"You were fooled by them." Only then did Lai Junchen understand the reason why his brother-in-law refused to go to the countryside that day.

"What are they playing with me for?"

"I don't want to take you there because I'm afraid you might cause trouble and if that Cui Jianfeng gets caught, they will be in trouble."

"Then do they eat well in the country?"

"Why is it bad? When people in the countryside hold banquets, they serve fresh rice, noodles, meat and vegetables. The rice and noodles are freshly harvested crops, and the meat is freshly killed and eaten. It is much better than what we eat."

Only then did Shang Jiuqing realize that Lu Hechang had let him taste cornmeal steamed buns that day just to get rid of him, and he couldn't help but get angry. But he didn't dare to get angry, because those two people were famous people of the Ministry of Punishment, and he was just a

A second-rate person on the list, not even a tenth-grade official, just a local hooligan. If he vents his anger regardless of the consequences, he might be kicked back to the streets immediately and have nothing to do.

What about Junchen? After listening to his brother-in-law's words, he felt that the people in the Ministry of Punishment did not take him, a court official who had just gained power, seriously. Otherwise, how could they treat his brother-in-law like this?

Thinking like this, he felt very uncomfortable. He had to find a way to deal with these people and not let them be arrogant. Thinking like this, he racked his brains to think of bad ideas that would make the people who set a trap on his brother-in-law suffer, just for the sake of it.

vent their dissatisfaction.

Some readers may ask, since Lai Junchen was successful in front of Wu Zetian, is it difficult to find a job for his brother-in-law himself?

The problem is that the Tang Dynasty emphasized the imperial examination system, and those who did not pass the exams, such as scholars, candidates, and scholars, wanted to enter the officialdom? There was no way!

Therefore, there was nothing Lai Junchen could do to face such an illiterate and rude brother-in-law. However, he had a very good feeling for his brother-in-law. Although it was difficult to help him enter the officialdom, he still enjoyed the fun of family affection, so

, I often come to this silly brother-in-law to relax when I am worried or happy.

He didn't react much to the "secret glances" from the Minister of Punishment. He just let them do whatever they wanted. This was an unspoken rule of officialdom. When one person becomes an official, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

When he was in high spirits, his brother-in-law realized that he had been teased and was so angry that he proposed to go to Wucheng County.

While Lai Junchen was happy, he followed his brother-in-law's advice and asked the Minister of Criminal Affairs to issue an approval note and sent Shang Jiuqing and a group of people to Wucheng to investigate the Cui Jianfeng prison robbery case.

This made Lu Hechang and Liu Mingyang regretful. They originally wanted to take care of their own affairs and escape as soon as possible. However, they attracted a thorn in the side that worried them, and they couldn't be happier.

As soon as they saw Shang Jiuqing arriving with a group of people, they had a hunch that this kid already knew what they had teased that day, that is, because they deceived Shang Jiuqing as a gangster who didn't understand the officialdom routine, so they resorted to a bitter trick to get rid of him.

This baggage thing.

Now that the ruffian has discovered that they deceived him, and a new team has arrived, how can they get any good results?

Shang Jiuqing didn't say anything, he just smiled and took out the approval slip issued by the Minister of Punishment for them to see.

"No need." Lu Hechang was unhappy when he saw Shang Jiuqing coming: "Since you are here, why don't you just take your people with you and capture Cui Jianfeng's men?"

"No rush." ​​Shang Jiuqing smiled as if nothing happened: "I heard that Cui Dushi is a close and beloved general of Di Guo's old men. How can I dare to arrest him casually?"

"If you don't catch him, then are you here to hide and seek?" Lu Hechang said angrily.

"This is your job. If you don't catch the prisoner yourself, are you waiting for me to come?" Shang Jiuqing said with a smile as if nothing had happened, "Why haven't you caught the escaped prisoner for so long?"

"Where should we go to find him? Is it so easy to find a death row prisoner who has disappeared without a trace?"

"Then what are you going to do with this case?"

"The jailer on duty that night is still being interrogated. Zhu Guangcai, Cui Dushi's subordinate, has been targeted and is ready to be arrested."

"Okay." Shang Jiuqing smiled: "The Minister of Punishment is very concerned about this case and wants us to close the case and report it as soon as possible." After that, he turned to an attendant behind him and asked: "Is lunch ready?"

"Just wait until the restaurant waiter comes to call us," the attendant replied.

"Okay." Shang Jiuqing smiled and turned to Lu Hechang and Yao Mingyang and said, "I will treat you to a meal at noon, and then we will find Cui Gong together and ask him to hand over his men so that we can find out the whereabouts of the fugitive and close the case as soon as possible.

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"Isn't this bad?" Lu Hechang looked embarrassed: "You are the guest, we are the hosts, we should prepare lunch. Also, now you want to go to Cui Gong to ask for someone? Are you not afraid that they will fall out with us, or even

Detain us?"

"Let's not talk about it for now. I still prepare the meal. After all, I am the investigation specialist sent here by the minister, just like the deposed envoy. Therefore, I am the master, and you are here to assist me. How can you claim to be so?

Where is the master?" There was something in Shang Jiuqing's words that really frightened Lu Hechang and the others. In fact, this was all Lai Junchen's idea.

Lu Hechang and the others didn't say anything more. They regarded Shang Jiuqing as the "deposed envoy" sent by the emperor, that is, an important minister with the power of life and death. However, Shang Jiuqing was not a registered personnel and could not be said to be an official.

"Deposing the envoy" is not the same thing.

When they followed Shang Jiuqing into the private room of the restaurant, and after sitting down, the cook brought several buckets of cornmeal steamed buns and cabbage soup. This made Lu Hechang and the others dumbfounded.

"Everyone, have a good meal." Shang Jiuqing seemed to be a different person. He glanced at the officials sitting down and then grabbed a large plate of tawny cornmeal steamed bread on the table, took a big bite, and chewed it deliciously.

, and also picked up a piece of cabbage and put it in his mouth.

Of course, this was also Lai Junchen's plan. His subordinates specially asked the restaurant waiters to make specially marked cornmeal steamed buns, and gave Shang Jiuqing white flour sweet cakes wrapped in cornmeal. On the surface, the soup was the same as everyone else's.

, but it was also sweetened with sugar and oil, and tasted refreshing; while what was given to Lu Hechang and the others was extremely bitter old cornmeal with small sand. Not to mention eating it, just chewing it made your teeth clinch.

I still have to spit. This feeling is not that pleasant.

"This, this" the officials who were sitting looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do. Lu Hechang figured out Shang Jiuqing's intention, but did not believe it was Shang Jiuqing's plan. He only thought that this was probably Lai Junchen's idea. This made

He was so scared: "Why are we eating this? We are not in the countryside now."

"It's okay," Shang Jiuqing was still eating the "cornmeal" steamed bread with big mouthfuls: "I really admire Mr. Lu for going to the countryside to eat such a meal, so I specially treated you with country food today."

"Country people eat this? Who said that? Didn't we just move here from the countryside? Why haven't we seen country people eating this kind of thing?" An attendant who followed Lu Hechang to Liuhe Village asked inexplicably.

"Then what did you eat in Liuhe Village?" Shang Jiuqing asked with a smile.

"It's almost like us having a banquet in a restaurant. Li Zheng is having a banquet every day to accompany us to eat and drink." The attendant, not knowing the inside story, replied casually.

"Now let's change the taste. Let's eat these cornmeal steamed buns and rotten vegetable soup."

The officials who were seated had no choice but to pick up the steamed buns from the big plate on the table and stuff them into their mouths, frowning and chewing hard. How could they dare to refuse since their leader was eating with an indignant expression?

Although Lu Hechang was furious, there was nothing he could do. He could only endure the nausea and ate it with Shang Jiuqing for a while, chewing, coughing, spitting, and wiping his mouth. What could he do?

So why did Shang Jiuqing retaliate so much against Lu Hechang, who held real power in the case investigation team? In fact, after listening to his brother-in-law's account, Lai Junchen felt deeply that the officials of the Ministry of Punishment looked down on his brother-in-law and did not respect his own performance, so he also imitated the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

He assigned a confidant to his brother-in-law to advise him, and he operated on Lu Hechang for the first time.

Because of his brother-in-law's orders, Shang Jiuqing did not dare to disobey the person assigned by his brother-in-law. He obeyed his arrangements and followed his instructions, including eating corn buns, drinking rotten cabbage soup, pretending to be elegant, and speaking eloquently.

After eating, Shang Jiuqing followed the orders of his confidants sent by his brother-in-law and took Lu Hechang and others to find Cui Jianfeng and ask him to hand over Zhu Guangcai.
Chapter completed!