As soon as Lu Huarong left, Li Zhi rushed to the Tianjin Governor's Yamen.
After giving five coins to the yamen guard, Li Zhi said to the yamen servant, "I'm looking for Deacon Sun Youmin."
The yamen servant got Li Zhi's money and happily walked into the yamen and found Sun Youmin.
As soon as he saw Li Zhi, Sun Youmin asked: "Did something happen to Mr. Li?"
Li Zhi stuffed five taels of silver into Sun Youmin and said with a smile: "I don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything. If Li Zhi has something urgent to do, he will go to the governor and ask Deacon Sun to lead the way."
Sun Youmin took the silver, his face beamed with smile, as if he had seen his brother, and said: "Master Fuchen is taking a nap in the third hall, but it doesn't matter. You and I will wait outside the third hall first. I will take you as soon as you wake up."
You go up and see me."
Li Zhi bowed and said, "It's all thanks to the deacon's arrangement!"
Sun Youmin took Li Zhi into the yamen, walked through the two halls and walked to the third hall. He asked Li Zhi to stand with him outside the door of the third hall, quietly waiting for He Shishou to wake up.
Sun Youmin worked in the yamen and knew the rules very well. Li Zhi didn't ask if he had anything to do with the governor, so he just stood there silently.
After waiting for half an hour, the two heard a noise from the main room. It was obvious that He Shishou had woken up. Sun Youmin carefully opened the door and looked inside. Seeing that the governor was indeed awake, he opened the door and left.
Got in.
"Sir, Li Zhi, the soap maker, is here and wants to see you for something urgent!"
"Oh?" He Shishou had just woken up and was still a little confused. He thought for a while and rubbed his face with his hands. Then he remembered who Li Zhi was and the two thousand taels of silver that Li Zhi paid him as a filial piety. He waved and said, "Let him
come in."
Sun Youmin turned back and let Li Zhi, who was waiting outside, enter the room. Li Zhi walked into the main room, knelt down, then got up and cupped his hands and said: "Sir, my brother Lu Huarong, who is also the commander of the Qing Military Department, wants to take me into the house.
I'm in the prison of the Qing Army, please help me, Mr. Fuchen!"
He Shishou stroked his beard and asked, "How does he want your property?"
Li Zhi replied: "Lu Huarong asked me to hand over the soap formula and textile machinery to him. When I refused, he brought sixty scoundrels to my weaving mill to cause trouble. Xiaomin's servants fought off his
People and horses, he falsely accused me of provoking and hurting others, and said that he would let the officials from the Qing Military Department come and take me!"
He Shishou sighed and said slowly: "My colleague Lu Hualin is really non-stop!"
Li Zhi took out the one thousand tael silver note from his arms and handed it to He Shishou. He Shishou looked at the number on the bank note and nodded.
"It doesn't matter, I will tell Lu Hualin. You can go back and wait for the news!"
Since the governor was willing to deal with it, the Qing military officials would definitely be unable to do anything to Li Zhi. Upon hearing this, Li Zhi was heartbroken and replied with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Fuchen, for saving me. I'll retire!"
After coming out of the governor's office, Li Zhi returned home and waited for an hour before the policemen from the Qing Military Department arrived.
The five detectives stormed into Jingbianfang, pushed aside the servants standing guard at the door of Li's house, and rushed into Li Zhi's house with a sword in their hands. When they saw Li Zhi's family of three in the hall, the first detective glanced at them.
Li Zhi and Li Xing shouted: "The officer is taking someone! Who is Li Zhi?"
Li Zhi secretly thought that Lu Huarong's revenge came first, shook his sleeves, stood up, and replied: "I am!"
The guards didn't talk nonsense. They came up and held Li Zhi down, and tied Li Zhi's hands behind his back.
Seeing this scene, Ms. Zheng immediately started crying, knelt on the ground with a bang and cried: "Master Cha, please have mercy, Master Cha, please spare your life! We are all ordinary people who abide by the law, why are you here to take us?"
The leading officer smiled, then suddenly changed his face and cursed: "You have offended the second master, and you still abide by the law? I will kill you with every move!"
The second master mentioned by the officer was probably Tongzhi's younger brother, Lu Huarong.
Li Xing quickly took out a tael of silver from his arms and gave it to the leading policeman, saying, "Master, please don't tie up my brother. Just take him to the Yamen!"
The leading officer glanced at Li Xing's money, slapped it on the ground, and cursed: "You still take the money?! Your family has offended the second master, and even gods can't save you. If you don't tie him up, I will go there tomorrow."
I’m going to eat a piece of cake!”
Li Xing was so shocked that he was speechless after being slapped with money by the guards.
After saying this, the officer pushed Li Zhi hard from behind, almost knocking him to the ground, and cursed loudly: "You don't know what is good for you! Leave now!"
Li Zhi didn't expect Lu Huarong's people to be so vicious, and he didn't know how Governor He Shishou helped him operate. He glanced at the officers, sighed, and walked out of the yard.
Seeing the officers rushing into Li's yard, the onlookers outside were already standing on three floors inside and three floors outside. When they saw Li Zhi tied up and walking out, everyone immediately went crazy.
"Why did Mr. Cha tie up Brother Zhi?"
“Brother Zhi’s huge industry was tied up by the Qing Military Department!”
"Brother Zhi has been kidnapped. My son is working at his house. What will happen next?"
"Having money is not a good thing! Without power, being rich is a disaster! Brother Zhi is suffering from it!"
Li Zhi glanced at the crowd, took a breath, and walked out of the house slowly.
Seeing that Li Zhi was walking slowly, the arresting officer pushed him from behind again, causing Li Zhi to stumble and fall out of the Li family yard.
Seeing Li Zhi's embarrassment, everyone sighed again and felt a little unfair. There were people in the family who worked at Li Zhi's house and had benefited from Li Zhi on weekdays, and now they were even more indignant. However, in front of the government officials, these people did not
Dare to speak out and resist.
More and more people were watching, and they surrounded the Li family yard three floors inside and three floors outside, blocking the road. The leader followed Li Zhi out of the Li family yard and gave the onlookers a fierce look.
The crowd became panicked and quickly separated to clear the road.
The officer gave Li Zhi a hard pull and asked him to go outside Jingbianfang.
After the road was cleared, the officer took long strides and was about to lead Li Zhi forward when he saw five subordinates running in panic in front of the road.
Maybe he was running too fast on the way here. One of the subordinates in front of him ran so fast that his belt became loose and he didn't have time to fasten it again. He just grabbed his pants with his hands and rushed over here.
Seeing the person coming, the leading officer was stunned, put on a smile and greeted him: "Dad Chen, why are you here? Aren't you still worried about me, Wei Ji's father?"
The subordinate official who was called Father Chen heard the officer's words and cursed loudly: "Wei Ji, untie him! Untie Mr. Li quickly!"
After hearing what Father Chen said, the five guards were immediately stunned.
What about loosening ties? What about Mr. Li? Isn’t he Xing prisoner?
Didn't the master give the message and the second master sent the order for us to come and get the person?
Even the onlookers did not expect the plot to suddenly turn around. Suddenly, hundreds of people watching on the entire road fell silent.
