Chapter 306: Beat the old master to death with random punches
The boats are coming. One after another, the flat-bottomed sand boats sailed into Hongze Lake and approached the dock. Zhou Nanshan said happily: "Hey, the boats are here."
Zhang Niuer secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Yes, our ship...is here."
Since the two ladies decided to pretend to be big grain merchants, the entire plan was drawn up in detail. Naturally, they would not forget this important link of "people get dirty and reap the benefits". There are many flat-bottomed sand boats transporting back and forth on the canal, most of which are owned by
Bianhe helped Zhang Xinglong. The two sides only contacted each other and got a response from the other party. What's more, by coincidence, Xian Zhuer and Zhang Huaixiao were escorting the ship south, so they acted as "Lai Fugui's" grain transport fleet.
Two beauties in brocade clothes were standing in the corner of the tower, chatting and laughing. The two great monks only listened to them talking about how well dyed the silk of this family was, and how sweet the rouge smell of that family was. Listening to their giggles,
Looking at their fragrant clothes and temples, I kept thinking in my heart: "Form is emptiness", so there would be no doubts.
Miss Tang took out a small mirror and leaned against the railing to take a picture of herself. The action of applying gouache to touch up her makeup was naturally not suspicious in their eyes. The reflections from the eight-sided bronze mirror spread into the distance, to a restaurant by the lake in the distance.
Someone has been looking at this tower from a distance. When he saw the sunlight flickering, he immediately sent a light signal to the distance.
Chu Zhaofu rode a tall horse, accompanied by more than a dozen imperial guards and hundreds of servants. He was walking leisurely when a huge flash of light suddenly hit him from the front, almost knocking him off his horse.
Zhaofu quickly covered his eyes and shouted: "trot forward."
The large group of people ran for more than a mile when they saw a Forbidden Army guard in civilian clothes running out of a small building and shouting happily: "Sir, the signal has been sent."
Chu Zhaofu scolded angrily: "I was almost blinded by you, how can I still not see?"
The guard said with a smile, "Well... I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to see the light in the mirror, so I took the largest mirror from that house."
Chu Zhaofu snorted coldly and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up. This trip is like a war, and sending people is like marching. Anyone who dares to slack off will be punished as a traitor to the enemy. I will throw away my legs and take out the food."
You're so strong, run!" After saying that, he spurred his horse and whipped his horse, and galloped forward.
On the pier, as soon as the first big ship docked, the servants who had been waiting there opened the warehouse door, carried the bags of grain on their shoulders, and rushed to the pier. Many sailors also jumped off the ship, and they cooperated with each other.
With a tacit understanding, we hurriedly transported them to the ship.
Zhou Nanshan accompanied "Lai Fugui" to the dock and smiled proudly: "How about Lai Fugui?"
Zhang Niuer smiled and said: "Very good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone from a distance came running out of breath and shouted: "Uncle, uncle, uncle, hurry, hurry, the government is coming."
Zhou Nanshan was shocked. When he saw that the person was his nephew Zhou Qing, he hurriedly asked: "What did you say?"
Zhou Qing shouted while running: "Hurry up and hide the food. The government has sent out a large number of people and is heading straight here."
Zhou Nanshan suddenly changed his expression, and just as he was about to give the order loudly, Wu Wa'er and Tang Yanyan, two delicate beauties, stood behind him on one side and on the other. Wu Wa'er smiled sweetly and said, "My lord, Mr. Zhou."
It’s so urgent that we don’t have time to hide the food, so why not just wait and see what happens?”
Zhou Nanshan had just become wary of them, but he was still not sure whether they were working with the government. After hearing these words, something seemed wrong, but it didn't sound like a spy from the imperial court. When he was about to answer, he felt someone hit him in the waist.
Miss Tang on the other side had a powerful look in her eyes and sneered coldly: "Do as my sister says, or I'll knock you over with a sword and throw you into Hongze Lake to feed the bastard!"
Zhou Nanshan was shocked and realized that he had been deceived.
The two girls stood beside him, with smiles on their faces. Zhou Qing didn't know the situation, so he ran closer and said, "Uncle, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and collect the food."
The smiling "Lai Yuanwai" suddenly lunged over and raised his hand with a "sky cannon". He punched his nose crookedly. Zhou Qing's nose was bleeding. When he fell on his back, two bullets hit him.
The bloody front teeth fell to the ground sadly.
"Copycat, start arresting people!" Zhang Niu'er shouted sharply, and Xian Zhu'er and Zhang Huaixiu, who were standing on the dock, immediately took action. Their men who were transporting grain to the ship also lost their grain bags and fell on the spot.
Capturing the dock workers. Girl Xiu'er has been practicing martial arts with her father since she was a child, and her kung fu is much better than that of Xi Zhu'er. She pointed at a white wax pole in her hand and rushed towards the grain depot, turning people upside down wherever she passed.
The white wax rod is an excellent wood for making gun shafts. It is as white as jade, hard but not hard, soft but not broken. The shaft can be bent to 180 degrees without splitting, will not split in dry places, and will not crack in wet places.
Its elasticity and toughness are unmatched by other woods. In the hands of Miss Xiu'er, this white wax pole is sometimes like a whip, sometimes like a gun, sometimes like a stick. It can be swung freely, with wind and thunder, and it is naturally invincible.
Xizhu'er didn't hesitate, he followed her closely, punching like a hammer, leaning on each other, trying to seize the granary.
Zhou Nan's eyes were pressed with a dagger on the mountainside. He stood on the dock and watched his men running like wolves. In the distance, a group of people rushed towards them like tigers and wolves. He couldn't help but said sadly: "It's over, it's over, I've fallen into the government's trap."
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Wu Wa'er pursed her lips and smiled, and walked forward swayingly. Those few steps for her to walk were really harmful to the country and the people. Although several big men were fighting with their fists, they couldn't help taking advantage of the opportunity to take aim at this beauty.
Two glances, this look will naturally inevitably lead to a few more punches from the opponent.
Wu Wa'er stood on the dock and stroked her hair on her temples charmingly, and made a gesture to a three-story boat in the river. Miss Xing'er, who had been waiting on the top of the boat, immediately cast a light signal in the distance.
One after another, mountain lights passed directly into the city from the Puguang Temple Pier, and in a moment they entered the prefect's Yamen.
After receiving the signal, Yang Hao and others dressed up neatly and swarmed out. There were many archers standing in the courtyard of the government office. The remaining imperial guards were also waiting there. Yang Hao, Cheng Yu, Murong Qiuzui and others each came out.
Lead a group of people, open the door of the mansion according to the pre-planned plan...
Deng Zuyang, the prefect of Sizhou, was stunned by a series of actions by Wei King Zhao Dezhao.
First, the King of Wei sent Chu Zhaofu to look for him and asked him to order the mobilization of three squads of government officials, archers and officials, all waiting for orders. Although Deng Zuyang did not understand what he meant, he did so. Then Chu Zhaofu suddenly led his men to kill him.
He went to Puguang Temple on the bank of Hongze Lake, and not long after, all the remaining people were taken away by Yang Hao, Cheng Dexuan and others, and no one knew who they were going to pick up separately. Only the station yamen, the chief clerk, and other people were left around him.
Among the few people, as the prefect of Sizhou and the chief official of Mu Shou, he knew nothing about the whole operation. He was surprised and naturally felt indignant.
While Deng Zuyang was in a daze, Sizhou Tongpan Chen Hui came with Zaoli who was observing the Yamen. The relationship between prefects and Tongpan in various places has always been tense, because Tongpan has the responsibility of supervising the prefect, although this is only Tongpan's. Responsibilities, but it also created a gap between the prefect and the magistrate.
Deng Zuyang had never had any personal relationship with Chen Tongpan. He was sitting in the lobby in a daze, thinking about whether to go to the official ship to meet the King of Wei who was avoiding his appearance. Suddenly he saw Chen Hui coming, so he stood up and said: "Chen Tongpan, Why do you come to the Yamen and don't want anyone to tell you? Come on, come on, show Chen Tong your seat."
Chen Tongpan saluted him with a straight face and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Hui, I have official business to attend to, so I will not sit down."
Deng Zuyang was stunned and asked: "What official business?"
Chen Tongpuan said expressionlessly: "On the order of the King of Wei, Liu Anzhi, the leader of the third squad of the prefecture's Yamen, was arrested, Liu Shuchen, the accountant of the prefecture's Yamen, and Liu Quan, the internal steward of the prefecture's office. Come here, give them to them. I’ll take it away!”
The officials responded with a loud roar, pounced on Liu Anzhi and Liu Shuchen, who were stunned, and knocked them to the ground, and immediately tied them up. Several others rushed towards the backyard. Deng Zuyang changed his face and said: "Chen Tongpan, what do you mean? "
Chen Hui raised his hands with a smile on his face and said: "As a subordinate, I am also obeying orders. Please forgive me and take my leave!" After saying this, he tossed his sleeves and walked away, as if staying here for a moment longer would bring bad luck. He walked as fast as the wind.
"Official, official, why did Chen Tongpan come to our house to arrest people because of Tuntian's courage? If Liu Quan does anything wrong, can't we handle it ourselves? He doesn't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face, and beats the dog. It depends on the master, this Chen Hui doesn’t take you seriously as an official."
Mrs. Liu's face turned red with anger. She didn't care that this was the lobby of the government office and not the backyard of her private house. She barged in. Deng Zuyang looked straight outside the hall and felt that something big and bad had happened to him. Nothing happened. With no clue and a daze in his heart, he didn't even listen to his wife's scolding.
A government official who had always been friends with Liu Shuchen hurried forward to greet him and whispered in Liu E's ear: "Madam, be silent. It seems something serious has happened. Chen Tongpuan and his party were sent by King Qiansui of Wei. They Not only did they arrest manager Liu Quan, but they also took squad leader Liu and... and Liu's accountant."
Liu Shuchen was Mrs. Liu's youngest brother and had always been favored by her. When she heard these words, she was struck by thunder. She grabbed Deng Zuyang and cried: "What? You... you also captured my brother? Officer, what on earth is this?" What's going on? What happened?"
Deng Zuyang stood in despair, letting her pull his sleeves and shake them. After a while, he slowly said: "What happened? I was also in the dark and had no idea. What happened?"
He turned to his wife, looked at her directly, and asked one by one: "They... what illegal activities did they do without telling me? Tell me, tell me?"
Mrs. Liu had never seen such a terrifying look on her husband's face. She couldn't help but take two steps back, and then jumped up and said: "My Liu family are all loyal and honest farmers. They can do anything harmful to the world. You say? You say? We live here in Sizhou Prefecture. If they can hide some illegal things from us, how can no one tell us? What illegal things do you think they can do? Is your son coming?"
Deng Zuyang's cheeks twitched a few times, and he slowly shook his head: "Liu Zhong lends money to collect interest, so that's it. Why is it so coincidental that someone else's debt can't be repaid, and when he wants to occupy someone else's land and take someone else's daughter as a concubine, someone else My farmland was damaged by fire and water for no reason? I have been worried, for fear that he would become blind and do something against the laws of the country. If he really set the fire, what would he do this time? Something bad happened next to me?"
He suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Changfeng, the chief secretary of the Yazhong, and asked: "Principal Gu, I asked you to inquire about Liu Zhong's affairs. How did you do with the investigation?"
Master Gu had a sudden thought in his heart. He didn't know whether Deng Zuyang would collapse. If he offended his family, how he would be able to do things in Sizhou in the future, so he carefully replied: "Uh..., my subordinates have investigated carefully. Well, other things... I have never heard of it. As for Liu Zhong being forced to marry a girl from the Hu family, the situation found by his subordinates is: In fact, Liu Zhong just saw the beauty of the girl and fell in love with her, so he wanted to marry her. As my concubine, I canceled the debts of the Hu family. The Hu family could not repay the debts and refused to marry Liu Zhong. Liu Zhong said some harsh words but did not take any action. After being scolded by the adults, he I have transferred the debt note and will no longer interfere with the Hu family's affairs."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu became emboldened and jumped up and said, "Listen, listen, what are the sins of my Liu family?"
Deng Zuyang still shook his head: "I am the magistrate of Sizhou. King Wei Qiantai bypassed me and arrested the people around me. He will definitely not do it without targeting. There must be something, there must be something."
When Mrs. Liu saw him insisting that her family had done some illegal activities, she couldn't help but burst into tears and said wildly: "It wasn't my Liu family who sold their cattle to help you go to Beijing to take the exam. How could you, a poor and heartless scholar, be so successful today? How did you repay your kindness? As soon as there was any trouble, you wanted to abandon my Liu family to protect your career and career?
You said that people from my Liu family are capable of doing evil things. I usually borrow your money just to do some business and make a small profit. If you become an official, my family can’t get any light, then What's the point of what this official is doing? You were able to recruit people in time to intercept the river and build embankments this time, and you didn't have the help of my Liu family? The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. They have so many people in their families and they don't need to eat? Even if something went too far, it wouldn't be enough for the prince to order someone to be arrested, right?
I think they are making a fuss out of a molehill and want to take advantage of you. The king and the king are at odds with each other, and it is known to the whole world. You were recommended by Mr. Zhao. This is a gang of uncles and nephews from the Zhao family to bully others. Who in the world can cover up the sky with just one person? ?If you want to take someone away, you have to follow the royal law and provide evidence. When they are taken away, you don’t know what kind of torture they will endure.
You're a useless man who only looks for faults in your family. Do you want to stand by and watch when you get to this point? Aren't you still an official in Sizhou Prefecture? I don't see what they are doing to you. Go ahead and ask the prince. Clearly, we must keep them intact no matter what, otherwise they will be beaten to pieces..."
Deng Zuyang smiled bitterly and said sadly: "Madam, I'm afraid I can't protect myself this time, otherwise the prince wouldn't have bypassed me. Now I'm...the Clay Buddha crossing the river..."
As soon as he said this, a doorman rushed to report: "Sir, Guo has observed it."
Guo Kuan's name was Guo Zhaoyue, Sizhou Observation Envoy. As soon as the imperial decree came, he went to the local towns and counties to supervise food collection. He had only been there for a few days. When Deng Zuyang heard that he was back, he already understood something in his heart.
Observing this thunder, he was afraid that it might have hit him on the head. He closed his eyes, and You opened them again. He smiled faintly and said, "I won't go to greet you. Please ask Guo Wen to come in."
Guo Zhaoyue walked up to the hall. When she saw Deng Zuyang, she quickly stepped forward, bowed her head and saluted, "Sizhou observed Guo Zhaoyue and met Mr. Futai."
Deng Zuyang smiled faintly and asked: "Did King Wei Qiansui order you to come back?"
Guo Zhaoyue responded: "Yes. I'm a lower official..."
Deng Zuyang raised his hand to stop him, stood up and said: "It goes without saying, I have already understood." He turned around and looked at the plaque "A Mirror Hanging High" on the blue sea and red sun map, and said lightly: "I still understand."
I don’t know what happened, but I have already anticipated it, so there is no need for Guo to be embarrassed. Deng will go back to the inner house to avoid it, and just listen to it.”
Just as he was about to leave, he heard the thunderous "dong dong dong" drums in front of the Yamen. Hearing the drum sound, he must respond. At this time, Guo Zhaoyue had not yet taken charge of the Yamen. The two looked at each other, and Guo Zhaoyue lowered her head and said:
"Sir, please ascend to the throne."
"Ascension to the Hall, haha, okay, I'll be promoted to the last hall."
Deng Zuyang flicked his robe sleeves, strode towards the back of the case, banged the gavel wood, and shouted loudly: "Shengtang!"
The three squads of yamen servants were all taken away by Chu Zhaofu, Yang Hao and others. The hall was empty. Except for a few staff, there were no other people. There were no two rows of yamen servants shouting "Stand up in the hall". Deng Zuyang's eyes were bright, as if he had not yet seen him.
Seeing this, a flush appeared on his cheeks, and he shouted again: "Bring the drummer who complained to the court to the court."
Intimidated by his majesty, Mrs. Liu did not dare to cry anymore and quietly stepped aside. Seeing this, the doorman hurriedly turned back and soon brought a large number of people to the hall, cheering and cheering.
It was lively, in the middle was a scholar who was over fifty years old, and on each side stood a scholar wearing a round collar and a soft-footed turban. Five people stood in a plum blossom shape, each with a folding fan in his hand, whirring and fanning.
Shaking happily.
When Deng Zuyang looked at the man in the middle, his eyebrows suddenly wrinkled and he said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhou Wang?"
"That's the student!" Uncle Zhou Wang smiled and cupped his hands. He was a man of honor and did not need to kneel.
Deng Zuyang breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down his emotions, and asked: "Uncle Zhou Wang, why are you beating the drum to complain? Do you have a case?"
Uncle Zhou Wang said: "The students came in a hurry, and the petition has not been written yet. However, I have invited four lawyers to come. The cause and effect, the ins and outs, should be able to explain clearly. If Mr. Futai wants the petition, they can give it in front of the court. Mr. Futai
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"No need!" Deng Zuyang flicked his sleeves and asked, "Why are you beating the drum and who are you suing?"
A lawyer in front of Uncle Zhou Wang's left swiped the folding fan, tucked it into his belt, clasped his fists and said: "Student Peng Shijie, entrusted by Zhou Yuanwai, sued Zhou Yuanwai's nephew Zhou Nanshan for colluding with internal and external parties to steal and sell Zhou Yuanwai's home.
Please ask Mr. Futai to conduct a strict investigation and recover the stolen food and grass."
Uncle Zhou looked at the lawyer in front of him on the right who also folded his folding fan, stuck it into the back of his neck, stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying: "Student Li Chunyu, entrusted by Zhou Yuanwai, sued Yang Hao, deputy imperial envoy, for breaking into people's houses without permission and confiscating property, which is against the law.
The king's law is contrary to the truth. Please investigate it carefully and give Zhou Yuanwai justice."
Deng Zuyang was stunned and lost his voice: "Who are you suing?"
"I said that I searched the Zhou Mansion but couldn't find you. You ran very fast, but you ran to the wrong place. Why did you come to the door yourself? Get it for me!"
Before the few lawyers had time to show off, Yang Hao rushed over in a hurry. As soon as he entered the lobby, he waved his hand, and a dozen fierce-looking Forbidden Army men swooped up and twisted the arms of these thieving birds.
When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why and refuses to speak, so naturally he has met a stupid young man...