MTL - You Are Not In Exile, You Are Clearly Traveling!

Chapter 165 Shocking

"teacher?"

Everyone was shocked when they saw the dignified county magistrate actually saluted a beggar and called him teacher.

But Yuan Li was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, his face ashen as death.

 “How is this possible, how is this possible!”

 How can a beggar be the teacher of the magistrate?

 The waiter at the shop next to him was so frightened that he fainted on the ground. Before he passed out, he had the same thoughts as Li Yuanwai.

How can this be!

 The restaurant owner next to him also had trembling legs, sweating profusely, and unconcealable horror in his heart.

 He actually pressed the wrong treasure!

 The purpose of Mr. Tan's appearance was not because of Mr. Li.

"this…"

 The people who were watching and the government officials were stunned and shocked.

 Chen Xue was also a little surprised.

Her father actually has a disciple who is a county magistrate?

However, it makes sense to think that her father used to be the Minister of Household Affairs.

 “It’s Zhengming!”

Tan Shuxian, whose courtesy name is Zhengming.

Mr. Chen felt a little emotional. Tan Shuxian was not his disciple in the strict sense.

At that time, Tan Shuxian obtained the rank of Jinshi in the imperial examination and performed very well in the imperial examination. Finally, he was assigned to serve in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

　　　Newcomers will always be bullied.

Fortunately, Mr. Chen also came up from below, so he took good care of Tan Shuxian.

Tan Shuxian also treated Mr. Chen as a teacher.

Mr. Chen also discovered Tan Shuxian's talents, so he took great care of him and taught him his official experience and experience.

He even told him that if he wanted to be promoted in the household department, he must first go to the grassroots level to become familiar with it and make achievements.

It’s just that Tan Shuxian had no background and no backers, so he had no way to become a local official.

 At a certain court meeting, Mr. Chen recommended Tan Shuxian to be a local official.

So, Tan Shuxian came here to be the county magistrate.

 It lasts for 3 years.

The imperial examination had been completed just a few months ago, and he could have returned to the capital long ago.

 But he did not set out immediately.

 Instead wait here.

 Because he also heard about Mr. Chen's matter, although he also stood up for Mr. Chen, he was unable to change it. Therefore, he could only find a way to find out the route of Mr. Chen and his party, and waited here for several months.

 It was not until the imperial court kept urging him that he had to leave, that he heard the report from his subordinates.

 The yamen escorting the prisoners came.

 He knew he was coming.

 So he found Xu Tian immediately, and then heard a report from his subordinates that someone was making trouble on the street, and based on his description, he knew it was Mr. Chen, so he hurried over.

"teacher!"

Tan Shuxian's eyes filled with tears. After three years of separation, things were different when we met again.

“It’s because the disciple is incompetent and unable to clear the teacher’s name…”

"Zhengming doesn't have to be like this!" Mr. Chen quickly helped him up. "Blessings come from disasters, and misfortunes come from blessings. It's a great blessing that I can save my life, and this is actually a good thing."

"this…"

Tan Shuxian was stunned by Mr. Chen's look of seeing everything in the world, but he was relieved to see that the teacher did not give up on himself.

 At least the teacher's attitude is good, and I will still have the opportunity to help the teacher clear his name in the future.

Of course he didn’t know that Mr. Chen was not accepting his fate, but really felt that this was a good thing.

 After all, he knew that his daughter's current opportunity would be more likely to be exposed in the capital. After all, she was under the emperor's feet, but if she was in Nanman.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Being an official in the imperial court may seem like a glamorous one, with all the splendor and wealth, but every day is like walking on thin ice and there is a feeling of precariousness.

Just like him now, overnight, he went from being an official in the court to being a prisoner. If his colleagues and friends had not sacrificed their lives to persuade him, he could have saved his life.

But if they get to the Southern Barbarians, their destiny is in their own hands. If they are a little ambitious, they can become the emperor themselves.

 Let’s get back to business.

Therefore, Mr. Chen has seen through the exile at this time, and is not even interested in rectifying his own name. On the contrary, he advises others not to do so.

 After all, he was still in exile. If he angered the emperor again, an imperial edict could kill them.

Hearing that the teacher asked him not to clear up his name, Tan Shuxian was stunned and said, "Teacher, why..."

"In short, what you have to do from now on is to serve the people well, instead of spending your time on clearing my grievances..."

Tan Shuxian opened his mouth. He knew that the teacher said this and he couldn't refute it, but he still remembered it in his heart.

"Teacher, what happened just now? You are not injured!" Tan Shuxian then returned to the topic, and then looked at Chen's mother, "I have met my master's wife and my junior sister..."

Mother Chen was lucky. She had met Tan Shuxian before, so she smiled and nodded to him, but Chen Xue didn't remember clearly.

However, I was surprised at the bottom of my heart. His father still had quite a lot of connections, from local magistrates to generals, and he had good connections.

Perhaps this is also the reason why her father, or their family, was able to save their lives even though they were involved in the disaster relief food embezzlement case!

Mr. Chen simply explained the matter, not exaggerating, just telling the truth.

“Teacher, don’t worry, I’ll leave this matter to my disciples!”

After Tan Shuxian finished speaking, he turned around and looked at Yuan Li and others with a gloomy face. The teacher was on his own territory and almost had an accident.

As a disciple, if I don't handle this matter well, how can I be worthy of my teacher's family?

If it weren’t for the teacher, he would never be where he is today. Maybe he would have to stay in the Ministry of Household Affairs for decades before he could get ahead.

 So, he had vowed before to repay the teacher, and he regarded the teacher as his reborn parent in his heart.

 “Sir, please spare my life!”

When Li Yuanwai saw Master Tan's face, he fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "I, I didn't do anything to that master... nor did I scold them..."

 “Hmph!” Tan Shuxian snorted coldly, “Insulting and attacking an official of the imperial court is a capital offense…”

 Poof!

Li, a foreign clerk, was so frightened that he became incontinent and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy. His head was broken.

Tan Shuxian's face darkened, he subconsciously took a few steps back and snorted coldly, "You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living penalty!"

 “Come here, drag me down with a staff as big as twenty boards!”

He had never thought of killing Mr. Li. If he did, wouldn't he become a so-called corrupt official?

 This goes against his will to be an official.

It’s just that when Li Yuanwai insulted Mr. Chen’s family, he was insulting him. Naturally, he wanted to help Mr. Chen vent his anger.

 Twenty big boards won't kill him, but they can teach him a lesson.

"Thank you, Mr. Tan!" Li Yuanwai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and quickly kowtowed in thanks.

 However, Mr. Tan waved his hand, "If you want to thank me, thank my teacher, otherwise, it will be more than just twenty big boards!"

Hearing this, Mr. Li quickly kowtowed to Mr. Chen and thanked him, "Thank you so much, Mr. Chen. The common people are blind and do not recognize the true face of Mr. Chen. Thank you very much for not remembering the faults of villains..."

 Seeing Yuan Li's appearance, which was completely opposite to his previous arrogant appearance, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

 No wonder everyone wants to have power.

 (End of this chapter)