There are more foreigners coming and going in the capital every day.
A few people looked up casually and saw a skinny old man wearing rags and ragged clothes, holding a cover in his hand.
The iron mouth breaks straight.
"Go west from Tiemaqiao." Someone said directly, raising his finger randomly.
Tiemaqiao is where these tricksters gather.
The old man hurriedly thanked them, but did not take a step forward, but looked at them.
"Are you guys interested in doing a divination?" He asked, "I don't need any money, it's just a good relationship."
Several people smiled disdainfully and looked at the old man.
At other times, Xiang Qi would have joined them in making noises to send this old charlatan away, but today his heart skipped a beat for some reason and he subconsciously raised his hand.
"Then tell me a fortune." He smiled and explained to the people around him, "My luck is very bad. I don't know when the fortune will turn."
Everyone understood when he said he was lucky, started laughing, and asked the old man to tell his fortune.
The old man smiled and looked at the faces of several people one by one. What he said was false and false, true and false. In short, they were all flattering words. As soon as he said it, several people listened, and soon it was the turn of Xiang Qi.
.
Seeing Xiang Qi, the old man's originally smiling expression froze.
"Brother, I'm afraid something is wrong." He said.
"Hey, are you saying that you still can't get lucky lately?" the person next to you said with a smile.
Xiang Qi laughed.
"It's not good, it's not good. If the hall turns black, there must be disaster." The old man said with a solemn expression.
Xiang Qi had something on his mind. Hearing this, he lowered his face and spat.
"Fuck you," he cursed, "what bad luck."
Others laughed and followed suit.
"Brother, I'm straight to the point. I'm really capable and I'll never lie. Don't believe it, little brother," the old man said repeatedly, stretching out a hand and shaking it, "...it only costs ten dollars."
, I will help you get rid of this disaster, otherwise something bad will happen..."
The more I talk about it, the more addictive I become!
"Go away, if you don't go away, I'll take you to the Yamen." Xiang Qi shouted, standing up.
The old man hurriedly ran away holding the hexagram flag, but he still stood looking at this from a distance.
"What a damn bad luck." Xiang Qi spat.
"Who asked you to take the initiative to keep him? These old swindlers are the best in human nature. They will deceive anyone who wants something." The companions laughed.
"Have you had any difficulties recently?" someone also asked curiously.
Xiang Qi scolded the old liar again and shook his head with a smile.
"Of course there are difficulties, and I myself am a difficulty." He said with a wry smile.
Being a son-in-law is naturally an extremely difficult life.
Everyone laughed and stopped talking.
Only then did Xiang Qi stand up.
"It's all my fault for talking too much," he said. "It brings bad luck and ruins the mood. It's no longer possible. I have to take a gamble to get rid of the bad luck."
His companions all laughed and teased him, but they watched Xiang Qi walk away without paying attention.
After leaving his companions, Xiang Qi's face suddenly dropped, but he saw the fortune-telling old man winking at him not far away, and Xiang Qi became furious.
"Immortal..." He rolled up his sleeves and raised his feet.
The old man saw that something was not going well and ran away.
After chasing Qi for a few steps, he stopped, spat angrily, turned around and walked away with a face drawn.
But what happened from morning to now is quite disturbing...
It's better to go out and hide...
This is a great idea!
Xiang Qi couldn't help but quicken his pace, but was suddenly tapped on the shoulder.
"Xiang Qi, come with us."
A male voice said.
This sudden sound and movement made Xiang Qi's feet weak in fright. He looked around and saw a strange man. There were two or three men beside him, all staring at him with serious expressions.
"Who are you? What are you doing?" Xiang Qi shouted in shock.
Before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by several men and forced into a carriage without any explanation.
Xiang Qi was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder burst.
It's over, it's over...
Isn't that old man a liar? He is really in bad luck...
"What are you doing in broad daylight! Help..."
Accompanied by shouts, the carriage passed through the busy city, leaving behind a group of surprised passers-by pointing and talking.
Just when Xiang Qi was almost scared to death, the carriage stopped and he pushed off the carriage. Xiang Qi was stunned when he saw his surroundings.
It was not the wilderness or the narrow dark courtyard he imagined, but the busy streets and alleys, and he had been there before.
"Guest, please..."
The store clerk at the door greeted me warmly. It was dinner time at this time. Although the door was not busy, people came and went from time to time.
The guise of Shenxianju swayed in the wind.
"Go in."
The man pushed him back and said.
He took a staggering step toward Qi and looked back.
"What are you going to do?"
"Is there any law against arresting people randomly on the street?"
During the questioning, Xiang Qi was pushed into a private room.
There were three people sitting in the box, but Xiang Qi's first glance fell on one of the women.
"It's you!" shouted Xiang Qi.
The speculation in his mind came to light, but he was no longer afraid.
What are you afraid of? I told you in private, Taipingju will not be able to escape this disaster this time.
"This lady, what are you doing?" he said angrily.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him.
"It turns out it was you who did it," she said.
"What did I do?" Xiang Qi said still angry.
But he sneered in his heart.
In this little girl’s movie, she just wants to imitate others’ words to deceive her, and she’s a little too young.
"Who asked you to do it?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked again.
Xiang Qi even sneered in his heart.
It turns out that this little girl was trying to find out the details of her enemy, and she thought it was a conspiracy against her Taipingju.
Even if you catch yourself, it will be a mess.
"This lady, what are you going to say?" Xiang Qi was a little impatient now that his anger was gone.
"Do you think I can't do anything if you don't tell me?" Cheng Jiaoniang said, knocking on a few cases.
Looking over to Xiang Qi, he saw several pieces of paper placed on it.
"These are the anonymous letters I got from the government, and this is the document you wrote this morning..." Cheng Jiaoniang said, pushing the paper on the table forward, "What do you think I'm talking about?"
Xiang Qi could hardly control his laughter.
How ridiculous! What kind of boss!
Is the owner of Taipingju Shenxianju out of his mind? Let such a little girl come out to cause trouble!
It seems that the owner behind Taipingju really can’t survive for a few days.
"My dear, I really don't know." Xiang Qi said, looking at the cases over there with a bit of a smile, "But, my dear, it seems that Song Shan who set up the cabinet is not here, and those little officials below are
You are most cunning, were you deceived by them and got the wrong one?"
"So you can also write with your left hand." Cheng Jiaoniang suddenly said.
What?
How did she know!
Xiang Qi's smiling face froze, his heartbeat tightened, and he was speechless for a moment.
"No wonder you are so confident." Cheng Jiaoniang said, slowly grabbing a few pieces of paper in front of her.
The sound of Sola Sola's paper balls echoed in the quiet room.
Xiang Qi's heart seemed to wrinkle up at the sound.
She is cheating! Don’t be afraid if you don’t have evidence!
"Madam, what are you going to say?" He shook his head and said firmly.
"What a tough mouth!"
The young man who had been sitting quietly beside him shouted.
"Do you think I can't pry your mouth open?"
Being fierce in appearance and weak in heart, relying on threats and intimidation is the behavior of gangsters in the market, and it will not achieve anything.
Xiang Qi shook his head with a somewhat mocking smile.
"It's not that I'm being harsh, it's that I really don't understand what you want me to say," he said.
"Actually, you were the first person Fan Jianglin and the others met when they came to Beijing, right?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked, "You are the only one who knows that they are deserters, right?"
"Ma'am, did you make your own guess again? I wonder if you have asked Brother Jiang Lin and the others to confirm it." Xiang Qi asked without answering, with a somewhat indifferent smile.
"Yes." Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him and said, "Do you also know that the Ministry of War has taken them away and no one can see them?"
Xiang Qi snorted inwardly.
Nonsense, do you think you can do everything by bluffing like you, a little lady? It is true that he is a petty official, but petty officials also have the connections of petty officials to inquire about some things they want to inquire about.
"You know so clearly." Cheng Jiaoniang said, "You are so well prepared, but you still don't know what I want to ask you?"
Xiang Qi's expression changed slightly.
"Actually, I called you here not to ask you anything, nor to ask you to admit anything. I just wanted to tell you what I know." Cheng Jiaoniang said, looking at him, "I want to tell you that you can hide the accusation.
I know about Fan Jianglin and the others."
After all, it is not just talk without a certificate.
Xiang Qi's panic faded away.
"Madam, you are talking nonsense." He said, "Although I don't know who you are, why Brother Jiang Lin and the others were taken away, don't talk to me, just go and ask someone on the street.
Everyone knows."
He said and waved his hands.
"It's you Taiping who have provoked revenge from your enemies. This is not the first time." He said, "Why do you have to frame it on me? What's the good of this?"
Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him, ignored his words, and continued to speak her own words.
"You and Fan Jianglin and others are sworn brothers. You fell in love with the Dong family's wife, but the Dong family's wife fell in love with Xu Maoxiu. However, Xu Maoxiu refused to marry into the family, so the Dong family chose you as their son-in-law."
Xiang Qi opened his mouth to say something, but Cheng Jiaoniang didn't give him a chance to speak.
"...But the Dong family always values Xu Maoxiu, and Mrs. Dong's old love is unforgettable..."
"...A year ago, Xu Maoxiu and others came to Beijing to find you and told them about the deserters. They originally wanted your help. Of course you refused, but instead of reporting them, you persuaded them to leave..."
"...I didn't expect that we would meet again in the capital, and naturally become a guest of the Dong family. You felt resentful, so you wrote a letter of concealment..."
"...It was you who harmed their seven brothers. This is what I want to tell you."
Xiang Qi shook his head and smiled.
"This is all what you said, madam. If you insist on saying this, there's nothing I can do about it," he said.
"Yes, this is what I want to say. As for whether you admit it or not, I don't care. I only care about the facts that I believe." Cheng Jiaoniang said.
"Then if that's the case, there's nothing wrong with me, so I can leave, right?" Xiang Qi said calmly.
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't say anything, and Xiang Qi didn't wait for him to say anything, but turned around and left.
When he was approaching the door, Cheng Jiaoniang called him again.
"You just said you don't know who I am, right?" she said.
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The pink will be doubled starting at 12 noon on the 28th... leave it for one more day O(∩_∩)O Thank you...
Ah, I got the wrong allusion in the last section, sorry, sorry, I just remember it was funny!! I always remember it as Su Shi! How embarrassing!
The correction reads: In the fourth year of Qingli, Su Shunqin followed the old practice and used the money from selling official papers to entertain his colleagues and guests. Conservative Wang Gongchen and others seized on this matter and used it as an excuse to impeach Su Shunqin, the supervisor, for committing theft, causing Shunqin and Sunda to both commit theft.
Su Shunqin was removed from the list, put on trial, and later dismissed from his post as a civilian. More than ten other people who attended the banquet were also demoted and expelled. (To be continued)
