Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The three of them happily carried their sacks off the boat and walked towards the riverside path.

Although it was already dark, the lights from the shops along the street still allowed people to vaguely see the pedestrians.

Li Yuanzhao's excitement hadn't faded yet, and he turned to Fang Zheng and asked, "Old Fang! When are we going out next time?"

Fang Zheng smiled wryly: "Again? Isn't once enough?"

"Not enough! Not enough! I've never had such a great day in my life. I feel like the Tiger and Leopard Park is nothing compared to this!" The thrill of being an accomplice made Li Yuanzhao feel high-spirited.

"The trouble we've caused this time isn't over yet," Fang Zheng said calmly.

Li Yuanzhao thought for a moment and retorted, "What trouble could there be? Wasn't it already resolved?"

Fang Zheng scoffed: "Resolved? There were so many people there today. I guarantee the news will spread throughout the capital tomorrow morning. 'Fang Zheng beats the son of a minister,' what an interesting news story."

Li Yuanzhao was stunned: "Then you still dared to hit him? And even humiliate him?"

"Alas, I had to hit him. This kid kept jumping in front of me again and again, so I had to beat him hard! Otherwise, how would I, Fang Zheng, get by in the capital!"

"If you fail to kill the tiger, you'll be hurt by the tiger instead, so you must do it right the first time!"

"We humiliated him, so he should be honest for a while. He wouldn't dare to blab about such an embarrassing thing when he gets home."

"Even if the whole capital saw me hitting him, so what? As long as he doesn't admit it himself, it's like nothing happened!"

Li Yuanzhao praised endlessly after listening: "Old Fang, you still have the most tricks!"

Fang Zheng shook his head: "Tricks aren't important, what's important is the attitude!"

"There's a saying: 'If someone in the world deceives me, insults me, belittles me, despises me, or cheats me, what should I do?'"

"Just chop him, beat him, curse him, stab him, then bury him alive, and after a few years, you'll see that he's just a pile of bones in a grave!"

Li Yuanzhao broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, but his image of Fang Zheng was refreshed.

His heart couldn't help but admire him. Such a delightful way to repay kindness and revenge! A true man should be like this!

"Old Fang! Where did you get that saying? I've never heard it before."

"It's all from Buddhism, you'll know if you read more books."

"I see!"

As they spoke, the three of them had already walked to the street. Fang Zheng pointed with his hand: "Look, there's a beggar over there, go give him the stuff."

Li Yuanzhao ran over excitedly and dumped a small half of the sack of pastries and vegetables in front of the beggar.

The beggar originally showed joy on his face when he saw someone coming to give alms.

As a result, a small mountain suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was dumbfounded....

"Thank... Thank you, young master!"

Hearing this, Li Yuanzhao was overjoyed and dumped the entire sack down.

The beggar's face fell and he stopped talking.....

After watching, Zhang Biao leaned close to Fang Zheng's ear and whispered: "Young master, is this idiot going to stay in the mansion from now on?"

Fang Zheng shook his head vigorously. One idiot in the mansion is enough, I already have enough to worry about with you, young master!

After dumping the sack, Li Yuanzhao stood there with his hands on his hips, waiting for the beggar to be grateful.

The beggar didn't speak, and Li Yuanzhao looked at him with bright eyes.

The two of them just stared at each other like that.

Fang Zheng couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly grabbed him back: "Are you feeding pigs here! You're scaring people!"

"You gave all the goods to one person. There are still so many beggars behind! Give it little by little!"

"Oh!"

After some instruction, things finally returned to the right track. Li Yuanzhao was giving alms to the beggars one by one in front.

He was overjoyed to receive a word of thanks, while Fang Zheng and Zhang Biao silently followed behind.

After walking for a while, the two sacks of leftovers were almost all given away.

Li Yuanzhao's excitement had also passed, and his hands were covered in grease.

He casually wiped them on his clothes a few times and walked back to Fang Zheng's side.

"Is it all given away? Are you happy?" Fang Zheng asked.

"Happy."

"That's right, it's the root of happiness to help others! Good!"

"But...." Li Yuanzhao seemed a little hesitant: "Why do some people who are healthy still come out to beg?"

"Don't they have hands and feet? Can't they even get a bite to eat?"

Fang Zheng suddenly had a feeling of great comfort. He met a prince with a good heart in the East Palace, and his ability to reflect was also very good.

So he replied: "It's not enough to just be healthy, because they have no hope."

"Only with hope can people continue to struggle!"

"Take me for example, I used to sleep until late in the morning every day, but after entering the capital, I feel endless motivation when I think about seeing His Majesty and the Prince!"

"Every day is full of hope! So I can be on duty on time every day!"

"To put it another way, if the Prince listens to Yan Zhan's lectures, it's not only boring, but he also often gets his palms slapped, so life seems worse than death."

"It's better to pretend to be sick or directly impeach him to His Majesty, which is more enjoyable, and naturally lose hope for the next day's life!"

"The same is true for these beggars. Finding an opportunity to work is already rare, and even if they find it, they may not be able to get money, and even if they get money, it's definitely not enough to spend."

"So it's better to lie down and beg for food!"

"Everything in the world is like this. To give another example, if you are an author and people are shouting every day that what you write is short and thin, wouldn't you feel hopeless?"

"What if these people chased after you to give you New Year's goods? Think about it, think carefully!"

Li Yuanzhao suddenly understood: "I understand!"

Understood? Then quickly impeach Yan Zhan! Fang Zheng thought secretly.

"However, you only saw part of it. Those healthy beggars may not be healthy, and those disabled and pitiful beggars may not be as you think."

"If you judge people by their appearance, the truth will be confused. Some people may look healthy, but they may already be seriously ill, while those disabilities may all be faked!"

Li Yuanzhao immediately jumped out and retorted: "How is that possible! Can't I tell if those are missing arms, legs, and blind people?"

Fang Zheng smiled calmly: "Don't worry, let's continue walking."

The three of them walked down a bit further, and a blind beggar appeared on the side of the street. Only the whites of his eyes were visible, which looked quite scary. He had a broken bowl in front of him, with only a few pitiful copper coins inside.

Upon seeing this, Fang Zheng quickly grabbed the copper coins and stuffed them into his sleeve.

Li Yuanzhao looked at him in astonishment, his mind full of question marks.

Before he could ask, the beggar suddenly stood up and rushed in front of Fang Zheng, his two white eyes staring straight at Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng smiled and stretched out his hands: "Oh, poor beggar, the money you lost just now, is it the money in my left hand or the money in my right hand?"

After speaking, he spread out his two palms, with a few copper coins in his left hand and a silver ingot in his right hand.

The beggar quickly lowered and raised his head, and without thinking, he smiled foolishly: "Right hand!"

"Wrong answer, all confiscated!"

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