Hu Quan was furious here, while Zeng Tai was still aggrieved: "I am also following His Highness's will. I oppose everything the other party proposes, and that is why we have reached this result."
"Then you should be smarter. People can see that you are trying to make a point!" Hu Quan said angrily: "You deliberately said an option that you don't want first, and then you gave them the option that they wanted.
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"Oh, the boss is the boss." Zeng Tai knew that he was wrong, so he slapped himself depressedly, and then gritted his teeth and said: "But it doesn't matter, I will just get them back!"
"Can we still get it back?" Hu Quan was startled.
"Ah, they are not criminals. According to Xiong Qitai, they just happened to meet each other and happened to be at the scene of the accident." Zeng Tai was extremely angry, and his mind was surprisingly bright. "Then after asking, what else can I do?
Can they be imprisoned? We must let them go home."
"So, where do they live?" Hu Quan looked slightly confused.
"They are officials of the Chief Secretary, so naturally they live in the official residence of the Yamen."
"You went to the Chief Secretary's mansion to pick up someone? Can you get out of the Chief Secretary's gate?" Hu Quan said speechlessly: "When the imperial envoy speaks, you still have to let me go?"
"It doesn't matter, I have a plan, I will find an excuse someday to ask them to come to the inspection department, and then detain them! Then hide them and interrogate them slowly." Zeng Tai also took the risk and said fiercely: "Shen Liben
If you want me to release him, he must find someone first!"
"Can you withstand the pressure?" Hu Quan asked in shock.
"Don't worry, I'm not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. How can they carry me into the well?!" Zeng Tai waved his right hand, looking very determined.
"Where did you get this sudden energy?" Hu Quan looked at Zeng Tai as if he didn't recognize him.
"Brother Ge, they dare to play tricks on me!" Zeng Tai snorted angrily: "I hate most in my life that others treat me as a fool! I will fight with them!"
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Early the next morning, the Chief Secretary Yamen.
The chief envoy Xiong Qitai invited all the officials involved to have breakfast, which was actually a meal of noodles.
There are all kinds of rice noodles on the table, such as Nanchang mixed rice noodles, Jiujiang stir-fried rice noodles, Jingdezhen cold rice noodles, Xinyu pickled rice noodles, Gannan three fresh rice noodles... There are many varieties, you can take what you want.
The officials were asked questions all night long. They were all too hungry and tired to talk. They all lowered their heads and chatted. For a while, the room was filled with the sound of huffing and puffing...
After a bowl of powder, the officials' faces finally showed some color, and Xiong Qitaifang said: "I'm sorry, everyone, I had no choice but to make you suffer."
"The vassal's words are serious, we know that this matter is not your fault." The officials said bitterly: "It's all our fault that Zeng Tai, that Sichuanese man, insisted on using a chicken feather as a command arrow to hold on to us."
"What's our fault? We didn't kill the person, we just happened to be unlucky. What do you think we should do? Just detain us like prisoners? Is he still a human being?"
"Okay, okay, isn't this all over?" Xiong Qitai said with a smile: "If you used it early, let's go back. I'll give you a day off today. Take a good bath, catch up on your sleep, and get rid of any bad luck tomorrow.
Wake up and it’s a brand new day!”
"Fantai, is this matter over?" the officials asked in surprise.
"It's over. What's so complicated about this?" Xiong Qitai said: "As you said, you are just unlucky and I still have to charge you with a crime?"
"Oh, Fan Tai is really the best boss in the world!" After hearing this, all the officials got rid of their depression and sleepiness. They all stood up and thanked Fan Tai, saying that they would follow Fan Tai's lead in the future and repay Fan Tai's kindness.
"They're all being made out of molehills, and Zeng Niantai is the same." Xiong Qitai waved his hand and said calmly: "It's just a trivial matter, what's the big deal? Just hurry up and get there."
"It's a small matter to the feudal lord, but it's a big deal to us!" All the officials clasped their fists in unison: "Please accept my respect."
After thanking him again and again, they said goodbye and left Zhengya.
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The Chief Secretary's dormitory...that is, the dormitory, is concentrated in the northeast area of the Yamen, so officials also go home in groups.
Although they were cursing, they were actually very happy. Being an official in the Ming Dynasty was a high-risk industry, and every near miss was worth celebrating, so someone made an appointment to have a drink at noon.
While the officials were chatting and laughing, the atmosphere suddenly changed because they saw an official from the Inspectorate waiting in front.
They immediately lowered their faces and cursed: "It's not over, right? The feudal lord has said that the case can be closed!"
"Don't get me wrong, gentlemen, we have the same attitude in Taiwan." The official said with a smile, "That's why I ordered you to come and invite you to sign the closing documents."
"..." The expressions of the officials softened a little. The Chief Secretary was in charge of civil affairs. It was said that he was an agent of Yue Zu who was asked by the inspector to inquire about the case. It was just an expedient measure under the orders of the imperial envoy, so the documents to close the case still had to be issued by the Chief Secretary.
Doesn't anyone dare to say, "It can't be a day later"? Officials understand the truth of long nights and many dreams, not to mention that Zeng Tai is still a big dealr.
"Let's go, sign the paperwork, and it's over." The officials then followed the officials and returned to the Inspectorate...
The official took them to the door of the signing room, and the clerk at the door told them: "Go in one by one, enter through the front door, and go out through the back door. After signing, you can go home directly."
The officials just wanted to end it all quickly, so they lined up to go in one by one without any nonsense.
It was the third person's turn to go in, and it was the Chief Secretary's Right Counselor Li Bian who entered the room to sign the deposit. Under the guidance of the clerk, he came to the desk, but he did not immediately sign and sign the deposit as instructed.
His professional habits made him very cautious, fearing that he would be deceived by the inspectors, so he read his confession word for word. He was engrossed in reading when he suddenly felt a heavy blow to the back of his head. He fainted without even making a sound.
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The officer standing behind him was well prepared, and immediately put his hands under his armpits from behind him, holding him firmly. Then he dragged the unconscious Counselor Li into the inner room.
Who would have expected that such inhumane banditry would occur in the official office of a provincial government, in the room where Mr. Naitai is held in custody?
So two more officials were caught unprepared and dragged into the inner room.
The rest of the officials were also unaware. After signing and stamping, they went home and went to sleep. They didn't realize that three people were missing.
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Looking at the three 'Sleeping Beauties' lying side by side on the ground, Zeng Tai was stunned and said: "Are they so professional?"
"That's right." Hu Quan said with a proud smile: "In the past, in our village, when we were short of food and clothing, we would go down the mountain to kidnap meat tickets, and we never failed."
"I admire you, I admire you." Zeng Taigong handed over his hand, thinking that it was no wonder, it turned out that he was returning to his old business.
"Then we will take the person away." Hu Quan said with a smile.
"Let me say hello to you," Zeng Tai said hurriedly.
"It's not necessary. With just your guards, I can steal Master Nedai out without any effort." The uncle said confidently.
