Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan hid in the restaurant, thinking that they could see more clearly from a higher position on the second floor, so they went upstairs with Zhao Shuhan. Before they passed the corner of the stairs, they heard a slightly familiar voice coming from upstairs.
Voice: "This Dongcheng captain Chen Zhi has no ambition as a military man, and the patrol officers and generals are like mice staring at cats. They are really a bunch of useless trash..."
Zhang Yubo wondered who the person upstairs was. His voice sounded familiar. He and Zhao Shuhan slowed down, thinking about eavesdropping on others' discussions about today's events.
"This person is just a small act. The ninth-level prison chief of Jinchuan Prison cut off people's hands and feet in the street. Now he dares to issue a killing order to Dongcheng Lieutenant's troops. It is too arrogant. Isn't he afraid of offending people?
"At this time, another clear and crisp female voice came.
"If he is not arrogant and domineering, how many people in Jiangning City can recognize Dongyang Juzi and Jinchuan Prisoner? I have been a coward for most of my life. If I hadn't been burdened by Ming Jue, I would have lived a life of arrogance and domineering."
The old voice came again.
After hearing this, Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan looked at each other and smiled.
As expected, the female voice also laughed: "How can you compare yourself to a turtle with a shrunken head? A few days ago, I was so angry that I was blowing my beard and glaring, wishing to tear off this turtle's head. How can I be so restrained now?
?Really in the eyes of you people, human life is not worth a few pennies. I don’t think this farce will end easily. Those people who have lost their hands and feet are not all Dongshi gangsters...
"
Zhang Yubo also guessed that there was someone behind the scenes of what happened today, thinking that the people upstairs should see it more clearly. He and Zhao Shuhan climbed up the stairs to the second floor, where they found an old man in brocade clothes who was white and fat, with a long beard that was slightly frosty white.
He was sitting at the table next to the window at the top of the stairs, looking out the window at the street and discussing things downstairs with Chen Qingqing, a famous prostitute in Xiubailou who was sitting at the same table with him. Seeing that they were acquaintances, Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan went over and saluted: "I don't know, Duke
I am here, Zuo Sikou Zhang Yubo (Zhao Shuhan, head of the Jiangning Criminal Department) is here to be polite..."
Zhang Yubo, Chen Yuanliang and other Dongyang officials were naturally regarded as Gu Wuchen's faction. Chen Qingqing had never met Zhao Shuhan, but she heard his name and knew that he was on good terms with Lin Fu. When she saw Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan coming upstairs, she also
I was slightly startled, thinking that I didn't say anything nice just now, which made me feel a little embarrassed.
The old man in golden clothes sat there and smiled slightly, and said: "Master Zhang, Mr. Zhao also has the leisure to come to Dongshi for a drink at this time, so you might as well sit down together."
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders..." Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan couldn't refuse. They didn't expect to meet the hereditary Mu Guogong Zeng Mingxin in the restaurant.
Although there are countless high-ranking officials and powerful people in Jiangning City, there are only three hereditary nobles who are not demoted. This generation of Duke Mu is bold and bold, but he does not do business. The family business is not much larger than that of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, but the hereditary nobles are higher.
, when Zeng Mingxin was a young man, he was suave and talented, and he was also chivalrous and willful. After middle age, he became somewhat restrained and his reputation could even be said to have fallen silent. However, recently, because of Chen Qingqing, a famous prostitute in Xiubailou, this man's beard and hair have started to turn white.
Mu Guogong once again became the talk of the city in Jiangning.
Unexpectedly, Duke Mu would invite Chen Qingqing to Dongshi to have a drink and have fun. Besides, after hearing what Duke Mu had just said, they seemed to have no ill feelings toward Lin Fu, but they would not take Chen Qingqing's words seriously.
The guards brought chairs, and Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan sat down at the table. They were still thinking about the situation outside the window and looked around. The knights in the row in front of Si Jiqi, the inspector general, pointed their guns directly at the front and drove Dongcheng Lieutenant's men from the street.
Forced to step back and get out of the way, the seventeen or eight street gangsters who had their hands and feet broken were tied up with ropes and forced to stand up. Even those who had their legs broken had to help each other to stand up.
After hesitating, Ji Qi beat him with a stick. The carriage he was protecting also started to move slowly. Zhou Pu sat in front of the carriage and led the horse while Lin Fu was at the front of the carriage.
At this time, there were still people talking loudly in front of the corridor downstairs about the gangsters teasing the Lin Fu family. Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan could hear clearly from upstairs. They had all seen Liu Yue'er and Qian Qian.
Although Yun Niang, Xiao Wu's wife, is pretty, she can't be called a great beauty, but she doesn't know who the other beautiful girl is with Liu Yue'er?
Zhang Yubo suddenly thought of someone and lightly kicked Zhao Shuhan under the table. He glanced at the carriage. Zhao Shuhan understood and thought that if these scoundrels were ordered to target Gu Wuchen's family, and if this matter could be settled easily, then Gu Wuchen would really be a loser.
It's easy to bully others; Lin Fu's cruel treatment on the street was probably because he had accumulated some resentment after the tragedy of the refugees.
"I just bought Chief Zhao's "Prison Book" from Zhengye Hall the day before yesterday. I also wanted to have the opportunity to ask for advice in person, but I didn't expect to meet here by chance..." Mu Guogong Zeng Mingxin said.
The "Book of Imprisonment" has been engraved and delivered by Zhengye Hall. Lin Fu and Zhao Shuhan placed twenty volumes of the book for sale at the Zhengye Hall bookstore. Zhao Shuhan did not expect that Mu Guogong would buy it. After regaining consciousness, he stood up and saluted Zeng Mingxin.
Said: "The Duke of Guo has promoted me, and my meager remarks are embarrassing to the Duke of Guo..."
"Well, Mr. Zhao is really humble. He has lived for most of his life. Do you need to praise others?" Zeng Mingxin smiled and asked Zhao Shuhan to sit and talk without being too restrained. "I heard that Mr. Zhao will be at the Jinchuan River Estuary on a certain day.
Yunzhutang is opening the Sutra and teaching the Prison Book. When the time has been set, can we conveniently inform the old man?"
"Definitely, definitely." Zhao Shuhan only thought that when Zeng Guogong was buying books in the main hall, he heard the waiter there talk about the opening of scripture lectures. The so-called Jiyun Bamboo Hall was still under construction. Zhao Shuhan didn't know when it would be completed, so he just talked perfunctorily.
With.
Zhao Shuhan and Zhang Yubo were thinking about how today's matter would end, and naturally they were not in the mood to discuss the prison book with Mu Guogong in the restaurant. Lin Fu and the policemen from the Inspectorate were about to leave the corner, but Dongcheng Lieutenant's troops did not dare to stop them.
However, they refused to give up and followed him lazily. Zhao Shuhan and Zhang Yubo resigned from Mu Guoguan.
After going downstairs, Zhang Yubo felt that it was a bit inappropriate to follow him while still wearing official robes, so he said to Zhao Shuhan: "We'd better go to a restaurant to drink and wait for the news. Everyone is escorting them to the Procuratorate. How can we be afraid of what kind of trouble they will cause?"
Come?"
Zhao Shuhan thinks so too.
In the end, Lin Fu commandeered four carts of oxen on the street and escorted seventeen street gangsters with broken limbs to the Inspectorate as if they were transporting garbage.
After receiving the news, Mrs. Gu, Gu Siyuan, Yang Shi and others were already waiting in the other courtyard of the Inspectorate. Lin Fu sent people to send Gu Junxun to the other courtyard to be taken care of by Mrs. Gu and others. He asked Zhou Pu and the guard soldiers to take care of him.
Send Liu Yue'er back to Jiyunju to prevent her from meeting the Gu family and causing Mrs. Gu's displeasure.
Although the main prison in the city is nearby, there is also a prison cell in the Yamen of the Inspector's Office. Although it is not big, it is enough to hold a hundred or ten people. Yang Pu and his people put all the gangsters in the city into the prison cell, and Lin Fu went there first.
Meet Gu Wuchen.
Gu Wuchen was already waiting under the eaves of the corridor. Ma Chao, who had come back first to report the matter, stood behind Gu Wuchen. The other servants in the yard today were sent away.
"Is everything okay with Niang Xun?" Gu Wuchen asked. He couldn't go directly to visit his daughter in the other courtyard because he was afraid that some people would make rumors about her.
"It's nothing serious. I was just a little frightened. Madam took the young lady back..." Lin Fu asked again, "Where are the others, Mr. Jia?" When he just passed by the side hall where Jia Pengyu, the inspector general, was handling official duties, he couldn't see that.
There were people nearby, and Jia Pengyu was clearly seen in the Yamen at noon.
"I just went to Shangyuan County, and I will go to Pingjiang Mansion for inspection again. I left in a hurry." Gu Wuchen said.
After leaving Jiangning to inspect the lower counties, Lin Fu couldn't come back for ten days and a half. Lin Fu thought that Jia Pengyu must know some inside information to avoid getting involved, so he simply left Jiangning and handed over the entire inspection department to Gu Wuchen. He really wanted to
Be a tumbler in the officialdom.
"What should we do now," Lin Fu asked, "I'm afraid Jiangning Mansion will come to ask for someone?" They were able to ignore Dongcheng Lieutenant and bring him back by force. After all, the problem was not solved. Dongcheng Lieutenant Chen
Just because Zhi is a softie does not mean that Wang Xueshan, the Yin of Jiangning Prefecture, will swallow his anger after knowing this.
"It's important to get the transcript first, Ma Chao, go there in person..." Gu Wuchen said in a suppressed voice.
"Lin Fu, Lin Fu, where are you, the gossip? Come out!" At this moment, he heard Gu Siyuan shouting loudly in the corridor outside the yard. Lin Fu didn't know what medicine Gu Siyuan took wrongly, and went to Yuemen in shock.
Looking over there, he saw Gu Siyuan rushing in angrily and yelling at him, "You villain, you have a grudge against Wang Shaojun, but you put today's incident on Wang Shaojun's head, and you also used the knife to kill people and tear my Gu family apart."
Why do you want to get involved in your personal grudges?"
"What's the conflict between me and Wang Xueshan's son?" Lin Fu looked at Gu Siyuan who rushed in and lost his temper with a gloomy face.
"Don't you just fancy that little bitch in Baiyuan and want to redeem her? Fan Zhimei has already taken the initiative to sell that little bitch to Wang Shaojun as his concubine. What qualifications do you have to compete with Wang Shaojun for beauty? Junxun has been bullied by others.
Fortunately, Wang Shaojun has no grudges against my Gu family, and he even invited me to get together at the feudal mansion last night. Why did he want to harm Jun Xun? You are not the villain who is stirring up trouble and wants to use this matter to make my Gu family and Wang family enemies..." Gu Siyuan was angry.
said.
"Pah!" Before Gu Siyuan could finish his words, Gu Wuchen slapped him on the face and shouted in a deep voice, "You want to make such a noise that everyone in the Yamen will know?"
Gu Siyuan never expected that his father would slap him indiscriminately. He covered his face and argued: "Obviously it is Lin Fu who is stirring up trouble. I know that Wang Shaojun is a human being and will never be detrimental to Jun Xun..."
Gu Wuchen wanted to kick his son to death. How stupid did Lin Fu have to be to lie about this? Besides Yang Pu, Ma Chao was not blind. Dongcheng Lieutenant's men followed him until they reached Siqian Street, the inspector's office before leaving.
Is it just for these market scoundrels? Gu Wuchen let out a breath and thought: No matter how unsatisfactory he is, he will still be his son. He also blamed himself for not teaching him well during his ten years in the army. He said to Ma Chao: "You take this guy with you."
The beast should go to the prison cell to gain some knowledge. Don't wait for others to trap the entire Gu family, and then he has to make friends with others just to have fun."
The Hekou refugee massacre was suspected of targeting Gu Wuchen, but in the end it was the unimportant refugees who died. Gu Wuchen could still compromise with Jiangning Mansion. Today's incident was directly aimed at his family, how could he easily stop?
Lin Fu stood there without saying a word. He didn't know how Gu Siyuan and Wang Chao knew about his close relationship with Xiaoman. Maybe he met Wang Chao, Yuan Jinsheng and others when he visited Baiyuan before the New Year to show them.
Something happened. Maybe Su Mei had told the feudal family about Xiaoman's redemption, but Wang Chao didn't expect that Wang Chao would be the first to buy Xiaoman as his concubine.
ps: Thank you brothers for the rewards,
Especially the brother named "My Favorite Gengsu Tai",
Is there any sister who needs to register an ID of "favorite and more vulgar" to be on the reward list?