Chen Shi met an old acquaintance in a strange land, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly strode forward to greet him, smiling and saying, "Lord Zhuge, it's been over half a year since our hasty parting in Huangpo Village. We haven't seen each other in a long time! Where have you been holding high office these days?"
He had a deep impression of Zhuge Jian.
Zhuge Jian had once investigated Chen Shi's case. Of course, Chen Shi was the culprit, and it was even his first offense, which Zhuge Jian had seen through.
Later, Zhuge Jian resigned from his official post and left Shuinui County, and there had been no news of him for a long time.
Chen Shi had felt guilty for a period of time because of this, feeling that it was he who had implicated him.
When Zhuge Jian met him, he was also very happy, and said, "Back then in Shuinui County, I wasn't very happy with what I was doing anyway, so I simply took your excuse to resign and leave. After that, I rested for a period of time and went to several counties near Xinxiang to seek a position. It was hard to find one, but fortunately, I found a chore in Xinxiang County. It's just that before I even took office, the Zhao family fell, and the county magistrate was dragged out and beheaded. My chore fell through as well."
Chen Shi fell silent, as if this matter had something to do with him—it was Grandpa who had killed the Zhao family's pacification commissioner, and with the Zhao family losing its foundation, the court found a crime to behead them.
The Xinxiang county magistrate at that time was also from the Zhao family, so he was beheaded along the way.