistrate who was above him.

"What do you want?"

The county magistrate asked.

"I am accusing the hunter next door, Zhang Chen, of murder. Please, sir, help me." The poor scholar knelt on the ground, his voice full of indignation.

"Call the hunter Zhang Chen to the court." the county magistrate ordered.

Soon Zhang Chen was escorted to the lobby by the officers. Just like what was shown in the TV series, there were more than a dozen officers standing on both sides. The county magistrate, who looked to be in his forties, was sitting in the middle of the lobby. He looked at Zhang Chen with a pale face, and his big dark circles were very obvious.

"Kneel down quickly when you see the master." an officer shouted.

Zhang Chen glanced at the county magistrate, then at the officials in the hall. Finally, he decided that a wise man should not suffer a loss, so he knelt on the ground:
"I've met the great master."

"Zhang Chen!!! You bastard, I never thought you would end up like this!!!" When the poor scholar saw Zhang Chen, his eyes suddenly turned red. He turned his head and said to the county magistrate above: "Master, this guy is the one who murdered me!"

"Prisoner Zhang Chen, someone has accused you of murder, do you plead guilty?" said the county magistrate.

"I am innocent, I hope you can see clearly." Of course Zhang Chen refused to admit it.

"There are witnesses present, and you still dare to deny it?" The county magistrate looked at Zhang Chen with a pair of eyes, scolding him with a gloomy look, and then drew a stick from the stick tube: "Come here, beat him with fifty sticks, and kill his prestige before questioning him."

In ancient times, there was a saying about the killing stick. As long as it was the first time a prisoner was brought to court, he would have to be beaten with the killing stick, regardless of whether he was guilty or not.

Zhang Chen's face turned pale when he heard this. He was afraid that he would lose his buttocks after fifty lashes.

"Sir, I am not a criminal and everything I said is true. Why don't you check it out before hitting me?" Zhang Chen was a little anxious at this time.

Who among the good people wants to be beaten?
"Oh, you still dare to roar in the court? Give him another fifty lashes!" The county magistrate smiled coldly, pulled out a stick and threw it on the ground.

"Damn official!" Zhang Chen cursed in his heart in anger, but he could do nothing about it.

The nerd on the other side was ecstatic, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Master, you are wise, Master, you are wise! You are the Master of Heaven."

The county magistrate smiled coldly when he heard this, and then he drew out a stick and threw it on the ground: "Beat him too."

"Ah???" The poor scholar was stunned: "Master, I am innocent. I am the plaintiff. Why are you hitting me?"

"The beating is the rule, regardless of the plaintiff or the victim." The county magistrate said coldly: "Drag him away and beat him!"

As he was speaking, an officer suddenly came quickly from outside the door, leaned down beside the county magistrate and said, "Master, the people from Pingbian Palace are here! They said that one of these two people has some relationship with Pingbian Palace, and they must not be punished at will."

When the county magistrate heard this, he was startled and quickly shouted to the officer, "Don't beat him yet. Detain him in the hall for the time being."

Then he stood up hurriedly, walked quickly out of the hall and came to the front yard.

But in the front yard, he saw a woman wearing a veil, followed by a dozen soldiers from the Pingbian Palace and a manager in his forties, who were standing in the front yard looking at the scenery of the yamen.

"I'm Gou Chun, your humble servant. I'm here to greet you, Madam!" The county magistrate bowed quickly.

"Magister Gou, we are here today to ask you for someone. Our palace has investigated the explosion case thoroughly, and one of the suspects is innocent. He is the younger brother of our lady. You see..." The steward looked at Magistrate Gou and spoke in a long voice.

"I wonder who your relative is? The names of these two people sound similar. Please go to the side hall to identify them yourself." The county magistrate said hurriedly.

He couldn't afford to offend the Prince of Pingbian's Palace. In this northern land, the Prince of Pingbian was the heaven and his words were imperial decrees.

"Madam, please go to the side hall and identify it secretly." The steward said to Zhang Xiaolan.

Zhang Xiaolan nodded, and followed the magistrate to the side hall. After secretly observing the scene in the main hall, Zhang Xiaolan's eyes fell on Zhang Chen:
"That young man with red lips and white teeth is my younger brother."

"As expected of you, Madam's brother. You are a young man of extraordinary temperament and bearing. You look like a young master from a wealthy family. Madam, please wait a moment. I will go and bring Zhang Chen here." The county magistrate's words were full of flattery.

Hearing this, the steward stopped the magistrate and said, "Don't worry, I have something else to ask you. How is the investigation of the explosion going?"

"We haven't even interrogated him yet, but Zhang Chen refuses to confess." The county magistrate said, "He insists that it has nothing to do with him."

"I heard that the guy from the Procuratorate is also going to intervene. You need to quickly give your confession and find out the cause of the matter, otherwise the prince will be in trouble." The steward said slowly.

The county magistrate's face suddenly turned cold when he heard this: "I will torture him right away! Even if he is an iron man, I will make him speak."

"Okay, go ahead!" The manager waved his hand.

The county magistrate took the order and left. Then he came all the way to the lobby and said to Zhang Chen, "Take off the shackles from him."

The officer was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't ask any more questions and quickly uncuffed Zhang Chen.

"Come with me!" the county magistrate said to Zhang Chen, and then said to the lawyer beside him: "Take him to the prison and treat him well. I want his confession tonight."

Upon hearing this, the master's face suddenly became serious: "Don't worry, sir!"

The master said to the officer beside him: "Bring him with me."

The poor scholar Zhang Chen was completely confused at this moment. Wasn't he the plaintiff? How come the defendant got to enjoy a good life while he had to go to jail?
He was not a fool. He could tell at a glance that there must be something fishy going on.

But before Zhang Chen could figure out the reason, he was dragged away by his master's men.

The county magistrate looked at Zhang Chen with a gentle smile in his eyes: "Mr. Zhang, since you have the support of the Pingbian Palace, why didn't you tell me earlier? The flood almost washed away the Dragon King Temple. How are we going to explain to my wife then?"

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard the words of the officer. He had any relationship with the Prince of Pingbian? When did he have any relationship with the Prince of Pingbian?

Then a light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind, and a gentle woman appeared in his mind, making him look a little strange. He remembered the woman who came to his house to deliver something last time, and she seemed to say that she was from the Pingbian Palace? He thought that a beating was inevitable. Although he mastered the blood control technique, the beating would heal in a breath, but since he could avoid the pain of the flesh, who would be willing to be beaten?

"Please follow me. Madam is waiting for you in the side hall." The county magistrate spoke very politely.

Zhang Chen glanced at the county magistrate and cursed in his heart, "You dog magistrate, I will definitely ask a vixen to steal all your money in the future! You will use all the money of your family to support me!" But he smiled and said, "I will trouble you again, sir."

Zhang Chen followed the county magistrate to the side hall and saw Zhang Xiaolan as expected.

"Madam, the person has been brought here. What do you think we should do with him?" The county magistrate bowed respectfully to the woman.

The woman ignored the county magistrate's words. She looked nervous at the moment, and her mind was completely focused on Zhang Chen.

"Little brother."

The woman rushed forward when she saw Zhang Chen, grabbed Zhang Chen and looked him up and down. After a while, she saw that Zhang Chen had no injuries, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're okay!"

Then he said to the county magistrate: "I will take the person away."

"Madam, please take care." The county magistrate bowed quickly.

Zhang Xiaolan held Zhang Chen's hand and walked out of the county government office. Then he breathed a sigh of relief: "You are so unlucky. How did you get into such trouble? If the Prince of Pingbian hadn't received the news in time, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to get you out in time. You will definitely suffer a beating today."

Zhang Chen looked at Zhang Xiaolan with a subtle expression on his face. Thinking of Zhang Chen who was taken to the county jail to be tortured, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Don't worry, the matter will be resolved if the Pingbian Palace intervenes." Then Zhang Xiaolan turned his head and looked at the steward: "My brother finally got into the city once, you go back first, I will take him around, let him taste the delicacies of our county, and buy some things for him."

The steward was embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a sad face: "Madam, you are pregnant with the prince's child now. If something unexpected happens, I'm afraid we will all lose our heads. Please don't embarrass me."

Zhang Xiaolan frowned, "My brother and I are just strolling around our prince's territory, what could possibly go wrong? How about this, you send four people to follow us in secret, but don't disturb my brother and I while we're strolling."

What can the steward say?

The Pingbian Palace has been targeted by people from the imperial court. Once the ladies become pregnant, they either have an accidental miscarriage or die prematurely, resulting in few descendants in the Pingbian Palace. Now every bloodline is of vital importance to the Pingbian Palace. If there is any mistake, countless lives will be lost.

The steward looked at Zhang Xiaolan and could only nod in agreement helplessly.

Then Zhang Xiaolan pulled Zhang Chen and said, "I'll take you for a walk in the city. I haven't been around the city for a while. Wait for me for a moment. I'll go to the car and change my clothes!"

Zhang Xiaolan said something to Zhang Chen, and before Zhang Chen could react, he went straight to the carriage and changed his clothes. When Zhang Xiaolan got off the carriage again, he was already wearing coarse linen clothes, like an ordinary person, and it no longer looked bright.

"Let's go!" Zhang Xiaolan took Zhang Chen's hand and said with a happy face.

The two walked into the crowd and seemed inconspicuous at all. Facing the enthusiastic Zhang Xiaolan, Zhang Chen didn't know what to do. After all, he was not his biological brother, but just a fake brother.

Zhang Xiaolan was like a girl next door at this time. She bought a portion of fried meatballs and stuffed one into Zhang Chen's mouth. Then she took the meatball and stuffed it into her mouth. She ate it with her mouth bulging. Then she looked at Zhang Chen curiously, "Little brother."

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen said casually while eating meatballs.

"There are some things I should tell you." Zhang Xiaolan said.

Zhang Chen ate the meatballs while looking at Zhang Xiaolan. He didn't know what Zhang Xiaolan meant, so he didn't dare to speak easily. He was waiting for Zhang Xiaolan's next words.

"Before I tell you this, you have to change your name back." Zhang Xiaolan said.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. He never thought that the poor scholar Zhang Chen actually had another name, and Zhang Chen was obviously a name given later.

"Your name was given to you by our mother Zhang Chen when she was alive. It's just a pseudonym. Your real name has a great origin. This is your real name, and it is related to a big event." Zhang Xiaolan looked at Zhang Chen with tears in her eyes.

"Fake name?" Zhang Chen thought to himself, "It's a pity that I'm not the real Zhang Chen. I don't know what the previous Zhang Chen's name was."

"Your real name is Zhang Xiaohua. The name 'Zhang Xiaohua' was given to you by King Pingbian himself. Before I came here, the prince told me that you could change your name back." The girl looked at Zhang Chen with seriousness in her eyes.

Zhang Chen paused and almost choked to death on the meatball in his mouth. He then looked at the girl in front of him and wanted to ask her: Are you serious?

The name Zhang Xiaohua should never be used on a man under any circumstances.

And why was it the King of Pingbian who gave it this name? And why is it so girly?
"I know you dislike this name, but your name is related to your life experience. This name has great cause and effect and is related to the Pingbian Palace. Now that the palace is about to accomplish great things, you don't need to use the pseudonym Zhang Chen anymore. You should change your name in the future." Zhang Xiaolan looked at Zhang Chen.

"What is cause and effect?" Zhang Chen became interested at this time.

"When I came here, the prince told me that it's time to tell you about your life story. The prince specifically told me to tell you all the reasons this time." The girl looked at Zhang Chen with her eyes:

"I am just the daughter of an ordinary wealthy family, but I can go to the palace as a concubine. The famous Mr. Wuliu is also a guest of honor and sought after by countless dignitaries in Shangjing City, but he left Shangjing ten years ago and settled here. Why do you think it was? Even after you left home and settled in that village, someone arranged it quietly. Otherwise, how could you find that village? And I, a concubine, can actually leave the palace and go to the mountains to see you. Don’t you think it’s strange? Last time I said that I was selected into the Pingbian Palace, I was actually lying to you, because I had already sought a job in the Pingbian Palace! Even my entry into the Pingbian Palace was all because of you. I was just a hostage!" Zhang Xiaolan's voice was full of seriousness, and his words were crackling, not giving Zhang Chen any chance to react, like a machine gun:

"Also, your neighbor's name is Zhang Chen, but your Mr. Wuliu gave you a homophonic name, Zhang Chen. Don't you think it's strange?" Zhang Xiaolan said.

Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this. How could this melon be eaten by himself?

Moreover, he could feel that there seemed to be a huge web of conspiracy covering him.

His name was Zhang Chen, and the nerd next door changed his name to Zhang Chen. The two names sounded almost the same. Even if Zhang Chen was stupid at this moment, after hearing what Zhang Xiaolan said, he knew that he seemed to have stepped into a conspiracy.

And this conspiracy seems to be related to the Pingbian Palace.

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