You can't be in a hurry, let alone return to the capital rashly. If you want to return to the capital, you have to wait until the matter with King Qin is settled, and in the process, you can't show that you are aware of anything wrong.
Han Du took a deep breath and thought of this.
At the same time, Liang Hai was also desperately looking for those people who had been bankrupted by the King of Qin and sold their children and daughters. Since Han Du wanted to protect the King of Qin, he even came with an army, hoping to take advantage of it to bring Shaanxi Chief Envoy Si
Forcibly suppressed. Then he would find out all the evidence. He wanted to see if Han Du dared to shield King Qin unscrupulously under the overwhelming evidence.
Han Du was not idle either. After arriving in Xi'an, he began to receive news from various counties. Among them, there were various reports about what King Qin did in the fiefdom.
What about wine pools and meat forests, what about singing and dancing, these are all childish.
There are even rumors that the King of Qin was so lustful that he would have a hundred young ladies serving him in one night. This is simply nonsense. What a joke, a hundred in one night. Even if Zhu Ping had the guts, he would not.
That body, even if he has this heart, his kidneys won't agree.
Moreover, it was rumored that Zhu Ping and Deng were very affectionate. Except for Deng, Zhu Ping had never been close to any other concubines. Even Princess Qin was put under house arrest by him and refused to see each other. If so, Zhu Ping would be a lustful person.
Sex, there is no one in this world who is single-minded in love.
It would be great if Zhu Xi could really spend one night with hundreds of girls. I'm afraid he would have run out of energy and flown into the sky, and there would be no need for him to plan so painstakingly for him here. Han Du sighed secretly... .??.
The most famous brothel in Xi'an, the entire brothel was taken over by Han Du. For several days in a row, Han Du completely regarded the brothel as his home. He held banquets and enjoyed singing and dancing every day, which was completely befitting a dandy from the capital.
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The experience of Jiaofangsi made Han Du feel like a fish in water in this kind of situation. Even the veteran Huacong had no choice but to bow down and admire Han Du's style.
On this day, Liang Hai hurried to the brothel with some things. There were singing and dancing in the brothel, and cigarettes and cigarettes were lingering, giving him a feeling of reality and fantasy. Seeing the singing and dancing in front of him, he couldn't help but frowned. For Han
Du's disgust has added another layer. Although Liang Hai is not disgusted with this place of fireworks, and he has even been here more than once, Han Du completely regards this place as home and never leaves it.
The behavior of the hungry ghost still made him despise him from the bottom of his heart.
But despise is despise, and you still have to go in, otherwise Liang Hai will not be able to see Han Du. He avoids the two enchanting women with trembling flowers in front of the door, and avoids their tender hands greeting Xiasan Road.
Liang Hai quickly walked through the front hall and went straight to the balcony where Han Du was sitting.
When I came outside the balcony, I could hear the chirping of orioles in my ears, which made me feel the heat in my lower abdomen and the sound of changing cups and cups. When I pushed the door open, I saw more than a dozen people wearing clothes.
Young women in hibiscus-colored loose gauze clothes with wide sleeves made of light silk were playing music, dancing, drinking in Han Du's arms, and some even drank the wine in their mouths, then showed a naughty smile.
, use the tip of your tongue to transfer it into Han Du's mouth little by little. In order to prevent the wine from spilling, you can only transfer a little bit at a time. The skillful tongue goes in and out, and the gentle feeling at the touch makes people linger.
The high platform is brightly lit, and the beams and columns are outlined with simple patterns using gold paint, making people fall into the illusory sea of splendid clouds and mountains.
Seeing Liang Hai come in, Han Du was stuck in the gentle land just like before and was unwilling to get up. He didn't let the singing and dancing stop. He just glanced at Liang Hai lazily and said with a smile: "Master Liang came just in time to accompany me. Please have two drinks."
Liang Hai's face was as gloomy as water. How could he have any intention of drinking with Han Du?
Seeing Liang Hai's sullen face, Han Du suddenly felt very bored. The smile on his face disappeared. He stood up, looked at Liang Hai impatiently, and said absently: "Tell me, what do you want to see me for?" "
Liang Hai didn't speak, he just glanced at the singers on the left and right with a faint smile, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, let me say it here?"
Han Du knew that Liang Hai came here mostly because of King Qin's affairs. He also felt that it was difficult to discuss this matter with these singers here, so he clapped his hands helplessly and said: "You guys
Everyone go out first."
After many singers exited, looking at Liang Hai with a serious face, Han Du said with a playful smile: "Master Liang, what are you doing? I have never offended you, right? Why do you want to disturb my enjoyment?"
Liang Hai couldn't help but snorted.
After hearing this, Han Du's expression suddenly changed, his face sank, he looked at Liang Hai coldly, and sneered: "What? What do you think, Mr. Liang?"
Although Liang Hai looked down upon Han Du's actions, he did not dare to conflict with Han Du head-on. He suppressed the anger in his stomach and said instead: "Master Hou is here to verify the affairs of King Qin. , please also ask the Marquis not to indulge in pleasure."
When Han Du saw Liang Hai's concession, he was not unreasonable. He spread his hands and said with a smile: "I will naturally investigate the matter of King Qin. However, when I came to Xi'an, I found that the matter was not as simple as thought. Someone petitioned to impeach King Qin. There are many illegal things here, but after I came here, I discovered that these things have been going on for a long time, and I'm afraid it won't be clear for a while."
After hearing this, Liang Hai felt furious and looked at Han Du blankly. He had seen shameless people before, but he had never seen such a shameless one. After Han Du came to Xi'an, he did nothing and just stayed in the brothel all day long. Lingering and lingering, there is no sign of wanting to investigate the case seriously?
Jiang Chengling believed that Han Du wanted to protect King Qin and would even deliberately delay the investigation, which echoed in Liang Hai's ears again.
Taking a deep breath, Liang Hai suppressed his anger and said to Han Du: "Master Hou has been in this brothel all day, and he doesn't look like he is investigating a case."
After a pause, Liang Hai continued: "If the Marquis finds it difficult to verify, why not ask the lower official to help you?"
Seeing Liang Hai's reluctance, Han Du's face suddenly became dissatisfied. He raised his eyes and said contemptuously: "I naturally have my own methods to investigate the case. Do I need to report it to you?
This is the feudal kingdom of King Qin. When I walked into Xi'an City, I didn't know how many princes' spies were eyeing me. What would be the effect if I conducted a large-scale investigation? Such a blatant investigation would only lead to confusion. The people in Prince Qin's Mansion are on alert and extremely careful. I'm afraid they may have wiped out their hands before I can find any useful evidence. Therefore, don't think I've been in this brothel all day just to paralyze them. , I have already sent people to investigate secretly."
Verification is a matter of verification, but Han Du did not say when the results would be available.
Liang Hai also saw that Han Du was deliberately stalling for time. He didn't even bother to ask Han Du when the results would be available and how long it would take to verify.
After all, there were things that both of them knew well, and even if he asked, he would only get a few nonsense words from Han Du to fool him.
"Master Hou is so busy with everything." When Liang Hai said this, there was a special smile on the corner of Liang Hai's mouth, and his eyes glanced at the singers outside the door, his contempt for Han Du was beyond words.
Han Du didn't care at all. Anyway, if you say what you say, I will listen to mine. Even if you understand, I will treat it as if you don't understand.
When Liang Hai saw Han Du listening calmly and nodding slightly from time to time, he suddenly felt that this man's face was too thick, and his thick face could not be broken by just a few pointed words.
Then he said bluntly: "The lower official knew that Mr. Hou was busy, and it was not for the sake of Mr. Hou, so he found some evidence that King Qin took away people's wealth and asked Mr. Hou to take a look."
Han Du looked at the stack of documents handed over by Liang Hai and did not reach out to take it. Instead, after pondering for a moment, he suddenly laughed. He tilted his chin to the table and motioned to him and said: "Master Liang is interested, let it go."
The anger in Liang Hai's heart suddenly surged, and his face turned red. You must know that he had to check this day and night, and his eyes were red. Unexpectedly, Han Du turned his back and didn't even mean to take a look.
"Okay, good Lord Marquis, I will take my leave." Liang Hai stood up immediately and turned his head to the side without even thinking about it.
Looking at Han Du, he held back his discomfort and said with his hands.
Han Du glanced at him with a smile and said casually: "Master Liang, please go slowly and don't see me off."
As for those documents, Han Du did not ask Liang Hai to stay and allowed him to take them away.
After seeing Liang Hai leave, Han Du's face darkened. Although he didn't read the documents just now, he could tell from the number of documents that there would be many people involved. When he thought of so many people,
Forced by Zhu Xi to sell his son and daughter and become homeless, Han Du wanted to fly back to the capital and beat up this bastard.
This Zhu Ping really didn't do anything good in Xi'an.
After thinking for a moment, Han Du stood up and shouted loudly: "Where are the people? Where have they gone?"
Liang Hai returned to the Chief Envoy's Yamen angrily and went straight to find Jiang Chengling. When he came to Jiang Chengling, he was so angry that he didn't even want to say hello. He sat down on the seat below Jiang Chengling, poured a cup of tea to himself, and drank it in one gulp.
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When Jiang Chengling saw Liang Hai losing his temper, he quickly guessed what was going on. He laughed and asked, "What, you went to see Han Du today?"
"That's too much, sir. He, Han Du, is here to verify the King of Qin's expropriation of people's wealth, not to look for flowers. Why does he hang out in the brothel all day long and ignore the verification?"
Jiang Chengling was not as angry as Liang Hai, and said in a gentle and unhurried tone: "Didn't we already expect it? Now it seems that Han Du is just here to cause trouble and prepare to protect King Qin. By doing this, he is stalling for time.
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The anger in Liang Hai's heart slowly dissipated. He stood up, twirled his beard, and turned twice in front of the table. Suddenly he turned to face Jiang Chengling and said, "We can't let him drag on like this. With his virtue, if he is like that
After a day of watching, I will directly say that there is no real evidence and protect the King of Qin. I am dissatisfied with you, sir. I believe that he can do such a thing."
"Yes, we have to be on guard. If he protects the King of Qin, wouldn't the suffering of the people be in vain?" Jiang Chengling also nodded in agreement, and at the same time said with gritted teeth to the King of Qin.
He looked up at Liang Hai and asked in a deep voice: "What do you think should be done?"
Liang Hai sneered twice, approached Jiang Chengling, and whispered: "Isn't Han Du messing around and trying not to admit his guilt? Then let's just find the owner of the suffering. I want to see, facing those poor people, Han Du
How can Du have the face to protect King Qin!"
"What a great idea!" Jiang Chengling suddenly stood up in excitement, rubbed her hands and walked around in front of Liang Hai several times, becoming increasingly happy.
He turned around and looked at Liang Hai with great satisfaction, and said: "This is a good idea. To be honest, I really don't know what to do with Han Du these days. You said he brought a large army, but we can't do anything about it."
He uses force.
Your method is good, but I don’t believe it. Facing the people, he dares to let the army attack the people. If this is really the case, then I will go to Beijing to file a complaint even if I risk my life."
"Then let's get ready!" Han Du was so angry that when Liang Hai saw Jiang Chengling agreeing, he couldn't wait to get up and leave.
"Go ahead and do it in the right direction. Try to find everyone who has been raided by the King of Qin. No matter where they are, dig three feet into the ground to find them all." Jiang Chengling waved his hand and supported Liang Hai without hesitation.
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However, after Liang Hai took a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned to look at Jiang Chengling and asked doubtfully: "Then Han Du stayed in the brothel all day and couldn't come out. He is really hurt. Shouldn't you go and persuade him?"
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"No need!" Jiang Chengling waved his hand grandly, "Let him continue to stay inside, so that we can do things better. If he finds out, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."
"I understand."
For more than twenty days in a row, Han Du spent the day immersed in the gentle countryside, and at night he began to sort out the news from all parties.
After so many days of careful investigation and combining various information, Han Du finally got a rough idea of the specific situation. Generally speaking, Jiang Chengling did not exaggerate when he talked about King Qin’s many illegal things. On the contrary, he
Some statistics were also missed.
King Qin had only been a vassal for a few years, but he had left so many people bankrupt. Han Du didn't know what to say about him. He could only say that he was too stupid and deserved to be beaten by Lao Zhu.
A dignified prince has no ability to make money at all. The income of the Qin Palace only relies on the produce of the fields given to him by Lao Zhu. If these produce are only used for food, it must be enough. Lao Zhu still cares about his son.
He is very generous and would not let his own son go hungry.
But if you want to carry out large-scale construction projects and go to the coast to buy pearls and jade as Deng demanded, this income is far from enough.
When the King of Qin was short of money, he would not think of other ways, and would simply plunder it from the people's heads. Even if Zhu Ping grabbed a few shops in Xi'an city and started a business, Han Du would look down on him.
But Zhu Ping is a tough guy. He knows nothing except stealing.
If Han Du had Zhu Ping's status and resources, he would have already made a fortune by doing business. Why would he need to make decisions about the people?
On this day, Han Du went out to the brothel early in the morning as usual. However, he did not expect that Liang Hai deliberately blocked the door.
"How come Sir Liang has time to come to see me today?" Han Du raised his eyes to look at the sky, the look of surprise on his face became more intense, and he asked in confusion: "So early? Is there anything wrong, Sir Liang?"
Liang Hai was now confident and confident. Not only did his resentment towards Han Du disappear, but he looked at Han Du with a smile on his face. If someone who didn't know what was going on saw him, he would think that the two people have a good relationship. This is not true at all.
It reminds me that just a few days ago, the two of them were in a tit-for-tat confrontation, refusing to give in.
This guy actually smiles at himself? Could it be that he is seriously ill? Han Du thought.
Before Han Du could understand what was going on, Liang Hai raised his hand and said, "Master Hou, Lord Jiang, please come over. I have something important to discuss with him."
Jiang Chengling is looking for me? Han Du pondered for a few seconds and nodded in agreement: "Master Jiang, why do you want to see me? In that case, let's go."
"Master Hou, please!" Liang Hai took a step forward, stood sideways on the edge of the road, and extended his hand to signal.
Han Du walked out first without hesitation.
Liang Hai smiled and quickly followed.
Han Du came to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen and was led all the way to the court by Liang Hai.
Logically speaking, if Jiang Chengling really wanted to meet Han Du and talk about old times, he should have done so in a study or some other place, and would not have met Han Du in court. Because
The court is usually the place where criminals are interrogated. This kind of place is considered unlucky by everyone and they usually avoid it intentionally or unintentionally.
Unless Jiang Chengling wants to offend Han Du to death, she will not see him in court. Of course, there is one exception, and that is inviting Han Du to observe the trial.
Seeing that Jiang Chengling was the only one sitting at the top of the court, with no one on the left or right, Han Du's face suddenly darkened. Step by step, he came to Jiang Chengling, stood upright, and said in a bad tone: "Master Jiang, this is
What do you mean? Do you want to interrogate me?"
Facing Han Du's questioning, Jiang Chengling took the initiative to stand up, smiled and apologized: "Master Hou misunderstood, I want to invite Master Hou to come and observe a case today. Please take a seat, Master Hou."
Since it wasn't directed at him, Han Du had nothing to be angry about. He casually sat down on the seat on Jiang Chengling's left hand and looked at Jiang Chengling with an indifferent expression.
Jiang Chengling smiled and bowed slightly towards Han Du, thanking Han Du for his generosity and lack of care.
After turning around and standing upright, Jiang Chengling suddenly slapped his hand on the wall and shouted sternly: "Take the blame for this case."
"Bring the Lord of Suffering to the Hall~" Liang Hai stood next to Han Du and shouted immediately.
Suddenly there was movement outside the lobby, a crashing sound, and two rows of government officials ran in neatly, lining up on both sides. Under the guidance of the government officials, a large group of ragged people walked in outside the door. Just now, Jiang Chengling was the only one.