I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 2: Big trouble!
"Sir, the case files are all here. If you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave now."

"Master, you seem very scared?" Zhang Rui took the file and looked at the other party who was retreating to the door almost while talking. His heart suddenly began to beat nervously.

"Aren't you afraid, sir?" the lawyer asked curiously.

Zhang Rui was stunned. To be honest, he was not really scared. Perhaps it was because of the influence of the film and television works in his previous life. Female ghosts are often associated with welfare.

"Didn't Master Tian say before he left that as long as there was no blood on her, this woman would not be able to leave the scroll?"

"Sir." The master smiled bitterly, "Perhaps you haven't been exposed to this kind of things enough. If these things were really that safe, how could the thirteen people in the Shen family die so tragically?"

"Perhaps the Shen family didn't know the danger of the painting, and accidentally stained it with blood." Zhang Rui said, but he saw the other party looking at him strangely, and immediately asked cautiously: "Is there any problem?"

"Did you remember it wrongly?" The other party looked at Zhang Rui strangely: "How could the Shen family have the opportunity to get in touch with this scroll?"

Zhang Rui was stunned. How did the Shen family die?

"I'm afraid you really got it mixed up." The master said faintly, "The scroll has always been in Master Tian's hands."

Zhang Rui: “.”

Master Tian is the old man who took the female ghost away with the scroll before. It turns out that this female ghost slipped away from under the old man's nose and killed people?

"Sir." The master sighed, "You have been a little dazed since you took office. It's okay on normal days, as I can help you watch over it. But you really shouldn't have been so willful this time. This kind of evil spirits are most likely to attract each other. Even if this scroll is as safe as Master Tian said, you shouldn't have accepted it."

Then he looked at the back of the hall and said, "Your Excellency's wife is a rare and virtuous wife. I hope you will be careful and not bring trouble to your family."

After saying this, he sighed slightly, clasped his fists, said goodbye, and left the government office.

Zhang Rui was completely stunned by the other party's last sentence.

It took me a long time to react. Damn, I actually have a wife?
But when I think about it, I have been the county magistrate for quite some time, and I am not young anymore, so it is only right for my family to arrange a marriage for me.

But are these fast-forwarded couple considered a couple?

I have no memory of my wedding night, does that count? Does it count as mine?
Another thing that concerned him the most was that since he was already married, would he even have children?
Huh.
Zhang Rui shuddered and really didn't want to think about it any further, so he simply opened the file to see what this fatal case was all about.

The more he looked at her, the worse her expression became. Just as the lawyer had said, he really shouldn't have continued to interfere in this case.

The Shen family whose entire family was wiped out this time were not an ordinary family. The eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Ling, was a captain in Youzhou. Although he was only a captain and had not yet been given the title of general, he held a sixth-grade military position of Qianwei, and his rank was higher than that of the county magistrate himself.

Shen Yuan, the second son of the Shen family, is the county lieutenant of Fuchun County. He is his subordinate and is in charge of public security and catching thieves in Fuchun County.

This time, Shen Ling, the eldest son of the Shen family, was ordered to escort Master Tian all the way from Youzhou to Beihai City, and stop in Fuchun County for rest. However, he did not expect that after one night, Shen Ling died tragically on the street, and more than a dozen members of the Shen family also died tragically on the same day.

He was ordered to escort Master Tian, but the Painted Skin Ghost imprisoned by Master Tian killed his entire family.
There's something wrong with this matter no matter how you look at it.

Through the detailed explanation of the files, Zhang Rui roughly understood some of the world views. Occasionally, some evil spirits would appear in this world, and there would also be sorcerers like Master Tian who were specifically responsible for capturing evil spirits. Sorcerers often carried more than one kind of evil spirits, so the people who were responsible for receiving or escorting them were all warriors with strong blood and energy. They could not only deter the evil spirits, but also monitor these sorcerers for the court.

In other words, the tragically dead Shen Ling was both the escort and the person who monitored Master Tian. After Shen Ling's death, the so-called Master Tian was free from the supervision of the court. He set off alone on the pretext of having important matters to attend to in Beihai, without even waiting for the next escort.

It's simply lawless. No wonder those bailiffs turned pale when they heard that I insisted on investigating this case. It seems that they are not just afraid of that female Painted Skin.

I was careless. I just thought that I was an official appointed by the court, and no matter how powerful the other party's background was, I had to follow the rules. However, I didn't expect that the background framework would change and I would meet a supernatural person who didn't follow the rules.
And Beihai City.
Zhang Rui looked at the file. The year marked on the file was the 31st year of Guangqi. He felt that this year seemed very familiar, as if something had happened.
"Ms. sir?"

A gentle voice suddenly appeared, which scared Zhang Rui so much that he almost jumped up, and he subconsciously wanted to pick up a pen.

But as soon as he raised his head, the hand holding the pen suddenly stiffened.

It was a woman in yellow, very sweet-looking, with delicate features. Even in the previous life where there were many technological beauties, she would be considered outstanding. However, she was too tall. When she stood up, she might be half a head shorter than the other person.
"My husband, are you still handling official business so late at night? Mother is urging you to have dinner."

Zhang Rui smiled stiffly when he heard that. The woman in front of him should be the good wife that his master mentioned. Why did he find someone so tall?
The woman in yellow didn't care about Zhang Rui's stiff smile. Her husband didn't like her very much in the first place, so it was good enough that he could smile at her.

"My husband has been in Fuchun County for two years and still has some problems with the climate. His stomach is weak. The doctor has told him to eat on time. How about waiting until after dinner to see if he has any official business?"

It turns out that I have been the county magistrate for two years?
Zhang Rui nodded, picked up the painting next to him and said, "Okay, my lady is right, let's eat first." The woman in yellow was slightly stunned. Normally, her husband was extremely cold to her and addressed her with very distant names like "you" or "Ms. Luo". The name "madam" was only used during their marriage.

His attitude changed so quickly, could it be that he wants to ask me for something?
Yes, after the end of the year he will have been in office for three years. According to the official system of the Jin Dynasty, the Ministry of Personnel will conduct an assessment and decide whether to promote or transfer him based on his performance. It is impossible for him to be promoted as he has done nothing wrong in the past two years, but if he can make some arrangements, he may be transferred to a good position with beautiful scenery.

Thinking of this, she became alert. She had met a bad man, but she couldn't let her family get into trouble. When he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, it was all supported by her family, but what was the result? Didn't they despise her identity as a merchant?

There's no way I'll be tricked again this time.

The two men, each with their own thoughts, walked all the way from the lobby of the county government office to the backyard. Many maids were working along the way, which made Zhang Rui confused.

Is your family so rich that you can afford so many maids?

He remembered that in order to support his studies, his family's land was squandered before he even passed the imperial examination, right?

I used my pen to change my fate in the imperial examination, but my family would not become rich out of thin air. How much is the annual salary of a county magistrate? How could it be enough to hire such a grand ceremony? Moreover, the maids were dressed better than ordinary girls from good families. It was obvious that a poor county magistrate like me could not afford them.

Could it be that in the past two years, I couldn't resist the temptation and used my official position to make some money?

"Hey, why are you here just now? I've been waiting for you to eat."

Halfway through the journey, a familiar voice made Zhang Rui's heart warm. He quickly looked over and saw a familiar face and a familiar smile. It was his mother who had raised him with many years of hard work.

"Mother," Zhang Rui bowed quickly.

"Kid, why are you doing this at home? Come quickly, they are waiting for you."

Zhang Rui smiled and looked up when he heard that. His mother looked younger than before. It should be because she had a better life in the past two years. She looked very elegant in her black dress. The sad look on her face was gone. It seemed that his original choice was not wrong.

"Luo." The woman looked at her son with a smile on her face, but her face suddenly became stern when she looked at her daughter-in-law: "Ask the servants to heat up the soup. Your husband's stomach can't stand cold soup now."

The woman bowed her head meekly and said, "Yes, mother."

Zhang Rui was stunned. It seemed that his tall daughter-in-law did not have a high status in the family.

After the woman left, the old lady glanced at her back and sighed, "Son, I was shortsighted back then and chose such a wife for you. If I had known that you had such a strong stamina in studying, oh."

Zhang Rui frowned when he heard this: "Mother, don't say that. My wife is fine."

"What's good about that?" The old woman rolled her eyes at the other person. "Back then, you took the exam for the scholar eight times. The family really had no money to support us, so we sold all the land to the Luo family. Did they even look at us at that time? They almost forced your father to become a tenant farmer, but I didn't expect that my son would succeed in the exams that year. Not only did he pass the exam for the scholar, but he also passed the autumn exam and became a juren. That's when the Luo family set their sights on you."

"Back then, I thought that if you passed the imperial examination, it would be a great honor for your ancestors. I didn't dare to ask for too much. I thought that I could marry into the Luo family and rely on their wealth to go to the capital to make arrangements. Maybe they could arrange a position for you as a county magistrate. But I didn't expect that my son would be born with the destiny of Wenquxing. He went to the capital and became a Jinshi."

When Zhang Rui heard this, he immediately understood the whole story.

After changing his fate, he passed the imperial examination and became a juren. But at that time, his family felt that he was just lucky and it was the end of his luck, so they were willing to marry into the Luo family. The Luo family was a merchant family, and ordinary officials would naturally disdain to marry into their family. But he was different. His family background was too poor, and if he was only a juren, he would probably never be able to hold an official position in his life without money. The two families, one rich and the other a juren, formed a strong alliance.

However, he did not expect that he would pass the imperial examination after a trip to the capital. The situation was different now. If he was a juren, he could buy a small official position by bribing money, and would be promoted to a county magistrate, which would be the end of his life. It would also bring honor to his family. But it was different for a jinshi. He heard his mother nagging that he was still in the second class, and he would have the opportunity to be promoted to a capital official in the future.

At this time, her identity as a merchant's daughter was somewhat of a burden to her.

After finding out the cause and effect, Zhang Rui was speechless. His honest mother could actually become so snobbish one day. The tofu-grinding mother would never do such a thing.

Just when I was about to persuade her, I heard my mother complain, "I heard from your former teacher that your class is the crown prince's invigilator. You are the crown prince's disciples, which will have a different meaning in the future. If the crown prince becomes the emperor in the future and wants to promote new officials, your class will be given priority. What a pity, you married a merchant's daughter."

Zhang Rui was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. His mother had learned a lot after becoming a county magistrate. She even knew about the prince's disciples, huh?
Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind and he froze in place!

Crown Prince, damn it, how could I have forgotten this?
When he was reading the files just now, he felt that he had forgotten something. That year, the 31st year of Guangqi, wasn't it the year when the crown prince died suddenly?

It seems that he died in Beihai City!

Damn, I might be in big trouble.
　Chapter 2 of the new book. I am begging for votes again. It is not easy for a new book to grow. The author thanks you.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)