The guards in imperial uniforms sounded fierce, and the crowd gathered tighter and tighter, with backs to backs already.
"Do you know who we are!" Someone shouted, but in the eyes of the Jin Yiwei, it was very ridiculous.
The guards in royal robes swarmed up, like carrying chickens, and picked them up, with their arms tied behind their backs.
"What on earth are you going to do? I want to see Wang Pu, we want to see Wang Pu!"
"Wang Pu, you are such a damned bitch! You deceived us!"
Angry and angry roars came one after another, and eighteen generations of Wang Pu's ancestors were scolded. Wang Pu hid behind and listened, not daring to breathe. He comforted himself in his heart, just scold him. If it were him, he would be scolded the same way.
, quite aware of being self-indulgent.
"If you dare to say one more thing, you'll be castrated!" A voice sounded, but it was Li Mu who came out of nowhere. He was dressed in black fur and looked like a moving bear.
Seeing Li Mu, everyone's last hope was shattered. Li Mu was famous for his eccentric behavior, and no one doubted that he could do it. He felt a chill in his crotch, subconsciously tightened his legs, and shouted: "
Lord Marquis, we are convinced, we are convinced!!”
They knelt on the ground and stopped struggling. Li Mu snapped his fingers, and the royal guards stood in a row, leaving only these dandy young men in the middle.
"Don't even think about escaping," Li Mu pointed to the surrounding courtyard walls, which were more than ten feet high, and said, "Have you seen the people above? They all carry crossbows. Anyone who gets close will be killed without mercy."
"Kneel down and hold your head!" Li Chongyi shouted, causing everyone's calves to twist.
"Hurry, take a snapshot..." Everyone trembled, urging each other tremblingly: "Hurry up, if the hands above tremble, our lives will be over!"
At this time, Wang Pucai Shi Shiran came out of his hiding place. Seeing this scene, he seemed to be confused and shouted out loud: "Master Hou, do you know who these friends are? They are all from aristocratic families -"
Everyone started coughing, and Wang Pu stamped his feet and changed his words and begged: "Master Marquis, listen to my advice and calm down before the situation gets out of hand!"
A fool in the crowd answered: "Yes, brother Wang is right! Otherwise, be careful you can't eat it and walk around!"
"Hahaha!" Li Mu laughed loudly and said, "Just because I said this to you, I won't let you dig mines for me for the first half of the year. I will write the character '李' upside down."
With that said, he said to Li Chongyi: "Tell the brothers to greet him well."
"Okay." Li Chongyi agreed in a dull voice, then raised his leg and kicked him. The person who spoke was kicked in the face. When the others saw it, they felt as if a rabbit had died and a fox had died. They all shut their mouths tightly and did not dare to speak.
Li Mu pointed at Wang Pu and said: "If you still want to say something that doesn't suit my ears, just go with them."
Wang Pu quickly closed his mouth and became speechless.
…
The words are divided into two parts.
Not everyone followed Wang Pu into the cement factory. No aristocratic family was free. How could they be unprepared when they were away from home? Therefore, it was the case in many families. The principal was outside, and the deputy followed him in to see.
Or if the deputy is capable and does not delay the work, the person in charge will follow him in, and there will be people outside.
This is the case for the Bolingcui family. The person who came out to run business this time is a good contender for the Bolingcui family's heir. He is a close descendant of the concubine and the cousin of the dead Cui Yuzheng, Cui Yuzhe. He has been in charge of smuggling on the Tuyuhun line for several years.
He has always been quite effective. His deputy's surname is Li, the big shopkeeper. Cui Yuzhe has followed him since the day he took over this line. He is the most capable shopkeeper among the ten big shopkeepers of the Cui family. It is with his help that he
, Cui Yuzhe is called the most likely successor to the family head.
Today, he was waiting outside and Cui Yuzhe entered the cement factory in person. Shopkeeper Li tried hard to persuade him to replace Cui Yuzhe, but was rejected by Cui Yuzhe. Shopkeeper Li was uneasy because of this, and when the factory door slammed shut,
Countless guards in uniforms swarmed up the wall, and he knew that something was wrong.
"Let's go." Shopkeeper Li is indeed someone who has seen the world. He knows that the entire caravan on his side, including only twenty or thirty people, cannot talk about rescue at all. It is wisest to protect himself and leave to send a message back.
method.
"Stop!" A man floated down from the wall, blocking everyone's retreat, and said, "Who are you waiting for, and where are you running to?"
, "I know your name is Dugu Jiu!" Shopkeeper Li pointed at Dugu Jiu and threatened sternly: "Don't mess around! I know you are good at kung fu, but I haven't offended you, so you can't take it out on me, right? My family
The young master was captured by you. He deserves to be punished by us, but you can't use torture. My young master has a great reputation. During the imperial examination last year, he was selected as a scholar. Your Majesty said it himself, a scholar should not be insulted lightly.
So, if you hurt him and touched him, can you bear the consequences?!"
"Do you think he is the one?" Li Mu came out at some point and laughed loudly: "When it comes to fame, I seem to have it too. I seem to be the number one scholar, and I don't know if I can take the top spot.
A scholar."
"Master Hou, why do you need to embarrass others?" Shopkeeper Li Da said softly: "We are spying on the cement that is wrong. We already know it is wrong. Besides, we are not looking at anything. Why is Master Hou so aggressive and holding on to it?"
"That's easy to say!" Li Mu snorted coldly and said: "You dare to come, but it doesn't hurt anymore. I must let you people improve your memory. Go back and tell your master, I have already detained you.
It’s not certain when I will go back. If this happens again, land will be confiscated, and property will be confiscated again. If it happens again, don’t blame me for being ruthless, I will live in a cement factory for the rest of my life.”
"The villain must bring the words to you!" Seeing Li Mu's laziness, Shopkeeper Li stamped his feet angrily: "I would like to advise the Marquis, don't do things too absolutely!"
"Why do these words sound so familiar to me? This Marquis has always acted like this. No matter who tries to persuade me, he always advises me in this way. This is the only thing he says over and over again?" Li Mu gave a light cough and said, "This is my Marquis's behavior.
My ears can hear the calluses. If you have any ability, just use it. If I am scared, you will be the Marquis of Luoyang from now on."
Shopkeeper Li pursed his lips, stopped talking, turned around and took the people away.
Li Mu turned around and asked Li Chongyi, "Who is he talking about? Bring him here!"
Li Chongyi brought people over. Mr. Cui didn't know what happened just now. He only saw his shopkeeper running away, and burst into tears.
"Unjust..." he cried.
"You may have misunderstood him. He has gone to think of a solution." Li Mu patted this boy on the shoulder and said sincerely: "But I advise you not to have too much hope. These days, there are not many people who can give me face.
.”
"Otherwise... the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."
…
It wasn't until Shopkeeper Li's back was out of sight that Mr. Cui held back his tears, looked at Li Mu with sobs, and said, "Master Marquis, what do you think you can do to me? Just give me a word." He wanted to try his best to look like a bachelor.
With a stern look, he raised his head and said: "But I want to tell you, I also have a reputation, you dare to hurt me..."
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by Li Chongyi again!
"Ah..." Mr. Cui wanted to endure it, but he couldn't help it, and tears started to fall again.
"Does this hurt you?" Li Chongyi snorted coldly and picked up the ax: "How about you try this? That's a lot of nonsense!"
Mr. Cui dared not speak out when he was angry, and looked at Li Chongyi timidly.
"Don't worry, we have rules in the factory and we won't beat or scold workers." Li Mu comforted him with a smile, while looking him up and down. He saw that his eye circles were slightly dark, his eyes were dull, and he looked like he had been drained by alcohol and sex.
, couldn't help sighing: "But there is one thing I must say up front. I don't support idlers here. You are so skinny that your body has been drained by wine and sex. If you can't do the work, you won't have food to eat!"
Then he said to Li Chongyi next to him: "He is like this, I'm afraid he can't move the stone, what should I do?
"You can pour night fragrance!" Li Chongyi said: "There must be someone to do all the work!"
When Mr. Cui heard this, he immediately vomited and poured night incense. Isn't this insulting to gentlemen? Let alone pouring night incense. The pampered Mr. Cui usually didn't wipe his own butt when squatting. Someone helped wipe it, pouring night incense and other pickles.
Is it possible that the bad things are done by scholars?
"Master Marquis, I know I was wrong -" Mr. Cui finally put aside all dignity and begged bitterly. Li Mu shrugged his shoulders and gave him a helpless expression.
…
When Li Chongyi dragged Mr. Cui down, Wang Pu happened to come over.
Cui Gongzi, who was originally paralyzed by crying, perked up when he saw Wang Pudeng. He lunged at him and bit him. Although Wang Pu was not afraid of him, who wouldn't be afraid of such a crazy person? He couldn't react at the moment.
, so scared that he almost sat down on the ground.
Fortunately, Li Chongyi grabbed the rope behind Mr. Cui and prevented him from biting Wang Pu's nose, but he was really frightened.
"I'm sorry." Li Chongyi picked up Mr. Cui and dragged him away: "I will ask him to be honest and shut his mouth."
Wang Pu was horrified when he appeared, and he thought to himself, would he kill the person?
"Master Hou." Wang Pu said respectfully: "Master Hou deliberately let go of shopkeeper Li, because-"
"Let's use his mouth to send a message. What else could it be?" Li Mu stretched his waist and said, "I've finished my work for today. Let's go home and sleep."
Wang Pu was not as big-hearted as Li Mu. He was still worried and asked: "Master Marquis, Mr. Li will definitely not give up after leaving. Let's deal with it early. Do you want to write a memorial and say hello to His Majesty first?"
?”
"Well, what you said makes sense." Li Mu nodded with a smile, patted Wang Pu on the shoulder and said, "It's best to leave this matter to you. You write it for me, and I'll stamp it when you're done.
.”
"Me?" Wang Pu felt confused. He didn't even want to offend these dandy boys, let alone Li Shimin. He grinned and shied away: "I'm afraid that I will miss the important event of the Marquis."
"It doesn't matter." Li Mu pointed out the puzzle for him and said: "Your Majesty and I are of the same mind. Writing this excerpt is just to give an excuse. As long as the excuse is justified, no one will go into it."
Seeing that Wang Pu was still a little confused, Li Mu added: "For example, there is an egg. Everyone thinks it should be an egg, so it is an egg. As for whether it is a male egg or a female egg, is it that important?
Wang Pu wanted to say that roosters can't lay eggs. But after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to understand a little bit, and he bowed and said: "I will go and write a memorial for the Marquis right now."
"That's right." Li Mu patted Wang Pu on the shoulder and said, "Give them something good to eat tonight. They have to start work tomorrow. How can they have the strength to work if they don't eat well?"
Wang Pu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, wondering what was going on, was he suddenly kind-hearted?
Li Mu didn't explain, and he didn't dare to ask.
…
On the way home, Dugu Jiu rode his horse to catch up with Li Mu's carriage and said, "Brother, a total of twenty-three people have been arrested this time. The lowest backgrounds are from local wealthy families, and most of them are in the smuggling business."
"That's great." Li Mu smiled when he heard this. He was worried that no one was mining. "It would be great if these people came here every day and caused trouble for us every day."
Hearing this, Dugujiu was a little speechless. He quickly reminded Li Mu not to fantasize, and brought him back to reality, saying: "Brother, this time it's because Wang Pu is acting as an internal agent, and the second reason is because the other party is too young and won't be able to catch him every time.
So many prisoners."
"Hehe, then we can only hire people." Li Mu smacked his lips in disappointment. Fortunately, Wei Yingluo is by his side now, so he doesn't have to do everything personally.
…
The Lantern Festival has just passed, and the New Year atmosphere has not completely dissipated. The entire city of Chang'an is still full of joy. Only places like Dali Temple are relatively deserted.
It's better if there is no business. Sun Fujia has always felt that if the prisons in Dali Temple are empty, it means that the people of the Tang Dynasty can still maintain their lives and the world is still stable. Only then will he feel that his official position is still there.
It has some flavor, but it’s not a vegetarian meal.
On days when there are no cases, it does not mean that nothing happens. Formal things still have to be done, such as mobilizing all the officials of Dali Temple, large and small, to give lectures.
It's hard for Sun Fujia to talk about it for an hour every day with just a few things to do over and over again.
The officials were all veteran actors, and they all acted as if they were listening attentively, and nodded from time to time, as if they agreed.
But if you take a closer look, many people standing behind are actually dozing off... There is no way, they go to bed too late and get up too early every day, and they don't manage their time well.
Suddenly, there was a loud banging of drums at the entrance of the Yamen, which made the eardrums of all the officials in the hall hurt.
The officials who were dozing off were also frightened and woke up. While wiping their saliva, they asked around, "Have you withdrawn?"
But when they saw that the elder had a dark face, as if he wanted to eat someone, the officials quickly shut up and bowed their heads.
"Who is making a noise outside?!" Sun Fujia slapped the crowd hard.
The doorman who came in to report hurriedly came forward and reported to Sun Fuga in a low voice. "It's the steward of the Cui family who came to report the case."
"Which Choi?"
"The Bolingcui clan!"
"New grudges and old grudges?" Sun Fujia muttered: "Report the crime just to report it. Why are you making such a fuss? It scares me." He hesitated for a moment and said, "Let him come in. Anyway, nothing will happen.