What Fang Shaohua didn't expect was that before he could persuade the Magistrate of Song County to do him a small favor, his father Fang Youwei actually received a private letter from the Magistrate of Song County.
The superiors actually warned the Fang family in a cryptic manner that they could not offend the people in Zhuyuan, and also asked Fang Youwei to restrain Fang Shaohua more to avoid getting into trouble without knowing it.
After reading the letter, Fang Youwei was very angry. He immediately ordered someone to call Fang Shaohua.
"Who is the owner of that garden?" Fang Youwei asked, and showed him the letter from the magistrate of Song County.
"Father, this Song County magistrate is too arrogant." Fang Shaohua was shocked when he saw it. He was about to send someone to Song County, but when he saw this letter, he knew it was impossible.
"Don't worry about his affairs. What did you do with this Zhuyuan?" Fang Youwei was wondering if Fang Shaohua had done too much in Song County and made Wuzhi County of Song County dissatisfied.
Woolen cloth?
"Father, I sent people to buy the garden with silver in an honest manner, but the owner of the garden was so shameless. He actually said that one hundred thousand taels of silver was just a small change and the garden was not for sale!"
Fang Shaohua was also very angry.
"You really didn't do anything else?" Fang Youwei didn't quite believe it.
"No," Fang Shaohua shook his head. In fact, he hadn't come and done anything else yet.
"That's good." Since his son didn't do anything excessive, Fang Youwei felt confident. "Send someone to pay close attention to that garden first. Don't act rashly without my instructions."
Although Fang Shaohua had to listen to Fang Youwei's words, he still felt suffocated in his heart. So he ordered his subordinates to keep a close eye on Zhuyuan and report every move to him.
The person who sent the letter to Fang Youwei was none other than Wu Jinpeng, who had been taken care of by Lin Zhu.
Three years later, he had become the magistrate of Song County. He had already heard that Lin Zhu had returned to Zhuyuan. Although he wanted to visit him, because he was the head of a county, his target would be somewhat obvious when he went out. In addition,
Soon it will be the day when Lin Zhu gets his haircut. Zhuyuan has already sent an invitation, asking his wife Liu Yun'er to attend the ceremony together.
But he didn't expect that the magistrate of a neighboring county would actually come up with the idea of building a bamboo garden. When Chang Shi found Wu Jinpeng, he was also very annoyed when he talked about it.
Firstly, Fang and his son had gone too far. Secondly, Lin Zhu was his and his wife’s benefactor, so naturally he would not allow anyone to bully her.
Moreover, Lin Zhu's return this time can be said to be a glorious return to her hometown. Wu Jinpeng also heard some news about her in the capital, and knew that in addition to old doctor Zhang, Lin Zhu also had an extraordinary relationship with General Chang's Mansion.
Therefore, Wu Jinpeng wrote a warning letter and sent it to the magistrate's office in Qingyun County. When the two counties are close to each other, there will always be times when they run into each other. Fang Youwei also relied on his seniority and looked down on him.
With a low background, he always had a lecturing tone in his words and treated him like a subordinate, which made Wu Jinpeng very dissatisfied.
However, Fang Youwei's father-in-law seemed to be an official of the state government, who happened to be in charge of the assessment. Therefore, Wu Jinpeng had to try to avoid his influence.
This time Fang Shaohua offended Lin Zhu, so Wu Jinpeng sent a letter. He didn't want to vent his anger.
But after a few days of silence, Fang Shaohua saw that there was no movement in the Zhuyuan, and Wu Jinpeng was also motionless. His mind started to move again.
Fang Youwei also felt that Wu Jinpeng was just bluffing. In fact, there was nothing remarkable about Zhuyuan. At most, it only had some relationship with Wu Jinpeng.
After the father and son reached a consensus, Fang Shaohua began to prepare to put pressure on Zhuyuan.
However, this time he did not send anyone to come forward, but thought of a sinister trick.
He found some gangsters on the street and asked them to go to Zhuyuan from time to time to cause trouble. Whenever people in Zhuyuan wanted to do anything to them, they would pretend to be injured and then blackmail them.
Moreover, it must be continued frequently until the people in Zhuyuan can't stand it anymore.
In fact, Fang Shaohua was still thinking about finding some people to pretend to be criminal thieves to frame Zhuyuan, so that he would have a reason to let Qingyun County police arrest everyone in Zhuyuan in the name of catching thieves.
Once there, the bamboo garden would easily fall into his hands, but he had to guard against Wu Jinpeng's intervention. He was afraid that he would expose his conspiracy, so he had to give up.
In recent days, the area around Zhuyuan has been very lively. The guards Lin Zhu and others brought from the capital are finally no longer bored.
At first, Zhao Da found some suspicious people always wandering around the Zhuyuan. At first, he thought they were passers-by, but after four or five days, they kept wandering around and kept staring at the gate of the Zhuyuan. It was obvious that they were passers-by.
Came here for the Bamboo Garden.
So Zhao D first told Chang Shi about the abnormal situation, and then told the servants in the Zhuyuan to take good care of Zhuangzi to prevent anyone from destroying the Zhuyuan.
As a result, one after another people were playing "porcelain" at the entrance of Zhuyuan. Either their legs were hit, their waists were twisted, or they were knocked down, fell headfirst to the ground, and then fainted.
The ultimate goal of these people was to make Zhuyuan lose money and save money. Each of them opened their mouths and asked Zhao Da for a hundred taels of medical expenses.
After Chang Shi found out, he took all the guards to loosen the muscles and bones of these troublemaking gangsters.
Some had their arms removed, some were beaten very painfully, but no scars could be seen on their bodies. The worst of all were those whose heads were bruised and bloody by rocks flying from nowhere, because they could not be found at all.
to the murderer.
Only then did these people understand that the people in Zhuyuan were different from the common people they bullied on a daily basis. They had very strong fists and were not afraid of the people behind them at all.
After severely punishing these people several times, Chang Shi also sent people to find out the mastermind Fang Shaohua.
This time he did not go to Wu Jinpeng again, but wrote a letter directly to the garrison general here. The garrison general here was General Chang's former subordinate. After receiving the letter, he went directly to Zheng's natal family and
After the eldest son of the Zheng Mansion gave them a severe beating, he told them to restrain his daughter and son-in-law's behavior and not to think about things they shouldn't and offend people they shouldn't offend. He also made it clear that if they didn't do it, there would be absolute consequences.
It won't be as simple as beating him up.
The Zheng family, who had suffered a terrible disaster, naturally wanted to ask their daughter and son-in-law, who had married to Qingyun County, the reason for the incident. After asking, they guessed that it was probably Fang Shaohua's desire to capture Zhuyuan that caused this series of events.
But I don't understand why the state capital's defense would stand up for such a small garden.
So, Mrs. Zheng and her family came to Lin Zhu with gifts to confess her crime. They just wanted to know where she came from.
However, when they arrived at the gate of Zhuyuan, they caught up with Lin Zhu and others going out. The carriage they were riding in actually had the mark of the General's Palace.
This discovery almost frightened Zheng's family members out of their wits. They also found out who they had offended.
Not even daring to take a photo with Lin Zhu and others, he returned to Qingyun County in embarrassment.
Fang Shaohua was miserable. Not only was he slapped several times by Fang Youwei, but Zheng's brother also reached out his hand. His face, which was still passable, was slapped like a pig's head.
"It's all your failure. Look at the good things you did." Fang Youwei was also frightened into a cold sweat. He sat weakly on the chair and scolded Fang Shaohua.
His uncle Zheng Changming looked at him gloomily. If his sister hadn't doted on this rebellious son too much, how could he be in this situation today.
"Brother, Shaohua is at fault. I will discipline him strictly. Please help me find a way to see if there is any room for improvement." Although Mrs. Zheng felt sorry for her son who was beaten, solving the problem now is the most important thing.
"What else can I do?" Zheng Changming glared at her, "I can only go and ask the garrison general, hoping he can help and beg for mercy." His meaning was very clear. Asking for help is not in vain. Asking for forgiveness.
You can't just say this in vain. Naturally, it's better to give a more sincere apology gift.
Mrs. Zheng was trembling a little. After going back and forth, she was afraid that her family's not too strong foundation would be destroyed.
When she thought of this, Mrs. Zheng glared at Fang Shaohua with great pain. If he hadn't had some evil thoughts, how could he have gotten into this situation? He simply forgot. Without her and Fang Youwei's nods, Fang Shaohua wouldn't have the guts.
It's like this.
Fang Shaohua knelt in the hall. His knees were in great pain, but he did not dare to move at all. Sweat had already appeared on the tip of his nose, and he could only let it fall on the floor in front of him drop by drop.
Although he felt remorse in his heart at this time, he was more resentful towards the people of Zhuyuan. He hated them for not identifying themselves earlier. If he had known that they were from General Chang's Mansion in the capital, how could he have dared to think of occupying Zhuyuan?
ah.
This time he was defeated, but he was very unwilling to do so and kept thinking in his heart whether he could have a chance to take revenge.
Suddenly, he remembered what the servant who was responsible for keeping an eye on the bamboo garden reported to him a few days ago.
"Uncle, father, mother. I have something to say." He stood up in excitement.
"Asshole, who told you to stand up?" Fang Youwei cursed loudly.
"Father, this matter will be of great benefit to you and uncle." Looking at Fang Shaohua's vow.
Zheng Changming stopped Fang Youwei and motioned for him to continue.
"Do you still remember the special watermelon?" Fang Shaohua looked at the three elders.
Seeing them all nodding, he added, "A few years ago, it was said that someone in Song County was the first to grow this special watermelon, but there is no evidence. But a few days ago, one of my subordinates actually discovered this kind of watermelon in the Zhuyuan.
. He overheard people talking in the Zhuyuan. It turns out that there are many special watermelons grown in that garden."
Fang Shaohua's words stunned the three of them. If this was true, wouldn't they have a chance to get in touch with the person who came here to look for the special watermelon?
They know that those people are sent by very powerful families in the capital. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)