Chapter 5 Chapter Four

The sun was already high in the sky when Arlo, the clerk, came to the office.He is short and plump, with plump cheeks, rosy face, a rosaceous nose in the middle, and a cane with his name engraved in his hand. Following the swinging rhythm of the cane, he walks swaying, looking dignified and dignified. majesty.Yalo is forty years old and has a young daughter, which is also the source of all his troubles. He quarrels with his wife almost every day about the children's education. He accidentally discovered that a workman had mixed plaster with lime and used it to plug a hole outside the judge's house.

"I didn't call a worker!" Yalo said in a rage. "I called. And it's a worker who is on call." "You? What right do you have to do that?" "I am Judge Pazar." "But...you are too young!" "Are you my clerk?" Pazar asked. "That's right." "It's getting late now." "Of course, of course...there is a problem at home, so..." "Is there any urgent case?" Pazar asked while continuing to paint. "A builder has some bricks, but no donkeys to carry them. Now he's suing the lessee for sabotaging his work."

"already solved." "What? How did you solve it?" “I met the lessee this morning. He will pay the builder for the damage and start delivering the bricks tomorrow. So no more lawsuits. "You'll be...painting too?" " "I'm interested, and I can do well. We don't have much funding, so we still have to do most of the work ourselves. anything else? "You're going to count a herd of livestock. ’ Yalo said. "A professional clerk is not enough?" Pazar asked back. "Because the owner, the dentist Kadash, insisted that the workers he hired stole. He asked us to investigate, and the previous judge had tried his best to delay until now. Actually, I understand. If necessary, I can I will help you find an excuse to postpone it."

"No. By the way, can you use a broom?" The clerk was stunned, what is a broom?So the judge handed him the precious tool. The North Wind was glad to be able to breathe the country air again, and he walked happily with his master Judge's things on his back, while the Warrior walked around excitedly, and sometimes deliberately frightened the birds in the nest.As usual, Beifeng listened carefully to his master's instructions. This time, he was going to the manor of the dentist Kadash, which was two hours' walk south of the Giza Highlands. Pazar was warmly received by the master of the manor, because finally there was a responsible judge who was willing to solve this mystery.Several servants helped him wash his feet and brought him new loincloths for him to put on. After the servants informed Kadashi that the judge had arrived, they hurriedly set up a platform. A colonnade of round piles, so that Kadashi, Pazar and the livestock recorder can talk and do business in the shade.

When the owner of the manor appeared with a long cane in his right hand, he was followed by a group of people who helped him carry his shoes and chairs, musicians played drums and flutes, and rural girls presented lotus flowers to him.Kadashi is about sixty years old, with white hair and a tall stature. A few bluish-purple bloodshots can be faintly seen on the high nose. His forehead is slightly low, and his cheeks are high and protruding. Kadashi looked at the judge with a very distrustful look. "Are you the new judge?" "It's a pleasure to serve you, and it's also a pleasure to see the peasants live happily, because the landlord has a noble heart and a good command."

"Young man, if you know how to respect important people, you will have a future." The dentist's articulation was not clear, but he was quite airy.He was wearing a cross-front loincloth, a leopard-skin tight top, a large necklace around his neck, and bracelets on his wrists, full of extravagance. "Let's sit down," he said.I saw him sitting in his painted wooden chair, and Parrell sat in a square chair.In front of him and the livestock recorder, a low table with writing utensils was placed. Pazar asked, "According to your statement, you have a total of 121 head, 70 sheep, 600 goats and 600 pigs."

"That's right, the last time, when we counted two months ago, there was a cow missing! You know, my livestock are all very valuable, even if they are a little thinner, they can still be exchanged for a linen robe and ten sacks of barley, so I want you to catch the thief." "Have you investigated it yourself?" "I'm not good at this." The judge then turned to the livestock recorder sitting on the mat. "What did you write in the record book?" "Number of animals." "Who did you ask?" "No one asked, I was only responsible for recording, not questioning."

Pazar didn't ask any more questions. Angrily, he took out a fig board from the basket. The surface of the board was covered with a thin layer of plaster. Then he took out a twenty-five-centimeter long rush pen and a A small dish for mixing black ink.When he was ready, Kadashi signaled to the head cattleman to drive the animals out. The foreman patted the neck of the leading bull, and Dazhong led the bulky and docile herd and began to move forward slowly. "Amazing, isn't it?" "You should compliment the breeder," Pazar suggested. "The thieves should be Hittites or Nubians. There are too many foreigners in Memphis." Kadashi said.

"Looking at your surname, your origin should be Libya, right?" Immediately a look of displeasure appeared on the dentist's face. "I have lived in Egypt for a long time, and I am in the upper class. Isn't my wealth here the best proof? Don't forget, many ministers in the court are patients under my care. Please recognize your own identity." The servants carried all kinds of fruits, buckets of garlic, baskets of kudzu and jars of spices, and accompanied the cattle.Obviously, this is not just a simple counting operation, Kadashi also wants to take the opportunity to show off his endless wealth to the new judge.

The warrior quietly got under the seat of the owner and watched the herds of cattle passing by. "What province are you from?" asked the dentist. "I should be the one asking the question here." Two harnessed cows passed by, and the older one suddenly fell to the ground, unwilling to go any further. "Don't pretend to be dead," said the cowboy.The scolded cow looked at the cowman coweringly, but still didn't move. "Hit it." Kadashi ordered. "Wait a minute." Pazar stopped him, and stepped off the stage.I saw the judge stroking the belly of the cow, comforting him softly, and asked the cowman to help pull the cow up.After listening to the judge's words, the old middleman stood up with peace of mind.Pazar also returned to his seat.

"You are very sympathetic!" Kadashi said sarcastically. "I don't like violence." "But sometimes violence is necessary, isn't it? Are those Egyptians to blame for dying to fight for our freedom in order to resist foreign invasion?". Pazar concentrated on watching the middle team, while the recorder counted on the side.The result of the count was indeed one less than the number of cattle reported by the owner. "It's too much!" Kadashi's face turned purple angrily, "Someone stole my things, but no one is willing to report it." "Your cattle must have been branded?" "certainly!" "Call the people who print." There were fifteen people in all.The judge questioned them one by one and isolated them so that they would not collude. "I caught the thief." Pazar said to Kadashi. "who is it?" "Carney." "I demand an immediate court hearing." Pazar agreed.He selected a cowherd, a goat-keeper, a stockkeeper, and a manor overseer as jurors.And Carney didn't intend to escape, he came to the stage briskly, and looked very calm in the face of Kadashi's angry eyes.The defendant was short and stocky, with deep wrinkles carved into his brown skin. "Are you pleading guilty?" the judge asked. "Me? Confession? No." Kadashi tapped the floor hard with his cane. "This cunning robber! You must punish him at once. " "Shut up!" the judge ordered. "If you interfere again, I'll stop the interrogation immediately." The dentist turned away angrily. "Have you ever branded Kadashi's cattle?" Pazar asked. "Yes." Carney replied. "The cow is missing." "It escaped. You can look for it in the nearby fields." "Why are you so careless?" "I'm not a cattle herder, I'm a vegetable grower. My job is to water the fields one by one. During the day, I have to use a pole to carry heavy water cans to help water the crops. I don't have to rest at night. I also need to water some fragile vegetables, clean up the furrows, and fill up the embankments. If you don’t believe me, you can look at the scars left by two abscesses on the back of my neck. This is the vegetable farmer. There will be problems, but the cowman will not have them." "Then why did you change jobs?" "Because once when I was picking vegetables, the manager of Kadashi forced me. He asked me to leave the vegetable garden and watch the cattle for him." Pazar called witnesses to testify that Carney was right, and he was acquitted.In order to compensate him, he not only gave him the lost Zhong Judgment, but also ordered Kadashi to compensate him for the loss of the vegetable garden that had been neglected in the past few days. The vegetable grower saluted the judge, and from his eyes, Pazar could see the gratitude in his heart. "Forcing a peasant is a serious offense," he reminded the manor. The dentist was furious now. "It's my fault! I didn't know it. It's my steward who should be punished." "You should know the criminal responsibility, you will be punished with a cane fifty times, and you will be degraded to a farmer again." Pazar turned to the manager and said. "Of course it's done according to the law." After being interrogated by the court, the manager did not deny it, so he was sentenced and executed immediately. When Judge Pazar left the manor, Kadashi did not come to see him off.