Chen Aliang gnashed his teeth, showed his smile that was more awkward than crying, and said to the young man: "You just said that the leading lake bandit is a one-eyed dragon? Our inspection department has never heard of anything like that here.
A gangster. Let's do this. You will sleep in our yamen tonight. In the next few days, our inspection department will go take a look and ask questions. If there is no trace, I will also send an archer to take you to
Your family's home."
Of course, Zheng Shoukuan heard that the official in front of him was perfunctory, and he became anxious for a moment. He glared and argued: "Master, you have to send someone now, otherwise my aunt may be humiliated! Sir, this ingot of gold,
How many kilos of rice can I buy?”
"Ouch," Chen Aliang raised his voice and said in an exaggerated tone, "Brothers, this is not a doll, this is clearly the county magistrate who pays us! He only paid five taels of silver, just like driving a donkey to grind.
, driving us out in the middle of the night to fight for his aunt."
When the archers were neutral, someone followed the Shangguan's interest and teased the poor young man in front of him: "Little county magistrate, even if we rush there now, I'm afraid your aunt has already entered the bridal chamber with the bandit boss. You are so anxious to get angry.
Are you rushing to become the eldest nephew of Yazhai?"
"Ho ho, ha ha..." Everyone laughed more and more unscrupulously.
Zheng Shoukuan bit his back teeth.
According to my aunt's previous advice when she was in a hurry, don't tell the lady's identity unless absolutely necessary.
But now it seems that the only way to get these Qiu Ba to save people is to give the truth.
Zheng Shoukuan then raised his voice and said loudly: "Master Jun, my aunt was kidnapped by the bandits together with the eldest lady of the Jinshen family she served. My aunt's name is Zheng Haizhu, and the eldest lady is from the Han family of Songjiang Prefecture.
My eldest daughter has been betrothed to the famous Gu family. Although this place is under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture, the military master should also know that the gentry of Suzhou and Songjiang prefectures are indistinguishable from each other."
When Chen Aliang heard this, his expression changed completely.
He cursed in his heart: Damn, you are really a well-connected person. Qiu Wanliang, you are a murderer. If you don't snatch the many yellow girls in this town, you have to marry the eldest lady of Jin Shen's family.
Chen Aliang looked at the time and was afraid that the young lady had been wasted by Qiu Wanliang.
If I lead troops to demand people at this time, it will be fine if I am sorry for the money that the bandit den sends every month. The key point is that when Miss Han returns to Songjiang and complains, the Han and Gu families come to raise an army to investigate, will the Suzhou government still want to ask for help?
Are you asking this about your Qiandun Inspection Department?
Just don't stop doing anything, kill the little devil in front of you, find a secluded place to bury it, and then inform Qiu Wanliang, the leader of the water bandits, and ask him to cover Miss Han more tightly, and everything will be fine.
Chen Aliang had made up his mind and quickly gave the thin man at the card table a look.
The thin man was a veteran of the Inspection Department. He had always known that Shangguan and the water bandits were from the same family, and he immediately understood what Shangguan meant.
The thin soldier was about to rush forward and cover Zheng Shoukuan's mouth, but there was a sudden movement outside the door accompanied by the sound of footsteps and the sound of metal.
With a hoarse and majestic voice, "Someone come and ask about this doll," a tall, middle-aged man with long arms walked into the room.
…
Zheng Shoukuan turned around and saw that the middle-aged man was wearing a short robe with narrow sleeves that reached his knees, and a long knife with a curved handle hung on his waist.
He has a lion nose and eagle eyes, rough skin, deep Sichuan lines carved between his eyebrows, and sharp flesh around the cheekbones.
This murderous appearance made him look quite scary in the dim light.
"Why are you here, Your Excellency? Ahem! I think this unruly man has disturbed Your Majesty by making a noise."
After Chen Aliang saluted the man respectfully, he pointed at Zheng Shoukuan and sternly ordered his men: "Take this unruly man out quickly and blast him farther away!"
But the middle-aged man waved his hand and walked up to Zheng Shoukuan. He slightly suppressed the coldness in his eyes and asked, "Are you from Longxi, Zhangzhou Prefecture? Your aunt's name is Zheng Haizhu?"
Zheng Shoukuan nodded, and when he plucked up the courage to look at the man, his eyes were timid, with a hint of doubt.
"How old is your aunt?" the middle-aged man continued to ask.
"Sir, my aunt was born in the 24th year of Wanli. She is twenty years old this year."
"How did you come from Zhangzhou to Songjiang to serve as servants of the Han family?"
Zheng Shoukuan calmed down a little and said: "Sir, our Zhangzhou Prefecture's Zhangrong and gauze are as famous as the Wuwan and Shu brocades of Jiangnan and Sichuan. In addition to Zhangrong, my family is also very good at dyeing silk. My father and mother
After the illness, my aunt and I were the only ones left in the house to depend on each other. The tribesmen bullied us and wanted to marry my aunt out of town, so my aunt settled in the county, sold the house, and took me to the south of the Yangtze River to find a way out. We arrived in Songjiang,
We heard that Miss Han's embroidery was very famous, so we asked her to do it, and Miss Han was kind enough to take her in."
The middle-aged man interrupted him: "In a gentry family in the south of the Yangtze River, family rules are the most important. Miss Han, a daughter of a wealthy family, how can she go out and run around like this?"
"No, it's not running around. This spring, Miss Han heard that a senior embroiderer in Suzhou was opening an account to recruit apprentices. She wanted to invite him to Songjiang to ask for help from embroidery workers. Unexpectedly, the senior was even harder to recruit than Zhuge Kongming, so Miss Han kept it secret from the Han family.
Madam, take my aunt and me to Suzhou Mansion."
After Zheng Shoukuan answered, he lowered his head and his eyes fell on the middle-aged man's feet.
They were a pair of leather boots. They were very worn and had some holes in them. However, the uppers had a "weather-like" look on them.
In this hot season, how can any civil servant wear such boots?
Based on the knowledge and experience gained from his aunt's adventures, Zheng Shoukuan guessed that the "adult" in front of him was a military general.
I heard the hoarse voice above my head ringing again: "Okay, I will take the people and ask the inspection department to send out a few brothers to lead the way and go to the bandits' den to beg people."
As soon as he said this, Zheng Shoukuan was naturally happy and surprised, and Chen Aliang from the Inspection Department found it even more unbelievable.
Did you hear that right?
Doesn't it mean that the further north you go, the more lazy your officers and soldiers become to catch maggots?
What does this Northern General from the Ministry of War want to do when he comes to eat and drink all night?
The man sneered, stared at Chen Aliang and said, "What? Do you think I'm a passing general who can't care about the bad things in your Qiandun Town, and can't catch the bad guys in your Qiandun Town?"
Chen Aliang hurriedly shook his hands and said in one voice: "No, no, sir, you misunderstood. I'll just order it now. Order all the people and follow your orders."
The man simply had a showdown with him: "Deputy Secretary Chen, this baby's father is an old friend that I have made friends with many years ago. Just now, I was in the courtyard and heard the baby say his aunt's maiden name. Now I took a closer look at the baby's face.
The appearance should be unmistakable."
After he finished speaking, he leaned forward slightly and covered Zheng Shoukuan with his sharp eyes like a hawk. After a moment, he showed a sad expression: "When I parted ways with Brother Zheng, you had just landed. When I see you today, I really look like your father."
Zheng Shoukuan stared at the face in front of him that had never appeared in his memory. He was surprised, confused, and lucky. All these thoughts were intertwined together, which made him stammered, "Thank you, uncle." Then he knelt down and gave the man
kowtow.
Chen Aliang, the head of the inspection department, cursed in his heart, "What a damn coincidence" and immediately began to figure out how to secretly find a clever subordinate and take a shortcut to report the news to Master Qiu.