Chapter 464 A surprise encounter with a major case
With the arrival of Liu Shanwang, Xue Ne, the remaining guest, was impatient to greet him, so he returned to the hall to announce the start of the birthday banquet.
The silk and bamboo flutes were played, and the dancers came on stage and danced on the huge stage in the hall.
The dandies stood up and saluted Xue Ne one after another. Whether sincerely or not, they all wished Xue Ne a birthday.
Although the eighteenth birthday sounds a bit strange, the dandy's behavior has always been unique. Maybe he just likes the atmosphere of birthday celebrations.
Xue Ne laughed heartily and accepted the blessings from the dandies with great satisfaction. He hugged the two brothel girls and kissed one of their cheeks without saying a word, causing the women to scream in surprise.
His dandy and dissolute character won everyone's approval. The atmosphere in the hall seemed to have been stirred up, and everyone suddenly became excited.
While Xue Ne was socializing with the dandies, he inadvertently glanced at Liu Shanwang, who was sitting in the corner with a fake smile.
Seeing Liu Shanwang dancing with long sleeves in the crowd of dandies, greeting everyone from left to right, Xue Na couldn't help but smile, but his eyes seemed to be staring at the prey of a wolf.
After greeting everyone, Xue Ne entered the pavilion, sat down cross-legged, and sighed: "It turns out that celebrating a birthday is so hard. I don't want to celebrate my birthday in this life."
Gao Qi sneered and said: "Do you really think you are celebrating your birthday? Today is the plan set up by Brother Jingchu. The so-called birthday is just a pretense. Looking at the smoky atmosphere outside, it is clearly a group of demons dancing around. It is like entering a den of thieves. I will pass If you live like this, you might as well just crash to death."
Xue Ne lowered his face and said, "Gao, you have to fight against me, right?"
Li Qinzai waved his hand and said: "Okay, things are important today, so we don't care about the time of the quarrel."
The two immediately shut up. Although they didn't agree with each other, Li Qinzai's words still held great weight for them.
"Brother Jingchu, what should we do next?" Xue Ne came over and asked.
"Is Liu Shanwang behaving normally?" Li Qinzai asked.
"It's normal. This is how he behaves when we get together on weekdays. He goes around trying to make friends with a shy face. His father Liu Xingzhou is said to be an upright supervisory censor. Son Xiong looks like this and is not afraid of embarrassing his father." Xue Ne sneered.
Li Qinzai took a sip of the wine and said, "Stop for a moment and arrange the things. Then let someone get him drunk. Add some medicine to the wine. The dosage is correct. I want him to wake up when he should wake up."
Xue Ne said with a bad smile: "Brother Jingchu, don't worry. Yesterday I hired a doctor to analyze Brother Jingchu's Mongolian sweat medicine until midnight and determined the weight. It only takes a small amount of rubbing to ensure that he will only be unconscious for two sticks." Wake up immediately during the incense hour, we just need to make arrangements within the two incense hours."
Li Qinzai looked at Gao Qi again, and Gao Qi said hurriedly: "The officers from the Yongzhou Governor's Office happened to be patrolling nearby. I promise to shout loudly and they will rush to the scene."
Li Qinzai clicked his tongue and said, "I have to praise you. When it comes to committing crimes, you are both quite talented."
Xue Ne and Gao Qi jumped up immediately.
Gao Qi blushed and said: "Brother Jingchu, what you said is wrong. Brother Yu has always done what Brother Jingchu ordered. He has committed adultery and other crimes. Brother Yu is born upright and has never done anything like this."
Li Qinzai said lazily: "Okay, okay, you hook up with prostitutes, drink, fight, and cheat on your father, but I know you are all good boys..."
Xue Ne's face turned red and he said calmly: "It's not... that perfect."
Li Qinzai yawned and said, "It's almost time. You two go to do things. I'll lie here for a while and call me when the work is done."
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Under Xue Na's intentional or unintentional arrangement, Liu Shanwang drank too much unknowingly after half an hour.
He didn't know how he drank too much. He vaguely remembered that several dandies came over and offered him a few toasts, and several beautiful brothel girls came over and offered a toast to him, as well as Xue Ne, the birthday boy of the day.
I also came over and had a few drinks with him...
In short, Liu Shanwang was drunk, but he was very happy.
He suddenly discovered that the dandies in Chang'an City seemed to be much friendlier to him today than usual. Not only did they drink together, they also put their arms around each other and treated him like brothers. This kind of treatment had never happened before.
In a happy mood, Liu Shanwang became more and more excited. He felt that he already had connections in half of Chang'an. Even if he could not become an official in the future, he would have a good chance of being introduced to an official position by powerful people, and his future would be brighter than that of his father.
From a poor family to a powerful person, it is as simple as making friends.
Before he was almost drunk, Liu Shanwang looked at the bold and laughing dandies around him with drunken eyes, and a happy thought came to his mind.
There are so many great friends, and everyone here is a close friend. Life is like this, how happy it is.
Then Liu Shanwang became completely drunk and collapsed under the table.
The dandies were still noisy and noisy. They were immersed in their own happiness. No one noticed that the son of a seventh-grade censor was drunk.
Two well-behaved maids held Liu Shanwang, one on the left and the other on the right, and took him to the quiet backyard of the brothel.
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After noon, a big news suddenly broke out in Chang'an City.
Liu Shanwang, the son of the censor Liu Xingzhou, committed a serious crime. Taking advantage of his drunkenness and courage, he sneaked into the backyard of the brothel and stole the heavy gift given to Xue Ne by the Gao family of Duke Shen for his birthday.
Not only that, when Liu Shanwang was stealing, he happened to be discovered by Gao Qi, who was passing by the backyard. Liu Shanwang was so drunk that he stabbed Gao Qi. Gao Qi was injured in the abdomen and was bleeding profusely. He was immediately rushed to the hospital.
I still don’t know whether I will live or die.
Liu Shanwang, on the other hand, was captured by a Yongzhou Prefecture officer who happened to be passing by the brothel and was thrown into jail pending trial.
The afternoon silence was broken by this news, and the government and the public in Chang'an City were shocked.
The son of an official steals and commits murder, and the one injured is the son of the prince. This is a big deal.
After the incident, the entire Gao family of Shen Guogong was furious. Gao Zhenxing went to the palace in person to ask for an audience with Li Zhi. He knelt down in front of Li Zhi and burst into tears. He denounced the gangster for being arrogant and asked Li Zhi to punish him strictly and give his son justice.
Li Zhi was also furious and immediately said that he must take action and must not encourage the villain's arrogance.
Half an hour later, Liu Xingzhou, the supervisory censor who came after hearing the news, knelt in front of the gate of Taiji Palace and apologized in fear, but Li Zhi refused to see him.
In the evening, a decree came from the palace, ordering Weinan County Bo Li Qinzai to review the case.
Liu Xingzhou, who was still kneeling in front of the palace gate and did not dare to leave, heard this decree. He was sweating profusely and collapsed to the ground helplessly.
As soon as the eunuch who delivered the order left the palace and headed to the British palace, Liu Xingzhou hurriedly got up and followed the eunuch with fear.
After delivering the order, the eunuch left the British palace, and Liu Xingzhou dared to come forward to ask for an audience with Li Qinzai, but was rejected by the troops on duty outside the palace.
According to the rules of the British government, no outsiders are allowed after dark.
Liu Xingzhou was so anxious that he stood outside the mansion and paced anxiously. After a long while, he finally stamped his feet, turned around and rushed towards the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion.
However, this incident had alarmed the emperor, and the Yongzhou governor's office did not dare to neglect it, let alone allow Liu Xingzhou and his son to meet in prison.
Liu Xingzhou was shocked by the great changes. He failed several times in one day and returned home exhausted.