Ah Wu responded with a crisp response, but before he finished speaking, the person had already fled out.
When He Ruiming rushed forward, Ah Wu had already shouted "Stop it", grabbed a stick and rushed in.
"Stop! Stop everyone!" He Ruiming had no choice but to shout.
Ah Wu had the stick in his hand, which was indeed very powerful. In a blink of an eye, he knocked down half of it, and the remaining half gathered into a group of three or four people, with the stick heads pointing outwards, all facing Ah Wu.
A Wu stood in the center, turned the stick in a few circles with great grace, put away his grip, and cupped his hand at Gu Yan, "Report to the prince, no more fighting."
Gu Yan had a gloomy face and waved his folding fan at Ah Wu, signaling her to go back.
Awu spun the stick a few more times, put the stick back into the hand of the person who had taken it away, strode back with his head held high, and stood still with his hands behind his back.
Li Xiaonan hooked her fingers at Ah Wu. Ah Wu turned his eyes to the left, then to the right and looked again. His upper body did not move, and his two feet moved quickly to the left and right, and moved to the side of Li Xiaonan and Wan Qing.
"The prince asked you to take a look and let you take action?" Li Xiaonan asked in a low voice.
Awu looked up and didn't answer.
"Did you do it?" Li Xiaonan asked again.
"Ahem," Ah Wu coughed dryly and said in a suppressed voice, "That's my brother. If I don't block it for him, his head will be blown open."
Li Xiaonan glanced at her sideways and said nothing.
"The world is clear and the public is in public! How dare you hold guns and sticks and gather people to fight. Isn't there no royal law here?"
Gu Yan lit the people lying, sitting or standing on the ground with his folding fan, and asked sternly.
"They were the ones who made the first move! We happened to be working, and they rushed up and started beating us!" A man yelled, pointing at another group with blood on his head and face.
"Fart! It was obviously you who made the first move! Yesterday! Who injured our brothers? Not only did you injure our brothers, you also attacked us sneakily! Bah!" The other side showed no sign of weakness.
"You're the one farting! Those brothers of yours injured our brothers the day before yesterday. We are seeking revenge!" Another one jumped up here.
"Fart, fart! You guys hit me first, half a month ago..."
"Shut up!" Gu Yan raised his hand and pressed his forehead. He looked like he had a severe headache and was speechless. He lit the two groups of people back and forth with his folding fan. He suddenly turned around, pointed at He Ruiming and asked: "This pier is
Don’t you have anyone to take care of things?”
"Yes, yes!" He Ruiming said with sweat on his forehead, "I've already gone to call."
"Going to call? A good one has gone to call! Are you asking me to wait for him?"
Gu Yan screwed up his teeth. In a blink of an eye, he saw Huang Xianzhou, who was craning his neck to watch the excitement. He folded his fan and pointed at Huang Xianzhou, "Aren't you good at trying cases? Go and try them! Let me find out who made the first move and how many blows he got.
Fight!"
"Yes, yes!" Huang Xianzhou hurriedly pushed through the crowd and squeezed into the inner circle.
Mr. Yao, who was following closely behind Huang Xianzhou, was half a step slower and was stopped by the denser crowd. He couldn't get away for a long time. He jumped to his feet and yelled anxiously: "Let it go, let it go! I am Counselor Huang's secretary, I have to do it."
Transcript! Let me in!"
"Give way! Don't delay the trial of the case." A man in front pushed the person next to him hard.
Mr. Yao hurriedly squeezed in under the man's arm.
"Give me a good trial and make it clear!" Gu Yan looked furious.
When the commander in charge of this dock led a group of soldiers and rushed over, Huang Xianzhou had already got a small stool from nowhere and sat down to start the trial.
The commander quickly ordered the soldiers to guard around Gu Yan, and then drove the idlers out two steps.
Gu Yan's expression softened a little, but he still looked angry and looking for trouble.
Huang Xianzhou's case is easy to try. A large group of men are fighting for each other. You accuse me and I accuse you. From one fight to another, from the main combatant to the helper, from the helper to the helper's helper.
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Mr. Yao was squatting next to him and writing furiously, using the ink too fast. Huang Xianzhou was asking questions while sharpening the ink for him.
The two groups of men went back and forth, accusing each other. They talked for more than half an hour. Mr. Yao wrote a thick pile, which made his hands sore and trembling.
Huang Xianzhou held the stack of confessions and brought them to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan looked like he was dazed. He slapped the stack of confessions with his folding fan, "I don't have time to read this nonsense. How many times did you beat me, how many people were injured, and how many people died?"
"Hui Shizi." Huang Xianzhou slumped his shoulders and lowered his head in a respectful manner, "In the past month, we fought a total of forty-seven games, large and small, and injured more than one hundred and sixty people, including twelve seriously injured. Some had broken legs.
My arm was broken, but no one died for the time being."
"Forty-seven games!" Gu Yan said each word, looking at the little commander.
The little commander's calves softened under Gu Yan's stern gaze, and he knelt down on the ground, "Little, little..."
"Your Majesty, Minister Luo is here." He Ruiming looked around and reminded Gu Yan in a low voice.
Gu Yan turned sideways slightly and glanced back.
Behind him, Master Luo was holding the front of his gown in one hand, walking and running, panting.
There were still seven or eight steps away from Gu Yan, when Luo Shilang hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't know that Your Majesty is here, I will lower my rank..."
"Tell him!"
Gu Yan picked up the pile of confessions from Huang Xianzhou's hand, patted it into He Ruiming's arms, and motioned for He Ruiming to hand it to Minister Luo.
Huang Xianzhou turned around, faced Minister Luo, and repeated what he just said.
"It turns out that at the dock under your Customs and Excise Department, these porters are not unloading cargo, but are specialized in fighting?"
Gu Yan was not angry at all. Without waiting for Mr. Luo's reply, he waved his folding fan in a circle and asked in a loud voice: "Is there a cargo owner and shipowner here? Tell me, will such a fight delay your unloading?"
"Why not delay!"
"The former got into a fight on my boat and broke a small mast on my boat!"
"And my goods, a large basket of fine porcelain, were smashed to pieces by them."
"Big gentlemen, you have to take good care of yourself, this is a mess!"
"My cargo hasn't been unloaded yet, it's been seven days!"
……
There are a lot of people talking and complaining all around.
I don’t know what’s going on these days. These porters fight all day long, and they can fight several times a day. They are often unloading goods, and suddenly someone comes and they start fighting. They all suffer greatly, it’s so painful! Gu Yan shook open the folding fan, swung it slowly, and looked down at Minister Luo from a high position.
Luo Shilang's face turned green. He glared at the young commander and said angrily: "What's going on? Do you know or don't you know? Why don't you report it?"
"In the past month, there have suddenly been a lot of outsiders on the dock, scrambling for work, so..." the little commander hurriedly explained.
"Outlander!" Gu Yan shouted, put away the folding fan, and pointed at a group of people sitting or kneeling, "Tell me where your hometown is from, one by one! You go first."
"My hometown is Leling, Hebei Province."
"My hometown is Pingyuan County, Hebei Province."
"My hometown is Longmen, Shaanxi."
……
Gu Yan glanced sideways at Minister Luo and sneered from time to time.
The little leader's face turned blue.
This prince is asking about his hometown! In Linhai Town, how can there be a local one in terms of hometown?
After everyone in the circle finished talking, Gu Yan slapped his folding fan, feeling sad:
"I have long heard that Linhai Town is in chaos and the Customs and Excise Department is in chaos. I didn't expect it to be so chaotic!
"Since I bumped into it today, I can't ignore it!
"Today's matter, I have no position and no authority. I dare not overstep my authority, so I will leave it to you first. I will write a note when I get back. When I get the order, I will come back to investigate and clear it up! Just wait!"
Gu Yan turned around and left.
The young guards followed him with a cheer. He Ruiming was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed.
Luo Shilang stood blankly, watching Gu Yan strode away. He turned back to look at the young commander with a gray-faced face. After a moment, he turned to Huang Xianzhou, who had a frown on his face and a miserable look on his face. He raised his hand to Huang Xianzhou and said, "Thank you."<
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"Don't dare." Huang Xianzhou didn't dare to say anything more. He didn't dare and stepped back.
"Take them into custody first." Minister Luo ordered and hurried back to the Customs and Excise Department.
I'm afraid the prince's request for an edict was not a lie. If he really asked for an edict...
