After two well-known families in Fuzhou were surrounded, other gentry in Fuzhou became panic-stricken as Shen Yi expected.
In addition, the head of the Feng family made a lot of noise in front of his house and spread a few rumors. After that, there was a lot of discussion in Fuzhou city.
Some people said that these troops from the imperial court were unable to extort Fuzhou nobles, so they became angry and imposed charges.
Some people also say that people from the Feng family and the Tan family saw Mr. Xiao Shen from Jiankang in the brothel, but they did not come forward to greet him, which angered Mr. Xiao Shen, so the anti-Japanese army surrounded the house. .
Some people even say that the anti-Japanese army used this to extort all the big families in Fuzhou. If these big families did not pay tribute to the anti-Japanese army, that would be the fate of the Feng and Tan families.
Anyway, rumors are flying around.
These rumors, or public opinion, almost all favored the Fuzhou gentry.
On the one hand, this is because the Feng Tan family are natives of Fuzhou.
The more important reason is that in an incident, people are naturally inclined to favor the weak. No matter what the situation is or what happens, they will subconsciously feel that the strong must bully the weak.
The weak must have been wronged.
In this incident, the anti-Japanese army was undoubtedly the strong one, and the Feng Tan family was the weak one.
However, no matter how the people talk about it, this matter has nothing to do with the common people. In fact, most of the time, these Fuzhou gentry who occupy a large amount of social resources are the big mountain that weighs on the heads of the people of Fuzhou.
It's just that ordinary people won't be able to think clearly for a while.
Therefore, most of these common people just discussed this matter with a casual attitude, while other Fuzhou nobles were almost frightened. On the evening after the anti-Japanese army surrounded Feng Tan's family, these Fuzhou nobles They recommended about ten people, representing the Fuzhou gentry, to come to Shen Yi's residence and ask to see the imperial envoy Shen.
Among these ten people, the leader is naturally Ye Chan, the head of the Ye family.
After Ye Chan arrived at the door of Shen Yi's residence, she first asked someone to inform her.
The two anti-Japanese army officers guarding the door glanced at the dozen or so people and did not accept the scattered silver handed over by them. Instead, they turned around and went in to report.
Not long after, Shen Yi's personal attendant Jiang Sheng walked out of the house.
Because of the cold weather, Jiang Sheng put his hands in his sleeves and glanced at these dozen people. He asked, "Are you all from Fuzhou?"
"yes."
Among these people, Ye Chan was the most eloquent, and the Ye family's influence in Fuzhou was large enough, so it was natural for her to stand up and speak on behalf of these people.
Miss Ye glanced at Jiang Sheng, lowered her head slightly, said a blessing, and said: "Brother Jiang, on behalf of the Fuzhou nobles, we would like to see Emperor Shen..."
Jiang Sheng glanced at this woman in surprise.
Unexpectedly, she even found out the last name of her own follower.
However, Jiang Sheng was just stunned for a moment, and soon returned to normal. He said calmly: "Everyone, my young master is not here. He has been invited out for a dinner."
After Jiang Sheng coughed, he said slowly: "Before the young master left, he made sure that you would come, and he asked me to tell you something."
Jiang Sheng cleared his throat and said loudly: "When I go back, I will touch my conscience and think about whether my family has done anything that is sorry for the court and the people."
"If you haven't done it before, you can rest easy."
Jiang Sheng said slowly: "The imperial court will not wrong any good person."
"This time the Japanese case is investigated, and all the evidence will be posted on the notice afterwards. No family or person will be wronged."
After saying this, Jiang Sheng waved his hand, indicating that these people could leave.
Ye Chan still refused to give up. She took out a few gold leaves from her sleeves and stepped forward to put them into Jiang Sheng's hands. As she stepped forward, she asked: "Brother Jiang, I would like to ask where the imperial envoy Shen is going. Have a banquet? Whose banquet are you going to?"
Jiang Sheng quickly took two steps back, avoiding the gold leaf in Ye Chan's hand like a snake or a scorpion, but he still answered Ye Chan's question.
"Going to Governor Sun's banquet."
"As for where to go..."
Jiang Sheng shook his head slightly.
"I don't know either."
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As Shen Yi's personal attendant, Jiang Sheng was naturally lying when he said he didn't know where Shen Yi had gone, but he did not lie in his previous sentence.
Shen Yi was indeed invited to dinner by Sun Fu, the governor of Fujian.
The location is Wanghai Tower in Fuzhou City.
The governor of Fujian looked to be about sixty years old, with nearly half of his hair already gray. However, he was in good spirits and looked quite majestic.
Look at his age and his name.
We know that this governor of Fujian was born around the time after Shizong went south.
And his name was also the heartfelt wish of the people of Chen State at that time.
It is a pity that more than sixty years have passed, and not only has the word "result" not been completed, it has not even been completed.
It can be regarded as the tears of the times.
As of today, Shen Yi has been in Fuzhou for six or seven days.
For six or seven days, the Fujian governor and the Fujian Sansi Yamen ignored the arrival of Shen Yi, the imperial envoy, and avoided seeing him.
At this time, Governor Sun, who met Shen Yi for the first time, had a warm smile on his face. He invited Shen Yi to come in and take a seat, and said with a smile: "More than ten days ago, an auspicious event happened in Nanping Mansion, which caused a sensation in the place. Listen to It was quite strange, so I took a few officials from the governor's office to visit Nanping Mansion. I thought it was really auspicious, so I brought it back to Fuzhou and sent it to Jiankang at the end of the year to congratulate His Majesty."
Speaking of this, Governor Sun said rather sadly: "Who would have thought that just a few days after I and others left Fuzhou, the Imperial Envoy Shen would arrive in Fuzhou. Not only did we miss the Imperial Envoy Shen, but we also failed to entertain the Imperial Envoy properly."
"If you offend me, please ask the imperial envoy not to blame me."
Mr. Futai's tone was very sincere.
If Shen Yi had not known from Cheng Tingzhi in advance that Sun Fu had been in Fuzhou, he would have even wanted to believe this statement.
But there is no need to expose this kind of lie on the spot.
Shen Yi also smiled and said: "Zhongcheng is very loyal and filial to His Majesty. It is really hard to go out and run around. However, Shen came to Fuzhou just to do some small things for the imperial court. I really don't dare to disturb Zhongcheng."
"Therefore, after arriving in Fuzhou, I didn't dare to bother the governor's Yamen."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen smiled and said: "It's a good thing I didn't go, otherwise I would have ignored it, and it might have affected Zhong Cheng's work in Nanping Mansion."
In just a few words, the two people had explained each other.
Sun Zhongcheng smiled and said: "I have heard about several big battles fought by the anti-Japanese army in Fujian, and they were fought very well. After hearing the battle report in Nanping Mansion, I also clapped my thighs with joy. I wish I could go to the battlefield in person to see it. To Master Wang’s heroic appearance.”
At this point, the Fujian governor changed the subject and looked at Shen Yi: "But before I went to Nanping Mansion, I heard that Shen Xueshi was in Zhejiang, and he suddenly rushed to Fuzhou in a hurry. I wonder what the big event was?"
"Because the people below found out."
Mr. Shen's smile faded: "In Fuzhou City, there is a big family that is involved in Japanese pirates. The younger generation is ordered to clean up all the Japanese pirates along the coast and deal with the Japanese pirates..."
"So come to Fuzhou to take a look."
"Is this happening?"
Sun Zhongcheng's face suddenly became serious.
"In a moment, I will inform the governor's office and ask the people below to fully cooperate with Master Shen in running errands."
Shen Yi smiled and nodded, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Zhongcheng."
Having said this, Sun Futai poured a glass of wine for Shen Yi, and then said with a smile: "Scholar Shen, the court's errands must be done, but it should not be done too hastily, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes."
"This afternoon, as soon as I returned to Fuzhou, I heard that the anti-Japanese army surrounded two houses in Fuzhou city..."
He glanced at Shen Yi and said with some concern: "According to the rules of the imperial court, even if the imperial envoy is ordered to come down to investigate a case, he should supervise the handling of the case..."
"The specific matters will be left to the local officials for investigation."
Old man Sun glanced at Shen Yi and said quietly.
"The anti-Japanese army should have no judicial power, right?"
The old man looked at Shen Yi with a worried look on his face: "Senior Shen is young and has a bright future, so why is he so impatient? If this matter reaches the court, the censors at the Censorship Station who are jealous of Bachelor Shen's achievements will probably be furious. Now that I am full of energy, I can write a memorial to support Bachelor Shen."
This is a common tactic used by veteran officials to intimidate newcomers.
Sometimes just three sentences can scare the shit out of a new official.
But Mr. Shen obviously can't be considered a newcomer to the officialdom.
"Thank you Zhongcheng for the tip..."
He lowered his head and took a sip of the tea in front of him, with a faint smile on his face.
"But as long as Zhongcheng doesn't write a letter to refer to me, those pens at the Yushitai will be fine."
